Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's five year mission: To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.
(Act One)
Captain's log, Stardate 3842.3. We have departed Vulcan for the neutral planetoid code-named Babel. Since it is in our sector, the Enterprise has been assigned to transport ambassadors of Federation planets to this vitally important council. The issues of the council are politically complex, the passengers explosive.
(Engineering -Kirk is conducting Sarek and Amanda's tour himself. Spock is doing something in Engineering when they enter)
Kirk: This is the engineering section. There are a number of emergency back-up systems for the main controls. Over here are a number of control computers...