Writer(s):	D.C. Fontana and Derek Chester
Artist(s):	various
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Series:	Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment #1
Published:	16 April 2008
Pages:	22
Stardate:	Unknown (2269)

SummaryEdit

Background InformationEdit

• This is the second of IDW's "Second Stage" releases.
• Three covers were produced for this issue: Cover A with Kirk and Arex, Cover B with Spock, and one retailer incentive photo cover featuring Kirk disguised as a Romulan from "The Enterprise Incident".
• McCoy refers to the events of the "The Tholian Web" as having occurred "one year ago", dating the issue to 2269.
• The issue sold an estimated 11,012 copies in comic specialty stores in April 2008. [1] These figures do not cover copies sold on the direct market (bookstores, etc.).

Retailer incentive photo cover

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CreatorsEdit

• Writers:
  • D.C. Fontana and Derek Chester
• Artists:
  • Gordon Purcell (pencils and inks)
  • Terry Pallot (inks)
  • Mario Boon (color art)
  • Chris Mowry (letter art)
  • Rob Sharp & Joe Sharp (cover art - credited as "The Sharp Brothers")
  • Leonard O'Grady (cover color art)
• Editor:
  • Andrew Steven Harris
• Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Special thanks to Paula Block of CBS Consumer Products for her invaluable assistance.

CharactersEdit

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 IDW TOS characters.

James T. Kirk 

Federation captain of the USS Enterprise.

Spock 

First officer of the USS Enterprise.

Leonard McCoy 

Medical officer of the USS Enterprise.

Montgomery Scott 

Engineer of the USS Enterprise.

Hikaru Sulu 

Navigator of the USS Enterprise.

Arex 

Navigator of the USS Enterprise. Arex possesses superior mental capabilities, including telepathic abilities.

ReferencesEdit

Carol Marcus, Galileo, interphase, pattern buffers, Starfleet Intelligence, Tholians

External link Edit

• The Enterprise Experiment, Part 1 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works