"Mission's End, Issue 3" is the third of five issues in the TOS comic miniseries Mission's End from IDW Publishing. Written by Ty Templeton and drawn by Steve Molnar, it was released in May 2009.
Description[]
- From solicitations
- The final mission of the Enterprise continues as the crew is caught in the middle of two bloody civil wars. With the Enterprise damaged, and everyone fighting for control of the Heart of God — the most powerful weapon in the known galaxy — will Kirk and Spock have the time to give their lost friend Doctor McCoy the memorial service he deserves?
Summary[]
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Log entries[]
- Captain's log, Stardate 5951.2.
- The diplomatic assignment to Archernar-IV was meant to be an easy finish to the Enterprise 's five-year mission. But upon our arrival, anti-Federation rebels seized control of Archernarian planetary defenses — destroying an orbital station and crippling the Enterprise in the attack. Eleven officers were lost.
- Archernar-IV is considered a top priority to join the Federation. This unusual world is not a planet, but a huge and ancient warship, abandoned millions of years ago by a race of giants, and now occupied by creatures that evolved within the ruins. Archernar's power grid has remained functioning for untold millions of years... a mechanism the natives call "The Heart of God". It is the most powerful energy generator in the known galaxy, and an incredibly valuable resource. ...Or a weapon of untold destructive power.
- To add to my worries, the chief medical officer is ten minutes late checking in with his away team. Doctor McCoy is hunting down a cure for Blake's disease. He thinks it can be found in some local flora Dr. Piper noted when we first visited this world. I hope that cure is out there. With eleven dead, it would offer some balance, if this mission ends up saving lives in the long run.
References[]
Characters[]
- Marikk Botar • Boyd • Elizabeth Cassady • Pavel Chekov • High Administrator • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Moore • Heihachiro Nogura • Sarek • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • crawlers • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel • unnamed Orions (Orion interceptor bridge crew)
- Referenced only
- Mark Piper
Starships and vehicles[]
- Columbus (class F shuttlecraft) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Orion interceptor fleet
- Referenced only
- USS Lexington • USS Merrimac
Locations[]
- Archernar IV • Archernar • Milky Way Galaxy
- Referenced only
- Archernar IV contact station • Eden
Races and cultures[]
- Archernarian • Crawler • Divine Builders • Human • Orion • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- broadcast • bulkhead • coordinates • energy generator • engine • Feinberg receiver • Heart of God • lifesign • Omega-weapon • orbital station • phaser • phaser rifle • planetary defense system • power grid • scanner • sensor • shields • tricorder • universal translator • viewscreen • warship • weapon • world-ship
Occupations and titles[]
- admiral • advisor • ambassador • bridge crew • captain • chief medical officer • doctor • guard • healer • High Administrator • lieutenant • minister • officer • rebel • redshirt • traitor
Other references[]
- assignment patch • alien • animal • away team • Bible • bird • Blake's disease • blood • bridge • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2264 • civilization • cockroach • day • corridor • dragon • engine • evolution • extinction • faith • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • fire • five-year mission • flora • funeral • General Order 24 • God • government • hour • landing party • logic • minute • planet • quarters • radiation • religion • security • spider • stardate • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • stun • system • treaty • tree • Tree of Knowledge • trial • war
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- "Mission's End, Issue 1" – Elizabeth Cassady recalled Kirk saving her from being trampled in 2264.
Background[]
- If the images on the banner at the memorial service are intended to be the dead personnel from the survey station, there are too many of them: twenty when only eleven officers were lost.
- The stardate in Kirk's log entry was dated incorrectly. It sequentially followed events from the prologue of Issue 2 (5948.0), which occurred six months prior to events occurring at the end of that issue (6835.7).
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
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| Previous comic: Ghosts Crew |
TOS comics | Next comic: Alien Spotlight: Romulans |
| Previous comic: Mission's End, Issue 2 |
TOS comics (Mission's End) |
Next comic: Mission's End, Issue 4 |
| Previous story: Mission's End, Issue 2 |
Stories by: Ty Templeton |
Next story: Mission's End, Issue 4 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Mission's End, Issue 2 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Mission's End, Issue 4 |
| Previous comic: Mission's End, Issue 2 |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Five | Next comic: Mission's End, Issue 4 |
Publication history[]
- 13 May 2009
- First released by IDW Publishing.
- 21 October 2009
- Collected in the Mission's End miniseries omnibus.
- 20 February 2020
- Collected in Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 100. (Eaglemoss Collections)
External links[]
- Mission's End, Issue 3 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.