Starfleet Academy, Issue 4 is the fourth issue of IDW's Starfleet Academy comic miniseries.
Description[]
- Star Trek's all-new cast of cadets sets off on their first mission in space and headlong into a century-old mystery that could change the Academy forever. Meanwhile, Uhura risks her career in Starfleet with her only chance at redemption coming from a most unlikely place.
- PREVIOUSLY in STARFLEET ACADEMY
- In the year 2258, Cadet Uhura's investigation into an unusual audio signal from a quarantined region of space has led her and Cadet Kirk to a secret mutiny responsible for the disappearance of the fabled U.S.S. Slayton, their discovery has caught the eye of Admiral Marcus and placed Uhura on the edge of Expulsion from Starfleet. Three years later, the Centennial Competition continues, Cadet K'Bentayr proved his moral constitution during a medical challenge. T'Laan is bested by the Vulcan delegation during a transporter exercise, causing her to lash out at her teammates and reveal her intention to leave Starfleet. Even with Professor Trumble's encouragement, our cadets are fractured as they depart Earth for the final leg of the competition.
Summary[]
- Note: This story is told non-linearly. It is summarized chronologically here for ease of reading.
2258. Though Admiral Marcus is ready to expel Uhura, Spock comes to her rescue, claiming she was acting on his orders, presenting security clearance from five days before her accessing the archive. Though skeptical, the Admiral releases Uhura, after one last warning to not mention anything she saw in the archives, before he has Spock sit down for a long and arduous discussion on security protocols.
When the two reunite, Spock reveals that he had grown curious about Uhura's research, which he learned about from Chekov, and put in the security authorization. So technically, she was acting under his supervision. It seems as though Uhura's words have finally touched Spock. When one cares for another, they are forced to protect them in any way they can. With those almost romantic words, the two embrace.
2261. The Starfleet Academy teams finds themselves on planetoid GP-575 with orders to scan and analyze the atmospheric composition. As Shev rants, Vel amuses himself by playing with an alien flower only for the "flower" to be revealed as part of a gigantic "space-worm". The beast lunges at the cadets, its hide proving immune to the stun setting, only for Shev to distract it long enough for everyone else to return to their ship and loop back to pick him up.
Mid-flight, the cadets bemoan that they are now in last place. Presently, their flight path takes them close to Wagner-219, the computer warning them against entering on account of all the temporal anomalies. Grace Chen theorizes, however, that by slingshotting themselves around Wagner's star, the anomalies could quickly put them in first place. After convincing T'Laan that such a plan is worth the risk (mainly to deny victory to the arrogant Vulcan team), the ship changes course for the forbidden system.
Once the craft comes to edge of the anomaly's energy field, the effects are instantly noticeable, with the time/space shortcut looking to save them two hours before Grace notices that they're not going faster. Space is slowing down. At that, consoles begin to explode as the shuttle falls into the anomaly. As Vel works on healing Shev, the girls attempt to restart their ship only to pick up a transmission from a ship that should not exist anymore. The long missing Slayton.
On the damaged bridge of the Slayton, tensions continue to mount before Yan Hyun picks up a transmission. At Hendricks's order, Lucia Gonzales appears on screen, offering assistance.
References[]
Characters[]
- Shev Akria • Juliet Bashir • Grace Chen • Lucia Gonzales • Bran Hendricks • Yan Hyun • Vel K'Bentayr • Alexander Marcus • Jack Somers • Spock • T'Laan • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- Pavel Chekov
Starships and vehicles[]
- A-317 (Starfleet cadet ship) • Slayton (NX-class explorer)
- Referenced only
- Apollo command module • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class)
Locations[]
- Earth • GP-575 • San Francisco (Golden Gate Bridge • San Francisco Bay • Starfleet Academy) • Wagner-219
- Referenced only
- Luna
Races and cultures[]
- Andorian • Human • Monchezkin • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- dermal stem gun • engine • environmental suit • inertial dampener • PADD • phaser • plasma conduit • quarantine • scanner • shield frequency • shields • stabilizer • transmission
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- Academy Centennial Games • Apollo program • atmosphere • cadet's log • day • death • diplomacy • Earth Starfleet uniform • energy • gas • golf • history • hour • impact crater • kiss • life • logic • love • mutiny • pig • planetoid • plasma • puppy love • scavenger hunt • security clearance • space • space-worm • star • stardate • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform • stun • system • temporal anomaly • time • time travel • tree • water
Appendices[]
Background[]
Images[]
Covers[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: Starfleet Academy, Issue 3 |
TOS comics (Starfleet Academy) | Next comic: Starfleet Academy, Issue 5 |
| Previous story: Legacy of Spock, Part 1 |
Stories by: Mike Johnson |
Next story: Legacy of Spock, Part 2 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Starfleet Academy, Issue 3 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Starfleet Academy, Issue 5 |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2261. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 1 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Starfleet Academy, Issue 3 2258 sections |
2258 | Next adventure: Starfleet Academy, Issue 5 2258 sections |
Publication history[]
- 16 March 2016
- First released by IDW Publishing.
- 16 August 2016
- Collected in the IDW Starfleet Academy miniseries omnibus. (IDW Publishing)
- 13 April 2017
- Collected in the Graphic Novel Collection's Volume 8 omnibus. (Eaglemoss Collections)
Translations[]
- 18 October 2017
- Italian: Collected in the Italian release of Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 8: Accademia della Flotta Stellare. (RCS MediaGroup, ISSN 977228074425770008)
External link[]
- IDW Starfleet Academy, Issue 4 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.