Parallel Lives, Part 1
Parallel Lives, Part 1
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- PREVIOUSLY INSTAR TREK...
- After the events ofSTAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, theUSSEnterprise has embarked on afive year journey of exploration into unchartedspace, boldly going where no one... man or woman... has gone before...
- Captain's log,stardate2261.274
- TheEnterprise is completing its general survey of the previously unexplored world ofKassen Five. It's aclass M pre-industrial planet with two dominant species. One significantly more dominant than the other.
On the surface of Kassen V,Spock reminds the captain that it is past time to return to theUSSEnterprise. Kirk overrules the first officer, eager to see if the sabotage on the prisoner convoy has worked. Besides, freeing one group of prisoners is hardly violating thePrime Directive.YeomanRand takes the moment to point out that the prototype image inducers the away team is utilizing are failing. Fortunately the locks on the prisoner convoy have failed and the blue skinned Kassens are free. To avoid the stone age creatures, the away team ducks behind a rock formation and orders a beam up. A little girl runs ahead of the group allowing her a glimpse of the transporters, waving to the form ofCaptainJane Tiberia Kirk.
In the transporter bay, Kirk waves off Spock's concern about the girl witnessing their departure before praisingMarjorie Scott's image inducers. On the way tobridge, Spock informs Kirk that she will not be making a report toStarfleet Command because, as Kirk says, there is no definitive proof that the girl saw theEnterprise team. Kirk, however, believes it to be lingering guilt fromNibiru. On the bridge, Kirk ordersSulu andChekov to plot a new course into the unknown. LieutenantNnamdi Uhuro then receives atransmission fromAdmiralThomas. TheEnterprise is to proceed to theCamporsystem to investigate an unusual anomaly similar to the one detected by theUSSKelvin. In the privacy of herready room, Kirk wonders what her mother would do in her daughter's place as a young "headstrong" female captain, before the answer strikes her. She'd give the brass hell.
In thecorridors, Uhuro reveals that on the next away mission, he wishes to join Spock. Spock is perplexed. Even a femaleVulcan is stronger than a malehuman, thus Spock is more likely to protect Uhuro then the other way round. Uhuro jokes that it must be a human thing for a gallantknight to want to protect hisprincess. Spock can only ask which of them is the princess in the analogy.
Insickbay,DoctorLea McCoy gives Kirk a routine check-up to keep tabs on any effects the transfer ofAugmentblood may have on the captain. As McCoy theorizes the possible effects on both Kirk and any children she may have, she notices the bed sheets have inexplicably changed color. Leaving McCoy to solve the minor mystery, Kirk heads off to a meeting of the senior staff regarding the Campor anomaly.
At the meetingCarl Marcus explains that the anomaly is aquantum storm, a sort of cosmic knot between all the various realities in the multiverse. TheEnterprise's proximity to the phenomenon is already causing aspects of other worlds to affect the ship, such as programs being routed through different systems, thewarp core giving off unusual readings, and bedsheets changing color.
All of a sudden, the anomaly flares and draws theEnterprise into it. Without impulse or warp, Kirk decides to ride the rapids. The ship shudders violently as it approaches the eye of the storm, before it emerges in normal space. As damage reports come in, Uhuro picks up anotherConstitution-class ship. Kirk hails their presumed sister ship, but receives no immediate response. As she tries again, amale voice cuts her off. Did she just say her name wasJane Kirk?
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- Chris Chapel •Pavlovna Chekov •Keensera •James T. Kirk •Jane Tiberia Kirk •Carl Marcus •Lea McCoy •Leonard McCoy •Jason Rand •Marjorie Scott •female Spock •Spock •Hikari Sulu •Thomas •Nnamdi Uhuro
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- George Samuel Kirk, Sr. (alternates) •female Khan •Winona Kirk (alternates)
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- USSEnterprise •USSEnterprise (Constitution-class)
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- USSKelvin
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- Kassen V •Campor
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- Earth (San Francisco) •Nibiru
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- alternate reality •battery •biobed •class M planet • "deep freeze" •hull •hypospray •image inducer •impulse engine •PADD •phaser rifle •quantum storm •sensor •starship •subspace communications •subspace relay •temporal entanglement •transporter •warp core
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- admiral •cadet •captain •chief engineer •commander •commanding officer •communications officer •doctor •first officer •knight •nurse •officer •princess •science officer
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- beam •black hole •blood •captain's log •civilization •corridor •decade •emotion •energy •Federation Starfleet ranks •Federation Starfleet ranks (alternate 2250s) •five-year mission •galaxy •government •gravity •humanoid •lifeform •log entry •minute •nation-state •Prime Directive •prototype •races and cultures •rank •space •Starfleet uniform (Prime) •Starfleet uniform •technology •time •title •uniform •universe •warp factor (warp three) •year
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- TOScomic: "All of Me" – First appearance of an incarnation ofJane T. Kirk.
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| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: The Khitomer Conflict, Part 4 | TOS comics (IDW series) | Next comic: Parallel Lives, Part 2 |
| Previous story: Khan, Issue 4 | Stories by: Mike Johnson | Next story: Khan, Issue 5 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Khitomer Conflict, Part 4 | Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Parallel Lives, Part 2 |
Publication history[]
- 29 January2014
- First released byIDW Publishing.
- 7 October2014
- Collected inStar Trek, Volume 8.
- 31 May2016
- Collected inThe New Adventures, Volume 3.
- 5 July2018
- Reprinted inGraphic Novel Collection,Volume 40. (Eaglemoss Collections)
External links[]
- Parallel Lives, Part 1 article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
- Captain Jane Tiberia Kirk Takes Command atStarTrek.com, the officialStar Trek website.