1173. Friend and Foe AlikePUBLICATION: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #28, Malibu Comics, September 1995
CREATORS: Dan Mishkin (writer), Leonard Kirk and Terry Pallot (artists)
STARDATE: Unknown (between The Adversary and The Way of the Warrior)
PLOT: Gul Endor comes to DS9 for peace talks and is promptly shot by the Maquis. Ro Laren is seen fleeing so it is assumed she did it. O'Brien hunts her down while Bashir tries to save the life of the Gul. She explains she's there to stop a more radical member from assassinating the Gul and blowing up Deep Space 9. Ro and O'Brien team up and stop the Maquis, and then Ro escapes.
CONTINUITY: Ro Laren would last have been seen in Preemptive Strike. Dukat appears.
DIVERGENCES: This encounter with Ro is never mentioned in the DS9 sequel novels.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Staking out the head.
REVIEW: I'm a huge Ro Laren fan, you know that. Is this issue worthy of her? Meh. On the one hand, I do like how she is still trapped between Starfleet and Maquis values, seen to be untrustworthy by both sides. The more things change... On the other, there's not a whole lot of meat to this story. O'Brien tries to find her, then does, and then they go looking for a third person... There's no real excitement, even when there could be, such as when Ro escapes in a small ship while two Galor-class ships are right outside! And when there's an (attempted) assassination in Ops, it doesn't make the cast look good at all.
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