well. It was a mistake for you to accept promotion. Commanding a starship is your first, best destiny. Anything else is a waste of material. I would not presume to debate you. That is wise. In any case, were I to invoke logic, Logic dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one. You're my superior officer. You are also my friend. I have been and always shall be yours. Stop the energizers. Put me on speakers. An emergency situation has arisen. By order of Starfleet command, I'm assuming command of this vessel. So note in Ship's Log. Plot a new course for Regula-1 . Mr. Scott. Aye, sir. We'll be going to warp speed. Course plotted for Regula-1 , Admiral. Engage warp engines. Prepare for warp speed. Ready, sir. I know none of you were expecting this. I'm asking you to grow up sooner than you expected. Warp five, Sulu. So much for the little training cruise. Course to intercept Enterprise ready, sir. Excellent. Helmsman? Sir. May I speak? We're all with you, sir. But consider this- We are free. We have the means to go where we will. We have escaped permanent exile on Ceti Alpha V. You have proved your superior intellect and defeated the plans of Admiral Kirk. You do not need to defeat him again. He tasks me. He tasks me, and I shall have him. I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares Maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up. Prepare to alter course. Space Station Regula-1 , please come in. Dr. Marcus, please respond. This is Enterprise call- It's no use. There's no response. But no longer jammed. No, sir. No nothing. There are two possibilities- they are unable to respond, they are unwilling to respond. How far? 12 hours, 43 minutes, present speed. "Give up Genesis," she said. Give it up to whom? It might help if I knew what Genesis was, beyond the biblical reference. Have Dr. McCoy join us in my quarters. Mr. Saavik, you have the con. Well, I've got sickbay ready. Please tell me what's going on. Computer, request security procedure and access to Project Genesis summary. Identify for retina scan. Kirk, Admiral James T. Security scan approved. Summary, please. Project Genesis. A proposal to the Federation. Carol Marcus. Yes. What exactly is Genesis? Well, put simply, Genesis is life from lifelessness. It is a process where by molecular structure is reorganized at the subatomic level into life-generating matter of equal mass. Stage One was conducted in the laboratory. Stage Two will be attempted in a lifeless underground. Stage Three will be processed on a planetary scale. We intend to introduce the Genesis device into an area of a lifeless space body- a moon or other dead form. The device is delivered, instantaneously causing what we call the Genesis Effect. Matter is reorganized with life-generating results. Instead of a dead moon, a living, breathing planet capable of sustaining whatever life forms we see fit to deposit on it. Fascinating. The reformed moon simulated here represents the merest fraction of the Genesis potential, should the Federation fund these experiments. When we consider the problems of population and food supply, the usefulness of this process becomes clear. This concludes our proposal. Thank you. It literally is Genesis. Power of creation. Have they proceeded with their experiments? The tape was made last year. I assume they've reached Stage Two. Dear Lord, do you think we're intelligent enough to... Suppose... What if this were used where life already exists? It would destroy such life in favor of its new matrix. Its new matrix. Do you know what you're saying? I was not evaluating its moral implications. As a matter of cosmic history, it's been easier to destroy than to create. Not anymore. Now we can do both simultaneously. According ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Мечте навстречу на английском - текст Звёздный путь 3: В поисках Спока на английском - текст Осенний марафон на английском - текст Фарго на английском - текст Бетховен 5 на английском |