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Boldly Go, Issue 17 is the 17th issue of IDW Publishing's Boldly Go series of comics set in the Kelvin timeline. It is also the fifth part of the IDIC miniseries.

Description

IDIC Part 5 of 6! It's the penultimate chapter of IDIC, the blockbuster Star Trek comics event! Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations has introduced us to myriad versions of the beloved Enterprise crew… but the villain behind it all now threatens to wipe out all realities!

Previously in Star Trek: Boldly Go… Captain Kirks and Enterprise crews from multiple realities were scattered across infinite dimensions by a mysterious force. Three of those Kirks found themselves in no-win scenarios. They perished. But death is not the end.

Summary

James T. Kirk is roused from slumber by Gary Mitchell, his fellow cadet taunting him for sleeping in. Kirk is confused by what he believes to have been an unusually vivid dream before Gary drags him off to a test. As the two walk across the campus of Starfleet Academy, Kirk is bemused that there is literally no one else anywhere. Gary brushes off these concerns and ushers Kirk into the room...where Kirk's jaw drops at the sight of countless versions of himself. The already high tensions in the room are broken by The Orphan and a fistfight breaks out amongst the Kirks with the "prime" Kirk remembering everything, including Gary Mitchell's death. Eyes glowing, Gary changes their attire to captain's uniforms and says he "got better" after dying. Since then he's been growing exponentially more powerful every nanosecond but has been plagued by the metaphorical itch that is Kirk. And now is the time to scratch.

Snapping his fingers, Gary teleports he and Kirk onto the USS Enterprise, still commanded by Kirk just George Kirk instead of James. In this reality, George never served on the USS Kelvin and survived to command the Enterprise. Though shocked to see his father, Kirk soon regains his bearings and demands to know what Gary wants. Unamused, Gary snaps his fingers again and takes them back to Earth. An Earth ruled by the Romulans. Gary has gained the ability to travel to all the various timelines of the multiverse and has learned that everything sentient lifeforms hold dear...is utterly meaningless. Case in point, Kirk asking about his crew. An exasperated Gary throws up his hands at Kirk's material concerns and describes more timelines such as the Enterprise running on mushrooms or everyone they know being fictional characters before Kirk again reiterates his question of what Gary wants.

Sarcastically, Gary asks to be thanked. He did save Kirk from death at Simon Grayson's hands, a scenario he deliberately placed Kirk in just to watch him lose. He intended to do that to all Kirks but a minority, such as a version of Jane Tiberia Kirk that managed to topple the Borg, achieved victory despite the odds.

Gary snaps his fingers again and whisks the two off to Delta Vega, where Kirk questions that if there are infinite Kirks, Spocks, Romulans and Enterprises...where are all the Garys? Gary answers that he wiped them out, he is now the one Gary Mitchell, he is now god. Kirk disbelieves this as there must logically be an infinite number of Garys who achieved equal power but Gary has long since transcended linear logic before he answers his friend's question. He wants Kirk to admit he was wrong and shows him the past. When Kirk and Spock first defeated Gary. The two relive Kirk killing Gary before they appear at the funeral and the launching of the corpse into space. Gary is scornful, both of his human self denying the power and believing Kirk wrote him off as just another monster he put down to save his precious crew. Downtrodden, Kirk denies the accusations. He thinks of Gary every day and every day, he runs the scenario through his head again, trying to find an outcome that would have ended with everyone alive and happy. Kirk confesses that that day, he lost. He lost because by killing Gary, he capitulated to the no-win scenario. Because denying the existence of such scenarios has never been about saving face or his ego, it has been to save his crew.

Unconvinced, Gary teleports them to his coffin. This is the part Kirk missed, the part where Gary came back to life. Finally at his limit, Kirk outright calls Gary pathetic. He has omnipotence and all he can do is whine. If Kirk had even a fraction of Gary's power, he could be so much better. Gary sees right through the ruse, a pathetic attempt into goading Gary to surrender to Kirk enough power to slay him. Though Kirk found it worth a shot anyway, Gary is intrigued by the suggestion. Glowing with energy, he bestows a portion of his power onto Kirk declaring "may the best god win".

To be concluded.

References

Appendices

Related media

TOS comic: "IDW Star Trek, Issue 2" - The issue in which Gary Mitchell was killed and buried by Kirk which this storyline serves as a sequel to.

Images

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Stories set in the Kelvin timeline
comics	When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge • Nero (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Starfleet Academy (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Star Trek Movie Adaptation (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • IDW Star Trek: Volume 1 (Where No Man Has Gone Before: 1, 2 • The Galileo Seven: 1, 2) • Volume 2 (Operation: Annihilate: 1, 2 • Vulcan's Vengeance: 1, 2) • Volume 3 (The Return of the Archons: 1, 2 • The Truth About Tribbles: 1, 2) • Volume 4 (13 • 14 • Mirrored: 1, 2) • Volume 5 (17 • 18 • 19 • 20) • Countdown to Darkness (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Volume 6 (After Darkness: 1, 2, 3 • 24) • Volume 7: The Khitomer Conflict (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Khan (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5) • Volume 8 (Parallel Lives: 1, 2 • I, Enterprise!: 1, 2 • Lost Apollo: 1, 2) • Volume 9: The Q Gambit (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 10 (Behemoth: 1, 2 • Eurydice: 1, 2, 3 • Volume 11 (The Tholian Webs: 1, 2 • Deity: 1 • 2 • Flesh & Stone) • The Spectrum War (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 12 (Live Evil: 1 • 2 • 3 • Reunion: 1 • 2) • Volume 13 (Legacy of Spock: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • Connection: 1 • 2) • Manifest Destiny (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • Stranger Worlds (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Boldly Go: Volume 1 (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Volume 2 (7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12) • Volume 3: IDIC (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6)
novels	Star Trek • Starfleet Academy (The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game) • Into Darkness • The Unsettling Stars • More Beautiful Than Death
video games	Delta Vega: Meltdown on the Ice Planet • Academy Trainer • Cadet Training Facility • D-A-C • Race to Destiny • The Mobile Game • Star Trek • Rivals • Dark Remnant
board games	Expeditions	live-action shorts	Transporter Commercial • Brilliant Enterprise Commercial • Collision insurance commercial • Bold Explorers
websites	Starfleet Shipyard • Dossiers • Experience The Enterprise	apps	Star Trek App
prequels in original timeline	Countdown (1 • 2 • 3 • 4)

Timeline

previous comic: Boldly Go, Issue 16	The Original Series (Boldly Go)	next comic: Boldly Go, Issue 18

External link

IDIC, Part 5 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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+{{comic
-{{Comic|cover image = ST Boldly Go 17.jpg|cover artist = Marcus To|series = {{ST|The Original Series}}: [[Boldly Go]]|number = 17|miniseries = {{dis|IDIC|comic}}|minino = 5|writer = [[Mike Johnson]]|artist = [[Mark To]]|colorist = [[Marissa Louise]]|letterer = [[AndWorld Design]]|editor = [[Sarah Gaydos]]|publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]<br>[[Greg Goldstein]]|published = 7 March [[2018]]|altimage = ST Boldly Go 17 RI A.jpg}}'''Boldly Go, Issue 17''' is the seventeenth issue of [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Boldly Go]] series of comics set in the [[Kelvin timeline]]. It is also the fifth part of the {{Dis|IDIC|comic}} miniseries.
+| cover image = ST Boldly Go 17.jpg
+| cover artist = Marcus To
+| series = {{sT|The Original Series}}: [[Boldly Go]]
+| number = 17
+| miniseries = {{com|IDIC}}
+| minino = 5
+| writer = [[Mike Johnson]]
+| artist = [[Mark To]]
+| colorist = [[Marissa Louise]]
+| letterer = [[AndWorld Design]]
+| editor = [[Sarah Gaydos]]
+| publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
+| published = {{srcdate|2018|March|7}}
+}}
+'''Boldly Go, Issue 17''' is the 17th issue of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Boldly Go]]'' series of comics set in the [[Kelvin timeline]]. It is also the fifth part of the ''{{com|IDIC|comic}} miniseries.
 ==Description==
-:''"I.D.I.C." Part 5 of 6! It's the penultimate chapter of "I.D.I.C.," the blockbuster Star Trek comics event! Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations has introduced us to myriad versions of the beloved Enterprise crew... but the villain behind it all now threatens to wipe out all realities!''
+:''IDIC Part 5 of 6! It's the penultimate chapter of ''IDIC'', the blockbuster ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[comic]]s event! [[iDIC|Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations]] has introduced us to myriad versions of the beloved {{ship|USS|Enterprise|Kelvin timeline NCC-1701}} [[USS Enterprise (Kelvin timeline NCC-1701) personnel|crew]]… but {{kt|gary Mitchell|the villain}} behind it all now threatens to wipe out all [[alternate reality|realities]]!''
+:''Previously in ''[[Star Trek: Boldly Go]]''… [[Captain]] [[james T. Kirk (alternates)|Kirks]] and ''{{dis|Enterprise|alternates}}'' crews from [[alternate reality|multiple realities]] were scattered across infinite [[dimension]]s by a mysterious force. Three of those Kirks found themselves in [[no-win scenarios]]. They perished. But [[death]] is not the end.
 ==Summary==
+{{kt|James T. Kirk}} is roused from slumber by {{kt|Gary Mitchell}}, his fellow [[cadet]] taunting him for sleeping in. Kirk is confused by what he believes to have been an unusually vivid dream before Gary drags him off to a test. As the two walk across the campus of [[Starfleet Academy]], Kirk is bemused that there is literally no one else anywhere. Gary brushes off these concerns and ushers Kirk into the room...where Kirk's jaw drops at the sight of [[James T. Kirk (alternates)|countless versions of himself]]. The already high tensions in the room are broken by [[The Orphan]] and a fistfight breaks out amongst the Kirks with the "prime" Kirk remembering everything, including Gary Mitchell's [[IDW Star Trek, Issue 2|death]]. Eyes glowing, Gary changes their attire to captain's uniforms and says he "got better" after dying. Since then he's been growing exponentially more powerful every nanosecond but has been plagued by the metaphorical itch that is Kirk. And now is the time to scratch.
-;''Previously in ''STAR TREK<nowiki>:</nowiki> BOLDLY GO''...'' : ''CAPTAIN KIRKS AND ''ENTERPRISE'' CREWS FROM MULTIPLE REALITIES WERE SCATTERED ACROSS INFINITE DIMENSIONS BY A MYSTERIOUS FORCE.<br>THREE OF THOSE KIRKS FOUND THEMESELVES IN NO-WIN SCENARIOS.<br>THEY PERISHED<br>BUT DEATH IS NOT THE END.''
-{{ar|James T. Kirk}} is roused from slumber by {{ar|Gary Mitchell}}, his fellow cadet taunting him for sleeping in. Kirk is confused by what he believes to have been an unusually vivid dream before Gary drags him off to a test. As the two walk across the campus of [[Starfleet Academy]], Kirk is bemused that there is literally no one else anywhere. Gary brushes off these concerns and ushers Kirk into the room...where Kirk's jaw drops at the sight of [[James T. Kirk (alternates)|countless versions of himself]]. The already high tensions in the room are broken by [[The Orphan]] and a fistfight breaks out amongst the Kirks with the "prime" Kirk remembering everything, including Gary Mitchell's [[IDW Star Trek, Issue 2|death]]. Eyes glowing, Gary changes their attire to captain's uniforms and says "he got better" after dying. Since then he's been growing exponentially more powerful every nanosecond but has been plagued by the metaphorical itch that is Kirk. And now is the time to scratch.
-Snapping his fingers, Gary teleports he and Kirk onto the {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality NCC-1701}}, still commanded by Kirk just {{Ar|George Samuel Kirk, Sr.|George Kirk Sr.}} instead of James. In this reality, George never served on the {{USS|Kelvin|NCC-0514}} and survived to command the ''Enterprise''. Though shocked to see his father, Kirk soon regains his bearings and demands to know what Gary wants. Unamused, Gary snaps his fingers again and takes them back to [[Earth]]. An Earth ruled by the Romulans. Gary has gained the ability to travel to all the various timelines of the multiverse and has learned that everything sentient lifeforms hold dear...is utterly meaningless. Case in point, Kirk asking about his crew. An exasperated Gary throws up his hands at Kirk's material concerns and describes more timelines such as the ''Enterprise'' [[Spore drive|running on mushrooms]] or everyone they know being [[Star Trek|fictional characters]] before Kirk again reiterates his question of what Gary wants.
+Snapping his fingers, Gary teleports he and Kirk onto the {{uSS|Enterprise|Kelvin timeline NCC-1701}}, still commanded by Kirk just {{kt|George Samuel Kirk, Sr.|George Kirk}} instead of James. In this reality, George never served on the {{USS|Kelvin|NCC-0514}} and survived to command the ''Enterprise''. Though shocked to see his father, Kirk soon regains his bearings and demands to know what Gary wants. Unamused, Gary snaps his fingers again and takes them back to [[Earth]]. An Earth ruled by the [[Romulan|Romulans]]. Gary has gained the ability to travel to all the various timelines of the multiverse and has learned that everything sentient lifeforms hold dear...is utterly meaningless. Case in point, Kirk asking about his crew. An exasperated Gary throws up his hands at Kirk's material concerns and describes more timelines such as the ''Enterprise'' [[Spore drive|running on mushrooms]] or everyone they know being [[Star Trek|fictional characters]] before Kirk again reiterates his question of what Gary wants.
 Sarcastically, Gary asks to be thanked. He did save Kirk from death at [[Simon Grayson]]'s hands, a scenario he deliberately placed Kirk in just to watch him lose. He intended to do that to ''all'' Kirks but a minority, such as a version of [[Jane Tiberia Kirk]] that managed to topple the [[Borg]], achieved victory despite the odds.
-Gary snaps his fingers again and whisks the two off to [[Delta Vega I|Delta Vega]], where Kirk questions that if there are infinite Kirks, Spocks, Romulans and ''Enterprises''...where are all the Garys? Gary answers that he wiped them out, he is now the one Gary Mitchell, he is now god. Kirk disbelieves this as there must logically be an infinite number of Garys who achieved equal power but Gary has long since transcended linear logic before he answers his friend's question. He wants Kirk to admit he was wrong and shows him the past. When Kirk and {{Ar|Spock}} first defeated Gary. The two relive Kirk killing Gary before they appear at the funeral and the launching of the corpse into space. Gary is scornful, both of his human self denying the power and believing Kirk wrote him off as just another monster he put down to save his precious crew. Downtrodden, Kirk denies the accusations. He thinks of Gary every day and every day, he runs the scenario through his head again, trying to find an outcome that would have ended with everyone alive and happy. Kirk confesses that that day, he lost because he capitulated to the no-win scenario. Because denying the existence of such scenarios has never been about saving face or his ego, it has been to save his crew.
+Gary snaps his fingers again and whisks the two off to [[Delta Vega I|Delta Vega]], where Kirk questions that if there are infinite Kirks, Spocks, Romulans and ''Enterprises''...where are all the Garys? Gary answers that he wiped them out, he is now the one Gary Mitchell, he is now god. Kirk disbelieves this as there must logically be an infinite number of Garys who achieved equal power but Gary has long since transcended linear logic before he answers his friend's question. He wants Kirk to admit he was wrong and shows him the past. When Kirk and {{kt|Spock}} first defeated Gary. The two relive Kirk killing Gary before they appear at the funeral and the launching of the corpse into space. Gary is scornful, both of his human self denying the power and believing Kirk wrote him off as just another monster he put down to save his precious crew. Downtrodden, Kirk denies the accusations. He thinks of Gary every day and every day, he runs the scenario through his head again, trying to find an outcome that would have ended with everyone alive and happy. Kirk confesses that that day, he lost. He lost because by killing Gary, he capitulated to the no-win scenario. Because denying the existence of such scenarios has never been about saving face or his ego, it has been to save his crew.
-Unconvinced, Gary teleports them his coffin. This is the part Kirk missed, the part where Gary came back to life. Finally at his limit, Kirk outright calls Gary pathetic. He has omnipotence and all he can do is whine. If Kirk had even a ''fraction'' of Gary's power, he could be so much better. Gary sees right through the ruse, a pathetic attempt into goading Gary to surrender to Kirk enough power to slay him. Though Kirk found it worth a shot anyway, Gary is intrigued by the suggestion. Glowing with energy, he bestows a portion of his power onto Kirk declaring "may the best god win".
+Unconvinced, Gary teleports them to his coffin. This is the part Kirk missed, the part where Gary came back to life. Finally at his limit, Kirk outright calls Gary pathetic. He has omnipotence and all he can do is whine. If Kirk had even a ''fraction'' of Gary's power, he could be so much better. Gary sees right through the ruse, a pathetic attempt into goading Gary to surrender to Kirk enough power to slay him. Though Kirk found it worth a shot anyway, Gary is intrigued by the suggestion. Glowing with energy, he bestows a portion of his power onto Kirk declaring "may the best god win".
-[[IDIC, Part 6|To be concluded]].
+[[iDIC, Part 6|To be concluded]].
 ==References==
 ===Characters===
-:{{ar|James T. Kirk}} • {{ar|Gary Mitchell}} • [[The Orphan]] • [[Jane Tiberia Kirk]] • [[JTK-1701]] • {{Ar|George Samuel Kirk, Sr.}} • {{Ar|Hikaru Sulu}} • [[Simon Grayson]] • {{Dis|Spock|female}} • [[Jaylah]] • {{Ar|Spock}} • {{Ar|Montgomery Scott}} • {{Ar|Nyota Uhura}}
+:{{kt|James T. Kirk}} • {{kt|Gary Mitchell}} • [[The Orphan]] • [[Jane Tiberia Kirk]] • [[JTK-1701]] • {{kt|George Samuel Kirk, Sr.}} • {{kt|Hikaru Sulu}} • [[Simon Grayson]] • [[Spock (female)]] • [[Jaylah]] • {{kt|Spock}} • {{kt|Montgomery Scott}} • {{kt|Nyota Uhura}}
 ===Starships and vehicles===
-:{{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality NCC-1701}} • [[Warbird|Warbirds]]
+:{{uSS|Enterprise|Kelvin timeline NCC-1701}} • [[warbird]]s
 ===Locations===
-:[[Delta Vega I]] • [[Earth]]
+:[[delta Vega I|Delta Vega]] • [[Earth]]
 ===Races and cultures===
-:[[Android]] • [[Borg]] • [[Human]] • [[Orion]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Vulcan]]
+:[[android]] • [[Borg]] • [[Human]] • [[Orion]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Vulcan]]
 ===States and organizations===
-:{{Ar|Romulan Star Empire}} • {{ar|United Federation of Planets}}
+:[[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]
-== Appendices ==
+==Appendices==
+===Related media===
-===Related stories===
 * {{c|TOS|IDW Star Trek, Issue 2}} - The issue in which Gary Mitchell was killed and buried by Kirk which this storyline serves as a sequel to.
+===Images===
+====Covers====
+<gallery>
+ST Boldly Go 17.jpg|Regular Cover by [[Marcus To]]
+Boldly Go 17 SUB.jpg|Subscription Cover by [[Fico Ossio]]
+ST Boldly Go 17 RI A.jpg|Retailer Incentive Photo Cover A
+ST Boldly Go RI B.jpg|Retailer Incentive Cover B by [[Yoshi Toshitani]]
+</gallery>
 ===Connections===
 {{star Trek movie tie-ins}}
+====Timeline====
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 {{next comic box
-| title = {{sT|The Original Series}} (''[[Boldly Go]]'')
+| title = {{sT|The Original Series}} ([[Boldly Go]])
 | before = [[Boldly Go, Issue 16]]
 | after = [[Boldly Go, Issue 18]]
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 ===External link===
-{{Memoryalpha|Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 17}}
+* {{memoryalpha|Star Trek: Boldly Go, Issue 17}}
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-[[Category:TOS comics]]
+[[category:tOS comics]]

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Changes: IDIC, Part 5

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Contents

Description

Summary

References

Characters

Starships and vehicles

Locations

Races and cultures

States and organizations