Does the comics series take anything from the TNG novel Dark Mirror, or reference it at all?
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Nah the Comic is the same MU seen in DS9. All that's left is Earth, as far as the rest of the galaxy is aware the empire has fallen.
This comes from the writers.
Well, it purports to be, but its pretense that Earth somehow survived is quite a retcon. I mean, sure, Constantinople survived as the capital of the Byzantine Empire long after the rest of the empire was gone, but when an enemy wanted to wipe out the empire for good, they conquered the capital and it became Istanbul. So it's hard to believe that the Alliance conquered the whole Terran Empire but somehow forgot to conquer the planet it was named after.
Even so, an imperial capital depends on the resources and labor of the territories it rules. That's basically the entire point of an empire. So if the capital's the only remaining part and it's under siege, it's not gonna last indefinitely.
How is their an Enterprise D in a universe where Spock's revolt led to the downfall of the Empire?
Edit nevermind, already being discussed.
Edit nevermind, already being discussed.
On the one hand, there's resources available to Earth if they start disassembling asteroids, the moons of the gas giants, comets in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, even the planets themselves. On the other hand, the Empire of the 24th-century doesn't strike me as a civilization that would be capable of resource harvesting and planetary disassembly on such a scale. Even the Federation and its peers don't appear to be Kardashev-II civilizations.
A Terran Empire whose economy was built on conquest and slave labor would probably not be able to adapt that economy very easily to a more efficient model, even if the potential existed. Their officials just wouldn't have the mindset to conceive of it, their political and economic system wouldn't be designed to adapt to it, and what was left of the Empire would probably collapse under its own weight as the surviving elites hoarded whatever resources and power they could get their grubby mitts on and fell into internecine squabbling over the spoils.
I really enjoyed that initial Broken Mirror mini-series. It just felt more like a prologue to a much bigger story. I'm also very happy to see IDW get back to the 24th century prime universe again.
I paint Spock as a Constantine-like figure (although, obviously at a stretch), which means he could've moved the HQ of the Terran Empire from Earth to Vulcan. Maybe there's a similar East- West (Alpha-Beta?) split in the Mirror Universe, and the rump Old Terran Empire is a one-system backward relic, while the New "Terran" Empire preaches Surakian pacifism before being conquered as late as the 2340s even.
The Ottomans who conquered the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire), weren't particularly interested in capturing Rome, because even though it was nominally "Roman", it was not part of said Empire, and had its own smaller Kingdom (Papal States, I believe).
The Ottomans who conquered the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire), weren't particularly interested in capturing Rome, because even though it was nominally "Roman", it was not part of said Empire, and had its own smaller Kingdom (Papal States, I believe).
^Except the Western Roman Empire fell a thousand years before the Eastern one. I don't think the same works for Earth and Vulcan, because even if Spock had moved the capital, the centrality of Terra to the Terran Empire would still be part of recent memory, so the symbolic importance of conquering Earth would be too great to ignore.
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Why did Halkantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but Mirror Kirk's.
I expected "The Origin of Data" would be in the trade, but it wasn't. The "Free Comic Book Day" issue #0 was, though.
That’s super disappointing. Maybe it will be in the trade collection for the forthcoming mini.
Today at WonderCon IDW announced a third TNG/Mirror Universe miniseries, Terra Incognita.
Each issue will mostly focus on single standalone stories, while a sub plot dealing with a MU character who has taken their counterpart's place and is now causing problems aboard the Enterprise will run through the whole series.
Each issue will mostly focus on single standalone stories, while a sub plot dealing with a MU character who has taken their counterpart's place and is now causing problems aboard the Enterprise will run through the whole series.
Wow, the first one must have sold amazingly well if they're announcing a third series before the second one is even out!
Yeah, I was shocked when it too, I would have expected them to at least wait until one or two issues of the second miniseries were out.
