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(written from a Production point of view)
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Kirk's days at Starfleet Academy!
Background information[]
Creators[]
- Based on Star Trek: The Original Series created by Gene Roddenberry
- A special look back by:
- Writer: Peter David
- Artists:
- James W. Fry and Curt Swan (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, screentone) [1]
- Editors:
- Robert Greenberger (credited as "dean of students")
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 characters.
Regular and recurring characters[]
- James T. Kirk
- Future Enterprise captain. Broke up with his girlfriend Ruth the night before going to Starfleet Academy.
- George Samuel Kirk
- James Kirk's older brother. Dating Aurelan.
- Matt Decker
- Strategy professor. He was later seen as a Commodore in "The Doomsday Machine".
- Benjamin Finney
- Dean of Students. Later encountered in "Court Martial".
- Gary Mitchell
- Slob of a roommate, next encountered in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
- Finnegan
- Third-year student adviser. Practical joker. Next encountered in "Shore Leave".
- Carol Marcus
- Science major at the Academy. Pushed toward Kirk by Mitchell. They later started a relationship. Later encountered in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- Uhura
- Upperclasswoman. Close friend of Carol Marcus.
- Kyle
- Classmate of Kirk and Mitchell.
- Ruth
- Girlfriend of Kirk until they broke up the night before he left for the Academy. She moved to San Francisco to be near him at the end of the first term and they got back together as a couple.
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