COMIC
Operation: Annihilate, Part 1
Cover by Tim Bradstreet (cover "A")
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series (IDW series), No. 5
Miniseries:	Operation: Annihilate, No. 1
Writer(s):	Mike Johnson
Story by:	Oliver Crawford and Steven W. Carabatsos
Artist(s):	Joe Corroney
Colorist(s):	John Rauch
Letterer(s):	Neil Uyetake
Creative Consultant:	Roberto Orci
Editor(s):	Scott Dunbier
Publication information
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Published:	January 2012
Chronology
Date:	2258

"Operation: Annihilate, Part 1" was the fifth issue of IDW Publishing's 2011 ongoing series of Star Trek comics.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.3.1 Shipboard locales 2.3.2 Planets and planetoids 2.3.3 Stars and systems 2.3.4 Stellar regions 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Technology and weapons 2.7 Ranks and titles 2.8 Other references 3 Appendices 3.1 Background 3.2 Images 3.2.1 Cover gallery 3.3 Connections 3.4 External link

SynopsisEdit

Captain Kirk recalls the aftermath of his destruction of his father's car. His uncle gave him a time-out. Jim was still getting over the fact that his brother, George Samuel Kirk, Jr., had left and moved in with their grandfather, Tiberius Kirk. He never saw his brother again. It is now 2258. Captain Kirk is investigating a pattern of mass insanity destroying civilizations. It started in the Beta Portalon system 2000 years prior. Next was Levinius V 200 years prior, in the 21st century. This was followed by Theta Cygni XII, in the 2230s. Deneva is next. The Enterprise spots a ship heading for the Denevan sun, Kappa Fornacis. The pilot declares himself free just before being vaporized. The Enterprise crew realizes that the insanity has reached Deneva.

Later, Captain Kirk, Spock, Doctor McCoy, Yeoman Zahra and Crewman Edwards beam to the capital city. They are attacked by men who shout the word "Intruders" more than once as if they have a hive mind. Even though unconscious, their brains are being violently stimulated. Just then, the landing party hears screaming. They go down into a building's subfloor, where a woman grabs McCoy, claiming that she wants to die. They tranquilize her. Just then, they spot a large group of blastoneurons. One attacks Spock. More Denevans arrive acting like one mind. They are rescued at the last minute by someone Captain Kirk had least expected to see: his own brother.

To be continued…

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

James T. Kirk • Winona Kirk • Uncle Frank • law enforcement officer • Nyota Uhura • Leonard McCoy • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Pavel Chekov • Edwards • unnamed USS Enterprise (alternate reality NCC-1701) personnel • unnamed Deneva colonists • George Samuel Kirk, Jr.

Referenced only 

Tiberius Kirk

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Denevan spaceship • Enterprise • Apollo 11 lander

LocationsEdit

Shipboard localesEdit

USS Enterprise 

bridge • transporter room

Planets and planetoidsEdit

Earth • Luna • Deneva

Referenced only 

Levinius V • Theta Cygni XII

Stars and systemsEdit

Deneva

Referenced only 

Beta Portalon

Stellar regionsEdit

Murasaki 312

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Vulcan • blastoneuron neural parasites

States and organizationsEdit

Federation • Starfleet

Technology and weaponsEdit

club • communicator • phaser • smoke grenade • transporter

Ranks and titlesEdit

captain

Other referencesEdit

Iowa

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• This story takes place nine years earlier than its prime timeline equivalent (TOS episode: "Operation -- Annihilate!", set in 2267).
• Among the significant differences between this story and its prime timeline equivalent are the following:
  • In the original episode, George Samuel Kirk, Jr. was dead when the USS Enterprise arrived at Deneva. His wife, Aurelan, died shortly thereafter.
  • The original episode did not start with a flashback.

ImagesEdit

Cover galleryEdit

ConnectionsEdit

Stories set in the alternate reality from the movie Star Trek
Comics	When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge • Nero ("Number One" • "Number Two" • "Number Three" • "Number Four") • Star Trek Movie Adaptation ("Number One" • "Number Two" • "Number Three" • "Number Four" • "Number Five" • "Number Six") • Star Trek ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • The Galileo Seven: "Part 1", "Part 2" • Operation: Annihilate: "Part 1", "Part 2" • Vulcan's Vengeance: "Part 1", "Part 2" • The Return of the Archons: "Part 1", "Part 2")
Novels	Star Trek • Starfleet Academy (The Delta Anomaly • The Edge • The Gemini Agent • The Assassination Game)
Board games	Expeditions
Video games	Delta Vega: Meltdown on the Ice Planet • Academy Trainer • Cadet Training Facility • D-A-C • Race to Destiny • The Mobile Game • Star Trek
Websites	Starfleet Shipyard • Dossiers • Experience The Enterprise

Previous Comic: The Galileo Seven, Part 2	The Original Series (IDW series)	Next Comic: Operation: Annihilate!, Part 2

External linkEdit

• Operation: Annihilate, Part 1 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.