num_pages: 279
description: Twenty years before the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation, a young Lieutenant called Jean-Luc Picard takes command of his first ship, the USS Stargazer... The USS Stargazer, a long-range exploration ship commanded by Captain Ruhalter, is assigned to pick up descendents of the survivors of the USS Valiant, a ship that was lost at the far edge of the galaxy in the very first Star Trek Original Series episode. The evacuees claim that a deadly invasion force from outside the galaxy is nearing the United Federation of Planets. When they are ambushed by the invaders, Captain Ruhalter is killed, leaving a young Lieutenant, Jean-Luc Picard, in charge of the ship in the midst of a deadly confrontation. Picard must swiftly learn to be an effective Captain; while dealing both with a crew that has not yet come to trust his judgement and with hostile aliens more powerful than anything the Federation has encountered before.
language: English
title: The Valiant
titlecomplete: The Valiant (Star Trek The Next Generation)
genres: Adventure, Space, Media Tie In, Technology, Star Trek, Science Fiction Fantasy, Audiobook, Star Trek The Next Generation, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 604
series: Star Trek: Stargazer, Star Trek: The Next Generation
publisher: Pocket Books