The Hollow Crown, Issue 2

The Hollow Crown, Issue 2 is the second issue of a two-part Star Trek: The Original Series comic, Romulans: The Hollow Crown, written and illustrated by John Byrne and published by IDW Publishing in October 2008. The book continues Byrne's Romulan saga, exploring the Klingon-Romulan Alliance.

Publisher's description

 * From solicitations
 * ''The best laid plans go often astray… but with so many conflicting agendas, whose plans will see fruition, and whose will fail? Court intrigue, assassinations (attempted and successful), weddings, promotions, and Klingons at every turn! This concluding tale from the annals of Star Trek by John Byrne ends with a bang—literally!

Characters

 * Actus • Arenn • Gaius • Gerry • Kloor • Koloth • Kor • Korlat • unnamed Romulans

Baroner • Keras • James T. Kirk

Starships and vehicles

 * / battle cruiser • Federation freighter • Romulan smallcraft •

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

Locations

 * bridge • engine room • Federation spacelanes • Romulan Neutral Zone •

Organia

Races and cultures

 * Human/Terran • Klingon • Romulan

Organian

States and organizations

 * Federation Starfleet • honor gaurd • Klingon Empire • Klingon-Romulan alliance • Romulan Star Empire • United Federation of Planets

Ranks and titles

 * Admiral of the fleet • commander • general • praetor • queen • Romulan Preator

Other references

 * airlock • assassination • atom • blood • bone • cloaking device • cold war • coronation • distress signal • graduation • gravity well • Klingon disruptor pistol • mind-sifter • phaser • poison • Romulan plasma weapon • star • thruster • transporter • treason • tribble • tribble hunt • wedding

Chronology
The story picks up about six months after the preceeding issue, circa 2268, and continues on for about a month. It then skips forward a further three months to the conclusion of the story.

Production history

 * 15 October 2008, first publihsed by IDW Publishing
 * 24 February 2010, reprinted by IDW Publihsing in the Romulans: Pawns of War omnibus.