Quarantine ( comic strip ) This summary is of a story arc from the newspaper comic strip " Star Trek " . A medical mission to the planet Sarsithia results in Dr . Chapel being infected and a Sarsithian general attempting to provoke a war with the Klingons . Summary . The answers a medical distress call from Sarsithia , a planet with an amphibian - like population that has fought alien invaders from the planet Mirmonot for 450 years . The last Mirmonot stronghold has fallen , but a plague has now broken out . Dr . Chapel works on the plague while Kirk and Spock discuss the situation with the Sarsith ruling council in a pool of water ( a Sarsith custom ) . Council member Arvith confides that the entire Sarsith culture is " " based on pushing the Mirmonots off the planet . " " With them now gone " " our society and culture have no direction and we are in a state of total economic collapse . " " During the discussion General Onoth , leader of the elite Sarsith military faction the Brotherhood of Waters enters and informs Kirk that Chapel has been injured and is under his personal doctor ' s care . What happened was that Dr . Chapel accidentally dropped a hypo of the virus and got it into her system . She got into a transport to fly to pick up some other samples but was affected and crashed in the sea . On the way there , Kirk and Spock see Sarsith fighting over food , and Brotherhood members beating civilians for a loaf of bread . General Onoth does nothing , saying " " only the strongest deserve to survive " " . McCoy is already with Chapel when they arrive . He cannot risk taking her to sickbay until they know more , and Spock volunteers to return to the ship to help from there . Onath then takes the Sarsith Dr . Tath aside and tells him it would be very convenient if Chapel ' s recovery was longer rather than shorter . Suddenly , the stronghold is attacked by Sarsith scavengers , and Chekov beam s down with a security contingent . The attackers cease as soon as they see members of the Brotherhood . Despite their surrender and Kirk ' s protests , Onath immediately kills them all as " weaklings " . The " Enterprise " provides emergency ration s and quells the riots near Chapel ' s location , but it is acknowledged they cannot keep that up forever . Meanwhile , Spock has determined the original unmutated form of the virus and based on that McCoy is able to synthesize a serum for Chapel . But Dr . Tath , wanting to please General Onath , gives Chapel a sedative to slow the progress of the serum . The sedative combines with the serum in an unexpected way such that rather than keeping her asleep Chapel almost immediately awakes . She feels confused and , not remembering who or where she is , fights her way out of the complex and takes to the streets . At this same time , a small Sarsith ship is in Klingon space menacing a cruiser . After being fired upon , the Klingons give chase and enter Sarsith space . Kirk leaves it to Chekov and his team to find Chapel and beam s back to the ship to handle the situation . Warping out to the fight , Kirk finds the Klingons firing on the Sarsith , and the " Enterprise " beams the two Sarsith pilots on board just as their ship explodes . The Klingons accuse Kirk of setting a trap for them and making them cross into disputed space as an act of war . Kirk finds out the Sarsith are members of the Brotherhood and fired first , leading him to suspect Onath ' s involvement . Chekov calls from the planet ' s surface and advises Kirk that Chapel has just then stolen a Sarsith ship . She is still disoriented and paranoid , taking the ship into the middle of the Federation and Klingon standoff and starting to fire at both ships , believing they are her enemies . On the planet , Sarsith fighter squadrons take off once the Klingons begin to fire upon one of their ships , even though the pilot is Human . Kirk senses Onath is trying to start a war , any way , and orders Onath to stand down . McCoy meanwhile searches for the possible cause of and cure for Chapel ' s inexplicable reaction to his serum . They try to beam Chapel aboard , but cannot get a lock on her since she is moving erratically and not wearing her communicator . McCoy finds out about the sedative , determines that she will die soon if not treated immediately , and suggests he be beamed to her ship with an injection that should help . Onath sees his opportunity for a new war with an implacable enemy slipping away , and attacks the Klingon ship with his fleet . So Spock takes the hypo , orders the shields dropped momentarily and beams himself onto Christine ' s ship without Kirk or McCoy realizing it until it is too late . Spock administers the hypo and the " Enterprise " drops its shields to beam them back . At that moment , Onoth attacks the " Enterprise " as well , and the transport has to be aborted . Kirk warns him that he is committing an act of war , but Onath is of the opinion that any war is a good war and does not back down . The Klingons decide to deal a death blow and destroy Onoth ' s ship with a well - placed photon torpedo . The rest of the Sarsith fleet retreats , as does the Klingon ship since it was damaged . The Brotherhood pilots are returned to the ship Chapel stole to limp home , and the hope expressed by Kirk is that the Sarsith will be able to adapt to a way of life that does not involve constant war . Chapel is treated and the story arc ends with the " Enterprise " chasing the Klingon ship to explain the situation in hopes of averting the Klingons returning to destroy Sarsithia . Memorable quotes . " " Despite my efforts , this incident has become a matter of honor for the Klingons , and the price of honor is always high . " "