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ENTERPRISE MEDICAL LOG, STARDATE 5027.3.

DR. LEONARD McCOY RECORDING.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CAPTAIN KIRK.

HE SHOWS INDICATIONS OF INCREASING TENSION

AND EMOTIONAL STRESS.

I HAVE COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT, CAPTAIN.

"A THEORETICAL INCURSION INTO--"

YES, MR. CHEKOV. I CAN READ.

AND AS USUAL, YOUR THEORETICAL EVALUATIONS DO NOT TALLY WITH MINE.

RETURN TO YOUR DUTY, AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW

WHEN YOUR WORK IS SATISFACTORY.

MR. SPOCK. FULL SENSOR SCAN OF THE REGION, PLEASE.

I DID GAVE A FULL REPORT ON IT JUST--

YES, MR. SPOCK. THAT WAS THE PAST.

I'M CONCERNED WITH THE PRESENT.

OR IS IT BECOMING TOO MUCH FOR THIS CREW

TO PRESENT ME CURRENT INFORMATION?

NO, SIR. COMPLIANCE PRESENTS NO PROBLEM.

THEN, MR. SPOCK, COMPLY.

SENSOR SCAN TO ONE-HALF PARSEC.

NEGATIVE, CAPTAIN.

VERY WELL.

I CAN FIND NO REASON FOR THE CAPTAIN'S BEHAVIOR,

EXCEPT POSSIBLY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON PATROL TOO LONG

WITHOUT RELIEF AND DIVERSION.

HE HAS RESISTED ALL OF MY ATTEMPTS

TO RUN A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE ON HIM.

MAINTAINING COURSE AND SPEED, SIR.

CHANGE COURSE. COME ABOUT TO 185, MARK 3.

BUT, SIR, THAT'LL LEAD US

DIRECTLY INTO THE ROMULAN NEUTRAL ZONE.

YES, VERY PERCEPTIVE, MR. SULU.

I KNOW WHERE THE COURSE CHANGE TAKES US.

EXECUTE.

AYE, SIR.

INCREASING SENSOR SCAN TO ONE PARSEC.

ALL SCANNERS REPORT CLEAR.

NOTHING IN OUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

BETTER AND BETTER, MR. SPOCK.

CAPTAIN, LEAVING NEUTRAL ZONE.

NOW ENTERING ROMULAN SPACE.

VERY WELL, MR. SULU.

LIEUTENANT, WHEN DID THE ORDER COME THROUGH?

ORDER?

FROM STARFLEET.

THE ORDER TO ENTER THE NEUTRAL ZONE.

THERE'S BEEN NO ORDER I KNOW OF, MR. SCOTT.

SURELY THE CAPTAIN COULDN'T BE DOING THIS

ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY.

IF YOU TWO HAVE COMPLAINTS,

YOU CAN BRING THEM OUT INTO THE OPEN.

THAT'S A KLINGON SHIP!

BIT IT COULDN'T BE, NOT IN THIS AREA.

INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ROMULANS NOW USING KLINGON DESIGN.

SOUND RED ALERT. MAN BATTLE STATIONS.

STAND BY MAIN PHASERS.

BATTLE STATIONS. ALL HANDS, BATTLE STATIONS.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

SECOND SHIP HAS APPEARED.

CORRECTION...

THERE ARE NOW 3.

WE ARE SURROUNDED.

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.

LIEUTENANT UHURA, CODE A MESSAGE TO STARFLEET COMMAND.

ADVISE THEM OF OUR SITUATION.

INCLUDE ALL LOG ENTRIES TO THIS POINT.

MR. SPOCK, YOUR SENSORS READ CLEAR.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I HAVE A THEORY, CAPTAIN, THAT--

CAPTAIN KIRK, I'M RECEIVING CLASS 2 SIGNAL

FROM THE ROMULAN VESSEL.

PUT IT ON THE MAIN VIEWING SCREEN, LIEUTENANT,

AND COMPLETE THAT MESSAGE TO STARFLEET COMMAND.

AYE, SIR.

YOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE,

CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK

LAST KNOWN TO BE IN COMMAND.

YOUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT.

THIS IS CAPTAIN KIRK.

I AM SUBCOMMANDER TAL OF THE ROMULAN FLEET.

YOUR SHIP IS SURROUNDED, CAPTAIN.

YOU WILL SURRENDER IMMEDIATELY

OR WE WILL DESTROY YOU.

LIEUTENANT.

THEY WANT SOMETHING,

OR THEY WOULD HAVE DESTROYED US BY NOW.

TRUE, CAPTAIN.

THAT WOULD BE STANDARD ROMULAN PROCEDURE.

IT'S MY SHIP THEY WANT, AND VERY BADLY.

IT WOULD BE A GREAT PRIZE.

LIEUTENANT.

SAVE YOUR THREATS.

IF YOU BOARD THIS SHIP,

I'LL BLOW IT UP. YOU'LL GAIN NOTHING.

WHO IS THAT BESIDE YOU?

MY FIRST OFFICER, COMMANDER SPOCK.

A VULCAN.

[BEEP BEEP]

YES, COMMANDER?

YES, COMMANDER.

NO ONE SHOULD DECIDE QUICKLY TO DIE, CAPTAIN.

WE GIVE YOU ONE OF YOUR HOURS.

IF YOU DO NOT SURRENDER YOUR SHIP

AT THE END OF THAT TIME,

YOUR DESTRUCTION IS CERTAIN.

WE WILL BE OPEN TO COMMUNICATION

SHOULD YOU WISH IT.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT STARFLEET COMMAND

HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE SITUATION?

A SUBSPACE MESSAGE WILL TAKE 3 WEEKS

TO REACH STARFLEET.

THE DECISION IS YOURS, CAPTAIN.

ONE HOUR.

THE DESIGN OF THE SHIP IS THE SAME.

MR. SPOCK, YOU SAID YOU HAD A THEORY

ON WHY YOUR SENSORS DIDN'T PICK UP THE NEW SHIPS

UNTIL THEY WERE UPON US?

I BELIEVE THE ROMULANS HAVE DEVELOPED A CLOAKING DEVICE

WHICH RENDERS OUR TRACKING SENSORS USELESS.

IF SO, ROMULANS COULD ATTACK IN FEDERATION TERRITORY

BEFORE WE KNEW THEY WERE THERE...

BEFORE A VESSEL OR A PLANET

COULD EVEN BEGIN TO GET THEIR DEFENSES UP.

THEY CAUGHT US RIGHT ENOUGH.

THAT'S A BRILLIANT OBSERVATION, MR. SCOTT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY HELPFUL OPINIONS?

WELL, WE'VE NOT GOT MANY CHOICES.

WE HAVE 3--

WE CAN FIGHT AND BE DESTROYED,

OR WE CAN DESTROY THE ENTERPRISE OURSELVES

AND KEEP HER FROM THE ROMULANS,

OR WE CAN...

SURRENDER.

OPINIONS, GENTLEMEN.

IF THE ENTERPRISE IS TAKEN BY ROMULANS,

THEY'LL KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT A STARSHIP.

IF WE HAD NOT CROSSED THE NEUTRAL ZONE,

ON YOUR ORDER,

YOU WOULD NOT NOW NEED OUR OPINIONS

TO SUPPORT A DECISION WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD TO BE MADE.

JIM, YOU ORDERED US?

YOU HAD NO AUTHORITY.

DISMISSED, DOCTOR.

JIM-- I SAID DISMISSED.

[INTERCOM WHISTLES]

BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

KIRK HERE.

THE ROMULAN VESSEL IS SIGNALING AGAIN, SIR.

PUT THEM ON THE SCREEN.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

MY COMMANDER WISHES TO SPEAK WITH YOU,

CAPTAIN KIRK.

PUT HIM ON.

THE COMMANDER WISHES TO SEE YOU

AND YOUR FIRST OFFICER ABOARD THIS VESSEL.

IT IS FELT THIS MATTER REQUIRES DISCUSSION.

WHY SHOULD WE WALK RIGHT INTO YOUR HANDS?

TWO OF MY OFFICERS WILL BEAM ABOARD YOUR VESSEL

AS EXCHANGE HOSTAGES WHILE YOU ARE HERE.

WHAT GUARANTEE DO WE HAVE

THAT THEY'LL BEAM ABOARD OUR SHIP ONCE WE'RE ON YOURS?

GRANTED WE DO NOT EASILY TRUST EACH OTHER, CAPTAIN,

BUT YOU ARE THE ONES WHO VIOLATED OUR TERRITORY.

SHOULD IT NOT BE WE WHO DISTRUST YOUR MOTIVES?

HOWEVER, WE AGREE TO SIMULTANEOUS EXCHANGE.

GIVE US YOUR TRANSPORTER COORDINATES.

WE'RE BEAMING ABOARD.

ONE FINAL ORDER, ENGINEER SCOTT--

IF WE DO NOT RETURN,

THE ENTERPRISE MUST NOT BE TAKEN.

IF THE ROMULANS ATTEMPT IT,

YOU'RE TO FIGHT, AND IF NECESSARY,

DESTROY YOURSELVES. IS THAT CLEAR?

PERFECTLY CLEAR.

ENERGIZE.

CAPTAIN KIRK.

COMMANDER...

I'M HONORED.

I DON'T THINK SO...

BUT WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT MATTER TO DISCUSS.

AND YOUR SUPERFICIAL COURTESIES

ARE AN OVERTURE TO THAT DISCUSSION.

YOU ARE THE FIRST OFFICER?

SPOCK.

I SPEAK FIRST WITH THE CAPTAIN.

YOU MAY WAIT OUTSIDE.

THE MATTER OF TRESPASS INTO ROMULAN SPACE

IS ONE OF GALACTIC IMPORT,

A VIOLATION OF TREATIES.

NOW I ASK YOU SIMPLY,

WHAT IS YOUR MISSION HERE?

INSTRUMENT FAILURE

CAUSED NAVIGATIONAL ERROR.

WE WERE ACROSS THE NEUTRAL ZONE BEFORE WE REALIZED IT,

THEN WE WERE SURROUNDED BY YOUR SHIPS

BEFORE WE COULD GET BACK.

A STARSHIP,

ONE OF THE STARFLEET'S FINEST VESSELS?

YOU'RE SAYING INSTRUMENT FAILURE

AS RADICAL AS YOU SUGGEST WENT UNNOTICED

UNTIL YOU WERE WELL PAST THE NEUTRAL ZONE?

ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN.

CUT OFF, BACKUP SYSTEMS CAN MALFUNCTION.

WE WERE DUE FOR AN OVERHAUL TWO MONTHS AGO.

I SEE.

BUT YOU WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE WITH THIS MALFUNCTION?

THE ERROR WAS CORRECTED.

BUT I DOUBT IT IT WILL CLEAR YOU OF ESPIONAGE.

WE WERE NOT SPYING, COMMANDER.

YOUR LANGUAGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MOST DIFFICULT FOR ME, CAPTAIN.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE ANOTHER WORD FOR IT.

YOU ARE GROSSLY MISTAKEN IF YOU THINK THAT WE WERE THERE TO--

CAPTAIN, IF A ROMULAN VESSEL VENTURED FAR INTO FEDERATION TERRITORY

WITHOUT GOOD EXPLANATION,

WHAT WOULD A STAR BASE COMMANDER DO?

YOU SEE...

IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.

I HARDLY BELIEVE YOU ARE THE INJURED PARTY.

SPOCK, COME IN.

THE CAPTAIN HAS MADE HIS STATEMENT.

I UNDERSTAND.

I MUST ADMIT SOME SURPRISE ON SEEING YOU, SPOCK.

WE WERE NOT AWARE OF VULCANS ABOARD THE ENTERPRISE.

STARFLEET IS NOT IN THE HABIT

OF INFORMING ROMULANS OF ITS SHIPS' PERSONNEL.

QUITE SO, YET THERE ARE CERTAIN SHIPS...

CERTAIN OFFICERS...

THAT ARE KNOWN TO US.

YOUR SITUATION APPEARS MOST INTERESTING.

WHAT EARNS SPOCK YOUR SPECIAL INTEREST?

HE IS A VULCAN.

OUR FOREBEARS HAD THE SAME ROOTS

AND ORIGINS.

SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, CAPTAIN.

WE CAN APPRECIATE THE VULCANS,

OUR DISTANT BROTHERS.

I HAVE HEARD OF VULCAN INTEGRITY

AND PERSONAL HONOR.

THERE'S A WELL-KNOWN SAYING--

OR IS IT A MYTH--

THAT VULCANS ARE INCAPABLE OF LYING?

IT IS NO MYTH.

THEN TELL ME TRUTHFULLY NOW,

BY YOUR HONOR AS A VULCAN,

WHAT WAS YOUR MISSION?

I RESERVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING

ONLY WHEN IT WILL NOT VIOLATE MY HONOR AS A VULCAN.

IT IS UNWORTHY OF A VULCAN

TO RESORT TO SUBTERFUGE.

YOU'RE BEING CLEVER, COMMANDER.

THAT IS UNWORTHY OF A ROMULAN.

IT IS NOT A LIE TO KEEP THE TRUTH TO ONESELF.

OH, THEN THERE IS A TRUTH HERE

THAT REMAINS UNSPOKEN.

YOU'VE BEEN TOLD EVERYTHING. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

THERE IS MR. SPOCK'S UNSPOKEN TRUTH.

YOU KNEW OF THE CLOAKING DEVICE

THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED.

YOU DELIBERATELY VIOLATED ROMULAN SPACE

WITH A BLATANT SPY MISSION, BY ORDER OF THE FEDERATION--

WE'VE BEEN ALL THROUGH THAT, COMMANDER.

WE HAVE NOT EVEN BEGUN!

THERE'S NO FORCE THAT I CAN USE

ON A VULCAN

THAT WILL MAKE HIM SPEAK.

THAT IS A FACT.

BUT THERE ARE ROMULAN METHODS

COMPLETELY EFFECTIVE AGAINST HUMANS

AND HUMAN WEAKNESSES.

YOU WOULD NOT RESORT TO THEM, COMMANDER.

THEY WOULD PROVE INEFFECTIVE AGAINST THE CAPTAIN.

THEN THEY WILL LEAVE HIM DEAD...

OR WHAT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN DEAD,

BUT I WILL KNOW YOUR UNSPOKEN TRUTHS.

LET HER RANT. THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY.

I CANNOT ALLOW THE CAPTAIN TO BE FURTHER DESTROYED.

THE STRAIN OF COMMAND HAS WORN HEAVILY UPON HIM.

HE HAS NOT BEEN HIMSELF FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

THAT'S A LIE!

AS YOU CAN SEE, CAPTAIN KIRK IS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE

AND EMOTIONAL PERSON.

I BELIEVE HE HAS LOST THE CAPACITY FOR RATIONAL DECISION.

SHUT UP, SPOCK!

I AM BETRAYING NO SECRETS.

THE COMMANDER'S SUSPICION

THAT STARFLEET ORDERED THE ENTERPRISE

INTO THE NEUTRAL ZONE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

OUR RAPID CAPTURE DEMONSTRATES ITS FOOLHARDINESS.

YOU'RE A FILTHY LIAR!

I AM SPEAKING THE TRUTH,

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTERPRISE AND THE FEDERATION.

I SAY NOW AND FOR THE RECORD

THAT CAPTAIN KIRK ORDERED THE ENTERPRISE ACROSS THE NEUTRAL ZONE

ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE AND HIS CRAVING FOR GLORY.

I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS, YOU TRAITOR! I'LL KILL YOU!

I'LL KILL YOU!

HE IS NOT SANE.

ATTENTION, ENTERPRISE, I AM SPEAKING TO YOU

FROM THE ROMULAN FLAGSHIP.

THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE,

UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK,

IS FORMALLY CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE.

THE TESTIMONY OF FIRST OFFICER SPOCK

WAS HIGHLY INSTRUMENTAL IN CONFIRMING

THIS INTRUSION INTO ROMULAN SPACE

WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT.

FIRST OFFICER SPOCK'S TESTIMONY WAS SPECIFIC

THAT YOUR SHIP WAS NOT UNDER ORDERS

FROM STARFLEET COMMAND

OR THE FEDERATION COUNCIL

TO PERFORM SUCH A SPY MISSION.

IT WAS CAPTAIN KIRK WHO WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE.

SINCE THE CREW HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO OBEY ORDERS,

THE CREW WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

THEREFORE, I AM ORDERING ENGINEER SCOTT,

PRESENTLY IN COMMAND OF THE ENTERPRISE,

TO FOLLOW THE ROMULAN FLAGSHIP

TO OUR HOME BASE.

YOU WILL THERE BE PROCESSED AND RELEASED

TO FEDERATION COMMAND.

UNTIL JUDGMENT IS PASSED,

CAPTAIN KIRK WILL BE HELD

IN CONFINEMENT.

SECURITY, PUT OUR TWO ROMULAN HOSTAGES IN THE BRIG.

LIEUTENANT UHURA, GIVE ME A CHANNEL TO THAT SHIP.

THE CHANNEL IS OPEN, MR. SCOTT,

AND YOU ARE TIED IN.

THIS IS LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SCOTT.

THE ENTERPRISE TAKES NO ORDERS

EXCEPT THOSE OF CAPTAIN KIRK.

AND WE WILL STAY RIGHT HERE

UNTIL HE RETURNS.

AND IF YOU MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO BOARD

OR COMMANDEER THE ENTERPRISE,

IT WILL BE BLOWN TO BITS

ALONG WITH AS MANY OF YOU AS WE CAN TAKE WITH US.

YOU HUMANS MAKE A BRAVE NOISE.

THERE ARE WAYS TO CONVINCE YOU OF YOUR ERRORS.

[CLICK]

DID YOU HEAR THAT, YOU COWARD?

YOU'VE BETRAYED EVERYTHING OF VALUE YOU EVER KNEW.

DID YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF HUMAN INTEGRITY?

TAKE HIM TO THE SECURITY ROOM.

A VULCAN AMONG HUMANS...

LIVING, WORKING WITH THEM...

I WOULD THINK THE SITUATION WOULD BE INTOLERABLE TO YOU.

I AM HALF VULCAN.

MY MOTHER IS A HUMAN.

TO WHOM IS YOUR ALLEGIANCE, THEN?

DO YOU CALL YOURSELF TERRAN OR VULCAN?

VULCAN.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A STARFLEET OFFICER, SPOCK?

18 YEARS.

AND YOU SERVE CAPTAIN KIRK.

DO YOU LIKE HIM?

DO YOU LIKE YOUR SHIPMATES?

THE QUESTION IS IRRELEVANT.

POSSIBLY. BUT YOU ARE SUBORDINATE TO CAPTAIN KIRK'S ORDERS,

EVEN TO HIS WHIMS.

MY DUTY AS AN OFFICER IS TO OBEY HIM.

YOU ARE A SUPERIOR BEING.

WHY DO YOU NOT COMMAND?

I DO NOT DESIRE A SHIP OF MY OWN.

OR IS IT THAT NO ONE HAS OFFERED YOU, A VULCAN,

THAT OPPORTUNITY?

SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE EXTREMELY RARE.

FOR SOMEONE WITH YOUR CAPABILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

OPPORTUNITIES ARE MADE...

AND WILL BE.

I WILL SEE TO THAT,

IF YOU WILL STOP LOOKING ON THE FEDERATION

AS THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.

IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW.

THAT THOUGHT HAS OCCASIONALLY CROSSED MY MIND.

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN SHIP.

COMMANDER, SHALL WE SPEAK PLAINLY?

IT IS YOU WHO DESPERATELY NEED A SHIP.

YOU WANT THE ENTERPRISE.

OF COURSE.

IT WOULD BE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ME

TO BRING HOME THE ENTERPRISE INTACT.

IT WOULD BROADEN THE SCOPE OF MY POWERS GREATLY.

IT WOULD BE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A LIFETIME.

AND IT WOULD OPEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.

AAH!

Uhura: BRIDGE TO DR. McCOY.

McCOY HERE.

DOCTOR, YOU MUST BEAM ABOARD THE ROMULAN FLAGSHIP IMMEDIATELY.

THERE'S BEEN AN INJURY.

I DON'T MAKE HOUSE CALLS.

DOCTOR, IT'S CAPTAIN KIRK!

HE'LL RECOVER, BUT HE'LL NEED FURTHER ATTENTION.

INFORM YOUR SUPERIOR.

[BEEPING]

YES?

I'LL COME THERE.

ATTEND ME.

I NEGLECTED TO MENTION, I'LL EXPECT YOU FOR DINNER.

WE HAVE MUCH TO DISCUSS.

INDEED?

ALLOW ME TO--TO REPHRASE.

WILL YOU JOIN ME FOR DINNER?

I AM HONORED, COMMANDER.

ARE THE GUARDS ALSO INVITED?

MR. SPOCK...

THAT CORRIDOR IS FORBIDDEN TO ALL BUT LOYAL ROMULANS.

OF COURSE.

I SHALL OBEY YOUR RESTRICTIONS.

I HOPE THAT ONE DAY

THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR YOU TO OBSERVE

ANY RESTRICTIONS.

IT WOULD BE ILLOGICAL

TO ASSUME THAT ALL CONDITIONS

REMAIN STABLE.

ARE YOU THE DOCTOR?

McCOY.

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.

CAPTAIN KIRK'S CONDITION?

WELL, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF,

HE'S MENTALLY DEPRESSED, PHYSICALLY WEAK,

DISORIENTED,

DISPLAYS FEELINGS OF PERSECUTION AND REBELLION.

THEN BY YOUR OWN STANDARDS OF NORMALITY,

THIS MAN IS NOT FULLY COMPETENT.

NO, NOT NOW.

MR. SPOCK HAS STATED

THAT HE BELIEVES THE CAPTAIN HAD NO AUTHORITY

OR ORDER TO CROSS THE NEUTRAL ZONE.

COULD THIS MENTAL INCAPACITY

HAVE AFFLICTED HIM EARLIER?

YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.

MR. SPOCK, THE DOCTOR HAS NOW CONFIRMED YOUR TESTIMONY

AS TO THE MENTAL STATE OF YOUR CAPTAIN.

HE WAS AND IS UNFIT TO CONTINUE IN COMMAND OF THE ENTERPRISE.

THAT DUTY HAS NOW FALLEN ON YOU.

ARE YOU READY TO EXERCISE THAT FUNCTION?

I AM READY.

SPOCK, I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

THERE'S NO PRICE YOU COULD PAY

THAT WOULD MAKE HIM SELL OUT.

THE MATTER IS NOT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, DOCTOR.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE MATTER'S NOT OPEN FOR--

THAT'S ENOUGH, DOCTOR.

AS A PHYSICIAN, YOUR DUTY IS TO SAVE LIVES.

MR. SPOCK'S DUTY

IS TO LEAD THE ENTERPRISE AND ITS CREW

TO A SAFE HAVEN.

THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE, DOCTOR.

THE SAFETY OF THE CREW IS NOW THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.

IT IS MISGUIDED LOYALTY TO RESIST ANY FURTHER.

YOU TRAITOR.

I'LL KILL YOU.

I'LL KILL YOU.

I'LL KILL YOU!

WHAT DID YOU DO?

WHAT DID YOU DO?!

I WAS UNPREPARED FOR HIS ATTACK.

I INSTINCTIVELY USED THE VULCAN DEATH GRIP.

YOUR INSTINCTS ARE STILL GOOD, MR. SPOCK.

THE CAPTAIN IS DEAD.

DOCTOR! DR. McCOY!

DR. McCOY!

I LEFT ORDERS THAT NO ONE WAS TO COME IN HERE.

BUT HE'S ALIVE! ALIVE!

WELL, NOW THAT YOU KNOW IT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL ASSIST ME.

HAND ME THE PHYSIO-STIMULATOR.

BUT HE WAS DEAD. BUT THEIR DOCTORS CERTIFIED HE WAS DEAD.

SPOCK GAVE HIM A NERVE PINCH TO SIMULATE DEATH.

THEN MR. SPOCK ISN'T A TRAITOR,

AND YOU KNEW THAT ALL THE TIME AND YOU DIDN'T--

I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I BEAMED ABOARD THE ROMULAN SHIP.

JIM AND SPOCK WERE OPERATING UNDER FEDERATION ORDERS.

OHH...

OHH.

MY NECK FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN TWISTED OFF.

THAT'S THE VULCAN DEATH GRIP FOR YOU.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A VULCAN DEATH GRIP.

AH, BUT THE ROMULANS DON'T KNOW THAT.

SURE FOOLED THE DOCTORS.

YOU TOOK A BIG CHANCE THAT THEY DIDN'T START AN AUTOPSY.

AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CREW IS CONCERNED,

I'M STILL DEAD.

WHY?

THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE MASQUERADE WAS ABOUT--

TO KEEP THE ENTERPRISE AND THE FEDERATION OFF THE HOOK.

SO THAT IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG,

YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TO BLAME.

BONES, I WANT YOU TO PREPARE FOR SURGERY.

WHAT FOR?

[INTERCOM WHISTLES]

SICK BAY TO BRIDGE.

SCOTT HERE, DOCTOR.

MR. SCOTT, WILL YOU REPORT TO SICK BAY.

SICK BAY? I CAN'T LEAVE THE BRIDGE AT A TIME LIKE THIS.

YOU HAVE TO. IT'S URGENT.

WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ENEMY VESSELS READY TO ATTACK US.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING MORE URGENT THAN THAT.

WELL, I DO.

MR. SCOTT, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR.

IT BETTER BE IMPORTANT.

SCOTT OUT.

ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, WHAT'S SO URGENT THAT--

CAPTAIN?

CAPTAIN KIRK.

YES.

WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL HIMSELF,

BUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE.

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

ARE THOSE ROMULAN OFFICERS STILL ABOARD THE SHIP?

THEY'RE IN THE BRIG, SIR.

I'LL NEED A ROMULAN UNIFORM.

AH...

AYE.

IT'LL BE A PLEASURE.

I'VE HAD SPECIAL VULCAN DISHES PREPARED FOR YOU.

I HOPE THEY'RE TO YOUR LIKING.

I AM VERY FLATTERED, COMMANDER.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE CUISINE ABOARD YOUR VESSEL

IS FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE ENTERPRISE.

IT IS, INDEED,

A VERY POWERFUL RECRUITING INDUCEMENT.

WE HAVE OTHER INDUCEMENTS.

WHAT THE DEVIL IS SPOCK DOING?

WHAT'S DELAYING HIM?

I WISH I KNEW.

SCOTTY, ARE YOU SURE

WE HAVE A CLEAR CHANNEL TO SPOCK?

AYE, SIR. NO DOUBT OF IT.

THEN WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

PREPARE TO BEAM ME ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP.

BUT MR. SPOCK HASN'T SENT THE PROPER COORDINATES.

IT CAN'T BE HELPED, SCOTTY.

YOU'RE TAKING AN AWFUL CHANCE, JIM.

JUST DON'T PUT ME INSIDE A BULKHEAD. ENERGIZE.

CENTURION, I'M SORRY. NO ONE IS ALLOWED--

I HAVE JUST EFFECTED AN ESCAPE FROM A FEDERATION VESSEL.

I HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SUBCOMMANDER TAL. WHERE IS HE?

HE IS IN CONTROL CENTRAL, CENTURION.

GOOD. I SHALL REMEMBER TO MENTION YOUR ALERTNESS TO HIM.

RETURN TO YOUR DUTY.

THANK YOU, CENTURION.

YOU HAVE NOTHING IN STARFLEET

TO WHICH TO RETURN.

I OFF--

WE...

OFFER YOU AN ALTERNATIVE.

WE WILL FIND A PLACE FOR YOU,

IF YOU WISH IT.

A PLACE?

MM-HMM.

WITH ME.

ROMULAN WOMEN ARE NOT LIKE VULCAN FEMALES.

WE ARE NOT DEDICATED TO...

PURE LOGIC

AND THE STERILITY OF NON-EMOTION.

OUR PEOPLE ARE WARRIORS.

OFTEN SAVAGE.

BUT WE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER PLEASANT THINGS.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT ASPECT OF ROMULAN SOCIETY.

AS A VULCAN, YOU WILL STUDY IT.

AS A HUMAN, YOU WOULD FIND WAYS TO APPRECIATE IT.

PLEASE BELIEVE ME.

I DO...

APPRECIATE IT.

I AM SO GLAD.

NOW, ONE FINAL STEP TO MAKE THE OCCASION COMPLETE.

YOU WILL LEAD A SMALL PARTY OF ROMULANS

ABOARD THE ENTERPRISE,

AND THERE YOU WILL TAKE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE

AS ITS COMMANDER,

AND YOU WILL LEAD THE SHIP TO A ROMULAN PORT,

WITH MY FLAGSHIP AT ITS SIDE.

YES, OF COURSE.

BUT NOT JUST THIS MOMENT.

AN HOUR FROM NOW WILL DO...

EVEN BETTER.

WOULD IT NOT...

COMMANDER?

YES.

YES, IT WILL...

MR. SPOCK.

YOU DO KNOW I HAVE A FIRST NAME.

I WAS BEGINNING TO WONDER.

WELL, I DO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT?

HOW RARE...

AND HOW BEAUTIFUL...

BUT SO INCONGRUOUS

WHEN SPOKEN BY A SOLDIER.

IF YOU WILL GIVE ME A MOMENT,

THE SOLDIER WILL TRANSFORM HERSELF...

INTO A WOMAN.

SPOCK TO CAPTAIN KIRK.

KIRK HERE.

CAPTAIN, ARE YOU PREPARED TO BEAM OVER?

I'M ALREADY ON BOARD, SPOCK.

DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION?

YES, CAPTAIN.

THE CLOAKING DEVICE IS IN AN AREA NEAR THE COMMANDER'S QUARTERS.

IT IS CLOSELY GUARDED

AND OFF-LIMITS TO ALL BUT AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.

WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT LOCATION?

SUBCOMMANDER TAL, I'M RECEIVING AN ALIEN TRANSMISSION

FROM WITHIN OUR VESSEL, SIR.

ALIEN? ARE YOU CERTAIN?

YES, SUBCOMMANDER.

I MUST KNOW THE SOURCE!

TRIANGULATING NOW, SIR.

SPOCK, I'LL GET THE CLOAKING DEVICE.

WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE ENTERPRISE

WITHOUT ATTRACTING THEIR ATTENTION?

UNKNOWN, CAPTAIN.

AT PRESENT, I AM RATHER HEAVILY--

IS MY...

ATTIRE NOW MORE APPROPRIATE...

MR. SPOCK?

COMMANDER, YOUR ATTIRE IS NOT ONLY MORE APPROPRIATE,

IT SHOULD ACTUALLY STIMULATE OUR CONVERSATION.

CENTURION, HAVE YOU CLEARANCE FOR THIS AREA?

I DO NOT RECOGNIZE YOU.

THERE'S AN INTRUDER ABOARD.

HAS SOMEONE TRIED TO GAIN ENTRANCE THERE?

OVER THERE! I MUST SEE YOUR AUTHORIZATION--

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE...

THAT I CAN BE SO MOVED...

BY THE TOUCH OF AN ALIEN HAND.

I MUST CONFESS THAT I, TOO...

AM MOVED EMOTIONALLY.

I KNOW IT IS ILLOGICAL.

MR. SPOCK...

WE MUSTN'T QUESTION WHAT WE TRULY FEEL.

ACCEPT WHAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN US,

EVEN AS I DO.

[BEEP]

COMMANDER.

[BEEP]

PERMISSION TO ENTER.

NOT NOW, TAL.

IT IS URGENT, COMMANDER.

ENTER.

COMMANDER, WE HAVE INTERCEPTED AN ALIEN TRANSMISSION.

LOCATE ITS SOURCE.

WE HAVE, COMMANDER.

THIS ROOM.

THE CLOAKING DEVICE.

BRING HIM.

HALT.

DON'T MOVE.

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?

THERE'S AN ENEMY SPY ABOARD.

HE'LL BE AFTER THE CLOAKING DEVICE.

DROP YOUR WEAPON.

SCOTTY...

ENERGIZE.

BUT, SIR, WHAT ABOUT MR. SPOCK?

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO HOPE HE CAN BUY US TIME

TO GET THIS CLOAKING DEVICE INSTALLED.

IT'LL HAVE TO BE HOOKED IN TO OUR DEFLECTOR SHIELD CONTROL.

I DON'T KNOW, SIR. CAN YOU DO IT?

YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES, SCOTTY.

COMMANDER, THE CLOAKING DEVICE IS GONE.

FULL ALERT.

SEARCH ALL DECKS.

THAT WILL BE PROFITLESS, COMMANDER.

I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND IT.

YOU MUST BE MAD.

I ASSURE YOU...

I AM QUITE SANE.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?

WHAT ARE YOU THAT YOU COULD DO THIS?

FIRST OFFICER...

OF THE ENTERPRISE.

WHAT IS YOUR PRESENT FORM OF EXECUTION?

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 5027.4.

COMMANDER SCOTT HAS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES

TO INSTALL THE ROMULAN'S CLOAKING DEVICE

AND GET IT WORKING.

I HOPE MR. SPOCK CAN BUY US THE TIME WE NEED.

CAPTAIN!

YOU'RE ALIVE!

THEY SAID YOU'D BEEN KILLED, SIR.

THE REPORT WAS PREMATURE.

CAPTAIN, YOUR EARS. WHAT HAPPENED?

WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER.

MR. SULU, LAY IN A COURSE FOR HOME.

MR. CHEKOV, TAKE THE SENSORS.

MR. SPOCK IS STILL ABOARD THE ROMULAN FLAGSHIP.

I WANT HIS BODY READINGS PINPOINTED AND ISOLATED.

THAT WAS NOT A REQUEST, GENTLEMEN.

AYE, SIR.

AYE, SIR.

AYE, SIR.

RETURN TO YOUR STATION, SUBCOMMANDER.

THE BOARDING ACTION ON THE ENTERPRISE

WILL BEGIN WITH MY COMMAND.

IF THEY RESIST, DESTROY HER.

EXECUTION OF STATE CRIMINALS

IS BOTH PAINFUL AND UNPLEASANT.

I BELIEVE THE DETAILS ARE UNNECESSARY.

THE SENTENCE WILL BE CARRIED OUT

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CHARGES HAVE BEEN RECORDED.

I DEMAND THE RIGHT OF STATEMENT FIRST.

YOU UNDERSTAND ROMULAN TRADITION WELL.

THE RIGHT IS GRANTED.

THANK YOU.

I SHALL NOT REQUIRE MUCH TIME,

NO MORE THAN...

20 MINUTES, I SHOULD SAY.

IT SHOULD TAKE LESS TIME THAN THAT

TO FIND YOUR ALLY WHO STOLE THE CLOAKING DEVICE.

YOU WILL NOT DIE ALONE.

RECORDING THE ROMULAN RIGHT OF STATEMENT.

PROCEED, COMMANDER SPOCK.

MY CRIME IS SABOTAGE.

I FREELY ADMIT MY GUILT.

THE OATH I SWORE AS A STARFLEET OFFICER

IS BOTH SPECIFIC AND BINDING.

AS LONG AS I WEAR THE UNIFORM,

MY DUTY IS TO PROTECT

THE SECURITY OF THE FEDERATION.

CLEARLY, YOUR NEW CLOAKING DEVICE

IS A THREAT TO THAT SECURITY.

I CARRIED OUT MY DUTY.

EVERYONE CARRIES OUT HIS DUTY.

YOU STATE THE OBVIOUS, SPOCK.

THERE IS NO REGULATION REGARDING THE CONTENT OF MY STATEMENT.

MAY I CONTINUE?

VERY WELL.

YOUR 20 MINUTES IS ALMOST UP.

MR. CHEKOV, THERE'S ONLY ONE VULCAN ABOARD THAT SHIP.

HE SHOULD BE EASY ENOUGH TO LOCATE.

ROMULANS AND VULCANS APPEAR TO READ ALMOST EXACTLY ALIKE.

THERE IS JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE WHICH--

GOT HIM, SIR.

FEED THE COORDINATES TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM ON THE DOUBLE.

HAVE THEM PREPARE TO BEAM HIM ABOARD ON MY SIGNAL.

CAPTAIN KIRK,

MR. SCOTT IS ON THE INTERCOM FOR YOU, SIR.

GO AHEAD, SCOTTY.

I'VE GOT THAT DEVICE INSTALLED,

BUT BLESS ME IF I KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO WORK.

IT'S THE BIGGEST GUESS I'VE EVER MADE.

STAND BY, SCOTTY.

SIR, TRANSPORTER ROOM HAS THE COORDINATES

AND IS READY FOR BEAMING.

TRANSPORTER ROOM, BEAM MR. SPOCK ABOARD.

BEYOND THE HISTORIC TRADITION OF VULCAN LOYALTY,

THERE IS ALSO THE COMBINED ROMULAN-VULCAN HISTORY

OF OBEDIENCE TO DUTY.

TRANSPORTER ROOM REPORTS MR. SPOCK ABOARD, SIR,

AND THE ROMULAN COMMANDER.

THE COMMANDER?

AYE, SIR.

HA HA! ALL RIGHT.

HAVE THEM REPORT TO THE BRIDGE ON THE DOUBLE.

MR. SULU, TAKE US AWAY FROM THE ROMULAN.

WARP FACTOR 9.

SUBCOMMANDER, THE ENEMY VESSEL

IS MOVING AWAY AT EXTREME SPEED, SIR.

ALERT ALL VESSELS. WEAPONS OFFICER,

BRING MAIN BATTERIES TO BEAR ON THE ENTERPRISE.

HOLDING AT WARP 9, SIR.

SCOTTY, YOU BETTER SWITCH ON THAT DEVICE.

I DID, SIR.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

I WOULD GIVE YOU CREDIT, CAPTAIN,

FOR GETTING THIS FAR,

BUT YOU WILL BE DEAD IN A MOMENT,

AND THE CREDIT WOULD BE GRATUITOUS.

LIEUTENANT, OPEN A CHANNEL TO THE ROMULAN VESSEL.

AYE, SIR.

I HAVE SUBCOMMANDER TAL, SIR.

ESTABLISH TWO-WAY VISUAL CONTACT.

WE HAVE YOU UNDER OUR WEAPONS, ENTERPRISE.

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE.

THIS IS CAPTAIN KIRK. HOLD YOUR FIRE.

WE HAVE YOUR COMMANDER ABOARD.

COMMANDER?

DESTROY THIS VESSEL.

I GAVE YOU A DIRECT COMMAND!

BREAK CONTACT! TAL!

HELMSMAN, FLANK SPEED.

WEAPONS OFFICER, STAND BY TO FIRE MAIN BATTERIES

AS SOON AS WE REACH OPTIMUM RANGE.

SCOTTY, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

CAPTAIN, I'M WORKING AS FAST AS I CAN.

YOU SEE, CAPTAIN?

YOUR EFFORT IS BEING WASTED.

MR. SPOCK, DISTANCE FROM THE ROMULAN VESSEL?

150,000 KILOMETERS, CAPTAIN,

AND CLOSING VERY RAPIDLY.

STAND BY, PHASERS.

COMMANDER, YOU'LL FORGIVE ME IF I PUT UP A FIGHT.

OF COURSE.

IT'S EXPECTED.

100,000 KILOMETERS.

THEY SHOULD COMMENCE FIRING AT US

WITHIN THE NEXT 12.7 SECONDS.

SCOTTY...

IT'S READY NOW, CAPTAIN,

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OUR CIRCUITS

CAN HANDLE THIS ALIEN CONTRAPTION.

PULL THE SWITCH.

IT'LL LIKELY OVERLOAD.

THROW THE SWITCH.

WEAPONS OFFICER, COMMENCE FI--

GONE.

THEY HAVE THE CLOAKING DEVICE!

QUICKLY, COMPUTE ENEMY COURSE FROM LAST POSITION

YES, SIR. AND OPEN FIRE!

MR. SULU, COME ABOUT.

318 MARK 7.

318 MARK 7, SIR.

EXECUTING.

THE CLOAKING DEVICE IS WORKING PERFECTLY,

AND THE COMMANDER HAS INFORMED ME

THAT EVEN THE ROMULAN SENSORS

CANNOT TRACK A VESSEL SO EQUIPPED.

THANK YOU, MR. SPOCK.

CANCEL RED ALERT.

WE'LL LET YOU OFF AT THE NEAREST FEDERATION OUTPOST.

YOU ARE VERY GENEROUS, CAPTAIN.

IF I MAY BE TAKEN TO YOUR BRIG,

I WILL TAKE MY PLACE AS YOUR PRISONER.

MR. SPOCK WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF ESCORTING YOU TO YOUR QUARTERS.

CAPTAIN.

COMMANDER.

DECK 2.

IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT YOU WERE MADE AN UNWILLING PASSENGER.

IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.

ALL THE FEDERATION WANTED WAS THE CLOAKING DEVICE.

THE FEDERATION?

AND WHAT DID YOU WANT?

IT WAS MY ONLY INTEREST

WHEN I BOARDED YOUR VESSEL.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY ALL YOU CAME AWAY WITH.

YOU UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELF, COMMANDER.

YOU REALIZE THAT VERY SOON

WE WILL LEARN TO PENETRATE

THE CLOAKING DEVICE YOU STOLE.

OBVIOUSLY.

MILITARY SECRETS ARE THE MOST FLEETING OF ALL.

I HOPE THAT YOU AND I

EXCHANGED SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT.

IT WAS YOUR CHOICE.

IT WAS THE ONLY CHOICE POSSIBLE.

YOU WOULD NOT RESPECT ANY OTHER.

IT WILL BE OUR SECRET.

ENTERING NEUTRAL ZONE, CAPTAIN.

VERY GOOD, MR. CHEKOV.

THANK YOU, MR. LESLIE.

SICK BAY TO BRIDGE.

WHAT IS IT, BONES?

IF ALL THE SHOUTING'S OVER UP THERE,

I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO REPORT TO SICK BAY.

WHAT FOR?

WELL, YOU'RE DUE IN SURGERY.

I'M GOING TO BOB YOUR EARS.

CAPTAIN...

PLEASE GO.

SOMEHOW THEY DO NOT LOOK AESTHETICALLY AGREEABLE ON HUMANS.

WELL, ARE YOU COMING, JIM,

OR DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE

LOOKING LIKE YOUR FIRST OFFICER?

I'M ON MY WAY.