Gauntlet

All-new adventures of Captain Picard's first command!
Gauntlet is a Star Trek: Stargazer novel – the first novel in the series – written by Michael Jan Friedman. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket
:Long before he took command of the Starship Enterprise, Captain Jean-Luc Picard led another proud vessel through the uncharted regions of the galaxy: the . Thrust unexpectedly into the center seat, the twenty-eight-year-old Picard must live up to the challenges of starship command – and a crew that hasn't yet learned to trust him. 
:The pirate known as the White Wolf has been wreaking havoc across several sectors, and the inexperienced Picard has been given the assignment to stop him. Surprised at getting such a challenge, Picard soon learns that he is expected to fail in his duty and have his captaincy disgraced before it can even begin. 
:Given an untested crew and an impossible mission, Picard must beat the odds and apprehend the White Wolf – but the pirate keeps a shocking secret that leaves Picard to make a deadly decision.
 
== Characters ==
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*Captain Jean-Luc Picard
*First Officer Commander 
*Second Officer Lieutenant Commander 
*Chief Medical Officer 
*Chief Weapons Officer Lieutenant 
*Sciences Chief Juanita Vaderrama
*Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant 
*Engineer 
*Engineer Lieutenant Iulus
*Engineer Marion Sears
*Helmsman Lieutenant 
*Navigation Lieutenant 
*Navigation Lieutenant 
*Communications Chief Lieutenant Martin Paxton
*Communications Officer Dikembe Ulelo
*Security chief Lieutenant 
*Security officer 
*Security officer Lieutenant Garner
*Security officer Lieutenant Pierzynski
*Security officer Horombo
*Shuttle Chief Lieutenant Chiang
*Technician Andarko
*Transporter operator Lieutenant Refsland
*Ensign Andreas Nikolas
*Ensign Joe Caber
*Ensign Jiterica
=== Pirate ship ===
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*Turgis
=== Starbase 32 ===
*Transporter operator Mollie Katz
=== USS Cochise ===
*Captain 
=== Miscellaneous ===
*Admiral McAteer
*Merriweather – McAteer's assistant
*Hans Werber 
*Cortin Zweller
*Boothby
*Captain 
=== Referenced only ===
*Admiral Mehdi – promoted Jean-Luc Picard to captain
*Admiral Neil Caber
*Second officer Lieutenant Ang – transferred to USS Sutherland
*Angela Cariello
*Captain Cepeda – of the Manitou
*Captain Enzo Rudolfini – of the 
*Tommy Tsouratakis
*Red O'Reilly
*Captain Dathan Ruhalter
*Maurice Picard
*Doctor Ibwasa – of Starfleet Medical
*Bluebeard – 20th century buccaneer
*Jean Lafitte – 20th century buccaneer
== References ==
; : Federation starship, commanded by Captain Vayishra.
; USS Christopher : Federation starship. 
; : starship, commanded by Captain Greenbriar.
; : starship.
; : Federation starship, commanded by Captain Rudolfini.
; : Federation starship.
; : Federation starship.
; USS Leningrad : Federation starship, named for Leningrad.
; USS Manitou : Federation starship, commanded by Captain Cepeda.
; USS Mediterranean : Federation starship.
; USS Mongoose : Federation starship.
; Nuyyad
; : Federation starship.
; : Federation starship.
; Starbase 32 : Federation starbase.
; : Constellation-class ship newly commanded by Picard.
; : Federation starship.
; : Federation starship.
== External link ==
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Category:Novels