{5096}{5181}Stardate 9521.6.
{5187}{5305}Captain's log U.S.S. Excelsior.|Hikaru Sulu commanding.
{5311}{5427}After three years I've concluded my first|assignment as master of this vessel-
{5433}{5546}- cataloguing gaseous planetary|anomalies in Beta Quadrant.
{5575}{5647}We're heading home|under full impulse power.
{5653}{5717}I'm pleased to report that ship and|crew have functioned well.
{5722}{5825}According to this, we've completed|our survey of the entire sector.
{6110}{6172}I have an energy wave at|240 degrees mark six port.
{6178}{6216}Visual!
{6248}{6304}My... God!
{6401}{6437}Shields. Shields!
{6688}{6727}She's not answering her helm.
{6733}{6800}Starboard thrusters.|Turn her into the wave.
{6901}{6960}Go to impulse power.
{7121}{7209}- Damage report.|- Checking all systems.
{7372}{7441}- That was no meteor shower.|- Negative, sir.
{7447}{7560}The sub-space shock-wave|originated at bearing 323.75.
{7566}{7663}Location... It's Praxis, sir.|It's a Klingon moon.
{7669}{7766}Praxis is their|key energy production facility.
{7816}{7926}Send to Klingon High Command. "This|is Excelsior, a Federation Starship."
{7932}{8015}"We have monitored|a large explosion in your sector."
{8021}{8104}- "Do you require assistance?"|- Aye, sir.
{8110}{8222}- Mr Vultane, any more data?|- I've confirmed Praxis' location, but...
{8256}{8341}- I cannot confirm Praxis' existence.|- On screen.
{8382}{8459}- Magnify.|- Computer enhancement.
{8515}{8568}- Praxis?|- What's left of it, sir.
{8574}{8632}Captain, I'm getting a message|from Praxis.
{8638}{8684}Let's have it.
{8987}{9075}This is Brigadier Kerla,|speaking for the High Command.
{9081}{9161}There has been an incident on Praxis.
{9167}{9304}However, everything is under control.|We have no need for assistance.
{9310}{9466}Obey treaty stipulations|and remain outside the Neutral Zone.
{9472}{9576}This transmission ends now.
{9582}{9649}- An incident?|- Do we report this, sir?
{9655}{9692}Are you kidding?
{9872}{9963}- What are we doing here?|- Maybe it's a retirement party.
{9969}{10011}That suits me. I just bought a boat.
{10017}{10115}I'm supposed to be chairing|a seminar at the Academy.
{10121}{10209}- Isn't this just for top brass?|- Where is Sulu?
{10215}{10320}Captain Sulu?|On assignment. Where's Spock?
{10508}{10627}This briefing is classified.|Ladies and gentlemen, the C-in-C.
{10769}{10823}As you were.
{10891}{10955}I'll break|this information down succinctly.
{10960}{11045}The Klingon empire|has 50 years of life left.
{11071}{11206}For full details, I'm turning this briefing|over to Federation Special Envoy.
{11501}{11543}Good morning.
{11549}{11693}Two months ago a Federation Starship|monitored an explosion on Praxis.
{11699}{11811}We believe it was caused by over-mining|and insufficient safety precautions.
{11817}{11906}The moon's decimation means|deadly pollution of their ozone.
{11912}{12032}They will have depleted|their oxygen supply in 50 Earth years.
{12065}{12105}Due to their enormous military budget -
{12111}{12245}- the Klingon economy doesn't have the|resources to combat this catastrophe.
{12251}{12338}Last month, at the behest of|the Vulcan Ambassador, -
{12344}{12483}- I opened a dialogue with Gorkon,|Chancellor of the Klingon High Council.
{12489}{12581}He proposes to|commence negotiations at once.
{12587}{12651}Negotiations for what?
{12657}{12745}The dismantling of our space stations|and bases along the Neutral Zone, -
{12751}{12897}- an end to 70 years of hostility,|which the Klingons can no longer afford.
{12903}{12999}Bill, are we talking about|mothballing the Starfleet?
{13018}{13125}Our exploration and scientific programs|would be unaffected, but...
{13131}{13164}I must protest!
{13170}{13270}To offer Klingons safe haven|within Federation space is suicide.
{13276}{13349}Klingons would become|the alien trash of the galaxy.
{13355}{13391}If we dismantle the fleet, -
{13397}{13507}- we'd be defenceless before|an aggressive species on our territory.
{13513}{13606}The opportunity here is|to bring them to their knees.
{13612}{13705}Then we'll be in a better position|to dictate terms.
{13724}{13800}- Sir...|- Captain Kirk?
{13806}{13903}The Klingons|have never been trustworthy.
{13909}{14008}I agree with Admiral Cartwright.|This is a terrifying idea.
{14014}{14119}It is imperative that we act now|to support the Gorkon initiative, -
{14125}{14198}- lest more conservative elements|persuade his empire -
{14204}{14289}- that it's better to attempt|a military solution and die fighting.
{14295}{14370}You, Captain Kirk,|are to be our first olive branch.
{14411}{14525}We are to rendezvous with the vessel|which is bringing Gorkon to Earth -
{14531}{14598}- and to escort him safely through|Federation space.
{14613}{14652}Me?
{14658}{14797}There are Klingons who feel the same|about the peace treaty as yourself, -
{14803}{14885}- but they'll think twice about attacking|the Enterprise under your command.
{14891}{14969}I have personally vouched for you|in this matter.
{14985}{15061}You have personally vouched...?
{15084}{15199}You will extend Chancellor Gorkon|full diplomatic courtesy, Captain.
{15205}{15301}- A full Ambassador is better equipped...|- If there's no further business...
{15320}{15413}...I wish you and your crew Godspeed.|Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
{15419}{15492}I remind you this meeting is classified.
{15640}{15744}I don't know whether to|congratulate you or not, Jim.
{15750}{15799}I wouldn't.
{15878}{15924}We volunteered?
{15930}{16048}There's an old Vulcan proverb.|"Only Nixon could go to China."
{16080}{16147}How could you vouch for me?
{16153}{16265}- That's arrogant presumption.|- My father requested that I open...
{16271}{16401}I know your father is the Vulcan|Ambassador, but you know how I feel.
{16443}{16500}- They're animals.|- Jim...
{16506}{16630}- There is an historic opportunity here.|- Don't believe them! Don't trust them.
{16648}{16712}- They're dying.|- Let them die.
{16785}{16911}Has it occurred to you that this crew is|due to stand down in three months?
{16917}{16979}We've done our bit for king and country.
{17004}{17049}You should have trusted me.
{17197}{17290}Control, this is S-D 103,|approach to Space dock. Over.
{17296}{17476}You are clear to deliver Captain Kirk|and party to N.C.C. 1701 Alpha.
{17599}{17682}- Captain on the bridge!|- As you were. Lieutenant?
{17688}{17799}Val'eris, sir. We were told you needed|a helmsman, so I volunteered.
{17824}{17875}It is agreeable to see you again.
{17881}{17982}She was the first Vulcan to graduate|at the top of her class at the Academy.
{17988}{18066}- You must be very proud.|- I don't believe so, sir.
{18072}{18107}She's a Vulcan, alright.
{18122}{18207}Let's get this over with.|Departure stations.
{18213}{18311}- Scotty? Did you find the engine room?|- Right where I left it.
{18317}{18384}Stand by.|Uhura, get me the dock master.
{18390}{18428}Control tower reading, sir.
{18441}{18547}Control, this is Enterprise|requesting permission to depart.
{18553}{18670}This is Control. Permission to depart|granted. 30 seconds for port gates.
{18676}{18781}- Clear all moorings.|- Awaiting port gates from this mark.
{18787}{18853}- All lines clear.|- Aft thrusters.
{18859}{18938}Thank you, Lieutenant.|1 quarter impulse power.
{18944}{19062}Captain, regulations specify|thrusters only while in space dock.
{19176}{19210}Jim...
{19267}{19319}You heard the order, Lieutenant.
{19343}{19398}Aye, sir.
{20175}{20263}Captain's log. Stardate 9522.6.
{20269}{20398}I've never trusted Klingons,|and I never will.
{20479}{20571}I can never forgive them for|the death of my boy.
{20604}{20778}To escort the Chancellor of the Klingon|High Council to a peace summit -
{20784}{20851}- is problematic, at best.
{20925}{21041}Spock says this could be an historic|occasion. I'd like to believe him.
{21047}{21167}But how on Earth can history get past|people like me?
{21202}{21282}- Sorry.|- You could have knocked.
{21288}{21416}We are almost at the rendezvous, sir.|I thought that you would like to know.
{21518}{21627}Permission to speak freely, sir.|It is an honour to serve with you.
{21765}{21829}You piloted well out of space dock,|Lieutenant.
{21852}{21904}I've always wanted to try that.
{22154}{22212}You've done well, Val'eris.
{22218}{22363}As your sponsor at the Academy I've|followed your career with satisfaction.
{22369}{22473}And as a Vulcan,|you have exceeded my expectations.
{22515}{22596}I do not understand this representation.
{22602}{22711}It's a depiction|from ancient Earth mythology.
{22717}{22751}"The expulsion from Paradise."
{22757}{22906}- Why keep it in your quarters?|- To remind me that all things end.
{23020}{23158}It is of endings that I wish to speak.
{23164}{23244}Sir, I address you|as a kindred intellect.
{23272}{23338}Do you not recognise...
{23344}{23432}...that a turning point has been reached|in the affairs of the Federation?
{23486}{23622}History is replete with turning points.|You must have faith.
{23628}{23726}- Faith?|- The universe will unfold as it should.
{23753}{23894}- Is that logical? Surely we must...|- Logic, logic, logic.
{23900}{24076}Logic is the beginning of wisdom,|Val'eris. Not the end.
{24099}{24189}This will be my final voyage on board|this vessel as a member of her crew.
{24279}{24375}Nature abhors a vacuum.
{24381}{24457}I intend you to replace me.
{24651}{24724}I could only succeed you, sir.
{24829}{24893}Now hear this.|All offiicers to the bridge.
{24899}{25000}Klingon battle cruiser off the port bow.|All Officers to the bridge.
{25401}{25458}Captain on the bridge!
{25785}{25841}Shall we raise our shields, Captain?
{25883}{25938}I've never been this close.
{25988}{26068}The Chancellor is undoubtedly|awaiting our signal.
{26288}{26362}- Uhura, hailing frequencies.|- Aye, sir.
{26368}{26422}Right standard rudder.|Bring us alongside.
{26428}{26496}Right standard rudder.|Z plus 5 degrees.
{26502}{26566}Channel is open, Captain.
{26572}{26672}This is the Starship Enterprise.|Captain James T. Kirk commanding.
{26687}{26824}This is Kronos One.|I am Chancellor Gorkon.
{26927}{27055}We've been ordered to escort you|to your meeting on Earth.
{27060}{27094}Thank you.
{27114}{27246}Would you and your party care to dine|this evening aboard the Enterprise -
{27252}{27312}- as guests of|the United Federation of Planets?
{27318}{27433}We would be delighted to accept|your gracious invitation.
{27487}{27564}We'll make arrangements to have you|beamed aboard at 19:30 hours.
{27579}{27625}I shall look forward to that.
{27805}{27853}I hope you're happy.
{27859}{27949}Captain! There is a supply of|Romulan ale aboard.
{27955}{28030}It might make|the evening pass more... smoothly.
{28045}{28105}Officer thinking, Lieutenant.
{28158}{28201}Guess who's coming to dinner.
{28488}{28535}Energize.
{29341}{29392}- Chancellor Gorkon.|- Captain Kirk.
{29398}{29470}May I present Captain Spock,|whom I believe you know.
{29476}{29597}Captain, face to face at last.|You have my thanks.
{29603}{29679}Chancellor.
{29685}{29734}Gentlemen.
{29740}{29811}This is my daughter, Azetbur...
{29897}{30025}My military advisor, Brigadier Kerla...
{30030}{30119}General Chang,|my chief of staff.
{30125}{30201}I have so wanted to meet you, Captain.
{30229}{30364}- I'm not sure how to take that.|- Sincere admiration, Kirk.
{30370}{30444}From one warrior to another.
{30481}{30548}Right...
{30585}{30694}This way. You might enjoy a brief tour.
{31102}{31163}- They all look alike.|- What about that smell?
{31169}{31287}You know only top of the line models|can even talk...
{31380}{31444}- You men have work?|- Yes, ma'am.
{31449}{31501}Then snap to it.
{32438}{32481}I offer a toast.
{32501}{32580}The undiscovered country.
{32638}{32708}- The future.|- The undiscovered country.
{32714}{32765}Hamlet, act 3, scene 1 .
{32771}{32872}You have not experienced Shake-|speare until you've read him in Klingon.
{33135}{33232}Captain Kirk.|I thought Romulan ale was illegal.
{33238}{33331}An advantage of being 1,000 light|years from Federation headquarters.
{33357}{33450}To you, Chancellor Gorkon.|One of the architects of our future.
{33456}{33493}Chancellor!
{33554}{33633}Perhaps we are looking at|something of that future here.
{33707}{33876}Tell me, Captain Kirk. Would you|be willing to give up Starfleet?
{33972}{34124}The Captain feels that Starfleet's|mission has always been one of peace.
{34204}{34301}I wouldn't dispute my first officer.|Starfleet has always been...
{34307}{34427}There's no need to mince words.|In space, all warriors are cold warriors.
{34487}{34610}General,|are you fond of... Shakespeare?
{34630}{34747}We believe all planets have a sovereign|claim to inalienable human rights.
{34753}{34872}"Inalien..."|If you could only hear yourselves.
{34878}{35006}"Human rights."|Why, the very name is racist.
{35011}{35102}The Federation is|a "homo sapiens only" club.
{35108}{35176}Present company excepted, of course.
{35182}{35312}We know where this is leading -|the annihilation of our culture.
{35318}{35399}That's not true. No!
{35405}{35542}"To be or not to be"... That is the|question which preoccupies our people.
{35548}{35628}- We need breathing room.|- Earth. Hitler, 1938.
{35678}{35726}I beg your pardon.
{35820}{35866}Well...
{35923}{35995}I see we have a long way to go.
{36010}{36096}We must do this again sometime.
{36174}{36303}You don't trust me, do you?|I don't blame you.
{36343}{36404}If there is to be a brave new world, -
{36410}{36551}- our generation is going to have|the hardest time living in it.
{36622}{36726}- Captain Spock.|- Chancellor. Madam.
{36732}{36778}Captain.
{36784}{36846}Well, most kind.
{36852}{36983}Parting is such sweet sorrow.|Hmm, Captain?
{37004}{37099}"Have we not heard the chimes|at midnight?"
{37667}{37731}Thank God!
{37736}{37870}- Did you see the way they ate?|- Terrible table manners.
{37876}{37976}I doubt our own behaviour will distinguish|us in the annals of diplomacy.
{37982}{38091}I'm going to sleep this off. Is there any|other way we can screw up tonight?
{38097}{38194}I'm going to go find|a pot of black coffee.
{38538}{38694}The Enterprise hosted|Chancellor Gorkon to dinner last night.
{38700}{38808}Our manners|weren't exactly Emily Post.
{38814}{38990}To the galley - Romulan ale no longer|to be served at diplomatic functions.
{39006}{39127}Captain Kirk, will you please|join me on the bridge? Captain Kirk?
{39278}{39328}- Captain.|- What is it?
{39334}{39403}- I find this curious.|- Spock, I'm really tired.
{39409}{39523}We are reading an enormous amount of|neutron radiation.
{39529}{39627}- Where?|- It appears to emanate from us.
{39633}{39680}The Enterprise?
{39727}{39831}Val'eris, do you know anything about|a radiation surge? Chekov?
{39853}{39934}Only the size of my head.
{39950}{39995}I know what you mean.
{40354}{40437}- What's happened?|- We've fired on the Chancellor's ship.
{40443}{40519}Torpedo room!|Please confirm, have we fired?
{40557}{40609}- Uhura, monitor.|- Aye, sir.
{40615}{40721}- Direct hit.|- Confirmed, sir.
{40980}{41019}We've lost gravity!
{41370}{41408}We are betrayed!
{41414}{41506}This is the bridge. Do you read me?
{41512}{41643}- Did we fire those torpedoes?|- Negative. We're still fully loaded.
{42092}{42156}Find Chang.
{42314}{42389}Unable to confirm or deny|firing the torpedoes.
{42395}{42454}- Hailing frequencies.|- Aye, sir.
{42460}{42542}Kronos One, this is Enterprise.|Do you read?
{44152}{44282}It's very hard to make out. There's been|weapons firing and a lot of shouting.
{44294}{44396}- She's still listing.|- She's spinning out of control.
{44849}{44943}Restoring auxiliary gravity...
{45188}{45278}Have you not|a shred of decency in you, Kirk?
{45284}{45427}We come in peace,|and you blatantly defy that peace.
{45433}{45490}For that,|I shall blow you out of the stars.
{45558}{45647}- We haven't fired.|- Captain...
{45653}{45740}According to our data banks,|we have. Twice...
{45746}{45790}Captain, they're coming about.
{45958}{46023}- They're preparing to fire.|- Shields up, Captain?
{46029}{46112}- Captain, our shields.|- Shields up, Captain?
{46167}{46229}Signal our surrender.
{46231}{46264}We surrender!
{46295}{46412}- This is Enterprise. We surrender.|- If they fire, with our shields down...
{46414}{46513}- ...we will not be able to respond.|- Repeat, Enterprise surrenders.
{46596}{46687}- Are we firing torpedoes?|- I wish I knew.
{46693}{46796}- I'm going aboard. Spock, take the con.|- I involved you, I will go.
{46802}{46953}No, I'll go. We'll not be the instigators|of war on the eve of universal peace.
{46959}{47023}I'm going too, they may need a doctor.
{47029}{47142}Uhura, tell them we're coming,|and tell them we're unarmed.
{47265}{47346}- Have you lost your mind?!|- I don't understand what's happened.
{47352}{47429}We're here to help.
{47435}{47494}Follow me.
{48077}{48188}- Chancellor Gorkon.|- My God! What has happened here?
{48194}{48284}- You dare to feign ignorance?|- What happened?
{48290}{48391}With a direct torpedo hit,|you crippled our gravitational field -
{48397}{48516}- and two of your Starfleet crew beamed|aboard wearing magnetic boots.
{48522}{48600}- Aren't you carrying a surgeon?|- We were until this disgrace.
{48606}{48664}Then for god's sake, let me help.
{48938}{49073}I've got a pulse - we can move him.|I need light. Put him on the table.
{49274}{49372}Hold him! Hold him while I stabilize him.
{49515}{49577}I said hold him!
{49657}{49692}Sweet Jesus.
{49698}{49771}- Can you...?|- I don't even know his anatomy.
{49884}{49940}- His wounds are not closing.|- He's killing him!
{50081}{50158}He's gone into|some kind of damned arrest.
{50254}{50313}Come on, dammit! Come on!
{50431}{50481}He's not responding.
{50935}{51025}Don't let it end this way, Captain.
{51892}{52038}Under article 184 of your|Interstellar Law...
{52044}{52100}...I'm placing you under arrest.
{52106}{52237}You're charged with assassinating|the Chancellor of the High Council.
{52243}{52311}He tried to save him.
{52449}{52525}They've been arrested.
{52531}{52622}Mr Spock, we've got to do something.
{52628}{52703}I assume command of this ship|as of 02:30 hours.
{52709}{52861}Commander Uhura, notify Starfleet|headquarters and request instructions.
{52867}{52963}We cannot allow them|to be taken to Kronos as prisoners.
{52969}{53079}Opening fire will not retrieve them,|and we must avoid an armed conflict.
{53085}{53141}We will be able to follow|the Captain's movements.
{53147}{53223}- How did you achieve this?|- Time is precious.
{53229}{53309}We must piece together|what happened here tonight.
{53315}{53400}According to our data bank,|this ship fired those torpedoes.
{53406}{53516}- No way!|- I sympathize, but we need evidence.
{53522}{53605}Please accompany me.
{53611}{53705}And if we cannot piece together|what happened? What then, sir?
{53711}{53811}In that case, Mr Chekov, it resides in|the purview of the diplomats.
{53860}{53956}The Chancellor of|the High Council is dead!
{53962}{54033}The result of an unprovoked attack -
{54039}{54177}- while he travelled to see you under|a flag of truce on a mission of peace!
{54183}{54261}Captain Kirk|was legally arrested for the crime.
{54267}{54389}He and Dr. McCoy boarded|Kronos One of their own free will.
{54395}{54518}- None of these facts are in dispute.|- I have ordered an investigation.
{54542}{54593}- In the meantime...|- In the meantime...
{54599}{54754}...we expect the Federation to abide by|the articles of Interstellar Law.
{54760}{54878}Kirk and Dr. McCoy will stand trial for|the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon.
{54884}{54994}Out of the question. Ambassador|Sarek, can we get them extradited?
{55010}{55130}I share a measure of|personal responsibility in this matter, -
{55136}{55239}- but I am obliged to confirm my|esteemed colleagues legal interpretation.
{55245}{55327}What is the position of|the Romulan government?
{55363}{55418}I must concur with my colleagues.
{55424}{55555}You can't believe that Kirk assassinated|the Chancellor of the High Council.
{55561}{55668}Mr President.|I don't know what to believe.
{55688}{55743}I'm waiting for your answer, sir.
{55799}{55897}This President is not above the law.
{56000}{56113}Mr President, Starfleet command|is here from San Francisco.
{56142}{56193}- Mr President.|- Mr President.
{56199}{56303}Bill, Admiral Cartwright,|please sit down.
{56360}{56460}Mr President, we cannot allow|Federation citizens to be abducted.
{56466}{56525}I'm constrained to observe|Interstellar Law.
{56531}{56625}Sir, would you please|take a look at this.
{56724}{56822}We prepared Operation Retrieve|based on the danger of terrorism -
{56828}{56939}- between the Klingon empire|and the Federation.
{56945}{57006}We can go in, rescue the hostages -
{57012}{57130}- and get out in 24 hours with|acceptable losses.
{57136}{57196}- We have the technology...|- Yes, yes.
{57202}{57276}But suppose you precipitate|a full-scale war?
{57282}{57367}Then, quite frankly,|we can clean their chronometers.
{57400}{57539}Mr President, they are vulnerable.|There will never be a better time.
{57545}{57646}The longer we wait, the less accessible|the hostages will be.
{57652}{57756}I'll bear that in mind. Thank you,|gentlemen, that's all for now.
{57795}{57859}Mr President.
{58114}{58167}Sir...
{58202}{58332}Those men have literally|saved this planet.
{58338}{58413}And now they're going to save it again.
{58432}{58483}By standing trial.
{58571}{58637}Report back on the double.|Do you read?
{58643}{58775}- We're to report back at once.|- We can't abandon Kirk and McCoy.
{58781}{58911}400 years ago, on Earth, workers|who felt their livelyhood threatened -
{58917}{59049}- flung their wooden shoes called|"sabots" into the machines to stop them.
{59103}{59191}Hence the word "sabotage".
{59254}{59377}We experience technical malfunction.|All back-up systems inoperative.
{59383}{59462}Excellent. I mean... too bad.
{59495}{59638}Mr President, I have been named|chancellorin my father's place.
{59644}{59743}Madam Chancellor,|you have my condolences on your loss.
{59749}{59844}I assure you|that this shameful deed will not...
{59850}{59975}Let us come to the point. You want|this conference to go forward.
{59981}{60061}I will attend in one week,|on one condition.
{60067}{60221}We will not extradite the prisoners,|and you will not attempt to rescue them.
{60227}{60323}We would consider any such attempt|an act of war.
{60329}{60379}We hope you'll be our guest|here on Earth.
{60385}{60504}After recent events, you will|understand if I prefer a neutral site.
{60510}{60636}And in the interest of security, let us|keep the location secret for now.
{60642}{60718}As you wish, Madam Chancellor.
{60750}{60830}Attack them now, while we still can.
{60836}{60925}Attack or be slaves in their world.
{61011}{61101}We can take whole by force,|what they propose to divide.
{61122}{61233}War is obsolete, General.
{61239}{61365}As we are in danger of becoming.
{61371}{61505}Better to die on our feet|than live on our knees.
{61511}{61586}That wasn't what my father wanted.
{61592}{61676}Your father was killed|for what he wanted.
{61694}{61795}The peace process will go forward.
{61814}{61856}Kirk...
{61939}{62054}Kirk will pay for my father's death.
{62120}{62248}It is as I said, Mr Spock.|Inventory registers every torpedo.
{62254}{62316}Yet the data banks insist we fired.
{62322}{62384}- One computer is lying.|- A computer doesn't lie!
{62390}{62484}Precisely. Therefore we must inspect|each torpedo visually.
{62490}{62566}That could take hours!|And if they're all there?
{62572}{62653}Then someone forged an entry|in the data banks.
{62713}{62796}Gorkon's daughter has been named|Chancellor. It was on the news.
{62802}{62876}I'll bet that bitch killed her father.
{62882}{62957}- Her own father?|- It is an old story, sir.
{62963}{63086}They don't place the same value on life|as we do, you know that.
{63092}{63177}Take my word,|she did not shed one bloody tear.
{63183}{63266}Hardly conclusive,|since Klingons have no tear-ducts.
{63272}{63364}Lieutenant, any response from Starfleet|since our dispatch?
{63370}{63406}Yes, sir.
{63425}{63470}And?
{63476}{63558}Commander Uhura is experiencing|technical difficulties, sir.
{63625}{63687}Curious. Very well.
{63693}{63816}For 24 hours, we will agree|this conversation didn't take place.
{63822}{63863}- A lie?|- An omission.
{63869}{63952}In 24 hours we won't have a clue|where Captain Kirk is.
{63958}{64046}- I know precisely where he will be.|- You do? Where?
{64110}{64211}Kirk, Kirk, Kirk, Kirk...
{64750}{64796}It's a damn show trial.
{65060}{65172}The Enterprise fired on Kronos One|without provocation.
{65178}{65222}The Chancellor and his advisors...
{65228}{65292}...having been lulled into|a false sense of security -
{65298}{65382}- by an invitation to a dinner|aboard Captain Kirk's vessel -
{65388}{65486}- at precisely 19:30 hours|that same evening.
{65499}{65551}Call your first witness.
{65557}{65642}After the first shot|we lost our gravitational field.
{65648}{65699}I was weightless and couldn't function.
{65705}{65774}Then two Starfleet crewmen|came towards me.
{65780}{65845}Or perhaps|they merely wore Starfleet uniforms.
{65851}{65922}That remark is speculative.|I move that it be stricken.
{65928}{66024}We're interested in facts, not theories.
{66041}{66165}If the gravitational unit was not|functioning, how could they walk?
{66171}{66226}They appeared to be wearing|magnetic boots.
{66293}{66400}- Gravity boots...?|- Dr. McCoy.
{66406}{66498}Would you be so good as to tell me -
{66504}{66597}- what is your current medical status?
{66603}{66685}Aside from a touch of arthritis,|I'd say pretty good.
{66857}{66914}You have a singular wit, Doctor.
{66920}{67028}For 27 years I've been surgeon|aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
{67034}{67157}In three months I stand down.
{67163}{67205}You know...
{67211}{67332}I believe that you consumed rather|a generous amount of Romulan ale -
{67338}{67396}- in the officers mess|on the night in question.
{67402}{67449}- Objection.|- Sustained.
{67455}{67537}We all did. All of us.|That doesn't mean...
{67543}{67678}Was Chancellor Gorkon alive|when you first examined him?
{67684}{67715}Barely.
{67721}{67814}Now be careful, Doctor.|Have you ever in your past -
{67820}{67918}- saved patients as barely alive as he?
{67924}{67997}I didn't have the medical knowledge|I needed for Klingon anatomy.
{68003}{68082}- I see.|- You where there.
{68088}{68212}You say you are due for retirement.|May I ask, do your hands shake?
{68218}{68265}- Objection!|- I was nervous.
{68318}{68393}No. You were incompetent.
{68462}{68517}You were incompetent!
{68523}{68618}Whether deliberately or as a result of|age combined with drink.
{68624}{68739}- The court will have to determine.|- My God, man. I tried to save him!
{68766}{68814}I tried to save him.
{68860}{68948}I was desperate to save him.
{68954}{69060}He was the last best hope|in the Universe for peace.
{69066}{69131}The witness is excused.
{69210}{69349}There we have it, citizens. We have|established the particulars of the crime.
{69355}{69465}And now we come to the architect of|this tragic affair.
{69479}{69599}James Tiberius Kirk.
{69646}{69732}What would your favourite author say,|Captain?
{69738}{69843}"Let us sit upon the ground and tell|sad stories of the death of kings."
{69849}{69928}Tell us your sad story, Kirk.
{69934}{70055}Tell us that you planned to take|revenge for the death of your son.
{70061}{70103}- That's not true.|- Objection!
{70109}{70228}Captain Kirk has not been identified|as the assassin.
{70234}{70383}I offer into the record this excerpt|from the Captain's personal log.
{70399}{70527}I've never trusted Klingons,|and I never will.
{70533}{70613}I've never been able to forgive them|for the death of my boy.
{70706}{70764}Again! Again!
{70770}{70852}I've never trusted Klingons,|and I never will.
{70870}{70966}I've never been able to forgive them|for the death of my boy.
{71042}{71112}Are those your words?
{71172}{71232}Those words were spoken by me.
{71324}{71423}Objection! My client's political views|are not on trial.
{71429}{71568}On the contrary. Captain Kirk's views|are at the very heart of the matter.
{71574}{71723}His record shows him to be an|insubordinate, unprincipled opportunist -
{71729}{71807}- with a history of violating the chain of|command whenever it suited him.
{71813}{71844}Continue.
{71850}{71954}The record shows that Captain Kirk|once held the rank of Admiral -
{71960}{72075}- and he was broken for taking matters|into his own hands.
{72081}{72197}Do you deny being demoted for|these charges. Answer me now!
{72203}{72264}- I cannot deny it.|- You were demoted?
{72270}{72369}- For insubordination?|- On occasion, I have disobeyed orders.
{72375}{72451}Were you obeying|or disobeying orders -
{72457}{72521}- when you arranged the assassination|of Chancellor Gorkon?
{72526}{72588}I didn't know about it|until we boarded the ship.
{72594}{72708}You still deny the Enterprise|fired on Kronos One?
{72714}{72815}And you still deny your men beamed|aboard and shot the Chancellor?
{72821}{72929}I cannot confirm or deny|actions which I didn't witness.
{72935}{73019}Are you aware|that as the captain of a ship, -
{73025}{73114}- you are responsible for|the actions of your men?
{73177}{73220}I am.
{73226}{73365}If it's proved that members of your|crew carried out the assassination...
{73371}{73439}- They're setting us up. Your Honours!|- Do not answer.
{73445}{73558}Captain Kirk,|you will answer the question.
{73728}{73806}As Captain...
{73812}{73889}...I'm responsible for|the crew under my command.
{73979}{74052}Your Honours, the state rests.
{74091}{74172}Send to Commander Enterprise.
{74178}{74272}"We stand ready to assist you.|Captain Sulu, U.S.S. Excelsior."
{74290}{74460}It is the determination of this court that|the prisoners are guilty as charged.
{74732}{74865}I wish to note for the record that|all the evidence is circumstantial.
{74871}{74959}I beg the court to consider this|when pronouncing its sentence.
{74965}{75002}So noted.
{75008}{75102}Captain James T. Kirk,|Dr. Leonard McCoy.
{75108}{75197}In the interest of fostering amity -
{75203}{75357}- for the forthcoming peace talks,|the sentence of death is commuted.
{75528}{75644}It is the judgement of this court -
{75650}{75748}- that, without possibility|of reprieve or parole, -
{75754}{75882}- you be taken from this place to|the dilithium mines -
{75887}{75989}- on the penal asteroid of Rura Penthe.
{76006}{76124}There to spend the rest of|your natural lives.
{76312}{76379}Rura Penthe!
{76418}{76519}Known throughout the galaxy as|the alien's graveyard.
{76525}{76622}Better to kill them now|and get it over with.
{77103}{77218}Lieutenant.|The torpedo hit once again, please.
{77337}{77384}Hold.
{77401}{77496}It is Enterprise. We fired.
{77502}{77636}That is not possible! All weapons|visually accounted for, sir.
{77669}{77708}An ancestor of mine maintained -
{77714}{77853}- that if you eliminate the impossible,|whatever remains must be the truth.
{77859}{77911}What does that mean?
{77917}{78038}That if we cannot have fired|those torpedoes, someone else did.
{78044}{78137}They didn't fire on themselves|and there are no other ships present.
{78143}{78231}- There was a neutron surge.|- Not from us.
{78237}{78356}A neutron surge that big|could only be produced by another ship.
{78362}{78438}- Kronos One?|- Too far away.
{78444}{78547}Very near us. Possibly beneath us.
{78553}{78669}If there were a ship beneath us,|the Klingons would have seen it.
{78711}{78771}Would they?
{78821}{78936}- A Bird of Prey?|- A Bird of Prey.
{78977}{79077}- Cloaked?|- They can't fired when they're cloaked.
{79083}{79167}All things being equal, I would agree.
{79173}{79269}However, things are not equal.|This one can.
{79288}{79358}- We must inform Starfleet Command.|- Of what?
{79364}{79475}A new weapon that's invisible?|They'll call us raving lunatics.
{79481}{79595}They'll say we'll say anything|to exonerate the Captain.
{79601}{79675}And they would be correct.|We have no evidence.
{79681}{79756}Only a theory|which happens to fit the facts.
{79762}{79874}Assuming you're right. Why would they|fire on their own President?
{79880}{79928}Indeed.
{79934}{80033}This ship will be searched|from bow to stern.
{80039}{80136}I do not understand.|If there was a ship underneath us -
{80142}{80242}- surely the assassins beamed aboard|from that vessel, not Enterprise.
{80248}{80326}You're forgetting something,|Mr Chekov.
{80332}{80426}According to our data banks,|this ship fired those torpedoes.
{80432}{80491}If we did, the killers are here.
{80497}{80597}If we did not,|whoever altered the data banks is here.
{80603}{80712}In either case,|what we are looking for is here.
{80718}{80825}- What are we looking for, sir?|- Lieutenant.
{80865}{80914}Two pairs of gravity boots.
{82500}{82582}This is the gulag Rura Penthe.
{82588}{82761}There is no stockades,|no guard tower, no electronic frontier.
{82787}{82872}Only a magnetic shield|prevents beaming.
{82878}{83004}Punishment means exile|from prison to the surface.
{83026}{83142}On the surface, nothing can survive.
{83233}{83340}Work well, and you will be treated well.
{83346}{83457}Work badly, and you will die.