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Synopsis:
A dreaded disease,
choriocytosis, strikes the U.S.S. Enterprise. All except Spock are
cured, as the illness is fatal only to Vulcans. With the starship
on course to a Starfleet Academy dedication ceremony on Deneb V,
Spock realizes that he has as little as three days to live. The
cure for the disease is strobolin, which is found on only a few
worlds in the galaxy, the closest of which, Beta Canopus, is four
days away.
The U.S.S. Potemkin obtains
the drug and transports it to the U.S.S. Huron, en route to the
Enterprise. Without warning, the U.S.S. Huron is attacked by a
vessel of Orion designation and the drug and a cargo of dilithium
crystals are stolen. The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters the Orion
ship in a volatile asteroid field by detecting the dilithium
crystals in the ship's cargo bay. Kirk attempts to negotiate for
the drug in exchange for not mentioning the stolen dilithium
crystals, but the Orions'
suspect a ruse. Kirk agrees to meet the Orion captain on an
asteroid knowing that it might be a trap, but worth the risk for
Spock's
life.
The Orion captain arrives
carrying a bomb capable of destroying the entire asteroid but
Scotty beams the explosive to the Enterprise and discharges it.
Scotty then beams up the two captains and forces the Orion captain
to stand trial for piracy. With the medicine in hand, Spock is
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