Summary[]
Log entries[]
- First officer's personal log, Supplemental
- I have decided to maintain our position in the hope that Captain Picard can outwit Q, as he's done in the past.
But, I must admit, if only to myself, the possibility that the captain will finally run out of ways to deal with this super-being.
And even if he does manage to outmaneuver his adversary once again... Will Q abide by the rules of whatever game he's invented? Or will he give in to a whim -- and make the captain pay the price?
References[]
Characters[]
- Beverly Crusher • Wesley Crusher • Data • Guinan • Geordi La Forge • Lanza • Christine Picard • Claude Picard • Maurice Picard • Jean-Luc Picard • Q • William Riker • Deanna Troi • Worf • Yvonne
- Referenced only
- Julius Caesar • Adolf Hitler
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Locations[]
- Czechoslovakia • Earth • Paris • Poland • Vulcan
Races and cultures[]
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Appendices[]
Background[]
- Many aspects of this story bear similarity to the scenario of Star Trek: Picard season 2 in later canon: Q's presentation of a historical scenario and an alternate history where Earth is totalitarian and fascist, the depiction of Picard's family as a youth, and so on.
- This story, written before the TNG episode: "Family", establishes an alternate version of the Picard family, with different names than those later establishes, as well as a brother, Claude, who died as a child.
- John de Lancie is credited as the writer, with Michael Jan Friedman receiving an "additional dialogue by" credit.
- The Q fantasy portions of the story occur in 2332. No date is given for the present-day story, but the DC Comics Timeline gives a stardate of 43738.8.
- Lieutenant Worf is incorrectly pictured with Lieutenant Commander rank pips.
- This comic is collected in The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- The Gift was reprinted in seven parts in the UK Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine #16-22.
- The Gift was reprinted by IDW Publishing in March of 2021.
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Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: first annual |
TNG comics DC annuals |
Next comic: Thin Ice |
| Previous story: first story |
Stories by: John de Lancie |
Next story: I, Q |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Allegiance |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Captain's Holiday |
| Previous Adventure: Allegiance |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Captain's Holiday |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2366. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in two other timeframes: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Hour of Fire |
2332 | Next Adventure: An Easy Fast Section 8 & 10 |
| Previous Adventure: Wildfire, Book 2 Chapter 8 |
2351 | Next Adventure: A Stitch in Time Part One: Chapters 21 & 23, Part Two: Chapters 2, 4, 6 & 8 |
External links[]
- The Gift (comic) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.