
PUBLICATION: Star Trek: New Frontier #5, IDW Comics, August 2008
CREATORS: Peter David (writer), Stephen Thompson (artist)
STARDATE: Unknown (follows the last issue)
PLOT: While both Calhouns' ships suffer from malfunctions, the alt-McHenry takes the two Calhouns into another plane of existence to talk things over. The alts come from the Mirror Universe, and alt-Calhoun was inspired to lead a resistance movement against the Alliance by visions of our universe given him by alt-McHenry. He and alt-Jellico came up with a plan to steal the Paradox and use it to go back in time to destroy the Alliance before it could flourish. As the rift opens, alt-Jellico attempts to go through it, but is attacked by the Trident and Bravo Station. Turning the Paradox into multiple temporal echoes, he has his armada attack both. Alt-Calhoun, seeing our Shelby in danger, allows Calhoun to dissuade him from carrying out his dangerous plan. They are both returned to their bodies, and all ships turn their guns on the Paradox, destroying it. Alt-McHenry saves alt-Jellico from the explosion, while the Specter does the same for Soleta and our Jellico. The alts go to through the rift and their McHenry reveals that he engineered the whole situation to make them see the folly of their plan.
CONTINUITY: See previous issues (Jellico, New Frontier). The Mirror Universe's Alliance first appeared in Crossover. Calhoun knows the dangers of fiddling with history, a reference to the New Frontier graphic novel published by Wildstorm, Double Time.
DIVERGENCES: None.
PANEL OF THE DAY - If Picard can say "merde"...

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