Fourteenth UK Story Arc

Under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, the starship 'Enterprise' drifted through the deep space of the virtually unexplored Omega Galaxy…
==Summary==
Kirk and Spock are plucked out of time by a collector in the far future.
==Memorable quotes==
"We'll take a look for ourselves. That's what our mission's all about."
: - Kirk, exploring the Omega Galaxy
"Is that you, Skipper?"
"Get off the air, you madman! You're giving us away!"
: - Scotty calling Kirk at an inopportune time
==Background information==
===Characters===
* Kirk wears a red uniform. Scotty and Sulu wear blue ones.
* Kirk swears by Jupiter.
* Despite recording a personal testimony of Spock's life story, Palnak still calls Spock "Earthman".
===Setting and technology===
* There are few clues as to the timing of this story. Uhura wears a red uniform, so it must take place after (2266), but before Arex comes aboard (2269).
* The Omega Galaxy is likely just a region of the Milky Way Galaxy labeled or classified as "Omega".
* Kirk orders a 'questing missile' to probe the planet.
* Uhura automatically hails the planet on all frequencies; this seems to conflict with the Prime Directive.
* The Enterprise is said to make a "routine orbital descent".
* Kirk and Spock beam down to a random location without first scanning for cities.
* The planet's animal life includes birds and an armadillo-like creature.
* Kirk activates a translator built into his communicator.
* Palnak built his museum around the 2760s (500 years old), and he lives approximately in the 3260s (1000 years from Kirk's 'present').
* Rather than an earpiece, Uhura wear headphones with a built-in microphone.
* The December 2014
* Palnak's time travel method uses a 'sonic vibrator'. It is described as a 'disintegration and transportation process', which could be some form of temporal transporter.
* Scotty takes two shuttlecraft (including the ) to the planet with at least sixteen security men, all wearing blue.
* The motif of a collector from the distant future retrieving specimens from the past was revisited in the 2014 eBook novella "Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: The Collectors".
===Publishing history===
None of the UK weekly stories had titles. Each installment was two pages in length.
* Part 1: TV21 & Joe 90 #39, 
* Part 2: TV21 & Joe 90 #40, 
* Part 3: TV21 & Joe 90 #41, 
* Part 4: TV21 & Joe 90 #42, 
* Part 5: TV21 & Joe 90 #43, 
* Part 6: TV21 & Joe 90 #44, 
===Cover gallery===
File:TV21 Issue 41 Cover.jpg|TV21 & Joe 90 #41: INTO THE SPACETRAP! See STAR TREK inside…
==Appearances==
===Regular cast===
* Captain James T. Kirk
* Montgomery Scott
* Spock
* Hikaru Sulu
* Uhura
===Other characters===
* Palnak the Ageless One, aka "The Collector"
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