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==Summary==
 
==Summary==
The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'' is about to leave [[Starbase 2]], where [[Janice Lester]] and Dr. [[Arthur Coleman]] have been turned over to the authorities. In [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s [[quarters]], Kirk and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] discuss Kirk's relationship with Lester at [[Starfleet Academy]]. Kirk blames himself for not seeing how obsessed Lester was with [[starship]] [[command]]. He tells McCoy the ''Enterprise'' has been ordered back to [[Earth]] for a refit. Kirk has received transfer orders for all 430 crewmembers. McCoy urges Kirk to fight the transfers, including Kirk's own promotion to [[Admiral]] and [[Chief of Starfleet Operations|Chief of Starfleet Operation]], but Kirk has decided to take the promotion. Kirk is tired of holding his crew's lives in his hands. On their way to the [[bridge]] McCoy reminds Kirk that the lives he has saved far outnumber the crew he has lost, but Kirk believes that he can help save lives on a broader scale at [[Starfleet Command]]. Resisting McCoy's warning that he will never get the ''Enterprise'' back if he gives her up, Kirk orders a heading back to Earth.
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The ''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]]'' is about to leave [[Starbase 2]], where [[Janice Lester]] and Dr. [[Arthur Coleman]] have been turned over to the authorities. In [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]'s [[quarters]], Kirk and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] discuss Kirk's relationship with Lester at [[Starfleet Academy]]. Kirk blames himself for not seeing how obsessed Lester was with [[starship]] [[command]]. He tells McCoy the ''Enterprise'' has been ordered back to [[Earth]] for a refit. Kirk has received transfer orders for all 430 crewmembers. McCoy urges Kirk to fight the transfers, including Kirk's own promotion to [[Admiral]] and [[Chief of Starfleet Operations]], but Kirk has decided to take the promotion. Kirk is tired of holding his crew's lives in his hands. On their way to the [[bridge]], McCoy reminds Kirk that the lives he has saved far outnumber the crew he has lost, but Kirk believes that he can help save lives on a broader scale at [[Starfleet Command]]. Resisting McCoy's warning that he will never get the ''Enterprise'' back if he gives her up, Kirk orders a heading back to Earth.
   
==Characters==
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==References==
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===Characters===
 
:[[James T. Kirk]] • [[Lanier]] • [[Leonard McCoy]] [[Spock]] [[Hikaru Sulu]]
   
 
{{ref}} [[B'Targi]] [[Ruth Cartwright]] [[Arthur Coleman]] [[Willard Decker]] [[Ben Finney]] [[Janice Lester]] [[Carol Marcus]] [[Gary Mitchell]] [[Montgomery Scott]] [[Areel Shaw]] [[Robert Tomlinson]]
===Regulars===
 
 
[[James T. Kirk]] | [[Leonard McCoy]] | [[Spock]] | [[Hikaru Sulu]]
 
 
===Others===
 
 
[[Lanier]]
 
 
===Referenced===
 
 
[[B'Targi]] | [[Ruth Cartwright]] | [[Arthur Coleman]] | [[Willard Decker]] | [[Ben Finney]] | [[Janice Lester]] | [[Carol Marcus]] | [[Gary Mitchell]] | [[Montgomery Scott]] | [[Areel Shaw]] | [[Hikaru Sulu]] | [[Robert Tomlinson]]
 
 
==References==
 
   
 
===Starships and vehicles===
 
===Starships and vehicles===
 
:{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} ({{class|Constitution}})
 
[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] ([[Constitution class|''Constitution''-class]])
 
   
 
===Locations===
 
===Locations===
 
:[[Camus II]] [[Earth]] [[San Francisco]] • [[San Francisco Fleet Yards]] • [[Sector 001]] [[Starbase 2]]
 
[[Camus II]] | [[Earth]] | [[San Francisco]] | [[Sector 001]] | [[Starbase 2]]
 
   
 
===Races and cultures===
 
===Races and cultures===
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:[[Human]] • [[Vulcan]]
   
[[Andorian]] | [[Human]] | [[Vulcan]]
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{{ref}} [[Andorian]]
   
 
===States and organizations===
 
===States and organizations===
 
:[[Starfleet]] [[Starfleet Academy]] [[Starfleet Command]] [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]] [[Starfleet Operations]] [[United Federation of Planets]]
   
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===Other references===
[[Starfleet]] | [[Starfleet Academy]] | [[Starfleet Command]] | [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]] | [[Starfleet Operations]] | [[United Federation of Planets]]
 
 
:[[alien]] • [[Andorian ale]] [[archeology]] [[bridge]] [[bulkhead]] [[camel]] • [[Cancer (disease)|cancer]] • [[carpet]] [[champagne]] [[Chief of Starfleet Operations]] [[civilization]] [[command]] [[cortex mapping]] • [[deck]] • [[drydock]] [[duty roster]] [[duty shift]] [[emotion]] • [[first contact]] • [[five-year mission]] [[funeral]] [[galactic barrier]] [[galaxy]] [[laundry]] [[medicine]] [[morality]] [[office]] [[prescription]] [[psychology]] [[quarters]] [[refit]] [[secretary]] [[security]] [[shore leave]] [[species]] [[trial]] [[tunic]] [[uniform]] [[universe]] [[war]] [[wardrobe]] [[xenobiology]]
   
===Ranks and titles===
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====Ranks and titles====
[[cadet]] | [[captain]] | [[Chief of Starfleet Operations]] | [[crewman]] | [[doctor]] | [[officer]] | [[physician]] | [[professor]] | [[rear admiral]]
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:[[cadet]] [[captain]] [[Chief of Starfleet Operations]] [[crewman]] [[doctor]] [[officer]] [[physician]] [[professor]] [[rear admiral]]
   
===Technology and weapons===
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====Technology and weapons====
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:[[computer]] • [[diagnostic bed]] • [[force field]] • [[impulse engine]] • [[integrating interface]] • [[intercom]] • [[mind transference machine]] • [[monitor]] • [[optic probe]] • [[PADD|padd]] • [[simulator]] • [[starship]] • [[turbolift]] • [[viewscreen]] • [[warp core]] • [[warp nacelle]] • [[weapon]]
   
===Others===
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==Chronology==
[[Andorian ale]] | [[archeology]] | [[bridge]] | [[bulkhead]] | [[camel]] | [[carpet]] | [[champagne]] | [[Chief of Starfleet Operations]] | [[command]] | [[computer]] | [[cortex mapping]] | [[drydock]] | [[duty roster]] | [[duty shift]] | [[emotion]] | [[five-year mission]] | [[funeral]] | [[galaxy]] | [[laundry]] | [[medicine]] | [[morality]] | [[office]] | [[optic probe]] | [[prescription]] | [[psychology]] | [[quarters]] | [[refit]] | [[San Francisco Fleet Yards]] | [[secretary]] | [[security]] | [[shore leave]] | [[trial]] | [[tunic]] | [[uniform]] | [[universe]] | [[wardrobe]] | [[warp core]] | [[warp nacelle]] | [[xenobiology]]
 
   
==Information==
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==Appendices==
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===Information===
* This story describes the end of the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[five-year mission]]. Several other versions of this story, including {{c|TOS|The Final Voyage}}, {{c|TOS|Mission's End}} and {{n|TOS|The Lost Years}}, have all given differing accounts of the end of the mission. However, the [[Pocket Books Timeline]] and the [[Memory Beta Chronology]] agree that the five-year mission ended in [[2270]], instead of in [[2269]] and immediately after {{e|TOS|Turnabout Intruder}} which is stated here.
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* This story describes the end of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[five-year mission]]. Several other versions of this story, including {{clk|TOS|The Final Voyage}}, {{clk|TOS|Mission's End}} and {{nlk|TOS|The Lost Years}}, have all given differing accounts of the end of the mission. However, the [[Pocket Books Timeline]] and the [[Memory Beta Chronology]] agree that the five-year mission ended in [[2270]], instead of in [[2269]], and ''not'' immediately after {{elk|TOS|Turnabout Intruder}}, which is stated here.
 
* Janice Lester is referred to with her correct first name only once in this story. Elsewhere, she is called "Janet" Lester.
 
* Janice Lester is referred to with her correct first name only once in this story. Elsewhere, she is called "Janet" Lester.
* Kirk lists "[[Will Decker]]" among people he failed to protect or keep alive. This is incorrect, since Will Decker merges with [[V'Ger]] and is declared missing in {{m|TOS|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}, set after this story. [[Commodore]] [[Matt Decker|''Matt'' Decker]] dies in {{e|TOS|The Doomsday Machine}}, but Kirk was not his commanding officer.
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* Kirk lists "[[Will Decker]]" among people he failed to protect or keep alive. This is incorrect, since Will Decker merges with [[V'Ger]], and is declared missing in {{mlk|TOS|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}, set after this story. [[Commodore]] [[Matthew Decker|''Matt'' Decker]] dies in {{elk|TOS|The Doomsday Machine}}, but Kirk was not his commanding officer.
* Kirk states in this story that 58 ''Enterprise'' crewmembers died in the line of duty during the five-year mission. According to "Admiral Kirk's Preface" to {{n|TOS|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}, 94 crewmembers died.
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* Kirk states in this story that 58 ''Enterprise'' crewmembers died in the line of duty during the five-year mission. According to "Admiral Kirk's Preface" to {{n1|TOS|Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}, 94 crewmembers died.
 
===Related Stories===
 
   
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===Connections===
"[[Turnabout Intruder]]"
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*{{elk|TOS|Turnabout Intruder}}
:This story takes place around a week after the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> encounter with [[Janice Lester]].
 
   
==Connections==
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===Timeline===
 
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Revision as of 17:02, 22 September 2020


Summary

The Enterprise is about to leave Starbase 2, where Janice Lester and Dr. Arthur Coleman have been turned over to the authorities. In Kirk's quarters, Kirk and McCoy discuss Kirk's relationship with Lester at Starfleet Academy. Kirk blames himself for not seeing how obsessed Lester was with starship command. He tells McCoy the Enterprise has been ordered back to Earth for a refit. Kirk has received transfer orders for all 430 crewmembers. McCoy urges Kirk to fight the transfers, including Kirk's own promotion to Admiral and Chief of Starfleet Operations, but Kirk has decided to take the promotion. Kirk is tired of holding his crew's lives in his hands. On their way to the bridge, McCoy reminds Kirk that the lives he has saved far outnumber the crew he has lost, but Kirk believes that he can help save lives on a broader scale at Starfleet Command. Resisting McCoy's warning that he will never get the Enterprise back if he gives her up, Kirk orders a heading back to Earth.

References

Characters

James T. KirkLanierLeonard McCoySpockHikaru Sulu
Referenced only
B'TargiRuth CartwrightArthur ColemanWillard DeckerBen FinneyJanice LesterCarol MarcusGary MitchellMontgomery ScottAreel ShawRobert Tomlinson

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class)

Locations

Camus IIEarthSan FranciscoSan Francisco Fleet YardsSector 001Starbase 2

Races and cultures

HumanVulcan
Referenced only
Andorian

States and organizations

StarfleetStarfleet AcademyStarfleet CommandStarfleet Corps of EngineersStarfleet OperationsUnited Federation of Planets

Other references

alienAndorian alearcheologybridgebulkheadcamelcancercarpetchampagneChief of Starfleet Operationscivilizationcommandcortex mappingdeckdrydockduty rosterduty shiftemotionfirst contactfive-year missionfuneralgalactic barriergalaxylaundrymedicinemoralityofficeprescriptionpsychologyquartersrefitsecretarysecurityshore leavespeciestrialtunicuniformuniversewarwardrobexenobiology

Ranks and titles

cadetcaptainChief of Starfleet Operationscrewmandoctorofficerphysicianprofessorrear admiral

Technology and weapons

computerdiagnostic bedforce fieldimpulse engineintegrating interfaceintercommind transference machinemonitoroptic probepaddsimulatorstarshipturboliftviewscreenwarp corewarp nacelleweapon

Chronology

Appendices

Information

Connections

Timeline

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Assignment: Eternity
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Captain's Personal Log
Voyages of the
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Assignment: Eternity