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'''[[Stardate]] [[2207 (FASA)#SD2715|2715.1]]: A [[neural neutralizer|new treatment]] for the criminally insane has deadly results.'''
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'''[[Stardate]] [[2207 (FASA)#SD2715|2715.1]]: A new treatment for the criminally insane has deadly results.'''
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The ''[[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (FASA)|Enterprise]]'' is delivering supplies to [[Tantalus V (FASA)|Tantalus V]], a "progressive" penal colony directed by [[Dr.]] [[Adams, Tristan (FASA)|Tristan Adams]]. A Tantalus inmate escapes to the ship and demands asylum. An apparent raving madman, the patient is subdued and taken to sickbay. There, he is identified as Dr. [[van Gelder, Simon (FASA)|Simon van Gelder]], Dr. Adams' assistant.
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[[Star Fleet Captain (FASA)|Captain]] [[Kirk, James T. (FASA)|Kirk]] and ship's psychiatrist Dr. [[Noel, Helen (FASA)|Helen Noel]] beam down to Tantalus to ensure that all is well. After they leave, Mr. [[Spock (FASA)|Spock]] uses a [[mind meld (FASA)|mind meld]] on van Gelder and determines that Adams has turned Tantalus into a chamber of horrors, using a [[neural neutralizer (FASA)|neural neutralizer]] — a device responsible for van Gelder's incoherent state.
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Kirk and Noel experience the device firsthand when Adams uses it to convince Kirk that he is hopelessly in love with Dr. Noel. She risks her life to cut the colony's power so that Spock and a landing party can beam down through the planet's defensive [[forcefield (FASA)|forcefield]]. During the attack, Adams accidentally dies in his own machine, and van Gelder becomes the new director of Tantalus, where his first act is to dismantle the neural neutralizer.
  
 
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Star Trek 1
"Star Trek 1"

"Star Trek 1"
Published January 1967
Written by James Blish
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A chilling journey through worlds beyond imagination

Circling the solar sphere in search of new worlds and high adventure

Captain James Kirk — Assigned to the top position in Space Service — Starship Command — Kirk alone must make decisions in his contact with other worlds that can affect the future course of civilization throughout the Universe.

Science Officer Spock — Inheriting a precise, logical thinking pattern from his father, a native of the planet Vulcanis, Mr. Spock maintains a dangerous Earth trait… an intense curiosity about things of alien origin.

Yeoman Rand — Easily the most popular member of the crew, the truly "out-of-this-world" blonde has drawn the important assignment of secretary to the Captain on her first mission in deep space.

With a crew of 400 skilled specialists, the mammoth Space Ship Enterprise blasts off for intergalactic intrigue in the unexplored realms of outer space.

Based on the exciting new NBC-TV series created by Gene Roddenberry

Charlie's Law

Adapted from the episode "Charlie X."
Story by Gene Roddenberry
Teleplay by D.C. Fontana

Stardate 1533.6: A powerful teenage boy wreaks havoc aboard the Enterprise.

The cargo ship Antares docks with the Enterprise to deliver young Charlie Evans, the lone survivor of a crash on the planet Thasus 14 years earlier. The personnel of the AntaresCaptain Ramart and his first officer and navigator, Tom Nellis — seem unusually eager to leave — and when the Antares is destroyed, suspicion falls on Charlie.

Aboard the Enterprise, Charlie begins to work "miracles." At first these are harmless pranks, kept in check by Captain Kirk, whom Charlie comes to regard as a father figure, but when Yeoman Rand spurns his advances, she is erased from existence. Several other ship personnel are victimized, and in his eagerness to arrive at Colony Alpha V, Charlie assumes control of the Enterprise.

In an attempt to tax Charlie's control abilities, Kirk switches on the starship's interior systems to their fullest extent. Then a shimmering alien face materializes on the Enterprise bridge and identifies itself as a Thasian, come to take Charlie back. Despite Charlie's pleas, he vanishes along with the alien, doomed to spend the rest of his life alone on the bleak planet Thasus.

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Dagger of the Mind

Adapted from the episode "Dagger of the Mind."
Written by S. Bar-David

Stardate 2715.1: A new treatment for the criminally insane has deadly results.

The Enterprise is delivering supplies to Tantalus V, a "progressive" penal colony directed by Dr. Tristan Adams. A Tantalus inmate escapes to the ship and demands asylum. An apparent raving madman, the patient is subdued and taken to sickbay. There, he is identified as Dr. Simon van Gelder, Dr. Adams' assistant.

Captain Kirk and ship's psychiatrist Dr. Helen Noel beam down to Tantalus to ensure that all is well. After they leave, Mr. Spock uses a mind meld on van Gelder and determines that Adams has turned Tantalus into a chamber of horrors, using a neural neutralizer — a device responsible for van Gelder's incoherent state.

Kirk and Noel experience the device firsthand when Adams uses it to convince Kirk that he is hopelessly in love with Dr. Noel. She risks her life to cut the colony's power so that Spock and a landing party can beam down through the planet's defensive forcefield. During the attack, Adams accidentally dies in his own machine, and van Gelder becomes the new director of Tantalus, where his first act is to dismantle the neural neutralizer.

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The Unreal McCoy

Adapted from the episode "The Man Trap."
Written by George Clayton Johnson

Stardate 1531.1: A shape-shifting, salt-craving creature terrorizes the crew of the Enterprise.

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Balance of Terror

Adapted from the episode "Balance of Terror."
Written by Paul Schneider

Stardate 1709.2: After attacking an outpost, Romulans battle the Enterprise.

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The Naked Time

Adapted from the episode "The Naked Time."
Written by John D.F. Black

Stardate 1704.2: The Enterprise crew catches a virus that removes their inhibitions.

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Miri

Adapted from the episode "Miri."
Written by Adrian Spies

Stardate 2713.5: A strange group of children is discovered on an Earth-like planet.

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The Conscience of the King

Adapted from the episode "The Conscience of the King."
Written by Barry Trivers

Stardate 2817.6: Kirk suspects a Shakespearean actor is a mass murderer.

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