Smith, Dean Wesley; Decandido, Keith R.A.; Golden, Christie; Ward Dayton; Dilmore, Kevin. Have tech, will travel.(StarTrek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers For the Starfleet organization, see . Starfleet Corps of Engineers is a series of novellas set in the Star Trek universe, initially under the title S.C.E. (2000-2006), now under the new title Corps of Engineers (2006-present). , Book 1) Pocket Books. 396p. c2002. 0-7434-3996-1. $6.99. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. This is the first volume in a projected series about the exploits of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, which is under the control of Captain Montgomery Scott. This first installment actually has four different stories that all happen sequentially but which are all by different authors. The series involves the adventures of the U.S.S. da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. , a ship manned by a team of technicians whose mission it is to solve sticky engineering problems throughout the galaxy. In these four stories, the S.C.E. saves the universe from a mysterious ship that is infested in·fest tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests 1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: with gigantic flesh-eating bugs, rescues a civilization whose master computer has been sabotaged, tames a rogue sentient sentient /sen·ti·ent/ (sen´she-ent) able to feel; sensitive. sen·tient adj. 1. Having sense perception; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. space ship, and tries to salvage a derelict starship that is stranded in an interspatial rift in Tholian space (actually, only half of the adventure is told in this volume). The solutions that the inventive crew devises make for interesting and exciting reading. This series is a fine addition to the Star Trek printed series. Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Silliman College, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT |
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