1 00:00:05,064 --> 00:00:10,022 Captain's log, stardate 4307.1. Approaching Starbase 6 2 00:00:10,194 --> 00:00:12,649 for a much-needed period of rest and recreation. 3 00:00:13,030 --> 00:00:17,573 The crew has performed excellently, but is exhausted. 4 00:00:17,743 --> 00:00:21,076 And I too am looking forward to a nice period of rest 5 00:00:21,246 --> 00:00:24,911 on some lovely planet. 6 00:00:25,083 --> 00:00:29,211 Captain, that was a message from Starbase 6. Heavy interference. 7 00:00:29,379 --> 00:00:33,246 All I get is "Intrepid" and what sounded like a sector coordinate. 8 00:00:34,008 --> 00:00:37,175 Interesting. No indications of magnetic storms in this sector. 9 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:39,925 - Try another channel, lieutenant. - Aye, sir. 10 00:00:40,098 --> 00:00:41,971 Intrepid is manned by Vulcans, isn't it? 11 00:00:42,141 --> 00:00:45,557 - Yes, that's right, Bones. - Enterprise calling Starbase... 12 00:00:45,728 --> 00:00:49,393 Enterprise calling Starbase 6. Come in. Come in, starbase. 13 00:00:49,565 --> 00:00:51,024 Spock. 14 00:00:51,817 --> 00:00:53,857 What is it, Spock? You're in pain? 15 00:00:54,028 --> 00:00:57,064 Captain, the Intrepid, 16 00:00:57,614 --> 00:01:00,188 it just... died. 17 00:01:03,036 --> 00:01:06,322 And the 400 Vulcans aboard, 18 00:01:06,957 --> 00:01:08,499 all dead. 19 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:11,244 Come on, Spock, let's go down to Sickbay. 20 00:01:11,419 --> 00:01:15,880 - Doctor, I know what I know. - Get to the Sickbay. 21 00:01:18,009 --> 00:01:20,630 - Captain... - No, no, no. That's an order. 22 00:01:22,555 --> 00:01:24,298 Yes, sir. 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:32,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 24 00:01:35,818 --> 00:01:38,605 Captain, I have Starbase 6 readable now. 25 00:01:38,779 --> 00:01:40,439 Switching to audio, sir. 26 00:01:42,532 --> 00:01:43,564 Kirk here. Go ahead. 27 00:01:43,742 --> 00:01:46,992 You will divert immediately to Sector 3-9-J. 28 00:01:48,788 --> 00:01:52,288 Sir, the Enterprise just completed an exhausting mission. 29 00:01:52,459 --> 00:01:55,792 We're on our way in for R and R. Must be another starship in that sector. 30 00:01:55,962 --> 00:01:59,413 Negative. This is a rescue priority. 31 00:02:01,050 --> 00:02:03,802 We've lost all contact with solar system Gamma 7A, 32 00:02:03,970 --> 00:02:06,009 which the Intrepid was investigating. 33 00:02:06,180 --> 00:02:10,676 And we've just lost contact with the Intrepid. Report progress. 34 00:02:11,519 --> 00:02:13,179 Order acknowledged. Kirk out. 35 00:02:16,982 --> 00:02:20,018 Mr. Kyle, you heard the order. Set a course for Gamma 7A. 36 00:02:20,194 --> 00:02:21,522 - Warp 5. - Aye, sir. 37 00:02:21,695 --> 00:02:26,606 Captain, I have just completed a full long-range scan 38 00:02:26,783 --> 00:02:27,981 of Gamma 7A system. 39 00:02:28,368 --> 00:02:30,693 - It is dead. - Dead? 40 00:02:34,207 --> 00:02:36,876 That was a fourth-magnitude sun. 41 00:02:37,544 --> 00:02:40,877 There are billions of inhabitants there. 42 00:02:41,047 --> 00:02:43,716 It is dead. 43 00:02:55,769 --> 00:02:59,304 Space, the final frontier. 44 00:03:04,695 --> 00:03:08,775 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 45 00:03:08,949 --> 00:03:13,029 Its five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds, 46 00:03:13,203 --> 00:03:16,951 to seek out new life and new civilisations, 47 00:03:17,123 --> 00:03:20,077 to boldly go where no man has gone before. 48 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:04,081 I assure you, doctor, I'm quite all right. 49 00:04:04,252 --> 00:04:07,668 The pain was momentary. It passed quickly. 50 00:04:08,464 --> 00:04:11,086 Well, all of my instruments seem to agree with you, 51 00:04:11,259 --> 00:04:15,256 if I can trust these crazy Vulcan readings. 52 00:04:16,430 --> 00:04:21,804 Spock, how can you be so sure the Intrepid was destroyed? 53 00:04:21,977 --> 00:04:24,017 - I sensed it die. - But I thought you had to be 54 00:04:24,188 --> 00:04:26,145 in physical contact with the subject before... 55 00:04:26,315 --> 00:04:28,806 Doctor, even I, a half-Vulcan, 56 00:04:28,984 --> 00:04:31,653 could hear the death scream of 400 Vulcan minds 57 00:04:31,820 --> 00:04:34,145 crying out over the distance between us. 58 00:04:34,322 --> 00:04:37,656 Not even a Vulcan could feel a starship die. 59 00:04:37,826 --> 00:04:41,159 Call it a deep understanding of the way things happen to Vulcans, 60 00:04:41,329 --> 00:04:43,405 but I know that not a person, 61 00:04:43,581 --> 00:04:47,164 not even the computers onboard the Intrepid, knew what was killing them 62 00:04:47,335 --> 00:04:49,078 or would have understood it had they known. 63 00:04:49,295 --> 00:04:51,584 But 400 Vulcans. 64 00:04:51,756 --> 00:04:53,630 I've noticed that about your people, doctor. 65 00:04:54,425 --> 00:04:57,342 You find it easier to understand the death of one 66 00:04:57,511 --> 00:04:59,753 than the death of a million. 67 00:04:59,930 --> 00:05:03,264 You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, 68 00:05:04,018 --> 00:05:07,801 yet how little room there seems to be in yours. 69 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:14,023 Suffer the deaths of thy neighbour, eh, Spock? 70 00:05:14,528 --> 00:05:16,769 You wouldn't wish that on us, would you? 71 00:05:17,114 --> 00:05:22,274 It might have rendered your history a bit less bloody. 72 00:05:32,754 --> 00:05:35,707 Spock, you may have been right. We've lost contact with the Intrepid 73 00:05:35,882 --> 00:05:38,372 and are out of communication with an entire solar system. 74 00:05:38,551 --> 00:05:39,831 Any update from Starfleet? 75 00:05:40,011 --> 00:05:43,379 I cannot filter out the distortion, sir. It's getting worse. 76 00:05:43,556 --> 00:05:46,225 Captain, deflector shields just snapped on. 77 00:05:46,767 --> 00:05:50,100 - Slow to warp 3. - Warp 3, sir. 78 00:05:52,231 --> 00:05:55,231 Indications of energy turbulence ahead. 79 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,393 Unable to analyse. 80 00:05:57,569 --> 00:06:00,025 I've never encountered readings like this before. 81 00:06:03,408 --> 00:06:04,902 Scanners on. 82 00:06:10,415 --> 00:06:14,911 - Magnification 3 on the screen. - Magnification factor 3, sir. 83 00:06:17,130 --> 00:06:19,620 Exactly what are we looking for, Mr. Spock? 84 00:06:19,799 --> 00:06:22,918 I would assume, that. 85 00:06:37,608 --> 00:06:39,399 What is that? 86 00:06:39,568 --> 00:06:43,565 Perhaps an interstellar dust cloud? 87 00:06:43,738 --> 00:06:45,114 Not very likely, ensign. 88 00:06:45,282 --> 00:06:48,733 No. You'd be able to see stars through a dust cloud. 89 00:06:49,577 --> 00:06:52,614 It looks like a hole in space. 90 00:06:52,997 --> 00:06:56,615 - Readings, Mr. Spock? - Still not able to analyse, captain. 91 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:59,497 Sensors are feeding data to the computers now. 92 00:06:59,670 --> 00:07:01,462 Whatever this dark zone is, 93 00:07:01,631 --> 00:07:05,130 it lies directly in line with the course I calculate for the Intrepid 94 00:07:05,801 --> 00:07:08,470 and the Gamma 7A system. 95 00:07:14,393 --> 00:07:17,144 Hold present course. Slow to warp 1. 96 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:19,099 Warp factor 1, sir. 97 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:21,894 Mr. Chekov, prepare to launch telemetry probe into that zone. 98 00:07:22,109 --> 00:07:25,026 - Direct computer feed to Mr. Spock. - Aye, sir. 99 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:28,860 Probe ready. Switching data feed to library computer. 100 00:07:29,032 --> 00:07:31,570 - Launch probe. - Probe launched, sir. 101 00:07:43,337 --> 00:07:46,457 - What was that? - The telemetry probe, sir. 102 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:49,253 There's no signal from it now. 103 00:07:50,010 --> 00:07:51,967 - Speculation, Spock? - I have none, captain. 104 00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:54,177 Insufficient data. 105 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,017 Lieutenant. 106 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,683 Just dizzy. I'll be all right. I'm fine, sir. 107 00:08:03,857 --> 00:08:05,850 Sickbay to Captain Kirk. McCoy here. 108 00:08:06,026 --> 00:08:08,861 - Kirk here. What is it? - I'm getting reports from every deck. 109 00:08:09,029 --> 00:08:12,195 Half the people on this ship just fainted. 110 00:08:12,365 --> 00:08:16,066 Uhura almost did. She says she's all right. Do you wanna see her? 111 00:08:16,244 --> 00:08:18,782 Not unless she's feeling ill. I've got an emergency down here. 112 00:08:18,955 --> 00:08:21,624 - What's wrong? - Well, it's nothing organic. 113 00:08:21,791 --> 00:08:23,867 They all seem to be nervous, weak and irritable. 114 00:08:24,043 --> 00:08:26,119 They say it happened suddenly, like a balloon popping. 115 00:08:26,295 --> 00:08:27,374 Can you handle it, Bones? 116 00:08:27,546 --> 00:08:29,669 I'm giving them stimulants to keep them on their feet. 117 00:08:30,257 --> 00:08:34,006 - Yeah, we can handle it, Jim. - Good. Kirk out. 118 00:08:47,983 --> 00:08:51,352 - Hold our position, Mr. Kyle. - Aye, aye, sir. 119 00:08:52,904 --> 00:08:55,442 Spock, give me an update on the dark area ahead. 120 00:08:55,615 --> 00:08:58,402 No analysis due to insufficient information. 121 00:08:59,702 --> 00:09:01,244 No speculation, no information, nothing. 122 00:09:01,412 --> 00:09:04,330 I've asked three times for information and you've been unable to supply it. 123 00:09:04,499 --> 00:09:08,033 "Insufficient data" is not sufficient, Mr. Spock. You're the science officer. 124 00:09:08,210 --> 00:09:09,918 You're to have sufficient data all the time. 125 00:09:10,338 --> 00:09:11,962 I am well aware of that, captain, 126 00:09:12,131 --> 00:09:14,622 but the computers contain nothing on this phenomenon. 127 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,259 It is beyond our experience, 128 00:09:16,427 --> 00:09:19,096 and the new information is not yet significant. 129 00:09:19,263 --> 00:09:20,923 I don't know about you, but I'm tired. 130 00:09:25,352 --> 00:09:30,179 If you can't tell me what it is, let's use reverse logic. 131 00:09:30,357 --> 00:09:32,266 Perhaps it'll help if you tell me what it isn't. 132 00:09:32,442 --> 00:09:35,893 It is not liquid, gaseous or solid, 133 00:09:36,071 --> 00:09:38,063 despite the fact we cannot see through it. 134 00:09:38,239 --> 00:09:39,615 So far, that's not much help. 135 00:09:39,782 --> 00:09:43,116 It is not a galactic nebula, such as the Coalsack. 136 00:09:43,286 --> 00:09:45,777 And since our deflectors were activated by it, 137 00:09:45,955 --> 00:09:48,493 it would seem to be some form of energy, 138 00:09:48,666 --> 00:09:50,872 but nothing our sensors can identify. 139 00:09:51,752 --> 00:09:54,872 Is it possible... 140 00:09:55,798 --> 00:09:59,297 ...that this is what killed that solar system 141 00:09:59,468 --> 00:10:03,382 - and the Intrepid? - Very possible. 142 00:10:11,229 --> 00:10:13,352 - Lieutenant. - Yes, sir. 143 00:10:13,523 --> 00:10:16,974 Notify the Starfleet... 144 00:10:17,986 --> 00:10:21,651 ...that we're going to attempt to probe the area of darkness 145 00:10:21,823 --> 00:10:25,357 - to gain further information. - Aye, aye, sir. 146 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,156 - Captain... - No, Mr. Spock. 147 00:10:32,416 --> 00:10:34,456 Distance from zone of darkness, Mr. Kyle? 148 00:10:34,752 --> 00:10:36,994 One hundred thousand kilometres, sir. 149 00:10:37,296 --> 00:10:40,048 All right. Ahead slow. Impulse power only. 150 00:10:40,216 --> 00:10:41,626 Aye, aye, sir. 151 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,671 Transmission to Starfleet complete, sir. 152 00:10:47,848 --> 00:10:49,342 Very good. 153 00:10:53,937 --> 00:10:55,680 Time, Mr. Chekov? 154 00:10:55,856 --> 00:10:59,687 Penetration of the zone in one minute, seven seconds, sir. 155 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,655 Red alert. 156 00:11:06,407 --> 00:11:10,239 Deflectors, full power. Phaser banks ready? 157 00:11:10,745 --> 00:11:14,742 Phasers standing by, deflectors are at full power, sir. 158 00:11:19,837 --> 00:11:23,040 It's not coming from communications, sir. 159 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:26,050 - Spock? - Analysing now, captain. 160 00:11:34,267 --> 00:11:39,178 Captain, the stars are gone. 161 00:11:47,614 --> 00:11:50,864 - Malfunction, Mr. Spock? - Negative, captain. 162 00:11:51,034 --> 00:11:52,860 All systems functioning properly. 163 00:11:53,035 --> 00:11:55,491 Then kindly tell me what happened to the stars. 164 00:11:57,957 --> 00:11:59,237 Unknown, captain. 165 00:12:00,209 --> 00:12:02,498 - Kirk to McCoy. - McCoy here. 166 00:12:02,670 --> 00:12:04,543 - Things any better down there? - Worse. 167 00:12:04,713 --> 00:12:06,255 They're backed up into the corridor. 168 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,880 Well, have you got anything that'll help up here? 169 00:12:09,051 --> 00:12:13,463 I don't want anybody folding on the Bridge at a critical moment. 170 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:16,176 On my way. McCoy out. 171 00:12:17,434 --> 00:12:21,597 Kirk to Engineering. Scotty, there was a power loss. How come? 172 00:12:21,771 --> 00:12:24,606 We lost 5 percent of our energy reserves, sir. 173 00:12:24,774 --> 00:12:26,482 Our deflector shields are weakened. 174 00:12:26,651 --> 00:12:30,102 - Can you compensate for the loss? - Aye, if we don't lose any more. 175 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,560 Don't ask me how it happened. 176 00:12:31,739 --> 00:12:35,274 I am asking how, mister. I want answers. Kirk out. 177 00:12:41,165 --> 00:12:44,119 - What's that? - A stimulant. 178 00:12:46,587 --> 00:12:48,959 Bones, how bad is it? 179 00:12:49,131 --> 00:12:52,464 Two-thirds of the personnel are affected. 180 00:12:56,763 --> 00:13:01,306 Why? How? Do you have any answers? 181 00:13:01,601 --> 00:13:03,095 You'll get everything I can tell you, 182 00:13:03,270 --> 00:13:06,888 but when there is nothing, what do you want me to say? 183 00:13:12,612 --> 00:13:13,987 Bones. 184 00:13:14,155 --> 00:13:15,863 Nurse. 185 00:13:17,533 --> 00:13:19,989 This ship is in trouble. 186 00:13:20,244 --> 00:13:23,827 We better start solving problems faster than we pick up new ones. 187 00:13:23,998 --> 00:13:27,449 We seem to be in the middle of a creeping paralysis. 188 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:37,836 Mr. Spock, analysis of that last burst of noise, before we started losing power. 189 00:13:38,011 --> 00:13:41,510 That sound was the turbulence caused by the penetration of a boundary layer. 190 00:13:41,765 --> 00:13:44,516 - What boundary layer? - Unknown. 191 00:13:44,684 --> 00:13:46,807 A boundary layer between what and what? 192 00:13:46,978 --> 00:13:49,647 Between where we were and where we are. 193 00:13:50,732 --> 00:13:52,356 Are you trying to be funny, Mr. Spock? 194 00:13:53,526 --> 00:13:55,104 It would never occur to me, captain. 195 00:13:57,363 --> 00:14:00,150 Do you have any ideas, Spock? 196 00:14:00,324 --> 00:14:04,903 We still have no specifics, but we seem to have entered a zone of energy 197 00:14:05,079 --> 00:14:08,115 which is incompatible with our living and mechanical processes. 198 00:14:08,290 --> 00:14:12,454 As we draw closer to the source, it grows stronger and we grow weaker. 199 00:14:13,462 --> 00:14:16,297 - Recommendations? - I have one. 200 00:14:18,383 --> 00:14:19,842 I recommend survival. 201 00:14:22,888 --> 00:14:24,880 Let's get out of here. 202 00:14:42,532 --> 00:14:44,191 This is the captain. 203 00:14:44,408 --> 00:14:48,157 We're on a difficult mission, but it's not the first time. 204 00:14:48,329 --> 00:14:51,579 Our orders do not say stay alive or retreat. 205 00:14:51,749 --> 00:14:54,370 Our mission is to investigate. 206 00:14:54,752 --> 00:14:57,539 We're sick and we're getting sicker. 207 00:14:57,713 --> 00:15:01,082 We have no guarantees, but we have a good ship 208 00:15:01,258 --> 00:15:05,587 and the best crew in Starfleet. So do your jobs. Carry on. 209 00:15:05,762 --> 00:15:07,422 Kirk out. 210 00:15:13,269 --> 00:15:17,101 - Sickbay to Captain Kirk. - Kirk here. Go ahead, Bones. 211 00:15:17,273 --> 00:15:20,772 Jim, according to the life indicators, the energy levels... 212 00:15:20,943 --> 00:15:22,106 Yeah, say it, Bones. 213 00:15:22,278 --> 00:15:25,611 According to the life monitors, we're dying. 214 00:15:26,115 --> 00:15:29,032 We're all dying. 215 00:15:37,668 --> 00:15:40,953 Captain's log, stardate 4308.8. 216 00:15:41,129 --> 00:15:43,585 It is now ten minutes since we entered the zone of darkness. 217 00:15:44,132 --> 00:15:46,588 We have stopped engines while we seek a defence 218 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,757 against the energy drain which seems to pervade the zone. 219 00:15:53,391 --> 00:15:56,345 - You all right? What was that? - I'm sorry, sir. I'm not sure. 220 00:15:56,519 --> 00:15:59,769 I was trying to recalibrate and we went into reverse. 221 00:15:59,939 --> 00:16:02,311 Reverse? But that was a forward lurch. 222 00:16:02,483 --> 00:16:04,191 How could that happen in reverse thrust? 223 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,821 I don't know, sir. All I know is that... 224 00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:12,693 ...the power levels are down 12 percent and steadily decreasing. 225 00:16:12,868 --> 00:16:15,324 I've never experienced anything like it. 226 00:16:15,496 --> 00:16:17,903 Bridge to Captain Kirk. 227 00:16:19,166 --> 00:16:21,324 - Kirk here. - Sir, we are accelerating. 228 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:24,502 We are being pulled toward the centre of the zone of darkness. 229 00:16:24,671 --> 00:16:26,711 - By what, Spock? - Unknown, captain. 230 00:16:26,882 --> 00:16:29,503 I suggest you order Mr. Scott to give us reverse power. 231 00:16:31,678 --> 00:16:33,920 He just gave us reverse power. We lurched forward. 232 00:16:34,556 --> 00:16:39,182 In that case, captain, I would suggest we apply forward thrust. 233 00:16:42,438 --> 00:16:46,851 Doctor, life-function indicators, they've started a sharp drop again. 234 00:16:47,026 --> 00:16:48,604 Stimulants. 235 00:16:48,778 --> 00:16:51,447 I don't know how long we can keep this up. 236 00:16:56,368 --> 00:16:58,028 What do you think, Scotty? Forward thrust? 237 00:16:58,704 --> 00:17:02,037 I don't know, sir. It goes against the rules of logic. 238 00:17:02,207 --> 00:17:04,366 Yes, it does, doesn't it? Well, if it doesn't work, 239 00:17:04,835 --> 00:17:08,168 I'll never let Spock live it down. Nudge it into forward. 240 00:17:08,797 --> 00:17:10,790 - But, s... - Go ahead. 241 00:17:19,474 --> 00:17:22,309 That's doing it, sir. We're slowing down. 242 00:17:22,685 --> 00:17:25,722 But we're not stopping. We're still being dragged forward. 243 00:17:25,897 --> 00:17:27,973 Have one of your engineers monitor the instruments. 244 00:17:28,149 --> 00:17:30,556 Keep applying thrust against the pull. 245 00:17:30,735 --> 00:17:33,985 Doctor, they seem to be stabilising. 246 00:17:34,155 --> 00:17:36,906 But at a dangerously low level. 247 00:17:37,283 --> 00:17:39,738 Well, we're still alive. 248 00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:42,484 I suppose that's something. 249 00:17:47,918 --> 00:17:51,038 All I can contribute is the further we travel into this zone of darkness, 250 00:17:51,213 --> 00:17:55,791 the weaker our life functions become and I have no idea why. 251 00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:02,929 I'm all right. It's those stimulants. They catch up with you. 252 00:18:03,558 --> 00:18:04,589 Engineering? 253 00:18:04,767 --> 00:18:08,136 As far as power levels are concerned, everything is acting backwards. 254 00:18:08,313 --> 00:18:10,270 But the drain is continuing. 255 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,440 On the static tests, I could only get 60 percent power. 256 00:18:13,609 --> 00:18:16,231 - We're still being dragged forward. - Spock? 257 00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:19,073 It is logical to assume that something within this zone 258 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,617 absorbs all forms of energy, whether mechanically or biologically produced. 259 00:18:23,786 --> 00:18:26,158 Whatever it is, it would seem to be the same thing 260 00:18:26,330 --> 00:18:31,075 which drew all the energy out of an entire solar system and the Intrepid. 261 00:18:31,251 --> 00:18:34,537 - The same thing, not the zone itself? - I would say not, captain. 262 00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:38,461 The analysis of the zone indicates it is a negative energy field, 263 00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:40,542 however illogical that may sound. 264 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,960 But it is not the source of the power drain. 265 00:18:43,138 --> 00:18:45,629 Maybe it's a shield of some kind, 266 00:18:45,807 --> 00:18:48,132 some form of protection for something else. 267 00:18:48,309 --> 00:18:50,468 - But what? - We'll find out what it is, 268 00:18:50,645 --> 00:18:53,432 but we better get out of here ourselves. 269 00:18:53,606 --> 00:18:57,983 Scotty, channel all the impulse and warp power 270 00:18:58,152 --> 00:19:01,817 into one massive thrust forward. That might snap us out of the zone. 271 00:19:01,989 --> 00:19:05,821 Aye, captain. But I'll reserve some for the shields in case we don't get out. 272 00:19:05,993 --> 00:19:08,484 I submit, Mr. Scott, that if we do not get out, 273 00:19:08,662 --> 00:19:10,571 the shields would be extraneous. 274 00:19:10,747 --> 00:19:14,662 It would only prolong our wait for death by a short period of time. 275 00:19:16,253 --> 00:19:19,289 Use whatever power is necessary to get us out of here, Scotty. 276 00:19:20,841 --> 00:19:25,336 Report to your stations, continue your research. Dismissed. 277 00:19:34,353 --> 00:19:37,354 Captain, the Intrepid would have done all these things too, 278 00:19:37,523 --> 00:19:39,101 and yet they were destroyed. 279 00:19:39,609 --> 00:19:42,942 Well, they may not have done all these things. 280 00:19:43,112 --> 00:19:46,860 You've just pointed out how illogical this situation is. 281 00:19:47,616 --> 00:19:52,361 True. It is also true they never knew what was killing them. 282 00:19:52,538 --> 00:19:56,749 Their logic would not have permitted them to believe they were being killed. 283 00:19:56,917 --> 00:19:57,996 Explain. 284 00:19:58,168 --> 00:20:01,667 Vulcan has not been conquered within its collective memory. 285 00:20:01,838 --> 00:20:06,251 The memory goes back so far that no Vulcan can conceive of a conqueror. 286 00:20:06,426 --> 00:20:09,546 I knew the ship was lost because I sensed it. 287 00:20:09,721 --> 00:20:13,137 - What was it you sensed? - A touch of death. 288 00:20:14,142 --> 00:20:16,811 And what do you think they felt? 289 00:20:19,146 --> 00:20:20,309 Astonishment. 290 00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:44,543 That ought to do it. 291 00:20:45,922 --> 00:20:47,333 Engineering to Captain Kirk. 292 00:20:48,216 --> 00:20:51,252 - Kirk here. What is it, Scotty? - Ready to try it when you are, sir. 293 00:20:52,512 --> 00:20:54,421 Do we have the power to pull it off, Scotty? 294 00:20:54,597 --> 00:20:58,048 - I hope so, captain. - Stand by. 295 00:20:59,644 --> 00:21:01,553 All hands, this is the captain. 296 00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:04,139 We are slowly being pulled 297 00:21:04,315 --> 00:21:07,020 deeper into the zone of darkness by an unknown force. 298 00:21:08,235 --> 00:21:09,267 We're going to apply 299 00:21:09,737 --> 00:21:13,402 all available power into one giant forward thrust, 300 00:21:13,574 --> 00:21:16,777 in the hope that it will yank us out of the zone. 301 00:21:19,121 --> 00:21:20,948 Prepare yourselves. 302 00:21:23,959 --> 00:21:26,710 All right, Scotty. Let's get on with it. 303 00:21:52,903 --> 00:21:55,524 - Scotty! - It's no good, sir. The best we can do 304 00:21:55,698 --> 00:21:58,449 is to maintain thrust against the pull and hold our position. 305 00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:00,740 - Are we still losing power? - Aye, sir. 306 00:22:00,911 --> 00:22:03,117 How long will the power hold out? 307 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:07,120 At this rate, plus the drain on all systems, two hours, sir. 308 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:09,249 Maintain thrust, Scotty. 309 00:22:10,921 --> 00:22:14,005 While we're maintaining our distance, Mr. Spock, 310 00:22:14,174 --> 00:22:17,128 have you ascertained yet what we're maintaining our distance from? 311 00:22:17,844 --> 00:22:20,132 I cannot say what it is, captain. 312 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:23,471 But I would say it has found us. 313 00:22:43,452 --> 00:22:47,745 - Prepare to launch a probe, Chekov. - Aye, sir. 314 00:22:48,206 --> 00:22:49,914 Probe ready for launch, sir. 315 00:22:50,083 --> 00:22:52,123 Getting very confused readings, captain, 316 00:22:52,294 --> 00:22:54,998 but this is definitely the source of the energy drain. 317 00:22:55,171 --> 00:22:57,543 - Launch probe. - Probe launched, sir. 318 00:22:57,715 --> 00:23:02,710 Probe will impact in 7.3 seconds. 319 00:23:03,638 --> 00:23:05,714 Six, five, 320 00:23:06,057 --> 00:23:07,515 four, three, 321 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,591 two, one... 322 00:23:13,064 --> 00:23:15,389 - Are we still in contact with the probe? - Yes, sir. 323 00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:19,314 - Data being relayed to Mr. Spock. - Readings coming in now, captain. 324 00:23:19,486 --> 00:23:22,487 Length: Approximately 11,000 miles. 325 00:23:23,031 --> 00:23:28,536 Width: Varying from 2,000 to 3,000 miles. 326 00:23:28,704 --> 00:23:32,748 Outer layer studded with space debris 327 00:23:32,916 --> 00:23:34,659 and waste. 328 00:23:34,834 --> 00:23:39,046 Interior consists of protoplasm. 329 00:23:39,923 --> 00:23:43,256 Varying from a firmer gelatinous layer 330 00:23:43,426 --> 00:23:45,881 to a semi-fluid central mass. 331 00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:49,387 Condition: 332 00:23:50,474 --> 00:23:51,554 Living. 333 00:23:57,606 --> 00:24:02,434 - Magnification 4. - Magnification 4, sir. 334 00:24:07,783 --> 00:24:10,784 That is what is drawing us toward it, captain. 335 00:24:10,952 --> 00:24:14,119 The same way it drew the Intrepid to her death. 336 00:24:31,639 --> 00:24:32,967 That is an amoeba. 337 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:35,347 Yes, I remember my basic biology, doctor. 338 00:24:35,518 --> 00:24:37,226 Do you mean to tell me that thing out there 339 00:24:37,395 --> 00:24:39,932 is a giant, single-celled animal? 340 00:24:40,105 --> 00:24:43,059 Yes, for lack of a better term. It's a very simple form of life. 341 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:46,685 In fact, it's a much simpler form of life than what you're looking at now. 342 00:24:46,862 --> 00:24:49,483 But that thing out there apparently can perform all the functions 343 00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:52,112 that qualify it as a living organism. 344 00:24:52,284 --> 00:24:56,116 It can reproduce, it can breathe, it can eat, 345 00:24:56,288 --> 00:24:57,912 although I don't know what. 346 00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:00,323 Energy itself, perhaps, drained from us. 347 00:25:01,001 --> 00:25:03,123 I would speculate that this unknown life form 348 00:25:03,294 --> 00:25:06,663 is invading our galaxy like a virus. 349 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:11,964 The Intrepid died of that particular virus. 350 00:25:12,136 --> 00:25:13,630 How is it we survive? 351 00:25:13,804 --> 00:25:15,631 The Intrepid must have come across the organism 352 00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:19,009 while it was still low in energy, still hungry. 353 00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:20,513 We are not safe, captain. 354 00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:23,853 We merely have a little more time than the Intrepid did. 355 00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,514 What about this zone of darkness? 356 00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:31,188 Does the organism generate it itself as a form of protection? 357 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:33,272 That's one of the things we've got to find out. 358 00:25:33,448 --> 00:25:35,192 We've got to take a closer look at it. 359 00:25:35,367 --> 00:25:37,858 The closer we get, the faster our energy drains out. 360 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:39,827 We're barely surviving at this distance. 361 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:42,864 Perhaps we could risk the shuttlecraft. 362 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:48,545 - Perhaps with a protective shield... - I'm not sending anyone anywhere. 363 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,836 Unmanned probes can give us the information we need 364 00:25:51,007 --> 00:25:52,964 to destroy this thing, if it can be destroyed. 365 00:25:53,134 --> 00:25:54,925 I must differ with you, captain. 366 00:25:55,094 --> 00:25:57,383 We have sent unmanned probes into it. 367 00:25:57,555 --> 00:25:59,179 They have given us some information, 368 00:25:59,348 --> 00:26:01,305 but they have not told us what we need to know. 369 00:26:01,475 --> 00:26:05,389 And we cannot afford the power to take blind shots at it, hoping to kill it. 370 00:26:05,563 --> 00:26:08,729 We could send one man in, pinpoint its vulnerable spots. 371 00:26:08,899 --> 00:26:10,607 Do you know what the odds are in coming back? 372 00:26:10,776 --> 00:26:12,187 I can't order a man to do that. 373 00:26:12,361 --> 00:26:14,982 Who said anything about an order, Jim? You've got a volunteer. 374 00:26:15,155 --> 00:26:16,697 I've already done the preliminary work. 375 00:26:16,865 --> 00:26:19,901 - It's a suicide mission, Bones. - The thing evidently has reflexes. 376 00:26:20,243 --> 00:26:23,742 The unmanned probe we sent into it must have stung it when it entered. 377 00:26:23,913 --> 00:26:26,404 The lurch we felt was the turbulence of its reaction. 378 00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:28,409 All right, so I'd know enough to go slow 379 00:26:28,585 --> 00:26:31,254 when we penetrated its vulnerable spots. 380 00:26:31,421 --> 00:26:33,247 You have a martyr complex, doctor. 381 00:26:33,423 --> 00:26:35,249 I submit that it disqualifies you. 382 00:26:38,970 --> 00:26:40,428 Do you think 383 00:26:40,596 --> 00:26:43,514 that I intend to pass up the greatest living laboratory since..? 384 00:26:43,682 --> 00:26:46,434 The Vulcans saw it first, and died. 385 00:26:46,602 --> 00:26:50,434 - Just because the Vulcans failed... - I am more capable. 386 00:26:52,232 --> 00:26:54,225 Gentlemen, I am not taking volunteers. 387 00:26:54,401 --> 00:26:55,776 You don't think you're going? 388 00:26:55,944 --> 00:26:58,186 I'm better qualified as a command pilot than you are. 389 00:26:58,363 --> 00:27:00,688 Which makes you indispensable, captain. 390 00:27:00,866 --> 00:27:04,448 Further, you are not a science specialist. 391 00:27:04,828 --> 00:27:08,660 Jim, that organism contains chemical processes we've never seen before 392 00:27:08,832 --> 00:27:09,946 and may never see again. 393 00:27:10,125 --> 00:27:13,161 - We could learn more in one day... - We don't have one day, doctor. 394 00:27:13,336 --> 00:27:14,711 We have precisely 395 00:27:14,879 --> 00:27:18,165 one hour and 35 minutes of power left. 396 00:27:18,341 --> 00:27:19,799 - Jim. - Captain, l... 397 00:27:19,967 --> 00:27:23,751 Gentlemen, I'll decide. 398 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:33,225 Captain's personal log, stardate 4309.2. 399 00:27:33,397 --> 00:27:35,888 We have established that the thing which destroyed 400 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:39,482 the USS Intrepid and the Gamma 7A system 401 00:27:39,653 --> 00:27:42,737 is an incredibly huge but simple cellular being 402 00:27:42,906 --> 00:27:45,444 whose energies are totally destructive to all known life. 403 00:27:45,617 --> 00:27:49,449 Both Mr. Spock and Dr. McCoy 404 00:27:49,621 --> 00:27:52,538 have volunteered to go in a specially equipped shuttlecraft, 405 00:27:52,707 --> 00:27:56,835 penetrate the cell, find a way to destroy it and free the ship. 406 00:27:59,589 --> 00:28:04,416 Dr. McCoy has the medical-biological knowledge. 407 00:28:05,261 --> 00:28:07,253 Mr. Spock... 408 00:28:07,847 --> 00:28:11,975 ...is better suited physically and emotionally to stand the stress. 409 00:28:14,103 --> 00:28:18,764 Both are right, both are capable. 410 00:28:19,566 --> 00:28:23,564 And which of my friends 411 00:28:23,737 --> 00:28:26,062 do I condemn to death? 412 00:28:34,581 --> 00:28:36,787 This is the captain. 413 00:28:37,792 --> 00:28:43,035 Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, report to my quarters immediately. Kirk out. 414 00:28:43,214 --> 00:28:47,081 - Engineering to Captain Kirk. - Kirk here. 415 00:28:47,259 --> 00:28:50,296 You asked me to keep you informed on the power drain, sir. 416 00:28:50,471 --> 00:28:52,962 All levels are down 50 percent now 417 00:28:53,224 --> 00:28:54,552 and still draining. 418 00:28:54,725 --> 00:28:58,639 We can maintain thrust for another hour and 15 minutes. 419 00:28:58,812 --> 00:29:00,057 Very well. 420 00:29:00,355 --> 00:29:03,558 - Prepare the shuttlecraft for launching. - Sir? 421 00:29:05,235 --> 00:29:08,686 Dr. McCoy will tell you what special equipment to put in it. Kirk out. 422 00:29:12,659 --> 00:29:14,236 I'm sorry, Mr. Spock. 423 00:29:16,454 --> 00:29:20,203 - Right. I'll get a few things I need, Jim. - Not you, Bones. 424 00:29:20,416 --> 00:29:23,086 I'm sorry, Mr. Spock. 425 00:29:23,711 --> 00:29:25,419 You're best qualified to go. 426 00:29:35,264 --> 00:29:37,007 Do not suffer so, doctor. 427 00:29:37,182 --> 00:29:39,590 This is not the first time superior capability 428 00:29:39,768 --> 00:29:43,018 has proven more valuable than professional credentials. 429 00:29:43,188 --> 00:29:45,015 Nothing has been proven yet, Spock. 430 00:29:45,190 --> 00:29:49,057 The DNA code analyser will give you the fundamental structure of the thing. 431 00:29:49,236 --> 00:29:51,442 You'll need readings on three light wavelengths 432 00:29:51,613 --> 00:29:52,858 from the enzyme recorder. 433 00:29:53,031 --> 00:29:55,948 I am familiar with the equipment, doctor. 434 00:29:56,159 --> 00:29:58,780 We're wasting time. The shuttlecraft is ready. 435 00:29:58,953 --> 00:30:02,239 You're determined not to let me share in this, aren't you? 436 00:30:02,415 --> 00:30:03,957 This is not a competition, doctor. 437 00:30:04,125 --> 00:30:07,909 Whether you understand it or not, grant me my own kind of dignity. 438 00:30:08,963 --> 00:30:11,121 Vulcan dignity? 439 00:30:11,299 --> 00:30:13,968 How can I grant you what I don't understand? 440 00:30:14,135 --> 00:30:16,423 Then employ one of your own superstitions. 441 00:30:17,221 --> 00:30:18,383 Wish me luck. 442 00:30:49,418 --> 00:30:50,498 Good luck, Spock. 443 00:30:55,466 --> 00:30:57,505 All systems clear for shuttlecraft launch, sir. 444 00:30:58,594 --> 00:31:01,927 - Launch shuttlecraft. - Shuttlecraft away, sir. 445 00:31:16,695 --> 00:31:20,313 Lieutenant Uhura, channel automatic telemetry directly to the computers. 446 00:31:20,490 --> 00:31:22,281 Aye, aye, sir. 447 00:31:22,575 --> 00:31:25,245 Shuttlecraft to Enterprise. 448 00:31:26,496 --> 00:31:27,527 Come in, Spock. 449 00:31:27,705 --> 00:31:30,540 Power drain is enormous and growing worse. 450 00:31:31,584 --> 00:31:32,615 Chekov. 451 00:31:34,086 --> 00:31:37,586 Diverting all secondary power to the shields. 452 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:42,751 - Continue communications as long as there is power to transmit. 453 00:31:42,928 --> 00:31:45,336 Captain, he won't have enough power to get back out 454 00:31:45,514 --> 00:31:48,349 if he diverts it to his shields. 455 00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:50,468 - Spock. - I heard, captain. 456 00:31:51,061 --> 00:31:55,011 We discussed that possibility earlier. But you will need this information. 457 00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:57,728 When do you estimate penetration? 458 00:31:57,901 --> 00:32:02,361 Slowing now. Contact in 18.3 seconds. 459 00:32:02,530 --> 00:32:04,238 Brace yourselves. 460 00:32:04,407 --> 00:32:07,408 The area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive. 461 00:32:10,204 --> 00:32:11,236 Contact 462 00:32:11,414 --> 00:32:13,987 in six seconds. 463 00:32:23,551 --> 00:32:24,582 Report, Mr. Spock. 464 00:32:29,264 --> 00:32:33,428 - Spock, report. - I am undamaged, captain. 465 00:32:34,811 --> 00:32:35,926 Relay to Mr. Scott, 466 00:32:36,104 --> 00:32:42,107 I had 3 percent power reserve before the shields stabilised. 467 00:32:42,277 --> 00:32:45,942 There was nothing to spare. I shall continue my tests. 468 00:32:49,117 --> 00:32:50,694 Oh, and Dr. McCoy... 469 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:56,288 ...you would not have survived it. - You wanna bet? 470 00:32:58,542 --> 00:33:01,460 I am moving slowly now. 471 00:33:01,629 --> 00:33:05,294 Establishing course toward what appears to be the nucleus. 472 00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:21,178 Sir, Mr. Spock has reduced life-support systems 473 00:33:21,356 --> 00:33:23,514 to bare minimum. 474 00:33:24,109 --> 00:33:27,809 Spock, save your power for the shields. 475 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:34,156 Calculations indicate the shields will last only 47 minutes. 476 00:33:37,497 --> 00:33:41,162 However, I am able to identify the chromosome structure. 477 00:33:41,334 --> 00:33:44,999 Changes indicate the organism has stored sufficient energy 478 00:33:45,171 --> 00:33:47,922 for reproductive process to commence. 479 00:33:50,384 --> 00:33:52,839 Will there be two of those things? 480 00:33:53,637 --> 00:33:56,472 I am having difficulty maintaining the ship control. 481 00:33:57,975 --> 00:34:02,471 Spock, do you read me? Spock, do you read me? 482 00:34:02,771 --> 00:34:04,514 I am losing voice contact. 483 00:34:06,024 --> 00:34:10,816 I will transmit internal coordinates of chromosome bodies. 484 00:34:13,990 --> 00:34:16,279 Spock, come in. Come in! 485 00:34:18,035 --> 00:34:19,198 Contact lost, sir. 486 00:34:33,217 --> 00:34:34,960 He's alive! 487 00:34:35,886 --> 00:34:38,555 He's kicked it in the side to let us know. 488 00:34:41,558 --> 00:34:44,642 Captain, I'm getting telemetry. 489 00:34:44,811 --> 00:34:46,804 Mr. Chekov, telemetry analysis as it comes in. 490 00:34:52,902 --> 00:34:54,729 According to Spock's telemetry information, 491 00:34:54,904 --> 00:34:56,897 there are over 40 chromosomes in the nucleus 492 00:34:57,073 --> 00:34:59,528 that are ready to come together, ready to reproduce. 493 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:01,859 If the energy of that organism only doubles, we're dead, 494 00:35:02,036 --> 00:35:05,736 and everything within a light year will be defenceless. 495 00:35:05,915 --> 00:35:11,668 Well, all I know is that soon there will be two, four, eight more. 496 00:35:11,837 --> 00:35:15,669 The entire anti-life matter that that thing puts out 497 00:35:15,841 --> 00:35:17,715 could someday encompass the entire galaxy. 498 00:35:17,885 --> 00:35:21,336 Spock understood when he transmitted the coordinates of the chromosomes. 499 00:35:21,513 --> 00:35:24,182 - We must destroy that organism. - Captain, 500 00:35:24,349 --> 00:35:26,591 the pull from that organism is increasing. 501 00:35:26,768 --> 00:35:29,437 And the power drain from our shields is getting critical. 502 00:35:29,604 --> 00:35:32,558 - How much time do we have? - No more than an hour now, sir. 503 00:35:32,732 --> 00:35:35,484 Put all secondary systems on standby. 504 00:35:35,652 --> 00:35:38,107 Shield power has unconditional priority. 505 00:35:38,321 --> 00:35:39,601 Aye, sir. 506 00:35:45,453 --> 00:35:48,738 Captain, I'm receiving a message from Mr. Spock 507 00:35:49,290 --> 00:35:53,287 on a low-energy channel. It's faint but it is readable. 508 00:35:53,460 --> 00:35:54,492 Put it on, lieutenant. 509 00:35:54,670 --> 00:35:57,125 - On audio, sir. - This is Spock. 510 00:35:58,757 --> 00:36:02,755 I am slowly losing life support 511 00:36:02,970 --> 00:36:06,635 and minimal shield energies. 512 00:36:07,682 --> 00:36:09,426 According to my calculations, 513 00:36:09,976 --> 00:36:14,305 the nervous energy of the organism 514 00:36:14,481 --> 00:36:16,141 is maximal 515 00:36:16,858 --> 00:36:19,313 just within 516 00:36:19,485 --> 00:36:24,480 its outer protective membrane. 517 00:36:24,657 --> 00:36:27,907 Relatively insensitive 518 00:36:28,077 --> 00:36:31,362 to interior irritation. 519 00:36:31,997 --> 00:36:35,117 Believe a sufficient charge of... 520 00:36:36,794 --> 00:36:40,079 - could destroy the organism. 521 00:36:40,255 --> 00:36:42,544 Tell Dr. McCoy 522 00:36:43,175 --> 00:36:45,666 he should have wished me luck. 523 00:36:54,352 --> 00:36:58,136 Captain's log, stardate 4309.4. 524 00:36:58,314 --> 00:37:01,019 We have determined we can destroy the creature, 525 00:37:01,192 --> 00:37:03,979 provided we can do it from inside the organism. 526 00:37:04,153 --> 00:37:06,775 Spock clearly knew how to destroy it, 527 00:37:06,948 --> 00:37:10,862 but was unable to transmit that information. 528 00:37:11,035 --> 00:37:12,862 How do you feel? 529 00:37:14,705 --> 00:37:17,410 - What's on your mind? - Spock. 530 00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:19,374 Is it me, Jim, 531 00:37:19,543 --> 00:37:21,915 or am I so sentimental that I just have to keep believing 532 00:37:22,087 --> 00:37:25,670 that he's still alive out there in that mass of protoplasm? 533 00:37:26,091 --> 00:37:29,958 He knew the odds when he went there just as you did when you volunteered. 534 00:37:34,474 --> 00:37:37,392 What is that thing out there, Bones? 535 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,854 It's not intelligent. Not yet. 536 00:37:42,273 --> 00:37:44,895 It's a disease. 537 00:37:45,068 --> 00:37:50,109 Like a virus, invading the body of our galaxy. 538 00:37:53,576 --> 00:37:54,987 Yes, it is, isn't it? 539 00:37:56,245 --> 00:37:58,154 How many cells does a human body have? 540 00:37:58,497 --> 00:38:02,661 - Millions. - This thing, this cell, this virus, 541 00:38:02,835 --> 00:38:06,749 it's 11,000 miles long. And it's one cell. 542 00:38:07,214 --> 00:38:10,334 When it grows into millions, 543 00:38:11,176 --> 00:38:13,584 we'll be the virus invading its body. 544 00:38:14,721 --> 00:38:17,259 Now, isn't that a thought? 545 00:38:18,266 --> 00:38:21,350 Here we are, antibodies of our own galaxy, 546 00:38:21,519 --> 00:38:23,346 attacking an invading germ. 547 00:38:23,855 --> 00:38:27,769 It'd be ironic, indeed, if that were our sole destiny, wouldn't it? 548 00:38:28,735 --> 00:38:30,811 Antibodies. 549 00:38:31,612 --> 00:38:35,277 Antibodies. 550 00:38:35,700 --> 00:38:38,237 - Bridge. - Scott here, sir. 551 00:38:38,411 --> 00:38:41,910 - How much power do we have left? - We're down to 43 percent, sir. 552 00:38:42,081 --> 00:38:44,785 We're slipping a bit against the pull that beastie's putting on us. 553 00:38:45,125 --> 00:38:48,874 We can't last more than 45 minutes at this rate of decline. 554 00:38:49,046 --> 00:38:51,003 Less, if I have to apply more thrust. 555 00:38:51,173 --> 00:38:55,716 What would happen if you diverted all remaining power to the shields? 556 00:38:55,886 --> 00:38:57,795 Except for impulse power. Keep that in reserve. 557 00:38:57,971 --> 00:38:59,679 Cut the engine thrust? 558 00:38:59,848 --> 00:39:03,098 We'd be sucked into that thing like being caught in a wind tunnel, sir. 559 00:39:03,268 --> 00:39:07,479 Exactly. Prepare to divert power on my signal. 560 00:39:09,357 --> 00:39:11,065 Kirk out. 561 00:39:15,613 --> 00:39:17,356 Have you got something to say? 562 00:39:17,531 --> 00:39:20,449 Technically, no. Medically, yes. 563 00:39:20,618 --> 00:39:22,160 Between the stimulants and the pressure, 564 00:39:22,328 --> 00:39:25,910 I would suggest you try to stay off your feet for a few minutes. 565 00:39:26,498 --> 00:39:28,158 I don't have a few minutes, Bones. 566 00:39:29,877 --> 00:39:33,459 Maybe none of us do. Let's go. 567 00:39:40,303 --> 00:39:41,845 All hands, this is the captain. 568 00:39:42,305 --> 00:39:45,639 We are going to enter the body of the organism 569 00:39:45,809 --> 00:39:47,967 rather abruptly, I would think. 570 00:39:48,144 --> 00:39:52,936 Damage-control parties, stand by. All decks, secure for collision. Kirk out. 571 00:40:00,573 --> 00:40:01,604 Ready, Scotty. 572 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:06,527 Switching power to shields, impulse in reserve, 573 00:40:06,870 --> 00:40:09,871 cutting thrust to zero... now. 574 00:40:19,466 --> 00:40:22,171 Impact, five seconds. 575 00:40:48,786 --> 00:40:50,944 We're through, sir. 576 00:40:51,121 --> 00:40:54,573 I believe everybody is aware of that, Mr. Chekov. 577 00:40:56,043 --> 00:41:00,455 Damage-control parties report minimal damage, sir. 578 00:41:00,630 --> 00:41:03,121 - Repairs are being initiated. - Very good, lieutenant. 579 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:06,918 Captain, we've only 26 percent power reserves after entry. 580 00:41:08,596 --> 00:41:11,550 - Do we have impulse power, Scotty? - I saved all I could, sir, 581 00:41:11,724 --> 00:41:14,974 but I don't know if we have enough to get back out, or time either. 582 00:41:15,144 --> 00:41:18,264 - We are committed. - Aye, we are. 583 00:41:18,439 --> 00:41:21,642 But we're committed to what? We have no power for the phasers. 584 00:41:21,817 --> 00:41:23,276 We couldn't use it if we had it. 585 00:41:23,444 --> 00:41:26,113 We'd cook ourselves along with that massive protoplasm out there. 586 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,853 That thing would probably like phasers. It eats power. 587 00:41:29,033 --> 00:41:30,147 Well, then what the devil... 588 00:41:30,326 --> 00:41:32,863 Begging your pardon, sir. - Are we doing? 589 00:41:33,162 --> 00:41:36,910 I think Mr. Spock was trying to tell us what to do when we lost voice contact. 590 00:41:37,124 --> 00:41:40,208 - But we can't use power to destroy it. - Anti-power. 591 00:41:41,086 --> 00:41:44,669 - What? - It has a negative energy charge. 592 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,081 Everything seems to work in reverse. 593 00:41:47,259 --> 00:41:50,295 - We'll use antimatter. - Aye. 594 00:41:50,470 --> 00:41:52,130 It couldn't swallow that. 595 00:41:52,305 --> 00:41:53,930 Mr. Chekov, prepare a probe. 596 00:41:54,098 --> 00:41:56,387 Scotty, we need a magnetic bottle for the charge. 597 00:41:56,559 --> 00:41:58,184 - How soon? - It's on its way, sir. 598 00:41:58,353 --> 00:42:00,974 Mr. Chekov, we'll use a timing detonator for the probe. 599 00:42:01,147 --> 00:42:02,522 - We'll work out a setting. - Aye. 600 00:42:02,690 --> 00:42:05,561 Helmsman, when do you estimate arrival on nucleus? 601 00:42:05,735 --> 00:42:06,766 Seven minutes, sir. 602 00:42:06,944 --> 00:42:10,609 - How close are you going to it? - Point-blank range. 603 00:42:10,781 --> 00:42:14,826 - We'll implant it, then back away. - Why? The probe has a range of... 604 00:42:14,994 --> 00:42:17,994 With the eddies and currents in that protoplasm, 605 00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:21,662 the probe could drift thousands of kilometres. 606 00:42:21,833 --> 00:42:27,338 We must be exactly on target 607 00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:29,583 because we won't have a second chance. 608 00:42:30,926 --> 00:42:32,585 Bones. 609 00:42:38,891 --> 00:42:40,302 Time for another stimulant. 610 00:42:40,476 --> 00:42:43,050 How long do you think you can keep taking that stuff? 611 00:42:43,229 --> 00:42:44,474 It'll blow you apart. 612 00:42:44,689 --> 00:42:47,855 Keep me together for another seven minutes. That's all I need. 613 00:42:51,362 --> 00:42:53,022 Personal log, 614 00:42:53,197 --> 00:42:58,072 Commander Spock, USS Enterprise. 615 00:42:59,536 --> 00:43:04,827 I have noted the passage of the Enterprise 616 00:43:05,584 --> 00:43:09,118 on its way to whatever awaits it. 617 00:43:10,380 --> 00:43:14,674 If this record should survive me, 618 00:43:15,510 --> 00:43:17,052 I wish it known 619 00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:22,843 that I bequeath my highest commendation and testimonial 620 00:43:23,184 --> 00:43:26,683 to the captain, officers 621 00:43:26,854 --> 00:43:30,768 and crew of the Enterprise, 622 00:43:31,567 --> 00:43:34,651 the finest starship in the fleet. 623 00:43:37,865 --> 00:43:42,277 We have arrived at the chromosome body 624 00:43:42,744 --> 00:43:46,528 in the nucleus of the organism. 625 00:43:47,165 --> 00:43:50,166 If we should fail in our attempt to destroy it 626 00:43:50,335 --> 00:43:54,249 or be unable to free ourselves, 627 00:43:55,674 --> 00:43:59,754 I wish to record my recommendations 628 00:43:59,928 --> 00:44:01,588 for the following personnel 629 00:44:01,763 --> 00:44:05,891 that they receive special citation: 630 00:44:06,434 --> 00:44:08,473 Lieutenant Commander Leonard McCoy, 631 00:44:08,644 --> 00:44:10,471 Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott, 632 00:44:10,646 --> 00:44:15,557 Officers Chekov, Kyle, Uhura. 633 00:44:15,860 --> 00:44:19,608 And my highest commendation for Commander Spock, 634 00:44:19,780 --> 00:44:21,773 science officer, 635 00:44:22,116 --> 00:44:25,319 who gave his life in the performance of his duty. 636 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,915 Target coordinates programmed, sir. 637 00:44:31,083 --> 00:44:33,040 Probe ready for launch. 638 00:44:34,794 --> 00:44:39,290 Mr. Scott, how much time do we have left at 100 percent impulse power? 639 00:44:39,466 --> 00:44:42,135 Six, maybe seven minutes, sir. 640 00:44:42,302 --> 00:44:44,259 Mr. Kyle, 641 00:44:44,429 --> 00:44:49,007 programme fuse for seven-minute delay. 642 00:44:51,686 --> 00:44:54,640 All nonessential systems on standby. 643 00:44:54,814 --> 00:44:58,894 Communications, scanning. Conserve every bit of power. 644 00:44:59,068 --> 00:45:04,228 We must make it through the membrane before that thing explodes. 645 00:45:04,406 --> 00:45:06,446 - Make it work, Scotty. - Aye, sir. 646 00:45:06,617 --> 00:45:08,823 Programming complete. 647 00:45:09,161 --> 00:45:12,861 - Ready for launch. - Launch probe at zero acceleration. 648 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,866 Forward thrust off, one tenth of a second. 649 00:45:15,041 --> 00:45:17,497 Forward thrust off, sir. 650 00:45:17,669 --> 00:45:19,792 Probe launched, sir. 651 00:45:27,053 --> 00:45:29,970 Despite what Spock said, it's still plenty sensitive. 652 00:45:30,139 --> 00:45:31,847 Probe confirmed. 653 00:45:32,016 --> 00:45:35,634 It is lodged in the nucleus, near the chromosome bodies. 654 00:45:35,853 --> 00:45:39,518 Mr. Kyle, back us out the way we came in. 655 00:45:39,690 --> 00:45:42,691 Mr. Chekov, a nice straight line. 656 00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:46,026 - Don't waste any time. - Backing out, sir. 657 00:45:49,324 --> 00:45:50,569 I estimate 658 00:45:50,742 --> 00:45:55,203 we will be out in 6.37 minutes. 659 00:45:56,289 --> 00:45:58,081 Very good. 660 00:45:58,583 --> 00:46:01,952 Captain, metallic substance outside the ship. 661 00:46:02,587 --> 00:46:04,247 Spock? 662 00:46:04,422 --> 00:46:07,873 Lieutenant, get me Spock's voice channel. Highest possible gain. 663 00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,636 - Go ahead, sir. - Spock, do you read me? 664 00:46:14,140 --> 00:46:16,845 Do you read me, Spock? Do you read me? Come in, Spock. 665 00:46:17,018 --> 00:46:18,642 Spock! 666 00:46:20,021 --> 00:46:21,219 Scotty, get a tractor beam. 667 00:46:21,397 --> 00:46:25,311 We don't have enough time. We only have a 53-second escape margin. 668 00:46:25,484 --> 00:46:28,401 I'm well aware of that, Scott. Get two tractor beams on that shuttlecraft. 669 00:46:28,570 --> 00:46:30,896 Aye, sir. Tractor beams on. 670 00:46:31,073 --> 00:46:36,067 Captain, I recommend you abandon the attempt. 671 00:46:36,453 --> 00:46:39,240 Do not risk the ship further on my behalf. 672 00:46:39,456 --> 00:46:42,207 Shut up, Spock! We're rescuing you. 673 00:46:44,753 --> 00:46:48,371 Why, thank you, Captain McCoy. 674 00:46:56,055 --> 00:46:57,086 Almost out. 675 00:46:57,265 --> 00:47:00,598 - We're approaching the membrane. - Time until explosion? 676 00:47:01,352 --> 00:47:03,677 Fifty-seven seconds, sir. 677 00:47:03,938 --> 00:47:06,226 Maintaining tractor beams on the shuttlecraft, Mr. Scott? 678 00:47:06,398 --> 00:47:08,770 Aye, sir. But I can't guarantee it'll hold 679 00:47:08,943 --> 00:47:11,350 when the warhead explodes. The power levels are... 680 00:47:13,363 --> 00:47:14,906 Power levels are dead, sir. 681 00:47:24,249 --> 00:47:27,914 You may have just written our epitaph, Mr. Scott. 682 00:47:46,896 --> 00:47:48,805 Activate main viewing screen. 683 00:48:01,618 --> 00:48:03,326 Mr. Chekov, report. 684 00:48:03,495 --> 00:48:06,579 The organism is destroyed, sir. 685 00:48:06,831 --> 00:48:09,405 The explosion must have ruptured the membrane 686 00:48:10,126 --> 00:48:11,620 and thrown us clear. 687 00:48:12,587 --> 00:48:14,544 Power is coming back, sir. 688 00:48:14,714 --> 00:48:16,292 The shuttlecraft? 689 00:48:16,466 --> 00:48:19,217 I don't know how, sir, but it's still with us. 690 00:48:19,385 --> 00:48:21,128 Shuttlecraft to Enterprise. 691 00:48:21,345 --> 00:48:25,675 Shuttlecraft to Enterprise, request permission to come aboard. 692 00:48:29,854 --> 00:48:32,179 Spock, you're alive! 693 00:48:33,649 --> 00:48:37,860 Obviously, captain. And I have some fascinating data on the organism. 694 00:48:38,028 --> 00:48:41,693 Don't be so smart, Spock. You botched the acetylcholine test. 695 00:48:41,865 --> 00:48:44,617 Later, later, later. 696 00:48:46,870 --> 00:48:51,033 - Bring the shuttlecraft aboard, Scott. - Aye, sir. 697 00:48:51,374 --> 00:48:53,166 Prepare to receive shuttlecraft. 698 00:49:00,133 --> 00:49:02,540 Received shuttlecraft. 699 00:49:04,178 --> 00:49:05,553 Hangar doors closed. 700 00:49:06,681 --> 00:49:08,803 Hangar deck pressurising. 701 00:49:09,016 --> 00:49:12,100 Mr. Chekov, lay in a course for Starbase 6, 702 00:49:12,269 --> 00:49:14,939 ahead warp factor 5. 703 00:49:15,105 --> 00:49:18,308 I'm still looking forward to a nice period of rest and relaxation 704 00:49:18,484 --> 00:49:22,267 on some lovely planet. 704 00:49:23,305 --> 00:50:23,725 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app