House of Cards
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| Author(s): | Peter David |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | New Frontier #1 |
| Published: | 1 July 1997 |
| Pages: | 168 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2373) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0671013955 |
A new ship, a new crew, a new mission! -- The Thallonian Empire has collapsed and Starfleet sends the USS Excalibur with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun to Sector 221-G.
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[edit] Summary
"House of Cards" starts off the New Frontier novel series by starting to introduce the main characters and giving background on USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)'s Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. It also provides information on the life of Lieutenant Soleta.
[edit] Background Information
- Jean-Luc Picard is the one who recruited Mackenzie Calhoun into Starfleet.
- Collected in the Star Trek: New Frontier Omnibus.
[edit] Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in New Frontier characters.
[edit] Main cast and recurring characters
- Mackenzie Calhoun
- Starfleet captain of USS Excalibur
- Elizabeth Shelby
- Starfleet commander, Excalibur executive officer.
- Si Cwan
- Thallonian royal family member, a refugee of the Thallonian Empire collapse.
- Selar
- Starfleet medical officer, CMO of Excalibur.
- Soleta
- Starfleet science officer. Soleta previously appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy series.
- Spock
- Half-Vulcan ambassador.
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Starfleet captain of the Enterprise-E.
- Edward Jellico
- Starfleet admiral.
- D'ndai
- Xenexian.
- Falkar
- Danterian.
- Kally
- Nickname of Kallinda, Si Cwan's sister.
- Morgan Korsmo
- Former captain of Excalibur.
- Ryjaan
- Yoz
[edit] Other characters
- Kristian Ayre
- Enterprise-E conn lieutenant.
- Barsamis
- Trader.
- Bragonier
- Danteri.
- Jack Crusher
- Stargazer officer.
- Delina
- Danteri.
- Giniv
- Vulcan.
- Seth Goddard
- Starfleet commander.
- Voltak
- Selar's late husband.
- Krassus
- Orion.
- Paige
- Enterprise-E tactical officer, a lieutenant
- Zina
[edit] References
- Calhoun
- Xenexian village.
- Battle of Condacin
- One of a number of military conflicts where M'k'n'zy cemented his role as leader, and liberator, of Xenex.
- Danteri
- Humanoid species.
- Danterian Empire
- Government.
- Deep Space 5
- Federation starbase.
- USS Enterprise-E
- Federation starship.
- USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)
- Ambassador-class starship.
- IDIC
- katra
- USS Grissom
- Federation starship.
- Mojov Station
- Space station.
- The Pit
- Plains of Seanwin
- pon farr
- Search for Allways
- Sector 221-G
- Sector 221-H
- Starfleet Academy
- USS Stargazer
- Thal
- Thallon
- Thallonian Empire
- Government.
- Thallonian steed
- Thallonian Summit
- Vulcan
- warhoon
- Xenex
- Planet.
- Xenexian
- Humanoid species.
[edit] Timeline
[edit] External link
- House of Cards at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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