Carolyn Palamas Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas was the archaeology and anthropology officer on the when it visited Pollux IV in 2267 . Her expertise in archaeology , anthropology and ancient civilizations made her a useful part of the landing party - - the crew was confronted by an alien of unknown name and purpose , but who seemed familiar with the Earth of 5 , 000 years ago . This alien soon identified himself as Apollo , and claimed to be the being ancient Greek s believed was a god . Apollo was moved by Palamas ' beauty , and quickly became infatuated with her . He transformed her standard uniform into a long peplos , which he felt was more appropriate attire for his future queen . On several occasions , he left the remainder of the landing party alone , taking the young lady elsewhere to entertain her . This created tension between the alien and Scotty , who was also interested in Palamas ; on two occasions , this drove Scotty to attack Apollo , with unfortunate results for the ship ' s chief engineer . And , she began to develop feelings for Apollo , in return . Finally , out of options , Kirk confronted Palamas , and demanded that she reject Apollo . Kirk knew Apollo was desperately lonely , and knew also that Apollo thrived on attention and worship - - especially Carolyn Palamas ' attention . At first , she refused , claiming she loved the alien . Kirk forced her to confront an ugly truth : although Kirk was fine with Apollo being Carolyn ' s love interest the lives of everyone , on the planet and on the ship , depended on her remembering her duty . She became uncertain ; struggling to balance her view of Apollo as a kind and paternal benefactor with Kirk ' s view of Apollo as slave - master . Ultimately , Kirk reminded her that she was Human , and renewed her connection - - and duty - - to the rest of Humanity , in the form of her shipmates and friends aboard the " Enterprise " . Additionally , the Captain implied that once Apollo achieved his ends ( making her the mother of the thousands of gods he wanted ) , he would have no more need of her and kill her . Heavy - hearted , Palamas left to meet with Apollo at his call , and on her captain ' s orders she rejected him , pretending that her entire association with him was part of her study of alien civilizations . Apollo was first confused , hurt , and then enraged . He expended a great deal of power to impress her , summoning a storm and crafting a gigantic image of himself in the sky . Kirk ' s implications for Carolyn ' s life and safety prove to be right , as Apollo uses the storm he summons to scar Carolyn ' s face and dishevel her hair . About this time , Spock and the " Enterprise " crew managed to pierce Apollo ' s hand in places , and they attacked his power source through these holes . Apollo , having expended much of his energy in his rage , was unable to prevent the destruction of his temple . Without it , he was powerless , and he " spread himself on the winds " , joining his old companions in oblivion , an event that left Palamas in tears . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Palamas was played by actress Leslie Parrish . The original teleplay , and James Blish ' s adaptation , contained an additional event that did not make the filmed episode : at the end of the story , Carolyn Palamas is revealed to be pregnant with Apollo ' s child . According to the , an early draft script contained this revelation , as well . In the novelization the child is a daughter , Carolyn would name Athena . Also , in the original script the character is named Carolyn Bassett . The scene which divulged Palomas ' pregnancy was actually filmed , but omitted from the episode as aired . Recently rediscovered , the outtake is featured in the " Inside the Roddenberry Vault ( Part 3 ) " special feature on the 2016 " " Blu - ray Disc - set . Apocrypha . Peter David ' s " New Frontier " character Mark McHenry was a descendant of this child , and possessed at least some of these beings ' powers . Palamas also has a major role in the Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens novel " Prime Directive " . The John Byrne " " comic " Of Woman Born " also gives Carolyn a baby by Apollo . Palamas and Scotty ' s first meeting is detailed in Dave Galanter ' s novel " Crisis of Consciousness " . After Scott breaks his wrist and is unable to work , she keeps him company while Kirk fetches a medkit . Trained as a field medic , she is able to heal him enough to allow him to return to his duties , much to Scott ' s relief . The novel also shows her in her role as archaeology and anthropology officer when dealing with the . According to the video game " " , her parents are named Leslie and Robert Palamas . She also has a brother named Mark and a sister named Ellen .