Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Page #2

Right.

Permission to speak freely, sir.

It is an honour to serve with you.

You piloted well

out of spacedock, Lieutenant.

I've always wanted to try that, sir.

You've done well, Valeris.

As your sponsor at the academy,

I have followed your career

with satisfaction,

and as a Vulcan,

you've exceeded my expectations.

I do not understand this representation.

It is a depiction

from ancient Earth mythology,

the expulsion from Paradise.

Why keep it in your quarters?

It is a reminder to me

that all things end.

It is of endings that I wish to speak.

Sir, I address you as a kindred intellect.

Do you not recognise

that a turning point has been reached

in the affairs of the Federation?

History is replete

with turning points, Lieutenant.

-You must have faith.

-Faith?

That the universe

will unfold as it should.

-But is that logical? Surely we must...

-Logic, logic and logic.

Logic is the beginning

of wisdom, Valeris,

not the end.

This will be my final voyage onboard

this vessel as a member of her crew.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

I intend you to replace me.

I could only succeed you, sir.

Now hear this. All officers to the Bridge.

Klingon battle cruiser off the port bow.

All officers to the Bridge.

Captain on the Bridge.

Shall we raise our shields, Captain?

Never been this close.

The Chancellor is undoubtedly awaiting

our signal.

-Uhura, hailing frequencies.

-Aye, sir.

Right standard rudder.

Bring us alongside.

Right standard rudder.

Z plus 5 degrees.

Channel is open, Captain.

This is the Starship Enterprise,

Captain James T. Kirk commanding.

This is Kronos One.

I am Chancellor Gorkon.

Chancellor, we've been ordered

to escort you

through Federation space

to your meeting on Earth.

Thank you, Captain.

Would you and your party

care to dine this evening

aboard the Enterprise with my officers,

as guests

of the United Federation of Planets?

We would be delighted to accept

your gracious invitation.

We'll make arrangements to have you

beamed aboard at 1930 hours.

I shall look forward to that.

-Well, I hope you're happy.

-Captain,

there is a supply

of Romulan ale aboard.

It might make the evening

pass more smoothly.

Officer thinking, Lieutenant.

Guess who's coming to dinner.

Energise.

-Chancellor Gorkon.

-Captain Kirk.

May I present Captain Spock,

whom I believe you know.

Captain, face to face at last.

-You have my thanks.

-Chancellor.

Gentlemen,

this is my daughter Azetbur,

my military adviser, Brigadier Kerla,

and this is General Chang,

my chief of staff.

I have so wanted to meet you, Captain.

I'm not sure how to take that.

Sincere admiration, Kirk.

From one warrior to another.

Right.

This way.

I think you might enjoy a brief tour.

-They all look alike.

-What about that smell?

You know only top-of-the-line models

can even talk...

You men have work?

-Yes, ma'am.

-Yes, ma'am.

Then snap to it.

I offer a toast.

"The undiscover'd country,"

the future.

-"The undiscover'd country."

-"The undiscover'd country."

Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1.

You've not experienced Shakespeare

until you have read him

in the original Klingon.

Captain Kirk,

I thought Romulan ale was illegal.

One of the advantages

of being 1,000 light-years

from Federation Headquarters.

To you, Chancellor Gorkon,

one of the architects of our future.

-Chancellor.

-Chancellor.

Perhaps we are looking

at something of that future here.

Tell me, Captain Kirk,

would you be willing

to give up Starfleet?

I believe the Captain feels

that Starfleet's mission

has always been one of peace.

Far be it for me

to dispute my first officer,

but Starfleet has always been

at the fore...

Captain, there's no need

to mince words.

In space, all warriors are cold warriors.

General, are you fond of

Shakespeare?

We do believe all planets

have a sovereign claim

to inalienable human rights.

Inalien?

If you could only hear yourselves.

"Human rights."

Why, the very name is racist.

The Federation is no more

than a "Homo Sapiens Only" club.

Present company excepted, of course.

In any case,

we know where this is leading.

-The annihilation of our culture.

-That's not true.

-No?

-No.

"To be, or not to be."

That is the question which preoccupies

our people, Captain Kirk.

-We need breathing room.

-Earth, Hitler, 1938.

I beg your pardon?

Well...

I see we have a long way to go.

We must do this again sometime.

You don't trust me, do you?

I don't blame you.

If there is to be a brave new world,

our generation is going

to have the hardest time living in it.

Captain Spock.

Chancellor.

-Madam.

-Captain.

Well, most kind.

"Parting is such sweet sorrow," Captain.

Have we not

"heard the chimes at midnight"?

Thank God.

Did you see the way they ate?

Terrible table manners.

I doubt that our own behaviour

will distinguish us

in the annals of diplomacy.

I'm going to sleep this off.

Please let me know if there's some

other way we can screw up tonight.

I'm going to go find

a pot of black coffee.

The Enterprise hosted

Chancellor Gorkon and company

to dinner last night.

Our manners weren't exactly

Emily Post.

Note to the galley,

Romulan ale no longer to be served

at diplomatic functions.

Captain Kirk, will you please

join me on the Bridge?

Captain Kirk?

-Captain.

-What is it?

I find this curious.

Spock, I'm really tired.

We are reading an enormous amount

of neutron radiation.

Where?

Strangely enough,

it appears to be emanating from us.

The Enterprise?

Valeris, do you know anything

about a radiation surge?

Sir?

Chekov?

Only the size of my head.

I know what you mean.

-What's happened?

-We have fired on the Chancellor's ship.

Torpedo Room, please confirm.

Have we fired?

...0-6...

-Uhura, monitor.

-Aye, sir.

Direct hit.

Confirmed, sir.

We've lost gravity!

We are betrayed!

This is the Bridge. Do you read?

Do you read?

Torpedo bay,

did we fire those torpedoes?

Negative, Captain.

According to inventory,

we're still fully loaded.

Find Chang.

Unable to confirm or deny

firing of two photon torpedoes.

-Hailing frequencies.

-Aye, sir.

Kronos One, this is Enterprise.

Do you read? Over.

Repeat. Kronos One...

It's very hard to make out, Captain.

There's been some weapons firing

and a lot of shouting.

She is still listing.

She's spinning out of control.

Restoring auxiliary gravity.

Have you not a shred

of decency in you, Kirk?

We come in peace,

and you blatantly defile that peace.

For that,

I shall blow you out of the stars.

-We haven't fired.

-Captain.

According to our databanks,

we have, twice.

Captain, they're coming about.

-They're preparing to fire.

-Shields up, Captain?

-Captain, our shields.

-Shields up, Captain?

-Signal our surrender.

-Captain?

We surrender!

-This is Enterprise. We surrender.

-If they fire at us

-with our shields down...

-I repeat.

-We surrender.

-...we will not be able to respond.

Repeat. Enterprise surrenders.

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