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- Kirk to McCoy. - McCoy here.

- I hope so, captain. - Stand by.

- Make it work, Scotty. - Aye, sir.

We better start solving problems faster than we pick up new ones.

- Lieutenant. - Yes, sir.

- It is dead. - Dead?

i'll put 'em both in the rinse cycle

have volunteered to go in a specially equipped shuttlecraft,

I wish to record my recommendations

This is the captain.

We have precisely

It would only prolong our wait for death by a short period of time.

Reverse? But that was a forward lurch.

And since our deflectors were activated by it,

Use whatever power is necessary to get us out of here, Scotty.

there are over 40 chromosomes in the nucleus

Yes, it is, isn't it?

According to the life monitors, we're dying. We’re all dying.

is an incredibly huge but simple cellular being

we will be out in 6.37 minutes.

and the best crew in Starfleet. So do your jobs. Carry on.

I cannot say what it is, captain.

Damage-control parties, stand by. All decks, secure for collision. Kirk out.

to the captain, officers

and everything within a light year will be defenceless.

Report, Mr. Spock.

- Kirk here. What is it? - I'm getting reports from every deck.

Forward thrust off, one tenth of a second.

Suffer the deaths of thy neighbour, eh, Spock?

No speculation, no information, nothing.

All I get is "Intrepid" and what sounded like a sector coordinate.

If we should fail in our attempt to destroy it

Well, they may not have done all these things.

Contact lost, sir.

True. It is also true they never knew what was killing them.

but I don't know if we have enough to get back out, or time either.

whose energies are totally destructive to all known life.

Relatively insensitive