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"Connection" Part 1
Star Trek #59
IDW
Written by: Mike Johnson
Story consultant: Roberto Orci
Art by: Tony Shasteen
Colors by:
Davide Mastrolonardo
Letters by: Andworld Design
Cover by:
Tony Shasteen
July 2016 |
Captain Kirk wakes up on an alternate
version of the
Enterprise.
Story Summary
The story opens with Captain Kirk waking up in his
quarters...aboard the original TV series Enterprise!
Likewise, the original Kirk wakes up on the Kelvin Timeline
Enterprise. They both notice the similarities and the
differences in the ship and crewmembers. In each case, Kirk's
odd behavior induces Spock to call Dr. McCoy to the bridge and
the doctor immediately sedates the captain and takes him to
sickbay. When each Kirk awakens, they realize they are back
where they belong and they explain what happened to Spock and
McCoy. In each case, Spock points out that the ship has come
into contact with a highly unusual space-time anomaly which they
have proceeded to study. Soon, other crewmembers are
experiencing similar incidents and the speculation is that the
anomaly is somehow causing glimpses of a parallel reality.
Each
Enterprise sends a probe into the anomaly, but
when the probes return to the ships, the crews find it is the probe
from the alternate reality.
CONTINUED IN STAR TREK #60
Characters appearing in this
issue
Captain Kirk
Captain Kirk-Prime
Lt. Zahra-Prime
Lt. Zahra
Mr. Spock-Prime (young)
Mr. Spock
Lt. Uhura-Prime
Lt. Sulu-Prime
Lt. Sulu
Ensign Chekov-Prime
Lt. Chekov
Science Officer 0718
Dr. McCoy-Prime
Dr. McCoy
Lt. Uhura
Q (mentioned only)
Trelane (mentioned only)
Scotty
Scotty-Prime
Keenser
Didja Know?
The covers of this two-part story (Star Trek
#'s 59 and 60) by Tony Shasteen form a connected image of the
respective Enterprises and crewmembers from the original
TV series and those of the Kelvin Timeline.
The two issues of this storyline were
originally solicited with the title of "Altered Encounters", but
was published as "Connection".
Didja Notice?
| The scene of Kirk's
quarters aboard the original TV series Enterprise on page 1,
panel 2 is from an actual photo of the set. |
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| Kirk awakes on a strange Enterprise |
Kirk's quarters on original
Enterprise |
On page 2, the two captains each meet the alternate versions
of Lt. Zahra, one of whom is black, the other white! Zahra
first appeared in the original series episode
"Operation Annihilate", as a young,
black lieutenant. She first also first appeared in the
Kelvin Timeline of stories in
"Operation
Annihilate" Part 1, as a young, black lieutenant.
I pointed out in subsequent studies how Lt. Zahra gradually was
becoming more Caucasian in appearance with each new
appearance in the comic book series until becoming the
white, platinum-haired woman who appears here on the
Enterprise of the Kelvin
Timeline.
The Enterprise dedication plaque seen mounted next
to the turbolift on the bridge on page 5, panel 2 is the
same as the one seen in episodes of the original series,
reading simply, "U.S.S. Enterprise, Starship Class, San
Francisco, CA".
On page 7, the Kelvin
Timeline
Kirk suspects that
his current circumstances are due to Q messing with them
again, while the original timeline Kirk suspects Trelane.
The Kelvin Timeline
Enterprise crew
encountered Q in "The Q
Gambit" Parts 1-6. The original timeline crew
encountered a being quite similar to Q named
Trelane in the original series episode, "The Squire of
Gothos".
On page 10, Kirk-Prime says of
his visit to the other Enterprise, "Everything was
brighter. The lights flared. And there were...panes of glass
just...standing there on the bridge." This is, of course, an
apt description of the Enterprise
as depicted in the movies set in the
Kelvin Timeline; director J.J. Abrams is fond of lens flare in his
shots, some say to the point of overdoing it. The panes of
glass on the bridge are actually transparent data displays,
not always displaying data.
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