Court Martial Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Bones: If you have any doubt, that was indeed Captain James Kirk of the Enterprise.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

(McCoy is addressing a lady in a floaty green dress who has entered.)

SHAW: Yes, I know. Are you a friend of his?

 

[Soaraway]

MCCOY: In these trying times, one of the few. Doctor Leonard McCoy. And you?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

SHAW: Areel Shaw. And I'm a friend, too. An old one.

 

[Athena28]

MCCOY: All of my old friends look like doctors. All of his look like you. Well, you might as well join me for a drink. With this inquiry coming up, he's going to need all the friends he can get.

 

[Orac]

[Later in Commodore Stone's Office]

Computer: Recording inquiry. Matter. Captain Kirk, James T. Subject. Circumstances of death, Lieutenant Commander Finney, Benjamin.

 

[mattman8907]

STONE: This inquiry, to determine whether a general court-martial should be convened against Captain Kirk on charges of perjury and culpable negligence.

 

[May 20]

KIRK: Ready.

 

[Kertrats47]

STONE: Let us begin with your relationship with Commander Finney. You knew him for a long time, didn't you?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

KIRK: Yes. He was an instructor at the Academy when I was a midshipman, but that didn't stand in the way of our beginning a close friendship. His daughter Jamie, who was here last night, was named after me.

 

[mattman8907]

STONE: It's common knowledge that something happened to your friendship.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: It's no secret. We were assigned to the same ship some years later. I relieved him on watch once and found a circuit open to the atomic matter piles that should've been closed. Another 5 minutes, it could have blown up the ship.

 

[May 20]

COMPUTER: Ship nomenclature. Specify.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: United Starship Republic, number 1371.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

STONE: Continue.

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: I closed the switch and logged the incident. He drew a reprimand and was sent to the bottom of the promotion list.

 

[Athena28]

STONE: And he blamed you for that?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

KIRK: Yes. He had been at the Academy for an unusually long time as an instructor. As a result, he was late in being assigned to a starship. The delay, he felt, looked bad on his record. My action, he believed, made things worse.

 

[mattman8907]

STONE: Comment. Service record of Lieutenant Commander Finney to be appended this inquiry.

 

[Athena28]

COMPUTER: Noted.