Enterprise: The First Adventure

Summary
From the back cover: He was the youngest man to captain a starship in Federation history. His crew included an untried first officer - and a maverick ship's surgeon. In the years to come, the voyages of Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise would become legend.

But before their historic five-year mission began, before the crew meshed into the superb unit that would journey across the galaxy, before the legend took shape, there was the mission that brought them together for the first time.

Here, at last, is that untold story - the first voyage of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and all the rest of the Enterprise crew - the most eagerly awaited Star Trek adventure of all!

Prologue
James Kirk awakens from a nightmare of the Battle of Ghioghe, in which he lost his ship the USS Lydia Sutherland and his first officer Gary Mitchell was badly injured. He visits the hospital, where Gary is unconscious but recovering, and runs into Carol Marcus. Meanwhile, Spock goes swimming on his last day of leave, Sulu looks forward to being assigned to the USS Aerfan, and on Arcturus, the Klingon renegade Koronin takes possession of a Bird-of-Prey.

Chapter 1
Spock goes to Christopher Pike's headquarters to congratulate him on his promotion to Commodore and thank him for the opportunity to work with him. Sulu is dismayed to learn that he has instead been assigned to the USS Enterprise, but his complaints to Spock prove fruitless.

Chapter 2
While on Spacedock, Kirk runs into an old friend, Agovanli, and the two share a few drinks together.