Challenger (Star Trek)

Challenger
Author(s)	Diane Carey
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Star Trek: New Earth Star Trek: The Original Series
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	August 2000
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	396 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-671-04298-X
OCLC Number	44771111
LC Classification	CPB Box no. 2018 vol. 9
Preceded by	Thin Air

Challenger is a Star Trek: New Earth novel written by Diane Carey.

In Voyages of Imagination, Diane Carey remarked on leaving ending open for a new series: "The new 'sheriff' in these parts was Nick Keller, a first officer plagued with an unstable captain who was forced to take over a ship and dispossess his captain in order to save his ship and mission. The idea was for Kirk to leave Keller in the wilderness to be the Starfleet law enforcement force in the unstable Belle Terre system. Nick Keller's ship was destroyed, and he comes up with the idea of cobbling together a crew from the immediate reservoir. The ship Challenger was named after the space shuttle Challenger, a suggestion from John Ordover."^[1]

References

1. ^ Ayers, Jeff (2006). Voyages of Imagination. Pocket Books. pp. 433–434. ISBN 1-4165-0349-8. 

External links

• Challenger at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Challenger publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database