“Return ” is an opera constructed entirely from a 1968 episode of Star Trek, reimagined through code-generated sound and AI-singers. Rendered in the SuperCollider language, the piece reconstructs the original script and stages it as a surreal audiovisual performance where code, still images, and machine voices converge. A bodiless voice emanates from a dead planet—what follows is a musical drama about consciousness, love, and embodiment. Tuneful, pathetic, and often funny, "Return" is a rendering of a future imagined in the past—a cybernetic ouroboros.