Strategy

Introduction (blurb)
From previews: In part three of IDW's all-new Star Trek: The Next Generation relaunch, the Enterprise is ambushed in an uncharted sector of space. Shields are down, weapons are off-line, and key personnel are wounded. The attacker remains unknown, flying a warship configured with engineering and technological specifications of Starfleet, Romulan and Borg vessels. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew fight to find the right answers -- before they are all destroyed by the ultimate killing machine. To battle stations, for all-out action!

Regulars

 * Data
 * Beverly Crusher
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * William T. Riker
 * Deanna Troi
 * Worf, Son of Mogh

Others

 * Karp

Starships

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) - Galaxy class
 * Romulan/Federation/Borg drone ship
 * Borg Cube
 * Romulan warbird

Locations

 * Bandor system
 * Starbase 122

Species

 * Android
 * Betazoid
 * Bolian
 * Human
 * Klingon

States and Organisations

 * Federation starfleet

Other
Bridge | Class-9 probe | Cloaking device | Cranial trauma | Disruptor nacelle | Engineering | Epsilon theta 3 | Hemorrhage | Honor | Inter-receptive network | Ktarian chocolate puff | Maneuvering thruster | Nacelle | Phaser | Plasma burn | Positronic brain | Remote control | Saucer section | Self destruct | Sensor | Sickbay | Shield | Shield frequency | Sub-space beacon | Sub-space communication | Warp engine | Warp signature

Information

 * This issue is set in season seven of the TV series.
 * As with previous issues this comic is available in several different covers, however unlike previous issues, this issue has three rather than four covers available. Two cover are equally available, one of which is by Jeremy Geddes and the other a photomontage. And the third cover is an alternate photomontage with more limited availability as a retail incentive.
 * In addition to art work by the series artist Caey Maloney some of the inking in this issue is done Aaron Leach.
 * The stardate given for the Editor's Log on the letters page is 60550.3, which like previous editorial content would place it in 2383.
 * Five of the ten advertising pages in this issue are devoted to promoting IDW's second miniseries Klingons: Blood Will Tell. A one page introduction is followed by an interview with the miniseries' writers Scott and David Tipton, and then a three page preview of the first issue.