Storyline #12: "The Wristwatch Plantation" w: Sharman DiVono & Larry Niven, a: Ron Harris 3/1/82-7/17/82

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THE PZINTI WARSHIPINP/CATE
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FOPB/PPIN6 THE PZINTI, ONE
OF THE GALAXY'S MOSTSAVA6E
LIFE FORMS, TVPOSSESS
WEAPONS WE APE TU/P PAYS
FPOM OPP PESTMWN, THE
PLANET MIMIT, INTHEZETA
SA&HTARH SYSTEM. I'VE
INFORMSP STAPFLEET COM -
MANPOF THE SITPAT/ONANP
AM AWAITING ORPEPS.
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\ Everyone AeaARp LIKE THIS/ y TASTE OF RAW
T MU0T KNOW 1Y-YE6, FTH-CAPTAIN... % THP FHTEPPPISE ' I Crf VEGETABLES/ IT IS
WHY THE I I HAVE THEM NOW/ \ IS EXPEPIEA/CIN& p* WMthe only offense/ ^
ENTERPRISE / ASK WHAT YOU AN INTENSE PA/N,
HE RE, L WANT TO KNOW {S $ MUCHUKE TEAT
| OF A M/GPA//ve
t HEAPACHE. ACCOPP-
■\ /HO TO MP.SPOCK,
4 IT IS EECAUSE
\ OUEM/HPSAEE
% 0E/NO HEAP er
5 A FEINT/
I TELEPATH...

THE EFFECT OF THE KZINTI > « MEAHW/HLE.. I HAVE SCANNED f... IT 16 ON A MISSION TO ^
TELEPATH REAPING OUR M IN PS X ?-'all ABOARP THE CONTACT THE BEBEBEBEOUE
SEEMS TO HAVE PASSEP. THE X ENTERPRISE - EXCEPT THE COLONYON MIMIT. THERE ARE
^ PAIN IS PIMINISHINS. . | HFPB/VOFS, SPOCR, 'BEERS ABOARP/
-FTH-CAPTAIN...
 , WHEN CARPENTER SIVES /V\£
MV SHARE OF THE AIONEX FRON\
THE SALE OF THE TUEEP, T'M GOING
TO BUY A NICE UTTLE CLUP ON rf
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bySHARMAN DiVONO
and RON HARRIS
k a creation of Gene Roddenberry

1 UNKNOWN TO ANYONE■ CAPTAIN'S LOG ■ THEEES AN OLP EARTH SAYING

SUPPLEMENTAL. ABOUT CURIOSITY KILLING
PESPITE MY . the CAT, first HIGH
FULL PEPOPT OP BteCOUNClLOR.„^^^M
tee /n creep/r
W/TE TEE KZINTI
TELEPATN,
STAPFLEET
EASOPPEPEi?
US TO TEE
BEgEgEEEQue
COLONY ON
MIM/T WITHOUT
INVESTIGATING
TEE PUPPOSE
OF TEEAPMEP
KZINTI ^ALTHOUGH in this
WAPSEIP... INSTANCE, I PON'T UNPEft-
STANP YOUR APPLICATION OF..
 bySHARMAN DiVONO
and RON HARRIS
k a creation of Sene Roddenberry

r WHAT'S TOUR
THEORY OF THE
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EFFECT THE KZINT1
ENTERPRISE WILL WIN US A ENERGY WEAPON
LAND AND NAMES, _ IS HAVIN& ON ALL OUR
FTH - CAPTAIN / . CON TOOL CIRCUITS.
hf-TTl SFOCK

CAPTAIN KIRK' AUXILIARY five AMY HAVE MEANWHILE, IN ENGINEERING.. ^,„THE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY
CONTROL HAS POUND THE I FOUNPOUR GENERATORS ARE SOIL DINS UP A
SOURCE OF THE REFLECTOR SMUGGLED YER DAFT, MIAN / TREMENPOUS CHAR&E/ THEREfe
SHIELD /MALFUNCTION... THEEP WE DIDNA PUT ACIP IN L NO WAV TO DISSIPATE... _
S SPOCP AUXILIARY CONTROLS..

ANP IT MAY BE TOO

ATE TO DO ANYTHING
AEOUTMT..

THE SHIP
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CONTROL, HAS causcpM OPERATE? I'
WE'VE GOT
THE ENTERPRISE'S yBLWE'VE GO TO VO SOMETH II
SHtELPS TO MAL FUNC- ~-
T/ON, ALLOWING THE v
KZINTl WEAPON TO K* •£; V
penetrate the
SHIP'S ARTIFICIAL Kjj&sT T'VfO

genera 3wi

DESERVE THE FIRST \^THE gE&E&E&EQXJE

HIGH COUNCILOR, CAPTAIN. SUE PS HAVE ALSO
!ii BidMs Reserved tel by LA lunas Synd.-"\ PEEN AFFECTED/
 A FEDERATION STARSHIP CAPTAIN'S LOG' SUPPLEMENTAL, 'WE'ffi AT WARP IO, CAPTAIN. SHALL I
OESN'T RUN FRO/VI A FIGHT ‘ me KZINTI WEAPON HAS PLOT A COURSE FOR THE NEAREST
gURNEP OUTCVP ARTIEICIAL k-_STARPASE ? ^
GRAVITY GENERATORS.
WITHOUT TH£M WE ARE
FORCER TO OPERATE THE
ENTERPRISE WHILE
COHTEHP/NG WITH THE TRUE
WEIGHTLESS CONPITION
OF OUTER SPACE. OUR
MALFUNCTIONING REFLECTOR
SH/ELPS ANP ERASERS,
COUPLEP WITH THIS NEW
PROBLEM, MAKE IT
NECESSARY FOR US TO
RETREAT FROM THE RZINTI.
OURSPEEP/S THE ONLY
EFFECTIVE WEAPON
WE HAVE.

... VIS'LL CONTINUE ON ' THE ENTERPRISE SURE " ...ALL THE INTERNAL CIRCUITRY 'LL
TO MIMIT. HE CAN /MAKE WASN'T PES/SNEP FOR HAVE TA PE REPLACEP IN THOSE
REPAIRS THERE, FREE FALL, MISTER SCOTT/ GENERATORS AS SOON AS
WITH THE HELP OF
THE BEEFBEBEOUE , 'WITHOUT
- COLONIALS/ GRAVITY,
WE'RE
H AVI NS A
HARP TIME
UP HERE'

'CAUSE THIS SHIP'S HELPLESS AS

\ PApy WITHOUT 'EM / , jg >-

... COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICER, ALERT
OUR PLANETARY
PEFENSE ,
l SOU APRON Ji
L. ON MIMIT- <f ‘i
T TELL THEM A1
WE'LL ARRIVE TO ]
PACK THEM UP... y j
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v and RON HARRIS
k a creation of Gene Roddenberry

BECAUSE OF THE] VE CAP'TIN IS IN PE Ml POLE OF

TRANSPORTER \ KZINTl ATTACK/ VWHAT CAN VV\
MALFUNCTION l VO, MISTER STOCK ?_
CAUSE? BY THE [ WE MUST TRY
LEAKING l TO PROTECT
CONTAINER I THE SHUTTLE,
OF THEEP. h MISTER y
THELANP/NG \CHEKOV...J
PARTY /S
USING A
SHUTTLE TV
GET TO THE
SURFACE
OF MIMIT.
HOWEVER...

WITH
WIT H A KZINri
KLINT I hMV&fc
pAGE ON /VU/VMT,
MIMIT, l L
THINK WE NOW KNOW WHY THERE'S
BEEN NO RESPONSE PROM YOUR COLONY,

r AGREE!
HOWEVER.
 I IN SPACE AEOVE
THE PLANETM/MIT,
THE ENTERPRISE'S
PATTLE WITH
A FLEET OF
KZtNT/ SHIPS
| GOES ON...

THERE'S SOMETHING V THIS INJECTION SHOULD

HELP CAPTAIN KIRK.

[PON'T PE KZINTI KNOW > THEIR STRATEGY IS r LUCK IS WITH US, T we'LL HAVE
THAT THEIR PARTICLE BEAM TO NEAR US PPWN... IFTH-CAPTAIN/ WE WON'T ] THE HONOR
CANNONS VINILL NOT RE TOO LATE TO JOIN OF THE
iPENETRATE OUR SHIELPSpj THE RATTLE AGAINST / PEATH BLOW,
^THS ENTERPRISeT^^L FLIER'

P I'VE INTERCEPTS!?^
A COMMUNICATION FROM
A KZINTI VESSEL
ENTERING THIS SYSTEM.
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and RON HARR'S
V a creation of Gene RocWenberry
SRITH WAS A GOOP ~
COfA M AN DER. t SHALL
MISS HAVIN&HIfVN
ON MY FLANK... A

...ESPECIALLY SINCE W£ ALONE

ARE LEFT TO OCCUPY THE
FEDERATION STARSHIP UNTIL THE
G/ANT KILLER. ARRIVES/ ^

fiPOAf THE
KZINTI
GPOONP
BASE TO
F/NP THE
SHUTTLE-

[WHAT ?... IT'S

\7RANSP0RTER BEAM!

T IT'S STUNNED. ]
WHERE DID YOUj
►^CCVME FgOMj-jt
15 'T
DEAD^i

FORSIVE OUR APPEARANCE,

PUT THE KZINTI DO NOT
PERMIT SLAVES To WEAR

AT THAT MOMENT, r T HAVE < SLOOP GNAT,

ON THE ENTERPRISE CONTACT, l THE REST OF
[MR. SPOOK.7 >OUR FLEET HAS
{JEEN DESTROYED...

REGRETTABLY, t MUST
ASSUME YOUR ANSWER
...ANP I STRONGLY* IS "NO. "
ADVISE YOU TO k
SURRENDER... J
 MEANWHILE, /URKANR r ir^ 0FL/NNEP, py your shell markings,
ON M/MtT'S THE LANP/NG PARTY WHERE PIP y<PUj YOU ARE THE FIRST HIGHi
SURFACE,
A HUNTING*
k»e f RONV?J ^COUNCILOR... ^

PARTY
HAS SEEN -
PtSPATCHEP =
FROM THE
KZtNTt
GROUNP
BASE TO
F/NP THE -
SHUTTLE.- g

FORGIVE <X>R APPEARANCE,

PUT THE RZINTI 70 NOT
PERMIT SLAVES TO HEAR

AT THAT MOMENT, I HAVE

ON THE ENTERPRISE CONTACT,
SRJPGE..._AIR. SPOOK.

REGRETTABLY, l MUST
ASSUME YOUR. ANSWER
s \S "NO. "
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T/YiF B£B£B£B£4U6 THERE'LL. BE AM EXTRA MEANWHILE, BEU)W~. \ RIGHT NOW, « ...YOUR PEOPLE
COLONIALS BEAM RATION OF MEAT FOR ANYONE * -\—* spook: 2 pljilt the
THE ENTERPRISE WHO FLUSHED OUT THE CAPTAIN, IF THE ) NEEP0 OUR HELP * 5/4 VT KILLER'S
LANPING PARTY ENEMY/ ENTERPRISE / MOPE THAN WEAPON...THE
TO SAFETY. HOW¬ CAN'T HELP US..J WE NEEP HIS, HAMS TR/NGER,
EVER, UNAWARE fe. f--, y^t-T LATHAM.^/ YOU CALLEP IT...
THAT THE
LOCATION OF

m
THE BEERS'
SECRET REFUGE
/SUNPER THE
KZ/NT/ BASE,
R/RR CONTACTS
THE SH/E>
ALERTING THE
RZINTI...

THAT CAUSE CIRCUIT/OF OUR TECHNOLOGY I FROM THE SHIPS] ENTERPRISE LANP/NG PARTY /S /NTER-
FAILUPE IN ARTIFICIAL \IN MINIATURIZATION \RUPTEP WHEN THE HUNTING PARTY RETURNS..
GRAVITY GENERATORS, JtO PUT ONE IN THE
CAPTAIN -
 bySHARMAN DiVONO
and RON HARRIS
^ a creation erf Gene Roddenberry

IN0IPE... [ LOOK AT THEM OUT' while me entepfipise THE BEEP REFUGE UNPEPNEAPH
--THERE, SNIPPING FOR isoocuf/fp w/th THE PZ/NT7 BABE..._
PL OOP! WE NEVER SEEN SO THE 8/ANT KfLLPP
M4NY RAVAGERS TOGETHER, i ANP ITS GRAVITY ' OUR PHASER'S
generator weatdn, APE FUELY
THE HAMSTP/NGEP, CHARGEV..SUT
ON AMM/T CAPTAIN IF WE'PE
P/PKANP THE IVORY, WEIL
LANPING PARTY , 9EAEUETO
APE LEFT TO V AVOW THE J
PEFENP THEMSELVES f
f
KZfNTI 1
•SEARCH
ANP THE
1 PARTIES
\ ALTOGETHER!

HOWEVEP, MEANWHILE, ay THEENTEPFPT&E.

UNKNOWN TO
KIPP, THE PZ/NTT THERE \SA UNIT TO HOW LONG THE
APE NO LONGER YZINTI CAN USE THE HAMSTRINGED
10OP/N& FOP UNPER EATTLt COMMONS, HP. SCOTT.
THE LANP/NG
FAPTY. STARVING
PAVAGEPS HAVE
FOUOWEP THE
HUNTING TAPTY
EACH TO THE
OHM/M/T'S UFIKE THE HAMSTk IN&Eks AS THE
SURFACE, A POWERFUL RAY
RAVAEER STRIKES THE
ATTACK HAS ENTERPRISE'S
haltep the SH/EIPS...
SEARCH
FOR THE
ENTERPRISE
LANP/NS
PARTY...

IN SPACE, THE
GIANT KlUER
LAUNCHES ITS
F/NAL ASSAULT...

AS THE r CAPTAIN KIRK/ RAVAGERSJTHAT MEANS]

BEBEBEBEQUE HAVE ATTACKED/ THERE |THE KZINTI J
OF M/M/T MUST &E HUN PREPS OF ) ARE TOO -A
ATTEMPT TO
LEAP THE
ENTERPRISE
LANP/N& PARTY
TO SAFETY, LT.
LATHAM RETURNt
FROM HER
SCOUTING TRIP
TO THE UPPER
LEVEL OF THE
KZ/NT/ BASE...