by Gordon Eklund “ ’Mr. Scott from the engine room has reported the possibility of engine malfunction. We appear to be losing velocity.’  ‘What does the computer say?’  ‘Negative, Captain.’  Then it’s not likely anything serious.’  ‘No, but I thought you should be informed.’  “You did the right thing, Mr. Spock.’ ” While on shore leave and attending a magic show, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy meet the greatest ‘senso-artist’ that ever lived: Gilla Dupree. She is strikingly beautiful while wearing a surgical mask that covers […]

The natives are

“Luck—that was what a man needed to thrive in this universe.  It changed the scale.  A star couldn’t have good luck—a planet couldn’t.  That took something alive and conscious, something like a man.” While exploring the galactic core, the Enterprise finds a lost Federation shuttle with a crazy person inside.  He seems to be a major plot point, but we will soon forget about him completely.  The Enterprise is then steered by an unknown force to a Dyson sphere and taken inside it.  There are […]

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