Alien Spotlight: Orions

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Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.2 Locations 3.3 Races and cultures 3.4 States and organizations 3.5 Other 4 Appendices 4.1 Related stories 4.2 Timeline 4.3 Images 4.4 External link

[edit] Introduction (blurb)

From solicitations: “The female of the species is deadlier than the male"—a statement that was never more true than in the case of the Orion Animal Women, infamous from the very first episode of STAR TREK, "The Cage"! It's a fact Fleet Captain Christopher Pike will soon discover, as he's caught up in a web of intergalactic criminal intrigue. Can Pike trust the beautiful Orion slave girl—and can he trust himself around her?

[edit] Summary

After dancing at the Club Aknar, the Orion woman Leata meets with a man named Knox who tells her that the Tellarite administrator Muso is on the planetoid Babel. On Babel, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike reflects sourly on his promotion and the politics it entails. Eager to leave the stuffy conference, Pike takes a walk down the esplanade and saves Muso from being stabbed by Leata. When the angry victim attempts to shoot his attacker, Pike stops him allowing Leata to bound away to a nearby rooftop.

Over subspace, Commodore José Mendez asks Pike watch the administrator and ensure his safety. While spying on Muso, Pike hears the Tellarite bounty hunter order his murder before he encounters Leata lying in wait. Leata lies when telling the fleet captain she was sent to assassinate Muso by her master, whom the administrator had also ordered killed. When Leata suggests a partnership, Pike refuses to be party to assassination. Upon leaving, the pair fight off Muso's thugs but Muso suddenly arrives, captures Leata and holds her hostage to effect his escape. The Orion assassin easily knocks out her captor and prepares to kill him for the murder of her sister on Rigel II. Pike convinces her to spare his life.

Leata gives Pike a memory record of Muso's crimes as the Tellarite is led away by station security. When the pair are interrupted by a security officer, the Orion woman quickly escapes leaving Pike to muse that diplomatic functions might not be so bad after all.

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[edit] Characters

Knox • Leata • José Mendez • Muso • Christopher Pike • Sorak • Spence

[edit] Locations

Babel • Babel Station • Club Aknar • Rigel II

[edit] Races and cultures

Andorian • Human • Orion • Tellarite • Vulcan

Referenced only 

Rigellian

[edit] States and organizations

Starfleet

[edit] Other

bounty hunter • Captain • credit • Fleet Captain • laser pistol • mind control • Starship

[edit] Appendices

• This story takes place very shortly after Christopher Pike was promoted to Fleet Captain, which would place it around 2264.
• This issue was available in four covers, two of which of equally wide availability; one each by Elena Casagrande and Zach Howard. And two more of more limited availability, a sketch version of the Howard cover and photo-cover featuring an image of an Orion female from the ENT episode: "Bound".

Limited Howard sketch cover

Limited photo cover

Howard cover without titles

Cassagrande cover without titles

• This issue was originally to be written by Dan Taylor. However he pulled out when he left IDW to start a new career as a freelance writer, so Scott and David Tipton wrote the issue instead.
• The ten pages of editorial content in this issue include a single page advert for the next issue of the Alien Spotlight miniseries.

[edit] Related stories

Stories featuring Christopher Pike
Comics	"All Those Years Ago..." • "To Walk the Night" • "Door in the Cage" • "Flesh of My Flesh" • "The Fires of Pharos" • "Our Dearest Blood" • "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" • "Cloak and Dagger" • "The Flat, Gold Forever" • "Return to the Forbidden Planet" • "A Prelude to War" • "Immortal Wounds" • "One of a Kind" • "The Fallen" • "Futures" • "Future Tense" • "Futures" • "Now and Then" • "Thanatos" • "Nemesis" • "Alien Spotlight: Vulcans" • "Alien Spotlight: Orions"
Novels	Enterprise: The First Adventure • Vulcan's Glory • Legacy • The Rift • Where Sea Meets Sky • Burning Dreams
Short stories	"Conflicting Natures" • "A Private Anecdote" • "Sins of the Mother"
Episodes	"The Cage" • "The Menagerie"

[edit] Timeline

Published Order
Previous comic: Andorians: The Old Ways	Alien Spotlight comics	Next comic: Borg
Previous comic: Alien Spotlight: The Gorn	Comics by: Scott and David Tipton	Next comic: Valued Intelligence
Chronological Order
Previous Adventure: Not yet placed	Memory Beta Chronology	Next Adventure: Not yet placed

[edit] Images

[edit] External link

• Alien Spotlight: Orions article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.