Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Page #2

at.035.

Very well,

Lieutenant.

Helm, execute

standard orbital approach.

Standard orbit.

Aye, sir.

Communications.

Send a coded message

for Starfleet Commander-

priority one.

"Federation science

vessel Grissom

"arriving Genesis planet

to begin research.

J.T. Esteban,

commanding."

Aye, sir.

Coding now.

Dr. Marcus,

it's your planet.

Begin scanning,

please.

This is where

the fun begins, Saavik.

Just like your father-

so human.

All units functional.

Recorders are on.

Scanning Sector 1.

Foliage in fully-developed

state of growth.

Temperature-22.2 Celsius.

Sector 2 indicating

desert terrain.

Minimal vegetation.

Temperature-39.4.

Sector 3-

subtropical vegetation.

Temperature

decreasing rapidly.

It's snow.

Snow in

the same sector.

Fantastic.

Fascinating.

All the varieties

of Earth's land and weather

within

a few hours' walk.

Metallic mass.

Close-range scan.

A photon tube.

Gravitational fields

were in flux.

It must have

soft-landed.

In code to Starfleet-

"Captain Spock's tube

located on Genesis' surface."

Yes, sir.

Coding your message.

I don't believe it.

What is it?

If equipment

is functioning properly,

indications are

an animal life form.

You said there

wouldn't be any.

There shouldn't be any.

Cross-referenced

and verified.

An unidentifiable

life form reading.

Shall we advise Starfleet?

Wait a minute.

We don't know what

we're talking about here.

Let's

beam it up.

No, you don't.

Regulations

specifically state

nothing shall

be beamed aboard

until danger of contamination

has been eliminated.

The logical alternative

is obvious.

Beaming down

is permitted.

If the Captain

decides the mission

is vital and reasonably

free of danger.

Captain, please, we've got to

find out what it is.

Or who.

Absent friends.

Admiral, what will happen

to the Enterprise?

She's to be

decommissioned.

Will we get

another ship?

I can't get

an answer.

Starfleet is

up to its brass

in a galactic

conference.

No one has time

for those who wait.

Sir, about

Dr. McCoy...

how is he?

He's home,

resting comfortably.

Pumped full

of tranquilizers.

They say

it's exhaustion.

He promised me he'd stay put.

We'll see.

Ah, Mr. Scott.

Come.

Sarek!

Ambassador, I had no idea

you were here.

You know my crew.

I will speak

with you alone, Kirk.

Please excuse us.

Ambassador, I would

have come to Vulcan

to express

my deepest sympathies.

Spare me your

human platitudes.

I have been

to your government.

I've seen the Genesis

information and your own report.

Then you know your son

met his death bravely.

Why did you leave

him on Genesis?

Spock trusted you,

and you denied him

his future.

I saw no future.

Only his body

was in death.

You were the last

one to be with him.

Yes, I was.

You should have come

with him to Vulcan.

But why?

Because

he asked you to.

He entrusted you

with his

very essence,

with everything

that was not of the body.

He asked you

to bring him to us

and to bring that

which he gave you-

his Katra-

his living spirit.

Sir...

your son meant more to me

than you can know.

I'd have given my life

if it would have saved his.

Believe me, he made

no request of me.

He would not have

spoken of it openly.

Then how...

Kirk, I must

have your thoughts.

May I join your mind?

Certainly.

He spoke

of your friendship.

Yes.

Asked you

not to grieve.

Yes.

The needs

of the many...

outweigh...

the needs

of the few.

Or the one.

Spock.

I have been...

and always

shall be...

your friend.

Live long...

and prosper.

No.

Forgive me.

It is not here.

I had assumed

he mind-melded with you.

It is

the Vulcan way

when the body's

end is near.

We were separate.

He couldn't touch me.

I see.

Then everything

that he was...

everything

he knew...

is lost.

Please wait.

He would have

found a way.

If there was

that much at stake,

Spock would have

found a way.

Yes. But how?

What if he joined

with someone else?

Engine room,

flight recorder visual.

Stardate 8128. 78.

Go.

The ship...

out of danger?

Yes.

Back.77.

Flight recorder

visual 28. 77.

Go.

No! You'll flood

the whole compartment.

He'll die.

He's dead already.

Back.76.

Flight recorder

visual 28. 76.

Go.

You're not

going in there.

Perhaps you're right.

What is Mr. Scott's

condition?

I don't think he-

Sorry, Doctor,

I have no time

to discuss this logically.

Freeze.

Repeat and augment.

Remember.

McCoy!

One alive, one not,

yet both in pain.

What must I do?

You must bring them

to Mount Seleya on Vulcan.

Only there

can both find peace.

What you ask...

is difficult.

You will

find a way, Kirk.

If you

honor them both,

you must.

I will.

I swear.

Transporter room,

stand by to energize.

Aye, sir.

Energizing now.

Grissom to Saavik.

We're picking up radiation

from the life form.

Affirmative,

Captain.

Our readings are well below

danger level.

Exercise caution,

Lieutenant.

This landing

is Captain's discretion,

and I'm the one

who's out on a limb.

I'll try

to remember that.

There are your

life forms.

These were microbes

on the tube's surface.

We shot them here

from Enterprise.

They were fruitful

and multiplied.

But how could they have

evolved so quickly?

Saavik.

What is it?

Spock's burial robe.

Aaahhh...

Aaahhh...

No. Absolutely not,

Jim.

You're

my best officer,

but I am Commander-

Starfleet,

so I don't

break rules.

Don't quote rules.

I'm talking about

loyalty and sacrifice.

One man

who's died for us,

another with

emotional problems.

This business about

Spock and McCoy-

honestly, I never understood

Vulcan mysticism.

You don't

have to believe.

I'm not even sure

that I believe.

But if there's

even a chance

that Spock has

an eternal soul,

then it's

my responsibility.

Yours?

As surely as if

it were my very own.

Give me back

the Enterprise.

With Scotty's help-

No. The Enterprise would never

stand the pounding.

Then I'll find a ship.

I'll hire a ship.

Out of the question.

The council

has ordered

that no one

but the science team

goes to Genesis.

Jim, your life

and your career

stand

for rationality,

not for

intellectual chaos.

Keep up this

emotional behavior,

and you'll lose

everything.

You'll destroy

yourself.

Do you

understand me, Jim?

I hear you.

I had to try.

Of course.

Thanks for the drink.

Anytime.

The word, sir?

The word is no.

I am therefore

going anyway.

You can

count on our help.

Thank you.

I'll need it.

Shall I alert

Dr. McCoy?

Please. He has a long

journey ahead of him.

Long time, Doc.

Yeah. Anybody been

looking for me?

I have.

What will it be?

Altair water.

That's not your

usual poison.

To expect one to order

poison in a bar

is not logical.

Got it.

To your planet,

welcome.

I think that's

my line, stranger.

Oh, forgive.

I here am new.

But you are known,

being McCoy

from Enterprise.

You have me

at a disadvantage, sir.

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