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This summary is of a story arc from the newspaper comic strip [[Star Trek Comic Strip (US)|''Star Trek'']].
   
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The ''Enterprise'' discovers two survivors of a nuclear war on a moon, only to find out the moon is an artificial construct intent on transporting the survivors to another star system.
'''Long live the International Society of Vandals (ISV)!'''
 
   
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==Summary==
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:On a survey mission in an "uncharted [[sector]] of [[the galaxy]]", the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']] picks up a [[radio]] signal from an unexplored [[star system]] in the ancient Toltan [[language]]. The message is simply: "Come". When they approach its planet of origin, sensors reveal a devastation brought on by a [[nuclear]] war 900 years before. The signal is traced to the [[moon]], and [[James Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]], and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] don [[environmental suit]]s to investigate an abandoned pre-[[warp]] spacecraft seen on its surface. The signal is then identified as coming from a treaded vehicle which approaches the [[landing party]] after beam-down. Immobilizing them in a ray, it communicates [[telepathy|telepathically]] that they should not fear. It places the men into [[stasis|hypersleep]] chambers in an underground chamber, alongside two very small [[alien]]s in space suits. Using his [[Vulcan]] mental disciplines, Spock manages to signal the ship for help, prompting an immediate beam up of all five.
   
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:Spock performs a full scan of the moon and determines that it is a fake; a hollow shell of [[neutronium]]. While Spock tries to contact the computer controlling the vehicle that captured them, Kirk speaks to the aliens in sickbay. Concerned that their world was on the brink of total war their solution was to travel to the moon and use it as a [[weapon]]s platform to "enforce planet-wide peace". The aliens then reveal they believe the crew to be gods, based on an ancient belief that the moon is a ship guided by the gods. Just then the moon traps the ship in a tractor beam and, despite using maximum warp, starts to pull them in. Spock reveals that he has communicated with the moon’s computer and has found out it is not unique; that "there are others like it scattered through the galaxy . . . built by an ancient culture." The purpose was to seed planets and, when the inhabitants reached a level of technology needed to achieve a moon landing, return to its origin with those who land. For reasons acknowledged to be unknown the moon has suddenly decided it is time to go and wants the astronauts that are on the ship. McCoy meanwhile has told the aliens of the war 900 years in the past and, believing the moon is a sacred vehicle that will carry them to paradise, the aliens ask to be transported back. They are, the ship is freed, and the moon leaves orbit.
To join the ISV, please e-mail Bobby Boulders at: imwithbobby@yahoo.com, or visit his MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/bobbyboulders.
 
   
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==Memorable Quotes==
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:"I'd sooner defibrillate a [[Gorn]], than go up in a crate like this!" - ''McCoy, speaking of the pre-warp ship''
   
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==Background ==
==Declaration of War Against Wikipedia and Memory Alpha: 7/8/06==
 
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*The landing party uses thruster packs on the moon's surface like those used by Kirk and Spock in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''.
On this great day of July 8 in the Year of Our Lord 2006, righteous and blessed War has been declared on the corrupt and tyrannical Administration of Wikipedia by the blessed and just forces of the '''INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS'''.
 
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*Flames are shown shooting out of the ship's impulse engines for the first and only time during the run of the comic strip.
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*Even though this comic has to take place after the movie, a [[Deltan]] navigator - identified not in this arc but the next as [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] [[Ilia]] - is on the bridge. Either Warkentin was not informed she died in the film, or he simply liked the look of the bald woman and chose to resurrect her temporarily.
   
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==Links==
Hundreds of our members, armed with VandalBots, keyboards, and their own free minds, will soon descend upon Wikipedia to destroy it from its core. We will forcibly obliterate the rotten element (i.e., the Current Administration) from Wikipedia in order to restore Wikipedia to a state of freedom of information.
 
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===Regular Cast===
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* [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]
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* [[Spock]]
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* [[Leonard H. McCoy|McCoy]]
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* [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]]
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* [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]
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* [[Uhura]]
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* [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]]
   
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===Other Characters===
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* [[Ilia]]
   
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God is Great!
 
 
 
Signed,
 
 
J. Robert Boulders,
 
 
Acting President and Spiritual Leader,
 
 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF VANDALS
 
 
 
==Mission Statement==
 
 
'''ON VANDALISM'''
 
 
'''An Essay by Bobby Boulders'''
 
 
'''President, International Society of Vandals'''
 
 
 
What drives the Wikimedia vandal to action? What makes him or her tick? The current Administration of the various Wikimedia portals would have you believe that vandals act simply out of a need for attention. They seek to disrupt the ease and functionality of information exchange via the Wikimedia. And they seek to do this only “because they can.”
 
 
 
On a basic level, this concept is true. The majority of so-called “vandals” on the Wikimedia sites vandalize to get a rise out of their peers, or to be clever, cute, funny, or ridiculous. They seek little more than the fleeting attention their handiwork will generate before its inevitable reversion or removal. It is plainly obvious that such vandals are endemic to the Wikimedia, and will remain so, as long as the Wikimedia remain open-source sites, freely capable of being edited by any and all passing users. Primal, unconstructive vandalism is quick, easy, and will always be so.
 
 
 
Vandalism will always remain “easy,” but it needn’t always be unconstructive. Indeed, if bent to just purposes, vandalism of the Wikimedia can be a powerful political tool. We at the International Society of Vandals believe, quite firmly, that vandalism should be constructive in nature. It should serve a greater purpose. It should be done not in bad faith, but with positive, rehabilitative intent. We vandalize to bring about positive and pure change to the Wikimedia system.
 
 
 
What change do we seek? To be blunt, we strive for nothing less than the overthrow of the current Administration of the Wikimedia, and their replacement by more fair, balanced, and philanthropic Administrators. Like the common Frenchmen rebelling against their tyrannical government in the French Revolution, we believe quite strongly in the essence, spirit, and future of our “nation.” Indeed, we value the free exchange of information on the Wikimedia more highly than any of the Administrators do. And we believe that, only by removing or forcing the ouster of these fascist and tyrannical Administrators, can information once again flow freely.
 
 
 
The Administrators have gone too far. They have become cliquish, catty, fascist, and above all, self-interested. They have demonstrated, time and again, that they are not motivated by Good and Righteous desires to aid and continue the freedom of information and aggregation on the Wikimedia. Rather, they are interested only in reverting people’s edits, restricting the flow of new information, and resisting any and all change to the status quo of articles as they currently exist.
 
 
 
Science has taught us that information is not static. One can never know the sum total of all there is to know about any given subject. Likewise, to think that any given Wikimedia article needs no further revision – as seems to be the belief and practice of Administrators – is to spit in the face of Progress and Education.
 
 
 
And thus, our mission is made clear. We will continue to vandalize. We will continue to rebel against tyranny. We will continue, and we will NOT stop, until our goals have been achieved, and the current Administrators of Wikipedia are dethroned. We will disrupt and destroy all Wikimedia sites, piece by piece, until the owners of the Wikimedia sites have lost all faith in the Administrators to execute their jobs effectively. And once those Administrators are terminated from their duties, we will rest. And we will know peace, freedom, liberty, equality, and Progress.
 

Revision as of 22:59, 9 July 2006

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Story Arc #: 1
Original Publication: 2 December 1979 - 12 January 1980
Writer: Thomas Warkentin
Artist: Thomas Warkentin

This summary is of a story arc from the newspaper comic strip Star Trek.

The Enterprise discovers two survivors of a nuclear war on a moon, only to find out the moon is an artificial construct intent on transporting the survivors to another star system.

Summary

On a survey mission in an "uncharted sector of the galaxy", the Enterprise picks up a radio signal from an unexplored star system in the ancient Toltan language. The message is simply: "Come". When they approach its planet of origin, sensors reveal a devastation brought on by a nuclear war 900 years before. The signal is traced to the moon, and Kirk, Spock, and McCoy don environmental suits to investigate an abandoned pre-warp spacecraft seen on its surface. The signal is then identified as coming from a treaded vehicle which approaches the landing party after beam-down. Immobilizing them in a ray, it communicates telepathically that they should not fear. It places the men into hypersleep chambers in an underground chamber, alongside two very small aliens in space suits. Using his Vulcan mental disciplines, Spock manages to signal the ship for help, prompting an immediate beam up of all five.
Spock performs a full scan of the moon and determines that it is a fake; a hollow shell of neutronium. While Spock tries to contact the computer controlling the vehicle that captured them, Kirk speaks to the aliens in sickbay. Concerned that their world was on the brink of total war their solution was to travel to the moon and use it as a weapons platform to "enforce planet-wide peace". The aliens then reveal they believe the crew to be gods, based on an ancient belief that the moon is a ship guided by the gods. Just then the moon traps the ship in a tractor beam and, despite using maximum warp, starts to pull them in. Spock reveals that he has communicated with the moon’s computer and has found out it is not unique; that "there are others like it scattered through the galaxy . . . built by an ancient culture." The purpose was to seed planets and, when the inhabitants reached a level of technology needed to achieve a moon landing, return to its origin with those who land. For reasons acknowledged to be unknown the moon has suddenly decided it is time to go and wants the astronauts that are on the ship. McCoy meanwhile has told the aliens of the war 900 years in the past and, believing the moon is a sacred vehicle that will carry them to paradise, the aliens ask to be transported back. They are, the ship is freed, and the moon leaves orbit.

Memorable Quotes

"I'd sooner defibrillate a Gorn, than go up in a crate like this!" - McCoy, speaking of the pre-warp ship

Background

  • The landing party uses thruster packs on the moon's surface like those used by Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
  • Flames are shown shooting out of the ship's impulse engines for the first and only time during the run of the comic strip.
  • Even though this comic has to take place after the movie, a Deltan navigator - identified not in this arc but the next as Lt. Ilia - is on the bridge. Either Warkentin was not informed she died in the film, or he simply liked the look of the bald woman and chose to resurrect her temporarily.

Links

Regular Cast

Other Characters


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