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"The Tholian Web" Line-by-Line!

SPOCK: Mister Sulu, I shall run an analysis on those filaments. Tie in all sensors to the ship's library computer console. Switch scanners.
 
Five horizontal lines on the viewscreen.

SPOCK: There's no analogy to this structure in Federation technology. It is, however, an energy field, and if the Tholians are successful in completing this structure before we have completed our repairs, we shall not see home again.

Now the Tholians are adding diagonal lines to the web.

[Assembly room]
(Spock stands on a raised platform, behind a lectern. Crew and officers are filing in.)

SPOCK: Doctor, your last report on an antidote on the effects of this space was negative.
 
MCCOY: It's still negative, Mr. Spock. Theragen seems to be the most promising substance tested so far. We're progressing.
 
MCCOY: My staff is working around the clock. My being there will not affect the biochemistry of any of the tests. This service requires my personal attention, Mr. Spock.
 
McCoy sits next to Scotty.

SPOCK: A few hours ago, the Captain elected to remain on board the Defiant so that three members of this crew would have the best chance of returning safely to the Enterprise. His concern was not only for them, but for all the members of the crew of this ship. You all know the sequence of events. We were fired upon by the Tholian ship. At that time, Captain Kirk may have been alive. I deemed it necessary to return the Tholian fire for the safety of the Enterprise. The Tholian ship has been disabled. But as a result of the battle, we must accept the fact that Captain Kirk is no longer alive.
 
(A member of the crew loses control and attacks anyone within reach. He is quickly subdued.)

MCCOY: Take him to Sickbay. Put him in restraint.
 
SPOCK: I shall not attempt to voice the quality of respect and admiration which Captain Kirk commanded. Each of you must evaluate the loss in the privacy of your own thoughts.
 
Scotty: Attention.

The crew stands and observes a moment of silence

Scotty: Dismissed.
 
People start making their way out of the room.

MCCOY: There is a duty to be performed in the Captain's quarters, which requires our presence.
 
MCCOY: The Captain left a message tape. It was his order that it be reviewed by both of us, should he ever be declared dead. You have just declared Jim dead.
 
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