Partners?

The crew teams up with the Klingons! 
==Background information==
===Creators===
* Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
* Writer: Howard Weinstein
* Artists: 
** Ken Hooper (pencil art)
** Bob Dvorak (inking)
** Tom McCraw (color art)
** Bob Pinaha (letter art)
** Jerome K. Moore (cover art)
* Editor: Robert Greenberger
==Characters==
===Regular and recurring characters===
; James T. Kirk : captain. For some reason, Kirk sometimes wore the non-canon fleet captain insignia seen in some reference works.
; 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. Sulu appeared on the cover and in one interior panel but had no dialogue in the comic. For some reason he sat at the navigator station.
; Montgomery Scott : Enterprise-A chief engineer. Scotty appeared on the cover but had no dialogue or appearances in the comic.
;Keydn : Klingon, captain of IKS qul HoH
;Khezri : Klingon commodore, of IKS Qapla.
;Sally Gallan : Needran mining director.
;Zot Zandir : Gallan's assistant.
;Exius : Tyrion commander.
;Trevin : Tyrion, first lieutenant to Exius.
===Other characters===
; Anderson : Starfleet captain of USS Lafayette. Anderson wore the non-canon fleet captain insignia seen in some reference works.
; Myori : Starfleet commander assigned as science officer aboard USS Lafayette. It wasn't clear whether Ms. Myori was a commander or lieutenant commander.
;Dabney : Doctor on McCoy's staff aboard Enterprise who reported the Klingon defense officer's desire to speak with Kirk and Spock.
;qul HoH defense officer : Klingon officer who reported that his station had been sabotaged, and that only himself, a deceased subordinate, or Keydn, could have done so.
;Needran leader : Leader of the people of Needra.
;Lafayette helmsman : Dark-skinned Starfleet officer seated at the helm position on the bridge of Lafayette. This officer wore a deep blue turtleneck collar, indicating some sort of military specialty. He was apparently wounded or killed in the Tyrion attack.
;Lafayette navigator : Starfleet officer who wore a thick red visor while sitting at the navigation post on the Lafayette bridge. The visor was drawn similarly to that of Cyclops of the X-Men comics, whom this man resembled.
;Lafayette bridge officer : Starfleet officer, with a gray turtleneck collar, who announced the alien vessel fire to Captain Anderson, while helping a yellow-skinned medical officer back to his feet.
;Yellow-skinned Lafayette medical crewman : Alien medic stationed on the Lafayette bridge.
;Green-skinned Lafayette medical crewman : Alien medic stationed on the Lafayette bridge, who rushed around with a medikit helping wounded.
;Enterprise pilot : Dark-skinned officer, wearing the uniform of a navigator, who sat at the helm console aboard the Enterprise-A. He appeared to be wearing the insignia of either a commander or lieutenant commander.
;Blue-skinned Enterprise crewman : Alien crewman, wearing a military dark-blue turtleneck collar, stationed on the Enterprise-A bridge.
==References==
;Antle : Capital city of Needra.
;Hubble frontier region
;USS Lafayette (NCC-7033) : Federation light cruiser. The Lafayette had a crew of one-hundred, forty-two of whom perished in the Tyrion attack. Although the Lafayette seemed outwardly similar to a vessel, it had a secondary hull structure slung between the warp drive's nacelles.
;Needra : Planet, home to a mining settlement.
;Needrans : Humanoid inhabitants of Needra.
;Needran system : Star system.
;IKS Qapla : Klingon battlecruiser.
;IKS qul HoH : Klingon light cruiser.
;Tyrions
;Vanguard : Tyrion vessel. 
Partners, Part 1