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Synopsis:
While investigating the theory
of creation, the U.S.S. Enterprise is caught inside an
energy/matter tornado and pulled to the center of the galaxy. All
computer systems fail and the crew begins to lose consciousness
when a devil-like creature named Lucien appears on the bridge. The
creature repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore
his planet, Megas-Tu, but almost immediately returns them to the
ship.
The crew
begin to experiment with magic after the encounter, much to
Spock's dismay. The Megans begin to take notice of the crew and
return to the ship in phantasm form. They return the Enterprise
bridge crew to their planet in a witch-hunt trial where Lucien is
accused of bringing evil to Megas-Tu.
Spock and Kirk defend the
crew and Lucien, but their arguments fail and Kirk is forced to
use his new magic against the prosecutor. Kirk explains that the
Megans can only win if they become like the Earthlings they fear.
Kirk then tells the jury that he will give his own life for an
alien's rights, which impresses the Megans. They learn that Lucien
was the basis for Earth's original conception of the devil, and
the Megans, realizing that the Enterprise's
visit to their dimension was an accident, help the crew to return
to their galaxy. |
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