Court Martial Line-by-Line

SPOCK: Negative.

 

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."

 

Spock: But the computer is inaccurate, never the less.

 

SPOCK: It reports that the jettison button was pressed before the Red Alert.

 

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.

 

Spock: No, I was occupied. The ship was already on Yellow Alert.

 

SHAW: Then how can you dispute the finding of the log?

 

Shaw: Oh? On what do you base that statement?

 

SHAW: Please instruct the witness not to speculate.

 

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."

 

SHAW: In your opinion.