Synopses & Reviews
As the brave men and women of Starfleet carry out their duties -- mapping countless solar systems, greeting new species and establishing ties with civilizations large and small -- they live, work, and face the possibility that they could die in space. How do Starfleet's finest survive the countless dangers to be discovered as they boldly go where no one has gone before? Find out with this special edition of andlt;Iandgt;The Starfleet Survival Guide!andlt;/Iandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Contains up tp date, declassified information onandlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; STANDARD EQUIPMENT -- NONSTANDARD USESandlt;BRandgt; UNCONVENTIONAL MEDICINEandlt;BRandgt; DANGEROUS LIFE-FORMSandlt;BRandgt; EXTREME SCENARIOSandlt;BRandgt; And more!andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; For further reference, or if you are considering and exciting and fulfilling career in the diplomatic and scientific fleet of the United Federation of Planets, please contact your local Starfleet representative.
Synopsis
Standard issue for Starfleet Officers throughout the Federation and beyond, here is a vital tool for space survival, covering everything from space-suit leaks, hot-wiring a tri-corder, and hostile alien encounters. Illustrations.
About the Author
David Mack is the national bestselling author of more than twenty novels and novellas, including Wildfire, Harbinger, Reap the Whirlwind, Precipice, Road of Bones, Promises Broken, Rise Like Lions, and the Star Trek Destiny trilogy: Gods of Night, Mere Mortals, and Lost Souls. He developed the Star Trek Vanguard series concept with editor Marco Palmieri. His first work of original fiction is the critically acclaimed supernatural thriller The Calling. In addition to novels, Mack’s writing credits span several media, including television (for episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, short fiction, magazines, newspapers, comic books, computer games, radio, and the Internet. His upcoming works include the new Star Trek Vanguard novel Storming Heaven, an epic 24th-century Star Trek: The Next Generation trilogy, and a new original supernatural thriller. Mack resides in New York City with his wife, Kara.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;CONTENTSandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;1.0 STANDARD-ISSUE EQUIPMENT -- NONSTANDARD USESandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.00 Introduction andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.01 Causing Localized Seismic Disruptions with Tricorder and/or Combadge Signals andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.02 Programming a Combadge or Tricorder to Trigger Preset Device Effects and Functions andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.03 Programming a Tricorder to Control a Medium-Range Subspace Transmitter andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.04 Reconfiguring a Subspace Transceiver to Generate a Short-Duration, Low-Power Force Field andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.05 Remodulating a Universal Translator into a Jamming Deviceandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.06 Recalibrating Transporter Enhancer Armbands as Temporal Shields andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.07 Repurposing Type-1, Type-2, and Type-3 Phasers as Explosive Devices andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.08 Sterilizing Food and Water with a Phaser andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.09 Charging a Shuttle Battery or Ship's Console with a Type-1, Type-2, or Type-3 Phaser Power Cell andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.10 Protecting a Campsite from Pests, Using a Tricorder and Phaser andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.11 Surviving Atmospheric Reentry in a Pressure Suit andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.12 Reconfiguring Transporters to Create Perpetual Stasis Loops andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.13 Using Holodeck Data Cores to Save Transport Patterns andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.14 Transmitting Coded Subspace Signals by Adjusting a Warp Drive's Field Phase Coils andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.15 Sealing Quantum Fissures with an Inverted Warp Field andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1.16 Detecting and Counteracting Invidium Contamination andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;2.0 UNCONVENTIONAL MEDICINEandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.00 Introduction andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.01 Anesthetizing Humanoids with Tricorder Signals andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.02 Modifying a Type-1 or Type-2 Phaser into a Scalpel andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.03 Programming a Holographic Emitter to Artificially Respirate a Humanoid Whose Lungs Have Been Destroyed andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.04 Erasure of Humanoid Short-Term and Long-Term Memories andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.05 Protocols for Temporary Implantation of a Trill Symbiont into a Non-Trill Host andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.06 Neutralizing Denevan Neural Parasites andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.07 Detecting and Removing Interphasic Parasites andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.08 Treatment Methods for an Overdose of Anti-Intoxicants andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.09 Proven Herbal Remedies for Mugato Venom andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.10 Negating the Psychotropic Effects of Omicron Ceti III Spores andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.11 Diagnosing and Counteracting Variants of the Psi 2000 Virus andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2.12 Recognizing and Treating Symptoms of Temporal Narcosis andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;3.0 DANGEROUS LIFE-FORMSandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.00 Introduction andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.01 How to Drive off Noncorporeal Emotional Parasites andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.02 Avoiding Mind Control by Elasian Women andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.03 Surviving Attack by a Crystalline Entity andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.04 Dealing with "Omnipotent" Beings andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.05 Protocols for Nanite Infestation of Computers andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.06 Navigating Inside a Borg Cube or Sphere andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.07 Recognizing and Neutralizing a Dikironium Cloud Creature andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.08 Fending Off an Attacking Mugato andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.09 Wrestling Free of a Denebian Slime Devil andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.10 Dealing with Charging Klingon Sarks andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.11 Evading Wanoni Tracehounds andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.12 Escaping from a Vulcan Le-Matya andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.13 Defending Yourself Against a Kryonian Tiger andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3.14 Protecting a Starship from an Alpha Omicron Creature andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;andlt;Iandgt;4.0 EXTREME SCENARIOSandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.00 Introduction andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.01 Landing and Evacuating Crippled Small Spacecraft andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.02 Surviving in and Escaping from Damaged Turbolifts andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.03 Escaping from a Malfunctioning Holodeck andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.04 Transporting Through Shields andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.05 Transporting to Ships Moving at Warp Speeds andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.06 Creating Metaphasic Shielding to Conceal a Ship in a Stellar Corona or Similar Environment andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.07 Detecting Cloaked Objects and Vessels at Close and Intermediate Ranges andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.08 Reversing Radical Subspatial Compression andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.09 Protocols for Containing and Transporting a Protouniverse andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.10 Dispersing Rogue Soliton Waves andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.11 Inducing Solar Eruptions for Tactical Purposes andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.12 Surviving While Adrift in Deep Space andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.13 Surviving if You Are Shifted Out of Phase andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.14 Detecting and Escaping Temporal Causality Loops andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4.15 Determining if You Have Been Shifted into a Parallel Quantum Universe