Year Four, Issue 1 was the first of a six-part comic book miniseries written by David Tischman and published by IDW Publishing in 2007. The story took place during the fourth year of the five-year mission of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise.
Publisher's description[]
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise discover the Strand, the multi-planet construct of a dead civilization, run by a brilliant genetic scientist who's obsessed with repopulating it. When Kirk discovers the scientist's secret, his creations revolt, forcing Kirk to make a hard decision and pushing the Enterprise into the crossfire!
Summary[]
- Captain's log, stardate 6314.9. The Enterprise has encountered a planetary mass of immense size. High levels of radiation, toxic pollutants, and climatic devastation have made all but one of the planets uninhabitable… We are beaming down to investigate.
The landing party met Doctor Othello Beck, a renowned geneticist who spent 12 years finding an advanced genetic engineering laboratory on The Strand after hearing about it on Bajor. Using purchased genetic samples, he'd created a variety of B'Nai genetic hybrids, including one which looked like a werewolf that killed security officer Alonzo. His goal was to cure his Vulcan wife's Logan's disease.
Distraught upon discovering this secret, the B'Nai launched nuclear missiles at the Enterprise and detained the landing party. Beck then destroyed his creations and committed suicide.
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Characters[]
Regulars[]
- James T. Kirk • Pavel Chekov • Shiboline M'Ress • Arex Na Eth • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
Others[]
- Alonzo • Othello Beck • Othello Beck's wife • Una • unnamed B'Nai
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
- The Strand
- Referenced only
- Bajor • Bajoran Medical Institute • Earth
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
- communicator • gene • genetics • laser • missile • nuclear bomb • phaser • radiation
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Information[]
- This is the first issue of the first series of TOS comics by IDW.
- No individual title was given for this issue.
- This comic is available in three covers, two of equal availability; one by Steve Conley and one by Joe Corroney, and the third of more limited availability, a sketch version of the Corroney cover.
- The stardate given for the Editor's Log on the letters page of issue is 60843.2 which, like previous editorial content in the letters pages of the The Space Between miniseries, would place it in 2383. This issue's letters-page does not actually feature any letters, just an introduction to the new miniseries by the editor, and an advertisement from the next issue.
- The inhabitants of The Strand were armed with weapons which looked a lot like laser pistols.
Related Stories[]
- This is a completely stand-alone story; there are references to Phlox from Star Trek: Enterprise and Bajor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- Continuity-wise, this story appears to be superficially contradicted by David R. George III's TOS novel Allegiance in Exile (set entirely during the fifth year of the five-year mission), in which the crew of the USS Enterprise make first contact with inhabitants from the planet Bajor while on a deep-space survey mission. However, it is possible that Othello Beck himself was an isolated example of a human who lived on Bajor for a time prior to the "official" first contact in 2270, while the existence of the Bajorans themselves wasn't widely known (or acknowledged) yet.
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Connections[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: Focus on... Star Trek Captain's Personal Log |
TOS comics Year Four |
Next comic: Year Four, Issue 2 |
| Previous comic: Captain's Personal Log |
Comics by: David Tischman |
Next comic: Year Four, Issue 2 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Planet of Judgment |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Year Four, Issue 2 |
| Previous Adventure: Planet of Judgment |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) |
Next Adventure: Year Four, Issue 2 |
External links[]
- Year Four, Issue 1 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Year Four, Issue 1 review at TrekMovie.com.