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A series of books in the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]]. They're set in the late 24th century, shortly after the end of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', but featuring the crew of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and building on ''[[Star Trek II: The
The titular Genesis Wave is a weapon of mass destruction based upon the infamous Genesis device from ''[[Star Trek II: The
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* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Farlo Fuzwik on Aluwna, in the end. ▼
* [[Abandon Ship]]: The ''Enterprise'' crew are forced to do this at Aluwna, when their warp core is sabotaged.
* [[Action Survivor]]: Mr. Mot. He's the ship's barber, and not really suited to life-or-death situations. He keeps surviving, though, and manages to save his elderly parents as well.
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* [[Biological Mashup]]: One of the aftereffects of the wave's passing.
* [[Blame Game]]: Angry survivors of affected worlds need to find someone to blame. A particularly good example is Regent Karuw in ''Genesis Force'', who berates Leah Brahms for being a scientist in the employ of the Federation. She assumes Brahms was one of the people involved in creating genesis technology. Brahms calls her out on it:
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Stephen Klisiewicz, a character whose name is attached to the Genesis Report in book one, later shows up in [[Star Trek: Vanguard]], a series which features the long-term project that gave rise to genesis technology.
▲* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Farlo Fuzwik on Aluwna, in the end.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Few in here as such, but the events of this series are frequently mentioned in other Trek books, most notably [[Star Trek: A Time to...]], which also mentions ongoing relief efforts.
* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]: Aluwna has aspects of this, as noted by Regimol (a Romulan agent):
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'''Picard:''' Their overseer was recently murdered.
'''Regimol:''' See, reminds me of Romulus. }}
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Aluwna, Myrmidon.
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: Vilo Garlet turns out to be this when he murders Overseer Tejharet on his own initiative, undermining Regent Karuw's plan of action. Now, instead of easily manipulating Tejharet, she'll have to work with far less controllable leaders.
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* [[Drunk with Power]]: Marla Karuw in ''Genesis Force'', who eventually succumbs to megalomania after being appointed regent of Aluwna. She was formally in prison, but was pardoned and given power in a desperate attempt to save Aluwnan civilization during the crisis.
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* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The Lomarians (the [[Plant Aliens]] responsible for unleashing the wave) have one. It's justified in that the ecological devastation on Lomar has forced their people underground.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: A common trait of the swamplands left in the wave's wake, a consequence of its insanely over-active [[Biological Mashup]] effects.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Maltz}}.
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Vilo Garlet in ''Genesis Force'', after using his controversial chromasynthesis technology. Under the orders of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Regent Karuw, he activates it in an attempt to "undo" the damage the Genesis Wave has inflicted on Aluwna. When the experiment goes wrong, he pleads to the planetary overseer along these lines as their ship crashes, insisting he did "what I had to".
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* [[Interstellar Weapon]]: The Genesis Wave is fired from a base in the Boneyard asteroid field, and reconfigures any star system in its wake.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The colonists on Myrmidon end up attacking the Lomarians (and the entire forest) with fire.
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* [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in the Future]]: Averted. Romulan agent Regimol applies rubber prosthetics and simple dyes to disguise himself. It helps that the race he’s impersonating is genetically related, to the point where medical scanners are usually fooled anyway.
* [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: The Genesis Wave is intended to completely transform other worlds, wiping out existing civilizations in the process.
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