Starnes Exploration Party

The Starnes Exploration Party was a colony of Federation families that consisted of a group of scientists, led by Professor Starnes. Their mission in 2268 was to survey the planet Triacus.

During an excavation of a cave near their encampment, one of the archeologists, Professor Wilkins, accidentally released Gorgan, the last surviving member of an ancient civilization once found on Triacus. Gorgan influenced the children of the expedition and caused their parents to commit suicide.

Prior to their deaths, they dispatched a distress call to which the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) responded. Unfortunately, they had arrived too late, and the ship's crew would be left to bury the deceased members of the Exploration Party. 

Mission logs

 * Starnes Expedition Party log

Named

 * Professor Wilkins
 * Janowski family
 * Mary Janowski
 * Linden family
 * Don Linden
 * O'Connel family
 * Steve O'Connel
 * Starnes family
 * Professor Starnes (leader)
 * Tommy Starnes
 * Tsing Tao family
 * Ray Tsing Tao

Unnamed female member
This Human female was a member of the Starnes Exploration Party. She committed suicide by taking a lethal overdose of drugs. Her corpse was found and examined by James Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy. 

Unnamed male member
This Human male was a member of the Starnes Exploration Party. Along with the other adult members, he committed suicide under the influence of Gorgan.