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With your kind permission, Admiral Kirk… We will now be taking over your ship!"Double Blind, Part One" was the 24th issue of the DC Comics 1984 series of Star Trek comics. The issue was the 22-page first part of a two-part story Double Blind as written by novelist Diane Duane. The art was penciled by Tom Sutton and inked by Ricardo Villagran, with Robert Greenberger credited as editor.

Summary[]

A seemingly uneventful day aboard the Federation starship USS Excelsior during a star mapping mission in the space between the Sagittarius and Orion Arms turns into an unexpected first contact when an unknown spacecraft seemingly appears out of nowhere. Lieutenant Saavik determines that the ship does not use a Romulan cloaking device, is armed with conventional phasers, but possesses no shields that the sensors can detect. Soon, the unknown vessel demands the surrender of the Excelsior. Saavik informs Admiral James T. Kirk that the unknown vessel's energy output is barely a tenth of the Excelsior's power. Armed with the knowledge of facing an inferior enemy, Kirk surrenders the ship over the objections of his crew.

A team of insectoid aliens board the ship with their leader announcing that the Excelsior intruded into the space of the Ajir Empire. The Ajir captain orders all of the Starfleet officers into the brig, mentioning that the ship will be taken to their homeworld planet and held for ransom. When all of the officers finally walk into the cell, the Ajir captain asks which switch activates the force field. Kirk tells the alien leader the setting for class six prisoners, which allows the force field to be turned off from the inside. The boarding party leaves and Admiral Kirk orders Commander Hikaru Sulu to jam the corridor and keep watch in case the boarding party returns. Commander Nyota Uhura confirms that junior officers are holding all major posts, including the bridge, which is currently under the command of Lieutenant Dahai Iohor Naraht.

Naraht orders George Wilhelmsem, the relief communications officer, to sabotage the ship's universal translator. When the boarding party arrives on the bridge, no one can understand anyone else and Wilhelmsem shorts out the multistate equivocator, causing several bridge stations to severely malfunction. Frustrated, the aliens return to the brig and free the officers, ordering the officers to instruct them on ship operations. Kirk agrees and assigns his crew to assist the Ajir in learning ship functions. The officers deliberately make the learning process difficult, but eventually learn that the Ajir have no knowledge of how their ships operate, have no desire to fight, and are taught deception at a young age.

Kirk and the Ajir captain visit the bridge only to see the Ajir vessel destroyed by a party calling itself the Grond Protectorate.

References[]

Characters[]

CarverPavel ChekovJanice KerasusJames T. KirkKonomLeonard McCoyDahai Iohor NarahtTheresa RennerSaavikMontgomery ScottElizabeth SherwoodHikaru SuluNyota UhuraGeorge Wilhelmsemunnamed Ajirunnamed USS Excelsior personnel

Starships and vehicles[]

Ajir starshipUSS Excelsior (Excelsior-class)

Locations[]

Shipboard locations[]

USS Excelsior
bridgebrigcorridorengineeringlinguisticsshuttlebaysickbaytransporter room

Stellar regions[]

the galaxyOrion ArmSagittarius Arm

Races and cultures[]

AjirHortaHumanKlingonVulcan
Referenced only
Romulan

States and organizations[]

Ajir EmpireFederationGrond ProtectorateStarfleet

Science and classification[]

bearing lubricantcloaking devicecommunicatorcomputerequilibriatormultistate equivicatorphaserstarshipuniversal translatorviewscreenvoderwarp drive

Occupations and titles[]

captainchief engineercommandercommanding officercommunications officerensignexecutive officerhelmsmanlieutenantlieutenant commanderlieutenant junior gradelinguistnavigatorrear admiralsecurity chieftransporter chief

Other references[]

boarding partycommunicationsDay of FarfenergygigadyneGreat Bird of the Galaxyplanetred alertspaceweapon

Appendices[]

Background[]

  • This is the first part of the Double Blind storyline. For whatever reason, the this installment was titled "Double Blind, Part One" (with the number spelled out), but the next part was titled "Double Blind, Part II" (with a Roman numeral).
  • The letter column reveals that "Giri"'s author was Laurie Sutton using the pseudonym of Wennonah Woods.
  • The first letter of the letter column is a public thank you from Wolf on the Prowl author Tony Isabella to a group of Ohio fans.

Images[]

Connections[]

Timeline[]

published order
Previous comic:
#23: Wolf at the Door
Wolf on the Prowl
TOS comics
(DC Comics, Volume 1)
Next comic:
#25: Double Blind, Part II
Double Blind
Previous story:
The Kobayashi Alternative
Stories by:
Diane Duane
Next story:
Double Blind, Part II
chronological order
Previous adventure:
Wolf at the Door
Memory Beta Chronology Next adventure:
Double Blind, Part II
Previous comic:
Wolf at the Door
Continuing voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Next comic:
Double Blind, Part II
Publication history[]
March 1986
First published by DC Comics.
December 1991
Reprinted in the omnibus The Best of Star Trek. (DC Comics)
1 September 2008
Included in The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD-ROM. (Graphic Imaging Technologies)
28 February 2019
Reprinted in Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 57. (Eaglemoss Collections)

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