Rules of Engagement

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Author(s): Peter Morwood
Publisher: Pocket Books
Series: Pocket TOS #48
Published: 1 February 1990
Pages: 245
Stardate: 2213.5 (2278)
Reference: ISBN 0671661299
You may be looking for the unrelated DS9 episode , "Rules of Engagement".

Kirk squares off against the Klingons - in a battle he cannot win!

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[edit] Summary

From the book jacket
A sudden revolution on the planet Dekkanar brings Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. USS Enterprise running to evacuate Federation personnel trapped there. But their orders from Starfleet are quite clear; the U.S.S. Enterprise is to assist in the evacuation, no more. No weapons are to be displayed, no shields raised, no shots fired.
Meanwhile, halfway across the galaxy, an experimental Klingon warship sets forth on a mission of its own, a warship with hidden -- and heretofore undreamed of -- capabilities, commanded by a warrior who will stop at nothing to bring glory to his Empire -- and restore his own lost honor.
The Klingon ship's destination? The planet Dekkanar...

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[edit] Characters

James T. Kirk 
Starfleet rear admiral.
Spock 
First officer of the Enterprise.
Nic Farey 
Captain of Vanguard.
Gytha North 
Captain of Sir Richard.
Kasak sutai-Khornezh 
Klingon captain.

[edit] References

IKS Hakkarl (KL-1017) 
Klingon K't'inga class battle cruiser, automated and conrolled from Tazhat.
USS Ivan Groznyy
USS Minsk
USS Nelson
USS Potemkin 
Constitution-class.
USS Sakharov
USS Sir Richard (NCC-2382) 
Captain Gytha North.
IKS Tarkan 
K't'inga class cruiser.
IKS Tazhat (KL-1018) 
Klingon Bird-of-Prey scout of Captain Kasak sutai-Khornezh.
USS Vanguard (NCC-2360) 
Captain Nic Farey.
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