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| Light of the Day | |
 Cover by Ken Kelly |
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| Attribution |
| Series: | The Next Generation |
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| Miniseries: | The Space Between, No. 4 |
| Writer(s): | David Tischman |
| Artist(s): | Casey Maloney |
| Inker(s): | Stacie Ponder |
| Colorist(s): | Leonard O'Grady |
| Letterer(s): | Neil Uyetake |
| Editor(s): | Dan Taylor |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Published: | 25 April 2007 |
| Pages: | 32, 22 of which are story |
| No. of covers: | 3 |
| Omnibus: | The Space Between |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2369 |
 Photomontage cover |
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Contents |
From previews: In "Light of Day," part four of IDW's all-new Star Trek: The Next Generation relaunch, a shuttle craft accident strands Worf, Geordi, and Ro on an unexplored moon. The trio survive the crash, but when the sun rises they are fighting for their lives... against a colony of nocturnal aliens who become deadly killers with each new dawn. Meanwhile, aboard the Starship Enterprise, the situation gets even more grim!
In the shuttlecraft Goddard, Worf, Ro Laren and Geordi La Forge look forward to returning to the Enterprise after their recent briefing from Starfleet when a massive wave of solar flare activity forces them to drop out of warp. The shuttle careens out of control and crashes into the snowy mountains of a planet.
The shuttle severely damaged the group make their way to the shelter of a near by building. Inside they find out they are in a Dracon monastery on the planet Riat, but no monks come to greet them. Ro has an uneasy feeling about the place, and rightly so, nearby someone watches them through a peep hole.
Meanwhile on the Enterprise Captain Picard goes to the brig to visit the starship's guest, Kommandant Ghud, a former world destroying scientist, come devote follower of a religion know as The Light, who is being ferried to his trial for the destruction of the planet Wyath's ecology. From the bridge Riker reports the shuttle has not arrived at it's scheduled rendezvous, but on a tight schedule Picard orders the Enterprise to continue on course to Ghud's trial.
On Riat the shuttle group have explored three floors of the monastery without any encounters when they find a corpse, apparently the victim of cannibalism. Geordi hears a noise and dashes off to investigate but falls through a hole in the floor into an underground lake. His VISOR detects an algae in the water, that appears to glow to his enhanced vision. Ro speculates that environment would have been cut off from the sun for thousands of years and that the extreme solar flare activity in the system may have affected it. Worf ponders what might happen to someone that drank the water.
Geordi sets off to find a way back up and Ro and Worf do likewise to find a way down to meet half way. Whilst bickering about which corridors to take Ro and Worf find themselves ambushed by a large group of monks and are forced to fight them off hand to hand, their phasers ineffective.
On the bridge of the Enterprise the crew discuss their conundrum, Wyath law is very strict on time, if they do not arrive promptly the charges against Ghud may be dropped. And solar flare activity prevents the Enterprise obtaining detailed sensor scans to track the shuttle. Their discussions on Ghud's morality are interrupted when ensign Newman in the brig calls the bridge to convey a message from Ghud offering assistance in locating the shuttle.
In the monastery the fight continues until Ro finds a solution, instead of shooting the monks she aims for the floor which collapses beneath causing the monks to fall into the darkness below. Victory is only short lived though as the hole in the floor begins to spread and Ro and Worf have to run to safety.
Back on the Enterprise Ghud and Data work in engineering, Picard assures Ghud whatever he does will not effect his delivery to trial, while Ghud is resigned to the fate of the captain's decision he considers himself innocent, relieved of his past deeds in his new life following The light. The method he develops to locate the shuttle ties in the Enterprise's sensors with those on Starbase 172 and the array Ghud developed on Wyath to triangulate the unique readings given off by Geordi's VISOR and the rare and unique metals found in Worf's sash and Ro's earring. His task complete Ghud is escorted back to the brig.
On Riat Geordi has found his way up to a meditation area when his VISOR fills with static caused by the solar flares. It recovers just in time for him to come face to face with one of the monks. He dashes for cover under a structure in the chamber where the monk tries to grab for him until it is subdued by Worf and Ro. It is though another short lived victory as more monks enter the chamber and converge on the party. The fight begins once more until, to their relief, the team receive a hail from Riker in a shuttle above, ready to conduct their rescue.
Back on the Enterprise Picard and Data see Ghud off in the transporter room, Data left perplexed by the encounter and the concepts of right and wrong as Ghud understood them.
Later on the bridge Riker announces Dr. Crusher was able to cure the monks of their ailment. Picard welcomes the shuttle crew back aboard, looking forward to receiving reports from their Starfleet briefings.
 Zach Howard and Thompson Knox cover |
 Ken Kelly cover without titles |
| 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 |
| published order | ||
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| Previous comic: Strategy |
TNG comics The Space Between |
Next comic: Space Seeds |
| Previous comic: Strategy |
Comics by: David Tischman |
Next comic: Space Seeds |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Man of the People |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Calculated Risk |
| Previous Adventure: Captain's Pleasure |
The Space Between (Chronological order) |
Next Adventure: Strategy |
| Previous Adventure: Man of the People |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Calculated Risk |
 The Dracon monastery |
 Ro and La Forge in Starfleet coats |
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