Ice Journey
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Summary[]
- Captain's log,stardate20:27.3
- ApproachingplanetFloe I on special survey assignment for theFederation perCommand order F-1221.
TheUSSEnterprise was assigned to conduct a population survey of theFederation member planet Floe I. Privately,Spock wonders if there might be something unusual about the mission which wasn't told to them, as the planet is facingglaciation.James T. Kirk,Spock, andDr.Krisp suit up withanti-freeze uniforms andbeam down, meetingDelegatesAmara andSunaro who are encased in protective carapaces for warmth. TheFloes shed the shells as they prepare to slide down chutes into a subterraneancity. But Spock and Krisp question how theseevolutionary changes happened so quickly and whether they affected everyone, and this strikes a nerve. Amara and Sunaro arrest theStarfleetofficers. Atgunpoint, Kirk is forced to haveNyota Uhuratransport down and help falsify their report.
- Captain'slog, stardate20:27.5
- Lieutenant Uhura and I are being held prisoners by the two leaders of Floe I — Dr. Krisp and Mr. Spock have vanished! It is clear that Amara and Sunaro intend to do away with thecrew and me as soon as Lieutenant Uhura writes a false report about their mad society to the Federation... My only hope is that we manage to fool these tyrants and come out alive... I have lost allcommunication with theEnterprise!
Red-skinned Floescientists developed aserum to speed-upmutations and survive the cold, but left theirenslaved blue-skinned Floes to suffer. Spock and Krisp are deposited in a torture chamber forrebels, who help them escape in exchange for aid. They confront Amara and Sunaro, and the reunited landing party locates the serum manufacturing facility. Krisp keeps her word and tells the blue workers where the rebels are being held. Before Kirk can start distributing the serum to everyone, workers rise up inrebellion.
Kirk orders the landing party to return to theEnterprise. WhenMontgomery Scott asks how they could leave the Floes in the midst ofcivil war, acting as though life will go on, Spock explains that the blue Floes are aware that they will freeze to death withindays and have lost hope. Kirk says the Floes could have been relocated to another planet, if they'd asked when there was time to arrange it, but the red Floes chose their elitism and slavery over survival.
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Characters[]
- Amara •Jdula •James T. Kirk •Krisp •Montgomery Scott •Spock •Hikaru Sulu •Sunaro •Nyota Uhura •unnamed Floes •unnamed USSEnterprise personnel (transporter chief)
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Science and classification[]
- anti-freeze uniform •antidote •communicator •computer •flame gun •geometry •heat-stabilizer tablet •laboratory •mutation serum •neutralizer disc •phaser •radio •rifle •scanner •sensor •scrambler •tele-radio •transporter •viewscreen
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- captain •chief engineer •chief science officer •commander •communications officer •counter-leader •delegate •dictator •doctor •helmsman •lieutenant •lieutenant commander •rebel •science officer •slave
Other references[]
- airport •animal •atmosphere •bagpipes •beam •bridge •captain's log •century •city •civil war •civilization •communications •corridor •day •democracy •fire •glaciation •government •grass •hope •ice •ice skating •landing party •landing crew •law •light year •log entry •logic •metabolism •music •mutation •orbit •peace •planet •science •second •security •skeleton •star •star system •stardate •telepathy •time •transporter room •turtle •war •year •zoo
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Extinction from increasing cold was also featured in:
Genetic adaptation to climate change was also featured in:
- TASepisode &Log Fivenovelization:The Ambergris Element
- TOScomic: "The World Beneath the Waves"
- TOScomic: "The Evictors"
Revolution for social equality was also featured in:
- TOSepisode &Star Trek 5novelization:Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
- TOScomic: "The Animal People"
- TOScomic: "Day of the Inquisitors"
- TOScomic: "Prince Traitor"
- TOScomic: "A World Against Itself"
Background[]
- The reprint inThe Enterprise Logs, Volume 4 omitted pages 4 and 18. Page 4 was a self-contained scene with thelanding party visiting thebridge prior tobeaming down, withKrisp commenting that the population survey might be dull. On page 18, Kirk realized thatNyota Uhura had prevented their fake report from being transmitted, and the Floes decided to kill them.
- Krisp wryly suggested thatMontgomery Scott could transmit backgroundmusic into the landing party’s portableradios, presaging the Sony Walkman and the iPod.
- This story has been released eight times inEnglish as well as being translated intoGerman,Italian, and Portuguese.
Errata[]
- The variantenvironmental suits worn in the story,anti-freeze uniforms, were colored both red and blue on the cover, with black boots, but were all gold in the story itself.Communications equipment was said to work bytelepathy, because conditions were so frigid that thelanding party would asphyxiate if they spoke or breathed theatmosphere. That being the case, it was unclear why the uniforms were designed to protect the wearer's eyes but not their mouths.
- Uhura was once misspelled Uhuru.
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| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: #26:The Perfect Dream | TOS comics (Gold Key) | Next comic: #28:The Mimicking Menace |
| Previous story: The Perfect Dream | Stories by: John Warner | Next story: The Final Truth |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Invasion of the City Builders | Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: ... Wild Goose Chase! |
| Previous comic: Invasion of the City Builders | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Two | Next comic: ... Wild Goose Chase! |
Production history[]
- November1974
- First published byGold Key Comics.
- 1975
- Printed in hardcover inStar Trek Annual 1976. (World Distributors Limited)
- August1976
- Printed (excluding pages 4 and 18) in theomnibusThe Enterprise Logs, Volume 4. (Golden Press)
- 1985
- Printed in hardcover inStar Trek Annual 1986. (World Distributors Limited)
- June2004
- Printed in the omnibusThe Key Collection, Volume 4. (Checker Book Publishing Group)
- September2008
- Included onThe Complete Comic Book Collection DVD. (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
- August2014
- Remastered in hardcover in the omnibusGold Key Archives, Volume 5. (IDW)
- 15 March2018
- Remastered in hardcover in the omnibusGraphic Novel Collection,Volume 32. (Eaglemoss Collections)
Translations[]
- 1976
- German: Abridged in the omnibus "Stadt der letzten Hoffnung" inZack Comic Box #22:Enterprise (Koralle-Verlag)
- 10 July1978
- Portuguese: As "Viagem Ao Gelo" in b/w inO Caminho das Estrelas (Aguiar) #17
- 2006
- Italian: As "Il Viaggio Ghiacciato" in the omnibusThe Gold Key Collection, Volume 7 (Free Books)
External link[]
- Ice Journey article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.