Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

ChoosingDanger
AlthoughMcCoydidnotagreetohost
Spock’skatra– ortemporarilylosehis
sanity– hisdeedsinTheSearchfor
Spockleftlittledoubtthathewould
haveconsentedtotheprocedureif
askedpriortothemeld.
Thedoctorvisitedthe
unconsciousscienceofficeraboard
theBird-of-Prey, confessingthathe
missedSpockandcouldnotbear
tolosehimagain.AstheVulcan
priestessT’Larexplainedtheperilthe
re-fusionprocesspresentedtoMcCoy
andSpockalike,thedoctorgranted
hispermissionwithhiscustomary

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doomedDavid

Marcuswith

Saavik.

sarcasticcharm:“I choosethe

danger...hellofa timetoask.”

Ofcourse,Kirk’sothersenior

staffalsotemptedfateandrisked

theFederation’swrathtofind

Spock.KirkandSulueachassaulted

a Starfleetsecurityofficerduring

McCoy’sjailbreak,withChekov

coordinatingtheoperationover

comms.Uhuradrewa phaserand

imprisonedhersubordinateinthe

supplyclosetlocatedintheOld

CityStation’stransporterroom,and

ScottysabotagedtheU.S.S.Excelsior’s

transwarpdrivetopreventanypursuit

andautomatedtheEnterprise’s system

toberunbya skeletoncrew.The

expedition’slegalityaside,Kirk’s

crewcarriedoutMcCoy’sescape

andappropriatedtheEnterprise

withprecision.

DefyingLogic

Priortohisdeath,DavidMarcus

alliedwithSaaviktolookaftera

swiftlymaturingSpockandevadethe

KlingonsearchpartyonGenesis.Sarek

endangeredhisstoicreputationon

multipleoccasions,firstbyapproaching

KirkaboutSpock’skatrainSan

Francisco,andlaterbypetitioning

thatthefal-tor-panritualbeutilizedto

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SACRIFICING FOR SPOCK