Pike vs. Kirk! — "Futures" was the 14th issue of the Marvel-Paramount Comics series of Star Trek: Early Voyages comics. It featured the third of a four-part arc in which Mia Colt was sent into an alternate timeline.

Description

Colt gets thrown forward in time to an alternate future, and with Kirk's help, is reunited with Captain Pike and crew of the Enterprise. Pike is none too happy to see his former Yeoman Kirk, and old enmities resurface.

Summary

Log entries

Captains log, stardate 9521.9

We have intercepted a Federation merchantman after it violated the buffer zone with the Klingon Empire. However, we were obliged to drive off a Klingon warship that was attacking said vessel. The political backwash from which I daren't think about. The merchantman is crippled and we are beaming over her crew. I personally have more than a few choice words for her captain...!

References

Characters

Gabrielle Carlotti • Chang • Pavel Chekov • Cole • J. Mia Colt • Moves-With-Burning-Grace • James T. Kirk • Nano • Christopher Pike • Robbins • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • José Tyler • Nyota Uhura • Zhota

Referenced only

Phillip Boyce • Lamek • Well of Tomorrows • Yssir

Starships and vehicles

Bounty (merchantman) • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class explorer) • unnamed D7 class starships (B'rel-class Klingon bird-of-prey • K't'inga-class Klingon battlecruiser)

Locations

Federation-Klingon Neutral Zone

Referenced only

Algol II • Earth

Races and cultures

Andorian • Human • Klingon • Trill • Vulcan

Referenced only

Algolian • Chakuun

States and organizations

Federation • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Command

Science and classification

biobed • keepsake • Klingon disruptor • photon torpedo • ram-jet scoop • scanner • shields • tricorder • turbolift • viewscreen • warp core • weapon

Ranks and titles

captain • CMO • doctor • engineer • first officer • lieutenant • number one • yeoman

Other references

Battle of Theta Kalyb • bridge • briefing room • brig • captain's log • Code of Hammurabi • coffee • crew • day • Denevan parasite • energy • engineering • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • fire • galley • spirit • history • history • legend • log entry • logic • magic • maximum warp • mythology • officers' lounge • orchid • peace • penny • plasma • prime reality • quadrant • replica • science department • shore leave • sickbay • Starfleet uniform (2240s-2265) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • tachyon • time • time travel • timeline • water • year

Appendices

Related media

• TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country – Prime reality events circa this stardate.
• TOS movie: The Search for Spock – Christopher Pike said, "Here's where the fun begins", echoing David Marcus from the film.
• EV comic: "The Fallen, Part Two" – Pike mentioned the Battle of Theta Kalyb, but said that it took place in 2263. He likely misremembered the date, as the bulk of the Early Voyages series took place in 2254 around the time of TOS episode: "The Cage".

Background

• This is the third part of a four-part story. Like the first part it is entitled "Futures", whereas the second part was titled "Future Tense".
• In the previous issue this issue was advertised as being titled "Past Imperfect". Similarly this issue advertises the next as "Sacrifices" when it was in fact titled "Now and Then".
• Robbins was shown with a full head of dark hair in 2293. She may be dyeing it, as Number One's hair went gray by the early 2270s, as seen in TOS - Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor comic: "Hosts".

Images

Connections

Media featuring Christopher Pike
Episodes and movies	The Original Series	The Cage • The Menagerie
	Movies	Star Trekk • Star Trek Into Darknessk
	Discovery	Will You Take My Hand? • Brother • New Eden • Point of Light • An Obol for Charon • Saints of Imperfection • The Sound of Thunder • Light and Shadows • If Memory Serves • Project Daedalus • The Red Angel • Perpetual Infinity • Through the Valley of Shadows • Such Sweet Sorrow
	Short Treks	Q&A • The Trouble with Edward • Ask Not
	Strange New Worlds	SNW season 1 • SNW season 2 • SNW season 3
Novels	The Original Series	Killing Timea • Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • A Less Perfect Uniona • The Children of Kings • Child of Two Worlds
	Discovery	Desperate Hours • The Enterprise War
	Strange New Worlds	The High Country • Asylum • Toward the Night • Ring of Fire
Short stories		"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"m
Video games		The Badgey Directive
Comics	Early Voyages	"Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (1 • 2) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (1 • 2) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
	Starfleet Academy	"Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War"
	Crew	"Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity"
	New Visions	"A Scent of Ghosts" • "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner " • "The Cage"
	Strange New Worlds	The Illyrian Enigma (1 • 2 • 3 • 4) • The Scorpius Run (1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5)
	other	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • Alien Spotlight Alien Spotlight, Volume I (Vulcans • Orions) • Mirror Imagesm (1 • 2 • 4 • 5) • Spock: Reflections, Issue 2 • Star Trek Movie Adaptationk (2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Captain's Log: Pike • Aftermath (1 • 2 • 3)
k : Kelvin timeline • m : Mirror Universe • a : alternate reality

Timeline

published order
Previous story: Future Tense, Part Two	EV comics	Next story: Now and Then
Previous story: The Warrior	Stories by: Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton	Next story: Now and Then
chronological order
Previous adventure: Future Tense, Part Two	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: Now and Then

Production history

14 March 1998

First published by Marvel Comics.

September 2008

Re-released on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD. (Graphic Imaging Technologies)

May 2009

Reprinted in Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 2. (IDW Publishing)

15 April 2014

Reprinted in The Stardate Collection's Volume 2 omnibus. (IDW Publishing)

15 February 2018

Collected in the Graphic Novel Collection's Volume 30 omnibus. (Eaglemoss Collections)

Translations

21 March 2018

Italian: Collected in the Italian release of Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 30: Primi Viaggi - Terza Parte. (RCS MediaGroup, ISSN 977228074425770030)

External links

• Futures, Part Three article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Futures, Part Three article at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery.