"Hell Is Only a Word, Part 1" ("Defiant, Issue 12") is a Star Trek comic, the twelfth issue of the Star Trek: Defiant series from IDW Publishing, released on 28 February 2024.
Description[]
- Eager to move past the unofficial bounty-hunting mission assigned to them by Starfleet, disgraced former ambassador and Starfleet legend, Worf, and his rogue crew make way for Starbase 99, a run-down remnant of the Dominion War, to complete their fugitive drop-off. The clandestine assignment has left them disillusioned with Starfleet and with one another, but a surprise awaits the Defiant crew, threatening to tear the crew apart even further — literally.
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Captain's log.
- Alone. Completely alone. Abandoned by Starfleet. This so-called "crew" of the Defiant, nearly ready to mutiny following our last covert mission. They do not trust me. And frankly, I do not blame them. For I have done very little to earn their trust for some time.
- But honestly... I do not trust them, either. For they each have their own agenda. Whether it be avoiding prison... avoiding home... avoiding the growing irrelevance that so often accompanies advanced age and a legacy long ago secured... or just avoiding everything entirely. Not long ago, we were heroes. Rogues, but heroes. We ended the Day of Blood. Stopped a genocidal fascist from overthrowing the Klingon homeworld and the galaxy at large. What followed was a circus. What my former commander Will Riker would call a goose chase. More than anything... it was an embarrassment...
References[]
Characters[]
- Benny the Munch • Gomek • Jeffrey Gossford • Hugh • Berlinghoff Rasmussen • Raydu • Ro Laren • Spock • B'Elanna Torres • Undercoffler • Nymira Vondect • Worf • bluegills • unnamed Orions (trial participants)
- Log entries
- Beverly Crusher • Jeffrey Gossford
- Referenced only
- Masri • Alynna Nechayev • Jean-Luc Picard • Dexter Remmick • William Riker
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort)
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class explorer) • freighters
Locations[]
- the galaxy • Orion • Starbase 99
- Referenced only
- Montana • Klingon homeworld • Romulan star • Typhon Expanse
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Bajoran • Borg • bluegill • Human • Iotian • Kelpien • Klingon • Orion • Violacean • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Gorn • Romulan
States and organizations[]
- Borg Collective • Federation • Gorn Hegemony • Starfleet • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Intelligence
Science and classification[]
- adrenaline • aspirin • assimilation • autopsy • biobed • biology • dermal regenerator • dissimilation • explosive • gun • homing beacon • hypospray • inhibitor • ketracel-red • necrosis • norepinephrine • phaser • phaser rifle • replicator • science
Occupations and titles[]
- admiral • ambassador • Borg drone • bounty hunter • captain • commander • corporal • doctor • fascist • field medic • first officer • high marshall • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medical officer • mercenary • officer • pharmacologist • roundsman • terrorist • thief
Other references[]
- 5th century • allergy • arrest • bone • brain • brig • captain's log, USS Defiant • cardiovascular system • central nervous system • chief medical officer's log, USS Enterprise-D • circus • civil war • the Day of Blood • death • Dominion War • fascism • Federation Starfleet ranks (2370s-2380s) • fishing • genocide • ghost • helium • hive mind • honor • hour • hydrogen • insanity • lifeform • lung • medical • memory • molecule • mutiny • Orion tribunal court • parasite • peace • prison • quadrant • queen parasite • radiation • rank • security clearance • sentience • sickbay • skin • soldier parasite • space • species • starbase • Starfleet uniform (2373-2380s) • treason • war • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TNG episode: "Conspiracy" – Bluegill conspiracy and the death of Dexter Remmick cited in Beverly Crusher's autopsy report.
- DFT comic: "Another Piece of the Action, Part 1" – Circumstances that brought about Nymira Vondect's trial.
Images[]
Cover "A" edition cover image by Ángel Unzueta.
Cover "B" edition cover image by Rod Reis.
"Retail incentive" edition cover by Declan Shalvey.
Jeffrey Gossford.
Connections[]
| Star Trek: Defiant (DFT) | 
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| Defiant, Volume 1 | "Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3" • "Issue 4" • "Issue 5" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Day of Blood crossovers | "Part 2" (Issue 6) • "Part 4" (Issue 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another Piece of the Action (Vol. 2) | "Part 1" (Issue 8) • "Part 2" (Issue 9) • "Part 3" (Issue 10) • "Part 4" (Issue 11) • "Annual 2024" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hell Is Only a Word (Vol. 3) | "Part 1" (Issue 12) • "Part 2" (Issue 13) • "Part 3" (Issue 14) • "Part 4" (Issue 15) • "Part 5" (Issue 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Stars of Home (Vol. 4) | "Part 1" (Issue 17) • "Part 2" (Issue 18) • "Part 3" (Issue 19) • "Part 4" (Issue 20) • "Part 5" (Issue 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No Old Warriors (Vol. 5) | "Part 1" (Issue 22) • "Part 2" (Issue 23) • "Part 3" (Issue 24) • "Part 4" (Issue 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lore War (Vol. 6) | "Part 2" (Issue 26) • "Part 4" (Issue 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous comic: #11: Another Piece of the Action, Part 4 |
Star Trek: Defiant | Next comic: #13: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 2 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: A Savage World of Glass and Bone, Part 5 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Sons of Star Trek, Issue 1 |
| Previous story: Another Piece of the Action, Part 4 |
Voyages of the USS Defiant | Next story: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 2 |