Writer(s):	Peter David
Artist(s):	James W. Fry and Arne Starr
Publisher:	DC Comics
Editor(s):	Robert Greenberger
Series:	DC TOS volume 2 #3
Published:	December 1989
Pages:	28
Stardate:	8481.7 (2280s)

You may be looking for the Titan Books reprint collection "Death Before Dishonor".

Target: Enterprise!

Summary Edit

Kirk uses a transporter trick to defeat Klaa in combat, and takes matters into his own hands mediating peace on Chronian III after the ambassador is severely beaten by the Ziminda leader.

Background Information Edit

• The plot of a diplomat being tortured for offering unwanted mediation was reused with more lethal result in Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier novel "Once Burned."

Creators Edit

• Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
• Writer: Peter David
• Artists:
  • James W. Fry (pencil art)
  • Arne Starr (inking)
  • Jerome K. Moore (cover art)
  • Tom McCraw (color art)
  • Bob Pinaha (letter art)
• Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters Edit

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 2 characters.

Regular and recurring characters Edit

James T. Kirk 

USS Enterprise-A captain.

Spock 

Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.

Leonard McCoy 

Enterprise-A surgeon.

Uhura 

Enterprise-A communications officer.

Pavel Chekov 

Enterprise-A navigator and security chief.

Hikaru Sulu 

Enterprise-A helmsman.

Montgomery Scott 

Enterprise-A chief engineer.