A Trick I Learned from An Old Friend

 

 

Spock : 

Fascinating — You are

Montgomery Scott.

You are, in fact, 

The Mister Scott who postulated 

The Theory of Transwarp-Beaming. 

 

Scotty : 

That's what I'm talking about.

How'd you think I wound up here?

I had a little debate with My Instructor

on the issue of relativistic physics

and how it pertains to subspace travel. 

 

He seemed to think that the range of transporting

something like a, like a grapefruit,

was limited to about a hundred miles;

I told him that I could

not only beam a grapefruit 

from one planet to the adjacent

planet in the same system — 

— which is easy by the way — 

— I could do it with a lifeform. 

 

So, I tested it on,

Admiral Archer's

prized beagle. 

 

KIRK: 

Wait, I know that dog —

What happened to it? 

 

Scotty :

I'll tell you when it reappears….

I don't know.

I DO feel guilty about that…..

 

 

Spock :

What if I told you that Your Transwarp Theory was correct?

That it is indeed possible to beam onto a ship

that is travelling at warp speed? 

 

Scotty :

I think if that equation had been discovered,

I'd have heard about it. 

 

Spock :

The reason you haven't 

heard about it, Mister Scott,

is because you haven't 

discovered it yet. 

 

Scotty :

I'm a, uh, what...

Are you from The Future? 

 

KIRK:

Yeah. He is, I'm not. 

 

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Scotty :

Except, the thing is, even if I believed you,

right, where you're from,

what I've done — I don't, by the way —

— you're still talking about

beaming aboard The Enterprise

while she's traveling faster-than-light,

without a proper receiving pad --

 

The notion of Trans-Warp Beaming is like,

trying to hit A Bullet with a smaller bullet,

whilst wearing a blindfold,

riding a horse --

What's that?

 

Spock :

Your Equation for achieving

Trans-Warp Beaming. 

 

Scotty :

(mumbles something)

Imagine that — It never 

occurred to me to think

of Space as the thing that was moving. 

 

KIRK: (to Spock)

You're coming with us, right? 

 

Spock :

No, Jim. That is not 

My Destiny. 

 

KIRK:

Your dest... He... 

The other Spock is not 

going to believe me.

Only you can explain 

What's Gonna Happen. 

 

Spock :

Under no circumstances, can he

be aware of My Existence.

You must promise me this. 

 

KIRK:

You're telling me I, 

I can't tell you that

I'm following your own orders.

Why not? What happens? 

 

Spock :

Jim, this is one rule you cannot break.

To stop Nero, you alone must take

command of Your Ship. 

 

KIRK:

How? Over your dead body? 

 

Spock :

Preferably not. However, there

is Starfleet Regulation-619.
619 states that any Command Officer

who's emotionally compromised

by the mission at hand, must

resign said command.

 

KIRK: 

So, so you're saying that I have to

emotionally compromise you guys?

 

Spock :

Jim, I just lost my planet. 

I can tell you, I am 

emotionally compromised. 

What you must do is

get me to show it. 

 

 

KIRK :

Your coming Back in Time,

changing History — 

it's Cheating. 

 

Spock :

A Trick I learned from

An Old Friend.

(he does The Salute)

Live Long and Prosper.