1077. A Matter of Conscience...PUBLICATION: Star Trek: The Next Generation #63, DC Comics, September 1994
CREATORS: Michael Jan Friedman (writer), Deryl Skelton (artist)
STARDATE: Unknown (follows the last issue)
PLOT: While Geordi, Troi and a small crew take off in a runabout to study to quickly evolving "Darwin's Planet", the Enterprise-D prepares to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone. They come across a derelict Cardassian transport from which they beam a lone surviving Romulan, a scientist who developped a dilithium virus that could cripple the Federation. He is defecting rather than see his weapon used, but now the Cardassians want him back. Meanwhile, the runabout hits a magnetic field at Darwin's that makes it crash. On the planet surface is an even more damaged copy of their runabout, and then a Starfleet away team with its own Geordi...
CONTINUITY: None.
DIVERGENCES: Ro Laren really shouldn't be at the helm in Season 7 (Preemptive Strike). The Cardassian transport looks like no Cardassian ship ever seen.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Some pretty poor piloting.
REVIEW: First off, a few words about Skelton's art. His poses are still awkward, and there's a great deal of what appears to be photocopied likenesses and ship/equipment technical drawings. However, a thicker line makes the art almost stylized, and though the backgrounds are pulled from reference, they're backgrounds! It makes everything a lot sharper and palatable. And not a moment too soon because this new storyline has some scope. A major Romulan attempt at destabilizing the Federation, Cardassian involvement (oh those rascally spoonheads), and in the B-story, some kind of temporal paradox or parallel universe story in the offing. Looks fun!
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