"The Wake" is the last of six comics published in WildStorm Comics' Star Trek Special anthology in February 2001.
Description[]
- Star Trek novelist Jeffrey Lang and Eisner winner Steve Lieber help us bid farewell to a much-loved character.
Summary[]
Montgomery Scott visits the home of retired Admiral Leonard McCoy in 2371 to have a wake for James T. Kirk, who was recently reported as dying on Veridian III. Scott feels that Kirk's sacrifice to save an inhabited planet better fits the man's legacy. Scott pours two shots of whiskey. They toast Kirk, though McCoy isn't able to drink due to medical complications. Scott hopes to gather remaining friends later for another wake. He gives McCoy a memento, a hologram of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Hikaru Sulu and Nyota Uhura on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 2260s. He bids McCoy farewell.
Two hours later, Spock wakes McCoy. He'd heard about Kirk and paused his work on Romulus to report back to Earth. McCoy offers him the leftover whiskey as "the human thing to do". Spock claims the dead don't need him to pay them his respects. Spock sees McCoy is overtaxed and lets him sleep, then makes a toast "to absent friends".
References[]
Characters[]
- N. Katic • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock
- Referenced only
- Pavel Chekov • James T. Kirk • Grim Reaper • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Enterprise-B • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E • USS Enterprise-F
Locations[]
- Earth (Sol system, Sol sector, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant)
- Referenced only
- Romulus • San Francisco Fleet Yards
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
Ranks and titles[]
Other references[]
- 24th century • alcohol • bridge • emotion • flagship • furniture • glass • handshake • humanoid • minute • nation • planet • plant • quadrant • races and cultures • sector • sleep • space • star • star system • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • starship • star system • state • technology • time • uniform • whiskey • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TNG episode & novelization: Encounter at Farpoint – Leonard McCoy's activities in the 2360s.
- TNG episode: "Relics" – Montgomery Scott's recovery in the 2360s.
- TNG episode: "Unification" – Spock's activities in the 2360s.
- TNG movie: Star Trek Generations – James T. Kirk's deaths in 2293 and 2371.
- TOS episode: "The Tholian Web" - McCoy ordered Spock to drink an antidote to interphase, saying "it's the human thing to do".
- TOS movie: The Search for Spock - Kirk's command crew toasted "to absent friends" their lost comrade Spock.
Background[]
- McCoy asked if the new Enterprise at the shipyards was the USS Enterprise-E or USS Enterprise-F.
- Scott would soon arrange a second wake with "the others". Subsequent media have shown that, in 2371, Hikaru Sulu commanded the USS Excelsior, Pavel Chekov served as a grand admiral, and Admiral Nyota Uhura worked for Starfleet Intelligence.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
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Stories by: Jeffrey Lang |
Next story: Abyss Section 31 |
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