Feuer gegen Feuer

Feuer gegen Feuer is a Star Trek: Prometheus novel – the first in the series – written by Bernd Perplies and Christian Humberg. Published by Cross Cult, it was first released in July 2016.

It was the first original Star Trek novel published in German; the English translation being published in November 2017 as Fire with Fire.

Summary

Publisher's description (translated from German)

Near the border with the Klingon Empire, a number of brutal terrorist attacks have taken place, resulting in thousands of casualties.

Who is behind the attacks? Are they fanatics from the mysterious Renao species which has settled in the neighboring Lembatta Cluster? Or is the sinister Typhon Pact responsible? Starfleet sends the USS Prometheus, their strongest combat vessel, to solve the mystery in this border region before the next war breaks out in the galaxy.

Extra: fold-out pages with an overview of the Prometheus.

Background information

• Cover art by Tobias Richter.

Characters

Jeremy Haden

Captain of the USS Valiant, Constitution-class

James T. Kirk

Captain of the USS Enterprise

Mark Edwards

Blond first officer and pilot aboard the Valiant and a friend of Haden

Linda Nozawa

Female, dark-haired lieutenant and science officer of Japanese descent aboard the Valiant

Peter Schwartz

German-born navigator of the Valiant

Bhahani

Doctor and CMO of Indian descent aboard the Valiant

Franco

Tanned ensign and security officer aboard the Valiant

Clarke

Security officer aboard the Valiant, a burly Scotsman

Unnamed

Ensign and relief conn officer aboard the Valiant

Rah-Ban

Miradorn mercenary and twin brother of Vol-Ban, owner of the ship Vel-Tekk

Vol-Ban

Miradorn mercenary and twin brother of Rah-Ban, owner of the ship Vel-Tekk

Richard Adams

Captain of the USS Prometheus (NX-74913), Prometheus-class

Roaas

Caitian Commander and First officer of the USS Prometheus

Sarita Carson

Commander and operations officer aboard the USS Prometheus, born in Cape Town, African Confederation, Earth

Chell

Bolian lieutenant aboard the USS Prometheus

Massimo Ciarese

31-year-old ensign and conn officer with black-curled hair aboard the USS Prometheus from Sicily, Italy, Earth

Paul Winter

Communications officer aboard the USS Prometheus, of German-Sudanese descent who worked on the Pathfinder Project in 2376

Jenna "Jen" Winona Kirk

Lieutenant commander and chief engineer aboard the USS Prometheus, athletic and dark-haired and a descendant of James T. Kirk

Alex Meyer

Human lieutenant and assistant chief engineer in his late thirties aboard the USS Prometheus who loves old trains from Earth

Mentioned

Zefram Cochrane

Green

Ensign and yeoman aboard the Valiant

Amelinda Lukarian

Head of a varieté group during Kirk's first assignment as captain of the Enterprise

Noguchi (β)

Admiral who promoted Kirk for his command of the Enterprise

Denning

Doctor and xenozoologist aboard the Valiant

Nanietta Bacco

Deceased President of the United Federation of Planets

Kellesar zh'Tarash

Female President of the United Federation of Planets from 31st October 2385 on

Barai

CMO aboard the USS Prometheus

Locations

Baker Beach

A beach in San Francisco where Haden met Kirk for the first time on a party.

Lembatta Cluster

A region of fifteen light years filled with twenty-four red giants and nebulae and near the Klingon Empire. The Valiant fulfilled a cartography mission in this cluster.

System LC-13

The star system which included the Lembatta Cluster.

LC-13-II

Second planet in the system LC-13, red-grey in color and a bit smaller than Earth. It is filled with water and vegetation, with an atmosphere Humans could breathe; the southern continent is a cleft coast. The away team of the Valiant found ruins on the surface and the only lifeforms seems to be some insects.

Sector 221-G

A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries won their starship

Tullinar VI

A planet where the Miradorn mercenaries transported weapon to

Silva Sector

A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries did organ trafficking

Antares sector

A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries did smuggling with the Pakled

Bajoran sector

The sector housing Deep Space 9

Deep Space 9

References

21st century; airlock; Alpha Quadrant; archaeology; asteroid; "aye"; Aztec; battle bridge; Beta Antares Ship Yards; Beta Quadrant; Breen; bridge; command chair; command division; communications officer; course; daisy; dedication plaque; deflector shield; dehydration; Delta Quadrant; desk; duty; Earth; electromagnetic spectrum; engineering; EPS relay; evasive maneuvers; Federation; gas giant; grave; holo-video; impulse drive; jamaharon; Kinshaya; Klingon; knife; landing party; light year; massage; Mayan; mercenary; Milky Way Galaxy; Nuvian; NX; phaser; phaser bank; pornography; pre-warp civilization; Prime Directive; pyramid; quantum slipstream drive; quarters; rank insignia; Renao; Risian; Romulan; Saurian brandy; scientist; sea; sensor; shock wave; sickbay; sir; standard orbit; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Headquarters; Starfleet officer; Stellar cartography; subspace communication; sun; tactical station; temple; torpedo; tricorder; turbolift; Typhon pact; Tzenkethi; Tzenkethi Marauder; United Federation of Planets; viewer; Voyager, USS; wanted poster; warp; warp drive; xenoarchaeology

Chronology

2161

Date of the Federation Founding Ceremony

Stardate 1966.9

Mission of the USS Valiant in the Lembatta Cluster

2373

The USS Prometheus has its maiden voyage

29th October 2385

The USS Prometheus captures the Miradorn mercenary ship Val-Tekk

31st October 2385

The USS Prometheus returns to Deep Space 9 after a six-month patrol assignment at the Tzenkethi border

External links

• Feuer gegen Feuer at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Release announcement by Cross Cult