do so
to your satisfaction, Admiral.
I have been convinced, since my
first exchange with the ambassador,
that the captain
has been taken prisoner.
Granted as fact, Mr. Spock.
I now know where the captain
is being held,
if he is being held at the same
place to which we transported him.
They would not dare harm him
in the Gideon council chamber.
Sir, the captain is not being held
in the Gideon council chamber.
- He is being held nearby.
- You have answered what and where.
I'm waiting for your
explanation of why.
Since the planet
is shielded from our sensors,
we cannot establish that
without on-the-spot investigation.
Do you have evidence the
captain's life is threatened?
- Permission denied.
- Admiral,
I wish to state for the record
that your decision is arbitrary.
So noted.
Will it last long ?
That depends on the strength
of the one infected.
You have great strength.
How will you know
when I am to die ?
Your body temperature
will be very great.
You will see us, but you
will not know who we are.
-I must see him before then, Father.
-Rest. Now lie still.
Do you feel great pain ?
Yes,
in my arms and thighs.
What is it like to feel pain ?
It is like...
like when you see the people have
no hope for happiness, Father.
You feel great despair,
and your heart is heavy,
because you know
you can do nothing.
Pain is like that.
Your courage gives me great pride.
- Let me see her.
- Not yet.
You don't know what she may have.
But we do.
She has Vegan-choriomeningitis.
That's very rare, and always fatal
if not treated within 24 hours.
It almost killed me.
Yes. Our prime minister learned
about you during our negotiations.
That's why we
brought you here.
Your blood provided the
micro organisms which infected her.
That's how my arm got hurt.
Yes, as Odona told you, we have no
need for medical practitioners here.
Our apologies. We were unforgivably
awkward to have hurt you.
You're mad.
No. We are desperate.
I don't understand...
how Starfleet can deny permission to
beam down to search for the captain.
They did not ask for
our understanding, Doctor.
I don't see how they expect us
to sit here...
and wait for the captain
to reappear.
Unfortunately, I must violate
a direct order from Starfleet.
That's the best possible decision
you could make, Spock. I'm with you.
I do not make it lightly, Doctor.
However, Command knows
that Ambassador Hodin...
has not been totally honest with us.
Lieutenant Uhura, repeat original
Gideon coordinates for beam down.
8-7-5, 0-2-0, 0-7-9.
Mr. Scott, coordinates given you?
8-7-5, 0-2-0, 7-0-9.
Coordinates don't match.
Precisely. I shall beam down at
once. Mr. Scott, you have the con.
I'll pick up my medical tricorder,
meet you in the transporter room.
Negative, Doctor. I cannot
accept the responsibility...
for ordering a fellow officer
to violate a Starfleet directive.
I can make such a decision
only for myself.
I'm not asking you
to make the decision for me.
The situation forces me
to do so, Doctor.
In that case, it's the worst
possible decision you can make.
This will not take long.
Isn't that just about what
Captain Kirk said before he left ?
Captain Kirk.
Spock here.
Captain Kirk !
[ Instrument Humming ]
Your report to the Federation
was a tissue of lies.
You described environmental,
physical, cultural conditions...
- that would make Gideon a paradise.
- And so it was !
A long, long time ago
what we described was true !
The atmosphere on Gideon
has always been germfree.
And the people flourished in their
physical and spiritual perfection.
Eventually,
even the life span increased.
Death became almost unknown to us.
It occurred only when the body
could no longer regenerate itself.
And that happens now
only to the very old.
Those are conditions
most people would envy.
But Gideon did not
find it enviable.
The birth rate continued to rise,
and the population grew,
until now Gideon