[beeping rapidly] all life systems were off, sir. Someone strangled this woman. And the other four are back there. T, sir. Engineer at his post . Hes frozen there like he didnt care. The rest . Well. Better look for yourself, mr. Spock. [beeping] [beeping] re. Do you read, enterprise . Kirk. Affirmative. All station personnel are dead. What caused it . Unknown, captain. Its like nothing weve dealt with before. Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. Its fiveyear mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, captains log, stardatete704. 2. The Science Party we were to have picked up has been found dead. Lifesupport systems had been turned off, station personnel frozen to death, conditions highly unusual. Meanwhile, we remain in orbit to complete our mission you received my signal, mr. Scott . Yes, sir. Dedentaminate. [ships whistle] captain here. Spock and tormolen aboard, sir. Were holding them in the chamber for decontamination. Better have medicine look them over, too. Youre fine, joe. Up and out of there. Mr. Spock . Your pulse is 242. Assuming y y call that green stuff in your veins blood. The readings are perfectly y rmal for me, doctor. Thank you. And as for my anatomy being different from yours, i am delighted. Captain. How are they . Theyre fine, jim. Terrible, captain. It was terrible. They were just sitting like they didnt care. Whatever was happening, they didnt care. I keep wondering youll keep wondering, youll keep signing on. Any guesses, mr. Spock . Any idea of what happened down there . I wish i could say, captain. The circumstances were quite bizarre. However, our record tapes may show us something. Six dead. Six people dead. Youd better get some rest. Yes, sir. Set up those tapes, mr. Spock. The lab status report, doctor. Stine. Next tape, please. Spectroanalysis tape, sir. Thank you. Kirk almost as though they were irratitial, drugged e apparently oblivious to everything, a woman strangled, a crewman with a phaser pistol in his hand. Spock hed used the computer room as if it were an amusement gallery. And a fully clothed man frozen to death in a shower. If the image wasnt so ugly, it would be laughable. Not even a theory, gentlemen . Definitelylyot drugs or intoxication. The bioanalysis on the tapes proved that conclusively. Coululbe some form of space madness weve never heard of, but it would have to be caused by something. No unusual elements present. Well, at least none your tricorders could register. Instruments register only those things theyre designed to register. Space still contains infinite unknowns. Earth science needs the closest possible measurement of the breakup of this planet. To do this, it will need the enterprise in a critically tight orbit. Questioncould what happened down there to those people create any unusual danger to this vessel and crew . Op efficiency, captain. When a planet begins to go, there may be drastic chanans in gravity, mass, magnetic field. The purpose of a briefing, gentlemen, is to get me answers based on your abilities and experience. In a critical orbit, theres no time for surprise. Unless you people on the bridge start taking showers with your clothes on, my engines can pull us out ofofnything. Well be warping out of orbit within a halfsecond of getting your command. Uhura bridge to captain. Kirk here. In planet magnetic field. A change in mass also, sir. Its beginning. Unusually rapid shifts. On our way, lieutenant. Ill hold you to that halfsecond, scotty. Foil. Its a rapier, a thin sword. All right. So what do y y do with it . What do you mean, what do you do with it . Selfdefense . Mayhem . Shish kebab . Hi, joey. Last week, it was botany he was trying to get me interested in. I was supposed to be collecting leaves, plant specimens. Your attitude is all wrong. Fencing tones the muscle, sharpens the eye, improves the posture. You tell him, joey. Explain to him. Hey, joey. You feeling all right . Get off me you dont rank me, and you dont have pointed ears, so just get off my neck nothing [ships whistle] attention. Engine room on standby alert. All duty personnel to the bridge. Acknowledge. Oe . Weve got to leave. Were all a bunch of hypocrites, stick our noses into something that weve got no business. What areree doing out here, anyway . D trouble with us, leave men and women stuck out on freezing planets until they die. What are we doing out here in spacecegood . What good . Were polluting it, destroying it weve got no business being out here no business take it easy, now, would you . Now, calm down. If a man was supposed to fly, hed have wings. If he was supposed to be out in space, he wouldnt need air to breathe, wouldnt need life support systems to keep him from freezing to death. Hey, joey, put the knife down, huh . We dont belong here. Its not ours. Not ours. Destroying and watching. We dont belong. I dont belong. Six people died down there. Why do i deserve to live . What are you doing, joe . Hey, joey, put the knife down. In a sweat about nothing. Let go of me. Joey, dont be a fool. Let joey joey, give me the knife. Ahh emergency rec room, area 39 we need medics you tell your Insurance Company to replace your totaled new car. The guy says they didnt make the mistake. You made the mistake. I beg your pardon . He says, you should have chosen fullcar replacement. Excuse me . Let me be frank, he says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no. I picked the wrong Insurance Company. with Liberty Mutual new car replacement . , well replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. Call and if you have more than one Liberty Mutual policy you qualify for a multipolicy didiount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. Call Liberty Mutual for a free quote today at thats liberty stands with you . Liberty mutual insurance. Our need for efficiency critical. But unknown to us, a totally new and unusual disease has been brought aboard. Relative gravity increasing, sir. Kirk compensate, mr. Riley. Yes, sir. Magnetic field continuing to shift, sir. Planet continuing to shrink in mass. Mr. Spock . All scanning stations manned, all recorders functioning, captain. Orbit steady now, sir. Obviously, this planet is condensing a valuable study. We may be seeing earths distant future. Before its sun went dark, this planet was remarkably similar to yours. Sulu helm answering nicely, captain. Good. Kirk tormolens record . Psychiatric file and personality quotients. Was he trying to kill himself . Its doubtful he meant to. He was confused, selftortured. Doesnt sound like the man i know. His capacity for selfdoubt has always beeee rather high. What puzzles me is what brought it to the surface with so much force. [beeping] rate is dropping, doctor. Stand by to close. [humming] closing. What is it . Relative gravity increase, sir, like the planet reached out and yanked at us. Compensatete compensate riley orbit steady now, sir. Made me a little nervous, i guess. This man should be getting stronger. You sure the respirators functioning properly . Yes, doctor. Then why is this man dying . Hypo. [needle hisses] hes dead, doctor. The wounds were not that severe. [ships whistle] this is mccoy. Captain kirk to sick bay. Uhura, monitor communications. Tell mccoy ill be there when i can. Yes, sir. At an increasing rate. As the planet continues to shrink in size, its surface moves away from us. Forcing us to spiral down to maintain the same distance from it. Exactly. We must be prepared to respond instantly to any sudden change. Engine room from bridge. Scott here, captain. Tie into the helm, scotty. If we should call for power, well want it fast. No problem, sir. Youll have it. Rate of compaction seems constant. Then ill go see what the good doctor wants. Keep me informed of any change, mr. Spock. Acknowledged. Dont know if its this planet or what happened with joe. Im sweating like a bridegroom. Yeah. Me, too. Hey, why dont you come down to the gym with me, kevin, my lad . Now . Why not . A light workout will take the edge off. Sulu, what about the intestinal damage wasnt that severe. I got to him in plenty of time. That man should still be alive. Only reason he died, jim, is he didnt want to live. He gave up. Thats a supposition, doctor, not a fact. Well, that may be. It may be. Ive lost patients before, but not like that, not joes kind. Ve up. Coincidence . Maybe. The planet surface, and youre going to ask me if its connected. Thats exactly what i was going to ask. Jim, he was decontaminated. Hes been medically checked. Weve run every test we know for everything we know thats not good enough. Were doing everything thats possible. [beeping] why isnt mr. Sulu at this station . Magnetic pull compensated for, sir. Orbit steady. Take over here, rand. Yes, sir. You havent answered my question. Where is mr. Sulu . Have no fear. Rileys here, and one irirhman is worth 10,000 of you youre relieved, mr. Riley. Lieutenant uhura, take over this station. Yes, sir universal suffrage report to sick bay, mr. Riley. Sick bay . Exactly where i was heading. Sir. Security, mr. Riley is headed for sick bay. See to it he arrives. [blows] uh wheres joe . He died, didnt he . Yes. You know something . You have such lovely y es, pretty lady. I know he was a friend of yours. Thisisust be a terrible shock. You know what joeemistake was . Richelieu, beware stand no farther. No escape for you. You either leave this war bloodied or with my blood on your swords. Ah ah ah ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha cowards lieutenant brent, relieve miss uhura. Brent yes, sir. Kirk what were their symptoms . Spock nonviolent at this stage, slightly disoriented. Riley seemed rather pleased with himself, as if he were irrational. Or drugged. Precisely. Security, lieutenant uhura. Yes, sir. Both sulu and riley. Locate and confine. I want every crewman who comes in contact with them medically checked. Sir, level two, corridor three reports a disturbance mr. Sulu chasing crewmen. Put security on it. Fascinating. A pattern is developing. E. Then riley, who fancies himself a descendant of irish kings. And now sulu, who is at heart a swashbuckler out of your 18th century. Kirk present condition of psi 2000 . Spock gravity pull increasing. Weve shifted 2 and should stabilize our position. Kirk helmsman, stabilize position. Helm is not answering to control. Warp us out of here. No response from e eines, sir. Impulse power, then. Blast us out of this orbit. Impulse engines also dead, sir. Wer mr. Scott acknowledge our cocorols are dead. Take her. Richelieu. At last. Sulu, puputhat put that thing away for honor. Queen. And france heh heh heh heh hyah sulu ahh. Sulu. Give me that. Ill protect you, fair maiden. Sorry. Neither. Oh, richelieu id like you to teach me that sometime. Take dartagnan here to sick bay. Scotty, we need power engine room, acknowledge sir . Whos this . This is captainnkevy of the starship enterprise. And who is t ts . This is captain kirk. Get out of the engine room, navigator. Wheres mr. Scott . Ive relieved mr. Scott of his duties. Riley now, attention, cooks. This is your captain speaking. I would like double portions of ice cream for the entire crew. Clear that tube, will you . Yes, sir. An ancient irish favorite. . Ill take you home. Captain at oururresent rate of descent, we have less than 20 minutes before we enter planet atmosphere. Cacaains log. Stardate 1704. 4. Ship out of control, spiraling down towards planet psi 2000. We have 19 minutes of life left how did riley get in there . He ran in, said you wanted us on the bridge. Hes cututff both helm and power. Then he shut the door behind us and locked off the mechanism. Cant you get to the auxiliary . To my office and pull the plans for this bulkhead. The only way to get that door open is to cut through these wall circuits here. . The roses a a have left your cheeks . . I watched them fade away and die . Status reports, all sections. Mr. Spock, a fight in the aft wardroom. Security reports incidents among the crewmen are increasing. Seal off main sections. All decks, alert system b2. Repeat, go t talert condition baker2. Seal off all main sections. Stand by. Were going to seal off, captain, if we can minimize the spread of whatever this is. Continue the alert, lieutenant. I cant, sir. Hes cut off the alert channels. Lieutenant uhura. Youve interrupted my song. I cant, sir. Theres no way to do it attention, crew. This is captain riley. There will be a formal dance in the Bowling Alley at 1900 hours tonight. No way, captain. He controls the main power panels. He can override any channel from down there. 17 minutes left, sir. Sick bay to bridge. Can you tie me into the sick bay . Im getting you, jim. Look, can you keep this beast level . Ive got sulu tranquilized, and were running tests on him. So far, theres nothing unusual in his bloodstream. Body functions seem normal. Rileys the immediate problem, doctor. Is there any way anything you can do to snap him out of it . Negative until i can get a little farther on these tests. This is captain riley