The novel begins with Lt. Piper (no first name), a native of Proxima Beta, taking the Kobayashi Maru simulation at Starfleet Academy.
In this novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin, the scenario occurs as an actual plot event instead of a training exercise.
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Randy Pausch, of Last Lecture fame, had the childhood dream of "being Captain Kirk".
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In his Star Trek: New Frontier novels, Peter David suggests that future versions of the scenario would involve the Romulans.
The secret achievement is named "Kobayashi Maru" and makes the ship you're piloting have stronger weapons and shields.
The plot is based on the idea that Starfleet is replacing the Kobayashi Maru scenario with a new test based on a mission from the Enterprise logs.
Kobayashi Issa | Kenta Kobayashi | Takeru Kobayashi | Kobayashi Maru | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi | Yumiko Kobayashi | Takao Kobayashi | Sei-Kyo Maru | Satoru Kobayashi | Mara Maru | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Asama Maru | Abdullah Kobayashi | Yutaka Kobayashi (businessman) | Yutaka Kobayashi (announcer) | Yutaka Kobayashi | Ukishima Maru | Shinji Kobayashi | ''Saikyo-maru'' | Sachiko Kobayashi | Royal Kobayashi | Rajesh Maru | Piper Maru | Nisshin Maru | MS ''Kosei Maru'' | ''Mochizuki'' (bottom) and seaplane tender Japanese seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru | Maru a Pula School | Maru | Mao Kobayashi |