Chapter One
Captain's Log,
Stardate 5462.1:
Having completed our survey to the edge of the Federation's recently
incorporated Lantaru sector, we are now turning back toward more populated
space. A Federation science summit is being held on Deep Space Station M-20 in
two days; senior science officers and engineers from most of the ships in the
quadrant are expected to attend, as well as several top Federation research
scientists.
Dr. McCoy and the medical staff have begun their biannual physical
workups for each crew member; I expect his initial report within the
week.
On the bridge of the Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk sat back in his
chair, glad that he wouldn't have to endure yet another physical. It often
seemed as if he had to go the rounds with McCoy's machinery every month or so,
and as often as he ended up getting knocked around, being prodded and poked one
more time wasn't high on his list of things to do. He'd been thoroughly checked
out after the trouble with the interphase phenomenon and the Tholians only a few
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