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Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.

Its five-year mission:
to explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

to boldly go
where no man has gone before.

Captain's Log, Stardate 6063.4.

The Enterprise is tracing the origin
of a mysterious alien space probe.

It approached
the Federation homeworlds,

made a scan of Earth's system,
and then signaled outward into space.

Before it could be intercepted,
the probe self-destructed.

We are following a trail
of disrupted matter

left by the probe's highly advanced
propulsion system.

Thus far, the trail has not intercepted
any inhabited star systems.

- Status report, Mr. Spock.
- The trail is becoming fainter, Captain.

I recommend we reduce speed
to accommodate our sensors.

Reduce speed to warp factor 2,
Mr. Walking Bear.

Aye, sir. Warp factor 2.

Captain, sensors indicate a vessel
at extreme range.

Course projection, Mr. Arex?

It's coming in on the same course
as the probe, sir.

- Heading toward us, warp 3.
- No readings yet, Captain.

Possibly a second probe.

Or it could be the sender.

Lieutenant Uhura,
all stations to Yellow Alert.

Standard hailing on all frequencies.

- Identification, Mr. Spock?
- None as yet, sir.

But sensors now indicate
it is twice our size.

Vessel appears extremely unorthodox
in design.

And Starfleet lists no other
authorized vessels in this quadrant.

- Reduce to warp 1, Mr. Walking Bear.
- Warp 1, sir.

Lieutenant Arex, activate main screen,
extreme magnification.

Any contact, Lieutenant Uhura?

- No response, sir.
- Maintain hailing.

Approaching ship has
an immense energy field surrounding it.

Fascinating.

Readings indicate
the vessel is composed entirely

of crystalline ceramic.
I would almost say...

Captain, we're losing speed.
The helm doesn't answer.

We're going sublight.

Bridge to Engineering.
Mr. Scott, why are we losing speed?

Scott here, Captain.
All our engines are still at full thrust.

But it's just like we're ramming
into a wall of clay.

I don't know if the ship
can take the strain.

All engines stop.

All engines stopped, sir.

Give me a damage report
as soon as possible, Scotty.

I'm still checking,
but it's minimal so far, sir.

No structural damage or overheating.
I think we were lucky.

Bridge to Sickbay. Casualty report.

McCoy here. No serious injuries.

- What the devil's going on?
- Later, Bones.

We have been encased
in a globular force field, Captain.

The source is the approaching vessel.

But we hit at warp 1.
We should have been smashed.

It is a force globe, but one that
is flexible enough to absorb any force.

I cannot explain it.

Clearly, we cannot escape
by simply fleeing.

Sensors indicate
we are now being probed.

Captain, there it is.

Other vessel is slowing.

Walking Bear, full power, all shields.

Reverse engines
and get us away from that beam.

Evasive action
will not be effective, Captain.

The force globe limits our maneuvering.

Lock main phasers on that ship
and open fire.

- Spock, status on other ship.
- Still approaching, Captain.

Going sublight. It continues to probe us.

Its surrounding energy pattern
is now shifting.

Have you ever seen
anything like that, Spock?

I recognize it.

Kukulkan.

- Mr. Walking Bear, how...
- I was angered

because I believed
you had forgotten me.

But one in your midst knows my name.

You will be given one chance
to succeed where your ancestors failed.

Fail me again
and all of your kind shall perish.

Mr. Walking Bear, how do you know
who's aboard that ship?

Mr. Walking Bear, how do you know
who's aboard that ship?

I am a Comanche, Captain.

I've studied the histories
of many ancient Earth peoples,

especially my own.

That ship out there
bears a strong resemblance

to a god in Mayan
and Aztec legends, Kukulkan.

Captain, library computer confirms
that Ensign Walking Bear is correct.

The Mayas had a legend
of a winged serpent god

who came from the skies,
bringing knowledge.

Such legends were not uncommon
among Earth's peoples, Captain.

Then we could be dealing
with the basis of all those legends.

A space traveler
who visited Earth in primitive times.

Entirely possible.

But why would Kukulkan
want to destroy us?

You don't deserve it, yeoman,
but you're getting a few days' bed rest.

Mr. Walking Bear,
what do the legends say about...

Walking Bear.

Captain, Security reports that Mr. Scott
and Dr. McCoy have also disappeared.

What's he doing to my crew?

Captain.

Captain's Log, Stardate 6063.5.

First Officer Spock
in temporary command.

The Enterprise is the captive of
an alien life form calling itself Kukulkan.

Captain Kirk and three other officers
have vanished.

They most likely were transported
by Kukulkan to his ship.

We must be somewhere
inside that other ship.

And us without a single phaser
or communicator.

At least I've got my medical kit.
For all the good it is.

Mr. Walking Bear, do the legends say
what happened to Kukulkan?

No, sir. Only that he left
and promised one day to return.

Then that space probe that approached
Earth must have been his.

Listen.

We're being observed. Watched.

Is there any way
Spock could get through to us?

I don't think so, sir. Our sensors
couldn't penetrate this ship.

Now I will show you the seeds
that I have sown before.

Learn from them.
Find their purpose if you can.

Only then will I appear before you.

I've never seen anything so beautiful.

- Where did it come from?
- Let's find out.

Mr. Spock,
shouldn't we be trying to find out

what became of the Captain
and the others?

Lieutenant Uhura, you are supposed
to be monitoring the alien vessel.

Our first priority is
to free the Enterprise and ourselves.

Return to your duties.

They look like the obelisks
built by the ancient Egyptians.

With one difference, sir.
Look at these carvings.

That's not Egyptian.

This gateway.

I can't pin down
what culture it represents.

But it's still a clue.

This city is one gigantic riddle.
Keep alert.

- Now that we're here, what do we do?
- Opinion, Mr. Walking Bear.

Before he left, Kukulkan gave the Mayas
a remarkably accurate calendar.

He told them to build a city
according to its cycles.

On the date the city was finished,
Kukulkan was supposed to return.

The Mayas built their city and waited.
Kukulkan never appeared.

Kukulkan must have visited
several ancient peoples on Earth.

But each one used only parts
of his knowledge to build their cultures.

Does that mean they all tried
to build something like this?

Yes, sir. But they all failed.

If no one on Earth built this city
exactly right,

then that's why
Kukulkan never came back.

The entire city is our key.

Kukulkan said he would appear
only when we learned its purpose.

Then there has to be
some sort of signaling device here.

That's odd. I've never seen
a combination like this before.

That pyramid seems to be the center
of everything. I'm going up there.

The rest of you spread out and circle it.

Look, sir. Another tower.

And there's another tower down there.
There must be one at all four corners.

What's this?

Looks like there's a seam here.

I think the head can be turned.
Come on, lad. Give me a hand.

The sun. That's it.

Scotty, turn the head all the way around
and aim it up here.

Aye, sir.

Turn the other heads this way!

Bones, the serpent heads!

Turn them to face the pyramid!
I'm coming down.

This is the last one, sir.

The whole thing
is an energy amplification system.

This is Kukulkan's signaling device.

After scores of centuries,
my design has been fulfilled.

Behold me as I am.

Behold Kukulkan.

Where are your
weapons of destruction?

Use them on me if you dare.

We have no weapons.

And if we did,
we would use them only with reason.

Where is your hate?
You hate me, do you not?

Why do you not speak to me
of your hate?

But we don't hate you.

You fired your weapons at me.

We used them in self-defense.
You fired on us.

I am your master.

I may do with you as I will.

- Do you think we belong to you?
- Bones, Scotty, quiet.

It is as I thought.

You have forgotten me
and strayed from the path I set for you.

You say that we forgot you.

How can you expect us to regard you
as a deity if we don't remember you?

If you do not know me,
then it is my task to teach you.

Just once, I wish
he'd let us use the stairs.

What the devil is this place?

It looks like some kind of zoo.

I don't recognize
a lot of these species, Jim.

Please feel free to examine
any of my specimens.

I could never be proud
of putting wee beasties in cages.

But all of these lead a peaceful life,
one that is safe and contented.

Contented?
Cramped in these tiny cages?

What you cannot see

is that each of them, mentally,
is in its own natural environment.

They eat, breathe, and live

in worlds created by my machinery,

worlds only they can see.

They do not know they are in cages.

Then that city we were in
wasn't really there.

Even so, I would hardly call your city
our natural environment.

It was meant to be.

That city and all else
I taught to your ancestors.

But they became evil.

But no one being, not even you,

has the right to interfere
with other cultures.

I have been alone all my life.

Destruction fell on my race
before your kind had discovered fire.

Creatures like these
have been my only companions.

I have seen you on many worlds,

savage, war-like, filled with self-hate,

destroying yourselves in the end.

At last, I decided to help.

As an experiment, I visited your Earth

and tried to teach peaceful ways.

I left, intending to return
when I was summoned.

But you never sent for me.
Finally, I sent a probe.

And what did I find? Warriors.

But we work only to create peace.

Nothing you have done so far
makes me believe that is true.

My creatures here
have little intelligence.

They alone live peacefully
in the worlds I have to give.

Even this creature,

one of the fiercest
and most untamable ever created,

lives in peace in the world
that I create for him.

Good heavens.
This is a Capellan power-cat.

No one's ever been able
to keep one alive.

- Why, Bones?
- They hate captivity.

You try to put more
than one hand on them

and they throw off
a charge of 2,000 volts.

How did you ever capture it?

It was an infant and easily controlled,
as you were when I visited Earth.

You still are children to me,

to be led and shown how to live.

But if children are made
totally dependent on their teachers,

they will never be anything but children.

Enough! This is useless.

Despite what I have shown you,

you still cling to your disobedient ways.

My dream is ending,
and all of you are to blame.

Of course.

The elasticity of the force field

can respond in only one direction
at a time.

All hands to battle stations.

Full impulse power, helmsman.
Tractor beam on, full power.

Warp engines on standby.

Mr. Arex, prepare to compensate
for warp catapult effect.

When we break free, we will be thrown

approximately 5.698 light-years.

Compensation factors laid in, sir.

But how are you going to break free?

The force globe is flexible
in only one direction per unit of time.

We shall both push
and pull on it simultaneously.

It should become rigid enough
for a burst of warp power to shatter it.

Force field contact
in three seconds, sir.

Full warp power on my order. Now.

Reverse engines and come about.

Lay in spiral evasive course
for Kukulkan's ship.

Something is wrong.

Escaped? But how?

I will smash it this time.

Jim, the Enterprise broke free.

Then we've got to distract him
and give Spock some time.

Bones, what would happen if we pulled
the cables on some of these cages?

Most of the animals would just lay there.

- Jim! The Capellan power-cat!
- Come on, Bones.

No! Stop!

Irrational savages.
See what you have done.

Kukulkan, can't you control
one of your own creatures?

I cannot. Your ship has disabled
my central power source.

Jim, if that's true, we're all in trouble.

- Jim, do something.
- Quick, your hypo.

Full tranquilizer setting.

Did you inject that beast or yourself?

I'm fine, Bones.

The cat's last power jolt clipped me.

It's just like a big kitten.

What's this?

My, aren't you the friendly little darling.

Kukulkan, I think we've earned
the right to be heard.

You continue to take advantage of me.

But, I agree. Speak.

You think of us as being small creatures
like this one.

- Are we really that inferior to you?
- No.

But the violence of your kind

surpasses even that of the power-cat.

We'd be fools if we didn't know that.

But we also have been using our minds

and trying to learn to live in peace.

Because we have minds,
we can't be what you wanted us to be.

If we fail or succeed,
it has to be our own doing.

Intelligent life is too precious a thing
to be led by the nose.

But you are my children.

I hoped I could teach you, help you.

You did, long ago,
when it was needed most.

Our people were children then.

Kukulkan, we've grown up now.

We don't need you anymore.

I will let you go your own way.

I have already done what I can.

Interesting, Captain.

The creature was the Mayan god
from the ancient legends.

And the Toltecs' Quetzalcoatl,
the Chinese dragon, and all the rest.

But not quite a god.

Just an old, lonely being
who wanted to help others.

Spock, I wouldn't suppose
that Vulcan has legends like those?

Not legends, Doctor. Fact.

Vulcan was visited by alien beings.

They left much wiser.

The other ship is getting underway, sir.

Heading away from Earth.

It's sad.

Think what we could have done
with his knowledge.

But the price was just too high.

I think I know how he felt, Jim.

There's a line from Shakespeare.

Yes, Bones. I remember it.

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!"

Indeed, Captain.

Lay in a course for Starbase 21.
All ahead, warp 2.