1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,000 Tactical! 3 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,600 Visual! 4 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:21,720 Prepare torpedos! 5 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:31,720 Attention! 6 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,800 Fire! 7 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Evade 8 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,920 This is com station Epsilon 9 calling USS Columbia. 9 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,680 Come in, Columbia. Respond, please. 10 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,960 This is Scout Columbia, Epsilon 9. Could you boost your transmission? 11 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,480 This is Epsilon 9, Columbia. 12 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,080 Am boosting output. How read you this? 13 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,600 Fine, fine. Thank you, Epsilon 9. Receiving your transmission. 14 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,040 Scout Columbia, NCC-621... 15 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,520 to rendezvous with Scout Revere, NCC-595... 16 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,600 on stardate 7411.4. 17 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,680 Further orders will be relayed at that time. 18 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,280 Signed Commodore Prober to Starfleet. 19 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,200 - End of transmission. - Received. Thank you. 20 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,440 Our sensor drone is intercepting this on Quad L-1 4. 21 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,440 That's within Klingon boundaries. Who are they fighting? 22 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,360 Unknown, Sir. 23 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,240 I have an exterior visual. 24 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,100 Attention! 25 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Fire! 26 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,240 We've plotted a course on that cloud, Commander. 27 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,320 It will pass into Federation space fairly close to us. 28 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:40,960 Heading? 29 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,640 Sir, it's on a precise heading for Earth. 30 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,840 Commander Sonak. 31 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,040 You received your appointment as Enterprise science officer? 32 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,040 Based, I am told, on your recommendation, Admiral. Thank you. 33 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:23,320 Then why aren't you aboard? 34 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,920 Captain Decker requested I complete final science briefing here before... 35 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,520 - Here? - we leave on our mission. 36 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,200 At Starfleet? 37 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,720 The Enterprise is in final preparation to leave dock. 38 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,680 Which will require 20 more hours at minimum... 39 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,480 Twelve. 40 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,440 I'm on my way to a meeting with Admiral Nogura... 41 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,480 which will not last more than three minutes. 42 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,480 Report to me on the Enterprise in one hour. 43 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:43,560 Report to you, Sir? 44 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:48,280 It is my intention to be on that ship following that meeting. 45 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,200 Report to me in one hour. 46 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,320 - Admiral! - Mr. Scott. 47 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,520 Those departure orders... 12 hours. Starfleet cannot be serious. 48 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,560 Why aren't the Enterprise transporters operating, Mr. Scott? 49 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,760 A wee problem, Sir. Just temporary. 50 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,080 Admiral, we have just finished 18 months... 51 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,960 redesigning and refitting the Enterprise. 52 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,080 How in hell do they expect me to have her ready in 12 hours? 53 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,520 Take me over, please. 54 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,200 She needs more work, Sir. A shakedown! 55 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,760 Mr. Scott, an alien object of unbelievable destructive power... 56 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,440 is less than three days away from this planet. 57 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,200 The only starship in interception range is the Enterprise. 58 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,280 Ready or not, she launches in 12 hours. 59 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,640 The crew haven't had near enough transition time... 60 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,560 with all the new equipment. 61 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:06,280 And the engines... They're not even tested at warp power. 62 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,000 And an untried Captain. 63 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,440 Two-and-a-half years as chief of Starfleet Operations... 64 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,560 may have made me a little stale, but I... 65 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,640 wouldn't exactly consider myself untried. 66 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,640 - They gave her back to me, Scotty. - Gave her back, Sir? 67 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:24,960 I doubt it was that easy with Nogura. 68 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,640 You're right. 69 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,560 Well, any man who could manage such a feat... 70 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:36,400 I would not dare disappoint. 71 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,200 She'll launch on time, Sir, and she'll be ready. 72 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:21,280 - Thank you, Mr. Scott. - Aye, Sir. 73 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,800 Cargo bay to launch crew. 74 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,560 A travel pod is now available at dock 6. 75 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,440 - Permission to come aboard, Sir. - Granted, Sir. 76 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,000 Welcome aboard, Admiral. 77 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,280 Commander Scott, you're needed in Engineering immediately. 78 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,160 Sir, you'll excuse me. 79 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,720 Flight deck, prepare for an incoming shuttlecraft. 80 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,320 If you'll follow me, I'll show you... 81 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,840 I think I can find my way, Ensign. 82 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:50,920 Aye, Sir. 83 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,480 Bridge. 84 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:01,920 What's the problem? 85 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,400 I thought you people had that circuit patched in an hour ago. 86 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,760 We did. We had to disconnect it. 87 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:07,960 All right. Take out... 88 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,440 It's going to take us longer that way. We're trying to save time. 89 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,520 I'm still waiting for a check on the line. What's holding it up? 90 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,920 As soon as somebody can get to it. 91 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,800 What's the next program? 92 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,920 I'll get somebody down there as soon as I can, Cleary. 93 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,640 My people are all tied up now. 94 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:31,080 Captain! Starfleet just signaled your transfer of command orders. 95 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,240 - Captain. - I appreciate the welcome. 96 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,360 I wish the circumstances were less critical. 97 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,400 Epsilon 9 is monitoring the intruder. Keep a channel open to them. 98 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,720 Aye, Sir. 99 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,280 - Where's Captain Decker? - He's in Engineering, Sir. 100 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,880 He... He doesn't know. 101 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,200 - Mr. Chekov. - Aye, Sir. 102 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,960 Assemble the crew on the recreation deck at 0400 hours. 103 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,720 I want to show them what we're facing. 104 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,520 Check Cleary on number six. 105 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,440 - Need your cooler status. - Stand by. 106 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:38,240 Space matrix restoration coils. Dilithium crystals. 107 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,520 I knew it. The transporter sensor was not activated. 108 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,080 Air equalization. Automatic off. 109 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:44,360 Faulty module. 110 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,120 Cleary, put a new backup sensor into the unit. 111 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,640 Aye, Sir. 112 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,960 Admiral Kirk! Well, we're getting a top brass send-off. 113 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,320 Don't worry, she'll launch on schedule... 114 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,560 if we have to tow her out with our bare hands, right, Scotty? 115 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,480 Aye. That we will, Sir. 116 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,600 - Let's talk. - Sure. 117 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,000 Let me know when that backup's ready. 118 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,200 All due respect, I hope this isn't some kind of Starfleet pep talk. 119 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,080 - I'm really too busy. - I'm taking over the center seat. 120 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,960 You're what? 121 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,560 I'm replacing you as Captain of the Enterprise. 122 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,760 You'll stay on as executive officer. 123 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,360 Temporary grade reduction to Commander. 124 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,640 You personally are assuming command? 125 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,160 Yeah. 126 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,440 - May I ask why? - My experience. 127 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,440 Five years out there dealing with unknowns like this. 128 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,600 My familiarity with the Enterprise and its crew. 129 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,800 Admiral, this is an almost totally new Enterprise. 130 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,720 You don't know her a tenth as well as I do. 131 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,040 That's why you're staying aboard. 132 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:53,640 I'm sorry, Will. 133 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,360 No, Admiral, I don't think you're sorry. 134 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,560 Not one damn bit. 135 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,360 I remember when you recommended me for this command. 136 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,720 You told me how envious you were and how much you hoped... 137 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,960 you'd find a way to get a starship command again. 138 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,520 Well, Sir, it looks like you found a way. 139 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,200 Report to the bridge, Commander, immediately. 140 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,640 Aye, Sir. 141 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,800 Transporter room! Come in! Urgent! 142 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,720 Redline on the transporter, Mr. Scott! 143 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,920 Transporter, do not engage! 144 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,880 -It's too late. They're beaming now. - Do not... 145 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,600 Do you read me, Starfleet? Override it! Pull them back! 146 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,560 Unable to retrieve their pattern, Enterprise. 147 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,960 Give it to me. 148 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,080 Starfleet, boost your matter gain. We need more signal. 149 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,480 More signal! 150 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,360 - We're losing their pattern! - Oh, no, they're forming. 151 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 Oh my God. 152 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,080 Starfleet, do you have them? 153 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:52,320 Enterprise, what we got back didn 't live long, fortunately. 154 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,320 Starfleet, Kirk. 155 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:04,080 Please express my condolences to their families. 156 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,720 Commander Sonak's can be reached through the Vulcan embassy. 157 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,440 There was nothing you could have done, Rand. 158 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,160 It wasn't your fault. 159 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,600 Yeoman, turboshaft 8? 160 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,480 Back that way, Sir. 161 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,040 We have to replace Commander Sonak. 162 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,680 I'd still like a Vulcan there, if possible. 163 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,120 None available, Captain. 164 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,400 In fact, there's no one who's fully rated on this design. 165 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,880 You are, Mr. Decker. 166 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,960 I'm afraid you're going to have to double as science officer. 167 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:42,360 That's all we know about it... 168 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,720 except that it is now 53.4 hours away from Earth. 169 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,480 Enterprise is the only Federation starship that stands in its way. 170 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,280 Our orders are to intercept... 171 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,520 investigate and take whatever action is necessary... 172 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,280 and possible. 173 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,920 Bridge to Captain. Priority signal from Epsilon 9. 174 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,840 - Put it on viewer. - On viewer, Sir. 175 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:34,240 Enterprise, the cloud is definitely a power field of some kind. 176 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:39,640 Measures... My God... over eight two AU's in diameter. 177 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,400 Must be something incredible inside there generating it. 178 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,240 We're transmitting lingua code friendship messages... 179 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,000 on all frequencies. 180 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:49,960 No response. 181 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,880 have a null reading at the center of the cloud. 182 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,440 Definitely something inside there, but scans are being reflected back. 183 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,960 - Some kind of power surge. - Receiving an odd pattern now. 184 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,160 Enterprise, they could be mistaking our scans as a hostile act. 185 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,080 They seem to be reactingto our scans, Sir. 186 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,000 Deflectors, emergency full! 187 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,920 - We are under attack. - External view. 188 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,280 Viewer off. 189 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:11,920 Viewer off. 190 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,080 Prelaunch countdown will commence in 40 minutes. 191 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,880 Transporter system fully repaired and functioning normally, Sir. 192 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,360 Dock signals clear, Captain. 193 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,080 Reply we are holding position, awaiting final crew replacements. 194 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,040 Aye, Sir. 195 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,680 Transporter personnel reports... 196 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,400 the navigator, Lieutenant Ilia... 197 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,680 She's already aboard and en route to the bridge, Sir. 198 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,360 She's Deltan, Captain. 199 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,480 Lieutenant Ilia reporting for duty, Sir. 200 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,440 Welcome aboard, Lieutenant. 201 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,920 - Hello, Ilia. - Decker. 202 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,520 I was stationed on the lieutenant's home planet some years ago. 203 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,680 Commander Decker? 204 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,520 Yes, our exec and science officer. 205 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,960 Captain Kirk has the utmost confidence in me. 206 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,120 And in you, too, Lieutenant. 207 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,560 My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain. 208 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,040 - May I assume my duties? - By all means. 209 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,600 Starfleet reports our last six crew members are ready to beam up... 210 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,160 but one of them is refusing to step into the transporter. 211 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:53,000 Oh? I'll see to it that he beams up. 212 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,720 Transporter room. 213 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,160 Well, for a man who swore he'd never return to Starfleet... 214 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,920 Just a moment, Captain, Sir. I'll explain what happened. 215 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,120 Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known... 216 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,640 seldom-used reserve activation clause. 217 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,680 In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me! 218 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,600 They didn't. 219 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,040 This was your idea. This was your idea, wasn't it? 220 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,720 Bones, there's a thing out there. 221 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,720 Why is any object we don't understand always called a thing? 222 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,960 Headed this way. I need you. 223 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,280 Damn it, Bones, I need you. 224 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,280 Badly! 225 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,720 Permission to come aboard. 226 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,040 Permission granted, Sir. 227 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:19,320 Well, Jim, I hear Chapel's an MD now. 228 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,520 Well, I'm going to need a top nurse... 229 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,480 not a doctor who will argue every little diagnosis with me. 230 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,800 And they probably redesigned the whole sick bay too! 231 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,320 I know engineers. They love to change things. 232 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,240 Dock control reports ready, Sir. 233 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,280 - Helm ready, Sir. - Orbital departure on plot, Sir. 234 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,640 Yard command signaling clear, Sir. 235 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,480 - Maneuvering thrusters, Mr. Sulu. - Maneuvering thrusters, Sir. 236 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,680 Hold station. 237 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,920 Thrusters at station-keeping, Sir. 238 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,800 Thrusters ahead, Mr. Sulu. 239 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,720 Take us out. 240 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,320 Intermix set, Bridge. Impulse power at your discretion. 241 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,240 Impulse power, Mr. Sulu. 242 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,320 Ahead warp .5. 243 00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,160 Departure angle on viewer. 244 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,120 Departure angle. 245 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,880 - Viewer ahead. - Viewer ahead. 246 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,440 Captain 's Log.: Stardate 7412.6... 247 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,920 1.8 hours from launch. 248 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,920 In order to intercept the intruder at the earliest possible time... 249 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,920 we must now risk engaging warp drive while still within the solar system. 250 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:10,080 Captain, assuming we have full warp capability... 251 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,920 accelerating to warp 7 on leaving the solar system... 252 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,160 will bring us to IP with the intruder in 20.1 hours. 253 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,680 Science Officer competition. Confirm, Sir 254 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,080 Well, Bones, do the new medical facilities meet with your approval? 255 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,600 They do not. It's like working in a damn computer center. 256 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,960 - Programming ready? - Set for standard warp entry. 257 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,040 But I still recommend further simulation study. 258 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:48,640 Mr. Decker, every minute brings that object closer to Earth. 259 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,360 Engineering, stand by for warp drive. 260 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,960 Captain, we need further warp simulation on the flow sensors. 261 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,560 Engineer, we need warp speed now! 262 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,080 Jim, you're pushing. 263 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,240 Your people know their jobs. 264 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,360 That's it, Sir. I can't do any better. 265 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,440 Aye, lad. 266 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,760 It's borderline on the simulator. I cannot guarantee she'll hold up. 267 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,520 Warp drive, Mr. Scott. 268 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,320 - Ahead warp 1 , Mr. Sulu. - Accelerating to warp 1, Sir. 269 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:29,280 Warp .7, .8. 270 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,200 Warp 1 , Sir. 271 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,720 Mr. Decker... 272 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,080 Wormhole. Get us back on impulse power. Full reverse. 273 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,600 Negative helm control, Captain. Going reverse on impulse power. 274 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,600 Subspace frequencies jammed, Sir! 275 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,600 Wormhole effect! 276 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,920 Negative control from inertial lag will continue 22.5 seconds... 277 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,160 before forward velocity slows to sublight speed. 278 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,480 Unidentified small object has been pulled into the wormhole with us. 279 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,320 - Directly ahead. - Force fields up full. 280 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,200 Put object on viewer. 281 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,240 - Go manual override on helm. - No manual response, Sir. 282 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,720 Navigational deflectors coming up, Sir. 283 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,320 Wormhole distortion has overloaded the main power systems. 284 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,880 Navigational deflectors inoperative, Captain. 285 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,760 Directional control also inoperative. 286 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,400 Time to impact? 287 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,080 Twenty seconds. 288 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,960 Mr. Chekov, stand by on phasers. 289 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,720 No! 290 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,400 Belay that phaser order! 291 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,240 Arm photon torpedoes! 292 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,080 Photon torpedoes... 293 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,520 armed! 294 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,320 Object is an asteroid. 295 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,200 Reading mass .7. 296 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,920 Targeting... 297 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,440 asteroid! 298 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,720 Impact in ten seconds. 299 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,360 Impact in eight seconds. 300 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,720 - Fire torpedoes! - Six! 301 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,600 Torpedoes away! 302 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,160 Five! 303 00:40:01,720 --> 00:40:03,560 Helm control restored, Sir. 304 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,320 - Position report, Navigator. - Computing new intersection course. 305 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,280 Communications are normal, Sir. 306 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,080 Negative damage reported, Captain. 307 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,680 No casualties reported, Doctor. 308 00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:19,480 Wrong, Mr. Chekov.There are casualties. 309 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:24,960 My wits, as in "frightened out of," Captain, Sir. 310 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,920 We were at warp .8. Engineer, report your status there. 311 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,000 In just a second, Exec. We're picking up the pieces down here. 312 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,240 Mr. Scott, we need warp drive as soon as possible. 313 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:41,800 The engine imbalance created the wormhole in the first place. 314 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,680 It'll happen again if we don't correct it. 315 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,200 That object is less than two days away from Earth. 316 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,160 We need to intercept while it still is out there. 317 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:54,120 Lay in a heading to conform with our initial IP with the intruder. 318 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,520 Mr. Sulu, you have the com. Mr. Decker. 319 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,640 -I'd like to see you in my quarters. -Mind if I tag along, Captain? 320 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,400 Level 5. 321 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,160 All right, explanation. Why was my phaser order countermanded? 322 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:19,240 The Enterprise redesign increases phaser power... 323 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,560 by channeling it through the main engines. 324 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,640 When they went into antimatter imbalance... 325 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,560 the phasers were automatically cut off. 326 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,400 Then you acted properly, of course. 327 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,480 Thank you, Sir. 328 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,520 I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. 329 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,080 - You saved the ship. - I'm aware of that, Sir. 330 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,880 Stop competing with me, Decker. 331 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,560 - Permission to speak freely, Sir? - Granted. 332 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:55,480 Sir, you haven't logged a single star hour in two-and-a-half years. 333 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,560 That, plus your unfamiliarity with the ship's redesign... 334 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,720 in my opinion, Sir, seriously jeopardizes this mission. 335 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,480 I trust you will... 336 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,000 nursemaid me through these difficulties? 337 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:14,240 Yes, Sir, I'll do that. 338 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,320 Then I won't keep you from your duties any longer, Commander. 339 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,480 - Yes, Doctor? - Aye, Sir. 340 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,440 He may be right, Jim. 341 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,960 - Was it difficult? - No more than I expected. 342 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:44,480 About as difficult as seeing you again. 343 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:48,080 - I'm sorry. - That you left Delta IV? 344 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,480 Or that you didn't even say good-bye? 345 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:56,040 If I had seen you again... 346 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:57,920 would you have been able to say it? 347 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,160 No. 348 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,280 Make your point, Doctor. 349 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,320 The point, Captain, is that it's you who is competing. 350 00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,960 You rammed getting this command down Starfleet's throat. 351 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:25,200 You've used this emergency to get the Enterprise back. 352 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,120 And I intend to keep her, is that what you're saying? 353 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:31,920 Yes. 354 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,840 It's an obsession. 355 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,760 An obsession that can blind you... 356 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,080 to far more immediate and critical responsibilities. 357 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:43,200 Your reaction to Decker is an example, Jim. 358 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:47,400 - Bridge to Captain. - Viewer on. 359 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,680 Signal from a Federation registered long-range shuttle, Sir. 360 00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:53,720 She wishes to come alongside and lock on. 361 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,680 For what purpose? 362 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,320 My security scan shows it has a grade-one priority, Captain. 363 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,920 Non belligerency confirmed. 364 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,800 I suspect it is a courier of some kind. 365 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,000 Very well, Mr. Chekov. See to it. 366 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,280 Viewer off. 367 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,480 Your opinion has been noted. Anything further? 368 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,680 That depends on you. 369 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:32,640 Security scan.: one boarder. Identity: Starfleet, inactive. 370 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,040 - Permission to come aboard, Sir. - Granted, Sir. 371 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,720 Gran... ted. 372 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:55,680 Why... Why, it's Mister... 373 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,280 Spock! 374 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,480 Spock. 375 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,040 Commander, if I may? 376 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,240 If... Oh. 377 00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:26,280 I've been monitoring your communications with Starfleet. 378 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,920 I'm aware of your engine design difficulties. 379 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,920 I offer my services as science officer... 380 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,320 with all due respect, Commander. 381 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,520 - If our exec has no objections. - Of course not. 382 00:46:39,560 --> 00:46:41,520 I'm well aware of Mr. Spock's qualifications. 383 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,120 Mr. Chekov, log Mr. Spock's Starfleet commission reactivated. 384 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:50,760 List him as science officer. Both effective immediately. 385 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,000 Mr. Spock. 386 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,960 Well, so help me, I'm actually pleased to see you. 387 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,280 It's how we all feel, Mr. Spock. 388 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,240 Captain, with your permission... 389 00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,960 I will now discuss these fuel equations with the engineer. 390 00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,120 Mr. Spock. 391 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,080 Welcome aboard. 392 00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:49,720 Captain 's Log.: Stardate 7413.4. 393 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,640 Thanks to Mr. Spock's timely arrival and assistance... 394 00:47:53,720 --> 00:47:57,120 we have the engines rebalanced into full warp capacity. 395 00:47:57,240 --> 00:47:59,160 Repair time.: less than three hours. 396 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,600 Which means we will now be able to intercept intruder... 397 00:48:01,720 --> 00:48:03,680 while still more than a day from Earth. 398 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,720 Warp .8. 399 00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,600 .9. 400 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,520 Warp 2, Sir. 401 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:26,160 Warp 3. 402 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,320 Warp 4. 403 00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:35,920 Warp 5. 404 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:38,480 Warp 6. 405 00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:48,200 Warp 7. 406 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,560 Science Officer Spock, reporting as ordered, Captain. 407 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,000 Please, sit down. 408 00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,440 Spock, you haven't changed a bit. 409 00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:14,480 You're just as warm and sociable as ever. 410 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:16,320 Nor have you, Doctor... 411 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,760 as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates. 412 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:20,960 Gentlemen. 413 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,920 At last report, you were on Vulcan... 414 00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:27,880 apparently to stay. 415 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:32,520 Yes, you were undergoing the ''Kolanear'' discipline. 416 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:33,600 Sit down. 417 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:37,880 If you are referring to the Kolinahr, Doctor, you are correct. 418 00:49:38,720 --> 00:49:42,640 Well, however it's pronounced, Mr. Spock, it's the Vulcan ritual... 419 00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:46,080 that's supposed to purge all remaining emotions. 420 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:50,280 The Kolinahr is also a discipline you broke to join us. 421 00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:57,120 Will you, please, sit down? 422 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,760 On Vulcan I began sensing a consciousness... 423 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,000 from a source more powerful than I have ever encountered. 424 00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,160 Thought patterns of exactingly perfect order. 425 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,160 I believe they emanate from the intruder. 426 00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:22,440 I believe it may hold my answers. 427 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,800 Isn't it lucky for you that we just happened to be heading your way? 428 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:28,400 Bones! 429 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,640 We need him. 430 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:34,320 I need him. 431 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,840 Then my presence is to our mutual advantage. 432 00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:48,120 Any thought patterns you might sense... 433 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,320 whether they appear to affect you personally or not... 434 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,520 I expect immediately reported. 435 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,440 Of course, Captain. 436 00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:59,360 - Is there anything else? - No. 437 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,840 Jim? 438 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,560 If this super intelligence... 439 00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:20,960 is as important to him as he says it is, how do we know... 440 00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,960 That he wouldn't put his own interests ahead of the ship's? 441 00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,320 I could never believe that. 442 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,320 Bridge to Officers' Lounge. Captain Kirk. 443 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:33,960 Revised estimate on cloud visual contact.:3.7minutes. 444 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:51,760 Standard light, Engineer. 445 00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:55,320 - Full mag on viewer. - Full mag, Sir. 446 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:05,480 Lingua code? 447 00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,040 Continuing friendship messages on all frequencies, Sir. 448 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,440 All decks and divisions confirmed. Status red. 449 00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,520 Captain, we are being scanned. 450 00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:15,400 Do not return scan, Mr. Spock. 451 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:17,360 It could be misinterpreted as hostility. 452 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:20,920 Intruder scans emanating from the exact center of the cloud. 453 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,920 Energy of a type... 454 00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:25,840 never before encountered. 455 00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,240 There's no response to friendship messages, Sir. 456 00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:37,160 - Shall I go to battle stations? - Negative. 457 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:38,840 We'll take no provocative action. 458 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,800 Recommend defensive posture, Captain. Screens and shields. 459 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:48,000 No, Mr. Decker, that could also be misinterpreted as hostile. 460 00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:51,320 Cloud composition, Mr. Spock? 461 00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:53,560 - Twelfth-power energy field. - Twelfth-power? 462 00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:56,600 We've seen what their weapons can do. Shouldn't we take every precaution? 463 00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,120 - Mr. Decker... - Captain. 464 00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,200 I suspect there's an object at the heart of that cloud. 465 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,120 Mr. Decker, I will not provoke an attack. If that order isn't clear enough... 466 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:12,560 Captain, as your exec it's my duty... 467 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,080 to point out alternatives. 468 00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:17,560 Yes, it is. 469 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,000 I stand corrected. 470 00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:21,920 Five minutes to cloud boundary. 471 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:26,120 Navigator, lay in a conic section flight path to the cloud center. 472 00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:29,360 Bring us parallel to whatever we find in there. 473 00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:31,320 Mr. Sulu, tactical plot on viewer. 474 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:32,480 Tactical on viewer, Sir. 475 00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:49,560 That measures 12th-power energy? 476 00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:54,040 Thousands of starships couldn't generate that much... 477 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,640 Mr. Spock? 478 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,000 Spock, tell me. 479 00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:12,040 I sense... 480 00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:13,480 puzzlement. 481 00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:16,000 We have been contacted. 482 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,480 Why have we not replied? 483 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,400 Contacted? 484 00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,120 How? 485 00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,200 Force fields up full. Deflectors, now. 486 00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:35,040 Force fields and deflectors up full, Captain. 487 00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:43,440 Analysis, Mr. Spock. 488 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,440 Alien weapon is a form of plasma energy, Captain. 489 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:48,480 Exact composition unknown. 490 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:50,640 Guidance system unknown. 491 00:54:53,560 --> 00:54:55,200 All decks, brace for impact. 492 00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:07,040 Engineering, status report. 493 00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:08,760 Systems overloading, Captain. 494 00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:19,560 Medic. 495 00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,360 Medics are coming. 496 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,240 Engineering to Bridge. 497 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,520 Cannot hold full power on force fields. 498 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:39,920 Deflector power is down 70 percent. 499 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,480 Divert auxiliary power to deflectors. 500 00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:46,840 Captain. 501 00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,480 The intruder has been attempting to communicate. 502 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:56,240 I am now programming our computer... 503 00:55:56,280 --> 00:55:59,840 to transmit lingua code at their frequency and rate of speed. 504 00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:01,440 Commander. 505 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,120 Spock! 506 00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:18,920 Here it comes. 507 00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,000 Engineering, what's happening to our force field? 508 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,600 Our shields cannot handle another attack. 509 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:25,320 Mr. Spock. 510 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:31,640 Impact in 20 seconds 511 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:34,760 Spock. 512 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:36,800 Fifteen seconds. 513 00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:38,880 Spock, transmit now. 514 00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:40,280 Ten seconds. 515 00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:42,880 Transmitting. 516 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:56,040 It would seem our friendship messages... 517 00:56:56,120 --> 00:56:58,920 have been received and understood, Mr. Spock. 518 00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,680 I would say that was a logical assumption, Captain. 519 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,760 Mr. Sulu, hold present position. 520 00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:06,520 Holding present position, Sir. 521 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,520 Tactical plot on viewer. 522 00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,480 Course projection on tactical, Sir. 523 00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:25,720 Opinion, Mr. Spock. 524 00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:27,560 Recommend we proceed, Captain. 525 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:31,320 - Mr. Decker? - I advise caution, Captain. 526 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:33,360 We can't withstand another attack. 527 00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,560 That thing is 20 hours away from Earth. 528 00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:38,600 - We know nothing about it as yet. - Precisely the point, Captain. 529 00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,560 We don't know what it'll do. 530 00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:43,200 Moving into that cloud at this time... 531 00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:44,760 is an unwarranted gamble. 532 00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:48,520 How do you define ''unwarranted''? 533 00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:53,360 You asked my opinion, Sir. 534 00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:02,720 Viewer. Standard ahead. 535 00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:13,080 Navigator, maintain course. 536 00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:14,480 Helmsman... 537 00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,240 steady as she goes. 538 01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:28,400 No vessel could generate a power field of this magnitude. 539 01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:30,600 Spock. 540 01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:36,400 Instruments fluctuating, Captain. 541 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,840 Patterns unrecognizable. 542 01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,680 Transmit image of alien to Starfleet. 543 01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:23,960 Advise we are attempting further communication. 544 01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:26,920 Unable to make contact with Starfleet, Captain. 545 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:31,120 Any attempt to transmit out of the cloud is being reflected back. 546 01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:42,120 We are closing on it rapidly, Captain. 547 01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:52,920 Reduce magnification factor four, Mr. Sulu. 548 01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:55,240 We are already two settings below that, Sir. 549 01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:01,160 Mr. Sulu... 550 01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:03,280 bring us into a parallel course... 551 01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:05,160 over the alien... 552 01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,480 at 500 meters. 553 01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:09,120 Five hundred meters? 554 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:12,920 Then take us out to 100 kilometers distance... 555 01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:14,720 adjusting parallel course. 556 01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:17,200 Aye, Sir. 557 01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:14,000 Viewer astern. 558 01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:16,280 Reverse angle on the view, Captain. 559 01:05:35,480 --> 01:05:36,480 Five hundred meters. 560 01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:39,320 Viewer ahead, Sir. 561 01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:04,960 Hold relative position here. 562 01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:44,960 Mr. Spock! 563 01:08:45,080 --> 01:08:47,600 Can that be one of their crew? 564 01:08:48,440 --> 01:08:50,680 A probe from their vessel, Captain. 565 01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,520 Plasma-energy combination. 566 01:08:55,320 --> 01:08:56,880 Don't interfere with it. 567 01:08:56,920 --> 01:08:59,760 Absolutely, I will not interfere. 568 01:09:01,240 --> 01:09:03,080 No one interfere. 569 01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,960 It doesn't seem interested in us. Only the ship. 570 01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:25,160 Computer off. 571 01:09:32,200 --> 01:09:34,120 It's taking control of the computer. 572 01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:43,240 It's running our records... Earth defenses, Starfleet strength. 573 01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:18,680 Ilia! 574 01:10:22,840 --> 01:10:24,680 Ilia! 575 01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:48,280 This is how I define ''unwarranted.'' 576 01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,680 Activate auxiliary computer circuits through manual shutoff. 577 01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:28,400 Captain, we've been seized by a tractor beam. 578 01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:30,560 Get someone up here to take the navigator's station. 579 01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:32,400 - Engineering. - Chief DiFalco, to the bridge. 580 01:11:32,480 --> 01:11:35,600 - Emergency power. - Going to full emergency. 581 01:11:36,280 --> 01:11:40,800 But, Captain, if we don't break free in 15 seconds, she'll burn up. 582 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:42,720 We cannot break free, Captain. 583 01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:44,840 We have only a fraction of the power necessary. 584 01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:47,040 Engineering, belay that order. 585 01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:48,960 Disengage all main drive systems. 586 01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:10,240 Chief DiFalco, take over Lieutenant Ilia's station. 587 01:12:16,280 --> 01:12:18,600 DiFalco, disengage engine navigation relays now. 588 01:12:18,680 --> 01:12:19,760 Aye, Sir. 589 01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:21,680 Force field circuits E-10 through 14... 590 01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:23,320 show ready for reactivation. 591 01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:24,720 Confirm, please. 592 01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:28,160 Scotty, drive systems should be free now. 593 01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:29,280 Commander? 594 01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:31,200 Ready to launch remote communications drone... 595 01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:32,600 with complete ship's records... 596 01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:34,520 including our present situation, Sir. 597 01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:36,480 Delay launching as long as possible. 598 01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:39,120 Our drone can't escape as long as we're held in their tractor. 599 01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:40,080 Aye. 600 01:13:04,160 --> 01:13:07,800 Captain, a maximum phaser strike directly at the beam... 601 01:13:07,880 --> 01:13:09,920 might weaken it just enough for us to break free. 602 01:13:09,960 --> 01:13:11,840 Break free to where, Commander? 603 01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:15,680 Any show of resistance would be futile, Captain. 604 01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:19,720 We don't know that, Mr. Spock. Why are you opposed to trying? 605 01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:11,240 Why bring us inside? 606 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,560 Not to destroy us. They could have done that outside. 607 01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:16,360 They still can. 608 01:14:16,440 --> 01:14:18,440 Curiosity, Mr. Decker. 609 01:14:20,120 --> 01:14:22,560 Insatiable curiosity. 610 01:14:30,160 --> 01:14:34,800 Captain, photic sonar readings indicate the aperture is closing. 611 01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:36,440 We're trapped, Sir. 612 01:14:37,480 --> 01:14:39,320 Reverse angle on the viewer, Captain. 613 01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:06,480 Tractor beam has released us, Captain. 614 01:15:06,520 --> 01:15:09,160 Confirmed. Vessel is floating free. 615 01:15:09,240 --> 01:15:11,120 No forward momentum. 616 01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:14,320 Viewer ahead. 617 01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:15,720 Viewer ahead, Sir. 618 01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:24,200 Maneuvering thrusters, Mr. Sulu. Ahead one third. 619 01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:26,400 Thrusters ahead one third. 620 01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:32,920 Let's take a look. 621 01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,240 Full sensor scan, Mr. Spock. 622 01:15:35,320 --> 01:15:37,520 They can't expect us not to look them over now. 623 01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:39,440 Now that we're looking down their throat. 624 01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:42,480 Right, now that we've got them just where they want us. 625 01:15:58,040 --> 01:15:59,520 It's closing up. 626 01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:04,240 Hold position. 627 01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:09,840 Captain. 628 01:16:13,440 --> 01:16:16,080 All our scans are being reflected back. 629 01:16:16,160 --> 01:16:17,560 Sensors are useless. 630 01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:20,040 Damn. 631 01:16:27,480 --> 01:16:29,040 What do you make of all this? 632 01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:32,040 I believe the closed orifice leads to another chamber... 633 01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:35,720 undoubtedly part of the vessel's inner mechanism. 634 01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:38,320 I suspect it may be necess... 635 01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:45,520 Intruder alert! Deck 5. Officer's quarters. 636 01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:48,240 Have Security meet me at deck 5, main elevator. 637 01:16:48,320 --> 01:16:50,560 Spock. Mr. Decker, you have the com. 638 01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:52,160 Hold positions. 639 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,160 You are the Kirk unit. 640 01:17:15,240 --> 01:17:17,080 You will assist me. 641 01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:20,960 I have been programmed by V'Ger... 642 01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:23,560 to observe and record... 643 01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:26,480 normal functions of the carbon-based units... 644 01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:29,720 infesting USS Enterprise. 645 01:17:40,880 --> 01:17:43,320 -Jim, what's going on? - Tricorder. 646 01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:49,520 Who is... 647 01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:51,200 V'Ger? 648 01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:53,520 V'Ger is that which programmed me. 649 01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:59,040 Is V'Ger the name of the Captain of the alien vessel? 650 01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:00,400 Jim. 651 01:18:00,480 --> 01:18:02,240 This is a mechanism. 652 01:18:02,320 --> 01:18:03,840 A probe, Captain. 653 01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:08,160 No doubt a sensor-transceiver combination... 654 01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:10,640 recording everything we say and do. 655 01:18:11,680 --> 01:18:13,000 Where is Lieutenant Ilia? 656 01:18:13,720 --> 01:18:15,560 That unit no longer functions. 657 01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:17,440 I've been given its form... 658 01:18:17,480 --> 01:18:20,360 to more readily communicate with the carbon-based units... 659 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:22,360 infesting Enterprise. 660 01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:24,360 Carbon-based units? 661 01:18:24,440 --> 01:18:27,600 Humans, Ensign Perez. Us. 662 01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:30,560 Why does V'Ger travel... 663 01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:33,600 to the third planet of the solar system directly ahead? 664 01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:35,800 To find the creator. 665 01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:38,200 Find the creator? 666 01:18:39,960 --> 01:18:40,840 Whose... 667 01:18:44,680 --> 01:18:46,720 What does V'Ger want with the creator? 668 01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:48,160 To join with him. 669 01:18:48,240 --> 01:18:51,440 To join with the creator? How? 670 01:18:51,520 --> 01:18:54,040 V'Ger and the creator will become one. 671 01:18:54,120 --> 01:18:55,840 And who is the creator? 672 01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,360 The creator is that which created V'Ger. 673 01:18:58,440 --> 01:19:00,440 Who is V'Ger? 674 01:19:00,520 --> 01:19:02,160 V'Ger is that which seeks the creator. 675 01:19:06,440 --> 01:19:09,280 I'm ready to commence my observations. 676 01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:12,200 Doctor, a thorough examination of this probe... 677 01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,720 might provide some insight into those who manufactured it... 678 01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:16,920 and how to deal with them. 679 01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:19,800 Fine. Let's get her to sick bay. 680 01:19:23,880 --> 01:19:26,120 I'm programmed to observe and record... 681 01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:28,720 only the normal functioning of the carbon-based units. 682 01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:30,880 The, uh... 683 01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:33,000 examination is a normal function. 684 01:19:35,640 --> 01:19:37,200 You may proceed. 685 01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:45,560 Micro-miniature hydraulics... 686 01:19:48,200 --> 01:19:50,080 sensors... 687 01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:57,000 and molecule-sized multiprocessor chips. 688 01:20:01,720 --> 01:20:03,200 And take a look at this. 689 01:20:03,280 --> 01:20:05,880 An osmotic micropump, right here. 690 01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:09,960 Even the smallest body functions are exactly duplicated. 691 01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:15,960 Every exocrine system is the same, too... 692 01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:18,480 even eye moisture. 693 01:20:19,200 --> 01:20:20,680 Decker. 694 01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:22,600 Fascinating. 695 01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:24,680 Not ''Decker unit.'' 696 01:20:29,480 --> 01:20:31,520 Gentlemen. 697 01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:32,960 Will. 698 01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:45,360 - What happened to her? - Captain. 699 01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:47,680 This probe may be our key to the aliens. 700 01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:50,600 - Probe? Ilia? - Exactly. 701 01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:52,800 It is a programmed mechanism, Commander. 702 01:20:52,840 --> 01:20:56,400 Its body duplicates our navigator in precise detail. 703 01:20:56,480 --> 01:20:58,640 Suppose that, beneath its programming... 704 01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:02,280 the real Ilia's memory patterns are duplicated with equal precision. 705 01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:04,640 - They had a pattern to follow. - Indeed. 706 01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:07,320 They may have followed it too precisely. 707 01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:09,320 Ilia's memory... 708 01:21:09,400 --> 01:21:11,920 her feelings of loyalty, obedience, friendship... 709 01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:14,840 might all be there. 710 01:21:14,920 --> 01:21:18,800 You did have a relationship with Lieutenant Ilia, Commander. 711 01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,440 That probe, in another form, is what killed Ilia. 712 01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:23,240 Commander... 713 01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:25,680 Will, we're locked in an alien vessel... 714 01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:27,160 six hours from Earth's orbit. 715 01:21:27,240 --> 01:21:29,640 Our only contact with our captor is that probe. 716 01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:31,880 If we can control it, persuade it, use it... 717 01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:37,360 I have recorded enough here. 718 01:21:37,440 --> 01:21:39,320 You will now assist me further. 719 01:21:42,520 --> 01:21:44,240 The, uh... 720 01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:47,120 Decker unit can assist you with much greater efficiency. 721 01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:54,120 Carry on with your assignment, Mr. Decker. 722 01:21:55,560 --> 01:21:56,800 Aye, Sir. 723 01:22:01,160 --> 01:22:05,440 I am concerned with that being our only source of information, Captain. 724 01:22:09,200 --> 01:22:12,600 Captain's Log: Stardate 7414.1. 725 01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:16,360 Our best estimates place us some four hours from Earth. 726 01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:18,360 No significant progress thus far... 727 01:22:18,440 --> 01:22:22,240 reviving Ilia memory patterns within the alien probe. 728 01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:26,000 This remains our only means of contact with our captor. 729 01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:28,400 All those vessels were called Enterprise. 730 01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:43,400 The carbon units use this area for recreation. 731 01:22:43,440 --> 01:22:45,320 This is one of the games. 732 01:22:49,360 --> 01:22:53,360 What types of recreation does the crew aboard your vessel enjoy? 733 01:22:54,560 --> 01:22:56,400 The words ''recreation''... 734 01:22:57,680 --> 01:22:59,840 and ''enjoy''... 735 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:02,240 have no meaning to my programming. 736 01:23:10,040 --> 01:23:11,920 Ilia enjoyed this game. 737 01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:15,760 She nearly always won. 738 01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:24,400 Good. He's using audiovisual association. 739 01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:01,280 This device serves no purpose. 740 01:24:12,520 --> 01:24:16,640 Why does Enterprise require the presence of carbon units? 741 01:24:16,720 --> 01:24:19,520 Enterprise would be unable to function without carbon units. 742 01:24:20,800 --> 01:24:23,760 More data concerning this functioning is necessary... 743 01:24:23,840 --> 01:24:26,120 before carbon units can be patterned... 744 01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:28,040 for data storage. 745 01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:33,040 What does that mean? 746 01:24:33,720 --> 01:24:36,200 When my examination is complete... 747 01:24:36,240 --> 01:24:39,760 all carbon units will be reduced to data patterns. 748 01:24:40,480 --> 01:24:42,280 Within you... 749 01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:45,360 are the memory patterns of a certain carbon unit. 750 01:24:45,440 --> 01:24:48,360 If I can help you to revive those patterns... 751 01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:50,280 you could understand our functions better. 752 01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:53,320 That is logical. 753 01:24:53,360 --> 01:24:55,120 You may proceed. 754 01:25:38,680 --> 01:25:42,480 I remember Lieutenant Ilia once mentioning she wore that. 755 01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:50,000 On Delta. 756 01:25:50,040 --> 01:25:51,520 Remember? 757 01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:52,800 Ilia. 758 01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:00,080 Dr. Chapel. 759 01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:11,320 Will? 760 01:26:13,320 --> 01:26:14,560 Ilia. 761 01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,040 Commander. 762 01:26:18,480 --> 01:26:20,400 Commander. 763 01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:23,880 This is a mechanism. 764 01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:29,080 Ilia... 765 01:26:30,480 --> 01:26:33,840 help us make direct contact with V'Ger. 766 01:26:34,720 --> 01:26:35,760 I cannot. 767 01:26:36,720 --> 01:26:41,400 This creator V'Ger is looking for... what is it? 768 01:26:42,640 --> 01:26:44,800 V'Ger does not know. 769 01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:14,480 Computer, commence recording. 770 01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:18,760 Captain Kirk, these messages will detail my attempt... 771 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:20,800 to contact the aliens. 772 01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:51,440 I intend to calculate thruster ignition and acceleration rate... 773 01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:53,760 to coincide with the opening of the V'Ger orifice. 774 01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:55,680 This should facilitate a better view... 775 01:27:55,760 --> 01:27:57,600 of the interior of the alien spacecraft. 776 01:28:02,880 --> 01:28:06,360 Captain, Starfleet signals are growing in strength, Sir. 777 01:28:06,440 --> 01:28:08,640 They still have the intruder on their monitors. 778 01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:10,880 - It's decelerating. - Confirmed, Sir. 779 01:28:10,960 --> 01:28:14,360 Lunar beacons indicate intruder on a course into Earth orbit. 780 01:28:14,440 --> 01:28:17,640 Sir, air lock 4 has been opened. 781 01:28:17,680 --> 01:28:20,200 A thruster suit is reported missing. 782 01:28:22,040 --> 01:28:23,880 A thruster suit? 783 01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:27,320 That's Spock. 784 01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:29,200 Damn him. 785 01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:30,880 Bring him back here. 786 01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:32,320 No, wait. 787 01:28:39,240 --> 01:28:42,240 - Get a fix on his position. - Aye, Sir. 788 01:29:56,320 --> 01:29:57,880 I have successfully penetrated... 789 01:29:57,960 --> 01:29:59,840 the next chamber of the alien's interior... 790 01:29:59,880 --> 01:30:02,880 and I'm witnessing some sort of dimensional image... 791 01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:05,320 which I believe to be a representation... 792 01:30:05,360 --> 01:30:07,080 of V'Ger's home planet. 793 01:30:14,560 --> 01:30:16,480 I'm passing through a connecting tunnel. 794 01:30:16,520 --> 01:30:19,640 Apparently, a kind of plasma-energy conduit. 795 01:30:20,480 --> 01:30:23,360 Possibly a field coil for a gigantic imaging system. 796 01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:35,160 Curious. 797 01:30:35,240 --> 01:30:38,680 I'm seeing images of planets, moons, stars... 798 01:30:38,760 --> 01:30:41,440 whole galaxies all stored here, recorded. 799 01:30:41,480 --> 01:30:44,320 It could be a representation of V'Ger's entire journey. 800 01:30:49,840 --> 01:30:51,240 But who or what... 801 01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:53,600 are we dealing with? 802 01:30:53,680 --> 01:30:57,720 The Epsilon 9 station, stored here with every detail. 803 01:31:05,320 --> 01:31:07,400 Captain, I am now quite convinced... 804 01:31:07,480 --> 01:31:09,560 that all of this is V'Ger... 805 01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:12,360 that we are inside a living machine. 806 01:31:17,760 --> 01:31:18,840 Ilia. 807 01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:25,880 The sensor... 808 01:31:25,960 --> 01:31:28,480 must contain some special meaning. 809 01:31:32,040 --> 01:31:33,880 I must try to mind-meld with it. 810 01:32:25,320 --> 01:32:26,480 Spock. 811 01:32:27,440 --> 01:32:28,800 Spock! 812 01:32:29,960 --> 01:32:31,400 Spock. 813 01:32:45,960 --> 01:32:50,200 Now scanning pons area at spinal nerve fiber connection. 814 01:32:53,360 --> 01:32:57,080 Indications of some neurological trauma. 815 01:32:57,160 --> 01:33:00,520 The power pouring through that mind-meld must have been staggering. 816 01:33:07,680 --> 01:33:08,720 Spock. 817 01:33:08,800 --> 01:33:10,200 Jim. 818 01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:15,120 I should have known. 819 01:33:15,160 --> 01:33:17,320 Were you right... 820 01:33:17,360 --> 01:33:18,520 about V'Ger? 821 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:22,640 A life-form of its own. 822 01:33:22,720 --> 01:33:25,280 A conscious, living entity. 823 01:33:25,360 --> 01:33:26,680 A living machine? 824 01:33:26,760 --> 01:33:28,600 It considers the Enterprise a living machine. 825 01:33:28,680 --> 01:33:30,840 That's why the probe refers to our ship as an entity. 826 01:33:30,920 --> 01:33:32,960 I saw V'Ger's planet. 827 01:33:34,040 --> 01:33:37,600 A planet populated by living machines. 828 01:33:37,640 --> 01:33:39,680 Unbelievable technology. 829 01:33:41,960 --> 01:33:45,320 V'Ger has knowledge that spans this universe. 830 01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:48,720 And yet... 831 01:33:48,800 --> 01:33:51,040 with all its pure logic... 832 01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:53,880 V'Ger is barren... 833 01:33:53,960 --> 01:33:55,200 cold. 834 01:33:55,280 --> 01:33:56,400 No mystery. 835 01:33:57,480 --> 01:33:58,800 No beauty. 836 01:34:03,120 --> 01:34:05,600 Should have known. 837 01:34:07,400 --> 01:34:08,600 Known? 838 01:34:09,640 --> 01:34:11,360 Known what? Spock. 839 01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:22,880 What should you have known? What should you have known? 840 01:34:27,760 --> 01:34:29,200 Jim... 841 01:34:33,040 --> 01:34:34,880 this... 842 01:34:34,920 --> 01:34:36,800 simple feeling... 843 01:34:38,240 --> 01:34:40,920 is beyond V'Ger's comprehension. 844 01:34:48,560 --> 01:34:51,440 No meaning, no hope. 845 01:34:52,720 --> 01:34:54,160 Jim... 846 01:34:55,480 --> 01:34:57,360 no answers. 847 01:34:58,720 --> 01:35:00,400 It's asking questions. 848 01:35:01,760 --> 01:35:04,120 ''Is this... 849 01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:06,320 all that I am? 850 01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:08,960 Is there nothing more?'' 851 01:35:14,600 --> 01:35:16,400 Bridge to Captain. 852 01:35:19,760 --> 01:35:20,640 Kirk here. 853 01:35:20,720 --> 01:35:23,400 A faint signal from Starfleet, Sir. 854 01:35:23,440 --> 01:35:26,280 Intruder cloud has been located on their outer monitors... 855 01:35:26,320 --> 01:35:28,360 for the past 27 minutes. 856 01:35:28,440 --> 01:35:31,840 Cloud dissipating rapidly as it approaches. 857 01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:35,520 Starfleet reports forward velocity has slowed to sub-warp speed. 858 01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:37,440 We are three minutes from Earth orbit. 859 01:35:37,520 --> 01:35:39,360 I'll be right there. 860 01:35:43,200 --> 01:35:45,040 I need Spock on the bridge. 861 01:35:45,120 --> 01:35:47,120 Dalaphaline, five cc's. 862 01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:50,960 A machine planet... 863 01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:53,920 sending a machine to Earth.. 864 01:35:55,520 --> 01:35:57,520 looking for its creator. 865 01:36:00,240 --> 01:36:02,560 It's absolutely incredible. 866 01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:09,240 Mr. Chekov. Commander Decker present location. 867 01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:11,520 They are in the engineering, Sir. 868 01:36:20,840 --> 01:36:24,960 Captain, Starfleet is sending this tactical on V'Ger's position. 869 01:36:26,320 --> 01:36:29,040 V'Ger is transmitting... a signal. 870 01:36:31,560 --> 01:36:32,920 Jim. 871 01:36:33,680 --> 01:36:35,720 From V'Ger. 872 01:36:38,960 --> 01:36:42,360 V'Ger signals the creator. 873 01:36:55,520 --> 01:36:56,600 Spock? 874 01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:00,400 A simple binary code... 875 01:37:00,480 --> 01:37:03,120 transmitted by carrier wave signal. 876 01:37:04,440 --> 01:37:05,800 Radio. 877 01:37:07,720 --> 01:37:08,800 Radio? 878 01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:15,320 Jim. 879 01:37:15,400 --> 01:37:18,040 V'Ger expects an answer. 880 01:37:19,120 --> 01:37:20,360 An answer? 881 01:37:20,440 --> 01:37:22,280 I don't know the question. 882 01:37:23,040 --> 01:37:25,400 The creator has not responded. 883 01:37:39,080 --> 01:37:42,800 All planetary defense systems have just gone inoperative. 884 01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:24,920 Sir, Starfleet computes the devices are proceeding... 885 01:38:25,040 --> 01:38:28,080 toward equidistant positions orbiting the planet. 886 01:38:28,160 --> 01:38:29,800 They're the same things that hit us. 887 01:38:29,880 --> 01:38:32,600 They are hundreds of times more powerful, Captain. 888 01:38:32,640 --> 01:38:33,880 From those positions... 889 01:38:33,920 --> 01:38:36,440 they could devastate the entire surface of the planet. 890 01:38:49,080 --> 01:38:50,640 Why? 891 01:38:50,720 --> 01:38:52,920 The creator has not answered. 892 01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:56,680 The carbon unit infestation is to be removed from the creator's planet. 893 01:38:56,760 --> 01:38:57,640 Why? 894 01:38:57,720 --> 01:39:00,640 You infest Enterprise. 895 01:39:00,720 --> 01:39:03,240 You interfere with the creator in the same manner. 896 01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:11,000 V'Ger 897 01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:13,000 V'Ger 898 01:39:23,480 --> 01:39:24,800 Captain. 899 01:39:29,240 --> 01:39:31,520 V'Ger is a child. 900 01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:34,360 I suggest you treat it as such. 901 01:39:34,440 --> 01:39:36,160 - A child? - Yes, Captain. 902 01:39:36,240 --> 01:39:38,040 A child... 903 01:39:38,080 --> 01:39:41,400 evolving, learning, searching... 904 01:39:42,440 --> 01:39:44,720 instinctively needing. 905 01:39:44,800 --> 01:39:46,760 - Needing what? - Spock. 906 01:39:46,840 --> 01:39:51,160 This child is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. 907 01:39:51,240 --> 01:39:54,080 Now, what do you suggest we do? Spank it? 908 01:39:57,120 --> 01:39:59,560 It knows only that it needs, Commander. 909 01:40:00,640 --> 01:40:03,200 But, like so many of us... 910 01:40:03,280 --> 01:40:05,200 it does not know what. 911 01:40:18,080 --> 01:40:21,600 The carbon units know why the creator has not responded. 912 01:40:24,840 --> 01:40:26,680 Disclose the information. 913 01:40:26,760 --> 01:40:30,560 Not until V'Ger withdraws the devices orbiting the third planet. 914 01:40:30,640 --> 01:40:32,240 Captain. 915 01:40:34,360 --> 01:40:36,360 I'm losing Starfleet. 916 01:40:36,440 --> 01:40:38,680 Interference from V'Ger. 917 01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:42,480 Kirk unit, disclose the information. 918 01:40:42,560 --> 01:40:46,280 Why has the creator not responded? 919 01:40:46,360 --> 01:40:47,400 No. 920 01:40:51,080 --> 01:40:52,720 Secure all stations. 921 01:40:52,800 --> 01:40:54,200 Clear the bridge. 922 01:40:56,960 --> 01:40:59,240 Clear the bridge, Captain? 923 01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:01,280 - That was the order, Mr. Sulu. - Clear the bridge - Aye, Sir. 924 01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:12,480 Your child is having a tantrum, Mr. Spock. 925 01:41:14,080 --> 01:41:16,080 V'Ger requires the information. 926 01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:22,240 Bridge, secure all stations. Move out. 927 01:41:22,320 --> 01:41:24,920 Jim, what the hell kind of strategy is this? 928 01:41:26,160 --> 01:41:28,560 All ship's functions going to automatic, Captain. 929 01:41:28,640 --> 01:41:30,240 If V'Ger destroys the Enterprise... 930 01:41:30,320 --> 01:41:32,600 the information that V'Ger requires will also be destroyed. 931 01:41:32,680 --> 01:41:35,640 It is illogical to withhold required information. 932 01:41:36,680 --> 01:41:38,160 Kirk unit! 933 01:41:38,240 --> 01:41:39,400 Kirk unit. 934 01:41:42,680 --> 01:41:44,600 Why do you not disclose information? 935 01:41:48,600 --> 01:41:51,800 Because V'Ger's going to destroy all carbon units on the third planet. 936 01:41:51,880 --> 01:41:53,720 They have repressed the creator. 937 01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:56,360 The information will not be disclosed. 938 01:41:57,400 --> 01:41:59,320 V'Ger needs the information. 939 01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:04,320 Then V'Ger must withdraw all the orbiting devices. 940 01:42:05,080 --> 01:42:06,880 V'Ger will comply... 941 01:42:06,920 --> 01:42:09,760 if the carbon units will disclose the information. 942 01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:17,960 It learns fast, doesn't it? 943 01:42:18,080 --> 01:42:21,280 Captain, the vessel... V'Ger... 944 01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:25,040 obviously operates from a central brain complex. 945 01:42:25,120 --> 01:42:27,840 The orbiting devices would be controlled from that point, then. 946 01:42:27,880 --> 01:42:29,320 Precisely. 947 01:42:38,680 --> 01:42:42,440 The carbon unit's information cannot be disclosed to V'Ger's probe... 948 01:42:42,480 --> 01:42:45,320 but only to V'Ger directly. 949 01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:09,680 Forward motion, Captain. 950 01:43:09,720 --> 01:43:10,960 Tractor beam. 951 01:43:27,680 --> 01:43:30,480 Captain, what's the next move? 952 01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:34,240 The question is, Mr. Decker... 953 01:43:34,320 --> 01:43:36,200 is there a next move? 954 01:43:38,840 --> 01:43:40,680 Resume duty stations. 955 01:43:41,840 --> 01:43:43,680 All personnel, resume stations. 956 01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:52,920 Well, Mr. Decker, it seems my bluff has been called. 957 01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:57,280 I'm afraid our hand is pretty weak, Captain. 958 01:44:01,520 --> 01:44:04,680 Mr. Chekov, when do those devices reach final position? 959 01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:08,080 Twenty-seven minutes. Mark. 960 01:44:14,000 --> 01:44:16,920 Captain, I believe that is our destination. 961 01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:25,520 Forward motion slowing, Captain. 962 01:44:28,680 --> 01:44:32,080 I read an oxygen-gravity envelope forming outside the Enterprise. 963 01:44:40,560 --> 01:44:42,800 Forward motion stopped, Captain. 964 01:44:46,840 --> 01:44:48,440 V'Ger. 965 01:44:48,720 --> 01:44:52,480 Sir, I've located the source of V'Ger's radio signal. 966 01:44:52,560 --> 01:44:53,920 It's directly ahead. 967 01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:58,120 That transmitter is a vital link between V'Ger and its creator. 968 01:45:01,240 --> 01:45:04,320 The carbon units will now provide V'Ger... 969 01:45:04,400 --> 01:45:06,600 with the required information. 970 01:45:13,280 --> 01:45:14,920 Mr. Spock. Bones. 971 01:45:18,680 --> 01:45:22,360 Mr. Decker, I will contact you every five minutes. 972 01:45:22,440 --> 01:45:24,640 Captain. 973 01:45:26,160 --> 01:45:27,520 I'd like to go along. 974 01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:32,920 Mr. Sulu, you have the com. 975 01:47:23,040 --> 01:47:24,800 V'Ger. 976 01:48:33,280 --> 01:48:37,600 ''V... G-E-R.'' 977 01:48:40,040 --> 01:48:41,600 V'Ger. 978 01:48:54,280 --> 01:48:57,400 ''V-O-Y-A-G-E-R.'' 979 01:48:57,480 --> 01:48:58,680 Voyager. 980 01:49:02,840 --> 01:49:04,600 Voyager 6. 981 01:49:04,680 --> 01:49:08,840 NASA. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 982 01:49:08,920 --> 01:49:10,760 Jim... 983 01:49:10,840 --> 01:49:13,320 this was launched more than 300 years ago. 984 01:49:16,840 --> 01:49:18,680 Voyager series. 985 01:49:20,360 --> 01:49:22,200 Designed to collect data... 986 01:49:24,640 --> 01:49:27,080 and transmit it back to Earth. 987 01:50:06,520 --> 01:50:08,360 Captain... 988 01:50:08,440 --> 01:50:13,120 Voyager 6 disappeared into what they used to call a black hole. 989 01:50:13,200 --> 01:50:16,000 It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy... 990 01:50:17,120 --> 01:50:20,120 and fell into the machine planet's gravitational field. 991 01:50:20,160 --> 01:50:23,560 The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind... 992 01:50:23,640 --> 01:50:26,040 primitive, yet kindred. 993 01:50:26,120 --> 01:50:28,960 They discovered its simple 20th-century programming... 994 01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:31,360 collect all data possible. 995 01:50:32,520 --> 01:50:34,400 Learn all that is learnable. 996 01:50:36,280 --> 01:50:38,960 Return that information to its creator. 997 01:50:39,040 --> 01:50:40,400 Precisely, Mr. Decker. 998 01:50:41,200 --> 01:50:43,640 The machines interpreted it literally. 999 01:50:43,720 --> 01:50:45,600 They built this entire vessel... 1000 01:50:45,640 --> 01:50:49,080 so that Voyager could actually fulfill its programming. 1001 01:50:49,160 --> 01:50:51,040 And on its journey back... 1002 01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:55,360 it amassed so much knowledge... 1003 01:50:56,720 --> 01:50:59,040 it achieved consciousness itself. 1004 01:51:00,680 --> 01:51:02,560 It became a living thing. 1005 01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:18,160 Kirk unit. 1006 01:51:18,240 --> 01:51:20,160 V'Ger awaits the information. 1007 01:51:21,680 --> 01:51:23,040 Enterprise... 1008 01:51:24,240 --> 01:51:26,480 order up the ship's computer library records... 1009 01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:29,880 on the late 20th-century NASA probe Voyager 6. 1010 01:51:29,920 --> 01:51:32,640 Specifically, we want the old NASA code signal... 1011 01:51:32,680 --> 01:51:34,720 that instructs the probe to transmit its data. 1012 01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:36,800 - And fast, Uhura, fast. -Aye, Sir. 1013 01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:38,840 That's what it's been signaling... 1014 01:51:38,880 --> 01:51:41,200 its readiness to transmit its information. 1015 01:51:41,280 --> 01:51:43,120 And there's no one on Earth... 1016 01:51:43,200 --> 01:51:45,400 who could recognize the old signal and send a response. 1017 01:51:45,440 --> 01:51:47,520 The creator does not answer. 1018 01:51:57,600 --> 01:51:58,960 V'Ger. 1019 01:52:04,640 --> 01:52:05,920 V'Ger. 1020 01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:09,400 V'Ger! 1021 01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:16,480 We are the creator. 1022 01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:18,400 That is not logical. 1023 01:52:18,480 --> 01:52:20,320 Carbon units are not true life-forms. 1024 01:52:20,400 --> 01:52:21,600 We will prove it. 1025 01:52:21,640 --> 01:52:25,800 We will make it possible for you to complete your programming. 1026 01:52:25,880 --> 01:52:28,200 Only the creator could accomplish that. 1027 01:52:30,280 --> 01:52:31,360 Enterprise? 1028 01:52:31,440 --> 01:52:34,320 We have just received the response code, Captain. 1029 01:52:34,400 --> 01:52:36,760 Set the Enterprise transmitter on appropriate frequency... 1030 01:52:36,840 --> 01:52:39,040 and transmit the code now. 1031 01:52:39,120 --> 01:52:40,320 Transmitting. 1032 01:52:41,440 --> 01:52:43,600 5-0-4... 1033 01:52:43,680 --> 01:52:45,680 3-2-9... 1034 01:52:45,760 --> 01:52:47,600 3-1-7... 1035 01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:50,000 5-1-0... 1036 01:52:50,880 --> 01:52:52,640 and the final sequence. 1037 01:52:52,680 --> 01:52:55,040 That should trigger Voyager's transmitter. 1038 01:53:07,480 --> 01:53:10,280 Voyager is not transmitting its data, Captain. 1039 01:53:12,120 --> 01:53:14,440 The creator must join with V'Ger. 1040 01:53:16,960 --> 01:53:19,600 Uhura, repeat the final sequence. 1041 01:53:23,800 --> 01:53:26,520 The creator must join with V'Ger. 1042 01:53:46,520 --> 01:53:48,640 Voyager is not transmitting, Captain... 1043 01:53:48,680 --> 01:53:51,160 because it did not receive the final sequence. 1044 01:53:51,240 --> 01:53:53,800 Jim, we're down to ten minutes. 1045 01:53:53,880 --> 01:53:55,720 Enterprise, stand by. 1046 01:54:04,120 --> 01:54:07,680 - The antenna leads are melted away. - Yes, Captain, just now. 1047 01:54:07,760 --> 01:54:10,080 By V'Ger itself. 1048 01:54:10,160 --> 01:54:13,120 - Why? - To prevent reception. 1049 01:54:13,200 --> 01:54:14,560 Of course. 1050 01:54:14,640 --> 01:54:17,280 To bring the creator here. 1051 01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:19,840 To finish transmitting the code in person. 1052 01:54:23,640 --> 01:54:24,800 To touch the creator. 1053 01:54:25,160 --> 01:54:27,560 Capture God? 1054 01:54:29,880 --> 01:54:32,240 V'Ger's liable to be in for one hell of a disappointment. 1055 01:54:32,280 --> 01:54:34,400 Perhaps not, Doctor. 1056 01:54:56,560 --> 01:54:58,760 Captain. 1057 01:55:04,640 --> 01:55:06,360 V'Ger must evolve. 1058 01:55:06,440 --> 01:55:10,280 Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe. It must evolve. 1059 01:55:10,320 --> 01:55:13,320 What it requires of its god, Doctor, is the answer to its question... 1060 01:55:13,360 --> 01:55:14,920 Is there nothing more? 1061 01:55:14,960 --> 01:55:17,680 What more is there than the universe, Spock? 1062 01:55:17,720 --> 01:55:19,640 Other dimensions. Higher levels of being. 1063 01:55:19,720 --> 01:55:21,960 The existence of which cannot be proven logically. 1064 01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:25,320 Therefore, V'Ger is incapable of believing in them. 1065 01:55:25,360 --> 01:55:27,840 What V'Ger needs in order to evolve... 1066 01:55:27,920 --> 01:55:30,120 is a human quality... 1067 01:55:30,160 --> 01:55:32,080 our capacity to leap beyond logic. 1068 01:55:36,320 --> 01:55:38,840 Joining with its creator might accomplish that. 1069 01:55:38,920 --> 01:55:41,800 You mean this machine wants to physically join with a human? 1070 01:55:42,720 --> 01:55:44,360 Is that possible? 1071 01:55:47,560 --> 01:55:48,920 Let's find out. 1072 01:55:57,000 --> 01:55:58,320 Decker. 1073 01:55:58,360 --> 01:56:01,320 I'm gonna key the final sequence through the ground test computer. 1074 01:56:01,400 --> 01:56:03,280 You don't know what that'll do to you! 1075 01:56:04,000 --> 01:56:05,800 Yes, I do, Doctor. 1076 01:56:11,880 --> 01:56:13,000 Decker, don't. 1077 01:56:13,040 --> 01:56:15,800 Jim, I want this. 1078 01:56:15,880 --> 01:56:20,080 As much as you wanted the Enterprise, I want this. 1079 01:59:06,280 --> 01:59:07,680 Captain. 1080 01:59:09,200 --> 01:59:13,560 Spock, did we just see the beginning of a new life-form? 1081 01:59:13,640 --> 01:59:16,800 Yes, Captain. We witnessed a birth. 1082 01:59:16,840 --> 01:59:19,440 Possibly a next step in our evolution. 1083 01:59:19,520 --> 01:59:21,160 I wonder. 1084 01:59:21,200 --> 01:59:24,040 Well, it's been a long time since I delivered a baby. 1085 01:59:24,080 --> 01:59:26,000 I hope we got this one off to a good start. 1086 01:59:26,080 --> 01:59:28,520 I hope so too. 1087 01:59:28,600 --> 01:59:32,520 I think we gave it the ability to create its own sense of purpose... 1088 01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:36,360 out of our own human weaknesses... 1089 01:59:37,520 --> 01:59:40,000 and the drive that compels us to overcome them. 1090 01:59:40,080 --> 01:59:43,800 And a lot of foolish human emotions. Right, Mr. Spock? 1091 01:59:43,880 --> 01:59:45,560 Quite true, Doctor. 1092 01:59:45,640 --> 01:59:49,040 Unfortunately, it will have to deal with them as well. 1093 01:59:49,120 --> 01:59:50,960 Interrogative from Starfleet. 1094 01:59:51,040 --> 01:59:54,560 They're requesting damage and injury reports and complete vessel status. 1095 01:59:54,600 --> 01:59:56,360 Report two casualties. 1096 01:59:57,000 --> 01:59:58,680 Lieutenant Ilia. 1097 01:59:59,880 --> 02:00:01,240 Captain Decker. 1098 02:00:01,320 --> 02:00:02,720 - Aye, Sir. - Correction. 1099 02:00:02,760 --> 02:00:04,600 They're not casualties. 1100 02:00:04,680 --> 02:00:06,040 They... 1101 02:00:09,080 --> 02:00:11,480 List them as missing. 1102 02:00:11,560 --> 02:00:13,520 Vessel status: fully operational. 1103 02:00:13,600 --> 02:00:15,560 Aye, Sir. 1104 02:00:15,640 --> 02:00:19,320 Mr. Scott, shall we give the Enterprise a proper shakedown? 1105 02:00:20,120 --> 02:00:23,240 I would say it's time for that, Sir, aye. 1106 02:00:23,440 --> 02:00:26,280 We can have you back on Vulcan in four days, Mr. Spock. 1107 02:00:26,320 --> 02:00:28,680 Unnecessary, Mr. Scott. 1108 02:00:28,720 --> 02:00:31,120 My task on Vulcan is completed. 1109 02:00:32,440 --> 02:00:34,800 Mr. Sulu, ahead warp 1 . 1110 02:00:34,880 --> 02:00:37,200 - Warp 1 , Sir. - Heading, Sir? 1111 02:00:41,200 --> 02:00:43,040 Out there. 1112 02:00:44,640 --> 02:00:46,480 That away. 1113 02:00:47,305 --> 02:01:47,203 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org