The Slaver Weapon Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Flyer: Perhaps the toggle.

 

[May 20]

(The weapon glows, then changes to a more pointed shape. Chuft-Captain tries it again. Still nothing)
CHUFT-CAPTAIN: Telepath! Am I not affecting him at all? Is it the life support belt interfering?

 

[Poltargyst]

TELEPATH: No, Chuft-Captain. He hears a faint whine, but he feels no ill effects. There is a vibration in the metal of his belt. Chuft-Captain, he is too alien. He makes me taste yellow root munched between flat teeth.

Sidebar: What the heck is a Chuft-Captain anyway?

 

[CaptVader]

Sidebar: What the heck is a Chuft-Captain anyway?

From Memory-Alpha: His rank is rendered as part of his name in the script, which corresponds to Kzinti naming conventions as devised by the species' creator, Larry Niven, and used by Niven in his various stories of the Known Space Universe. However, this fact was not explicitly discussed in the episode.

 

[CaptVader]

Chuft-Captain: Be glad if you need not read the Vulcan's mind. It may be a communications device, or a sonic stunner designed to affect members of a race now dead. (He changes its shape again) A good serviceable telescope. They built well, these Slavers.

 

[Orac]

Flyer: It is of no use to us. We already have small telescopes.

 

[CaptVader]

(Another shape change, and this time it does fire a beam)

Chuft-Captain: I give you credit, human. You are not afraid to die.

 

[Athena28]

SULU: Merely a lhttps://ibb.co/mGcvwfQaser. The Federation has had a more effective model for over one hundred years.

 

[May 20]

(Another shape change, and the device becomes a hand-held rocket, pulling Chuft-Captain along with it. He knocks Uhura off the web, and she tiptoes away. Meanwhile, Chuft hits the telepath)

KZIN 4: Telepath's suit has ruptured.

 

[Athena28]

CHUFT-CAPTAIN: Never mind that. The female is escaping!

 

[CaptVader]

Kzin 4: What of it?

 

[Orac]

Chuft-Captain: Fool! Human females are intelligent.

 

[Athena28]

FLYER: Telepath's suit lost considerable pressure. We reached the ship in time to save him.

 

[Poltargyst]

CHUFT-CAPTAIN: Good. We will need him later. What is this?

 

[CaptVader]

Flyer: Perhaps a personal rocket motor. One could place one's foot on the pedals and balance. It appears to be transportation, not a weapon.

 

[Poltargyst]

SULU: Nice try.

 

[Orac]

Uhura: I'm slowing down. I used to run the hundred in record time. How long was I out? Did I miss much?

 

[Poltargyst]

SULU: Not much. A lot of good they'll get out of that rocket setting.

 

[Orac]

Spock: We are fortunate none of the settings so far have been superior to the technology now available to the Federation.

 

[Poltargyst]

UHURA: Uh oh.
(Now the weapon is a ball with loops sticking out on either side)