WELL, MR. SPOCK?
VERY TYPICAL, CAPTAIN.
IRON-SILICON BASE, OXYGEN-HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE,
LARGELY ARID, NO DISCERNIBLE LIFE.
NO SURPRISES.
CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, BEGIN SCANNING.
TIE INDIVIDUAL SECTION 988-TG, COMPUTER BANK 22.
KIRK OUT.
ABOUT FOUR MORE ORBITS OUGHT TO DO IT, MR. LESLEY.
THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP.
LAY IN A COURSE FOR STARBASE 200.
AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN!
MR. SPOCK.
INCREDIBLE, CAPTAIN.
WHAT WAS THAT?
WHAT MY INSTRUMENTS READ IS TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE, CAPTAIN.
TWICE, FOR A SPLIT SECOND EACH TIME,
EVERYTHING WITHIN RANGE OF OUR INSTRUMENTS
SEEMED ON THE VERGE OF WINKING OUT.
I WANT FACTS, NOT POETRY.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE FACTS, CAPTAIN.
THE ENTIRE MAGNETIC FIELD
IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM SIMPLY BLINKED.
THE PLANET BELOW,
THE MASS OF WHICH WE'RE MEASURING, ATTAINED ZERO GRAVITY.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING...
IS NONEXISTENCE.
STANDARD GENERAL ALERT SIGNAL FROM STARFLEET COMMAND, CAPTAIN.
ALL STATIONS TO IMMEDIATE ALERT STATUS. STAND BY.
CAPTAIN, SCANNERS NOW REPORT A LIFE OBJECT
ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE BELOW.
YOU JUST DID A COMPLETE LIFE SURVEY 5 MINUTES AGO.
HOW IS IT YOU'RE JUST PICKING IT UP NOW?
INEXPLICABLE, CAPTAIN. THIS READING BEGAN
AT APPROXIMATELY THE MOMENT THAT THE PULSATION PHENOMENON BEGAN TO SUBSIDE.
WELL, WHAT IS IT,
THIS OBJECT? ITS PHYSICAL MAKEUP?
A LIVING BEING. BODY TEMPERATURE 98.5 FAHRENHEIT.
MASS, ELECTRICAL IMPULSES, MOVEMENT.
IT IS APPARENTLY HUMAN, CAPTAIN.
AND ITS APPEARANCE COINCIDED WITH THIS COSMIC WINKING OUT?
ALMOST TO THE SECOND.
EXPLANATION?
NONE.
SPECULATION.
COULD THIS BEING PRESENT ANY DANGER TO THE SHIP?
POSSIBLE.
VERY POSSIBLE.
LIEUTENANT UHURA, NOTIFY SECURITY
TO HAVE AN ARMED DETACHMENT OF MEN
READY TO BEAM DOWN WITH US.
LET'S GO.
ANY WORD COMES THROUGH FROM STARFLEET COMMAND,
PIPE IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
COMMUNICATIONS, PRIORITY ONE.
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.