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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: theThe Next Generation]]'' and building on ''[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''. Originally two books, a third novel was then released (usually considered a lot weaker) and a tie-in entitled ''Genesis Force'' was later written.
 
The titular Genesis Wave is a weapon of mass destruction based upon the infamous Genesis device from ''[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'', which is now being used by a race of mysterious aliens to reconfigure entire planets into potential colonies. Basically a [[Star Trek]] [[Disaster Movie]].
 
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'''Regimol:''' See, reminds me of Romulus. }}
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Aluwna, Myrmidon.
* [[Dragon Withwith 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.
{{quote| Marla fought the temptation to use the tool in her hand to bash in his head. "I know you hate our hereditary system, and so do I - but did it ever occur to you that I had control over Tejharet? And I don't have any influence with Padrin or Jenoset."}}
* [[Drunk Withwith 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.
{{quote| “Ambassador, you sent me that story...about the ancient Terran named Noah. You didn't think I would read it, but I did. You were right - it did give me inspiration, because it was about a lone person who listened to his inner voice, the Divine. That voice told him to build the ark, and he ignored everyone else on the planet, all those who thought he was a fool. Single-handedly, he brought his world through turmoil and saved all the species on the planet. One person! Yes, I could identify with Noah. Now we are finally at the end of the storm; the clouds are parting, and the flood waters are receding. I can't believe that anything will stop me from my victory”.}}
* [[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.
* [[Face Death Withwith Dignity]]: {{spoiler|Maltz helps Carol Marcus do this.}}
* [[Fantastic Caste System]]: On Aluwna, genetics determines status, with women of the upper class taking multiple husbands supposedly to prevent overpopulation, but clearly in fact to prevent lower class women producing "genetically inferior" babies.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Marla Karuw says this of Candra in ''Genesis Force''.
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* ~I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin~: A Lomarian, fleeing the Romulans with a portable Genesis Device in book three, gives it to a Bajoran monk before dying. Using the Lomarian [[Mind Control]] abilities, it convinces the monk it is actually Kai Opaka, and is bestowing upon him the "Orb of Life".
* [[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 Withwith Fire]]: The colonists on Myrmidon end up attacking the Lomarians (and the entire forest) with fire.
* [[Mind Control]]: Part of the Lomarian's influence over their humanoid slaves.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Carol Marcus, even through the Lomarian mind-control.
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* [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom]]: The ''Orb of Life''.
* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]: Sort of, as La Forge communicates with the Lomarians through, essentially, an induced day dream.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: The Romulans, Klingons and Federation, although the teeth aren't being clenched as tightly as usual, for two reasons: the Genesis Wave is such a grave threat, and also this is not long after the end of the [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Dominion War]], where the three nations were allied.
* [[Teleporter Accident]]: In ''Genesis Force'', the Aluwnans manage to save 10% of their population from the wave by storing them as transporter patterns in a series of satellites. When it comes to rematerializing them, the process is delayed when one individual comes out as a bloody heap of flesh - contaminants in the system were responsible.
* [[Terraform]]:The Genesis Wave terraformed - more accurately Lomarformed - dozens of planets pretty much instantly. The problem is that many still had people on them at the time...
* [[Throwaway Country]]: Several. It's difficult to care about the Pellean Principality; they were mentioned once on a [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]] episode, but never actually seen.
* [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in Thethe 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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