false 268442 8 <P> Dilithium. In crystalline form, the most valuable mineral in the galaxy. It powers the Federation's starships...and the Klingon and Empire's battlecruisers. Now on a small, out-of-the-way planet named Direidi, the greatest fortune in dilithium crystals ever seen has been found. <P> Under the terms of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planet will go to the side best able to develop the planet and its resourses. Each side will contest the prize with the prime of its fleet. For the Federation -- Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise and for the Klingons -- Captain Kaden vestai-Oparai and the <I>Fire Blossom.</I> <P> Only the Direidians are writing their own script for this contest -- script that propels the crew of the <I>Starship Enterprise</I> into their strangest adventure yet! 209995 1987 How Much for Just the Planet? (Star Trek, No 36) total:175|5:47|4:53|3:46|2:18|1:11| 175 632 242 20 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 19:14:06 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 19:22:26 -0700 2008 Next Generation novels in my day, but I never really appreciated original-flavor Trek, mostly because of Kirk's fondness for womanizing and punching people.

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And it's hilarious.

And Ford clearly groks the universe.

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