for the fact you're not under arrest.
In addition to piracy, you've
left yourself open to charges...
of violating flight regulations,
entering hostile space...
and endangering the lives of others
as well as your own.
- I'm bleeding.
- [Kirk] In addition...
you've caused an interstellar incident
which may have destroyed...
everything that's been negotiated
between your planet and the Federation.
You've got a hard lip,
Herbert.
If you have
an explanation,
I am prepared to hear it.
Mr. Spock, take them to sick bay
for a medical check.
There may have been radiation
from the explosion.
- Captain, with your permission--
- By all means.
- One.
- We are one.
- [Spock] One is the beginning.
- [ Man ] Are you one, Herbert ?
I am not Herbert.
He's not Herbert !
We reach.
If you will state your purpose
and your objectives,
perhaps we can arrive
at a mutual understanding.
If you understand one,
you know our purpose.
I would prefer
that you state it.
We turn our backs on confusion
and seek the beginning.
- What is your destination ?
- The planet Eden.
That planet,
it is a myth.
And we protest against
being harassed, pursued,
attacked, seized and transported here
against our wishes.
- Right, brother !
- We do not recognize...
Federation regulations
nor the existence of hostilities.
We recognize no authority
save that within ourselves.
Well, whether you recognize authority
or not, I am it on this ship.
I'm under orders to transport you
back to Star base peaceably.
From there you'll be ferried
to your various planets.
Because of my orders,
you are not prisoners, but my guests.
I expect you
to behave as such.
Oh, Herbert,
you are stiff !
[Laughter]
Mr. Spock, you seem to understand
these people. You will deal with them.
We respectfully request that
you take us to Eden.
And after they are finished
in sick bay, see to it that...
they're escorted back
to their proper quarters...
- and given whatever care they need.
- [Spock] Yes, Captain.
We respectfully request
that you take us to Eden.
Hmm. I have orders to the contrary.
This is not a passenger ship.
Herbert, Herbert,
Herbert.
[All]Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
[Chanting Continues]
Lieutenant Palmer,
notify Star base.
We have the six aboard who stole
the space cruiser Aurora.
-Regrettably, the cruiser was destroyed.
-Aye, sir.
Note to the Catullan ambassador:
His son is safe.
- Captain.
- Yes, what is it ?
Sir, I believe
I know one of them.
At least, I think I
recognize her voice.
Her name is
Irina Galliulin.
We were in Starfleet Academy together.
One of those
was in the academy ?
Yes, sir.
She...
dropped out.
She--
Do you wish to see her ?
- Permission to leave your post.
- Thank you, sir.
- Are they in the sick bay ?
- Yes, Captain.
Mr. Spock.
Do they really believe
that Eden exists ?
Many myths are based on truth, Captain,
and they are not unintelligent.
- Their leader, Dr. Sevrin, is a man--
- Dr. Sevrin is their leader ?
Yes, a brilliant
research engineer...
in the fields of acoustics,
communications
and electronics on Tiburon.
He was dismissed from his post
when he started this movement.
Tong Rad inherits his father's
extraordinary abilities...
in the field of space studies.
Well--
But they've rejected
all that...
and all that
this technology provides.
And they seek the primitive.
There are many who are...
uncomfortable with
what we have created.
It is almost
a biological rebellion,
a profound revulsion against the
planned communities, the programming,
the sterilized,
artfully balanced atmospheres.
They hunger for an Eden,
where Spring comes.
All do. The cave
is deep in our memory.
Yes, that is true,
Captain.
But, uh, we don't steal space cruisers
and act like irresponsible children.
What makes you so sympathetic
toward them ?
It is not, uh, sympathy...
so much as curiosity, Captain:
a wish to understand.