Star Trek: Enterprise: Daedalus

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: Enterprise ! October 5, 2140. After a half-dozen years of research and testing, Starfleet prepares to launch its first warp 5 vessel— Daedalus. Propelled by a radical new engine designed by Earth's most brilliant warp field theorist, Victor Brodesser, the new ship will at last put the stars within mankind's reach. But on the eve of her maiden voyage, a maintenance engineer, Ensign Charles Tucker III—"Trip" to his friends—discovers a flaw in Dae