Star Trek: The Motion Picture Page #23

Kirk reacts with disappointment, indicates the main

viewer.

KIRK:

Have you been able to analyze

any of this...?

SPOCK:

(voice increasingly

reverential)

I believe the light flares to be

energy fields -- undoubtedly part

of the vessel's inner mechanism.

A technology so incredibly

sophisticated that I cannot --

COMPUTER VOICE:

(overlapping)

Intruder Alert! Intruder

Alert..!

(continues)

252 OMITTED 252

- -

253 253

254 ANGLE ON CHEKOV 254

Reacting to a console reading:

CHEKOV:

Deck four, Captain; Officers'

Quarters...!

KIRK:

(to Chekov)

Have a security team meet me at

Deck Four main elevator!

A moment's reaction from all at this, Kirk hurrying

toward elevator, calling:

KIRK:

(continuing)

Take the conn, Mr. Decker:

Hold present position...

(gesturing Spock

to join him)

Spock...

And Spock rises, joins Kirk and they hurriedly exit,

the CAMERA SWINGING BACK to Decker, his perplexed con-

cern (because of Ilia).

254A INT. ILIA'S CABIN - THE SONIC SHOWER 254A

Where we SEE, behind the translucent stall door, what

is unmistakably the form of the NUDE FEMALE.

255 INT. ILIA'S CABIN - KIRK 255

entering, Spock slightly behind him - and one Security

Guard. Kirk glances around the room, now glances at

the shower area and reacts as he sees the NAKED FORM.

The others react similarly, even Spock cannot help re-

pressing an expression of surprise. A moment's uncer-

tainty as Kirk peers at them, then he steps to the

stall door, hesitates another instant -- then slides

the door open.

(NOTE:
Arrange lighting for bizarre, mysterious effect.)

Kirk's eyes cannot believe what he is seeing:

255A "ILIA" 255A

standing in the sonic mist, naked but for a small

multi-colored button embedded in her throat. As she

looks at Kirk -- and the others -- the men peer back

at her, speechless.

"ILIA"

I have been programmed by V'ger

to observe and record normal

functioning of the carbon-based

units infesting USS ENTERPRISE.

Kirk peers at her another nonplussed moment, then leans

into the shower to touch a control, his eyes fixed on

the lovely body behind the mist. He punches in a three

digit code. Immediately a HUMMING SOUND emanates from

the shower stall, Kirk closing the door, but 'Ilia"

remaining inside.

256 ACROSS KIRK AND THE OTHERS TO THE SHOWER STALL 256

The HUMMING SOUND just now reaching a gentle crescendo

-- through the translucent door you can see COLORS

ENVELOPING "ILIA'S" FORM. And now the SOUND STOPS.

"Ilia", attired in a leisure robe, steps from the stall,

into the room. She stands facing Kirk, her face impas-

sive, eyes unblinking. He looks her back a moment,

then glances at Spock, who is gazing at "Ilia" in abso-

lute fascination. Kirk addresses her:

KIRK:

Who is...'V'ger'...?

"ILIA"

V'ger is that which programmed me.

KIRK:

Is V'ger the Captain of the alien

vessel?

256A ANGLE ON THE DOOR - McCOY 256A

rushing in, concerned:

McCOY

Jim, what's --

At the sight of 'Ilia", McCoy's words die in his throat

-- and his trained eyes have instantly told him some-

thing is awry. He unslings his tricorder, aims the

sensor unit at "Ilia". As he reads his instruments, his

face reveals the results (incredulity, fascination).

Meanwhile, from the start:

"ILIA"

V'ger is that which seeks the

Creator.

McCOY

(of "Ilia")

Jim, this is a mechanism...!

Kirk stares at McCoy, then at "Ilia" and realizes that

"Ilia" is indeed non-human. And quickly:

KIRK:

Where is Lt. Ilia?

"ILIA"

That unit no longer functions.

I have been given its form to

more readily communicate with

the carbon-based units infesting

Enterprise.

SECURITY GUARD:

"Carbon-based units"...?

McCOY

(drily)

Humans, Ensign Lang: us.

(continues tricorder

exam, increasingly

impressed)

KIRK:

(to "Ilia")

Why does V'ger travel to

the third planet of the

solar system directly

ahead?

"ILIA"

V'ger travels to the third

planet to find the Creator.

Stunned, disbelieving reactions as all four attempt to

digest this -- Spock gazing at "Ilia" with even more

rapt fascination. Kirk, bewildered, addresses the

others:

KIRK:

Find the Creator? What Creator?

Whose...!?

(to "Ilia")

What does V'ger want of the

'Creator'... ?

"ILIA"

To join with him.

256B FAVORING SPOCK 256B

suddenly alert, addressing "Ilia":

SPOCK:

Join with the Creator... ? How?

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