Uhura's Story
"Uhura's Story"

While the Excelsior orbits a planet on the verge of breaking up, Uhura recounts an early mission aboard the .

Background information
 Framing sequence takes place between the events of  and .
 Flashback sequence takes place around stardate 1297.80, preceding  (TOS).
 This issue is replete with art department gaffes:
 Sulu mans the Excelsiors navigator's position in this issue, while Sanderson mans the helm.
 Saavik, like Sanderson, is shown wearing commander or lieutenant commander's rank insignia, despite her rank of lieutenant. (The artwork makes it difficult to be certain.) Therefore, Sanderson may hold any one of these ranks.
 The shuttlecraft named "Keppler" in this issue features the call-letters of the Galileo (NCC-1701/7).
 In the flashback, Enterprise officers wear branch-specific department colors, although it is no later than 2265.
 Uniforms from both eras show up in some of the same panels.
 The Klingon commander bears a seemingly "type-2" (Human-like) appearance, except with pointed ears.
 The sentries on Tally wear thick armored suits unlike anything seen elsewhere in any Trek episode, movie or comic.
 Kirk and Spock discuss a "treaty" which led to a "cessation of hostilities many years ago." This could not have been the Organian Peace Treaty (2267).

Creators
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Paul Kupperberg
 Artists:
 Carmine Infantino (pencil art)
 Ricardo Villagran (inking)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 Agustin Mas (letter art)
 
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters

 James T. Kirk
 Spock
 Leonard McCoy
 Montgomery Scott
 Hikaru Sulu
 Uhura
 Saavik
 Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell  Enterprise navigator, second officer
 Lieutenant Lee Kelso  Enterprise helmsman
 Sanderson  Excelsior helm officer (rank: Commander or Lt.-Commander--see notes)
 Ensign Nelson  Enterprise crew-member
 Parker  Enterprise communications officer
 Unnamed Klingon commander
 Kentak and other unnamed Klingon sentries on Tally

References

 Benito's  Culinary establishment on Deneb V
 Cryblon System
 Deneb V
   starship
  Federation starship
Keppler  Class F shuttlecraft assigned to . Most likely a misspelling of "Kepler".
 Tally Cryblon IV, fourth planet in the Cryblon system
 USS Wilson  Federation survey ship

Comics