[slower speed] starbase operations. [normal speed] starbase operations. starbase operations... starbase operations, enterprise... stand by to receive new orders, enterprise. starbase operation, mr. hansen. starbase operations to enterprise. stand by to receive new orders. they're to be fed directly into the ship's computers. this is top-secret and scrambled. enterprise standing by. request confirmation. enterprise to starbase. e? i have security clearance, chief. who gave you clearance? i haven't been notified. you're cross-circuiting the... whose tapes are these? repeat, enterprise to starbase. orders received. we need operating confirmation from the ship's captain. come in, starbase. come in, captain kirk. this is captain kirk. you have confirmation, miss uhura. our destination has been scramble-fed into ship's computers. how can i handle the helm if i don't know where we're going? mr. spock is with me here. he'll answer all questions. kirk out. this is mr. spock. the ship's computers will handle the helm on this voyage, mr. hansen. do you read? acknowledge, sir. stand by. we

as soon as we reach starbase 12. i see. and now... khan is my namam khan--nothing else? khan. what was the exact date of your lift-off? we know it was sometime in the early 1990s. i find myself growing fatigued, doctor. may we continue this... questioning at some other time? the facts i i ed, mr. khan, will take very little time. for example, the nature of your expedition-- jim... a little later might be better. captain, i wonder if i could have something to read during my convalescence. i was once an engineer of sorts. i would be most interereed in studying yes, i understand. you have 200 years of catching up to do. precisely. they're available to any patient on the viewing screen. dr. mccoy will show you how to tie into the library tapes. thank you, captain. you are very cooperative. this khan is not what i expected of a 20th century mama i note he's making considerable use of our technical library. common courtesy, mr. spock. of he's gonna spends in our time, it's only decent to help him catch up. would you estimate him to be a product there is that possibility, captain. hi

i want them alerted to the position of that black star that's in the area of starbase 9. yes, sir. captain. casualty reports indicate only minor injuries. engineering reports warp engines non-operational. mr. scott overrode the automatic helm setting and is holding us in orbit on impulse power. orbit where, mr. spock? earth, captain. we were on a general course in this direction in by the star. apparently, the breakaway threw us on in the same direction. screen on. we are too low in the atmosphere to retain this orbit, captain. engineering reports we have sufficient impulse power to achieve escape velocity. give us some altitude, mr. sulu. yes, sir. helm answering. she's sluggish, sir. captain, i'm getting something on another frequency, but it's not starfleet. put it on audio. man: this is the 5:30 news summary. cape kennedy--the first manned moon shot is scheduled for wednesday, 6 a.m., eastern standard time. all three astronauts who are to make this historic-- manned moon shot? that was in the late 1960s. apparently, captain, so are we. what? the whiplash propelled us into a tim

contact starbase 12. all channels are totally jammed, cacaain. brilliant. every contingency anticipated. your air should be getting quite thin by now. do you surrender the bridge? negative. academic, captain. 3142.8. they have my ship, discarding their own worthless vessel. only moments of air left on the bridge now. commendations recommended for lieutenant uhura, technicians first class thule and harrison... lieutenant spinelli... and, of course, mr. spock. i take full responsibility... i take full-- nothing ever changes, except man. improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity. but improve man... and you gain a thououndfold. i am such a man. join me. i'll treat you well. i need your training to operate a vessel this complex. where is captain kirk? i see now i made one serious error. you are the communications officer? i should have realized that suffocating together on the bridge would create heroic camaraderie among you. but it is quite a different thing to sit by and watch it happening to someone else. engage the viewing screen. i'm sure

lay inin course for starbase 200. mr. spock. incredible, captain. what was that? what my instruments read is totally unbelievable, captain. twice, for a split second each time, seemed on the verge of winking out. i want facts, not poetry. i have given you the fafas, captain. the entire magnetic field in this solar system simply blinked. the e anet below, the mass of which we're measuring, attained zero gravity. that's impossible. what you're describing... is nonexistence. all stations to immediate alert status. stand by. captain, scanners now report a life object on the planet's surface below. you u st did a complete life survey 5 minutes ago. how is it you're just picking it up now? inexplicable, captain. this reading began at approximately theheoment that the pulsation phenomenon began to subside. well, what is it, this object? its physical makeup? a living being. body temperature 98.5 fahrenheit. it is apparently human, captain. and its appearance coincided with this cosmic winking out? almost to the second. explanation? none. speculation. could this being prpr

welcome to starbase 11, captain. the commodore's waiting to see you. he's curious why you suddenly changed course and came here. we received a subspace message asking us to divert here immediately.

lieutenant, relay our position and circumstances to starbase 12 immediately. aye, aye, sir. mr. sulu... try rocking the ship. full impulse power forward and back. aye, aye, sir. damage report coming in, captain. situation under control. minor damage-- stations 3, 7, and 19. thank you. mr. sulu? applying thrust, sir. no results, captain. we're stuck tight. mr. spock. status. the ship is almost completely encircled by the field. it resembles a conventional force field but on unusual wavelengths. despite its appearance-- it is definitely not living tissue. it is energy. thank you. mr. sulu. our forward tractor beams-- adjust to repel. aye, aye, sir. [beep] standing by. activate. ineffective, captain. there doesn't seem to be anything curious development on scanner 57. let's all take a look at it, mr. spock. screen on, captain. activity on hailing channel 3, sir. put it on audio, lieutenant. and what has been written has come about. you are most welcome, my beloved children. your places await you. response frequencies, lieutenant. calculated. channel open, sir. you have left your pl

lay inin course for starbase 200.

federation still harbrbs any hope of peaceful coexistence with the klingon empire it must abandon all starbases and military installations in the archanis sector. our claim to a ahanis four and the surrounding territory is ancient and indisputable. we advise the federation to leave archanis or prepare to face the consequences. long live the empire. this recording was sent to the federation council three days ago. r then he has become even more dangerous than i thought. i don't get it. the klingons relinquished their claim to archanis four 100 years ago. i guess they changed their mind. i don't think gowron gives a damn about archanis. an old friend of curzon' s from the diplomatic corps. she sasa that representatives from federation worlds near the klingon border are already urging a prprmptive strike. sounds like war may be inevitable. but right now, there's not much we can do about it either way. archanis four is a long way from here. ( sneeeeng ) two, three... i say she stops at seven. i say eight. mr. worf? ten. oh, i hate being pregnant! i win. my nose hasn't stopped itching for weeks. dax

we're on course for the berengarius system, a potential site for the f fst in a series of proposed starbases. a vulcan science vessel surveyed the seventh planet over 50 years ago. the file states it's an m-class world with a flourishing ecosystem, no intelligent life. sounds promising. they did report and that is...? a species of flying reptile, some reportedly over 200 meters long. they're also said to breathe fire. there's been lingering questions over the accuracy of this report. i can't wait to find out. ( console beepepg ) there's a ship. it's on an intercept course. i i n't recognize the configuration. doesn't look very friendly. tactical alert. let's see what they want, hoshi. they're responding. captain ararer. and you are? harrad-sar. deactivate your weapononystems immediately, or i'll be forced to open fire. ? it's been a long time ? but my titi is finally near ? and i will see my dream come alive at last ? ? i will touch the sky ? and they're not gonna hold me down no more ? ? no, they're not gonna change my mind ? ? i'm going where my heart will take me ? ? i've got faith to bel