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Release date: February 16, 2023 The Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer is a Tier 6 Destroyer which may be flown by characters of any faction . This starship can be used from any level upon completion of the tutorial experience. As you level up, this ship gains additional hull, weapon slots, and console slots.

• 2 Class variants
• 3 Starship Mastery
• 4.1 Universal consoles
• 4.2 Active Sensor Arrays
• 4.4 Experimental Weapon
• 4.5 Specialization seating
• 5 Standard configuration
• 6.1 Equipment slots and seating
• 6.2 Hull strength
• 6.3 T6-X upgrade
• 7 Ship comparison
• 8 Admiralty ship
• 10 External links

Overview [ | ]

Class variants, starship mastery [ | ], abilities [ | ], universal consoles [ | ].

The Terran Hydra Intel Destroyer comes equipped with the [ Console - Universal - Harmonic Yield Distribution via Radial Aperture ] . When equipped on any Prometheus variant, this console will grant a duration-limited version of the Multi-Vector Assault Mode ability.

• File:Engage the H.Y.D.R.A. icon (Federation).png Engage the H.Y.D.R.A.
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Additionally, the Terran Hydra Intel Destroyer can also equip consoles from the Advanced Escort Weaponry Set , obtained from other Prometheus variants.

Active Sensor Arrays

As an Intelligence starship, the Terran Hydra Intel Destroyer is capable of deploying an Intel sensor drone with the Gather Intelligence ability.

While the target is Vulnerable , one of three Expose Vulnerability abilities can be used. These powerful abilities find a critical weakness in the targeted foe and allow players to briefly exploit it.

Intelligence vessels also have a built-in passive ability which renders them undetectable at long range.

The Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer has a cloak that allows the ship to cloak when not in combat, granting stealth and a damage bonus upon decloaking.

Experimental Weapon [ ]

The Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer comes with an Experimental Weapon slot. This additional slot does not fit standard weapons. Unlike standard starship weapons, Experimental weapons are not affected by weapon firing modes, such as those granted by bridge officer abilities . This vessel comes equipped with the [ Armed Loitering Munition ] .

Specialization seating

The Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer features the following specialist seats:

Standard configuration [ | ]

Terran starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.

Fore Weapons

Aft Weapons

Scaling starship

This starship's equipment slots, base hull capacity and shield capacity scale as your level increases.

Equipment slots and seating [ ]

As you rank up every 10 levels, up to level 40, the ship's forward weapon slots, aft weapon slots, tactical console slots, engineering console slots, science console slots and available bridge officer (boff) abilities will slowly increase toward endgame capabilities:

Hull strength [ ]

This table shows how the ship's hull strength scales at each level. The base hull of all scaling starships is 10,000, which is then multiplied by the ship's hull modifier (1.2 for the Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer), and then multiplied by the scaling multiplier below at each level.

T6-X upgrade

By using an [ Experimental Ship Upgrade Token ] , the Terran Hydra -class Intel Destroyer may be upgraded to T6-X , unlocking an extra ship device slot, universal console slot, and the ability to slot an extra starship trait .

Ship comparison [ | ]

Admiralty ship [ | ].

Notes [ | ]

• Owning the Terran Hydra Intel Destroyer will unlock the following costume variants for use: Hydra, Hydra (Mirror), Hestia (Mirror), and Prometheus (Mirror).

External links [ | ]

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Hydra's orbit included five planets , including the inhabited Hydra II . Terrestrial Hydra III was potentially habitable, while the system's first planet was not. Hydra IV and Hydra V were gas giants .

The system was discovered in the early 2230s , on reference stardate 1/67 , by the starship USS Poseidon , and soon became a haven for Federation visitors. ( ST reference : Spaceflight Chronology )

Civilizations [ ]

System makeup [ ], appendices [ ], connections [ ], reference [ ].

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The Ion Storm at Gamma Hydra, 2159

Written by Dan Carlson

On 12 December 2159, the ships of Task Force 28 were operating about 0.6 light years out from the Gamma Hydra system in the Kratona Expanse. The force had just been engaged in three weeks of heavy fighting against Romulan targets in the region, neutralizing an enemy outpost on the second planet and eliminating several cruisers that were based in-system. There was little warning when a Level-9 ion storm developed on 13 December. Many ships were caught during resupply or refueling and were unable to escape the intense subspace distortions. Three ships were destroyed and many others suffered serious damage. UES Intrepid was lost with all hands when a Minotaur fighter in the hangar bay broke loose from its cradle and an antimatter fuel cell ruptured. UES Gaines and UES Mobile Bay were destroyed when the two ships collided — the Mobile Bay was refueling when the storm hit and was unable to restart its engines in time. Approximately 2,500 officers and men were lost and another 300 injured. Hull breaches developed on four other ships owing to the extreme gravimetric shear of the storm. This storm inflicted more damage than any other in UESN history and was the strongest recorded storm until the Level-10 ion storm encountered by USS Canberra (NCC-1497) in 2241.

Task Force 28 as of December 12, 2159:

• UES Agincourt CHM-59 Tannhäuser class
• UES Thermopylae CHM-65 Tannhäuser class
• UES Devastator CHM-71 Conqueror class
• UES Lexington CVM-6 Yorktown class
• UES Cowpens CVM-13 Yorktown class
• UES Intrepid CVM-18 Yorktown class
• UES Winston Churchill CVM-36 Yorktown class
• UES Tatnall FMM-2 Farragut class
• UES Rickover CEM-10 Torsk class
• UES Hai Lung CEM-14 Torsk class
• UES Nantucket CEM-21 Powhatan class
• UES Vincennes CEM-26 Powhatan class
• UES Memphis CEM-29 Powhatan class
• UES Mobile Bay CEM-36 Powhatan class
• UES Vandalia CEM-41 Powhatan class
• UES Meteor CLM-103 Comet class
• UES Equinox CLM-110 Comet class
• UES Matterhorn APM-40 Olympus Mons class
• UES Mount Cuba APM-47 Olympus Mons class
• UES Gaines AOM-26 Reid Fleming class

For more information on ion storms, you may want to consult these titles:

• James, Jeffrey. Ion Storms: The Other Enemy. Dome 1, Mars. NOLC 978509, 2164.
• Okazaki, Masao. Ion Storms and Interstellar Travel. San Francisco, Earth. SFLC 4782-6411525, 2213.
• Palton, Hoyt. The Fist of God: The Ion Storm of 2159. Navato, Qualor II: Frontier Press, 2161.

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The Deadly Years (episode)

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Summary [ ]

Chekov frightened by a dead body

The USS Enterprise is on a routine mission to resupply the experimental colony at Gamma Hydra IV . Kirk , Spock , McCoy , Scott , Lt. Galway , and Ensign Chekov beam down. While the landing party is spread out looking for the missing colonists, Chekov wanders into a darkened building where he had been bidden search. As the lights come on, they reveal the dead body of a very old man – and Chekov runs out, terror-stricken. Chekov is panicking and is in the full throes of terror. The rest of the landing party goes in to investigate. McCoy reveals the cause of death to be natural causes, extreme old age. Spock finds this impossible, since he had checked the records prior to the group beaming down and found that none of the colony members were over thirty. Then two elderly people wander in – these are Robert Johnson , who claims to be only twenty-nine; and his wife, Elaine who claims to be twenty-seven.

Act One [ ]

Janet Wallace

In the Enterprise in sickbay , Kirk tries to question Robert Johnson, but being of advanced age, he fails to understand fully what the Captain is asking him. He fills in his passengers, Commodore Stocker , Yeoman Atkins , and Dr. Janet Wallace , Wallace also being an old flame of Kirk's past. Kirk promises to keep them all informed and that they will remain in orbit until the mystery is solved. Commodore Stocker expresses his pressing concern to reach Starbase 10 , and Kirk says he will do everything he can to get Stocker there. Everyone leaves the briefing room and Dr. Wallace and Kirk reminisce about the past for a moment and how their careers got in the way of their relationship over six years ago.

Kirk goes to the bridge and gives Sulu the order to maintain orbit, and Spock informs him that a rogue comet passed near the planet some time ago, but is unsure whether it had any effects on the planet. Commodore Stocker tries to again push the Enterprise to leave immediately for Starbase 10, claiming the instruments there would be more effective. Kirk politely refuses the Commodore's request and leaves the bridge giving the command again to maintain orbit, much to Sulu's and Spock's puzzlement.

An old Scotty

Meanwhile, a perplexed Lieutenant Galway visits McCoy complaining about suffering a sudden loss of hearing ; McCoy expresses hope that hypersonic treatment may clear it up, which it, unfortunately, does not. Kirk, in his quarters , calls Spock on the bridge and informs him to look into a comet that had recently passed the planet. Spock, of course, replies he is already doing so as per Kirk's orders, leaving Kirk a little confused. He then goes to sickbay complaining of shoulder pain, and jokes about McCoy's hair getting a little grayer. McCoy's initial exam reveals advanced arthritis in Kirk's shoulder, which Kirk refuses to believe at first. But then Scott walks in, complete with gray hair and wrinkles.

Act Two [ ]

Lt. Arlene Galway, old

Everyone that had been in the landing party is showing definite signs of accelerated aging, with the sole exception of Chekov. Most of the party members are aging at approximately thirty years a day (Galway, despite being the youngest of those afflicted, appears to be aging at a vastly faster rate than anyone else), and McCoy is at a loss for the cause. He has run a complete physical on Chekov and found nothing to explain it. Spock estimates that they all have less than a week to live and that in lesser time, they will be little more than mental vegetables. Though Spock is showing no obvious physical signs, he admits to suffering from lethargy, memory and vision loss, and the ship's temperature is feeling increasingly colder to him. Kirk sends Scott and Galway back to their duties and leaves McCoy to do yet another physical on Chekov. Scott is already so deteriorated and weakened that Spock needs to help him walk.

As Kirk heads back to the bridge, he exchanges a mildly flirtatious conversation with the concerned Dr. Wallace. The tone changes however, when Kirk realizes that her deceased husband, Theodore Wallace , was 26 years her senior. Kirk rejects her advances, and inquires if Dr. Wallace's affections to him are because of his current appearance, and also concerned that it may be out of pity for his sad condition.

" If… If I live long enough, I'm going to run out of samples. " " You'll live. "

Sitting at his navigation console on the bridge, Chekov gripes to Sulu about McCoy's constant examinations of him and him giving all sorts of samples. " If live long enough, I'm going to run out of samples. " Sulu reassures him, " You'll live. " But Chekov continues to gripe, " Oh, yes. I'll live. But I won't enjoy it. "

Spock wakes up Kirk

An elderly Kirk arrives at the bridge while a concerned Commodore Stocker looks on, and the bridge crew can see that Kirk's advanced age is clearly taking its toll. Kirk gives orders, then forgets giving them. He even falls asleep in his command chair . A gray-haired Spock wakes him and informs him that the comet is indeed the source of the problem. By now, even Spock appears to be tired. The orbit of Gamma Hydra IV had recently caused the planet to pass through the comet's tail. Though no regular levels of radiation were detected, there were extremely low levels of radiation, which is the probable cause. Kirk then orders Lieutenant Uhura to send a coded message to Starfleet and to use code 2 since they are close to the Romulan Neutral Zone . Uhura reminds Kirk that the Romulans have already broken code 2. A befuddled Kirk orders her to use code 3 and to relay the information about the comet. He then tells Sulu to move the ship to a higher orbit, and when Sulu indicates that he had already given that command, he yells, " I fail to understand why each one of my commands is being questioned! "

McCoy confirms the radiation poisoning theory, and Kirk returns to the bridge. Spock then informs McCoy that the ship has become increasingly cold and he has had to increase the temperature in his own quarters to 125 degrees to which McCoy informs him that he will not be making house calls to Spock. Dr. Wallace then tells McCoy that none of the conventional means for radiation therapy will work in this case.

In a corridor , Commodore Stocker meets with Spock, informing him of his concern for Kirk's ability to command. He asks Spock to take over as captain, since Vulcans have a much longer life span than Humans. Spock reminds the commodore that he is also feeling the effects of the aging and that he also is half Human. Stocker asks Spock to conduct an extraordinary competency hearing , which according to regulations is Spock's duty as first officer . Spock, wanting to spare Kirk of any more suffering than he is already going through and the humiliation of an almost guaranteed judgment against him, tells the commodore that he has duties to attend to. Stocker holds firm and insists to Spock that a competency hearing is mandatory by regulations . Spock reluctantly agrees and announces that he will convene the hearing at 1400 hours.

As McCoy continues to examine Chekov, an even more aged Lt. Galway arrives at sickbay and falls dead in Kirk's arms. McCoy speculates that Galway's metabolism caused the disease to affect her far more severely, resulting in her early death, and that they themselves have little more time. They may have no longer than days remaining to them, perhaps even hours.

Act Three [ ]

Spock conducts the competency hearing. Scott is by now much older, looking tired and depressed. Kirk and McCoy are also in terrible condition. A reluctant Atkins, Uhura, and Sulu all testify about Kirk's failing abilities. McCoy also reluctantly confirms the computer analysis of his medical examination. Testifying, Kirk tries to maintain his control, but it is quite obvious that his mind and deteriorated body are failing, and he digs himself a deeper hole by going on a long, rambling speech in which he erroneously refers to the planet that they are orbiting as "Gamma Hydra II". He is removed from command and to his dismay, the inexperienced Commodore Stocker assumes command.

Kirk, despite his senility, does nonetheless retain enough common sense to predict correctly that Stocker, with no command experience, and in Kirk's words, a "chair-bound paper pusher" or, essentially, an official in uniform, would be a poor choice to command the Enterprise , and tries to order Spock to take command. When Spock rebuffs Kirk and reminds him that he no longer has power on the Enterprise , it deeply hurts him and temporarily causes a rift between the two. Kirk then fruitlessly tries to justify his command ability to Janet, telling her that his brain is still as sharp as it ever was, despite evidence to the contrary. Kirk asks Wallace if she sees him getting older, for which she cannot provide an answer.

Later, a very old and gray Kirk and an equally-gray Spock and McCoy review again their beaming down to the planet. Spock then reminds them that the only time Chekov was not with them was when he went into the building and discovered the body, whereupon, terror-stricken, he fled from the building in a state of near panic. McCoy postulates that the increased adrenaline levels somehow may have protected Chekov from being afflicted.

Enterprise facing off against three Romulan Birds-of-Prey

Stocker, who has no field experience, plots a shortcut to Starbase 10 through the Romulan Neutral Zone and, of course, the Romulans immediately attack. The Enterprise is quickly surrounded by several Bird-of-Prey ships, as a shocked and frozen commodore tries to decide what to do. Kirk wishes to go to the bridge. A terminal McCoy tries to dissuade him and tells him that they are both finished.

Act Four [ ]

The Romulans continue to attack the Enterprise while Stocker tries to establish communication. Spock, with Wallace's assistance and even through his own suffering from handicapping cold sensitivity, races against time and synthesizes a crude adrenaline serum, but it could either cure or kill. Kirk, unable to endure any longer and determined to get back to the bridge, demands the first shot stating he is already about to die anyway (either from the serum, destruction of the ship or the aging process) – and upon receiving it, he starts to scream and writhe while held down with restraints on his bio-bed .

Stocker feels that the only way to get the Romulans to stop is by surrendering. But Chekov reminds him that Romulans do not take prisoners.

Fully recovered Kirk returns to the bridge

Suddenly, a fully-recovered Kirk arrives on the bridge and retakes command. On purpose, he instructs Uhura to post a message to Starfleet, using code 2, that he plans to self-destruct the ship and take all the Romulan ships with him by using the "recently installed" corbomite device. Spock looks exhausted, but relieved.

As Kirk had expected, the Romulans tap into the message and start to move out of the way. Kirk uses this opportunity to warp the Enterprise out of the Neutral Zone and back to safety. McCoy boards the main bridge, being shown to have recovered, and informs Kirk that Scott is fine, though he pulled a muscle when his body reacted to the serum. The antidote is a success, even if the procedure is very painful to Humans, and even more so for Vulcans. Kirk points out to Stocker that there is very little a star base can do that a starship cannot, but Stocker points out that he is now fully aware of what a starship can do " with the right man at the helm. " McCoy informs Spock that an especially potent dosage of the antidote has already been prepared for him, that all breakable objects have been removed from the infirmary, and that they can administer the radiation-poisoning antidote whenever Spock is ready. Spock is in visibly bad shape, and he asks to receive it now. Kirk remarks that the events of the past day will be an experience they will remember, even in old age – which hopefully will still be far off. Kirk orders Sulu to take command of the Enterprise , steady as she goes, which the helmsman repeats. Kirk replies that he thought he already said that.

Log entries [ ]

• Captain's log, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), 2267

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Why, Bones, I believe you're getting gray! " " Well, you take over MY job and see what happens to YOU! "

" I don't know what's causing it. A virus, a bacteria, or evil spirits, but I'm trying to find out. "

" What a stupid place to hang a mirror! "

" The heart is not a logical organ. "

" Blood sample, Chekov! Marrow sample, Chekov! Skin sample, Chekov! If – if I live long enough, I'm going to run out of samples! " " You'll live. " " Oh, yes. I'll live. But I won't enjoy it. "

" I'm not a magician , Spock, just an old country doctor. "

" Now this isn't going to hurt a bit. " " That's what you said the last time. " "Did it hurt? " " YES! "

" The man's a chair-bound PAPER-pusher! "

" And you don't run a starship with your arms; you run it with your head! And my brain's as sharp as it ever was. "

" You traitorous… disloyal… you stabbed me in the back the first chance you get! Spock…! Get out… I never want to have to look at you again. "

" I admit, I'm getting a little gray but radiation will do that to you. "

" Lieutenant Uhura, let me know if we contact any Romulan… " (The ship is shaken by an impact.) " I think we just made contact, sir. "

Background information [ ]

Production timeline [ ].

• Story outline "Hold Back Tomorrow" by David P. Harmon : May 1967
• Revised story outline "The Deadly Years": 5 June 1967
• First draft teleplay: 19 June 1967
• Second draft teleplay: 3 July 1967
• Revised draft by Gene L. Coon : mid- July 1967
• Final draft teleplay by Coon: 27 July 1967
• Additional page revisions: 31 July 1967 , 2 August 1967 , 3 August 1967
• This episode was produced in early August 1967 .
• Day 1 – 3 August 1967 , Thursday – Desilu Stage 10 : Ext. Gamma Hydra IV surface , Int. Colony building ; Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Sickbay
• Day 2 – 4 August 1967 , Friday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Bridge
• Day 3 – 7 August 1967 , Monday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Corridors , Sickbay
• Day 4 – 8 August 1967 , Tuesday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Sickbay , Bridge , Briefing room
• Day 5 – 9 August 1967 , Wednesday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Kirk's quarters , Briefing room
• Day 6 – 10 August 1967 , Thursday – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Briefing room , Corridor , Sickbay
• Day 7 – 11 August 1967 , Friday (Half Day) – Desilu Stage 9 : Int. Sickbay
• Original airdate: 8 December 1967
• Rerun airdate: 16 August 1968
• First UK airdate: 29 June 1970

Production notes [ ]

• The brownish planet seen in this episode (a slightly color corrected version of the one used in " The City on the Edge of Forever "), reappeared in later episodes, as Gamma II in " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", Arret in " Return to Tomorrow ", Zeon in " Patterns of Force ", Minara II in " The Empath ", Platonius in " Plato's Stepchildren ", Cheron in " Let That Be Your Last Battlefield ", and Gideon in " The Mark of Gideon ".
• According to Walter Koenig , director Joseph Pevney wanted to shoot a close-up of Chekov's eyes as he sees the aged dead body in surprise. However, Koenig blinked each time it was tried, and it took fifteen takes to do it right. However, it is not in the finished episode. Koenig also felt that Chekov seemed younger in this episode than in any other, claiming that his reaction upon discovering the corpse in the teaser was more like the reaction of a 15-year-old than that of a Starfleet officer who had sat on the bridge of the Enterprise . [1]
• In The World of Star Trek (3rd ed., p. 73), William Shatner relates that he endured an excruciating make-up session for this episode – all for nothing, because the shooting day was just about to end. The producers caught his exasperation in an infamous blooper, wherein he declares, " Robert H. Justman , I'm going home now… after spending three hours putting this [expletive deleted] make-up back on – and it's your fault! "
• One memorable outtake features Beverly Washburn getting stuck on a line, before blurting out, " I FEEL LIKE HELL! " [2]
• No special effects shots were filmed for this episode. The entire Romulan attack is created by using stock footage from " Balance of Terror " and " Errand of Mercy ". In addition, no actual Romulans appeared in this episode, in this season's only Romulan appearance. They would return one final time in the third season episode " The Enterprise Incident ".
• The script called for the aged Kirk to run from sickbay to the bridge, and gradually grow younger until he arrived. ( The Star Trek Compendium , p. 84) But as director Joseph Pevney told Allan Asherman in The Star Trek Interview Book (p. 197), the slow speech patterns and actions of the aging Enterprise personnel were making the episode run long. So Kirk's reverse aging scenes were cut.
• The last shot of the episode is lifted from " Amok Time ", which was evident from the wig Walter Koenig wore in that episode, which he didn't have on for the entire episode.
• The end credits of this episode include a make-up test shot of William Blackburn as a Tellarite . He discusses his experience in an interview on the remastered second season DVD collection of the series issued by Paramount and CBS Home Video.
• This is the first time Kelley is aged using makeup in order to look much older than he is. The second time is in TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ".

Continuity [ ]

• Areel Shaw's line from " Court Martial " about how long it has been since she's seen Kirk is recycled by Janet Wallace in this segment, with Wallace's time having been "six years, four months, and an odd number of days, " while Shaw's was "four years, seven months, and an odd number of days. "
• Kirk's age – 34 years old – is established in this episode.
• This episode also establishes that Sulu has served with Captain Kirk for two years. (c.f. " Where No Man Has Gone Before ")
• The proximity of the Gamma Hydra sector to the Romulan Neutral Zone in this episode is repeated in the opening scene of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , when the Enterprise supposedly violates the zone while patrolling near the sector. However, in the movie, it is the Klingons who attack.
• Kirk makes a reference to the fictional " corbomite " device, which he first described in " The Corbomite Maneuver ". Although Chekov was not on the bridge on that occasion, he and Sulu exchange knowing looks when Kirk mentions the word. It is speculated in The Star Trek Compendium (p. 86) that Chekov's familiarity with the bluff further reinforced his presence aboard the Enterprise during TOS Season 1 , much like Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan would place him aboard during " Space Seed ". The Compendium 's theory, however, would be refuted during the next episode, " I, Mudd ", when Chekov was oblivious of Mudd's visit in " Mudd's Women "– the episode after "The Corbomite Maneuver". Be that as it may, the Compendium 's other theory, " that Sulu had filled him [Chekov] in on what happened during that ["The Corbomite Maneuver"] adventure, " seems more likely to be true, in spite of its own admission to the contrary.
• As he aged, McCoy's Southern dialect grew noticeably thicker as well as his "old country doctor" mannerisms. ( The Star Trek Compendium , p. 83)

Merchandising [ ]

Literature releases [ ].

• Bantam Books published a series of novelizations called "foto-novels," which took photographic stills from actual episodes and arranged word balloons and text over them, to create a comic book formatted story. The eleventh installment was an adaptation of this episode.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• Original US Betamax release: 1986
• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 21 , catalog number VHR 2356, release date unknown .
• US VHS release: 15 April 1994 .
• UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 2.4, 7 April 1997 .
• Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 20, 13 February 2001 .
• As part of the TOS Season 2 DVD collection.

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• William Shatner as Captain Kirk

Also starring [ ]

• Leonard Nimoy as Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Guest star [ ]

• Charles Drake as Commodore Stocker
• Sarah Marshall as Janet Wallace

Featuring [ ]

• James Doohan as Scott
• George Takei as Sulu
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
• Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel
• Walter Koenig as Chekov
• Felix Locher as Mr. Johnson
• Carolyn Nelson as Yeoman Atkins
• Laura Wood as Mrs. Johnson
• Beverly Washburn as Arlene Galway

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

• Majel Barrett as Computer Voice
• Frank da Vinci as Brent
• Steve Hershon as security guard
• Roger Holloway as Roger Lemli
• Eddie Paskey as Leslie
• Frieda Rentie as a Lieutenant
• Command crew woman
• Command lieutenant
• Crew woman 1
• Crew woman 2
• Medical technician
• Operations crew woman
• Sciences lieutenant
• Security guard

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• "The Deadly Years" at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " The Deadly Years " at Wikipedia
• " The Deadly Years " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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USS Hydra Survey Ship

The USS Hydra is the Federation’s answer to aggressive Klingon raids on their mining operations. The Hydra is made up of three conjoined saucer sections that can be separated at a moment’s notice. Though only the rearmost saucer has access to Nacelles, the others are fitted with smaller, almost imperceptible impulse engines, allowing each section to make their own escape in the event of an attack. Living up to its name, so long as one head survives, the Hydra can never truly be taken down.

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