Death Before Dishonor
Target: Enterprise!

Summary 
Kirk uses a transporter trick to defeat Klaa in combat, and takes matters into his own hands mediating peace on Chronian III after the ambassador is severely beaten by the Ziminda leader.

Background information 
 The plot of a diplomat being tortured for offering unwanted mediation was reused with more lethal result in Peter David's Star Trek: New Frontier novel "Once Burned."

Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Peter David
 Artists: 
 James W. Fry (pencil art)
 Arne Starr (inking)
 Jerome K. Moore (cover art)
 Tom McCraw (color art)
 Bob Pinaha (letter art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

Characters

Regular and recurring characters 

 James T. Kirk   captain.
 Spock  Vulcan Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
 Leonard McCoy  Enterprise-A surgeon.
 Uhura  Enterprise-A communications officer.
 Pavel Chekov  Enterprise-A navigator and security chief.
 Hikaru Sulu  Enterprise-A helmsman.
 Montgomery Scott  Enterprise-A chief engineer.

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