Writer(s):	unknown
Artist(s):	John Stokes
Periodical:	Valiant & TV21 #18-22
Series:	Star Trek (UK) #28
Published:	29 January 1972 - 26 February 1972
Pages:	12
Stardate:	unknown (2267-2269)

The massive starship Enterprise was caught in the middle of a devastating meteorite storm!

SummaryEdit

Damaged in a meteorite storm, the Enterprise puts down on a moon for repairs. As maintenance teams get to work, the ship and her crew find themselves in the middle of a missile testing zone.

Memorable quotesEdit

"I'm not sure I like this spot, Skipper! It– it has the smell of doom about it!"

- Spock

"Scotty! I've got them! I've raised the aliens!"
"My oath! Tell them the position, Uhura! Get them to abort their test shot... at all costs!"

- Uhura and Scotty

BackgroundEdit

Setting and technologyEdit

• Chekov is aboard, placing the story between 2267 and 2269.
• The Enterprise has a landing jet placed at the bottom of the main engineering hull.
• A rocket is used as a probe for planet exploration.
• One of the shuttles has the registry 1701-3. Shuttle "NCC-1701/3" was named Icarus in the apocryphal story "The Flat, Gold Forever".

Publishing historyEdit

None of the UK weekly stories had titles.

• Part 1: Valiant & TV21 #18, 29 January 1972
• Part 2: Valiant & TV21 #19, 5 February 1972
• Part 3: Valiant & TV21 #20, 12 February 1972
• Part 4: Valiant & TV21 #21, 19 February 1972
• Part 5: Valiant & TV21 #22, 26 February 1972

AppearancesEdit

Regular castEdit

• Captain James T. Kirk
• Spock
• Nyota Uhura
• Montgomery Scott
• Pavel Chekov

Other charactersEdit

• Morton, Enterprise redshirt
• Ferris, Enterprise crewman