Captain's Personal Log

Captain's Personnel Log was a short comic printed in the behind-the-scenes book Focus on... Star Trek as a prelude to the miniseries Year Four.

Summary
The USS Enterprise departs Starbase 2 where Janice Lester, pending charges, awaits transport Elba II. The Enterprise, resupplied and recrewed, proceeds to rendezvous with the Potekmin at Beta Aurigae.

James T. Kirk leaves Spock in command and heads for his quarters, greeting an attractive new ensign en route.

In his quarters he fiddles with a chess piece whilst pondering his life; He feels sure that, even given recent events, he could not imagine doing anything else with his life other than commanding the Enterprise.


 * The rest of the comic consists of Kirk reciting the TOS opening monologue with various views of the Enterprise and her crew.

Regulars

 * James T. Kirk
 * Spock
 * Leonard H. McCoy
 * Montgomery Scott
 * Hikaru Sulu
 * Nyota Uhura
 * Pavel Chekov
 * Christine Chapel

Other

 * Janice Lester (flashback and referenced only)

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Constitution class
 * USS Potemkin

Locations

 * Beta Aurigae
 * Elba II
 * Starbase 2

Races and cultures

 * Human
 * Vulcan

States and organisations

 * Federation Starfleet
 * Starfleet Command

Other

 * Three-dimensional chess

Quotes
"To go boldy... To boldy go where no man has gone before"
 * - Kirk correcting himself to his preferred grammatically incorrect form of the famous phrase.

Related Stories

 * Turnabout Intruder (TOS episode) - This comic takes place a week after the events of this episode and gives details on the fate of Janice Lester.