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they wanted us to be aware of who they really were.

from the core of Hetemit 9.

are now lethal to organic matter.

Those plasma creatures...

And yet M'Benga's got four

I want round-the-clock monitoring of the storm.

But I ran viral and bacterial scans anyway as a precaution.

I am chief medical officer.

My people were never motivated by domination.

Spock, this is Pike. Come in.

Then why are we wasting time?

And after we met our neighbors in the galaxy,

And whatever it is, you needed to preserve it,

Some people are getting it

Is everything all right, Captain?

As soon as it's safe, we'll get them back.

our pleasure centers when we are in close contact with light.

worse, by enlisting in Starfleet--

Do you want me to tell you it was just the sickness talking?

Could that have inhibited the biofilters?

Oh, no, I'm not. I just--

I ran an electromagnetic scan on the ship.

What is that thing?

It seems so, yes.

If you hadn't noticed, I'm in the middle

Seventy percent.

bonded with the colonists' electromagnetic presence,

networked for emergency power distribution,

Only thing I've been able to find

I have research in there.

Chris, that's kind, but I've broken a dozen regulations.

who knows when we'll get back?

But if it were to fall into the wrong hands,

There are sick people on my ship, and we're stuck down here?

By bioengineering our bodies,

Perhaps if I was there at the moment you were infected.

that could be worth all our lives?

Yes. Several landing party members

Dark hates light, light hates dark.

I don't know. Was it?

I told Captain Pike the truth about myself.

So why do I feel terrible?

You're transporting a piece of the planet's core?

The infected had a compulsion for light.