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The famous Enterprise Five: Kirk,
Spock, Sulu, Chekov and Uhura have all resigned from Starfleet.
McCoy was also released after punching an Admiral. Months before
on a mission to Talin IV, Kirk met the FCO (First Contact Office)
team that was observing the planet from the palnet’s moon.
Dr. Alonzo Richter is overseeing the FCO team due to the special
circumstances of the people of Talin IV. He created the Richter
Scale of Culture that the Federation uses to base the decision
of when they can make first contact with a culture. It seems
that the military buildup on the planet is unusual and doesn’t
fit in the Richter Scale.
The world is on the brink of an all
out nuclear devastation. Just when it looks like a war is going
to start, the Browns and the Greens, the two main factions on
the planet, decide to disarm.
Then, one of the warheads blows
up and the computers automatically launch ¼ of the warheads
on the planet. Kirk decides that this is an accident, therefore
the Prime Directive does not pertain, and is able with the help
of the bridge crew to disarm or destroy all of the missiles.
Shortly thereafter, all of the other missiles are launched. In
the middle of all of this, the Enterprise is attacked
and while falling into the atmosphere of the planet, Kirk order
warp speed. As the broken Enterprise hovers over the burning
planet, Kirk knows that he has broken the Prime Directive and
steps down from his post.
That was months ago and now he is on
the way back to Talin IV to prove his innocence…if he can.
Prime Directive is a
science fiction book in the Star Trek world and was written by Judith &
Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
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