Year Four, Issue 2

Year Four, Issue 2
Cover by Steve Conley.
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Miniseries:	Year Four No. 2
Writer(s):	David Tischman
Artist(s):	Steve Conley
Colorist(s):	Leonard O'Grady
Letterer(s):	Neil Uyetake
Editor(s):	Dan Taylor
Publication information
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Published:	5 September 2007
Pages:	32
No. of covers:	3
Omnibus:	Year Four
Chronology
Date:	2269
Stardate:	6372.2

Introduction (blurb)

During a routine visit by the U.S.S. Enterprise to Aarak 3, a major supplier of dilithium to the Federation, an attack on the royal palace reveals a group of zealots who resent the Federation's intrusion and desire a return to "the pure ways" of the ancestors. Captain Kirk must figure a way to prevent the zealots' coup while not violating the Prime Directive.

Summary

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Characters

Regulars

Arex Na Eth | James T. Kirk | Leonard McCoy | Montgomery Scott | Spock | Hikaru Sulu | Nyota Uhura

Others

Marat | Sharday

References

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class)

Locations

Aarak 3

Referenced: Starbase 14

Races and cultures

Aarakian | Human | Vulcan

Referenced: Klingon

States and organisations

Federation Starfleet | Traditionalist | United Federation of Planets

Other

Dilithium | Ice wine | Ion storm | Mining | Natural resource | Nomad | Prime Directive | Snow

Information

• This comic was scheduled as the August issue of the miniseries, but was actually released just a late of the month on September 5th.
• This issue was available in three covers, two of equal availability; one by Steve Conley and one by Joe Corroney, and the third, a photomontage, of more limited availability.

Limited photomontage cover

Steve Conley cover without titles

Joe Corroney cover without titles

• Oddly the Corroney cover features Pavel Chekov who does not appear in the comic at all, and Sulu who appears in a single frame at the conn.
• In classic TOS style, the situation in this comic openly pulls on current affairs; comparing the perception of the Federation's interest in Aarak 3's dilithium, and the subsequent insurgent activity, to past events. This is likely referencing the current situation with the United States of America's interest with the oil rich nations of the middle east and the insurgency faced by western forces in Iraq.
• The stardate given for the Editor's Log on the letters page of issue is 60985.3 which like previous editorial content would place it in 2383. The letters page also includes an advert for the next issue of this miniseries.
• This issue also contains a one page The Trek Life comic strip, in which the trio of trekkies discuss what they imagine occupied the Enterprise’s final two years of five-year mission and Kate reveals her desires for Mirror Spock.
• The remaining eight pages of editorial content in this issue include a one page advert for the first issue of the Alien Spotlight miniseries, featuring Zach Howard's cover for the issue, and threatening "The Gorn are coming!".

Connections

published order
Previous comic: Year Four, Issue 1	TOS comics Year Four	Next comic: Year Four, Issue 3
Previous comic: Year Four, Issue 1	Comics by: David Tischman	Next comic: Year Four, Issue 3
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Year Four, Issue 1	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Vulcan!