Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Page #5

he was part of the free speech

movement at Berkeley.

He did too much LDS.

LDS?

Hmm.

Why don't you let me

give you a lift?

I have a weakness

for hard luck cases.

We don't want to be any trouble.

You've already been that.

Well, thank you very much.

Don't mention it.

And don't try anything.

I got a tire iron handy.

So...you were at Berkeley?

I was not.

Memory problems, too.

Where are you from?

Iowa.

Oh, a landlubber.

What were you guys

really trying to do back there?

If it was some kind

of macho thing,

I'll be real disappointed.

I really hate that macho stuff.

Can I ask you a question?

Go ahead.

What's going to happen

when you release the whales?

They're going to have

to take their chances.

What's that mean,

take their chances?

It means

they'll be at risk

from whale hunters

the same as all the humpbacks.

What did you mean

when you said

that stuff about extinction?

I meant-

He meant what you

said on the tour-

that unless things change,

the humpbacks

will disappear forever.

He didn't say that.

"If we assumed

those whales

"are ours to do with

as we pleased,

"we'd be as guilty

as those who caused

their extinction."

I have a

photographic memory.

I see words.

Isn't it time

for a colorful metaphor?

You're not from

the military, are you,

trying to teach whales

to retrieve torpedoes

or some dipshit stuff?

No, ma'am. No dipshit.

Good. I would have

let you off right here.

Gracie is pregnant.

O.K., who are you?

Don't jerk me

around anymore.

How do you know that?

We can't tell you,

but I can tell you

we're not in the military,

and we won't harm

the whales.

Then what are you-

In fact, we could

help you in ways

that you couldn't

possibly imagine.

Or believe, I'll bet.

Very likely.

You're not exactly

catching us at our best.

That much is certain.

I have a hunch

that we'd all be

a lot happier

discussing this over dinner.

What do you say?

You guys like Italian?

- Yes.

- No.

- Yes.

- No.

- Yes.

- No.

I love Italian.

And so do you.

Yes.

Sam, you got

a phone call online one.

Sam, call online one.

Professor Scott.

I'm Dr. Nichols,

the plant manager.

I'm terribly sorry.

There's been an awful mix-up.

I was never told

about your visit.

I've tried to clear

things up, Professor Scott.

I explained you'd come

all the way from Edinburgh

on appointment

to study methods of

manufacturing by Plexicorp,

but they don't know

anything about it.

Don't know anything about it?

It's hard to believe

that I've come

millions of miles-

thousands.

thousands of miles

on an invited tour-

Professor Scott,

if you'll just-

I demand to see the owners!

Professor Scott, take it easy!

Dr. Nichols has offered

to show us the plant personally.

He has?

With pleasure.

Well, that's different.

Gregory!

Whoa!

Professor.

May my assistant join us?

Of course.

Don't bury yourself in the part.

Hi.

Hi.

Good-looking ship.

Huey 204, isn't it?

Right on.

You fly?

Oh, here and there.

I flew something similar

back in my academy days.

Then this must be

old stuff to you.

Old, yes, but interesting.

Mind if I ask you

a few questions?

Do it.

This is a fine place

you have here, Dr. Nichols.

Thank you.

Your knowledge of engineering

is most impressive.

Back home we call him

"The miracle worker."

Indeed. May I offer you

something, gentlemen?

I might be able to offer

something to you.

Yes?

I noticed you're still

working with polymers.

Still?

What else would I

be working with?

Aye, what else, indeed.

I'll put it another way.

How thick would a piece

of your plexiglass

need to be at 60' x 10'

to withstand the pressure

of 18,000 cubic feet of water?

That's easy. 6 inches.

We stock that size.

I have noticed.

Now, suppose...

just suppose...

I were to show you

a way to manufacture a wall

that would do the same job

but be only 1 inch thick?

Would that be worth

something to you, eh?

You're joking.

Perhaps the professor

could use your computer.

Please.

Computer.

Computer.

Ah.

Hello, computer.

Just use the keyboard.

The keyboard.

How quaint.

"Transparent aluminum"?

That's the ticket, laddie.

It would take years

just to figure out

the dynamics of this matrix.

You would be rich

beyond the dreams of avarice.

So, is it worth

something to you,

or should I just

punch up "clear"?

No! No.

Not now, Madelaine!

What exactly did you

have in mind?

Well, a moment alone, please.

You realize, of course,

if we give him the formula,

we're altering the future.

Why?

How do we know

he didn't invent the thing?

Yeah.

Sure you won't

change your mind?

Is there something wrong

with the one I have?

A little joke.

Bye, old friend.

Wait a minute!

How did you know

Gracie's pregnant?

Nobody knows that.

Gracie does.

I'll be right here.

What, he'll just hang

around the bushes

while we eat?

It's his way.

Do you trust me?

Implicitly.

A large mushroom, pepperoni

with extra onions,

and Michelob, please.

O.K. Great choice.

And you, sir?

Make that two.

Thank you.

Well...how did

a nice girl like you

get to be

a cetacean biologist?

Just lucky, I guess.

You're upset about

losing the whales,

aren't you?

You're very perceptive.

How will that

be done exactly?

They'll be flown

in a special 747 to Alaska

and released there.

That's the last

you'll see of them?

See, yes,

but we'll tag them

with radio transmitters

so that we can

keep tabs on them.

You know,

I could take those

whales somewhere...

where they'd

never be hunted.

You can't even get yourself

from Sausalito

to San Francisco

without a lift.

If you have a low opinion

a my abilities,

how come we're

having dinner?

Sucker for hard luck cases.

Ha ha ha.

Cheers.

Besides...

why are you traveling

with that ditzy guy

who knows

Gracie's pregnant

and calls you admiral?

Where could you take them?

Hmm?

My whales.

Where would they be safe?

It's not so much

a place as a time.

The time would have

to be right now.

Why right now?

No humpback

born in captivity

has ever survived.

The problem is

they won't be

that much safer at sea

because of all the hunting

this time of year.

So you see,

that, as they say, is that.

Damn.

What is that?

What's what?

You have a pocket pager.

Are you a doctor?

What is it?

I said don't call me.

Sorry, Admiral.

We thought you should know.

They're beaming them in now.

O.K., tell them

phasers on stun.

Good luck. Kirk out.

You want to try it

from the top?

Why don't you tell me

when those whales

are leaving?

Who are you?

Who do you think?

Don't tell me.

You're from outer space.

No, I'm from Iowa.

I only work in outer space.

Well, I was close.

I knew outer space would

come into this sometime.

The truth?

I'm all ears.

O.K.

The truth.

I am from what

on your calendar

would be the late

23rd century.

I've come back in time...

to bring two humpback whales

with me,

in an attempt to...

repopulate the species.

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