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CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 2947.3.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A SEVERE ION STORM.

ONE CREWMAN IS DEAD.

THE SHIP'S DAMAGE IS CONSIDERABLE.

I HAVE ORDERED A NONSCHEDULED LAYOVER

ON STARBASE 11 FOR REPAIRS.

A FULL REPORT OF DAMAGES WAS MADE

TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF STARBASE 11-- COMMODORE STONE.

MAINTENANCE, SECTION 18.

THE SECTION IS WORKING ON THE INTREPID.

RESCHEDULE. THE ENTERPRISE IS ON PRIORITY 1.

THAT MAKES THREE TIMES YOU'VE READ IT, JIM.

IS THERE AN ERROR?

NO.

BUT THE DEATH OF THE CREWMAN...

REGULATIONS, CAPTAIN.

AND THE EXTRACT FROM YOUR SHIP'S COMPUTER LOG

CONFIRMING THIS SWORN DEPOSITION?

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.

[UHURA] BRIDGE HERE. GO AHEAD, CAPTAIN.

WHERE'S MR. SPOCK WITH THAT COMPUTER LOG EXTRACT?

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE 10 MINUTES AGO, SIR.

KIRK OUT.

IT'S A GREAT PITY.

THE SERVICE CAN'T AFFORD

TO LOSE MEN LIKE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY.

I AGREE.

I WAITED UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.

WE WERE ON RED ALERT, THE STORM GOT WORSE.

I HAD TO JETTISON THE POD.

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, MR. SPOCK?

CAPTAIN...

I BELIEVE--

I'LL TAKE THAT.

JAME.

THERE YOU ARE.

I JUST WANTED ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU--THE MAN WHO KILLED MY FATHER.

THAT'S NOT SO. HE WAS MY FRIEND.

YOUR FRIEND?

YOU HATED HIM ALL YOUR LIFE!

THAT'S WHY YOU KILLED HIM, YOU MURDERER!

YOU MURDERER!

YOU MURDERER!

JAME.

MR. SPOCK,

WOULD YOU PLEASE...

MISS FINNEY, COME WITH ME, PLEASE.

CAPTAIN KIRK,

YOU SAY YOU JETTISONED THE POD AFTER THE RED ALERT?

YOU HAVE MY SWORN DEPOSITION.

THEN, CAPTAIN, I MUST PRESUME

YOU HAVE COMMITTED WILLFUL PERJURY.

THIS EXTRACT FROM YOUR COMPUTER LOG SAYS YOU JETTISONED THE POD

BEFORE GOING TO RED ALERT.

CONSIDER YOURSELF CONFINED TO THE BASE.

AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY WILL DETERMINE

WHETHER A GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL IS IN ORDER.

SPACE-- THE FINAL FRONTIER.

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.

ITS FIVE-YEAR MISSION--

TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS...

TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS...

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 2948.5.

STARSHIP ENTERPRISE REMAINS IN ORBIT AROUND STARBASE 11.

FULL REPAIR IS IN PROGRESS.

I HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO STAND BY ON STARBASE 11

UNTIL THE INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY

CAN BE CONDUCTED.

I'M CONFIDENT OF THE OUTCOME.

TIMOTHY, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU

SINCE THE VULCANIAN EXPEDITION.

WELL, I SEE OUR GRADUATING CLASS FROM THE ACADEMY

IS WELL REPRESENTED.

ARGAN, HELLER...

HOW YOU DOING, MIKE?

I'LL GET BY, JIM.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LAYING OVER FOR REPAIRS.

BIG JOB?

COUPLE OF DAYS.

YOU MOVING OUT THEN?

IN A HURRY TO SEE ME GO?

OH, I JUST WONDERED HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE YOU

TO GET A NEW RECORDS OFFICER.

YOU CAN TALK PLAINER THAN THAT.

I CAN,

BUT I THINK THE POINT'S BEEN MADE.

BEN WAS A FRIEND OF OURS.

COME ON, JIM, LET'S GO.

NO, GO ON. FINISH.

BEN WAS A FRIEND OF YOURS, AND...

JIM.

GO ON.

I'M WAITING TO HEAR THE REST.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US?

WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT?

YOU'VE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MINDS.

EXCUSE ME, BONES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT,

THAT WAS INDEED CAPTAIN JAMES KIRK OF THE ENTERPRISE.

YES, I KNOW.

ARE YOU A FRIEND OF HIS?

IN THESE TRYING TIMES, ONE OF THE FEW.

DR. LEONARD McCOY.

AND YOU?

AREEL SHAW.

AND I'M A FRIEND, TOO...

AN OLD ONE.

ALL OF MY OLD FRIENDS LOOK LIKE DOCTORS.

ALL OF HIS LOOK LIKE YOU.

WELL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JOIN ME FOR A DRINK.

WITH THIS INQUIRY COMING UP,

HE'S GOING TO NEED ALL THE FRIENDS HE CAN GET.

[CLICK]

RECORDING INQUIRY.

MATTER-- CAPTAIN KIRK, JAMES T.

SUBJECT-- CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH,

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY, BENJAMIN.

THIS INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL

SHOULD BE CONVENED AGAINST CAPTAIN KIRK.

THE CHARGES OF PERJURY AND CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE.

READY.

LET US BEGIN WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP

WITH COMMANDER FINNEY.

YOU KNEW HIM FOR A LONG TIME, DIDN'T YOU?

YES. HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE ACADEMY

WHEN I WAS A MIDSHIPMAN.

THAT DIDN'T STAND IN THE WAY

OF OUR BEGINNING A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP.

HIS DAUGHTER JAME, WHO WAS HERE LAST NIGHT,

WAS NAMED AFTER ME.

IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

IT'S NO SECRET.

WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME SHIP SOME YEARS LATER.

I RELIEVED HIM ON WATCH ONCE

AND FOUND A CIRCUIT OPEN TO THE ATOMIC MATTER PILES

THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN CLOSED.

ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES,

IT COULD HAVE BLOWN UP THE SHIP.

SHIP NOMENCLATURE-- SPECIFY.

UNITED STARSHIP REPUBLIC, NUMBER 1371.

CONTINUE.

I CLOSED THE SWITCH

AND LOGGED THE INCIDENT.

HE DREW A REPRIMAND

AND WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PROMOTION LIST.

AND HE BLAMED YOU FOR THAT?

YES.

HE HAD BEEN AT THE ACADEMY

FOR AN UNUSUALLY LONG TIME AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

AS A RESULT, HE WAS LATE

IN BEING ASSIGNED TO A STARSHIP.

THE DELAY, HE FELT, LOOKED BAD ON HIS RECORD.

MY ACTION, HE BELIEVED, MADE THINGS WORSE.

COMMENT--

SERVICE RECORD OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY

TO BE APPENDED THIS INQUIRY.

NOTED.

NOW, LET'S GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE STORM, CAPTAIN.

WEATHER SCAN INDICATED AN ION STORM DEAD AHEAD.

I SENT FINNEY INTO THE POD.

WHY FINNEY?

HIS NAME WAS AT THE TOP OF THE DUTY ROSTER.

IF HE BLAMED YOU--

HE MAY HAVE BLAMED ME

THAT HE NEVER ROSE TO COMMAND A SHIP,

BUT I DON'T ASSIGN JOBS ON THE BASIS OF WHO BLAMES ME.

IT WAS FINNEY'S TURN, AND I ASSIGNED HIM.

HE HAD JUST CHECKED IN WITH ME FROM THE POD

WHEN WE HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORM.

NOT TOO BAD AT FIRST...

I SIGNALED A YELLOW ALERT.

THEN WE BEGAN ENCOUNTERING PRESSURE,

VARIANT STRESS, FORCE 7, THE WORKS.

I FINALLY SIGNALED A RED ALERT.

FINNEY KNEW HE HAD A MATTER OF SECONDS.

I GAVE HIM THOSE SECONDS AND MORE.

BUT...

APPARENTLY IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

THEN WHY CAPTAIN, DOES THE COMPUTER LOG FROM YOUR SHIP

MADE AUTOMATICALLY AT THE TIME,

INDICATE THAT YOU WERE STILL ON YELLOW ALERT WHEN YOU JETTISONED

AND NOT ON RED?

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE.

IT WOULD SEEM SO.

COULD THE COMPUTER BE WRONG?

MR. SPOCK IS RUNNING A SURVEY RIGHT NOW,

BUT THE ODDS ARE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.

STOP RECORDING.

NOW, LOOK, JIM...

NOT ONE MAN IN A MILLION

COULD DO WHAT YOU AND I HAVE DONE--

COMMAND A STARSHIP.

A HUNDRED DECISIONS A DAY,

HUNDREDS OF LIVES STAKED ON YOU MAKING EVERY ONE OF THEM RIGHT.

YOU'RE PLAYED OUT, JIM.

EXHAUSTED.

IS THAT THE WAY YOU SEE IT?

THAT'S THE WAY MY REPORT WILL READ IF YOU COOPERATE.

PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN, POSSIBLY EVEN MENTAL COLLAPSE?

POSSIBLY.

I'D BE ADMITTING THAT A MAN DIED BECAUSE--

ADMIT NOTHING.

SAY NOTHING.

LET ME BURY THE MATTER HERE AND NOW.

NO STARSHIP CAPTAIN HAS EVER STOOD TRIAL BEFORE,

AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE THE FIRST.

BUT IF WHAT YOU SUSPECT IS TRUE, THEN I'M GUILTY.

I SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

I'M THINKING OF THE SERVICE.

I WON'T HAVE IT SMEARED.

BY WHAT, COMMODORE STONE?

ALL RIGHT...

BY AN EVIDENT PERJURER WHO IS EITHER COVERING UP HIS BAD JUDGMENT,

HIS COWARDICE, OR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE--

THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU GO, SIR.

I'M TELLING YOU I WAS THERE ON THE BRIDGE.

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I KNOW WHAT I DID.

IT'S IN THE TRANSCRIPT,

AND COMPUTER TRANSCRIPTS DON'T LIE.

NOW, I'M TELLING YOU, CAPTAIN,

EITHER YOU ACCEPT A PERMANENT GROUND ASSIGNMENT,

OR THE WHOLE DISCIPLINARY WEIGHT OF STARFLEET COMMAND

IS GOING TO ALIGHT RIGHT ON YOUR NECK.

SO THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT NOW--

SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG

AND ME ALONG WITH IT?

NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

I INTEND TO FIGHT.

THEN YOU DRAW A GENERAL COURT.

DRAW IT? I DEMAND IT.

AND RIGHT NOW, COMMODORE STONE.

RIGHT NOW.

CAPTAIN'S LOG STARDATE 2948.9

THE OFFICERS WHO WILL COMPRISE MY COURT-MARTIAL BOARD

ARE PROCEEDING TO STARBASE 11.

MEANWHILE, REPAIRS ON THE ENTERPRISE ARE ALMOST COMPLETE.

AREEL...

DR. McCOY SAID YOU WERE HERE.

I SHOULD HAVE FELT IT IN THE AIR LIKE STATIC ELECTRICITY.

FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE.

IT'S BEEN...

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

FOUR YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS, AND AN ODD NUMBER OF DAYS--

NOT THAT I'M COUNTING.

YOU LOOK MARVELOUS.

YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT.

BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR YOU, HAVEN'T THEY?

OH, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT?

I'M A LAWYER IN THE JUDGE ADVOCATE'S OFFICE, REMEMBER?

I REMEMBER.

LET'S FORGET IT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOST TIME TO MAKE UP FOR.

YOU'RE TAKING IT VERY LIGHTLY.

THE CONFIDENCE OF AN INNOCENT MAN.

ARE YOU?

MM-HMM.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RUMORS INDICATE.

LOOK--

LET'S NOT TALK SHOP.

JIM, THIS COULD RUIN YOU.

WILL YOU TAKE SOME ADVICE?

I NEVER COULD TALK YOU INTO ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT. FIRE AWAY.

THE PROSECUTION WILL BUILD ITS CASE,

ON THE BASIS OF KIRK VERSUS THE COMPUTER.

NOW, IF YOUR ATTORNEY TRIES TO DEFEND

ON THAT BASIS, YOU WON'T HAVE A CHANCE.

WHAT OTHER CHOICE IS THERE?

THAT'S UP TO YOUR ATTORNEY,

AND THAT'S WHY HE'S GOT TO BE A GOOD ONE.

YOU, PERHAPS?

NO. I--

I'M BUSY.

WELL...

A GIRL WITH YOUR ABILITY

SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE TWO CASES AT ONCE.

JIM, BE SERIOUS.

YOU'RE NOT AN ORDINARY HUMAN.

YOU'RE A STARSHIP CAPTAIN,

AND YOU'VE STEPPED INTO SCANDAL.

IF THERE'S ANY WAY THEY CAN DO IT,

THEY'LL SLAP YOU DOWN HARD AND PERMANENTLY

FOR THE GOOD OF THE SERVICE.

YOU STILL HAVEN'T MADE ANY RECOMMENDATION.

SAMUEL T. COGLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.

IF ANYONE CAN SAVE YOU, HE CAN.

HE'LL BE PAYING YOU A VISIT.

JIM, I'VE GOT TO GO.

AREEL...

YOU STILL HAVEN'T TOLD ME HOW YOU KNOW SO MUCH

ABOUT WHAT THE PROSECUTION'S GOING TO DO.

BECAUSE, JIM KIRK, MY DEAR OLD LOVE...

I AM THE PROSECUTION,

AND I HAVE TO DO MY VERY BEST TO HAVE YOU SLAPPED DOWN HARD,

BROKEN OUT OF THE SERVICE...

IN DISGRACE.

YOU KIRK?

YES.

WHAT IS ALL THIS?

I FIGURED WE'D BE SPENDING SOME TIME TOGETHER,

SO I MOVED IN.

I HOPE I'M NOT CROWDING YOU.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DON'T YOU LIKE BOOKS?

OH, I LIKE THEM FINE,

BUT A COMPUTER TAKES LESS SPACE.

HUH. A COMPUTER.

I GOT ONE OF THESE IN MY OFFICE.

CONTAINS ALL THE PRECEDENTS.

A SYNTHESIS OF ALL THE GREAT LEGAL DECISIONS WRITTEN THROUGHOUT TIME.

I NEVER USE IT.

WHY NOT?

I'VE GOT MY OWN SYSTEM.

BOOKS, YOUNG MAN, BOOKS. THOUSANDS OF THEM.

IF TIME WASN'T SO IMPORTANT,

I'D SHOW YOU SOMETHING--MY LIBRARY.

THOUSANDS OF BOOKS.

WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT?

THIS IS WHERE THE LAW IS,

NOT IN THAT HOMOGENIZED, PASTEURIZED, SYNTHESIZED--

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE LAW--

THE ANCIENT CONCEPTS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE,

LEARN THE INTENT OF THE MEN WHO WROTE THEM,

FROM MOSES TO THE TRIBUNAL OF ALPHA 3?

BOOKS.

YOU HAVE TO BE EITHER AN EXCESSIVE CRACK BUD

WHO'S ESCAPED FROM HIS KEEPER

OR SAMUEL T. COGLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.

RIGHT ON BOTH COUNTS.

NEED A LAWYER?

I'M AFRAID SO.

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THIS COURT IS NOW IN SESSION.

I HAVE APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THIS COURT

SPACE COMMAND REPRESENTATIVE LINDSTROM,

STARSHIP CAPTAIN KRASNOVSKY,

AND CHONDRA.

CAPTAIN KIRK,

I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT

THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK FOR SUBSTITUTE OFFICERS

IF YOU FEEL THAT ANY OF THESE NAMED

HARBOR PREJUDICED ATTITUDES TO YOUR CASE.

I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, SIR.

DO YOU CONSENT TO THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT SHAW

AS PROSECUTING OFFICER

AND TO MYSELF AS PRESIDENT OF THE COURT?

I DO, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, CLERK.

CHARGE-- CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE.

SPECIFICATION-- IN THAT ON STARDATE 2945.7,

BY SUCH NEGLIGENCE,

CAPTAIN KIRK, JAMES T.,

DID CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE,

TO WIT, THE LIFE OF RECORDS OFFICER

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY, BENJAMIN.

TO ALL RECORDED CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS,

WHAT IS THE PLEA?

NOT GUILTY.

PROCEED, LIEUTENANT.

I CALL MR. SPOCK.

SPOCK, SERIAL NUMBER S-179-276-SP.

SERVICE RANK-- LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.

POSITION-- FIRST OFFICER, SCIENCE OFFICER.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT-- U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.

COMMENDATIONS-- VULCANIAN SCIENTIFIC LEGION OF HONOR.

AWARDS OF VALOR--

TWICE DECORATED BY STARFLEET COMMAND.

MR. SPOCK, AS A FIRST OFFICER,

YOU KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT COMPUTERS, DON'T YOU?

I KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM.

IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A COMPUTER TO MALFUNCTION, IS IT NOT?

AFFIRMATIVE.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY MALFUNCTION

WHICH HAS CAUSED AN INACCURACY IN THE ENTERPRISE COMPUTER?

NEGATIVE.

THAT ANSWER IS BASED ON YOUR MECHANICAL SURVEY

OF THE ENTERPRISE COMPUTER

ORDERED BY THE DEFENDANT PRIOR TO THIS TRIAL, IS IT NOT?

AFFIRMATIVE.

NOW THE STARDATE--

BUT THE COMPUTER IS INACCURATE, NEVERTHELESS.

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

IT REPORTS THAT THE JETTISON BUTTON

WAS PRESSED BEFORE THE RED ALERT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT REPORTS THAT CAPTAIN KIRK

WAS REACTING TO AN EXTREME EMERGENCY

THAT DID NOT THEN EXIST.

AND THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

IS IT?

WERE YOU WATCHING HIM THE EXACT MOMENT

HE PRESSED THE JETTISON BUTTON?

NO. I WAS OCCUPIED.

THE SHIP WAS ALREADY ON YELLOW ALERT.

THEN HOW CAN YOU DISPUTE THE FINDING OF THE LOG?

I DO NOT DISPUTE IT.

I MERELY STATE THAT IT IS WRONG.

OH? ON WHAT DO YOU BASE THAT STATEMENT?

I KNOW THE CAPTAIN. HE IS IN--

PLEASE INSTRUCT THE WITNESS NOT TO SPECULATE.

LIEUTENANT,

I AM HALF VULCANIAN.

VULCANIANS DO NOT SPECULATE.

I SPEAK FROM PURE LOGIC.

IF I LET GO OF A HAMMER

ON A PLANET THAT HAS A POSITIVE GRAVITY,

I NEED NOT SEE IT FALL

TO KNOW THAT IT HAS, IN FACT, FALLEN.

I DO NOT SEE WHAT--

GENTLEMEN,

HUMAN BEINGS HAVE CHARACTERISTICS

JUST AS INANIMATE OBJECTS DO.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR CAPTAIN KIRK

TO ACT OUT OF PANIC OR MALICE.

IT IS NOT HIS NATURE.

IN YOUR OPINION.

YES. IN MY OPINION.

THANK YOU.

YOUR WITNESS, MR. COGLEY.

NO QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

I NOW CALL THE PERSONNEL OFFICER FOR THE ENTERPRISE.

SERVICE RANK-- ENSIGN.

POSITION-- PERSONNEL OFFICER.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT-- U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.

IN THE COURSE OF YOUR DUTIES

AS PERSONNEL OFFICER OF THE ENTERPRISE,

YOU WOULD BE FAMILIAR

WITH THE SERVICE RECORDS OF ALL ABOARD?

YES, MA'AM.

WITH REFERENCE TO RECORDS OFFICER FINNEY,

WAS THERE IN HIS SERVICE RECORD

A REPORTED DISCIPLINARY ACTION

FOR FAILURE TO CLOSE A CIRCUIT?

YES, MA'AM.

WAS THE CHARGE IN THAT INSTANCE BASED UPON A LOG ENTRY

BY THE OFFICER WHO RELIEVED HIM?

YES, MA'AM.

AND WHO WAS THAT OFFICER?

ENSIGN JAMES T. KIRK.

LOUDER, PLEASE, FOR THE COURT.

ENSIGN JAMES T. KIRK.

NOW THE CAPTAIN KIRK WHO SITS IN THIS COURTROOM?

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU WISH TO CROSS-EXAMINE. MR. COGLEY?

NO QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

I NOW CALL DR. McCOY TO THE STAND.

SERVICE RANK-- LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.

POSITION-- SHIP'S SURGEON.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT-- U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.

COMMENDATIONS-- LEGION OF HONOR.

AWARDS OF VALOR-- DECORATED BY STARFLEET SURGEONS.

DOCTOR, YOU ARE ON THE RECORD AN EXPERT IN PSYCHOLOGY,

ESPECIALLY SPACE PSYCHOLOGY--

PATTERNS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE CLOSE QUARTERS OF A SHIP

DURING LONG VOYAGES IN DEEP SPACE.

I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE JUST HEARD TESTIMONY

OF YOUR OWN PERSONNEL OFFICER,

THAT IT WAS AN ACTION OF THE THEN ENSIGN KIRK

WHICH PLACED AN UNERASABLE BLOT

ON THE RECORD OF THE THEN LIEUTENANT FINNEY.

PSYCHOLOGICALLY, DOCTOR, IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT LIEUTENANT FINNEY BLAMED KIRK

FOR THE INCIDENT?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

HE COULD HAVE HATED KIRK DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS,

BLAMED HIM FOR BEING PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION,

BLAMED HIM FOR NEVER BEING GIVEN A COMMAND OF HIS OWN, CORRECT?

HE COULD HAVE.

NOW LET US HYPOTHESIZE, DOCTOR.

IS IT NORMAL FOR A PERSON TO RETURN AFFECTION FOR HATRED?

NO.

DO WE NOT TEND TO AT FIRST RESENT AND THEN ACTIVELY DISLIKE

THE PERSON WHO HATES US?

WAIT A MINUTE. I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW YOU.

HYPOTHETICALLY.

WOULD NOT CAPTAIN SMITH

BEGIN TO HATE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JONES

ONCE HE LEARNED THAT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JONES

HATED AND DETESTED HIM?

WELL, YES, I SUPPOSE IT COULD HAPPEN.

THEN I ASK YOU, IS IT NOT POSSIBLE

THAT CAPTAIN KIRK BECAME AWARE

OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY'S HATRED TOWARD HIM

AND PERHAPS, EVEN INVOLUNTARILY,

BEGAN TO RECIPROCATE?

NOT CAPTAIN KIRK.

ANY NORMAL HUMAN, DOCTOR. IS IT POSSIBLE?

BUT HE'S NOT THAT KIND OF A MAN.

IS IT THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE, DOCTOR?

YES.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

YOUR WITNESS, MR. COGLEY.

NO QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

MR. COGLEY...

YOU HAVE LISTENED TO TESTIMONY FROM THREE WITNESSES,

AND IN NEITHER INSTANCE HAVE YOU AVAILED YOURSELF

OF YOUR RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE.

HAVE YOU ABROGATED THAT RIGHT?

WELL, SIR,

THE TRUTH IS, I'VE BEEN HOLDING BACK

TILL WE GET THIS PRELIMINARY BUSINESS

OUT OF THE WAY.

I'D LIKE TO CALL CAPTAIN KIRK TO THE STAND.

JAMES T. KIRK, SERIAL NUMBER SC-937-0176-CEC.

SERVICE RANK-- CAPTAIN.

POSITION-- STARSHIP COMMAND.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT-- U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.

COMMENDATIONS-- PALM LEAF OF AXINAR PEACE MISSION,

GRAND KITE ORDER OF TACTICS,

CLASS OF EXCELLENCE,

FRENTERUS RIBBON OF COMMENDATION,

CLASSES FIRST--

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT...

COURT RECOGNIZES COUNSEL FOR THE PROSECUTION.

THE PROSECUTION CONCEDES THE INESTIMABLE RECORD OF CAPTAIN KIRK.

MR. COGLEY?

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SLOW THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS,

BUT THEN, ON THE OTHER HAND,

I WOULDN'T WANT THOSE WHEELS TO RUN OVER MY CLIENT

IN THEIR UNBRIDLED HASTE.

CONTINUE.

AWARDS OF VALOR--

MEDAL OF HONOR,

SILVER PALM WITH CLUSTER,

STARFLEET CITATION FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY,

CARRAGITE ORDER OF HEROISM--

STOP.

I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SLOW THINGS UP TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

NOW, CAPTAIN,

DESPITE WHAT THESE MACHINES INDICATE,

WAS THERE INDEED A RED ALERT

BEFORE YOU JETTISONED THE POD?

YES, SIR, THERE WAS.

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT IT.

FIRSTLY, I AM AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN THE ERRORS

IN THE EXTRACT FROM THE COMPUTER LOG.

WE WERE IN AN ION STORM.

EVERYONE HERE IN THIS COURT KNOWS THE DANGERS INVOLVED.

I WAS IN COMMAND.

THE DECISIONS WERE MINE, NO ONE ELSE'S.

CHARGES OF MALICE HAVE BEEN RAISED.

THERE WAS NO MALICE.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY WAS A MEMBER OF MY CREW,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY HE WAS TREATED.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT I PANICKED ON THE BRIDGE

AND JETTISONED THE ION POD PREMATURELY.

THAT IS NOT SO.

YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE DETAILS OF MY RECORD.

THIS WAS NOT MY FIRST CRISIS.

IT WAS ONE OF MANY.

DURING IT, I DID WHAT MY EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

REQUIRED ME TO DO.

I TOOK THE PROPER STEPS IN THE PROPER ORDER.

I DID EXACTLY WHAT HAD TO BE DONE

EXACTLY WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING,

BUT WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?

GIVEN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES...

I WOULD DO THE SAME THING WITHOUT HESITATION...

BECAUSE THE STEPS I TOOK

IN THE ORDER I TOOK THEM

WERE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY

IF I WERE TO SAVE MY SHIP.

AND NOTHING...

IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY SHIP.

YOUR WITNESS, MISS SHAW.

THE PROSECUTION DOES NOT WISH TO DISHONOR THIS MAN,

BUT FACTS ARE FACTS.

I MUST INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE COURT

AND CAPTAIN KIRK TO THIS VISUAL EXTRACT

FROM THE ENTERPRISE COMPUTER LOG.

PLAYBACK.

WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE

IS PRECISELY WHAT TOOK PLACE

ON THE ENTERPRISE BRIDGE

DURING THE ION STORM.

METEOROLOGY REPORTS ION STORM UPCOMING, CAPTAIN.

WE'LL NEED SOMEBODY IN THE POD FOR READINGS, MR. SPOCK.

MR. FINNEY IS TOP OF DUTY ROSTER, CAPTAIN.

LIEUTENANT.

ATTENTION, COMMANDER FINNEY,

REPORT TO POD FOR READING ON ION SLATES.

[FINNEY] MESSAGE RECEIVED.

OFFICER POSTED, CAPTAIN.

STAND BY ON ALERT STATUS, MR. SPOCK.

ACKNOWLEDGED.

APPROACHING ION STORM, SIR.

WARP FACTOR 1, MR. HANSON.

WARP 1, SIR.

REVERSE.

STOP.

GO FORWARD WITH MAGNIFICATION ON THE PANEL.

FREEZE THAT.

CAPTAIN KIRK IS NOW SIGNALING A YELLOW ALERT.

GO FORWARD, NORMAL VIEW.

CALL FROM THE POD, SIR.

TIE IN.

FINNEY HERE, CAPTAIN.

ION READINGS IN PROGRESS.

MAKE IT FAST, BEN.

I MAY HAVE TO GO TO RED ALERT.

AFFIRMATIVE.

HOLD YOUR COURSE, MR. HANSON.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

NATURAL VIBRATIONS, FORCE 2, CAPTAIN.

FORCE 3.

ENGINEERING, THEN ION POD.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

ENGINEERING.

1/3 MORE THRUST.

WORKING.

[FINNEY] ION POD.

STAND BY TO GET OUT OF THERE, BEN.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

FORCE 5, SIR.

STEADY AS SHE GOES, MR. HANSON.

FREEZE THAT!

IF THE COURT WILL NOTICE,

THE LOG PLAINLY SHOWS

THE DEFENDANT'S FINGER

PRESSING THE JETTISON BUTTON.

THE CONDITION SIGNAL READS YELLOW ALERT,

NOT RED ALERT, BUT SIMPLY YELLOW ALERT.

WHEN THE POD

CONTAINING LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY

WAS JETTISONED,

THE EMERGENCY DID NOT AS YET EXIST.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT HAPPENED.

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 2949.9.

THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE VISUAL PLAYBACK

TO MY GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL

WAS DAMNING.

I SUSPECT EVEN MY ATTORNEY

HAS BEGUN TO DOUBT ME.

COMPUTERS DON'T LIE.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT I DID?

I'M SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE YOU DID HAVE A LAPSE.

IT WAS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW,

WITH THE STRAIN YOU WERE UNDER.

THERE'S STILL TIME TO CHANGE OUR PLEA.

I COULD GET YOU OFF.

TWO DAYS AGO, I WOULD'VE STAKED ANYTHING

ON MY JUDGMENT.

YOU DID. YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE TRAINING FOR DECISIONS

JUST LIKE THAT ONE.

MY WHOLE LIFE.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN THE MOMENT CAME, I...

NO.

I KNOW WHAT I DID.

YOU CAN PULL OUT IF YOU WANT TO.

THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO,

EXCEPT BACK TO COURT AND HEAR THE VERDICT.

[COMMUNICATOR BEEPS]

KIRK HERE.

CAPTAIN, I'VE RUN A COMPLETE MEGALYTE SURVEY

ON THE COMPUTER.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU FOUND-- NOTHING, RIGHT?

YOU SOUND BITTER, CAPTAIN.

NOT BITTER ENOUGH TO FORGET TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS?

NO. IT'S NOT ALL BAD, MR. SPOCK.

WHO KNOWS? YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAT YOUR NEXT CAPTAIN AT CHESS.

KIRK OUT.

CHESS.

JAME.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY'S DAUGHTER.

MR. COGLEY, WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS.

MAKE HIM TAKE A GROUND ASSIGNMENT.

I REALIZE IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.

I WON'T MAKE ANY TROUBLE.

MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS PLEA.

IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT, JAME,

BUT I'M GLAD YOU DON'T BLAME ME ANYMORE FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

I WAS JUST SO UPSET THAT NIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

DON'T SAY ANY MORE.

BUT I HAVE TO.

I NEVER REALIZED HOW CLOSE YOU AND DAD HAD BEEN

UNTIL I READ THROUGH SOME OF THE PAPERS HE WROTE,

LETTERS TO MOTHER AND ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER COULD'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU...

MR. COGLEY,

RUINING JIM WON'T CHANGE

WHAT'S HAPPENED.

THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE, MISS FINNEY,

BUT MOST UNUSUAL.

AFTER ALL, CAPTAIN KIRK IS ACCUSED

OF CAUSING YOUR FATHER'S DEATH,

AND THE EVIDENCE WOULD INDICATE HIS GUILT.

I WAS JUST THINKING OF JIM.

I KNOW, AND I THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO GO AND CHANGE. YOU READY?

NO, BUT I MAY BE GETTING READY.

BISHOP HALF LEVEL RIGHT.

WELL, I HAD TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.

EXPLAIN.

THEY'RE ABOUT TO LOP OFF

THE CAPTAIN'S PROFESSIONAL HEAD,

AND YOU'RE SITTING HERE PLAYING CHESS WITH THE COMPUTER.

THAT IS TRUE.

MR. SPOCK, YOU'RE THE MOST COLD-BLOODED MAN

I'VE EVER KNOWN.

WHY, THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

I'VE JUST WON MY FOURTH GAME.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

OBSERVE FOR YOURSELF.

ROOK TO KING'S PAWN 4.

BISHOP HALF LEVEL RIGHT.

NOW, THIS IS THE COMPUTER'S MOVE.

AND NOW MINE.

CHECKMATE.

MECHANICALLY, THE COMPUTER IS FLAWLESS.

THEREFORE, LOGICALLY, ITS REPORT

OF THE CAPTAIN'S GUILT IS INFALLIBLE.

I COULD NOT ACCEPT THAT, HOWEVER.

SO YOU TESTED THE PROGRAM BANK.

EXACTLY.

I PROGRAMMED IT MYSELF FOR CHESS SOME MONTHS AGO.

THE BEST I SHOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN

WAS A DRAW.

WELL, WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING THERE?

TRANSPORTER ROOM, STAND BY. WE'RE BEAMING DOWN.

[RINGING BELL]

COURT IS NOW IN SESSION.

THE BOARD WILL ENTERTAIN MOTIONS

BEFORE DELIVERING ITS VERDICT.

COUNSEL FOR THE PROSECUTION?

SIR, THE PROSECUTION RESTS.

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE?

SIR...

THE DEFENSE RESTS.

[DOOR OPENS]

MR. COGLEY.

MR. COGLEY!

SIR, SOME NEW EVIDENCE

HAS JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION,

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COURT--

OBJECTION!

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE HAS RESTED HIS CASE.

OF WHAT NATURE IS THIS EVIDENCE?

I CAN'T TELL YOU. I HAVE TO SHOW YOU, SIR.

MR. COGLEY IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS THEATRICS.

IS SAVING AN INNOCENT MAN'S CAREER A THEATRIC?

COUNSELS WILL KINDLY DIRECT THEIR REMARKS

TO THE BENCH.

I'D BE DELIGHTED TO, SIR,

NOW THAT I'VE GOT SOMETHING HUMAN TO TALK ABOUT.

RIGHTS, SIR, HUMAN RIGHTS--

THE BIBLE, THE CODE OF HAMMURABI

AND OF JUSTINIAN, MAGNA CARTA,

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,

FUNDAMENTAL DECLARATIONS

OF THE MARTIAN COLONIES.

THE STATUTES OF ALPHA 3--

GENTLEMEN, THESE DOCUMENTS ALL SPEAK OF RIGHTS.

RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

TO A TRIAL BY HIS PEERS,

TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL,

THE RIGHTS OF CROSS-EXAMINATION,

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,

THE RIGHT TO BE CONFRONTED

BY THE WITNESSES AGAINST HIM--

A RIGHT TO WHICH MY CLIENT HAS BEEN DENIED.

YOUR HONOR, THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

WE PRODUCED THE WITNESSES IN COURT.

MY LEARNED OPPONENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

TO SEE THEM, CROSS-EXAMINE THEM--

ALL BUT ONE!

THE MOST DEVASTATING WITNESS AGAINST MY CLIENT

IS NOT A HUMAN BEING.

IT'S A MACHINE,

AN INFORMATION SYSTEM--

THE COMPUTER LOG OF THE ENTERPRISE.

AND I ASK THIS COURT ADJOURN AND RECONVENE ABOARD THAT VESSEL.

I PROTEST, YOUR HONOR.

AND I REPEAT, I SPEAK OF RIGHTS.

A MACHINE HAS NONE.

A MAN MUST.

MY CLIENT HAS THE RIGHT TO FACE HIS ACCUSER,

AND IF YOU DO NOT GRANT HIM THAT RIGHT,

YOU HAVE BROUGHT US DOWN

TO THE LEVEL OF THE MACHINE.

INDEED, YOU HAVE ELEVATED THAT MACHINE ABOVE US.

I ASK THAT MY MOTION BE GRANTED,

AND MORE THAN THAT, GENTLEMEN,

IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY,

FADING IN THE SHADOW OF THE MACHINE,

I DEMAND IT.

I DEMAND IT!

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 2950.1.

AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION,

THE GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL HAS RECONVENED

ON BOARD THE ENTERPRISE.

HOW MANY GAMES OF CHESS DID YOU WIN

FROM THE COMPUTER, MR. SPOCK?

FIVE IN ALL.

MAY THAT BE CONSIDERED UNUSUAL?

AFFIRMATIVE.

WHY?

I PERSONALLY PROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER FOR CHESS

MONTHS AGO.

I GAVE THE MACHINE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME

EQUAL TO MY OWN.

THE COMPUTER CANNOT MAKE AN ERROR.

AND ASSUMING THAT I DO NOT EITHER,

THE BEST THAT COULD NORMALLY BE HOPED FOR

WOULD BE STALEMATE AFTER STALEMATE,

AND YET I BEAT THE MACHINE FIVE TIMES.

SOMEONE, EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR DELIBERATELY,

ADJUSTED THE PROGRAMMING

AND, THEREFORE, THE MEMORY BANKS

OF THAT COMPUTER.

COULD THAT HAVE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE VISUAL PLAYBACK WE SAW?

OBJECT!

THE WITNESS WOULD BE MAKING A CONCLUSION.

SUSTAINED.

HYPOTHETICALLY, MR. SPOCK.

HYPOTHETICALLY, MISS SHAW,

IF WHAT YOU SUGGEST HAD BEEN DONE,

IT WOULD BE BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF MOST MEN.

IS THAT TRUE?

AFFIRMATIVE.

WHAT MAN ABOARD SHIP WOULD IT NOT BE BEYOND?

THE CAPTAIN, MYSELF,

AND THE RECORDS OFFICER.

MM-HMM. AND AT THE MOMENT,

YOU HAVE NO RECORDS OFFICER.

AFFIRMATIVE.

UNTIL HE WAS LOST,

OUR RECORDS OFFICER WAS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FINNEY.

CAPTAIN KIRK,

WILL YOU TELL THE STEPS YOU TOOK

TO FIND MR. FINNEY AFTER THE STORM?

I INSTITUTED A PHASE 1 SEARCH.

DESCRIBE A PHASE 1 SEARCH.

IT'S A PAINSTAKING, THOROUGH ATTEMPT

IN AND AROUND THE SHIP

TO FIND A MAN WHO'S PRESUMABLY INJURED

AND UNABLE TO RESPOND.

IT PRESUPPOSES, DOES IT NOT,

THAT A MAN WISHES TO BE FOUND?

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

IF YOU START A SEARCH FOR A MAN,

YOU ASSUME, DON'T YOU, THAT HE WANTS TO BE FOUND?

HE'S NOT HIDING?

YES.

ON A SHIP OF THIS SIZE,

COULD A MAN EVADE SUCH A SEARCH?

POSSIBLY.

GENTLEMEN, I SUBMIT TO YOU

THAT LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BEN FINNEY

IS NOT DEAD.

MR. COGLEY, YOUR WAITING FOR PROOF

OF THE EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT YOU MADE IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.

YOU SHALL HAVE IT,

BUT FIRST I NEED THE COOPERATION OF THIS COURT

IN CONDUCTING AN EXPERIMENT.

CAPTAIN KIRK.

GENTLEMEN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS EXPERIMENT,

IT'LL BE NECESSARY FOR ALL PERSONNEL,

EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND THE COMMAND CREW,

TO LEAVE THE SHIP.

I'M ORDERING ALL OTHERS TO REPORT TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM.

INCLUDING MYSELF, SIR.

THIS COURT IS BY NO MEANS ADJOURNED, MR. COGLEY.

I HAVE AN ERRAND ASHORE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS COURT,

AND I WILL RETURN.

VERY WELL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CAPTAIN, ARE YOU MAINTAINING

AN ENGINE CREW ABOARD?

OUR IMPULSE ENGINES HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN.

WE'LL MAINTAIN ORBIT BY MOMENTUM.

AND WHEN THE ORBIT BEGINS TO DECAY?

WE HOPE TO BE FINISHED LONG BEFORE THAT.

READY, MR. SPOCK?

AFFIRMATIVE, CAPTAIN.

GENTLEMEN, THIS COMPUTER

HAS AN AUDITORY SENSOR.

IT CAN, IN EFFECT, HEAR SOUNDS.

BY INSTALLING A BOOSTER,

WE CAN INCREASE THAT CAPABILITY

ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO THE 4th POWER.

THE COMPUTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING US EVERY SOUND

OCCURRING ON THE SHIP.

ALL PERSONNEL

HAVE LEFT THE SHIP AS ORDERED, SIR.

DR. McCOY?

ALL RIGHT, MR. SPOCK.

[LOUD BEATING]

TURN IT DOWN A LITTLE.

[VOLUME DECREASES]

GENTLEMEN, THAT SOUND IS CAUSED BY THE HEARTBEATS

OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE SHIP.

DR. McCOY WILL USE THIS WHITE SOUND DEVICE

TO MASK OUT EACH PERSON'S HEARTBEAT

SO THAT IT WILL BE ELIMINATED

FROM THE SOUNDS WE'RE HEARING.

FIRST, THE CAPTAIN.

MR. SPOCK.

AND LASTLY, MYSELF.

THAT'S ALL OF US,

EXCEPT FOR THE CREWMAN IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM.

MR. SPOCK, ELIMINATE HIS HEARTBEAT.

[HEARTBEAT CONTINUES]

THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EVERYONE.

[SINGLE HEART BEATS]

FINNEY.

LOCALIZE THAT.

"B" DECK.

IN OR NEAR ENGINEERING.

SEAL OFF "B" DECK, SECTIONS 18-Y THROUGH 23-D.

ACKNOWLEDGED.

[BEEP]

SO FINNEY IS ALIVE.

IT WOULD SEEM SO.

COMMODORE, THIS IS MY PROBLEM.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF NO ONE LEFT THE BRIDGE.

SAM COGLEY HAD GONE ASHORE

TO BRING JAME FINNEY ON BOARD.

WE BOTH FELT THAT JAME'S PRESENCE

WOULD MAKE FINNEY EASIER TO HANDLE

IN THE EVENT FINNEY REALLY WERE ALIVE.

BEN.

[KIRK] BEN FINNEY.

MR. SPOCK, ENCOUNTERING VARIANTS.

COMPENSATE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THE ORBIT IS BEGINNING TO DECAY.

BEN, WHERE ARE YOU?

HELLO, CAPTAIN!

NOTHING TO SAY, CAPTAIN?

I'M GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE.

YOU MEAN YOU'RE RELIEVED

BECAUSE YOU THINK YOUR CAREER

IS SAVED.

WELL, YOU'RE WRONG.

BEN!

BEN, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

WE CAN HELP YOU.

LIKE YOU HELPED ME ALL ALONG, KEPT ME DOWN,

ROBBED ME OF MY OWN COMMAND?

I'M A GOOD OFFICER.

AS GOOD AS YOU.

I'VE WATCHED YOU FOR YEARS.

THE GREAT CAPTAIN KIRK.

THEY TOLD YOU TO DO IT TO ME.

YOU ALL CONSPIRED AGAINST ME.

YOU RUINED ME,

BUT YOU WON'T DO IT ANYMORE.

UHH.

PUT THE PHASER DOWN, BEN.

OH, I WOULDN'T KILL YOU, CAPTAIN.

YOUR OWN DEATH WOULD MEAN TOO

LITTLE TO YOU,

BUT YOUR SHIP--

WHAT ABOUT MY SHIP?

IT'S DEAD.

I'VE KILLED IT.

I TAPPED OUT

YOUR PRIMARY ENERGY CIRCUITS.

MR. SPOCK, WHAT'S OUR ORBIT STATUS?

DECAYING, CAPTAIN.

VARIANTS AT SECOND LEVEL

DEPRECIATING UNUSUALLY FAST.

YOU'RE OUT OF POWER.

I KNOW THIS SHIP, TOO.

THE ENTERPRISE SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE.

YOU KEPT ME FROM IT.

BEN...

WHY KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE?

INNOCENT?

HA HA HA!

OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN,

CAPTAINS ALL,

EXCEPT FOR FINNEY AND HIS ONE MISTAKE

A LONG TIME AGO,

BUT THEY DON'T FORGET.

I LOGGED THE MISTAKE, BEN. BLAME ME, NOT THEM.

BUT THEY ARE TO BLAME.

ALL OF THEM.

I WAS A GOOD OFFICER.

I REALLY WAS.

I LOVED THE SERVICE MORE THAN ANY MAN EVER DID.

MR. SPOCK, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'LL PLEASE HURRY TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM--

MR. SPOCK, THE COURT HAS NOT YET REACHED A VERDICT.

WE WILL HEAR THIS WITNESS OUT.

VERY WELL, SIR.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

YOU CAN BE HELPED,

BUT IF YOU KILL ALL THOSE PEOPLE--

WHY SHOULDN'T I?

THEY KILLED ME, DIDN'T THEY?

IT'S A FAIR TRADE.

IS JAME INCLUDED IN THAT DEAL?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHE'S ON BOARD BY NOW.

YES. SHE'S ON BOARD.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

WHY DID YOU BRING HER HERE?

I'LL KILL YOU!

BEATEN AND SOBBING,

FINNEY TOLD ME WHERE HE HAD SABOTAGED

THE PRIME ENERGY CIRCUITS.

THE DAMAGE HE HAD CAUSED WAS CONSIDERABLE,

BUT NOT IRREPARABLE.

WITH LUCK, I WOULD BE ABLE TO EFFECT REPAIRS

BEFORE OUR ORBIT DECAYED COMPLETELY.

POWER RETURNING, MR. SPOCK.

UP 14 POINTS AND RISING.

ACTIVATE PORT IMPULSE ENGINES.

1/3 POWER.

1/3 POWER.

VARIANTS FADING.

ORBIT STABILIZING.

ALL SECURE, SIR.

UNLESS THE PROSECUTION HAS AN OBJECTION,

I RULE THIS COURT TO BE DISMISSED.

ABSOLUTELY NO OBJECTION, SIR.

HOW LONG WILL IT BE THIS TIME BEFORE I SEE YOU AGAIN?

AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE A MYSTIC,

THAT DEPENDS ON THE STARS.

SAM COGLEY ASKED ME TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING SPECIAL.

IT'S NOT A FIRST EDITION OR ANYTHING-- JUST A BOOK.

SAM SAYS THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL, THOUGH.

I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHANCE TO THANK HIM.

HE'S BUSY ON A CASE.

HE'S DEFENDING BEN FINNEY.

HE SAYS HE'LL WIN.

I WOULDN'T BE A BIT SURPRISED.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD CAUSE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN

OF DISCIPLINE

IF A LOWLY LIEUTENANT KISSED A STARSHIP CAPTAIN

ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS SHIP?

LET'S TRY.

SEE? NO CHANGE.

DISCIPLINE GOES ON.

AND SO MUST THE ENTERPRISE.

GOODBYE, JIM.

GOODBYE, AREEL.

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.

I HAD PRETTY GOOD LUCK THIS TIME.

I LOST, DIDN'T I?

SHE'S A VERY GOOD LAWYER.

OBVIOUSLY.

INDEED SHE IS.