SHORT STORY
"The Patient Parasites"
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: The Original Series
Author(s):	Russell Bates
Publication information
Printed:	Star Trek: The New Voyages 2

Contents 1 Summary 2 References 2.1 Characters 2.2 Starships and vehicles 2.3 Locations 2.4 Races and cultures 2.5 States and organizations 2.6 Other 3 Chronology 4 Appendices 4.1 Connections

SummaryEdit

An Enterprise landing party is held hostage by a robot probe.

ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

Finder • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu

Referenced only 

Pablo Picasso

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise

LocationsEdit

Earth • Starbase 6 • Zeta Geminorum system

Races and culturesEdit

Human • Tullvan • Vulcan

States and organizationsEdit

United Federation of Planets

OtherEdit

bird • carrier missile • cat • communicator • cryomemory cube • Feinberger • fly • jellyfish • phaser • planet-wrecker missile • robot • snake • spider • transporter • tricorder

ChronologyEdit

459

The Tullvan species died out. (Referenced)

Stardate 5459.4

A USS Enterprise landing party encounters the Finder on a remote planet. The finder wants warp technology for his creators, the Tullvan. (In-story)

Stardate 5459.6

James T. Kirk considers his options against the Finder. The ship and crew prepare to free their associates. (In-story)

Stardate 5459.7

Kirk and crew launch and all-out offensive against the Finder without much progress. The Finder is defeated by information and logic. (In-story)

AppendicesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

published order
Previous story: Snake Pit!	Star Trek: The New Voyages 2	Next story: In the Maze
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Slaver Weapon	Pocket	Next Adventure: Intersection Point