You saw what happened to ed appel when he took a shot at the thing. How about all those other people, before the monster got them . Im sorry, schmitter, i know how you feel, but weve got to have guards. Ok, chief. Ill do what i can. Keep alert. If you hear anything or see anything, call in. Somebody can be here in 3 minutes. A lot can happen in 3 minutes. Chief, is it true the enterprise is on its way . s coming. You think it could get here in the next 4 hours . [fiery noise] no. Aah come on. Aah. Schmitter. Like the rest of them. Burned to a crisp. Kirk spacethe final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. Its 5year mission to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. A distress call from the pergium production station on janus 6 has brought the enterprise to that longestablished colony. Mr. Spock, dr. Mccoy, and i have beamed down to meet with chief engineer vanderberg, administrative head of janus 6. All right, lets assume there is