Where No Man Has Gone Before

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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 Appendices 3.1 Related stories 3.2 Timeline 3.3 Images 3.4 External link

[edit] Summary

While on a mission to probe beyond the boundary of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) receives a distress call from the disaster beacon of the SS Valiant - an Earth vessel which has been listed as missing for nearly two centuries. Captain James T. Kirk orders that the object be brought aboard for further investigation.

The Enterprise beams the Valiant's flight-recorder aboard, and Lieutenant Commander Spock begins to analyse its memory banks. They indicate that the Valiant had encountered an unknown force in this region of space. Spock hears urgent requests for information regarding extrasensory perception (ESP), and then, shockingly, what appears to be the Valiant's captain giving the order to destroy his own ship.

At the galaxy's boundary, the Enterprise also encounters an unusual force field, the galactic barrier. Nine crewmembers die in the encounter, and two others are badly injured - psychiatrist Dr. Elizabeth Dehner, and Captain Kirk's old friend, Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell.

Under the care of ship's surgeon, Dr. Mark Piper, Mitchell begins to exhibit increasing powers. He is able to levitate objects, read thoughts and control the ship's instruments. Dr. Dehner is also starting to exhibit similar capabilities.

Dehner concludes that Mitchell is mutating into a more advanced kind of human. But Hikaru Sulu cautions that at the rate at which Mitchell's powers are growing, he will not be human for much longer. Realising the threat that Mitchell might pose, Spock suggests marooning him on the planet Delta Vega - a coldly logical recommendation that Kirk is reluctant to accept until Mitchell murders Lieutenant Lee Kelso while escaping.

On the planet's surface, Kirk hunts down his friend and warns him that his absolute power will lead to absolute corruption. Mitchell's response is to attempt to kill Kirk. Dehner uses her own powers to stop him, but both she and Mitchell are killed in the resulting battle.

Kirk records that both gave their lives in the performance of their duties - a decision that meets with Spock's approval. And Kirk asserts that there's hope for Spock after all.

[edit] References

[edit] Characters

Daniel Alden • Elizabeth Dehner • Lee Kelso • James T. Kirk • Ed Leslie • Gary Mitchell • Mark Piper • Montgomery Scott • Barbara Smith • Spock • Hikaru Sulu

[edit] Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise (Constitution-class) • SS Valiant

[edit] Locations

Aldebaran system • Aldebaran III • Aldebaran colony • Canopus system • Canopus Planet • Delta Vega sector • Delta Vega • galactic barrier

[edit] Races and cultures

Human • Vulcan

[edit] States and organizations

Starfleet • Starfleet Academy

[edit] Other

aurora borealis • ESP • esper • galaxy • Kaferian apple • lithium • lithium cracking station • magnetic storm • neutron radiation • Nightingale Woman • phaser • phaser rifle • Benedict de Spinoza • Phineas Tarbolde • telekinesis • three-dimensional chess • yeoman • impulse pack

[edit] Appendices

[edit] Related stories

• The story is continued in:
  • My Brother's Keeper: Republic (TOS novel)
  • My Brother's Keeper: Constitution (TOS novel)
  • My Brother's Keeper: Enterprise (TOS novel)
• Following these events, the Enterprise docks at Vanguard in:
  • Harbinger (VAN novel)
• Gary Mitchell returns in:
  • "Star TreX" (TOS comic)

[edit] Timeline

published order
Previous episode: The Cage	TOS episode produced	Next episode: The Corbomite Maneuver
Previous episode: Charlie X	TOS episode aired	Next episode: The Naked Time
Previous story: Catspaw	Star Trek 8	Next story: Wolf in the Fold
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Lives of Dax Sins of the Mother Section 2	Pocket	Next Adventure: Q-Squared Track A: Chapter 12
Previous Adventure: Mere Anarchy Things Fall Apart	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270)	Next Adventure: My Brother's Keeper Republic Chapters 1-4, and 21

[edit] Images

The USS Enterprise departs from the Galactic barrier	Delta Vega	The surface of Delta Vega	Captain James T. Kirk
Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell	Doctor Elizabeth Dehner	Doctor Mark Piper	Lieutenant Lee Kelso
Yeoman Barbara Smith	Lieutenant Daniel Alden	Gary Mitchell	Lieutenant Commander Spock

[edit] External link

• Where No Man Has Gone Before (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.