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Star Trek: Crew                                                      Comics Lot
Featuring “Star Trek” Story, Art & Covers by Comics Legend, John Byrne! Awesome!!
Writer: John Byrne
Artist: John Byrne
Colorists: Mario Boon & Lovern Kindzierski
Letterer: Neil Uyetake
Editor: Chris Ryall
Cover #1 by: John Byrne & Leonard O’Grady
Covers #2,3 by: John Byrne & Tom Smith
Covers #4,5 by: John Byrne & Lovern Kindzierski

To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before.Star Trek is an American space opera media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as “The Original Series”, debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the television network NBC. It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel, built by the United Federation of Planets in the twenty-third century. The Star Trek canon of the franchise includes The Original Series, an animated series, five spin-off television series, the film franchise, and further adaptations in several media.

Now, IDW presents, Star Trek: Crew. Eight years before ‘The Cage,’ the young woman who would become the Starship Enterprise’s ‘most experienced officer’ was a lowly cadet assigned to the shakedown cruise of a decommissioned starship. But that supposedly pedestrian mission may prove the most dangerous of her life. John Byrne begins an all-new, six-part miniseries torn from the Federation’s beginnings!

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, “Shakedown”, Eight years prior to Starfleet’s first contact with the inhabitants of Talos IV, a quartet of Starfleet cadets – three men (Griggs, Colin, and McCormick) and an unnamed woman – arrive via shuttlecraft aboard an as-yet-decommissioned Constitution-class Federation starship, designation NX-0002, to join the skeleton crew that will operate the ship during its shakedown cruise. The female cadet in this group is the woman who will eventually rise to the position of first officer under Captain Christopher Pike during the latter’s command of the USS Enterprise. While the newly-arrived, cadets receive their required physicals in sickbay, the medical staff mentions that three other cadets – Ramirez, Osterman, and Brenner – have thus far failed to report for examination. After a speech by the ship’s temporary commanding officer, the aging Admiral Charles Rasmussen, the NX-0002 departs from Earth orbit. The female cadet, assigned to engineering, notices irregularities in the ship’s warp drive, and the lieutenant in charge sends her and Cadet McCormick to investigate the problem as the ship enters the Sol system’s Oort cloud. The two encounter Cadet Ramirez in the starboard nacelle, who immediately draws a phaser and vaporizes McCormick. After knocking Ramirez out by throwing her tricorder at him, the female cadet discovers a timed explosive device attached to the nacelle’s structure. She manages to escape with the unconscious Ramirez in tow before the device detonates. As the remaining engineering crew reacts to the damage, they are slain by a phaser-wielding Cadet Osterman, who proceeds to shut down the ship’s primary systems. Nearby, a D7-class Klingon warship emerges from hiding in the Oort cloud debris, and its crew takes the NX-0002 in tow. Back on Earth, a Human body is unearthed by gardeners in San Francisco, apparently fused within the dirt. An autopsy reveals that death was caused by directly beaming the victim into the ground; DNA scan processing identifies the corpse as Starfleet Cadet Ramirez. As emergency power activates on board the NX-0002, the female cadet brings Ramirez to sickbay, where a medical exam reveals that “Ramirez” is actually a Klingon agent. Admiral Rasmussen also arrives in sickbay, having survived the slaughter of the bridge crew (presumably by “Brenner”) at the cost of his right arm, severed by phaser fire. After Rasmussen informs the others of their capture by the Klingon ship, the female cadet conceives a risky plan involving the four shuttlecrafts currently on board: program three shuttles to fly a random pattern to confuse the enemy’s sensors, while a fourth is aimed at a weak point in the Klingon craft’s structure. When Rasmussen realizes that the cadet will have to pilot the fourth shuttle herself to ensure an accurate strike, he forces her out of the shuttle bay and uses a phaser to disable the door controls. Aware of his reputation as an “old dunsel”, Rasmussen intends to prove his worth one last time, rather than allow a young cadet to sacrifice her life. As Rasmussen begins his flight, the female cadet makes her way back to engineering, bringing Griggs along when she encounters him in a corridor. After stunning “Osterman”, the two restore sufficient power to send a distress call, doing so just as Rasmussen successfully cripples the Klingon ship. Before the Klingons can affect repairs, another Constitution-class starship, the NCC-1700, arrives and destroys the enemy warship. After an official inquiry aboard the yet-decommissioned ship, the captain of the NCC-1700 recommends commendations to the surviving crew of the NX-0002, and further indicates special commendations for Admiral Rasmussen (posthumously) and the female cadet. However, the cadet declines the special commendation, preferring that full credit for the incident goes to Rasmussen, and accepts the standard commendation with her fellow cadets. As she and Griggs leave the inquiry, they encounter a repair crew replacing a bulkhead panel; the female cadet pauses to sign her name on the interior of the panel, stating her intention to return to the ship at some point in her career, and to do her best to prevent the need of sacrifices such as Rasmussen’s.

Next in issue #2, “The Bottle”, Under attack from an unknown enemy, the crew of the scoutship Fortune face death, hard choices, and the worst fears of fragile humans far from home in the unforgiving vastness of space. The crew scuttles the USS Fortune rather than lose the crew in combat with an alien ship.

Next in issue #3, “Ghosts”, Number One and the rest of the crew of the Ventura explore a planet inhabited by sophisticated androids that have replaced the human population. The colonists on distant planet Beta Eridani III have adopted the simpler lives of an earlier time, but what is the sinister secret that lies behind their peaceful facade? The answer may cost the crew of the USS Ventura more than their lives.

Next in issue #4, “Shadows of the Past”, It’s a war that has raged for decades… but who are the combatants, and what is their unexpected connection to the Earth of centuries past? The crew of the U.S.S. Hood will have only hours to find out or die trying!

Finally in issue #5, “The Ends of Eternity”, What lies at the literal end of the universe? The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are going to find out when they try to discover how entire star systems can simply vanish!

Comics lot contains: Star Trek: Crew (2009) Issues #1-5.  IDW Publishing

Comics are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

All First Printings
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Publication Date: 2009
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: 827714000542

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2,3,4,5 are in Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Nice Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Star Trek collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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