Court Martial Line-by-Line
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Shaw: That answer is based on your mechanical survey of the Enterprise computer ordered by the defendant prior to this trial, is it not?
SPOCK: "Affirmative."
SHAW: Now the stardate--
Spock: But the computer is inaccurate, never the less.
SHAW: Why do you say that?
Shaw: In other words, it reports that Captain Kirk was reacting to an extreme emergency that did not then exist.
SPOCK: And that is impossible.
SHAW: Is it? Were you watching him the exact moment he pressed the jettison button?
Spock: No, I was occupied. The ship was already on Yellow Alert.
SPOCK: I do not dispute it. I merely state that it is wrong.
Shaw: Oh? On what do you base that statement?
SPOCK: I know the Captain. He is inc--
Spock: Lieutenant, I am half Vulcanian. Vulcanians do not speculate. I speak from pure logic. If I let go of a hammer on a planet that has a positive gravity, I need not see it fall to know that it has in fact fallen.
SHAW: I do not see what that has to....
SPOCK: "Gentlemen, human beings have characteristics just as inanimate objects do. It is impossible for Captain Kirk to act out of panic or malice. It is not his nature."
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