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Hi! Can someone help. I was wondering about the history of the Stargazer, mainly about the Captains. Dose any one know how many Captains did the Stargazer had and the years they had command, including books.
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I haven't read the Stargazer novels, but the Stargazer never made an appearance in any of the books I've read. On screen, it should have been at least two: Picard himself (2333-2355 IIRC) and the unnamed captain before himwho was killed, leading to Picard's takeover.
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According to the Stargazer novels the captain of the Stargazer before Picard is Captain Daithan Ruhalter (or something close). He commanded the Stargazer from its commissioning, IIRC.
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So....he died of petrification? Let me guess, he was one of the numerous, human-looking, long-lived races we see all the time on Trek? Did he know Kirk? But of course!
Jeebus.
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Didn't Michael Jan Friedman have the Stargazer used or flashbacked to in at least a couple of his books? Was Valiant one of them?
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I know he had one where Picard met up with some of his old Stargazer crewmates. I believe it also featured a Starfleet dolphin that moved around the ship in a small tank, or something.
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In the Stargazer series of books, which starts with "The Valiant", Captain Ruhalter is the captain of the Stargazer from its commissioning (which is like only a year or so from the time the book is set in, which is a bit loopy) and then is killed during an attack which also puts the first officer in a coma, leaving Picard, the second officer, in command.
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Michael Jan Friedman also states that, besides having the Stargazer being a new ship as of the 2330's, the New Orleans class ships are outdated & inferior to the Constellation class.
Knowledgable about Star Trek ships he is not.
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I read like this one book and it was a murder mystery and it was all whodunnit. Michael Jan Friedman pens a surprise twist, and it turns out to be an evil twin.
So, I mean, he's a good author, despite his Starship knowledge.
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