:57:04
Lingua code?
:57:05
Continuing friendship messages
on all frequencies, sir.
:57:08
All decks and divisions confirmed.
Status red.
:57:10
Captain, we are being scanned.
:57:12
Do not return scan, Mr. Spock.
:57:15
It could be misinterpreted
as hostility.
:57:18
Intruder scans emanating from
the exact center of the cloud.
:57:21
Energy of a type...
:57:24
never before encountered.
:57:34
There's no response to
friendship messages, sir.
:57:36
- Shall I go to battle stations?
- Negative.
:57:38
We'll take
no provocative action.
:57:40
Recommend defensive posture,
Captain. Screens and shields.
:57:45
No, Mr. Decker, that could also
be misinterpreted as hostile.
:57:51
Cloud composition, Mr. Spock?
:57:53
- Twelfth-power energy field.
- Twelfth-power?
:57:55
We've seen what their weapons can do.
Shouldn't we take every precaution?
:57:58
- Mr. Decker...
- Captain.
:58:01
L suspect there's an object
at the heart of that cloud.
:58:09
L will not provoke an attack.
If that order isn't clear enough...
:58:13
Captain, as your exec
it's my duty...
:58:15
to point out alternatives.
:58:19
Yes, it is.
:58:22
L stand corrected.
:58:23
Five minutes to cloud boundary.
:58:25
Navigator, lay in a conic section
flight path to the cloud center.
:58:29
Bring us parallel
to whatever we find in there.
:58:33
Mr. Sulu,
tactical plot on viewer.
:58:35
Tactical on viewer, sir.
:58:51
That measures 12th-power energy?
:58:55
Thousands of starships
couldn't generate that much...
:58:59
Mr. Spock?