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COMIC
The Rift!
Cover by J.K. Moore
Attribution
Series:	The Next Generation, No. 30
Writer(s):	Michael Jan Friedman
Penciller(s):	Carlos Garzon
Inker(s):	Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s):	Julianna Ferriter
Letterer(s):	Bob Pinaha
Editor(s):	Robert Greenberger
Publication information
Publisher:	DC Comics
Published:	April 1991
Pages:	25
Chronology
Date:	45482.6 (2368)

What lies beyond the rift?

Contents 1 Summary 1.1 Log entries 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.1.1 Regular characters 2.1.2 Other characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.3.1 Planets and planetoids 2.3.2 Stars and systems 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Technology and weapons 2.7 Ranks and titles 2.8 Other references 2.9 Timeline 3 Appendices 3.1 Background 3.2 Connections 3.3 External link

SummaryEdit

Log entriesEdit

Captain's log, stardate 45482.6 

It appears that Captain Okona will have to wait a while longer before being reunited with his vessel.

We have received a distress call from the Federation research station orbiting Beta Maxilla VII. A rather strange distress call. The Enterprise is headed there now at warp nine...

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Regular charactersEdit

Jean-Luc Picard • William Riker • Data • Worf • Deanna Troi • Geordi La Forge • Beverly Crusher

Other charactersEdit

Jenna D'Sora • Espinoza • Guinan • Jonas • Miles O'Brien • Thadiun Okona • Beta Maxilla Station personnel • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) personnel • Beta Maxilla Rift dwellers

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class explorer)

Referenced only 

Erstwhile

LocationsEdit

Beta Maxilla Station • Beta Maxilla Rift

Planets and planetoidsEdit

Beta Maxilla VII

Stars and systemsEdit

Beta Maxilla

Races and culturesEdit

android • Betazoid • El-Aurian • Human • Klingon

States and organizationsEdit

Federation • Starfleet

Technology and weaponsEdit

communicator • impulse engine • power conduit • sensor • space station • transporter • ventilation system • viewscreen • warp drive

Ranks and titlesEdit

captain • chief • commander • counselor • doctor • ensign • lieutenant • lieutenant junior grade • lieutenant commander

Other referencesEdit

bridge • captain's log • cards • communications • distress call • impulse speed • lifeform • log entry • observation lounge • ten-forward • transporter room • solitaire • stardate • warp speed • wormhole

TimelineEdit

stardate 45482.6

AppendicesEdit

BackgroundEdit

• A later issue's letter column addressed a discrepancy from this issue, the character Jenna D'Sora was mistakenly called "D'Soro" and was shown wearing a yellow suit with a white jacket rather than a Starfleet uniform.

• The character of Espinoza is shown wearing a gold operations division uniform while at the flight controller station in this issue. In the next issue, he switched to a red command division uniform, of the type which is normally worn by flight controllers.

• On the cover, the space station appears in the configuration of an R1 type station, but a different design is used in the interior of the comic.

ConnectionsEdit

Previous Comic: #29: Honorbound!	Star Trek: The Next Generation (DC Comics, Series Two)	Next Comic: #31: Kingdom of the Damned

External linkEdit

• The Rift! article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.