Uhura's Story

"Uhura's Story"
While the Excelsior orbits a planet on the verge of breaking up, Uhura recounts an early mission aboard the . 
==Background information==
* Framing sequence takes place between the events of and .
* Flashback sequence takes place around stardate 1297.80, preceding (TOS).
* This issue is replete with art department gaffes:
** Sulu mans the Excelsiors navigator's position in this issue, while Sanderson mans the helm.
** Saavik, like Sanderson, is shown wearing commander or lieutenant commander's rank insignia, despite her rank of lieutenant. (The artwork makes it difficult to be certain.) Therefore, Sanderson may hold any one of these ranks.
** The shuttlecraft named "Keppler" in this issue features the call-letters of the Galileo (NCC-1701/7).
** In the flashback, Enterprise officers wear branch-specific department colors, although it is no later than 2265.
** Uniforms from both eras show up in some of the same panels.
* The Klingon commander bears a seemingly "type-2" (Human-like) appearance, except with pointed ears.
* The sentries on Tally wear thick armored suits unlike anything seen elsewhere in any Trek episode, movie or comic.
* Kirk and Spock discuss a "treaty" which led to a "cessation of hostilities many years ago." This could not have been the Organian Peace Treaty (2267).
===Creators===
* Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
* Writer: Paul Kupperberg
* Artists:
** Carmine Infantino (pencil art)
** Ricardo Villagran (inking)
** Michele Wolfman (color art)
** Agustin Mas (letter art)
** 
* Editor: Robert Greenberger
===Characters===
; James T. Kirk
; Spock
; Leonard McCoy
; Montgomery Scott
; Hikaru Sulu
; Uhura
; Saavik
; Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell : Enterprise navigator, second officer
; Lieutenant Lee Kelso : Enterprise helmsman
; Sanderson : Excelsior helm officer (rank: Commander or Lt.-Commander--see notes)
; Ensign Nelson : Enterprise crew-member
; Parker : Enterprise communications officer
; Unnamed Klingon commander
; Kentak and other unnamed Klingon sentries on Tally
===References===
; Benito's : Culinary establishment on Deneb V
; Cryblon System
; Deneb V
; : starship
; : Federation starship
;Keppler : Class F shuttlecraft assigned to . Most likely a misspelling of "Kepler".
; Tally: Cryblon IV, fourth planet in the Cryblon system
; USS Wilson : Federation survey ship
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