Eve McHuron
| Species | Human |
| Sex | Female |
| First Appearance | TOS04 (13 Oct 1966) |
| Portrayed by | Karen Steele |
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Eve McHuron was raised on a farm planet with two brothers. She complained that, prior to leaving, she was expected to do all of the cooking and mending of clothing, and that mud from the canals was "a foot thick" on their boots every time they came inside. Eve, Magda Kovas, and Ruth Bonaventure were accompanying Harry Mudd as wiving settlers aboard a Class J cargo ship on Stardate 1329.1 when it was destroyed while attempting to evade pursuit by the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. The four were rescued by the Enterprise just prior to their ship's destruction, but the effort caused significant damage to the Starfleet vessel. As the Enterprise traveled to Rigel XII to obtain needed lithium crystals, Mudd secretly contacted the miners there—Ben Childress, Herm Gossett, and Benton—and negotiated a deal to exchange the women for control of the crystals that the Enterprise needed. Unbeknownst to the miners, the women had actually been using an illegal Venus drug in an attempt to deceive the miners into a fraudulent marriage, whereupon they would have access to the men's wealth. The deception was not discovered until after the deal had been completed, and Benton and Gossett had been married over subspace radio to Kovas and Bonaventure. Kirk assured the miners that the marriages could be annulled if they so chose. McHuron, who had developed a crisis of conscience during the incident, admitted the scheme when confronted by Captain Kirk and Childress. She had begun to develop a genuine relationship with Childress, and elected to remain behind with him on Rigel XII.[1]
Notes and References
- ↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Mudd's Women". Star Trek, season 1, episode 6 (Production number 04). Directed by Harvey Hart. Written by Stephen Kandel. Desilu Productions. 13 October 1966.
