Another Piece of the Action

Another Piece of the Action not only resolves a story arch from book one, but revisits the Iotian people from the TOS episode “A Piece of the Action.” In that episode, Kirk unifies a people who have modeled their culture after 20th Century American Gangsters. McCoy accidentally leaves technology on the planet, and the episode ends with Kirk saying, “A hundred years from now, the Iotians might demand a piece of our action.” And a hundred years from Kirk is Captain Picard, who will find that Kirk’s solution of unifying the Gangsters into a one world government only made them stronger Gangsters, didn’t return them to a more peaceful way of living, and consequently, he has to rescue Garcia who is being held hostage on the Iotian planet. The sub plot deals with an alien race, known as the Preservers, who are conducting experiments on the Iotian population at large, making it appear as if Star Fleet is actually doing the experiments. They are responsible for relocating humans across the Galaxy, such as the Native Americans Kirk found on “Miramee’s” planet. They have been interfering with cultures, in the name of ‘preservation,’ and are instrumental in preserving McCoy from death.

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