"The Traveler" is the 15th issue of John Byrne's New Visions comic series, released in April 2017.
Description[]
- A mysterious Traveler is pursued by a ruthless robotic horde. Or is he? Jim Kirk must answer that question before his ship and crew are lost.
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 6019.6...
- USS Enterprise on routine patrol along the border of the Beta Quadrant.
- Captain's log, addendum.
- We are preparing to board the unknown craft, if "craft" is what it really is...
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- It is eighteen hours since the mysterious alien was brought aboard. Dr. McCoy has summoned Mister Spock and myself to sickbay.
- Captain's log, stardate 6020.0...
- The Traveler continues to take full advantage of the access to the ship I am allowing him. At present, one of his hatchlings is in sickbay, observing as Dr. McCoy performs an emergency appendectomy.
- Captain's log, stardate 6020.1...
- A... most unusual meeting is convened in the briefing room.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- We are turning the "Traveler" over to the Q'al for proper disposition.
References[]
Characters[]
- Blake • Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Leonard McCoy • James T. Kirk • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • The Traveler • Nyota Uhura • unnamed Q'al
- Referenced only
- Balok • Lemuel Gulliver
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Q'al Mothership • The Traveler's ship
- Referenced only
- Fesarius
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Earth
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • Council of Eternity
Science and technology[]
- appendectomy • coordinates • deflector screen • deflector shield • hologram • impulse power • medical tricorder • medscanner • neuro circuit • PADD • phaser • radar • robot • sensor • space-time continuum • space warp • stylus • subspace • surgery • targeting scanner • transporter • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • warp drive • weapon
Ranks and titles[]
- cadet • captain • commander • chief engineer • doctor • engineer • first officer
Other references[]
- alien • animal • appendectomy • assignment patch • atmosphere • blood • boarding party • bridge • brig • Central Control • crew • duty roster • egg • energy • engineering • galaxy • gas • helm • hour • humanoid • hyper-space • IDIC • kilometer • lifeform • lifesign • lightning • log entry • logic • lung • machine • liquid mercury • meter • mile • millennium • nitrogen • nursery • oxygen • planet • plastic • quadrant • rookie • rose • second • sickbay • slave driver • slavery • space • subspace • technology • tentacle • toy • transporter room • Umbra Accord • war
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Many elements within this issue were inspired by the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, the Traveler himself showing similarities to the titular character while the Q'al are based on the Daleks, one of the Doctor's most recurring foes.
- The Q'al even used the expression "Terminate", a different form of the word "Exterminate" which the Daleks are known to use as a battle cry when attacking their enemies.
- Actor, singer and teacher Richard Weidlich served as the photographic model for the Traveler. He is on the faculty of Western Connecticut State University and the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Byrne thanked him on the last page of the story. (Richard Weidlich article at the WCSU website.)
Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: #14: Sam |
TOS comics (New Visions) |
Next comic: #16: Time Out of Joint |
External links[]
- The Traveler (photonovel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Traveler article at TrekMovie.
- The Traveler article at the Outright Geekery blog.