Year Four , Issue 3 Summary . Stardate 4178 . 6 . Nurse Chapel is hiding in a shuttlepod while Kirk and Leonard McCoy bang on the door , trying to get in . They manage to enter , phaser at the ready . She leaves the shuttle with them , and they leave the shuttlebay . On the surface , McCoy checks the pulse of a colonist , reporting " " he ' s dead , Jim . " " He notes that there is no sign on infection . Chekov reports that the communication room is destroyed , and Spock reports that the colonists had recently found a wrecked alien escape pod and shows a tape that he found . Kirk and Spock beam up to the " Enterprise " , leaving the landing party to continue the investigation . On the starship , Spock watches the tape , and hears one of the colonists report that he has destroyed the radio . When he finishes watching it , Kirk tells him that McCoy has finished his tests and asks him to meet them in sickbay . On his way out of his quarters , Spock encounters Nurse Chapel , which delays his arrival in sickbay . McCoy tells them that the colonist he examined died of massive brain trauma – almost like his brain had received too much information at once . Kirk is called to the bridge , and McCoy asks to watch the tape that Spock had . In the cafeteria , Chapel greets Ryan and M ' Ress , but they both ignore her completely and walk out . On the bridge , McCoy reports that he and Spock are running tests . Suddenly , Sulu changes course , and when Kirk inquires , he reports that it was per his orders , and order Kirk did not give . He tells Sulu to return to the prior course . Spock calls for security , and Kirk tells Sulu that he is relieved of duty . He turns to Uhura and she reports that she heard him give the order to change course . Security arrives on the bridge , and Spock tells them that Kirk has been infected by the virus from PH - 11 . McCoy relieves him of duty and when Kirk resists , Spock uses a Vulcan nerve pinch on him to knock him out , so that security can take him to sickbay . Down in sickbay , McCoy tells Chapel that the captain has been infected and asks her to sedate him , despite Kirk ' s protestations . When McCoy is distracted with Collins , the security guard on duty , she slips a scalpel to Kirk so that he can cut his bonds . When McCoy leaves , Kirk makes his move , and Chapel distracts Collins long enough for Kirk to disable him . They hurry down the hall , and Kirk tells Chapel to save the ship as he attacks Sulu and another crewman . On the bridge , Uhura tells Spock that the two are still free . The ship is nearing a planet , their destination . Spock opens shipwide communications and tells them to find all uninfected crewmen and transform them . Sulu and the other guard open their mouths and a weird sound comes out ; Kirk is transfixed . Kirk , McCoy , Spock , and Chapel beam down to the surface of the planet . Spock declares that he is ready . All four make a strange noise , and a strange aura emanates from them as Chapel declares " " the UR is home . " " Memorable quotes . " " There was no way they could have received Starfleet ' s hails . " " " " Your grasp of the obvious continues to amaze me doctor . " " " " Find a way to stop this thing – Keep my ship safe ! " " " " Seems to me , there must be easier ways to explore the galaxy . " " " " Not for the UR , doctor . " " " " We still know so little . " " " " That ' s what we ' re here for nurse – or we ' re all out of a job . " "