Books including schematics?

[bfollowell]

I'm aware of two Pocket Books novels over the pas several years that included fold-out schematics: Star Trek: Vanguard: Harbinger and Star Trek: Titan: Sword of Damocles. Excluding technical/reference type books, are there any other books, specifically novels, that have had these types of included extras that I may have missed over the years?

I love seeing things in my minds eye and creating a whole new world in my imagination when I'm reading but I'm also a techie and a sucker for schematics and the like. I love it when the publisher goes the extra mile with goodies like this and would love to see any other examples I may have missed during my ten year hiatus from Star Trek literature.

Thanks.

- Byron

 

[T'Girl]

The novel Battlestations! (yes with a exclamation point) had what looked like a hand drawn schematic of a ship that is featured in the story. The SS Banana Republic.

 

[Stevil2001]

The Brave and the Bold, Book Two contains specifications for the I.K.S. Gorkon, first of the Qang class.

 

[Christopher]

The novel Battlestations! (yes with a exclamation point) had what looked like a hand drawn schematic of a ship that is featured in the story. The SS Banana Republic.

IIRC, its preceding volume Dreadnought! also had a schematic of a small fighter-type ship that figured in that book.

Joe Haldeman's World Without End from Bantam had, I believe, a "report" at the end ("written" by Spock?) discussing the world-ship construct they explored in the book, including an illustration or two thereof.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

This is stretching it a bit, but Federation had a diagram of Zephram Cochrane's warp effect, which was in the same shape as the Starfleet Delta Emblem.

 

[Arpy]

Wait, it's The Brave and the Bold, Book 2 that's supposed to have a schematic of the Gorkon? Otherwise, no copy of any of the Gorkon books I have ever seen has ever had a schematic for that ship.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Also not quite the same, but A Stitch in Time had a couple of maps of Cardassia Prime at the start. IIRC there was a map of a training ground used for a survival exercise, and a street map of a district of the capital.

I loved the diagrams of the fighter shuttles in Dreadnought, and the freighter in Battlestations. They were done in a similar style to Franz Joseph's old Technical Manual.

I don't recall - did Death's Angel have a line drawing of the SSI uniform at the back, or just verbal descriptions of the colour schemes and rank emblems?

 

[SicOne]

Will there be a schematic of the Aventine in the first Typhon Pact book, a la the Luna gatefold in the "Sword of Damocles" book?

 

[Clawhammer]

Will there be a schematic of the Aventine in the first Typhon Pact book, a la the Luna gatefold in the "Sword of Damocles" book?

I would have liked that, and it still might happen in the future, but I dont think the first Typhon Pact book includes one. I really want to discuss these kind of things with the editor, but I believe there is a change going on in that area. For now all I can do is just wait, I have 9 other ships on hold until authorized as being the "official" designs.

The next 3 months all I will do is moving into a new house and redesign Voyager. (More then enough work.)

 

[Defcon]

I really want to discuss these kind of things with the editor, but I believe there is a change going on in that area.

Again?

 

[JD]

Will there be a schematic of the Aventine in the first Typhon Pact book, a la the Luna gatefold in the "Sword of Damocles" book?

I would have liked that, and it still might happen in the future, but I dont think the first Typhon Pact book includes one. I really want to discuss these kind of things with the editor, but I believe there is a change going on in that area. For now all I can do is just wait, I have 9 other ships on hold until authorized as being the "official" designs.

The next 3 months all I will do is moving into a new house and redesign Voyager. (More then enough work.)

So does that mean we will be seeing more of the Aventine in the future?

 

[Christopher]

^Since he said "might," I'd assume that means we might see more of the Aventine, not that we will.

 

[JD]

Oh, I didn't notice the "might" there.

 

[SicOne]

Someone "might" be being unnecessarily sarcastic.

I think he would have figured it out on his own.

 

[Christopher]

No sarcasm intended, merely clarification. Nothing wrong with trying to help someone figure something out faster.