"Arena" Line-by-Line

SULU: Yes, sir. Unmoving.

 

KIRK: Then we've got them. Go to Red Alert. Prepare to fire phaser banks. Sensors, lock on. Mister Sulu, continue closing. Mister Spock, lock phasers into computer. Computers will control attack.

 

SPOCK: Computer lock ready, Captain. All systems standing by.

 

SULU: Range is one eight one zero. One seven six zero. Range is one seven zero zero. One six four zero. Range is one five nine zero. One five five zero and closing, sir. (Suddenly, the ship decelerates, and everyone hangs on to something as the lights dim.) Warp six, warp five, four, warp three, warp one. Sublight, Captain. We're stuck,

 

Kirk: From Warp 8, have you lost your mind?

 

SPOCK: Same as the alien, Captain.

 

KIRK: Mr. Scott, report.

 

SCOTT: We're dead, Captain. Locked up. Frozen tight. All propulsion systems read zero.

 

Kirk: Life systems?

 

SCOTT: They're all normal, sir. Atmosphere, heat, light. No variance.

 

Kirk: Phaser banks. Report.

 

Crewman: (over comm) We're all inoperative here, Captain. No power at all. No faulty circuits that I can find, just no power.

 

Kirk: Damage Control, report.

 

SPOCK: All systems report normal, Captain. No ascertainable damage.

 

Kirk: Then, what is it?

 

SCOTT: I don't know, sir. But whatever it is, we canna move.

 

Spock: We are being held in place, Captain. Apparently, from that solar system.

 

KIRK; This far out? That's impossible.

 

Spock: We are being held.

 

KIRK: Tractor beam?