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CAPTAIN'S LOG:
STAR0ATE 7493 3
ON A SURVEY MISSION TNROUGN
AN UNCNARTED SECTOR OF TNE
GALAXY, WE NAVE PICKED UP A
RADIO TRANSMISSION PROM AN
UNEXPLORED SUN SYSTEM.

A VERBAL MESSAGE AN ANCIENT AND AN INTRIGUING

SIR, THE WORD LANGUAGE, INVITATION, SPOOK.
"COME", REPEATING CAPTAIN
IN A LANGUAGE —
THE COMPUTER^flfiga
IDENTITIES ^■KS
A5 TOLTANf iflH

ALTER COURSE.
LIEUTENANT.

STARDATE 7493.9 SENSORS REVEAL ASTONISNINO

AS TNE ENTERPRISE ENTERS DEVASTATION... EVIDENCE OP
PARKING ORBIT, TNE RADIO PLANET-H/IOE NUCLEAR WAR,
SIGNAL PAPES. CENTURIES BEPORE
SENSOR SCAN,
MISTER SPOOK -THE
^ /ENTIRE PLANET.

MISTER SPOOK, DOCTOR

MCCOY, MEET ME IN THE
TRANSPORTER ROOM IN
L TEN MINUTES,DRESSED
^ SIR, ^ k FORA MOON WALK...
I'VE LOCATED \ LET'S GET OUT AND
THE SOURCE STRETCH OUR LEGS.
OF THAT
INTENSE ^ SIGNAL. 4
RADIATION, CAPTAIN,
SUFFICIENT TO V IT'S >
PRECLUDE ORGANIC COMING FROM
LIFE FOR THOUSANDS THE PLANET'S
, OF YEARS. . MOON.' J
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AWAY FROM TPE
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THRUSTERS ON, I'M A HEALER, TRY TO MARE

GENTLEMEN, WELL NOT A GUIDED A SAME OF IT,
SEE WHERE THEY MISSILE! * l DOCTOR a
LEAD US- ^

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.
\/ WANT AN EXACT
FIX ON THAT J
Bw SIGNAL. ^

r UHURA HERE, CAPTAIN. WE HAVE IT, ,

APPROACHING YOU... SHOULD 0E VISIBLE
OVER YOUR CRATER RIM, ABOUT.... NOW. YES>
WE CAN
SEE IT l

. IHWMAb
WARKEMTlH
 9E|P||IT SECURITY TEAM
■ STAKJDINJG 0Y, MISTER L-iHH
m. SCOTT, READY TO MMBM
BEAM.

m| ft **
LJA
\GAPTAWS LOQ: STAROATE 7494.1
\CHIEF ENGINEER SCOTT RECORDING. CAPTAIN KIRK. \
SCIENig-OFFICER SPOCK AND DOCTOR MeCOY ARE ON
THE MOON OF A DEVASTATED PLANET TO INVESTIGATE
A radios/o*.. „ ot- L .ov,
HASOHpSREO A SECURITY TEAM STANDING BY.

AT TP AT MOMENT, KIRK, SPOCK AND ENTERPRU.

TO LANDING F INJURE US.
McCOY ARE BEING GATHERED. GENTLY. • COME IN.
INTO THE ROBOTS METALLIC COILS- ir please-

ONLY WE
COULD!

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WITH THE MEN FROM THE ENTERPRISE HELPLESS

IN ITS COILS. THE ROBOT MOVES SWIFTLY
ACROSS THE STARK MOONSCAPE. ■■

NO RESPONSE FROM ^
THE LANDING PARTY...
AND THE REPEATING
_ SIGNAL HAS STOPPED,
k WE'RE GETTING
^ NOTHING FROM A
■L 'THAT MOON .
LET'S HAVE ^
^ A CLOSE VISUAL
AND HEAT SCAN
OF THE SURFACE.
SOMETHING TELLS
ME THOSE LADS
HAVE RUN INTO A
 PHYSICAL PARALYSIS
WEARING OFF... MUST SLOW delta waves
CONTACT ENTERPRISE INDUCING SLEEP,..
... BUT I’M GETTING BV ALTERING THE
SO SLEEPY. j ELECTRICAL PERIOD
, OF THE CORTICAL
Ll NEURONS! ^

IN THE HVPEPSLEEP CP AM BE PS BENEATH

WE SURFACE OP WE MOON, KlPK, SPOCK
AND McCOY APE SUBJECTED TO A SOPORIFIC
VIBPATION. DOCTOP McCOY IS WE PI PST TO
SUCCUMB, CAPTAIN KIPP AND COMMANDED
S POCK &TPUGGLE TO RESIST SLEEP.

TPE LAST AWAKE. TPE PALP HUMAN,

PALP VULCAN SCIENCE OFFICER PUTS
VULCAN MiND-CONTDOLTO A GPUEUNQ TEST.

yr must... ^ V SPOCN TO ^
r KEEP MV
ENTERPRISE.,.
EVES OPEN...
STRENGTHEN
ADJUST
ALPHA RHYTHMS.
TRANSPORTER
SUPPRESS THETA
TO WIDE FIELD...
ACTIVITY! BEAM UP EVERY¬
ONE IN TARGET
AREA. THERE ARE
TWO OTHERS -
V SPOCKOUT. /
7HOKAAS ,

" MISTER SULU, YOU HAD b

YOU HAVE THE CON. WORRIED
HAVE DOCTOR CHAT-
MEET ME IN THE
TRANSPORTER
L ROOM RIGHT
V. AWAY. y

WHO ARE BONES, LET ME

THEY? KNOW THE MINUTE
THEY'RE AWAKE. A
WE Y SPOCK, 'TpF
DON'T I HAVE A Hf
KNOW TASK FOR
...YET, k. you. 43BF AND
SPOCK..
THANKS.
 ^ CAPTAIN, ^
YOU'RE NEEDED
ON THE BRIDGE

KIRK’S INTERVIEW WITH THE

UTTLE ALIENS IN SICKBAY IS * I'M ON
INTERRUPTED BY AN URGENT MV WAV,
SUMMONS TO THE BRIDGE... SPOCK.

ATRACTOR -
BEAM. FROM GO TO
THAT "MOON", CONDITION
v RED. a
f SPOCK,
WHATS...

BEING
PULLED,
CAPTAIN.

SCOTTY, WE'RE BEING

PULLED INTO THAT MOON
WE'LL NEED SUSTAINED
MAXIMUM WARP. ^

AYE,CAPTAIN *
UNDERSTOOD!

SULU, GO TO
MAXIMUM WARP.
AND KEEP US
STERN-ON TO IT^Yl

IT MIGHT HELP IF WE
INVISIBLE AND RELENTLESS
THE TRACTOR BEAM PULLS
HAD SOME IDEA WHY
THE 190,000 METRIC TON ■fcWE’RE BEING
STAG&U/p TOWARD ITS /v PULLED i jL
GLOWING MAW,

THOMAS . l KNOW
WAK^MfiN WHY,
i1,3o;t9 j .CAPTAIN
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CAPTAIN'S LOG ■ STAR DATE 7494.3 / THE MOON --.
WE APE CAUGHT IN A TRACTOR BEAM. ( IS COMPUTER
PULUNGUS TOWARD THE MOON. / SCOTTY. WERE V CONTROLLED. I’VE USED
GOING TO NEED OUR COMPUTER
SUSTAINED -T TO ESTABLISH A
1 RADIO MODEM
MAXIMUM INTERPACE...
WARP.

LT ...AND
■ ANALYZE
ITS
3 Disl by L A Times Synd j PROGRAM.

THAT "MOON" IS NOT UNIQUE. W

THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE
IT SCATTERED THROUGH
THE GALAXY...
...BUILT BY AN
„ ANCIENT CULTURE
A FOR A SPECIFIC
Pi
r<\ PURPOSE. '

NOT BUILT TO LAND.

THE ENTERPRISE
IS DRAWN TOWARD
A COLLISION THAT
COULD CRIPPLE HER.
 THE IMPULSE ENGINES APE CONVENTIONAL
ROCKETS. INCAPABLE OF WAPP(HVPEP-
THOMAS L/GNT) SPEEPS. NORMALLY USED IN THE
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CAPTAIN... MATTER AND ANTIMATTER H ' SPOCK, IT'S >

STILL APPROACHING RED ZONE PROXIMITY. * THAT'S CONTROLLED
IF THAT THING'S SO HUNGRY, A A 'A POINT, kBV COMPUTER.
COUPLE OF PHOTON TORPEDOS X SCOTTY. I CAN'T you
V MIGHT CURB ITS APPETITE.' EX I REASON i
L WITH IT ? A

r NEGATIVE,.. >
IT WON'T DISCUSS IT.
...IT DIDN'T ASK TOR
THOSE ASTRONAUTS.
IT WAS A DIRECT
v ORDER, y

CLOSING FASTER NOW.

THE GREAT STARSHIP
NEARS A FIRST, AND
FINAL, LANDING.

CHEKOV. ^
ARM PHOTON ]
TORPEDOS...
fefcV' SET FOR.
PROXIMITY
H EXPLOSION.
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FAR BENI HD.
THESTRAH6E
CRAFT LEAVES
ORBIT. ITS TWO
PASSENGERS
ALREADY IN A
NVPERSLEEP
TOO DEEP FOR
DREAMS.