Pilgrim of Eternity
| "Pilgrim of Eternity" | |
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| Star Trek Continues episode | |
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| Episode no. | Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Vic Mignogna |
| Story by | Vic Mignogna & Jack Marshall |
| Teleplay by | Steve Frattarola & Jack Treviño |
| Produced by | Vic Mignogna John Broughton Michael Day Steven Dengler |
| Featured music | Star Trek: The Original Series incidental music |
| Cinematography by | Matt Bucy |
| Original air date | May 26, 2013 (Phoenix Comicon) |
| Running time | 51:18 |
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"Pilgrim of Eternity" is a fan produced Star Trek episode released in 2013, the first in the web series Star Trek Continues, which aims to continue the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series replicating their visual and storytelling style. It is an unofficial sequel to the original TOS episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?"; it was written by Steve Frattarola and Jack Treviño, from a story by Jack Marshall & Vic Mignogna and directed by Vic Mignogna.
The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are investigating mysterious energy drains from power stations, when they encounter an alien artifact, which begins to draw power from the ship. They are forced to destroy the artifact to save themselves, however Spock (Todd Haberkorn) detects two life forms on it.
The two forms then materialize on the bridge, one of which is the alien known historically as the Greek god Apollo (Michael Forest). The crew had previously dealt with him only a couple of years prior, but he has now aged significantly. He says he was exposed to the energy draining properties of the Realm, the destroyed structure, built to ensure immortality, but which had malfunctioned and killed all the others of his race. He professes at first to no longer wish to have humanity worship him again, but after a brief stay in the sickbay, begins to return to form and seek adulation for his singing and storytelling. When Captain Kirk (Vic Mignogna) demands to speak with him about his behaviors, he uses his psychic powers on the captain and others to try to enforce worship.
The new ship's counselor (Michele Specht), who had begun to be enamored of Apollo, fires a phaser at him to stop his endangering the captain's life. Apollo is taken to the sickbay again, this time under restraint. Spock surmises that Apollo is incapable of controlling his desire to be worshiped by force. Apollo surprises the crew by requesting that Dr. McCoy (Larry Nemecek) operate to remove the organ which gives his race the power to convert human worship to life energy. The operation is a success, but it leaves Apollo in a much weakened condition. No consensus can be made on his stated desire to live out his days on a planet of humans, with doubts remaining as to his actual intent.
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