Death Ship!
The Doomsday Bug! – Part one of three.

Background information

Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry 
 Writer: Len Wein
 Artists: 
 Tom Sutton (pencil art)
 Ricardo Villagran (ink art)
 Michele Wolfman (color art)
 Agustin Mas (letter art)
 Joe Brozowski (cover pencil art)
 Bob Smith (cover ink art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters

Regular and recurring characters 

 James T. Kirk  Excelsior commanding officer, a Starfleet rear admiral.
 Spock  Vulcan Half-Vulcan Starfleet captain serving as USS Surak CO.
Leonard McCoy  Excelsior CMO, a Starfleet commander.
Montgomery Scott  Starfleet captain serving as Excelsior chief engineer.
 Pavel Chekov  Excelsior security chief and tactical officer, a Starfleet commander. 
Uhura  Excelsior communications officer, a Starfleet commander. 
Hikaru Sulu  Excelsior helmsman, a Starfleet commander. 
Saavik  Excelsior science officer, a Starfleet lieutenant. 
Nancy Bryce  Excelsior navigator, a Starfleet ensign.
William Bearclaw  Native American Starfleet ensign assigned to Excelsior.
Joseph M'Benga  Starfleet doctor assigned to Excelsior.
Brinks  Surak first officer, a Starfleet commander who perished from the plague.
Chu-Sa Avian Surak chief medical officer, a Starfleet doctor who perished from the plague.
McCarthy  Surak helmsman, a Starfleet operations division officer who perished from the plague.
Cartwright  Starfleet fleet admiral who advises action captain Uhura that the Federation faced imminent war with Romulans.
Konom  Klingon Starfleet ensign assigned to Excelsior.
Romulan commander Romulan military officer who confronts Kirk at the Romulan Neutral Zone.
Andorian carrier Infected individual who carried the bug aboard Surak.

Other characters 
Singer  Starfleet ensign serving aboard Surak. She was the first to die as a result of the plague. She perished on the bridge, in Captain Spock's arms.

References 
distress call; gravitational field; priority one; Romulan Neutral Zone; shields; star; transporter
Aakenn class  Type of Federation freighter. Class VI variety. This name originated in FASA RPG material.
Andorian  Humanoid species.
doomsday bug  Disease.
   Federation starship.
Romulans  Humanoid species descended from Vulcans.
Romulan Star Empire  Government of the Romulans.
Saint Andrew  Religious figure whose name Scotty invokes when he sees the corpses aboard Surak.
USS Surak  Federation science vessel.
USS Surak shuttlecraft  Auxiliary craft.
Tellarites  Humanoid species.
Tellarite frieghter Starship discovered by USS Surak.
transwarp  Intergalactic propulsion system utilized by Excelsior.
Z-1 (Nova class) battleship  Class VIII variety. This name originated in FASA RPG material.

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