The story is easy: Captain Batel (Melanie Scrofano) is aiding a distant Federation outpost that simply occurs to appear to be a small city in 2023 Wisconsin (a budget-saving conceit that’s winkingly referred to within the episode’s opening dialogue). Out of nowhere, an enormous assault ship seems within the sky and begins laying waste to the colony, in addition to Captain Batel’s ship, the usS. Cayuga, up in orbit. Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush) can be current for this assault. Chapel, one may recall, is presently embroiled in an affair with Spock (Ethan Peck) and Captain Batel has been within the midst of instigating a relationship with Captain Pike (Anson Mount). Listening to that varied paramours are at risk, the Enterprise expenses to the rescue.
It appears the Gorn has no beef with the Federation apart from the Wisconsin colony’s planet is of their spatial territory. The Gorn are attempting to exterminate infiltrators, and the Enterprise fires again. It is not lengthy earlier than crew members have been paired off with a view to deal with the assault from their individualized venues. Captain Pike finds Captain Batel, sadly contaminated with Gorn eggs, on the planet beneath, and so they try to combat off encroaching Gorns whereas hoping to destroy the enemy management tower. In a enjoyable character reveal, a younger Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (Martin Quinn) is there to assist.
In the meantime, Nurse Chapel has change into stranded on the stays of the Cayuga, which was almost destroyed within the first Gorn volley. To rescue her, Spock will placed on an area swimsuit and fly via area and not using a ship to get her.
That is all very thrilling, after all, and the motion is tense and expertly introduced. After 9 episodes of whimsey and/or thoughtfulness, it appears that evidently it is now crunch time.