In the tunnels of a pergium mining colony on Janus VI, miners are dying to something that moves through solid rock and dissolves whatever it touches. Kirk and Spock corner the culprit — a silicon-based creature the miners call a Horta — and Spock's mind meld reveals she isn't a monster but a mother, the last guardian of thousands of eggs the drilling has been destroying without anyone knowing. This Fotonovel presents the original teleplay in stills.
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- Star Trek Fotonovel — #9