- A group of idealistic hippies, led by an irrational leader, come aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
- The Enterprise is ordered to pursue a group of anti-establishment idealists who have stolen a space cruiser and made off for the mythical planet Eden. When the group pushes their stolen ship beyond its limits, the Enterprise is forced to rescue them by transporting them aboard. This merry band of space-hippies includes an insane leader (Dr. Sevrin), an academy drop-out and former love interest of Chekov (Irina), and the son of a Catullan ambassador (Tongo Rad). With the Federation undergoing fragile treaty negotiations with the Catullans, Kirk is ordered by Starfleet to treat the dissidents with "extreme tolerance." Kirk finds the group and its leader too difficult to deal with while Spock maintains a deep curiosity about their ideals. Kirk appoints Spock as liaison for the group during their stay on the Enterprise. Dr. Sevrin demands to be taken to Eden, but Kirk refuses on the grounds that his orders from Starfleet dictate that the group be taken to the nearest star base. While investigating this strange group of free spirits, Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock discover that not only is Dr. Sevrin insane, he is also the carrier for a potentially lethal disease. His desire to abandon technology and join the "primitive" inhabitants of planet Eden could well result in their destruction. As a precaution, Dr. Sevrin is quarantined, but Spock agrees to plot a course to the mythical planet of Eden in exchange for his cooperation. Meanwhile, Chekov inadvertently gives away some vital information about auxiliary control to his former classmate, Irina, and she and the rest of the followers soon free Sevrin and hijack the Enterprise. The group takes the Enterprise to Eden (which, to complicate matters, happens to be in Romulan space), establishes orbit and steals a shuttle craft to land on the surface while the Enterprise crew is incapacitated and left to die. But the planet, while as beautiful as any of them imagined, also has a deadly side.—Anonymous
- The Enterprise intercepts a stolen spacecraft heading directly for Romulan space. Its occupants are six space-age hippies who refuse to accept authority and are unconventional in their thinking. Led by the renowned Dr. Sevrin, they are in search of paradise - the mythical planet Eden. Kirk cannot relate but Spock does and agrees to help locate the planet. Spock also concludes that Sevrin is insane. For Chekov, it's a chance to re-unite with Irina, with whom he was in love while they were students at the Academy. When the travelers manage to take control of the Enterprise, they realize their dream and arrive on Eden, which has surprises of its own.—garykmcd
- The Enterprise is ordered to pursue a group of anti-establishment idealists who have stolen a space cruiser (the USS Aurora, with 6 occupants on-board) and made off for the mythical planet Eden. When the group pushes their stolen ship beyond its limits, the Enterprise is forced to rescue them by transporting them aboard. This merry band of space-hippies includes an insane leader (Dr. Sevrin (Skip Homeier)), an academy drop-out and former love interest of Chekov (Irina (Mary Linda Rapelye)), and the son of a Catullan ambassador (Tongo Rad (Victor Brandt)).
With the Federation undergoing fragile treaty negotiations with the Catullans, Kirk is ordered by Starfleet to treat the dissidents with "extreme tolerance." Kirk finds the group and its leader too difficult to deal with (Sevrin wants to be taken to the planet Eden, while Kirk is under orders to take them to the nearest Starbase) while Spock maintains a deep curiosity about their ideals (that there is a planet named Eden where life originated. Spock says that Sevrin is a research engineer in fields of acoustics, communications & electronics. He is an educated man. He was dismissed from his post when he started this movement. Tango is an expert in space studies). Kirk thinks of them as irresponsible children. Chekov reconnects with Irina. It is evident that Chekov has feelings for Irina and is still haunted by her leaving him suddenly when she dropped out of the academy.
Kirk appoints Spock as liaison for the group during their stay on the Enterprise. Dr. Sevrin demands to be taken to Eden, but Kirk refuses on the grounds that his orders from Starfleet dictate that the group be taken to the nearest star base. Sevrin does not recognize the Federation regulations, but Kirk disregards Sevrin on this matter.
While investigating this strange group of free spirits, Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock discover that not only is Dr. Sevrin insane, he is also the carrier for a potentially lethal disease. Humans are immunized against it, but not every species is. McCoy wants Sevrin to be isolated immediately. Sevrin claims he didn't know he was a carrier of this disease. Kirk orders Sevrin's isolation against his wishes.
His desire to abandon technology and join the "primitive" inhabitants of planet Eden could well result in their destruction. Spock agrees to plot a course to the mythical planet of Eden in exchange for Sevrin's cooperation. Sevrin claims that his infection is a result of science and advanced tech and hence only the primitives can cure him. But Spock argues that Sevrin's presence will kill the people whom he is trying to find.
Meanwhile, Chekov inadvertently gives away some vital information about auxiliary control to his former classmate, Irina (Chekov tells Irina that in the event of damage to the main bridge, the entire ship can be run from Auxiliary control room. Also, the computer banks contain the sum total of all human knowledge and the entire ship can be run by computer orders, even if the people running the ship have no knowledge of what to do. Irina seduces Chekov and they kiss), and she and the rest of the followers soon free Sevrin and hijack the Enterprise. Kirk and Spock try to convince Sevrin's crew that he is a carrier of a deadly disease and that Sevrin is insane, but they would not listen to any of it. The group takes the Enterprise to Eden (which, to complicate matters, happens to be in Romulan space), establishes orbit and steals a shuttle craft to land on the surface while the Enterprise crew is incapacitated (Sevrin changed the circuits and used ultra-sonic frequencies to attack the entire spaceship, allowing him time to escape) and left to die. Irina is worried that the frequencies being used by Sevrin will destroy humans, but Sevrin lies to her that it will only stun them. Rad knows that Sevrin is lying. The frequencies are set to kill.
But the planet, while as beautiful as any of them imagined, also has a deadly side. Meanwhile Kirk disables the ultrasonic and puts together a landing party to pursue Sevrin and his crew. Kirk and his landing party determine that the entire vegetation on the planet is full of acid. They find Sevrin injured (his legs burnt by the acid in the grass) but he refuses to leave the planet, eats a fruit (which was also poisonous) and dies, but rescue the rest of his ragtag band and bring them back to the Enterprise and get the hell out of Romulan space.
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