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Revision as of 03:27, 2 September 2007
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Summary
James Kirk is in his quarters, reviewing the personnel file of Ensign Thomas Lee. He asks the computer if there is any further information available, but there is not. Kirk tries in vain to record a eulogy for a young man who sacrificed his life to save his captain. Leonard McCoy arrives to find Kirk concerned about the situation. He recommends that the captain should check into the details of Ensign Lee's service and lifetime.
Memorable Quotes
"Thomas Lee deserves more than empty words, delivered by a captain who didn't really know him."
"Then do more."
- - Kirk and McCoy
Background Information
- This was regular scripter Peter David's last issue written for this series, although he would go on to write numerous more Star Trek comics for DC and eventually the Star Trek: New Frontier novel series.
- This story was well received by critics due to the depth it went into describing the loss of a redshirt.
Creators
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writers: Peter David
- Artists:
- Gordon Purcell (interior pencil art)
- Arne Starr (interior inking)
- Tom McCraw (color art)
- Bob Pinaha (letter art)
- Jerome K. Moore (cover art: pencil, ink, brush, pen, opaque gouache, China marker) [1]
- Editor: Robert Greenberger
Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 2 characters.
Regular and recurring characters
Senior staff of the Enterprise-A.
- James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise-A captain.
- Spock
- Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise-A surgeon.
- Hikaru Sulu
- Enterprise-A helmsman.
- Montgomery Scott
- Enterprise-A chief engineer.
- Uhura
- Enterprise-A communications officer.
- Pavel Chekov
- Enterprise-A navigator and security chief. Chekov regretted severely dressing down Ensign Lee after the briefing for what would become Lee's first, and final mission. Chekov's quarters had a wall display of a stylized Russian flag. The flag was a combination of the flag of post-Soviet Union Russia overlaid with a yellow bird design used by the 1800s Russian Empire. Its possible this represents some future Russian flag.
Other characters
- Thomas Lee
- Enterprise-A security ensign. Despite being an ensign, Lee wore no rank insignia on his Starfleet uniform.
- Hunter
- Enlisted security crewperson aboard Enterprise-A, a twenty-year veteran of Starfleet. Although Hunter identifies himself as enlisted and a long-term veteran, he wears the red shirt and insignia of a cadet's training uniform (but with an enlisted crewperson's jumpsuit collar). One other character, Valeris, had a similar inconsistency in canon, raising questions as to added functions of red uniform insignia and shirts by non-cadets in this time period.
- Jackson
- Security man aboard Enterprise-A. Jackson also wore the red undershirt and uniform insignia of a trainee, but on a jumpsuit with an enlisted collar.
- Ventura
- Leader of the Haigy raiders who poses as Arcade captain.
- Kapek
- Haigy raider who fights with Scotty.
- Anna Lee
- Ensign Lee's mother, whose name was listed in his personnel file
- Jack Lee
- Ensign Lee's father, according to his records.
- Rogers
- The true captain of Arcade, missing, captured aboard a Haigy vessel.
References
- Arcade
- Federation freighter.
- Dinar IV
- Crash site of the Arcade.
- Dinar system
- Star system where the Arcade was attacked.
- Haigy
- Band of raiders operating outside Federation authority. Although they were identified as a separate civilization, the Haigy had human names and appearances.
- Sandar
- Alien civilization, outside the Federation, that contracted the Arcade to carry goods to their Colony IX.
- Sandar Colony IX
- Sparta, Illinois
- Hometown of Ensign Lee.
- Starbase 29
- Federation base where Ensign Lee signed aboard Enterprise-A.
Timeline
- Late 2260s
- Thomas Lee born.
- Hunter joins Starfleet.
- Late 2280s
- Stopover at Starbase 29.
- Receipt of distress call from the Arcade.
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