All language subtitles for Star.trek.TOS.s01e29.Operation-Annihilate

- Anything, Lieutenant?
- No, sir.

l tried every transmitting station. None
have acknowledged my contact signal.

Try GSK-783, sub-space frequency 3.

But that's a call sign
for a private transmitter.

l'm very well aware of that, Lieutenant.
Try it.

- Evaluation, Mr Spock.
- As l speculated.

The overall pattern of mass insanity
destroying civilisations

follows an almost straight line through
this section of the galaxy.

Over here the ancient civilisations.

Archaeologists gave us information
indicating they were the beginning.

200 years ago,
Levinius V was swept by mass insanity.

Then Theta Cygni Xll. The last was
lngraham B two years ago.

And next in line, Deneva. Bones, what's
your theory about the cause of all this?

There is no scientific cause
for what happened on those planets.

But it follows a pattern, a systematic
progression from planet to planet.

Captain, we're picking up a ship on our
sensors, heading into the Denevan sun.

- He'll burn up.
- Plot an interception course.

Warp factor 8. Lieutenant Uhura,
try to contact that ship.

The ship is a one-man vessel
of Denevan configuration.

He is not out of control.
His course is straight for the sun.

- Scotty, tractor beams?
- Out of range, sir.

Making contact, Captain.

Denevan ship,
this is the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Can you reverse your course?
Acknowledge.

- We'll get too close to the sun.
- Keep closing.

Denevan ship, reverse your course.

Do you hear me? Reverse your course.
Acknowledge.

Outer hull temperature now 480 degrees
and rising.

- He's too close.
- So are we.

Hull temperature 1 ,000 degrees and
rising. Sun's gravimetric pull increasing.

l did it. lt's finally gone. l'm free.

He burned up, Captain.

- Reverse course. 1 80 degrees about.
- Aye, sir.

All clear. Hull temperature falling.

Gravimetric pull
approaching tolerance level.

Very well. Reduce to sub-warp speed.

- Take us to Deneva.
- Aye, aye, sir.

That Denevan ship headed
deliberately into the sun. Why?

There's one possibility. Mass insanity
may have reached this planet, too.

l'm having difficulty on that
transmitter call to Deneva.

- Keep trying.
- Yes, sir.

Jim, your brother Sam and his family,
aren't they stationed on this planet?

Space - the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.

lts five-year mission,
to explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilisations,

to boldly go
where no man has gone before.

Captain's log, stardate 3287.2.

The mass insanity we have tracked
across this section of the galaxy

seems to have already
touched Deneva.

The planet, colonised a century ago, is
among the most beautiful in the galaxy.

Planet development is normal.

Originally colonised as
a freighting-line base in this area.

Their regular trips carry supplies
to the asteroid belt

and bring cargo out.

l've made the run
a few times as an engineering advisor.

No Federation contacts for over a year.

Captain. l've made contact
with your private transmitter.

Put it on audio.

Please hurry. Help us. l don't have
much time. They'll know. Please...

Aurelan, this is Jim on the Enterprise.
Repeat your message.

- Contact broken, sir.
- Re-establish.

- Sorry, sir.
- l'm not interested in excuses.

Re-establish contact
with that transmitter.

l'm afraid that's impossible, Captain.
They stopped broadcasting.

They do not acknowledge
my contact signal.

- Keep trying to raise them.
- Yes, sir.

Jim, did you know who that woman was?

Yes. You were right a while back.

My brother Sam lives on Deneva.
He's a research biologist.

That woman sounded like his wife,
Aurelan.

Set your phasers on stun. We're going
to beam into the capital city. Alert status.

Mr Spock.

Lt Uhura has had no further response
to our signals.

Sensors report the expected number
of humans on the planet.

However, they are strangely quiet.
Very little activity.

l want a transcript of everything
that happens down there. Let's go.

Energise.

There are almost
a million inhabitants of Deneva.

There are more than 1 00,000 in this city.
Where is everyone?

They're here. ln the buildings.
Strangely quiescent.

My brother's lab is over there.
They signalled us once.

There should be someone there.
Let's find out what's happening.

Captain, several people approaching.

Get away! We don't want to hurt you!
Get out of here! Go back!

- Get out of here, please!
- Run! Get away!

- Go on!
- We don't want to kill you!

Stand by to fire. Fire.

- Did you hear what they said?
- They were concerned for our safety.

They tried to brain us with these clubs.
Check them out, Bones.

Their attitude was inconsistent
with their actions.

- To say the least.
- There's something wrong, Jim.

Their nervous systems.

Unconscious, there should be
just routine autonomic activity.

But l'm getting a very high reading, as
though they're being violently stimulated.

Fan out. Follow me.

Security.

They're here!

Please, keep them away!

- Aurelan...
- They're here!

Bones.

Aurelan, you're safe now.

ls this your brother, Jim?

Sam.

lt is my brother. Was my brother.

l'm sorry, Jim.

The boy's unconscious,
but he's still alive.

Peter?

l'll get the boy and his mother
back to the ship, Jim.

l can't do much for them down here.

Get ready to beam up.

McCoy to Enterprise,
prepare to beam up party of four.

- Captain, l understand how...
- Yes, Mr Spock.

You heard Aurelan say something about
''they'' being here. Your guess.

Notice the ventilator. They were
trying to keep something from getting in.

- But they did not succeed.
- lt doesn't make sense.

There are no harmful life forms reported.
Our sensors didn't pick anything up.

That is correct.
l am at a loss to understand it.

Ready to beam up, Captain.

l'd like you to be on board when your
sister-in-law regains consciousness.

Take charge of the landing party, Spock.
l want some answers to this all this.

l won't be able to give you the cause
until l get the plates from the lab.

They're both in extreme pain.
l sedated them heavily.

Your sister-in-law has a high tolerance.

The tranquilliser
hasn't affected her much.

- Can she talk?
- Yes.

Aurelan? Aurelan, it's Jim.

Jim?

- Sam, he's...
- He's dead.

But your son's still alive.

You've got to help us.

You are here.

lt is you, Jim.

Yes, l'm here.

You have to tell us what happened,
Aurelan, to you and the others.

- They came...eight months ago.
- Who?

Things. Horrible things!

Visitors brought them in their vessel
from a planet - lngraham B.

What kind of things?

Not the ship's crew's fault.

The things made them
bring their ship here.

Aurelan, it's important that you tell us.
What kind of things?

Not their fault.

When she answers questions, it's as if
she's fighting to get the answers out.

As though something
is exerting pain to stop her.

They use it to control us.
They're spreading, Jim.

They need us to be their arms and legs.

They're forcing us
to build ships for them.

Don't let them!

Don't let them go any further!

My brother's son...

l'll do everything l can, Jim, to save him.

- Report.
- The streets are quiet.

We've seen no other Denevans.

The ones we stunned earlier
were gone when we came out.

You've seen some kind of creature?
Any alien form?

None, sir. Just that noise we heard.

A peculiar buzzing sound.
We were about to investigate it.

All right. Let's go find out what it is.
Set your phasers on force 3, to kill.

We're looking for some kind of creature
and we already know it will kill.

Spock!

Form a ring.

Fire!

lncredible. Not only should it have been
destroyed by our phasers,

it does not register on my tricorder.

Captain, it doesn't even look real.

lt is not life as we know or understand it.

Yet it is obviously alive. lt exists.

And it can bear up
under full phaser power.

- l suggest we risk taking it aboard.
- lt may be a trap. Let's move out.

Spock. Spock!

lt's gone. Can you stand?

Spock, are you all right?

Captain's log, supplemental.

The creatures have apparently taken
over all the inhabitants of Deneva.

Meanwhile, Dr McCoy is examining
a strange puncture wound

left by one of the creatures
on Mr Spock's back.

Nurse. That's the second time
he's come out of it.

Either he's fighting us or something
inside of him is fighting us.

Doctor, the readings have never looked
like that before, not even on Mr Spock.

Let's prepare to close.

Nurse!

- That's not all you're going to do?
- Miss Chapel.

Doctor, there's more of it
entwined in him.

lf you cannot assist me as required,
call another nurse in here.

But do one or the other now.

How is he?

To be frank, l don't know l can do
anything for Spock or your nephew.

Pieces of some form of living tissue.

l removed one from Spock's spinal cord,

the other from your sister-in-law's body.
They're the same.

The boy's too weak to touch.

The removal of the tissue wouldn't stop
the pain as far as l can tell.

- Did you operate on Spock in time?
- No. l removed these for examination.

His body's full of these tentacles,
growing about his nervous system.

- My nephew?
- The same.

Evidently, when the creature attacks,
it leaves a stinger, like a bee or wasp,

leaving one of these in the victim's body.

lt takes over the victim very rapidly.

The entwining is far, far too involved
for conventional surgery to remove.

Recommendations?

l'm sorry, Jim. The lab, science
departments, we're all stumped.

No.

No!

Mr Spock?

No, l won't.

Mr Spock...

Bridge, this is sickbay. Tell Dr McCoy
Mr Spock just left here.

- He's delirious, possibly dangerous.
- Security alert.

Locate and restrain Mr Spock.
He may be dangerous.

Use phasers on stun if necessary.

l must take the ship.

l must...take it down.

Get him back to the sickbay.
Use security restraints.

The K-3 indicator registers the level
of pain. Now, watch it as l turn it on.

That's what he's been going through.

l've never seen anything like it.
No wonder the poor devils go mad.

Dr McCoy. Captain.

Spock.

These restrains
will no longer be necessary.

Nor will your sedatives, Doctor.
l'll be able to return to duty.

l apologise for my weakness earlier
when l tried to take control of the ship.

l simply did not understand.

What is there to understand, Mr Spock?

l'm a Vulcan, Doctor.
Pain is a thing of the mind.

The mind can be controlled.

You're only half-Vulcan.
What about the human half of you?

lt is proving to be an inconvenience,
but it is manageable.

And the creature,
with all of its thousands of parts,

even now, is pressuring me.

lt wants this ship, but l am resisting.

Can he control it
the way he says, Bones?

Who knows, Jim? l know the amount of
pain the creature can inflict upon him.

But whether he can control it
hour to hour...

l have my own will, Captain. Let me help.

l need you, Spock.

But we can't take any chances.

We'll keep you confined
for a while longer.

lf you can maintain control, we'll see.

My nephew, if he regains
consciousness, will he go through that?

- Yes.
- Help them.

l don't care what it takes or costs,
you've got to help them.

Jim, aren't you forgetting something?

There are over a million colonists
on that planet,

just as much your responsibility.
They need your help, too.

l am a Vulcan. l am a Vulcan.

There is no pain.

Mr Spock, l thought
you were still confined to sickbay.

- l was.
- Where do you think you're going?

l have an errand on the planet surface.

Beam me down to
the same coordinates as before.

- Not likely, Mr Spock.
- That is an order, Mr Scott.

Aye, sir,
and l'm sorry l have to disobey it.

The Captain said
no one was to transport down.

Mr Spock.

Freeze right there, Mr Spock,
or l'll put you to sleep for sure.

This is Mr Scott in the transporter room.
Get me the Captain.

l gave you an order
to stay in the sickbay.

Until the pain was gone, Captain.
lt has been discontinued by me.

Scotty?

He said he was transporting
to the surface.

Your orders were
that no one was to beam down.

Knowing Mr Spock's determination
on some things,

l thought l'd better hold him here
until l got your orders.

One of the creatures will have to be
captured and analysed.

We did not have a clear opportunity
to do so earlier when l was attacked.

Since my nervous system is already
affected, as you pointed out, Doctor,

l don't believe they could do
much more to me.

This is ridiculous. l don't want patients
running around. He should be in bed.

l'm in complete control of myself,
Doctor.

The fact that l am here proves
that l do not belong in bed.

Mr Spock...

...your logic, as usual, is inescapable.

Beam him down.
Stay in constant touch with us.

Give him your phaser.
He'll need that, too.

Thank you, Captain.

Energise.

Jim, that man is sick.

Don't give me any damnable logic
about him being the only man for the job.

l don't have to, Bones.
We both know he is.

Come in, gentlemen.

l believe you'll find this interesting.

Doctor, your medical skill
and curiosity are quite admirable,

but l assure you l'm all right.

You may be controlling the pain,
Mr Spock, but you're far from all right.

Unimportant at the moment, Doctor.

Please observe.

lnteresting, gentlemen.

A one-cell creature resembling
a huge individual brain cell.

That would answer a lot of questions.

Do you understand what
l'm suggesting, Captain?

l think so. This may be one cell
in a larger organism.

An incredibly huge organism.

Although it is not physically connected
to the other cells,

it is nevertheless part of the whole
creature, guided by the whole,

drawing its strength from the whole,

which probably accounts for its
resistance to our phaser weapons.

Existing so differently, from any
living matter or energy as we know it,

that it may have come here, planet by
planet, from an entirely different galaxy.

From a place where
our physical laws do not apply.

We may find it difficult to destroy.

But not impossible, Mr Spock.

The Denevan that flew into the sun
cried out that he was free, he'd won.

That's the angle to work on.

l want an analysis from medical and life
science departments within the hour.

Yes, sir.

l'm sorry, Captain.
l've tried everything l can.

Radiation, intense heat,
even as great as 9,000 degrees.

You're wasting your time.

lt has to kill the creature without
destroying the human host.

Which is my point. The thing won't die.

Even at temperatures which would burn
Spock and your nephew to ashes.

l can't accept that, Bones.

We've got 1 4 science labs
aboard this ship.

The finest equipment
and computers in the galaxy.

l understand your concern.

Your affection for Spock.

That your nephew is
the last survivor of your brother's family.

No, no, Bones. There's more
than two lives at stake here.

l cannot let it spread beyond this colony.

Even if it means destroying
a million people down there.

Captain's log, stardate 3289.8.

l am faced
with the most difficult decision of my life.

Unless we find a way
to destroy the creatures

without killing their human hosts,

my command responsibilities will
force me to kill over a million people.

- Gentlemen.
- l regret l see no other choice for you.

We know this thing has destroyed
three civilisations. Perhaps more.

l want it stopped, but not at the cost
of destroying over a million people.

lncluding myself, Doctor.

And Captain Kirk's young nephew.
Understandably upsetting.

But after here, there are dozens of
colonies beyond and billions of people.

lf killing five people saves ten,
it's a bargain. ls that your simple logic?

l will accept neither
of those alternatives.

l cannot let this thing expand
beyond this planet,

nor do l intend to kill a million people
to stop it. l want another answer.

l'm putting you on the hot seat with me.
l want that third alternative.

- Report.
- l'm sorry, Jim.

We've made every conceivable test.

l request permission to beam down
to the planet.

- l suggest your nephew accompany me.
- Request denied.

Captain, l do not make
this request lightly.

l do not know how much longer
l can hold out against the pain.

But l know what the boy will go through,
should he regain consciousness.

Request denied.

There must be another answer.

Something in the sun killed that thing
before the Denevan died.

All right.

You've tried heat, radiation...

What other qualities or properties
does the sun have?

lt exists physically. lt occupies space.

lt has mass, therefore gravity.

lt converts matter to energy.

Jim, we've been through it and through it.

Radiation, heat...

But one other thing
you haven't mentioned.

lt's bright. lt radiates a blinding light,
if you're close enough.

- Nothing lethal about light.
- Not to us.

But on the surface,
the creatures stayed in the shadows.

Suppose they weren't hiding.
Suppose they're sensitive to light.

Light, like in a sun, close up.

- A possibility.
- You can't move Deneva to the sun.

No, but you can move the equivalent
of the sun to Deneva. Mr Spock?

ln essence, it can be done.

A string of satellites around the planet
with burning tri-magnesite and trevium.

l can rig a test cubicle in the bio lab,
put our specimen in it, but l don't...

Good. Let's get on it.

- Your figures are, of course, accurate.
- Of course.

The light of the sun where
the Denevan declared himself free

was 1 ,000,000 candles per square inch.

lf this works, the satellites we orbit
will produce light of such intensity

that even someone in a closed,
darkened area will be affected by it.

- Ready, Doctor.
- Put on your masks.

Completed.

lt worked! We can do it.

- What's the matter? We can do it.
- lt worked in a lab.

With the creature exposed
to everything we can give it.

But what about the infected people?

- l don't know. Maybe...
- There's no time for maybes.

- We need to know now.
- But l'd have to...

Yes. We'd have to put someone
who's infected under that light.

Do you have any idea of the risk?

We have to duplicate the conditions
on the planet and Spock...

Captain, you'll need a host
for the next step in the test

to determine whether the creature
can be driven from the body.

l am the logical choice.

Do you know what 1 ,000,000
candles per square inch

can do to your optic nerves?

We have to duplicate the brilliance

that existed at the moment
the Denevan declared himself free.

All right.
l'll rig up a protective pair of goggles.

There'll be none on the planet surface,
Doctor.

l agree completely.

Unfortunately, you're both right.

lt's the only thing we can do.
All right, Mr Spock.

Mr Spock's the best first officer
in the fleet.

Proceed.

Completed.

- Spock, are you all right?
- The creature within me is gone.

l am free of it and the pain.

And l am also quite blind.

An equitable trade, Doctor. Thank you.

Doctor, the results of the first test
on the creature's remains.

Oh, no.

What is it?

l threw the total spectrum of light
at the creature. lt wasn't necessary.

l didn't stop to think that only
one kind of light might have killed it.

lnteresting. Just as dogs are sensitive
to certain sounds humans cannot hear,

these creatures evidently are sensitive
to light which we cannot see.

Are you telling me that Spock
need not have been blinded?

l didn't need to throw
the blinding white light at all, Jim.

- Spock, l...
- Doctor, it was my selection as well.

lt is done.

Bones, take care of him.

Completing the seeding orbit, Captain.

21 0 ultraviolet satellites now in position.

72 miles altitude,
permanent orbit about the planet.

Good. Scanners?

- Scanners ready, sir.
- Very well. Ready, helm?

- Ready, Captain.
- Satellite control, this is the Captain.

Energise all satellites.

- Affirmative.
- All satellites operative, Captain.

Captain, receiving messages
from a ground station.

- Report.
- The things are dying, sir. lt's working.

Sickbay.

McCoy here.

Tell Spock it worked.

Yes, Captain.
He'll be happy to hear that.

Bones, it wasn't your fault.

Bones?

Bones.

- Record this for Starfleet Command.
- Ready, sir.

- The aliens have been destroyed.
- Captain, look! Mr Spock!

Spock.

You can see.

The blindness was temporary.

Something about his optical nerves
aren't the same as a human's.

An hereditary trait, Captain.

The bright Vulcan sun has caused
the development of an inner eyelid,

which acts as a shield against
high-intensity light.

Totally instinctive. We tend to ignore it,
as you ignore your own appendix.

Mr Spock.

Regaining eyesight would be
an emotional experience for most.

- You, l presume, felt nothing.
- Quite the contrary.

l had a very strong reaction.

My first sight was the face of Dr McCoy
bending over me.

A pity brief blindness did not increase
your appreciation for beauty.

lf you are finished, would you lay
in a course for Starbase 1 0?

My pleasure, Captain.

Unusual eye arrangement. l might have
known he'd turn up with something.

What's that, Doctor?

Don't tell Spock that l said
he was the best first officer in the fleet.

Why, thank you, Dr McCoy.

You've been so concerned
about his Vulcan eyes,

you forgot about his Vulcan ears.

- Ahead, warp factor 1 , Mr Sulu.
- Warp factor 1 , sir.