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Kirk orders the Enterprise to put in for repairs at the new space station: Starbase 47, also known as Vanguard. When a calamity threatens to compromise Starfleet's continued presence in the region, Kirk, Spock, and several key specialists from the Enterprise must assist Vanguard's crew in investigating the cause of the disaster and containing the damage.
Vanguard #1
Harbinger
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Timeline
| 2265 (stardate 1256.9) | Distant Early Warning (Starfleet Corps of Engineers #64) | |
| 2265 | Things Fall Apart (Mere Anarchy #1) | |
| 2265 | Republic (Star Trek: The Original Series #85) | |
| 2265 (stardate 1312.4) | Star Trek S01 E03 - Where No Man Has Gone Before | |
| 2265 | Constitution (Star Trek: The Original Series #86) | |
| 2265 | Harbinger (Vanguard #1) | |
| 2265 | Summon the Thunder (Vanguard #2) | |
| 2266 (stardate 1528.4) | Reap the Whirlwind (Vanguard #3) | |
| 2266 (stardate 1512.2) | Star Trek S01 E10 - The Corbomite Maneuver | |
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2266 to 2267 |
Open Secrets (Vanguard #4) | |
| 2266 (stardate 1329.8) | Star Trek S01 E06 - Mudd's Woman |
Other Books in Series "Vanguard"
Title
Year
Rating
Deep within the Taurus Reach, an ancient and powerful alien mind has awakened prematurely from aeons of hibernation. The alien lashes out with deadly force against the interlopers, propelling the Vanguard crew on a desperate race to understand the nature of the attacker, and to prevent the Taurus Reach from becoming a war zone.
2265
3.84 (627)
Ancient secrets lie on the fourth planet of the Jinoteur system, and three great rivals are fighting to control it. To keep Jinoteur from falling into enemy hands, the crews of Starbase Vanguard and the U.S.S. Sagittarius must risk everything: friends...loved ones...their own lives. But the sacrifices they make may prove too terrible for them to bear.
2266
The discoveries made in the Taurus Reach have captured the imagination of one of the Federation's most promising scientific minds: Dr. Carol Marcus believes she is close to solving a puzzle that will transform her life's work. Meanwhile, Vanguard's Lieutenant Ming Xiong is confronted with an artifact that could be the key to decoding the Taurus Meta-Genome.
2266 to 2267
On a post-apocalyptic world in the Taurus Reach, undercover Starfleet Intelligence agent Cervantes Quinn finds an ancient Shedai conduit. Unfortunately, the Klingons have found it first and sent an army to claim it. The futures of three great powers are linked by one thing: the mysterious Mirdonyae Artifact. Unless Doctor Carol Marcus and Ming Xiong can unlock its secrets in time, it might destroy them all.
2267
Witness the dawn of Starbase 47, as Ambassador Jetanien faces choices that will shape the future of Operation Vanguard ... follow journalist Tim Pennington as he reaches a crossroads in his search for the truth ... see how the crises on two colonies transform the lives of Diego Reyes and Rana Desai ... and travel with Cervantes Quinn to a deadly confrontation that will change everything.
2259 to 2268
Operation Vanguard has risked countless lives and sacrificed entire worlds to unlock the secrets of the Shedai, an extinct alien civilization whose technology can shape the future of the galaxy. Now, Starfleet’s efforts have roused the vengeful Shedai from their aeons of slumber.
2268
Four great nations - the Federation, the Klingon Empire, the Tholian Assembly, and the Romulan Star Empire - have all taken tremendous risks in their race to learn and control the technologies of the ancient interstellar hegemons known as the Shedai. Now get ready for the mystery of the Taurus Reach to be revealed.
2268 — Feb 2269
Through flashbacks intercut with the ongoing conversation between Kirk and Admiral Heihachiro Nogura, Starbase 47’s second and final commanding officer, the Enterprise’s involvement in the last days of Operation Vanguard - and the conflict between Starfleet and Tholian forces at Starbase 47 - is told from the perspective of Kirk and his crew.
Jan 2269