- For other uses, see Future Tense.
Colt on the run... from Starfleet? ...And it's Captain Kirk to the rescue?! — "Future Tense, Part Two" was the 13th issue of the Marvel Comics series of Star Trek: Early Voyages comics. It featured the second of a four-part arc in which Colt was sent into an alternate future.
Description[]
- Colt gets thrown forward in time to an alternate future, thanks to a mysterious artifact, and lands on the bridge of... the Enterprise!
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Personal log, James T. Kirk.
- Commander UFP Merchantman Bounty. I have an uneasy feeling about putting my friends' lives in jeopardy on this. The slenderest of hopes... but my gut tells me Mia Colt should not be here. If I can get her back, I can only wonder how different... how much better... all our lives will be...
References[]
Characters[]
- Chang • Mia Colt • James T. Kirk • Lamek • Christopher Pike • Renzo • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • José Tyler • Nyota Uhura • Yssir • Zhota
- Referenced only
- Stephen Garrovick • unnamed Klingons (Chang's executive officer)
Starships and vehicles[]
- Bounty (merchantman) • USS Enterprise (brig) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class) • Enterprise (space shuttle) • Phoenix • unnamed D7 class starships (K't'inga-class Klingon battlecruiser)
- Referenced only
- USS Farragut
Locations[]
- Earth (Phoenix Tavern • San Francisco • Smithsonian Museum of Air, Sea and Space) • Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone
- Referenced only
- Algol • Algol II • Norgon V
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- keepsake • laser pistol • photon torpedo • long range sensor • thruster • tricorder • type-2 phaser • warp • weapons array • wrench
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- assignment patch • bridge • corridor • decade • engine room • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • Great Bird • helm • Hyrinx warstorm • legend • log entry • medical • money • month • museum • ops • orbit • personal log • quarters • refugee • shore leave • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • stun • tattoo • tavern • time • tree • warp factor (warp eight) • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country – Prime reality events circa this stardate.
- TOS movie: The Voyage Home – Features the prime reality's HMS Bounty.
Background[]
- The full title for this issue is "Future Tense, Part Two", continuing from the previous issue "Futures, Part One". This issue advertises the next as "Past Imperfect", but the issue was released under the title "Futures" again, but not given a part number.
- The stardate for this issue is derived from the next issue, "Futures".
- When Kirk said returning Colt to Algol would lead to a "greater reward that you can possibly imagine", Lamek answered with a retort similar to Han Solo's in Star Wars: "I can imagine an awful lot".
- The full-page panel of three Enterprises on display at the Smithsonian in San Francisco was recreated in CG for The Roddenberry Archive project short "765874" in 2022. (Smithsonian in CG at YouTube.)
Images[]
Cover image.
Colt finds herself in an alternate future, and identifies her serial number for the security guards.
Alternate timeline USS Enterprise-A personnel.
Lamek.
Yssir.
Zhota.
Renzo.
Museum visitors.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Futures, Part One |
EV comics | Next story: Futures, Part Three |
| Previous story: An Infinite Jest |
Stories by: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton |
Next story: The Boy |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Futures, Part One |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Futures, Part Three |
Production history[]
- 13 February 1998
- First published by Marvel Comics.
- September 2008
- Re-released on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD. (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
- May 2009
- Reprinted in Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 2. (IDW Publishing)
- 15 April 2014
- Reprinted in The Stardate Collection's Volume 2 omnibus. (IDW Publishing)
- 15 February 2018
- Collected in the Graphic Novel Collection's Volume 30 omnibus. (Eaglemoss Collections)
Translations[]
- 21 March 2018
- Italian: Collected in the Italian release of Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 30: Primi Viaggi - Terza Parte. (RCS MediaGroup, ISSN 977228074425770030)
External links[]
- Future Tense, Part Two article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Future Tense, Part Two article at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery.