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Summary

Rocket Man is a short story by Kenneth E. Carper in which Gary Seven saves Kirk from his death (Star Trek: Generations) to rescue a scientist who holds the secret to resurrecting Dr. Tolian Soran's trilithium torpedo.


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References

Characters

Hannah Bosworth • Ichabod • James T. Kirk/Agent K • Kling • Phlox • Gary Seven • Titan • Tubby
Referenced only
Azetbur • B'Etor • Chang • Ichabod Crane • Duras • Gorkon • Kahless • Kang • Kor • Kruge • Lursa • Carol Marcus • David Marcus • Leonard McCoy • Jean-Luc Picard • Spock • Tolian Soran • Hikaru Sulu • Toral, son of Duras

Starships and vehicles

Bird-of-prey • Planet killer

Locations

Beta Quadrant • Earth • Nexus • Veridian III
Referenced only
Gre'thor • Khitomer • Neural • Rigel IV • Sherman's Planet • Sigma Draconis VI • Sto-vo-kor • Veridian IV

Races and cultures

Augment • Denobulan • Human • Klingon
Referenced only
Preserver • Vulcan

States and organizations

Eymorg • House of Duras • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Other references

antimatter • bat'leth • bloodwine • disruptor • gagh • laser torch • life-support belt • nanite • Old Faithful • phaser • photon • Prime Directive • qhonDoq • supernova • Teacher • tricorder • Trilithium torpedo

Chronology

Appendices

Related media

Connections

Speculations collected short stories
Strange New Worlds VI ("Our Million-Year Mission" • "The Beginning") • VII ("Guardians" • "The Law of Averages" • "Forgotten Light") • 8 ("A & Ω" • "Concurrence" • "Dawn") • 9 ("Remembering the Future" • "Rocket Man" • "The Rules of War" • "The Immortality Blues" • "Orphans") • 10 ("Time Line" • "Echoes" • "Brigadoon"• "Reborn")
Media featuring Gary Seven
Episode Assignment: Earth
Miniseries The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth
Novels Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • From History's Shadow • Elusive Salvation
Short stories "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line"
Comics "The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24"

Timeline

published order
Previous story:
Remembering the Future 		Strange New Worlds 9 Next story:
The Rules of War
Previous story:
Remembering the Future
Strange New Worlds 9 		speculations short stories Next story:
The Rules of War
Strange New Worlds 9
Previous story:
first Star Trek story 		Stories by:
Kenneth E. Carper 		Next story:
most recent work
chronological order
Previous adventure:
Rules of Engagement 		Pocket Books Timeline Next adventure:
Innocence
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2372.
The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure:
Remembering the Future
Strange New Worlds 9 		2371
section 2 		Next adventure:
Full Circle
Strange New Worlds VII