A Little Seasoning
Kirk revisits a planet he surveyed as a young officer, bringing new recruit Pavel Chekov along for the mission. (Part 1 of 4)

Summary 
Captain's log, stardate 3012.4. It's been ten years now since I last visited the planet Modala -- the natives' name for Beta Damoron V. Of course, I was only a lieutenant then, and the  was someone else's ship. Chris Pike's, to be precise. 

 Background information 
 This story takes place during the latter half of TOS Season 1. The stardate is roughly concurrent with .

 Creators 
 Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
 Writer: Michael Jan Friedman
 Artists:
 Pablo Marcos (interior art)
 Rafael Gallur (art assist)
 Bob Pinaha (letter art)
 Tom McCraw (color art)
 Adam Hughes (cover pencil art)
 Karl Story (cover ink art)
 Editor: Robert Greenberger

 Characters 

 James T. Kirk   captain.
 Spock  Vulcan Enterprise exec and science officer.
 Leonard McCoy  Enterprise surgeon.
Montgomery Scott  Enterprise chief engineer.
Hikaru Sulu  Enterprise helmsman.
Uhura  Enterprise communications officer.
Pavel Chekov  Enterprise'' navigator.
Christopher Pike  Mentioned.

References 
Beta Damoron system  Star system.

Modala (Beta Damoron V)  Planet.

Timeline 
2256
2266

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