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Welcome to Nano's homeworld. Is Liria burning? — "One of a Kind" is a TOS comic published by Marvel-Paramount Comics in 1997, the ninth issue in the Star Trek: Early Voyages series, set during Christopher Pike's captaincy of the USS Enterprise.

Description[]

Communications officer Nano is recalled to his homeworld of Liria — a tragedy has occurred, killing several of his people, and Nano is needed to restore the delicate population balance.

Summary[]

Nano receives a priority message from Starfleet Command, informing him of a crisis that requires him to resign his commission.

Captain's log, stardate 361.6.
The Enterprise is en route to Liria. I think I can speak for the whole crew in expressing our sadness at Nano's impending sacrifice. In his own quiet, subtle way, he has made a big impact on us all... he will be missed.
Captain's log, supplemental.
We have achieved standard orbit above Liria. I've always wanted to visit this ancient and notoriously reclusive culture... I just wish the circumstances were happier. I have given permission for Lieutenant Nano's bridge crew colleagues to accompany us to the surface. having his friends see him off is the least I can do.

Pike, Spock, Sita Mohindas, and José Tyler beam down to Liria with Nano and meet Adjunct Koda, Speaker of the Lirin Unity, who allows the landing party to do some sightseeing. Nano trains with Vora to relearn telepathic skills that he'd not needed to use while offworld, but his talents have atrophied, and he struggles to levitate a pillar. When he suddenly releases the huge rock, Pike and Spock disintegrate it with phasers.

Tyler and Mohindas visit a garden on the city's outskirts and meet a groundskeeper. He seems afraid of them, and a large fire spontaneously erupts in the garden. Mohindas knocks Tyler out of the way, but the groundskeeper is caught in the flames and burns to death. Later, she tells Pike it didn't feel like a freak accident — she saw a face in the flames. Tyler didn't see the face, but agreed that the fire's movements seemed unnatural. Nano's people are pyrotechnics, naturally able to create and manipulate fire, and Mohindas wonders if there's a connection.

Nano confesses to having difficulty adjusting to his new life, particularly since he was bred specifically to be an offworld explorer. He also senses something preventing his mind from joining the Lirin Unity, as well as a general fear among the Lirin. Before he resigns from Starfleet, he asks if the landing party will help him investigate.

To increase Nano's telepathic ability, Tyler connects him to a psionic amplifier. It works, allowing him to reach the Unity, and also to sense a darkness within their shared subconscious, a previously unknown aspect of the Unity. Spock theorizes that Lirin xenophobia has been manifesting as a pyrotechnic force. Koda barges into the room, demanding they stop, as they are violating their species's privacy. The creature reappears, and Nano explains to Koda what it is. Pike and Tyler shoot it, but it is impervious to phasers. Quickly, Mohindas hurls the amplifier at it, creating a feedback loop that disperses it.

Nano tells Koda it will keep haunting them until Lirin confront their fears of the unknown. Koda agrees to allows a Federation science vessel to continue the investigation. Nano is allowed to return to the Enterprise, with an amended mission to periodically return and share his offworld experiences.

References[]

Characters[]

J. Mia ColtKodaSita MohindasNanoNumber OneChristopher Pikepyrotechnic forceSpockJosé TylerVoraunnamed Lirin
Referenced only
AdamsGabrielle CarlottiCollinsDermot CusackRajiv MohindasMoves-With-Burning-GraceChaseWatson

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
Referenced only
science vessel

Locations[]

Liria

Races and cultures[]

HumanLirinVulcan

States and organizations[]

FederationFirst Contact CouncilLirin UnityStarfleetStarfleet Command

Science and classification[]

computercomputer languagephaserpsionic amplifiertransporterturboliftviewscreen

Ranks and titles[]

adjunctcaptainchairmancommunications chiefenvoyinstructorlieutenantofficerpyrotechnicrepresentativeSpeaker of the Lirin Unityyeoman

Other references[]

alienassignment patchbaseballbaseball batbirdbrainbridgebridge crewbriefing roomcaptain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2254carvingscenturycityculturedeathempathyfearFederation Starfleet ranks (2240s-2260s)firefirst contactgrassgreenerygroup consciousnesshistoryhomeworldhourlanding partylog entrymess hallmountainphobiaplantpractice rangequartersshared consciousnessstandard orbitstarStarfleet uniform (2240s-2265)subconscioustelepathytreeUFP pennantxenophobiayear

Chronology[]

Centuries ago
A pyrotechnic force first forms within the Lirin Unity's shared consciousness.
~ 2224
Rajiv Mohindas leads the Federation's first contact with the Lirin. (30 years prior to the story)
Nano is created to serve as envoy. (30 years prior to the story)
2230s, 2240s, or 2250s
Liria joins the Federation.
2250s
Moves-With-Burning-Grace, Cusack, Gabrielle Carlotti, José Tyler and Nano pose for a baseball team photo. (Nano has the memento in the story, taken before Cusack's death in "Our Dearest Blood")
2254, stardate 361.6
Nano is recalled after an accident kills several Lirins.

Appendices[]

Background[]

Images[]

Connections[]

Media featuring Christopher Pike
Episodes and movies The Original Series The CageThe Menagerie
Movies Star TrekkStar Trek Into Darknessk
Discovery Will You Take My Hand?BrotherNew EdenPoint of LightAn Obol for CharonSaints of ImperfectionThe Sound of ThunderLight and ShadowsIf Memory ServesProject DaedalusThe Red AngelPerpetual InfinityThrough the Valley of ShadowsSuch Sweet Sorrow
Short Treks Q&AThe Trouble with EdwardAsk Not
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Novels Killing TimeaEnterprise: The First AdventureVulcan's GloryLegacyThe RiftWhere Sea Meets SkyBurning DreamsA Less Perfect UnionaThe Children of KingsChild of Two WorldsDesperate HoursThe Enterprise WarThe High Country
Short stories "Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"m
Comics Early Voyages "Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (12) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (12) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
Starfleet Academy "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War"
Crew "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity"
other "All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • Alien Spotlight Alien Spotlight, Volume I (VulcansOrions) • Mirror Imagesm (1245) • Spock: Reflections, Issue 2Star Trek Movie Adaptationk (23456) • Captain's Log: PikeAftermath (123)
k : Kelvin timelinem : Mirror Universea : alternate reality

Timeline[]

Published Order
Previous story:
Immortal Wounds
EV comics Next story:
The Fallen, Part One
Previous story:
Dead Zone
Stories by:
Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton
Next story:
The Fallen, Part One
Chronological Order
Previous adventure:
Immortal Wounds
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
The Fallen, Part One
Previous story:
Immortal Wounds
The Early Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Next story:
The Fallen, Part One

Production history[]

September 1997
First published by Marvel Comics.
September 2008
Re-released on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD. (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
May 2009
Reprinted in Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 2. (IDW Publishing)
15 April 2014
Reprinted in The Stardate Collection's Volume 2 omnibus. (IDW Publishing)
31 August 2017
Collected in the Graphic Novel Collection's Volume 18 omnibus. (Eaglemoss Collections)
Translations[]
27 December 2017
Italian: Collected in the Italian release of Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 18: Primi Viaggi - Seconda Parte. (RCS MediaGroup, ISSN 977228074425770018)

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