Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2

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{{Comic
| title       =Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2
| cover image =[[File:EV6.jpg|220px]]
| cover artist=[[Patrick Zircher]] & [[Greg Adams]]
| series      ={{ST|Early Voyages}}
| number      =6
| miniseries  ={{dis|Cloak and Dagger|duology}}
| minino      =2
| writer      =[[Dan Abnett]] & [[Ian Edgington]]
| penciller   =[[Patrick Zircher]]
| inker       =[[Greg Adams]]
| colorist    =[[Marie Javins]]
| letterer    =[[Janice Chiang]]
| editor      =[[Bobbie Chase]]
| omnibus     =[[The Complete Comic Book Collection]]; [[Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 2]]
| published   =July [[1997]]
| pages       =40
| story       =22
| publisher   =[[Marvel Comics]]
| date        =c. [[2254]]
| stardate    =2396.6
|}}
'''''Cloak and Dagger, Part 2 of 2''''' is a ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' [[comic]] published by [[Marvel Comics]] in [[1997]], it is the sixth issues in the ''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]'' series, and the second 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}} and crew in conflict with the lost [[Vulcan]] [[colony]] the [[Last-of-all-Cities]].

==Summary==
As the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} drifts crippled in space the [[Vulcan]]s start to [[transporter|beam]] in. On [[Darien 224]] [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]] is concerned, out of contact with his ship. On the [[bridge]] the crew put up a valiant fight. While in engineering {{dis|Wright|engineer}} desperately calls the bridge for assistance as a Vulcan approaches; he is saved by [[Moves-With-Burning-Grace]], armed with his [[battle lance]]. Driven off, the Vulcans retreat back to the {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}}.

[[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]]. With a pause in the attack, Number One has repair teams get to work on the ''Enterprise''.

On Darien 244 [[Sutek]] reports long range ground sensors have monitored the battle and that the ''Enterprise'' survives. Though conflict continues on the planet, 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.

:'''''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.''

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.

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.

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]]. As Spock warns, the weapon could potentially destroy the [[planetoid]]. 

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.

On the ''Enterprise'', Pike hails, he is on his way but under attack by the ''Cortez''. The ''Enterprise'' moves to intercept while on the ''Cortez'' the Vulcans have their 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, and the ''Cortez'' is blown to pieces.
[[File:Enterprise reentry.jpg|thumb|The Enterprise flys into Darien's atmosphere]]
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.

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'' then pulls away and safe from the planetoid's destruction.

:'''''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.''

Pike goes to check on Spock, who is performing a ritual to purge what [[emotion]]s 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"''.

==References==
===Characters===
:[[Phillip Boyce]] • [[Gabrielle Carlotti]] • [[Mia Colt]] • [[Sita Mohindas]] • [[Moves-With-Burning-Grace]] • [[Nano]] • [[Number One]] • [[Christopher Pike]] • [[Spock]] • [[John Stone]] • [[Sutek]] • [[Tagok]] • [[T'Kell]] • [[T'Sil]] • [[José Tyler]] • {{dis|Wright|engineer}} • [[Unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (2240s and 2250s)|unnamed USS ''Enterprise'' personnel]] • [[unnamed Vulcans]]

{{ref}} [[Adolf Hitler]] • [[Khan Noonien Singh]]
===Starships and vehicles===
:''{{dis|Columbus|NCC-1701/2}}'' ([[Class F shuttlecraft]]) • {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}} ({{class|Miranda}}) • {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}}) 

===Locations===
:[[bridge]] • [[Darien 224]] • [[engineering]] • [[Last-of-all-Cities]] • [[Tabernacle of sharp conflict]]

{{ref}} [[hospital]] • [[starbase]] • {{planet|Vulcan}}
===Races and cultures===
:[[Human]] • [[Lirin]] • [[Vulcan]]

{{ref}} [[Klingon]] • [[Tholian]]
===States and organizations===
:[[Federation Starfleet]] • [[Tagok's insurrectionists]] • [[United Federation of Planets]]

{{ref}} [[Nazi]]
===Science and technoloy===
:[[artificial gravity generator]] • [[atmosphere]] • [[battle lance]] • [[blood]] • [[blunt object trauma]] • [[communicator]] • [[eugenics]] • [[gravitational field]] • [[impulse engine]] • [[laser pistol]] • [[lirpa]] • [[long range sensor]] • [[magma]] • [[mantle]] • [[phaser]] • [[photon torpedo]] • [[planet]] • [[planetoid]] • [[psionic amplifier]] • [[puncture wound]] • [[pyrotechnic]] • [[sensor]] • [[sensor ghost]] • [[shield]] • [[slag]] • [[star]] • [[stellar radiation]] • [[targeting array]] • [[thruster]] • [[tol par-doj]] • [[transporter]] • [[vorl-tak]] • [[Vulcan hyper weapon]]

===Ranks and titles===
:[[captain]] • [[chief engineer]] • [[commander]] • [[engineer]] • [[first officer]] • [[lieutenant]] • [[matriarch]] • [[nurse]] • [[physician]] • [[prince]] • [[warrior]] • [[yeoman]]

===Other references===
:[[captain's log]] • [[eugenics warrior]] • [[first officer's log]] • [[general quarters]] • [[genocide]] • [[god]] • [[landing party]] • [[logic]] • [[off-worlder]] • [[Vulcan enlightenment]] • [[war]] • [[war party]]  

==Timeline==
===Chronology===
A [[stardate]] of 2396.6 is given in the story, which is assumed to take place in sequence with the rest of the ''[[Star Trek: Early Voyages]]'' series, circa [[2254]]. 
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;c. [[3rd century]] : Prior to the [[Time of Awakening]] the {{planet|Vulcan}} saw periods of [[war]], using [[psionic weapon]]s. (''Events referenced in relation to origins and behavior of the Last-of-all-Cities Vulcans'')
;[[Stardate]] 2396.6 (c. [[2254]]) : The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} is embroiled in an internal conflict between opposing groups from the [[Last-of-all-Cities]] colony. In the process the {{USS|Cortez|NCC-1834}} and [[Darien 224]] are destroyed by the [[vorl-tak]] weapon. (''Events of the comic.'')

===Production history===
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*'''[[1997]], July''', first published by [[Marvel Comics]]
*'''[[2008]], September''', re-released on ''[[The Complete Comic Book Collection]]'' DVD, by [[Graphic Imaging Technologies]].
*'''[[2009]], May''', reprinted in [[Star Trek Omnibus, Volume 2]], by [[IDW Publishing]].

==Appendices==
===Background===
*In the last scene of the part 2 Pike is depicted wearing a wrap-around tunic, similar but not identical to the one [[James T. Kirk]] sometimes wears in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.
[[file:USS Cortez cmd patch.jpg|thumb|[[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}}, and two pages of reader letters.

===Quotes===
''"Anyone so much as raises an eyebrow we'll drop you where..."''
:- An Enterprise security officer greeting the Vulcan boarding party.


''"Your Federation is weak... an empire built on sand... ours is built on rock!"''
:- Sutek to Captain Pike.

===Related stories===
*"'''{{dis|Cloak & Dagger|Part 1}}'''" (''[[EV]]'' [[comic]]) - This issue is the second part of a two-part story, directly and immediately continuing the story from the previous issue.
*'''[[The Cage]]''' (''TOS'' [[episode]]) - This comic offers an explanation for Spock's atypically emotional state in the pilot episode, smiling and such. At the end of the comic, having concluded the emotions of the Vulcans were their undoing, Spock performs a purification ritual to rid himself of what emotions he did have to become a being of pure logic.
*'''[[The Flat, Gold Forever]]''' (''EV'' comic) - The next ''Early Voyages'' issue sees the ''Enterprise'' at [[Deep Space Station K-12]] having spent a week there undergoing repairs following this events of this comic.
*'''[[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 harbors as revealed in this comic.
*'''[[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"''.
*'''[[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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===Images===
<gallery>
File:Vorl-tak.jpg|The [[Vorl-tak]] destroys the Cortez
File:Tabernacle of sharp conflict.jpg|The [[Tabernacle of sharp conflict]]
File:T'Kell.jpg|[[T'Kell]]
File:T'Sil.jpg|[[T'Sil]]
File:Sutek.jpg|[[Sutek]]
File:Battle lance.jpg|Moves-With-Burning-Grace wields his battle lance
File:Pike wrap.jpg|Captain Pike
File:Wright.jpg|[[Wright (engineer)|Wright]]
</gallery>
===External link===
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