home. How much refit time till we can take her out again? Eight weeks, sir. But you don't have eight weeks, so l'll do it in two. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four? Certainly, sir. How else can l keep my reputation as a miracle worker? Your reputation is secure, Scotty. Mr Sulu, take the Con. l'll be in my quarters. Sir? Are they planning a ceremony when we get in? - l mean, a reception? - Would you like a hero's welcome? Well, God knows there should be. This time we've paid for the party with our dearest blood. Steady. Steady, boys. Keep scanning. l thought you people were reliable. Where the hell is he? He's been here for some time. Put me on hailing frequency. Commander Kruge... This is Valkris. Well done, Valkris. - What the hell is... What the hell's going on? When do l get paid off? Soon, Captain. Quite soon. Approach Control, this is Enterprise, ready for docking manoeuvre. - Enterprise is cleared to dock. - Lock on. Systems locked. - Spacedock, you have control. - Affirmative, Enterprise. - Enijoy the ride, and welcome home. - Enterprise confirms. Acknowledge, doors closed. Would you look at that! My friends, the great experiment. The Excelsior. Ready for trial runs. She's supposed to have transwarp drive. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant, Mr Scott. Standby umbilical and gravitational support systems. Aye, sir, moorings activated, all systems standing by. - Admiral. This is not possible. - Mr Chekov. An energy reading from 'C' deck, from inside Mr Spock's quarters. - l ordered Spock's quarters sealed. - l sealed the room myself! Nevertheless, l am reading a lifeform there. This entire crew seems on the edge of obsessive behaviour regarding Spock. Sir, Security reports the door to Spock's quarters has been forced. l'm on my way. Sulu, continue docking procedures. Jim... Help me. You left me on Genesis. Why did you do that? Help me. Bones... ! What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind? Help me, Jim. Take me home. Bones, we are. We are home. Then perhaps it's not too late. Climb the steps, Jim. Climb the steps of Mount Seleya. Mount Seleya? Bones, Mount Seleya's on Vulcan. We're home...on Earth. Remember. Admiral, docking is completed. Starfleet Commander Morrow is on his way for inspection. Uhura, get the medics down here! Get them now! You've all done remarkable service under the most difficult conditions. You'll be receiving Starfleet's highest commendation. And more importantly... extended shore leave. All but you, Mr Scott. They need your wisdom on the new Excelsior. Report there tomorrow as Captain of Engineering. With all appreciation, l'd prefer to supervise the refit of Enterprise. l'm afraid that won't be necessary. But, sir... l'm sorry, Mr Scott, but there will be no refit. Admiral... l don't understand. The Enterprise is not... Jim, the Enterprise is 20 years old. We feel her day is over. But we had requested... We had hoped to take her back to Genesis. - That is out of the question. - May l ask why? ln your absence, Genesis has become a galactic controversy. Until the Federation Council makes policy, you are all under orders not to discuss with anyone your knowledge of Genesis. Consider it a quarantine planet... and a forbidden subject. To understand the events on which l report, it is necessary to review the theoretical data on the Genesis device, as developed by Doctors Carol and David Marcus. Genesis, simply put, is life from lifelessness. The device was to be introduced into a pre-selected area of a lifeless space body, a moon or other dead form. The device would instantaneously cause the Genesis effect. lnstead of a dead moon, a living, breathing planet now exists, capable ofsustaining whatever life forms we see fit to deposit on it. So? Speak. Great power to ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Торпедоносцы на английском - текст Кодекс молчания на английском - текст Дерсу Узала на английском - текст Чёрная дыра на английском - текст Джо на английском |