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** In ''Spock's World'', the Vulcans are considering seceding from the Federation. During the debates, [[The McCoy|McCoy]] is asked to give a statement against secession. It ends up being a nine-page epic smackdown, culminating in him calling all of Vulcan a pack of cowards and threatening to bite an audience member in the leg. On the Vulcan equivalent of national television.
** In ''Doctor's Orders'', [[The McCoy|McCoy]], left in command after Kirk disappears, faces down a Klingon captain with this memorable line:
{{quote| "Think again, Commander. This is ''Enterprise.'' She is more than one man, though that one man may have made her famous -- or among you, infamous. She is four hundred thirty-eight people -- to whom you're an interesting enough problem, but one that we're long used to solving."}}
*** Every interaction between [[The McCoy|McCoy]] and Kaiev is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** In ''The Romulan Way'', [[The McCoy|McCoy]] is put on show-trial in front of the Romulan Senate. By tradition, he has the right to speak his mind, before his sentence. [[The McCoy|McCoy]] steps to the lectern and proceeds to introduce the Romulans to the art of the Southern Filibuster. He gets through several hours nonstop before help arrives.
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** And in ''My Enemy, My Ally'', [[The McCoy|McCoy]] manages to beat [[The Spock|Spock]] in chess. From a position where Kirk was about to resign.
** And then there's this gem of a passage from ''The Wounded Sky'':
{{quote| The doctor saw Jim's stunned look, spoke a word or two to a couple of the people who were keeping him company, and left them behind to see to Kirk. Jim literally had to squeeze his eyes shut as Bones approached. McCoy blazed, not with light, but with an intense compassion that could be felt on the skin, even from a distance, like sun in a desert. Jim had always known Bones cared deeply about people, but he was unprepared for the full truth of the matter - this passionate allegiance to life, this fierce charity that wished health and joy to everything that lived. '''Jim felt all the death in him, all the entropy, screaming and cowering away; it knew its enemy.''' It tried to drag Jim away with it, but he stood his ground, wondering whether he would survive McCoy's touch, or be able to stand the burning life it promised if he did.}}
*** And, later on, this, which doesn't even come close to doing the moment justice:
{{quote| "Kit," another voice said, and McCoy went down on one knee beside her, looking troubled. "One thing. When you write the equations - do you ''have'' to give them death.... [or] can we at least spare them pain?"}}
** Her ''TNG'' novels are pretty awesome, too. In ''Dark Mirror'', Deanna Troi has an ''awesome'' [[You Shall Not Pass]] mental battle againt her [[Mirror Universe|evil counterpart]], who's been built up throughout the novel as a monstrously powerful, [[Mind Rape|mind-raping]] psycho bitch. ''But'' where mirror!Troi has brute strength, our Troi has finesse, and she uses what can only be described as telepathic judo to reflect mirror!Troi's mental assault [[Hoist by His Own Petard|right back at her]]. Then, while mirror!Troi is frozen with shock, Deanna calmly strolls up to her and '''pistol-whips the shit out of her with a phaser.''' Fuck Yeah.
{{quote| '''Troi:''' [[Bond One-Liner|You have too much of the life of the mind.]]}}
* The Trek novel "How Much For Just the Planet?" is generally made of awesome, but things come to an utterly insane climax with an epic Starfleet vs. Klingon... [[Pie in the Face|pie fight]]. I couldn't possibly make that up.
* Although it was mentioned on screen, the story of how James T. Kirk beat the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Kobayashi Maru Scenario]] wasn't revealed in its pure over-the-top awesomeness until one version appeared in the novel ''Kobayashi Maru'': Kirk programmed the computer so that the ambushing enemy, upon hearing that he was James T. Kirk, promptly apologized for the misunderstanding, assisted in the rescue of the ship, and offered to host a diplomatic dinner in his honor.
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* In ''Enterprise: The First Adventure'' by Vonda N. [[Mc Intyre]] (1986) we see the first meeting between Kirk and Spock. Kirk's just taken over command of the Enterprise from the departing Christopher Pike, and Spock is very unsure about his new captain. In the officer's lounge that evening, Kirk walks past Spock who is sitting alone with a 3-D chessboard in mid-game. Kirk first figures out from the configuration that it's black's move, then watches Spock make a move, and then announces "White to checkmate in three" and strolls away. Sometime later Spock comes over to Kirk and, after ascertaining that Kirk was serious ("One can never be certain when a human being is making a joke") asks to see the mate-in-three maneuver. Kirk makes the first move and then Spock sees it and resigns.
 
{{quote| "Your move," Spock said, "risked your queen and your knights. It was... illogical."<br />
"But effective," Jim said.<br />
"Indeed," Spock said softly. "What mode of calculation do you use? Sinhawk, perhaps?" Or a method of your own devising?"<br />
"One of my own devising, you might say. I didn't calculate it, Spock. I _saw_ it. Call it intuition, if you like. Or good luck."<br />
"I do not believe in luck," Spock said. "And I have no experience of... intuition."<br />
"Nevertheless, that's my method of calculation."<br />
Spock cleared the board.<br />
"Would you care," Spock asked, "for a complete game?"<br />
[The next morning, a somewhat sleepy Kirk enters the Bridge:]<br />
He had traded half the night's sleep for the hard-played chess game with Commander Spock. He had won with a flamboyant, one might even say reckless, series of moves. Mr. Spock had been winning until Jim's final, exhilarating rally.<br />
"Good morning, Commander Spock."<br />
"Good morning, captain."<br />
"I enjoyed our game last night."<br />
"It was..." Spock hesitated. "Most instructive." }}
* Peter David is good at these -- witness his novel ''Q-in-Law'', in which Q {{spoiler|gets his ass kicked all over the ''Enterprise'' and back again. By '''Lwaxana Troi.''' This is after he spends the whole novel seducing her and then dumping her in front of the entire senior staff so brutally it almost qualifies as [[Moral Event Horizon]].}} After this, this troper was desperately hoping something terrible would happen to Q. He was not disappointed.
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** In the lead up to the big face-off between Hernandez and the Borg Queen, the crew of the ''Aventine'' have to actually capture a Borg ship. Using tactics from their enemies they literally ''jump'' a Borg scout sphere, board it, and use old-school firearms to blast every Borg drone into the next space-time continuum. THAT'S Bad. Ass.
** Captain Bateson (the time-lost Starfleet Captain from "Cause and Effect") gets to throw down with a Borg cube and save Vulcan from annihilation.
{{quote| '''Bateson:''' Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more! ''Fire at will!''}}
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