"Hearts & Bones" is a Waypoint comic story set in the The Original Series, published in Waypoint Special 2019.
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Chief medical officer's log, stardate 3498.07.
- The Enterprise is in orbit around Vulcan. It's been one of those days.
McCoy is infatuated with Doctor T'Han, a Vulcan visiting the Enterprise, but he seems unable to connect with her. Frustrated, he shares a bottle of Saurian brandy with James T. Kirk in his quarters after their duty shift.
The next day in sickbay, McCoy and Christine Chapel demonstrate a particular surgical procedure with a Vulcan patient, as T'Han observes and assists. T'Han realizes McCoy is distracted, but he completes the operation successfully. That evening, T'Han attends dinner with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. During the conversation, Spock says the doctor is ordinarily an excellent surgeon, in case she thought he'd faltered. McCoy is angered by the comment, which confuses T'Han. She thanks them for dinner and heads back to her quarters.
McCoy catches up to her in the corridor and tries to charm her again, but she says she was warned that human emotionalism hindered efficiency, and retires to write her report on the procedure for the Federation Science Council. McCoy asks Spock for advice on how to court Dr. T'Han. Spock recommends that he give up, to spare himself further embarrassment.
References[]
Characters[]
- Christine Chapel • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Janice Rand • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • T'Han • Nyota Uhura • unnamed Vulcans (patient) • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (bridge officers)
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- biobed • food synthesizer • intercom • physiology • surgery • tricorder • turbolift
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • chef • chief medical officer • doctor • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • nurse • yeoman
Other references[]
- assignment patch • bridge • briefing room • chief medical officer's log • corridor • duty shift • emotion • foods and beverages • government • hour • humanoid • Jefferies tube • lifeform • nation-state • officers' lounge • planet • plant • quarters • races and cultures • Saurian brandy • science • sickbay • space • star • star system • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • starship • statue • uniform • universe
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- The Enterprise also visited Vulcan in 2267 in TOS episodes: "Amok Time", "Journey to Babel" and TOS novel: The Vulcan Academy Murders; in 2268 in TOS - Star Trek: The Manga - Kakan ni Shinkou comic: "Forging Alliances"; and in 2270 in TOS novel: Mindshadow.
- McCoy was similarly infatuated and nervous with Doctor Katalya Tremain in 2269, in TOS novel: Vulcan!.
Background[]
- This was writer/artist Stephen Mooney's debut as a Star Trek author, but not as an artist. He previously illustrated the regular cover to TOS - The Spectrum War comic: "Issue 6" and the retailer incentive cover to TOS - Manifest Destiny comic: "Issue 3".
- The story was set prior to Janice Rand's departure from the Enterprise in 2267, as described in TOS - New Visions comic: "Sweet Sorrow", TOS novel: The Captain's Daughter, and TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows.
Images[]
Connections[]
| Star Trek: Waypoint Comics |
| #1 ("Puzzles" & "Daylily") • #2 ("The Menace of the Mechanitrons" & "Legacy") • #3 ("The Wildman Maneuver" & "Mother's Walk") • #4 ("The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty" & "Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror") • #5 ("Frontier Doctor" & "Come Away, Child") • #6 ("The Rebound Effect" & "The Fear") • Special ("Only You Can Save Yourself" & "Consider Eternity" & "My Human is Not" & "Histories") • Special 2019 ("Hearts & Bones" & "Unfathom" & "The Swift Spoke" & "The First Year") |
Timeline[]
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: Histories |
Waypoint | Next comic: Unfathom |
| Previous comic: Histories |
TOS comics (Waypoint) | Next comic: last story |
| Previous comic: Dream a Little Dream Star Trek: New Visions |
TOS comics | Next comic: Year Five, Issue 2 Star Trek: Year Five |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Sam Star Trek: New Visions |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The Fire and the Rose Crucible, Chapters 2, 4, 6 (Section 1) |
External link[]
- Hearts & Bones article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.