Star Trek Special #1 & 2

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{5/5} “‘Mr. Spock, if you need me, I’ll be in my quarters researching previous case law on this matter.’ ‘Seeking out precedents, Captain?’ ‘That’s right.’ ‘How unprecedented.’” — Kirk & Spock Star Trek Special #1 & 2 by Peter David, Michael Collins, Kevin Ryan & Steve Wilson, published in 1994 In “Blaise of Glory” R.J. […]

Star Trek Annual #3, 4 & 5

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{5/5} “‘And I must say you have surprised me, Dr. McCoy.’ ‘Oh? How’s that?’ ‘Spock never described you as a thoughtful man.’ ‘Can I quote your testimonial?’” — Sarek & McCoy Star Trek Annual #3, 4 & 5 by Howard Weinstein & Michael Jan Friedman, published in 1992 – 1994 In “Homeworld” Sarek has returned […]

Star Trek: The Peacekeeper

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{4.5/5} “I’m not sure you understand, captain. Shopay and the others are fanatics — they’re intent on undoing everything the Aegis has every done. Including that incident when you let me detonate the missile and avert a nuclear holocaust on Earth.” Star Trek: The Peacekeeper by Howard Weinstein, published in 2 issues from Jun. 1993 […]

Star Trek: The Tabukan Syndrome

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{4.5/5} “We Maroans live by a simple premise, Jaricus — it’s a big galaxy, and even the Federation and Starfleet can’t know all and see all.” Star Trek: The Tabukan Syndrome by Howard Weinstein, published in 6 issues from Sep. 1992 to Nov. 1992 Tabuk 3 and Tabuk 4 were at war for 200 years […]

Star Trek: Debt of Honor

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{5/5} “‘They’re good people aboard the Enterprise-A — I should know after all, since I trained them — they can get along without me for a decent while.’ ‘That goes without saying, J.T. Question is, can you get along without them?’” — Kirk & Gillian Star Trek: Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont, published in […]

Star Trek: Veritas

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{4.5/5} “‘Come to think of it, I can’t remember the last time I went shopping without you or Chekov — or both of you.’ ‘There’s a reason for that. Ever since you came back to the ship with a tribble, Captain Kirk’s given us explicit orders to keep an eye on you!’” — Uhura & […]

Star Trek: Class Reunion

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{4.5/5} “‘You’ve got to learn not to take Uhura too seriously, Nina — unless she’s on duty.’ ‘Then you always take her seriously.’” — Sulu & Chekov Star Trek: Class Reunion by Howard Weinstein, published in 4 issues from Nov. 1991 to Feb. 1992 When the Starfleet reunion comes around, Captain James T. Kirk isn’t […]

Star Trek: TNG — The Modala Imperative

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{5/5} “When I was in the academy, the Admiral was a guest lecturer. He spoke that day on how the increased perfection of machines threatened to dominate humanity to the point where, if we weren’t careful, we would make our own instincts and intuition secondary to our instrumentation. In this great human adventure of space […]

Star Trek: The Modala Imperative

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{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 […]

Star Trek Annual #2: Starfleet Academy!

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{5/5} “You’ll be told things by superiors that you disagree with throughout your career, Kirk… presuming you have a career. You have to take a stand for what you believe in.” Star Trek Annual #2: Starfleet Academy! by Peter David, published in 1991 When James T. Kirk arrives at Starfleet Academy, he’s disappointed to find […]