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Captain's log, stardate 1312.4.

The impossible has happened.

From directly ahead, \h\hwe're picking up

a recorded distress signal,

the call letters of a vessel \h\h\hwhich has been missing

for over two centuries.

\h\h\hDid another Earth ship once probe out of the galaxy

as we intend to do?

What happened to it out there?

Is this some warning they've left behind?

Your move, captain.

We should've intercepted \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hby now.

Bridge said they'd call.

I'll have you checkmated, \h\h\h\h\hyour next move.

Have I ever mentioned \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou play

\h\h\h\ha very irritating game of chess, Mr. Spock?

Irritating?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAh, yes, one of your Earth emotions.

Certain you don't know \hwhat irritation is?

The fact one of my ancestors \h\hmarried a human female--

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTerrible, having bad blood like that.

Bridge to Briefing Lounge.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hObject is now within tractor-beam range.

No visual contact, \h\h\h\hMr. Kelso?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, sir. It's too small to be a vessel.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt only reads about one meter in diameter.

Not large enough even \h\h\hfor a lifeboat.

\h\h\h\h\h\hSmall enough to bring it aboard, sir,

if you want to risk it.

Lock onto it, Mr. Kelso.

Materializer ready, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hsir.

Bring it aboard.

Old-style ship recorder.

They could be ejected

\h\h\hwhen something threatened the ship.

More like destroyed the ship, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin this case.

Look at it, burnt, pitted.

Let's hope its tapes are intact.

We'll feed it through Mr. Spock's computer.

Yes, sir.

\h\h\h\hIt's begun transmitting, sir.

Flash the Bridge.

Put all decks on the alert.

Space, the final frontier.

\h\h\hThese are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

\h\h\h\hIts five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds,

\hto seek out new life and new civilizations,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto boldly go where no man has gone before.

Hold it, Jim.

Getting into shape?

\h\h\hYeah, well, I figured you weren't on the Bridge.

Kelso's voice sounded \h\ha little nervous.

Well, uh, you, uh, \hfinish the game?

Mm. He played most illogically.

His next move should have been the rook.

You're relieved, Mr. Alden.

Acknowledged, Mr. Mitchell.

Screen on.

Screen on, sir.

Approaching galaxy edge, sir.

Neutralize warp, Mr. Mitchell. \h\h\h\h\hHold this position.

Neutralized warp, sir.

Address intercraft.

Intercraft open.

This is the captain speaking.

\h\h\hThe object we encountered is a ship's disaster recorder,

\happarently ejected from the SS Valiant

almost 200 years ago.

The tapes are burned out. Trying the memory banks.

\hWe hope to learn from the recorder

what the Valiant was doing here,

and what destroyed the vessel.

We'll move out into our probe

as soon as we have \h\hthose answers.

All decks, stand by.

Uh, department heads, sir.

You wanted everybody \h\h\hon the Bridge

before we left \hthe galaxy.

\h\h\h\hYes.

Uh, Jones?

Name's Smith, sir.

\h\h\hAstroscience is standing by, captain.

Engineering division ready, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\has always.

Life Sciences ready, sir.

This is Dr. Dehner, who joined the ship

at the Aldebaran colony.

Psychiatry, captain.

\h\h\h\h\h\hMy assignment is to study crew reaction

in emergency conditions.

\h\hGetting something from the recorder now.

If there was an emergency,

I'd be interested in how that crew reacted too.

Improving the breed, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoctor?

Is that your line?

I heard that's more your specialty, commander.

"Line" included.

Walking freezer unit.

Decoding memory banks.

I'll try to interpolate.

The Valiant had encountered a magnetic space storm

and was being swept in this direction.

The old impulse engines \hweren't strong enough.

Swept past this point about a half light-year

out of the galaxy.

They were thrown clear,

turned and headed back into the galaxy here.

I'm not getting it all.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThe tapes are pretty badly burned.

Sounds like the ship...

\h\hhad encountered some unknown force.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNow... orders, counter-orders,

repeated urgent requests \h\h\h\hfor information

from the ship's computer records

for anything concerning ESP \h\h\h\h\h\hin human beings.

Extrasensory perception?

\h\h\h\hDr. Dehner, how are you on ESP?

\h\h\hIn tests I've taken, my ESP rated rather high.

I'm asking what you know \h\h\h\h\h\h\habout ESP.

It is a fact that some people \hcan sense future happenings,

read the backs of playing cards, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand so on.

\hBut the esper capacity is always quite limited.

Severe damage.

Seven crewmen dead.

No, make that six.

One crewman seemed to have recovered.

\h\h\h\h\hThat's when they became interested

in extrasensory perception.

\hMore than interested, almost frantic about it.

\h\h\h\h\hNo, this-- This must be garbled.

I get something about...

destruct.

I must have read it wrong.

It sounded like the captain \h\h\h\h\h\hgiving an order

to destroy his own ship.

Comments?

\hThe only fact we have for sure

is that the SS Valiant \h\h\h\h\hwas destroyed.

Which is probably the best argument

to continue the probe.

\h\hOther vessels will be heading out here someday,

\hand they have to know what they'll be facing.

We're leaving the galaxy, \h\h\h\h\h\hMr. Mitchell.

Ahead, warp factor 1.

Force field of some kind.

We're coming up on it fast.

Sensor beam on.

Sensor beam on, sir.

Deflectors, full intensity.

\h\hDeflectors, full intensity.

\h\h\h\h\hDeflectors say there's something there,

sensors say there isn't.

Density: negative.

Radiation: negative.

Energy: negative.

Whatever it is,

contact in 12 seconds.

Gravitation on automatic.

Emergency stations.

All decks on fire alert.

Neutralize controls.

Kelso, put it on manual.

Any radiation? Anything?

Negative!

Helmsman, take us out of here.

Gary!

Helmsman!

Lateral power!

Take damage reports.

Damage-control reports, \h\h\h\h\hall stations.

\h\hGravity control, switching to battery.

Something, uh...

hit me...

like an electrical charge.

\h\h\h\h\h\hHe's alive. Appears to be in shock.

- \h\hEngineering Deck Three. - Can you give damage report?

\h\h\h\h\h\h...sensor beams, full power on the deflectors.

\hMain engines are out, sir.

We're on emergency \h\h\hpower cells.

Casualties: Nine dead.

Gravity is down to 0.8.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAll decks, this is Bridge Engineering.

Go to Emergency Condition \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThree.

Gary?

Gary, you all right?

\h\h\h\h\hI'm a little weak for some reason, Jim, but...

...I feel all right now.

Captain's log, stardate 1312.9.

Ship's condition: heading back \h\h\h\hon impulse power only.

Main engines burned out.

The ship's space warp ability, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgone.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEarth bases, which were only days away,

are now years in the distance.

Our overriding question now is,

"What destroyed the Valiant?"

They lived through the barrier, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hjust as we have.

What happened to them \h\h\h\h\hafter that?

Autopsy report, sir.

\h\h\hEach case showed damage to the body's neural circuit,

an area of the brain \h\h\hwas burned out.

And you, are you feeling all right?

\hYes. Mitchell too, except for his eyes.

We're trying to find a reason \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor that now,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand why, out of our whole crew,

only certain people \h\h\hwere affected.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI think we've found that answer, doctor.

You mentioned that tests show \hthat you have a high degree

of extrasensory perception.

And so do the records of the others.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGary Mitchell has the highest esper rating of all.

If you're suggesting there's \h\h\h\hanything dangerous--

Before the Valiant \h\h\hwas destroyed,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hits captain was frantically searching

for ESP information \h\h\h\hon his crew.

Espers are simply people with flashes of insight.

Are there not also those

who seem to see through \h\h\h\h\hsolid objects,

cause fires to start \h\h\hspontaneously?

There's nothing about it

\h\hthat could possibly make a person dangerous.

Dr. Dehner is speaking \hof normal ESP power.

Perhaps you know of another kind?

\hDo we know for sure, doctor, that there isn't another kind?

Hello, Jim.

Hey, you look worried.

I've been worried about you

ever since that night \h\h\h\h\hon Deneb IV.

Yeah, she was nova, that one.

Not nearly as many aftereffects \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthis time,

except for the eyes.

They kind of stare back at me \h\h\h\h\h\hwhen I'm shaving.

Do you feel any different?

Well, in a way, I feel better

than I've ever felt before \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin my life.

Actually seems to have done me \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hsome good.

How?

Well, I'm getting a chance \h\h\hto read some of that

long-hair stuff \h\h\hyou like.

Hey, man, I remember you \hback at the academy...

a stack of books with legs.

The first thing I ever heard \hfrom an upperclassman was,

\h\h\h\h\h"Watch out for Lieutenant Kirk.

\h\h\h\h\h\hIn his class, you either think or sink."

I wasn't that bad, was I?

If I hadn't aimed

that little blond lab technician \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hat you--

You what?

You-- You planned that?

Well, you wanted me to think, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdidn't you?

I outlined her whole campaign \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor her.

I almost married her.

Better be good to me.

\h\h\h\h\h\hI'm getting even better ideas here.

You? Spinoza?

\h\h\hOnce you get into him, he's rather simple, though.

Childish almost.

\h\hI don't agree with him at all.

Go on.

Hey, I'm trying to tell you \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI feel fine.

When do I go back on duty?

I'm gonna ask Dr. Dehner

to keep you under observation \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor a while.

With almost a hundred women \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\honboard,

you can do better than that, \h\h\h\h\h\hfriend, captain.

Consider it a challenge.

That doesn't seem very friendly.

Didn't I say you'd better...

...be good to me?

\h\h\hHe's reading faster now than just a few moments ago.

Is that Gary Mitchell...

the one you used to know?

Put a 24-hour watch \h\h\h\hon Sick Bay.

\h\hFullest possible range of examinations and tests.

Perfect, perfect.

I've never had a patient \h\h\h\hlike you, Gary.

Even the healthiest \hare generally off

on some reading.

I know you don't particularly \h\h\h\hlike me, Mr. Mitchell,

but since I am assigned here, \hcan we make the best of it?

I've got nothing against you, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoctor.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNor against the "walking freezer unit"?

Well, I, uh...

Sorry about that.

Women professionals do tend \h\h\h\h\hto overcompensate.

Now let's talk about you.

How do you feel?

You know...

\h\h\h\h\h\heverybody-- Everybody seems worried

that I don't have some kind \h\hof a fever or something.

\hMaybe if I could just change these dials, uh--

Now back to normal, \h\h\h\h\h\hI think.

How did you do that?

I'm not sure. I...

\h\h\hI just thought of making it happen

and it does. It just--

Hey, uh...

Hey, watch this, doc.

Stop it. Stop it!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHeh.

\h\h\h\hYou were dead for almost 22 seconds.

There were no readings at all.

\h\h\hYeah.

Oh, boy.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou-- You know, doc, there--

There've been other things too.

\hLike-- Like going halfway through the ship's library

in hardly a day.

Yeah.

Whoo, what's happening to me?

Do you remember everything you read that quickly?

Yeah.

On any tape?

Sure. Yeah.

Try this one.

Yeah.

Page 387.

\h\h\h\hMy love has wings Slender feathered things

With grace in upswept curve \h\h\h\h\h\hAnd tapered tip

"Nightingale Woman," \h\h\h\hwritten by--

\h\h\h\h\hBy Tarbolde on the Canopus Planet

back in 1996.

It's funny you picked that one, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoctor.

Why?

\hThat's one of the most passionate love sonnets

of the past couple \h\hof centuries.

How do you feel, doctor?

What?

How do you feel?

\h\h\hI just fell. Nothing happened.

Huh?

Are you sure?

Are you sure?

Um, I was on my coffee break,

I thought I'd, uh, check up on--

Yeah.

That's okay, Lee.

Come on in.

Don't let the light in my eyes \h\h\h\h\h\h\hbother you, pal.

It's all for our, uh--

\hOur good-looking lady doctor here.

Yeah, sure.

So, uh...

So how go the repairs?

Well, the main engines are gone,

unless we can find some way \h\h\h\hto reenergize them.

\h\h\h\h\h\hYou better check the starboard impulse packs.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThose points have about decayed to lead.

\h\h Oh, yeah, sure, Mitch.

I'm not joking, Lee!

You activate those packs,

\h\h\h\hand you'll blow the whole impulse deck.

I'll, uh...

I'll get on it right away, uh...

\h\hI just wanted to stop by and make sure you were okay.

See you later.

He's a fool.

A fool.

He'd seen those points,

and he hadn't noticed \h\h\htheir condition.

How do you know?

The image of what he'd seen \h\h\hwas still in his mind.

Well, it didn't make any sense that he'd know,

but naturally, I checked out the circuit anyway.

I don't know how, but he was right.

This point is burned out exactly the way he described it.

Sorry I'm late.

I became so interested \hin observing Gary--

Mr. Mitchell.

Our subject is not Gary Mitchell.

\h\hOur concern is rather what he is mutating into.

\hI know those from your planet aren't supposed to have feelings

\h\h\h\h\hlike we do, Mr. Spock, but to talk that way about a man

you've worked next to for years \h\h\h\h\his worse than even--

That's enough, doctor.

I don't think so.

I understand you least of all.

\h\h\h\h\h\hGary told me that you've been friends

since he joined the service,

\h\hthat you asked for him aboard your first command.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt is my duty, whether pleasant or unpleasant,

\h\h\hto listen to the reports, observations, even speculations,

on any subject that might affect \h\h\hthe safety of this vessel.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd it's my science officer's duty

\h\h\h\h\h\hto see that I'm provided with that.

\hGo ahead, Mr. Spock.

Have you noted evidence \h\h\hof unusual powers?

He can control certain \hautonomic reflexes.

He reads very fast.

He retains more than most of us \h\h\h\h\hmight consider usual.

Mr. Scott, would you repeat \h\h\hwhat you just told us?

About an hour ago,

the Bridge controls started going crazy.

Levers shifting by themselves,

buttons being pushed,

instrument readings changing.

And on my monitor screen,

I could see Mitchell smiling \h\h\heach time it happened,

\has if this ship and crew were almost a toy for his amusement.

Are they right, doctor?

Has he shown abilities \h\hof such magnitude?

I saw some such indications.

You didn't think it \hworth mentioning?

No one's been hurt, have they?

Don't you understand?

\h\h\h\h\hA mutated superior man could also be a wonderful thing.

Th-the forerunner of a--

A new and better kind \h\h\hof human being!

Mr. Sulu.

If you want the mathematics of this,

Mitchell's ability is increasing geometrically.

That is like having a penny, doubling it every day.

In a month, you'll be a millionaire.

\h\hIn less time than that, he will have attained powers

we can't understand and can't cope with.

Soon, we'll be not only useless \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto him,

but actually an annoyance.

There'll be no discussion \h\hof this with the crew.

Thank you.

We'll never reach an Earth base \h\h\h\h\hwith him aboard, Jim.

You heard the mathematics \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof it.

\h\hIn a month, he'll have as much in common with us

as we'd have with a ship \h\h\hfull of white mice.

What I need are recommendations, \h\h\hSpock, not vague warnings.

Recommendation one:

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThere's a planet a few light-days away from here,

Delta Vega.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt has a lithium cracking station.

We may be able to adapt some of its power packs

to our engines.

And if we can't,

we'll be trapped in orbit there.

We haven't enough power \h\hto blast back out.

\h\hIt is the only possible way to get Mitchell off this ship.

\h\h\h\h\hIf you mean strand Mitchell there,

I won't do it.

\h\h\h\hThe station is fully automated.

\hThere's not a soul on the whole planet.

\hEven the ore ships call only once every 20 years.

\h\hThen you have one other choice:

\h\h\h\hKill Mitchell while you still can.

Get out of here.

It is your only other choice.

\h\h\hAssuming you make it while you still have time.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWill you try for one moment to feel?

\h\h\h\h\h\hAt least act like you've got a heart.

We're talking about Gary.

The Captain of the Valiant probably felt the same way.

And he waited too long to make his decision.

I think we've both guessed that.

Set course for Delta Vega.

Stardate 1313.1.

We're now approaching \h\h\h\h\hDelta Vega.

\h\h\h\h\hCourse set for a standard orbit.

\h\h\h\h\hThis planet, completely uninhabited,

is slightly smaller than Earth.

Desolate, but rich in crystal \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand minerals.

Kelso's task: Transport down \h\h\h\hwith a repair party,

try to regenerate the main engines,

save the ship.

Our task: Transport down a man \h\h\hI've known for 15 years.

And if we're successful, \h\h\h\hmaroon him there.

I'm thirsty.

It's like a man

who has been blind \hall of his life

suddenly being given sight.

Sometimes I feel there's...

nothing I couldn't do in time.

\h\h\hSome people think that makes me a monster,

don't they, Jim.

\h\h\h\hAre you reading all our thoughts, Gary?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI can sense mainly worry in you, Jim.

Safety of your ship.

What would you do in my place?

Probably just what Mr. Spock \h\h\h\h\h\his thinking now.

Kill me,

while you can.

Stop it, Gary!

I also know we're orbiting \h\h\h\h\hDelta Vega, Jim.

\h\h\hI can't let you force me down there.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI may not want to leave the ship, not yet,

I may want another place.

I'm not sure yet

just what kind of a world \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI can use.

Use?

I don't understand it all yet,

but if I keep growing, \hgetting stronger...

Why, the things \hI could do...

like-

Like maybe a god \h\h\hcould do.

I want him unconscious \h\h\h\h\hfor a while.

You fools! Soon I'll squash you \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike insects!

Energize.

Can you do it, Lee?

Maybe, if we can bypass the fuel bins

without blowing ourselves up.

Take him.

\h\hThere's not a soul on this planet but us?

Nobody but us chickens, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdoctor.

\h\h\hI think I got the 203-R set, Lee.

Good, Alden.

Transport it up with you, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwill ya?

Okay.

The fuel bins, Lee,

could they be detonated \h\h\h\h\h\hfrom here?

A destruct switch?

\h\hWell, I guess I could wire one up right there.

Do it.

He's regaining consciousness.

Dr. Piper,

I want only one medical officer here at any one time.

The other will monitor him on the dispensary screen.

I'd like to stay now, \htry to talk to him.

My friend, James Kirk.

Remember those rodent things \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon Dimorus,

the poisoned darts they threw?

I took one meant for you.

And almost died.

I remember.

So why be afraid of me now?

You've been testing your ability \h\hto take over the Enterprise.

\h\hIn the Transporter Room, you said something about us

seeming like insects \h\h\hby comparison,

\h\h\h\h\hsquashing us if we got in your way.

I was drugged then.

Yes.

In the Sick Bay,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou said if you were in my place,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou'd kill a mutant like yourself.

Why don't you kill me then?

Mr. Spock is right,

\hand you're a fool if you can't see it.

You don't mean that, Gary.

Man cannot survive

if a race of true espers \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\his born.

In time, you'll understand that.

Please, Gary.

Gary, don't!

Jim.

His eyes went back \h\h\h\hto normal.

Fighting the force field \h\hdrained his strength,

for a while at least.

He could be handled now.

I'll just keep getting stronger.

You know that, don't you?

It fits like a glove, captain.

\h\hOh...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hdid Mr. Spock get the phaser rifle we sent down?

I didn't order any--

\h\h\hAffirmative. Landing party out.

He tried to get through the force field again.

His eyes changed back faster.

He didn't become as weak.

\h\h\h\hDr. Dehner feels he isn't that dangerous.

What makes you right,

and a trained psychiatrist \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwrong?

Because she feels. I don't.

All I know is logic.

In my opinion, we'll be lucky

if we can repair this ship \h\hand get away in time.

Direct to the power bins.

From here, you could blow up this whole valley.

If Mitchell gets out...

at your discretion, Lee, \h\h\h\hif sitting here,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou think you're the last chance...

\h\h\h\h\hI want you to hit that button.

Captain's log, stardate 1313.3.

Note commendations on Lieutenant Kelso

and the Engineering staff.

\h\h\h\h\hIn orbit above us, the engines of the Enterprise

are almost fully regenerated.

Balance of the landing party is being transported back up.

Mitchell, whatever he's become, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hkeeps changing,

growing stronger by the minute.

He's been like that for hours now.

\h\h\h\h\hHave Dr. Piper meet us in the control room with Kelso.

We'll all transport \h\h\h\hup together.

If he should try \h\hto stop us--

\h\hKelso will be on the destruct button

until the last minute.

I think he knows that.

I'm staying behind with him.

Uh, fission chamber three \h\h\h\h\h\h\hchecks out.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThe station seems to be running fine.

You're a talented thief, Kelso.

Everything you sent up seems \h\h\hto be fitting in place.

\h\hI'm kind of proud of the job we've done.

Are we gonna be ready \h\h\h\hto transport--

\h\h\h\hYou're leaving with the ship, doctor.

He is not evil.

I gave you an order, doctor.

You should've killed me while you could, James.

Command and compassion is a fool's mixture.

\hIt hit me too, whatever it was.

Kelso is dead, strangled.

At least Spock's alive.

Dr. Dehner?

She went with Mitchell.

Don't give him a pill until after I'm gone.

My fault...

Mitchell got as far \h\h\h\h\has he did.

\h\h\hDid you see their direction?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhy, yes. There was some morning light.

They were headed across the valley

\h\h\h\h\hto the left of the pointed peaks.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThere's-- There's flatland beyond.

When Mr. Spock recovers,

\h\h\hyou'll both transport up immediately to the Enterprise--

But captain--

--where, if you have not \h\h\h\hreceived a signal

from me within 12 hours,

you'll proceed at maximum warp \h\h\hto the nearest Earth base

with my recommendation:

This entire planet \h\h\hbe subjected

to a lethal concentration \h\hof neutron radiation.

No protest on this, Mark. \h\h\h\h\hThat's an order.

It would take almost a miracle \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto survive here.

Then I shall make one.

Behold.

You'll soon share this feeling, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hElizabeth.

To be like God,

to have the power to make the world

anything you want it \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto be.

What's wrong?

\h\h\h\h\hA visitor. A very foolish man.

You'll enjoy being a god, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hElizabeth.

Blasphemy?

\h\h\h\h\hNo.

Let there be food.

Kaferian apples.

Whenever we visited \h\h\hthat planet,

I always favored these.

Can you hear me, James?

You cannot see me. \h\hI'm not there.

\h\hYou follow the right path, James, you'll come to me soon.

\hI can see him in my mind too.

Go to him, Elizabeth.

Talk to him.

Now that you're changing,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI want you to see just how unimportant they are.

\h\h\hYes, it just took a little longer for it

to happen to me.

You must help me...

before it goes too far.

What he's doing is right \h\h\h\h\hfor him and me.

And for humanity?

\h\h\h\h\hYou're still human-- No, I--

At least partly, \h\h\h\hyou are!

Or you wouldn't be here \h\h\h\h\htalking to me.

Earth is really unimportant.

Before long, we'll be where it would have taken mankind

\h\hmillions of years of learning to reach.

And what will Mitchell learn \h\h\h\h\hin getting there?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWill he know what to do with his power?

Will he acquire the wisdom?

\h\h\hPlease go back while you still can.

Did you hear him joke \h\habout compassion?

\h\h\h\hAbove all else, a god needs compassion!

Mitchell!

Elizabeth--

What do you know about gods?

Then let's talk about humans,

about our frailties.

\hAs powerful as he gets, he'll still have all that inside him.

Go back.

You were a psychiatrist once.

You know the ugly, savage things \h\h\h\h\h\hwe all keep buried,

that none of us dare expose, \h\h\h\h\h\hbut he'll dare.

Who's to stop him? He doesn't need to care.

\h\hBe a psychiatrist for one minute longer.

\hWhat do you see happening to him?

What's your prognosis, doctor?

He's coming.

Then watch him.

Hang on to being a human \hfor one minute longer!

\hI'm disappointed in you, Elizabeth.

\h\hI've been contemplating the death of an old friend.

He deserves a decent burial, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hat least.

Stop it, Gary.

Morals are for men, not gods.

A god...

\hbut still driven by human frailty.

Do you like what you see?

Time to pray, captain.

Pray to me.

To you?

Not to both of you?

Pray that you die easily.

\h\h\hThere'll only be one of you in the end.

One jealous god...

if all this makes a god.

Or is it making you \h\hsomething else?

Your last chance, Kirk.

Do you like what you see,

\h\h\h\habsolute power corrupting absolutely?

Hurry.

You haven't much time.

Gary, forgive me.

For a moment, James,

but your moment is fading.

I'm sorry.

You can't know what it's like...

to be almost a...

god.

Enterprise...

...from Captain Kirk.

Come in.

Captain's log, stardate 1313.8.

Add to official losses...

Dr. Elizabeth Dehner.

Be it noted she gave her life \hin performance of her duty.

Lieutenant Commander \h\hGary Mitchell...

same notation.

I want his service record \h\h\h\h\hto end that way.

\h\h\h\h\h\hHe didn't ask for what happened to him.

I felt for him too.

\hI believe there's some hope for you after all, Mr. Spock.