Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Page #3

On screen.

Starfleet command, this

is Admiral James T. Kirk,

on route to earth

aboard a Klingon vessel.

We have intercepted and analyzed

the call of the probe

threatening Earth.

Satellite reserve power. Now.

Only the extinct species

humpback whale

Can give a proper response

to the probe.

Stabilize.

Emergency reserve.

Starfleet command,

do you read me?

Go ahead. We hear you.

Starfleet command, if you read me,

we're going to attempt time travel.

We are computing our trajectory

at this time... this time.

Get him back. Get him back!

Ready to engage computer, Admiral.

What's our target in time?

Late 20th century.

Can you be more specific?

Not with this equipment.

I've programmed some

of the variables

from memory.

What are the variables?

Availability of fuel components,

vessel mass through

a time continuum,

and probable

location of whales-

In this case,

the Pacific basin.

You've programmed that from memory?

I have.

"Angels and ministers

of grace, defend us."

Hamlet, act l, scene IV.

No doubt about your memory, Spock.

Engage computers.

Prepare for warp speed.

Shields, Mr. Chekov.

Shields, aye.

May fortune favor the foolish.

Warp speed, Mr. Sulu.

Warp 2.

Warp 3.

Steady as she goes.

Warp 4.

Warp 5.

Warp 6.

Warp 7.

Warp 8!

Sir, heat shields at maximum.

Warp 9!

9.2.

9.3.

We need breakaway speed.

9.5.

9.6.

9.7.

9.8.

I'm o.k.! I'm fine!

Now, Mr. Sulu!

Oh, oh...

Wait. Wait...

Oh, I should

never have left...

Coming up now, sir.

My God, Jim, where are we?

It's the human thing to do.

Spock, you're talking about

the end of human life.

Mr. Sulu.

Mr. Sulu.

Mr. Sulu.

Aye, sir.

What is our condition?

Sir, the braking

thrusters have fired.

Picture, please.

Earth.

But when?

Spock?

Judging by the

atmospheric pollution,

I believe we've arrived

at the latter half

of the 20th century.

Well done, Spock.

Admiral, if I may.

We're probably

already visible

to the tracking devices

of the time.

Quite right, Mr. Spock.

Engage cloaking device,

Mr. Chekov.

We are crossing

the terminator into night.

Homing in on the west coast

of North America.

Admiral,

I am receiving whale song.

Put them on speakers.

Admiral, this is strange.

The song is directly ahead.

It's coming from San Francisco.

From the city?

That doesn't make sense.

Admiral, we have a serious problem.

Would you please come down?

It's these Klingon crystals, Admiral.

The time travel drained them.

They're giving out, decrystallizing.

Give me a round figure.

Oh, 24 hours, give or take,

staying cloaked.

After that, we're visible,

and dead in the water.

We won't have enough

to break out of earth's gravity,

let alone get home.

I can't believe

we'll be stopped by this.

There's no way of

recrystallizing dilithium?

Sorry, sir.

We can't even do that

in the 23rd century.

Admiral, there may be

a 20th-century possibility.

Explain.

If memory serves,

there was a dubious flirtation

with nuclear fission reactors

resulting in toxic side effects.

By the beginning

of the fusion era,

these reactors

had been replaced,

but we may be able

to find some.

But you said they were toxic.

We could construct

a device to collect

their high-energy

photons safely.

These photons could

then be injected

into the dilithium chamber

causing crystalline

restructure,

theoretically.

Where would we find

these reactors,

theoretically?

Nuclear power was widely used

in naval vessels.

San Francisco.

I was born there.

It doesn't look

all that different.

Set us down

in Golden Gate Park.

Aye, sir.

Descending.

We'll divide into teams.

Commanders Uhura

and Chekov, the uranium.

Dr. McCoy, you, Mr. Scott,

and Commander Sulu

will convert us a whale tank...

Oh, joy.

while Spock and I

attempt to trace these

whale songs to their source.

I'll have bearing

and distance, sir.

I want everybody to be careful.

This is terra incognita.

Many of their customs

will doubtless surprise us.

It's a foregone conclusion

none of them have seen

an extraterrestrial before.

This is an extremely primitive

and paranoid culture.

Chekov will issue a phaser

and a communicator

to each team.

We'll maintain radio silence

except in emergencies.

Those in uniform

remove your rank insignia.

Any questions?

All right.

Let's do our job

and get out of here.

Our world's waiting

for us to save it...

if we can.

Commence landing procedure.

Aye, sir.

You two are fighting again?

I thought you made up last night.

Why are you always fighting?

I like the way she fights.

I said, "If you think

I'm spending $60

for a toaster oven, you're crazy."

Then what did she say?

Well, she-

What the hell was that?

Did you see that?

No, and neither did you,

so shut up.

Bearing to the whales?

283 degrees,

15.2 kilometers.

Everybody remember

where we parked.

Watch where you're going,

you dumb-ass!

Well, double

dumb-ass on you!

It's a miracle these people

got out of the 20th century.

They're still using money.

We've got to find some.

Spock. Everybody else stay here.

The rest of you, break up.

You look like a cadet review.

Yes. 18th-centuryAmerican.

Quite valuable.

Are you sure you want

to part with them?

How much will you give me?

Weren't those a birthday present

from Dr. McCoy?

They will be again.

That's the beauty of it.

How much?

They'd be worth more

if the lenses were intact.

I'll give you $100.

Is that a lot?

All right.

That's all there is,

so don't splurge.

All set?

Good luck.

Mr. Spock, here we are.

Thanks to your restored memory

and a bit of good luck,

we're walking

the streets of San Francisco

Looking for a couple

of humpback whales.

What's the solution?

Simple logic will suffice.

I'll begin by making use

of this map.

I have the distance and bearing

provided by Commander Uhura.

If we juxtapose

our coordinates,

we should be able

to find our destination

which lies at

283.7 degrees-

I think we'll find them

at the Cetacean Institute

in Sausalito-

two humpback whales,

George and Gracie.

How do you know?

Simple logic.

What does it mean,

"exact change"?

How do we plan

to convert this tank?

Ordinarily, I'd do it

with transparent aluminum.

You're a number

of years too early.

I know. We've got to find

the 20th-century equivalent.

But where?

Did you find it?

Yes. Under

U.S. government.

Now we need directions.

Sir, can you direct me

to the naval base

in Alameda?

It's where they keep

the nuclear vessels.

Nu-cle-ar...

vessels.

Excuse us.

Excuse me, we're looking

for nuclear vessels.

Can you tell me where

the naval base is?

We're looking-

Hello...

we are looking for

the nuclear vessels

in Alameda.

Can you help us?

We're looking for

the naval base.

Could you tell me where

the nuclear vessels are?

I don't know if I know that.

I think it's in Alameda.

That's what I said, Alameda.

But where is Alameda?

Just where is

our future

The things

we've done and said

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