"Klingons, Mr. Ambassador, murdered my son, and have tried to murder me and my crew on repeated occasions. I think we're all more than familiar with the Klingon way."
"Obviously, your son was weak, and we did the Human race a favor… by removing him from the gene pool that much faster."
- Kirk and the Klingon ambassador
"If one of my attorneys had to kiss me, I'm glad it was you."
"I dunno. I kiss better."
"In your dreams."
- Kirk, Cogsley, and Areel
Background information
In an admitted goof, writers and editors pointed out in a later letter column that they had used an erroneous reference and called Samuel Cogley by the name "Cogsley" for three issues, beginning with this one.
Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 2 characters.
Enterprise-A surgeon. When Kirk has trouble reading a document, McCoy chides him for not having his glasses. It is at this point which Kirk reveals to McCoy that he pawned the glasses when they time-traveled to 1986.
Protocol officer assigned as Kirk's (so-called) "watchdog". Blaise reveals her first name to Uhura, making her promise not to reveal it to anyone. Blaise's name was announced to the Enterprise crew, by Kirk, in an issue of Star Trek Special.
Enterprise-A navigator and security chief. Chekovs wonders if Kirk's glasses being brought back in time before they were given as a gift represents a possible time loop, leading McCoy to wonder if Spock was a bad influence.
Enterprise-A helmsman. Sulu appeared with gray uniform insignia patches, rather than his usual yellow insignia, which denote a helmsman. It seems to be a coloring oddity, but Sulu had previously appeared wearing the colors of a different Starfleet division before, as a science officer in TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
