Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 1

"Star Trek: The Q Conflict, Issue 1" is the first issue in the Star Trek: The Q Conflict miniseries, written by Scott and David Tipton with art by David Messina. Published by IDW Publishing, it was released in .
== Summary ==
;Solicitation blurb
:When a dispute between godlike beings threatens the galaxy, it will take all of Starfleet's best captains to stop them. Join James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, and Benjamin Sisko as they go head-to-head in a competition that will determine the fate of the Earth and beyond. Will they be able to emerge victorious, or will they be torn apart by The Q Conflict? A soon-to-be-classic six-part miniseries begins here!
== Background information ==
=== Creators ===
* Writers:
** Scott Tipton
** David Tipton
* Artists:
** David Messina (pencil art, covers A and B)
** Elisabetta D'Amico (ink art)
** Alexandra Alexakis (color art)
** Neil Uyetake (letter art)
** George Caltsoudas (retail incentive cover A)
** J.K. Woodward (retail incentive cover B)
* Editors:
** Chase Marotz
** Denton J. Tipton
** Anni Perheentupa (assistant editor)
* Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
* Special thanks to Risa Kessler, Marian Cordry and John Van Citters at CBS Consumer Products.
=== Cover gallery ===
File:Star Trek The Q Conflict 1 cover RI A.jpg|Retail incentive cover A
File:Star Trek The Q Conflict 1 cover RI B.jpg|Retail incentive cover B
== Characters ==
*The crew of the Enterprise-E is taken from Cestus III in the year 2379, before the events of Star Trek: Nemesis.
*The crew of Voyager is from two years earlier, 2377.
*The crew of Deep Space 9 and the Defiant stems from the day of Sisko's promotion to captain in late 2371, eight years before the subjective present of the Enterprise-E.
*The USS Enterprise crew is from 110 before the events of Cestus III, the year 2269.
== External link ==
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Q Conflict, Issue 1