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When your ship falls under the thrall of the ancient Landru super-computer, or when you discover an alien device planted on your world before life evolved, call in Captain David Gold and the miracle workers from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci.

Captain Gold and Dr. Elizabeth Lense must face their greatest trials yet. Gold must confront an old friend who has turned terrorist and threatens the lives of millions -- including the terrorist's own daughter. And Lense must put aside the horrors she faced in the Dominion War to find a cure for a plague on Sherman's Planet before that world's entire population -- and the crew of the da Vinci -- perish.

SCE: No Surrender contains the complete eBook editions of S.C.E. adventures #13-16.

340 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2003

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March 20, 2019
Im 4. Band der Anthologieserie um das Ingenieurs-Corps der Sternenflotte sind einige interessante Novellen vorhanden.
Niemals aufgeben! von Jeff Mariotte:
Das S.C.E.-Schiff da Vinci unter dem Kommando von Captain Gold wird ins Kursikanische System gerufen, weil eine Gefängnisstation ihre Position um den Planeten verlassen hat und offenbar die Steuerung verloren hat. Das Sternenflotten-Kommando schickt auch deshalb Captain Gold dort hin, weil ein früherer Freund von ihm dort inhaftiert ist, es wird vermutet, dass er hinter der Sache steckt.
Nach einigem hin und her wird das Problem bereinigt, eine unspektakuläre Geschichte, ohne großen Tiefgang aber dennoch unterhaltsam...
Gewährleistungsauschluss von Ian Edginton & Mike Collins:
Die da Vinci findet nach dem Abflug aus dem Kursikanischen System eine Ferengi-Fluchtkapsel, darin befindet sich der Ferengi Phug, der nicht gerettet werden will und die Menschen verflucht, als er doch noch in den Medo-Bereich gebeamt wird. Es stellt sich heraus, dass sich sein Raumschiff im Besitz einer KI befindet, der schon Captain Kirk vor 100 Jahren begegnet ist...
Eine humorvolle Erzählung, bei der die Ferengi-Sitten (weibliche dürfen keine Kleidung tragen etc.) und die Erwebsregeln durch den Kakau gezogen werden; witzig und gleichzeitig eine schöne Reminizenz an eine TOS-Folge, in der Spock und Kirk gegen den Landru-Computer gekämpft haben.
Ferne Vergangenheit von Robert Greenberger:
Die da Vinci wird in eine diplomatische Mission in ein System geschickt, dessen Bewohner kurz vor der Aufnahme in die Förderation stehen und die kurz zuvor die interstellare Raumfahrt entwickelt haben. Es ist eine streng religiöse Gesellschaft, die Schwierigkeiten damit hat zu aktzeptieren, dass es Leben außerhalb ihres Planeten gibt, sie denken in der Mehrheit, dass das Leben auf ihrem Planeten entstanden ist, so ist es ein riesiges Problem, als man ein Artefakt findet, das älter ist als die Zivilisation, die sich dort entwickelt haben soll. Wenn diese Tatsache an die Öffentlichkeit käme, würde es wohl einen verheerenden Bürgerkrieg entfesseln. Deshalb hat man sich an die Sternenflotte gewendet um das Problem zu lösen, zu diesem Zweck wurde die da Vinci geschickt. Captain Gold und seine Offiziere konnten das Problem zur Zufriedenheit aller lösen. Eine spannende und nachdenkliche Geschichte, die wieder einmal zeigt, was fanatische Religiosität anrichten kann.
Der hippokratische Eid von Glenn Hauman:
Für mich ist dies die beste Geschichte in diesem Band; m.M. nach sogar die bisher beste Novelle der ganzen Reihe.
Die da Vinci wird zu Shermans Planet gerufen, weil dort eine Seuche ausgebrochen ist. Während des Fluges dorthin stellt Captain Gold die Chefärztin der da Vinci Dr. Elizabeth Lense zur Rede, weil sie sich der Kommunikation und des geselligen Zusammenseins mit der Besatzung verweigert. Schließlich verpflichtete er sie, sich regelmäßig bei ihm zu Gesprächen zu treffen, Gold macht hier den Counselor.
Die Seuche auf Shermans Planet ist dermaßen virulent, dass alle Bewohner infiziert sind, die Todesrate ist 100%, auch die Besatzungsmitglieder, die von Bord gegangen sind, wurden angesteckt.
Lense findet schließlich eine Lösung, die aber zu einem schweren Konflikt mit Captain Gold führt...
Die Novelle ist deshalb so großartig, weil der Stil flüssig, humorvoll und abwechselnd ist. Einige Passagen sind in einem Interview-Stil verfasst. Weiterhin dreht sich die Quintessenz der Story um das Mantra der Förderation, dass man Genetische Manipulationen um jeden Preis verbietet und jegliche Arbeit daran mit einem Tabu belegt. Grund hierfür sind die genetischen Kriege auf der Erde im 20. Jahrhundert (Star Trek Kanon) und dem Wirken von Khan Noonien Singh.
Elizabeth Lense war Mitstudentin von Julien Bashir, der von seinen Eltern genetisch aufgewertet wurde, dafür kam sein Vater auch ins Gefängnis (siehe DS9).
In DS9 gab es eine Folge, bei der Dr. Bashir auf Elizabeth Lense an Bord von Deep Space Nine trifft, weil er es nicht verwinden konnte, dass sie die beste Studentin war und er nur der zweitbeste.
Als Elizabeth von Bashirs Aufwertung erfuhr, bekam sie selbst Probleme, weil jedermann vermutete, dass sie selbst genetisch aufgewertet wäre, weil sie besser als Bashir abgeschnitten hat. Sie verlor ihren Job auf der Lexington und kam daraufhin auf die da Vinci.
Aus diesem Grund vermutete Captain Gold eine Depression bei Elizabeth Lense.
Dr. Lense konnte die Seuche auf Shermans Planet nur mittels Genetische Manipulation besiegen, die Tatsache, dass sie damit Millionen Leben gerettet hat, konnte sie jedoch nicht vor einem Verweis der Förderation retten, das Tabu ist in der Förderation noch immer stärker.
Ich fand das eine der nachdenklichsten Novellen, der ob ihrer leichten Art sehr unterhaltsam, humorvoll und spannend war; so liebe ich Star Trek !
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May 21, 2010
I liked this one much better than the previous three. I still don't have much affinity for the crew, except for maybe the doctor, but the plots were more entertaining (even if the solutions were cheesy/contrived at times).

'No Surrender' - The DaVinci is dispatched to fix an orbital prison station, which happens to house an old friend of Captain Gold.

'Caveat Emptor' - The DaVinci stumbles across a Ferengi in a lifepod.

'Past Life' - A xenophobic people invite the DaVinci to determine the origins of an ancient artifact buried on their world.

'Oaths' - Captain Gold confronts Dr. Lense (the valedictorian of Julian Bashir's class at Starfleet Academy) about her depression. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew get caught up in a pandemic on Sherman's planet.

I liked 'Oaths' the best although the ending was dubious followed by 'Caveat Emptor' (Ah, Ferengis, the comic relief of the Federation). 'Past Life' and 'Past Life' were interesting, solid stories.
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March 28, 2025
No Surrender

This one was such a letdown as it had such a build-up to Captain Gold confronting his old friend but then remembered it was a short story and cut it off quickly. It ended up focusing so much on the problem with the prison it never gave that side of the story room to breathe. I liked it but instead of getting a steak I got a story that filled itself up on mashed potatoes. 3/5


Caveat Emptor

Hey a Ferengi book!  Well I thought the concept of a massive Ferengi ship that forces you to trade with it as a massive marketplace was pretty cool so that was a fun part of the book. Definitely did not anticipate the source of the issues either and thought it was a great  nod to the Original Series.  Fun story and I liked the Masada reference as well. 4/5


Past Life

Oddly enough I was just wondering before this book if the aliens introduced at the start of Insurrection would ever make their way into someone's book and then here they are.  I am not entirely sure if I like the direction they chose with them here and there are certain concepts in Star Trek that I don't care for - in this case a Preserver type race that came before.  It's like a race designed to butt heads against the Prime Directive but they never present it in that way.  Maybe someone has that I haven't read yet but to my knowledge it hasn't come up.  Anyway, that is very much beside the point.  The perils that come with this planet could have been a bit more dire but in the end is resolved fairly easily.  So it was okay but not terrible which makes it easy to grade.  3/5


Oaths

Definitely an odd choice taking the engineers out of the series and focus on the two main characters who aren't engineers: Captain Gold and Dr. Lense.  But its good to bring focus to these two characters as the deterioration of Lense has been a story playing out in the background and oddly enough with this series the Captain doesn't get as much in the center stage but that's kind of the point. However its a good story that pulls its setting from The Trouble with Tribbles, the doctor's dilemma from DS9 and then throws a SCE-type plot at it where creativity is the solution yet again and that's not a bad thing.  I liked the solution in the end and where things with the doctor are left - there's a string there but it's definitely not tied. 4/5


3.5/5 Stars overall
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October 20, 2023
Another excellent collection of SCE stories, pushing forward much of the larger narrative of the series, while offering good episodic content as always. On a side note, I find it hard to rate omnibuses. SO I decided to rate them on the basis of the best stories in it, rather than averaging it out. In this case the best would be No Surrender, and Oaths.

No Surrender
Finally a story where the captain takes the centre stage! This was an excellent read, of a prison escape and uprising involving an old friend of Captain David Gold on a non federation world. I really liked Gold's realisation that his friend is no longer what he once was, and the resolution to the story as a whole. It is not quite a happy ending, but sometimes that is just not possible.

Caveat Empor
What do you get when you combine the Ferengi with the Landru computer from TOS? A hilarious story which even delves into Ferengi history and what hey did with their Karl Marx. Just a fun story, that ties back into a TOS episode which will be expanded on in the next omnibus as well. This book might have been the setup for that upcoming story, but it still works as a standalone.

Past Lives
This takes another one off race in star trek lore, but this one is as background as it gets. The alien delegation on the Enterprise in the beginning of Insurrection> It does expand on them quite a bit, and show how a species' early days of federation membership might go. Especially when parts of that species have their doubts about contact with the larger universe. The problem starts when their culture's creation myth comes in doubt by the find of an alien technology hidden under their very feet.

Oaths
This is it, the conclusion of a story line that has been building from the start of this series. Lense's over reliance on her EMH. I remember reading this for the first time many years ago, that it annoyed me at first. You see I liked Emmet, I liked the concept of Emmet, a hologram being educated like any medical intern. SO it was hard to see it as a bad thing which was hinted at in many books. And then Captain Gold explains his concerns, and shows how unhealthy the behaviour is for Lense. Reading it now as an adult, I was struck by the obvious PTSD being handled in this episode. I suffer from it myself, and I have been in the same hole Lense was. It is great to see her get through it with the help of her captain, and by throwing herself into a planet wide medical crisis. This review is being written during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. So that was rather prescient too.

Like I said, another excellent collection. The SCE crew is getting better established every book, and the authors are hitting their stride in writing great stories involving this crew.
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August 4, 2012
Excellent short stories. Very nice. =)
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October 8, 2016
The series stays just as interesting as it was in the first book.
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