Feuer gegen Feuer
Feuer gegen Feuer is a Star Trek: Prometheus novel – the first in the series – written by Bernd Perplies and Christian Humberg. Published by Cross Cult, it was first released in . 

It was the first original Star Trek novel published in German; the English translation being published in  as Fire with Fire.

Summary 
Publisher's description (translated from German)
Near the border with the Klingon Empire, a number of brutal terrorist attacks have taken place, resulting in thousands of casualties.
Who is behind the attacks? Are they fanatics from the mysterious Renao species which has settled in the neighboring Lembatta Cluster? Or is the sinister Typhon Pact responsible? Starfleet sends the , their strongest combat vessel, to solve the mystery in this border region before the next war breaks out in the galaxy.

Extra: fold-out pages with an overview of the Prometheus.

Background information 
 Cover art by Tobias Richter.

Characters 
Jeremy Haden
Captain of the USS Valiant, 
James T. Kirk
Captain of the 
Mark Edwards
Blond first officer and pilot aboard the Valiant and a friend of Haden
Linda Nozawa
Female, dark-haired lieutenant and science officer of Japanese descent aboard the Valiant
Peter Schwartz
German-born navigator of the Valiant
Bhahani
Doctor and CMO of Indian descent aboard the Valiant
Franco
Tanned ensign and security officer aboard the Valiant
Clarke
Security officer aboard the Valiant, a burly Scotsman
Unnamed
Ensign and relief conn officer aboard the Valiant
Rah-Ban
Miradorn mercenary and twin brother of Vol-Ban, owner of the ship Vel-Tekk
Vol-Ban
Miradorn mercenary and twin brother of Rah-Ban, owner of the ship Vel-Tekk
Richard Adams
Captain of the  (NX-74913), 
Roaas
Caitian Commander and First officer of the USS Prometheus

Commander and operations officer aboard the USS Prometheus, born in Cape Town, African Confederation, Earth
Chell
Bolian lieutenant aboard the USS Prometheus
Massimo Ciarese
31-year-old ensign and conn officer with black-curled hair aboard the USS Prometheus from Sicily, Italy, Earth
Paul Winter
Communications officer aboard the USS Prometheus, of German-Sudanese descent who worked on the Pathfinder Project in 2376
Jenna "Jen" Winona Kirk
Lieutenant commander and chief engineer aboard the USS Prometheus, athletic and dark-haired and a descendant of James T. Kirk
Alex Meyer
Human lieutenant and assistant chief engineer in his late thirties aboard the USS Prometheus who loves old trains from Earth

Mentioned 
Zefram Cochrane
Green
Ensign and yeoman aboard the Valiant
Amelinda Lukarian
Head of a varieté group during Kirk's first assignment as captain of the Enterprise

Admiral who promoted Kirk for his command of the Enterprise
Denning
Doctor and xenozoologist aboard the Valiant
Nanietta Bacco
Deceased President of the United Federation of Planets
Kellesar zh'Tarash
Female President of the United Federation of Planets from 31st October 2385 on
Barai
CMO aboard the USS Prometheus

Locations 
Baker Beach
A  in San Francisco where Haden met Kirk for the first time on a party.
Lembatta Cluster
A region of fifteen light years filled with twenty-four red giants and nebulae and near the Klingon Empire. The Valiant fulfilled a cartography mission in this cluster.
System LC-13
The star system which included the Lembatta Cluster.
LC-13-II
Second planet in the system LC-13, red-grey in color and a bit smaller than Earth. It is filled with water and vegetation, with an atmosphere Humans could breathe; the southern continent is a cleft coast. The away team of the Valiant found ruins on the surface and the only lifeforms seems to be some insects.
Sector 221-G
A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries won their starship
Tullinar VI
A planet where the Miradorn mercenaries transported weapon to
Silva Sector
A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries did organ trafficking
Antares sector
A region of space where the Miradorn mercenaries did smuggling with the Pakled
Bajoran sector
The sector housing Deep Space 9
Deep Space 9

References 
21st century; airlock; Alpha Quadrant; archaeology; asteroid; "aye"; Aztec; battle bridge; Beta Antares Ship Yards; Beta Quadrant; Breen; bridge; command chair; command division; communications officer; course; daisy; dedication plaque; deflector shield; dehydration; Delta Quadrant; desk; duty; Earth; electromagnetic spectrum; engineering; EPS relay; evasive maneuvers; Federation; gas giant; grave; holo-video; impulse drive; jamaharon; Kinshaya; Klingon; knife; landing party; light year; massage; Mayan; mercenary; Milky Way Galaxy; Nuvian; NX; phaser; phaser bank; pornography; pre-warp civilization; Prime Directive; ; quantum slipstream drive; quarters; rank insignia; Renao; Risian; Romulan; Saurian brandy; scientist; sea; sensor; shock wave; sickbay; sir; standard orbit; Starfleet Academy; Starfleet Headquarters; Starfleet officer; Stellar cartography; subspace communication; sun; tactical station; ; torpedo; tricorder; turbolift; Typhon pact; Tzenkethi; Tzenkethi Marauder; United Federation of Planets; viewer; ; wanted poster; warp; warp drive; xenoarchaeology

Chronology 
2161
Date of the Federation Founding Ceremony
Stardate 1966.9
Mission of the USS Valiant in the Lembatta Cluster
2373
The USS Prometheus has its maiden voyage
29th October 2385
The USS Prometheus captures the Miradorn mercenary ship Val-Tekk
31st October 2385
The USS Prometheus returns to Deep Space 9 after a six-month patrol assignment at the Tzenkethi border

External links 
 
 Release announcement by Cross Cult

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