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Star Trek: Hard Crash (Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers Book 3) by [Christie Golden]

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There's more to Starfleet than exploring strange new worlds. When serious technical know-how is required, Starfleet sends in an S.C.E. team, such as the one stationed aboard the U.S.S. da Vinci. This topflight assemblage of engineers and technical specialists is a mixture of extraordinarily talented humans and exotic aliens, including P8 Blue, an insectlike alien who specializes in analyzing structural systems, and a single, unpaired Bynar, unique among his species. Under the command of Captain David Gold, the crew of the da Vinci takes on the down-and-dirty, hands-on jobs that only they can handle.
HARD CRASH

An alien starship of unknown origin has crashed into a planet inhabited by a large and populous civilization. Accompanied by Geordi La Forge, temporarily on loan from the Starship Enterprise™, the S.C.E. investigates the mysterious vessel, only to discover that the ship was not nearly as damaged as it first seemed. Now the berserk ship, which seems to possess its own life and intelligence, is on a rampage across the surface of the planet, and Captain Gold and his crew face the awesome challenge of trying to stop a starship gone insane!

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89 pages
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English
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Pocket Books/Star Trek
Publication date

October 8, 2000
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About the Author

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Christie Golden has written more than forty novels and several short stories in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among her many projects are over a dozen Star Trek novels and several original fantasy novels. An avid player of World of Warcraft, she has written two manga short stories and several novels in that world. Golden lives in Tennessee. She welcomes visitors to her website: ChristieGolden.com.

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ASIN : B000FC0PGW
Publisher : Pocket Books/Star Trek; Original edition (October 8, 2000)
Publication date : October 8, 2000
Language : English
File size : 162 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 89 pages
Lending : Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,837,920 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #784 in Star Trek Series
- #4,738 in Hard Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #5,562 in Two-Hour Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads

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John Anderman

S.C.E. books

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2019

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All of the books in this series are good stories but a little short. I am under the impression these are young adult books that is the only reason I give them 4 stars.

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Jack Brown

I love these stories

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2014

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I love these stories. They are short, like novellas or noveletts. easy to read with short chapters. Very interesting stories and memorable characters.

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Jayden M. Lathrop

Great

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016

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I love the stories kinda different then we see in the tv series and movies and a great crew. Very enjoyable

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AmazonAccount685

Terrible

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2018

I don't think this author has any knowledge of military protocol or what engineers and scientists actually do. Here you have a captain who's known for being very by the book completely ignoring chain of command and protocol on his ship. You have engineers and scientists ripping stuff out of ships and taking it back to their ship with no clue about what kind of impact it will have and being surprised for some reason when it has a very bad impact, and they can't even connect the incidents for cause and effect. You have a chief of security who has been shown in previous books and we are told in this book to be very cold and clear-headed in the face of emergency acting over-the-top emotionally and full of rage for most of her actions. You have a linguist specializing in alien languages who hates first contact situations and talking to said aliens; maybe he should pick another line of work! And then the previously competent women in charge of sick bay and all the exploratory teams are shunted into the role of emotional supporters, and their underling men are given the responsibilities for original positions by the captain with no explanation whatsoever.

The first two books in the SCE series are good, the first more than the second but still, the characters grow convincingly and act like they belong in Starfleet. This book doesn't even belong in the series.

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K. Wyatt

STSCE #3 Hard Crash - A beautiful and well-crafted story!

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2003

"Hard Crash" is another fine example of outstanding authorship by Christie Golden. As is usual with one of her stories, she throws in a feminine touch that brings about a subtle and very poignant atmosphere to the story. As is also usual with one of her outstanding stories, her plot setup and pacing is perfect, making for a quick and highly enjoyable read.
This cover art for this third title in the SCE series serves well in continuing to show the readers the characters that largely populate the series.
The premise:
A strange and rather resilient ship crash lands on a planet in a highly populated area, fortunately for the residents there was enough warning time for the entire population to evacuate the area. Starfleet gets the call and the USS da Vinci is called in to render her services. Once on the scene, an away team is sent to the ship where they soon discover a dead alien in the command seat, 110 is rebuffed by the computer system and the ship, thought to be disabled, comes back to life...
What follows from there is a very poignant page turner that once again reaffirms Christie Golden's status as one of Star Trek's premier authors. I highly recommend this title to any and all fans of not just the SCE series but Star Trek in general. {ssintrepid}

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J. BUNDY

Subtle and moving story

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2002

This subtle story of friendship, love and loyalty is fantastic. This series just keeps getting better and better.

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Hal R Courchesne

New series - old friends

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2001

I think what I like about this series is that we are seeing characters from just about all of the tv series.
This book is the 3rd look at the StarFleet Corp of Engineers, nicely written (if not a little short in pages). I enjoyed seeing the evolution of the main characters and look forward to the further adventures.

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