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((Infobox character
| name        = Mackenzie Calhoun
| series      = [[Star Trek]]
| image       = HouseOfCardsCover.jpg
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| caption     = Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, flanked by his mentor [[Jean-Luc Picard]] and [[Mr. Spock|Ambassador Spock]], on the cover of the 1997 novel, ''Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards.'' Art by [[Keith Birdsong]].
| species     = Xenexian
| affiliation = [[United Federation of Planets]]<br/>[[Starfleet]]
| lbl23       = Posting
| data23      = USS ''Grissom'', First Officer<br>USS ''Excalibur'', Captain
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'''Mackenzie Calhoun''' (born '''M'k'n'zy of Calhoun''') is a fictional character from the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[fictional universe|universe]]. Created by [[Peter David]], Calhoun is an [[Extraterrestrial life in popular culture|extraterrestrial]] from the planet Xenex, and is [[Captain (Star Trek)|captain]] of the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[starship]] ''USS Excalibur''.

Calhoun appears primarily in ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier]]'', a series of [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] novels and [[comic books]] set during the [[Timeline of Star Trek|24th century]] era of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', in which he is the main character. He first appeared in the 1997 ''New Frontier'' [[debut novel]], ''Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards''.

Calhoun is the only ''Star Trek'' character that has not appeared in any of the ''Star Trek'' [[television series]] or [[movies]] to have an [[action figure]].

==Publication history==
In 1997 Pocket Books introduced ''Star Trek: New Frontier'', a novel series written by [[Peter David]] that featured a combination of original characters and recurring, supporting characters from the television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and its spinoffs. The series is centered upon the '' U.S.S. Excalibur'', a starship of the [[United Federation of Planets]], which is commanded by the series' star, Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. The series was a popular success,<ref>((cite web|url=https://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/booklists/star-trek-the-reading-list/|title=Star Trek – The Reading List|access-date=November 2, 2019|publisher=City of Lincoln, Nebraska Libraries|location=[[Lincoln, Nebraska]]|archive-date=October 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019002944/http://lincolnlibraries.org/bookguide/booklists/star-trek-the-reading-list/))</ref> and led to ''New Frontier'' comic books and appearances in ''Star Trek'' video games and action figures.

==Fictional character history==
Calhoun is born M'k'n'zy of Calhoun on the planet [[Xenex]], in the city of Calhoun. He grows up under the brutal rule of the Danteri, who occupied his world. As a child, M'k'n'zy witnesses the public execution of his father in a town square by Falkar of Danter, which spurs him to grow into a rebel warlord.<ref name="HouseOfCards">Peter David. ''Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards''; 1997</ref> He kills his first person at age 14, and is given command of a strike vessel that marked the beginning of the Xenexian rebellion.<ref name="Burned">Peter David. ''Star Trek New Frontier: The Captain's Table, Book 5: Once Burned''</ref> By the time M'k'n'zy is 20, he  liberates Xenex.<ref name="HouseOfCards"/> Shortly after doing so, he fathers a son, Xyon, with Catrine, a woman from the Calhoun clan whose husband had died, as she requests as part of Xenexian culture.<ref>Peter David. ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Martyr''</ref>

Calhoun encounters [[Jean-Luc Picard]], who, while commanding the USS ''Stargazer'', visits Xenex as a representative of the [[United Federation of Planets]] to assist in negotiations between Xenex and Danter. Picard convinced Calhoun to join [[Starfleet]], the scientific and defensive arm of the Federation.<ref name="HouseOfCards"/> Calhoun leaves Xenex, a move which rouses the ire of many of his people, to enter [[Starfleet Academy]], where he meets [[List of Star Trek characters (N–S)#Shelby|Elizabeth Shelby]], who would become his lover, rival and, eventually, fiancée. Their engagement ends after Calhoun took the ''[[Kobayashi Maru]]'' test.<ref>Peter David. ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Stone and Anvil''</ref>

As a Starfleet officer, Calhoun served aboard the USS ''Grissom'',<ref name="HouseOfCards"/> where he meets Katarina "Kat" Mueller, who would become his lover.<ref name="Burned"/> It was on the ''Grissom'' that he learns to play [[poker]], and establishes a reputation for being able to bluff his way through any hand, even evading an [[empath]]'s attempt to get a bead on him.<ref name="Void">Peter David. ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Into the Void''</ref> Calhoun was present during a catastrophic event aboard the ''Grissom'', which led to his apparent departure from Starfleet.<ref name="Burned"/> In reality, he becomes an undercover operative for head of Starfleet Intelligence Admiral [[Alynna Nechayev]] who, years afterward, fearing Calhoun was getting "too deep" into the lifestyle of the thugs and criminals he was associating with, pulled him out and gave him his own starship to command, the USS ''Excalibur''. It was in taking this command that he is reunited with both Shelby, who was now his First Officer,<ref name="HouseOfCards"/> and Mueller, whom he picked as his [[Executive Officer]] (the terms are normally synonymous on the various television series, but in the ''New Frontier'' novels, a First Officer heads the ship's day shift, while the Executive Officer commands the night shift watch).<ref name="Burned"/> Calhoun is assigned to Sector 221-G, the area of space of the former Thallonian Empire, which has collapsed, resulting in destabilization of the region.<ref name="HouseOfCards"/>

Calhoun makes an appearance in the 2007 ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' novel ''Before Dishonor'' by [[Peter David]]. In the novel, Calhoun encounters Picard en route to Sector 001 to defend [[Earth]] against a new [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] threat.

Calhoun's older brother, D’ndai, dies during an alien invasion of his homeworld, Xenex, in the 2011 novel ''Blind Man's Bluff''.<ref>((cite book |title= Blind Man's Bluff|last= David|first= Peter|year= 2011|publisher= Simon and Schuster|ISBN= 978-1-4516-1169-4))</ref>

==Personality and appearance==
Calhoun is depicted as intelligent, cunning, canny,<ref>David. ''House of Cards'', page 7</ref> resourceful and sneaky.<ref>David, Peter (1997). ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Into the Void''. p. 17.</ref> His success as a tactician is due in part to his ability to sense imminent danger, and anticipate his enemies' moves.<ref>''House of Cards'' page 12</ref><ref>David, Peter (2011). ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Blind Man's Bluff''. Pocket Books. p. 2</ref> As a young rebel, he trained himself to control his respiration, heartbeat and pulse in order to make himself a more efficient killer, though Peter David has explicitly made it unclear whether this ability is common to Xenexians or unique to Calhoun.<ref>''Blind Man's Bluff'', pp. 2 and 81</ref>

[[Edward Jellico]] sees Calhoun as an unpredictable maverick<ref>''House of Cards'' p. 139</ref> and a cowboy,<ref>''House of Cards'' p. 140</ref> and [[Jean-Luc Picard]] has observed that reverence was never one of Calhoun's strong suits.<ref>''House of Cards'' page 154</ref> Calhoun feels that, deep down, he is a savage, and that any appearance of civilization on his part is a façade that he wears like a cloak, though he keeps the scar Falkar gave him as a reminder of his roots.<ref>David. ''House of Cards'' pp. 155-156</ref> Calhoun has commented on his personality thus: "I’m an officer. I’m just not a gentleman."<ref>David. ''Into the Void'', p. 36</ref>

Like all Xenexians, Calhoun resembles a [[human]] almost entirely, with the exception of his [[purple]] eyes. His skin has a leathery, burnished texture, the years of hardship he endured early in life having given him a weathered look, with several deep creases already lining his forehead by the time he was 19. Calhoun has a scar down the right side of his face from his right temple down across his cheek, left by the wound Falkar inflicted on him with his short sword in 2353.<ref>David. ''House of Cards'' p. 24</ref> He is a head shorter than his older brother, D'ndai.<ref>David. ''House of Cards'' p. 36</ref> The renditions of Calhoun on the ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier|New Frontier]]'' novel covers, and in the comic book ''Double Time'', consistently depict him as resembling a [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] human male with dark brown hair, though it appears as black in ''Turnaround''.

The [[Mirror Universe]] Mac, who first appears in "Cutting Ties", a story in the 2007 [[anthology]] ''Star Trek Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances'', is described as having black hair,<ref name=Obsidian>Peter David. 2007; ''Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Obsidian Alliances''; "Cutting Ties"; Page 199</ref> and appears thus in ''Turnaround''. Whereas our universe's Calhoun has a scar down the right side of his face, the mirror Calhoun has one down the left side of his.<ref name=Turnaround4>Peter David (April 2008). ''Star Trek: New Frontier: Turnaround'' #4 [[IDW Publishing]]. p. 22.</ref> Mac spent a year on Romulus educating himself in areas such as [[philosophy]], war strategy, and [[chess]]. He learned to defend himself during his many years in the Reman mines.<ref name=Obsidian/>

==Influences==
Fans have noted the similarity between Calhoun and another of [[Peter David]]'s ''[[Star Trek]]'' characters, Commander Quintin Stone from David's 1991 ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' novel, ''A Rock and a Hard Place''.<ref>David, Peter (June 20, 2006). [http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/004131.html Peter David. "What'cha wanna know?"]. peterdavid.net. June 20, 6:25pm post.</ref> David has explained that Calhoun was not intentionally a remodeled Stone, but that both were based to some extent by characters portrayed by film actor [[Mel Gibson]]: the apparently unstable "cowboy diplomat" Stone was based on [[Martin Riggs]] from the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' films, and Calhoun, who was a rebel leader at 20, was inspired by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] rebel leader [[William Wallace]] from ''[[Braveheart]]''. David has added that Calhoun is closer to the historical Wallace, in that like Calhoun, Wallace was much younger than the real-life Gibson was when he portrayed Wallace in the movie.<ref>David, Peter (October 21, 2003). [http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/000870.html Peter David."WHAT'CHA WANNA KNOW?"] peterdavid.net. October 21, 2:06am post.</ref>

In addition, Calhoun, who is depicted as something of a cowboy, has been compared by other characters in the stories to [[James T. Kirk]], as in a conversation with [[Edward Jellico]] in the novel ''Martyr''. David has stated that on his blog that Calhoun indeed looks up to and identifies with Kirk, seeing himself very much in the cowboy mold that Kirk personified.<ref>David, Peter (November 26, 2003). [http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/000817.html "WHAT'CHA WANNA KNOW?"] peterdavid.net. November 26, 11:43am post.</ref>

==In other media==
[[Playmates Toys]] produced a limited edition Captain Calhoun 4.5&nbsp;inch [[action figure]] which was available only via mail order through the ''Star Trek Communicator'' fan club magazine, and began shipping in September 1998. Approximately 10,000 of these figures were produced.<ref name="actionfigad">Advertisement printed on the inside back cover of multiple ''Star Trek'' novels published in 1998 and 1999.</ref>

In September 2005, Calhoun made a [[cameo appearance]] in "Vigil", a sixth-season episode of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[fan film]] series ''[[Star Trek: Hidden Frontier]]'', in which he meets his old lover, Elizabeth Shelby, now commanding the ''Excelsior'', in the [[Briar Patch (Star Trek)|Briar Patch]]. Calhoun was played by [[James Cawley]], producer and star of ''[[Star Trek: New Voyages]]'', in which he plays [[James T. Kirk]]. [[Peter David]] stated on his blog that although the creators of the episode did not check with him beforehand, he thought it was very entertaining.<ref>[http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/005313.html Peter David. "Q&A"; April 14, 2007 entry on Peter David's blog; April 16, 2007 12:42am post.]</ref>

In the online game ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', Calhoun is a Starfleet mission contact based on Starbase K-7. He issues [[player versus player|PvP]] missions to Federation players so they can fight other STO players playing the Klingon faction.<ref>[http://www.strategycore.co.uk/articles/previews/star-trek-online-preview/ "Star Trek: Online Preview"], Strategy Core, February 1, 2010</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671013955 Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards]'' at [[Amazon.com]]

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