The Nebulous Crab
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Nebulous Crab |
| Author(s): | Sheila Clark |
| Date(s): | 1976 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| External Links: | The Nebulous Crab |
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The Nebulous Crab is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Sheila Clark.
It was published in Alnitah #3.
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Kirk, Spock and McCoy land on a planet where nothing mechanical works. Trapped by a rockslide, they are reconciled to dying together, but discover a previously technological civilzation dying from the loss of mechanical function. The cause turns out to be crab-like telepathic aliens who have settled in the neighborhood and set up a blocking field to protect their brains from sonic interference. They put the boys through an intelligence test; when they pass, the crabs depart for other territories. Pretty sentimental and not a very convincing plot.[1]