Diplomacy & Empire

Zine
Title:	Diplomacy & Empire
Publisher:	Poison Pen Press
Editor(s):	Ann K. Schwader
Date(s):	1993
Series?:	yes
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
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Diplomacy & Empire is a Star Trek: TOS anthology of reprinted Klingon stories by Ann K. Schwader, set in the universe of her novels Beyond Diplomacy and One Blade, One Blood.

It is often listed in Klingon dictionaries alongside Beyond Diplomacy and One Blade, One Blood as the source of the word: "gozhe - [n] "Feces," or "excrement."

Issue 1

Diplomacy & Empire 1 was published in February 1993 and contains 120 pages. Cover art is by Bonnie Reitz; interior art is by Bonnie Reitz, Gennie Summers, and Mark Feeley. Borders by Caro Hedge.

cover of issue #1

• Know Thy Enemy, art by Bonnie Reitz--Neysa El Man, a Starfleet cadet and student meets a Klingon, Lt. Karan, in an exchange program and strikes up an unusual friendship with him. (34 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #9)
• A Memory of Stars, art by Gennie Summers--Details an early encounter between Neysa and Karan's consort, Kralais. (23 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #11)
• Curtain Call, art by Gennie Summers--The rock creature from "The Savage Curtain" is again encountered, pitting humans against Klingons. (32 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #13)
• Dedicated Research, art by Mark Feeley--Lt. Neysa El Man uses her last Triangle shore leave for field research -- and witnesses Admiral Karan's kidnapping. Who's responsible... and how is the death of Neysa's father involved? (28 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #17)

Issue 2

Diplomacy & Empire 2 was published in December 1993 and contains 84 pages. Cover art is by Bonnie Reitz. Interior art is by Gennie Summers, borders by Caro Hedge.

It is a Poison Pen Press #82.

• Let Nothing You Dismay--We see Neysa and Karan settled in the Klingon Empire and battling again with more betrayal and prejudice of their personal values. (37 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #12)
• Cry Havoc--Neysa (Keysa) and Karan are back in yet another adventure in the Klingon Empire. This time Keysa is pregnant, and someone from the Federation is trying to frame her for espionage. (42 pages) (reprinted from More Missions, More Myths #15)

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  front cover of issue #2

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  sample pages from issue #2

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  back cover of issue #2

Issue 3

Diplomacy & Empire, Vol. 3 contains 98 pages and was published in 1996. It contained the following stories: “The Game With Live Pieces,” “Between Stars” (poem), and “Fatal Vision."