"Mission's End, Issue 4" is the fourth issue of the Star Trek: The Original Series comic book miniseries Mission's End, published by IDW Publishing in June 2009. It was written by Ty Templeton with art by Stephen Molnar.
Description
- With McCoy missing, Kirk unconscious, and the badly damaged, Spock and Scotty must protect the Archernarian "Heart of God" — the most powerful weapon in the universe — from being stolen by Orion pirates — all while civil war rages inside Archernar IV.
Summary
Log entries
- First officer's log, stardate 5958.4.
- Archernar IV is an ancient worldship, whose engines seem capable of producing near limitless power. The current occupiers of this world, a spider-like species who evolved on the long abandoned ship, now lay claim to the alien technology that they call "The Heart of God".
- The Enterprise's mission to welcome Archernar IV into the Federation has met with several setbacks. Doctor McCoy's landing party has been missing for over twenty-four hours, lost on an expedition to retrieve biological samples of local flora. We have witnessed an organized rebellion of the domesticated animals called "Crawlers", who rose up as one and dismantled the structure of the Heart of God, removing a section of the apparatus. And during these events, Captain Kirk received a blow to the head that has rendered him unconscious. I suspect the situation may deteriorate further.
- Chief engineer's log, acting captain of the Enterprise, stardate 5958.7
- Lt. Uhura has detected a scrambled and unauthorized sub-space signal broadcasting from within the ship on deck eight. Lt. Sulu, Lt. Slott and myself have gone to investigate.
References
Characters
- Arex Na Eth • Boyd • Elizabeth Cassady • Pavel Chekov • High Administrator • James T. Kirk • Lang • Leonard McCoy • Moore • Scotty • Slott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • USS Enterprise personnel • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel • crawlers
- Referenced only
- Antook • Lee Kelso • Gary Mitchell • Montrose • Reid
Starships and vehicles
- (class F shuttlecraft) • (class F shuttlecraft) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Orion interceptor fleet • Tranquility
- Referenced only
- tug-freighter
Locations
- Archernar airlock station (observation post) • Archernar IV (Archernar star system, the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrant)
- Referenced only
- Archernar IV contact station • Talos IV
Races and cultures
- Archernarian • Crawler • Edosian • Human • Orion • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Divine Builders • Tellarite
States and organizations
Science and classification
- biobed • brig • communicator • black hole weapon • energy • entomophobia • "Heart of God" • hypospray • lifeform • matter • medical tricorder • medscanner • microtape • Moore's communications device • penta-globulan compound • planet • radiation • replicator • sensor • space • star • star system • starship • technology • time • tricorder • trident scanner • type-2 phaser • universal translator • viewscreen • warp coil • weapon • worldship
Lifeforms
Materials and substances
- atmosphere • blood • drink • food • gas • lemonade • mint julep • water
Food and drink
Occupations and titles
- ambassador • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • helmsman • High Science Advisor • lieutenant • medic • officer • philosopher • science officer • second officer • slave
Other references
- alien • anatomy • assignment patch • blood • book • boot • brain • bridge • cave • chief engineer's log, USS Enterprise • civilization • clothing • corridor • crusade • death • dress uniform • exoskeleton • extinction • first officer's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) • flagship • God • hour • kilometer • logic • minute • prayer • quarantine • pants • planet • Prime Directive, suborder 25, paragraph 9 • quarters • races and cultures • rank • rebellion • religion • science • security • skull • species • Starfleet General Orders and Regulations • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • star system • title • tunic • uniform • universe • war
Chronology
Appendices
Background
- The stardates in Spock's and Scott's log entries were sourced incorrectly. They pick up from a date cited in Issue 3 that was used in the prologue of Issue 2 occurring six months earlier (5948.0) than the date used for current events (6835.7).
Images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: The Wrath of Khan, Issue 2 |
TOS comics | Next comic: The Wrath of Khan, Issue 3 |
| Previous comic: Mission's End, Issue 3 |
TOS comics Mission's End |
Next comic: Mission's End, Issue 5 |
| Previous story: Mission's End, Issue 3 |
Stories by: Ty Templeton |
Next story: Mission's End, Issue 5 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Mission's End, Issue 3 |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Mission's End, Issue 5 |
Publication history
- 24 June 2009
- First released by IDW Publishing.
- 21 October 2009
- Collected in the Mission's End miniseries omnibus.
- 20 February 2020
- Collected in Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 100. (Eaglemoss Collections)
External links
- Mission's End, Issue 4 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.