"Consider Eternity" is a TOS/TNG comic published in the 2018 Waypoint Special from IDW Publishing. The story features an encounter between Q and the Willard Decker/Ilia probe/V'Ger cosmic entity.
Summary[]
Seconds after Will Decker, Ilia, and V'Ger fused into a new cosmic entity, it is called into the Q Continuum. Q welcomes it to omnipotence. When it asks its purpose, and what should it do next, Q says options are limitless, yet one must be careful not to destroy reality.
Q distills Decker out of the entity to let him reconsider being part of the merged entity. Q shows him a metaphor of the multiverse as well as an interstellar nursery. Q then takes Decker to witness a battle between the USS Newton, an unnamed Miranda-class starship, and three Romulan Vas Hatham-class birds-of-prey. The Newton faces a warp core breach. Q imbues Decker with the ability to interfere in the outcome, including rescuing the crew, but points out potential consequences to the timeline should he interfere.
Decker wonders if he deserves to have such options, when the merged entity calls him back in the form of Ilia. He thanks Q as he rejoins the entity, which now seems to understand its purpose in the cosmos. Q allows it to depart the Continuum.
Time passes, and a bored Q suspects another eon will pass before he finds something entertaining to do. Inspired by lessons he might have taught Decker, he notices the USS Enterprise-D en route to Farpoint Station, dons judges robes, and prepares for his next encounter with humanity.
- Captain's log, stardate 41153.7.
- Our destination is planet Deneb IV, beyond which lies the great unexplored mass of the galaxy...
References[]
Characters[]
- Willard Decker • Ilia (probe) • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Jean-Luc Picard • Q • Spock • unnamed Q • unnamed Starfleet personnel
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • USS Newton • truck • Vas Hatham-class Romulan birds-of-prey • V'Ger
- Referenced only
- escape pod
Locations[]
- Q Continuum • Romulan Neutral Zone
- Referenced only
- Bajoran sector • Bajoran wormhole • Deneb IV • Earth
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
Materials and substances[]
- carbon dioxide • crystal • methane • nitrogen • quantum foam • silicon • water
Ranks and titles[]
- architect • king • officer • President of the United Federation of Planets
Other references[]
- ape • assignment patch • Big Bang • blue whale • brain • captain's log • captain's log, USS Enterprise-D, 2364 • civilization • cosmos • farm • fish • galaxy • god • gravimetric storm • hurricane • interstellar nursery • lifeform • log entry • minute • multiverse • ocean • omnipotence • omniverse • planet • primate • reality • red supergiant • space • star • stardate • Starfleet uniform (early 2270s) • Starfleet uniform (2350s-2366) • supergiant star • supernova • time • tree • universe • wheat • year
Appendices[]
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- TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Motion Picture: takes place after Decker, Ilia probe, and V'Ger become one.
- TNG episode & novelization: Encounter at Farpoint: leads into Q's first encounter with the USS Enterprise-D.
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: Only You Can Save Yourself |
Waypoint | Next comic: My Human is Not |
| Previous comic: The Fear |
TOS comics (Waypoint) | Next comic: Histories |
| Previous comic: Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror |
TNG comics (Waypoint) | Next comic: My Human is Not |
| Previous story: first story |
Stories by: Brandon M. Easton |
Next story: Year Five, Issue 4 |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: A & Ω |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Renewal |
External link[]
- Consider Eternity article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.