explanation, sir?
- Well, I have none.
To me this seems
quite as it should be.
Why were our weapons taken? Why
can't we communicate with our ship?
Please, believe me. I know nothing
other than what I already told you.
The game is over!
We've treated you with courtesy.
We've gone along with what
and who you think you are.
Despite the seeming contradictions,
all is as it appears to be.
I am Abraham Lincoln.
Just a slam
whom I appear to be.
- Surak.
- Who?
The greatest of all who ever
lived on our planet, Captain.
The father
of all we became.
- [Alarm Sounding]
- All ship systems going dead.
Switch to reserve power.
All decks report status.
All decks report status.
All decks report status.
Bridge to Engineering. Come in.
What's happening to our power?
Bridge to Engineering. Report!
Everything's out.
We've switched to reserve power.
We've lost all power
in the warp engines.
How is it, Mr. Sulu?
No answer yet on what caused it.
They're standing by.
Shut down all but the most
necessary systems.
No damage report, Mr. Scott.
[ Engineering ] No indication
of engine damage, sir.
- Engage restart cycle.
- I can't. I don't understand it.
- Start emergency procedures.
- Aye, aye, sir.
Live long
and prosper, Spock.
May you also, Captain Kirk.
It is not logical
that you are Surak.
There is no fact,
extrapolation of fact or theory...
- which would make possible--
- Whatever I am,
would it harm you
to give response?
Live long and prosper,
image of Surak,
father of all
we now hold true.
The, uh, "image of Surak"...
read in your face
what is in your mind, Spock.
As I turned
and my eyes beheld you,
I displayed emotion.
I beg forgiveness.
The cause was
more than sufficient.
Let us speak
no further of it.
In my time,
we knew not of Earth men.
I am pleased to see
that we have differences.
May we together become greater
than the sum of both of us.
Spock, we'll not go along
with these charades any longer.
[Rumbling, Sizzling]
You'll have an answer
soon, Captain.
Our world
is called Excalbia.
Countless who live
on that planet are watching.
Before this drama unfolds,
we give welcome...
to the ones named
Kirk and Spock.
We know nothing
of your world...
or your customs.
What do you mean,
"drama about to unfold"?
You're intelligent life-form,
but I'm surprised...
you do not perceive
the honor we do you.
Have we not created
in this place on our planet...
a stage identical
to your own world?
We perceive we were invited to come
here, and we came in friendship.
And you have deprived us of our
instruments to examine your world,
to defend ourselves,
to communicate with our vessel.
Your objection
is well taken.
We shall communicate with your
vessel so your fellow life-forms...
may also enjoy and profit...
from the play.
Behold!
[ Clicks Fore claws ]
Captain, Mr. Spock,
some of these you may
know through history.
Genghis Khan, for one.
Colonel Green led a genocidal war
early in the 21st century on Earth.
Zora, who experimented
with the body chemistry...
of subject tribes on Tiburon.
Kahless the Unforgettable--
the Klingon who set the pattern
for his planet's tyrannies.
We welcome
the vessel Enterprise...
to our solar system
and to our spectacle.
At least the captain
and Spock are safe.
It's a confrontation
of some sort.
Those are all figures
out of history, notoriously evil.
[Rock]
We ask you to observe with us...
the confrontation of the two
opposing philosophies...
you term good and evil.
Since this is our first
experiment with Earthlings,
our theme is a simple one.
Survival, life and death.
Your philosophies
are alien to us,
and we wish to understand them
and discover...
which is the stronger.
We learn by observing
such spectacles.
What do you mean,
"survival"?
The word is explicit.
If you and Spock survive,
you return to your vessel.
If you do not...
your existence is ended.
Can we beam the captain