COMIC
The Enterprise Experiment, Part 1
Cover by Rob & Joe Sharp
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series
Miniseries:	Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment, No. 1
Writer(s):	D.C. Fontana & Derek Chester
Penciller(s):	Gordon Purcell
Inker(s):	Terry Pallot & Gordon Purcell
Colorist(s):	Mario Boon
Letterer(s):	Chris Mowry
Editor(s):	Andrew Steven Harris
Publication information
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Published:	April 2008
Pages:	32, 22 of which are story
No. of covers:	3
Omnibus:	Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment
Chronology
Date:	2269
Cover B, by Rob and Joe Sharp

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 organisations 3.6 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Covers 4.2 Related stories 4.3 Timeline 4.4 Images 4.5 External link

Introduction (blurb)Edit

From solicitations: A sequel to the classic episode "The Enterprise Incident"—originally written by Fontana herself—where Kirk and Spock found themselves trapped on an Enterprise out of phase with space itself and facing a plot of revenge from Romulans!

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Arex • Charvanek • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu

Referenced only 

Carol Marcus • David Marcus • Friedrich Nietzsche

Starships and vehiclesEdit

Air tram • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Galileo (Class F shuttlecraft) • Vas Hatham-class

Referenced only 

Tholian starship

LocationsEdit

Air tram station • Golden Gate Bridge • San Francisco

Referenced only 

K-12 • Starfleet Academy

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Triexian • Romulan • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Melkotian • Tholian

States and organisationsEdit

Starfleet Intelligence • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan Science Academy

OtherEdit

bridge • captain's chair • cell • cloaking device • cloaking field • disaster beacon • engineering deck • environment suit • Guardian of Forever • hangar deck • mind meld • mint julep • molecular cohesion • pattern buffer • phasing • quantum mechanics • radiation • scanner • sensor • scotch • shielding • sickbay • spatial interphase • subspace letter • telepathy • Tholian web • transporter • transporter platform • viewscreen • white dwarf

AppendicesEdit

• The ten pages of editorial content for this issue include a one-page advert for the next issue of the miniseries, and a two-page feature on the Assignment: Earth miniseries, including an interview with John Byrne.

CoversEdit

• This issue was available in three covers; Two widely available covers, both by Rob and Joe Sharp, and both with colors by Leonard O'Grady; and a third, retail incentive, cover featuring a photo of Kirk disguised as a Romulan, from the TOS episode: "The Enterprise Incident".

Retail incentive photo cover

Sharp Brothers' cover-A without titles

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Related storiesEdit

• The Enterprise Incident (TOS episode) - This comic is a sequel to the TOS episode with a guest appearance from the female Romulan commander and a continuation of the Starfleet/cloaking device story, with the Enterprise testing a new cloak designed to better the Romulan version.
• TOS references - The issue features several references to TOS' episodes and movies:
  • The first page depicts the San Francisco air tram station, as seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
  • A mysterious character on said first page reviews data on the Guardian of Forever, first seen in "The City on the Edge of Forever".
  • Kirk and Spock discuss Carol and David Marcus, Kirk's former lover and son respectively, as established in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • Spock makes note of how he was previously able to alter Kirk's telepathic perceptions with a mind meld when they encounter the Melkotians in the episode "Spectre of the Gun"
  • McCoy references Kirk's experience going out of phase during the Enterprise's encounter with the Tholians, from the episode "The Tholian Web".
• Phasing - Individuals going out of phase, and cloaking devices being used for that purpose, have been shown before in several stories; The TOS episode: "The Tholian Web" and the TNG episodes "The Next Phase" and "The Pegasus".

TimelineEdit

published order
Previous comic: First issue of the miniseries. Preceded by Year Four, Issue 6	TOS comics Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment	Next comic: The Enterprise Experiment, Part 2
Previous story: Legacy	Stories by: D.C. Fontana & Derek Chester	Next story: The Enterprise Experiment, Part 2
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Not yet placed	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Not yet placed

ImagesEdit

External linkEdit