I was thinking about the TOS episode This Side of Paradise for some reason, and was pondering what would have happened if Kirk hadn’t overcome the spores, and gotten Spock super pissed off at him. The Enterprise would still be in orbit for some time, long enough to be considered overdue and another ship dispatched to look for her. If that ship’s crew fell prey to the spores, and yet another ship follows up, eventually you have a lot of Starfleet crews crowding the colony and a lot of empty ships in orbit? 😛