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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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Captain James T. Kirk : Valeris, know anything about a radiation surge?
Lieutenant Valeris : Sir?
Captain James T. Kirk : Chekov?
Commander Pavel Chekov : Only the size of my head.
Captain James T. Kirk : [to himself] I know what you mean.
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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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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 : [Valeris has just engaged thrusters to take Enterprise out of Spacedock] Thank you Lieutenant, ahead one quarter impulse power
Lieutenant Valeris : [spins in chair to face Kirk] Captain, may I remind you that regulations specify thrusters only whilst in spacedock.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : [the bridge crew cough loudly, Chekov shakes his head, Uhura tuts softly. McCoy leans in to tease Spock] Jim?
Captain James T. Kirk : You heard the order, Lieutenant...
Lieutenant Valeris : Aye, sir!
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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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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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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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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 James T. Kirk : Where is the peace conference? They're going to attempt another assassination.
Captain Hikaru Sulu : The conference is at Camp Khitomer, near the Romulan border. I'm sending the exact coordinates on a coded frequency.
Captain James T. Kirk : I'm afraid we're gonna need more than that. There's a Bird of Prey on the lookout for us, and she can fire while cloaked.
Captain Hikaru Sulu : Surely not.
Captain James T. Kirk : Hold on. How many of those things are there? Come on, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Valeris : Just the prototype.
Captain James T. Kirk : You hear that?
Captain Hikaru Sulu : I'm getting underway now, but we're now in Alpha quadrant. The chances of our reaching the conference in time are slim.
Captain James T. Kirk : When does this conference start?
Captain Hikaru Sulu : According to my information, today.
Captain James T. Kirk : Thank you, Captain Sulu.
Captain Hikaru Sulu : Don't mention it, Captain Kirk.
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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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Uhuru : We're to report back at once.
Chekov : We cannot abandon Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy.
Uhuru : Of course not.
Lieutenant Valeris : 400 years ago on the planet Earth, workers who felt their livelihood threatened by automation flung their wooden shoes called sabots into the machines to stop them. Hence the word "sabotage."
Uhuru : [getting the point] We are experiencing technical malfunction. All backup systems inoperative.
Chekov : Excellent. Uh, I-I mean... too bad.
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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?