Vendetta
The USS Enterprises most deadly foe returns!

Vendetta is a Pocket TNG novel – the second "Giant" novel – written by Peter David. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .

Summary 
From the book jacket
The Borg – half organic being and half machine, they are the most feared race in the known galaxy. In their relentless quest for technological perfection, they have destroyed entire star systems, enslaved countless peoples, and, in a single brutal attack, decimated Starfleet's mightiest vessels. Only a final desperate gambit by Captain Picard and the  crew stopped the Borg from conquering the entire Federation. And now they have returned.

Answering a distress call from a planet under attack by the Borg, the USS Enterprise crew meets Delcara, the lone survivor of an alien race the Borg obliterated. Blinded by hatred, Delcara seeks the ultimate revenge – the complete destruction of her race's executioners. But the USS Enterprise crew learns that Delcara's vengeance carries a terrible price, for once unleashed, the destructive force she commands will annihilate not only the Borg, but countess innocents as well...

 Background information 
 The novel carries a disclaimer that "The plot and background details of Vendetta are solely the author's interpretation of the universe of Star Trek, and vary in some respects from the universe as created by Gene Roddenberry.". This stemmed from a dispute between author David and Richard Arnold, who wanted the character of Reannon Bonaventure removed, because it was the position of Arnold and the studio (at the time) that female Borg did not exist. David refused to write out the character, and the disclaimer was the compromise. ()
 The novel takes place some time after ; Data knows how to tap dance and O'Brien is married.
 Troi references the period in which she lost her empathic powers depicted in .
 The novel contains several anti-Borg weapons which were based on actual events from TNG. The deflector pulse weapon the USS Repulse uses on a Borg cube is a carbon copy of the attack the Enterprise tried in . The "warp bubble" weapon is a replication of the effect that trapped Dr. Crusher in .
 When discussing the implausibility of Picard's connection to Delcara, Troi mentions her own experience of Wyatt Miller's knowledge of the plague ship that he would 'join' before her wedding (), Picard admitting that he privately wondered if the whole scenario was an elaborate deception on Wyatt's part but keeping his thoughts on the matter private as everyone involved seemed to be doing what they wanted.
 The events of this book are directly referenced in the later Before Dishonor, which refers both to the planet killer's anti-Borg nature and the erroneous concept of genderless Borg. Peter David wrote both novels.

 Characters 
Jean-Luc Picard  Captain
William T. Riker
Data
Geordi La Forge  Chief Engineer.
Deanna Troi
Guinan
Katherine Pulaski  Doctor. Currently CMO of the RepulseArgyle  Engineer
  Argyle, who previously appeared in Pocket TNG: , appears next in s of the DC TNG volume 2 series.Selar
Miles O'Brien
Elizabeth Shelby First officer on the Chekov.
Delcara
Morgan Korsmo  Captain of the Chekov, Academy classmate of Picard.
Hobson  navigator on the Chekov.
Peel  tactical officer on the Chekov.
Talbot  Professor for Starfleet history at Starfleet Academy.
Leah Sapp  Starfleet Academy cadet, classmate of Picard.
Reannon Bonaventure 
Chafin  EnsignNamed after the author's friend, T.A. Chafin.Boyajian
Loskene  Tholian commander; Loskene is personally annoyed by another Enterprise violating their space and also asks if Spock is on the ship. 
Meyer
Dantar 8
Dantar 9
Lojene
Turane Ferengi DaiMon, assimilated by the Borg, renamed Vastator to serve a liaison function similar to Locutus. A vestige of his Ferengi individuality remained; he would hail ships about to be attacked with the line, "Let us deal."

 References 
antimatter spread The Enterprise reuses this technique as a weapon to inflict damage to a Borg cube, not just as a distracting maneuver.
   starship of Captain Morgan Korsmo.
USS Curie : Rescue ship of Commodore (Dr.) Terman.Gomtuu: When encountering the planet killer, Troi and Picard contrast its emotional drive with the "Tin Man".
Gorn Phantom Cruiser : Ship where Captain Reannon Bonaventure assimilated by Borg The story of the Phantom Cruiser and Capt. Bonaventure are superficially very similar to the later character Seven of Nine and the .planet killer a weapon of last resort designed to combat the Borg; destroying dead planets left in the Borg's wake and then using its anti-proton beam to destroy encountered Borg cubes. Picard surmises that the civilization that constructed it launched a prototype, destined for Borg space but which was destroyed by the Enterprise en route, but the final version was never launched. Delcara locates and takes control of this final weapon, launching it as part of her vendetta.
Preservers Picard speculates that the race may have been the civilization responsible for creating the planet killer.
 (NCC-2544)  Captained by Ariel Taggart. Dr Katherine Pulaski is once again CMO.The Repulse is incorrectly described as a  starship.''
Tholians

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