"How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth" Line-by-Line

[Admiral Shran]

KIRK: Bridge to Engineering. Mister Scott, why are we losing speed?

 

[Orac]

Scotty [OC]: Scott here, Captain. All our engines are still at full thrust, but it's just like we're ramming into a wall of clay. I don't know if the ship can take the strain.

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: All engines stop.

 

[Orac]

Bear: All engines stopped, sir.

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: Give me a damage report as soon as possible, Scotty.

 

[Admiral Shran]

SCOTT [offscreen]: I'm still checking, but it's minimal so far, sir. No structural damage or overheating. I think we were lucky.

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: Bridge to Sickbay. Casualty report.

 

[Orac]

[McCoy's office]

McCoy: McCoy here. No serious injuries. What the devil's going on?

 

[mattman8907]

[Bridge]
KIRK: Later, Bones.

 

[Orac]

Spock: We have been encased in a globular force field, Captain. The source is the approaching vessel.

 

[mattman8907]

BEAR: But we hit at warp one. We should have been smashed.

 

[Orac]

Spock: It is a force globe, but one that is flexible enough to absorb any force. I cannot explain it. Clearly we cannot escape by simply fleeing. Sensors indicate we at now being probed.

 

[mattman8907]

BEAR: Captain, there it is.

 

[Orac]

(The fuzzy glow has a definite shape, v-shaped nacelles behind a cobra-hood style main body. Sinister yet lovely)

Arex: Other vessel is slowing.

 

[mattman8907]

(An energy beam encases the Enterprise)
KIRK: Walking Bear, full power, all shields. Reverse engines and get us away from that beam.

 

[Orac]

Spock: Evasive action will not be effective, Captain. The force globe limits our manoeuvring.

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: Lock main phasers on that ship and open fire.

 

[Admiral Shran]

^ finishing....

(The phasers can't pass through the force globe. The beam stops.)

KIRK: Spock, status on other ship.

SPOCK: Still approaching, Captain. Going sublight. It continues to probe us. Its surrounding energy pattern is now shifting.

(The ship now looks like a brightly coloured, winged, feathered serpent.)

 

[P Tom]

KIRK: Have you ever seen anything like that, Spock?

 

[Orac]

Bear: I recognise it. Kukulkan.