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THE FINAL FRONTIER. Kirk: SPACE:

OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. THESE ARE THE VOYAGES

TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS, ITS FIVE-YEAR MISSION:

AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS, TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE

WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE. TO BOLDLY GO

Spock: FIRST OFFICER'S LOG, STARDATE 4187.3.

THE ENTERPRISE SHUTTLECRAFT COPERNICUS IS EN ROUTE TO STARBASE 25

WITH AN IMPORTANT CARGO--

A SLAVER STASIS BOX

DISCOVERED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS ON THE PLANET KZIN.

THE MOST REMARKABLE THING THESE STASIS BOXES ARE

THE SLAVERS EVER PRODUCED.

INSIDE A STASIS BOX. TIME STANDS STILL

A BILLION YEARS MEANS NOTHING IN THERE.

WHAT IS IT, LIEUTENANT?

I'VE STUDIED THE HISTORY OF THE SLAVER EMPIRE,

BUT IT'S SKETCHY.

WE KNOW THEY WERE MASTERS

OF ALL THE INTELLIGENT BEINGS IN THIS GALAXY

A BILLION YEARS AGO,

UNTIL ONE RACE REVOLTED.

OF INFORMATION WE HAVE? ARE THE STASIS BOXES THE ONLY SOURCE

AND ALL THEIR SUBJECTS Spock: THE SLAVERS WERE EXTERMINATED

IN THE WAR THAT FOLLOWED.

INTELLIGENT LIFE HAD TO EVOLVE ALL OVER AGAIN.

OF THOSE LOST CIVILIZATIONS. THE STASIS BOXES ARE THE ONLY REMNANT

WHY IS IT GLOWING LIKE THAT?

WHAT IS OUR POSITION? MR. SULU!

PASSING BETA LYRAE, SIR.

142 DEGREES NORTH-EAST OF GALACTIC PLANE.

MOST PECULIAR.

THIS INDICATES THERE IS ANOTHER STASIS BOX

CIRCLING BETA LYRAE.

ANOTHER ONE?

IT WOULD BE MOST ILLOGICAL

THAT A STASIS BOX WOULD REMAIN HERE

UNDISCOVERED FOR SO LONG.

ONE OF THE RARE SPECTACLES OF THE GALAXY. BETA LYRAE IS

THAT PASSES STOPS TO SEE IT. ALMOST EVERY SHIP

A STASIS BOX DETECTOR. MAYBE NO ONE ELSE WAS CARRYING

POSSIBLE.

DETECTOR IS ANOTHER STASIS BOX. THE ONLY KNOWN STASIS BOX

STILL...

MR. SULU. YES, SIR?

THE BETA LYRAE SYSTEM. WE'LL INVESTIGATE BRING US ABOUT.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

Spock: STASIS BOXES AND THEIR CONTENTS

ARE THE ONLY REMNANT OF A SPECIES

WHICH RULED MOST OF THIS GALAXY A BILLION YEARS AGO.

THEIR EFFECT ON SCIENCE HAS BEEN INCALCULABLE.

IN ONE WAS FOUND A FLYING BELT

WHICH WAS THE KEY TO THE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY FIELD

USED BY STARSHIPS.

ANOTHER BOX CONTAINED WITH THE PIN PULLED. A DISRUPTER BOMB

AS A RESULT, ALL STASIS BOXES

ARE NOW UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF STARFLEET,

KEY SPECIALISTS HANDLE THEM. AND ONLY CERTAIN

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS, THE BOXES ARE RARE,

AND WE SEEM TO HAVE FOUND A SECOND ONE.

THESE LITTLE ICE-BOUND WORLDS. I NEVER DID LIKE

TOURISTS HERE, LIEUTENANT. Spock: WE ARE NOT

TO FIND ANOTHER STASIS BOX, IF IT TAKES A STASIS BOX MR. SPOCK,

EVER FIND THE FIRST ONE? HOW DID ANYONE

AS WITH A NUMBER OF DISCOVERIES,

PURELY BY ACCIDENT, LIEUTENANT.

TO BE ALMOST UNDER US, THE OTHER BOX SEEMS

PERHAPS 30 METERS BELOW THE ICE.

WE WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE DIGGING FOR IT.

IN THIS LOW PRESSURE, THE ICE SHOULD BOIL

AS SOON AS THE PHASERS MELT IT.

[THUDDING]

Spock: I MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS EVENT.

INSTEAD OF BEING WARNED BY THE HIGHLY UNLIKELY COINCIDENCE

OF A SECOND STASIS BOX,

I ALLOWED ITS POSSIBLE VALUE TO INFLUENCE MY JUDGMENT.

THE KZINTI NOW POSSESS OUR STASIS BOX.

ITS CONTENTS WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH DAMAGE

THE FEDERATION AND ITS PEOPLE. MY ERROR HAS DONE

[SIGHS] WHERE ARE WE?

A KZINTI SPACECRAFT.

THAT ISN'T GOOD.

TO HAVE PHASERS, ARE THEY? KZINTI AREN'T SUPPOSED

Spock: THE TREATY OF SIRIUS

DOES NOT PERMIT THEM ANY WEAPONS AT ALL,

BEYOND POLICE VESSELS.

THE TREATY HAS BEEN BROKEN. OBVIOUSLY,

A POLICE WEB.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE UNLESS WE CAN TURN IT OFF SOMEHOW.

THE LEAN, BEDRAGGLED ONE IS A READER OF MINDS.

ALL KZINTI TELEPATHS Uhura: I'VE HEARD [GRUNTS]

ARE UNHAPPY NEUROTICS.

HE FITS THE DESCRIPTION.

THERE IS NO SURE WAY TO GUARD OUR THOUGHTS FROM HIM.

MR. SULU, HE IS NOT LIKELY TO DEAL WITH ME

OR LIEUTENANT UHURA.

SHE AND I ARE INFERIOR BEINGS TO THEM.

ARE MEAT EATERS. BUT THE KZINTI

READING YOUR MIND, IF YOU SENSE HIM

THINK OF EATING A RAW VEGETABLE.

INTO REVEALING THEIR PURPOSE. MAYBE I CAN GOAD THEM YES, SIR.

THIS MAY BE CRUCIAL. LIEUTENANT UHURA.

IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KZINTI,

DO NOT SAY ANYTHING,

DO NOT DO ANYTHING STARTLING.

TRY TO LOOK HARMLESS.

ANY SPECIAL REASON?

ARE YOU FORGETTING KZINTI FEMALES ARE DUMB ANIMALS?

THE KZINTI MAY FORGET IN AN EMERGENCY

AN INTELLIGENT CREATURE. A HUMAN FEMALE IS

THANKS. THANKS A LOT.

I VALUE YOUR INTELLIGENCE, LIEUTENANT,

TO SEIZE AN OPPORTUNITY BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ESCAPE

IF THE KZINTI BELIEVE YOU HAVE NONE.

Uhura: YES, SIR. IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

OF THE STARFLEET VESSEL LIEUTENANT SULU ENTERPRISE.

THIS IS FIRST OFFICER SPOCK.

YOU'RE A VULCAN.

I FEEL NO PRESSING NEED TO TALK TO AN EATER OF ROOTS AND LEAVES.

HUMANS AT LEAST ARE OMNIVOROUS.

I AM CHUFT CAPTAIN.

ABOARD THE PRIVATEER YOU ARE PRISONERS TRAITOR'S CLAW,

A STOLEN POLICE VESSEL.

STEALING MUST BE A HABIT WITH YOU.

THIS SHIP, TWO STASIS BOXES.

KZINTI ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND BOTH BOXES,

BUT THE ONE WE MANAGED TO KEEP WAS EMPTY.

IT SERVED US WELL AS BAIT TO DRAW YOU HERE,

THAT COULD DEVASTATE A GALAXY. BUT THE SLAVERS HAD WEAPONS

THERE COULD BE ONE IN THAT BOX.

FOUR WARS WITH HUMANKIND AND LOST ALL OF THEM. THE KZINTI FOUGHT

THE LAST ONE WAS 200 YEARS AGO,

LEARNED A THING SINCE. AND YOU HAVEN'T

GUARD YOUR SPEECH.

YET TASTED HUMAN MEAT NONE OF MY CREW HAS

AS OUR ANCESTORS DID.

WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALWAYS YOU HAVE HAD SUPERIOR EQUIPMENT.

THAT WILL DEFEAT YOU AT LAST. WE SEEK A WEAPON

THEN YOU'RE REALLY WORKING FOR THE KZINTI GOVERNMENT.

[GROANS]

THE RECORDS WILL SHOW THE TRAITOR'S CLAW

IS A STOLEN POLICE SHIP.

IF WE ARE CAPTURED, THE HIGHEST OF KZIN WILL REPUDIATE US.

YOU ARE MEAT FOR OUR TABLES. BUT IF WE SUCCEED,

A PICTURE OF A SLAVER? Sulu: COULD THAT BE

THE FIRST EVER DISCOVERED. Spock: IF SO, IT IS

HISTORICAL FIND. AN IMPORTANT

Uhura: IT LOOKS LIKE FRESH MEAT.

IN THAT BOX, AND IT LOOKS FRESH. OVER A BILLION YEARS

AH!

HAS EVER BEEN FOUND. NOTHING LIKE THIS

WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE IT.

LOOK AT IT, HUMAN.

THIS WEAPON MAY WELL MEAN THE END OF MANKIND.

Spock: FIRST OFFICER'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL.

THE KZINTI NOW POSSESS A WEAPON

TO THE ENTIRE GALAXY. POTENTIALLY DEADLY

THE EXTENT OF ITS POWER REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

MOVED TO THE SURFACE HAVE THE HUMANS

AND BE SURE THEY ARE SECURED IN THE POLICE WEB.

TO TEST THE WEAPON. WE WILL USE THEM

YES, CHUFT CAPTAIN.

YOU HAVE OBSERVED THE ALIENS.

CAN YOU READ THEIR MINDS?

WITH DIFFICULTY, CHUFT CAPTAIN. I CAN READ SULU,

IS ONLY A FEMALE. THE OTHER HUMAN

A PACIFISTIC HERBIVORE. THE THIRD IS

SURELY YOU WOULD NOT FORCE ME TO DELVE SUCH MINDS?

IF IT IS NECESSARY.

I REALIZE THE TIME YOU NEED TO RECOVER FROM EACH EFFORT.

Kzinti: CHUFT CAPTAIN, WE HAVE FINISHED TESTING THE MEAT

THAT WAS IN THE STASIS BOX.

IT IS PROTOPLASMIC AND POISONOUS.

Captain: WHAT OF THE PICTURE?

BELIEVES IT TO BE A SLAVER. THE HUMAN, SULU,

SO DO I.

IT WOULD HAVE MADE A WORTHY ENEMY.

PERHAPS THE TOGGLE.

[STATIC BUZZING]

[GRUNTING]

AFFECTING HIM AT ALL? TELEPATH! AM I NOT

IS IT THE LIFE SUPPORT BELT INTERFERING?

NO, CHUFT CAPTAIN.

BUT HE FEELS NO ILL EFFECTS. HE HEARS A FAINT WHINE,

IN THE METAL OF HIS BELT. THERE IS A VIBRATION

HE IS TOO ALIEN. CHUFT CAPTAIN,

HE MAKES ME TASTE YELLOW ROOT MUNCHED BETWEEN FLAT TEETH.

BE GLAD IF YOU NEED NOT READ THE VULCAN'S MIND.

[GRUNTS]

A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, IT MAY BE

MEMBERS OF A RACE NOW DEAD. OR A SONIC STUNNER DESIGNED TO AFFECT

A GOOD SERVICEABLE TELESCOPE.

THEY BUILT WELL, THESE SLAVERS.

IT IS OF NO USE TO US.

SMALL TELESCOPES. WE ALREADY HAVE

I GIVE YOU CREDIT, HUMAN.

YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO DIE.

MERELY A LASER.

THE FEDERATION HAS HAD A MORE EFFECTIVE MODEL

FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

[GROANS]

TELEPATH'S SUIT IS RUPTURED!

THE FEMALE IS ESCAPING! NEVER MIND THAT.

Kzinti: WHAT OF IT?

FOOL! HUMAN FEMALES ARE INTELLIGENT.

CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE. TELEPATH'S SUIT LOST

WE REACHED THE SHIP IN TIME TO SAVE HIM.

GOOD. WE WILL NEED HIM LATER.

WHAT IS THIS?

A PERSONAL ROCKET MOTOR. PERHAPS

ONE COULD PLACE ONE'S FOOT ON THE PEDALS AND BALANCE.

TRANSPORTATION, NOT A WEAPON. IT APPEARS TO BE

NICE TRY.

I'M SLOWING DOWN.

I USED TO RUN THE 100 IN RECORD TIME.

HOW LONG WAS I OUT? DID I MISS MUCH?

NOT MUCH.

A LOT OF GOOD THEY'LL GET [CHUCKLES]

OUT OF THAT ROCKET SETTING.

NONE OF THE SETTINGS SO FAR HAVE BEEN SUPERIOR WE ARE FORTUNATE

NOW AVAILABLE TO THE FEDERATION. TO THE TECHNOLOGY

Uhura: UH-OH!

NO OBVIOUS WAY TO AIM IT. NO GUN SIGHT.

[ELECTRONIC BUZZING]

MR. SPOCK. I CAN MOVE.

THE POLICE WEB IS OFF. SO CAN I.

THE FIFTH SETTING SEEMS TO BE AN ENERGY ABSORBER.

FASCINATING.

THE SLAVERS HAD SUCH THINGS. I HAD NO IDEA

MR. SPOCK, WE... Spock: YES.

WHEN I GIVE THE WORD, MAKE FOR THE SHUTTLE.

REMEMBER TO ZIGZAG.

READY? GO.

CHUFT CAPTAIN, WHAT HAPPENED?

I WOULD RATHER NOT DISCUSS IT.

HELP ME INTO THE SHIP.

MR. SPOCK!

ONE OF THE ALIENS. I THOUGHT IT WAS

I HAVE THE WEAPON.

AND SUBSPACE RADIO. THEY'VE GOT UHURA

THEY CAN CALL FOR HELP FROM THE KZIN PLANET

THE WEAPON'S WORTH IT. IF THEY THINK

NO, THEY CANNOT.

OR RATHER, WILL NOT. Sulu: WHY?

BECAUSE I KICKED CHUFT CAPTAIN.

CONSIDER.

CHUFT CAPTAIN HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY AN HERBIVOROUS PACIFIST,

AN EATER OF LEAVES AND ROOTS,

ONE WHO TRADITIONALLY DOES NOT FIGHT.

AND THE ULTIMATE INSULT,

I LEFT HIM ALIVE.

CHUFT CAPTAIN'S HONOR IS AT STAKE.

HE MUST SEEK PERSONAL REVENGE BEFORE HE CAN CALL FOR HELP.

THAT GIVES US SOME TIME.

YOU DID PLAN IT THAT WAY?

OF COURSE.

AS LONG AS YOU STAY FREE,

OR WON'T DO ANYTHING. THE KZINTI CAN'T

LIEUTENANT UHURA AS A BRIBE. BUT THEY COULD USE

HOWEVER, TO THIS POINT, AGREED,

ANYTHING MORE POWERFUL WE HAVE NOT SEEN

STARFLEET ALREADY HAS. THAN EQUIPMENT

YES.

BUT I HAVE A FEELING, MR. SPOCK.

THIS WEAPON MUST HAVE BELONGED TO A SPY,

AN ESPIONAGE AGENT.

I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR EXPERTISE

IN THE FIELD OF WEAPONS, MR. SULU,

BUT I DO NOT SEE HOW YOU CAN DETERMINE PROBABLE OWNERSHIP.

WELL, HERE, LOOK AT IT.

ALL THESE SETTINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW A COMMON SLAVER SOLDIER COULDN'T HANDLE THEM,

ONLY THE LASER IS EFFECTIVE. BUT AS A WEAPON,

THE OTHERS AREN'T NECESSARY FOR THE LINE SOLDIER'S ONE PURPOSE,

TO DESTROY THE ENEMY.

A SPY WEAPON THEN, ASSUMING IT'S

THE SLAVERS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KEEP IT A SECRET WEAPON.

A SELF-DESTRUCT SETTING, TOO. IF SO, IT IS LOGICAL TO ASSUME IT HAS

BUT WE'VE SEEN ALL THE PHASES.

PERHAPS NOT.

THERE IS THE NULL SETTING.

IT SEEMS TO DO NOTHING.

BUT WHY SHOULD IT BE THERE?

IT DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A SAFETY LOCK.

TO ANOTHER SETTING. IT MAY BE THE KEY

[RUMBLING]

THIS IS THE TRAITOR'S CLAW CALLING MR. SULU.

WE HAVE THE FEMALE PRISONER.

OR MUST WE TAKE HARSH ACTION? WILL YOU BARGAIN,

IT WILL NOT BE PLEASANT FOR HER.

THE FEMALE PRISONER AS HOSTAGE. Captain: I REPEAT. WE HAVE

YOU HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT.

WE WILL TRADE HER LIFE FOR THE SLAVER WEAPON.

ANSWER HIM, LIEUTENANT.

LIEUTENANT SULU HERE.

WHAT ABOUT MR. SPOCK?

Captain: HE MUST SURRENDER.

I WILL OFFER HIM SINGLE COMBAT.

NOT INTERESTED.

I AM AS THE VULCAN LEFT ME,

WITH TWO RIBS BROKEN.

I HAVE NOT SET THEM NOR BANDAGED MYSELF.

HE MAY CONCEIVABLY KILL ME.

SOME VERTICAL BRACING. KZINTI RIBS HAVE

BUT I KICKED HIM OVER ONE HEART.

OF MY DEFEATING CHUFT CAPTAIN I COMPUTE THE ODDS IN COMBAT

AT 16-TO-1 AGAINST.

OFFER REFUSED.

THEY THINK VERY LITTLE OF YOU.

WRONG. THEY DON'T THINK MUCH OF YOU.

[GRUNTING]

WOULD NOT HAVE A GUN SIGHT. A SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM

WHAT THIS DOES DO. NO. LET'S SEE

WE CAN'T GIVE THEM THAT!

FASCINATING.

NO WORLD IN THE FEDERATION HAS PRODUCED ANYTHING SO POWERFUL.

THEORETICAL LIMITS. ALMOST BEYOND

OF MATTER TO ENERGY TOTAL CONVERSION

AT A DISTANCE.

IF THE KZINTI HAD THAT,

THE WHOLE GALAXY WOULD BE THEIR DINNER TABLE.

HIT THE DIRT!

WHAT WOULD THIS BE?

IT IS GENERATING POWER. I HAVE NO IDEA.

THERE IS A GRID.

COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. IT MAY BE ANOTHER

BUT THAT SEEMS REDUNDANT.

[BEEPING]

IT HAS THE KZINTI FRIGHTENED.

WEAPONS HAUNTED BY THEIR OWNERS. THE KZINTI HAVE LEGENDS OF

A VOICE-ACTIVATED MECHANISM? COULD IT BE

NO. IT APPEARS TO BE CONVERSING WITH THEM.

A REASONING COMPUTER THAT SMALL?

SINCE YOU WERE TURNED OFF? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN

I DO NOT KNOW.

WHEN I AM OFF,

I HAVE NO SENSE OF PASSING TIME.

WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU REMEMBER?

WE WERE ON A MISSION.

I MAY NOT TELL YOU OF IT

CERTAIN CODE WORDS. UNLESS YOU KNOW

THE POSITIONS OF THE STARS IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE IN YOUR SECTOR,

WE WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED SINCE THEN.

WITHOUT CERTAIN CODE WORDS,

I MAY NOT DESCRIBE OUR LOCATION.

A TOTAL CONVERSION BEAM. ONE OF THE SETTINGS ON THIS WEAPON WAS

TELL US HOW TO FIND IT. WE SAW IT.

TWIST MY WIDDERSHINS

THE NULL POSITION. UNTIL YOU REACH

THEN...

THEY'VE GOT IT.

THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

MOST PECULIAR.

CONVERSION BEAM SETTING. THAT WAS NOT THE TOTAL

THIS FORM SEEMS TO POSSESS LIKE OTHERS, NO GUN SIGHT.

FOR USE ONLY FROM ORBIT. A BROAD-BEAM WEAPON, Kzinti: IT MAY BE

AT A VERY DISTANT TARGET. I SUGGEST YOU FIRE WE SAW ITS POWER.

VERY WELL.

WE CAN'T LET THEM HAVE THAT WEAPON.

TO GET IT, LIEUTENANT. THEY ARE NOT ABOUT

WHY NOT?

A SLAVER WAR COMPUTER. ASSUME YOU ARE

YOU'VE BEEN TURNED OFF.

YOU DO NOT KNOW FOR HOW LONG,

BUT WHEN YOU WERE TURNED OFF,

THERE WAS A WAR ON.

YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE. AWAKENED BY ALIENS NOW YOU ARE

ANY OF THE MILITARY PASSWORDS. THEY DO NOT KNOW

SO MANY QUESTIONS THEY ASK YOU

THEY KNOW LITTLE ABOUT YOU. IT IS OBVIOUS

YOUR OWNER IS NOWHERE ABOUT.

WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY. I'D THINK I'D BEEN

OR AN ENEMY, AT LEAST.

AND WHEN THEY ASKED YOU

HOW TO FIND YOUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON SETTING,

WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE THEM?

ACTIVATE LIFE SUPPORT BELTS.

A DISRUPTER FIELD.

ANOTHER CONVENTIONAL WEAPON. YES.

THE TOTAL CONVERSION BEAM IT APPEARS

WAS THE ONLY THING THE SLAVERS HAD THAT WE DO NOT.

Sulu: NO SIGN OF THE WEAPON, OF COURSE.

IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED NICE IN SOME MUSEUM.

IT NEVER WOULD HAVE REACHED THE MUSEUM, LIEUTENANT.

THERE WAS TOO MUCH POWER IN THAT ONE SETTING.

OR SOME OTHER SPECIES IF NOT THE KZINTI, THE KLINGONS

WOULD HAVE TRIED TO POSSESS IT.

SOMETIMES BREAKS THROUGH STRANGE, HOW THE PAST

INTO THE PRESENT.

THAT ANCIENT WAR COULD HAVE SPARKED A NEW WAR

BETWEEN MAN AND KZINTI.

DIDN'T YOU SAY THE KZINTI HAVE LEGENDS OF WEAPONS

HAUNTED BY THEIR DEAD OWNERS?

YES, AN ANCIENT SUPERSTITION.

Uhura: [LAUGHS] AT THIS RATE,

THOSE OLD SUPERSTITIONS. THEY'LL NEVER GET OVER

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