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, 2 years 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

 * Darsha Assant
 * Baloob
 * Admiral Tarnese Bleyd
 * Chun
 * Usu Cley
 * CT-914
 * CT-915
 * Joclad Danva
 * Den Dhur
 * Colonel Kohn Doil
 * Dooku
 * Jango Fett
 * Filba
 * Bahm Gilyad
 * I-5YQ
 * Jabba
 * Phow Ji
 * Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Kardash Josen
 * Kaird
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Leemoth
 * Mathal
 * Klo Merit
 * Major N'do Maetrecis
 * Barriss Offee
 * Lorn Pavan
 * Doctor S'hrah
 * Situ
 * Alto Stratus
 * Tanisuldees
 * Tiran
 * Tolk le Trene
 * Luminara Unduli
 * Colonel D'Arc Vaetes
 * Captain Jos Vondar
 * Mace Windu
 * Zan Yant
 * Yoda
 * Rorand Zuzz

Creatures

 * bantha
 * buzz-beetle
 * buzz moth
 * fire gnat
 * fleek eel
 * hawk-bat
 * Nexu
 * Kamino spongeworm
 * krayt dragon
 * land shrimp
 * lynik
 * mellcrawler
 * moon moth
 * rancor
 * razor-tailed tiger
 * ronto
 * saber-fang
 * sand cat
 * sarlacc
 * scavenger moth
 * space slug
 * spin-worm
 * wriggler
 * wingstinger

Droid models

 * ASP
 * Battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Cam droid
 * CLL-8
 * Medical droid
 * 2-1B
 * FX-7 medical assistant droid
 * Moon moth espionage droid
 * Protocol droid
 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * 5YQ-series protocol droid
 * CZ-series communications/business droid
 * CZ-3
 * Orbot protocol droid
 * Secretary droid
 * WED Treadwell
 * Worker droid

Events

 * Battle of Naboo
 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Jabiim
 * Battle of Drongar
 * Great Hyperspace War

Locations

 * Core Worlds
 * Coruscant
 * Coruscant Crown Casino
 * Coruscant equatorial belt
 * First Bank of Coruscant
 * Jedi Temple
 * Zi-Kree Sector
 * Third Quadrant
 * Crimson Corridor
 * Dewback Inn
 * Green Glowstone Tavern
 * Manarai
 * Oa Park
 * University of Coruscant
 * Coruscant School of Music
 * Geonosis arena
 * Naboo
 * Corellian system
 * Talus
 * Tralus
 * Corellia
 * Coronet City
 * Golden Beach
 * Gall
 * Gordian Reach
 * Outer Rim Territories
 * Bunduki
 * Drongar Prime
 * Drongar
 * Poptree Forest
 * Great Jasserak Swamp
 * Tanlassa
 * Jabiim
 * Nedij
 * Raxus Prime
 * Rudrig
 * Tatooine
 * Uvena II
 * Wild Space
 * Yurb
 * Dust Pits

Organizations and titles

 * Confederacy of Independent Systems
 * Corellian Engineering Corporation
 * Black Sun
 * Vigo
 * Cybot Galactica
 * Damorian Manufacturing Corporation
 * Ensterite
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Chief medical officer
 * Clone trooper
 * Captain
 * Cohort
 * Colonel
 * Doctor
 * Lieutenant
 * Nurse
 * quartermaster
 * Sergeant
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 1
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 5
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 7
 * Republic Mobile Surgical Unit 12
 * Republic Navy
 * Admiral
 * Commander
 * Jedi Order
 * Jedi Knight
 * Jedi Padawan
 * Jedi Master
 * Kuat Drive Yards
 * Medtech
 * Serv-O-Droid
 * The Silent

Sentient species

 * Bamasian
 * Bothan
 * Caamasi
 * Charbodian
 * Devaronian
 * Dressellian
 * Duros
 * Equani
 * Gotal`
 * Human
 * Vunakunian
 * Hutt
 * Ishi Tib
 * Jawa
 * Kubaz
 * Lorrdian
 * Mirialan
 * Myneyrsh
 * Nediji
 * Neimodian
 * Nikto
 * Noghri
 * Ortolan
 * Otolla Gungan
 * Phindian
 * Toydarian
 * Twi'lek
 * Ugnaught
 * Salissian
 * Selonian
 * Shistavanen
 * Sullustan
 * Sakiyan
 * Wookiee
 * Zabrak
 * Zeltron

Vehicles and vessels

 * Conqueror-class assault ship
 * Stinger
 * Destroyer
 * freighter
 * YT-1300f
 * MedStar-class frigate
 * MedStar Nineteen
 * transport
 * 9000 bulk transport
 * Medlifter transport
 * shuttle
 * starfighter
 * Starspin

Weapons and technology

 * Antigrav generator
 * Antigrav gurney
 * Antisepsis field
 * bacta tank
 * blaster rifle
 * calibrator
 * Carbon freezing
 * Carbon-freezing chamber
 * chem-wipe
 * chronometer
 * cognitive module
 * comm unit
 * computer
 * cybernetics
 * databank
 * datachip
 * datafile
 * datapad
 * dehumidifier
 * entrance chime
 * filter mask
 * flatscreen
 * flimsy
 * fluorescant globe
 * foamcast
 * formchair
 * forcepike
 * formcot
 * Glue stat
 * glowrod
 * grenade
 * handheld bioscanner
 * hemosponge
 * holocoded message packet
 * holocomm
 * holocube
 * holodrama
 * hologram
 * HoloNet
 * holonews
 * HoloNet Entertainment
 * holoplay
 * holoprojector
 * holorecording
 * holostamp
 * hook-blade
 * hyperdrive
 * H1.5 hyperdrive
 * hyperspace
 * hypnoscan
 * ion engine
 * ion cannon
 * A2-grade ion engine
 * A2.50-grade ion engine
 * keycard
 * laser scalpel
 * launch pad
 * lift tube
 * medicron
 * memory wipe
 * particle beam
 * photoreceptor
 * plastisheet
 * plastistrip
 * polarized droptacs
 * portable entertainment module
 * pressor field
 * pressure door
 * proton torpedo
 * pulley-bow
 * pulse-bomb
 * pulse-carbine
 * Pulse-sticker
 * pyrowall
 * quadro unit
 * quarrel
 * recharge coupling
 * recording rod
 * refresher
 * security door
 * sensor
 * shower
 * slug thrower
 * sonic shower
 * spaceport
 * spray foam
 * sonic dampener
 * skin-glove
 * spray hypo
 * sterile field
 * superconductor coupling
 * suspension field
 * Sweat-stop
 * syncloth sheet
 * synthflesh
 * tangle field
 * transparisteel
 * turbolaser
 * vacuum bubble
 * vibroblade
 * vibroscalpel
 * vocoder
 * waste disposal unit
 * wetware
 * zap field

Miscellanea

 * bakery
 * bio-robotics
 * bota
 * blaster fodder
 * coagulin
 * Cold Midnight
 * cloaca
 * cordrazine
 * Dejarik
 * Drakñahr Syndrome
 * drugs
 * fleek oil
 * future-fic
 * Galactic Standard Basic
 * Galactic Wave
 * Galaxis Award
 * gambling
 * genomics
 * glitterstim
 * Graffiti
 * Hookah pipe
 * Huttese
 * dopa
 * Boga noga
 * koochoo
 * Idiot's array
 * jury-rigging
 * Kessel Run
 * kilogram
 * kilometer
 * Nova Award
 * Neutrino
 * Parsec
 * poptree
 * port hole
 * prison
 * Pure Sabacc
 * Ready Ration
 * Rojo Fever
 * Roon Comet
 * sabacc
 * sauna
 * Scarification Ceremony
 * Spore Sickness
 * spice
 * Surgica Galactica Journal
 * Teräs Käsi

Music

 * electroharp
 * Heavy Isotope
 * leap-jump
 * lift-tube music
 * music
 * ommni box
 * Quetarra

Substances and compounds

 * bacta
 * carbon
 * crystal
 * diamond
 * duralloy
 * duraplast
 * durasteel
 * fertilizer
 * ferrocrete
 * firegem
 * flex-bronze
 * flex-steel
 * Gallian firestone
 * oxygen
 * plasteel
 * plastoid
 * Rathalayan firestone
 * mercury
 * nitrogen
 * steelcrete
 * tibanna

Occupations

 * assassin
 * bureaucrat
 * emissary
 * gangster
 * journalist
 * medic
 * mercenary
 * pilot
 * reporter
 * smuggler
 * technician

Food and drinks

 * Alcohol drinks
 * Ales
 * Alderaanian ale
 * Fromish ale
 * Huttese Ale
 * Tyrusian red ale
 * Bantha blaster
 * Coruscant Cooler
 * Johrian whiskey
 * cinnamon
 * dried kelp strip
 * grainmush
 * Hawk-bat egg
 * poptree syrup
 * redfruit juice
 * Schroom steak
 * Tanque tea

Anatomy

 * kidney
 * lekku
 * liver
 * Pheromone
 * spleen

Behind the scenes

 * 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.