McCoy strongly suggests that they put some distance between themselves and the Defiant but Spock refuses, believing any movement from their position could disrupt the Defiant's position and jeopardize finding the Captain.Īn hour passes, and unexpectedly, a small vessel of unknown configuration approaches the Enterprise. The same murderous hostilities that affected the Defiant's crew have begun on the Enterprise. McCoy and his personnel rush to find the cause, but they can only assume that the phasing and violent behavior are connected.
Chekov suddenly goes berserk and attacks Spock on the bridge, and then more violent outbursts occur between crewmembers. Meanwhile, the same dimensional interphase begins to affect the Enterprise and her crew. When it does, they may be able to retrieve the Captain if he is still alive. Spock rushes to analyze the situation and determines that the Defiant's phasing effect should recur within a few hours. Kirk now finds himself stuck between two dimensions and floating helplessly in nothingness. Kirk decides to remain behind allowing Spock, McCoy and Chekov to return, however his delay causes him to phase away with the Defiant. Scott informs the team that owing to problems caused by the phenomenon, he can only retrieve three of them at once. In fact, the whole ship's physical structure seems to be dissolving.Īs other members of the team notice the Defiant's structure is fading, Kirk orders them to return to the Enterprise. He goes to look at a deceased crewman lying on the floor and suddenly discovers his hands can pass right through the body. McCoy makes his way down to the ship's sickbay, but he can find no real explanation for the crew's deaths. They arrive on the Defiant's bridge finding the crew all dead having killed each other in what appears to have been some kind of bizarre mutiny. Before they go, the team dons environmental suits. Captain Kirk assembles a boarding party consisting of himself, Dr. There are no lifeforms detected, nor are communications established with the ship. Strangely, sensors show no indication that the vessel is there. The Defiant appears on the monitor, adrift, and with a strange green glow surrounding the hull. Nearing the location, the Enterprise's engines begin to lose power and sensors detect a nearby dimensional fracture in space that seems to be the cause of the energy drain. On stardate 5693.2, the starship USS Enterprise enters an uncharted region of space to answer a distress call from her sister ship, the USS Defiant.