"A Scent of Ghosts" is the lead story in the fifth issue of John Byrne's Star Trek: New Visions comic series. It was published on 11 March 2015.
Description[]
- John Byrne continues his new Star Trek photoplay adventures with "A Scent of Ghosts" and "Memorium." Past and Present collide, as the Enterprise takes aboard a special figure from Spock's past, only to find themselves haunted by a mystery from years before. Plus, a sad farewell.
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 6160.4
- Orbiting planet Belarius IV, assignment to pick up for transport the new captain of the USS Yorktown. Coincidentally, this is someone with special significance for First Officer Spock.
- Captain's log (USS Yorktown), stardate 6158.3
- On schedule for rendezvous with USS Enterprise. Science officer T'Ark has reported an unusual contact. We are altering course to investigate. While Mr. T'Ark's check runs, I have elected to more closely examine the alien ship.
References[]
Characters[]
- Daniel Alden • Pavel Chekov • Chopra • John Kyle • James T. Kirk • Lee Kelso • Krawchuk • Library interface 397 • Leonard McCoy • Murphy • Number One • Christopher Pike • Randall • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • T'Ark • Torres • Nyota Uhura • Willis
- Referenced only
- Walt Whitman
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise • USS Yorktown (Constitution-class heavy cruisers) • Colonizer ships • NCC-1717/1 (class F shuttlecraft)
Locations[]
- Belarius IV • Starbase 9
- Referenced only
- Earth
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Colonizers • Luddites • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets
Science and classification[]
- communicator • coordinates • deflector shield • emergency beacon • hologram • holographic avatar • interdimensional travel • library computer • medical tricorder • navigation beam • phaser • scalpel • scanner • tactical scanner • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • weapon
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • chief engineer • commodore • communications officer • crewman • doctor • elevator • engineer • ensign • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • number one • science officer • tactician • transporter chief
Other references[]
- air • alternate universe • assignment patch • balloon • beam • blood • bridge • captain's log • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2270 • code • corridor • curmudgeon • damage control • deck • dimension • energy flux • engineering • ghost ship • gravity • hacksaw • haunted house • humidity • ice • interdimensional jump • kilometer • ventilation shaft • lifeform • log • log entry • logic • metal • meter • minute • month • orbit • parallel dimension • stone • scalpel • science station • search party • shuttle bay • sickbay • space • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • technology • time warp • transporter room • universe • warp factor • water • year
Chronology[]
- 500,000 years ago
- Ten Colonizer ships fled their dying universe.
- 2263
- USS Enterprise encountered a Colonizer ship.
- 2264
- Christopher Pike and Number One disembarked the Enterprise at Starbase 9.
- 2270
- USS Yorktown and Enterprise encountered a second Colonizer ship.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS - Crew comic: "Shakedown" – Depicted Number One's first assignment aboard the Enterprise, in engineering as mentioned in "A Scent of Ghosts".
- TOS comic: "Romulans: Schism", TOS - Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor comics: "Hosts", "Medics" – Additional story arcs by John Byrne featuring the USS Yorktown under the command of Number One.
Background[]
- The title alluded to Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 5 by William Shakespeare, in which Hamlet spoke to a ghost claiming to be his father, but "methinks I only scent the morning air". (Hamlet at The Complete Works of William Shakespeare)
- The Yorktown bridge, with its blue highlights, and the graying of Number One's hair progressing from a white streak were consistent with author John Byrne's previously produced arcs "Romulans: Schism" and "Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor".
- Montgomery Scott noted that he and Number One only served together on the Enterprise for six months. That may contradict TOS novel: Vulcan's Glory, which showed the two serving together as far back as 2253.
- The other story in New Visions, Issue 5 was titled "Memorium".
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: #4: The Great Tribble Hunt |
TOS comics (New Visions) |
Next comic: #5: Memorium |
| Previous adventure: The Procrustean Petard Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: What Judgments Come Prologue, Epilogue |
| Previous story: Legacies Best Defense |
The Adventures of Number One | Next story: Romulans: Schism Schism, Issue 1 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2270. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Star Trek Beyond Early 2263 scenes |
2263 Pike segments |
Next adventure: The White Flame Starship Combat Scenario Pack Imperial Intelligence Document |
| Previous adventure: Boldly Go Boldly Go, Issue 6 |
2264 Page 1 |
Next adventure: Enterprise: The First Adventure |
Publication history[]
- March 2015
- Originally printed in New Visions, Issue 5 (IDW Publishing)
- June 2015
- Reprinted in the omnibus New Visions, Volume 2 (IDW Publishing)
- 28 September 2017
- Reprinted in hardcover in the Graphic Novel Collection premium subscription photonovel #1 (Eaglemoss)
External links[]
- A Scent of Ghosts article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- A Scent of Ghosts article at TrekCore.
- A Scent of Ghosts article at the Project-Nerd blog.