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The Galactic Whirlpool (Star Trek, The Original Series)
The Galactic Whirlpool - Star Trek, The Original Series Author:David Gerrold FROM THE LOG OF CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER LEONARD McCOY — The young woman brought back aboard the Enterprise by Lieutenant Reilly's contact team is responding well to treatment: physically, there's no question she's going to be fine. I'm more worried about the culture shock, the mental strain imposed by the sudden discovery that the world she's grown... more » up thinking of as the be-all and end-all of the universe is nothing more than a spaceship - a ship we need her help to gain control of before it and her entire world are destroyed. So far, her response has been to regard everything that's happened as a "demon trick": this could be masking some deeper strain, but we don't have time right now for a gradual indoctrination. The captain has to convince - and soon - that the crew of the Enterprise is not composed of "demons" - And he'd better do it before she gets a good look at Spock...« less