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NOVEL
The Prometheus Design
Attribution

Series:	The Original Series, No. 5
Author(s):	Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - March 1982
Pages:	158
ISBN:	ISBN 0671833987
Chronology
Date:	2274

The Enterprise crew face a plague of spreading madness.

Summary

From the book jacket 

Captain Kirk and his crew are on a mission to investigate the mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans — revolutions, mass riots, horrible tortures. But this chaos is all part of an experiment by an unimaginable power that soon grips even the crew of the Enterprise...

Captain Kirk is plagued by violent hallucinations and removed from command. Spock takes charge but his orders seem irrational — even cruel.

Unless the terrible power can be stopped, not only the Enterprise, but an entire galaxy will be ensnared in the deadly grip of...

The Prometheus Design.

References

Characters

James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Nyota Uhura • Belen • Dobius • Flaem • Kalinda • Heihachiro Nogura • Janice Rand • Savaj • Trath • Trian

Referenced only 

Balok • Willard Decker • Deela • Amanda Grayson • Green • Korob • Omne • Sarek • Sargon • Stonn • Sylvia • T'Pau

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Intrepid (Constitution-class) • Galileo III • V'kreeth

Locations

Earth • Iowa • Gideon • Helva • Kar-lee • Vulcan • Mountains of Gol

Races and cultures

Helvan • Human • Klingon • Tholian • Vulcan

States and organizations

First Federation • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other references

aggression syndrome • ALL • alpha hypnosis • asumi • brainstrip • burdenbeast • chronometer • corbomite • Designers • dikironium cloud creature • double-blind • Experimentors • falat • First-Among • Khan, Genghis • healing mode • hypnoscan • identi-loc reading • Ironpants • k'asumi • ka-ve-fe • kolinahr • k'vath • le-matya • mind-sifter • monoxide • mushroom • Neanderthal • neopentothal • Nijinski • nyet • pantograph • Pasteur • Prometheus • Prometheus fault • Queen handicap • rec deck • Richter Scale of Cultural Development • Rule of Seven • Saurian brandy • s'haile • sleeping bag • snarth • Studiers • sweetcorn • thorn-boma • t'hy'la • t'hyvaj • T'Vareth • T'Vreel • tyrannosaurus rex • tzalel • UFO • v'asume • v'asumi • V'Ger • V'kreeth

Appendices

Related stories

• "The Corbomite Maneuver" (TOS episode)
• "Catspaw" (TOS episode)
• "The Deadly Years" (TOS episode)
• "Obsession" (TOS episode)
• "Return to Tomorrow" (TOS episode)
• "The Mark of Gideon" (TOS episode)
• "Wink of an Eye" (TOS episode)
• "Surprise!" (TOS short story)
• The Price of the Phoenix (TOS novel)
• The Fate of the Phoenix (TOS novel)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (TOS movie)

Connections

External Links

• The Prometheus Design article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.