Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness TPB [2013]

STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS TPB

The Enterprise crew investigates the planet Phaedus IV that has technology beyond their current capabilities. The crew crash lands on the planet and is surrounded by the alien inhabitants who were given technology by Captain Robert April the former Captain of the Enterprise.

Captain Kirk discovers Captain Robert April broke the Prime Directive and helped the inhabitants of the planet Phaedus IV. Kirk’s crew is captured by the inhabitants below and Spock sneaks out to rescue them. Meanwhile in space the Enterprise encounters a smuggler called Mudd. Until Star Trek: Into the Darkness premieres then this series has very little to do except introduce the Klingons and its upcoming war with the Federation.

SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

- Spock rescues the crew and Lieutenant Uhura lands with Mudd on the planet

- Kirk, April, and the rest of the crew return back to the Enterprise

- The Klingons have been supplying arms to the inhabitants of Phaedus

- The Klingons are spreading their influence via a proxy war

- April takes over the Enterprise and begins to wage war on the surface

- April offers the Enterprise to the Klingon Empire so he can become governor of Phaedus IV

- Scotty turns the Enterprise off as a Klingon ship is ready to board the Enterprise

- Spock and Kirk retake the bridge and warps away from the Klingon Bird of Prey

This paperback collects

Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #1-4

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