This story is everything star trek is. It was like watching an episode in my head. I usually just skim these things to get to the good parts, but with this one, I read every word! I don’t know how I didn’t find it before. Well done!

This reads just like an episode of TOS, so well done. You keep everyone in character and the story grabs the reader and draws them in from the beginning. Nice job, thanks for sharing!

I love McCoy's speech to Kirk in this chapter. Spock is by far my favorite Star Trek character, but Kirk IS exceptional.

Interesting beginning!

McCoy wasn't around for the adventure with Gary Mitchell, though; the physician for "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was Dr. Piper.

Interesting story. It was a good friendship fic.

Very well done. Thank you!

excellent though i would have loved to see bones and spock go though the test after

I absolutely hate, hate, first person narratives and I never read them. This, however, is the only first person narrative, out of all the ones I have ever been forced to read, that I truly like and enjoyed. I really like this because it’s McCoy. This fanfic gives more dimensions to his character while also staying true, which is something that not many fictions have been able to do, certainly not this well. The story is wonderful and very intriguing. Thank you for posting it.

This is a great idea. It sounds very much like one of those original series episodes. Keep up the great work!

That was a good story. Nicely done.

It was a really nice and thoughtful story, thank you for sharing!

Wow, cheesy - but this is Star Trek TOS we're talking about, so I guess that makes it even more authentic.. particularly season 2.. Good story, btw, and although I would have loved to see Bones and Spock go through the challenge, I don't see what it would have accomplished for the narrative. One question: how did everyone know right away that it was going to be Kirk who was challenged by the planet? There never seemed to be a question that it would be him, and just him. He does seem to have the most colorful past, but with a half-Vulcan and a divorcee, the others can't be too many lightyears away from his level of interest.

Holy crow. I've been re-reading your stuff, and decided to read this. I hadn't read it the first time around. And It Is Absolutly Fantastic! Just, wow. It's kind of a three way tie for my favorite character, so the fact that it is from McCoy's point of view, and what Kirk has to go through really makes me love those two all the more. (Even that brief mention of Scott, number three in the tie, made me want to huggle him. X3)

Really amazing character study, you seem to do those SO very well, and the voices are just spot on. And the story, such an interesting concept, they really do stumble across some weird shit, don't they? XD Great pacing, very well executed. Bravo, I say, Bravo! D

me gusta! i like the relationship between the three xD i think it works. it would be cool if you could do something...like some kind of au of THIS story where one or both of the others had to deal with their pasts too.

why didn't jim go all silver-eyed and stuff?

keep writing!

I can't say much more then: great story, wonderful written. I was thinking at first you would bring up Tarsus IV, but I guess you've already tackeled this matter in another story.