Operation -- Annihilate! story
The Enterprise arrives at Deneva - the home of Captain Kirk's brother, Sam and his family - and discovers that the entire planet has been infested with large, amoeba -like aliens that have attacked and killed much of the human population. One of these aliens attaches itself to Spock, who volunteers to become a subject in Dr. McCoy's medical tests. Can McCoy and Kirk find a cure in time to save Spock and the remainder of the Denevan population?
19 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| invasive life form from outer space | choice | Neural Collective Parasites :: neural parasites |
| the calculus of human life | choice | Kirk must weigh killing all inhabitants to prevent the spread of a pandemic |
| the ethics of valuing human lives | choice | Kirk must weigh killing all inhabitants to prevent the spread of a pandemic |
| contagious disease in society | major | It was up to Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew to stop a strange madness causing disease, transmitted by flying single-celled creatures, from spreading uncontrollably across the Federation. |
| heroism | major | Spock :: Spock |
| human vs. contagious disease | major | Dr. McCoy scrambled to devise a cure for a madness causing disease, transmitted by flying single-celled creatures, that infected the entire Denovan colony population. |
| life force draining being | major | Neural Collective Parasites :: collectively they formed a giant brain |
| neural parasite | major | Neural Collective Parasites :: the creatures |
| sacrificing one's self to stop a contagion | major | Spock risked his life to in an effort to prevent the neural parasites from spreading around the galaxy. |
| selfless service | major | Spock :: Spock |