MedStar I: Battle Surgeons

MedStar I: Battle Surgeons is the first of two novels in the MedStar Duology, published by Del Rey on June 29, 2004, and written by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry. It takes place in 20 BBY, 20 months after the Battle of Geonosis. The book is part of the Clone Wars multimedia project.

Editions

 * ISBN 0345463102; June 29, 2004, Del Rey, 309-page paperback
 * ISBN 0739303236; June 29, 2004, Random House Audio, Abridged CD
 * ISBN 0345463072; December 6, 2005, Random House, eBook
 * ISBN 8324119574; Amber, 256-page Polish paperback

Official site summary
The Clone Wars that swept across the galaxy in the twilight years of the Republic engulfed more than Jedi Knights, clone troopers and droid soldiers. On the fierce battlefields of Drongar, a tiny med unit tends to those wounded from the ceaseless combat waged on the jungle world for control of a priceless native plant.

In the pages of this forthcoming Clone Wars novel, readers will meet a surgeon that cloaks his despair with sardonic wit; another who weathers the death and misery of Drongar by making beautiful music; a compassionate nurse with her heart in her work and her eye on a doctor; and a Jedi Padawan on a healing mission without her Master.

Publisher's summary
As civil war between the Republic and the Separatists rages across the galaxy, nowhere is the fighting more fierce than on the swamp world of Drongar, where a beleaguered mobile hospital unit wages a never-ending war of its own&hellip;.

A surgeon who covers his despair with wisecracks; another who faces death and misery head-on, venting his emotions through beautiful music &hellip; A nurse with her heart in her work and her eye on a doctor &hellip; A Jedi Padawan on a healing mission without her Master &hellip; These are the core members of a tiny med unit serving the jungle world of Drongar, where battle is waged over the control of a priceless native plant, and an endless line of medlifters brings in the wounded and dying&mdash;mostly clone troopers, but also soldiers of all species.

''While the healers work desperately to save lives, others plot secretly to profit from the war&mdash;either by dealing on the black market or by manipulating the events of the war itself. In the end, though, all will face individual tests, and only those of compassionate hearts and staunch spirits can hope to survive to fight another day.''

Characters

 * Baloob
 * Admiral Tarnese Bleyd
 * Usu Cley
 * CT-914
 * Den Dhur
 * Colonel Kohn Doil
 * Filba
 * Bahm Gilyad
 * Joclad Danva
 * I-5YQ
 * Phow Ji
 * Kardash Josen
 * Kaird
 * Leemoth
 * Mathal
 * Klo Merit
 * Barriss Offee
 * Situ
 * Tanisuldees
 * Tolk le Trene
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Colonel D'Arc Vaetes
 * Jos Vondar
 * Zan Yant
 * Rorand Zuzz
 * Dooku
 * Yoda

Creatures

 * Nexu
 * lynik
 * razor-tailed tiger

Droid models

 * 5YQ-series protocol droid
 * Battle droid
 * medical droid
 * FX-7 medical assistant droid
 * Protocol droid
 * secretary droid

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Drongar

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple
 * Drongar
 * Naboo

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Black Sun
 * Vigo
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Padawan
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Clone trooper
 * Colonel
 * Doctor
 * Lieutenant
 * Nurse
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7
 * Sergeant
 * Republic Navy
 * Admiral

Sentient species

 * Bothan
 * Dressellian
 * Equani
 * Gotal`
 * Human
 * Hutt
 * Ishi Tib
 * Kubaz
 * Lorrdian
 * Mirialan
 * Ortolan
 * Otolla Gungan
 * Twi'lek
 * Ugnaught
 * Sullustan
 * Sakiyan
 * Zabrak

Vehicles and vessels

 * medlifter transport
 * MedStar-class frigate

Weapons and technology

 * laser scalpel
 * Glue stat
 * skin-glove
 * Sweat-stop
 * grenade
 * handheld bioscanner
 * hemosponge
 * Antisepsis field

Miscellanea

 * bota
 * Spore Sickness
 * mercenary
 * Quetarra

Behind the scenes

 * One of the characters of this novel is the protocol droid I-5YQ, who was previosly seen in Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.
 * There are several connections to the popular M*A*S*H TV series.

Cover gallery
This is a gallery of the different cover variations of Medstar I: Battle Surgeons.