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| type = [[comic]]
 
| title = Furlough to Fury
 
| title = Furlough to Fury
| cover image = [[file:gold Key 40.jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
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| cover artist = [[George Wilson]]
 
| cover artist = [[George Wilson]]
| series = {{sT|The Original Series}}
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| series = {{sT|The Original Series}} ([[star Trek (Gold Key)|Gold Key TOS]])
 
| number = 40
 
| number = 40
 
| stardate = 19:25.9
 
| stardate = 19:25.9
 
| date = [[2266]]
 
| date = [[2266]]
| editor =
 
 
| artist = [[Alden McWilliams]]
 
| artist = [[Alden McWilliams]]
 
| writer = [[Arnold Drake]]
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| published = {{srcdate|1976|September}}
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| omnibus = [[The Key Collection, Volume 5]]
 
| published = [[September]] [[1976]]
 
 
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| publisher = [[Gold Key Comics]]
 
| publisher = [[Gold Key Comics]]
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'''Furlough to Fury''' was a [[comic book]] story published by [[Gold Key Comics]] in 1976. In this story, [[Leonard McCoy]] reunited with his estranged daughter [[Barbara McCoy]] during a layover on [[Earth]] in 2266.
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''A Triangle of peril: an [[alien]] beast—[[leonard McCoy|McCoy]]'s [[barbara McCoy|daughter]]—and the {{ship|USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}!'' — '''Furlough to Fury''' was a [[Star Trek|''Star Trek'']] [[comic book]] story published by [[Gold Key Comics]] in [[1976]], the 40th issue of their [[star Trek (Gold Key)|''TOS'']] series. It was the second story drawn by [[Alden McWilliams]] and the 12th written by [[Arnold Drake]].
   
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In this story, [[Leonard McCoy]] reunited with his estranged daughter [[Barbara McCoy]] during a layover on [[Earth]] in [[2266]].
==Publisher's description==
 
;Cover blurb
 
:''A Triangle of peril: an [[alien]] beast—[[leonard McCoy|McCoy]]'s [[barbara McCoy|daughter]]—and the {{ship|USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}!''
 
   
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
;''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] [[2266|19:25.9]]'' : ''[[sensors|Instrument]]s indicate a giant [[cosmic storm]] approaching. Cannot escape it. Only hope is to minimize casualties and damages! The plan is to reduce the impact of the crash by not opposing the mammoth force.''
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:''[[Captain's log]], [[stardate]] [[2266|19:25.9]]. [[sensors|Instrument]]s indicate a giant [[cosmic storm]] approaching. Cannot escape it. Only hope is to minimize casualties and damages! The plan is to reduce the impact of the crash by not opposing the mammoth force.''
   
[[Hikaru Sulu]] called it a granddaddy of cosmic storms, which they could not outrun. Kirk reversed course to minimize damage by traveling in the same direction as the storm, but “waves of massed energy” still penetrated shields and cracked the forward secondary hull. Spock led a repair crew outside, driving a mobile laser welder to seal a fissure and secure the ship to travel to the nearest repair base, which was on Earth’s moon.
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Energy waves from the storm penetrated [[shield]]s and cracked the forward [[secondary hull]]. Afterward, [[Spock]] led a repair crew outside, driving a mobile [[laser welder]] to seal a fissure and secure the ship to travel to the nearest [[Luna repair base|repair base]], which was on [[Earth]]'s [[Luna|moon]].
   
[[Leonard McCoy]] invited [[James T. Kirk]] to accompany him to visit his daughter, an assistant professor at [[Urey University]]. As the duo headed to the information office wearing dress uniforms, Kirk heard a scream and rushed to help. He saw a woman suspended by a tentacle upside down above the mouth of a giant octopus, and drew his phaser. But the woman demanded he stop, and as she pulled herself clear, she explained that Jobo, a [[Ryunuan octopus]], was always excited at meal times. As she fed it, it repeated that screaming sound. McCoy arrived, observing that they met without him. Kirk realized with surprise that the woman must be [[Barbara McCoy]].
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[[Leonard McCoy]] invited [[James T. Kirk]] to accompany him to visit his daughter, an assistant [[professor]] at [[Urey University]]. After they'd eaten lunch, [[Barbara McCoy]] showed them a massive bearlike [[vrell]]. Mature vrell relay thoughts [[telepathy|telepathically]]. As Kirk walked with Barbara, she heard Kirk think about asking her on a date, and he heard a thought from her that she already had a date.
   
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:''Captain's personal log. Dr. McCoy's daughter did accept my theatre invitation! It was while we were enjoying the Xanathian comedy, "Bride of Three Worlds," that the trouble began with the giant vrell!''
Later, over dinner, when Barbara stepped out, Leonard explained a bit of her backstory to Kirk. After he and Barbara’s mother divorced, Barbara was sent to boarding school, for which she has never forgiven him, and she extended that hostility toward all starship officers. Still, she was congenial.
 
   
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At the [[university]] ampitheatre, sadistic guard {{dis|Spencer|23rd century}} whipped the vrell. The vrell lashed back, swiped Spencer's narco-dart gun and broke free. Fellow guard [[Clagg]] retreated and called for reinforcements as the other guard was crushed. Barbara McCoy was paged at the theater.
When she returned, she invited them to see a rare, giant [[vrell]] being unloaded at her facility. They rode on a speedwalk back to the University, where she explained that the vrell naturally relayed thoughts telepathically, though it didn’t understand them. It looked like a 15-foot-tall horned bear, and it hugged her when she fed it Solithian asparagus, its favorite food. An associate took it to the university ampitheatre for temporary housing. As Kirk walked with her, she heard a stray thought relayed by the animal that he wanted to ask her on a date to the theater, and he heard a stray thought from her that she already had a date with a Mr. Norris. Kirk suggested he could come up with an excuse for Mr. Norris, and they went to see the Xanathian comedy “Bride of Three Worlds.”
 
   
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Meanwhile, Scott shared drinks with his friend [[Jigo]] at the [[Engineer's Club]]. They caught sight of [[Red Garvin]], a former ''Enterprise'' crewman. On the [[planet]] [[Orthoo]], Garvin had been suspected of stealing a sacred ruby, and Kirk had kicked him off the ship. Scott overheard Garvin plotting to sabotage the ''Enterprise'', but Garvin caught Scott and knocked him unconscious before he could take action.
Back at the ampitheatre, guard Spencer whipped the vrell. Fellow guard Clagg warned him not to do that. The vrell lashed back, swiped Spencer’s narco-dart gun and broke free. Clagg retreated and called for reinforcements as the sadistic guard was killed. Barbara McCoy was paged at the theater. Kirk, Barbara and Leonard met with Clagg back at the campus, who told them the beast was on Galileo Tower. At the tower, the animal was being fired on by several [[armed hovercraft]]. The officer in charge, Colonel Mitchum, recognized Barbara and agreed to relay to his superiors her offer to handle the creature.
 
   
 
At [[Galileo Tower]], the vrell was being fired on by [[armed hovercraft]]. Barbara climbed up the tower to calm the vrell. It recognized her. She reached out anxiously, but too far, and fell over the stairs. The vrell leaped and caught her, then carried her to Kirk with a final, mortal effort. Before it died, it relayed a telepathic message to Kirk from Scott.
Meanwhile, Scotty shared drinks with Jigo at the [[Engineer's Club]], lamenting having gone through three cosmic storms, more than anyone else, Jigo thought. They caught sight of [[Red Garvin]], a former ''Enterprise'' crewman assigned to guard the [[Great Eye of Ara]], a large ruby considered holy on Orthoo. It disappeared while he was guarding it, and when he refused a neuro-verity test to prove his innocence, Kirk kicked him off the ship. The ruby remained missing to this day. Disguising himself as a hard-up Starfleet veteran, Scotty overheard Garvin plotting with two friends on the street and realized they intended to sabotage the ''Enterprise''. But as Scotty tried to slip away, Garvin whacked him on the head and dumped him in a disposal center.
 
   
 
On the ''Enterprise'', Garvin and two accomplices sneaked into his old cabin. He retrieved the stolen ruby, which had been hidden behind a ventilation grid, and planted a [[bomb]]. As the criminals disembarked, however, Kirk and Leonard McCoy arrived. The officers were able to capture Garvin and his two accomplices, recover the ruby, and disable the bomb.
With permission from the local authorities, Barbara headed up [[Galileo Tower]] to calm the vrell. It recognized her, but panicked when it saw Kirk further down the stairwell. She reached out anxiously, but too far, and fell over the side of the stairs. The vrell leaped and caught her, then carried her back up to Kirk with a final, mortal effort. Weapons fire from the hovercraft had taken its toll, and the animal fell off the railing to its death. In its last few seconds, it relayed a telepathic message to Kirk.
 
   
Back on the ship, Spock reviewed a new branch of antimatter physics which proposed the possibility inter-dimensional travel. Meanwhile, Red Garvin and his two accomplices sneaked into his old cabin, now Sulu’s, and retrieved the stolen ruby, which had been hidden behind a ventilation grid. He planted a bomb that he said would blow a 40-foot hole in the ship. As they disembarked, Kirk and Leonard McCoy arrived. The officers were able to capture Garvin and his two accomplices, recover the ruby, and disable the bomb thanks to the vrell's telepathic message.
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
===Characters===
 
===Characters===
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===Locations===
 
===Locations===
:[[Earth]] • [[Glasgow]] • [[Luna]]
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:[[Sol system]] • [[Earth]] • [[Luna]] ([[Luna repair base]])
{{ref}} [[Alpha Centauri]] • {{planet|Mercury}} • {{planet|Orthoo}}
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{{ref}} [[Alpha Centauri]] • [[Glasgow]] • {{planet|Mercury}} • {{planet|Orthoo}}
   
 
===Races and cultures===
 
===Races and cultures===
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===Other references===
 
===Other references===
:[[ampitheatre]] • [[ant]] • [[beverage]] • ''[[Bride of Three Worlds]]'' • [[bridge]] • [[coconut]] • [[credit]] • [[Engineer's Club]] • [[Great Eye of Ara]] • [[holiday]] • [[hull]] • [[iron]] • [[knife]] • [[milk]] • [[moon]] • [[Murvonian coconut punch]] • [[music]] • [[opera]] • [[paradise]] • [[punch]] • [[ruby]] • [[Rykunian octopus]] • [[seafood]] • [[Solithian asparagus]] • [[steak]] • [[technology]] • [[telepathy]] • ''[[vrell]]'' • [[year]]
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:[[ampitheatre]] • [[ant]] • [[beverage]] • "[[Bride of Three Worlds]]" • [[bridge]] • [[coconut]] • [[credit]] • [[Engineer's Club]] • [[Great Eye of Ara]] • [[holiday]] • [[hull]] • [[iron]] • [[knife]] • [[milk]] • [[moon]] • [[Murvonian coconut punch]] • [[music]] • [[opera]] • [[paradise]] • [[punch]] • [[ruby]] • [[Rykunian octopus]] • [[seafood]] • [[Solithian asparagus]] • [[steak]] • [[technology]] • [[telepathy]] • ''[[vrell]]'' • [[year]]
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==Timeline==
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===Chronology===
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;[[2265]] : The {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} visited the [[planet]] [[Orthoo]]. The [[Great Eye of Ara]] ruby was stolen while under guard. [[Red Garvin]] was suspected, and [[James T. Kirk]] kicked him off the ship.
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;[[Stardate]] 1925.9:The {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was damaged by a [[cosmic storm]] in or near the [[Sol system]].
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;Sometime after [[stardate]] 1925.9:The {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} docked at the [[Luna repair base]] for repairs.
   
 
==Appendices==
 
==Appendices==
===Connections===
 
{{start box}}
 
{{next comic box|
 
| title = [[Star Trek: The Original Series]]{{bsmall|[[gold Key Comics|Gold Key]]}}
 
| before = #39: [[Prophet of Peace]]
 
| after = #41: [[The Evictors]]
 
}}
 
{{end box}}
 
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
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* This story has been released six times in [[English]]. It has also been translated into Dutch, [[German]] and [[Italian]].
* Urey University is probably named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Urey Harold Clayton Urey]. Urey won the [[Nobel Prize]] in Chemistry for discovering [[deuterium]]. He was also known for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment Miller-Urey experiment], a test that researched the origins of life on Earth. In the test, early Earth atmospheric gases were subjected to conditions thought to be on the planet at that time, forming complex amino acids.
 
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* Written in [[1976]], this was the third time a ''Star Trek'' [[comic book]] story had been set on [[Earth]] in the [[23rd century]]. It was implied that "[[The Trial of Captain Kirk]]" (#24) took place in [[San Francisco]], although the location wasn't named. The previous story, "[[Prophet of Peace]]" (#39), was also set on 23rd century Earth. "[[A Bomb in Time]]" (#36) took place in southern [[California]], but in [[1855]] and [[1955]]. Written in [[1978]], {{clk|TOS|{{cd|No Time Like the Past}}}} (#56) would be set in [[Thousands of years ago|218 BC]].
* Urey University’s location was not specified, but all of the local signage was in English.
 
 
* [[Urey University]] was probably named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Urey Harold Clayton Urey]. Urey won the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Chemistry]] for discovering [[deuterium]]. He was also known for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment Miller-Urey experiment], a test that researched the origins of life on [[Earth]]. In the test, when early Earth atmospheric gases were subjected to early planetary conditions, the gases formed complex amino acids, building blocks for life.
* After being damaged by the [[cosmic storm]], the ''Enterprise'' traveled slowly for at least two days. “With each day, the moon looms larger” sounded like a long, slow trip.
 
 
* Urey University’s location was not specified, but it seemed to be in [[North America]]. All of the local signage was in [[English]].
* “Radio waves” as well as X-rays penetrated the ship's shields, so the cosmic storm must have significantly overloaded the shields.
 
 
* After being damaged by the [[cosmic storm]], the ''Enterprise'' traveled slowly for at least two days. "With each day, the moon looms larger" sounded like a long, slow trip in the [[Sol system]].
* The Lunar repair facility in this story predates the establishment of [[drydock]] facilities and [[Spacedock]] in Earth orbit.
 
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* The [[bridge]] was exposed to "radio waves" and perhaps [[sigma ray]]s (exposing skeletons within Kirk and Sulu), so the cosmic storm must have significantly overloaded the [[shield]]s.
* Some outdated tech was seen in the story. A “sonar” scan was used to assess hull damage after the storm. A laser welder sealed hull fissures.
 
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* Written in [[1976]], the [[Luna repair base]] was established prior to the introduction of the [[San Francisco Fleet Yards]] and [[Earth Spacedock]] seen in {{mlk|TOS|The Motion Picture|The Search for Spock}}.
 
* Some outdated tech was seen in the story. A "sonar" scan was used to assess hull damage after the storm. A laser welder sealed hull fissures.
   
 
===Related stories===
 
===Related stories===
* {{c|TOS|World Beneath the Waves}} – Barbara McCoy returned three issues later, keeping a promise to do her offworld university studies with an assignment aboard the ''Enterprise''.
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* {{clk|TOS|World Beneath the Waves}} – [[Barbara McCoy]] returned three issues later, keeping a promise to do her offworld university studies with an assignment aboard the ''Enterprise''.
* {{c|TOS|All the Infinite Ways}} – Leonard McCoy reunited with his daughter Joanna on the planet Hephaestus in 2274.
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* {{clk|TOS|All the Infinite Ways}} – Leonard McCoy reunited with his daughter [[Joanna McCoy]] on the planet [[Hephaestus]] in [[2274]].
* {{c|Untold Voyages|Past Imperfect}} – Relative to All The Infinite Ways, a much different look at Leonard McCoy’s reunion with [[Joanna McCoy]] in 2274.
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* {{clk|Untold Voyages|Past Imperfect}} – Relative to All The Infinite Ways, a much different look at Leonard McCoy’s reunion with daughter Joanna in [[2275]].
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===Images===
 
===Images===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
GK40-Barbara-McCoy.jpg|Barbara McCoy
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GK40-Barbara-McCoy.jpg|[[Barbara McCoy]]
GK40-Vrell.jpg|Giant Vrell
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GK40-Vrell.jpg|[[Vrell]]
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GH40-Jobo.jpg|[[Jobo]]
GK40-Red-Garvin.jpg|Red Garvin
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GK40-Red-Garvin.jpg|[[Red Garvin]]
 
GK40-Hood-1.jpg|Hoodlum
 
GK40-Hood-1.jpg|Hoodlum
 
GK40-Hood-2.jpg|Hoodlum
 
GK40-Hood-2.jpg|Hoodlum
GK40-Eye.jpg|Great Eye of Ara
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GK40-Storm.jpg|Approaching the [[cosmic storm]]
GK40-King-Yo.jpg|King Yo
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GK40-King-Yo.jpg|[[King]] [[Yo]]
GK40-Spencer.jpg|Spencer
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GK40-Eye.jpg|[[Great Eye of Ara]]
GK40-Clagg.jpg|Clagg
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GK40-Mitchum.jpg|[[Colonel]] [[Mitchum]]
GK40-Mitchum.jpg|Colonel Mitchum
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GK40-Clagg.jpg|[[Clagg]]
GK40-Jigo.jpg|Jigo
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GK40-Spencer.jpg|{{dis|Spencer|23rd century}}
GK40-Loi.jpg|Sergeant Loi
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GK40-Jigo.jpg|[[Jigo]]
GK40-Zari.jpg|Zari
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GK40-Loi.jpg|[[Sergeant]] [[Loi]]
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GK40-Zari.jpg|[[Zari]]
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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===Connections===
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====Timeline====
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{{timeline-published}}
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{{published order
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| type = comic
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| seriesformat = [[TOS]] [[comic]]s ([[Gold Key Comics|Gold Key]])
 
| before = #39: "[[Prophet of Peace]]"
 
| after = #41: "[[The Evictors]]"
 
}}
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{{author order
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| author = [[Arnold Drake]]
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| before = "[[Prophet of Peace]]"
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| after= "[[The Evictors]]"
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}}
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{{timeline-chronology}}
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{{mB order
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| prevMB = "[[A Bomb in Time]]"
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| nextMB = "[[World Beneath the Waves]]"
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}}
 
{{end box}}
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===Production history===
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;[[September]] [[1976]] : First published by [[Gold Key Comics]]
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;[[1978]] : Printed in hardcover in ''[[Star Trek Annual 1979]]'' ([[World Distributors Limited]])
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;[[1985]] : Printed in hardcover in ''[[Star Trek Annual 1986]]'' ([[World Distributors Limited]])
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;[[June]] [[2004]] : Printed in the [[omnibus]] ''[[The Key Collection, Volume 5]]'' ([[Checker Book Publishing Group]])
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;[[September]] [[2008]] : Included on ''[[The Complete Comic Book Collection]]'' DVD ([[Graphic Imaging Technologies]])
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;[[16 August]] [[2018]] : Printed in ''[[Graphic Novel Collection]]'' #43 ([[Eaglemoss]])
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===Translations===
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;[[1977]] : Dutch: As "Verlof met verwikkelingen" in the omnibus ''Ruimteschip Enterprise Classics Strip-Paperback'' #1 (De Vrijbuiter)
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;[[1978]] : German: As "Urlaub der Alpträume" in the omnibus ''Raumschiff Enterprise Comic Taschenbuch'' #1 (Condor)
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;[[2007]] : Italian: As "Licenza alla collera" in the omnibus ''The Gold Key Collection, Volume 10'' (Free Books)
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===External links===
 
===External links===
 
* {{memoryalpha}}
 
* {{memoryalpha}}
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* [http://curtdanhauser.com/St40.html Furlough to Fury] article at [http://curtdanhauser.com/Enter.html Curt Danhauser's '''''Guide to the Gold Key Star Trek Comics'''''].
[[category:tOS comics]]
 
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* [http://siskoid.blogspot.com/2009/01/star-trek-769-furlough-to-fury.html Furlough to Fury] article at [http://siskoid.blogspot.com Siskoid's Blog of Geekery].
 
[[category:TOS comics]]

Revision as of 17:44, 22 September 2020

A Triangle of peril: an alien beast—McCoy's daughter—and the Enterprise!Furlough to Fury was a Star Trek comic book story published by Gold Key Comics in 1976, the 40th issue of their TOS series. It was the second story drawn by Alden McWilliams and the 12th written by Arnold Drake.

In this story, Leonard McCoy reunited with his estranged daughter Barbara McCoy during a layover on Earth in 2266.

Summary

Captain's log, stardate 19:25.9. Instruments indicate a giant cosmic storm approaching. Cannot escape it. Only hope is to minimize casualties and damages! The plan is to reduce the impact of the crash by not opposing the mammoth force.

Energy waves from the storm penetrated shields and cracked the forward secondary hull. Afterward, Spock led a repair crew outside, driving a mobile laser welder to seal a fissure and secure the ship to travel to the nearest repair base, which was on Earth's moon.

Leonard McCoy invited James T. Kirk to accompany him to visit his daughter, an assistant professor at Urey University. After they'd eaten lunch, Barbara McCoy showed them a massive bearlike vrell. Mature vrell relay thoughts telepathically. As Kirk walked with Barbara, she heard Kirk think about asking her on a date, and he heard a thought from her that she already had a date.

Captain's personal log. Dr. McCoy's daughter did accept my theatre invitation! It was while we were enjoying the Xanathian comedy, "Bride of Three Worlds," that the trouble began with the giant vrell!

At the university ampitheatre, sadistic guard Spencer whipped the vrell. The vrell lashed back, swiped Spencer's narco-dart gun and broke free. Fellow guard Clagg retreated and called for reinforcements as the other guard was crushed. Barbara McCoy was paged at the theater.

Meanwhile, Scott shared drinks with his friend Jigo at the Engineer's Club. They caught sight of Red Garvin, a former Enterprise crewman. On the planet Orthoo, Garvin had been suspected of stealing a sacred ruby, and Kirk had kicked him off the ship. Scott overheard Garvin plotting to sabotage the Enterprise, but Garvin caught Scott and knocked him unconscious before he could take action.

At Galileo Tower, the vrell was being fired on by armed hovercraft. Barbara climbed up the tower to calm the vrell. It recognized her. She reached out anxiously, but too far, and fell over the stairs. The vrell leaped and caught her, then carried her to Kirk with a final, mortal effort. Before it died, it relayed a telepathic message to Kirk from Scott.

On the Enterprise, Garvin and two accomplices sneaked into his old cabin. He retrieved the stolen ruby, which had been hidden behind a ventilation grid, and planted a bomb. As the criminals disembarked, however, Kirk and Leonard McCoy arrived. The officers were able to capture Garvin and his two accomplices, recover the ruby, and disable the bomb.

References

Characters

ClaggRed GarvinJigoJoboJames T. KirkLoiBarbara McCoyMitchumMontgomery ScottSpencerSpockHikaru SuluNyota UhuraYoZariunnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel (repair crew)
Referenced only
NorrisRobby Scott

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • armed hovercraft

Locations

Sol systemEarthLuna (Luna repair base)
Referenced only
Alpha CentauriGlasgowMercuryOrthoo

Races and cultures

AlphaurianHumanOrthooVulcanXanathian

States and organizations

Alpha Centauri Regional Opera CompanyStarfleetUnited Federation of PlanetsUrey University

Ranks and titles

assistant professorcaptainchief engineerchief medical officercommanding officerdoctorengineerfirst officerhelmsmanlieutenantlieutenant commandermedical practitionerprofessorscience officerweapons officer

Science and technology

animalantimatterantimatter physicsbonecosmic stormdart gundimensionenergyinchionlaser weldernarco-dartnarco-dart gunneuro-verity testphaserphysicsradio energyrepair baserocketsensorsonarspeedwalkstar systemthrust enginevolcanoX terrestrial animal research

Other references

ampitheatreantbeverage • "Bride of Three Worlds" • bridgecoconutcreditEngineer's ClubGreat Eye of AraholidayhullironknifemilkmoonMurvonian coconut punchmusicoperaparadisepunchrubyRykunian octopusseafoodSolithian asparagussteaktechnologytelepathyvrellyear

Timeline

Chronology

2265
The USS Enterprise visited the planet Orthoo. The Great Eye of Ara ruby was stolen while under guard. Red Garvin was suspected, and James T. Kirk kicked him off the ship.
Stardate 1925.9
The USS Enterprise was damaged by a cosmic storm in or near the Sol system.
Sometime after stardate 1925.9
The USS Enterprise docked at the Luna repair base for repairs.

Appendices

Background

Related stories

Images

Connections

Timeline

Published Order
Previous comic:
#39: "Prophet of Peace"
TOS comics (Gold Key) Next comic:
#41: "The Evictors"
Previous story:
"Prophet of Peace"
Stories by:
Arnold Drake
Next story:
"The Evictors"
Chronological Order
Previous adventure:
"A Bomb in Time"
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
"World Beneath the Waves"

Production history

September 1976
First published by Gold Key Comics
1978
Printed in hardcover in Star Trek Annual 1979 (World Distributors Limited)
1985
Printed in hardcover in Star Trek Annual 1986 (World Distributors Limited)
June 2004
Printed in the omnibus The Key Collection, Volume 5 (Checker Book Publishing Group)
September 2008
Included on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
16 August 2018
Printed in Graphic Novel Collection #43 (Eaglemoss)

Translations

1977
Dutch: As "Verlof met verwikkelingen" in the omnibus Ruimteschip Enterprise Classics Strip-Paperback #1 (De Vrijbuiter)
1978
German: As "Urlaub der Alpträume" in the omnibus Raumschiff Enterprise Comic Taschenbuch #1 (Condor)
2007
Italian: As "Licenza alla collera" in the omnibus The Gold Key Collection, Volume 10 (Free Books)

External links