Trillions of Trilligs

"Trillions of Trilligs" is a Star Trek: The Original Series Pop-Up book, the second of two published by Random House in. The book contains a very short story for young audiences in which the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) aided a planet overrun by robots.

Summary
Nyota Uhura picked up a frantic distress call from Ynobe II, with viewscreen imagery showing a city with Human crowds fleeing from burning buildings. A voice message said that the planet was being taken over by trillig robots.

James T. Kirk, Spock and Montgomery Scott beamed down as groups of the metalic bipedal robots torched buildings and overturned an automobile. The officers were suddenly seized by the robots. Spock suspected that they were being controlled from a central point, so the landing party allowed themselves to be taken.

They were brought inside a factory overseen by a madman who ranted about using robots to take over the universe. Setting phasers at maximum, Kirk, Spock and Scott vaporized the facility. Without a control center, the trilligs all shut down. Kirk cuffed the man, then led him to a rocket, saying he would be launched into orbit for one Ynobe year as punishment.

Characters

 * James T. Kirk • Mad Robot Maker • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura

Starships and vehicles

 * USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ( heavy cruiser) • groundcar • rocket

Locations

 * Ynobe II

Races and cultures

 * Human • Vulcan

States and organizations

 * Starfleet (command division • operations division • sciences division)

Science and classification

 * factory • phaser • robot • satellite • transporter • trillig

Ranks and titles

 * captain • commanding officer • crew member • lieutenant

Other references

 * assignment patch • beam • beard • brain • control room • city • distress call • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • fire • orbit • planet • races and cultures • rank • space • Starfleet ranks • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • starship • stone • uniform • universe • viewscreen • year

Background

 * The book measured 8.25" x 10.625" and contained four two-page spreads, each with a pop-up scene and text.
 * Kay Wood authored the book. (Trillions of Trilligs page at the Barnes and Noble website.)

Related stories

 * – In the 2260s, Pragmar's Romulans stole robots to amass an army against the Federation.