Enemies & Allies

Enemies & Allies is a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comic published by Malibu Comics in 1995 in two parts, in the 29th and 30th issues of their monthly DS9 series. The story features the mirror universe activities of $𝜇$ and $𝜇$.

Part One
$𝜇$ and $𝜇$ are in the shuttlecraft Runner being chased by two K't'inga class battle cruisers. They head toward an asteroid belt, and Tuvok contacts their home base, "Northern Star". Little do they know, but the Cardassian-Klingon Alliance ships have cracked their code and they are headed right toward one of their cloaked ships. Commander Mahj'K of the Alliance ship quvSud hails them and, as their shuttlecraft is trapped by a tractor beam, Tuvok and Bashir are beamed over to the newly decloaked starship.

On board the quvSud, the two are thrown into the brig. As the shield comes up, a Mahj'K taunts them with the knowledge that they are now headed toward the rebel Beta Quadrant outpost to destroy it in a hail of photon torpedoes.

Mahj'K contacts Captain Kroll on the ship that captured the shuttlecraft, but they can find no trace of the chip Tuvok claimed to have in his last transmission. Mahj'K delegates his first officer, Tr'anga to interrogate the prisoners. The Bajoran science officer, Nor, scans the two prisoners with a tricorder, quickly finding the chip hidden under Tuvok's skin at the wrist. Tr'anga pulls out a knife and prepares to cut it out.

Part Two
Bashir taunts his Klingon captor, asking him if the alliance with the Cardassians and Bajorans is everything that he had hoped for. Bashir succeeds in riling up the Klingon, who stabs his d'k tahg into the wall and walks away.

Elsewhere on the quvSud, Tuvok endures Tr'anga's extraction of the data chip from his wrist, and Nor puts it into the computer to begin decoding it. Nor is finally able to decode the chip and discovers the location of the rebel weapons shipment. Kroll tells Mhaj'k to send the information and then Kroll and the Qaw'wl' will intercept the shipment, while Mhaj'k heads to Qo'noS with news of the victory.

Moments later, the power and warp engines go offline, and Tuvok grabs a phaser, shooting Nor, Tr'anga, and his other captors. With the power off, Bashir and Tuvok make their way to the bridge of the ship, now dead in space, and explain the use of the chip in immobilizing the three vessels. Mhaj'K pulls a phaser and aims it at Tuvok, but before he can fire, one of his bridge officers stabs him in the back with his d'k tahg.

Tuvok thanks the Klingon, noting that the ship's name is "'Honor', an appropriate designation for these circumstances. Let us set a universe free with it."

Characters

 * $𝜇$ • $𝜇$ • Kroll • Nor • Tr'anga • Mahj'K • reghta'

Starships and vehicles

 * quvSud • Runner • Qaw'wl

Locations
Qo'noS

Races and cultures

 * Cardassian • Human • Vulcan • Klingon • Bajoran

States and organizations

 * Cardassian-Klingon Alliance

Ranks and titles

 * captain • commander • first officer

Production history

 * 1995
 * October, Part One is first published by Malibu Comics in Malibu DS9, Issue 29.
 * November, Part Two is first published by Malibu Comics in Malibu DS9, Issue 30.
 * 2008, September, re-released on The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD, by Graphic Imaging Technologies.

Background

 * This story is one of four published by Malibu Comics which were released in two parts over two consecutive anthology comic books. Published alongside this story, in the 29th and 30th issues of Malibu's monthly series, was "Sole Asylum". The two earlier stories in the same format were "Genesis Denied" and "Mudd's Pets", released in the 26th and 27th issues of the series.

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