possible?
Let's find out.
Decker.
I'm gonna key the final sequence
through the ground test computer.
You don't know
what that'll do to you!
Yes, I do, Doctor.
Decker, don't.
Jim, I want this.
As much as you wanted
the Enterprise, I want this.
Captain.
Spock, did we just see the beginning
of a new life-form?
Yes, Captain.
We witnessed a birth.
Possibly a next step
in our evolution.
I wonder.
Well, it's been a long time
since I delivered a baby.
L hope we got this one off
to a good start.
I hope so too.
I think we gave it the ability to
create its own sense of purpose...
out of our own human weaknesses...
and the drive that compels us
to overcome them.
And a lot of foolish human emotions.
Right, Mr. Spock?
Quite true, Doctor.
Unfortunately, it will have to
deal with them as well.
Interrogative from Starfleet.
They're requesting damage and injury
reports and complete vessel status.
Report two casualties.
Lieutenant Ilia.
Captain Decker.
- Aye, sir.
- Correction.
They're not casualties.
They...
List them as missing.
Vessel status: Fully operational.
Aye, sir.
Mr. Scott, shall we give
the Enterprise a proper shakedown?
I would say it's time
for that, sir, aye.
We can have you back on Vulcan
in four days, Mr. Spock.
Unnecessary, Mr. Scott.
My task on Vulcan is completed.
Mr. Sulu, ahead warp 1.
- Warp 1, sir.
- Heading, sir?
Out there.
That away.TACTICAL...
VISUAL...
TACTICAL,
STAND BY ON TORPEDOES.
READY...
FIRE!
EVASIVE!
This is comm station Epsilon IX,
calling USS Columbia.
Come in, Columbia. Respond, please.
This is Epsilon IX.
Am boosting output.
How read you this?
Scout Columbia NCC-621 to rendezvous
with Scout Revere NCC-595
on stardate 7411.4.
Further orders
to be relayed at that time.
Signed, Commodore Probert,
Starfleet.
End of transmission.
Our sensor drone is intercepting this
on Quad L-14.
That's in Klingon boundaries.
Who are they fighting?
Unknown, sir.
I have an exterior visual.
We've plotted a course on that cloud,
Commander.
It will pass into Federation space
fairly close to us.
Heading?
Sir, it's on a precise heading
for Earth.
OUR ANCESTORS CAST OUT
THEIR ANIMAL PASSIONS
ON THESE VERY SANDS...
...SAVING OUR RACE THROUGH
THE ATTAINMENT OF KOLINAHR.
KOLINAHR: THROUGH WHICH ALL
EMOTION IS RENOUNCED AND SHED.
YOU HAVE LABOURED
FOR MANY SEASONS, SPOCK...
AND YOU HAVE PROVED
YOURSELF WORTHY...
TO RECEIVE FROM US
THIS S YMBOL OF PURE LOGIC.
YOUR THOUGHTS...
GIVE THEM TO ME.
OUR MINDS ARE JOINED, SPOCK...
TOGETHER, AND AS ONE.
I SENSE THE CONSCIOUSNESS
CALLING TO YOU FROM SPACE...
YOUR HUMAN BLOOD
IS TOUCHED BY IT, SPOCK.
YOU HAVE NOT YET ATTAINED
KOLINAHR.
HE MUST SEARCH ELSEWHERE
FOR HIS ANSWER.
HE SHALL NOT FIND IT HERE.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, SPOCK.
STARFLEET HEADQUARTERS
STARDATE: 7410.2
Cmdr Sonak, you were appointed
as Enterprise Science Officer?
- Based on your recommendation.
- Why aren't you aboard?
Capt Decker requested I complete
final briefing here before we leave.
At Starfleet?
The Enterprise is in
final preparation to leave dock.
- Which requires 20 hours.
- 12.
I'm meeting Admiral Nogura.
I won't be more than three minutes.
Report to me on the Enterprise
in one hour.
To you?
It is my intention to be on that ship
following that meeting.
Report to me in one hour.
- Admiral.
- Mr Scott.
Those departure orders, 12 hours.
Starfleet cannot be serious.
Why aren't the transporters
operating?
A wee problem. Temporary.
We have just finished 18 months'
redesigning the Enterprise.
- How can she be ready in 12 hours?
- Take me over, please.
She needs more work, a shakedown.
Mr Scott, an alien object
of unbelievable destructive power
is less than three days
away from Earth.
The only starship in interception
range is the Enterprise.
Ready or not,
she launches in 12 hours.
The crew haven't had near enough time
with all the new equipment.
And the engines are not