Name some good Star Trek books where phasers are never fired :)

[SpaceLama]

I'm looking for some random Star Trek books, in which handheld or ship mounted weapons are never used - the problem is overcome intellectually, or by nifty science.

Afterall, I think the majority of Trek episodes did not contain weapons fire.

 

[rahullak]

The Q-Continuum trilogy?

 

[Christopher]

I'm looking for some random Star Trek books, in which handheld or ship mounted weapons are never used - the problem is overcome intellectually, or by nifty science.

Afterall, I think the majority of Trek episodes did not contain weapons fire.

That's sort of blurring two different concepts. There are numerous Trek stories in which weapons are used, but are not the solution, with intelligence, science, or compassion ultimately resolving the crisis. "The Devil in the Dark" comes to mind.

My Over a Torrent Sea is a novel I intentionally wrote to be as nonviolent as possible, since I was coming off of Greater Than the Sum, whose combat scenes were unpleasant for me to write. There is phaser fire in the novel, but only with constructive intent, to deflect an asteroid. I generally include some amount of combat in my Trek novels, but I try to avoid having destruction be the solution to the crisis; usually the solution is more about finding a way to stop the killing and create understanding.

So if you insist on limiting it only to books where weapons aren't fired at all, you're excluding the majority of books in which weapons are not the solution to the problem.

And I think you're underestimating the percentage of Trek episodes containing weapons fire.

 

[DimesDan]

Having read Losing the Peace, I know that phasers were used, but only once or twice and not as an act of violence, was more of a warning shot by an over zealous security officer on Pacifica.

 

[Greg Cox]

The Q-Continuum trilogy?

You know, I honestly can't remember. Maybe somebody fires a phaser in the third book, when 0 invades the Enterprise, but I'm not sure.

 

[rahullak]

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Oh, possibly, don't remember. Perhaps I,Q and other books where omnipotent beings and their machinations make it impossible or futile to fire weapons.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I'm looking for some random Star Trek books, in which handheld or ship mounted weapons are never used - the problem is overcome intellectually, or by nifty science.

I would look at the SCE/Corps of Engineers stories. While there are some stories where phasers are fired in anger or in self-defense, most of the stories involve tech puzzles of some kind.

 

[SpaceLama]

And I think you're underestimating the percentage of Trek episodes containing weapons fire.

Yeah, I meant within reason.

I already like the way you write your Titan novels, but I was thinking of some TOS era stuff maybe.

 

[HIj'Qa]

Minimal resort to phasers, as best I recall, TOS era

Memory Prime
Prime Directive
Spock's World

the 'bigger concept' TOS novels

How Much for Just the Planet
no phasers, just singing

also
Rings of Tautee

Day of Honor #4 Treaty's Law [you don't need to read the others] the premise is actually 'lets not shoot each other!' but there is some firing

The Young Adult books are phaser free IIRC

 

[Marie1]

Were any phasers actually fired in Warpath? I should know this...

 

[Elias Vaughn]

Toward the end, as I recall, there were some shots fired between the Starfleet team and the rogues on whatever that planet was called.

 

[Marie1]

Oh! Right! I forgot about the hand held ones! I was thinking the ship ones... I remembered Taran'atar playing with microtorpedoes...

 

[Greg Cox]

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Oh, possibly, don't remember. Perhaps I,Q and other books where omnipotent beings and their machinations make it impossible or futile to fire weapons.

Exactly. If there's any phaser firing the Q books, it's probably pretty pointless . . . and abandoned quickly!

 

[Deranged Nasat]

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Oh, possibly, don't remember. Perhaps I,Q and other books where omnipotent beings and their machinations make it impossible or futile to fire weapons.

Exactly. If there's any phaser firing the Q books, it's probably pretty pointless . . . and abandoned quickly!

Unless it's at the Calamarain to thaw them out, as you should know, Mr. Cox

 

[Greg Cox]

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Oh, possibly, don't remember. Perhaps I,Q and other books where omnipotent beings and their machinations make it impossible or futile to fire weapons.

Exactly. If there's any phaser firing the Q books, it's probably pretty pointless . . . and abandoned quickly!

Unless it's at the Calamarain to thaw them out, as you should know, Mr. Cox

That was eleven years and many, many books ago . . .