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OUR SCANNER SURVEY WAS CORRECT, CAPTAIN.

THERE IT IS--

PURE TRITANIUM.

FANTASTIC.

20 TIMES AS HARD AS DIAMONDS.

21.4 TIMES AS HARD, TO BE EXACT.

[BEEP BEEP]

SCOTTY, YOU CAN MARK THIS VEIN AS CONFIRMED.

INFORM STARFLEET I RECOMMEND

THAT THEY DISPATCH A SURVEY VESSEL IMMEDIATELY.

Scotty: ACKNOWLEDGED, CAPTAIN.

THEY'LL SEND A VESSEL FAST ENOUGH

FOR THIS RICH A FIND.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BREAK IT, CAPTAIN.

I'LL PHASER OFF A SPECIMEN.

LESLIE.

[SNIFF SNIFF]

DO YOU SMELL THAT?

[SNIFF SNIFF]

A SWEET ODOR LIKE HONEY.

IT WAS YEARS AGO...

ON ANOTHER PLANET...

A THING WITH A...

AN ODOR LIKE THAT.

WE'RE IN THE GROWING SEASON

IN THIS HEMISPHERE OF THIS PLANET, CAPTAIN.

THERE ARE DOUBTLESS MANY POLLEN AROMAS.

RIZZO.

YES, SIR?

TAKE YOUR MEN.

MAKE A SWING AROUND OUR PERIMETER.

SCAN FOR DI-KIRONIUM IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

SET YOUR PHASERS ON DISRUPTER-B.

IF YOU SEE ANY GASEOUS CLOUD, FIRE IMMEDIATELY.

YOU'RE ON RED ALERT.

MAKE A SWEEP.

[BEEP BEEP]

Scotty: READY TO BEAM BACK ABOARD, CAPTAIN?

NEGATIVE, SCOTTY, WE'RE CHECKING SOMETHING OUT.

THE U.S.S. "YORKTOWN" IS EXPECTING

TO RENDEZVOUS WITH US IN LESS THAN 8 HOURS, CAPTAIN.

THAT DOESN'T GIVE US MUCH TIME.

ACKNOWLEDGED.

CONTINUE STANDING BY. KIRK OUT.

CAPTAIN, DI-KIRONIUM EXISTS ONLY IN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.

[SNIFFING]

IT'S GONE.

I COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG.

THE LAST TIME I CAUGHT AN ODOR LIKE THAT...

WAS 11 YEARS AGO.

IT SEEMED TO READ DI-KIRONIUM FOR A MINUTE,

AND THEN I LOST IT.

[TRICORDER BEEPING]

IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMETHING OUT THERE KNOWS I'M SCANNING IT.

IT'S KIND OF--

KEEPS CHANGING ITSELF INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE.

NOTHING CAN DO THAT.

[CHOKING]

CAPTAIN.

KIRK HERE.

CAPTAIN...

THERE'S A STRANGE CLOUD, SIR. IT'S--

[CHOKING]

CLOUD...CLOUD.

[CHOKING]

FIRE INTO IT IMMEDIATELY.

[CHOKING]

HELP.

SPOCK.

DEAD...

AND YOU'LL FIND EVERY RED CORPUSCLE

GONE FROM THEIR BODY.

RIZZO'S ALIVE...BARELY.

KIRK TO ENTERPRISE.

SCOTTY, LOCK IN ON US.

MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS, CAPTAIN?

SOMETHING THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY EXIST...

BUT IT DOES.

Kirk: SPACE-- THE FINAL FRONTIER.

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP "ENTERPRISE."

ITS 5-YEAR MISSION--

TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS,

TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS,

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

Kirk: CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 3619.2.

WITH THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF TWO CREWMEN,

ALL PERSONNEL ON THE PLANET

HAVE BEEN EVACUATED BACK TO THE SHIP.

AUTOPSY REPORT, DOCTOR.

HOW'S ENSIGN RIZZO?

STILL UNCONSCIOUS, SIR.

TRANSFUSIONS?

CONTINUING AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE.

HIS BLOOD COUNT IS STILL 60% LESS THAN NORMAL.

KIRK TO BRIDGE.

SPOCK HERE. READY TO LEAVE ORBIT, CAPTAIN.

HOLD YOUR POSITION.

CUTTING IN IF I MAY, CAPTAIN.

THE U.S.S. "YORKTOWN" IS EXPECTING

TO RENDEZVOUS WITH US IN LESS THAN 7 HOURS.

THEN YOU'LL INFORM THEM THAT WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE.

JIM, THE "YORKTOWN"'S SHIP'S SURGEON

WILL WANT TO KNOW HOW LATE.

THOSE VACCINES HE'S TRANSFERRING TO US

ARE HIGHLY PERISHABLE.

SPOCK AGAIN, CAPTAIN.

THOSE MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE BADLY NEEDED

ON PLANET THETA 7.

THEY ARE EXPECTING US TO GET THEM THERE ON TIME.

GENTLEMEN, WE ARE REMAINING IN ORBIT

UNTIL I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THOSE DEATHS, ON MY RESPONSIBILITY.

I AM PERFECTLY AWARE THAT IT MIGHT COST LIVES ON THETA 7.

KIRK OUT.

AUTOPSY REPORT.

YOU SAW THEIR COLOR.

THERE WASN'T A RED CORPUSCLE LEFT IN THEIR BODIES.

MARKS, CUTS, INCISIONS OF ANY KIND?

NOT A ONE.

WHAT HAPPENED IS MEDICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

I SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD TAPES

OF PAST SIMILAR OCCURRENCES.

YOU'LL FIND THE U.S.S. "FARRAGUT"

LISTS CASUALTIES 11 YEARS AGO

FROM EXACTLY THE SAME IMPOSSIBLE CAUSES.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

I'LL CHECK THOSE TAPES IMMEDIATELY.

FIRST...

CAN YOU BRING ENSIGN RIZZO TO CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A MOMENT?

YES, BUT IT--

WILL IT HURT HIM IF YOU DO SO?

IN HIS PRESENT CONDITION,

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

THEN DO SO.

TRANSFUSION COMPLETED, SIR.

HIS PULSE AND RESPIRATION

ARE STILL FAR BELOW NORMAL.

GIVE HIM ONE CC OF CORDAZINE, NURSE.

YES, SIR.

RIZZO...

THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

R-R-REMEMBER...

I'M COLD.

I'M SO COLD.

YOU WERE ATTACKED BY SOMETHING.

WHEN IT HAPPENED...

DID YOU NOTICE...

AN ODOR OF ANY KIND?

RIZZO.

RIZZO!

DO YOU REMEMBER A SICKLY-SWEET ODOR?

DID YOU SMELL IT?

YES.

YES.

A SMELL...

A STRANGE SMELL. IT WAS LIKE...

LIKE--LIKE BEING SMOTHERED...

IN HONEY.

DID YOU FEEL...

A PRESENCE, AN INTELLIGENCE?

IT WAS-- IT WAS TRYING

TO DRAW STRENGTH FROM US.

I FELT IT.

IT WAS...

IT WAS... TH...TH...

IT WAS THERE.

HE'S BEGINNING TO SLEEP AGAIN, JIM.

I CAN'T RISK ANOTHER SHOT.

HE'S ALREADY TOLD ME WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.

I WOULDN'T DEPEND TOO MUCH ON WHAT HE SAYS

IN THAT HALF-CONSCIOUS STATE.

HE COULD BE DREAMING,

SAYING WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WANTED YOU TO HEAR.

YOU CHECK THOSE RECORD TAPES.

I WANT YOUR MEDICAL ANALYSIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WELL, WHAT'S WITH THE CAPTAIN?

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THAT BEFORE.

I INTEND TO FIND OUT.

I'LL BE IN THE MEDICAL RECORD LIBRARY.

OH, CAPTAIN.

SUBSPACE MESSAGE FROM STARFLEET. THEY'RE INQUIRING--

NOT NOW, LIEUTENANT.

HAVE THE SECURITY DUTY OFFICER

REPORT TO ME ON THE BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY.

AYE, SIR. SPOCK?

CONTINUING SCANNING, CAPTAIN.

STILL NO READINGS OF LIFE FORMS

ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE.

LET'S ASSUME THAT IT'S SOMETHING SO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

THAT OUR SENSORS WOULD NOT IDENTIFY IT AS A LIFE FORM.

YOU MENTIONED DI-KIRONIUM, CAPTAIN.

SUPPOSE IT WAS COMPOSED OF THAT RARE ELEMENT...

A STRANGE, GASEOUS CREATURE.

I HAVE SCANNED FOR THAT ELEMENT, CAPTAIN.

THERE IS NO TRACE OF DI-KIRONIUM

ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE OR IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

SUPPOSE IT CAMOUFLAGED ITSELF?

LET'S ASSUME THAT IT'S INTELLIGENT,

THAT IT KNOWS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT.

TO HIDE FROM A SENSOR SCAN,

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE,

LIKE GOLD CHANGING ITSELF TO LEAD

OR WOOD CHANGING ITSELF TO IVORY.

YOU'VE JUST SUGGESTED SOMETHING...

THAT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME.

IT MAY PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS TO A TAPE RECORD

WHICH I THINK YOU'LL FIND DR. McCOY

IS LOOKING AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

CHEKOV, TAKE OVER ON SCANNER.

ENSIGN GARROVICK REPORTING, SIR.

ARE YOU THE NEW SECURITY OFFICER?

YES, SIR.

WAS YOUR FATHER--

YES, SIR, HE WAS, BUT I DON'T EXPECT

ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT ON THAT ACCOUNT.

YOU'LL GET NONE ABOARD THIS SHIP, MISTER.

YES, SIR.

CAPTAIN, I HAVE A REPORT ON ENSIGN RIZZO.

HE'S DEAD, SIR.

YOU KNEW RIZZO?

YES, SIR. WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS,

GRADUATED THE ACADEMY TOGETHER.

YOU'LL GET A CRACK AT WHAT KILLED HIM.

INTERESTED?

YES, I AM, SIR.

I WANT 4 MEN ARMED WITH PHASER TWO

SET FOR DISRUPTER EFFECT.

JOIN ME IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM IN 5 MINUTES.

YOU'LL ACCOMPANY ME TO THE PLANET SURFACE.

YES, SIR.

[TRICORDER BEEPING]

READING IS CHANGING, SIR.

SPOCK WAS RIGHT. NOTICE THE MOLECULAR SHIFT?

DI-KIRONIUM READING NOW, SIR.

BEARING 94 MARK 7,

ANGLE OF ELEVATION 6 DEGREES, HOLDING STEADY.

OVER THAT RISE.

TAKE TWO MEN, CIRCLE AROUND TO THE LEFT.

I'LL TAKE THE OTHER TWO

AND GO THE OTHER WAY.

THE CREATURE IS DANGEROUS.

IF YOU SEE IT...

FIRE FULL PHASERS.

YES, SIR.

HENSON, BARDOLI...

COME WITH ME.

A PHASER! COME ON!

GARROVICK, DID YOU--

Kirk: CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 3619.6.

ONE OF THE MEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THE OTHER IS DEAD.

AND I, I AM NOW EVEN MORE CONVINCED

THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY AN INTELLIGENT CREATURE,

BUT THE SAME WHICH DECIMATED THE CREW OF THE U.S.S. "FARRAGUT"

11 YEARS AGO IN ANOTHER PART OF THE GALAXY.

BOTH SPOCK AND McCOY ARE DOUBTFUL OF THIS,

AND I SENSE THEY ALSO DOUBT MY DECISION

TO STAY AND FIGHT THE THING.

WHY AM I KEEPING THE SHIP HERE?

MR. GARROVICK, WE'VE STUDIED YOUR REPORT.

MR. SPOCK, BEGIN.

WHAT WAS THE SIZE

OF THE THING YOU SAW, ENSIGN?

I'D SAY IT MEASURED FROM, UH...

10 TO 60 CUBIC METERS, SIR.

IT VARIED IN SIZE,

FLUCTUATED AS IT MOVED.

COMPOSITION?

IT WAS LIKE A--A...

GASEOUS CLOUD.

PARTS OF IT I COULD SEE THROUGH.

OTHER PARTS WERE MORE DENSE.

ENSIGN, DID YOU SENSE ANY INTELLIGENCE IN THIS GASEOUS CLOUD?

DID I WHAT, SIR?

DID YOU GET ANY SUBCONSCIOUS IMPRESSIONS

THAT THIS WAS A CREATURE, A LIVING, THINKING THING,

RATHER THAN JUST A STRANGE CLOUD

OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS?

NO, SIR.

BUT YOU DIDN'T COME INTO ACTUAL CONTACT WITH IT, DID YOU?

NO, SIR. I WAS FURTHEST AWAY FROM IT.

IT, UH...

IT SEEMED TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE,

HOVERED FOR A MOMENT,

THEN MOVED TOWARD MY MEN.

IT WAS FAST, INCREDIBLY FAST.

DID YOU SAY IT HOVERED?

YES, SIR. YOU DID FIRE AT IT?

YES, SIR, I DID.

WHAT DISTANCE WERE YOU FROM THE CREATURE?

ABOUT...20 YARDS, SIR.

YOU FIRED AT A LARGE, HOVERING TARGET

AT THAT DISTANCE AND MISSED?

YES. I--

WELL, I DIDN'T FIRE WHILE IT WAS HOVERING, SIR.

YOU MEAN YOU FROZE?

NO...SIR. I...

DIDN'T EXACTLY FREEZE.

WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOU DOING?

WELL, I WAS STARTLED...

FOR A SECOND.

AND THEN... BY THE TIME I FIRED,

THE THING WAS ALREADY MOVING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION?

NO, SIR.

DO YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

I, UH...

I ONLY HESITATED FOR A MOMENT, SIR.

I'M SORRY.

ENSIGN, YOU'RE RELIEVED OF ALL DUTIES

AND CONFINED TO QUARTERS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

YES, SIR.

YOU WERE A LITTLE HARD ON THE BOY, JIM.

HE FROZE.

ONE MAN WAS KILLED.

ANOTHER MAY DIE.

CAPTAIN, SCIENTIFICALLY--

YOU'LL BOTH BE FILING REPORTS.

MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THEN.

CAPTAIN, WHILE WE WAIT,

I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF CLEANING

THE RADIOACTIVE DISPOSAL VENT ON NUMBER 2 IMPULSE ENGINE,

BUT WE'LL BE READY TO LEAVE ORBIT IN UNDER HALF AN HOUR.

WE'RE NOT LEAVING ORBIT, MR. SCOTT. NOT THAT QUICKLY.

CAPTAIN, "YORKTOWN" REQUESTING INFORMATION ON HOW SOON

WE EXPECT TO RENDEZVOUS WITH THEM.

THANK YOU.

THE MEDICINE FOR THETA 7 COLONY

IS NOT ONLY NEEDED DESPERATELY, IT HAS A LIMITED STABILITY--

I'M AWARE OF THE SITUATION, ENGINEER,

AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF MY SENIOR OFFICERS

CONSPIRING AGAINST ME.

FORGIVE ME.

PERHAPS I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED THE WORD CONSPIRE.

AGREED, SIR.

SCANNER READINGS.

NOTHING, SIR. CONTINUING TO SCAN.

ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT CAN CHANGE ITS MOLECULAR STRUCTURE?

YES, SIR.

ARE YOU SCANNING FOR ANY UNUSUAL MOVEMENT?

YES, SIR.

ANY TYPE OF GASEOUS CLOUD?

WE'VE RUN A FULL SCANNER PROBE TWICE.

THEN RUN IT 20 TIMES

IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES!

I HOPE I'M NOT DISTURBING YOU, DOCTOR.

INTERRUPTING ANOTHER AUTOPSY REPORT

IS NO DISTURBANCE, MR. SPOCK. IT'S A RELIEF.

I NEED YOUR ADVICE.

THEN I NEED A DRINK.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING.

YOU NEED ADVICE FROM ME?

YOU MUST BE KIDDING.

I DO NOT JOKE, DOCTOR.

PERHAPS I SHOULD REPHRASE MY STATEMENT.

I REQUIRE AN OPINION.

THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS OF HUMAN IRRATIONALITY

I DO NOT YET COMPREHEND...

OBSESSION, FOR ONE.

THE PERSISTENT, SINGLE-MINDED FIXATION ON ONE IDEA.

JIM AND HIS CREATURE?

PRECISELY.

HAVE YOU STUDIED THE INCIDENT

INVOLVING THE U.S.S. "FARRAGUT"?

NO. WITH ALL THESE DEATHS AND INJURIES,

I'VE ONLY HAD A CHANCE TO SCAN THE TAPES.

THERE ARE 8 OR 10 HOURS OF RECORD TAPES THERE.

FORTUNATELY, I READ SOMEWHAT FASTER.

IN BRIEF, DOCTOR, NEARLY HALF THE CREW,

AND THE CAPTAIN, WERE ANNIHILATED.

THE CAPTAIN'S NAME WAS GARROVICK.

THE SAME AS OUR ENSIGN.

HIS FATHER.

AMONG THE SURVIVORS WAS A YOUNG OFFICER

ON HIS FIRST DEEP-SPACE ASSIGNMENT--

JAMES T. KIRK.

AND THERE IS STILL MORE.

I SUGGEST YOU STUDY THIS.

Kirk, voice-over: PERSONAL LOG, STARDATE 3620.7.

HAVE I THE RIGHT TO JEOPARDIZE MY CREW, MY SHIP

FOR A FEELING I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS?

NO MAN ACHIEVES STARFLEET COMMAND

WITHOUT RELYING ON INTUITION,

BUT HAVE I MADE A RATIONAL DECISION?

AM I LETTING THE HORRORS OF THE PAST

DISTORT MY JUDGMENT OF THE PRESENT?

MIND IF I COME IN?

KIRK TO BRIDGE. SCANNING REPORT.

Chekov: CONTINUED SCANNING, SIR.

NO UNUSUAL READINGS.

MAINTAIN SEARCH. KIRK OUT.

IT CAN'T HAVE JUST VANISHED.

SOMETIMES THEY DO, IF WE'RE LUCKY.

MONSTERS COME IN MANY FORMS.

YOU KNOW THE GREATEST MONSTER OF THEM ALL, JIM?

GUILT.

GET TO THE POINT.

JIM, WHEN A YOUNG OFFICER

IS EXPOSED TO UNKNOWN DANGERS FOR THE FIRST TIME,

HE'S UNDER TREMENDOUS EMOTIONAL STRESS.

NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT.

ENSIGN GARROVICK IS A SHIP-COMMAND DECISION.

YOU'RE STRAYING OUT OF YOUR FIELD, DOCTOR.

AM I?

I WAS SPEAKING OF LIEUTENANT JAMES T. KIRK

OF THE STARSHIP "FARRAGUT."

11 YEARS AGO, YOU WERE THE YOUNG OFFICER

AT THE PHASER STATION WHEN SOMETHING ATTACKED.

ACCORDING TO THE TAPES, THIS YOUNG LIEUTENANT KIRK

INSISTED UPON BLAMING HIMSELF.

BECAUSE I DELAYED IN THE FIRING AT IT.

YOU HAD A NORMAL EMOTION. YOU WERE STARTLED.

YOU DELAYED FIRING FOR A GRAND TOTAL

OF PERHAPS TWO SECONDS.

IF I HADN'T DELAYED,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

THE SHIP'S EXEC DIDN'T SEEM TO THINK SO.

HIS LOG ENTRY WAS QUITE CLEAR ON THE SUBJECT--

"LIEUTENANT KIRK IS A FINE YOUNG OFFICER

WHO PERFORMED WITH UNCOMMON BRAVERY."

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

IT KILLED 200 CREWMEN.

CAPTAIN GARROVICK WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU,

WASN'T HE, JIM?

YES.

HE WAS MY COMMANDING OFFICER

FROM THE DAY I LEFT THE ACADEMY.

ONE OF THE FINEST MEN I EVER KNEW.

I COULD HAVE KILLED THAT THING

IF I'D FIRED SOON ENOUGH THE FIRST TIME.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, JIM. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT

ANY MORE THAN YOU KNOW THAT GARROVICK COULD HAVE DESTROYED IT.

I CAN'T HELP HOW I FEEL. THERE'S...

AN INTELLIGENCE ABOUT IT, BONES.

A MALEVOLENCE. IT'S EVIL.

IT MUST BE DESTROYED.

TO BE SO OBSESSED...

OBSESSED?

THAT YOU COULD DESTROY YOURSELF,

YOUR CAREER, A YOUNG BOY

WHO REMINDS YOU OF YOURSELF 11 YEARS AGO.

DON'T PUSH OUR FRIENDSHIP PAST THE POINT

WHERE I HAVE TO TAKE OFFICIAL--

I'M NOT, JIM.

THIS IS PROFESSIONAL, CAPTAIN.

I AM PREPARING A MEDICAL LOG ENTRY

ON MY ESTIMATION OF THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CONDITION

OF A STARSHIP CAPTAIN.

WHICH REQUIRES A WITNESS OF COMMAND GRADE.

DO I TAKE IT, DOCTOR, COMMANDER...

THAT BOTH OF YOU OR EITHER OF YOU

CONSIDER ME UNFIT OR INCAPACITATED?

CORRECTLY PHRASED, CAPTAIN.

AS RECOMMENDED IN THE MANUAL.

OUR REPLY, ALSO AS RECOMMENDED, IS,

SIR, WE HAVE NOTED IN YOUR RECENT BEHAVIOR CERTAIN ITEMS,

WHICH, ON THE SURFACE, SEEM UNUSUAL.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK PERMISSION TO INQUIRE FURTHER--

BLAST IT! FORGET THE MANUAL!

ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

SIR, THE U.S.S. "YORKTOWN"

IS WAITING NOW AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT.

IT CARRIES PERISHABLE DRUGS--

SPARE ME THE RECITATION, SPOCK. I KNOW THE FACTS.

THEY NEED THOSE VACCINES ON THETA 7, CAPTAIN.

NOW, WHY ARE WE DELAYING HERE?

BECAUSE I'M CONVINCED THAT THIS IS THE SAME CREATURE

THAT ATTACKED THE "FARRAGUT" 11 YEARS AGO.

CREATURE, CAPTAIN?

MY REPORT IS ON THE TAPES.

AS IT ATTACKED US 11 YEARS AGO,

AS I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, I COULD FEEL

THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE THING.

I COULD SENSE IT THINKING, PLANNING.

YOU SAY YOU COULD SENSE ITS INTELLIGENCE, CAPTAIN?

HOW DID IT COMMUNICATE WITH YOU?

YOU STATE THAT IT HAPPENED

JUST AS YOU LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.

A SEMICONSCIOUS MIND

IS A VERY TRICKY THING.

A MAN NEVER KNOWS JUST HOW MUCH IS REAL

OR HOW MUCH IS IMAGINATION.

WHATEVER IT IS, DOCTOR, WHATEVER IT IS,

WOULDN'T YOU CALL IT DEADLY?

YES. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND WHAT IF IT IS THE SAME CREATURE

THAT ATTACKED 11 YEARS AGO,

FROM A PLANET OVER 1,000 LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE?

OBVIOUSLY, CAPTAIN, IF IT IS AN INTELLIGENT CREATURE,

IF IT IS THE SAME ONE,

IF IT THEREFORE IS CAPABLE OF SPACE TRAVEL,

IT COULD POSE A GREAT THREAT TO INHABITED PLANETS.

A LOT OF IFS, I AGREE,

BUT IN MY COMMAND JUDGMENT,

THEY OUTWEIGH OTHER FACTORS.

INTUITION, HOWEVER ILLOGICAL, MR. SPOCK,

IS RECOGNIZED AS A COMMAND PREROGATIVE.

JIM, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GANG UP ON YOU.

AND YOU HAVEN'T, DOCTOR.

YOU'VE EXPRESSED THE PROPER CONCERN,

YOU'VE ASKED THE PROPER QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE BOTH DONE YOUR DUTY.

NOW, MAY I ASK WHAT MEDICAL LOG ENTRY

YOU INTEND TO MAKE?

AT THIS POINT, MY MEDICAL LOG REMAINS OPEN.

IN THAT CASE, GENTLEMEN--

Chekov: BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN. COME IN.

KIRK HERE.

I HAVE A READING ON THE, UH,

WHATEVER IT IS, CAPTAIN,

LEAVING THE PLANET'S SURFACE, HEADING INTO SPACE.

ALL DECKS, RED ALERT. RED ALERT.

PREPARE TO LEAVE ORBIT.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

CAPTAIN, WE CAN'T MAINTAIN WARP 8 SPEED MUCH LONGER.

PRESSURES ARE APPROACHING THE CRITICAL POINT.

RANGE, MR. CHEKOV.

.04 LIGHT-YEARS AHEAD.

OUR PHASERS WON'T REACH IT, SIR.

WE ARE BARELY CLOSING IN ON IT, CAPTAIN.

WE COULD BE PURSUING IT FOR DAYS.

IF NECESSARY.

DO WHAT YOU CAN TO INCREASE OUR SPEED, SCOTT.

AYE, SIR.

EXTREME MAGNIFICATION, MR. CHEKOV.

MAGNIFICATION...12.

THERE, SIR...

GOT IT.

SPOCK...

HOW DO YOU READ THAT?

CONFLICTING DATA, CAPTAIN.

IT SEEMS TO BE IN A BORDERLINE STATE

BETWEEN MATTER AND ENERGY-- ELEMENTS OF BOTH.

IT COULD POSSIBLY USE GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS FOR PROPULSION.

AND YOU DON'T FIND THAT SOPHISTICATED, MR. SPOCK?

EXTREMELY EFFICIENT, CAPTAIN.

WHETHER THAT INDICATES INTELLIGENCE

IS ANOTHER MATTER.

OPEN HATCH ON IMPULSE ENGINE NUMBER 2.

MR. SCOTT WAS DOING AN A.I.D. CLEANUP ON IT.

WE WON'T BE USING THE IMPULSE ENGINES. TURN THE ALARM OFF.

AYE, SIR.

CAPTAIN, WE CAN'T DO IT.

IF WE KEEP THIS SPEED, WE'LL BLOW UP ANY MINUTE NOW.

GO TO WARP 6.

HI.

EVERYONE ELSE IS AT ALERT STATION,

SO I BROUGHT YOU SOME DINNER.

I'M NOT HUNGRY.

DOCTOR'S ORDERS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

ARE WE STILL CHASING THAT THING

HALFWAY ACROSS THE GALAXY?

YES.

HAS THE CAPTAIN LOST HIS SENSE OF BALANCE?

MAYBE.

IS THE ENTIRE CREW ABOUT READY TO EXPLODE?

POSITIVELY.

YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE OUT OF IT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, OUT OF IT?

I CAUSED IT.

YOU KNOW THAT, TOO, DON'T YOU?

IF I'D FIRED MY PHASER QUICKLY ENOUGH ON ARGUS 10,

THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, SELF-PITY'S A TERRIBLE FIRST COURSE.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY THE SOUP INSTEAD?

I TOLD YOU, CHRISTINE, I'M NOT HUNGRY.

DR. McCOY THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS HIS OFFICIALLY LOGGED PRESCRIPTION FOR YOU.

IT HAS ONE WORD ON IT--

EAT.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW HIS ORDERS,

DR. McCOY COULD AND POSSIBLY WOULD

HAVE YOU HAULED DOWN TO SICKBAY

AND FED INTRAVENOUSLY.

WHAT'S THAT?

HMM? THIS?

A SURVEY ON CYGNIAN RESPIRATORY DISEASES?

I THOUGHT YOU TOOK GARROVICK SOME FOOD.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING WITH THIS?

APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY.

THE CREATURE IS SLOWING. IT'S DOWN TO WARP 2.

REDUCE SPEED.

APPROACH SLOWLY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT WAS OUTRUNNING US.

MAYBE IT'S DECIDED TO FIGHT.

PHASERS READY.

PHASERS SHOW READY, SIR.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

Kirk: BATTLE STATIONS. ALL DECKS TO BATTLE STATIONS.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

ALL DECKS TO BATTLE STATIONS.

IT'S COMING TO A FULL HALT, SIR.

MAGNIFICATION 1.

MOVE IN CLOSELY, MR. CHEKOV.

SUBLIGHT ONE-QUARTER SPEED.

CAPTAIN, REQUEST PERMISSION TO RETURN TO MY POST.

WITHIN PHASER RANGE, SIR.

LOCK ALL PHASERS ON TARGET.

LOCKED ON TARGET.

FIRE PHASERS, MR. CHEKOV.

PHASERS INEFFECTUAL, SIR.

PHOTON TORPEDOES. MINIMUM SPREAD PATTERN.

MINIMUM PATTERN READY, SIR.

FIRE PHOTON TORPEDOES.

THERE. IT'S COMING, SIR.

DEFLECTORS UP.

DEFLECTORS UP, SIR.

THE DEFLECTORS WILL NOT STOP IT, CAPTAIN.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WE SHOULD HAVE SURMISED THIS.

FOR THE CREATURE TO BE ABLE TO USE GRAVITY

AS A PROPULSIVE FORCE,

IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS CAPACITY.

5 SECONDS TO CONTACT.

ALL HATCHES AND VENTS SECURE.

ALL LIGHTS ON THE BOARD SHOW GREEN.

SIR! THE NUMBER 2 IMPULSE VENT--

WE HAVE A RED LIGHT.

CAPTAIN, SOMETHING'S ENTERED

THROUGH THE NUMBER 2 IMPULSE VENT.

NEGATIVE PRESSURE IN ALL SHIP'S VENTS.

ALERT ALL DECKS.

[BEEPING]

REPORT.

WHEN IT ENTERED IMPULSE ENGINE NUMBER 2's VENT,

IT ATTACKED 2 CREWMEN, THEN GOT INTO THE VENTILATING SYSTEM,

AND NOW WE HAVE AIR FOR ONLY 2 HOURS.

BONES.

ONE MAN HAS A CHANCE FOR SURVIVAL.

THE OTHER IS DEAD.

YOU CAN ADD THAT LITTLE PRICE TAG TO YOUR MONSTER HUNT.

THAT'S ENOUGH, BONES.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH!

YOU DIDN'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED

AS LONG AS YOU COULD HANG YOUR TROPHY ON THE WALL.

WELL, IT'S NOT ON IT, CAPTAIN, IT'S IN IT.

GENTLEMEN, MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE NO LONGER BELABOR THE QUESTION

OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE GONE AFTER THE CREATURE?

THE MATTER HAS BEEN RENDERED ACADEMIC.

THE CREATURE IS NOW AFTER US.

CREATURE, MR. SPOCK?

IT TURNED AND ATTACKED, DOCTOR.

ITS METHOD WAS WELL-CONSIDERED

AND INTELLIGENT.

YES, WELL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN

MANY LIGHT-YEARS AWAY FROM US.

INSTEAD IT CHOSE TO TURN AND ATTACK HERE. WHY?

IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL, CAPTAIN,

UNTIL I CAN MAKE A CLOSER SURVEY OF THE CREATURE.

SCOTTY, TRY FLUSHING THE RADIOACTIVE WASTE INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM.

SEE WHAT EFFECT THAT HAS.

AYE.

I'M SORRY, JIM. I WAS WRONG.

CAPTAIN.

THE CREATURE'S ABILITY TO THROW ITSELF OUT OF TIME SYNC

MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE ELSEWHERE

IN THE INSTANT THE PHASER HITS.

THERE IS THEREFORE NO BASIS FOR YOUR SELF-RECRIMINATION.

IF YOU HAD FIRED, ON TIME AND ON TARGET, 11 YEARS AGO,

IT WOULD HAVE MADE NO MORE DIFFERENCE

THAN IT DID AN HOUR AGO.

CAPTAIN GARROVICK WOULD STILL BE DEAD.

THE FAULT WAS NOT YOURS, JIM.

IN FACT, THERE WAS NO FAULT.

IF YOU WANT TO PLAY ANALYST, SPOCK,

USE SOMEONE ELSE, NOT ME.

MY CONCERN IS WITH THE SHIP AND THE CREW.

[BUZZER]

COME IN.

ENSIGN, AM I CORRECT IN MY ASSUMPTION

THAT YOU'VE BEEN DISTURBED

BY WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE

A FAILURE ON YOUR PART?

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER

THAT THE HESITATION

FOR WHICH YOU ARE BLAMING YOURSELF

IS AN HEREDITARY TRAIT OF YOUR SPECIES.

WHEN SUDDENLY FACED BY THE UNKNOWN OR IMMINENT DANGER,

A HUMAN WILL INVARIABLY EXPERIENCE

A SPLIT SECOND OF INDECISION.

HE HESITATES.

DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, ENSIGN?

YES, SIR.

I KNOW YOU WOULD PREFER TO WALLOW

IN A POOL OF EMOTION RATHER THAN--

MR. SPOCK...

IT'S VERY KIND OF YOU TO COME HERE--

KINDNESS, MR. GARROVICK, IS ANOTHER HUMAN EMOTION,

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT.

I SIMPLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO ACCEPT THE FACT

THAT YOUR REACTION HAS ITS BASIS IN PHYSIO--

DO YOU SMELL SOMETHING?

SIR, IT'S COMING THROUGH THE VENT.

GET OUT OF HERE! I'LL ATTEMPT TO SEAL IT OFF.

SIR, THE CREATURE'S IN MY CABIN.

IT'S GOT MR. SPOCK.

ON MY WAY, GARROVICK.

SECURITY TO 341. MEDICAL ALERT.

SCOTTY, REVERSE CABIN PRESSURE 341.

SECURITY, HOLD IT.

TRICORDER.

JIM, SPOCK MAY BE DYING.

IF WE LET THAT THING INTO THE SHIP,

HE'LL HAVE A LOT OF COMPANY.

I MUST HAVE JAMMED THE VENT CONTROL WHEN I HIT IT.

SEE IF THE REVERSE PRESSURE

HAS PULLED IT BACK INTO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM.

HE SAVED MY LIFE, CAPTAIN.

I SHOULD BE LYING DEAD IN THERE, NOT HIM.

FORTUNATELY, NEITHER OF US IS DEAD, ENSIGN.

THE REVERSE PRESSURE WORKED. THE VENT IS CLOSED.

DON'T MISUNDERSTAND MY NEXT QUESTION.

MR. SPOCK, WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?

IT'S THAT GREEN BLOOD OF HIS.

My hemoglobin is based on copper, not iron.

I'LL BET HE LEFT A BAD TASTE

IN THE CREATURE'S MOUTH, TOO.

COLLOQUIALLY EXPRESSED, BUT ESSENTIALLY CORRECT.

YEAH.

[SNIFFS]

THE SCENT IS DIFFERENT.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING NOW.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE IN COMMUNICATION

WITH THE CREATURE, CAPTAIN?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, MR. SPOCK,

BUT DO YOU REMEMBER I SAID THE THING WAS ALIVE?

IT MAY NOT BE COMMUNICATION AS WE UNDERSTAND IT,

BUT I DID KNOW IT WAS ALIVE AND INTELLIGENT,

AND I THINK I KNOW SOMETHING ELSE NOW.

[INTERCOM SIGNAL]

Scotty: ENGINEERING TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

ENGINEERING TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

KIRK HERE.

SCOTT, CAPTAIN.

THE CREATURE'S MOVING BACK

TOWARD THE NUMBER 2 IMPULSE VENT.

THE RADIOACTIVE FLUSHING MAY BE AFFECTING IT.

OPEN THE VENT. ON MY WAY TO THE BRIDGE.

KIRK OUT.

ENSIGN GARROVICK.

YES, SIR.

YOU WERE ON THE BRIDGE WHEN WE WERE ATTACKED.

YES, I'M SORRY, SIR.

I KNOW I WAS CONFINED TO QUARTERS, BUT WHEN THE ALERT SOUNDED--

VERY COMMENDABLE, ENSIGN.

WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE BATTLE?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, SIR.

I'M ASKING FOR YOUR MILITARY APPRAISAL

OF THE TECHNIQUES USED AGAINST THE CREATURE.

INEFFECTIVE, CAPTAIN.

I REALIZE, CAPTAIN, YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO.

I KNOW THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT NOTHING WORKS AGAINST A MONSTER

THAT CAN DO THE THINGS THAT THING DOES.

AND, ENSIGN, WHAT IS YOUR APPRAISAL OF YOUR CONDUCT

ON THE PLANET?

I DELAYED FIRING.

AND IF YOU HADN'T DELAYED FIRING...

MM.

NO DIFFERENCE, ENSIGN.

NO WEAPON KNOWN WOULD HAVE MADE ANY DIFFERENCE.

THEN...

OR 11 YEARS AGO.

REPORT FOR DUTY, ENSIGN.

YES, CAPTAIN.

THANK YOU, SIR!

REPORT, MR. CHEKOV.

RESULTS POSITIVE, CAPTAIN.

THE CREATURE HAS LEFT THE SHIP AT HIGH WARP SPEED

AND IS ALREADY NEARLY OUT OF SCANNER RANGE.

THE WAY THAT THING CAN MOVE, CAPTAIN,

I WOULDN'T BELIEVE.

DIRECTION, MR. SPOCK.

IT WAS BEARING 127, MARK 9,

BUT I'VE LOST IT NOW.

MR. SCOTT, I'LL NEED ALL THE SPEED YOU CAN DELIVER.

KEEP AT IT UNTIL WE BEGIN TO SHAKE APART. KIRK OUT.

I BELIEVE I KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.

IT HAS CHANGED COURSE BEFORE TO MISLEAD US, CAPTAIN.

LOGIC WOULD DICTATE--

NO. I'M PLAYING INTUITION.

MR. CHEKOV, COMPUTE A COURSE FOR TYCHOS STAR SYSTEM.

COMPUTED AND ON THE BOARD, SIR.

AHEAD FULL.

AHEAD FULL, SIR.

LIEUTENANT UHURA, CONTACT STARFLEET

AND THE U.S.S. "YORKTOWN."

FREQUENCY OPEN AND CLEAR, SIR.

INFORM THEM THAT WE ARE PURSUING THE CREATURE

TO PLANET 4 OF THAT SYSTEM.

THAT'S THE LOCATION OF ITS ATTACK

ON THE U.S.S "FARRAGUT" 11 YEARS AGO.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND, CAPTAIN.

IN GARROVICK'S QUARTERS,

I SAID THE SCENT OF THE CREATURE WAS SOMEHOW DIFFERENT.

SOMETHING IN MY MIND SAID "HOME."

AND YOU KNOW WHERE HOME IS, CAPTAIN?

YES, I THINK I DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I KNOW, BUT HOME...

IS WHERE IT FOUGHT A STARSHIP ONCE BEFORE.

GIVE THEM OUR TACTICAL SITUATION AND INFORM THEM

I'M COMMITTING THIS VESSEL TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CREATURE.

WE WILL RENDEZVOUS-- ROUND-TRIP TIME, MR. CHEKOV.

1.7 DAYS, SIR.

WE WILL RENDEZVOUS WITH THE U.S.S. "YORKTOWN"...

IN 48 HOURS.

I ASSUME THAT YOU NOW BELIEVE

WE SHOULD PURSUE THE CREATURE AND DESTROY IT.

PRECISELY.

YOU DON'T AGREE WITH MR. SPOCK?

IT'S THE TIME FACTOR THAT BOTHERS ME.

THOSE DRUGS ARE PERISHABLE.

DOCTOR, EVIDENCE INDICATES

THE CREATURE IS HERE TO SPAWN.

IF SO, IT WILL REPRODUCE BY FISSION,

NOT JUST INTO TWO PARTS, BUT THOUSANDS.

ANTIMATTER SEEMS OUR ONLY POSSIBILITY.

AN OUNCE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

WE CAN DRAIN IT FROM THE SHIP'S ENGINES,

TRANSPORT IT TO THE PLANET'S SURFACE

IN A MAGNETIC VACUUM FIELD.

CONTACT MEDICAL STORES.

I WANT AS MUCH HEMOPLASM AS THEY CAN SPARE

IN THE TRANSPORTER ROOM IN 15 MINUTES.

YES, SIR.

I PRESUME YOU INTEND TO USE THAT HEMOPLASM

TO ATTRACT THE CREATURE?

WE MUST GET IT TO THE ANTIMATTER.

IT SEEMS ATTRACTED TO RED BLOOD CELLS.

WHAT BETTER BAIT COULD WE HAVE?

THERE IS STILL ONE PROBLEM, CAPTAIN.

THE BLAST, YES.

EXACTLY. A MATTER/ANTIMATTER BLAST

WILL RIP AWAY HALF THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE.

IF OUR VESSEL IS IN ORBIT AND ENCOUNTERS THOSE SHOCK WAVES--

A CHANCE WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE, MR. SPOCK.

ALSO, WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN

THE TRANSPORTER WILL OPERATE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.

IF A MAN IS BEAMING UP WHEN THAT HITS,

WE MAY LOSE HIM.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'VE DECIDED TO SET THE TRAP MYSELF.

CAPTAIN, THERE IS SO LITTLE HEMOGLOBIN IN MY GREEN BLOOD,

THE CREATURE COULD NOT HARM ME EXTENSIVELY.

IT THEREFORE SEEMS LOGICAL FOR ME TO BE THE ONE--

NEGATIVE, MR. SPOCK.

IN CASE THIS PLAN FAILS, I'LL NEED YOU ABOARD THE SHIP.

IN THAT EVENT, WE'LL NEED ANOTHER PLAN.

IT WILL REQUIRE TWO MEN TO TRANSPORT THE ANTIMATTER UNIT.

I'D LIKE PERMISSION TO GO WITH YOU, SIR.

I HAD YOU IN MIND, MR. GARROVICK.

KIRK TO "ENTERPRISE."

SPOCK HERE, CAPTAIN.

PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO MAXIMUM ORBIT.

ACKNOWLEDGED.

JUST THINK, CAPTAIN,

LESS THAN ONE OUNCE OF ANTIMATTER HERE

IS MORE POWERFUL THAN 10,000 COBALT BOMBS.

LET'S HOPE IT'S AS POWERFUL AS MAN WILL EVER GET.

DETONATOR.

AYE, SIR.

KIRK TO "ENTERPRISE."

SPOCK HERE, CAPTAIN. HOLDING AT 30,000 KILOMETERS.

ANTIMATTER CONTAINER POSITIONED AND ARMED.

I'LL CALL YOU BACK WHEN IT'S BAITED. KIRK OUT.

CAPTAIN, LOOK!

THE HEMOPLASM.

THE BAIT'S ALREADY TAKEN.

WE'LL HAVE TO USE SOMETHING ELSE FOR BAIT.

SIR, THAT THING ONLY FEEDS ON BLOOD.

GARROVICK, GET BACK TO THE SHIP.

TELL THEM TO PREPARE TO DETONATE.

CAPTAIN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE BAIT.

I SAID GET BACK TO THE SHIP.

ENSIGN, I GAVE YOU AN ORDER.

YES, SIR.

CONSIDER YOURSELF ON REPORT.

THIS IS NO TIME FOR HEROICS.

I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SACRIFICING MYSELF,

AT LEAST NOT YET.

SPOCK...SPOCK.

SPOCK HERE.

SCAN US...

AND LOCK ONTO US.

IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.

VERY, VERY CLOSE. STAND BY.

STAND BY, "ENTERPRISE."

I CAN SMELL IT, CAPTAIN.

IT'S SICKENING. HONEY SWEET.

STAND BY, "ENTERPRISE."

NOW!

ENERGIZE AND DETONATE.

RESET.

ENERGIZE.

Chekov: ALL DECKS STAND BY.

SHOCK WAVES.

DO SOMETHING.

WE ARE, DOCTOR.

CROSS-CIRCUITING TO "A."

GOT THEM. A PIECE OF THEM, ANYWAY.

CROSS-CIRCUITING TO "B."

CRAZY WAY TO TRAVEL, SPREADING A MAN'S MOLECULES

ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE.

CAPTAIN... THANK HEAVEN.

MR. SCOTT, THERE WAS NO DEITY INVOLVED.

IT WAS MY CROSS-CIRCUITING TO "B" THAT RECOVERED THEM.

WELL, THEN, THANK PITCHFORKS AND POINTED EARS.

AS LONG AS IT WORKED, JIM.

THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT, BONES.

NOW THAT THE CREATURE IS DEAD, LET'S SAVE SOME LIVES.

WE'LL DELIVER YOUR MEDICINE.

BRIDGE, THIS IS KIRK.

UHURA HERE.

HAVE MR. CHEKOV LAY IN A COURSE FOR A RENDEZVOUS

WITH THE "YORKTOWN." MAXIMUM WARP.

AYE, SIR.

OH, ENSIGN,

MEET ME IN MY QUARTERS WHEN YOU'VE CLEANED UP.

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FATHER.

SEVERAL...

TALL STORIES I THINK YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I WOULD.