The Starfleet freighter SS Huron is to rendezvous with the Enterprise and deliver medicine direly needed for the cure, when it is attacked by Orion pirates who steal its cargo, which turns out to be primarily a sizable load of dilithium crystals. On stardate 6334.1, the Federation starship Enterprise is on its way to planet Deneb V when the Vulcan First Officer, Spock (voiced by Leonard Nimoy), contracts the disease choriocytosis and is diagnosed by Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (voiced by DeForest Kelley) with having only days to live.

Critical reception to the episode was mixed, and it has been released in several forms of home media, including VHS, LaserDisc and DVD. The episode featured the first appearance of male members of the Orion species in the Star Trek franchise male Orions would not appear in a live action episode until 2004. After it failed to be read on the first submission, it was resubmitted and purchased by the production team. The story was developed from Weinstein out of a Star Trek-based short story he had previously published in a school science fiction publication. In this episode, Kirk and the Enterprise must contend with pirates who have stolen a load of cargo that includes medicine crucial to save a dying Spock (voiced by Leonard Nimoy). Kirk (voiced by William Shatner) and the crew of the Starfleet starship Enterprise. Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of Captain James T. The episode was Weinstein's first professional sale at the age of 19, making him, as of 2018, the youngest writer of any Star Trek TV episode. It was directed by Bill Reed, and written by Howard Weinstein. It first aired on NBC on September 7, 1974. ' The Pirates of Orion' is the second season premiere episode of the American animated science fiction television series Star Trek: The Animated Series, the 17th episode overall. 1st episode of the 2nd season of Star Trek: The Animated Series ' The Pirates of Orion'

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