Sixteenth Story Arc This summary is of a story arc from the newspaper comic strip " Star Trek " . Summary . Admiral Kirk is called back from vacation to Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco . He is told by a high - ranking officer that , with all due respect for Captain Spock , there is a mission Spock cannot perform . Protocol requires that a full Admiral deliver a diplomatic message that could mean an end to the war with the Sangdor Principality and " " the galaxy will be completely at peace for the first time in generations . " " Kirk confesses he has never quite understood why the Federation and Sangdor were fighting at all . The other Starfleet officer says that no one does . In this mission Kirk is to use " the most secure method of transmitting sensitive diplomatic messages known to science " : courier clone s . Young , blond , female , beautiful , and clad in identical clothing ; they are both ready to go . Back on the in spacedock , Kirk and the clones beam directly onto the bridge . Kirk apologies to Spock at taking command from him . But Scotty immediately notices the twin clones and demands to know what those " heathen monsters " are doing on the ship . Kirk explains they are courier clones , but Scott storms off the bridge saying to keep them out of his sight or he cannot be held responsible for what might happen . Everyone is puzzled at his reaction , but the clones say they are accustomed to negativity toward them . Kirk sits in the captain ' s chair , confides that he likes it better than Starfleet Command , and launches the ship from spacedock . During the trip , Kirk learns more about the clones in hopes of understanding Scott ' s reaction . They are both named Lyssa . As they explain it , courier clones are created from the brain tissue of a diplomat volunteer . Two clones are created , and the diplomatic message is added to the gene tic structure of all three . " " Only by combining the three elements of the code can our peace message to the Sangdor Principality be decoded . " " The third of the group is already on the planet Sangdor . Spock has done research in the meantime , and discovered that Scotty ' s nephew Brian volunteered for the courier corps and died during the cloning operation . Kirk discusses it with Scotty over some of McCoy ' s Romulan brandy , and Scotty confesses that it is true : he blames all clones for what happened to his nephew . After the conversation is over , McCoy blames Kirk for stealing his medicinal brandy . Kirk reminds him that possession of Romulan brandy is illegal , and that " it died in a noble cause " . As the ship approaches the demarcation zone between the Federation and the Sangdor Principality they are attacked by a Sangdor warship . The warship uses a standard Sangdor tactic : lock the opposing ship in a tractor beam and ram it . The reinforced hull of the warship being built for the maneuver destroys the opponent . Kirk calls down to Engineering for Scotty to engage full reverse power , but Scott isn ' t at his station and no one knows where he is . At the last second , the " Enterprise " breaks free , but both it and the warship suffer injury to their main converters . Kirk goes to find out why Scott deserted his battle station , and finds him standing over one of the Lyssas ' body with a bloody knife in his hand . She is dead , stabbed through the heart . The other Lyssa is found catatonic in the closet . Kirk now has a problem : if the surviving Lyssa cannot testify the evidence against Scott is conclusive . " " He ' ll be court martial ed for murder – and as ranking officer I ' ll have to sentence him to death ! ! " " Worse , the diplomatic mission will fail . But Kirk has a plan . Kirk and McCoy go to talk to Scotty in the " Enterprise " brig . Scott claims that he went to see the clones to warn them not to wander in off limits areas . He was then struck and , when he came to , found the girl dead and the knife in his hand . Kirk believes him . Spock reminds Kirk of the warship , which is now repaired and headed toward them . Uhura tries to raise them on subspace , but all frequencies are jammed . The warship then fires and hits the " Enterprise " . It is followed by a message from the warship requesting unconditional surrender . But Kirk has a plan . He asks Spock to find out both the diplomatic message and the identity of the killer through a Vulcan mind meld with the surviving clone . Uhura ' s task is to stall the warship . She feigns an inability to find the captain yet , since they have taken too much damage . Spock commences the link but is violently thrown backward by Lyssa , who then gets up , claims she hates all the " solos " , and runs from the room . Kirk remarks that he knew the clones were bred to be stronger than everyone else , but he is amazed at how strong . Spock concludes that she will now go and kill Scotty , since she is the one who killed her clone sister . There is a firefight near the ship ' s brig where Lyssa is stunned . Scotty , however , has survived by hiding . The warship issues one last ultimatum , and Spock tries a desperate move . If he can mind meld with the injured clone , he can bypass the security code that requires all three to be present and access the diplomatic message . He succeeds , tells the warship the message , and the warship immediately returns to the Lords of the Sangdor Principality with it . Kirk estimates there will be a peace treaty inside of a month . The surviving clone slips into a real catatonic state , which McCoy feels is fitting . Then Kirk and McCoy enjoy the last of McCoy ' s Romulan brandy and drink a toast : to peace . Memorable quotes . " " I ' ve committed an incredible faux pax . Two beautiful women . . . and I don ' t know your names ! " " " " Scotty imprisoned for murder – I still find it hard to believe " " Background information . This is the first – and last – story arc drawn by Bob Myers . Myers had a very different style than anyone who came before or after him , and his unique approach created some very unusual images . For example , Starfleet officers smoking cigarettes , Scotty as a helmsman , Spock with ears tilted 45 degrees outward from his head and with every appearance of being asleep most of the story . There were courier clones whose initial uniform appears to be designed to look like a swimsuit with a neckline that plunges to the navel , engineering crewmen wearing sunglasses in the engine room , a captain ' s log written in a spiral notebook in longhand , phaser s that resemble . 45 automatics , and many others . The resemblance from a story standpoint to is fairly obvious , but it is unknown whether it was done intentionally . Also unknown is the means by which the two clones and the original diplomat combine to decode and deliver their message , or why they were even necessary . By every measure of story and art , this is the one arc that is so extraordinarily different from every other as to almost be unrecognizable as " Star Trek " . This story was given the title " Send in the Clones " in " " .