Romulans: The Hollow Crown

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Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown is a two-part comic written and illustrated by John Byrne and published by IDW Publishing starting September 2008.

The series was Byrne's second Star Trek miniseries and will was a sequel to Byrne's first Star Trek comic, Alien Spotlight: Romulans. The series plays off the events of several TOS episodes, exploring the Klingon-Romulan alliance.

The story is planned to be the first of several Romulan sequels by Byrne, with the intension to collect the various sequels into a single omnibus book at a later date.

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Races and cultures 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Timeline 4.3 Images 4.4 Connections 4.5 External links

[edit] Introduction (blurb)

From solicitations Issue 1: Legendary creator John Byrne presents a special two-part sequel to his first Star Trek tale. In chapter one, the first mission of the Empire's new ship and weapon ended in failure, but the Praetor is not done yet! Familiar faces old and new join in a continuation of the tale begun in Star Trek Spotlight: Romulans. Learn who will ultimately wear “The Hollow Crown.”

Issue 2: The best laid plans go often astray… but with so many conflicting agendas, whose plans will see fruition, and whose will fail? Court intrigue, assassinations (attempted and successful), weddings, promotions, and Klingons at every turn! This concluding tale from the annals of Star Trek by John Byrne ends with a bang—literally!

[edit] Summary

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[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Actus • Arenn • Gaius • Gerry • James T. Kirk • Kloor • Koloth • Kor • Korlat • Plautus • Serelus • Toran • unnamed Romulans

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Baroner • Keras

[edit] Starships and vehicles

D7-class/K-class • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Federation freighter • Romulan smallcraft • Vas Hatham-class

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ChR Gal Gath'thong

[edit] Locations

Imperial Palace • Romulan Neutral Zone • Romulus • Third moon

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Hall of Heroes • Forth moon • Organia

[edit] Races and cultures

Klingon • Romulan

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Organian

[edit] States and organizations

Academy • Federation Starfleet • Klingon Empire • Klingon-Romulan alliance • Romulan Senate • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

[edit] Other

Admiral of the fleet • all-points relay • artificial gravity generator • assassination • cloaking device • concussion charge • corbomite • court • Earther • General • graduation • mind-sifter • poison • Praetor • Romulan plasma weapon • tax • transporter • tribble • tribble hunt • wedding

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Related stories

[edit] Timeline

The whole story takes place over about two years. The first issue begins immediately after "Balance of Terror" and the preceding comic "Alien Spotlight: Romulans". The story then jumps ahead a year after "Alien Spotlight: Romulans" to period concurrent with the end of "The Deadly Years" and continuing some time after.

The second issue picks up about six months later and continues on for about a month, it then skips forward a further three months to the conclusion of the story.

Published Order
Previous comic: Alien Spotlight: Romulans	TOS comics John Byrne's Romulans	Next comic: TBA
Previous story: Before Issue 1: Isis Before Issue 2: Ah-Ha!	Stories by: John Byrne	Next story: After Issue 1: Too Many Presidents After Issue 2: Shakedown
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Balance of Terror	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Child's Play
The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2266. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 3 other timeframe(s):
Previous adventure: The Deadly Years	c. 2267 Issue 1, pages 12-22	Next adventure: Beneath the Skin Pages 8-11
Previous adventure: The Rings of Tautee	c. 2268 Issue 2, pages 1-20	Next adventure: Art of War
Previous adventure: The Ultimate Computer	c. 2268 Issue 2, pages 21-22	Next adventure: Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited

[edit] Images

A victim of the mind-sifter

[edit] Connections

IDW Publishing miniseries
Completed series	The Space Between • Klingons: Blood Will Tell • Year Four • Alien Spotlight • Intelligence Gathering • Turnaround • The Enterprise Experiment • Assignment: Earth • Mirror Images • Romulans: The Hollow Crown • The Last Generation • Countdown
Current series	Crew • Alien Spotlight II • Mission's End • The Wrath of Khan
Future series	Spock: Reflections • Nero • Romulans: Schism • Assignment: Earth II • Probability Factor

[edit] External links

• Star Trek: Romulans - The Hollow Crown article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.