SCOTT:
Aye, Captain. They are,
and a nice lot too.
(Say hello to the 'space hippies')
Captain's log, stardate 5832.3.
The son of the Catullan ambassador is one of six we have beamed aboard from the stolen cruiser Aurora.
We have been ordered to handle him with extreme delicacy,
because the treaty negotiations now in progress
between the Federation
and Catualla are in
a crucial phase.
[Bridge]
KIRK:
Scotty, take them to
the briefing room.
IRINA [OC]:
We are not in the mood, Herbert.
CHEKOV:
Irina?
(The hippies are seated on the floor of the transporter room)
MAN [OC]: Tell Herbert it's no go.
ALL [OC]: No go. No go.
KIRK: What's going on?
SCOTT [OC]: They refuse, sir.
KIRK: Why?
[Transporter room]
SCOTT: I don't know. They're sitting on the floor, the lot of them. You can hear for yourself. Shall I send for security?
[Bridge]
KIRK: No, I'll be right down. Mister Spock.
ALL [OC]: No go, no go, no go.
[Transporter room]
ALL: No go, no go, no go.
KIRK: Which one of you is Tongo Rad?
(A purple haired lad with shaggy eyebrows stands up)
KIRK:
You can thank your father's influence for the fact you're not under arrest. In addition to piracy, you've left yourself open to charges of violating flight regulations, entering hostile space and endangering the lives of others as well as your own.
RAD:
I'm bleeding.
KIRK:
In addition you've caused an interstellar incident which may have destroyed everything that's been negotiated between your planet and the Federation.
RAD: You've got a hard lip, Herbert.
KIRK: If you have an explanation, I am prepared to hear it.
(Rad sits down again)
KIRK: Mister Spock, take them to Sickbay for a medical check. There may have been radiation from the explosion.
SPOCK: Captain, with your permission
KIRK:
By all means.
(Spock steps forward and makes a triangular sign with his hands)
SPOCK:
One.
SEVRIN:
(An older male with alien ears. Obviously the leader)
We are One.
SPOCK:
One is The Beginning.
ADAM:
(A red-headed youth)
Are you One, Herbert?
SPOCK:
I am not Herbert.
ADAM:
He is not Herbert. We reach.
SPOCK:
If you will state your purpose
and your objectives,
perhaps we can arrive
at a mutual understanding.
SEVRIN: If you understand One, you know our purpose.
SPOCK: I would prefer that you state it.
SEVRIN: We turn our backs on confusion and seek the beginning.
SPOCK: What is your destination?
SEVRIN: The planet Eden.
KIRK: That planet it is a myth.
SEVRIN: And we protest against being harassed, pursued, attacked, seized and transported here against our wishes.
ADAM: Right, brother.
SEVRIN: We do not recognise Federation regulations nor the existence of hostilities. We recognise no authority save that within ourselves.
KIRK: Well, whether you recognise authority or not, I am it on this ship. I am under orders to transport you back to Starbase peaceably. From there you'll be ferried to your various planets. Because of my orders, you are not prisoners, but my guests. I expect you to behave as such.
ADAM: Oh, Herbert, you are stiff!
KIRK: Mister Spock, you seem to understand these people. You will deal with them.
SEVRIN: We respectfully request that you take us to Eden.
KIRK:
And after they are finished in Sickbay,
see to it that they're escorted
back to their proper quarters
and given whatever care
they need.
SPOCK:
Yes, Captain.
SEVRIN:
We respectfully request
that you take us to Eden.
KIRK:
I have orders to the contrary.
This is not a passenger ship.
ADAM:
Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
ALL:
Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
Herbert, Herbert, Herbert.
[Bridge]
KIRK:
Mister Spock, do they really believe that Eden exists?
SPOCK:
Many myths are based on Truth,
Captain, and they are not unintelligent.
Their leader, Doctor Sevrin,
is a man
—
KIRK:
Doctor Sevrin is their leader?
SPOCK:
Yes. A brilliant research engineer
in the fields of acoustics, communications
and electronics on Tiburon.
He was dismissed from his post
when he started this movement.
Tong Rad inherits his father's
extraordinary abilities in the field
of space studies.
KIRK:
Well. But they've rejected all that
and all that this technology provides.
And they seek the primitive.
SPOCK:
There are many who are
uncomfortable with what we have created.
It is almost a biological rebellion.
A profound revulsion against the planned communities,
the programming, the sterilised,
artfully balanced atmospheres.
They hunger for an Eden,
where Spring comes.
KIRK:
All do. The Cave is deep in our memory.
SPOCK:
Yes, that is True, Captain.
KIRK:
But we don't steal space cruisers
and act like irresponsible children.
KIRK:
What makes you so sympathetic toward them?
SPOCK:
It is not sympathy so much
as curiosity, Captain.
A wish to understand.
They regard themselves as
aliens in their own worlds,
a condition with which
I am somewhat familiar.
KIRK:
Spock. What does Herbert mean?
SPOCK:
It is somewhat uncomplimentary, Captain.
Herbert was a minor official notorious for his rigid and limited patterns of thought.
KIRK:
Well, I shall try to be less
rigid in my thinking.
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