y transmi, as though vaal were trying to draw on other sources. tapping its energy cells. i would assume so. good. the ship's pulling away must have weakened it considering it has to be fed, but its reserve capacity could hold out for days. if it had to reinforce its energy field to ward off a phaser attack, it would have to draw more heavily on its reserves. scotty. scott here, sir. scotty, commence firing and maintain. mr. kyle, all phasers commence firing. rce his energy field. good. let's see how long he can do it. [thunder] no power generation at all, captain. vaal is dead. mr. scott, status report. tractor beam gone. potency returning to antimimter pods. i'll have all engineering sections working on the circuits immediately. transporter will be ready in an hour. scotty, you're rehired. as soon as the transporter's fixed, form an engineering detail with full analytical equipment and beam them down. kirk out. chekov, bones... but it was vaal who... put the fruit on the trees, caused the rain to fall. vaal... cared for us. you'll learn to care for yourselves with our he