A Hint of Life

"A Hint of Life" was a game printed in the British Star Trek Annuals for 1979 and 1986. It was a maze accompanied with an in-universe description.

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While scanning the planet Rheel for signs of life, Captain Kirk comes across this picture of a small island in the middle of the planet's largest ocean...

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As the USS Enterprise orbits Rheel, Kirk and Spock observe maze-like patterns on an island. Kirk sees random mosaics, possibly a result of volcanic activity, water and wind. Spock speculates that they could be remains of roads and buildings left by an extinct civilization. Kirk believes that Spock would be right if they could find a direct route between peninsulas at either end of the island.

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The game accompanied TOS comics: "A Bomb in Time", "Furlough to Fury" in Star Trek Annual 1979, and TOS comics: "Ice Journey", "Furlough to Fury" in Star Trek Annual 1986, suggesting a placement near those stories in 2266.

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Gold Key Comics stories and publications
Issues	"The Planet of No Return" • "The Devil's Isle of Space" • "Invasion of the City Builders" • "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" • "The Ghost Planet" • "When Planets Collide" • "The Voodoo Planet" • "The Youth Trap" • "The Legacy of Lazarus" • "Sceptre of the Sun" • "The Brain Shockers" • "The Flight of the Buccaneer" • "Dark Traveler" • "The Enterprise Mutiny" • "Museum at the End of Time" • "Day of the Inquisitors" • "The Cosmic Cavemen" • "The Hijacked Planet" • "The Haunted Asteroid" • "A World Gone Mad" • "The Mummies of Heitius VII" • "Siege in Superspace" • "Child's Play" • "The Trial of Captain Kirk" • "Dwarf Planet" • "The Perfect Dream" • "Ice Journey" • "The Mimicking Menace" • "Death of a Star" • "The Final Truth" • "The Animal People" • "The Choice" • "The PsychoCrystals" • "A Bomb in Time" • "One of Our Captains Is Missing!" • "Prophet of Peace" • "Furlough to Fury" • "The Evictors" • "World Against Time" • "The World Beneath the Waves" • "Prince Traitor" • "Mr. Oracle" • "This Tree Bears Bitter Fruit" • "Murder on the Enterprise" • "A Warp in Space" • "Planet of No Life" • "Destination... Annihilation!" • "And a Child Shall Lead Them" • "What Fools These Mortals Be.." • "Sport of Knaves" • "A World Against Itself" • "No Time Like the Past" • "Spore of the Devil" • "The Brain-Damaged Planet" • "To Err Is Vulcan" • "The Empire Man!" • "Operation Con Game"
Additional stories	"James T. Kirk: Psycho-File" • "A Page From Scotty's Diary" • "Spock: Psycho-File" • "From Sputnik to Warp Drive"
Games	"Voyage of Discovery" • "The Tunnel of Death" • "... Wild Goose Chase!" • "A Hint of Life" • "Space Chase" • "Escape from the Clinging Dags"
Collections	Star Trek Annuals (1969 • 1970 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1986) • The Enterprise Logs (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • The Key Collection (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key Archives (Volumes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Gold Key 100-Page Spectacular
Related media	"The Exile" • "The Red Hour" • "Colouring Book" • "Eye of the Beholder" • "The Menace of the Mechanitrons" • "Trial by Fire!"

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published order
Previous comic: ... Wild Goose Chase!	Star Trek games	Next comic: Space Chase
chronological order
Previous adventure: ... Wild Goose Chase!	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Peril of Planet Quick Change
Previous comic: ... Wild Goose Chase!	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Two	Next comic: The Peril of Planet Quick Change

Production history[]

1979: First printed in Star Trek Annual 1979. (World Distributors Limited)
1986: Reprinted in Star Trek Annual 1986. (World Distributors Limited)

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A Hint of Life

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