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* [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]'s divorce "comes through", and [[Joanna McCoy|his daughter]] will graduate college soon.
 
* [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]'s divorce "comes through", and [[Joanna McCoy|his daughter]] will graduate college soon.
 
* [[Nogura]] was an admiral at this time.
 
* [[Nogura]] was an admiral at this time.
* Kirk mentions that he was assistant engineer on the [[USS Farragut (23rd century)|''Farragut'']] and first officer on the ''El Dorado'' ({{mbeta|USS El Dorado (NCC-1722)}}) before commanding the ''Saladin''.
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* Kirk mentions that he was assistant engineer on the [[USS Farragut (23rd century)|''Farragut'']] and first officer on the {{mbeta|USS El Dorado (NCC-1722)|''El Dorado''}} before commanding the ''Saladin''.
 
* Kirk had nine [[Starfleet Academy|Academy]] demerits on his [[Starfleet]] service record.
 
* Kirk had nine [[Starfleet Academy|Academy]] demerits on his [[Starfleet]] service record.
 
* Starfleet transfer of command ceremonies involved passage of a sword from one captain to the next as a symbol of office.
 
* Starfleet transfer of command ceremonies involved passage of a sword from one captain to the next as a symbol of office.

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The first mission! – The crew encounters a mysterious alien race they met years earlier.

Background Information

Notes

  • The flashback sequence takes place when Pike transfers command of the Enterprise to Kirk. According to the Star Trek Chronology this would be 2263, when Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain (as in this story).
  • McCoy's divorce "comes through", and his daughter will graduate college soon.
  • Nogura was an admiral at this time.
  • Kirk mentions that he was assistant engineer on the Farragut and first officer on the El Dorado at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works before commanding the Saladin.
  • Kirk had nine Academy demerits on his Starfleet service record.
  • Starfleet transfer of command ceremonies involved passage of a sword from one captain to the next as a symbol of office.
  • This issue shows Sulu in the navigator's position, although "Where No Man Has Gone Before" seemingly had him in a science officer role, before he became the regular helmsman.

Creators

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
Captain of the USS Enterprise and the USS Saladin; also as admiral commanding USS Excelsior.
Spock
Enterprise XO and science officer, also as captain of the USS Surak.
Leonard McCoy
CMO of the Enterprise and the Excelsior.
Montgomery Scott
Chief engineer of the Enterprise and the Excelsior.
Hikaru Sulu
Enterprise navigator, Excelsior helmsman.
Uhura
Communications officer, Enterprise and Excelsior.
Christopher Pike
Former Enterprise captain.
Number One
Enterprise XO.
Philip Boyce
Enterprise CMO under Pike.
Gary Mitchell
Former Enterprise navigator, first officer.
Lee Kelso
Enterprise helmsman.
Saavik
Science officer, USS Excelsior.
Nogura
Starfleet Command admiral.

Other characters

Commander Earlenbaugh
Saladin helmsman.
Mr. Keleway
Saladin first officer.
Saladin communications officer
Matilda Johnson
Young patient of Dr. McCoy.
John Kendricks
Doctor in a hospital on Earth; Dr. McCoy's former associate.
Kubaka Buganda
Uhura's former lover. Appears next (chronologically) in "The D'Artagnan Three" (Star Trek (DC volume 1)).
Alien female on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet
Companion of Gary Mitchell; brought him breakfast.
Tralmanii
Alien race which feeds on stellar energy and sheds skin like Earth snakes.
Phelps
Mr. Phelps was Enterprise navigator when Pike was XO under Robert April.
Unnamed female communications officer
on Enterprise under Robert April's command.

References

Draxis II
A star which went nova.
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Federation starship.
USS Excelsior (NX-2000)
Federation starship.
IDIC
Joanna McCoy
Mark Piper
Robert April
Spacedock
USS Churchill
Ship to which Gary Mitchell was assigned before Enterprise. The Churchill matches the design of the Baton Rouge-class starship depicted in the Spaceflight Chronology.
USS Saladin
Ship Kirk commanded before Enterprise.
USS Surak
Federation starship.
IDIC
Wrigley's Pleasure Planet

Timeline

2263
2280s


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