Star Trek: The Motion Picture Page #12

ILIA:

Navigational deflectors

inoperative...!

(consulting her

console, alarmed)

Directional control also

inoperative, Captain...!

DECKER:

Wormhole distortion has over-

loaded main power systems...!

131 CLOSE ON MAIN VIEWER (O) 131

The picture is switched through two further levels of

magnification, enlarging the object: an elongated,

distorted, pitted asteroid, tumbling toward the Enter-

prise on a collision course.

KIRK:

(toward Ilia)

Time to impact...?

ILIA:

Twelve seconds...!

KIRK:

Mr. Chekov, stand by on the

phasers...!

DECKER:

(racing to Chekov's

station)

Delay that phaser order! Arm

photon torpedoes...!

133 ANOTHER ANGLE - McCOY NOTICING KIRK 133

who has just glanced, surprised at Decker (for counter-

manding the phaser order) -- and for a split instant,

Kirk seems confused. McCoy reacts with enlightenment

as, meanwhile:

134 ANOTHER ANGLE - THE VIEWER (O) 134

The object even larger.

CHEKOV:

Photon torpedoes armed...!

ILIA:

Object is an asteroid, reading

mass point seven...

(consulting instruments)

Impact in eight seconds...

seven... six... five...

DECKER:

Fire torpedoes...!

CHEKOV:

(punching button)

Torpedoes away...!

135 EXT. SPACE - PAST THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ASTEROID (S) 135

as the starship's photon torpedo tubes EJECT GLOWING

BALLS OF LIGHT ENERGY, which seems to float toward the

oncoming asteroid, almost too slowly. And in these

brief seconds, the asteroid hurtles at the Enterprise,

the huge pitted rock growing even larger than the ship

itself. It FILLS THE SCREEN, as the photon torpedoes

hit, disintegrating the asteroid into thousands of

fragments. Instantly, these fragments pulverize them-

selves on the ship's forward forcefield and deflector

screens. The smaller pieces burn up on impact, clearly

outlining the ship's forcefield barriers.

136 INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING MAIN VIEWER (O) 136

The asteroid fragments still smashing into the force

field screen; the smaller bits like SPARKLERS as im-

pact heat consumes them. The larger sections bouncing

away, the bridge QUIVERING as they hit.

Then one final gigantic fragment strikes, the bridge

SHUDDERS. And then the viewer shows only the normal

SUB-WARP EFFECT:
The stars ahead, relatively station-

ary; a feeling of motion, but smooth, visually normal.

CHEKOV:

(relieved)

We're out of it...!

DECKER:

We are at warp point eight.

Position report, Navigator..?

SULU:

Helm control restored, sir.

ILIA:

Computing new interception

course.

UHURA:

Communications are normal,

Captain.

CHEKOV:

(to Kirk)

Negative damage report, sir.

(to McCoy)

No casualties reported, sir.

McCOY

(tight)

Wrong, Mr. Chekov, there are

casualties. My wits!

(to Kirk, indignant)

As in 'frightened-out-of'...!

DECKER:

(into intercom)

Engineer... report status there.

137 INT. ENGINEERING 137

with Scott and his crew pouring over the instruments --

all seem very grim. Scott, quite preoccupied, now

speaks into the intercom.

SCOTT:

In just a second, Exec; we're

picking up the pieces down here.

138 INT. BRIDGE 138

Kirk seeming to collect his thoughts now -- he gives

Decker a look, uses the intercom himself:

KIRK:

Warp Drive as soon as possible,

Mr. Scott.

SCOTT'S INTERCOM VOICE

(protesting)

Captain, it was our anti-matter

imbalance that created the

wormhole in the first place. It

will happen again if we don't

correct it.

KIRK:

That object out there is less

than two days from Earth, Mister

Scott. We've got to intercept

while it still is out there!

SCOTT'S INTERCOM VOICE

(near annoyed)

Aye, we understand that sir!

We're doing our best.

as Kirk flips off the intercom, rises determinedly,

faces Decker:

KIRK:

Mr. Decker, I'd like to see you

in my quarters.

(toward helm)

You have the conn, Mr. Sulu.

McCOY

(to Kirk)

Mind if I tag along?

Kirk gives McCoy an annoyed look, then strides to the

elevator. Decker, grim, follows -- McCoy brings up

the rear as they EXIT.

139 ANGLE FAVORING ILIA 139

gazing worriedly at the just-closed elevator doors,

as Sulu is punching figures into his console.

SULU:

Maintaining warp point

eight; I show our new heading

as 287 point three Mark 105.

Ilia's attention is directed toward Decker.

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