Surgo-op

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The Surgo-op is a chemically-induced forced mutation that makes air-breathing life forms capable of living under water. It was designed by the air-breathing ancestors of the Aquans, to allow their species to continue to exist after intense seismic activity started turning their planet, Argo, into a water world. The mutation is indecued and controlled by the venom of the Sur-snake.

In 2269, James T. Kirk and Spock underwent the surgo-op. It was performed by young Aquans in order to save them after they had been attacked by the sur-snake. Doctor Leonard McCoy noted that Kirk and Spock's internal structure had completely changed; they had also grown webbed hands, their metabolism had changed, and their eyes were now covered with a transparent flim. McCoy kept them in an aquarium in sick-bay while he attempted to reverse the effects, he was unable to find a solution. Kirk and Spock return to the Aquan city and learn of the location of information regarding the development of the surgo-op. After getting the information, McCoy learns that an anti-toxin, produced by the venom of the sur-snake, will reverse the surgo-op. (TAS: "The Ambergris Element")