| COMIC | |
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| Captain's Pleasure | |
 Cover by Jeremy Geddes |
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| Attribution |
| Series: | The Next Generation |
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| Miniseries: | The Space Between, No. 2 |
| Writer(s): | David Tischman |
| Artist(s): | Casey Maloney |
| Colorist(s): | Leonard O’Grady |
| Letterer(s): | Robbie Robbins |
| Editor(s): | Dan Taylor |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Published: | 19 February 2007 |
| Pages: | 32, 22 of which are story |
| No. of covers: | 4 |
| Omnibus: | The Space Between |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2368 |
| Stardate: | 45315.1 - 45317.8 |
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Contents |
From solicitations: Continuing the 20th Anniversary celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation with this all-new relaunch. Picard visits the archaeological dig on Kandom 9, where scientists have unearthed an ancient text -- and a gemstone worth more than human life. When contact with the Enterprise is cut off, greed turns to mistrust, and Picard must discover the killer in the group, before he becomes the next victim.
The expedition team busy at work on Rajatha Prime are roused by the calls of the Human, Dr. Hoyle who, whilst exploring a hole he suspected had been created by a meteor found the wreckage of on old shuttlepod, which Picard, examining corpses near by suspects had crashed some two centuries ago. As the team examine the wreckage Gest, a Bolian member of the team discovers a stash of harmonic diamonds. Whilst Picard ponders the identity of the corpses the rest of the team divide up the treasure, Gest quoting the old Earth phrase "finders-keepers", losing light they return to camp.
On the Enterprise Deanna Troi enters the holodeck, and finds Dr Crusher dancing in the Bridge Club a 1975 Brooklyn disco.
Night time in the camp, whilst Picard enthuses over the possibility that Rajathan designs discovered might offer the key to unlocking the doors to the top level of the ruins the rest of team discuss the profitability of their harmonic diamonds. Kob, a Bajoran, dreams of opening hospitals on Bajor whilst Dr Devarona imagines setting up a foundation to finance hundreds of archaeological digs, or maybe buy a moon, after all "There's a little Ferengi in all of us".
As debate rages over who rightfully owns the diamonds the decision is made to split them up, one for each member of the team, Picard opts for Schwin, the expeditions Andorian cook to take care of his.
The next morning Picard awakes in the hope that the previous night's antagonism might have died down, his hopes are dashed when Hoyle informs him someone has sabotaged the comm. system and the that Dr Devarona is missing. Hunting in the rain they find Devarona, dead in the bottom of a gorge, knowing of her excellent climbing abilities they conclude she must have been pushed or thrown. Schwin, finding the Doctor's diamond missing concludes one of the team must have killed her, whilst Gest suggests they are not alone on the planet.
Back at the camp the team find someone has taken the phasers too. Picard decides to return to the ziggurat to try and use the shuttlepod’s old comm systems to send a message. The rest of the team decide to stay together at the camp.
On the holodeck Deanna takes in the sights and sounds of the disco. As Beverly is taken away by her dance partner Mikey she encourages Deanne to join in, but warns her to avoid a man name Carlos "He has two left feet - and he's a grabber".
In the jungle Picard feels secure in the knowledge that Starbase 14, having not received the teams scheduled transmission would be directing the Enterprise to investigate, as a phaser beam lances through the foliage he concludes, he just has to stay alive until then.
Dr Hoyle armed with a phaser hunts through the undergrowth, watching above Picard prepares himself, and at the opportune moment swings down on a vine, knocking Boyle and making a grab for the phaser. Later the two reach the shuttlepod, Hoyle protesting his innocence noting the phaser hasn't been fired. Picard notes, as Hoyle had predicted earlier in the camp, the shuttlepod's phase pistol is also missing, and inside the pod he finds Schwin dead, stabbed through the chest, and the comm system destroyed. As he tries to access the pod's data recorder he hears phaser fire and screams.
Outside he finds Hoyle and Gest fighting for control of the phaser, the corpse of Kob lying in front of them. As Picard recovers a phaser from Kob's corpse Gest gets off a shot at Hoyle, at close range through the chest. Gest claims Hoyle attacked her, and had killed Kob, offering proof in the form of a smaller phaser cancelled in Hoyle's clothing which she claims he used to fire on Picard earlier. She also notes the diamonds are gone, suggesting Hoyle hid them, lost forever. She makes further claims that she witnessed Hoyle killing Schwin and suggests he was responsible for Devarona's death as well. Apparently convinced Picard asks for Gest's help in unlocking a bigger discovery.
On the Enterprise Riker orders Beverly to the transporter room, she gives Mikey an impassioned kiss and saves the program.
On Rajatha Picard and Gest dislodge the shuttlepod to reveal the entrance to a Rajathan chamber, a symbolic entrance to the underworld which Picard had discovered in the shuttlepod's data recorder, the pilots killed each other before they could decipher the markings and get in. Picard, having examined the markings on the similar entrance to Rajathan heaven quickly opens the chamber. Inside the two become the first to enter the room in two millennia, and find priceless treasures totally undisturbed. Gest decides to offer Picard her harmonic diamond, claiming that the chamber inspires her, reminders her why she became an archaeologist and that she wants to put her ill deeds behind her. Picard claps in response congratulating her on almost completing her rouse. He puts forth that her giving him the diamond is just a distraction and the rest of the diamonds she claims are lost by Hoyle are in fact in her canteen which she hasn't drunk from since the gems were discovered. Here plan foiled Gest reaches for bladed weapon backing out of the chamber safe in the knowledge her ship which she contacted before disabling the comm will arrive before the Enterprise turns up in to conduct an impossible search for Picard trapped in the chamber. However she backs straight into the butt of a phaser held by Commander Riker.
On the bridge of the Enterprise Riker reports the shuttlepod had been reported stolen from the Columbia (NX-02) in 2296, the diamonds however are unregistered. Per Dr Devaron's last request Picard has the Daystrom Institute financing archaeological digs across the quadrant. And he might buy a moon, after all "There's a little Ferengi in all of us".
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Space Between | |
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| Issues | History Lesson • Captain's Pleasure • Strategy • Light of the Day • Space Seeds • An Inconvenient Truth |
| Creators | David Tischman • Casey Maloney • Leonard O'Grady • Robbie Robbins • Aaron Leach • Stacie Ponder • Neil Uyetake • Chris Mowry • Dan Taylor |
| Cover artists | Dennis Calero • Zach Howard • Jeremy Geddes • Thompson Knox • Ken Kelly • Joe Corroney |
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| Previous comic: History Lesson |
TNG comics The Space Between |
Next comic: Strategy |
| Previous comic: History Lesson |
Comics by: David Tischman |
Next comic: Strategy |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Last Words |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Pathways Chapter 4 |
| Previous Adventure: Space Seeds |
The Space Between (Chronological order) |
Next Adventure: Light of the Day |
| Previous Adventure: Last Words |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: A Matter of Time |
 Dr. Hoyle |
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