For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky story
As McCoy discovers he is dying of an incurable disease, the crew of the Enterprise rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, only to discover that the asteroid is, in fact, a disguised alien vessel. They find an entire civilization living in the ship who believe they are actually on a planet and a dictatorial "Oracle" who forbids any attempt to discover the truth.
23 total · 4 choice · 10 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a terminal illness | choice | McCoy :: McCoy |
| infatuation | choice | McCoy/Natira :: McCoy/Natira |
| multi-generational spaceship | choice | Yonadan asteroid |
| world ship | choice | The Yonadans lived inside a hollowed out asteroid spaceship. |
| AI risk to civilization | major | Yonadan society was run by a computer known as "the Oracle". It was malfunctioning and came to act as a tyrannical deity. |
| engaged couple | major | McCoy/Natira :: McCoy and Natira |
| fabled land of goodness | major | The Yonadans were on course to their new Promised Land-like home world. |
| free inquiry vs. obedience | major | the old man and the oracle |
| hollowed out asteroid habitat | major | The Yonadans lived inside a hollowed out asteroid. |
| human life choice | major | Dr. McCoy was torn over whether to leave Enterprise and make a new life with his love interest, Natira, inside the hollowed out asteroid spaceship in which her people resided. |