The Peacekeeper, Part One


 * For the TNG novel, see: The Peacekeepers.

The Peacekeeper, Part One was the 49th issue of DC's second series of comics. It featured the first half of The Peacekeeper story arc, a two-part Star Trek: The Original Series story published by DC Comics in. The saga was written by Howard Weinstein, penciled by Rod Whigham, and dealt with the testing phase of the Peacekeeper project, a protomatter-based weapon of mass destruction.

Summary
The Thevosians are experimenting with a weapon of unbelievable destructive power based on protomatter, the substance which caused the death of Captain Kirk's son David. And Kirk of all people gets the assignment to monitor the field test. His worst fears become true, when the testbed USS Pacific disappears in an explosion with Scotty and Chekov...

To be continued…

Log Entries

 * Captain's log, stardate 8637.7 : : Despite the wounding of Lieutenant Keefer and killing of two other security guards by unknown intruders, Admiral Cartwright has accepted Commodore Hirosaki's recommendation that the field test should proceed — over my strongest objections... A full diagnostic on the protomatter system has revealed no anomalies or damage... ...But, to minimize risk, the only crew aboard the Pacific will be Commanders Chekov and Scott, and four Thevosian scientists.

Characters

 * Azark • Pavel Chekov • Lance Cartwright • Gracie Hirosaki • Isis • Keefer • James T. Kirk • Koob • Leonard McCoy • Opai • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Shopay • Spock • Torali

David Marcus • Nyota Uhura

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) • USS Pacific • travel pod

Klingon birds of prey

Locations

 * Starbase 79 • Thevos (Thevosian Science Station)

Races and cultures

 * Efrosian • Human • Klingon • Thevosian • Vulcan

States and organizations

 * Starfleet • Starfleet Command • United Federation of Planets

Science and technology

 * battery • Colt .45 • communicator • deflector • disruptor • energizer • flashlight • impulse • phaser • photon torpedo • protomatter • sensor • servo • shield • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen • virtual reality • warp drive • warp engine • weapon

Ranks and titles

 * admiral • cadet • captain • commander • commodore • doctor • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • lieutenant • rank • scientist • security guard

Other references

 * alcohol • assignment patch • asteroid • auxiliary control • bridge • captain's log • cat • conference room • day • decade • deck • derelict • doomsday weapon • engineering • Gaelic • spirit • history • hull • Kobayashi Maru scenario • laboratory • lifeform • moon • NCC-1830 • peace • Project Genesis • Peacekeeper project • radiation • red alert • Scotch • security • space • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • tritanium • universe • year

Background

 * The German title is "Auftrag: Zukunft", which means "Assignment: Future".
 * McCoy spoke the line, "Ours not to question why," paraphrasing of the 1854 poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Tennyson. (The Charge of the Light Brigade poem at the Poetry Foundation website)
 * Nyota Uhura was addressed by Kirk on the bridge, but was neither seen nor acknowledged.

Quotes
"It may be completely new, Jim... but you aren't perfect"

--Leonard McCoy to James T. Kirk (translated from the German version)

Related Stories

 * Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • "Friday's Child" • "The Apple" • "" • The Mirror Universe Saga