A faint signal from Starfleet, sir.
A life form of its own.
A machine planet sending a machine to Earth,
A planet populated by living machines.
A probe from their vessel, Captain. Plasma, energy combination.
A travel pod is now available at cargo six.
About as difficult as seeing you again.
Accelerating to warp 7 on leaving the solar system
Admiral Kirk! Well, we're getting a top brass sendoff.
Advise we are attempting further communication.
Ahead warp 0.5.
Ahead warp 0.5.
All decks and divisions confirmed. Status Red.
All decks brace for impact.
All due respect, sir, I hope this isn't some kind of Starfleet pep talk.
All our scans are being reflected back. Sensors are useless.
All personnel, resume stations!
All right, as soon as somebody can get to it.
All right, explanation. Why was my phaser order countermanded?
All right. Take out...
An obsession that can blind you
An osmotic micro pump right here.
Analysis, Mr Spock.
And how much you hoped you'd find a way to get a starship command again.
And I'm witnessing some sort of dimensional image,
And Jim, no answers.
And molecule sized multi processor chips.
And on its journey back,
And take a look at this.
And the drive that compels us to overcome.
And the final sequence...
And there's no one on Earth
And they probably redesigned the whole sickbay, too.
And transmit it back to Earth.
And transmit the code now!
And yet, with all its pure logic,
And, in you, too, Lieutenant.
Any attempt to transmit out of the cloud is being reflected back!
Any show of resistance would be futile, Captain.
Anything further?
Armed!
As in "frightened out of," Captain, sir.
As much as you wanted the Enterprise, I want this.
At last report, you were on Vulcan, apparently to stay.
Attention, launch crew, a travel pod is now available at cargo six.
Attention, launch crew.
Aye, lad.
Aye, sir.
Aye, sir.
Aye, sir.
Aye.
Badly!
Because it did not receive the final sequence.
Bones, there's a thing out there.
Bones!
Break free to where, Commander?
Bridge to Captain.
Bridge to Captain. Priority signal from Epsilon IX.
Bridge! Secure all stations! Move out!
Bring him back here. No, wait!
Bring us into a parallel course over the alien at 500 meters.
Bring us parallel to whatever we find in there.
Bring us parallel to whatever we find in there.
But like so many of us, it does not know what.
But only to V'Ger directly.
But who or what are we dealing with?
But, Captain, if we don't break free in 15 seconds, she'll burn up!
Captain Decker requested I complete final science briefing here
Captain, a maximum phaser strike directly at the beam
Captain, I am now quite convinced that all of this is V'Ger.
Captain, photic sonar readings indicate the aperture is closing.
Captain, Starfleet just signaled your transfer of command order, sir.
Captain, the vessel, V'Ger,
Captain, this probe may be our key to the aliens.
Captain, Voyager VI disappeared into what they used to call a black hole.
Captain, we've seen what their weapons can do.
Captain, what's the next move?
Captain?
Captain?
Captain.
Captain.
Captain.
Captain's Log, Stardate 7413.4.
Captain's Log, Stardate 7414.1.
Capture God?
Check Cleary on number six.
Chief DiFalco, take over Lieutenant Lila's station.
Cleary, my people are all tied up now.
Cloud composition, Mr Spock?
Come in, Columbia. Respond, please.
Commander Decker?
Commander Scott, you're needed in engineering immediately.
Commander Sonak,
Commander Sonak's can be reached through the Vulcan Embassy.
Commander!
Commander?
Commander.
Computer off!
Computer, commence recording.
Confirmed. Vessel is floating free. No forward momentum.
Course projection on tactical, sir.
Curiosity, Mr Decker.
Curious. I'm seeing images of planets, moons, stars,
Dalaphaline, five cc's.
Damn it, Bones. I need you.
Damn!
Decker, don't!
Decker.
Delay launching as long as possible.
Dilithium crystals.
Directional control also inoperative.
Disclose the information.
Do you read me, Starfleet? Override it. Pull them back.
Dock control reports ready, sir.
Dock signals clear, Captain.
Doctor Chapel.
Doctor, a thorough examination of this probe might provide some insight
Emergency alert!
Emergency Alert! Negative control at helm!
Emergency Alert! Negative control at helm!
Emergency Alert! Negative control at helm!
Emergency power!
End of transmission.
Engineer, report your status there.
Engineer, report your status there.
Engineering to all decks,
Engineering, belay that order. Disengage all main drive systems.
Engineering, stand by for warp drive.
Engineering! Status report!
Enterprise is the only Federation starship that stands in its way.
Enterprise would be unable to function without carbon units.
Enterprise.
Epsilon IX is monitoring the intruder. Keep a channel open to them.
Even eye moisture.
Exactly. It is a programmed mechanism, Commander.
Except that it is now 53.4 hours away from Earth.
Fascinating. Not "Decker unit"?
Fire!
Five minutes to cloud boundary.
For the past 27 minutes.
For what purpose?
For you to complete your programming.
Fortunately.
Forward motion, slowing, Captain.
Forward motion, stopped, Captain.
From those positions,
Further orders will be relayed at that time,
Gentlemen.
Get someone up here to take the navigator's station.
Going to full emergency!
Good. He's using audio visual association.
Granted, sir! Granted.
Have been received and understood, Mr Spock.
Have no meaning to my programming.
Have Security meet me at deck five! Main elevator!
He may be right, Jim.
He will not achieve his goal with us.
He...
Headed this way.
Helm control restored, sir.
Help us make direct contact with V'Ger.
Here it comes!
His answer lies elsewhere.
Hold position.
Hold relative position here.
Holding at 37.65 degrees.
How do you define "unwarranted"?
How in the name of hell do they expect me to have her ready in 12 hours?
I am concerned with that being our only source of information, Captain.
I am now programming our computer to transmit linguacode
I am programmed to observe and record
I believe it may hold my answers.
I believe the closed orifice leads to another chamber.
I believe they emanate from the intruder.
I cannot guarantee that she'll hold up.
I could never believe that.
I expect immediately reported.
I expect immediately reported.
I have recorded enough here. You will now assist me further.
I have successfully penetrated the next chamber of the alien's interior,
I hope so, too.
I intend to calculate thruster ignition and acceleration rate
I must try to mind meld with it.
I need him.
I need Spock on the bridge.
I read an oxygen gravity envelope forming outside the Enterprise.
I remember Lieutenant Ilia once mentioning she wore that.
I saw V'Ger's planet,
I sense puzzlement.
I sense puzzlement.
I should have known.
I stand corrected.
I stand corrected.
I suggest you treat her as such.
I suspect it is a courier of some kind.
I suspect it may be necessary...
I suspect there's an object at the heart of that cloud.
I think we gave it the ability to create its own sense of purpose
I thought you people had that circuit patched in an hour ago!
I trust you will
I want to show them what we're facing.
I was stationed on the lieutenant's home planet some years ago.
I will now discuss these fuel equations with the engineer.
I would not dare to disappoint.
I would say it's time for that, sir. Aye.
I would say that was a logical assumption, Captain.
I'd still like a Vulcan there, if possible.
I'll explain what happened.
I'll get somebody down there as soon as I can.
I'm afraid you're gonna have to double as science officer.
I'm aware of your engine design difficulties.
I'm losing Starfleet! Interference from V'Ger!
I'm on my way to a meeting with Admiral Nogura
I'm passing through a connecting tunnel.
I'm ready to commence my observations.
I'm really too busy.
I'm replacing you as captain of the Enterprise.
I'm sorry.
I've been given its form to more readily communicate
I've been monitoring your communications
If I can help you to revive those patterns,
If that order isn't clear enough for you...
If this super intelligence is as important to him as he says it is,
If this super intelligence is as important to him as he says it is,
If we have to tow her out with our bare hands.
If you are referring to the Kolinahr, Doctor, you are correct.
Ilia enjoyed this game.
Ilia,
Impact in 20 seconds.
Impact in ten seconds.
In fact, there's no one who's fully rated on this design.
In order to intercept the intruder at the earliest possible time,
In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me.
Insatiable curiosity.
Instruments fluctuating, Captain.
Intermix set, bridge. Impulse power at your discretion.
Into those who manufactured it and how to deal with them.
Intruder cloud has been located on their outer monitors
Intruder scans emanating from the exact centre of the cloud.
Intruder unidentified.
Is beyond V'Ger's comprehension.
Is there anything else?
Is V'Ger the name of the captain of the alien vessel?
It achieved consciousness itself.
It amassed so much knowledge,
It became a living thing.
It could be a representation of V'Ger's entire journey.
It could be misinterpreted as hostility.
It is illogical to withhold required information.
It knows only that it needs, Commander,
It learns fast, doesn't it?
It looks like you found a way.
It must have emerged on the far side of the galaxy
It touches your human blood, Spock.
It wasn't your fault.
It would seem our friendship messages
It's absolutely incredible.
It's borderline on the simulator, Captain.
It's closing up.
It's how we all feel, Mr Spock.
It's taken control of the computer.
It's the Vulcan ritual that's supposed to purge all remaining emotions.
It's the Vulcan ritual that's supposed to purge all remaining emotions.
Its body duplicates our navigator in precise detail.
Jim,
Jim, I want this.
Jim, this was launched more than 300 years ago.
Jim! We're down to 10 minutes.
Jim?
Jim?
Kirk here.
Kirk unit! Kirk unit.
Known? Known what? Spock.
Let me know when that backup's ready.
Let's find out.
Let's take a look. Full sensor scan, Mr Spock.
Level five.
Lieutenant Ilia. Captain Decker.
Lila's memory, her feelings of loyalty,
List him as science officer,
Live long and prosper, Spock.
Make your point, Doctor.
Malfunction! Malfunction! Malfunction!
Maneuvering thrusters, Mr. Sulu.
Mark.
May have made me a little stale,
Micro miniature hydraulics,
Might weaken it just enough for us to break free.
Mind if I tag along, Captain?
More data concerning this functioning is necessary,
Mr Chekov, log Mr Spock's Starfleet commission reactivated,
Mr Decker, I will not provoke an attack.
Mr Spock, can that be one of their crew?
Mr Spock!
Mr Spock!
Mr Spock? Welcome aboard.
Mr. Chekov, Commander Decker's present location?
Mr. Chekov, stand by on phasers.
Mr. Chekov, when do those devices reach final position?
Mr. Decker, I will contact you every five minutes.
Mr. Decker, I'd like to see you in my quarters.
Mr. Scott!
Mr. Spock? Bones?
Mr. Sulu, you have the conn.
Must be something incredible inside there generating it.
My familiarity with the Enterprise, its crew.
My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain.
My wits!
NASA.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Navigator, lay in a new heading
Needing what?
Negative control from inertial lag will continue 22.5 seconds
Negative damage reported, Captain. No casualties reported, Doctor.
Negative helm control, Captain. Going reverse on impulse power!
No doubt a sensor transceiver combination
No meaning. No hope.
No more than I expected.
No vessel could generate a power field of this magnitude.
No, Mr Decker. That could also be misinterpreted as hostile.
No!
No.
Non belligerency confirmed.
Not one damn bit.
Not until V'Ger withdraws the devices orbiting the third planet!
Now receive from us this symbol of total logic.
Now scanning pons area at spinal nerve fiber connection.
Now that we're looking down their throat.
Now what do you suggest we do? Spank it?
Nursemaid me through these difficulties, mister?
Obviously operates from a central brain complex.
Of course, Captain.
Of course, to bring the Creator here to finish transmitting the code in person.
Oh, no. They're forming.
Oh? I'll see to it that he beams up.
On Delta. Remember?
On Stardate 7411.4.
On the late 20th century NASA probe, Voyager VI.
On Vulcan I began sensing a consciousness
Once ignited, the burn duration is
Only the Creator could accomplish that.
Only the normal functioning of the carbon based units.
Our ancestors cast out their animal passions here on these sands.
Our best estimates place us some four hours from Earth.
Our capacity to leap beyond logic.
Our drone can't escape as long as we're held in that tractor.
Our only contact with our captor is that probe.
Our previous transmission mode was too primitive to be received.
Our race was saved by the attainment of Kolinahr.
Our sensor scans unable to penetrate.
Out of our own human weaknesses
Out there.
Patterns unrecognizable.
Perhaps not, Doctor.
Please express my condolences to their families.
Please, sit down.
Possibly a field coil for a gigantic imaging system.
Pre launch countdown will commence in 40 minutes.
Precisely.
Primitive, yet kindred.
Probe? "Ilia"?
Program set for standard warp entry, Captain,
Programming ready?
Push the igniter enable release to begin a 10 second countdown
Radio.
Ready...
Recording everything we say and do.
Red Alert! Red Alert!
Red line on the transporter, Mr. Scott.
Reduce magnification, factor four, Mr Sulu.
Repair time, less than three hours.
Repair time, less than three hours.
Report to me in one hour.
Report to the bridge, Commander, immediately.
Report two casualties.
Resume duty stations.
Reverse angle on the viewer, Captain.
Reviving Ilia memory patterns within the alien probe.
Right. Now that we've got them just where they want us.
Science Officer Spock, reporting as ordered, Captain.
Scotty, drive systems should be free now.
Security scan. One boarder. Identity, Starfleet. Inactive.
Sensors
Shall we give the Enterprise a proper shakedown?
She wishes to come alongside and lock on.
She'll launch on time, sir. And she'll be ready.
She's Deltan, Captain.
Shouldn't we take every possible precaution?
Sir, airlock four has been opened. A thruster suit is reported missing.
Sir, it's on a precise heading for Earth.
Sir, Starfleet computes the devices are proceeding
Sir, you haven't logged a single star hour in two and a half years.
Sir, you'll excuse me.
Sit down.
Space matrix restoration coils.
Spock, did we just see the beginning of a new life form?
Spock, tell me.
Spock, this child is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth.
Spock! Mr Decker, you have the conn.
Spock! Spock! Spock!
Spock! Transmit now!
Spock?
Spock.
Standard light, Engineer.
Starfleet reports our last six crew members are ready to beam up,
Starfleet, boost your matter gain. We need more signal.
Starfleet, Kirk.
Stop competing with me, Decker!
Suppose that beneath its programming,
Surrounding alien vessel.
Tactical
Tactical plot on viewer.
Tactical, stand by on torpedoes.
Temperature at intruder location, temperature drop rapid now.
Temperature leveling, 39 degrees.
Temporary grade reduction to commander.
Thanks to Mr Spock's timely arrival, and assistance,
That instructs the probe to transmit its data.
That is logical. You may proceed.
That is not logical. Carbon units are not true life forms.
That probe, in another form, is what killed Ilia!
That should trigger Voyager's transmitter.
That thing is 20 hours away from Earth.
That transmitter is a vital link between V'Ger and its Creator.
That, plus your unfamiliarity with the ship's redesign, in my opinion, sir,
That's all we know about it.
That's Spock. Damn him.
That's within Klingon boundaries. Who are they fighting?
Thataway.
The carbon unit infestation is to be removed from the Creator's planet.
The carbon unit's information cannot be disclosed to V'Ger's probe,
The carbon units know why the Creator has not responded.
The carbon units use this area for recreation.
The Creator has not responded.
The Creator has not responded.
The crew haven't had near enough transition time
The Decker unit can assist you with much greater efficiency.
The Epsilon IX station, stored here with every detail.
The examination is a normal function.
The information that V'Ger requires will also be destroyed!
The Kolinahr is also a discipline you broke
The machine inhabitants found it to be one of their own kind.
The new screens held.
The phasers were automatically cut off.
The power pouring through that mind meld must have been staggering.
The question is, Mr. Decker, is there a next move?
Then I won't keep you from your duties any longer, Commander.
Then my presence is to our mutual advantage?
Then you acted properly, of course.
There was nothing you could have done, Rand.
Therefore, V'Ger is incapable of believing in them.
They are hundreds of times more powerful, Captain.
They are...
They discovered its simple
They do not. It's like working in a damned computer centre.
They may have followed it too precisely.
They still can.
They still have the intruder on their monitors. It's decelerating.
They're requesting damage and injury reports
This device serves no purpose.
This is a mechanism.
This is how I define unwarranted.
This is one of the games.
This ship is under attack. Man all defensive stations.
This should facilitate a better view of the interior of the alien spacecraft.
Thousands of starships couldn't generate that much...
Thrusters ahead, Mr. Sulu.
Thrusters ahead, one third.
Thrusters at station keeping, sir.
To coincide with the opening of the V'Ger orifice.
To conform with our initial IP with the intruder.
To find the Creator.
To join with him.
To join with the Creator? How?
To prevent reception.
To rendezvous with Scout Revere NCC 595
To thruster ignition.
Toward equidistant positions, orbiting the planet.
Tractor beam has released us, Captain.
Transmitting.
Transmitting.
Transporter room, come in! Urgent!
Transporter room.
Transporter system fully repaired and functioning normally, sir.
Two and a half years as chief of Starfleet operations
Uhura! Repeat the final sequence.
Unbelievable technology.
Undoubtedly, part of the vessel's inner mechanism.
Unfortunately, it will have to deal with them as well.
Unknown, sir.
Unnecessary, Mr. Scott. My task on Vulcan is completed.
V'Ger is a child.
V'Ger is transmitting a signal.
V'Ger requires the information.
V'Ger will comply, if the carbon units will disclose the information.
V'Ger!
V'Ger.
V'Ger.
V'Ger.
V'Ger.
V'Ger. V'Ger!
Very well, Mr. Chekov. See to it.
Viewer, standard ahead.
Voyager is not transmitting its data, Captain.
Voyager is not transmitting, Captain,
Voyager series,
Warning! Your emergency evacuation thruster pack has been armed.
Warp 1, sir.
Warp drive, Mr. Scott.
We are the Creator.
We assume that there is a vessel of some type at the heart of the cloud.
We can have you back on Vulcan in four days, Mr. Spock.
We can't withstand another attack.
We cannot break free, Captain.
We did. We had to disconnect it again so we could tie in radio messaging.
We don't know what it'll do. Moving into that cloud at this time
We have just received the response code, Captain.
We have only a fraction of the power necessary.
We have the engines rebalanced into full warp capacity.
We have to replace Commander Sonak.
We must now risk engaging warp drive while still within the solar system.
We will prove it. We will make it possible
We're at warp 0.8.
We're locked in an alien vessel, six hours from Earth orbit.
We're out of it!
Welcome aboard, Admiral.
Well, for a man who swore he'd never return to the Starfleet...
Well, however it's pronounced, Mr Spock,
Well, I doubt it was that easy with Nogura.
Well, it's been a long time since I delivered a baby,
Well, Mr. Decker, it seems my bluff has been called.
Well, sir,
Well, so help me, I'm actually pleased to see you!
Well, so help me, I'm actually pleased to see you!
Were you right? About V'Ger?
What do you make of all this?
What does that mean?
What does V'Ger want with the Creator?
What happened to her?
What it requires of its God, Doctor, is the answer to its question,
What types of recreation does the crew aboard your vessel enjoy?
What V'Ger needs in order to evolve is a human quality,
What's the problem?
When my examination is complete all carbon units
When they went into anti matter imbalance,
Where's Captain Decker?
Whether they appear to affect you personally or not,
Which I believe to be a representation of V'Ger's home planet.
Which will not last more than three minutes.
Which will require 20 more hours at minimum.
While still more than a day from Earth.
Who could recognize the old signal and send a response.
Who is V'Ger?
Whole galaxies, all stored here, recorded.
Why are you opposed to trying?
Why aren't the Enterprise transporters operating, Mr. Scott?
Why bring us inside? Not to destroy us. They could have done that outside.
Why do you not disclose information?
Why does V'Ger travel to the third planet
Why have we not replied?
Will you please sit down?
Will,
Will.
With all due respect, Commander.
With all the new equipment.
With complete ships records, including our present situation, sir.
With Starfleet Command, Captain.
With the carbon based units infesting Enterprise.
Within you are the memory patterns of a certain carbon unit.
Wormhole distortion has overloaded the main power systems.
Would you have been able to say it?
Yard command signaling clear, sir.
Yeah.
Yes, Captain. We witnessed a birth.
Yes, I do, Doctor!
Yes, it is.
Yes, our exec and science officer.
Yes, you were undergoing the Kolinahr discipline.
Yes. It's an obsession.
You asked my opinion, sir.
You did have a relationship with Lieutenant Ilia, Commander.
You don't know her a tenth as well as I do!
You have labored long, Spock...
You interfere with the Creator in the same manner.
You interfere with the Creator in the same manner.
You may proceed.
You rammed getting this command down Starfleet's throat.
You rammed getting this command down Starfleet's throat.
You told me how envious you were
You, personally, are assuming command?
You'll stay on as executive officer,
You're pushing.
You're right.
You're what?
You've used this emergency to get the Enterprise back.
Your people know their jobs.
Your reaction to Decker is an example, Jim.
Your revered Admiral Nogura
Your thoughts... give them to me.
A conscious, living entity. A living machine?
Admiral! Mr. Scott.
Ahead, warp 1, Mr. Sulu. Accelerating to warp 1, sir.
And fast, Uhura, fast! Aye, sir.
Aye, sir. Correction. They're not casualties.
Aye, sir. Pressure equalized.
before we leave on our mission. Here? At Starfleet?
Bridge to Captain. Viewer on.
By V'Ger itself. Why?
Captain, we are being scanned. Do no return scan, Mr Spock.
Captain. I appreciate the welcome.
Carbon based units? Humans, Ensign Perez. Us.
Engineering! Chief DiFalco, to the bridge!
Engineering! Chief DiFalco, to the bridge!
Forward motion, Captain. Tractor beam.
Full mag on viewer! Full mag, sir.
Get a fix on his position. Aye, sir!
Hello, Ilia. Decker.
It's too late. They're beaming now. Do not...
Jim, this is a mechanism. A probe, Captain.
Jim, what's going on? Tricorder.
Jim. From V'Ger.
May I ask why? My experience.
Medic. Medics are coming.
More signal! We're losing their pattern.
Mr Decker? I advise caution, Captain.
Mr Sulu, hold present position. Holding present position, sir.
Mr Sulu, tactical plot on viewer. Tactical on viewer, sir.
Permission to come aboard, sir. Granted, sir.
Pod secured. Thank you, Mr. Scott.
Position report, Navigator. Computing new intersection course.
Possibly, a next step in our evolution. I wonder.
Put it on viewer. On viewer, sir.
Ready. Emergency shut down trip.
Return that information to its Creator. Precisely, Mr. Decker.
Some kind of power surge. Receiving an odd pattern now!
Thank you. Then why aren't you aboard?
The antenna leads are melted away. Yes, Captain, just now.
They gave her back to me, Scotty. "Gave" her back, sir?
They had a pattern to follow. Indeed.
They have repressed the Creator. The information will not be disclosed!
Vessel status, fully operational. Aye, sir.
Viewer ahead. Viewer ahead, sir.
Viewer astern. Reverse angle on the viewer, Captain.
We are three minutes from Earth orbit. I'll be right there.
We are three minutes from Earth orbit. I'll be right there.
what is it? V'Ger does not know.
Where is Lieutenant Ilia? That unit no longer functions.
Who is V'Ger? V'Ger is that which seeks the Creator.
Will? Ilia.
Yeoman, turboshaft eight? Back that way, sir.
Yes, Doctor? Aye, sir.
You saved the ship. I'm aware of that, sir.
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"Collect all data possible."
"Is there nothing more?"
