Rees Vaughn

Crash-landing on Taurus II, the seven crewmembers aboard the Shuttlecraft Galileo are unable to communicate with the Enterprise or to escape the planet's atmosphere and its hostile, giant natives. Spock's first command finds him with a restless crew as he faces the failures of logic at every turn.

A stern mother's wish for a better life for her son stirs his defiance and threatens tragic consequences for his sweetheart.