Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment

   

Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment

The series is a sequel to the episode "The Enterprise Incident", featuringFederation experimentation with the capturedcloaking device and appearances from theRomulans and in later issues of the series theKlingons.Arex also appears in the series.

Description[]

Dorothy "D.C." Fontana, the writer from theoriginalStar Trek TV series, as well asThe Animated Series,Star Trek: The Next Generation, andStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, is joined by partnerDerek Chester (Star Trek: Legacy) forThe Enterprise Experiment, an all-new series set in the unexploredfourth year of theUSSEnterprise's legendaryfive-year mission.

The Enterprise Experiment— a sequel toThe Enterprise Incident, the classicStar Trekepisode written by Fontana — findsKirk andSpock trapped on anEnterprise out of phase withspace itself and facing a plot of revenge from theRomulans!

Issues[]

Title/number	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Part 4	Part 5
Writers	D.C. Fontana &Derek Chester
Penciller	Gordon Purcell
Inker(s)	Terry Pallot & Gordon Purcell	Terry Pallot		Drew Geraci, Jose Marzan Jr. &Tom Nguyen	Bob Almond, Tom Nguyen, Gordon Purcell &Bob Smith
Published	16 April2008	29 May 2008	2 July 2008	30 July 2008	27 August 2008
Cover (Rob & Joe Sharp)

Appendices[]

Covers[]

With the exception of the first issue, which had three covers, this series only had one cover design per issue.

Part 1, cover B

Part 1, retail incentive cover

Connections[]

IDW Publishingminiseries
TOS	Klingons: Blood Will Tell •Year Four •The Enterprise Experiment •Assignment: Earth •Mirror Images •Romulans: The Hollow Crown •Crew •Mission's End •The Wrath of Khan •Romulans: Schism •Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor •Burden of Knowledge •Khan: Ruling in Hell •Infestation •Star Trek—Legion of Super-Heroes •Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever •The Primate Directive •Star Trek vs. Transformers •The Motion Picture: Echoes
	Star Trek (2009) tie-in:	Countdown •Spock: Reflections •Nero •The Official Motion Picture Adaptation •Countdown to Darkness •Khan •Starfleet Academy •The Spectrum War •Manifest Destiny •Stranger Worlds
TNG	The Space Between •Intelligence Gathering •The Last Generation •Ghosts •Assimilation² •Hive •Deviations •Mirror Broken •Through the Mirror •Terra Incognita •The Mirror War •Warriors of the Mirror War •Holo-Ween
DS9	Fool's Gold •Too Long a Sacrifice •The Dog of War
VOY	Seven's Reckoning
DSC	The Light of Kahless •Succession •Aftermath •Adventures in the 32nd Century
PIC	Picard: Countdown •Stargazer
LD	All in a Sea of Wonders •Second Contact
SNW	The Illyrian Enigma •The Scorpius Run
Other	Turnaround •Alien Spotlight •Alien Spotlight II •Captain's Log •Waypoint •The Q Conflict •Aliens •Resurgence •Defiant •Picard's Academy •Sons of Star Trek

IDW Publishingomnibuses
IDW collections	IDW Ongoing (1 •2 •3 •4 •5 •6 •7 •8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13) •Romulans: Pawns of War •100-Page Spectacular (2011 •2012 •Winter 2012) •The John Byrne Collection •New Visions (1 •2 •3 •4 •5 •6 •7 •8 •The Hollow Man and Other Stories) •The New Adventures (1 •2 •3 •4 •5) •Countdown Collection (1 •2) •Boldly Go (1 •2 •IDIC) •The Missions Continue •Year Five (Odyssey's End •The Wine-Dark Deep •Weaker Than Man •Experienced in Loss •Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 •Deluxe Edition, Volume 2) •Mirror Universe Collection •Library Collection (1 •2 •3) •Star Trek (IDW 2022) (Godshock •The Red Path •Day of Blood •Glass and Bone •Pleroma •When the Walls Fell) •Defiant (1 •Another Piece of the Action •Hell Is Only a Word •The Stars of Home •No Old Warriors) •Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Omnibus, Vol. 1 •Star Trek: Voyager Omnibus •Star Trek: Picard Omnibus •Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Omnibus
Archive material	Star Trek Archives (Best of Peter David •Best of the Borg •Best of Gary Seven •Best of DS9 •Best of Captain Kirk •Best of Alternate Universes) •Best of Klingons •Star Trek Omnibus (Volume 1 •Volume 2 •The Original Series •Movie Omnibus •TNG Omnibus) •Motion Picture Trilogy •100-Page Spectacular (Summer 2012 •Gold Key) •Newspaper Comics (1 •2) •The Stardate Collection (1 •2) •Gold Key Archives (1 •2 •3 •4 •5) •Classic UK Comics (1 •2 •3) •Best of Picard •The Mirror Universe Saga

External links[]

• Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment page at theStar Trek Comics Checklist