- This article is about the TOS comic story arc. You may be looking for TNG novel: The Peacekeepers.
The Peacekeeper, Part One is a Star Trek comic, the 49th issue of the DC Comics second series of Star Trek: The Original Series comics. It featured the beginning of The Peacekeeper story arc, a two-part story published in 1993. The saga was written by Howard Weinstein, penciled by Rod Whigham, and dealt with the testing phase of the Peacekeeper project, a protomatter-based metaweapon 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...
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.
References[]
Characters[]
- Azark • Pavel Chekov • Lance Cartwright • Gracie Hirosaki • Isis • Keefer • James T. Kirk • Koob (rebel) • Leonard McCoy • Opai • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Gary Seven • Shopay • Spock • Torali
- Referenced only
- David Marcus • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise-A • USS Pacific • travel pod
- Referenced only
- Klingon birds of prey
Locations[]
- Starbase 79 • Thevos (Thevosian Science Station)
- Referenced only
- Genesis
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- 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
Occupations 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 • peace • Project Genesis • Peacekeeper project • radiation • red alert • Scotch • security • space • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • tritanium • universe • year
Appendices[]
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)
Images[]
Related Stories[]
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock • "Friday's Child" • "The Apple" • "Assignment: Earth" • The Mirror Universe Saga
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| Episode | Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miniseries | The Peacekeeper • Convergence • The Eugenics Wars • Assignment: Earth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Novels | Assignment: Eternity • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 • The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2 • From History's Shadow • Elusive Salvation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short stories | "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Seven and Seven" • "Assignment: One" • "Rocket Man" • "Time Line" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comics | "The Peacekeeper, Part One" • "The Peacekeeper, Part Two" • "Split Infinities" • "Future Imperiled" • "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" • "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" • "My Name Is Legion" • "We Have Met the Enemy..." • "Too Many Presidents" • "Ah-Ha!" • "Medics" • "Hosts" • "1971/4860.2" • "An Unexpected Yesterday" • "Year Five, Issue 11" • "Year Five, Issue 12" • "Year Five, Issue 15" • "Year Five, Issue 16" • "Year Five, Issue 17" • "Year Five, Issue 21" • "Year Five, Issue 22" • "Year Five, Issue 23" • "Year Five, Issue 24" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timeline[]
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous comic: Deceptions, Part III |
DC Comics, second series | Next comic: The Peacekeeper, Part Two |
| Previous story: Deceptions, Part III |
Stories by: Howard Weinstein |
Next story: The Peacekeeper, Part Two |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: Deceptions, Part III |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: The Peacekeeper, Part Two |
External links[]
- The Peacekeeper, Part One article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Review of The Peacekeeper, Part One at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery.