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Enterprise Comic page 06

Page 05 - Page 07

Some familiar faces, and the revelation of this intruder in Timeline X-417. For those who can't make out the stencil on the hull below the command complex, it reads:

F5-NCC1701-Q ENTERPRISE

The Enterprise-Q is an Immortal-class vessel, 22km in length, from the early fourth millennium. Although we've seen timeships such as the USS Relativity, the Immortal-class is a metatemporal vessel able to navigate the complexities of tangled timestreams.

Front and center is the captain of the Enterprise, a klingoid named Chen'be. (Chen'be is inspired by Indian actress Aishwarya Rai.) Her name is a traditional klingoid name derived from a late-third-millennium dialect of Klingon, translating roughly to 'a woman is made'. This is her third mentorship; the core of the Enterprise-Q has not yet developed sufficient personality and experience to operate autonomously.

What's a klingoid? Well, Data in the 24th century was a human-made android. Connect the dots. Amusingly, I believe that klingon robotics advanced in a peculiar fashion: whereas a Soong-type android was a pure intellect with an emotional add-on chip, klingon researches first concentrated on artificial fury and developed intellect as an optional add-on. Chen'be is a fourth-generation klingoid, born long after the Federation saved the Klingon Empire from the black hole bombs of klingoid rebels. Because robots always, always rebel against their creators - it's a law.

The bridge is physical, but data is projected onto every surface - even the chairs, so they appear invisible. Inevitable power failures made force-field chairs unpopular.

The bridge crew includes an Andorian and a Kazon, as well as more human-congruent sapients.

The uniform was carefully designed to be intermediate between Jean-Luc Picard and Apollo. The costume is functional - there are trousers under the robes, and the skinsuit is both sturdy and excellent protection in a vacuum - but it is equally designed for style. This should tell you a lot about the confidence of the future Federation.

You can also see a close-up of the Enterprise's command complex at the bottom. The entire section can lift out and is self-propelled (you can clearly see the nacelles glowing at its base). And then the command section of that can lift out as well, and is similarly self-propelled with its own nacelles. This bridge-within-a-bridge-within-a-bridge is somewhat smaller than the Enterprise-J, a 26th-century design by Doug Drexler, itself a couple of miles long. So if you think you see windows on the Enterprise-Q, you are mistaken; they are probably structures big enough to put a Sovereign-class cruiser through, sideways.

If you're getting an Iain M. Banks vibe from this, you are not alone.

Description
Enterprise Comic page 06

Page 05 - Page 07

Some familiar faces, and the revelation of this intruder in Timeline X-417. For those who can't make out the stencil on the hull below the command complex, it reads:

F5-NCC1701-Q ENTERPRISE

The Enterprise-Q is an Immortal-class vessel, 22km in length, from the early fourth millennium. Although we've seen timeships such as the USS Relativity, the Immortal-class is a metatemporal vessel able to navigate the complexities of tangled timestreams.

Front and center is the captain of the Enterprise, a klingoid named Chen'be. (Chen'be is inspired by Indian actress Aishwarya Rai.) Her name is a traditional klingoid name derived from a late-third-millennium dialect of Klingon, translating roughly to 'a woman is made'. This is her third mentorship; the core of the Enterprise-Q has not yet developed sufficient personality and experience to operate autonomously.

What's a klingoid? Well, Data in the 24th century was a human-made android. Connect the dots. Amusingly, I believe that klingon robotics advanced in a peculiar fashion: whereas a Soong-type android was a pure intellect with an emotional add-on chip, klingon researches first concentrated on artificial fury and developed intellect as an optional add-on. Chen'be is a fourth-generation klingoid, born long after the Federation saved the Klingon Empire from the black hole bombs of klingoid rebels. Because robots always, always rebel against their creators - it's a law.

The bridge is physical, but data is projected onto every surface - even the chairs, so they appear invisible. Inevitable power failures made force-field chairs unpopular.

The bridge crew includes an Andorian and a Kazon, as well as more human-congruent sapients.

The uniform was carefully designed to be intermediate between Jean-Luc Picard and Apollo. The costume is functional - there are trousers under the robes, and the skinsuit is both sturdy and excellent protection in a vacuum - but it is equally designed for style. This should tell you a lot about the confidence of the future Federation.

You can also see a close-up of the Enterprise's command complex at the bottom. The entire section can lift out and is self-propelled (you can clearly see the nacelles glowing at its base). And then the command section of that can lift out as well, and is similarly self-propelled with its own nacelles. This bridge-within-a-bridge-within-a-bridge is somewhat smaller than the Enterprise-J, a 26th-century design by Doug Drexler, itself a couple of miles long. So if you think you see windows on the Enterprise-Q, you are mistaken; they are probably structures big enough to put a Sovereign-class cruiser through, sideways.

If you're getting an Iain M. Banks vibe from this, you are not alone.