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Captain Calhoun confronts his greatest failure.

Once Burned is a Star Trek: New Frontier novel – the fifth novel in The Captain's Table series – written by Peter David. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in October 1998.

Summary

From the book jacket: There's a bar called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story… even in Thallonian space.

Six years ago, long before he took command of the starship USS Excalibur, a young Starfleet officer named Mackenzie Calhoun served as first officer aboard the USS Grissom. Then disaster struck, and Calhoun took the blame. A court martial led to his own angry resignation from Starfleet… or so it appeared. At long last Captain Calhoun reveals the true story behind the greatest tragedy of his life.

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Background information

This novel's plot was adapted from a previous Peter David story in the second run of DC Comics' series of comics.
Although the novel indicates the events of the flashback are six years previous, it is probably closer to five years, since Jellico, who was portrayed as an admiral in the novel, was still a captain until at least 2369, when he appeared in TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II".

Characters

File:Shelby.jpg

Shelby in the 2360s

Main

Mackenzie Calhoun: Captain of the USS Excalibur, formerly the first officer of the Grissom.
Elizabeth Shelby: Calhoun's executive officer aboard Excalibur; Shelby had been romantically involved with him before his assignment to Grissom
Norman Kenyon: Captain of the Grissom
Katerina Mueller: Executive officer of the Grissom

File:Edward Jellico.jpg

Jellico in 2369

Cray
Edward Jellico: Starfleet admiral

Others

Alexander the Great
Boyajian
Cap
Edward Smith: Captain of the RMS Titanic.
Danteri guard: A Danteri assigned to guard Stener. This man was knocked unconscious by fourteen-year-old Mackenzie Calhoun, but awoke and attacked with his sword. Calhoun engaged him in a swordfight, and dropped him with a blow to the head, caving his skull. The man thanked the boy for holding his hand as he died.
D'ndai: In their youth, Mackenzie Calhoun's brother held him back from attacking Danteri guards.
Miles Gloriosus
Mick Gold
Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Byron Kenyon
Marsha Kenyon
Stephanie Kenyon
Meyer
Jean-Luc Picard
Paullina Simons
Stener
Romeo Takahashi
Villers

References

Danteri: Oppressors of the Xenexians

pok: Danteri riding animal, bred to be an all-purpose steed.

r'ksha: Xenexian language term, equivalent to the Earth title captain. Mackenzie Calhoun was made r'ksha of a flier vessel with a crew of fighters as his first command in the Xenexian resistance, which he would eventually take supreme command of.

Xenex: Homeworld of the Xenexian species. Xenex was freed from Danteri oppression by a resistance army led by young Mackenzie Calhoun. Xenexians closely resemble humans, except for their purple eyes.

External link

Once Burned at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-''Captain Calhoun confronts his greatest failure.'' (5 of 6)
+'''''Once Burned''''' is a ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'' novel &ndash; the fifth novel in ''[[Star Trek: The Captain's Table|The Captain's Table]]'' series &ndash; written by [[Peter David]]. Published by [[Pocket Books]], it was first released in {{m|October|1998}}.
-==Summary==
-From the book jacket:
-:'' There's a [[Wikipedia:Bar (establishment)|bar]] called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and [[history|era]] can meet, relax, and share a friendly [[drink]] or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story...even in Thallonian [[space]].
+== Summary ==
-:''Six years ago, long before he took command of the [[starship]] [[USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)|USS ''Excalibur'']], a young [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] named Mackenzie Calhoun served as [[first officer]] aboard the [[USS Grissom (24th century)|USS ''Grissom'']]. Then disaster struck, and Calhoun took the blame. A [[court martial]] led to his own angry resignation from Starfleet... or so it appeared. At long last [[Captain]] Calhoun reveals the true story behind the greatest tragedy of his life.''
+;From the book jacket
+:'' There's a [[bar]] called "The Captain's Table," where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and [[history|era]] can meet, relax, and share a friendly [[drink]] or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story&hellip; even in Thallonian [[space]].''
+:''Six years ago, long before he took command of the [[starship]] {{USS|Excalibur|NCC-26517}}, a young [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] named Mackenzie Calhoun served as [[first officer]] aboard the {{USS|Grissom|24th century}}. Then disaster struck, and Calhoun took the blame. A [[court martial]] led to his own angry resignation from Starfleet&hellip; or so it appeared. At long last {{Captain}} Calhoun reveals the true story behind the greatest tragedy of his life.''
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+<!--
 FURTHER SUMMARY
+== Memorable quotes ==
-==Background information==
-This novel's plot was adapted from a previous Peter David story in the [[Star Trek (DC volume 2)]] series of [[comics]].
-Although the novel indicates the events of the flashback are six years previous, it is probably closer to five years, since Jellico, who was portrayed as an [[admiral]] in the novel, was still a captain until at least [[2369]], when he appeared in "[[Chain of Command, Part II]]" ([[TNG]]).
-===Memorable quotes===
 QUOTES
+-->
+== Background information ==
+* This novel's plot was adapted from a previous Peter David story in the [[Star Trek (DC volume 2)|second run]] of [[DC Comics]]' series of [[comics]].
+* Although the novel indicates the events of the flashback are six years previous, it is probably closer to five years, since Jellico, who was portrayed as an [[admiral]] in the novel, was still a captain until at least [[2369]], when he appeared in {{TNG|Chain of Command, Part II}}.
-==Characters==
+== Characters ==
-[[Image:Shelby.jpg|thumb|Shelby in the [[2360s]]. ''([[TNG]]:"[[The Best of Both Worlds, Part II]])'']]
+[[File:Shelby.jpg|thumb|Shelby in the [[2360s]]]]
-===Main===
+=== Main ===
+; [[Mackenzie Calhoun]] : Captain of the {{USS|Excalibur|NCC-26517}}, formerly the first officer of the ''Grissom''.
-; Mackenzie Calhoun
-: Captain of the [[USS Excalibur (NCC-26517)|USS ''Excalibur'']], formerly the first officer of the ''Grissom''.
+; [[Shelby|Elizabeth Shelby]] : Calhoun's executive officer aboard ''Excalibur''; Shelby had been romantically involved with him before his assignment to ''Grissom''
-; [[Shelby|Elizabeth Shelby]] : Calhoun's executive officer aboard ''Excalibur'', Shelby had been romatically involved with him before his assignment to ''Grissom''
 ; Norman Kenyon : Captain of the ''Grissom''
 ; Katerina Mueller : Executive officer of the ''Grissom''
-[[Image:EdwardJellico2369.jpg|thumb|150px|Jellico in 2369. ''([[TNG]]:"[[Chain of Command, Part II]])'']]
+[[File:Edward Jellico.jpg|thumb|Jellico in 2369]]
 ; Cray
 ; [[Edward Jellico]] : Starfleet [[admiral]]
-===Others===
+=== Others ===
 ; [[Alexander the Great]]
 ; Boyajian
 ; Cap
-; Captain Edward Smith of the [[RMS Titanic|''RMS Titanic'']]
+; Edward Smith : Captain of the {{RMS|Titanic}}.
 ; Danteri guard : A Danteri assigned to guard Stener. This man was knocked unconscious by fourteen-year-old Mackenzie Calhoun, but awoke and attacked with his sword. Calhoun engaged him in a swordfight, and dropped him with a blow to the head, caving his skull. The man thanked the boy for holding his hand as he died.
 ; D'ndai : In their youth, Mackenzie Calhoun's brother held him back from attacking Danteri guards.
 ; Miles Gloriosus
 ; Mick Gold
-; [[Virgil Grissom|Virgil "Gus" Grissom]]
+; [[Gus Grissom|Virgil "Gus" Grissom]]
 ; Byron Kenyon
 ; Marsha Kenyon
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 ; Villers
-==References==
+== References ==
 ;Danteri : Oppressors of the Xenexians
 ;''pok'' : Danteri riding animal, bred to be an all-purpose steed.
-;''r'ksha'' : Xenexian [[language]] term, equivalent to the Earth title [[captain]]. Mackenzie Calhoun was made ''r'ksha'' of a flier vessel with a crew of fighters as his first command in the Xenexian resistance, which he would eventually take supreme command of.
+;''r'ksha'' : Xenexian [[language]] term, equivalent to the Earth title {{dis|captain|rank}}. Mackenzie Calhoun was made ''r'ksha'' of a flier vessel with a crew of fighters as his first command in the Xenexian resistance, which he would eventually take supreme command of.
 ;Xenex : Homeworld of the Xenexian species. Xenex was freed from Danteri oppression by a resistance army led by young Mackenzie Calhoun. Xenexians closely resemble humans, except for their purple eyes.
+== External link ==
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