October 1987 Cover Image
BOOK DETAILS
- 253 Pages
- October 1987
- Book #36
- Pocket Books
- Paperback
- $4.95 U.S.
- $4.95 Canada
ISBN: 0-671-62998-0
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HOW MUCH FOR JUST THE PLANET? |
By: John M. Ford
Dilithium.
In crystalline form, the most valuable
mineral
in the galaxy. It powers
the Federation's starships . . .
and the Klingon Empire's battlecruisers.
Now on a small, out-of-the-way
planet
named Direidi, the greatest fortune
in dilithium
crystals ever seen has been found.
Under the terms of the Organian
Peace Treaty,
the planet will go to the side
best able to develop
the planet and its resources.
Each side will contest
the prize with the prime of its
fleet. For the
Federation - Captain James T. Kirk
and the starship
Enterprise. For the Klingon's
- Captain Kaden
Vestai-Oparai and the Fire Blossom.
Only the Diredians are writing
their own script
for this contest - a script that
propels the
crew of the Enterprise into their
strangest adventure yet!
Strange adventure
is right! This is a VERY unusual story.
Here's something interesting:
Under the terms of the Organian
Peace Treaty,
the planet will go to the side
best able to
develop the planet and its resources.
That's all well and good, but,
what about the inhabitants of the
planet?
Don't they get a say as to which
organization they want to belong to?
What if they decide not to belong
to either side?
I've never been a fan of the Orgainian
Peace Treaty.
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