there wouldn't be any.
- There shouldn't be.
Cross referenced and verified.
An unidentifiable lifeform reading.
You wish to advise Starfleet, sir?
We don't know
what we're talking about here.
- Why don't we beam it up?
- Oh, no.
Regulations state,
"Nothing shall be beamed aboard"
"until danger of contamination
is eliminated."
Captain, beaming down
to the surface is permitted.
If the Captain decides that the
mission is vital and reasonably safe.
- Please, we must see what it is.
- Or who.
Absent friends.
Admiral, what's going to happen
to the Enterprise?
- She's to be decommissioned.
- Will we get another ship?
I can't get an answer. Starfleet's up
to its brass in galactic conference.
No one has time for those
who stand and wait.
Sir, about Dr McCoy, how is he?
He's home, resting comfortably,
pumped full of tranquilizers.
They say it's exhaustion. He promised
he'd stay put. We'll see.
Ah, Mr Scott.
Come.
Sarek..!
Ambassador, I had no idea you were
here. I believe you know my crew.
I will speak with you alone, Kirk.
Please excuse us.
Ambassador, I would have come to
Vulcan to express my deep sympathy.
Spare me your human platitudes, Kirk.
I have been to your Government.
I have seen the Genesis information,
and your own report.
Then you know how bravely
your son met his death.
Why did you leave him on Genesis?
Spocktrusted you.
And you denied him his future.
- I saw no future.
- Only his body was in death, Kirk.
And you were the last one
to be with him.
Then you must knowthat you should
have come with him to Vulcan.
- But why?
- Because he asked you to!
He entrusted you...
..with his very essence, with
everything that was not of the body!
He asked you to bring him to us.
And to bring that which he gave you:
his Katra. His living spirit.
Sir...
Your son meant more to me
than you can know.
I'd have given my life if it would
have saved his.
Believe me when I tell you...
he made no request of me.
He would not have
spoken of it openly.
Then how was...
I must have your thoughts.
May I join your mind?
Certainly.
He spoke of your friendship.
Yes.
He...asked you not to grieve.
Yes.
The needs of the many...
..outweigh...
..the needs of the few...
..or the one.
Spock...
I have been...
..and always shall be your friend.
Live long and prosper.
No.
Forgive me.
It is not here.
I had assumed
he mind-melded with you.
It is the Vulcan way...
when the body's end is near.
We were separated.
He couldn't touch me.
I see.
Then everything that he was...
..everything he knew...
..is lost.
Please wait.
He would have found a way.
If there was that much at stake,
Spock would have found a way.
Yes. But how?
What if he joined with someone else?
Engine Room, Flight Recorder
Visual. Star date 8128.78.
Go.
Ship...out of danger?
Yes.
Back, 0.77.
Flight Recorder Visual, 28.77.
No! You'll flood
the whole compartment!
- He'll die.
- Captain! He's dead already.
Back, 0.76.
Flight Recorder Visual, 28.76.
- You're not going in there!
- Perhaps you're right.
- What is Mr Scott's condition?
- I don't think that he...
Sorry, Doctor, I have no time
to discuss this logically.
Freeze.
Repeat...and augment.
Remember...
McCoy!
One alive, one not. Yet both in pain.
What must I do?
You must bring them
to Mount Seleya on Vulcan.
Only there can both find peace.
What you ask...
..is difficult.
You will find a way, Kirk.
If you honour them both, you must.
I will.
I swear.
Transporter Room,
stand by to energise.
Aye, sir, energising now.
Grissom to Saavik. We're picking up
radiation from the lifeform.
Affirmative, Captain. Our readings
are well below danger level.
Exercise caution, Lieutenant.
This landing is Captain's discretion,
and I'm the one who's out on a limb.
I'll try to remember that.
There are your lifeforms. These were
microbes on the tube's surface.
We shot them here from Enterprise.
They were fruitful and multiplied.