Stardate 4372.5: The Enterprise ferries Dohlman Elaan of Elas to the adversarial world of Troyius for a marriage arranged to end the war. Elaan, however, is more than just reluctant. She stabs Ambassador Petri of Troyius, who was going to teach her the customs of his people. Now his role falls to Kirk. He gets into contact with Elaan's tears, whereby a biochemical bond with her is forged. Kryton, one of Elaan's guards, however, kills a crewman and sabotages the ship's warp reactor, just as a Klingon battlecruiser appears. As the Klingon ship is attacking the helpless Enterprise, Spock discovers that Elaan is wearing a necklace made of dilithium, a gift from Petri, which helps restore warp power. The naturally occurring dilithium on Troyius may be the reason why the Klingons are interested in the planet in the first place. Kirk and Elaan eventually recognize that they both have responsibilities that don't allow them to stay together.

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