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Resistance is the sixth issue of John Byrne's Star Trek: New Visions comic series. It was published in May 2015.

Description

In the latest Star Trek photonovel adventure by John Byrne a distant Federation frontier world suddenly goes silent and Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise must follow a path of destroyed planets while pursuing a mysterious hostile vessel from the Delta Quadrant.

Summary

Captain's log stardate 3519.7: USS Enterprise approaching Federation Outpost Omega-70, to investigate sudden loss of communications from this distant world.

A forced-core implosion had reduced the planet to asteroids. Starfleet reported seven other star systems had gone silent. The Enterprise traveled to the first destroyed system and rescued a lone survivor on a small planetary fragment. Doctor Kalwany said that invaders had stolen a mining device from their world, turned it into an implosion weapon and used it to destroy his planet.

The Enterprise pursued an energy trail and discovered a small spherical vessel emitting extremely high levels of radiation. The life readings aboard were unusual, as if body parts were scattered throughout the ship, and from their actions might have been dying and driven insane from the radiation. The vessel ignored hails and fired its implosion weapon whenever the Enterprise got too close. Kirk had little choice but to retreat outside its defensive perimeter.

Captain's log, supplemental: Our deadly game of tag with the alien ship has continued now for three hours. Helmsman Sulu's superb piloting skill have kept our damage down to a minimum, but how long…

23th Century Borg Sphere firing the incorporated Planet Smasher — Firing at Tau Gamma IV.

The alien vessel headed for the Tau Gamma system, population 15 billion. Even as radiation killed its remaining crew, the ship transmitted a regular signal that defied translation. Kirk tried beaming up survivors, but the vessel opened fire. Spock and Montgomery Scott figured out how to implode the implosion weapon by redirecting the starship's warp engine output into the alien vessel, producing a microscopic black hole. Though the margin of error was small, they succeeded in destroying the alien vessel and saving Tau Gamma IV.

Captain's log, supplemental. Science department has completed three days of intensive study of the region around Tau Gamma IV. There is no trace of the mysterious intruder. Or the microscopic black hole briefly created by their destruction. Nyota Uhura at last translated the aliens' signal: "Resistance is futile".

References

Races and cultures

Borg • Human • Vulcan
Referenced only: Gorn • Klingon

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

Science and technology

atmosphere • black hole • deflector • galaxy • gamma radiation • gravity • hailing signal • impulse engine • implosion weapon • induced coma • light speed • machine • mining • phaser • photon torpedo • radiation • scanner • starship • subspace • subspace communication • tractor beam • transporter • "tunneling" drive • universal translator • warp drive • warp factor

Ranks and titles

captain • commander • doctor • first officer • helmsman • lieutenant • security guard

Other references

asteroid field • battle stations • bridge • captain's log • day • hour • landing party • language • mountaintop • organism • planet • Planet control • science • sickbay • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • transporter room • weapon

Appendices

Background

Spock cited the Delta Quadrant as being more than 98% unexplored in 2267.
The Borg sphere in this story was smaller than ones encountered in the 24th century, appearing to be only 100 or 200 meters in diameter.

Images

Connections

published order
Previous comic: New Visions #5: "A Scent of Ghosts"	Star Trek: The Original Series (New Visions)	Next comic: New Visions #7: "1971/4860.2"
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Waypoint "The Menace of the Mechanitrons"	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Strange New Worlds 10 "The Doomsday Gambit" Sections 1-3

External link

Resistance (comic) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

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 {{comic
 | title = Resistance
-| cover image = [[file:resistance (New Visions).jpg|220px|Cover image.]]
+| cover image = resistance (New Visions).jpg
 | cover artist = [[John Byrne]]
 | series = {{sT|The Original Series}}
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 | minino = 6
 | writer = [[John Byrne]]
-| published = [[May]] [[2015]]
+| editor = [[Chris Ryall]]
+| omnibus= [[New Visions, Volume 3]]
+| published = {{srcdate|2015|May}}
+| pages = 42
 | publisher = [[IDW Publishing]]
+| date = [[2267]]
 | stardate = 3519.7
 }}
-{{stub-comic}}
+'''Resistance''' is the sixth issue of [[John Byrne]]'s [[Star Trek]]: [[New Visions]] [[comic]] series. It was published in [[May]] [[2015]].
+==Description==
+''In the latest [[Star Trek]] photonovel adventure by [[John Byrne]] a distant [[Federation]] frontier world suddenly goes silent and [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and the crew of the ''Enterprise'' must follow a path of destroyed [[planet]]s while pursuing a mysterious hostile vessel from the [[Delta Quadrant]].''
+==Summary==
+:''[[Captain's log]] [[stardate]] 3519.7<nowiki>:</nowiki> ''{{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}'' approaching Federation [[Outpost Omega-70]], to investigate sudden loss of [[communication]]s from this distant world.''
+A forced-core implosion had reduced the planet to [[asteroid]]s. [[Starfleet]] reported seven other [[star system]]s had gone silent. The ''Enterprise'' traveled to the first destroyed system and rescued a lone survivor on a small planetary fragment. [[Doctor]] [[Kalwany]] said that invaders had stolen a [[mining]] device from their world, turned it into an [[implosion weapon]] and used it to destroy his planet.
+[[file:NV6-Borg-sphere.jpg|thumb|left|[[Borg sphere|Spherical vessel]]]] The ''Enterprise'' pursued an energy trail and discovered a small [[Borg sphere|spherical vessel]] emitting extremely high levels of [[radiation]]. The [[life]] readings aboard were unusual, as if body parts were scattered throughout the ship, and from their actions might have been dying and driven insane from the radiation. The vessel ignored hails and fired its implosion weapon whenever the ''Enterprise'' got too close. Kirk had little choice but to retreat outside its defensive perimeter.
+:''Captain's log, supplemental<nowiki>:</nowiki> Our deadly game of tag with the alien ship has continued now for three hours. [[Helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]'s superb [[pilot]]ing skill have kept our damage down to a minimum, but how long…''
+[[file:23th Century Borg Sphere firing the incorporated Planet Smasher.jpg|thumb|Firing at [[Tau Gamma IV]].]]The alien vessel headed for the [[Tau Gamma]] system, population 15 billion. Even as radiation killed its remaining crew, the ship transmitted a regular signal that defied translation. Kirk tried beaming up survivors, but the vessel opened fire. [[Spock]] and [[Montgomery Scott]] figured out how to implode the implosion weapon by redirecting the starship's [[warp engine]] output into the alien vessel, producing a microscopic [[black hole]]. Though the margin of error was small, they succeeded in destroying the alien vessel and saving [[Tau Gamma IV]].
+:''Captain's log, supplemental. [[Science]] department has completed three days of intensive study of the region around Tau Gamma IV. There is no trace of the mysterious intruder. Or the microscopic [[black hole]] briefly created by their destruction. [[Nyota Uhura]] at last translated the aliens' signal: "Resistance is futile".''
 ==References==
 ===Characters===
-: [[Pavel Chekov]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Nyota Uhura]]
+:[[Pavel Chekov]] • [[Kalwany]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] • [[Montgomery Scott]] • [[Spock]] • [[Hikaru Sulu]] • [[Nyota Uhura]]
-===Races and cultures===
+===Starships and vehicles===
+:[[Borg sphere]] • {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]])
-:[[Human]] • [[Vulcan]]
+{{ref}} {{uSS|Lexington|NCC-1709}}
 ===Locations===
-:[[Delta Quadrant]] • [[Outpost Omega-70]]
+:[[Alpha Quadrant]] • [[Delta Quadrant]] • [[Outpost Omega-70]] • [[Tau Gamma]] • [[Tau Gamma IV]]
-===Starships and vehicles===
+===Races and cultures===
+:[[Borg]] • [[Human]] • [[Vulcan]]
-: {{uSS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]])
+{{ref}} [[Gorn]] • [[Klingon]]
+===States and organizations===
+:[[Federation]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Starfleet Academy]]
+===Science and technology===
+:[[atmosphere]] • [[black hole]] • [[deflector]] • [[galaxy]] • [[gamma radiation]] • [[gravity]] • [[hail|hailing signal]] • [[impulse engine]] • [[implosion weapon]] • [[coma|induced coma]] • [[light speed]] • [[machine]] • [[mining]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[radiation]] • [[scanner]] • [[starship]] • [[subspace]] • [[subspace communication]] • [[tractor beam]] • [[transporter]] • [[transwarp|"tunneling" drive]] • [[universal translator]] • [[warp drive]] • [[warp factor]]
+===Ranks and titles===
+:[[captain]] • [[commander]] • [[doctor]] • [[first officer]] • [[helmsman]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[security guard]]
+===Other references===
+:[[asteroid field]] • [[battle stations]] • [[bridge]] • [[captain's log]] • [[day]] • [[hour]] • [[landing party]] • [[language]] • [[mountain|mountaintop]] • [[organism]] • [[planet]] • [[Planet control]] • [[science]] • [[sickbay]] • [[Starfleet uniform (2265-2270)]] • [[transporter room]] • [[weapon]]
 ==Appendices==
+===Background===
+* [[Spock]] cited the [[Delta Quadrant]] as being more than 98% unexplored in [[2267]].
+* The [[Borg sphere]] in this story was smaller than ones encountered in the [[24th century]], appearing to be only 100 or 200 meters in diameter.
+===Related stories===
+* {{c|TOS|Museum at the End of Time}} – In [[2266]], the ''Enterprise'' discovered an intact, inhabited planetary remnant after traveling through a [[vortex|spacial vortex]] within a [[cosmic storm]].
+* {{c|TOS|Side Effects}} – In [[2267]], the ''Enterprise'' discovered [[Danzek]], a prototype [[Borg Queen]].
+* {{c|TOS|Restructuring Is Futile}} – In [[2274]], the [[Omnimind]] sought to create a hybrid species of [[humanoid]]s and [[cybernetics]].
+===Images===
+<gallery>
+resistance (New Visions).jpg|Cover image.
+th Century Borg Sphere that appeared in New Visions 6.jpg|[[Borg sphere]].
+th Century Borg Sphere firing the incorporated Planet Smasher.jpg|Borg firing at [[Tau Gamma IV]].
+NV6-Borg-sphere.jpg|Borg sphere alongside the ''Enterprise''
+NV6-Kalwany.jpg|[[Doctor]] [[Kalwany]].
+NV6-Outpost-Omega-70.jpg|Debris from [[Outpost Omega-70]].
+</gallery>
 ===Connections===
 {{timeline
 | type1 = comic
-| series1 = TOS
+| series1 = other
-| subtitle = {{sT|New Visions}}
+| other1 = [[Star Trek: The Original Series]]<br>([[New Visions]])
-| format1 = comic
+| format1 = none
-| before1 = #5: [[A Scent of Ghosts]]
+| before1 = {{small|[[New Visions]]}}<br>#5: "[[A Scent of Ghosts]]"
-| after1 = #7: unannounced
+| after1 = {{small|[[New Visions]]}}<br>#7: "[[1971/4860.2]]"
+| typea =
+| author =
+| formata =
+| beforea =
+| aftera =
+| prevpocket =
+| nextpocket =
+| prevMB= {{small|[[Waypoint]]}}<br>"[[The Menace of the Mechanitrons]]"
+| nextMB= {{small|[[Strange New Worlds 10]]}}<br>"[[The Doomsday Gambit]]"<br>{{small|Sections 1-3}}
+| voyages1 =
+| adbefore1 =
+| adafter1 =
+| voyages2 =
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 }}
 ===External link===
 * {{memoryalpha|Resistance (photonovel)}}
 [[category:tOS comics]]

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