Leonard Nimoy: Spock
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Captain Spock : There is an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Spock, you want to know something? Everybody's human.
Captain Spock : I find that remark... insulting.
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Captain Spock : Mr. Scott, I understand you're having difficulty with the warp drive. How much time do you require for repair?
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : There's nothing wrong with the bloody thing...
Captain Spock : Mr. Scott, if we return to Spacedock, the assassins will surely find a way to dispose of their incriminating footwear, and we will never see the Captain or Doctor McCoy alive again.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : Could take weeks, sir.
Captain Spock : Thank you, Mr. Scott.
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Captain Spock : Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.
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[Watching a replay of the torpedo hit]
Commander Pavel Chekov : It is Enterprise. We fired them.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : That is not possible! All weapons visually accounted for, sir.
Captain Spock : An ancestor of mine maintained that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. If we did not fire those torpedoes, another ship did.
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[on whether to help the Klingons]
Captain James T. Kirk : They're animals.
Captain Spock : Jim, there is an historic opportunity here.
Captain James T. Kirk : Don't believe them. Don't trust them.
Captain Spock : They're dying.
Captain James T. Kirk : Let them die!
[pauses... Spock cocks his head in surprise. Kirk recoils and proceeds]
Captain James T. Kirk : Has it occurred to you that this crew is due to stand down in three months? We've done our bit for king and country! You should have trusted me.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [In a conversation with Spock] You're a great one for logic. I'm a great one for rushing in where angels fear to tread. We are both extremists. Reality is probably somewhere in between. I couldn't get past the death of my son.
Captain Spock : I was prejudiced by her accomplishments as a Vulcan.
Captain James T. Kirk : Gorkon had to die before I understood how prejudiced I was.
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Captain Spock : [to Lt. Valeris] Lieutenant, the torpedo hit, once again, please.
[Valeris replays video]
Captain Spock : Hold.
[replay pauses]
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : It *is* Enterprise. *We* fired.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : That is *not* possible! All weapons *visually* accounted for,
[to Spock]
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : sir.
Captain Spock : An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : What, exactly, does *that* mean?
Captain Spock : It means that we can not have fired those torpedoes, someone else did.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : Well, they dinna fire on themselves, and there were no the ships present.
Captain Spock : There was an enormous neutron energy surge.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : Not from us!
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : A neutron surge that big could only be produced by another ship.
Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : Kronos One?
Captain Spock : Too far away. Very near *us*. Possibly *beneath* us.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : If there were a ship beneath us, the Klingons would have seen her.
Captain Spock : [pause] Would they?
Lieutenant Valeris : A bird-of-prey.
Captain Spock : A bird-of-prey.
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : *Cloaked?*
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : A bird-of-prey cannot fire when she's cloaked.
Captain Spock : All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree. However, things are not equal. This one *can*.
Lieutenant Valeris : We must inform Starfleet Command.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : Inform them of what? A new weapon that is invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us. They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the Captain, we'll say *anything*.
Captain Spock : And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.
Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : Assuming you're right, Mr. Spock, why would they fire on their own president?
Captain Spock : Indeed.
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Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : You understand, we have lost all contact with the Captain and Dr. McCoy.
Captain Spock : Yes, at the moment, they are surrounded by a magnetic shield. However, if I know the Captain, by this time, he is deep into planning his escape.
[Cut to Captain Kirk on the losing end of a fist fight with an alien at least twice his size]
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Uhuru : Captain, I have orders from Starfleet Command. We're to put back to spacedock immediately to be decommissioned.
Captain Spock : If I were human, I believe my response would be... "go to hell." If I were human.
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : Course heading, Captain?
Captain James T. Kirk : Second star to the right and straight on till morning.
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Captain Spock : Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a photon torpedo?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Fascinating!
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Commander Pavel Chekov : I don't understand. If there was another ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from that vessel, not Enterprise.
Captain Spock : You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to our ship's databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we did, the killers are here. If we did not, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for, is here.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Names, Lieutenant!
Lieutenant Valeris : I do not remember.
Captain Spock : A lie?
Lieutenant Valeris : A choice.
Captain James T. Kirk : Spock?
[Valeris recoils as he tries to mind-meld, but he restrains her]
Lieutenant Valeris , Captain Spock : Admiral... Cartwright.
Chekov : From Starfleet?
Captain James T. Kirk : Who else?
Lieutenant Valeris , Captain Spock : General... Chang.
Captain James T. Kirk : Who else?
Lieutenant Valeris , Captain Spock : Romulan... ambassador... Nanclus.
Captain James T. Kirk : Where is the peace conference? Where is the peace conference?
[as Valeris gasps in pain, Spock lets her go]
Captain Spock : She does not know.
Scotty : Then we're dead.
Captain Spock : I've been dead before. Contact Excelsior. She'll have the coordinates.
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Captain Spock : The lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated at the top of her class at the Academy.
Captain James T. Kirk : You must be very proud.
Lieutenant Valeris : I don't believe so, sir.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : She's a Vulcan, all right.
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Lieutenant Valeris : We must inform Starfleet Command...
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : Inform them of what? A new weapon that's invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us! They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the captain that we'll say anything.
Captain Spock : And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.
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Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : You are Crewman Dax?
Crewman Dax : Yes Commander. What is the problem?
Commander Pavel Chekov : Perhaps you have heard Russian epic of Cinderella? If shoe fits, wear it!
[drops magnetic boots at Dax's feet]
Captain Spock : Mr. Chekov...
[camera pans down to show that Dax's feet are incapable of fitting into boots]
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Admiral Cartwright : Arrest those men!
Captain Spock : Arrest yourself!
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Captain Spock : What we require now is a feat of linguistic legerdemain and a degree of intrepidity before the Captain and Dr. McCoy freeze to death.
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Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : [referring to Gorkon's daughter, whom he believed killed Gorkon] That Klingon bitch killed her father.
Captain Spock : Her own father?
Lieutenant Valeris : It is an old story, sir.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : They don't place the same value on life as we do, Spock. You know that. Mark my word, she did not shed one bloody tear.
Captain Spock : Hardly conclusive, Mr. Scott, since Klingons have no tear ducts.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [Spock has beamed Kirk and Bones aboard just before they find out who framed them] No! No! Of all the - son of a - Couldn't you have waited two seconds?
Captain Spock : Captain.
Captain James T. Kirk : He was just about to explain the whole thing.
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : You want to go back?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Absolutely not!
Captain James T. Kirk : [whispering] It's cold.
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Captain Spock : This ship will be searched from bow to stern, Lieutenant Valeris, you'll be in charge.
Lieutenant Valeris : Aye, sir.
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : I do not understand. If there *was* a ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from *that* vessel, not Enterprise.
Captain Spock : You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to out databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we *did*, the killers are here. If we did *not*, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for *is* here.
Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov : What *are* we looking for, sir?
Captain Spock : Lieutenant?
Lieutenant Valeris : Two pairs of gravity boots.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Are we firing torpedoes?
Captain James T. Kirk : I wish I knew.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Well, it sure looks like it.
Captain James T. Kirk : I'm going aboard. Spock, you have the conn.
Captain Spock : I'm responsible for involving you in this. I will go.
Captain James T. Kirk : No, I'll go. You'll be responsible for getting me out of this. We'll not be the instigators of full-scale war on the eve of universal peace.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : I'm going, too. They may need a doctor.
Captain Spock : Perhaps you're right.
Captain James T. Kirk : Uhura, tell them we're coming, and tell them we're unarmed.
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Lieutenant Valeris : I did not fire. You cannot prove anything.
Captain James T. Kirk : Yes, I can. At my trial, my personal log was used against me. How long did you wait outside my quarters before I noticed you?
Lieutenant Valeris : [to Spock] You knew? I tried to tell you, but you would not listen.
Captain Spock : Neither of us was hearing very well that night, Lieutenant. There were things I tried to tell you about having faith.
Lieutenant Valeris : You have betrayed the Federation... all of you.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : And what do you think you've been doing?
Lieutenant Valeris : Saving Starfleet. Klingons cannot be trusted. Sir... you said so yourself. They killed your son. Did you not wish Gorkon dead? "Let them die," you said. Did I misinterpret you? And you were right. They conspired with us to assassinate their own chancellor. How trustworthy can they be?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Klingons and Federation members conspiring together?
Captain James T. Kirk : Who is "us"?
Lieutenant Valeris : Everyone who stands to lose from peace.
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Captain Spock : Gas. Gas, Captain. Under impulse power, she expends fuel like any other vessel. We call it plasma, but whatever the Klingon designation, it is merely ionized gas.
Uhuru : Well, what about all that equipment we're carrying to catalog gaseous anomalies?
[seeing Kirk's reaction]
Uhuru : Well, the thing's gotta have a tailpipe.
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Lieutenant Valeris : A Bird-of-Prey?
Captain Spock : A Bird-of-Prey.
Commander Pavel Chekov : Cloaked?
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : A Bird-of-Prey cannot open fire when she's cloaked!
Captain Spock : All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree with you. However, all things are not equal. This one can.
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Captain Spock : [to Valeris] What you want is irrelevant, what you have chosen is at hand.
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Captain Spock : Two months ago, a Federation starship monitored an explosion on the Klingon moon Praxis. We believe it was caused by over-mining and insufficient safety precautions. The moon's decimation means the deadly pollution of their ozone. They will have depleted their supply of oxygen in approximately fifty Earth years. Due to their enormous military budget, the Klingon economy does not have the resources with which to combat this catastrophe. Last month, at the behest of the Vulcan ambassador, I opened a dialogue with Gorkon, chancellor of the Klingon High Council. He proposes to commence negotiations at once.
Admiral Cartwright : Negotiations for what?
Captain Spock : The dismantling of our space stations and starbases along the Neutral Zone, an end to almost 70 years of unremitting hostility which the Klingons can no longer afford.
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Captain Spock : Is it possible that we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefulness? Would that constitute... a joke?
Captain James T. Kirk : Don't crucify yourself. It wasn't your fault.
Captain Spock : I was responsible.
Captain James T. Kirk : For no actions but your own.
Captain Spock : That is not what you said at your trial.
Captain James T. Kirk : That was as captain of the ship. Humans beings...
Captain Spock : But, Captain, we both know that I am not human.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [Spock volunteered him to escort the Klingon Chancellor to Earth for peace talks] How could you vouch for me? That's arrogant presumption.
Captain Spock : My father requested that I open negotiations...
Captain James T. Kirk : I know your father is the Vulcan ambassador, for heaven's sake, but you know how I feel about this.
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Lieutenant Valeris : Do you not recognize that a turning point has been reached in the affairs of the Federation?
Captain Spock : Mmm. History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant. You must have faith.
Lieutenant Valeris : Faith?
Captain Spock : That the universe will unfold as it should.
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Captain Spock : You were right. It was arrogant presumption on my part that got us into this... situation. You and the doctor might have been killed.
Captain James T. Kirk : The night is young. You said it yourself; it was logical. Peace is worth a few personal risks.
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Captain Spock : I find this curious.
Captain James T. Kirk : Spock, I'm really tired.
Captain Spock : We are reading an enormous amount of neutron radiation.
Captain James T. Kirk : [his interest piqued] Where?
Captain Spock : Strangely enough, it appears to be emanating from us.
Captain James T. Kirk : The Enterprise?
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General Chang : Have you not a shred of decency in you, Kirk? We come in peace, and you blatantly defile that peace. For that, I shall blow you out of the stars.
Captain James T. Kirk : We haven't fired.
Captain Spock : Captain. According to our databanks, we have. Twice.
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Chekov : [Kirk and Bones have been arrested by the Klingons] Mr. Spock, we've got to do something.
Captain Spock : I assume command of this ship as of 0230 hours. Commander Uhura, please notify Starfleet headquarters. Tell them precisely what has taken place and request instructions.
Cmdr. Nyota Uhura : Aye, sir.
Lieutenant Valeris : We cannot allow them to be taken back to Kronos as prisoners.
Captain Spock : What do you suggest, Lieutenant? Opening fire will not retrieve them. And an armed conflict is precisely what the captain wished to avoid. We will be able to follow the captain's movements.
Lieutenant Valeris : How did you achieve this, sir?
Captain Spock : Time is precious, Lieutenant. We must endeavor to piece together what happened here tonight. According to our data bank, this ship fired those torpedoes.
Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott : No way!
Captain Spock : I sympathize, Mr. Scott, but we need evidence. Please accompany me.
Chekov : And if we cannot piece together what happened? What then, sir?
Captain Spock : In that case, Mr. Chekov, it resides in the purview of the diplomats.
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Captain Spock : You've done well, Valeris. As your sponsor at the Academy, I have followed your career with satisfaction. And as a Vulcan, you've exceeded my expectations.
Lieutenant Valeris : [looking at a painting on the wall] I do not understand this representation.
Captain Spock : It is a depiction from ancient Earth mythology: the expulsion from paradise.
Lieutenant Valeris : Why keep it in your quarters?
Captain Spock : It is a reminder to me that all things end.
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Admiral Cartwright : To offer Klingons safe haven within Federation space is suicide. Klingons would become the alien trash of the galaxy. And if we dismantle the fleet, we'd be defenseless before an aggressive species with a foothold on our territory. The opportunity here is to bring them to their knees. Then we'll be in a far better position to dictate terms.
Captain James T. Kirk : Sir?
Chief in Command : Captain Kirk.
Captain James T. Kirk : The Klingons have never been trustworthy. I'm forced to agree with Admiral Cartwright. This is a terrifying idea.
Captain Spock : It is imperative that we act now to support the Gorkon initiative, lest more conservative elements persuade his empire that it is better to attempt a military solution and die fighting.
Chief in Command : You, Captain Kirk, are to be our first olive branch.
Captain Spock : We have volunteered to rendezvous with the Klingon vessel which is bringing Chancellor Gorkon to Earth and to escort him safely through Federation space.
Captain James T. Kirk : Me?
Chief in Command : Well, there are Klingons who feel the same way about the peace treaty as yourself and Admiral Cartwright. But they'll think twice about attacking the Enterprise under your command.
Captain Spock : I have personally vouched for you in this matter, Captain.
Captain James T. Kirk : You have personally vouched?
Chief in Command : You will extend Chancellor Gorkon full diplomatic courtesy, Captain Kirk.
Captain James T. Kirk : But a full ambassador would be better equipped...
Chief in Command : If there's no further business, I wish you and your crew godspeed.
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Captain Spock : [analyzing a purple substance Chekov found on a transporter pad] Klingon blood.
Chekov : They must have walked through it when it was floating and tracked it back here.
Captain Spock : Mm. This is the first evidence which corroborates our theory.
Chekov : Now we go to Starfleet?
Captain Spock : Now we expand our search to include uniforms.
Chekov : All uniforms?
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Captain James T. Kirk : Reverse engines. All astern. 1/2 impulse power. Back off! Back off!
General Chang : [in Klingonese, watching the Enterprise reverse course] What's she doing?
Captain James T. Kirk : What's she waiting for?
Captain Spock : Probably attempting to ascertain why we are reversing. Wondering whether we detect her.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [of the prototype Bird of Prey] She's out here somewhere.
Chekov : But if she is cloaked...
Captain James T. Kirk : Then all we have is a neutron radiation surge, and by the time we're close enough to record it, we're ashes.
Captain Spock : 2:09. 2:06. 2:03.
Captain James T. Kirk : Close enough to beam down?
Captain Spock : Not yet, Captain. In two minutes.
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Captain Spock : Any progress?
Lieutenant Valeris : None. We have a crew of 300 turning their own quarters inside out, but the killers may still be among them. Surely they've disposed of these boots by now. Would it not have been logical to have left them on Gorkon's ship?
Captain Spock : Even logic must give way to physics. Gravity had not been restored by the time they escaped. Without the boots, they would have floated off the Klingon transporter pads.
Chekov : Why not simply vaporize them?
Lieutenant Valeris : [taking a phaser out of a cabinet] Like this?
[as she fires it at a cooking pot, an alarm sounds]
Lieutenant Valeris : [turning it off] At ease. As you know, Commander Chekov, no one can fire an unauthorized phaser aboard a starship. Suppose when they returned, they threw the boots into the refuse?
Captain Spock : I'm having the refuse searched. If my surmise is correct, those boots will cling to the killers' necks like a pair of Tiberian bats. They could not make their escape without them, nor can they simply throw them out the window for all to see. Those boots are here somewhere.
Uhuru : [entering] Did someone fire off a phaser?
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Captain Spock : The Klingons have a new weapon: a Bird of Prey that can fire when cloaked. She torpedoed Gorkon's ship.
Captain James T. Kirk : So that's it.
Captain Spock : Not entirely. I have reason to believe that Gorkon's murderers are aboard this vessel.
Captain James T. Kirk : I have a thought about that. Has the peace conference begun?
Chekov : Who knows? They're keeping the location secret.
Captain James T. Kirk : There's always something.
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Captain Spock : Nature abhors a vacuum.
