For other uses, see Kobayashi.

   

Description[]

A freak shuttlecraft accident—and suddenly Captain Kirk and most of his senior officers find themselves adrift in space, with no hope of rescue, no hope of repairing their craft, or restoring communications—with nothing, in short, but time on their hands.

Time enough for each to tell the story of the Kobayashi Maru - the Starfleet Academy test given to command cadets. Nominally a tactical exercise, the Kobayashi Maru is in fact a test of character revealed in the choices each man makes - and does not make.

Discover how Starfleet Cadets Kirk, Chekov, Scotty, and Sulu each faced the Kobayashi Maru...and became Starfleet officers.

References[]

Characters[]

Anne • Baasch • Cantini • Robert Cecil • Sasha Charles • Pavel Chekov • Rachel Coan • Constrev • Filbert • Laurel Gugin • Hohman • Howell • Tetsuo Inomata • Janda • Gregory Jao • James T. Kirk • Arthur Kobrine • Kozor • Aldous Kramer • Leonard McCoy • Nabuda • Narv • Maria Theresa Perez-Salazar • Montgomery Scott • Shoji • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • Walgren • Westbeld

Referenced only

Agrippa • Babin • Cheryl • Jesus Christ • George Custer • Friendly John • Fr'nir • Garth of Izar • Rube Goldberg • Hoshe-Igga • Korrd • Das Res-Pamudan • Shaitani • George Temmu • Von

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Enterprise (Enterprise-subclass refit) • USS Exeter • USS Farragut • Halley (shuttlecraft) • "IKS Kh'yem" (Klingon cruiser) • "SS Kobayashi Maru" (neutronic fuel carrier) • USS Potemkin • USS Saratoga • USS Yorktown

Locations[]

bridge • engine room • engineering • Gast • Isrando-on-Sheshwar • phaser bay • recreation hall • shuttlebay • sickbay • sunside • Tiatris • torpedo bay • transporter room

Planetary locations[]

Aberdeen • Allegheny Mountains • Australia • California • Fisherman's Wharf • Golden Gate Bridge • Golden Gate Park • Iowa • Japan • Kare Conference Hall • Little Bighorn • Los Angeles • Mexico • Mexico City • Mount Tam • North America • Oakland • Ohio • Old El Cerrito • Palace of Fine Arts • Rhineland • San Francisco • Scotland • Tempe

Stations and outposts[]

Aslan Industrial Station • Station F9

Planets and planetoids[]

Altair VI • Carstair's Planet • Earth • Hohweyn VII • Luna • Menak III • Rigel V • Rukbat V

Stellar locations[]

Altair • the galaxy • Gamma Hydra • Hohweyn • Klingon Neutral Zone • Magellan sector • Menak • Murasaki sector • Rigel • Rukbat • Sol system

Races and cultures[]

Andorian • Altarian • Barbarbaar'yoat • Human (Asian • Cheyenne people • Maori • Russian) • Klingon • Romulan • Tseyluri • Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Babin's sixth fleet • Cadet Bloc G • Cadet Bloc W • Klingon Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Academy Command School • Starfleet Academy Engineering School • United Federation of Planets • Venkatsen Research Group • World Library

Science and classification[]

Aberdeen Solution • atom • biology • black hole • blood • brain • chemotherapy • command chair • communications • computer • constellation • coolant system • crane • deflector shield • disruptor • drug • engine • environmental suit • glioblastoma • gravitic anomaly • gravitic mine • gravity • heart • hour • hypothermia • impulse drive • intercom • jamming • kilometer • lamp • mathematics • medicine • medikit • meter • multiship field system • muscle • nerve • orbit • particle beam • Perera Field Theory • phaser • phaser bank • photon torpedo • plant • plasma weapon • radio • reader • record tape • star system • starbase • starship • subspace radio • time • torpedo • torpedo launcher • transporter • trinary star • warp drive

Materials, substances and energies[]

adrenaline • antimatter • coolant • hair • ice • iron • kurite • light • liquid nitrogen • neutrino • nickel • ozone • radiation • titanium

Ranks and titles[]

admiral • cadet • captain • chief engineer • commander • commodore • communications officer • crewman • doctor • engineer • first officer • helmsman • liaison officer • navigator • officer • phaser chief • pilot • science officer • security chief • student • yeoman

Other references[]

asteroid • Battle of Tiatris • bulkhead • butterfly • butter • city • court martial • diplomacy • dog • duck • earthworm • Encyclopedia of Engineering Development and Design • field jacket • food • Georgian Russian • glass • helm • Hoshe Offensive • iguana • Japanese • Klingonese • Kobayashi Maru scenario • library • locker • mihka • Modern Russian • Muscovite High Russian • origami • parrot • philosophy • planet • psychology • rabbit • raisin • Reinhold pirouette • Rosserian ivy • sector • shore leave • solitaire • Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry • Starfleet uniform • Tellurian greencat • uniform • water • weapon

Appendices[]

Background[]

On the cover of the book, the USS Tritium is shown, having been modeled based on a painting by Rick Sternbach originally created for the TOS reference: Spaceflight Chronology. Which ship it might represent from the story is unclear, although it seems implied that the Tritium image might represent the SS Kobayashi Maru herself.

Images[]

Cover image.

Translation cover image.

Sulu.

Scotty.

Kirk.

Tritium-class starship.

Kobayashi Maru German reprint cover

Timeline[]

Translations[]

1992

Portuguese : Kobayashi Maru. (Editora Aleph)

1994

German : Kobayashi Maru, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)

External link[]

• The Kobayashi Maru article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.