"Hell Is Only a Word, Part 4" ("Defiant, Issue 15") is a Star Trek comic, the fifteenth issue of the Star Trek: Defiant series from IDW Publishing, released in May 2024.
Description[]
- It's a good day to die! Left with no other choice, the crew of the Defiant assists Hugh in assimilating B'Elanna in hopes of reclaiming control over the parasite embedded in her brain stem. But it's a race against time and the undead as hordes of infected Starbase crew bang on the hangar doors, demanding Worf and his crew surrender and become one with the parasitic collective!
References[]
Characters[]
- Jeffrey Gossford • Gron (Yridian) • Hugh • Nazzak • Ro Laren • Sela • Spock • B'Elanna Torres • Nymira Vondect • Worf • bluegills
- Log entries
- Tom Paris • B'Elanna Torres
- Referenced only
- Stephen Crane • Ro Gale • Miral Paris • Jean-Luc Picard • Benjamin Sisko
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort)
- Referenced only
- USS Theseus (Discovery-class experimental cruiser)
Locations[]
- the galaxy • Kor Neeron (space station) • Starbase 99
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Bajoran • bluegill • Cardassian • Human • Klingon • Orion • Romulan • Vulcan • Xindi-Reptilian • Yridian
- Referenced only
- Borg • Nausicaan
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- assimilation • assimilation chamber • cloaking device • compression phaser rifle • computer • deflector shield • directed energy weapon • hypospray • Jefferies tube • ketracel-red • phaser battery • reactor core • subspace transmission • transporter • trilithium
Occupations and titles[]
- captain • constable • criminal • deserter • fugitive • lieutenant • privateer
Other references[]
- 1895 • adrenaline • Bajoran language (phekk'ta) • bar • bounty hunting • bug • corridor • death • dimension • dimensional rift • docking bay • energy • hangar bay • heart • isik • Klingonese (qi'yah) • lifeform • lodestar • log entry • love • marriage • memory • mind meld • mooring • Orion civil war • parasite • parasite hive • personal log, Tom Paris • Romulan disruptor rifle • Romulan language (qazh) • space-time • Starfleet uniform (2373-2380s) • sword • The Black Riders • torture • universe • warp factor (warp nine)
Appendices[]
Images[]
Cover "A" edition cover image by Ángel Unzueta.
Cover "B" edition cover image by Suspiria Vilchez.
"Retail incentive" edition cover by Malachi Ward.
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: #14: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 3 |
Star Trek: Defiant | Next comic: #16: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 5 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Pleroma, Part 2 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Sons of Star Trek, Issue 3 |
| Previous story: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 3 |
Voyages of the USS Defiant | Next story: Hell Is Only a Word, Part 5 |