One of Our Planets is Missing Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Scotty: Captain, the power drain on the shields is too heavy to hold for any length of time.

 

[Tallguy]

Kirk: I know, Scotty.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: Scotty, prepare the shields for an antimatter charge.

Scotty: Aye, sir. Engineering out.

 

[Tallguy]

Sulu: Antimatter charge ready, sir.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: Fire.

More blobs approach the ship.

Kirk: Double the charge.

 

[Athena28]

SULU: Ready, sir.

 

[Poltargyst]

KIRK: Fire.

 

[Athena28]

KIRK: Well, Spock, any conclusions?

 

[Orac]

Spock: Only the beginning of a theory, Captain. It is possible this cloud in which we are entrapped is a living thing. The cloud is alive. Yes, Captain, its components appear similar to those found in living organisms.

 

[Athena28]

KIRK: Bones, any opinion?

 

[Orac]

Bones: There's some resemblance. I don't know how much we can depend on it. But I'll tell you one thing. We have to get out of this area. Those mists out there are acting something like a macromorphase enzyme. If the shields don't stay up, the hull will be corroded and we'll all be broken down into nice digestible particles.

 

[Athena28]

SPOCK: I am inclined to agree with the Doctor, Captain. The mass of the planet Alondra has been steadily growing smaller since we've been in here.

 

[Chakoteya]

UHURA: Captain, I have a subspace radio message coming in from Governor Wesley of Mantilles.

 

[Orac]

Kirk: Transfer it to my quarters.

 

[CaptVader]

UHURA: Yes, sir.

 

[Tallguy]

Kirk: Mister Sulu use your scanners to assemble a diagram of the cloud's composition and feed it to the library computer.

 

[Orac]

[Later in Kirk's quarters]

Wesley [on monitor]: Three and a half hours, Jim. That's not enough. Even if I had the ships available to totally evacuate the planet.

 

[Tallguy]

Kirk: You have time to save some people, Bob.

 

[Athena28]

WESLEY: That won't be long enough either, but it'll have to do.

 

[Tallguy]

Kirk: How are you going to choose?