"The Robot Masters" was the ninth of 11 Star Trek: The Original Series audio productions released by Peter Pan Records. It was initially distributed in 1979 as an audio production along with three other stories. It was subsequently released by itself along with a 20-page comic book, and was the fifth of six Peter Pan associated comics. In this story, the Enterprise crew disguised themselves as pirates to solve mysterious robot thefts.
Summary[]
Log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 95.9066 : All seems well with the universe… The Romulans, that war-mongering race that lives just outside the known galaxy, and the Klingons, the sworn enemies of the Federation, have not shown their evil faces or tried to attack any civilized outpost for weeks. The Enterprise basks in the unusual peace. But in its place, the crew finds other things to occupy themselves with…
References[]
Characters[]
- Pavel Chekov • Steve Decker • James T. Kirk • Mastero • Pragmar • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Frank Tanka • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Romulus II
- Referenced only
- decoy trader ship
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and technology[]
- computer • cybernetics • laser rifle • machine • rifle • robot • stardate • weapon
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • commodore • crewmember • criminal • engineer • ensign • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant • officer • pirate • Starfleet ranks • warrior
Other references[]
- battle stations • bridge • bridge • brig • emotion • execution • galaxy • logic • logic • metal • month • moon • outpost • peace • planet • sector • security • space • star • star system • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (early 2270s) • universe • warp nine • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS comic: "The Flight of the Buccaneer" – Kirk, Spock and Scott went undercover as pirates to track down a stolen dilithium shipment.
- TOS comic: "The Retirement of Admiral Kirk" — Kirk and McCoy joined the crew of the Free Trader freighter Orion, whose owner was pirating slaves.
- TOS comic: "Sport of Knaves" — Kirk, Spock, and Scott posed as civilians on lawless Grotus to search for Gharian wedding birds stolen from the Salvum wildlife preserve.
Background[]
- The story's packaging used imagery from TOS movie: The Motion Picture, which was released the same year. However, as in "Dinosaur Planet", the Enterprise inside and out appeared in its pre-refit configuration even though the crew wore early 2270s Starfleet uniforms. This also occurred in the five McDonald's Video Communicator comic strips.
- Uhura, Sulu and Chekov were addressed by their 2260s ranks.
- It was unclear whether Commodore Steve Decker was intended to be a new character or Commodore Matthew Decker, which would set this story prior to TOS episode: "The Doomsday Machine".
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: The Man Who Trained Meteors |
Peter Pan Records | Next story: Dinosaur Planet |
Production history[]
- Released on Peter Pan TOS record #15 along with three other stories.
- Released on record #21 with a 20-page comic book.
- Released on record #22 along with five other stories.
- September 2008
- Released on CD-ROM in The Complete Comic Book Collection. (Graphic Imaging Technologies.)
- 2 July 2020
- Reprinted in Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 119. (Eaglemoss Collections)
External links[]
- The Robot Masters article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Robot Masters article at Curt Danhauser's Star Trek Story Records website.
- The Robot Masters review at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery.
- The Robot Masters discussion at the Star Trek Comic Book Review podcast.