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A hotshot young officer goes on an unauthorized mission after being promoted to command by the death of his captain.

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Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.

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Constitution II class bridge, 2286

Senior staff of the Enterprise-A.

James T. Kirk
USS Enterprise-A commanding officer, a Starfleet captain.
Spock
Vulcan Half-Vulcan Starfleet captain serving as Enterprise-A exec and science officer.
Pavel Chekov
Enterprise-A security chief, a Starfleet commander. Chekov appears in a few panels in this issue but does not have any dialogue.
Uhura
Enterprise-A communications officer, a Starfleet commander.
Hikaru Sulu
Enterprise-A helmsman, a Starfleet commander.
Arex, 2270

Arex.

Arex
Enterprise-A navigator. Kirk orders Arex and Sulu to take the vessel to sector 9.
Ronald R. Penn
Starfleet cadet-commander who receives Captain Fields's order to take command of Cluster and the vessel's trainee crew. Even though the rank insignia drawn on Penn's uniform looks roughly like that of an ensign, he is addressed as both "cadet" and "commander" in dialogue, and apparently was in a position of authority over other lieutenants and lieutenant commanders on the bridge.
Romulan commander
Romulan starship commander who assaults the Cluster landing party, and then the vessel itself, after Penn's counter-attack. The same commander encountered during "The Doomsday Bug" storyline.

Mentioned[]

Tongo Rad
Kirk mentions that he just ditched a Federation "watchdog" assigned to Enterprise-A at their last stop.

Other characters[]

Fields
Captain of the USS Cluster. Fields led an ill-fated landing party that was massacred in a Romulan ambush.
Ventura
Starfleet cadet-lieutenant, a communications trainee assigned to USS Cluster. In some panels, Ventura's rank insignia is roughly drawn as a lieutenant junior grade, but in other clearers shots it is a full lieutenant's bar.
Bigelow
Starfleet lieutenant commander assigned to USS Cluster. Bigelow wore the yellow uniform patches of a pilot, and answered to orders Penn addressed to the helm, but Penn also addressed another female ensign as the "helmsman".
Marciari
Starfleet crewmember lost on the ill-fated USS Cluster landing party. It wasn't clear if the female on page one was named Testa, Marciari or McVey, but she must be one of those three.
McVey
Starfleet crewmember lost on the ill-fated USS Cluster landing party. It wasn't clear if the female on page one was named Testa, Marciari or McVey, but she must be one of those three.
Testa
Starfleet crewmember lost on the ill-fated USS Cluster landing party. It wasn't clear if the female on page one was named Testa, Marciari or McVey, but she must be one of those three.
Keller
Starfleet crewmember lost on the ill-fated USS Cluster landing party.
"Spitz" Spithogiannis
Starfleet crewmember lost on the ill-fated USS Cluster landing party.
Sajak
Romulan subordinate officer.
Cluster helmsman
Blonde female ensign, with gray uniform patches, assigned to the helm on USS Cluster. Since she wore gray insignia, it would seem she specialized as a navigator, despite being referred to as "helmsman" -- or she could have been filling both roles. Mr. Bigelow also responded to orders.
Andorian ensign
Andorian Starfleet ensign, with yellow uniform patches, assigned to USS Cluster. His uniform indicates he was probably an engineer, since he was not holding a pilot position -- yellow uniform insignia denote pilots or engineers.

References[]

USS Cluster
Miranda-class Federation starship.
Christofi IX
Planet, located of a Federation starbase facility. Kirk orders the surviving crew of USS Cluster to report to this base.
USS Enterprise-A quarter

USS Enterprise-A.

USS Enterprise-A
Federation starship.
Romulan starship
Romulan space vessel. This ship design was taken from the Romulan Ship Recognition Manual from FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game
Sector 9
Location of the battle between the Romulans and the USS Cluster.


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