History Literature / StarTrekMereAnarchy

* HeelFaceTurn: Traal. He was a traitor to the Mestiko government, but he soon turned against the Klingons when he realized they cared only for themselves, regardless of the harm they inflicted on the Mestiko people.
* HilariousInHindsight: One chapter opens with, "[[VideoGame/StarTrekOnline "Where's Sulu?"]], asked Kirk, rhetorically."

A series of six novellas and part of the Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse. The series chronicles the aftermath of a disaster on the planet Mestiko, as it affects both the natives and the original Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}} crew under Kirk, over the entire course of the original series era.

* HilariousInHindsight: One chapter opens with, "[[StarTrekOnline "Where's Sulu?"]], asked Kirk, rhetorically."

A series of six novellas and part of the StarTrekNovelVerse. The series chronicles the aftermath of a disaster on the planet Mestiko, as it affects both the natives and the original Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}} crew under Kirk, over the entire course of the original series era.

* ColdWar: Mestiko is trapped right in the middle of the cold war between the Federation and the Klingons.

* HilariousInHindsight: One chapter opens with, [[StarTrekOnline "Where's Sulu?"]], asked Kirk, rhetorically.

* HilariousInHindsight: One chapter opens with, [[StarTrekOnline ''"Where's Sulu?"]], asked Kirk, rhetorically.''

* LeftHanging: Mestiko's final decision as to whether it joins the Federation, the Klingon Empire, or remains independent, is not actually revealed. More recent novels, such as [[StarTrekTheNextGenerationRelaunch ''Losing the Peace'']] do hint that it joined the Federation, but this is far from certain. At the very least, the conclusion is LeftHanging for the purposes of this series.

* TreacheryCoverUp: vosTraal was named in honour of a native leader who, according to the history books, sacrificed himself to save the planet. What [[TreacheryCoverUp those books leave out]] is that this was in fact a HeelFaceTurn and he was originally a traitor.

* CapitalCity: vosTraal. Named in honour of a native leader who, according to the history books, sacrificed himself to save the planet. What [[TreacheryCoverUp those books leave out]] is that this was in fact a HeelFaceTurn and he was originally a traitor.

* TreacheryCoverUp: See CapitalCity, above.

A series of six novellas and part of the StarTrekNovelVerse. The series chronicles the aftermath of a disaster on the planet Mestiko, as it affects both the natives and the original StarTrek crew under Kirk, over the entire course of the original series era.

* ArcWelding: The series stretches across the entire original StarTrek era, filling in some of the gaps between films.

* InterserviceRivalry: The ''Pesh-manut'', Mestiko's new intelligence agency, is a conglomerate joining multiple older agencies in common cause. In practice, the various agendas are still evident and often clash.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Theena elMadej. Eseentially the adoptive daughter of ReasonableAuthorityFigure Raya elMora]], she allies with a terrorist faction in the fifth installment.

* InHarmonyWithNature: The Kazarites, who use their skills to assist in restoring Mestiko's ecosystem. Kazarites were pre-established as being a race InHarmonyWithNature , and thus were a natural choice to appear in this series.

* InHarmonyWithNature: The Kazarites, who use their skills to assist in restoring Mestiko's ecosystem. Kazarites were pre-established as being a race InHarmonyWithNature race, and thus were a natural choice to appear in this series.

A series of six novellas and part of the StarTrekNovelVerse. The series chronicles the aftermath of a disaster on the planet Mestiko, as it affects both the natives and the Original StarTrek crew under Kirk, over the entire course of the original series era.

* FightMagnet: Kirk. As he asks McCoy, "what were the chances someone wasn't going to hit me at some point?"

* DeadpanSnarker: Nawaz Mazari, who offers several totally deadpan, sarcastic comments while hearing Kirk and McCoy's cover story. Told that the pair have just lost their jobs, Mazari comments "I may cry".

* SarcasticDevotee: McCoy to Kirk, particularly in the third story. Sometimes Kirk returns the favour, such as when he tells McCoy to ready his phaser and "hope we get attacked by the broad side of a barn".

* InHarmonyWithNature: The Kazarites, who use their skills to assist in restoring Mestiko's ecosystem.

A series of six novellas and a part of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse. The series chronicles the aftermath of a disaster on the planet Mestiko, as it affects both the natives and the Original StarTrek crew under Kirk, over the entire course of the original series era.