Alien Spotlight: The Gorn

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Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 Characters 3.1 Referenced 4 References 4.1 Starships and vehicles 4.2 Locations 4.3 Races and cultures 4.4 States and organisations 4.5 Other 5 Information 5.1 Related Stories 6 Images 7 Connections

[edit] Introduction (blurb)

In the vast Star Trek universe, many diverse alien races abound, and now they finally get their due! Presenting a series of one-shots, each by a different creative team and featuring a different Star Trek alien race. In the debut issue, the spotlight shines on the Gorn, courtesy of the Klingons: Blood Will Tell team of Scott & David Tipton and artist David Messina. After their shuttlecraft crash-lands on an uncharted planet, Captain Terrell and Commander Chekov calculate that their odds of survival are somewhat decreased when they find themselves facing off against an army of Gorn warriors. Zach Howard (Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between) provides covers for the entire series, and this issue's artist, David Messina, contributes a variant cover, too.

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[edit] Characters

Bates (Reliant) • Pavel Chekov • Rellk • Skiles • Clark Terrell • Thak (Gorn) • Bianca Wilder

[edit] Referenced

James T. Kirk • John Kyle

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[edit] Starships and vehicles

Gorn airship • Gorn carrier • Gorn speeder • Kepler (Type-1 shuttlecraft)

Referenced: USS Reliant

[edit] Locations

The story takes place on an unnamed class M planetoid.

Referenced: Cestus III • Outer Rim • Starbase 34 • Te Awamutu VII

[edit] Races and cultures

Gorn • Human

[edit] States and organisations

Federation Starfleet • Gorn Hegemony • United Federation of Planets

[edit] Other

Biograft spray • Binoculars • Cellular regenerator • Cold-blooded • Laser scalpel • Mammal • Symbalene Blood Burn • Universal translator • War Party

[edit] Information

• This issue is the September issue of the miniseries, however it will be released a little late of the month, more than week into October.
• This issue is available in four covers, two of equally genera availability, one each by Zach Howard and David Messina, and two of more limited availability, one of which is a photomontage, the other a sketch version of the Howard cover.

Photomotage cover

Zach Howard sketch cover

Zach Howard cover without titles

David Messina cover without titles

• Paolo Maddaleni is credited not just as colorist for the issue but also the individual responsible for "Gorn tech designs". Following the story there are two pages of Maddaleni's concepts of Gorn technology and architectural designs.
• In addition the Gorn tech design feature the ten pages of editorial content in this issue feature a one page advert each for the Vulcan issue of Alien Spotlight, the omnibus edition of Klingons: Blood Will Tell and a general advert for the Year Four miniseries.

[edit] Related Stories

• Arena (TOS episode) - This issue takes place fifteen years after Federation-Gorn first contact in the episode "Arena". The Gorn opt to help the crashed shuttle crew rather than attack them to repay the Federation for Kirk's mercy to the Gorn commander in the TOS episode.

[edit] Images

Thak

[edit] Connections

Published Order
Previous comic: First in the series	Aliens Spotlight	Next comic: Vulcans
Previous comic: Losses	Comics by: David Tipton	Next comic: Alien Spotlight: Orions
Chronological Order
Previous Adventure: Just Another Little Training Cruise	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: The Sorrows of Empire Chapters 7-8