"Errand of Mercy" Line-by-Line

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: No "buts". You'll get to safety and alert the fleet. You will not attack alone. Mister Spock and I will be all right. Mister Spock, let's you and I pay the Organians a visit.

 

[BlueStuff]

[Planet surface]


KIRK: You'd think they had people beaming down every day.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: Yes, curious lack of interest. Notice the ruins in the distance, Captain. Quite large.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: Yes. A fortress, perhaps. A castle.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: Whatever it is, it would seem to be inconsistent with the reports we've been given on this culture.

 

[Orac]

Ayelborne: Welcome.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Reception committee?

 

[Orac]

Spock: It would seem so.

 

[Enterprise1981]

AYELBORNE: You are our visitors. Welcome, welcome. I am Ayelborne.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: I am Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise, representing the United Federation of Planets. This is my first officer Mister Spock.

 

[LeadHead]

Ayelborne: You are most welcome, my friend.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: I would like to speak to someone in authority.

 

[Orac]

Ayelborne: We don't have anybody in authority, but I am the chairman of the Council of Elders. Perhaps I would do.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: You people are in great danger. Is there someplace we can go and talk?

 

[Athena28]

AYELBORNE: Oh, yes. Our council chambers are nearby. Please.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: Captain, if you don't mind, I should like to wander about the village and make some studies.

 

[Orac]

Ayelborne: Of course, my friend. Our village is yours. Captain.

 

[Leandar]

(Council Chamber - Ayelborne and four other older men seat themselves at a simple, but beautifully polished, wooden table)

KIRK: Gentlemen, my government has informed me that the Klingons are expected to move against your planet with the objective of making it a base of operation against the Federation. My mission, frankly, is to keep them from doing it.

 

[Orac]

Ayelborne: What you're saying, Captain, is that we seem to have a choice between dealing with you or your enemies.

 

[BlueStuff]

KIRK: No, sir. With the Federation, you have a choice. You have none with the Klingons. The Klingons are a military dictatorship. War is their way of life. Life under the Klingon rule would be very unpleasant. We offer you protection.