pirates pirates episode second season american animated science fiction television series star trek animated series 17th episode overall aired nbc september directed written episode professional sale age set 23rd century series follows adventures captain voiced crew starfleet starship enterprise episode enterprise contend pirates stolen load cargo includes medicine crucial save dying voiced story developed star trek based short story previously published school science fiction publication failed read submission purchased production team episode featured appearance male members species star trek franchise male appear live action episode critical reception episode mixed released forms home media including vhs laserdisc dvd plot federation starship enterprise way planet vulcan officer voiced contracts disease diagnosed chief medical officer voiced having days live starfleet freighter rendezvous enterprise deliver medicine needed cure attacked pirates steal cargo turns primarily sizable load crystals enterprise follows rendezvous course finds battered surviving crew analysis attack leads captain voiced crew chase ship desperate attempt recover cure time runs knowing escape enterprise best fight plan destroy enterprise order protect lie neutrality meets captain voiced highly unstable plan detonate carry plot enterprise crew realize captain carrying explosive trigger pack able recover medicine save capture captain orders crew self pointless loss life surrender retrieve crystals production writer fan space exploration following flight nasa astronaut recalled experience star trek middle school mixed elements lost space began watching inspired write television reading making star trek 11th grade star trek short story published probe yearly publication wrote script mission impossible script turned submitted agent returned list suggested agents father recognised list school years cooper agreed decided probe published short story script animated star trek cooper addressed script recently left arrived production office sent cooper left script subsequently agent second season producer contacted informed wanted purchase script ending modified agreed time staying dormitory surprised find young script sold april professional sale credit writer found later year opening episode second season organized dormitory watch episode aired thirty people dog attended script found enabled write star trek novel crown pocket books said later interview gave instant credibility company began appear science fiction conventions later wrote star trek books comic books received thank credit star trek voyage home introducing film director idea including film episode features appearance male altered agent appeared original series episode journey speculated origin members race previously represented star trek slave girls seen live action star trek production episode fourth season star trek enterprise reception home media release pirates broadcast september nbc reviewers watched episode end series book reviewed episode film star trek gave pirates score gross gave score watched episode website saying included precisely sort character interaction original star trek success felt given ability animated series things couldn seen original series budget restrictions appearance increased attack shown given stronger opinion viewers relative honorable enemy mere vicious pirates released vhs cassette alongside practical initial release tapes released laserdisc series set release star trek animated series dvd fan productions official dvd release november united_states single release containing episodes seasons television
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