the dedicated young volunteers.
The serum in their new blood
will change Gideon,
and it will, once more,
be the paradise it was.
[Moaning]
I'm glad that you are here.
Is the time short ?
Very short.
And I asked you to make
our journey last forever.
Oh. It began here.
And it can continue.
If only you'll allow me,
I can cure you.
I'm not afraid
of what will happen.
It is just that now...
I wish with all my heart
to stay with you forever.
Your Excellency.
Captain, you're looking well.
Starfleet's analysis was correct.
Mr. Spock, we have a patient for
Dr. McCoy. Have Scotty beam us up.
Spock to Enterprise.
Spock to Enterprise.
- Scott here.
- Three to beam up, Mr. Scott.
- Same coordinates ?
- Negative.
Lock in on my communicator signal.
Your Excellency,
please do not interfere.
I already have one serious problem
to resolve with upper echelons.
Well, it was close,
but you made it.
I am cured ?
Right, just like the captain.
Instead of smiling at me,
you should be shouting in anger.
Why ? Because you're well again ?
No. Because I pretended to be--
How can you bear to look at me
after the way I deceived you ?
At least you owe me the privilege
of letting me look at you.
You are a gentleman, Captain Kirk.
Thank you, ma'am.
You are no longer needed on Gideon.
I can take your place there.
Is that what you wanted ?
That is what I must do.
I am needed there now.
You're needed everywhere, Odona.
It is not like our ship.
Oh, yes, it is. It's exactly
the same. Only this one works.
It goes to many other planets ?
Yes, it goes to the whole galaxy,
with another difference--
this one is crowded.
It seems crowded to you ?
It does now.
Are you going to stay on the ship ?
Yes, Odona, I have to.
As crowded as my planet is,
I could wish for it
to hold one more person.
Kirk to transporter control. One
to beam down to the planet Gideon.
I will miss you,
Captain James Kirk.[Captain Kirk]
Captain's log : star date 5725.3.
The Enterprise
is en route to Memory Alpha.
It is a planetoid set up by the
Federation as a central library...
containing the total cultural history
and scientific knowledge...
of all planetary Federation members.
With us is specialist
Lieutenant Mira Romaine.
She is on board to supervise the
transfer of newly designed equipment...
directly from the Enterprise
to Memory Alpha.
You're the sanest,
the smartest,
the nicest woman that has
ever come aboard this ship.
Anything else?
Anything else, uh...
I'll keep to myself
for the moment.
[Kirk Continues] When a man
of Scotty's years falls in love,
the loneliness of his life
is suddenly revealed to him.
His whole heart once throbbed
only to the ship 's engines.
He could talk
only to the ship.
Now he can see
nothing but the woman.
I didn't think Mr. Scott
would go for the brainy type.
I don't think he's even
noticed she has a brain.
Mr. Scott.
- Mr. Scott.
- Hmm?
As soon as we're within
viewing range of Memory Alpha,
you and Lt. Romaine will go
to the emergency manual monitor.
You’ll prepare for direct
transfer of equipment.
- Aye, Captain.
- We're ready, sir.
Lieutenant, may I offer
my congratulations...
on your first assignment
for the Federation?
- Yes. Good luck, Lieutenant.
- Thank you.
[ Beeping ]
Captain, I'm picking up
a high-intensity reading.
- Is that Memory Alpha?
- No, sir.
Excuse me.
- Magnification eight.
- [Beeps]
What is that?
Indications are
a storm, Captain,
although I've never seen one of such
great intensity or strange confirmation.
Readings?
All sensor readings are at
maximum calibration.
Captain, it's approaching
at warp factor 2.6 and accelerating.
Check that. No natural phenomena can
move faster than the speed of light.
It is definitely doing so : therefore,
it cannot be a phenomenon of nature.
- Deflectors on. Condition yellow.
- Condition yellow, sir.
Shields activated, Captain.
Space, the final frontier.
These are