"Arena" Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Spock: Perhaps nothing, Doctor. (Kirk tastes the mineral and spits it out) Perhaps everything.

 

[Enterprise1981]

The bridge crew watch as enlightenment dawns and Kirk goes off in search of his other mineral discoveries.

GORN: Earthling! Captain!

 

[Orac]

Kirk [on viewscreen]: Who is this, the Metron?

 

[LeadHead]

Gorn: (over comm) This is your opponent, Earthling. I have heard every word you have said.

 

[Orac]

Kirk [on viewscreen]: Alright. What do you want?

 

[LeadHead]

Gorn Captain: (over comm on screen) I'm weary of the chase. Wait for me. I shall be quick and merciful.

 

[Leandar]

Kirk: Like you were on Cestus III?

 

[Orac]

Gorn [OC]: You were intruding! You established an outpost in our space.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: (on screen) You butchered helpless human beings!

 

[KirkPicard]

GORN [OC]: We destroyed invaders, as I shall destroy you!

 

[LeadHead]

McCoy: Can that be true? Was Cestus 3 an intrusion into their space?

 

[Orac]

Spock: It may well be possible, Doctor. We know very little about that section of the galaxy.

 

[mach7]

McCoy: Then we could be in the wrong.

 

[Orac]

Spock: Perhaps. That is something best decided by diplomats.

 

[LeadHead]

McCoy: The Gorn might simply have been trying to defend themselves.

 

[Orac]

Spock: Yes.

(They watch as Kirk returns to the bamboo clump and picks out a short, wide stem.)

Spock: Fascinating. Good. Good. (Kirk cuts vines to length against a rock) He knows, Doctor. He has reasoned it out.

(Potassium nitrate gets shoveled into the bamboo)

Spock: Yes. Yes.

 

[LeadHead]

McCoy: What is it, Spock?

 

[mach7]

Spock: An invention, Doctor. First potassium nitrate, and now if he can find some sulfur and a charcoal deposit or ordinary coal.

 

[Orac]

(Kirk is at the outcrop of sharp diamonds, and putting them into the bamboo too.)

McCoy: What's he doing?

 

[Athena28]

SPOCK: Diamonds. The hardest known substance. Impelled by sufficient force, they would make formidable projectiles.