Writer(s):	Dan Abnett & Ian Edginton
Artist(s):	Ron Randall and Art Nichols
Publisher:	Marvel Comics
Editor(s):	Tim Tuohy
Series:	Star Trek Unlimited #6 Telepathy War #4
Published:	November 1997
Pages:	38
Stardate:	50976.4 (2373)

In the Gamma Quadrant... A traitor among us!

Background Information Edit

• This is part 4 in the Star Trek: Telepathy War miniseries.
• Sam Lavelle from "Lower Decks" appeared in this issue. Tim Tuohy explained "we had to imagine what he would have looked like since time had passed since "Lower Decks" and his character was not bound by strict likeness approval." [1]

Creators Edit

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writers:
  • Dan Abnett
  • Ian Edginton
• Artists:
  • Ron Randall (pencil art - interior and cover)
  • Art Nichols (inking - interior and cover)
  • Kevin Tinsley (color art)
  • Phil Felix (letter art)
• Editors:
  • Tim Tuohy
  • Bob Harras (editor in chief)
  • Chip Carter (edits)

Background Edit

• Named after Heart of Darkness, a novella by Joseph Conrad.

Characters Edit

Jean-Luc Picard 

USS Enterprise-E captain.

William T. Riker 

Enterprise-E exec.

Data 

Android Enterprise-E operations officer and second officer.

Beverly Crusher 

Enterprise-E CMO.

Deanna Troi

Enterprise-E counselor.

Geordi La Forge 

Implant-sighted Enterprise-E chief engineer.

Odo 

Shape-shifting Deep Space 9 security chief.

Matthew Decker 

Cadet.

Sam Lavelle 

Enterprise-E tactical officer.

Pava Ek'noor Aqabaa 

Andorian cadet.

Dennis Decker 

Starfleet rear admiral.

Gowron 

Klingon chancellor.

Alyssa Ogawa 

Enterprise-E nurse.

Rackham 

Stargazer-A captain.

Ulthan 

Bolian Starfleet captain.

Hendry 

Stargazer-A flight controller, an operations division lieutenant.

Gorath 

Klingon bird of prey captain

Chadwick 

Enterprise-E engineer.

Changeling infiltrator 

Impostor posing as Admiral Decker, and later as Commander Riker.

References Edit

Deep Space 9 

Federation starbase.

USS Enterprise-E 

Sovereign-class Federation starship.

IKS G'Gtah 

Klingon bird of prey.

Gorath's bird of prey 

Klingon ship

NCC-2005 

Excelsior-class starship. The registry was visible on the ship's hull but no name was mentioned or seen.

USS Pathfinder (NCC-74562) 

Intrepid-class starship.

USS Stargazer (NCC-2893-A) 

Intrepid class starship.

Timeline Edit

2372

2373