"Memorium" is the backup story in the fifth issue of John Byrne's Star Trek: New Visions comic series. It was published on March 11 2015. The story is Byrne's tribute to Arlene MartellMA, the actor who portrayed T'Pring, who passed away in 2014.
Description[]
- John Byrne continues his new Star Trek photoplay adventures with "A Scent of Ghosts" and "Memorium." Past and Present collide, as the Enterprise takes aboard a special figure from Spock's past, only to find themselves haunted by a mystery from years before. Plus, a sad farewell.
Summary[]
While on Vulcan during his kolinahr training in the early 2270s, Spock becomes distracted by a telepathic call, and quests for its source for three days in The Forge until he comes upon a cavern. Within, Spock approaches a memorial to T'Pring, and a vision of her appears. They had been joined as children — while Spock had been released from her through the kal-if-fee, T'Pring realized her connection to him remained. The vision of T'Pring asks him to free her, and he officially declares her katra to be released. He bids her a safe journey, and she fades away.
References[]
Characters[]
- Spock • T'Pring
- Referenced only
- Amanda Grayson • Stonn
Races and cultures[]
Locations[]
Other references[]
- air • blood • civilization • day • desert • fire • kal-if-fee • joining • katra • kolinahr • koon-ut-kal-if-fee • logic • month • plak tow • robe • science • star • star system • starship • stone • time • title • universe • water • weapon
Timeline[]
Chronology[]
- 2237
- Spock and T'Pring are joined at age 7.
- 2267
- Spock and T'Pring divorce in the kal-if-fee ceremony.
- Late 2260s or early 2270s
- T'Pring dies.
- 2272
- Spock releases T'Pring's katra.
Production history[]
- March 2015
- Originally printed in New Visions, Issue 5 (IDW Publishing)
- June 2015
- Reprinted in the omnibus New Visions, Volume 2 (IDW Publishing)
- 28 September 2017
- Reprinted in hardcover in the Graphic Novel Collection premium subscription photonovel #1 (Eaglemoss)
Appendices[]
Continuity[]
- Takes place not long prior to the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
- Contradicts previous stories (including Spock's World and DC Comics storylines "Rivals" and "The Needs of the One") by establishing death of T'Pring at some point before the end of the USS Enterprise's five-year mission.
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: #5: A Scent of Ghosts |
TOS comics (New Visions) |
Next comic: #6: Resistance |
| Previous adventure: Forgotten History Chapter 6, Sections 4 and 5 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The White Flame Starship Combat Scenario Pack Imperial Intelligence Document |
External link[]
- Memorium article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.