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Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.

Its five-year mission:
To explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

to boldly go
where no man has gone before.

Captain's Log, Stardate 5499.9.

We are orbiting the planet Argo.

Argo was once a land planet,

but its surface is now
almost completely covered by water.

The change was caused
by violent seismic disturbances.

Our mission is to study the effects

which the quakes and other phenomena
had on its surface.

This knowledge
may save millions of lives

on a Federation planet identical to Argo

which will soon be undergoing
similar transformation.

This is the largest land mass
on the planet, isn't it, Spock?

Yes, Captain.
The others are mere outcroppings.

They suggest the peaks
of submerged mountains.

I suggest that we get these seawater
and algae specimens.

- They're the least of the lot.
- For once, I agree with you, Doctor.

The more informative specimens
will come from the sea bottom.

Lieutenant Clayton, open the hatch

and let our two scientists here
get on with their business.

- Aye, sir.
- What's that?

- Phasers on stun, Mr. Spock.
- Firing, Captain.

What the devil was that thing?

Apparently a life form which
previous surveys have not recorded.

Let's get a closer look at it
before the phaser stun wears off.

- Submerge, Lieutenant.
- Aye, sir.

Dual respiratory system.
Lungs and gills.

Its skeleton is similar to that
of a Denebian whale, Captain.

It's regaining consciousness.

- Surface, Mr. Clayton.
- Aye, sir.

Spock, prepare to fire phasers.

Phasers do not respond, Captain.

We must have sustained damage
to the power pack

when the creature struck us.

- Kirk to Enterprise. Emergency.
- Enterprise. What is it, sir?

We're under attack.
Beam us aboard, Scotty.

We've lost contact, Captain.

Repeat, we've lost contact.

Come in, Captain. Come in.

Ship's Log, Stardate 5504.2.

Lieutenant Commander Scott
in command.

Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock
have been missing for almost five days.

Search parties can find no trace
of them or the aqua-shuttle.

Dr. McCoy and I
are continuing the search

at a greater distance
from the attack point.

- There's nothing. There's just nothing.
- I see some rocks.

They're just above sea level,
about two miles away.

There's something on them.

Maybe they're still alive.

Their bodies are functioning.

Metabolism, heart.

Everything but the lungs.

- Can't breathe.
- Suffocating.

Help. Can't breathe.

What happened to them, Doctor?
What is it?

Something's changed
their whole lung structure.

They can't live in the air anymore.

Medical Log, Stardate 5506.2.

Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock
were rescued 48 hours ago.

They have no recollection
of what happened to them

after they were attacked,

but medical examinations show

an unidentified substance
in the bloodstream

has affected their entire metabolism
and changed them into water-breathers.

Their internal structure
is completely transformed,

and even their eyes
are covered with a transparent film,

like the second eyelid of a fish.

So far all efforts
to return them to normal have failed.

We're stumped, Jim.

The hormone seems to be
the major factor in your mutation,

but we just can't identify it.

Are you sure the mutation wasn't
somehow accomplished naturally?

It was infused into your bodies
at key structural points.

It had to be done by injection.

But can't you duplicate it, Bones?

Your medical computers
have information

on every procedure
in the Federation's hospitals.

It's highly sophisticated
and completely unknown to us.

That implies
there are intelligent life forms on Argo.

The sensors don't indicate any
life forms down there, aside from fish.

They did fail to indicate the large
marine creature that attacked us.

Perhaps the readings are incomplete,
blocked by underwater pressure forces.

Oceans are less turbulent
at greater depth.

Such conditions would be more suitable
to intelligent forms.

Well, we can't do much underwater
exploration without the aqua-shuttle.

- Our equipment is too limited.
- We aren't limited.

We can go wherever we want
in that ocean.

It's too risky, Jim.
Argo's almost totally unexplored.

You'd be out of contact range, unarmed.

I have to, Bones.

Look at this place. A tank.

I can't command a ship
from inside an aquarium.

I can't live in here.

I know what you're saying, Jim,

but if you go down on that planet
and you die there...

Right now, we have only two choices.

Live in an aquarium somewhere
for the rest of our lives or stay on Argo.

- I won't accept either one of them.
- What about you, Spock?

What does your logic tell you?

The Captain states the case
emotionally, of course, but correctly.

I would be of little value to this ship
if I am confined to a tank in Sickbay.

I must accompany the Captain.

An intelligence that can produce this
kind of mutation can change us back.

We've got to find it, Bones.
It must be there.

We'll make contact
as soon as possible, Mr. Scott.

Aye, sir.

Go away, air-breathers.
You're not wanted here.

- We won't harm you. We're friends.
- Leave us.

It is enough
our young saved your lives once.

If you go on,
nothing will save you again.

- Wait! Listen!
- Go away!

I don't understand.
They said they'd saved us once.

I believe the phrase was,
"Our young saved your lives once."

Yes, and they didn't seem to approve.

The answer appears to be
in that direction, Spock.

I would say so, Captain.

The instinctive reaction
of all frightened creatures

is to retreat to a place of safety.

Fascinating. And beautiful.

An undersea civilization
capable of fantastic architecture.

Medical triumphs unheard of
in our galaxy.

Why should they be afraid of us, Spock?

It is quite possible, Captain,
that they find us grotesque and ugly.

And many people fear beings
different from themselves.

Well, speculation isn't much help.
We have to get in there.

Perhaps there is a way open
on the far side.

There is much less activity there.

That building in the center.
It seems to be important.

These are the spies, Tribune!
Air-breathers.

You stand before the Ruling Tribunal
of the Aquans.

I am Domar, the High Tribune.

I'm Captain Kirk
of the Starship Enterprise.

This is my first officer, Mr. Spock.

You are air-breather enemies
from the surface.

We have expected spies for a long time.

We came here in peace, Tribune.

The ancient records warn
that air-breathers never come in peace.

They came without weapons.

Can we do nothing
without consulting the ancient records?

Why do the Junior Tribunes
wish always to change the records?

Let the mesh be removed,
but stand ready.

The surgo-op was excellent.
They have mutated perfectly.

Your scientists
induced these mutations?

We do not wish to kill,

even air-breathers.

Your memory was eradicated
so you could not return here.

It would seem their ancient records
are as well preserved as ours.

They found us again
to come among us as spies.

You do not give them a chance
to defend themselves, Cadmar.

Rila is correct. You may speak.

We are visitors to your planet.
We come from another world.

- You do not live on the surface places?
- Not on this world.

Enough! Clearly, this is a lie.

The air-breathers have come again
to destroy us.

You are mistaken, sir.

Our only purpose here is to find
the means of reversing our mutations.

That is impossible.

Only Aquan mutation
is designated by the surgo-records.

- Enterprise to Mr. Scott.
- Scott here. What is it, Doctor?

- Enterprise to Mr. Scott.
- Scott here. What is it, Doctor?

Sensors just gave us
an update reading, Scotty.

There's a seaquake due in that area,
a bad one.

- Complete topography changes.
- How soon?

Within four hours.

When are Jim and Spock due
to make contact?

About the same time.

- Can you contact them sooner?
- We can try like blue blazes. Scott out.

Their directional marker indicates
they descended toward that fern bed.

Air-breathers.
We must inform the Tribunes.

The name of our starship
is on the aqua-shuttle.

If you want proof,
examine the wreckage.

Yes. Let us examine the wreckage
before we make judgment.

- We have news, High Tribune.
- Speak it.

Three air-breathers
have invaded the sea foliage.

We saw them as we gathered edibles.

Do you still believe
these creatures came in peace?

We do not know what to believe.

Take these spies to the surface
boulders and leave them there.

It is justice enough for our enemies.

Conserve your strength. I will free you.

- The mesh is too strong.
- Go to the big island.

Bring assistance party.

- Did you see anything?
- Not a sign of them.

- Wait a minute. Who are...
- Follow me. Your friends need help.

- There.
- Quick, lads.

Stand by in the scouter-gig, Lieutenant.

Rila, this is my engineering officer,
Mr. Scott.

Tribune Rila is an Aquan.
Their city is a short distance away.

We're obliged for your help.

Captain, we've been trying
to contact you for two hours.

There's a sea bottom quake due.
It'll destroy this whole area.

There are legends of such a happening.

It destroyed the ancient knowledge

and caused the great surface places
to sink into the sea.

That suggests your race evolved
from its ancient enemies.

We did not evolve, Mr. Spock.

When the surface places began to sink,

many air-breathers were mutated
through surgo-op,

just as you were.

As the centuries passed,
the mutations became hereditary.

Strange that such a highly
developed race would be violent.

Apparently they were exposed
to a frightening geological disaster.

Such hardship induces savagery
and violence.

They hunted and killed us.

We feared they would contaminate us
with their violence.

That is also why it is forbidden
to mutate back to surface forms.

Then reverse mutation is possible.

There are legends of sealed places
in the sunken ruins

where many knowledge-records of it
are kept.

There's not much time, Captain.
The quake's due in less than two hours.

- How far are the ruins, Rila?
- Only a short distance.

Those old records may hold the key
to reversing our mutations.

We've got to find them
before it's too late.

I cannot take you to the ruins.
It is against ordainments.

It's important, Rila. Not just for us.

The population of another planet
is threatened by surface changes, too.

Argo's ancient knowledge
can help save them.

Yes. I will take you
as far as the reef barrier.

The ruins lie that way.
Now, take care. The tides are strong.

Fascinating.

Obviously, an entire portion
of the continental shelf sank

within a few minutes.

This may be the sealed place
Rila mentioned.

I believe this is an entrance panel,
Captain.

There's another chamber.

This resembles
ancient medical symbols, Captain.

The torso indicates mutation.

That's it, Spock.
The key to the survival of the race.

If the universal translator is right,
the substance in your bloodstream

is similar to the ambergris
of Earth whales.

Reverse mutation is induced
by infusion of an antitoxin,

concentrated doses of it.

What's the composition
of the antitoxin, Bones?

It's made from the venom
of the Argo sur-snake.

To capture a sur-snake,
we need your help.

Our people can't descend to that depth.

Domar has warned
that if we break more ordainments,

we will be exiled to the open seas.

We cannot reverse our mutations
without the serum,

nor can the Aquans benefit
from the knowledge of their ancestors.

But the ordainments state clearly
that capturing sur-snakes is forbidden.

Ordainments are useless
in times of turbulence.

Only knowledge will help us.

Nephro, we must break
the ordainments.

Quickly, Captain.

- Quickly. We must leave.
- We need more venom.

No. No, there is no time.

We have prepared an antitoxin
from the venom of the sur-snake,

but a part of the old records is missing,
so the exact dosage is unknown.

Experiments on fish
show that if the antitoxin is too strong,

it causes over-mutation,

which cannot be reversed
by any means.

We're running out of venom,

so conclusive experiments
are impossible.

I decreased the strength
by three quarters, Jim,

but we can't be sure it's right.

- How many infusions, Bones?
- Two small, one large.

Well, let's get started.

His pulse is fading.

Pulse and heart normal.

Something's happening
to his metabolism.

It's at least 10 times normal speed.

Metabolism normal. Heartbeat normal.

The lungs are beginning to revert.

This is the last dose,
the largest infusion.

The antitoxin was too strong.

He's starting to breathe.
Quick, get him out of the tank!

- How do you feel, Jim?
- A little dizzy.

Otherwise normal.

Well, better get into some dry clothes.

I wouldn't want you to catch cold.

Your turn, Spock.

We'll bombard the unpopulated
pressure areas with phaser beams

and change the epicenter of the quake

so it won't endanger your people
or your city.

I did not believe
such knowledge was possible.

Major tremors will start
in three minutes, Captain.

It is incredible. All of it.

- Confirm coordinates, Mr. Spock.
- Confirmed, sir.

- Fire phasers as directed, gentlemen.
- Aye, aye, sir.

Sensors indicate
the epicenter of the quake

was in the north polar seas, Captain,

a totally uninhabited area.

Then our people are safe.

When can we beam down, Spock?

The seabed should stabilize
within a few hours.

Argo appears to have a new city,
Captain, or rather, one reborn.

Our people survived the seaquakes
with little damage, thanks to your help.

We owe you and your friends
much gratitude, Captain Kirk.

We will try to repay

by making the ancient records available
for your studies.

Our experience here has shown us
the means of diverting quakes.

That will mean much
to the endangered Federation planet.

The light is warm and the air is soft.

I shall be glad when
the surface places can be inhabited.

The young Aquans
have decided to rebuild

the great shelters of the air-breathers.

Only the young Aquans?

Senior Aquans cannot adjust to
the thought of becoming air-breathers.

We will remain at the Aqua-City.

Don't lose contact with each other
like your ancestors.

We will pass ordainments to forbid it.

And we, this time, will not ignore them.