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Synopsis:
The U.S.S.
Enterprise arrives to study the planet Argo a water-based
planet where earthquakes caused the land masses to sink for the
benefit of other Federation worlds that will encounter similar
quakes. The crew lands in a specially designed aqua-shuttle but is
immediately attacked by a sea monster and Kirk and Spock become
trapped in the monster's
grip.
Five days later, McCoy,
Scott, and Lt. Clayton find the missing officers — they have
been transformed into water breathers by the monster. Kirk and
Spock explore the submerged Argo and find a group of inhabitants
who hate any air-breathers. Hesitantly, the Aquans agree to
perform surgery to return Kirk and Spock to normal, but when
Scotty dives down to warn of an impending quake, they become
fearful of air-breathing spies. Kirk and Spock are deemed
treacherous and are sentenced to death. Rila, a water breather,
agrees to help them if they will in turn help him find a buried
city and a way to reverse the mutation.
They are successful and
obtain the necessary medicine to help Kirk and Spock, but Kirk
nearly dies from the vaccination. In orbit, the U.S.S. Enterprise
uses its phasers to hit the uninhabited sections of the planet in
an attempt to move the quake's epicenter away from the Aquan city.
Grateful for saving their lives, the young Aquans make their
records available to the Federation and decide to use the new
found medicine to reverse their water-breathing mutations and
resume life above ground. |
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