Star Trek - Double, Double

About “Star Trek - Double, Double”

The starship USS Hood responds to a distress signal from a long-lost research expedition led by Dr. Roger Korby. Though Korby is dead, his colleagues have made a significant discovery that they urge the Hood's captain to see. Reluctantly, the captain beams down to investigate. Meanwhile, Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise is on shore leave at Tranquility Seven when he is mistaken for an unknown individual. This error leads to chaos, leaving an inhuman duplicate of Kirk in command of the Enterprise. The story intertwines the two missions, exploring the consequences of the mistaken identity and the implications of Korby's discovery.