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Star Trek: New Frontier is a series chronicling the adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the USS Excalibur. Created by Peter David in 1997, it was the first Star Trek book series to prominently feature characters created directly for print rather than for the screen.

Contents 1 Series History 2 Characters 3 Media 3.1 Published order 3.2 Chronological order 3.3 Omnibuses 3.4 Related Works 4 Connections

Series History

New Frontier was created in 1997 by Pocket Books Editor John Ordover and writer Peter David. It was considered to be an experiment, to see how readers would react to novels which did not center on major characters or the settings featured in the television series.

Ordover conceived of New Frontier as an analogue to the post-Soviet USSR, where numerous forces once kept in check by the central government began to battle to fill the power vacuum, and old conflicts begin to resurface. (Voyages of Imagination)

David created three original characters for New Frontier novels: Mackenzie Calhoun, formerly known as M'k'n'zy of Calhoun, leader of the Xenexian rebellion against the alien Danteri; Si Cwan, a former Thallonian nobleman now out of power; and Burgoyne 172, the Hermat Chief Engineer of the USS Excalibur. Three more characters -- Soleta, Zak Kebron, and Mark McHenry -- were created by David for his trilogy of Starfleet Academy Young Adult novels featuring Worf, and brought back to the new series as adult officers. Elizabeth Shelby, Robin Lefler, and Dr. Selar were also included due to their status as "one-shot favorites" of Star Trek: The Next Generation fans.

The first four titles were released as shorter (and cheaper) "chapbooks", in much the same manner as Stephen King's The Green Mile was originally published the year prior. These four books were later re-released in a single hardbound omnibus.

The New Frontier series has been quite successful, and includes some of the best selling of the recent Star Trek novels. Its success is directly responsible for other similar lit-only Trek series, such as Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers and Star Trek: IKS Gorkon.

New Frontier stories regularly appear in crossover miniseries and short story anthologies. The series has also expanded into the realm of comics; In 2000 WildStorm Comics published the first New Frontier comic and approached David about creating a second but lost the license before that came to fruition. In 2008 the new comics licenser, IDW Publishing, approached David about a new New Frontier comics project, resulting in the publication of a five-part miniseries. ^[1]

Characters

• Mackenzie Calhoun
• Elizabeth Shelby
• Burgoyne 172
• Soleta
• Zak Kebron
• Mark McHenry
• Robin Lefler
• Selar
• Si Cwan
• Janos
• Morgan Primus
• Katerina Mueller
• Xyon of Calhoun
• Kalinda Cwan
• Arex
• M'Ress
• Tania Tobias
• Romeo Takahashi
• Mick Gold
• Xy
• Moke

Media

Published order

Title	Author(s)	Format	Published	Cover
#1 House of Cards	Peter David	novel (reprinted in New Frontier)	July 1997
#2 Into the Void	Peter David	novel (reprinted in New Frontier)	July 1997
#3 The Two-Front War	Peter David	novel (reprinted in New Frontier)	August 1997
#4 End Game	Peter David	novel (reprinted in New Frontier)	August 1997
#5 Martyr	Peter David	novel (reprinted in Prometheans)	March 1998
#6 Fire on High	Peter David	novel (reprinted in Prometheans)	April 1998
The Captain's Table #5 Once Burned	Peter David	novel (reprinted in The Captain's Table)	October 1998
Double Helix #5 (TNG #55) Double or Nothing	Peter David	novel	August 1999
#7 The Quiet Place	Peter David	novel	November 1999
#8 Dark Allies	Peter David	novel	November 1999
Excalibur #1 #9 Requiem	Peter David	novel	September 2000
Excalibur #2 #10 Renaissance	Peter David	novel	September 2000
Excalibur #3 #11 Restoration	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: November 2000 Paperback: November 2001
Double Time	Peter David Art by: Mike Collins & David Roach	comic (reprinted in Other Realities)	November 2000
Gateways #6 Cold Wars	Peter David	novel	October 2001
Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond: "Death After Life"	Peter David	novella	Hardcover: November 2001 Paperback: October 2002
#12 Being Human	Peter David	novel	November 2001
Gods Above	Peter David	novel	October 2003
Stone and Anvil	Peter David	novel	October 2003
No Limits	Editors: Peter David, with Keith R.A. DeCandido	anthology	October 2003
Tales of the Dominion War "Stone Cold Truths"	Peter David	short story	August 2004
After the Fall	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: November 2004 Paperback: December 2005
Tales from the Captain's Table "Pain Management"	Peter David	short story	June 2005
Missing in Action	Peter David	novel	Hardcover: February 2006 Paperback: January 2007
Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances "Cutting Ties"	Peter David	novel	March 2007
Turnaround	Peter David Art by: Stephen Thompson	Five-part comic miniseries	Issues: March-July 2008 Omnibus: October 2008
Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows "Homecoming"	Peter David	short story	January 2009
Treason	Peter David	novel	Trade paperback: April 2009 Mass market paperback: March 2010

Chronological order

• Pre-dating main series setting
  • 2354:
    • No Limits: "A Lady of Xenex"
    • No Limits: "Lefler's Logs" (Logs run through to 2364)
  • 2356: No Limits: "Turning Point"
  • 2361: No Limits: "Waiting For G'Doh"
  • 2362: No Limits: "Revelations"
  • 2363:
    • No Limits: "Out of the Frying Pan"
    • No Limits: "Alice, on the Edge of Night"
  • 2366:
    • No Limits: "All That Glisters..."
    • No Limits: "Performance Appraisal"
  • 2368:
    • No Limits: "Oil and Water"
    • No Limits: "Singularity"
  • 2369: No Limits: "'Q'uandary"
  • 2370: No Limits: "Loose Ends"
  • 2371: No Limits: "Through the Looking Glass"
• 2373
  • No Limits: "Making a Difference"
  • House of Cards
  • Into the Void
  • The Two-Front War
  • End Game
• 2374
  • Martyr
  • Fire on High
  • The Captain's Table #5: Once Burned
  • Double Time (Story begins after Once Burned and concludes at the beginning of Double or Nothing)
• 2375
  • Tales of the Dominion War: "Stone Cold Truths"
  • Double Helix #5: Double or Nothing
• 2376
  • The Quiet Place
  • Dark Allies
  • Excalibur
    • Requiem
    • Renaissance
    • Restoration
  • No Limits: "The Road to Edos"
  • No Limits: "A Little Getaway"
  • Gateways #6: Cold Wars
  • Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond: "Death After Life"
  • Being Human
  • Gods Above
  • Stone and Anvil
  • No Limits: "Redemption"
• 2377: Tales from the Captain's Table: "Pain Management"
• 2379
  • After the Fall
  • Missing in Action
• 2380
  • Treason

Omnibuses

• New Frontier - Collector's Edition Hardcover of Books 1-4.
• Prometheans - Exclusive book club hardcover omnibus of Martyr and Fire on High.

Related Works

• Starfleet Academy - Trilogy featuring Kebron, Soleta, and McHenry as classmates of Worf at Starfleet Academy.

1. Worf's First Adventure
2. Line of Fire
3. Survival

• Vendetta - Features Korsmo and Shelby, referenced in House of Cards.
• Imzadi II - Cameo by Shelby and Excalibur.
• Doors Into Chaos - Cameo by Calhoun and Shelby via holoconference.
• Q & A - Cameo by Shelby on Space Station Bravo.
• Before Dishonor - Cameo by Calhoun and the Excalibur.

Connections

• Star Trek: New Frontier article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Star Trek: New Frontier article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Star Trek: New Frontier publications and stories
Novels	House of Cards • Into the Void • The Two-Front War • End Game • Martyr • Fire on High • Once Burned • Double or Nothing • The Quiet Place • Dark Allies • Excalibur (Requiem • Renaissance • Restoration) • Cold Wars • Being Human • Gods Above • Stone and Anvil • After the Fall • Missing in Action • Treason
Short stories and novellas	"Death After Life" • No Limits ("Loose Ends" • "All That Glisters..." • "Waiting for G'Doh, or, How I Learned to Stop Moving and Hate People" • "Lefler's Logs" • "Alice, on the Edge of Night" • "Revelations" • "Turning Point" • "'Q'uandary" • "Oil and Water" • "Singularity" • "The Road to Edos" • "A Lady of Xenex" • "Making a Difference" • "Performance Appraisal" • "Redemption" • "Out of the Frying Pan" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "A Little Getaway") • "Stone Cold Truths" • "Pain Management" • "Cutting Ties" • "Homecoming"
Comics	Double Time • Turnaround ("Part I" • "Part II" • "Part III" • "Part IV" • "Part V")
Omnibuses	New Frontier • Prometheans • Turnaround

Star Trek Series
Enterprise	The Next Generation	Early Voyages	Stargazer	Corps of Engineers
The Original Series	Deep Space Nine	Vanguard	New Frontier	Klingon Empire
The Animated Series	Voyager	The Lost Era	Starfleet Academy	Titan

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From GuildWiki

This article is about the third Guild Wars campaign. For the event, see Nightfall (event).

Contents 1 Theme and Storyline 2 Features 2.1 New Features 3 Acquisition 4 Events 4.1 Upcoming Events 4.2 Current Events 4.3 Update 4.4 Past Events 5 External Links 5.1 From official sites 5.2 From other sites

Guild Wars Nightfall (Campaign Three) is a stand-alone product ("Campaign") of the Guild Wars game series. Guild Wars Nightfall, globally released on October 27, 2006, is the official product title of ArenaNet's third campaign in the Guild Wars world. It is also commonly referred to as Chapter Three, Campaign Three (C3), Nightfall Campaign, or just Nightfall.

Theme and Storyline

The Nightfall campaign uses a North-African theme, with landscape, architecture, art, and creatures inspired by Africa/Arabia as well as ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, and other historic cultures of the North-African/Arab/Mediterranean (Maghreb) region including the African civilization of Kush and Ancient Egypt for character designs since they too were of Indigenous African Origin.

From the Press Release on the Prerelease Bonus Pack:

Guild Wars Nightfall takes place on the continent of Elona, Land of the Golden Sun. [...] In Guild Wars Nightfall, Elona has fallen under the shadow of an evil, outcast god. Against the encroaching desolation of an infernal realm, the people of Elona will need more than a hero to save them, they will need a hero to lead them ... for nightfall is at hand.

The events of Guild Wars Nightfall take place in 1275 DR, which is 3 years after the twin events of Lich Lord opening the Door of Komalie and Shiro Tagachi bringing the plague to Cantha.

Features

• All of the Core features common to all campaigns.

• 2 new Professions:
  • Dervish - "a scythe-wielding holy warrior"
  • Paragon - "guardian angel of the Elonian people"

• "Heroes", party NPCs similar to henchmen, but customizable.

From Press Release August 24,2006: "Guild Wars Nightfall introduces new customizable Heroes who level up, follow player instructions in combat, and use skills and equipment of the player's choosing. [...] And for the ultimate one-on-one challenge, competitive players can choose to enter the new Hero vs. Hero Battles, where they group with a custom team of Heroes and fight against other players from around the world and their customized groups of Heroes.

• Over 350 new skills:
  • 75 skills (15 elite) each for Paragons and Dervishes.
  • 25 skills (10 elite) for each of the six core professions.
  • 25 skills (10 elite) each for Assassins and Ritualists (requires Guild Wars Factions).
  • 2 common title-based PvE-only skills, and 10 Profession-specific.
  • A number of temporary, mission-specific skills.

• New missions
  • 20 storyline missions
  • 3 Challenge Missions

• New armor types and weapons for each of the Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall professions.

• Six new regions:
  • Istan
  • Kourna
  • Vabbi
  • The Desolation
  • The Realm of Torment
  • The Domain of Anguish

• New Henchmen and other NPCs

• New Monster types, and new varieties of existing monsters.

• New Animal companions for rangers

• Additional character slots: Four slots for a stand-alone Nightfall campaign account or two additional slots if the account is merged with a Prophecies and/or Factions account. In addition, one more slot comes as a bonus with the Guild Wars Nightfall Prerelease Bonus Pack. Further slots may be acquired from the in game store.

• Facial animation: Characters will move their lips while talking and show facial expressions during in-game cinematics.

• New combined Skill and Attributes panel, with access to the new template system that allow players to save builds.

• Rideable Wurms, usually called the Junundu.

New Features

The following features were made available in a major update which was released on December 1st 2006.

• The Domain of Anguish, which contains four explorable areas and one Elite Mission.
• A Ritualist hero: Razah
• Anguish Gemstones, which can be exchanged for Coffers of Whispers and tormented items.
• New hero armor.

The following features were made available in the Wintersday 2006 update which was released on December 20th 2006[1].

• Party Search — The new Party Search system allows players to seek and form parties throughout multi districts.
• Reconnect after disconnect — This long awaited feature allows players who have lost connectivity to the server due to a network error or a client crash to return to the game whence they were disconnected.
• A new Festival hat maker NPC which is able to memorize and create any Festival Hat you present to him.

Acquisition

The following packages / editions are available at various games retailers worldwide:

• The Guild Wars Nightfall Standard Edition was officially scheduled for release for October 27th, 2006. Guild Wars: Nightfall standard edition is available on the Guild Wars Online Store. However, note that buying Nightfall from the Official Online Store will automatically use the merge feature with the current account that you used to order Nightfall online with. Also, it does not include client software, manuals, or any other special documentation found only in the retail boxes.
• The Guild Wars Nightfall Prerelease Bonus Pack was released on September 15. It includes an additional character slot, promotional in game items as well as a few fan articles. However, it does not include the game itself.
• The Guild Wars Nightfall Collector's Edition includes the game itself as well as numerous fan articles. It was released on the same date as the standard edition. The Collector's Edition is not offered in the official online store.

Events

Upcoming Events

N/A

Current Events

N/A

Update

• 10:59 p.m. PDT October 26th, 2006 - Guild Wars Nightfall Went Live

Past Events

• December 20, 2006 - January 11, 2007 - Wintersday 2006
• October 28 - 3 November, 2006 - Halloween Event
• September 22 - 24, 2006 - Guild Wars Nightfall World Preview Event

The event ran until 11:59 a.m. PDT (18:59 GMT) on Monday, September 25.

• July 28 – 30, 2006 - Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event

External Links

(Links are in reverse chronological order of release)

From official sites

• press release. (December 13th, 2006)
• Nightfall In-Game Cinematic #3. (October 25, 2006)
• Guild Wars Insider, issue #1, information on GWN features (Oct 20, 2006)
• Guild Wars Nightfall FAQ, all facts from the official webpage (published October 13, 2006)
• The Scribe #16, detailing new animal companions (September 21, 2006)
• Nightfall In-Game Cinematic #2. (September 21, 2006)
• Product info page (Sept 19, 2006)
• New screen shots in the eu.guildwars.com gallery (September 13, 2006)
• Press release regarding Preview Event (September 12, 2006)
• Info - from the Korean website (in Korean), incl. new concept art and screen shots (August 25, 2006)
• Press Release - Release date announcement (August 24, 2006)
• Press Release - Nightfall to be presented at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany (August 15, 2006)
• Nightfall In-Game Cinematic, previously shown at the ChinaJoy expo. (August 15, 2006)
• The Scribe #9, which mostly relates to the Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event (August 3, 2006)
• Press Release on the Prerelease Bonus Pack (August 1, 2006)
• Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event coverage:
  • Preview event info from the official Korean website (in Korean), with new images of Paragon and Dervish
  • Preview event info from the official Japanese website (in Japanese)
    (Note: Previously unreleased new images of Dervish and Paragon have been replaced with old images.)
  • Preview event info from the official Korean website (in Korean), including logo and images
• Official Logo, high-res, from the Korean website
• GuildWars.com: Press: Releases: July 18, 2006

From other sites

• On10.net - Interview with Gaile Gray (video) (October 24, 2006).
• Gamespot - Interview with Mike O'Brien and Jeff Strain (October 23, 2006) (video).
• Gamespot - Guild Wars Nightfall Hands-On - Playing With Heroes, the New Classes, and Controlling a Giant Worm (October 18, 2006)
• IGN - Guild Wars: Nightfall Hands-On NPC Heroes, new classes, and ridable wurms. (October 18, 2006)
• NZGamer.com - Guild Wars: Nightfall, Hands-On (October 13, 2006)
• NZGamer.com - Nightfall Creature Feature (October 11, 2006)
• GuildCast Episode 47 - Facts and Opinions on the Nightfall Preview Event in downloadable audio format. (September 25th, 2006)
• Gamespot - Preview with some information on the customizable heroes and some impressions from the Game Convention Demo
• New screen shots and concept art on Wartower.de (August 28, 2006)
• Games Convention Leipzig coverage (August 23 - 27, 2006):
  • GameStar.de - Screen shots
  • PCGames.de - Report (in German) and screen shots
  • WOLFGaming.Net - Photos live from Games Convention
  • WOLFGaming.Net - Review and more photos from Games Convention
• Gamespot - Preview with focus on the two new professions (July 18, 2006)
• Adrenaline Vault - Interview with Jeff Strain, mostly about Factions, just a minor note confirming the North-African look of C3 (June 13, 2006)
• E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo 2006 coverage:
  • Tom's Hardware Guide
  • 1UP.com "Guild Wars Keeps Expanding"
  • IGN Guild Wars Campaign 3
  • GameSpy Guild Wars -- Campaign 3
  • GW C3 (some comments)
  • Guild Wars C3 concept art (7th on page)
  • EXE Guild Wars C3 observations (just a glance)
  • Chapter 3 to be shown at E3 (April 10, 2006)
• Confirmation of Chapter 3 on TVG (February 24, 2006)
• Q&A with Jeff Strain on gamesindustry.biz (February 24, 2006)

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