Summary Enterprise sends a shuttlecraft to retrieve Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford, who suffers from Sakuro’s Disease, so that she may be treated. The craft is pulled off course and lands on a small planetoid, where the crew discover the systems…
Summary Mr. Norman is a new crewmember whom McCoy finds off putting. He acts like a Vulcan, which is odd in a human. There’s a good reason: Mr. Norman is not human. He is one of a collection of androids…
Summary Sulu, Scotty and Jackson explore Pyrus VII, and then Jackson calls the ship, “one to beam up”. He materializes dead, and a sepulchral voice threatens Kirk, saying his ship is cursed! Beaming down, Kirk discovers his men enslaved by…
Summary Enterprise discovers the wreck of Constellation, a sister ship. The only survivor is Matt Decker, the Captain. He reports beaming his crew down to the fourth planet – except that there is no fourth planet! He investigated an odd…
Summary Gamma Trianguli VI is a peaceful planet with abundant plant life. It seems a paradise, but the landing party soon feels the thorns: poisonous plants, killer storms, and explosive rocks all claim lives. Eventually, they discover a small community…
Summary The Halkans are a people deeply committed to peace. Kirk is trying to negotiate with them for dilithium, the rare mineral that’s needed for warp power systems. But if there is even a chance their crystals will be used…
Summary A space probe of immense power and sophisticated technology has apparently annihilated the entire Malurian civilization, and now threatens Enterprise. But when Kirk hails it, the attacks cease and it allows itself to come aboard. Soon enough, the reason…
Summary Enterprise nears the planet Pollux IV, when an immense humanoid hand appears and seizes the ship! It is not actually living tissue, but a complex field of energy. And it belongs to a being who claims that he and…
Summary Spock is becoming increasing irrational, even threatening to break McCoy’s neck! He can’t or won’t explain this behavior to Kirk, only asking to return to Vulcan. It’s a request Kirk cannot grant, given the Enterprise’s other business. Until McCoy…
Summary Approaching the planet Deneva, the Enterprise encounters a private spacecraft whose pilot is flying desperately into the sun, the apparent act of a lunatic. Spock reveals disturbing news: a pattern of mass insanity that has spread across the galaxy…