Aspiring to be Angels
The crew is trapped between an angry Klingon force and a renegade starship that attacked that Empire's outpost.

Background information 
 The second chapter in the Who Killed Captain Kirk? storyline, this issue was later collected in that book.
 This was part of Peter David's first storyline as a Star Trek  writer.
 The one-eyed Klingon, Kron, was named for another cycloptic character in author Peter David's Aquaman work.

Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Peter David
 Artists: 
 Tom Sutton (pencil art)
 Ricardo Villagran (inking)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 Helen Vesik (letter art)
 
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters 

 James T. Kirk   captain.
 Spock  Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
 Leonard McCoy  Enterprise-A surgeon.
 Montgomery Scott  Enterprise-A chief engineer.
 Pavel Chekov  Enterprise-A security chief.
 Moron  Growth-stunted Klingon albino found on Miraud. Pocket TNG: "Strike Zone" suggests he later takes the name "Kobry" (to honor his Starfleet guardians, KOnom and Nancy BRYce).
 Kron
 Konom  Klingon Enterprise-A ensign.
 Nancy Bryce  Enterprise-A navigation ensign.
 William Bearclaw  Enterprise-A security ensign.
Melchior  Andorian mercenary.
Bendar  Tellarite mercenary.
Grunt  Alien mercenary.
Klingon survivor  Klingon used as target practice by the mercenaries. Bendar and Melchior weren't sure which one had managet to shoot him after Grunt hurled him into the air.
 M'Ress  Enterprise-A officer.
 Phil Burroughs, aka "Zair"  Captain of USS Zephyr.

 References 
Endicor  Zair's next destination.

  Refit-type  Federation starship.
Miraud
USS Zephyr (NCC-1005):  Federation starship. The Zephyr is only referred to as the "Renegade" in this issue. Her registry was readable off of her hull.

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