A Klingon battle cruiser is also in orbit, its crew also having the right to visit Hephaestus under the Organian Peace Treaty. Hephaestus is an exclusive resort for the wealthy. As Kirk, Spock, McCoy and two security guards head for the underground council chambers, they are noticed by a middle-aged Vulcan man and a young human woman: Joanna McCoy, who realizes that the doctor from the Enterprise is her father, whom she has not seen for "years".