"The Counter-Clock Incident" Line-by-Line

[Captain Robert April]

KIRK: I have a crew of four hundred and thirty, Karla Five. Your ship is suitable for only a few people.

 

[Leandar]

Spock: We can't use her ship to transport us, Captain. But we could use it as an unmanned ship with our tractor beam attached.

 

[CoveTom]

APRIL: It could work. That's how we arrived here in the first place.

 

[Leandar]

Kirk: It should work, yes. But any miscalculation anywhere along the way... and we'll be plunging tail first into a supernova!

Captain's log, stardate 6770.1. Time continues to flow backward for us. We have set course for a dead star in this anti-matter universe that corresponds with the nova Minara in ours. We're being pulled by Karla Five's unmanned vessel, which is equipped with enough positive matter armament to ignite the dead star into life...


(Bridge)


Kirk: We just might get you to Babel after all, Commodore.

 

[LeadHead]

April: I'll be glad to get home, not necessarily to Babel. It only means the end of my career, Jim.

 

[CoveTom]

UHURA: Message coming in from Arret, Captain.

 

[LeadHead]

Karla: (on viewscreen) I want to wish you luck, Captain. Whether you succeed or fail, the outcome will remain unknown to me.

 

[Leandar]

Kirk: Yes, Karla Five. We'll burn to a crisp or escape into our universe, either way, you'll never hear from us again. Thank you for the sacrifice of your vessel.

 

[LeadHead]

Karla: (on viewscreen) It is a small sacrifice, Captain. Success.

 

[Alienesse]

SULU: Tractor beam working properly, Captain.

 

[LeadHead]

Arex: We're meeting the speed of Karla Five's unmanned vessel, Captain.

 

[Alienesse]

KIRK: How much time before the youngest crew member returns to the time of birth?

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: 18 minutes, 37 seconds in real time. But long before that we shall all be children. And, Captain, that also means we are losing our knowledge at an alarming rate. It is possible we will soon be unable to operate the Enterprise.

 

[Alienesse]

KIRK: How is our course, Mister Sulu?

 

[Brian]

SULU: I don't know. What am I doing here? What is all this equipment?

 

[Leandar]

Spock: He's too young, Captain.

 

[Brian]

KIRK: Mister Arex, take over for him. Lieutenant Uhura, report to navigation console.

 

[Leandar]

Uhura: I'm sorry sir, I don't understand all this equipment. What do I do with these controls?

 

[Brian]

KIRK: Never mind. Spock, can you fill in for Sulu and Uhura?

 

[Leandar]

Spock: Yes, Captain. But who will fill in for you?