: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?
:59:05
Spock, tell me.
:59:15
L sense...
:59:17
puzzlement.
:59:20
We have been contacted.
:59:24
Why have we not replied?
:59:26
Contacted?
:59:28
How?
:59:32
Force fields up full.
Deflectors, now.
:59:38
Force fields and deflectors
up full, Captain.
:59:48
Analysis, Mr. Spock.
:59:50
Alien weapon is a form
of plasma energy, Captain.
:59:53
Exact composition unknown.
:59:55
Guidance system unknown.