Goodbye to Spock This summary is of a story arc from the newspaper comic strip " Star Trek " . Summary . Captain Spock and Lt . Cmdr . are aboard the shuttlecraft " " , investigating a distress beacon in orbit around a planet in the Fortenue system . The buoy apparently marks the spot where a colony ship crashed 200 years before . A distress signal comes in from about 100 kilometers inside the rings of the planet , where the " Copernicus " finds the beacon , but no colony ship . Suddenly , the shuttle is hit by an energy surge from the rings . It loses power and begins an uncontrolled descent . Spock sends out a distress signal , along with his estimate of where he thinks they will crash . Donning EV suit s , the shuttle crashes and Spock pulls Singh out just before it explodes . Two humanoid s on the planet see the crash and investigate . They determine that Singh is dead , but that Spock lives . The woman , the lady Dyana , finds him " quite handsome " . While the " Enterprise " searches , Spock awakes in an elegant bedroom , surrounded by people dressed and acting like those in Medieval England . He is told he is in the care of High Captain Argus , Chief of the Clan Omega Level II . The woman attending him is his daughter , Lady Dyana . She asks Spock his name , but he doesn ' t remember that or anything else about his past . The last thing he recalls is falling , " and then you were there . . . a beautiful sight . " Overhearing their conversation is one of Argus ' advisers , who vows to inform her father of Spock ' s romantic advances . Spock and Dyana walk , but grow annoyed at their chaperons , so they sneak off and share time alone , including a kiss . Meanwhile , Dyana ' s father is upset that after welcoming Spock into his home , he woos his daughter without permission . Just then another shuttle lands , and James T . Kirk and Leonard McCoy step out . Kirk considers whether these people could be descendants of the colony ship . They are greeted by Argus , and Kirk notes that Argus is wearing Starfleet - issue epaulets on his shoulders . Kirk and McCoy dine with the feudal lord , who drugs them in order to turn Kirk into a fighting knight . Shortly thereafter , Spock and Dyana come upon a knight in black armor , who insults Spock and slaps Dyana to the ground as a " demon - lover " . Argus walks up and asks Spock why he does not defend the lady ' s honor . Spock is uncertain what to do ; the black knight ' s voice is vaguely reminiscent of his past . Argus goads Spock on to either defend his daughter ' s honor or give her up . Spock challenges . But he had not realized the challenge meant a trial by combat . With the lotus nectar numbing any pain , Argus ' advisers believe the black knight cannot lose . The fight is set and many are in attendance as the black knight – Kirk , drugged – and Spock , an amnesiac , ride on two - legged bird - like animals into combat , a combat in which no quarter may be asked for or given – a fight to the death . Dyana overhears discussion indicating the black knight is drugged and cannot lose , so she cries out a warning to Spock . Her father slaps her for her action . To hear what she said Spock removes his helmet , though , and is promptly hit to the ground by Kirk . At that moment Spock sees the epaulets on Argus ' shoulders and after thinking hard about it recalls Starfleet and the rest of his memories . He then easily knocks Kirk ' s sword out of his hand . Spock has won the battle , but Argus decides to kill him himself anyway . Dyana runs to Spock and asks to die with him ; Argus , furious , agrees . Just then Montgomery Scott and a security team beam down , since Kirk ' s report was late . They take control of the situation , but are shocked when Dyana kisses Spock in celebration of his survival . McCoy is quickly located with a massive headache from the drug . Spock explains all to Dyana , who has to come to terms with the man she now loves feeling nothing for her . The society there does not want Federation assistance , so the " Enterprise " respects their wishes and leaves , marking the area as " closed " on Federation maps . Spock stares wistfully into space as he contemplates the love he has left behind . Memorable quotes . " " A flying chariot - by the gods ! " " " " Ad - Mi - Ral Kirk will make a deadly knight . " " " " I said halt , spawn of Satan ! " " " " No unblooded freak may claim my daughter ' s body . " " Background information . Thematically this bears a strong resemblance to and , with Spock only being able to fall in love when he is not himself , and being vaguely saddened by his acknowledgment that his makeup is such that he cannot give love under normal circumstances . The final , wordless , strip of Dyana looking at the stars but heading back inside also echoes Leila Kalomi ' s realization that Spock cannot be the lover she wants him to be , but echoes or not , it is a nice moment . It is not explained how the lotus nectar given Kirk as a drug provides him with both strength and a knowledge of feudal phraseology . Alfredo Alcala drew several of the strips after Colón began , and was evidently not given ( or did not like ) the updated uniform design from the second film . As a result , his uniform design is a unique mixture of the uniforms from the first two movies , in some drawings most closely resembles those from . Alcala also only contributed to part of the story arc , and after him , strips were drawn by an artist whose work was much cruder than either Alcala or Colón ' s , credited under the pen - name " Serc Soc " ( whose true identity is unknown ) . This resulted in a gradually deteriorating appearance of this arc over time .