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'''[[Stardate]] Unknown: ''Captain Pike and his crew are lured to Talos IV by a race capable of creating powerful illusions.'''''

En route to the [[Vega Colony]] following an incident on [[Rigel VII]], the [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701]] investigates a distress call from [[Talos IV]]. An attraction quickly forms between [[Starfleet Ranks#Captain|Captain]] [[Pike, Christopher|Pike]] and one of the survivors, [[Vina]]. When Vina lures Pike to a rock formation to show him the secret of how the survivors stayed in perfect health for nearly twenty years, several [[Talosians]] emerge from a concealed elevator, render Pike unconscious, and drag him into their underground chamber.

Pike awakens in a small enclosure, where he is transported by way of the Talosians' [[telepathy|telepathic]] powers of illusion, to a number of locales, all of which feature Vina as an object for him to protect, desire, and even love. The Talosians have lured the ''Enterprise'' to their planet so that Pike can serve as a mate for Vina, enabling the Talosians to breed a race of [[Humans]] they can use as slaves.

The Talosians allow [[Una|Number One]] and [[Yeoman]] [[Colt, J.M.|Colt]] to beam down, reasoning that perhaps the captain would be more attracted to one of his crewmates. Pike, having discovered that the Talosians cannot probe into hostile emotional moods, deliberately assumes an attitude of mindless anger, which he uses to cloud their telepathy as he plans the group's escape. The Talosians confide to Pike that they never wanted slaves; they only wished to perpetuate their heritage in the offspring of Pike and Vina. Finding [[Humans]] to be unsuitable for their goals, Pike and his crew return to the ''Enterprise,'' though Vina, who was horribly injured and disfigured during the crash of the [[S.S. Columbia|S.S. ''Columbia'']], chooses to remain behind, where the Talosians can continue to give her an illusion of beauty. Back aboard the ''Enterprise,'' Pike refuses to discuss what had happened, and the ''Enterprise'' resumes course for the Vega Colony.
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<ref name="Dating">The year that "The Cage" takes place, 2254, is derived from information given in [[The Menagerie (Episode)|"The Menagerie."]] [[Spock]] states that it has been 13 years since the incident on [[Talos IV]], and that he served under [[Starfleet Ranks#Captain|Captain]] [[Pike, Christopher|Pike]] for 11 years. Therefore, the episode is in the second year of Captain [[Kirk, James T.|Kirk]]'s five-year mission, which began in [[Chronology: 2265|2265]], per the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode [[Q2 (Episode)|"Q2."]] Therefore, "The Menagerie" is set in [[Chronology: 2267|2267]], and thirteen years prior to that is 2254.</ref>
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