Captain's log star date 2821.7.

The electromagnetic phenomenon known as Murasaki 312.

Whirls like some angry blight in space,

a depressive reminder that seven of our shipmates still

have not been heard from. Equally bad, the effect has rendered our normal searching systems

useless. Without them, we are blind and almost helpless. Ah, the delivery run, staple mission

of Starfleet flagships from Trek Him Memorial. On this particular one, Enterprise is headed to Machus 3 to hand over vital medical supplies.

But there's a tasty quasar hanging out in space,

and Kirk just can't pass up the opportunity to take a scientific bite of its data.

High Commissioner Ferris, the least patient man in the Federation,

is responsible for the delivery,

and he is all the way up Kirk's ass about the medical rendezvous.

Enterprise launches the standard loadout yet somehow overlooked in previous episodes shuttle

to collect the data.

It hits an eye on storm, loses contact with Enterprise, and goes down hard.

Kirk despairs the needle in a haystack times a thousand nature of this situation.

The Galileo is forced to make an emergency landing on Taurus 2,

a desolate world at the heart of the claust stellar phenomenon.

Spock asked Scotty concentrate on repairing the shuttlecraft while he sends other crew members to scout.

Scotty says, beyond all the damage, they lack enough fuel to even make orbit without shedding some weight.

Spock starts eyeballing the crew for spare kilos, which begins to concern said crew.

The scouts make contact with the natives of Taurus 2, brutish, bear-like creatures that attacked them with crude spear-like weapons.

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