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'''''Cloak & Dagger''''' is a ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' [[comic]] published by [[Marvel Comics]] in [[1997]], it is the fifth issues in the ''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]'' series, and the first issue in the two-part story ''{{dis|Cloak and Dagger|duology}}''. The story, by [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Ian Edgington]], sees the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} visit [[Darien 224]], in search of the missing [[starship]] {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}}, where they find a lost [[colony]] of [[Vulcan]]s.
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They're armed, they're savage... They're [[Vulcan]]!
  
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Vulcan logic vs Vulcan passion... [[Spock]] must choose!
  
 
 
 
==Summary==
  
==Summary==
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===Part One===
  
 
[[Image:Shuttle Apollo.jpg|thumb|left|The crashed [[Apollo (NCC-1834/4)|Apollo]]]]
  
[[Image:Shuttle Apollo.jpg|thumb|left|The crashed [[Apollo (NCC-1834/4)|Apollo]]]]
 
On the storm-wracked world of [[Darien 224]] a [[landing party]] from the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] discovers the wreckage of the [[Apollo (shuttle)|Apollo]], the first clue to the fate of the missing starship [[USS Cortez (NCC-1834)|''Cortez'']]. Captain [[Christopher Pike|Pike]] hails the Enterprise to inform the ship of the team’s findings but barely gets through; background radiation in the system is playing havoc with the Enterprise's sensors and communications.
  
On the storm-wracked world of [[Darien 224]] a [[landing party]] from the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] discovers the wreckage of the [[Apollo (shuttle)|Apollo]], the first clue to the fate of the missing starship [[USS Cortez (NCC-1834)|''Cortez'']]. Captain [[Christopher Pike|Pike]] hails the Enterprise to inform the ship of the team’s findings but barely gets through; background radiation in the system is playing havoc with the Enterprise's sensors and communications.
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Above, a sensor ghost becomes a little too real as the USS Cortez fires on the Enterprise. On the planet the survivors of the landing party are cornered and unable to see their attackers through the sandstorms. Adjusting their [[laser pistol]]s to wide beam they try and drive the attackers into sight. The tactic works to some extent bringing the attackers out, but they plant their [[Vulcan staff weapon|staff energy weapon]]s into the ground and arm themselves with [[lirpa]]s, as they move towards the party for the final attack they are blaster by energy weapons from a group of [[Vulcan hoverboat|hoverboat]]s. The leader of the ships introduces himself, in [[Vulcan language|Vulcan]], and instructs the landing party that they will be going with him.
  
Above, a sensor ghost becomes a little too real as the USS Cortez fires on the Enterprise. On the planet the survivors of the landing party are cornered and unable to see their attackers through the sandstorms. Adjusting their [[laser pistol]]s to wide beam they try and drive the attackers into sight. The tactic works to some extent bringing the attackers out, but they plant their [[Vulcan staff weapon|staff energy weapon]]s into the ground and arm themselves with [[lirpa]]s, as they move towards the party for the final attack they are blaster by energy weapons from a group of [[Vulcan hoverboat|hoverboat]]s. The leader of the ships introduces himself, in [[Vulcan language|Vulcan]], and instructs the landing party that they will be going with him.
 
[[Image:Last-of-all-cities.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Last-of-all-Cities]] colony]]
  
[[Image:Last-of-all-cities.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Last-of-all-Cities]] colony]]
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As the hoverboats fly to the [[Last-of-all-Cities]] settlement, Spock speculates the Vulcans are a lost colony, predating the logic enlightenment of [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]]. The team are brought to meet the Vulcan's leader; matriarch [[T'Kell]], at her side is Captain [[John Stone]] of the Cortez. Whilst Colt breaks the ice with the [[Vulcan]]s Pike gets a report from Stone. The Vulcans crash landed two thousand years prior and have been isolated ever since, the main colony is eager to rejoin the galactic community but there is a splinter group of warriors which butchered most of Stone's crew and wish to remain in isolation. They also have ''[[psionic weapon|hyper-weapons]]'' outlawed on Vulcan during the enlightenment. Spock is concerned these emotional Vulcans returning to their homeworld could destabilise Vulcan.
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As the hoverboats fly to the [[Last-of-all-Cities]] settlement, Spock speculates the Vulcans are a lost colony, predating the logic enlightenment of [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]]. The team are brought to meet the Vulcan's leader; matriarch [[T'Kell]], at her side is Captain [[John Stone]] of the Cortez. Whilst Colt breaks the ice with the [[Vulcan]]s Pike gets a report from Stone. The Vulcans crash landed two thousand years prior and have been isolated ever since, the main colony is eager to rejoin the galactic community but there is a splinter group of warriors which butchered most of Stone's crew and wish to remain in isolation. They also have ''[[psionic weapon|hyper-weapons]]'' outlawed on Vulcan during the enlightenment. Spock is concerned these emotional Vulcans returning to their homeworld could destabilize Vulcan.
   
 
[[Sutek]], the Vulcan who saved the landing party, interrupts, infuriated by Spock and the state of the contemporary Vulcan people. Colt disrupts the argument before it can escalate too far informing the Captain she has made contact with the Enterprise, which is under attack!
  
[[Sutek]], the Vulcan who saved the landing party, interrupts, infuriated by Spock and the state of the contemporary Vulcan people. Colt disrupts the argument before it can escalate too far informing the Captain she has made contact with the Enterprise, which is under attack!
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[[Image:Toj par-doj.jpg|thumb|upright|The Cortez fores the Toj par-doj]]
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[[Image:Toj par-doj.jpg|thumb|upright|The ''Cortez'' fires the Toj par-doj on the ''Enterprise'']]
 
Above, [[Number One]] tries to shake off the attackers, but on board the Cortez the renegade Vulcan Tagok is informed by his crew the ''[[Tol par-doj]]'' is installed and ready, the ancient Vulcan weapon lashes it's powerful energies at the Enterprise.
  
Above, [[Number One]] tries to shake off the attackers, but on board the Cortez the renegade Vulcan Tagok is informed by his crew the ''[[Tol par-doj]]'' is installed and ready, the ancient Vulcan weapon lashes it's powerful energies at the Enterprise.
   
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===Part Two===
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As the Enterprise drifts crippled in space the Vulcans start to beam in. On Darian 224 Pike is concerned, out of contact with his ship. On the bridge the crew put up a valiant fight. In engineering [[Wright (Engineer)|Wright]] desperately calls the bride for assistance as a Vulcan approaches, he is saved by [[Moves-With-Burning-Grace]], armed with his [[battle lance]]. Driven off, the Vulcan's retreat back to the Cortez.
  
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:[[Phillip Boyce]] • [[Mia Colt]] • [[Kingcome]] • [[Sita Mohindas]] • [[Nano]] • [[Number One]] • [[Christopher Pike]] • [[Shinobi]] • [[Spock]] • [[John Stone]] • [[Sutek]] • [[Tagok]] • [[T'Kell]] • [[José Tyler]] • [[Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (2240s and 2250s)|unnamed USS ''Enterprise'' personnel]] • [[unnamed Vulcans]]
   
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Number One has [[José Tyler|Mister Tyler]] call up the frequency modulation of the Cortez's [[shield]]s and takes them offline, leaving the ship vulnerable to a volley of [[photon torpedo]]es. The attack takes out the Cortez's [[artificial gravity]], Number One has repair teams get to work on the Enterprise.
  
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:''[[Apollo (NCC-1834/4)|Apollo]]'' ([[Class F shuttlecraft]]) • {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}} ({{class|Miranda}} [[survey ship]]) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) • [[Vulcan hoverboat]]
   
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On Darien 244 Sutek reports long range ground sensors have monitored the battle and that the Enterprise survives. Though continues in verbal attacks against the pacifist ideals of modern Vulcans and the Federation. Pike is eager to contact his ship but [[T'Kell]] reminds him of the difficulty in communicating through Darien's [[atmosphere]], he has to wait content he has the Vulcans hospitality.
  
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:'''''First Officer's Log, supplemental''': Repairs are well underway, although we are still unable to contact the Captain or the landing party. Given our current circumstances, the welfare of the ship and crew are my highest priority now.''
  
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At a senior staff meeting Nurse [[Gabrielle Carlotti|Carlotti]] reports five are dead and twenty-nine injured. Grace reports the ships circuits have been reduced to slag by the Vulcan weapon, the shields were spared the worst but probably won't survive another attack. Number One has Mr Tyler reroute all power to shields and sensors, wanting not be caught out the next time the Cortez attacks.
  
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In their accommodations on Darien the Starfleet personnel discuss the situation, Spock believes T'Kell's people to be no more trustworthy than the renegades, he suspects she plans to return to Vulcan with their telepathic weapons as conquerors. Sutek enters, the group has been summoned by T'Kell.
  
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:[[atmosphere]] • [[body armor]] • [[carbon]] • [[communicator]] • [[desert]] • [[dust storm]] • [[ionospheric bounce]] • [[laser pistol]] • [[lightning]] • [[lirpa]] • [[warp nacelle]] • [[phaser rifle]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[power relay]] • [[psionic weapon]] • [[radiation]] • [[sehlat]] • [[sensor ghost]] • [[shield]] • [[star]] • [[storm]] • [[tol par-doj]] • [[topsoil]] • [[transporter]] • [[tricorder]] • [[viewscreen]] • [[warp signature]] • [[Vulcan hyper weapon]] • [[Vulcan staff weapon]]
   
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T'Kell welcomes the group to the [[Tabernacle of sharp conflict]] and informs them of her plans. Pike is to return to the Enterprise on the shuttlecraft the landing party came down in and make arrangements for the relocation of the Vulcans. En route he will act as bait for the Cortez, drawing it into the sights of the [[vorl-tak]], a massive psionic weapon which harnesses the planet’s gravitational field as a psionic amplifier. And as Spock warns could potentially destroy the planetoid.
 
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Spock points out that the weapon could be used to construct an impulse engine, they need not resort to genocide. For this Sutek strikes him down. Pike agrees to do as T'Kell demands if T'Kell calls Sutek off of Spock.
  
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On the Enterprise, Pike hails, he is on his way but under attack by the Cortez. The Enterprise moves to intercept whilst on the Cortez the Vulcans have there weapon charged to fire. Below Spock makes one more futile attempt to persuade T'Kell her actions are unnecessary, but his logic cannot sway her passion, the Vorl-tak is fired, the Cortez is blown to pieces.
  
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===Chronology===
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[[Image:Enterprise reentry.jpg|thumb|left|The Enterprise flys into Darien's atmosphere]]
  
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No dates are given in the story, however it is assumed to take place in sequence with the rest of the ''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]'' series, circa [[2254]]. The following issue in the series which continues this story has the [[stardate]] 2396.6.
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On the Enterprise Pike gets to the bridge to Number One's report that Darien is disintegrating, still not able to communicate with the landing party and not willing to leave them to die he orders Mister Tyler to take the Enterprise into the planetoid's atmosphere.
  
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;c. [[3rd century]] : Prior to the [[Time of Awakening]] on the {{planet|Vulcan}} a group of [[Vulcan]]s are stranded on [[Darien 224]], they found a [[colony]], the [[Last-of-all-Cities]]. (''Events referenced establishing the origin of the Last-of-all-Cities.'')
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;Eight weeks prior to [[stardate]] 2396.6 (c. [[2254]]) : Contact is lost with the {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}} while the ship is on a survey mission of [[Darien 224]]; the ship is hijacked by a group of Vulcans led by [[Tagok]], who kill most of the crew before those who survived are rescued by the inhabitants of the [[Last-of-all-Cities]]. (''Events referenced by Captain John Stone, establishing what happened to the ''Cortez''.)
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;c. [[stardate]] 2396.6 (c. [[2254]]) : The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is sent to Darien 224 to search for the USS ''Cortez'' after a prolonged loss of contact. The crew discover the Last-of-all-Cities colony, and the ''Enterprise'' is attacked by the USS ''Cortez'', under command of Tagok. (''Events of the comic.'')
   
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Below Spock does his best to pull T'Kell out of danger, as she utters her dying words, instructing Spock to remember these Vulcans, the landing party is beamed to safety. The Enterprise pulls away and safe from the planetoids destruction.
  
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:'''''Captain's Log, supplemental''': The Enterprise has taken a serious pounding, nothing an overhaul and some R&R won't put right. However not all out problems can be so easily solved. I deeply regret the fate of the Vulcans of Darien 224. I sincerely wish it could have been otherwise, and I know I'm not the only one.''
  
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Pike goes to check on Spock, he is performing a ritual to purge what emotions he had, allowing his intellect and logic to take their ''"proper place"''. The incident has lead Spock to an understanding of the Vulcan people ''"Passion kills Captain. Logic does not"''.
  
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[[Image:Vulcan staff weapons.jpg|thumb|The Vulcans of Darien 224]]
  
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*Issue five is titled ''"Cloak '''&''' Dagger"'', while issue six is titled ''"Cloak '''and''' Dagger part two of two"''.
  
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[[file:USS Cortez cmd patch.jpg|thumb|[[Command division]] patch.]]
  
[[file:USS Cortez cmd patch.jpg|thumb|[[Command division]] patch.]]
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*The issue includes sixteen pages of adverts and editorial content including a one page advertisement for subscriptions to Marvel's comics, highlighting ''Star Trek'' comics with an image of the {{USS|Voyager}}.
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''"Phase rifle, sir! I liberated it from the shuttle's locker when I heard the shooting."''
  
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*"'''[[Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2]]'''" (''[[EV]]'' [[comic]]) - This issue is the first part of a two-part story, continued immediately in the next issue of the series.
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*'''[[Immortal Wounds]]''' (''EV'' comic) - T'Kell warns Sutek to ''"Watch them. The Physician especially. He is more than he appears"'', presumably telepathically detecting the multiple personalities Doctor Boyce harbours as revealed in this comic.
  
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*'''[[Space Seeds]]''' (''TOS'' episode) - Spock foreshadows the events of this episode comparing the risk of the Darien Vulcans to Vulcan to Pike discovering ''"a colony of Khan's eugenics warriors"''.
  
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*'''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''' (''[[TOS]]'' [[movie]]) - The conflict between the ''Enterprise'' and the ''Cortez'' mirrors the events of this film a great deal. Most obviously the ''Enterprise'' is faced with a Miranda class starship and once again the ship has been commandeered by fanatics. As in the film, Number One uses the Cortez's command codes to take down the shields to make it vulnerable to attack after its initial brutal attack. And finally, like the ''Reliant'' the ''Cortez'' is destroyed by a powerful technology, though in this case a planet is destroyed in the process rather than created.
 
 
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Image:Vulcan staff weapons.jpg|The [[Vulcan]]s of [[Darien 224]]
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Image:USS Cortez.jpg|The {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}}
 
Image:Hoverboats.jpg|A pair of [[Vulcan hoverboat]]s
  
Image:Hoverboats.jpg|A pair of [[Vulcan hoverboat]]s
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Image:Vorl-tak.jpg|The [[Vorl-tak]] destroys the Cortez
  
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Image:Tabernacle of sharp conflict.jpg|The [[Tabernacle of sharp conflict]]
  
 
Image:Lirpa.jpg|A [[Lirpa]] wielding Vulcan
  
Image:Lirpa.jpg|A [[Lirpa]] wielding Vulcan
 
Image:Vulcan armor.jpg|Vulcan [[body armor]]
  
Image:Vulcan armor.jpg|Vulcan [[body armor]]
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Image:T'Kell.jpg|[[T'Kell]]
  
 
Image:Tagok.jpg|[[Tagok]]
  
Image:Tagok.jpg|[[Tagok]]
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Image:T'Sil.jpg|[[T'Sil]]
  
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Image:Sutek.jpg|[[Sutek]]
  
 
Image:John Stone.jpg|[[John Stone]]
  
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Cloak & Dagger is a Star Trek: The Original Series comic published by Marvel Comics in 1997, it is the fifth issues in the Star Trek: Early Voyages series, and the first issue in the two-part story Cloak and Dagger. The story, by Dan Abnett and Ian Edgington, sees the USS Enterprise visit Darien 224, in search of the missing starship USS Cortez, where they find a lost colony of Vulcans.

Summary

Shuttle Apollo

The crashed Apollo

On the storm-wracked world of Darien 224 a landing party from the USS Enterprise discovers the wreckage of the Apollo, the first clue to the fate of the missing starship Cortez. Captain Pike hails the Enterprise to inform the ship of the team’s findings but barely gets through; background radiation in the system is playing havoc with the Enterprise's sensors and communications.

On the planetoid the landing party continues it's investigations, Doctor Boyce gives yeoman Colt a boost to access the hatch on the top side of the over turned shuttle. Pike finds Spock concerned, he senses something.

Meanwhile Shinobi finds something in the sand and calls for the Captain, Pike turns to witness the crewman take an energy blast to the chest. The unknown assailants kill Kingcome and then makes a charge for Pike, but is blasted by the beam of a phaser rifle liberated from the shuttle's locker by yeoman Colt.

Above, a sensor ghost becomes a little too real as the USS Cortez fires on the Enterprise. On the planet the survivors of the landing party are cornered and unable to see their attackers through the sandstorms. Adjusting their laser pistols to wide beam they try and drive the attackers into sight. The tactic works to some extent bringing the attackers out, but they plant their staff energy weapons into the ground and arm themselves with lirpas, as they move towards the party for the final attack they are blaster by energy weapons from a group of hoverboats. The leader of the ships introduces himself, in Vulcan, and instructs the landing party that they will be going with him.

Last-of-all-cities

The Last-of-all-Cities colony

As the hoverboats fly to the Last-of-all-Cities settlement, Spock speculates the Vulcans are a lost colony, predating the logic enlightenment of Vulcan. The team are brought to meet the Vulcan's leader; matriarch T'Kell, at her side is Captain John Stone of the Cortez. Whilst Colt breaks the ice with the Vulcans Pike gets a report from Stone. The Vulcans crash landed two thousand years prior and have been isolated ever since, the main colony is eager to rejoin the galactic community but there is a splinter group of warriors which butchered most of Stone's crew and wish to remain in isolation. They also have hyper-weapons outlawed on Vulcan during the enlightenment. Spock is concerned these emotional Vulcans returning to their homeworld could destabilize Vulcan.

Sutek, the Vulcan who saved the landing party, interrupts, infuriated by Spock and the state of the contemporary Vulcan people. Colt disrupts the argument before it can escalate too far informing the Captain she has made contact with the Enterprise, which is under attack!

Toj par-doj

The Cortez fires the Toj par-doj on the Enterprise

Above, Number One tries to shake off the attackers, but on board the Cortez the renegade Vulcan Tagok is informed by his crew the Tol par-doj is installed and ready, the ancient Vulcan weapon lashes it's powerful energies at the Enterprise.

References

Characters

Phillip Boyce • Mia Colt • Kingcome • Sita Mohindas • Nano • Number One • Christopher Pike • Shinobi • Spock • John Stone • Sutek • Tagok • T'Kell • José Tyler • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel • unnamed Vulcans
Referenced only
Surak

Starships and vehicles

Apollo (Class F shuttlecraft) • USS Cortez (Miranda-class survey ship) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • Vulcan hoverboat

Locations

bridge • Darien 224 • Last-of-all-Cities
Referenced only
engineering • Vulcan

Races and cultures

Human • Lirin • Vulcan

States and organizations

Federation Starfleet • Tagok's insurrectionists • United Federation of Planets

Science and technoloy

atmosphere • body armor • carbon • communicator • desert • dust storm • ionospheric bounce • laser pistol • lightning • lirpa • warp nacelle • phaser rifle • photon torpedo • power relay • psionic weapon • radiation • sehlat • sensor ghost • shield • star • storm • tol par-doj • topsoil • transporter • tricorder • viewscreen • warp signature • Vulcan hyper weapon • Vulcan staff weapon

Ranks and titles

captain • commander • doctor • first officer • lieutenant • matriarch • warrior • yeoman

Other references

colony • emotion • first contact • landing party • logic • off-worlder • proximity alarm • Vulcan enlightenment • Vulcan language

Timeline

Chronology

No dates are given in the story, however it is assumed to take place in sequence with the rest of the Star Trek: Early Voyages series, circa 2254. The following issue in the series which continues this story has the stardate 2396.6.

Chronological Order
Previous adventure:
Conflicting Natures 		Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2
c. 3rd century
Prior to the Time of Awakening on the Vulcan a group of Vulcans are stranded on Darien 224, they found a colony, the Last-of-all-Cities. (Events referenced establishing the origin of the Last-of-all-Cities.)
Eight weeks prior to stardate 2396.6 (c. 2254)
Contact is lost with the USS Cortez while the ship is on a survey mission of Darien 224; the ship is hijacked by a group of Vulcans led by Tagok, who kill most of the crew before those who survived are rescued by the inhabitants of the Last-of-all-Cities. (Events referenced by Captain John Stone, establishing what happened to the Cortez.)
c. stardate 2396.6 (c. 2254)
The USS Enterprise is sent to Darien 224 to search for the USS Cortez after a prolonged loss of contact. The crew discover the Last-of-all-Cities colony, and the Enterprise is attacked by the USS Cortez, under command of Tagok. (Events of the comic.)

Production history

Published Order
Previous comic:
Nor Iron Bars a Cage 		EV comics Next comic:
Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2
Previous story:
Unlimited, Issue 4 		Stories by:
Dan Abnett & Ian Edgington 		Next story:
Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2

Appendices

Background

USS Cortez cmd patch

Command division patch.

  • The uniform of the Cortez captain is shown with a distinctive assignment patch which, as the only appearance of the USS Cortez, appears only in this storyline.
  • The issue includes sixteen pages of adverts and editorial content including a one page advertisement for subscriptions to Marvel's comics, highlighting Star Trek comics with an image of the USS Voyager.
  • The editorial content also includes a two-page letters pages, the first one in the Early Voyages series. One of the issues raised in the letters page is the appearance of Dr Boyce, a little different from his TV appearance, featuring two-toned hair. The editorial response explains that Dr Boyce is one of the characters for whom Paramount did not have the likeness rights from the actor, so Boyce's appearance could not be an exact likeness.

Quotes

Colt on Darrien 224

Mia Colt brandishes a Phaser rifle

"What in the name of...?"
"Phase rifle, sir! I liberated it from the shuttle's locker when I heard the shooting."

- Pike and Colt after she shot an attacking Vulcan.

Related stories

Media featuring Christopher Pike
Episodes and movies The Original Series The Cage • The Menagerie
Movies Star Trekk • Star Trek Into Darknessk
Discovery Will You Take My Hand? • Brother • New Eden • Point of Light • An Obol for Charon • Saints of Imperfection • The Sound of Thunder • Light and Shadows • If Memory Serves • Project Daedalus • The Red Angel • Perpetual Infinity • Through the Valley of Shadows • Such Sweet Sorrow
Short Treks Q&A • The Trouble with Edward • Ask Not
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Novels Killing Timea • Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams • A Less Perfect Uniona • The Children of Kings • Child of Two Worlds • Desperate Hours • The Enterprise War • The High Country
Short stories "Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother" • "The Greater Good"m
Comics Early Voyages "Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • Cloak and Dagger (1 • 2) • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • The Fallen (1 • 2) • "Futures, Part One" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis"
Starfleet Academy "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War"
Crew "Shadows of the Past" • "The Ends of Eternity"
other "All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • Alien Spotlight Alien Spotlight, Volume I (Vulcans • Orions) • Mirror Imagesm (1 • 2 • 4 • 5) • Spock: Reflections, Issue 2 • Star Trek Movie Adaptationk (2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6) • Captain's Log: Pike • Aftermath (1 • 2 • 3)
k : Kelvin timeline • m : Mirror Universe • a : alternate reality

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