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"Legacy of Spock" Part 2
Star Trek #56
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
April 2016 |
Declared a non-Vulcan by the rest of his
race, Spock-Prime seeks an alternative method of aiding them in
their search for a new homeworld.
Story Summary
Declared a non-Vulcan by the rest of his race, Spock-Prime says
goodbye to his father aboard the Mueller and is dropped
off, at his request, at Deep Space Station K-7, where he
arranges for clandestine transport to Romulus by the human
trader Cyrano Jones.
Meanwhile, the pair of
former Narada crewmembers who have now
escaped from Rura Penthe aboard a stolen Klingon scout ship
make contact with a Romulan Warbird and are escorted back to
Romulus themselves, where they are introduced to the Senate as
new and honored citizens who will aid the Empire.
Now on Romulus himself, Spock-Prime arranges a meeting with
Senator Pardek, the secret leader of a Romulan resistance
movement. But the two are discovered and arrested by Romulan
security forces. Soon, Spock-Prime is sitting in a prison cell,
where he is visited by the two
former Narada crewmembers.
CONTINUED IN STAR TREK #57
Characters appearing in this
issue
Kirk-Prime
Spock-Prime
Uhura-Prime
Sulu-Prime
McCoy-Prime
Sarek
Captain of U.S.S. Mueller (unnamed)
Chekov-Prime
Deep Space Station K-7 bartender (unnamed)
Senator Lucian
Vicia
Cyrano Jones
Vella (former female
Narada crewmember)
Arix (former male Narada crewmember)
Senator Pardek
Didja Notice?
Pages 1-2 take place in the Prime-timeline, immediately
after the events of the original series episode "Amok Time".
The
U.S.S. Mueller drops Spock-Prime off at Deep
Space Station K-7. This space station first appeared in the
original series episode "The Trouble With
Tribbles".
A Klingon scout ship (similar to ones seen in previous
issues) is chased by a Romulan D'deridex-class Warbird on page 5. But, in
the Prime universe, the D'deridex-class ships were not seen until
the 24th Century, in ST: TNG.
On page 7, Spock-Prime acknowledges that some aspects of the
locations and people he sees in this alternate timeline are
different from those in his original timeline, even beyond
the changes wrought by Nero's intervention here.
Spock-Prime's memories on pages 7-8 are related to
the original series episode "The Trouble
With Tribbles".
The bartender seen on Deep Space
Station K-7 on page 8 is the same one that appeared in that
episode.
Spock-Prime meets with Cyrano Jones on
Deep Space Station K-7. Jones originally appeared in the
original series episode "The Trouble With
Tribbles".
Cyrano Jones is depicted with a full
beard here, though he did not have one in his original
appearance in "The Trouble With Tribbles".
Jones tries to sell Antarean glow water to the bartender on
Deep Space Station K-7. He also did this in
"The Trouble With Tribbles" before offering Spican flame
gems and tribbles.
Spock-Prime asks Jones to transport him to Romulus, saying
he can afford any price he wishes, doubled. How does
Spock-Prime have such funds at his disposal? Has it been
supplied by Starfleet? By Sarek? Did he use his knowledge of
the Prime future to play the stock market?!
Romulan Birds-of-Prey are seen on page 14, panel 3.
On Romulus, Spock-Prime meets with Senator Pardek. Pardek
appeared in the ST: TNG episodes "Unification I" and
"Unification II". Pardek is bald here, though he had hair of
the normal Romulan style in the ST:
TNG episodes.
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