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1 Starfield
vfx
Credits over serene space when suddenly.....
How serene
And soothing
an enormous explosion, sending debris flying at warp
velocities....
ok what punk lit the match after the fart
2 omitted
vfx
3 cu a teacup
widen to reveal
int. bridge, U.S.S. excelsior
the polyglot crew is busy
seated in the captain's chair, a familiar face: SULU
he has his own command, and is drinking a cup of tea.
(sulu) I love tea, it good, don’t ask for green card
the Science officer stands next to him, conferring,
handing him a datacount. Sulu muses over the contents.
(sulu) wow this is nice porno you have here Billy
SULU
according to this, we've completed
our exploration the the entire section.
Section of…
No no too easy
Hmpf…section of the female body
Science officer
Fifty-four planets, and their
gaseous atmospheric anomalies. Our
sensing and analytic equipment
worked really well.
Gaseous?! Someone light a match
(waves hand over nose)phew
Sulu
Time we were heading home. Three Years
is......
not long enough to avoid…
The ship starts to TREMBLE
Fart lit
4 Angle on Sulu's tea cup
behold as I move the cup with my mind
Shaking in its saucer.....Sulu and the crew look at
each other as the Shaking increases. The teacup
smashes.
Aah its hot
Science officer
I have an energy wave from 240
degrees, mark six port....
less beans will fix that
or Pepto Bismol
Sulu
Visual!
(officer) captain this is hardly the time for smut
4 On the screen
4 Continued
vfx
an enormous gaseous wave, a subspace shock front.
Sulu
(continuing)
My God!!! SHIELDS!!
I didn’t know god had shields
Apparently so
5 Ext. The Galaxy
vfx
Meteors and asteroids smashing past, burning chunks
fly by at warp speeds. Excelsior reels.
Space is getting really trashy
Look Mir!
6 Int. U.S.S. Excelsior bridge
The ship rolls, throwing everyone off balance.
I guess that in the future they still don’t wear seatbelts
Sulu
What the hell is going on?
You wernt wearing your seat belts
You could have been killed by the airbag
The crew jumps to. Computers light up. Information
flies across screens and monitors. The ship is battered
like a fighter's punching bag with shocks and jolts and
tremors.
7 Int. crew's quarters, galley, corridors, etc.
sleeping members are thrown from their berths. The
claxon alarm sounds pervasively......
Crew, etc.
What the --- Look out! ---
Stations --- etc.
8 Int. Excelsior Bridge
Lojur
Captain, she's not answering the
Helm.....
Maybe if you ask her nicely
Ask a stupid question…
Sulu
Starboard thrusters. Turn her into
the wave!
(sulu)I want this ship a wave by tomorrow
9 Int. Excelsior engine room
Chaos. Valves hiss purple. Crew running, knocked
about.
Engineer
Engine room. What's going on up....
10 Int. Excelsior Bridge
10 Continued
Sulu
Quarter inpulse power!
I didn’t think quarter were worth that much anymore
Excelsior has been knocked about and everyone on the
bridge is holding on or sliding around. She settles
and one by one, her crew resume their stations.
Sulu
Damage Report!
This is damage, James damage and my report will be done tomorrow
(sulu)don’t forget 500 words
Voice (Filtered)
Seem to be in one piece, Captain.
We're checking all systems.....
(engine room guy)muscle…ok digestion…especially good
10 The Main Viewscreen
vfxa
Shows Excelsior getting bumped about by the final
fragments drifting past, bouncing off the shields.
Sulu
(to Science officer)
Don't tell me that was any meteor
shower.
That was a mete…damnit
Science officer
(over his console)
Negative. The subspace shock wave
originated at bering Three-two-three,
Mark seven-five, the location of....
(turns to Sulu)
Praxis. A Klingon moon. Barren of
indigenous life forms out...
klingon moon? I didn’t think moons pooped
Sulu
Essential as a resource. Praxis is
their key energy production facility.
Fart power
(thinks)
Send to Klingon high command:
"This is Excelsior, a Federation
Starship traveling through Beta
Quadrant. We have monitored a
large explosion in your sector. DO YOU
REQUIRE ASSISTANCE?
(sulu)Would you like a moist towelette?
Communicationss officer
Aye, Sir!
)Sulu) No Not you
(officer) I don’t get a towelette?
Sulu
Mr. Valtane, any more data?
Wow sulu likes his porn
10 Continued
Science officer
I have confirmed the location, Sir,
but....
Sulu
What is it?
Brick?
Cat?
Cheese?
Science officer
....I cannot confirm the existence
of Praxis.
Sulu reacts, goes over to the Science Console and looks
at the screen. Nothing there.
Hes hooked on nudity
Sulu
Magnify.
Yea he’d say that
The Science officer hits the buttons
10 On the Viewscreen
vfxb
a barren moon with three-fourths of its mass blown away
drifts lifelessly in a black void.
Ugly girl
Sulu
Praxis?
Ugly name
Science officer
What's left of it.
Communications officer
Captain, I'm getting a message from
Klingon high command.
When poop gets stuck on your lower back and it sticks
Sulu
Onscreen.
eew
11 On Viewscreen:
a snowy picture of a wild-eyed Klingon officer.
I am plastic chest man-fear me
Officer
This is an emergency! We have
suffered.....
under the rein of plastic chest the third
he looks around, the ground is shaking under him, as
Sulu watches, the pictures collapses, then comes on
again, with a different face.
Kerla
This is Brigadier Kerla, speaking
for the Klingon high command.
When they get up that high on your butt they can talk
11 Continued:
Kerla (continuing)
There has been an incident on
Praxis, however everything is
under control. We have no need for
assistance. Obey treaty stipulations
and remain outside the Neutral Zone.
Tranmission ends now!
12 The screen goes black. Sulu looks incredulous.
Sulu
An INCIDENT?!?
(sulu) cool I wonder if they had sex
Communications officer
Do we report this, Sir?
(sulu)no then they might crowd in on my honeys
Sulu
Are you kidding?
yes
(swivels to the
communications officer)
Send to Starfleet Command....
13 Ext. Space
vfx
Excelsior warps off into the galaxy.
14 omitted
thru
22
22a CU Starfleet Insignia
Kirk walks into shot.
Kirk
What are we doing here?
Sitting. Eating. Whatever.
Widen to reveal
23 Int. Starfleet briefing room - day
the room fills with bemedaled brass, Kirk's crew among
them - the only starship complement in the room. They
can't help looking at each other, questioning. They
are in uniform.
Bones
Search me. Anybody know how come
we made the "A" list?
Sorry but this is the "F" list
22 Continued:
Uhura
My shore leave was just cancelled.
Shore it was
Uhg… lets put some effort into this
Scotty
Isn't this just for top brass?
Not just big ass
Chekov
Where is Mr. Sulu?
Im his room…with "frisky Fonda"
Kirk
CAPTAIN Sulu is on assignment...
anyone seen Spock?
I don’t want to see your spock
Is that what he calls it now?
A door opens and a Starfleet ADC, austere and Impressive
enters and gavels the meeting to order.
ADC
This briefing is classified. There
will be no recording devices.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Commander in Chief.
(hums hail to the chief)
(hums hail to the chief)
All rise as the Starfleet Commander in Chief enters,
with a briefcase and pulls materials from it.
Commander in Chief
As you were... I'll make this as
simple as possible. The Klingon
Empire has roughly 50 years of life
left to it.
And its time we talk about inheritance
All look at each other in disbelief.
Commander in Chief
(Continuing)
For full details, I am turning the
briefing over to our special
Federation Envoy..
He makes a sign and another door opens. Spock walks to
the podium. Kirk and company are astounded.
Spock
Good morning. Two months ago a
Federation starship monitored an
explosion on the Klingon moon
Praxis. We believe it was caused
by overmining and insufficent
safety precautions. The moon's
decimation means an almost eighty
percent loss of available energy and
a deadly pollution of their ozone. They
will have depleted their supply of
23 Continued
poo poo?
oxygen in less than half a century.
Due to their enormous military
budget, the Klingon economy does not
have the resources with which to
combat this catastrophe. Last
blah blah blah blah blah
month, at the behest of the, uh....
blah blah blah blah
Vulcan Ambassador, I opened a
Get to the point
dialogue with Gorkon, Chancellor of
don’t make fun of his ears-he cant help it
the Klingon high council. He proposes
to commence negotiations at once.
Admiral Donald
Negotiations for what?
Spock
The dismantling of our space
stations and star bases along the
Neutral Zone. An end to seventy
years of unremitting hostility,
which the Klingons can no longer
afford.
Then we wont be able to wipe them off
Audible mutterings. Pan the crew. Is the war over?
Spock
(Continuing)
If the Klingons sue for peace, we
could accumulate savings in defense
expenditures, leaving the
Federation ecomony free to grapple
with urgent social problems......
A Military Man
Bill, are we talking about
mothballing the Starfleet?
Moth balls huh?
Commander in Chief
I'm sure our exploration and
science programs would not be
affected, but the facts speak for
themselves, Captain.
Admiral Donald
I must protest. To offer the
Klingons a safe haven within
Federation space is suicide. And
if we dismantle the fleet, we'd be
defenseless before a Bellicose
people with a foothold on our
territory, led by an unprincipled
tyrant. The opportunity here is to
embargo trading, force them to run
23 Continued:
through their own resources faster,
and bring them to their knees.
Then we'll be in a far better
position to dictate terms.
a vocal minority of the briefing supports this, but not
all. Kirk simply stares at Spock.
Commander in Chief
Starfleet in under civilian
control, Admiral. The decision is
a political, not a military one,
and it's been made.
Kirk
Sir.....
I have to go pee pee
Commander in Chief
Captain Kirk?
Kirk
(Eyes Spock briefly)
Sir, I'm no diplomat, but the
Klingons have never been
trustworthy. I'm forced to agree
with Admiral Donald. This is...
(kirk)to boring for me
(He gropes for tact)
....a terrible, a terrifying idea!
the Admiral whispers to the Commander in Chief
Commander in Chief
Your son was killed by a Klingon,
wasn't he, Captain?
Kirk
Yes, Sir.
He broke his back trying to wipe it off his butt
Commander in Chief
I'm sorry, but Commander Spock has
persuaded the Federation that this
situation is too promising to
ignore.
Spock
It is imperative that we act now, to
support the Gorkon Initiative, lest
Guezuntiet
more conservative elements persuade
his empire that it would be better
to attempt a military solution and
die fighting.
23 Continued:
Commander in Chief
Captian Kirk, you are to be our
first olive branch.
Kirk
Me?
(kirk) but that’s not what tree I would be
Spock
We have volunteered to rendezvous
with the Klingon ship that's
bringing Chancellor Gorkon here,
bless you
and escort him safely through
Federation space.
Kirk is too startled to speak.
Commander in Chief
As it happens, Kirk, the Chancellor
specifically requested you and your
officers.
Kirk
Why, in God's name?
Commander in Chief
There are some Klingons who feel
the same about a peace treaty as
yourself, and Admiral Donald.
They'll think twice about attacking
the Enterprise under your command.
Spock
I have personally vouched for you
in theis matter, Captain.
Kirk
You have personally.....
eeeeeeeew
Commander in Chief
You will accord Chancellor Gorkon
Everyones getting sick
full diplomatic coutesy, Captain
spock should have covered his nose
Kirk.
Kirk
(Straining)
Surely, a full Ambassador would be
better equipped to....
he said equipped huh huh huh
Commander in Chief
If there's no further business, I
wish you and your crew Godspeed.
Thank you all.
23 Continued
He charges out as all rise. Everyone files out.
Admiral Donald
I don't know whether to
congratulate you or not, Jim.
He moves off before Kirk can reply. The room is
empty except for Spock, still at the podium and
Kirk sitting alone in the auditorium. He is
curious, betrayed and Spock knows it.
(kirk) what? Why is everyone leaving? DARN I slept though the whole thing agian
Kirk
WE volunteered?
Spock
There's an old Vulcan proverb: only
Nixon could have gone to China.
That’s vulcan?
Kirk
(Incensed)
How could you vouch for me?
That's.....
So sweet…
(words fail him)
.....arrogant presumption.
Spock
I was asked by my father to open
negotiations with the Klingon
high council on behalf of the
Federation. Under the circumstances,
I was inclined to agree.
I love you kirk
Kirk stands, and walks out of the room.
We just can’t continue this relationship
24 Omitted
25 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
The elevator doors open. An attractive Vulcan
Lieutenant leaps out of the command chair, whips
to attention.
McCoy
Well, I've heard some whoppers in
my time.....
but…
he endorses burger king
Uhura
(Overlaps)
They're mothballing the fleet?
They sould lay off the toilet jokes
25 Continued
Chekov
(Overlaps)
Ve vill regret this....
(Chekov) I vill get hooked ohn vonics
Lt. Valeris
Captain on the bridge.
Captian is in da house
Give it up give it up
Yea yeah get down
The crew stands to.
bwoyee
bustin
reprazentin da cruu
Kirk
As you were. Lieutenant...?
You don’t want to see him as he was. He had a lot of surgery
Lt. Valeris
We were told you
would need a helmsman.....
helmsperson
(to Spock)
.....so I volunteered.
She salutes, Kirk smiles, returns the salute.
Huh huh huh… girls
Spock
Lieutenant, I am please to see
you.
He hasn’t got any nookie in 3 years…no personality
(to Kirk)
The Lieutenant is the first Vulcan
to ge graduated at the top of her
class at the Academy.
(accusatory)and we all know why that is! don’t we?
Rrow
Kirk
Congratulations, Lieutenant. That
must make you very proud....
Lt. Valeris
I don't believe so, Sir.
McCoy
She's a Vulcan all right
Well guess that means you don’t get any
Kirk
(Down to business)
All right, let's get this over
with....departure stations....
(pushes the intercomm)
Scotty?
The crew assume their familiar stations.
Scotty's voice (Filtered)
Aye, Sir?
(scotty) on tha pot cap-tain
Kirk
You find the engine room?
25 Continued:
where were you when you last saw it?
Scotty's Voice
Right where I left it, Sir.
Filed under "E"
Kirk
Standby. Get me the dock master,
The C…
NoUhura.
Uhura
Control tower, reading, Sir.
Good, hooked on phonics worked for them
Kirk
Control, this is Enterprise,
requesting permission to depart.
Permission to fart granted…match ready
Um…no
Voice over (filtered)
This is Control. Enterprise, you
are granted permission to depart
30 seconds for port gates....
bill gates son
Lt. Valeris
Clear all moorings.....
Open my calender
Kirk
Awaiting port gates from this
mark....
Voice over
Mooring lines cleared.....
Lt. Valeris
Aft thrusters.....
Butt thusters!
Kirk
(Overlaps)
Thank you, Lieutenant, one quarter
impulse power......
Again with the quarters
They aret worth that much
Lt. Valeris
(She turns to face him)
Captain, may I remind you that
regulations specify thrusters only
while in space dock?
Yes you may I have altshimers
The crew, old and young, watch this exchange keenly.
Spock is poker faced.
McCoy
(next to Chekov)
Uh, Jim....
(mccoy) I have to pee pee
Kirk
You heard the order, Lieutenant.
25 Continued:
Lt. Valeris swivels away, rolling her eyes so Kirk can't
see, and hits the panel....
The ship begins to rattle slightly, then
26 Ext. Space dock
vfx
the Enterprise screams out of the dock and exits through
the just opening bay doors into outer space.
27 OMITTEED
THRU
29
30 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise - night
Kirk sits comfortably with a smile on his face
Happy thoughts Happy thoughts Happy thoughts
Kirk
(Continuing)
Lieutenant.....
Other thoughts, Other thoughts, Other thoughts,
Lieutenant Valeris faces him.
Kirk
(Continuing)
I don't care if I am senile. If
I sit in this chair and give the
word, you jump!
Jump, jump, everybody jump, jump
word
Spock watches.
Lt. Valeris
Aye, Sir.
Kirk
Plot a course for Kronos,
Lieutenant.
Lt. Valeris
Kronos, Sir?
Kirk
I'm still in the chair, Lieutenant!
Hey thay put the toilet on the bridge
Lt. Valeris
Aye, Sir.
Other reactions. Kirk has taken command.
31 Ext. Space
vfx
Enterprise cruises purposefully through the void.
Kirk's voice over
Captain's log, Stardate 8679.259.
They say you can't teach an old dog
new tricks, and maybe they're right.
It seems to me our mission to escort
Escort? This is a sick movie
the Chancellor of the Klingon High
Council to a peace summit is
Problematic at best.
32 Int. Kirks cabin
Kirk is unpacking his bags as he dictates, hanging up
his uniforms, his shaving tackle going next to the
sink, etc.
Kirk
(Continuing)
I have never trusted Klingons, and
never will. I have never been able
to forgive them for the murder of
my boy. Spock says this could be
an historic moment, and I'd like to
believe him, but how on earth can
history get past people like me?
He sets up a photo of David next to his berth.
A delicate cough.
Anr you ok
Kirk realizes he's not alone. Swivels to face:
Lieutenat Valeris standing in the bulkhead doorway.
You should get that cough looked at
Lt. Valeris
Sorry....
Kirk
Come on, Lieutenat, you could knock!
Lt. Valeris
We're almost at the rendezvous, I
thought you'd want to know.
Kirk
Right.
He stands up, and puts on his jacket. She watches.
Lt. Valeris
Permission to speak freely, Sir?
32 Continued:
He doesn't stop her
Lt. Valeris
I gather you are not enthusiastic
about the assignment, I don't
think many on board are.
Kirk
You piloted well out of spacedock,
Lieutenant.
Lt. Valeris
(Almost Smiles)
I always wanted to try that.
Kirk
(Passing her)
Only don't try putting words in my
mouth.
(valeris sounding like kirk) you are cool I like you
And leaves her with that!
33 Int. corridor outside Spocks quarters
Lt. Valeris approaches, this time she's smart enough to
knock.
Spocks voice
Enter.
(spock) I’m naked
34 Int. Spocks quarters
In contrast with his spartan personality, the room is a
voluptuous incense-laden lair, filled with curtains and
smoke. Spock lights a votive candle, surveys her. He is
out of uniform.
Spock
You have done will, Lieutenant. As your
sponsor at the Academy, I have
followed your career with... great
satisfaction. And, as a Vulcan...
(spock)I want some
finally spock get some bootie
Lt. Valeris
Sir, I speak to you as a kindred
intellect. Do you not recognize
that a turning point has been
reached in the affairs of the
Federation?
34 Continued
Spock
I am not certain such speculations
are included among your duties,
Lieutenant.
Voice (Filtered)
Klingon battlecruiser off the port
bow. All hands on deck. Repeat.....
She's startled.
Spock
(Off her look)
In time you may come to view so-called
turning points with....skepticism.
He starts to get into uniform.
Spock
(Continuing)
You must have faith.
Lt. Valeris
Faith....?
Spock
That the universe will unfold as it
should.
And when its done unfolding it will be a origami bird
35 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
The cruise is proceeding evenly as Kirk arives out of
one turbo-lift. Spock and the Lieutenant emerge from
another.
Voice
Captain on the bridge.
Captain in da house(human beat box)
Yea yeah yea give it up
Chekov
Captain, shall we raise our
shields?
(kirk) raise yo hands in da air
bust…ah…bust…ah…bust…bustin
Spock looks at Kirk: "Trust me". Kirk scowls at him and
stares at the viewscreen. They all follow his gaze.
35 The main viewscreen
vfx
A Klingon battlecruiser. Huge.
Ith tho biiig
Kirk
(Finally)
Never been this close!
To a woman
35 Continued:
Spock
the Chancellor is undoubtedly
awaiting our signal.
Give the finger kirk
Honk your horn
Eew
Boy, is this hard for Kirk..........Finally:
Kirk
Uhura, hailing frequencies. Hard
starboard, bring us alongside....
Lt. Valeris
Hard starboard, Z plus five degrees.
=z5
Uhura
Channel open, Captain.
It’s MTV
Kirk
This is the Starship Enterprise,
Captain James T. Kirk, Commanding.
36 Gorkon comes up on the main visual display.
Gorkon
This is Kronos one. I am
Chancellor Gorkon.
Bless you
Kirk
Chancellor. We've been ordered to
escort you through Federation space
to your meeting on Earth.
Kirk runs an escort service!?!?!? Dude hes pimpin’!
Gorkon
Thank you, Captain.
Kirk
(Does his best)
Uh....Would you and your party care
Wooooooo PARTY!!!
to dine this evening aboard the
Enterprise with my officers as guests
of the United Federation of Planets?
37 A few of the crew look around at Kirk.
Gorkon
We'd be delighted to accept your
gracious invitation.
His gracious pick-up line
Kirk
(nuts)
We'll make arrangements to have you
beamed aboard at 1930 hours.
37 Continued:
Gorkon
I shall look forward to it.
He disappears. Kirk turns to Spock.
Kirk
I hope you're happy.
(kirk) cuz I sure am…
Lt. Valeris
Captain....
Kirk turns to face her.
Lt. Valeris
(Continuing)
...there is a supply of Romulan ale
aboard, it might make the evening
pass more......smoothly?
get’em drunk then it’ll be easier too…
oh no not that
date rape
Kirk smiles, relieved.
Kirk
Officer thinking, Lieutenant.
38 At the communication console
Chekov leans over to Uhura.
Chekov
Guess who is coming to dinner?
The hooters girl?
Your girl?
Jimmy Jones?
39 Ext. Space
Rush Limbaugh?
vfx
Elvis?
Both ships cruise parallel in space.
Walt Disney?
John Carpinder?
Forest Gump?
40 Int. Enterprise transporter room.
Scotty stands by the console. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy
stand next to him. They are in dress uniform.
Scotty
Maybe if their particles just got a
wee bit mixed......
then we’d have us a good drink
Kirk
Energize....
40
vfx The beams reflect on the glass shield as half dozen
Klingons, including one woman, start materializing.
NB Separate beam-ins for Gorkon, Azetbur, Chang.
Gorkon descends first. He is tall, splendidly Barbaric.
40 Continuing
Kirk
Chancellor Gorkon.
Guzuntiet
The Klingons are lordly, formal, bow, taking in their
surroundings. An electronic bosun's whistle pipes
them aboard.
Kirk
(Continuing)
Chancellor, may I present Commander
Spock, whom I believe you know, Doctor
Leonard McCoy, Chief medical officer,
Montgomery Scott, chief engineer...
(kirk)Elvis, but your not ‘sposed to know about him,
Gorkon
(To Spock)
Commander, face to face at last....
you have my thanks.
Spock bows.
Gorkon
(Continuing)
Gentlemen, this is my daughter,
Azetbur....my military adviser,
Brigadier Kerla....and this is
General Chang, My Chief of Staff.
Chang wears a patch over one eye. He advances on Kirk,
with a grim smile, one eyeball to eyeballs.
Chang
I've always wanted to meet you,
Captain Kirk.
Ew he’s a bit fruity
Aye
Kirk
(Smiles)
I'm not sure how to take that!
Say no to gay date rape
Kerla
Sincere admiration, Kirk.
Chang
(soft)
As one warrior to another....
Oooooh no
Kirk
(ducks this)
Uh, right this way, gentlemen, I
thought you might enjoy a brief tour....
of his briefs?
40 Continuing
The party leaves. As they move past two crewmen....
1st Crewman
They all look alike.
2nd Crewman
What about that smell? You know
only the top of the line models can
even talk.
Well they are called kling-ons
They turn to find themselves facing an expressionless
Lieutenant Valeris.
Lt. Valeris
You men have work?
1st Crewman
Yes, Sir.
Lt. Valeris
Then snap to it.
41 Int. R deck corridor
Leaving the Enterprise Science Labs.
Gorkon
Your research laboratory is most
impressive.....
especially the labratory with the impressive research
Kirk
Starfleet's been charting and
cataloging planetary atmospheres.
All vessels are equipped with
chemical-analytic sensors....
Gorkon
This cannot be easy for you,
Captain......
(off of Kirks look)
.....I would feel awkward
if I had to give you a tour of our
vessel.
Vessel?
What type of "vessel"?
The man's courtesy makes Kirk feel guilty....
Kirk
Would you care to go topside?
Topless?! Come on kirk get control of yourself
Chang
Very much.
41 Continuing
Chekov
(Pulling Kirk aside)
Captain, you're not going to show
them the bridge??
Kirk
(Clenched teeth)
Full diplomatic courtesy, Mr.
Chekov....
(kirk)You know what that means!
The party passes Uhura and a younger crewman.
Younger crewman
Would you want your daughter to
marry one?
42 OMITTED
42 Repeat 39 VFX
VFX
The two ships cruise parallel.
43 Int. officers mess, Enterprise
A window irises open reveling the stars gliding by.
A hand pours deep blue Romulan ale into Gorkon's
crystal goblet. Dinner well underway. Principals from
both parties are at the table. Stewards keep food and
drink in motion.
Gorkon
I give you a toast:
"The undiscovered country"
Spain!
Canada!(off their looks)
The future.
(doc brown) I’ve got to get…back to the future
All drink Romulan ale, echoing "the undiscovered
country". The Klingons eat with their fingers,
scorning utensils.
Spock
Hamlet, act three, scene one.
Gorkon
You have never experienced
Shakespeare until you have read
him in the original Klingon.
Original?
Chang turns to Kirk with a malicious twinkle.
43 Continued
Chang
"To be or not to be, that is the
question" which preoccupies our
people, Captain Kirk. We need
breathing room.....
Kirk
I beg your pardon?
Kerla
Captain Kirk, I thought Romulan ale
was illegal.
It takes Kirk a moment to regain his composure.
Kirk
One of the advantages of being a
thousand light years from
Thpt…
Federation headquarters.
Lets all hold our breaths…
Silence.
McCoy
To you, Chancellor Gorkon; one of
the architects of our future.
Building the future
From the dead bodies of today
And the food of yesterday
All drink. As Romulan ale flows throughout the scene,
tongues get looser. Gorkon watches.
Scotty
Perhaps we are looking at something
of that future here.
Yesterdays food
Azetbur
Commander Spock, mindful of all
your work behind the scenes, and
despite the cordiality at this
mess, I do not sense an acceptance
of our people throughout your ship.
Spock
They're naturally wary, ma'am.
We've been at war a long time.
And were not gay
Uhura
How do both sides overcome
engrained prejudice?
Chekov
Perhaps with a few small steps at a
time. Like this one.
And booze
43 Continued
McCoy
And perhaps with a large step or
two. Like a peace treaty.
Chang
Captain Kirk, are you willing to
give up Starfleet?
Is that what they call it now?
Kirk stares
Spock
(Looks at Kirk)
I believe the Captain feels that
Starfleet's mission has always been
one of peace.
Kirk
(Glares)
Far be it from me to dispute my
first officer. Starfleet has
always......
Chang
Come now, Captain, this dinner is
off the record: in space all
warriors are cold warriors.
Scotty
We have never tried to.....
Kerla
You hypocritically presume that
your democratic system gives you a
moral prerogative to force other
cultures to conform to your
politics.
McCoy
That's not true.....!
Kerla
No?
Uhura turns to the Klingon next to her - all tact.
Uhura
General, are you fond of
Shakespeare?
He looks at her, his hands and mouth full of food.
Ugh! Chekov pursues.
43 Continued
Chekov
Ve do not impose democracy on
others. Ve do believe that every
planet has a sovereign claim to
human rights.
Azetbur
(Spits)
"Human rights". Even the name is
racist. The Federation is basically
a "Homo Sapiens" only club.....
(kirk)oh no no were not gay
Spock reacts to this. Chang is amused.
Chang
Present company excepted, to be sure...
Uhura
Well, I suppose we're not perfect.
Only damn good
Scotty
(rising)
Don't let them put words in your
mouth! I haven't served 30 years
in the engine room of a Starship
to be accused of gunboat diplomacy!
Gay…yes wife beater…yes child molester… yes gunboat diplomacy…never
Kerla
In any case, we know where this is
leading, the annihilation of our
culture. Klingons will replace
those on the lowest rung of the
Federation employment ladder,
taking menial jobs and performing
them for lower pay......
Mexicans!
Chekov
That's economics, not racism!
Both actually
Uhura
But you have to admit it adds up to
the same thing.
4?
McCoy
Don't be naive, Commander!
Be stupid
Uhura
Who are you calling "naive"?
Kirk stares sullenly down the table throughout this.
43 Continued:
Chekov
We're explorers, not diplomats!
McCoy
Starfleet's killed an awful lot of
natural phenomena in the name of
"exploration"......
and enjoyed every second of this
then made in to a show on FOX
"when Starfleet kills natural phenomena in the name of exploration 3"
Scotty
We follow orders......
(teen)may I take your order dude?
Chekov
Since when has THAT been an excuse?
Diplomacy must resolve these.....
Scotty
Right! Leave it to the politicians
to muck it up and leave us
defenseless....!
A cough interrupts the fight. All eyes on Gorkon.
The Klingons conceal their amusement.
(spock)cough… cough… I cough… believe I have cough… swallowed my fork
Gorkon
Well. I see we have a long way to go.
Reactions from Kirk and his officers.
44 Int. Transporter room, Enterprise
Both parties are gathered, saying goodbyes.
Gorkon
Thank you, Captain Kirk. The
evening has been most....edifying.
and I have been edited
Kirk
(wooden)
We must do this again soon.
Next time I’ll show you the back seat
Gorkon stares at him, smiles slightly.
Gorkon
You don't trust me.
Kirk can't look at him.
Gorkon
(Continuing)
I don't blame you. If there is to
be a "Brave new world", we old people
will have the hardest time living it it.
44 Continued
Gorkon
(Turns to Spock)
Commander Spock.
Gorkon?
Spock!
Gorkon.
Spock
Chancellor. A pleasure to meet
you, Ma'am
Azetbur
Captain, Commander.....
Kirk
General Chang, a pleasure.....
Chang
(Grins)
"Parting is such sweet sorrow,
shall we say goodnight till it
be morrow"?
Kirk is ready to slug him, but turns his fist into a
salute. The Klingons step on the trasporter platform.
Chang speaks into his communicator, nods to Kirk.
Kirk
Energize.
44 They disappear. The Bosun's whistle.
vfx
Scotty
Thank God.
amen
Chekov
Did you see the way they ate?
Terrible table manners.
Spock
I don't believe our own conduct
will distinguish us in the annals
of diplomacy.......
Kirk
I'm going to sleep this off. Let
me know if there's some other way
we can screw up tonight.
Yea that’s one way to get sober
He wants to "screw up"? with who?
The new girl
He starts out, others follow....
45 Int. Kirks quarters
He comes in slightly drunk and pushes the button on his
log. Lies on his bunk and speaks. The ships bells give
45 Continued
0100.
Kirk
Captains Log. Stardate 8679.15.
The Enterprise hosted Chancellor
Gorkon and company for dinner last
night. Our manners were not
exactly Emily Post. Note to the
galley: Romulan ale no longer to be
seved at diplomatic functions.
He leans back, sighs, thinking -
Kirk
(Continuing)
But it wasn't the ale. That was
just the excuse we needed to say
all the things there were really on
our minds.....
Spocks voice
(filtered)
Captain Kirk, you are wanted on the
bridge. Captain Kirk......
Kirk reacts, tries to shake himself awake.
That’s gotta suck
46 Int. Enterprise bridge
Kirk enters. Glances at the main visual display: the
46 battlecruiser still travels silently alongside.
vfx
Vulcan Lt. still has the conn. Spock is at his post.
Spock
Captain.
Kirk
(rubs his eyes)
What is it?
Spock
I am uncertain
Kirk
Spock, I'm really tired....
Spock
We are reading an enormous amount
of Neutron radiation.
(kirk, whiny)No…you’re a Neutron
46 Continued
Kirk
(tries to focus)
Where?
Spock
Curiously, it appears to emanate
from us.
Kirk
From Enterprise?
Our body odor
Spock remains silent. Kirk is distrubed, paces,
watching the displays.
Kirk
Lieutenant, you know anything about a
Neutron energy surge?
Lt. Valeris
Sir?
Don’t call her names, that’s not the way to get her in your bed
Kirk
Mr. Chekov, anything unusual?
Chekov
Just the size of my head....
Kirk
I know what you mean.....
46 A photon torpedo suddenly streaks from the botton of
vfxb the screen and hits the hull of the Presidents
flagship!
Kirk
What the......
Spock
We've fired on the Chancellor's
ship.
Really?
Chekov
Torpedo room.....
Kirk
Uhura, monitor!
Lt. Valeris
Direct hit!
Alright!
Uhura
Confirmed, Captain!
Score!!!!
46 Continued
46 A second photon torpedo shoots out from the botton of
vfxc the display screen towards the Presidents ship!
Kirk
(frantic)
Who's doing that???
Elvis?
Santa?
The Easter Bunny?
The Vulcan Lt. hits panel controls, trying to find out.
47 Int. Gorkons stateroom, Klingon flagship
Gorkon, several advisers, and soldiers were seated, but
the impact has thrown them about. They speak subtitled
Klingon.
The entire flagship is drenched in amber emergency
light.
Adviser
We're hit...!
(Translating)he really said "we need seatbelts"
Another blast. They start floating helplessly in the
air! Everything mobile rises, weapons float out of
reach...
Soldier
Gravity generator!
He really said he thinks he’s high
48 Int. Transporter room, Flagship
close on
48 Two sets of heavy gravity boots, as the materialize.
vfxa the legs inside them wear Starfleet uniforms, and
carry phasers at their sides. They shoot the Klingon
transporter officer. They stomp heavily throught the
alarms and chaos, firing at the helpless, floating
crew...cries of the wounded. Weapons ploat out of their
holsters just out of reach in the amber light.....
48 Klingon blood floats in the air.
vfxb
mmmmmmmm jelly
49 Int. Flagship corridor
Where Klingon crew are floating helplessly. The
gravity boots shoot anything in their way, walk on
walls, etc. as they hurry along to:
50 Int. Gorkons stateroom, Flagship
Where they blast a guard at the door, severing his arm
and enter. The Klingons have weapons, but are floating
lets give him a hand
50 Continued
and unable to aim. They are quickly shot as the two
hit men make their way toward Gorkon.
50 Blood now floats about as well as debtris in the
vfx crackling emergency lighting. A good deal of hissing
steam......
Chancellor Gorkon is shot. The hit men turn and exit
quickly. Linger on a scene of weightless carnage and
assassination.
51 Int. Flagship corridor - night
vfx
The hit men hurry back the way they came in their
awkward magnetic boots. Bodies and blood floating
around them.
52 Int. Transporter room, Flagship
52 The heavy boots step on the platform and de-materialize.
vfx (One foot treads on floating Klingon blood)
53 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
53 A snowy picture on the visual display, then Chang comes
vfxa on (still in amber light)....
Chang
(He's screaming in Klingon,
reverting to his native
language under stress.)
he says he like Uhura…a lot
Uhura
He says we've fired on them in a
Blatant act of war.
Kirk
We haven't fired....
Anyone one
Spock
According to the data bank, we have....
....Twice!
Lt. Valeris
Captain, they're coming about!
About to what?
53 Main viewscreen
vfxb
One battlecruiser flagship now heading for Enterprise.
Spock
They're preparing to fire.
53 Continued
Chekov
Shields up, Captain?
Kirk hasn't moved. He's staring at the display,
thinking.
Lt. Valeris
Captain, our shields!
Kirk
Uhura, signal our surrender.
Uhura
Captain....!
Kirk
WE SURRENDER!
Uhura Chekov
This is Enterprise, Captain, if they fire
we surrender. Repeat, at us with our shields
Enterprise surrenders! down........!
One at a time!!!
Kirk
Torpedo bay! Did we fire those
torpedoes?
54 Omitted
55 Int. Enterprise torpedo bay
Scotty
Negative, Captain. According to
inventory, we're still fully loaded.
Oh are we? I didn’t see any "fully loaded" chicks
56 Int. Enterprise bride
Angle on Spock
reacting. How can this be? He checks data banks again.
56 CU data banks: they confirm, two photon torpedoes fired.
vfx
Kirk
Stand down your weapons.
Why would their weapons be standing up
Scotty (V.O.)
Captain, if.....
57 Another angle
Kirk
STAND DOWN, Mr. Scott. All stop.
That's an order!
57 Continued
Scotty
Aye, Sir!
McCoy rushes in, carrying his stuff.
McCoy
What the hell's going on?
Kirk
I wish I knew. Uhura?
Oh sure urura knows evrything
Uhura
It's pretty chaotic over there.
There's been some weapons fire and
a lot of shouting....
(jerry whoever)oi with the shouting and the screaming and the chaos and the…
Kirk
I'm going aboard. Spock, you have
the conn
that makes spock a con-man
He heads for the turbolift. Spock blocks him.
Spock
I am responsible for involving you
in this. I will go.
Kirk
(Bitter)
I'M going! You're going to be
responsible for getting me out of
this! Meanwhile we're not going to
be the instigators of a full scale
war on the eve of universal peace.
That’s gotta suck
Spock
Perhaps you're right.
(kirk)damn strait I’m right
And Spock uncharacteristically pats him on the back
Spock
Good luck, Captain.
McCoy
I'm going too. They may need a
doctor.
May?
I know her
Kirk
Uhura, tell them we're coming. And
tell them we're unarmed.
Hey they are too
They hurry out.
58 Int. Gorkons stateroom, Flagship
Chang and his assistants are trying to sort things out
without gravity. Chang shouts efficient orders in
Klingon as he finds and tries to help Gorkon.....
Chang keeps himself upright by grabbing a handhold, but
the stricken are still floating...
A few more orders from Chang, then the lights flicker,
then all the bodies and blood slam to the ground as the
gravitational source is restored. Lighting is normal.
oof
(whiny)duuuuude gravity sucks
59 Int. Flagship transporter room
you don’t know the gravity of this situation
vfx
Kirk and McCoy materialize. They are quickly
surrounded by armed soldiers. Kirk puts his hands out
to indicate they are not carrying weapons. They are
searched as Kerla enters.
(kirk)ooh frisking…
Kerla
Have you lost your mind?
Have you seen it?
Kirk
I give you my word, I don't
understand what has happened.
(kirk) in fast I don’t understand anything after that head injury
McCoy
We're here to help......
You die
Kerla
(hesitates, furious)
Follow me.
He leads them along the corridor
60 Int. flagship corridor
same path, a scene of destruction, which the hit men
took, right into
61 Int. Gorkons stateroom, Flagship
where dead and wounded are being separated.
Kerla hurries over to Gorkon, askew on the rug, blood
running everwhere. Azetbur is holding him, now bloody
herself (she wasn't in the room during the assignation)
McCoy
Chancellor Gorkon!
Must be all the pollen
He goes to him immediately. Chang rises from next to
Gorkon.
61 Continued
Kirk
My God, what happened here?
Why doesn’t he just ask someone? why did he ask god?
Chang
You feign ignorance?
(bones)damnit jim I am ignorant
Kirk
WHAT HAPPENED?
Chang
You crippled our gravitational
field with a direct torpedo hit,
and two Starfleet crewmen beamed
aboard in magnetic boots and did
this! We have witnesses!
(mafia)Yo We’s cin fix dat caint we bruno
(bruno)huh huh yeah boss
Kirk has no response, is shocked.
McCoy
Jim!
Bones?
Jim-jim!
Bones.
McCoy is being held back from Gorkon by two Klingons.
Kirk
He's a DOCTOR!
Chang
How can I trust....
(Mulder)trust no one
(scully)the truth is out there
McCoy
Are you carrying a surgeon?
(klingon)Yea its in my wallet here
Chang
We were, until you fired your torpedoes!
Now the torpedoes are jobless!
McCoy
Then let me help!
Chang hesitates, then signals. McCoy is released.
McCoy
I need some light. Can we get him
onto the table?
Klingons lift Gorkon onto his table, someone produces
light. McCoy whips out his medical scanner. His hands
are shaking.
McCoy
(To Kirk)
Hold him.
He needs your love
Kirk grabs Gorkons arms.
61 Continued
McCoy
(Continuing)
Sweet Jesus....! He's lost a lot of
whatever this stuff is....
jelly
Kirk
Can you.....?
McCoy
Jim, I don't even know his anatomy
Jim I don’t even have a copy of his insurance
McCoy furiously goes over Gorkon with his anabolic
photoplaser. Shakes his head. Gorkon clutches Kirk.
McCoy
The wounds aren't closing....
They don’t close until 9:00
Kerla
You're killing him!
With kindness
Kirk grabs Chang before he can get to McCoy
Kirk
NO!
McCoy
Chancellor Gorkon, can you hear me?
Chancellor.......?
No response. McCoy rips open Gorkon's collar....
(gorkon)woah I don’t know you that well
they sould get a room
Azetbur
Father.....!
Kirk
Bones.....?
McCoy
He's gone into some kind of
arrest.....COME ON, DAMMIT!!
He tries a medical tricorder.
Frantically, he whumps Gorkon's chest, as Kirk, et al,
look as Gorkon feebly opens his eyes, sees kirk....
Gorkon
Are you alright?
Oh yea that always works
Gorkon freezes, McCoy looks at his scanner. It burns
bright red. Gorkon is dead. Kirk is in shock, he can't
believe it.
Warrenty ran out
61 Continued
McCoy
(Stunned)
I've lost him......
Azetbur sits holding Gorkon, dry-eyed. Kirk pulls at
McCoy
Help me find him
Chang
(grim triumph)
Under artickle 184 of Interstellar
Law, I place you both under arrest.
You are charged with assassinating
the Chancellor of the High Council.
Kirk
He just tried to save him!!!!
Chang
(Klingon)
Take them away.
He really said that he digs kirks pants
They are handcuffed. Both are in shock.
62 Int. bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
Uhura is listening carefully. Scotty has joined Spock
and the others on the bridge.
Uhura
They've been arrested.
All eyes go to Spock. We can guess how he feels.
(spock)damn…well…lets go get donuts!
Chekov
Mr. Spock, we've got to do
something!
(spock)right all female offices to my room
The others crowd in, waiting for orders. Depending on
him.
Spock
(finally)
I assume command of this ship as of
(he checks)
0130 hours. Uhura, send to
Starfleet HQ. Explain precisely
what has taken place, and request
instructions.
Uhura
Yes, Sir.
62 Continued
Lt. Valeris
But we can't allow them to be taken
back to Kronos as prisoners!
Spock
What do you suggest, Lieutenant?
Opening fire won't retrieve the
Captain, and an armed engagement
was precisely what he wished to
avoid.
There he goes with the arm thing agian
Scotty
At least we must keep track of
where they are taken, Sir. I....
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzsnorezzzz
Spock
I've already addressed that
question, Mr. Scott. We'll be able
to follow the Captain's movements.
Lt. Valeris
How did you....?
Get your ears all pointy?
Spock
In the meantime, we must endeavor to
piece together what happened here
tonight. According to our data
banks, this ship fired those
torpedoes.
Scotty
NO WAY!
(Wayne) No way duuuuuuuuude
Spock
Mr. Scott, you forget yourself.
Please accompany me.
(scotty)I ainta like that
He starts out.
Chekov
And if we can't piece together what
happened? What then, Sir?
Spock turns unhappily.
Puzzles are my specialty
Spock
Then, Mr. Chekov, it resides in the
hands of the diplomats.
63 Int. Office of the Federation President - Day
63 Continued
The Federation President and the Klingon Ambassador.
With them is the Vulcan Ambassador, Sarek, Spock's
father, and Nanclus, the Romulan Ambassador.
Klingon Ambassador
The Chancellor of the High Council
is dead, the result of an
unprovoked attack while he
travelled to see YOU under a flag
of truce on a mission of peace.
Captain Kirk was legally arrested
for the crime. May I remind you
that he, and Doctor McCoy boarded
Kronos One of their own free will.
None of these facts are in dispute,
Mr. President. And as a matter of
these facts, the Klingon people
have a right to justice. What I am
asking now is, does the Federation
plan to stand in the way of our
justice? Or do you consider your-
self and all Federation personnel
above the law?
Yap yap yap how chatty
A mumbling is heard thoughout the court at this line.
Nya?
Whun?
Klingon ambassador
I am waiting for your answer, Mr.
President!
Long pause
(president clinton)I did not have…
President
This President is not above the
law!
(president clinton)Well maybe I did what of it
The Klingon Ambassador bows and takes his leave.
The President is left with the two Ambassadors
Sec'y voice
Mr. President, Starfleet Command is
here from San Francisco.
President
Send them in.
Three officers from Starfleet, including Admiral
Donald, and the Commander in Chief, enter from a
different door.
Admiral Donald
Mr. President.
63 Continued
President
Admiral Donald...Bill....
Bill?
Admiral Donald
Mr. President, we cannot allow
Federation citizens to be abducted!
Unless its part of the deal we made with the aliens
President
At present, I'm awaiting a full
report from Enterprise. Pending
that I am constrained to observe
Interstellar Law.
What about the Monica thing Mr president?
A stand off. Donald nods to another officer.
Yup he did it
Officer
We've prepared Operation Retrieve
based on the rising danger of
terrorism between the Klingon
Empire and the Federation. Sir, we
can go in and rescue the hostages
and be out in 24 hours with an
acceptable rate of loss in manpower
and equipment. We have the technology
to......
we’ll get 20th century on their asses…sir
President
Suppose you precipitate a full
scale war?
Precipitate? Like rain?
Break out the umbrellas
Officer
Then, quite frankly, Mr. President,
we can clean their chronometers.
With Windex and a toothbrush
Ambassador Nanclus
Mr. President, they are vulnerable.
There'll never be a better time....
Pause as the president considers.
President
I'd prefer not to be the President
to push the button if I can avoid
it, not for two hostages.
C’mon push it
Give into peer pressure, everyones doing it
Admiral Donald
The longer we wait, the less
accessible the hostages will be,
Sir!
President
I'll bear that in mind, Admiral.
63 Continued
President
(continuing)
I think that's all......Sir!
The president looks at Admiral Donald on this line
Commander in Chief
Those men have literally saved this
planet, and you know it!
(president) No I don’t
President
I do know it. And now I'm afraid
they're going to save it again. By
standing trial.
Those bury little beavers always with world saving
They're dismissed. The President puts his head in his
hands.....finally looks up at Sarek.
President
Do you know I agree with everything
they said?
Ambassador Sarek
I'm sorry, Mr. President. And I
know my son must feel equally
responsible. It was at my request
that he persuaded Kirk to undertake
this mission.
The President looks at him.
President
I want the crew of the Enterprise in my
Office tomorrow morning.
All of them?
Ambassador Sarek
They're still in space, Mr.
President, adjacent to the
Neutral Zone.
Shouldn’t they be worryed about explosive decompression?
President
Then tell your son to get the hell
back here before the end of the
week.
And be nice to my daughter
He swallows some pills.
He needs energy
64 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
Uhura's communications panel. Chekov stands over her
shoulder. In Uhura's earpiece we can hear filtered
screaming! She can hardly stand the volume.
64 Continued
horrible music…
must be one of those hard rock bands
Uhura
(understates)
We are to report back at once.
Chekov
Ve cannot abandon Captain Kirk and
Doctor McCoy!
(Chekov) And I cannot talk
Why hasn’t he called Hooked on Phonics yet?
He looks at the rest of the crew. The Vulcan Lt.
wanders over.
Lt. Valeris
Trouble?
Uhura
We've been ordered to....
Make frys and a coke
Lt. Valeris
Four hundred years ago, on the
Planet Earth, workers whose lives
were threatened by automation, flung
their wooden shoes, called Sabots,
into the machines to stop them.
Hence the word Sabo-tage.
Thank you for that meaningless drivel
Uhura
We are experiencing a technical
malfunction. All backup systems
inoperative.
Emergency failsafe security system…broken
Chekov
Excellent. I mean too bad.
(Chekov)scripts to hard to read
Lt. Valeris
I will inform Captain Spock.
65 Office of the Federation President - Day
The President is meeting with six civilian advisers.
Munitions Businessman
You have our total support, Mr.
President. My factories can gear
up to full weapons production in
less that a week.
President
Thank you, Henry. Right now, we're
pursuing diplomatic channels....
on my private cell phone
Munitions Businessman
Of course. No one wants a war.....
But us
Ambassador Sarek
If I may, Mr. President. the
important thing is too keep the
peace process alive. If the new
Chancellor is so disposed, perhaps
we can attach a rider, get some
assurance that these men won't be
executed. Then, in a year.....
we can go back to old country
Sec'y Voice
Mr. President, you have the new
Chancellor of the High Council
calling.
(prez)Always calling me! And following me and wearing my clothes
Calling you what?
They all swing to look at the far wall, which
65 lights up as a visual display. After a snowy
vfx beginning, Azetbur appears.
66 Int. Azetbur's office
Azetbur
Mr. President, I've been named
Chancellor of the High Council in
I thought your name was desmond
my father's place.
Her fathers got a nice place in the woods
67 Int. office of the president
Reactions in the room.
President
Madam Chancellor, you have my
sincerest condolences on your
recent loss. I want to assure you
that this shamefull deed......
Azetbur
Mr. President, let us come to the
point. You want the conference to
go forward and so said my father. I
will attend in one week, after I've
had the opportunity to master the
details of his position, on one
condition: we will not extradite
the prisoners, and you will not
attempt to rescue them in a
military operation. We would
consider any such attempt, an act
of war!
cool
67 Continued
President
We look forward to meeting with you
next week, Madam Cahncellor. I hope
yup hes the president
you will be our guest here on .....
the price…is…right…
Azetbur
After recent events, you will
understand I prefer a neutral site.
And in the interests of security,
let us keep the location secret.
No your neutral
President
As you wish, Madam Chancellor.
She clicks off. The President and his advisers are a
little speechless at her strength and brusqueness.
More pills.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm pills
68 Int. Azetbur's office - day
She's gotten off the compic. We are now in Klingon.
Kerla
Attack them now, Madam Chancellor,
while we still can....!
He unfurls battle plans......
First General
Attack, or be slaves in their world!
Like the mexicans
At least were all separate but equal now
Second General
We can take whole by force what they
propose to divide.....!
Azetbur (weary)
You don't seem to grasp our
situation, General. War is now
obsolete. As we are in danger of
becoming.
Like my computer, obsolete
Kerla
Better to die on our feet, than living
on our knees...!
what?
Azetbur
That wasn't what my father wanted!
My father wanted cheese
Chang (bitter)
He was killed for what he wanted!
He was killed for cheese
That sinks in. Azetbur hardens. Faces Chang.
68 Continued
Azetbur
Kirk must have a fair trial.
Not good not bad, but fair
Chang
Of course.
Azetbur (Stony)
But I want a conviction. You will
represent the State, General Chang.
Reprazent, Reprazent
Boo-yeah
Chang
With pleasure, Madam Chancellor.
69 Int. Torpedo bay, U.S.S. Enterprise
Spock and Scotty hover over the torpedo console,
looking at numbers and lights. Spock thinks hard.
Eight bells sound. It is perfectly clear: according to
the Inventory program, all torpedoes are still aboard!!!
There looking at naked chicks agian
Bad, Bad, Bad,
Scotty
It's as I said, Mr. Spock,
Inventory still registers every
torpedo!
Spock (musing)
Yet the data banks insist we fired,
twice. one computer is lying.
Give it a spanking
Do you know what you just implyed?
Scotty
A computer canna lie, Sir.
Spock
Then we must check the torpedoes,
Visually!
Visually huh?
There gonna check their torpedoes
Scotty
That could take hours!
Spock
Nevertheless.
Theres somethings you must do for our country
Scotty
And if they're all in place?
Spock
Then someone forced a data bank
computer entry.
The Vulcan Lt. descends into the bay.
(beevis)huh huh hey baby
69 Continued
Lt. Valeris
They've named Gorkon's daughter
Chancellor, it was on the news.
I thought her name was prissilla
Scotty
I'll bet that Klingon bitch killed
her father.....
that’s a bitch
bitchen’
it seems alright now that scotty said it
Spock
Her own father....?
Lt. Valeris
It is an old story, Sir.
Scotty
They don't place the same value on
life that we do, Mr. Spock. You know
that, take my word! She didn't shed
one bloody tear...!
Spock
That's hardly conclusive, Mr.
Scott, as Klingons have no tear
ducts.
Before Scotty can react.
Spock (Continuing)
Any reply from Starfleet to our
dispatch, Lieutenant?
Lt. Valeris
Not as yet, Sir.
(Valeris) they told us to piss off
Spock
(Looks at her keenly)
Curious.
About her?
Lt. Valeris
Commander Uhura has been
experiencing technical difficulties,
Sir.
Shes old enough to
Spock
Very well. For twenty-four hours
we'll agree that this conversation
did not take place!
Lt. Valeris
A lie?
69 Continued
Spock
An omission. After that.....
Scotty
Twenty-four hours from now, we won't
have a clue where the Captain is.
Hes in the "pink" room
We lost him in the checkout line
Spock
I know precisely where he'll be!
Right where I left him
Scotty and Lieutenant Valeris react.
In isle 3…
Embarrassing personal products
Scotty
You do? Where?
70 Tight on Kirk's eyes. Jump back to reveal
vfx
The Klingon empire in all its barbaric splendor
A cavernous stadium arranged in circlular tiers cut from
jagged stone. A place from a bygone age, of savage and
awesome beauth. Something between a circus and a
cathedral.....
.....turned for the occasion into a gigantic courtroom
with thousands of spectators, screaming: "Kirk! Kirk!
Kirk!"
You can do it put a little power to it
Rah, Rah, Rah, Rah,
Many in the audience hold spears with lighted heads.
(picks up lighter and holds in, lit, above his head)
Kirk and McCoy in the dock, stand in the bottom at the
very center of the circle, surrounded by a Klingon
audience in rising tiers, while hooded Klingon judges
sit invisible in a darkened dugout. (One judge is an
albino.)
Chang wears the prosecutor's mantle.
In the audience is President Azetbur and her advisers.
The trial is being broadcast and special cameras
abound.
Near Kirk and McCoy sits their young, eager Klingon
defense attorney. Kirk keeps his cool thoughout,
though McCoy tends to steam.
The rules are different. Attorneys are empowered to
ask their witnesses a question at any time, and to mix
this up with statements and charges.
The proceedings begin in subtitled Klingon. Kirk and
McCoy wear headphones. When they speak, a translator
70 Continued
converts to Klingon.
As Chang gets going, we zoom into his mouth and he
The life of a breath mint
converts to english... the judges gavel is a grotesque
tragic isnt it
nailed glove.
Chang
The State will show that Enterprise
fired on Kronos One without
provocation, the Chancellor and his
advisers having been lulled into a
false sense of security with an
invitation to a state dinner aboard
Captain Kirk's vessel at 1930 hours
that same evening.
Wow… big words
(Turns to Kirk
Do you deny all this?
The mob howls "Kirk!", as the Judge gavels.
Judge
The Prisoner will respond.
Kirk
I don't deny we invited them to
dinner.
71 Angel on Chancellor Azetbur
(chang) smartass
Chang
Were you drunk at that dinner,
Captain?
(kirk)dinner, what dinner? I don’t remember any dinner.
72 Int. President's UFP's office - Day
72 The President and his advisers, including Sarek, watch
vfx the proceedings unhappily onscreen. Translator's voice
over.
Kirk
What?
Chang
Isn't it a fact that you served
Romulan ale, a beverage illegal in
the Federation because of its
overwhelming potency?
Kirk
The drink was served.
The Commander in Chief and President wince.
72 Continued
Commander in Chief
This is a damned show trial.
(Commander in Chief) But a good show though
73 Int. klingon courtroom - Day
Chang
And you still maintain your ship
did not fire on Kronos One? Would
you have known if she had? Come
now, Captain. the record clearly shows
there were no other ships in the
sector.
Kirk
There....were no other ships in the
sector.
Chang
Did you have occasion to refer to
your ship's data banks during that
night?
Kirk
I checked the data banks, yes.
Chang
And what did they tell you?
Nothing he just looked at porn
Kirk (Reluctant)
That we fired two Photon Torpedoes.
But.....
They eventually won with their civil rights baloney.
The mob howls.
Chang
The witness is excused, for the
time being.
Chang whirls off as the Judge gavels.
74 Int. Klingon Courtroom - Day
One of President Gorkons Guards is on the stand,
he is missing an arm.
Guard
After the first hit, we lost our
gravitational field, I found myself
weightless and unable to function.
Then 2 Starfleet crewmen came
walking towards us.
(guard) They were armed
75 Widen to reveal we are watching aboard Enterprise.
Spock, et al, are receiving the transmission on their
main visual display. They watch in silence.
Translator's voice.
Defense Attorney
Perhaps they merely wore Starfleet
uniforms....
Chang
I move that remark be stricken as
purely speculative....
Judge
So ordered. Colonel Worf, we are
interested in facts, not theories.
Defense Attorney
If the gravitatinal field was not
functioning, how could these men
have been walking?
Guard
They appeared to be wearing
magnetic boots.
Lets give him a hand
Murmur. The Defense Attorney wishes he hadn't asked.
Spock
Gravity boots.....
76 Int. Klingon Courtroom - Day
Chang
They fired on you?
(guard) they cant I’m union
Guard
With Starfleet issue phasers. They
dashed into the Chancellor's
stateroom, we could hear more
phaser fire, then they went back
the way they'd come.
Chang
Towards the transporter room?
Guard
Yes, Sir.
Swish pan to CU Sulu
77 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Excelsior
77 Continued
Sulu and his crew are watching the trial on their
visual display as well.
78 Int. Klingon Courtroom - Day
Chang
Doctor McCoy, what is your current
medical status?
McCoy
Aside from a touch of arthritis,
I'd say pretty good.
(deadpan)funny
(
deadpan)ha haSulu has to smile. Chang is not amused, waits.
Chang seems to have more that 2 brain cells
McCoy (continuing)
For 27 years I have been Ships
Surgeon and later Chief Medical
Officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
In three months, I'm due to stand down.
He’s sitting up now
Chang
Stand.....?
McCoy
Retire.
oooooooooooooh
oooooooooooooh
Chang (soft)
Ah. I believe you also consumed
Romulan ale at the officers mess
on the night in question, Doctor?
He chuged it
Defense Attorney
Objection!
Judge
Sustained.
McCoy (angry)
We all did. But that doesn't
mean.....
he was plastered man you shoud have seen this thing he did with the table
the kariokie alone was hilarious
Judge
General Chang, come to the point or
abandon this line of inquiry.
Chang
Was Chancellor Gorkon alive when
you first examined him?
McCoy
Barely.
78 Continued
Chang
Have you saved patients as "barely"
alive as he was?
He was only sorta barely alive
President Azetbur flinches at the memory.
McCoy
I didn't have the knowledge of
Klingon anatomy I needed.
Well you probably don’t remember it
Chang
You say you are due for retirement.
May I ask: Do your hands shake?
Only when I meets someone
Defense Attorney
Objection!
I object to that Objection
Judge
Overruled.
I object to that Objection being overruled and I overrule…
McCoy
I was nervous.
You were hammered
Chang
You were incompetent! Whether
deliberately, or as a result of age,
combined with drink, this court will
determine.
McCoy
I tried to save him! I was
desperate to save him! He was the
last best hope in the universe for
real peace.
As opposed to cheap fake peace
Chang
The Chacellor herself will testify
that the defendant's hands shook!
Isnt the Chacellor dead?
79 Int. UFP President's office.
79 The President, et al, watch unhappily
vfx
80 Int. Klingon Courtroom - Day
Chang
And now, we come to the architect of
this tragic affair, Captain James
Tiberius Kirk. I put it to you,
Captain, that you were seeking
revenge for the death of your son!
80 Continued
Kirk
That isn't true.....!
(clinton)I did not have…
Chang
That, either as an instrument of
Federation policy, or acting on your
own drunken initiative, you and
your fellow conspirators, crippled
Kronos One, and cold-bloodedly
assassinated the Chancellor of the
High Council. Then, you and Doctor
McCoy went aboard to make certain
the job was complete.
They don’t do half jobs
Defense Attorney
Objection: Captain Kirk has not
been identified as the assassin.
Ass ass in
What?
That’s how you spell assassin
Judge
Sustained.
interesting
why do you suppose that is
Chang
I offer into the record the
following excerpt from Captain
Kirk's personal log.
He signals. Kirk's voice stills the room.
Kirk's voice
I have never trusted Klingons, and
never will. I have never been able
to forgive them for the murder of
my boy.....
billy?
An explosive babble
?!? fills the court. The Judge poundshis glove for order....quick reaction shots:
81 The Enterprise
82 The President's Office
83 The Excelsior - then back to the courtroom
84 Int. Courtroom - Day
Chang
Are those your words?
Kirk
Yes.
No.
Yes
no
yes
no
yes
84 Continued
Chang
Spoken by you?
(kirk)That was my slave
Kirk
Yes.
(kirk)in theary
Chang
Louder, please. We cannot hear you.
(chang) lemme turn up my hearin’ aid
Kirk (firmer)
Those words WERE spoken by me.
(clinton)Please define "spoken"
85 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Excelsior
85 Sulu is speaking confidentially to his communications
vfx officer. On screen behind them, the trial continues.
Sulu
Send to commander Enterprise: "We
stand ready to assist you. Captian
Sulu, U.S.S. Excelsior." Attach our
co-ordinates.
Ass ist
What?
That’s how you spell assist
Communications officer
Uh…thank you
Is that wise, sir? I mean, given
their situation-
(off Sulu's look)
Aye, Sir!
He leaves. Sulu looks up at the screen, unhappily.
85A Courtroom
Defense Attorney
Objection, your honors. My
clients' political views are not
on trial here.
86 Int. Enterprise Bridge
86 The trial is on several monitor BG. Spock, next to
vfx Uhura.
Uhura
Sulu's giving us his position and
telling us he's standing by.....
his man?
Spock
(unhappy)
He's placing himself in a most
awkward situation......
with the whole coming out thing
86 Continued
Chang (V.O.)
On the contrary, Captain Kirk's
views and motives are at the heart
of this matter. This officers record
shows the accused to be an insubordinate,
unprincipled career opportunist, with
a history of violating the chain of
command when it suited him.
He violated the command
Bad, Bad, Bad,
87 Int. Klingon Courtroom - Day
Chang (continuing)
Indeed the record will show that
Captain Kirk was once "Admiral"
Kirk and that Admiral Kirk was
broken for taking matters into his
own hands in defiance of
regulations and the law. Do you
deny you were demoted on these
charges, Captain? DO NOT WAIT FOR
THE TRANSLATION, ANSWER ME NOW!!!
Did you really "violate" mizz Chian O. Command
Defense Attorney
Don't answer - objection!
Judge
Objection overruled. The Prisoner
will answer the question.
Kirk
I cannot deny it.
Date rape is sad
Chang
You were demoted.....
to potty licker?
Kirk
Yes.
Chang
For insubordination.
Kirk
I have on occasion disobeyed
orders.
Chang
And were you obeying or disobeying
orders the night you arranged the
assassination of Chancellor Gorkon?
87 Continued
Defense Attorney (overlapping)
I Object!
Yes he is an object
(science teacher)True he has mass therefor…
Kirk (overlapping)
I was unaware of the assassination
until I boarded his ship!
Chang (overlapping)
You deny Enterprise fired on Kronos
One?
Kirk
Well, I.....
(kirk)…see there was this thing…and it…I told her…she took off her…
Chang (overlapping)
You deny that your men beamed
aboard Kronos One, and shot the
Chancellor?
Kirk
I cannot confirm or deny actions
which I did not witness.
Chang
Captain Kirk, are you aware that
under Federation law, the Captain
of a Starship is considered
responsible for the actions of his
men?
Kirk
I am.
(kirk)…damn
doncha just hate those
Chang
So, if it should prove members of
your crew did in fact carry out
such an assassination?
McCoy
Jim! They're setting us up! Your
honors, I protest!
Judge
The defendant will be silent!
Captain Kirk, you will answer the
question.
Kirk (heavily)
As Captain, I am responsible for the
conduct of the crew under my command.
87 Continued
Chang
Your honors, the State rests.
An excited babble. Kirk and McCoy turn to their
attorney.
McCoy
Is it our turn, now?
Defense Attorney (grim)
According to Klingon law, both sides
present their cases at the same
time, we have had our turn!
That’s gotta suck
On McCoys and Kirks reaction. The Judges nailed fist
crashes down with a flurry of sparks.
Judge
It is the judgement of this court
that the defendants are guilty as
charged.
Sensation in court. A booming chant "Koom, Koom!!" as
all the light spears are pointed at Kirk and McCoy.
Chang is stone-faced, again, the horrible gauntlet.
(hold lighter above head again)
Judge
Captian James T. Kirk, Doctor
Leonard McCoy.....
Neamoy?
They face the Judges' box. Intercut this moment with
88 Int. Enterprise Bridge - Day
Spocks face - What has he done?
89 Int. Klingon Courtroom
Judge
Have either of you anything to say
before this court passes sentence?
(kirk) I love you all
(bones) peace, love, cheese
Kirk and McCoy look at each other.
McCoy (simply)
We were framed.
(McCoy)…And I love you
Defense Attorney
(Rises passionately
I wish to note for the record that
the evidence against my clients is
entirely circumstantial. I beg the
89 Continued
court to consider this when framing
its sentence.
Judge (beat)
So noted. In the interests of
amity for the forthcoming peace
talks, the sentence of death is
commuted.
(the crowd roars)
It is the judgement of this court
that without possibility of
reprieve or parole, you be taken
from this place to the Dilithium
mines on the Penthe asteroid,
there to spend the rest of your
natural lives.
Pirh? Uugha? Stan? What?
Off Kirks and McCoys reactions.
90 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
Uhura (tearfull eyes)
Rura Penthe!
Pure menthe?
Chekov
Known throughout the galaxy as the
Aliens' graveyard.
Wasn’t that written by stephen king?
Scotty
Better to kill them now and get it
over with......
It takes Spock a moment to recover himself.
Spock
Let's see it again, Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Valeris pushes a button. As attention is
diverted, Spock mops his brow.
The crew watch in silence as the monitor replays the
hit. (Sc. 46 vfxb)
Chekov (hopeless)
It is Enterprise. We fired.
As the replay indicates this, Spock stares.....
Scotty (anger & confusion)
It's na possible!! All weapons
VISUALLY accounted for. Sir!
He likes doing VISUAL inspections
90 Continued
Lt. Valeris
Commander? It it not logical to
consider ALL possibilites?
(off their looks)
This is most difficult to say, but
has it occurred to....to any of
us....that the Captain is...that
is, we know his feelings about
Klingons, what they did to his....
Billy
Spocks gaze stops her.
Lt. Valeris (continuing)
Well, it is a possibility!
After an impenetrable pause -
Spock
Again.
Another replay as they watch.
Spock
Hold.
They stare at the frozen image.
Spock (continuing)
An ancestor of mine maintained that
if you eliminate the impossible
whatever remains - however
improbable - must be the truth.
Uhura
What exactly does that mean?
It means that if the shoes fit…
Spock
It means that if we cannot have
fired those torpedoes, then someone
else did!
Maybe the CEO fired them
Scotty
They dinna fire on themselves. And
there were no other ships present.
Spock
(grasping at straws)
There was and enormous neutron
energy surge.
Scotty (insisting)
Not from us!!
90 Continued
Chekov (square one)
A neutron surge that big could only
be produced by another ship.....
Uhura
Kronos One?
Spock
Too far off. Very near us.
Perhaps....underneath us....!
eeeeeeeeew
I rolled over twice and…
Shut up
Scotty
If another ship had been beneath us,
the Klingons would have seen her!
Spock
Would they?
Long pause.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
(farting noise)
Lt. Valeris
Bird of Prey!
Chekov
Cloaked!?
Spock says nothing.
Scotty
A Bird of Prey canna fire when
shes cloaked!
Shes not even the torpeados superior
Spock
All things being equal, Mr. Scott,
I would agree. However, "things"
are not equal, this one can!
Scotty
Then you're talking about a
dreadful new engine of destruction,
Mr. Spock!
Spock
I believe I am.
I believe you
Lt. Valeris
We must inform Starfleet Command....
That there underarm deodorant does not work
Scotty (enraged)
Inform them of what? A new weapon
that isn't visible? Raving
lunatics - that's what they'll call
90 Continued
us! They'll say we're so desperate
to exonerate the Captain, we'll say
anything!
Spock
And they would be right. We have no
evidence - just a theory that
happens to fit the facts.....
(drunken)and then the puppy came and ate the captain and his clone…
Uhura
Even assuming you're correct, Mr.
Spock, why would they fire on their
own President?
Its called impeachment
Spock
I want this ship searched from bow
to stern. Lieutenant, you are in
charge. Start with the transporter
room, and work your way outwards!
Lt. Valeris
Sir.....
I love you
Chekov
I don't understand. If there vas
a ship underneath us, surely the
assassins beamed aboard from that
wessel, not Enterprise.
Spock
You are forgetting something:
(off their looks)
the data banks say we fired. If we
did, the killers are here. If we
didn't, whoever altered the data
banks is on board. Either way, what
we are searching for is here....
Chekov
What are we searching for, Mr.
Spock?
(spock)Chicks, hot chicks.
Spock
You tell them, Lieutenant.
90A Close on Vulcan Lieutenant
Lt. Valeris (it's elementary)
Two pairs of gravity boots!
Spock is well pleased with her.
91 Ext. Rura Penthe Penal Colony - Day
91 Three suns glare down on a huge vista, an ice field,
vfx the coldest habitable place in the solar system.
A small moving dark mass as we push in, reveals
Fifteen prisoners in leg irons and five Klingon guards
with jackal-mastiffs moving slowly across the frigid
plain.
Behold shady acres retirement home!
Kirk and McCoy, likewise shackled, are among them.
Guards and prisoners alike wear ragged furs.
They reach a lone totem and a guard holds up his hand
for a halt. He presses and instrument emitting a high-
pitched whine.
We treat our guest like we treat our loved pets!
In response, a huge trap door buried in the snow,
yawns open. A Klingon guard emerges from steps below,
and places a box before the gaping door.
As Kirk and McCoy watch, the commandant of Rura Penthe
and his jackal mastiff emerge. He mounts the box.
Commandant
This is the gulag Rura Penthe.
Observe: there is no stockade, no
guard tower, no electrified
fence! They are not needed here!
Only a magnetic shield prevents
beaming. Your new home awaits....
underground!
Enjoy your retirement!
He blows a mechanical whistle. In response, two guards
emerge from below with a screaming Klingon convict.
Prisoner
No! Nooooo!
Commandant
Punishment means exile from prison
to the surface - on the surface,
nothing can survive.
The guards dump the screaming convict on the ice -
without furs. The weather immobilizes him at once -
his cries become fainter.
Commandant
Below, no one can escape. Work well,
and you will be treated well. Work
badly, and you will die.
And bingo is on Friday nights
91 Continued
He leaves. The box is removed by a guard and proceeds
him through the huge door, and down the steps.
91A Long shot
as the prisoners are herded after him, and the door
shuts, leaving the frozen vista as it was: snow
flurries obscure the trap door almost instantly. Only
the frozen corpse of the convict is left - until it too
is covered.
We here at shady acres care about you
91B Int. Rura Penthe
Start looking up at the closing trap door, outside we
can see snow flurries as the panel shuts with a clang.
Pan down to reveal
A huge underground labyrinth with an enormous courtyard
surrounded by prisoners huts open to the center.
Prisoners wander freely within. The scum of the universe
Everyone wears furs, leg irons, and is freezing.
Nice place
Shady acres is a premium assisted care facility
An endless scaffolding above, the guards.
Many of the prisoners look like they could snap Kirk
and McCoy in half, with one hand.
Kirk and McCoy step gingerly around the outside wall,
watching the yard. A shadow falls across them.
Their POV: It's a behemoth alien. He speaks in a
guttural, incomprehensible language.
Alien
Auog wok na pushnat.
He says he likes kirks pants
Kirk
I'm afraid our universal translator
was confiscated.
Alien
Ring notsa loskent!
He wants to know where you got those pants
Kirk
Sorry......
Alien
Rangnit ascru, unto pram moreoscue
shondik!!!!
91B Continued
McCoy
He's definitely on about something!
Alien
Quog wok na pushnat!!!
The alien picks Kirk up.
Kirk
If this is your spot, we'll move
on.....
shady acres staff is happy to serve you
The alien is about to behead Kirk
Martia (O.S.)
He wants your obedience to the
Brotherhood of Aliens.
Kirk
He's got it!
Martia
And your coat.
Kirk
'Fraid not. It wouldn't fit him,
anyway.
Martia
Krandog aranty.
The alien puts Kirk down.
Martia (continuing)
Fendo pompsky.
She said…
Don’t care
The alien nods and wanders off.
Kirk
Thanks......
McCoy
What's the Brotherhood of Aliens?
Martia
Prisoners from outside the Klingon
Systems. They tend to band together.
I'm Martia.
She's a tall, and very good looking female, boots to
her thighs, exotic furs, tattered but clearly humanoid.
91b Continued
She's smoking something, offers them a hit.
Martia
This'll help keep you warm. You're
Kirk and McCoy.
You wanna joint—make you happy
Kirk takes the hit, offers McCoy....it does warm you!
Kirk
How did you know...?
Martia (shrugs)
We don't get many Presidential
assassins.
Kirk
We didn't kill Gorkon.
(kirk, proud)We only sorta almost kill him
Martia (deadpan)
Of course not. (looks around)
There's a reward for your death!
McCoy (looks around also)
Figures.
Kirk
We've been set up all along.
Martia
Somebody up there wants you out of
the way.
McCoy
I don't believe we can get more out
of the way than this!!
Here at shady acres
Martia
They'll make it look like an
accident.....
you’ll fall down the stairs
or heart attack during bingo
McCoy
What are you in for, if you don't mind
my asking?
Violating a missus Chian O. Command
Martia
I don't mind. Smuggling. Guilty.
I come from Arc. Smuggling is an
ancient and respected trade there.
Kirk
How much time's left of your
sentence?
91b Continued
Martia (smiles grimly)
Don't you know? Everyone on Rura
Penthe is here for life!
At shady acres you can stay as long as you want
Kirk and McCoy didn't know.
92 Int. Galley, U.S.S. Enterprise
Under Lt. Valeris's watchful eye, crewmen are taking the
kitchen apart. All sorts of dishes and cutlery litter
the place. Spock, Scotty and Chekov enter.
Spock
Any progress?
Lt. Valeris
We've got a crew of three hundred
turning the own quarters inside
out, but the killers may be among
them. Surely they've disposed of
these boots by now. Wouldn't it
have been logical to leave them on
Gorkon's ship?
Spock
Even logic must give way to
physics. Gravity hadn't been
restored by the time they escaped.
Without their boots, they would not
have stayed on the Klingon
transporter pads.
Chekov (mimes with his finger)
Why not simply vaporize them?
Lt. Valeris
Like this?
She whips out her phaser and fires, incinerating a pot.
Alarms and claxons howl! Chekov covers his ears.
Fire drill…everyone out in to space
Lt. Valeris
As you know, sir, no one can fire
an unauthorized phaser aboard a
starship.
She switches off the alarm and has another thought:
Lt. Valeris
Suppose when they returned, they
threw the boots into the garbage?
92 Continued
Spock
I'm having the garbage searched.
If my surmise is correct, those
boots will cling to the killers
necks like Tiberian bats. They
huh?
couldn't make their escape without
them, nor can they simply throw
them out a window for all to see.
No, they're here. Somewhere!
Uhura comes into the galley, Stepping over pots and
pans. She is not happy.
Uhura
Did someone shoot off a phaser,
Mr. Spock?
no
no
He turns.
Uhura (continuing)
I've pulled out my - ah, wooden shoe
and Starfleet is screaming for us
to return to port!
(Uhura) And I just found out I’m deaf
Spock
Mr. Scott, any progress on
repairing our warp drive?
Scotty
There's nothing wrong with the
bloody......
Spock coughs hard.
Still got the… cough,cough… fork in my throut
Scotty
.......Could take weeks, Sir!
Spock
Thank you, Mr. Scott. Were we to
return to spacedock, the killers
would surely manage to dispose of
their incriminating footwear.
(turns to Uhura)
Please report our situtation to
Starfleet.
Lt. Valeris
A lie?
Spock
An error.
92 Continued
Uhura
I'll tell them someone threw a
gravity boot into it!
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
Angle on Spock
Reacting. He looks at Lt. Valeris
Lt. Valeris
Right, a gravity boot in the warp
drive...
she doesn’t get it
She goes off, shaking her head.
Uhura
You understand that we have lost
all contact with Captain Kirk....?
Spock
At present, he's surrounded by a
magnetic shield. If my calculations
are correct, he should be deep into
his escape planning by this time.
93 Int. Rura Penthe penal colony.
Kirk gets hit in the face. It's already bloody. It's
a prison fight. Kirk and an alien are surrounded by
prisoners who are sneering and jeering.
(kirk, punch drunk) this is part of my plan, I swear
(rocky) Adrian, hey Adrian
Kirk and McCoy are distinctly grubbier.
Kirk scrambles to his feet and circles. The alien
swings a large paw, but Kirk ducks, comes in with an
uppercut. He connects, but does little damage. They
circle some more. The alien dives legs first, and
scissors Kirk, who goes down roughly. Wrestling, Kirk
slips free.
McCoy and Martia watch....the leg irons make it
complicated, they can also wrap around someone's
neck....
The alien moves in closely, hits Kirk again. Kirk
fights back with a kick to the chest, which doubles
over the alien.
Then Kirk slams the alien on the neck and he goes down.
Kirk starts to walk away.
But a paw reaches out and grabs him by the ankle. Kirk
looks back and the alien is grinning, drags him in.
93 Continued
The alien stands, and grips Kirk, chest to back, in a
giant bear hug. Surely, he will crush the life out of
Kirk. He lifts Kirk right off of the ground. Kirk,
almost gone, lifts his legs up high, and swings down
hard, smashing the alien in the knee. That does it. The
alien falls to the ground, screaming and holding his
knee. Kirk staggers away, catching his breath.
Martia
They'll respect him now....
McCoy
That's a comfort!
Hear at shady acres comfort is job #1
Kirk
I was lucky that thing had knees.
They look back. The alien is still on the ground
Martia
That's not his knee!
(off Kirk's look)
Not everybody keeps their genitals
in the same place, Captain!
So when that guy kneed kirk in the crotch…
Kirk
Anything you want to tell me?
Before she can answer.
Kirk (Continuing)
McCoy, why don't you see what you
can do? Let them know we're not
holding a grudge.
McCoy
Suppose HE'S holding a grudge?
McCoy tentatively goes forward, and examines the knee.
He is without any medical tools of any kind.
The alien yells, but lets him look. He manipulates the
leg, then ties a kind of splint with an old rag....
eww McCoy is fondling that guy’s shlong
94 Angle on Kirk
Kirk
There's gotta be a way out of this
place......
Martia looks at him, moves off.
95 Int. Sulu's cabin, U.S.S. Excelsior.
Sulu is asleep, awakened by a knock.
Sulu
Come in....?
His communications officer enters.
Officer
Sorry to wake you, Sir, but
Starfleet ugently requests any
data we may have on the whereabouts
of the Enterprise.
Sulu (groggy)
What?
Huh?
Officer
Apparently they're refusing to
acknowledge a signal to return
to spacedock, Sir.
Sulu
Signal Starfleet that.......
we have no idea of the location
of the Enterprise.
Officer (astonished)
Sir?
Sulu
You have hearing problems, Mister?
Officer
No, Sir!
He salutes and leaves. Sulu stays awake.
Dissolve:
96 Int. Hut on Rura Penthe - Night
Kirk and McCoy try to sleep on rude cots in a hut off
the main courtyard, tattered, exhusted wrecks.
McCoy
Three months till retirement. What
a way to finish.
At shady acres you can enjoy your retirement
Kirk (thinking)
We're not finished.
McCoy
Speak for yourself. One day or one
night......
96 Continued
He makes a gesture across his own throat.
McCoy (continuing)
Kobyashi Maru!
Close on Kirk
Kirk
Bones....are you afraid of the
future?
(doc brown) I’ve got to get back to the future
McCoy
That was the general idea I
intended to convey.
Kirk
I didn't mean this future.
McCoy
Are we playing multiple choice?
A b or c
Kirk
Some people ARE afraid of the
future, of what MIGHT happen.
(pauses)
I was frightened, really
frightened!
futuraphobia
McCoy
I've looked death in the eye a
thousand times and tried to be
professional about it. Of course
it wasn't usually MY death I was
looking at.
Death is a funny lookin’ fellow
(pause)
What frightened you, specifically?
Kirk
No more neutral zone. I was USED
to hating Klingons...that's why I
failed in our assignment. It never
even occurred to me to take Gorkon
at his word. Spock was right.
McCoy
Well, don't be too hard on yourself,
we all felt exactly the same.
Just as drunk
Kirk (shakes his head)
Uh uh. Somebody felt much worse.
And I'm starting to understand why.
96 Continued
McCoy
Well, if you've got any bright
ideas, now's the time to.....
Kirk
Time's a problem. You heard the
Judge: the peace conference is on
again. Whoever killed Gorkon will
sandbag the whole thing all over again
unless we find a way out of here!
Suddenly, McCoy puts his hand over Kirk's mouth. They
pretend to sleep. Something crawls towards them in the
dark. they sweat....Kirk clenches his fists.....
it’s the boogie man
Martia (whispers)
Kirk? It's me, Martia
BOOGIE BOOGIE BOO
Kirk opens his eyes, McCoy plays possum.
Martia (continuing)
Listen, no one has ever escaped
from Rura Penthe.
Kirk (ready)
Except us!
Martia
It is possible.
Shady acres says nothing is impossible
He regards her warily
Martia (continuing)
I know how to get outside the
shield.
Kirk
Where do we come in?
Martia
Getting outside the shield is easy.
After that it's up to you to get us
off the surface before we freeze.
Can you?
Kirk
Possibly.
Maybe sorta’ somewhat
Martia
I can't make it alone. You're the
likeliest candidate to come to this
hellhole in months.
Shady acres is a happy place
96 Continued
Kirk
Candidate for what?
Their whispering has brought them very close. Martia
is vamping him. She pulls off her fur hood....kisses
him. He doesn't resist.
(kirk)Happy thoughts, Happy thoughts, Happy thoughts, Happy thoughts,
97 Angle on McCoy
Rolls his eyes.
Martia
Go to "C" lift in the morning for
mining duty. I'll meet you there.
She disappears into the shadows. McCoy, who has been
watching this whole thing, gets up on one elbow.
McCoy
What is it with you, anyway?
His deodorant
Kirk
Still think we're finished?
McCoy
More than ever!
98 Ext. Rura Penthe asteroid - night
The wind howls in an otherwise barren landscape.
99 Int. Transporter room, U.S.S. Enterprise
Chekov is examinging the platform and environs
carefully. He comes across spots of violet. He
scrapes samples into an evidence tube, and seals it,
then hurries out.
100 Int. Science lab, U.S.S. Enterprise
Spock studies the sample under a microscope.
Spock
Klingon blood!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm jelly
Chekov
They must have walked through it when it
was floating, and tracked it back here.
They shouldn’t track blood on the floor
Spock
This is the first evidence that
corroborates our theory.
100 Continued
Chekov
Now we go to Starfleet?
Spock
Now we expand our search to include
uniforms!
(spock)And most importantly removing them from female officers
Chekov
All uniforms?
Spock looks at him.
Chekov (starts out)
Aye, Sir....ALL uniforms!
Spock
Mister Chekov.
Chekov turns.
Spock
The longer we wait, the greater
danger in which we leave the
Captain and Doctor McCoy!
101 Montage: the Enterprise is strip-searched. Lockers,
thru wardrooms, laundry, sickbay, jeffries tube, cupboards,
105 observation deck, instrument panels, etc... you name
it...piles and piles of clothing being sorted by the
crew, piles of boots being examined as the Vulcan
Lt. prowls the corridors and checks off locations on
a lightplan of the ship....
spring cleaning on the enterprise
106 Int. crew quarters
Suddenly, an excalmation brings her running over.
A crewman has opened a locker, and now holds up an
enormous gravity boot. As all watch, he puts the boot
on the metal locker.....it sticks!
Gum on the bottom of the shoe
The Vulcan Lt. looks up at the locker, and sees the
name: Dax! Poker-faced triumph.
107 Int. Crew quarters.........later
Spock, Uhura, Chekov, et al, wait with impassive
faces as crewman Dax enters the area. He is an alien.
Spock
You are crewman Dax?
107 Continued
Dax
Yes, Sir. What has happened?
Nothing, nothing, you just killed half a ship of poo poo
Chekov (triumphant)
Perhaps you know the Romulan epic of
Cinderella? If the shoe fits, wear it!
That was romulan?!
Holy crap!!
Dax looks confused.
108 Camera pans down to his legs
No way could those webbed feet make it into those
boots.
(gay fation)Double E…um hmm figures…I got just the thing
Expressions of shagrin on everyones face.....
109 Int. Rura Penthe Penal Colony - morning
Kirk and McCoy, their legs still shackled, walk across
the huge courtyard and line up behind a dozen brutes,
everyone flapping arms to keep warm.
We can fly
They wait in front of, and then enter the "C" lift.
110 Int. "C" lift
Like the old style caged elevators.
McCoy (looks for the girl)
I think we've been had!
Martia's voice
No you weren't, Doctor
They look around. No girl. Just a big brute next to
them. Puls other convicts.
Martia's voice
Get off at the first level and join
the gang going into the mine.
(explains)
They don't take girls!
The east side sucks
It's him! With her voice! Kirk is thunderstruck. He
stares at the brute!
110 VFX or model: the lift lights disappear into blackness.
111 Int. Mine - Day
The lift doors open
111 Continued
Kirk and McCoy climb out with the others. They follow
the brute throught the labyrinthine darkness.
McCoy
What kind of a creature is this?
Last night you two were spooning....
(McCoy) you know what you did to him!
Kirk
Don't remind me!
112 Omitted
113 Inside the mine
Everyone is issued a drill and a light helmet. As
beams ricochet about, they start digging dilithium
crystals out of the rock and putting them into a flatbed
shuttle. Kirk and McCoy, and the brute do likewise,
under the watchfull eye of fur-clad Klingon guards.
An alien next to Kirk sneaks several of the crystals
into his garment.
113 A guard blasts him with a phaser and he disappears.
Tough punishment
VFX
McCoy openly takes his crystal and places it in the
tray, making sure the guard sees him!
114 Later - Int. Mine
Kirk and McCoy are filthy and sweaty. The brute looks
at them, turns around. The guards are eating with
their backs turned. Kirk and McCoy look to the brute
for guidance.
Help us big guy who was a girl
114 Before their eyes, he re-materializes into a ten year
VFX old girl.
Kirk is a child molester!
115 CU her skinny legs.
As Kirk and McCoy watch, she slips out of her leg
irons. Too bad they can't do likewise.....
Martia's voice (whispers)
Follow me....
She puts her drill down and walks silently into the
depths of the mine. They follow, looking back to make
sure the guards aren't watching.
The girl quickly scrambles through a small hole, turns
and waves them on. They have to get down on their
115 Continued
stomachs and crawl through. Kirk goes first, turns,
pulls McCoy. This takes time, especially if your legs
have chains on them......
116 On the guards
who finish their lunch, and look around. Notice a
suspicious space where 3 workers used to be. Wander
over. Look further into the mine. Find the hole.
They hurry back, shouting.
117 Int. Mine tunnel - on the trio
The hole has led to a new tunnel and the girl
rematerializes into the brute as they crawl. Kirk and
McCoy, still chained, struggle to keep up.
They make their way to a large, abandoned opening and
come out on
this is confusing
I cant handle this this…did kirk do a ten year old or a big guy
118 Ext. the mine, Rura Penthe - Day
A high ice ledge. By scrambling down the ledge and
jumping, the brute leads them onto the frigid
snowfield. The surface environment is killing.
119 Later - Ext. Frozen river - Day
The trio slip and slide on the ice across a frozen
river. The ice begins to crack beneath their feet...
The three climb the farther bank. They are barely
alive. Shaking....
someone left the air conditioner on
McCoy
I can't......
(McCoy)go on with out knowing who you doinked last night
Frantically, Kirk tries to keep McCoys circulation
going.
Martia
We're at the edge of the shield
119 They follow her look: an ice desert.
VFX
Kirk
Come on, KEEP MOVING!
(singing)I’m a long way from where I been
I gotta keeeeeeep moooovin’
They stagger on.
120A Int. Klingon listening post
Grimy, underfunded and undermanned. God knows what
forsaken place this is. Rocks and lit by scopes.
A sleepy Klingon dozes before his scanners. A bottle
in front of him tells the story. Suddenly a blip. He
forces himself into alert attention.
Hes being like kirk
120B His POV
On the scope a beeping dot...he frowns, hits a switch.
Sleepy Klingon (Subtitled Klingon)
What ship is that? Over....
Honey…are you home
An interminable pause. Now a Second Klingon sit next
to the first. What's going on?
Voice filtered (Subtitled Klingon)
We art thy freighter...Ursva. Six weeks
out of ....Kronos....Over.....
they art thine minions of Shakespeare
Second Klingon (Subtitled Klingon)
Whither are you bound, over....
Another long pause. They squint at the delay.
121 Omitted
122 Int. Enterprise Bridge.
Uhura and company are frantically paging throught old
Klingon glossaries, manuals and dictionaries.
Uhura (Subtitled Klingon)
We art delivering food....things and
....supplies to Rura Penthe....
over.....
(nerves)nothing like drugs or anything…
Pause....
Klingon voice filtered (Subtitled)
Don't catch any bugs!
(deadpan)ha, ha
(deadpan)funny
The voice laughs raucously. Spock gestures. Uhura
returns the laugh....over and out. They look at each
other.
Spock
Was that so bad?
123 thru
125 Omitted
126 Ext. Rura Penthe ice desert - Dusk
126 The three cold suns are setting.
VFX
The brute, Kirk and McCoy stumble and crawl across the
ice. They, especially McCoy, are more dead than alive.
As they pull themselves along, it becomes darker....
McCoy
Jim, leave me, I'm finished....
(mccoy)I’m no good for you…go off with your 10 year old mistress
Kirk
No way.
(off McCoy's look)
You see this?
He displays a stain on the back of his ragged coat.
Someone puked on you?
Kirk (continuing)
It's the viridition patch Spock
slapped on my back right before we
went aboard Gorkon's ship.
McCoy (faint)
The cunning little Vulcan.....
Kirk
Once we're beyond the shield, they
should be able to pick it up two
sectors away!
McCoy
If they're even looking for us....
Kirk
Spock's looking for us....
Martia's voice (points to a ridge)
We're almost there. Once we're
outside, we'll make camp.
Mmmmmmmmmm camp
127 Later - Ext. ice desert ridge - night.
The ridge in darkness. They arrive. exhausted.
The brute takes a stick out of its clothes, breaks it
in half. It glows brightly like a neon flare. He tosses
it in the middle of the area and if forms a kind of
fire, throwing shadows all around. Otherwise it's dark.
There is some heat.
That’s what happens when you break glowsticks
Handle with care kids
McCoy
Would you mind explaing that
little trick you do?
(big guy)see I have the cards behind my back and when your not looking…
127 Continued
Martia's voice
I'm a Chameloid. That's why we're
such good smugglers.
(kirk)And so good in bed
Kirk
I've heard of Chameloids, "shape-shifters",
I thought you were mythical.
Martia's voice
Give a girl a chance, Captain.
Hes already given you a chance—last night
The brute smiles at him.
127 And before his eyes, becomes the enticing Martia again
VFX
Martia
It takes a lot of effort.
McCoy
I don't wonder. Stop me if I'm
wrong, but do we really have any way
of knowing if this is the real you?
Always putting up a front
Martia (smiles at Kirk)
I thought I would assume a pleasing
shape. (beat) We're outside the
shield. Now it's your turn, Kirk.
I shown you mine…
Kirk
If you say so.
Wham! He slugs Martia on the jaw, she goes down, her
mouth running green blood.
How sweet
McCoy
ARE YOU CRAZY?
yes
Kirk
She didn't need our help getting
anywhere....where did she get these
convenient clothes? And don't tell
me that flare is standard prison
issue.....
actually shady acres makes sure all of its old timers have explosives
127 Martia sits, rubbing her mouth....and changing
VFXB
Kirk (continuing)
It's to let them know where we are.
Ask her what she's getting in return.
The brute gets up, rubbing his bleeding mouth, now the
blood is blue!
127 Continued
Martia's voice
A full pardon - which doesn't cover
this....
the sex?
McCoy
uh oh!
Kirk and the brute circle each other, Kirk's chains
clanking.....
Kirk
An accident wasn't good enough....
You had to make it all pretty and stuff
Martia's voice
Good enough for one. Two would
look suspicious. Killed while
attempting escape, now that's
convincing for both!
127 The fight is on. Problem is, Martia keeps changing
VFXC shapes...Kirk grabs him, holds him tight...
(kirk) our relation ship is over
127 And he wriggles free as a miniature person...tries
VFXD to run off, but McCoy grabs it, and they fall
rolling in the snow....
(kirk) you lied about your age
127 It comes up an exact copy of James T. Kirk!
VFXE
Martia's voice
Surprise!
That means Kirk…in the bed…he…with the kissing…
He smashes McCoy and leaps to face his double...
Kirk
Your friends are late....
Always, never could trust them
Martia's voice
They'll be here.....
More fighting between Kirk and "Kirk", they clinch.
Kirk
I can't believe I kissed you.
"Kirk"
Must have been your lifelong
ambition!
That’s what mirrors are for
The fight goes on!
128 Int. Officer's mess, U.S.S. Enterprise
Deserted. Scotty, exhausted, is quietly having a cup
of coffee and checking off places searched on a table
map.
He runs a finger around his collar. It's warm in here.
(scottish)Ahm daed sexxy
Perplexed, he puts his hand over the vent. Nothing
coming out. Something's blocking it.
Scotty commences to remove the vent cover. Not easy.
As he continues his efforts, he is unaware of the two
crewmen we met the night of the banquet, watching.
They remain concealed, pull knives....one wants to go
for scotty. The other holds him back.
Scotty removes the vent cover and pulls out what's been
blocking the air circulation: two violet-stained
Starfleet uniforms, with names on them....
This means the crews been having nookie with our scottie
Excited by his discovery, Scotty looks around, replaces
the vent cover, and hurries out with the uniforms.
129 Int. Enterprise corridors
THRU
131 The crewmen follow surreptitiously, camer tracking
after Scotty through the labyrinthine corridors...
132 Ext Rura Penthe campsite - Night
The two kirks are still slugging it out as McCoy starts
to come around.
Kirk
Isn't it about time you became
something else?
Like a girl agian
Martia's voice
I like it here....
Gripping each other, they roll right into
I love you
A large and terrifying muzzle. A jackal-mastiff on a
leash.
Both Kirks spring apart...
They are surrounded by a dozen fur garbed Klingon
guards with weapons. Several have leashed jackal-
mastiffs. And the commandant, who walks forward.
(kirk, scared)h-h-hi guys he he he I was just talking
132 Continued
Kirk (thinks fast)
What took you so long?
Bout time
Martia's voice
Kill him! He's the one!!
Hes the ONE…
Kirk
Not me, idiot....HIM!
132 The Commandant appears briefly confused, then
VFXA zaps the fake Kirk, who dies horribly, as McCoy
watches. Kirk sighs.
Commandant (smiles)
No witnesses....
He aims at Kirk and McCoy.
McCoy (conversational)
Damned clever, if you ask me....
(mccoy)But don’t ask me
Kirk (agrees)
Killed trying to escape...it's a
classic...
not really
Commandant
That's what he wanted....
Before he passed away
Kirk
Who? Who wants us killed?
Commandant
Why not tell you? His name is.....
ELVIS!!!
JFK!!
Me?
132 Suddenly Kirk and McCoy dematerialize!
VFXB
Kirk's voice fading
SONOVABITCH!!
That’s gotta suck
As the Klingons rake the area with disruptor fire!
133 Int. Enterprise transporter room
133 Kirk and McCoy rematerialize to where Spock
VFXA and Chekov await them, with heavy weather blankets,
which they don gratefully. They look scarcely
recognizable. Spock and Chekov are appalled.
Kirk's rising (continuing)
Dammit! Dammit all to hell!!!
Jesus Christ, couldn't you wait two
seconds before.....
Jesus didn’t do this…scottie did
133 Continued
VFXB
Chekov produces a phaser and burns open their chains.
Spock is deeply moved to see Kirk again, though Kirk
is too busy swearing as his chains are cut off to
notice....
Spock
Captain?
Kirk
He was just about to explain the
whole damned.....
Uhura
Who?
elvis
bob marly
the Beatles?
Chekov
You want to go back...?
Back to the future
McCoy (hasty)
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
Absolut not
Kirk
Come on.....
They start out at warp speed.
133A Int. Bird of Prey bridge.
CU, back of a Kligon head. Klingon is spoken.
Voice
Escaped?
He's talking to the Prison Commandant onscreen.
Commandant
They were beamed aboard a
Federation Starship!! I could
trace....
The Klingon hits a button, and the Commandant
disappears. The chair swivels revealing Chang.
He faces the 2nd Klingon General we met in Azetbur's
office (Sc. 68)
Chang
Escaped.
Those meddling kids
Second Klingon General
It does not matter. Kirk cannot
know the location.
133A Continued
Chang (softly)
Are you sure? Are you willing to
take that change?
(klingon)good odds good odds, come on man just one more bet
The General hesitates, decides.
Second Klingon General
Helmsman, new course! Engage
cloaking device!
133B Ext. Space
VFX
The Bird of Prey wheels about, disappearing...!
Why’ed they paint it?
hmmm
134 Int. Enterprise corridor
Kirk, Spock, et al, walk briskly.
Spock
The Klingons have a new weapon: a
Bird of Prey that can fire while
cloaked. She torpedoed Gorkon's
ship.
Kirk
So that's it!!!
Bingo…it was coronal mustard!
Spock
Not entirely. I have reason to
believe Gorkon's murderers are on
this vessel.
Kirk
You don't know how right you
are...has hte peace conference
begun?
Chekov
Who knows? They are keeping the
location secret....
Kirk never breaks his stride.
Kirk
There's always something.....!
That ruins it for me
Scotty runs up, carrying the bloodstained uniforms.
Scotty
Captain...! Mr. Spock, I've found
the missing uniforms with Klingon
blood on them! They belong to....
Elvis and the Easter bunny!
134 Continued
They round the corner and all stop short.
135 Their POV
The two crewmen who were stalking Scotty lie dead.
McCoy kneels, conducting a hasty examination.
Scotty (continuing)
But...the uniforms...they belong to
these men!!
(checks the names)
Burke and Samno!
McCoy
Not any more. Phaser fire on
"stun". At close range.
(mccoy)The revolver, in the study…hmmm
Chekov
Get close enough to a man, and you
can kill him on "stun" without
setting off the alarm, of course
you can't get rid of the body.....
ooooooooooooh
that explains everything
Kirk
First rule of assassination: always
kill the assassins.
Ass ass in nation
That’s how you spell assassination huh
Weird huh?
Scotty
Now we are back to square one!
darn
Kirk looks at Spock meaningfully.
Kirk
Can I talk to you?
(kirk)I love you
As they watch, Kirk and Spock move down the corridor
and confer in an undertone.
136 CU Spock
pulls back
Spock (white)
I knew it!
(spock) Really I did, really
136A CU PA speaker
PA voice over
Attention: Court recorder to sick
bay. Yeomen Burke and Samno have
been shot and wish to make
statements. CODE BLUE URGENT!
Code blue?
136A continued
PA Voice over (continuing)
Deposition required at once for
Yeomen Burke and Samno. Wounds are
serious. Court recorder to sick bay
on the double.
Now all the sleazy lawyers will come running
136B Various angles
Crew reacting all over the ship...to various PA's...
136C Int. Sick bay
All the lights are out. A figure enters, looks around.
Did some one forget to pay the electric bill
136D Figure's POV
Two bodies stretched out in darkness....
The figure approaches the first body, looks down.
Suddenly the light goes on, revealing Spock
Spock
I couldn't believe it was you!
(beevis) hey baby
Lt. Valeris
Spock (continuing)
You have to shoot.
She reacts.
Spock (continuing)
If you are logical.
Lt. Valeris
I don't want to.
(whiny) I don’t WANNA
Spock
I believe You. Please.....
(cop)Put the gun down
She produces a phaser. The other body sits up: Kirk.
Kirk
I'd just as soon you didn't
Lt. Valeris reacts. McCoy moves out of the shadows, arms
folded.
McCoy
The operation is over
(beevis) hey baby, wanna get freaky
137 Int. Enterprise Bridge
CU Kirk
Kirk
Let's not waste time, Lieutenant.
Name your co-conspirators and give
us the location of the peace conference.
In exchange, I'll retain the murder
charge, and drop the rest of the
specifications. Commander Uhura, make
a record of everything said by the prisoner.
Uhura
Aye, Sir.
Widen to reveal
Lt. Valeris under guard.
Lt. Valeris
You cannot prove anything
Except the part about the sex
Kirk
Yes I can. At my trial, my personal
log was introduced as evidence
against me.
Bum bum buuuuuuuuuum
137A
Thru
137D Omitted
137E Quick flash back to scene 32
woah! Deja voo
Lt. Valeris waiting outside Kirk's cabin.
Kirk's voice over
How long did you stand outside my
quarters before you coughed, Lt.?
Good thinking, matlock
You get a Scooby snack!
137F Back to scene
Lt. Valeris trapped, turns to Spock
Lt. Valeris
You knew?
No noone tells me anything
Spock says nothing.
Lt. Valeris (continuing)
I tried to tell you....you wouldn't
listen.
sure
Spock is in as much pain as we will ever see.
137F Continued
Spock
Neither of us was hearing very well
that night, Lieutenant. There were
things I tried to tell you, about
faith.
I didn’t hear much talking at all – just moaning, she screamed spocks name though
Lt. Valeris
You have betrayed the Federation -
all of you.
Ya’ll should be ashamed
McCoy
What do you think YOU'VE been doing?
Baking cookies?
Lt. Valeris
Saving Starfleet. Klingons cannot
be trusted, Sir, you said so yourself.
They killed your son. You would make
peace with them? Did you not wish
Gorkon dead? "Let them die" you said.
Did I misinterpret you?
Kirk cannot look at her.
Whut wes got he-ar is a fail-eiar to comm-yu-ni-cate
Lt. Valeris (continuing)
And you were right, they conspired
with us to assassinate their own
Chancellor! How trustworthy can
they be?
Huh huh cool
Kirk
Who is "us"?
(valeris) uh…oh…damn…did I say "us" I meant…
Lt. Valeris
Everyone who stands to lose from
peace. The universe was a well-ordered
place. We all knew our roles. Why
change that?
(valeris) yeah thas what I meant
Kirk
NAMES, Lieutenant....!
Elvis
Richard Nixon
Tex Avery
Uhura
I can send a message to Starfleet Command.
Lt. Valeris
Unlikely. Enterprise has dispobeyed
orders and harbors two escaped
convicts. All your subspace
transmissions will be jammed.
Strawberry jammed
Kirk
Spock.
137F Continued
Spock approaches and puts a hand on Lt. Valeris' face
the mind meld. She tries to avoid it. Spock concentrates
touchy time
Spock (finally)
Admiral Donald.
What else did you see—c’mon give us some dirt
137G Quick flashback to scene 23
Admiral Donald
....To offer the Klingons a safe
haven within Federation space is
suicide.
137H Back to scene
Chekov
From Starfleet??
Kirk
Who else...
Elvis?
Johnnny
Spock concentrates.
Spock
General Chang...
137J Quick flashback to scene 43
wow I’m getting comfused
you’ve always been confused
Chang
....In space, all warriors are cold
warriors....
ice cold refreshing warrior
137K Back to scene
Uhura
Gorkon's own man??
As apposed to his woman?
Kirk
Who else?
Spock (concentrating)
The Romulan Ambassador...Nanclus.
137L Quick flashback to scene 63
I think the whole crew is high
Nanclus
Mr. President, they ARE vulnerable.
137M Back to scene
Scotty
This is incredible!
137M Continued
McCoy
Is she telling us that Klingons, and
Federation members are conspiring
TOGETHER....?
Every ones in on it
Kirk (to Spock)
Where is the conference?
Spock tries again. Shakes his head. Removes his hand.
Spock
She doesn't know.
Scotty
Then we're dead!
Only sorta slightly dead though
Spock (to Lt. Valeris)
I've been dead before. Uhura,
raise Excelsior. She ought to
have the co-ordinates.
Spock had fun when he was dead
necrofilia
isnt that where you do dead people?
Kirk
Why would they give them to us?
(ganster)we got the cash, we got theeeee caaaaaaaaaaassssshhhhh
Spock
The Commander is an old friend of
yours!
McCoy (can't resist)
What was it like - being dead?
(spock)cool as hell
Spock, lost in thought, doesn't answer.
Sulu (O.S.)
This is Captain Sulu, U.S.S.
Excelsior.
Kirk
SULU!
Kirk!
Sulu?
Kirk?
Sulu.
kirk
138 Main Bridge, U.S.S. Excelsior
Sulu
Standing by, Captain Kirk.
Kirk
You understand that by even talking
to us, you're violating regulations,
Captain.
138 Continued
Sulu
I'm sorry, Captain, your message
is breaking up.
Kirk (under his breath)
Bless you, Sulu
(aloud)
actually he wasn’t kidding he really cant hear you
Where's the peace conference?
They're going to attempt another
assasination.
Sulu
The Conference is at Camp Khitomer,
near the Romulan border. I'm
sending the exact co-ordinates on a
coded frequency.
Kirk
I'm afraid we may need more than
that. There's a Bird of Prey on
the lookout for us. And she can
fire while she's cloaked.
Sulu
Surely not!
Kirk
I'm telling you. Hang on.
(to Lt. Valeris)
How many of those things are there?
Come on, Lieutenant, you want any
more of your brain drained?
We’ll make you sniff glue
Lt. Valeris
Just one prototype
Kirk
You hear that?
(sulu) not really
Sulu
I'm getting underway now. But, I'm
now in Alpha Quadrant. The chances
of my reaching the conference in
time are slim.
Kirk
When does this conference start?
9:00
Sulu
According to my information, today!
138 Continued
Kirk
Thank you, Captain Sulu
Sulu
Don't mention it, Captain Kirk.
I wont
Sulu hangs up. Finds himself facing his 1st officer
First officer
Sir...! You realize you've just
committed treason?
For what reason?
In this season
Sulu puts his feet up on the console....
Sulu (serene)
To be candid, I always hoped that
if the choice ever came down to
betraying my country, or betraying
my friend, I'd have the guts to
betray my country. Warp nine,
Mister!
139 Ext. Space
vfx
Excelsior explodes across the starfield.
140 Ext. Space
VFX
From a different direction, Enterprise ditto.
141 Int. Spock's Quarters
The lights are dim as Kirk knocks. He has shaved,
showered, and put on a fresh uniform.
Kirk
Spock?
(kirk)hey baby
No answer. Kirk makes to hit the switch.
Spock
I'd prefer it dark.
Fair enough. Kirk enters.
Kirk
Are you dining on worms?
Mmmmmmmmmmm worms
Spock (finally)
You were right. It was arrogant
presumption that got us into this
situation. You might have died.
141 Continued
Kirk
The night is young. Anyway, it was
logical.
(he must feel his way)
You know, you're a great one for
logic. I'm a great one for....
(shrugs)
...rushing in where angels fear to
tread. We're both extremists.
Reality is probably somewhere in
between us.
Ok shut up, what do you want? are you hitting on him?
Spock says nothing. Kirk runs a finger over dust.
Kirk (continuing)
I was blind. I couldn't see past
the death of my son. I couldn't
trust.
Spock (sighs)
I, too was blind. I knew about
HER - and I did nothing. I trusted
too much.
Kirk
You couldn't have known she was
listening the night I dictated that
entry into my log. You were proud
of her achievements as a Vulcan....
Spock
I was prejudiced by those achievements.
Kirk (understands)
Gorkon had to die before I understood
just how prejudiced I was......
this is the point in the movie where they have sex
Spock looks at him for the first time.
Spock
Can we two have grown so old and
inflexible that we have outlived
our usefulness?
(looks at Kirk)
Would that constitute as a joke?
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
Kirk
Someone said the difference between
comic and cosmic is the letter "S".
You haven't outlived your usefulness
to me. And you are not responsible
just because she is also Vulcan!
(kirk) I still have a use for you
141 Continued
Spock
I should have been....
Kirk
Not for the actions of another. No
one is responsible for any actions
but his own. Human beings....
Spock
But I am not human. I am only...
Kirk
Spock, you want to know something?
Ok both of you, shut up and get laid
Spock looks at him. Kirk kneels next to him.
Kirk (continuing)
Everyone's human. We're too old to
play games. We're only human.
He holds out his hand. After hesitating, Spock takes
it, presses it to his forehead. Hard. Harder.
Are they making out?
142 Ext. Camp Khitomer, Romula - Day
vfx
The idyllic site of the Peace Coference. Lush green.
A huge building on the horizon from within which we can
hear music. Outside, masses of people and flags....
(Matte Painting)
how peaceful
and serene
this is where something explodes
142A Int. Camp Khitomer - Day
Inside huge #1 pod doors opening, revealing the
council chamber.
Very loud music as we follow the Federation Delegation
(green), lead my Admiral Donald, into the room. Reverse
on #2 pod doors opening, as Sarek leads the Vulcan
Delegation (yellow) in as they take their places....
143 Int. Bridge. U.S.S. Enterprise
Everyone at their stations. Kirk in the Captain's
chair.
Chekov
Captain, when we get to Camp
Khitomer, how will we defend
ourselves? I mean, if this new
Bird of Prey can fire while she
is invisible.....?
we’ll get 20th century on their asses—I love saying that
143 Continued
McCoy
Now there's a poser.
(skater)poser
Kirk and Spock exchange looks.
Spock
I do not think anxiety is called for.
(off their looks)
According to my calculations, we
have another five minutes and
twenty-two seconds to resolve
this dilemma.
And to live
144 Space
vfx
Enterprise thunders by at warp nine.
145 Int. Camp Khitomer conference site - Day
More of the opening ceremonies.
Camera pans to reveal pod #3 with the Klingon
delegation (brown) lead by their ambassador and pod
#4, Earth (green) delegation emerging and taking their
places.....the Klingon and UFP Presidents, complete with
advisers, retinues, entourages and attendants. Flags
are everywhere....
Among them is Colonel Worf, Brigadier Kerla, Admiral
Donald, the Munitions businessman, and a Klingon face
we haven't seen before.....
The music thunders to a halt. The place looks like the
UN security council + the Olympics. All color coded...
UFP President
Madam Chancellor, members of the
diplomatic corps, honorer guests:
the United Federation of Planets
welcomes you to Camp Khitomer. Now
that we are assembled, I move we
conclude these ceremonies and get
down to business. Madam Chancellor?
Azetbur
Agreed.
Applause!
Yeah shs said agreed
Quit the stallin’ lets start ballin’
During the above, we catch the expressions on the faces
of the various conspirators - uneasy. Other faces....
...which one?
145A Ext. Enterprise
vfx
Screeches out of warp nine and cruises slowly.
stalking......
146 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
On the main visual display, a starfield. Kirk studies
it, walks over to where Spock views his sonar. Kirk
looks over his shoulder. Spock is studying it
intently.
Kirk
Close enough to beam down?
Spock
Not yet.....Section 4236.....
146 Nothing on the scanner.
vfxB
Spock
Section 4237.....
Nothing. There's a lot of tension on the bridge.
147 Omitted.
148 Int. Camp Khitomer conference site - day
The pod doors are closed, and the delegations seated.
UFP President
We are gathered here today in high
hopes, believing that differing
civilizations of good will can work
together to overcome intolerance.
We believe that with understanding,
and patience, it will be possible to
resolve what separates us. Let us
redefine progress to mean that just
because we can do a thing, it does
not necessarily follow that we must
do that thing!
Do that thing!
C’mon Do that thing! man
Do that thing you do with your…
Applause.
Did I miss it?
UFP President (continuing)
We believe that the responsibility
for destiny rests squarely on our
own shoulders.....
There's that Klingon face again, looking around. He's
carrying some sort of suitcase.....
149 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
Kirk
She's here....somewhere.
she
Chekov
But if she's cloaked....?
Kirk
Then all we've got is a neutron
radiation surge...and by the time
we're close enough to record it,
we're ashes....
Spock
Captain, perhaps we're going about
this the wrong way! Our job is to
get to the conference. Her job will
be to stop us.
How do we know it’s a she
Kirk
Make ourselves a target?
We can get us these bright yellow shirts
Spock looks at him.
Kirk (continuing)
Shields. Battle stations.
Chekov (reads the display)
Shields up. Battle stations.
Thank you but he said that
They are bathed in emergency red light. Alarms sound.
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system…
Kirk
Mr. Chekov, take us forward,
thrusters only, one half impulse
power.....
Chekov
Aye, sir; thrusters.....
It feels like walking on eggs.
Kirk
Uhura?
Uhura
Nothing, Captain. If they're here,
they're rigged for silent running.
Spock
If she fires, she has a perfectly
valid excuse.
149 Continued
Spock (continuing)
We're a renegade ship, coming
dangerously close to two heads of
state during a vital interstellar
conference.....
oooh tough
McCoy
Thanks for sharing that, Spock.
Thanks for sharing we feel you pain
Dead slilence, then a crash of noise!
aaaaaaah
holy (bleep)
150 Int. Camp Khitomer conference site - day
Applause for the President's sppech! Now Chancellor
Azetbur rises to make her opening remarks.
The Klingon face makes eye contact with Admiral Donald
who nods discreetly. The suitcase starts moving....
151 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise, Engine room, Etc.
what was the purpose of that scene?
as before. Closeups on various faces, sweating...
Suddenly an explosion! The ship shudders, hit!
Claxons!
woah
152 Ext. view of Enterprise, widen to reveal
vfxA
Int. cloaded Bird of Prey
Featuring the Enterprise onscreen. They are rigged
for silent runnig - no one is making a sound.
Their bridge is bathed in green light.....
Some one puked on the light
Chang stands next to the gunner.
He points towards Enterprise, nudges the man, who nods,
hits controls.....
Another torpedo sails off, and explodes against the
shields of the Enterprise...
153 Int. Entprise bridge.
Kirk and his crew grab ahold of things, tight lipped...
Seatbelts, Seatbelts people this is the future you know
McCoy
This is fun...
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
Chekov
Captain, shall we attempt to return fire?
Only if you have the receipt and its in its original package
153 Continued
Kirk
At what, Mr. Chekov?
Wham! Hit again. Everyone goes flying....
They should get seatbelts
Instinctively, Kirk looks at the main display - sees
nothing.
Kirk
Scotty, reverse engines. All
astern one half impulse power.
Back off. Back off!
154 Ext. Space
VFX
The battered Enterprise reversed field, backing away
from nothing.
155 Int. Bird of Prey bridge
Chang (watching this maneuver)
What's she doing?
The helmsman shrugs. Chang nudges him to follow....
(officer) looks like shes got a flute and shes using it to…
156 Int. Enterprise bridge
The empty starfield
Kirk
What's she waiting for?
christmas
Spock
Probably trying to figure out why
we're reversing, wondering if we
detect her.
On the main visual display, where everyone's attention
is riveted. A flare from black space.
Whouldent that give their position away?
Chekov
Incoming!
157 Omitted
158 Int. Engine room
The "Shield" lights flicker as the room recoils....
Scotty
She canna take much more of this,
Captain....
(scottie)Pull out the flute, Pull out the flute,
159 Int. Enterprise Bridge
Close on Kirk
Reacting. Don't I know it.
Kirk
Sulu, where the hell are you?
Elvis
What?!
160 Ext. Space
VFX
Excelsior warping as fast as she can.....
Int. Excelsior bridge, SHAAAAKKKINNNNG
Sulu
In range?
Helmsman
Not yet, Captain...
When?
Sulu
Come on, come on....!
Come on shippy, you can do it…
Helmsman
She'll fly apart....!
Sulu
Fly her apart, then!!!
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
162 Int. Camp Khitomer conference site - Day
Azetbur
....Many people speculated about my
father's motives. There were those
who said he was an idealist, driven
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
by "visionary" notions; others said
he had no choice, that he was a
pragmatic technocrat, making the
best of a devastating situation.
Great men are seldom good men. the
truth is, my father was both: a
pragmatist and an idealist. If
zzzzzzzzzzsnorezzzzzzzzz
Praxis had not exploded, then quite
possibly his idealism would not
have found expression. Nor would
mine. We are a proud race. We are
here because we intend to go on
being proud.... (grim)
....if we cannot make war, (pause)
....we will make peace....
163 CU the suitcase on the move through people listening...
that was purposeless
164 Int. Bird of Prey, bridge.
VFX
All watching Enterprise. Chang signals and the
torpedo officer fires off another one.
165 Int. Enterprise bridge
Kirk
Ahead full impulse!
166 Ext. space
VFX
Enterprise buzzes off! The torpedo misses....
167 Int. Enterprise Bridge
Kirk smiles ruefully...score one for the home team.
(kirk)Happy thoughts, Happy thoughts, Happy thoughts,
168 Int. Bird of Prey Bridge.
Reactions. Chang is startled, then smiles....
(chang) happier thoughts, happier thoughts, happier thoughts,
Chang
After her.... (beat)
Poor thing. Doesn't know which way
to go.
Shakes his head, amused.....
169 Ext. Space
VFX
Enterprise, screaming through the void...followed by
another screaming sound in full pursuit....
170 Int. Enterprise Bridge
Uhura
Captain, we can't see her, but she
gives off heat.....
what? Shes in heat?
Kirk
Not from a distance. She won't
show up on any type of scan.
Guess kirk wont be able to scan her though the windows anymore
McCoy
Too bad we can't smell her.
I don’t think you want to smell her
Kirk
It's a pity Starships were never
equipped with bloodhounds....
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
Wham! Hit again! Everybody grabs onto something,
steam hisses down from the ceiling.....
170 Continued
Spock
I didn't think Starfleet could have
envisioned our current predicament.
Yeah that’s why you don’t have any seatbelts
Uhura
Maybe we should write them a
letter?
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)shes a riot
Scotty's voice
Better post date it!
(deadpan)funny
(deadpan)scottie is a real clown
Wham! Even harder this time....Spock thinks....
Spock
Under impulse power, she expends
fuel like any other ship. We call
it "Plasma" - I do not know its
Klingon name, but by any
designation it is merely ionized
gas.
Oooooooh that explains everything
(speed racer)I have explained the thing which is being needed to explain
Uhura
Well, what about all that equipment
we're carrying to catalogue gaseous
anomalies? (beat)
The thing's gotta have a tailpipe.
Go suck on it
They look at each other like she's crazy. Then -
McCoy (starts out)
I'm going to perform surgery on a
torpedo - you never know....
Spock (going with him)
You may need assistance, Doctor....
McCoy (he's been waiting all his life)
Fascinating.....
(spock, angry) the hell did you just say?
They race out as the ship is hit again.....
Kirk
Mr. Chekov, slow down. Take us
forward, thrusters only, one
quarter impulse power....
again with the quarters
Chekov
Aye, Sir, thrusters.....
171 Int. Khitomer conference site - day
171 Continued
Applause for Azetbur's speech. Donald looks around.
Sees the face, nods discreetly...the UFP President
applauds....he's vulnerable. The face moves off.
Commander in Chief Starfleet rises to speak, blocking
the President...
another useless cut
172 Ext. Space
VFX
Enterprise moving slowly, alone. Beat. Wham! hit
again.
173 Int. Enterprise corridors, outside the lab
McCoy and Spock emerge with a bulky heat sensor and run
down the trembling corridors....
McCoy
Bet you wish you'd stood in bed....
With kirk
Spock
I see no profit in standing in bed,
Doctor - Vulcans sleep lying
down.....
(spock)unless there having sex
For a moment McCoy buys it, then, on their backs...
McCoy
Spock, that was actually funny.
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)funny
Spock
We DO sleep lying down.
Wham! They almost fall over.
174 Int. Engineering, Enterprise
Scotty and his men have obviously felt the impact as
well. Some "Shield" lights are blinking off.
Scotty
Captain, she's packing quite a
wallop. Shields weakening.
Huh huh he said "wallop"
175 Ext. Enterprise
VFX
Scarred, trace lines of torpedo visible.
175A Int. Excelsior Bridge
Sulu, et al, watching.
175A Continued
Sulu
Shields up. Tell them that the
cavalry's here!
The Calvary’s here
175B A torpedo flashes out at nothing
VFX
176 Int. Bird of Prey
VFX
Chang watches it go by, sees Excelsior as well
Chang
So!
So oh go lo
Oh stow glow hoe
No oh poe toe
He points to Excelsior, nudges the gunner, who fires.
177 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise
VFX
They see Excelsior's shields take the torpedo hit.
Kirk
Hold us steady, Mr. Scott. Ready
to fire...Bones...!
fire bones at the other ship?
Yeah that’ll help
Reactions from the battered crew...
178 Omitted
179 Closeup
a hand opening a case: inside the disassembled parts of
a rifle phaser with telescopic mount. We don't know
where we are exactly, but we can hear the conference
echoing....
180 Int. Enterprise torpedo bay
was that supposed to mean something to me
McCoy and Spock descend on the torpedo life with a
torpedo, frantically trying to drill a hole in its nose
to accommodate and atmosphere sensor as the whole bay
trembles with the hit.....
Kirk's voice over
Bones, where's my torpedo??
McCoy
Me and my big mouth....
Spock
Calm yourself Doctor, the
operation is almost complete....
(mad doc)almost complete, almost complete ah ha ha
180 Continued
McCoy (one final twist)
Thank you, nurse! Jim, she's
ready! Lock and load!
(deadpan)ha ha
(deadpan)McCoy is quite the jokester
They jump off the lift, and out of the way as the
torpedo starts forward
McCoy
Pity they're retiring us just as I
was starting to understand you, Spock!
Spock (agreeing)
We were beginning to hit our stride
together, Doctor....
and the affiar
181 Int. Engine room
We can see the Shield lights dimming....
Scotty (frantic)
Shields collapsing.....!
181 Even as he speaks, the Bird of Prey, fires at
VFX Enterprise. the photon trajectory is clear....
182 Ext. Space
VFX
Enterprise takes another hit.....
183 Int. Enterprise officers mess
No shields this time! Explodes! WOW! Autotight
bulkhead doors close, protecting the vessel from space
exposure. Smoke, liquids squirting everywhere...
Things tumbling off shelves, out of overheads...Doors
whooshing closed!
cool
oops who lit a match
184 Int. Bird of Prey
Chang smiles; this is more like it...he can see the
Enterprise is damaged.....
185 Int. Camp Khitomer - Day
The hands assembling the special phaser....
186 Int. Enterprise Bridge
wait come back…tell us more
Kirk
Fire!
Lots of it in the mess hall
Close up on a hand pushing a button!
187 Close up, another hand on a phaser button...
188 Ext. Space
VFX
Enterprise's torpedo tracks the heat; it goes in a
strange trajectory, but then again we can't see what
it's heading towards....
189 Int. Bird of Prey Bridge
As Chang watches in fascination, the damn thing
circles and heads right for them! He realizes....
(chang)oooooooh pretty
Chang
..."or not to be...!"
190 Ext. Space
Enterprise fires a direct hit, and the Bird of Prey is
illuminated in the firelight. She spins around, trying
to regain her position, debris fragmenting.....
191 Int. Bridge, U.S.S. Excelsior
Sulu
Aim for the center of that
explosion, and fire!
192 Ext. Space
VFX
Excelsior and Enterprise, having trapped the "Black
hole" in a triangle between them, fire.
The Bird of Prey suddenly blows apart. As she
explodes, she decloaks.....
193 Int. Camp Khitomer - Day
VFX
Kirk, et al, materialize and starts running through
masses of people who are too startled to stop them...
194 CU, the trigger finger...tightening as....
....Kirk fights his way to the center of the room!!
Kirk
Mr. President!
(reporter)mr. President
(reporter)President
He flings his body on the President, pushing him out of
the way, just as the phaser fires....
Panic in the room, people scrambling.
194 Continued
Admiral Donald
Arrest those men!
Spock
Arrest yourself!
asshole
He stands aside to reveal Vulcan Lt. in handcuffs.
McCoy
We've got a full confession.
(McCoy)And full frontal…huh huh huh
195 The assassin's niche
He turns to run, but scotty whirls and fires!
As all gasp, the Assassin sways, falls off the balcony,
clutching his face where the phaser hit, and screaming,
the Klingon face comes melting off, revealing the
Starfleet officer, who prepared operation "Retrieve".
Not a Klingon after all!!!
surprise
so it wasn’t coronal mustard
The other conspirators race for the exit, only to be
blocked by....
196 Sulu
VFX
As he materializes, phaser in hand.
Sulu
Just a minute!
Or an hour
The conspirators race in another direction, they are
blocked by Kerla, and McCoy!
Kerla (slugs one)
And you!
197 Presidential guards move in....
The UFP President stands up, stares with disbelief.
So does Chancellor Azetbur.
Chancellor Azetbur
What's the meaning of this?
Kirk
It's about the future, Madam
Chancellor. Some people thing the
future means the end of history....
Kirk walks up to the Romulan Ambassador, now under
guard!
197 Continued
Kirk (continuing)
...But we haven't run out of history
just yet. (remembers)
Your father quoted Hamlet: He called
the future "The undiscovered Country".
canada
Spock
I always assumed Hamlet was
was speaking of death!
Well that too
The future means death
Kirk
Gorkon thought the undiscovered
country might mean something else -
another kind of life. People can
be very frightened of change. I
know I was.
We walks to Vulcan Lt.
Kirk (continuing)
There's an old expression: it takes
one to know one.
Yeah so…
When Vulcan Lt. looks at Kirk, there are tears in her
eyes. Spock stands motionless next to her.
Kirk turns to face Azetbur.
Azetbur
You've restored my father's faith.
Kirk
You've restored my son's.
He hugs her hard. No one says a word....
198 Ext. Space
VFX
Enterprise, her hull blackened with torpedo scars,
idles next to the much larger excelsior.
199 Int. Enterprise Bridge
They're back!
Uhura
They might as well arrest me, too!
I felt like the Lieutenant!
Spock (pointed)
But you didn't join a conspiracy.
199 Continued
McCoy (half for Spock)
They don't arrest people for having
feelings!
Chekov
If they did, we'd all have to turn
ourselves in. How can we rely on them?
Kirk (looks at Spock)
The only way to find out if a man's
trustworthy....
Spock
...is to trust him!
A wintry smile.
Sulu's voice
Captain Kirk....?
Kirk
Kirk here.
199 Sulu appears on the viewscreen
VFX
Kirk (continuing)
As much to the crew of the Enterprise,
I owe you my thanks, Captain Sulu.
Sulu
Nice to see you in action one more
time, Captain Kirk. Take care.
200 Ext. Space
VFX
Excelsior gets underway with a roar.
201 Int. Enterprise Bridge
All watch.
McCoy
By God, that's a big ship
Scotty
Not so big as her Captain, I think.
Kirk
Time we got underway ourselves,
gentlemen. (stretches)
Once again, we've saved civilization
as we know it.
201 Continued
McCoy
And the good news is they're not
going to prosecute!
Kirk (sighs)
To be -
Spock
Or not to be -
McCoy
That's the question -
Chekov
Course heading, Captain?
Kirk (smiles)
Second star to the right, and
straight on till morning.....
Wait?! What?!
Not with chekov! Get a girl
202 Ext. Space
VFXA
The battered Enterprise makes way.
Kirk's voice over
Captian's log, U.S.S. Enterprise,
Stardate 8769.24. This is the
final cruise of the Starship
Enterprise under my command. This
ship and her history will shortly
become the care of a new
generation. To them and their
posterity we will commit our
future. They will continue the
voyages we have begun, and journey
to all the undiscovered countries,
boldly going where no man....where
no one has gone before...
202
VFX The signature William Shatner scrawls across the screen,
still featuring the moving starfield. then Leonard
Nimoy's, then Deforest Kelley's, James Doohan's, George
Takei's, Walter Koenig's, Nichelle Nichols'...one by one
The signatures grow smaller and smaller as the galaxy
races by, and they disappear into the distance.
Roll end credits
Fini!
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