TOS s3e16 “The Mark of Gideon”
Even worse, they’re wearing uniforms you’re not familiar with.
Which reminds me of an old DI topic…why star fleet had changed their uniforms so many times. 1 theory was that Starfleet does it on purpose as a means of helping time-displaced officers identify the general time period they’re in. That way they can try to do whatever is possible as not to contaminate the timeline if they go backwards. If they go forward, then the natives can ID where they’re from.
My new headcanon. Holy hell that’s genius.
The two temporal agents in question:
That Cadet Kirk is a straight shooter with bridge officer written all over him
“The one and only.”
This guy’s a menace.
According to Lt. Kim… possibly.
“Ah fuck… What am I gonna do, this time?”
Go back to a point where they won’t know to investigate you.
“You will have been in a lot trouble, Kirk!”