It has a high melting point. 8,000 degrees centigrade. It looks like igneous rock, but infinitely denser. This whole planet must be made up of this substance covered over by topsoil. Mr. Sulu, it might explain this place a little better if we knew what the substance is. It was D'Amato's field, but see what you can find. Yes, sir. Well, I guess a tomb of rocks is the best we can provide for D'Amato. It might be the most suitable memorial at that. [Machine Whirring] I wonder what killed him. I don't know... but something or... someone... did. We're holding warp 8.4, sir. If we can maintain it, our estimated time of arrival is 11 and 1/2 solar hours. 11.337 hours, Lieutenant. I wish you would be more precise. Scott to Bridge. Scott to Bridge. - [Beep] - Spock here. Mr. Spock, the ship feels wrong. "Feels," Mr. Scott? I know it doesn't make sense. Instrumentation reads correct, but the feel is wrong! It's something I can't put into words. That is obvious, Mr. Scott. Avoid emotionalism and simply keep your instruments correct. Spock out. It looks so lonely there. It would be worse if he had company. Doctor, how can you joke about it? I'm not joking. Until we know what killed him, none of us are safe. We've got to figure this out and devise a defense against it. Is it possible the rocks have life? You remember on Janus Six, the silicon creatures-- But our instruments recorded that. They registered as life-forms. Unless we're dealing with beings-- intelligent beings-- who can shield themselves. Intelligent enough to have destroyed the Enterprise? That's the problem, Sulu. We have only questions. No answers. Watkins, check the bypass valve on the matter/antimatter reaction chamber. Make sure it's not overheating. But, Mr. Scott, the board shows correct. I didn't ask you to check the board, lad. Yes, sir. Who are you? My name is not important. Yours is Watkins, John B., Engineer Grade 4. You know all about me. I've never seen you before. Show me this unit. I wish to learn. This is the matter/antimatter integrator control. - That's the cut off switch. - Not correct. That is the emergency overload bypass, which engages almost instantaneously. A wise precaution, considering it takes the antimatter longer to explode once the magnetic flow fails. I am for you, Mr. Watkins. Mr. Scott, there's a strange woman who knows the entire plan of the Enterprise. Aah! Oh, ya poor lad. Scott to Bridge. Scott to Bridge. Spock here. My assistant, Watkins, is dead. Do you know what he died of, Mr. Scott? I didn't see it happen, but his last words... were a warning cry about some strange woman. Security alert, all decks. Female intruder. Extremely dangerous. - [Alarm Blaring] - Security alert. All decks. - [Machine Whirring] - Conclusions. The basic substance of this planet is an alloy of diburnium-osmium. It couldn't have evolved naturally. Captain, it doesn't make sense. Nothing about this planet makes sense. Except for a momentary fluctuation on your instruments, this planet has no magnetic field. The apparent age of these rocks is only a few thousand years. No known process could evolve the plant life here in that short space of time. Are you suggesting this might be an artificial planet? But where are the people who made it? Why can't we see them? The planet might be hollow. They might be shielding themselves from our sensor probes. It's dark. Let's get some rest. Tomorrow we'll have to find some food and water or it's going to be a very unpleasant stay. - While it lasts. - I'll take first watch, sir. All right. Take D'Amato's tricorder. Set it for automatic distress. You never can tell. Aye, sir. [Beeping] Spock to Sick Bay. Have you completed the autopsy on Watkins, Doctor? Yes, we have, Mr. Spock. Was the cause of his death the same as that of the ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Перл Харбор на английском - текст Наваждение на английском - текст Звёздный путь: Фильм на английском - текст Бежин луг на английском - текст Мимино на английском |