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The ''Enterprise'' is investigating the destruction of several planetary systems when they come across the crippled starship, the U.S.S ''Constellation''. The only person on board is Commodore Matthew Decker, the ship's captain. Through the disturbed captain's rantings and the pre-recorded [[CaptainsCaptain's Log]], Kirk and co. deduce that after the ship was severely damaged, the entire crew was beamed down to a local planet, the captain taking the duty of going down with the ship after seeing to his crew's safety. However, a planet destroying weapon constructed long ago by a long dead race destroys the very planet where the captain thought his crew would be safe, leaving him alive and grieving. While Kirk, Scotty and a small repair crew stay on board the ''Constellation'', Decker is beamed back with McCoy.
 
Decker isn't taking [[Survivor Guilt]] very well and takes command of the ''Enterprise'' upon learning that Spock would rather take logical steps than press forward and destroy the planet killer at all costs. Decker recklessly endagers the crew in his attempts to destroy the thing that killed his crew. When Kirk finds out about this, he is not amused to say the least. He manages to talk Decker into giving command back to Spock and report to sick bay. Decker graciously returns command to the Vulcan, but doesn't go to sick bay as commanded. Instead, he steals a shuttlecraft, intent to shove it down the machine's gullet- with himself inside.
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* [[Death Seeker]]: Decker
* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: The very first thing we notice about Decker is the "Lord, kill me now!" look in his eyes.
* [[First -Name Basis]]: Kirk used "Decker" when telling him to give command back to Spock. He switches to "Matt" when begging him not to kamikaze the Doomsday Machine.
* [[Going Down With the Ship]]: Decker intended to do this. Ironically, however, the planet he sent his crew to for their safety was destroyed, leaving him alive. Decker had to settle for going down with a shuttlecraft.
* [[I'm a Doctor Not A Placeholder]]:
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* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Scotty looses his brogue when he's telling Kirk how to detonate the ''Constellation''.
* [[Playing Sick]]: Inverted when Decker insists he's competent to command a starship when he is clearly mentally unbalanced. Played straight when he fakes a cough just before slugging Lt. Montgomery while being escorted to sick bay.
* [[Precision F -Strike|Precision H Strike]]: Contrary to popular belief, never once on the TV series did Bones say "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a X!" (In this ep, for example, he says "No, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic.") Laws about swearing on TV were strictly enforced at the time. However, Decker does manage to slip in a "Hell" when comparing the machine to a devil.
* [[Pure Is Not Good]]: The machine is made of pure neutronium. Whatever that is, it isn't good!
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Decker v the Doomsday Machine
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