Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
A chilling first contact!
Background information[]
- Scotty refers to himself as lieutenant commander in a line of dialogue, but by the time period portrayed by the stardate, uniforms and rank insignia, he should have been a captain.
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writer: Diane Duane
- Artists:
- Rod Whigham (pencil art – interior and cover)
- Arne Starr (inking)
- Tom McCraw (color art)
- Bob Pinaha (letter art)
- Carlos Garzon (cover inking)
- Editor: Alan Gold
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[]
- James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise-A captain.
- Spock
- Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
- Leonard McCoy
- Enterprise-A surgeon.
- Uhura
- Enterprise-A communications officer.
- Montgomery Scott
- Enterprise-A chief engineer.
Others[]
- Ryder
- Starfleet lieutenant junior grade serving as Enterprise-A navigator.
- Lagonda
- Atyansa chief.
- Meresh
- Atyansa youth.
- Kalak
- Klingon captain.
References[]
- IKS Arekkieh
- Klingon battle cruiser, K't'inga-class
- Atyansa
- Humanoid species native to the Theata Leonis star system.
- egg
- USS Enterprise-A
- Federation starship
- Gorn
- grch
- Atyansa beverage.
- hairyman
- Atyansa fabled monster.
- M-113 creature
- mugato
- omelette
- tachyonic data input
- Talosian
- Theata Leonis
- Star system, location of the Atyansa homeworld.
- tractor beam
External link[]
- Epic Proportions at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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