First Frontier is a Star Trek novel in the numbered series of TOS from Pocket Books.
Description[]
- While testing a new shielding device, the USS Enterprise is caught in the middle of a Klingon/Romulan battle. When the Enterprise crew rescues a lifepod, they are confronted by a Klingon who claims to know nothing of Human existence. Convinced the Klingon is telling the truth, Captain Kirk hurries to Starfleet Headquarters in search of answers. But upon arriving on Earth, the starship Enterprise crew finds that Earth is a vast jungle-like paradise where large, reptilian animals rule… with no signs of Human life anywhere. Now Kirk must travel to the past in search of the key to the mystery—or face the destruction of the Human race.
References[]
Characters[]
- Aur • Dale Bannon • Gaston Barnes • Pavel Chekov • Dewey • Emmendorf • Hardy • James T. Kirk • Louise LaCerra • Elizabeth Ling • MacGuinness • Leonard McCoy • Douglas Newman • Nourredine • Oya • Ozur • Phillips (Captain) • Reenie • Rhula • Mark Rice • Roth (Klingon) • Rusa • Montgomery Scott • Erica Smith • Sova • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Temron • Nyota Uhura • Vernon • Williams (USS Enterprise)
- Referenced only
- Robert April • Guardian of Forever • Charles Vernon Gridley • Winona Kirk • Zefram Cochrane
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise • USS Exeter • USS Farragut • T'Lom
- Referenced only
- USS John Rockland
Locations[]
- Earth (Bangkok • Boston • Georgia • London • Los Angeles • New York • San Francisco) • Izell
- Referenced only
- Venus • Argentina • Arizona • Chixulub crater • Colorado • England • Indonesia • Jupiter • Mexico • Morocco • Rigel • Starbase 10 • Utah • Wyoming • Yucatan
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Orion • Preserver (race) • Rigellian (humanoid)
States and organizations[]
- Clan Ru • Romulan Imperial Guard • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan High Council
Science and classification[]
- alternate reality • asteroid • blue giant • cosmic string • communications • energy • lifeform • matter • measurement • meteor shower • orbit • paleontology • planet • space • star • star system • supercontinent • technology • time • universe • weapon • X-ray
Lifeforms[]
- animal • bird • camel • cephalopod • dinosauroid • frog • horse • humanoid • plant • mammal • nautilus (mollusk) • ostrich • reptile • salamander • turkey
Prehistoric lifeforms[]
- Alamosaurus • ammonite • Anatotitan • Ankylosaurus • Apatosaurus • archosaur • brachiosaur • Brontosaurus • ceratopsid • cycad • Deinonychus • dinosaur • dromaeosaur • ornithichia • pachycephalosaur • Pentaceratops • pterodactyl • pterosaur • sauropod • Stegosaurus • theropod • Thescelosaurus • titanosaur • Torosaurus • Triceratops • troodon • Tyrannosaurus rex • Utahraptor • Velociraptor
Technology and weapons[]
- phaser • photon torpedo • starship • universal translator
Ranks and titles[]
- Secretary of the Vulcan High Council • spiker • spear (title) •
Other references[]
- banshee • Federation members • frontier • Klingonese (Klingonese glossary: M • T) • science • soul • Starfleet casualties • tsunami • war game
Chronology[]
- Millions of years ago (distant past chronology)
- 2268 (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages, year 4)
- Enterprise experiences the time effect.
History articles[]
- Cretaceous • Jurassic • Mesozoic • Klingon history • Vulcan history • Romulan history • Orion history
Appendices[]
Related media[]
Background[]
- Diane Carey wanted to call the novel Lost Frontier, a name suggested by her daughter; however this was seemingly vetoed by Pocket Books editors. (ST reference: Voyages of Imagination)
- In one of his anecdotal footnotes from his book Danse MacabreWP, Stephen KingWP remarked that this very same story idea was proposed by author Harlan Ellison as the subject for the first Star Trek movie; the Enterprise would travel back in time to discover they were in this alternate dinosaur reality, and would have to make the moral decision whether to destroy that reality in favor of their own. The story goes that one of the producers was fascinated by the Mayan calendar, insisted that Ellison include that in the story (which he insisted had no relevance), and after some argument, Ellison walked out in a huff.
Images[]
Cover image.
Cover art.
Kirk.
Spock.
Dinosauroid.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: The Fearful Summons |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: The Captain's Daughter |
| Previous novel: The Search |
Novels by: Diane Carey |
Next novel: The Way of the Warrior |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Plato's Stepchildren |
Next Adventure: Wink of an Eye | |
| Previous Adventure: Plato's Stepchildren |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Wink of an Eye |
| 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 Escape Chapters 12, 17, 19 & 23 |
64,018,143 BC Chapters 23-38 |
Next Adventure: Spock's World Vulcan: Two |
Translations[]
- 1999
- German : Keine Spur von Menschen, translated by Harald Pusch. (Heyne)
External link[]
- First Frontier article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.