"Trillions of Trilligs" is a Star Trek: The Original Series Pop-Up book, the second of two published by Random House in 1977. The book contains a very short story for young audiences in which the USS Enterprise 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.
References[]
Characters[]
- James T. Kirk • Mad Robot Maker • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- factory • phaser • robot • satellite • transporter • trillig
Ranks and titles[]
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
Appendices[]
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[]
- TOS comic: "The Robot Masters" – In the 2260s, Pragmar's Romulans stole robots to amass an army against the Federation.
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Connections[]
| Published Order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Giant in the Universe |
TOS novels (Random House young adult novels) |
Next novel: The Truth Machine |
| Previous novel: Giant in the Universe |
Pop-Ups | Next novel: The Motion Picture: The Pop-Up Book |
| Previous story: Giant in the Universe |
Stories by: Kay Wood |
Next story: last book |
External links[]
- Trillions of Trilligs article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Trillions of Trilligs article at the Children's Bookstore website.
- Trillions of Trilligs video at YouTube.