With crew and colonists taken by the brutal Gorn Hegemony, Pike and the Enterprise crew risk everything to go behind enemy lines – as Chapel and Spock fight to save Captain Batel's life.
After Nurse Chapel returns to the Enterprise alongside her new boyfriend, a powerful alien being attempts to cheer up Mr. Spock by creating a reality where he and Christine are about to be married.
In a desperate attempt to save Captain Batel, Pike and M'Benga attempt to secure a rare flower from an abandoned research base on the edge of Klingon space – only to find themselves pursued by a Klingon with a personal vendetta.
While the ship studies a neutron star, La'an is assigned to test the new "holodeck" – an advanced holographic simulator, where she must solve a murder mystery in 1969 Hollywood.
While coming to the rescue of the Farragut, the Enterprise runs afoul of a massive scavenger ship, and James Kirk is forced to take command of a crippled ship in a seemingly impossible situation.
Enterprise is ordered to deliver a biologically engineered weapon to an active war zone, only to find that the powerful creature is sentient and not willing to go without a fight – while Beto Ortegas documents the morally complex series of events.
After Captain Pike and three of the crew are turned into Vulcans for a sensitive mission they are unable to counteract the serum, leaving them stuck in their highly logical state ... and unwilling to change back.
While flying a solo mission through a wormhole Ortegas crashes on a desolate moon, and as she fights to survive discovers that a Gorn pilot is also on the surface with her.
A visit to the planet Skygowan reveals that the ruthless alien entity the Vezda has escaped, luring M'Benga into a trap in order to free its kind from an ancient alien prison.
