Dr. Leonard McCoy's Personal Log

Stardate: Unknown

All the bullshitting about Kirk being married to the ship aside, of course I gave him the antidote to the Elasian tears. The wedding, I hear, went well... though I have reservations now about the Federation's non-interference policy. I saw Elaan before sending her down to the planet, to get a sample from her tear ducts. She was absolutely miserable. A symbolic, arranged marriage to prevent a war sounds like something out of a fairy tale – not something viable in real life. And I heard from Scotty that the real reason the Federation was so invested (and the Klingons) was because of dilithium crystal deposits on Troyius.

The more things change, the more they remain the same, I guess.