Star Trek: New Earth

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

Premise
Star Trek: New Earth (continued as Star Trek: Challenger) is a series of novels published by Pocket Books in the United States of America, running for six books as part of a subseries (#89-94) in the Pocket TOS line.

It depicted the events of a second five-year mission taking place between the events of and. Some major events shown are the switch to the newer Starfleet uniform design of the later movie, and James T. Kirk's reluctance to accept a position at the admiralty rather than as a starship captain.

New Earth

 * Rear Admiral James T. Kirk
 * Commander Spock
 * Doctor Leonard McCoy
 * Commander Montgomery Scott
 * Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu
 * Lieutenant Pavel Chekov
 * Lieutenant Commander Uhura

Challenger

 * Commander Nick Keller

Creators

 * Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 * Concept by Diane Carey and John J. Ordover
 * Authors:
 * Diane Carey
 * L.A. Graf
 * Dean Wesley Smith
 * Kathy Oltion
 * Jerry Oltion
 * Kristine Kathryn Rusch

New Earth

 * 1) TOS #89: Wagon Train to the Stars
 * 2) TOS #90: Belle Terre
 * 3) TOS #91: Rough Trails
 * 4) TOS #92: The Flaming Arrow
 * 5) TOS #93: Thin Air
 * 6) TOS #94: Challenger

Challenger

 * Gateways #2: Chainmail
 * What Lay Beyond (conclusion)