- For other uses, see Trial by Fire.
"Trial by Fire!" was the unpublished comic that would have been #62 in the Gold Key Comics TOS series. "Trial By Fire" was to be written by John Warner but the series was cancelled before the comic's completion. The script and draft artwork for this story did eventually find its way into print, in volume 124 of the Eaglemoss Collections Graphic Novel Collection.
- A script and more information can be found at the bottom of this page at the Star Trek Comics Checklist.
Description[]
- Script teaser
- The drama of the galaxy is played out by a diverse cast, some of whom regard themselves a superior to all others, losing sight of the essential universal truth — that the whole is enriched by its many parts...
Summary[]
The Enterprise was rushing to save a planet from a huge fireball.
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 3708.2.
- The Enterprise has just completed its yearly inspection at Hub Station Six... We were completing some test maneuvers for the Hub engineers...
- Ship's log, supplemental, Spock in command.
- Captain Kirk, Varrik and the landing party are on Orgone! We have lost radio contact! My plan to utilize an anti-matter implant seems to have failed! We are left with a sharply reduced power level!
- Captain's log, Stardate 3708.2.
- The Enterprise has been met by the Federation Starship Exeter! We were beamed up off of Orgone and preparations are being made to tow the Enterprise with the Exeter's tractor system.
References[]
Characters[]
- Byrne • Cockrum • Py'nath Cyrgeth • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Talon • Terak • Varrik Trine • Nyota Uhura • unnamed USS Exeter personnel (CO)
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Orgone • Orion (corporate energy research platform)
- Referenced only
- Earth • Hub Station Six
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Consolidated Galactic Shares, Inc. • Federation • Starfleet Command
Science and classification[]
- chemistry • class M • communicator • impulse power • knife • life support • mathematics • medscanner • phaser • photon torpedo • sedative • shields • spear • spectrograph • tractor beam • viewscreen
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • crew member • doctor • engineer • executor • guard • lieutenant • president • priest • security officer • shaman
Other references[]
- antimatter • beam • bridge • city • coma • dilithium • engineering • fever • fire • fireball • first contact • fuel • galaxy • god • landing party • magic • minute • moon • orbit • oxygen • peace • planet • religion • space • spacelane • stone • subspace • vacuum • warp factor • warp six • weapon • wood
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS comic: "War in Space" – Montgomery Scott released antimatter from the USS Enterprise's warp drive to collapse a Klingon gravitational field weapon.
Connections[]
External links[]
- Trial by Fire! article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Trial by Fire! article at Curt Danhauser's Guide to the Gold Key Star Trek Comics.
- Trial by Fire! comic adaptation at Matt Shults' website.