Star Trek : Special " Explore the " Star Trek " universe with top comics creators ! " Bloodline . Kirk heads toward the surface in a shuttlecraft , the shields and systems enhanced by Spock . The ship crashes down onto the surface , scattering strange alien creatures everywhere . Kirk is there because his nephew Peter , son of his brother , Sam . Peter accuses Kirk of simply riding in to the rescue and suggests that he could rustle up a blonde or brunette for him . He also tells him that he ' s a liability , riling up the crawlers and using up flares , the only thing that keeps the creatures away . Dr . McCoy asks Kirk what Peter is talking about , and Kirk tells him that after Sam and his wife were killed on Deneva , he used up all of his shore leave to spend time with their sons , Peter , Marcus , and Virgil . He also contemplated quitting Starfleet to adopt them , but thought it best that Aurelan ' s sister take care of them instead , something Peter did not take well . Peter , however , disagrees , blaming Kirk ' s " " monumental ego " " for overshadowing his father ' s scientific legacy . McCoy interrupts the tirade to tell him about the death of Kirk ' s son at Klingon hands . Chekov collapses , as one of his oxygen processors is corrupted . Kirk shares one of his tanks with Chekov and they plan on a way to get off of the hunk of rock . Unfortunately , the crawlers are attracted to engine oscillation . They fire their phasers at the rock , slicing an island off . The thrusters they have attached push the island away from the rest of the rock , but the crawlers are coming . Fortunately , they aren ' t fast enough to catch the island . The vibrations begin to tear the rock apart , and Peter is on a portion that is beginning to break away . Kirk extends his hand and Peter reaches for it . Just as they approach the " Enterprise " , the two begin to drift apart . A month later , Kirk stands at the grave of his brother and sister - in - law , laying a bouquet of flowers at it . Peter walks up and thanks Kirk for his recommendation and tells him that he is leaving in an hour with a new expedition to the anomaly . Kirk tells him that he need not thank him , they ' re family , and then says " " but let ' s not make it goodbye . . . only au revoir . " " A Rolling Stone Gathers No Nanoprobes . The planet Lythos Prime has large deposits of kelbonite and other refractory minerals . The planet is the first discovered that has the mineral composition that can help sustain the mining crew ' s partners , the Horta of Janus VI . The crew was celebrating the centennial of Rockpile , but some were still working , in order to meet the quotas for when a Tzenkethi freighter arrived in two days to pick up pergium and other high - grade ores . Pr ' H ' Ska , the chief Horta engineer informs Nellis that a ship is approaching , rapidly and without hail . Despite her voice modulator , her fear was palpable . It was a Borg cube . The Horta tells Nellis and Darey Hawk that the Borg had come to Janus VI a Horta generation ago , but had assumed that mindless rocks were not sentient beings they could assimilate , and had left again . Nellis contacts Palmieri in one of the mining tunnels , and tells him to run Intruder Control Scenario Alpha - Three in coordination with Ryan ' s and Morrill ' s teams . They fire at the roof of the cavern , bringing it down and blocking the tunnel , forcing the Borg to take an alternate route down toward the carbon - silicon amalgam they have detected . At the bottom of the shaft , they discover that they are out of contact with their ship and cannot return to the surface , nor can they locate the lifeform . Nellis meets up with Palmieri and they come across a lone Borg drone . As it attempts to assimilate her , Palmieri vaporizes it with his phaser , but not before it tells her that it is not interested in her , but in the amalgam . Nellis hurries back to talk with the Horta , who laughs off the concept of a Human - Horta hybrid . Nellis gives her a tricorder set to give off the life signs of a silicon - carbon hybrid and sends her off to bring all of the Borg to once place . The Horta heads off and accomplishes her mission within ten minutes , but the tunnel she creates into Nellis ' office allows the Borg drones to follow . She turns on the tricorder , making the Borg think that she is the hybrid . She then leads them to the central cavern and leaps away from the Borg onto a banner , dropping the tricorder in the process . the Borg realize that they have been duped , but as they realize , the Horta arrive , en masse . The Borg are unable to assimilate the rock creatures and are forced back to their cube . With the distraction gone , the mining crew is able to meet their quota , and all returns to normal again . When the Stars Come A - Calling . Benny Russell is turned away from a third publisher in three weeks because he is a black man . This , despite his writing being beyond superior . 1953 was supposed to be a good year , and Benny had just left the military to return to New York City . One night , on his way home , he was beaten by Klingon s , or so it seemed . He stumbled home , bleeding . Cassie helped fix him up and continued to be optimistic , even though his spirits were slipping . Hallucinations continues , seeing billboards advertising Quark ' s and warning about the Borg . Aliens walked the streets having replaced all white men , women , and children in the city . He had to do something , so he began writing about the aliens , continued submitted stories , and on 18 April 1953 , he received a letter from Douglas Pabst informing him that his story had been accepted and was about to be published in an upcoming edition of their magazine , " Incredible Tales " , and inviting him to come meet them . He arrived at the publisher , expecting the worst , again . Exercises in Futility . Seven of Nine presents a theory to Captain Janeway , Torres , and Tuvok that might help return home in a swift manner by creating a series of small wormhole s . Tuvok agrees that it is worth trying , but Janeway warns them to do it quietly , and not to get the crew ' s hopes up too much . After making modifications , they try out the theory , but the warp core begins to overload . To prevent a full warp core breach , they are forced to eject the warp core , stranding them in the Delta Quadrant with no way to achieve warp speed . Janeway approaches Seven and tells her that the plan was ill - advised , but that she accepts full responsibility for the decision . Seven of Nine presents a theory to Captain Janeway , Torres , and Tuvok that might help USS " Voyager " return home in a swift manner by creating an artificial wormhole . Despite some possible drawbacks , Janeway okays the plan . They modify the deflector array , and Tom Paris engages the wormhole and takes them into it . Unfortunately , the wormhole destabilizes , ejecting " Voyager " several hundred thousand light years beyond the edge of the galaxy , a distance that would take them over one hundred years to traverse , but that there are no planet s to provide them with replacement dilithium crystal s . Seven of Nine presents a theory to Captain Janeway , Torres , and Tuvok that might help USS " Voyager " return home in a swift manner by using a technique similar to the crew of the . They make the modifications , but a warp core breach ensues , forcing the crew to abandon ship in escape pod s , as " Voyager " explodes . Seven of Nine is tapped on the shoulder by Janeway because she ' d frozen up for a moment . Seven tells Janeway , Torres , and Tuvok that she was running simulations on her Borg implants , but they were nothing that need concern the captain . The Legacy of Elenor Dain . The ship ' s sensors have picked up a small structure , 3100 miles west of the main colony . William T . Riker assembles an away team with Data , Deanna Troi , Worf , and a security team . Data tells them that there is nothing on the planet than flora . They spot a cabin across a river and head toward it . Inside is the skeleton of an elderly Human female , dead for about 15 years . Troi notes that it must be Elenor Dain . 90 years earlier , Captain Kirk asks Scott if the last of the inhabitants of the world have been beam ed up . Scott reports that two people remain on the surface , Elenor Dain and the boy , her six - year old son . Elenor is an artist who " " works in the hyper - abstract historical mode using oil paints on two - dimensional canvas " " . On the surface , Elenor and Esmondo , her son , hurry toward the rendezvous point , carrying some of her artwork , unfortunately , the storm worsens , and the " Enterprise " can only transport one up , and Kirk tells them to bring the boy . Spock notes that it is " " the logical choice " " . Troi finishes telling the story of Elenor Dain , and Riker notes his amazement at her prowess and survival . Worf reports that his security team has found a cave 200 yards southwest of the cabin . In the cave , Elenor ' s paintings can be found everywhere , a legacy of 75 years living alone on the surface of the planet . Back on stardate 7521 . 5 , Kirk tells Esmondo that he ' s sorry about what happened to his mother , and admires the painting that Esmondo brought with him , his mother ' s best work . The boy confides in Kirk that his mother shall return one day . Picard and Troi admire the artwork , and an old man approaches them , introducing himself as Esmondo Dain . They discuss his mother ' s work , and he shows them his favorite work . The Wake . Montgomery Scott drops by to visit , after having returned from his encounter with the Dyson sphere . He tells McCoy that he tired of wandering and that Starfleet has put him up in the shipyards . They discuss the newly commissioned " Enterprise " and the events that led to the destruction of the prior vessel and the return , and subsequent death , of Kirk . Scotty notes that his prior apparent death aboard the " Enterprise " - B didn ' t suit him . He brought a bottle of scotch to drink a toast to their Captain , and the two agree that they haven ' t seen much of the others of late as it is only times like this that bring them together . Scotty gives McCoy a hologram box picturing their original crew , back in their prime . Scotty asks McCoy about Spock , and learns that he hasn ' t seen him , since he left for Romulus . Scotty lets himself out and McCoy goes to sleep . A few hours later , Spock wakes McCoy , who thinks him the Grim Reaper at first . Spock tells him that he returned from Romulus when he heard the news of Kirk ' s return and subsequent death . McCoy accuses Spock of coming to pay his respects and asks him to drink the scotch that Scotty had poured for him . Spock tells McCoy to go to sleep and begins to leave . Before he gets out , he takes the scotch , raises the glass " " to absent friends " " and drinks it down .