The beginning of the ultimate Star Trek saga! Book one of four. Across time and space, comes a Fury...—First Strike is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Diane Carey, published in July 1996. This was the first part of the Invasion! crossover, the 79th book in the Pocket Books series of numbered TOS novels.

Description[]

Long ago, even before the days of myth and legend, our worlds belonged to them. Now they want them back…

Captain Kirk is stunned when the Federation receives an urgent plea for help—from the Klingon Empire. A mysterious starship has invaded Klingon space and resisted all their efforts to destroy it. Establishing contact with the stranger's ship, Kirk discovers that it is only the vanguard of a vast alien fleet obsessed with conquering the Klingons, the Federation, the Romulans, and all who dwell in the space that was once their own.

The invasion has begun…

Contents[]

• Spacequake
  • Chapter One
  • Chapter Two
  • Chapter Three
  • Chapter Four
  • Chapter Five
• We Are the Impending
  • Chapter Six
  • Chapter Seven
  • Chapter Eight
  • Chapter Nine
  • Chapter Ten
  • Chapter Eleven
  • Chapter Twelve
  • Chapter Thirteen
  • Chapter Fourteen
  • Chapter Fifteen
  • Chapter Sixteen
  • Chapter Seventeen
  • Chapter Eighteen
  • Chapter Nineteen
  • Chapter Twenty
  • Chapter Twenty-One
• Epilogue

References[]

Characters[]

Aesh • Amanda Alto • Josh Alto • Aragor • Aralu • Bannon • Barnes (Chief) • Brown (USS Enterprise) • Byers • Cantone • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Donnier • Doyle (Lieutenant) • Dunton • Edwards (engineer) • Elliott • Farne • Fulciero • Garamanus • Giotto • Angela Godinez • Bill Hadley • Hakker • Horg • Johnson (Lieutenant) • Karg (IKS Qul) • Karn (Klingon) • Kellen (Klingon) • James T. Kirk • Kyle • Manann • Leonard McCoy • Mellendez • Morien • Mursha • Nordstrom • Rek • Rhod • Ross (astrogeologist) • Ruhl • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Eric Staaltenburg • Hikaru Sulu • Keiko Tamura • Nyota Uhura • Urback • Wilson (Ensign) • Zennor • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • Starfleet casualties

Referenced only

Benjamin Franklin • Kodos • Sarek • Zdunic • Robert Conrad • Robert Burns

Starships and vehicles[]

Columbia (shuttlecraft) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Galileo (class F shuttlecraft) • USS Great Lakes (frigate) • IKS Jada • IKS MatHa' • IKS Qul (flagship) • Rath • IKS Shukar

Locations[]

Capella IV (Capella star system, Auriga constellation, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant) • Kgha'lugh • Sector 937 • Uri Taug (Klingon Empire space, the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrant)

Referenced only

Alloway • Alpha Centauri • Klingon Neutral Zone • Scotland

Shipboard locales[]

bridge • sickbay • flight deck

Races and cultures[]

Alpha and Beta Quadrant races and cultures/Milky Way Galaxy races and cultures: Capellan • Furies • Human • Klingon • Vulcan

Referenced only

Andorian • cetacean • Horta • mammaloid • Melkot • Orion • Romulan

States and organizations[]

Klingon Empire • Klingon High Command • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Science and classification[]

astronomy • biology • cartography • communications • energy • fire • mass • matter • measurement • radiation • technology • time travel • weapon

Astronomy[]

galaxy • planet • quadrant • space • star • star system • time • universe

Biology[]

anatomy • lifeform • medicine

Anatomy and medicine[]

morgue • psychology • skull • space sickness • spinal cord • spine

Lifeforms[]

humanoid • moss

Communications[]

distress signal

Materials and substances[]

argon • atmosphere • blood • DNA • drink • food • gas • metal • methane • nitrogen • oxygen • plasma • plutonium • straw • toparine

Food and drink[]

coffee

Cartography and measurement[]

century • day • quadrant • timeline • year

Technology and weapons[]

antigrav unit • barometer • club • communicator • dagger • deflector • disruptor • dreadnought • glasses • impulse • klegat • library computer • lifepod • phaser • photon torpedo • sensor • shields • shuttlecraft • starship • sword • tractor beam • translator • transporter • tricorder • turbolift

Occupations and titles[]

captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • command division • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • crew • Dana • doctor • engineer • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medic • navigator • officer • operations division • physician • rank • science officer • sciences division • scientist • second officer • security • tactical officer • Vergo • Vergobretos • Vergozen • weapons officer • yeoman

Other references[]

banshee • boot • Christianity • clothing • cockfight • demon • doll • Drovid • druid • emotion • Gehenna • government • hair • Havoc • Hullam'gar • Iraga • Lord Jim • magic • mythology • Ok'San • pants • races and cultures • red alert • science • Shushara • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • state • Tam o' Shanter • title • tunic • uniform • voodoo • werewolf • witch

Chronology[]

Thousands of years ago

Klingon history

Muscari Incident

2267

• Stardate 3497.2: The Enterprise discovers Klingons at Capella. (TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: Friday's Child, prior to novel)
• Skirmish at Capella (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages) : Kirk and the Enterprise crew protect the Capellans from retribution by the angered Klingon commanders.

Appendices[]

Related media[]

• ST reference: Adventures in Time and Space

Background[]

• Kligat is spelled "klegat".
• Topaline is misspelled "toparine".
• The series featured a four-panel cover by Keith Birdsong showing characters from each book surrounding a broken image of one of the Furies. The complete cover art was used for the omnibus edition, but the Furies character's face was obscured by the title. The face could be seen in a promotional poster for the series. Additionally, on this volume it was decided to feature the Enterprise.

Images[]

Connections[]

Star Trek: Invasion! Novels
First Strike | The Soldiers of Fear | Time's Enemy | The Final Fury

Timeline[]

published order
Previous novel: The Rings of Tautee	TOS numbered novels	Next novel: The Joy Machine
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Friday's Child	Pocket	Next Adventure: Who Mourns for Adonais?

Translations[]

1998

German : Der Erstschlag, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)

External links[]

• First Strike article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.