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Kirk gestures him to leave, and Scott hurries away.

Kirk stands a moment, gazing down at the cargo deck.

60 ANGLE DOWN PAST KIRK TO FLOOR (M) 60

The crew maneuvering antigravity devices which move

heavy containers -- scrambles of activity at storage

holds and maintenance lockers.

61 CLOSE ON KIRK AND ENSIGN 61

Kirk is drinking it all in. He's home.

ENSIGN:

(nervous)

Sir, if you'll follow me, I'll...

KIRK:

I think I can find my way,

Ensign.

And Kirk moves off, leaving the Ensign gazing at him,

relieved.

62 EXT. ELEVATOR AND CATWALK 62

Kirk ENTERS ANGLE and the doors snap open.

63 INT. ELEVATOR 63

as Kirk enters. The doors close. Kirk waits a beat,

savoring this moment too. Then, firmly to the control

panel:

KIRK:

Bridge!

The turbo-elevator HUMS WITH POWER as it begins hur-

tling up. On the wall back of Kirk we SEE an electronic

diagram of the Enterprise tracking the elevator's

speedy trip to the Bridge.

64 INT. BRIDGE 64

A confusion of activity and VOICES. Pieces o equip-

ment in a state of disarray: consoles open, fiber

optic tubes unconnected, viewing screens dismantled.

It's a frantic, desperate scene -- a ship and crew to-

tally unprepared. In the midst of this: ALIEN

ensign is assisting UHURA (Lt. Comdr. stripes)deftly

working her communications station, AD LIBBING

"... Hailing frequency four, check. Hailing frequency

five, will someone please check me?" At the helm,

sweat-soaked SULU (Lt. Comdr stripes) has a service

plate open, is peering inside to make delicate adjust-

ments, AD LIBBING "... Helm, now give me a reading on

four point zero zero six of full." And at the Weapons

Control, CHEKOV (Full Lt.)argues with TECHNICIANS who

insist photon torpedoes read "ready" while Chekov

argues the computer is not relaying that information.

65 ANGLE ON THE ELEVATOR DOORS 65

snapping open -- and there is Kirk. For the moment no

one notices him, and he stands watching, remembering.

And then he moves forward toward the command center.

66 ACROSS UHURA TO KIRK 66

as she is the first to see him. She reacts,pleased.

UHURA:

Captain... Starfleet just

signaled your transfer-of-

command orders!

67 ANOTHER ANGLE - VARIOUS REACTION 67

as everyone else is suddenly aware of Kirk.

All work stops, with various AD LIBBED greetings from

the old crew:
"Admiral Kirk..." "It's the Captain...!"

etc., etc. But most sit or stand, simple gaping at

Kirk, all quite awed. The old hands, Uhura, Sulu, and

Chekov start converging on Kirk. But he gestures them

back, speaking crisply.

KIRK:

I appreciate the welcome; I wish

the circumstances were less

critical.

(to Uhura)

Epsilon Nine is monitoring the

intruder; keep a channel open to

them.

(glances around)

Where is Captain Decker?

SULU:

He's in Engineering, sir...

(uncomfortable,

indicates Captain's

chair)

He doesn't know.

Kirk reacts with some exasperation, starts away,

addresses Chekov:

KIRK:

Mr Chekov, assemble the crew on

the Rec Deck at 0400 hours. I

want to show them what we're

facing.

And Kirk moves to the elevator, enters, is gone. The

moment the elevator doors snap closed:

SULU:

I wouldn't have wanted to have

been standing in his way. He

wanted her back; he got her!

ALIEN ENSIGN:

(perturbed)

And Captain Decker? He's been

with the ship every minute of

her refitting...

UHURA:

(brittle)

Ensign -- our chances of coming

back from this mission in one

piece may have just doubled...!

68 OMITTED 68

- -

69 69

70 INT. ENGINEERING SECTION 70

The entire complex a beehive of pre-departure activity.

ENGINEERING PERSONNEL (at least a third of them female)

coming and going, the platform-elevators (small, one-

man lifts to various levels) busy. A gentle but con-

stant HUM and WHIRR flows from the engine core, to indi-

cate a pre-idling mode. There will be continual AD

LIBBED conversation among the Technicians.

Now the Engine Room door opens and Kirk steps into the

area. He stands a moment observing the activity. a

grizzled ENGINEERING CHIEF pushes a huge condenser on

an anti-grav device past irk with a respectful "watch

it, sir" admonishment. Kirk moves on to:

71 THE INTERMIX CHAMBER 71

at the middle of the power shaft. Very NOISY here,

and a continual CACOPHONY of COMPUTERIZED AND HUMAN

VOICES calling off equipment checks. And grouped

around a section of burnt-out circuitry are WILLARD

DECKER, Captain's stripes, handsome, in his early

30's; Scott, and two Technicians. Decker and Scott

are working feverishly uncoupling the device,

probing its innards. Decker has discovered the problem,

removed several transistor-type parts, taps them

with a pencil-sized sonic analyzer.

DECKER:

(quietly elated)

I thought so! See... the trans-

porter sensor was not activated...

SCOTT:

(impressed)

Aye, you were dead right about

that...

(to Technician)

Clearly, put a back-up sensor into

the unit.

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