Showing results for "odyssey" in First Contact

Defy the inevitable. Such is the stance of Confederation captain Eric Weston and the crew of the starship Odysseus, patrolling the outer limits of Priminae space, anticipating the Empire's next attacks. Connected with the Terran FTL tech—the transition drive—humanity might stand a chance against the overwhelming forces. Until the entire planetary system goes dark. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Odysseus arrives to find the Empire securing critical intelligence from Priminae ships.

Vince and his co-workers were waiting to catch a plane back from their business trip when aliens turned Earth into the setting for a deadly reality show.

The Empire has set its sights on its next target: human Terrans. As effective allies of the Priminae, the denizens of Earth have proven themselves enemies to the Empire, and now the Imperial forces know more about the Terran home world than ever before.

Just after the events of Star Trek Generations, on the planet Veridian III, ambassador Spock comes to the humble cairn, or stones, that marks the grave of James Kirk. But he is not granted time to ponder the passing of his best friend. The Borg and the Romulan Empire have a use for Kirk, and...

Captain Kirk, facing retirement and the end of his adventurous career, accepts the offer of a mysterious woman to undertake a voyage to an uncharted planet, where a serious threat to the fragile peace between the Federation and the Klingons may be brewing. There he also finds a nearly...

First published in 1934, this visionary tale redefined science fiction with its vivid world-building and truly alien lifeforms. Follow astronaut Dick Jarvis as he crash-lands on Mars and encounters Tweel—a bizarre yet intelligent creature unlike anything humanity has ever known.

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley Weinbaum. It was Weinbaum's second published story and remains his best known. Early in the 21st century, nearly twenty years after the invention of atomic power and ten years after the first lunar landing, the four-man crew of the Ares has landed on Mars in the Mare Cimmerium. A week after the landing, Dick Jarvis, the ship's American chemist, sets out south in an auxiliary rocket to photograph the landscape.

In Scimitar’s Glory, the alien Tong won the Battle for Earth and took control of the orbital space around the planet. Humanity is now at their mercy, but not all Space Force warships have been defeated. Wolfe Koenig’s light cruiser, Excalibur, is on a mission to acquire technology that just might enable the ragged remnants of the Fleet to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - if he can find an alien race with that technology, if he can convince them to trade for it, and if the technology can be exploited fast enough.

Korzystajac z najnowszej technologii, umozliwiajacej podróze miedzygwiezdne, okret badawczy "Odyseja" wyrusza w dziewiczy rejs. Lecz kosmos nie jest tak pusty, jak moze sie wydawac z perspektywy naszej planety. "Odyseja" trafia prosto w srodek konfliktu miedzy dwoma rasami. Zaloga okretu staje w obliczu smiertelnie groznego, bardzo poteznego i znakomicie wyposazonego przeciwnika. Dysponuje o wiele mniej zaawansowana technologia, lecz musi sobie radzic za pomoca tego, co posiada. Ale czy podola wyzwaniu? I jakie beda konsekwencje poczynan Ziemian? Czy odwaga, poswiecenie i ludzka inteligencja sa w stanie zniwelowac dystans cywilizacyjny?

Okret badawczy "Odyseja" powrócil z dziewiczej podrózy. Powrócil, wiozac zle nowiny oraz ambasadorów - przedstawicieli innej, chodz ludzkiej, cywilizacji kosmicznej, uwiklanej w krwawa wojne z okrutnymi obcymi. Ziemianie musza podjac decyzje, czy angazowac sie w walke, podejmowac ryzyko, czy tez schowac glowe w piasek i udawac, ze odlegly konflikt nie dotyczy Ukladu Slonecznego.

Inwazja obcych na Ziemie skapala miasta w ogniu i krwi. Niektórzy ludzie w panice rzucili sie do ucieczki, inni chwycili za bron, aby stawic czola Drasinom. "Odyseja" wypelnila swoja ostatnia misje - w atmosferze rodzimej planety siala zniszczenie wsród ladujacych dronów. I rozbila sie na Manhattanie. Dla kapitana Westona nie byl to jednak koniec zmagan. Tylko on walczyl z Drasinami w kosmosie. Tylko on tak dobrze znal wroga.

Wrogom zostaje zdradzony pilnie strzezony dotad sekret - wspólrzedne Ziemi. I tym razem to wcale nie zaloga "Odyssei" sprowadzila na Terran nieszczescie. To kapitan Sun z okretu Bloku Wschodniego, wracajac z wyprawy eksploracyjnej, nieopatrznie podaje polozenie ojczyzny. Reakcja nadzorców ze sfery Dysona jest natychmiastowa. Ku Ukladowi Slonecznemu nadciaga prawdziwa potega militarna, zlozona ze zbuntowanych dronów.