Star Trek: New Frontier
Star Trek: New Frontier is a  and  series created by John J. Ordover and Peter David, and primarily written by Peter David. Published by Pocket Books, the series was released beginning in .

The first Trek novel series not based on a television series, New Frontier began as a series of four short, interconnected novellas, then became full-length novels, and eventually expanded into other areas of Trek merchandise and literature.

Premise 
In Sector 221-G, the former Thallonian empire has recently collapsed in a popular uprising. The  under the command of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun is dispatched to fly the flag and offer aid to the inhabitants. The crew – a mixture of characters from  and the Next Generation Starfleet Academy books, with some original characters thrown in – must learn to work as a team, creating friendships and relationships, as they confront a number of deadly foes.

Novels 
 House of Cards (Book 1 of 4)
 Into the Void (Book 2 of 4)
 The Two-Front War (Book 3 of 4)
 End Game (Book 4 of 4)
 Omnibus (reprints #1-4)
 
 Fire on High
 The Quiet Place
 Dark Allies
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 Being Human
 Gods Above
 Stone and Anvil
 No Limits (anthology)
 After the Fall
 Missing in Action
 
 Blind Man's Bluff
 The Returned, Part 1
 The Returned, Part 2
 The Returned, Part 3

Tie-ins 
 Starfleet Academy
 #1: Worf's First Adventure
 #2: Line of Fire
 #3: Survival

Star Trek: The Next Generation
 Vendetta
 Triangle: Imzadi II

 The Captain's Table
 #5 Once Burned (takes place between #6 and #7)
 Tales from the Captain's Table (anthology)
 "Pain Management"

Double Time (graphic novel)

 Double Helix
 #5 Double or Nothing (takes place after Once Burned)

 Gateways
 #6 Cold Wars (takes place between #11 and #12)
 #7 What Lay Beyond (conclusion "Death After Life")

Tales of the Dominion War (anthology)
 "Stone Cold Truths"

Star Trek: Mirror Universe
 #2 Obsidian Alliances
 "Cutting Ties"
 #3 Shards and Shadows
 "Homecoming"

 Turnaround (IDW Comics miniseries; takes place between #16 and #17)

Characters
 See New Frontier characters.

Ships

USS Excalibur
For canon appearances, see .

The USS Excalibur (NCC-26517) was an  Federation starship. In 2373, the Excalibur was involved in the Borg incursion, fighting in the Battle of Sector 001. The ship took heavy damage in the battle, and its captain, Morgan Korsmo, an old Academy classmate of Captain Picard, was killed in the attack, his final actions securing the safety of the ship and crew. Following the destruction of the Borg cube, the ship was taken to dry dock for repair and refit.

USS Excalibur-A
The USS Excalibur (NCC-26517-A) was a  Federation starship, commissioned in 2376, following the destruction of the former vessel to carry the name. The vessel was originally assigned to Captain Elizabeth Shelby, but was given to Mackenzie Calhoun upon his return to active duty.

Excalibur-A was a late model Galaxy design, described as a "hot rod" in terms of speed and armament (at the expense of some of the earlier Galaxy starships' civilian arrangements). Some new features built into this vessel included holographic communications and a primary hull (saucer) warp drive.

USS Trident
The USS Trident (NCC-31347) was another Galaxy-class starship, assigned in 2376 as Captain Shelby's second command following her tenure aboard the . When Shelby was promoted to Admiral, first officer Kat Mueller was given command and promoted to the rank of captain. Andorian Commander Desma then served as first officer.

Background information
John Ordover commented: "One of the major problems with the novels at the time, because you have to remember this was way before the DS9 Relaunch and stuff like that, was you couldn't put any inherent continuity into them and you couldn't make any significant changes, so characters couldn't die. Bottom line is, as much as I love DS9, as much as I dislike Voyager, the problems, rating wise, with DS9 and Voyager is that they changed the concept. It's sort of like saying, CSI: The Forest Rangers. You know its not ST because the core of ST is a ship going from place to place having missions. The argument I made was to compare NYPD Blue to Hill Street Blues. New Frontier was an attempt to go back to the original concept but change the tone. And the tone was goofy and over the top and I like that. With more humor, with very flawed characters, and a lot more sex". ()

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