Novelization of the two-part episode.
Description[]
- The starship Enterprise (NX-01) has carried its crew farther into the reaches of space than any Human has ever traveled. Commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer, they have charted new stars, explored planets, and made first contact with many alien races.
- The Paraagan deep-space colony was just another first contact, unusual in only two aspects: it was a matriarchal society, and the atmosphere was filled with a highly volatile gas. But the officers of Enterprise knew how to handle the shuttlepod, and they understood the Paraagan landing protocols. As the shuttlepod descended, they closed the plasma vents, certain that nothing could escape and ignite the gas.
- Thirty-six hundred colonists were vaporized in the blast. Every building, every living thing, everything on the surface was destroyed in the fireball. Could the Enterprise crew have caused the destruction?
- Recalled, Archer knows that the Vulcan High Command has convinced Starfleet of what they have long insisted. Humans are not ready for deep-space exploration.
- But these were not the events as history recorded them. No one died. Enterprise was never recalled. This is the startling information offered by the mysterious Crewman Daniels—who claims to be from the thirty-first century and a foot soldier in the Temporal Cold War. Archer sets out to prove Enterprise's innocence. But time is a swiftly moving river in whose deadly rapids Enterprise is caught. Is there really anything they can do?
References[]
Characters[]
Part I characters[]
- Jonathan Archer • Daniels • Maxwell Forrest • Gaeta • Jamran Harnoth • Haynem • Travis Mayweather • Phlox • Malcolm Reed • Hoshi Sato • Silik • T'Pol • Charles Tucker III
- Referenced only
- Henry Archer • Klaang
Part II characters[]
- Jonathan Archer • Daniels • Maxwell Forrest • Jamran Harnoth • Travis Mayweather • Phlox • Raan • Malcolm Reed • Hoshi Sato • Silik • Soval • T'Pol • Charles Tucker III • Marcus Williams
- Referenced only
- Mary Cahill • Dick Francis • Fuller • P.D. James • Naiman • Ray Rosenbaum • Gore Vidal • H.G. Wells
Novelization characters[]
- Jonathan Archer • Chef • Elizabeth Cutler • Daniels • Danik • Maxwell Forrest • Fraddock • Grat • Jamran Harnoth • J. Kelly • Klev • Travis Mayweather • Phlox • Porthos • Raan • Malcolm Reed • Michael Rostov • Hoshi Sato • Silik • Soval • T'Pol • Charles Tucker III • Marcus Williams
- Referenced only
- Henry Archer • Mandai Baatl • Zefram Cochrane • Leonardo da Vinci • Benjamin Franklin • Maagla Fremaa • Fuller • Samuel Gardner • W.M. Jefferies • Klaang • Daavico Loang • Naiman • Taylor • Keyla Terrana • H.G. Wells • Orville Wright • Wilbur Wright
Starships and vehicles[]
- DFC D'Kyr • Enterprise (NX-01) • Shuttlepod 1 • Shuttlepod 2 • Suliban cell ship • Suliban stealth cruiser
Locations[]
- Earth (San Francisco • San Francisco Bay • Starfleet Headquarters) • Great Plume of Agosoria • Paraagan II • Suliban Helix
- Referenced only
- Agosoria Nebula • Detention Complex Twenty-Six • Earth (Australia • Brazil • East Africa • Embarcadero • Vulcan Compound • Zefram Cochrane Elementary School) • Earth Starfleet Spacedock • Hell • Luna • New Sausalito • P’Jem • Paraagan Northern Coast • Paraagan Southern Desert • Qo'noS • Paraagan homeworld • Risa • Suliban homeworld • Tandar Prime • Tandar Sector
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Andorian • Klingon • Kreetassan • Paraagan
States and organizations[]
- Command Council • Confederacy of Vulcan • Interspecies Medical Exchange • Starfleet Command • Suliban Cabal • United Earth • United Earth Starfleet
- Referenced only
- Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet Design Center • Starfleet Medical • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan High Command • Vulcan Science Directorate • Warp Five Program
Ranks and titles[]
- aide • astronaut • bridge officer • bunkmate • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • colonel • commander • communications officer • contortionist • crewman • educator • ensign • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant junior grade • magistrate • major • miner • officer • operations supervisor • pilgrim • prodigy • receptionist • science officer • security officer • soldier • steward • subcommander • temporal agent • Vulcan Ambassador to United Earth
Science and classification[]
- alien • antimatter • antimatter cascade • antimatter junction • antimatter stream • atmosphere • atmospheric analysis • autostabilizer • binary star • biobed • blood • boro-carbon • byproduct • carrier wave • chaos theory • Chicken and the egg • circuitry • cloaking generator • clock • communications • communicator • companel • computer • concussion • conduit • control panel • data disc • decoupling pin • disruptor • DNA • egg • electricity • EM signature • emitter algorithm • energy • EPS conduit • EPS grid • equipment scanner • flashlight • genetic engineering • gigawatt • grappler • gravity • hour • hydraulics • hydrogen • hypospray • jaw • kilometer • lightning • light • maglock • magnetic locking clamp • medical scanner • millimeter • minute • nebula • night-light • padd • particle weapon • parts per million • phase cannon • phase discriminator • phase device • phase pistol • pistol • plasma • plasma duct • plasma exhaust • plasma storm • plasma stream • polarized hull plating • positron • positronic conductor • probe • protostar • quantum beacon • quantum discriminator • reactor • respiratory system • rib • rib cage • scanner • sedative • sensor • sensor grid • space • space station • space-time scanner • spatial coordinates • spatial torpedo • stellar nursery • stun grenade • sub-temporal harmonic • tachyon • tachyon radiation • temporal chamber • Temporal Observatory • temporal signature • tetrazine • time • time machine • time portal • time travel • timeline • tractor beam • transporter • truth serum • turbolift • viewscreen • wall monitor • warp core • warp drive • warp field • warp five engine • warp manifold • warp nacelle • warp reactor • warp reactor breach • wave function
Other references[]
- 2132 • 2144 • 2151 • 19th century • 20th century • 21st century • 22nd century • 28th century • 31st century • Along Came a Spider • ampoule • analogy • angel • Annie • apartment • April • bee • Bible movie • The Body • book • boomer • bread pudding • breakfast • bridge • bulkhead • camouflage • Carpool • catwalk • chameleon • The Chapel of Saint-Christophe • cheese • circus • claustrophobia • clothing • coffee • colorful metaphor • concrete • conference call • copper • corridor • dance • decontamination chamber • dog • Driving Force • Earth Starfleet uniform • engineering • English language • equal rights • exit hatch • Gangland • gazelle • Greek • guardian angel • high school • Hollywood • horseshoe • Industrial Age • internment camp • Janova • Jefferies tube • ladle • Latin • launch bay • lemon • library • locker • lock-out code • logic • matriarchy • metal • mining • monastery • month • monument • mothball • museum • orange juice • pajama • paper • A Perfect Wife and Mother • pilgrimage • pinkskin • A Place Called Freedom • Planet of the Apes • The Princess • quarters • ration • ready room • retirement • robe • The Romulan Star Empire • school • scrambled eggs • senior staff • sensor log • Slopes • Statue of Liberty • suicide • symbiotic lifeform • tanktop • Targets of Opportunity • Technological Age • technology • telephone party line • Temporal Accord • Temporal Cold War • The Traveler • uniform • utopia • video • Vulcan nerve pinch • water • water polo • weapon • year
Chronology[]
Appendices[]
Background[]
Notable cast and crew[]
Images[]
Novelization images[]
Episode images[]
Connections[]
| Star Trek: Enterprise prose publications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Novelizations | Broken Bow • Shockwave • The Expanse | |
| Original novels | set during the series | By the Book • What Price Honor? • Surak's Soul • Daedalus • Daedalus's Children • Last Full Measure • Rosetta |
| set after the series | The Good That Men Do • Kobayashi Maru • The Romulan War (Beneath the Raptor's Wing • To Brave the Storm) • Rise of the Federation (A Choice of Futures • Tower of Babel • Uncertain Logic • Live by the Code • Patterns of Interference ) | |
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Two Days and Two Nights (before Part 1); Carbon Creek (before Part 2) |
Enterprise episode produced | Next episode: Minefield |
| Previous episode: Two Days and Two Nights |
Enterprise episode aired | Next episode: Carbon Creek |
| Previous novelization: Broken Bow |
Enterprise novelizations | Next novelization: The Expanse |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Cabin E-14 |
Next Adventure: Carbon Creek | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2152. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in four other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Egg Drop Soup |
2151 chapter 6 |
Next Adventure: Broken Bow |
| Previous Adventure: Cold Front |
2151 chapter 7 |
Next Adventure: Dear Doctor |
| Previous Adventure: Detained |
2152 chapter 16 |
Next Adventure: Vox Sola |
| Previous Adventure: Personal Log |
31st century | Next Adventure: The Law of Averages |
Translations[]
- 2004
- Japanese : 暗黒からの衝撃波, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External links[]
- Shockwave (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Shockwave, Part I article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Shockwave, Part II article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.