place.
- A lie?
- An omission.
In 24 hours we won't have a clue
where Captain Kirk is.
- I know precisely where he will be.
- You do? Where?
Kirk, Kirk, Kirk, Kirk...
It's a damn show trial.
The Enterprise fired on Kronos One
without provocation.
The Chancellor and his advisors...
...having been lulled into
a false sense of security -
- by an invitation to a dinner
aboard Captain Kirk's vessel -
- at precisely 19:30 hours
that same evening.
Call your first witness.
After the first shot
we lost our gravitational field.
I was weightless and couldn't function.
Then two Starfleet crewmen
came towards me.
Or perhaps
they merely wore Starfleet uniforms.
That remark is speculative.
I move that it be stricken.
We're interested in facts, not theories.
If the gravitational unit was not
functioning, how could they walk?
They appeared to be wearing
magnetic boots.
- Gravity boots...?
- Dr. McCoy.
Would you be so good as to tell me -
- what is your current medical status?
Aside from a touch of arthritis,
I'd say pretty good.
You have a singular wit, Doctor.
For 27 years I've been surgeon
aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
In three months I stand down.
You know...
I believe that you consumed rather
a generous amount of Romulan ale -
- in the officers mess
on the night in question.
- Objection.
- Sustained.
We all did. All of us.
That doesn't mean...
Was Chancellor Gorkon alive
when you first examined him?
Barely.
Now be careful, Doctor.
Have you ever in your past -
- saved patients as barely alive as he?
I didn't have the medical knowledge
I needed for Klingon anatomy.
- I see.
- You where there.
You say you are due for retirement.
May I ask, do your hands shake?
- Objection!
- I was nervous.
No. You were incompetent.
You were incompetent!
Whether deliberately or as a result of
age combined with drink.
- The court will have to determine.
- My God, man. I tried to save him!
I tried to save him.
I was desperate to save him.
He was the last best hope
in the Universe for peace.
The witness is excused.
There we have it, citizens. We have
established the particulars of the crime.
And now we come to the architect of
this tragic affair.
James Tiberius Kirk.
What would your favourite author say,
Captain?
"Let us sit upon the ground and tell
sad stories of the death of kings."
Tell us your sad story, Kirk.
Tell us that you planned to take
revenge for the death of your son.
- That's not true.
- Objection!
Captain Kirk has not been identified
as the assassin.
I offer into the record this excerpt
from the Captain's personal log.
I've never trusted Klingons,
and I never will.
I've never been able to forgive them
for the death of my boy.
I've never trusted Klingons,
and I never will.
I've never been able to forgive them
for the death of my boy.
Are those your words?
Those words were spoken by me.
Objection! My client's political views
are not on trial.
On the contrary. Captain Kirk's views
are at the very heart of the matter.
His record shows him to be an
insubordinate, unprincipled opportunist -
- with a history of violating the chain of
command whenever it suited him.
Continue.
The record shows that Captain Kirk
once held the rank of Admiral -
- and he was broken for taking matters
into his own hands.
Do you deny being demoted for
these charges. Answer me now!
- I cannot deny it.
- You were demoted?
- For insubordination?
- On occasion, I have disobeyed orders.
Were you obeying
or disobeying orders -
- when you arranged the assassination
of Chancellor Gorkon?
I didn't know about it
until we boarded the ship.
You still deny the Enterprise
fired on Kronos One?
And you still deny your men beamed
aboard and shot the Chancellor?
I cannot confirm or deny
actions which I didn't witness.
Are you aware
that as the captain of a ship, -
- you are responsible for
the actions of your men?
I am.
If it's proved that members of your