- For other uses, see Legacy.
Legacy is a TOS novel by Michael Jan Friedman, released by Pocket Books in 1991 as the 56th book in the Pocket TOS numbered novel series. Notably, this novel made use of Christopher Pike and the original TOS cast from TOS episode: "The Cage" in flashback sequences as a narrative device.
Description
- A routine survey of the planet Alpha Octavius Four turns disastrous as Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge creature and Kirk's landing party is trapped underground by a violent earthquake. As Spock fights for his life in sickbay, Scotty organizes a search for Kirk and his men. However, rescue efforts must cease when the USS Enterprise is called away to the Beta Cabrini system where a mining colony is under attack.
- At Beta Cabrini, the USS Enterprise faces off against a marauder named Dreen - a man that Spock has watched his former captain, Christopher Pike defeat years before. Fighting the effects of the poison, Spock struggles to his feet and takes command of the ship. Soon, Spock and Dreen are locked into a deadly game of cat and mouse - a game driven by mad revenge that can have only one survivor!
Summary
The Enterprise is on a survey mission of Octavius Four when Spock is attacked by a tentacled creature which injects him with a poison. After he is beamed back to the ship for treatment, the ground collapses, trapping Kirk and three other crewmembers underground.
Before the Enterprise can mount a rescue attempt, Scotty is ordered to answer a distress call from the Federation mining planet Beta Cabrini IV. The planet has been attacked and occupied by a group of Merkaan raiders led by Hamesaad Dreen. Spock, who helped Pike thwart Dreen several years previous, manages to control the effects of the poison mentally and take command of the mission.
Once arriving at Beta Cabrini, Spock agrees to beam down after Dreen promises that the Enterprise and the colonists won't be harmed while he's there. On the surface, he gives a coded message to the colony administrator, Bradford Wayne, a former member of Pike's crew. With the assistance of his two pet mesirii, Dreen hunts Spock through the hills until he collapses. By then, however, the colonists have carried out Spock's plan, rigging the minerals the Merkaan have stolen to emit a gas that knocks them all unconscious. Dreen is captured by Chekov before he can kill Spock and he and his men are disarmed and sent on their way.
Back on Octavius Four, Kirk's party have found their way back to the surface. Ensign Karras interprets some hieroglyphs as meaning a sting from a different creature will reverse the effects of the first. When Karras is herself attacked, the theory is proved and used to cure Spock when the Enterprise returns. Leonard McCoy realizes the "poison" is actually the creature's gametes and this is the method by which the immobile creatures impregnate each other, using those infected as carriers.
References
Characters
- Abdelnaby • Autry • Kinter Balac • Beaumont • Philip Boyce • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Collix • J. Mia Colt • Hamesaad Dreen • Ellis (Ensign) • Annie Ferrara • Ferriter • Garrison • Rumiel Green • Ron Gross • Harr Harath • Selena Karras • Keeper • James T. Kirk • Kowalski (23rd century Admiral) • Kyle • Leslie • Mancuso (USS Enterprise) • Margolis • Marsal • M'Benga • Leonard McCoy • Memsac • Number One • Owens • Pierce (helmsman) • Christopher Pike • Nils Pitcairn • Santelli • Sarif • Montgomery Scott • Sellers • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Seemal Tezlin • José Tyler • Nyota Uhura • Vina • Bradford Wayne
- Referenced only
- Sorra Buthatchef • Castelano • Matthew Decker • Derret • DeSalle • Erdel • Garth of Izar • Johansson • George Samuel Kirk, Jr. • Vandren Luarkh • Mongis • Penn • Piniella • Surak • Gareed Welt
Starships and vehicles
- Clodiaan • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Excalibur (Constitution-class) • USS Horizon • Lisander • Mananjani • Telemakhos
- Referenced only
- Kantrul
Locations
- Beta Cabrini IV (Beta Cabrini) • Dindamor • Octavius IV (aka Alpha Octavius IV) • Talos IV
- Referenced only
- Abin's World • Anacarthaginia • Bendalia • Colorado • C'tinaia VII • Deneva • Elzibar VII • Gamma Catalinas • Iowa • Kalajia VII • Mercenam IV • Norith IV • Omicron Ceti III • Rigel VII • Soolahn system • Starbase 19 • Starbase 22 • Topeka
Races and cultures
- Referenced only
- Confaari • C'tinai • Dardathian • Dombraatu • Elarnite • Halriccian • Gnessis • Klingon • Romulan
States and organizations
Science and classification
- astronomy • biology • communications • earthquake • energy • fossil • lifeform • matter • measurement • medicine • technology • time • universe • weapon
Astronomy
Communications
- Alice in Wonderland • Beyond Antares • communicator • hieroglyph • Symphony for Celestials in D Major
Lifeforms
Biology
Medicine
- Bendal Fever • blood • heart • hyperthyroidism • medkit • sedative • thyroid
Materials and subtances
- atmosphere • berynium • blood • carthite • dilithium • dolacite • drink • durochloric acid • duranium • food • gas • kendricite • malanium • maledoric acid • metal • mineral • mud • rock • thenium • turacite
Food and drink
- berry • birthday cake • cinnamon • coffee • ham • Maratekkan brandy • nargah egg • pierogi • potato • Saurian brandy • wine
Measurement
Technology and weapons
- biobed • captain's chair • chronometer • communicator • computer • dagger • disruptor • gas mask • starship • intercom • magnetic bottle • medkit • phaser • shields • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen
Occupations and titles
- admiral • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • engineer • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2240s-2260s) • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • flag officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • navigator • nurse • officer • physician • princess • rank • science officer • second officer • security • tactical officer • title • weapons officer
Other references
- birthday party • bluff • boot • bridge • brig • cave • cigar • clothing • colony • Firbolg • football • goblet • government • gym • jumpsuit • library • marrae-marrae • mining • mirror • nation-state • palace • poker • ponytail • pants • races and cultures • rec room • science • shali bahn • sickbay • Sonsfilian feather-lyre • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • three-dimensional chess • tunic • uniform • Vulcan nerve pinch
Appendices
Background
- The back cover blurb calls the planet "Alpha Octavius Four"; however, in the novel it is only called Octavius Four.
Images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Renegade |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: The Rift |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Empath |
Next Adventure: The Tholian Web | |
| Previous Adventure: The Empath |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: The Tholian Web |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2268. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Kobayashi Maru Chapter 2 |
2255 chapter 5, section 5 chapter 10, sections 2-6 chapter 13, sections 2-6 |
Next Adventure: A Private Anecdote flashback |
Translations
- 1994
- Bulgarian : Наследство, translated by Rumyana Delieva. (Kalpazanov)
- 1995
- Portuguese : Herança. (Editora Aleph)
- 1996
- German : Späte Rache, translated by Ronald M. Hahn. (Heyne)
External links
- Legacy (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.