opportunity
to practice your oratory
on Star base 4.
[Intercom] Chekov to Capt. Kirk.
Chekov to Capt. Kirk. Urgent.
- Kirk here.
- Captain, we're off course.
- Well, get back on course.
- That's just it, sir.
The ship's taken a new heading
all by itself.
I'll be right there.
Have you located
the malfunction?
[Sulu] The ship is unresponsive.
We're moving away from Ariannus.
Explanation, Mr. Spock?
Elusive, Captain.
I am investigating.
I can't understand it.
I simply have no control.
- Kirk to engineering.
- [Intercom]Scott here.
Scotty, we're off course.
Check maneuvering controls.
Aye, sir. Hold.
Captain,
no malfunction indicated.
- Switch to auxiliary.
- Aye, sir. Out.
- Engineer to bridge.
- Kirk here.
- On auxiliary, sir.
- Stand by for check.
- Scotty, we're still off course.
-I'll be right up.
- Speed, Mr. Chekov.
- We're moving at warp 8.
- And new course?
- 4-0-3 mark 7.
Straight for the Coal Sack
if there is no letup.
Lt. Uhura,
put the ship on red alert.
[Alarms Blaring]
All hands, this is the captain.
The ship is on red alert.
Repeat, the ship
is on red alert.
There has been
an unidentified malfunction
in the ship's
directional control.
Repeat, the ship is off course
and out of our control.
[Alarms Continue Blaring]
- Our new heading, Mr. Chekov?
- 4-0-3 mark 7.
- Spock?
- Confirmed, Captain.
Holding pattern. Coordinates now
indicate we are charting course to--
Captain, Cheron lies between
4-0-3 mark 7 and mark 9.
We're on the way to Cheron. Captain,
this ship is now under my direction.
For 50,000
of your terrestrial years,
I have been pursuing Lokai
through the galaxy.
I have not travelled this far,
this long, only to give him up.
This ship goes
where my will drives it.
Captain, we are now at warp 10
and the speed is increasing!
Captain, course is now clearly
straight for Cheron
despite all efforts
to direct us to Ariannus.
I will not return to Cheron!
You must guarantee me sanctuary.
He cannot help you now.
You are lost, Lokai.
You're on the way to judgment,
to final punishment.
Stop him!
You evil mound of filth.
Not this time.
My cause is just.
All of you must help me!
Oh, the old cry:
Pity me! Pity me!
Everywhere he's gone,
he's been helped to escape.
On every planet he's found
fools who bleed for him
and shed tears
for the oppressed one.
But there is no escape
for you on this ship.
This is your
last sanctuary.
- Kill him! Kill him!
- You're two of a kind.
And we are both
going to Cheron.
You cannot change the course
any more than you can change me.
This ship goes
where I want it to go!
Security, put them both
in the brig.
Phasers on stun.
Fire.
[Phasers Whistling]
Your phasers are ineffective against
our shields. You are helpless.
What a fool I am, expecting
help from someone like you!
This ship is going
to Ariannus.
No, this ship
is going to Cheron.
I will let nothing interfere.
We are going to Ariannus!
The lives of a billion people
make no other choice possible.
You are being obtuse, Captain.
I am permitting no choice.
My will now controls this,
and nothing can break it.
- Bele?
- Hmm?
I am captain of this ship,
and it will follow whatever
course I set for it,
or I will order
its destruction.
You're bluffing.
I will destroy it!
You can no more destroy this ship
than I can change colour.
Lt. Uhura, tie in the bridge
to the master computer.
Aye, sir.
Computer, destruct sequence.
Are you ready to copy?
[Computer]
Working.
[Computer Beeps]
Prepare to verify
destruct sequence code one.
[Computer Beeps]
Computer, this is Captain James Kirk
of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Destruct sequence one.
Code one, 1-A.
[Computer Beeps] Voice and code
one, 1-A verified and correct.
Sequence one complete.
Mr. Spock.
This is Commander Spock,
science officer.
Destruct sequence number two.
Code one, 1-A, 2-B.
[Computer Beeps]
Voice and code verified and correct.
Sequence