We all have
many blazes of glory within our lives. No matter the size of our adventures we
succeed. I began this book Wednesday April 8, 2026. It has 277 pages within it.
The
Enterprise was going to Star base 37 which
was orbiting Artemis IV. Artemis was inhabited by the K'trail which were
ancestors of the Vulcans and Romulans. They express more emotions than the
Vulcans, however are not as aggressive as the Romulans. The vessel they are
searching for has a cloaking device which makes it harder to detect. Laforge
was shocked that the ship had cloaking capabilities and wondered how cost
effective it was. Riker is suspicious of Ivan’s story. He suspects he’s unwittingly
working with the Romulans.
The
Enterprise reviewed a distress call from a merchant and went to investigate. It was the Wyoming, a
merchant vessel. Then the Blaze was firing at the Enterprise.
“It took a warrior’s
courage to attack a clearly superior foe.”
Worf
Blaze of
Glory
p. 48
Data
recreated a holo program of Blackbeard and the swashbucklers to observe them
and their reactions to new stimuli.
“To certain
types of so-called abnormal personalities criminal activities often takes on
the aspects of a competitive sport. The challenge is committing the crime and
getting away with it, because it entails not only risks-or adventure, if you
will-involved in commission or these crimes itself, but the competition with
the authorities, themselves as well above the law or outside of it.”
Lieutenant
Dorn
Blaze of
Glory
p. 71
Lieutenant
Dorn is being sent on an away mission with Data, Geordi and Riker. Picard recorded the entire
conversation on his communication badge, however he didn’t know he was working
with the Romulans. The K’trail sector is to become part of the Neutral Zone, if
the Romulans get their way.
“Merchant
spacers were a tough and unruly lot and many merchant captains were not
particular about who they recruited for their crews. The merchant space fleet
had become a refuge for all sorts of borderline personalities-people who were
fleeing from their troubles, social malcontents, hardened adventurers, even
criminals who had gone to space to escape the authorities of their homelands.”
Blaze of
Glory
p. 97
Riker, Dorn and
Laforge went to a planet and saw some cybrids. These are cybernetic, augmented,
bio-modified, hybrids. These were illegal in the Federation. But in other
Quadrant of the Galaxy they still can be found. Kaitana was a cybrid, who
thought Riker liked her. However she led the landing party to the bar they were
looking for. Kaitana got the landing party a room but than backstabbed them and
took them hostage.
Picard rescued
Z'gral from house arrest and beamed them both up to the Enterprise.
“Why start a
war when you can achieve your objective by other means.”
ST: TNG: Blaze
of Glory
p. 148
Riker and
his team were captured by Captain Blaze. Kaitana was fighting Riker on the
Glory. Kaitana killed Dorn, but Blaze saved Riker and killed Kaitana.
“It’s tough
to win when it seems the universe is against you.”
ST: TNG: Blaze
of Glory
p. 238
The Romulans
were decloking over K’trail.
The Glory
was helping the Enterprise fight the Romulans.
“Life
without risk is merely an existence.”
ST: TNG: Blaze
of Glory
p. 265
