The Deadly Years story
Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.
21 total · 1 choice · 9 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with aging | choice | Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Arlene Galway :: Kirk and landing party |
| coping with a bad boss | major | crew at Stocker |
| coping with senility | major | Kirk, McCoy :: Kirk, McCoy |
| denial | major | Kirk :: Kirk |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Spock :: Spock about convening a hearing |
| friendship | major | Kirk/Spock :: Kirk and Spock |
| lesson in humility | major | George Stocker :: Stocker |
| rapid aging effect | major | Captain Kirk and some of his landing party started to age rapidly when Gamma Hydra IV experienced mild radiation in the tail of a rogue comet. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | High levels of radiation caused the Enterprise crew to rapidly age. |
| the role of the elderly in society | major | how do old people adapt to being unable to be useful in daily life |