Jim, their shields are still up.
Are they?
No. They're not.
Fire on all enemy ships.
One photon each should do.
Let's not waste ammunition.
Target locked and acquired
on all warbirds. Firing.
-All ships destroyed, Captain.
-Begin rescue of the stranded crew.
So! We've managed to eliminate
all enemy ships,
no one onboard was injured,
and the successful rescue of the
Kobayashi Maru crew is underway.
How the hell did that kid beat your test?
I do not know.
This session has been called
to resolve a troubling matter.
James Т. Kirk, step forward.
Cadet Kirk, evidence has been
submitted to this council
suggesting that you violated
the ethical code of conduct
pursuant to Regulation 17.43
of the Starfleet code.
Is there anything you care to say
before we begin, sir?
Yes, I believe I have the right
to face my accuser directly.
Step forward, please.
This is Commander Spock. He is one
of our most distinguished graduates.
He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru
exam for the last four years.
-Commander?
-Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed
to install and activate a subroutine
in the programming code,
thereby changing
the conditions of the test.
-Your point being?
-In academic vernacular, you cheated.
Let me ask you something
I think we all know the answer to.
The test itself is a cheat, isn't it?
I mean, you programmed it
to be unwinnable.
Your argument precludes the possibility
of a no-win scenario.
-I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
-Then not only did you violate the rules,
you also failed to understand
the principal lesson.
Please, enlighten me.
You of all people should know,
Cadet Kirk,
a captain cannot cheat death.
I of all people?
Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk,
assumed command of his vessel
before being killed in action, did he not?
I don't think you like the fact
that I beat your test.
Furthermore, you have failed to divine
the purpose of the test.
-Enlighten me again.
-The purpose is to experience fear,
fear in the face of certain death.
To accept that fear, and maintain
control of oneself and one's crew.
This is a quality expected
in every Starfleet captain.
Excuse me, sir.
We've received a distress call
from Vulcan.
With our primary fleet engaged
in the Laurentian system,
I hereby order all cadets to report
to Hangar One immediately. Dismissed.
-Who was that pointy-eared bastard?
-I don't know, but I like him.
Fugeman, Regula One!
Gerace, U.S.S. Farragut!
McCoy, U.S.S. Enterprise!
McGrath, U.S.S. Wolcott!
Rader, U.S.S. Hood.
Welcome to Starfleet, and Godspeed.
He didn't call my name.
Commander? Sir, you didn't call
my name. Kirk, James T.
Kirk, you're on academic suspension.
That means you're grounded
until the Academy Board rules.
All right, listen up! I'm gonna read
this list one time, and one time only!
Jim, the Board will rule in your favour.
Most likely.
-Look, Jim, I gotta go.
-Yeah.
Yeah, you go. Be safe.
-Excuse me.
-Yeah. Yeah. Sure.
Damn it.
-Come with me.
-U.S.S. Newton! Uhura, U.S.S. Farragut!
Petrovsky, U.S.S. Antares!
Go to your stations and good luck.
-Bones, where are we going?
-You'll see.
-Commander, a word?
-Yes, Lieutenant?
-Was I not one of your top students?
-Indeed you were.
And did I not
on multiple occasions demonstrate
an exceptional aural sensitivity
and, I quote,
"an unparalleled ability
to identify sonic anomalies"
-in subspace transmissions tests?
-Consistently, yes.
And while you were well aware
that my unqualified desire
is to serve on the U.S.S. Enterprise,
I'm assigned to the Farragut?
It was an attempt to avoid
the appearance of favouritism.
No. I'm assigned to the Enterprise.
-Yes, I believe you are.
-Thank you.
-What are you doing?
-I'm doing you a favour.
I couldn't just leave you there,
looking all pathetic.
Take a seat. I'm gonna give you
a vaccine against viral infection
-from