The IDIC Epidemic
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| Author(s): | Jean Lorrah |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TOS #38 |
| Published: | February 1988 |
| Pages: | 278 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2267) |
| Reference: | ISBN 067170768X |
It is a killer. And something far worse.
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- I.D.I.C. - Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it is the cornerstone of their philosophy.
- Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being put to the sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, Human, Klingon and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague has sprung up. A plague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept...
- Interstellar War.
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[edit] Memorable Quotes
"How late will we be?"
"Six days."
"Not six-point-one-three-seven?"
"Six-point-two-five-two. Mother, is it not illogical to be annoyed when Father or I give you a precise figure yet ask for such precision when we do not?"
"No, just Human."
- - Amanda and Spock
"Last time ve couldn't get to Wulcan. This time ve can't get avay from it!"
- - Chekov
"Nature is more dangerous than an acknowledged enemy, for it so often appears one's friend that one never expects the moment it turns and casually kills."
- - Kevin Katasai
"Klingon scientists. Intriguing. I should like to meet them."
- - Sarek
"Chaucer died before he finished the work. I always thought that if he'd finished it, there would have been bandits. And probably a sixth husband for the Wife of Bath."
- - Kirk
[edit] Background Information
- This was a sequel to #20, The Vulcan Academy Murders.
- James Kirk is shown in a blue science tunic instead of his usual gold on the cover art of the novel.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Canon Characters
- James T. Kirk
- Spock
- Leonard McCoy
- Montgomery Scott
- Pavel Chekov
- Uhura
- Christine Chapel
- Sarek
- Amanda Grayson
- M'Benga
[edit] Non-Canon Characters
- Borth
- Orion reprentative to the Nisus Council and Seela's uncle.
- Daniel Corrigan
- Human doctor and longtime friend and colleague of the Vulcan healer, Sorel. Married to T'Mir.
- Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders.
- Beau Deaver
- Human/Orion hybrid medic and mathematician.
- Korsal Katasai
- Klingon thought master and engineer.
- Kevin Katasai
- Korsal's human/klingon hybrid son, who wants to attend Starfleet Academy.
- Karl Katasai
- Korsal's youngest son. Also a human/klingon hybrid.
- Seela
- Korsal's Orion wife.
- Sorel
- Vulcan healer. Friend and colleague of Daniel Corrigan and father of T'Mir.
- Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders
- T'Kar
- Vulcan nurse.
- T'Mir
- Wife of Daniel Corrigan and daughter of Sorel.
- Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders. Not to be confused with the T'Mir who appears in ENT: "Carbon Creek", as they are unrelated characters.
- T'Pina
- Adopted daughter of T'Kar.
- Sendet
- One of the Followers of T'Vet, a Vulcan philosophy which rejects the teachings of Surak.
- Previously featured in The Vulcan Academy Murders.
- Satat
- The leader of the Followers of T'Vet.
[edit] References
USS Enterprise; Vulcan; IDIC; Surak; Kahs-wan; pon farr; lirpa; katra; ahn-woon; Klingon; Klingon Empire; Orion; Tellarite; Romulan; Rigellian; Andorian; Eugenics Wars; ESP
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