Star Trek: The Modala Imperative
{5/5} “‘What happened to what you said in the conference room? If a second opinion was valuable to you then, wouldn’t it be twice as valuable planet-side?’ ‘For a basically illogical being, Doctor, you can be annoyingly logical at times.'” — McCoy & Spock
Star Trek: The Modala Imperative by Michael Jan Friedman, published in 4 issues from Jul. 1991 to Sep. 1991
When James T. Kirk was a lieutenant he was part of a team that concluded that Modala would likely be ready for Federation membership in 10 years. Now he’s the captain and it’s 10 years later — he and Chekov are beaming down to see what things are like. Kirk is startled to find a tyrannical regime in charge and people are scared — and some people are fighting back.
It’s about learning your way around a starship, and a planet. It’s about a different way of rebelling other than killing.
This is a good one for Chekov fans. There’s a very nice conversation between Uhura and Yeoman Mears.
The artwork by Pablo Marcos is a bit more stylized than previous artwork, but it’s still good.
It comes to a conclusion with just a hint that there could be more — there’s a TNG follow-up to this miniseries.
This is the 2nd time I’ve read it.
I’ve read 19 of Friedman’s novels plus a bunch of comic books. I previously reviewed Star Trek: The Next Generation — Kahless.