Futures , Part One " Is this the end of the road for Number One ? " Summary . The arrives at Starbase 45 for repairs following a battle with the Chakuun , the Tholian ' s shock troops . Engineer Grace , standing on the ship ' s saucer section reports that although the damage is significant ( requiring much more than a standard overhaul ) the vessel can be repaired . Captain Pike , after discussing casualty reports and shore leave with Dr . Boyce , is informed by Boyce that Number One has been summoned to the planet by Commodore Strickland , the base commander . Number One is offered command of the " Nelson " , but hesitates citing that she is still " learning . " She agrees to have her answer by nightfall . While on shore leave , Mia Colt and José Tyler explore the ten thousand year ruins of the City of Ithanulan . . . which , according to myth , once held the " Well of Tomorrows , " an oracle of sorts . After some minor flirting , Tyler finds a sphere which Colt identifies as a " keepsake . " According to a guidebook , a keepsake was said to contain some of the mystical waters that allowed persons to glimpse their future . As the two scoff at the idea , Tyler sees an aged image of himself , dressed as a Captain in the uniforms worn in the late - 2270s and early 2280s sitting in a command chair on a bridge from that time . Visibly shaken , Colt questions Tyler about seeing visions . . . Tyler dismisses it as an overactive imagination . Colt attempts produce a vision , but fails . Tyler jokes that she " has no future , " the two walk off into the sunset . Back shipside , Lieutenant Mohindas and Nano continue repairs . Nano mentions that he heard Spock say that Number One had been offered command of a starship , which prompts Mohindas to bang her head on the panel . Nano states that it would bring benefits to Mohindas since the ship would require a first officer and she would be ideal . Number One asks Dr . Boyce for his advice ; he states that Starfleet needs more female Captains , which she agrees . She confides in Boyce her trepidations on taking command ; filling " dead men ' s shoes , " betraying Pike and breaking up a close - knit family . Boyce indicates she will make the correct decision and the two toast a drink to " the future . " In a severely damaged engineering , Pike and Grace discuss Number One ' s future until Grace notices an unfamiliar face among his staff . The fellow , who had been working on an overloading backup system , identifies himself as Shane Samson , former assistant chief engineer on the " Achilles " who has now been transferred by Commodore Strickland to the " Enterprise " to serve the same role . Grace seems less than happy with this decision . Pike receives encrypted priority orders and , after viewing them in his quarters , calls for Spock and Boyce . Number One arrives on the bridge seeking Pike , Mohindas informs her that he is in transporter room three and congratulates Number One on her recent promotion and command . Somewhat irritated by the rumors , she informs a stunned Mohindas that she will be staying and proceeds to the transport room . There she informs Pike that she will be staying . Pike approves in light of the fact that he will be on an away mission and wants to leave the " Enterprise " in capable hands . Pike also indicates that Starfleet wants a Senior Officer aboard the " Enterprise " to supervise the operations ; however Number One will be in command of the " Enterprise " . Just then , Admiral Robert April arrives , he will serve as the Supervisor . Colt and Tyler study the artifact that Colt took from the ruins , Tyler jokes that the act was less than ethical . . . having taken it from an archeological site . Colt continues to examine it noting it is registering a faint tachyon emission . Tyler speculates that Colt is wasting her time , however , she goes forth citing that it " creeped her out " that he saw something and she did not . Colt agitates the particles with an amplified active scan and the keepsake begins to glow . Colt is then thrown into the future , disappearing and prompting Tyler to sound an emergency alert to the bridge . Colt , unconscious , comes to only to find her room darkened . She is hailed by security men clad in the red duty tunics holding pistol phasers who inform her that she is in a restricted area and is subsequently under arrest . Memorable quotes . " " Yeah . Imagine . . . ' Well of tomor – " " " " Joe ! " ( pause ) " Joe ! " ( now yelling ) " JOE ! Are you OKAY ? Did you see anything ? " " " " I . . . don ' t know . I saw something ? " " " " I . . . I . . . suppose you ' ll have to find a new nickname now . " " " " Pardon ? " " " " Well , You can ' t be a captain and be called Number One . You have to start using that elusive first name of yours . " " " " If we could harness the speed gossip travels around this ship it would beat warp drive . " "