Summary
On an unnamed planet, the USS Enterprise crew mutiny after contacting telepathic insects.
References
Characters
- Burnhard • Carlos Durban • Tina Jones • James T. Kirk • Langely • Leonard McCoy • Donna Michelli • Porter • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura
- Referenced only
- Devil • Peter Pan
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- Diad II (Diad star system, the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrant) • Earth (Sol system, sector 001, treaty boundary quadrant 0, the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant) • El Dorado • Starbase 15
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Other references
- ant • bee • bridge • butterfly • coffee • communicator • deer • dinosaur • dream • egg • fairy tale • flower • fly • ghost • gold • grass • hangar deck • helm • hypo • kilometer • lead-crystal • lemming • lemon • medikit • mind meld • palm tree • phaser • pixie • planet • plow • rat • sailor • saw • scimitar • shore leave • sickbay • silk • silver • spice • steel • tinkerbell • toadstool • tree • transporter • transporter room • tricorder • turbolift • uniform • wine
Appendices
Background
- Donna Michelli speaks fondly of "Old Earth", a legendary place she has never seen.
- Kirk/Spock relationship
- This story is a rare example of a licensed work that alludes to a more-than-platonic relationship between Kirk and Spock, as popularized more often in unofficial slash fiction. In one scene Spock reveals that his version of paradise is time alone on a primitive planet with Kirk. Kirk chastises Spock for verbalizing this wish in public, as he "...gives away too much." Other licensed stories which hint at this relationship include the poem Soliloquy and the first printing of the TOS novel: Killing Time.
Connections
Timeline
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| Previous story: The Hunting |
The New Voyages
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Next story: Mind-Sifter |
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| Previous Adventure: Operation -- Annihilate! |
Next Adventure: The Leader Constellations | |
