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Read an Excerpt of the Upcoming Star Trek Online Novel The Needs of the Many

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By GustavoLeao / 07:20, 19 March 2010 / Trek Books

Pocket Books posted an extensive excerpt from the upcoming Star Trek Online The Needs of the Many tie-in novel, written by author Michael A. Martin and on sale March 30th 2010.

Here is how Pocket Books describes the novel (spoilers) :


Prior to the terror-filled times of the Long War-the seemingly endless struggle against the Undine, a paranoid, shape-shifting race once known only as Species 8472-enemy sleeper agents quietly penetrated every echelon of Federation society, as well as other starfaring civilizations throughout the Alpha and Beta quadrants. The ensuing conflict shook humanity to its very core, often placing its highest ideals against a pure survival instinct. All too frequently, the Undine War demanded the harshest of sacrifices and exacted the steepest of personal costs from the countless millions whose lives the great interdimensional clash forever altered.


Drawn from his exhaustive research and interviews, The Needs of the Many delivers a glimpse of Betar Prize-winning author Jake Sisko's comprehensive "living history" of this tumultuous era. With collaborator Michael A. Martin, Sisko illuminates an often-poorly-understood time, an age marked indelibly by both fear and courage-not to mention the willingness of multitudes of unsung heroes who became the living embodiment of the ancient Vulcan philosopher Surak's famous axiom, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."


You can read the full Star Trek Online excerpt here.

Have a good reading (beware of spoilers).



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By: The Caretaker (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:05:19 on Mar 20, 2010

Bonus points to the author for working in the reference to Chiron Beta Prime.


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By: Tupperfan (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:18:41 on Mar 20, 2010

Had to stop. Felt like the thing is full of clichés and the typical "lets put as many canonical references as possible".

And there's that new tendency among Trek novels to make the Trek universe feel even closer and familiar in its culture and language to North American society, with all that marines slang and shit, among others.

And seriously, a promising Starfleet tactical officer ensign become a private in the MACOs? How about commissioning hi as officer? Besides, what kind of fanboy wet-dream is to have the MACOs in the 24/25th century?

Yeah...no thanks.



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RE: Meh... by StillKirok @ 15:38:25 on Mar 20
    RE: Meh... by GustavoLeao @ 18:36:29 on Mar 20
       RE: Meh... by Capricorn Two @ 20:27:27 on Mar 21
          RE: Meh... by GustavoLeao @ 05:52:19 on Mar 22
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