Star Trek: The Motion Picture Page #19

190 INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING THE VIEWER (O) 190

as the CLOUD OBSCURES all now. Everyone gazes at the

viewer, almost mesmerized by the shifting violet power-

field displays.

KIRK:

(staring at viewer,

frustrated, awed)

No vessel could generate a

powerfield of this magnitude...

SPOCK:

Instruments fluctuating, Captain.

Patterns unrecognizable.

SULU'S VOICE

Captain....!

191 ANGLE ON SULU 191

Sulu peering toward O.S. main viewer, his eyes wide

with incredulity.

192 OTHER REACTIONS 192

Crew peering at O.S. main viewer with expressions of

near disbelief. Similar reactions as Kirk and Decker

turn too, reacting to:

193 WHAT THEY SEE ON MAIN VIEWER (O) 193

(V'GER THEME MUSIC UP) The Cloud "Aurora" EFFECT

rapidly thinning -- in the "eye of the hurricane"

center of the Cloud is the object which has stunned

the entire bridge crew.

Rapidly growing in size -- already frighteningly huge.

Totally alien in look. Its enormous bulk is irrides-

cent, faintly glowing, suggesting that it is made up

of exotic combinations of matter, and energy far beyond

the scientific knowledge or ability of Earth's 23rd

Century technology. Menacing and yet strangely

beautiful, both at the same time.

194 VARIOUS ANGLES ON THE BRIDGE CREW AND THE VIEWER 194

- -

197 197

The Object continues to GROW RAPIDLY IN SIZE as the

Enterprise continues moving toward it. Everyone is

awed; even Spock, from whom we discern an involuntary,

impressed reaction. Decker is with Spock at the

science console.

DECKER:

Incredible dimensions, Sir!

... I make it as seventy-eight

kilometers in length...

All digest the dimensions, as:

198 ANGLE ON THE BRIDGE ELEVATOR DOORS 198

opening to admit McCoy and Chekov, whose face and hands

are taut with plastiskin applications. Seeing the

object on the viewer (O.S. at this ANGLE), Chekov's

eyes open with wide astonishment. He crosses quickly

to his weapons--defense station, his eyes on the

viewer. McCoy, eyes also fixed on the sight, moves

to Kirk's side.

UHURA:

It could hold a crew of tens

of thousands...!

McCOY

Or just one thousand, ten

miles tall.

KIRK:

Evaluation, Mister Spock?

199 ACROSS KIRK TO SPOCK 199

(This will be the first time we've seen Spock dislay-

ing a definite reaction, almost an emotion.) So

engrossed is Spock in the main viewer IMAGE that he

appears not to have heard Kirk, whose AD LIBS a sharp

"Mr. Spock...!" Spock looks absently at Kirk an

instant, then:

SPOCK:

(awed; compelled)

That vessel is generating a

forcefield measurably greater

than the radiation of the Earth's

sun.

KIRK:

(turns to Uhura)

Transmit image of the Alien to

Starfleet; advise we are attempting

further communication.

UHURA:

(interrupting)

Unable to make contact with

Starfleet. Our transmissions

out of the Cloud are being

reflected back.

ILIA:

Distance to object now seventy-

thousand kilometers...

SULU:

(turning; concerned)

We're closing in on it rapidly,

Captain.

Concern reflected on the faces of others too. Kirk

considers his next move.

200 OMITTED 200

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203 203

204 EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ALIEN 204

CAMERA TRAVELING WITH ENTERPRISE as it moves on a

parallel--closing course -- Alien continues to GROW

IN SIZE. Although it already seems an impossibly

large vessel compared to the Enterprise, in reality

they are still tens of thousands of kilometers apart;

the incredible size of the Alien is nowhere near being

realized yet.

204A INT. BRIDGE - INCLUDING VIEWER 204A

Tension high as -- the Alien now appears so close that

its IMAGE MORE THAN FILLS VIEWER. Considerable

tension of bridge -- crew members, throwing nervous

looks from viewer to Kirk. How much closer?!

KIRK:

Reduce magnification. Factor

4, Mr. Sulu.

SULU:

(uneasy)

We're already two settings

below that, sir.

KIRK:

(reacts, then)

Adjust parallel course, Navigator.

Bring us in to one hundred

kilometers distance.

Very nervous looks now directed toward Kirk. Even

Spock gives him a glance, a raised eyebrow.

205 EXT. SPACE - CAMERA TRAVELING WITH ENTERPRISE 205

The Alien Object appears A DOZEN TIMES LARGER THAN

ENTERRISE and still GROWING IN SIZE.

We begin to SEE Alien exterior detailing which had

not even been suspected at a longer distance.

The Enterprise is now quartering in toward the

Intruder, coming closer and closer. The Alien

vessel is still GROWING IN SIZE -- more and more,

its exterior appears to be made of substances never

before seen by a human eye -- substances considered

possible only in the wildest flights of scientific

theory -- plasma-matter, energy fields diamond--hard

in their power, solid sheets of subatomic particles,

crystalline-lace patterns which seem capable of

shifting their nature and rearranging themselves.

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