TMP Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Negative, we'll take no provocative action.

 

[Lowdarzz]

Decker: Recommend defensive posture, screens and shields.

 

[CoveTom]

KIRK: No, Mr. Decker, that could also be misinterpreted as hostile. Cloud composition, Mr. Spock?

 

[Captain Mike]

SPOCK: 12th power energy field.

 

[LeadHead]

Sulu: TWELVE POWER??!!

 

[Captain Mike]

DECKER: Captain,..we've seen what there weapons can do...shouldn't we take every possible precaution?

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Mister Decker-

 

[Captain Mike]

SPOCK: Captain, I suspect there is an object at the heart of the cloud.

 

[CoveTom]

KIRK: Mr. Decker, I will not provoke an attack. If that order isn't clear enough for you I...

 

[DeVario]

DECKER: Captain, as your exec, It's my duty to point out alternatives.

 

[CoveTom]

KIRK: Yes it is. I stand corrected.

 

[LeadHead]

Ilia: Five minutes to cloud boundary.

 

[Captain Mike]

KIRK: navigator lay in a conic section flight path to cloud center bring us ...paralell to whatever we find in there,...Sulu,... tactical plot on viewer

 

[LeadHead]

Sulu: Tactical on viewer Sir.

 

[Leandar]

Decker: That measures twelfth power energy? Thousands of starships couldn't generate that much... Mr. Spock?

 

[CoveTom]

SPOCK: I sense... puzzlement. We have been contacted. Why have we not replied?

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Contacted. How?

 

[Leandar]

Kirk: Standard view! Forcefields up full. Deflectors now!

 

[LeadHead]

Computer: ... Zero Mark Zero. Incoming Fire Ahead.

 

[CoveTom]

CHEKOV: Forcefields and deflectors up full, Keptin!