star trek next generation hive #4
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In the distant future the entire galaxy has been completely assimilated by Borg and it's king… Locutus! The only hope for the future lies in the past, in the hands of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise—as Picard faces off against the Borg collective in one final, terrifying, and definitive encounter!TRANSCRIPT
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ST O R Y B Y BRANNON BRAGA
S C R I P T B Y TERRY MATALAS & TRAVIS FICKETT
A RT B Y JOE CORRONEY • I N K AS S I ST B Y MATT FILLBACH AND SHAWN FILLBACH
C OL O R S B Y HI-FI • L ETTER I N G B Y SHAWN LEE • E D ITE D B Y SCOTT DUNBIER
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STAR TREK TNG: HIVE #4. FEBRUARY 2013. FIRST PRINTING. ® & © 2013 CBS Studios Inc. STAR TREK and related marks and trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. © 2013 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All RightsReserved. © 2013 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. The IDW logo is registered inthe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 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 reprintedwithout 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.
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STO RY S O FAR :
The Borg Queen has led Starf leetinto an ambush, and she now hascontrol over Seven of Nine! In her
quest to re-assimi late Jean-Luc, shehas forced Picard and his crew intothe dangerous Typhon Expanse.
Meanwhi le , Locutus and Data havedestroyed the Borg Queen 500 yearsin the future. Whi le Locutus may have
made the ul t imate sacr i f ice inel iminat ing her, wi l l Data be able togo back and al ter Picard’s fate?
GRATE F U L AC K N O W L E D G E M E N T T O MARK RADEMAKER F O R MERIAN-CLASS STARSHIP D E S I G N .
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