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NOVEL
The Better Man
Attribution

Summary

From the book jacket

When the planet Empyrea, a colony of genetically perfected human beings, demands that the Federation remove a science station which has been in place for nearly twenty years, the starship Enterprise is assigned to transport to the planet the Federation ambassador who negotiated with the Empyreans long ago - an ambassador who was once Dr. McCoy's closest friend, but is now a bitter rival.

On Empyrea, McCoy discovers Anna, a daughter he never knew he had. McCoy soon realizes that the isolationalist Empyreans must not learn her father is an off-worlder, and that her genes are less than "perfect". As relations with the Empyreans collapse around him, McCoy must find a way to save his newfound daughter from the harshest penalty her planet can impose!

References

Characters

Alexei • Calvin • Christine Chapel • Kara Choudhury • Pavel Chekov • Clements • Eleni • Ethan • James T. Kirk • Liftig • Anna March • Elizabeth March • Leonard McCoy • Katrina Ortega • Ramon Ortega • Paolo • Lisa Putman • Erica Rousseau • Mark Rousseau • Montgomery Scott • Jacob Simon • Linden Skloff • Spock • Ibrahim Tamiya • Nyota Uhura

Referenced only 

Devil • God • Sherlock Holmes • George Samuel Kirk Sr. • Joanna McCoy • Jocelyn McCoy • Gregor Mendel • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Christopher Pike • Christopher Rousseau • Khan Noonien Singh • V'Ger

Starships and Vehicles

USS Manhattan • USS Richard Feynman • USS Hood • USS Lexington • USS Koop • USS Republic • USS Enterprise • SS Botany Bay • Areian freighter

Locations

Stellar locations

Alpha Kratonii system • Campan sector • Mutara sector

Planetary bodies

Donatu 5 • Earth • Nova Empyrea

Planetary locations

Savannah, Georgia • Mount Placidus • Isolation Center • Iowa

Facilities

Starbase 86

Species

Areian • Augment • Empyrean • Human • Klingon • Luddite • Vulcan

Governments and Organizations

Boy Scouts of America • Empyrean Council • Empyrean Liberation Front • French Foreign Legion

United Federation of Planets

Starfleet • Federation Diplomatic Corps • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Cosmology and Astrophisics • Starfleet Science Academy

Other

african • alligator • bairn • bear • bee • birth control • bread • canary • cancer • cello • chicken • corn • cow • dog • dollar • doughnut • duck • English • Eugenics Wars • frog • Gaelic • goose • gothic • Great Empyrean Experiment • Great Wall of China • Greek • guitar • haggis • horse • hypospray • jazz • leech • Nazi • Nickel • PADD • phantom • Piano • pistol • Plomeek soup • poker • pon farr • Prime Directive • Russian • scotch • snake • Starfleet uniform • Sternn Fusion Core • sword • Sword of Damocles • Syringe 112-B • tea • Ten Commandments • wine

Timeline

• 2253
• 2254
• 2255
• 2256
• 2261
• 2264
• 2275 -- Stardate 7591.4 to 7596.1

Appendices

• James T. Kirk was a Captain in this novel. It takes place between Admiral Kirk's adventure in the first film and Admiral Kirk's adventure in the second film.

Related stories

• TOS episode: "Amok Time"-Spock's plomeek soup throwing incident is referenced by both Kirk and McCoy.

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