Wagon Train to the Stars

''Exploring the final frontier is one thing. Making a home there is another...''

Summary

 * From the back cover:
 * After saving Earth from the threat of V'Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier. His new mission: to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world, to defend the struggling colony from alien threats, and to explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new Earth!


 * Far from the Federation, a newly discovered M-class world has been eyed as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists. Starfleet can spare only one starship to escort the would-be settlers on their perilous voyage, but that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise, commanded by the most well-known captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 60,000 men, women, and children – a task that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races!

Background Information

 * According to various sources, when Gene Roddenberry was deciding what to call what has come to be known as Star Trek, "Wagon Train to the Stars" was one of the names he toyed with.
 * This novel contained Chapter Eleven of the serialized novel Starfleet: Year One.
 * A promotional copy of the novel was given away free with Star Trek Monthly issue 67.

Characters

 * James T. Kirk : Rear admiral.
 * Montgomery Scott : Commander of Starfleet engineers, assigned to the tender vessel Colunga.
 * Pavel Chekov : Lieutenant.

Other

 * Ray Austin : Starfleet captain of USS Beowulf.
 * Branch : Captain of Lakota.
 * ''See Branch for similarly named characters.


 * Burch : Captain of Northwest Passage.
 * Battersey : Captain of Yukon.
 * Anton (Tony) Desalle : Starfleet captain of USS Republic.
 * Mitch Dogan : Captain lost with the Kensington Taylor.
 * Geglio : Captain of Comanche
 * Gillespie : Privateer captain of Royal York.
 * ''See Gillespie for similarly named characters.


 * Harvey : Captain of Promontory Point.
 * Katt : Captain of Sacajawea.
 * Michael Kilvennan : Privateer captain of Hunter's Moon.
 * Maitland : Captain of Lewis and Clark.
 * Daniel Merkling : Starfleet captain of USS Impeller.
 * Nickle : Captain of Hampton Roads.
 * Rampion: Captain of Mandrake Anachronae.
 * Sheppard : Privateer captain of Zevada.
 * Sunn : Privateer captain of Rattlesnake.
 * Trautner : Captain of Oregon Trail.
 * Vellyngaith : Battlelord commanding the All Kauld battlebarge Tonclin.