Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Page #6

-Damn clever, if you ask me.

-It's a classic.

-That's what he wanted.

-Who? Who wanted us killed?

Since you're all going to die anyway,

why not tell you?

His name is...

Damn it to hell! Of all the... Son of a...

-Couldn't you have waited two seconds?

-Captain?

He was just about to explain

the whole thing.

You want to go back?

-Absolutely not!

-It's cold.

This is the Bridge.

We are still in Klingon space.

Deck 9, remain at battle stations.

Deck 9, remain at battle stations.

They were beamed aboard

a Federation starship.

I could trace...

Escaped.

Kirk cannot know the location

of the peace conference.

Are you sure?

Will you take that chance?

Helmsman, make course

to intercept Enterprise.

The Klingons have a new weapon,

a bird-of-prey that can fire

when cloaked.

-She torpedoed Gorkon's ship.

-So that's it.

Not entirely. I have reason to believe

that Gorkon's murderers

-are aboard this vessel.

-I have a thought about that.

Has the peace conference begun?

Who knows?

They're keeping the location secret.

-There's always something.

-Captain!

Mr Spock! I found the missing uniforms

with the Klingon blood on them.

But the uniforms belong

to these two men,

Burke and Samno.

Not any more.

Phaser on stun at close range.

First rule of assassination,

kill the assassins.

-Now we're back to square one.

-Can I talk to you?

I wonder why they weren't vapourized.

It would set off the alarm.

It's possible.

Now hear this. Now hear this.

Court reporter to sickbay.

Code Blue. Urgent.

Statements to be taken at once

from yeomen Burke and Samno.

Repeat. Court reporter to sickbay.

Code Blue. Urgent.

Statements to be taken.

Repeat. Statements to be taken

from yeomen Burke and Samno.

You have to shoot.

If you are logical, you have to shoot.

I do not want to.

What you want is irrelevant.

What you've chosen is at hand.

I'd just as soon you didn't.

The operation is over.

I did not fire. You cannot prove anything.

Yes, I can. At my trial,

my personal log was used against me.

How long did you wait outside

my quarters before I noticed you?

You knew?

I tried to tell you,

but you would not listen.

Neither of us was hearing

very well that night, Lieutenant.

There were things I tried to tell you

about having faith.

You have betrayed the Federation.

All of you.

And what do you think

you've been doing?

Saving Starfleet.

Klingons cannot be trusted.

Sir.

You said so yourself.

They killed your son.

Did you not wish Gorkon dead?

"Let them die," you said.

Did I misinterpret you?

And you were right.

They conspired with us

to assassinate their own chancellor.

How trustworthy can they be?

Klingons and Federation members

conspiring together?

Who is "us"?

Everyone who stands

to lose from peace.

-Names, Lieutenant.

-My comrades will make certain

all your ship-to-shore transmissions

are jammed.

Names, Lieutenant.

I do not remember.

A lie?

A choice.

Spock?

Admiral Cartwright.

From Starfleet?

Who else?

-General...

-General...

-...Chang.

-...Chang.

Who else?

-Romulan...

-Romulan...

-...Ambassador...

-...Ambassador...

-...Nanclus.

-...Nanclus.

Where is the peace conference?

She does not know.

Then we're dead.

I've been dead before.

Contact Excelsior.

-She'll have the coordinates.

-I've already got him, sir.

Standing by, Captain Kirk.

Sulu!

You realise that by even talking to us,

you're violating regulations.

I'm sorry, Captain.

Your message is breaking up.

Bless you, Sulu.

Where is the peace conference?

They're going to attempt

another assassination.

The conference is at Camp Khitomer,

near the Romulan border.

I'm sending the exact coordinates

on a coded frequency.

I'm afraid

we're gonna need more than that.

There's a bird-of-prey

on the lookout for us,

and she can fire while cloaked.

Surely not.

Hold on.

How many of those things are there?

Come on, Lieutenant.

-Just the prototype.

-You hear that?

I'm getting underway now,

but we're now in Alpha Quadrant.

The chances of our reaching

the conference in time are slim.

When does this conference start?

According to my information, today.

Thank you, Captain Sulu.

Don't mention it, Captain Kirk.

Spock?

I prefer it dark.

Dining on ashes?

You were right.

It was arrogant presumption on my part

that got us into this situation.

You and the doctor

might have been killed.

The night is young.

You said it yourself. It was logical.

Peace is worth a few personal risks.

You're a great one for logic.

I'm a great one for rushing in

where angels fear to tread.

We're both extremists.

Reality is probably

somewhere in between.

I couldn't get past the death of my son.

I was prejudiced

by her accomplishments as a Vulcan.

Gorkon had to die before I understood

how prejudiced I was.

Is it possible that we two, you and I,

have grown so old and so inflexible

that we have outlived our usefulness?

Would that constitute a joke?

Don't crucify yourself.

It wasn't your fault.

I was responsible.

-For no actions but your own.

-That is not what you said at your trial.

That was as captain of the ship.

Human beings...

But, Captain, we both know

that I am not human.

Spock, you want to know something?

Everybody's human.

I find that remark insulting.

Come on. I need you.

Madam Chancellor,

members of the Diplomatic Corps,

honoured guests,

the United Federation of Planets

welcomes you to Camp Khitomer.

She's out here somewhere.

But if she is cloaked...

Then all we have

is a neutron radiation surge,

and by the time we're close enough

to record it, we're ashes.

-Close enough to beam down?

-Not yet, Captain. In two minutes. 158.

-Go to impulse power for Khitomer orbit.

-Aye, sir.

Let us redefine progress to mean

thatjust because we can do a thing,

it does not necessarily follow

that we must do that thing.

-Uhura?

-Nothing, Captain.

If she's here,

she's rigged for silent running.

Coming up on transporter range

in 57 seconds.

Transporter Room,

stand by to beam down.

...53...

...48 seconds.

...44...

I can see you, Kirk.

Chang.

Can you see me?

Now, be honest, Captain.

Warrior to warrior,

you do prefer it this way, don't you?

As it was meant to be.

No peace in our time.

"Once more unto the breach,

dear friends."

-This is fun.

-Reverse engines. All astern.

One and a half impulse power.

Back off! Back off!

What's she doing?

What's she waiting for?

Probably attempting to ascertain

why we are reversing,

wondering whether we detect her.

Incoming!

-In range?

-Not yet, sir.

Come on. Come on.

-She'll fly apart.

-Fly her apart, then!

Many speculated

about my father's motives.

There were those who said

he was an idealist.

Others said he had no choice.

If Praxis had not exploded,

then quite possibly his idealism

would not have found expression.

We are a proud race,

and we are here because

we intend to go on being proud.

-Go to auxiliary power!

-Auxiliary circuits destroyed, Captain.

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