Enterprise: The First Adventure

Now, the untold story – Captain Kirk's First Mission!
Enterprise: The First Adventure is a Pocket TOS novel written by Vonda N. McIntyre. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in , and outlines the first mission undertaken by James T. Kirk as Captain of the .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket:
:James T. Kirk is the youngest man to be promoted to the rank of captain in Federation history. His crew consists of a first officer who finds him impetuous; a chief engineer who finds him arrogant; a chief medical officer who finds him trifling; and a helmsman who wants a transfer.
:But the young crew, which would later become the legendary space explorers, quickly puts aside their differences when a monstrous starship appears on their nascent flight path.
== Memorable quotes ==
"…and I know that Captain Kirk will find the Enterprise and its crew as faithful as I did."
: - Christopher Pike
"No, he treats me like I'm fifteen. That's when he met me. He treats you like you're eight."
: - Sam Kirk
"I believe that what Ms. Lukarian is trying to tell you is that you are a doctor, not a magician."
: - Spock
"I do not control the worldship, James. I control the universe."
: - Scarlet
== Background information ==
* This was the first of Pocket Books' so-called "Giant" novels, featuring a larger page count, and falling outside of the numbered novel system.
* Enterprise: The First Adventure reached number four on the New York Times Best Seller List for . It remained on the list until at least .
* The Science Fiction Book Club released a special hardback edition of the novel in .
* The audiobook adaptation was performed by George Takei and Leonard Nimoy, and was released on cassette and as part of the Star Trek 25th Anniversary Audio Collection CD set.
* The choice of date for the story's setting is taken from , which sets Kirk's taking command of the Enterprise in 2265. No such mention of the official year is mentioned in the novel.
* The novel was the first to establish Kirk's mother's name as 'Winona'. This would later be canonically confirmed with the release of the 2009 film. 
* Janice Rand's age is given as sixteen. This would place the year of her birth in 2249.
* The name of Kirk's first command, the USS Lydia Sutherland, was an amalgam of two of Horatio Hornblower's commands, the HMS Lydia (from the novel ) and HMS Sutherland (from ).
=== Cover gallery ===
File:Enterprise- The First Adventure, inside cover.jpg|Inside cover art
File:Enterprise - The First Adventure, SFBC wraparound cover.jpg|Wraparound cover for the Science Fiction Book Club hardback
File:Enterprise- The First Adventure, audio.jpg|Audiobook cover, US cassette edition
File:Enterprise - The First Adventure, audiobook cover, 1996 UK cassette edition.jpg|Audiobook cover, 1996 UK cassette edition
File:Enterprise - The First Adventure audiobook cover, CD edition.jpg|Audiobook cover, CD edition
== Characters ==
; James T. Kirk : Captain.
; Spock :Commander.
; Leonard McCoy : CMO.
; Montgomery Scott : Lt. Commander.
; Hikaru Sulu : Lieutenant.
; Uhura : Lieutenant.
; Janice Rand : Yeoman.
; Christine Chapel
; Gary Mitchell
; Carol Marcus
; Christopher Pike : Captain, promoted to commodore.
; Noguchi : Admiral.
; Mark Piper : Doctor.
; Kyle : Chief.
; Winona Kirk
; Sam Kirk
=== Mentioned ===
; Philip Boyce: CMO of Starbase 32.
; Hunter : Captain of the Aerfen.
::Captain Hunter previously appeared in The Entropy Effect, also written by McIntyre.
== References ==
;Spacedock
;Starbase 13
;Starbase 32
== External links ==
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