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Hostage Situation

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Hostage Situation

Attribution

Series:

Deep Space Nine

Writer(s):

Mike W. Barr

Artist(s):

Lurene Haines

Letterer(s):

Tim Eldred

Editor(s):

Tom Mason

Publication information

Chronology

Date:

2369

Stardate:

43256.9

"Hostage Situation" is aStar Trek: Deep Space Nine comic. It was the firstDS9 comic published.

When aKlingon bird-of-prey visitsDeep Space 9, a prisoner seekingmedical attention takesBashir hostage.

Summary[]

Station log,stardate 43256.9: Captain K'Leht of theKlingon bird of prey,Khitomer's Revenge has docked atDS9 with amedical emergency concerning a prisoner they are returning to Klingonhomeworld Qo'noS, for trial.

The Klingon bird-of-preyKhitomer's Revenge has docked at Deep Space 9. Captain K'Leht has asked for a prisoner called Mard, who has attempted the suicide ritual hoh'egh, for medical treatment. Mard is being taken to Kronos where he is to be executed.

Mard slips out of his manacles and takes a disruptor from one of the Klingon guards. Odo shapeshifts into a Vulcan sehlat, which has a thick skin, and against which Mard's weapon fire is ineffective, allowing Odo's sehlat form to knock Mard to the floor. Bashir thinks Mard is unconscious, but Mard is not, and takes Bashir hostage in the Infirmary and sets up a stasis field. K'Leht wonders why Sisko does not simply execute Mard, as well as Bashir, but Sisko tells him that he will not be following Klingon hostage techniques.

Mard’s stasis field in the Infirmary prevents the beamout of Bashir. The crew attempt to use a gas to knockout Mard, but the field purifies it before Mard can be incapacitated by it. Chief O'Brien meanwhile is working to deactivate the field. Sisko has Major Kira break into K'Leht's computer systems. Sisko learns that K'Leht engineered Mard's escape. His manacles were not locked when he was brought onto the station, and Mard had crewmembers supposedly helping to free him instruct him on how to use Bashir's medical terminals. K'Leht wanted Mard killed before his trial on Kronos, as Mard killed K'Leht's sister and her husband. Mard incapacitates himself when he runs against the field at K'Leht, allowing Bashir to deactivate it. Sisko lets K'Leht go, but warns him that Mard had better reach Kronos without incident, or he will inform the Klingon High Command of what has happened.