Captain's log - Stardate 2262.071

At Scotty's pleading, Spock made a request to the Horta and one of the females agreed - the one that Bones calls Tallulah. I refuse to ask why.

Scotty is beaming down all of his raw ore stockpile and she is going to digest and purify it for him. The more we're around the Horta, the more advantages I can see to our alliance with them. And since what triggers their reduction to one Horta guarding the next generation of eggs is excess population, spreading them around has advantages for them as well.