"We've learned to tie into every human organ except one: the brain"
--McCoy
PLOT
Spock steals the Enterprise and its old captain, Christopher Pike (who is
now an invalid incapable of speech or movement, except for a blinking
light). Kirk and another officer (Commodore Mendez) chase after him in a
shuttlecraft. Spock beams the two aboard after the shuttlecraft runs out
of fuel.
Spock sets the ship on automatic control (destination: Talos IV) and kills
the override (crosses it with life-support). Three captains are present,
so court-martial proceedings can take place, with Spock showing scenes from
"The Cage" (Star Trek's original pilot episode), the Enterprise voyage 13
years ago, as testimony.
FACTS
Someone claims there is a doorknob on the door to Captain Pike's
quarters, and that it is the only doorknob in a federation setting. This
is really ironic, since Captain Pike is the only person who is not able
to turn such a knob!
The only way to get the death penalty anymore is to go to Talos IV
(general order 7).
The shuttlecraft that Kirk is on is a class F shuttlecraft with
theranium hull.
Spock served under Pike for 11 years, 4 months, 5 days.
OPINIONS
Captain Pike's one-bit prosthetic device is pretty lame. We have better
technology than that in this century. Why didn't they just hook up a
universal translator to a mind-reading device, as in Metamorphosis, or just
assign him a nurse from a telepathic species? There are many better
solutions than a single light which he can blink once or twice. How about
three lights on the front of his chair: A green one for "yes", a red one
for "no", and a yellow one for "now there's a hot babe; I wouldn't mind
getting into her pants if I weren't confined to this damn wheelchair!"
