Star Trek #45—Five-Year Mission

written by

art by

Mike Johnson

Tony Shasteen

colors by

story consultant

Davide Mastrolonardo

Roberto Orci

Letters by

Edits by

Neil Uyetake

Sarah Gaydos

Regular Cover Art by Joe Corroney Photo Cover

P R E V I O U S LY I N S TA R TR E K …

Adrift in the Andromeda galaxy and without any dilithium left to p o w e r i t s w a r p c o r e , t h e E n t e r p r i s e w a s r e s c u e d b y E U RY D I C E , a d e e p - s p a c e s a l va g e p i l o t . A f t e r t o w i n g t h e E n t e r p r i s e t o TH E D A R K M A R K E T, a g a l a c t i c t r a d i n g c e n t e r, E u r y d i c e p r om p t l y betrayed Captain Kirk and his away team, turning them over to a n e fa r i o u s a l i e n i n t e l l i g e n c e k n o w n a s TH E SYN D I C AT E …

STAR TREK created by Gene Roddenberry Special thanks to Risa Kessler and John Van Citters of CBS Consumer Products for their invaluable assistance.

www.IDWPUBLISHING.com

IDW founded by Ted Adams, Alex Garner, Kris Oprisko, and Robbie Robbins

Ted Adams, CEO & Publisher Greg Goldstein, President & COO Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Alan Payne, VP of Sales Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jeff Webber, VP of Digital Publishing & Business Development

Facebook: facebook.com/idwpublishing Twitter: @idwpublishing YouTube: youtube.com/idwpublishing Instagram: instagram.com/idwpublishing deviantART: idwpublishing.deviantart.com Pinterest: pinterest.com/idwpublishing/idw-staff-faves

STAR TREK #45. MAY 2015. FIRST PRINTING. ® & © 2015 CBS Studios Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. © 2015 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing authorized user. © 2015 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in USA. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.