Korby had hoped that the creation of the android would impress the original Kirk and serve to convince him to cooperate with his plan to ultimately replace all humanoid life in the galaxy with androids. However, his efforts were unsuccessful and Korby began to employ the android to impersonate Captain Kirk. The original Kirk had recently saved the life of a young T'nufoan man named K'leb and his people's customs demanded that he was bound to serve him for a year. K'leb began to suspect that the android was an imposter.