Spock to Enterprise. Get us out now.
Locking on to you. Don't move. Stay right where you are.
Transport in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...
- Mother! - I'm losing her! I'm losing her! ...
I've lost her! I've lost her.
Acting captain's log, star date 2258.42.
We have had no word from captain Pike.
I have therefore classified him a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero
Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its 6 billion inhabitants.
While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship ...
I estimate no more than 10 000 have survived.
I am now a member of an endangered species.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
What do you need. Tell me. Tell me.
I need everyone ...
- ... to continue performing admirably. - OK.
You must have a lot of questions for me.
I only have one for you.
I need the subspace frequencies of Starfleet's border protection grids.
Specifically those surrounding Earth.
Christopher, answer my question.
No, you answer for the genocide you just committed against a peaceful planet.
No, I prevented genocide.
In my time, where I come from, this is a simple mining vessel.
I chose a life of honest labor.
to provide for myself and the wife who was expecting my child.
I was off planet doing my job
while your Federation did nothing.
And allowed my people to burn while their planet broke in half.
And Spock, he didn't help us. He betrayed us.
No, no... you're confused. You're misinformed. Romulus hasn't been destroyed.
It's out there right now. You're blaming the Federation for something that hasn't happened...
It has happened! I watched it happen! I saw it happen!
Don't tell me it didn't happen!
And when I lost her. I promised myself retribution.
And for 25 years I planned my revenge against the Federation.
And forgot what it was like to live a normal life.
I did not forget the pain.
It's a pain that every surviving Vulcan now shares.
My purpose, Christopher,
is to not simply avoid the destruction of the home that I love
but to create a Romulus that exists free of the Federation.
You see only then will she be truly saved.
That is why I will destroy all the remaining Federation planets.
Starting with yours.
Then we have nothing left to discuss.
You will give me the frequencies to disable Earth's defenses.
Centaurian slugs. They latch on to your brain stem...
and release a toxin that will force you to answer.
Frequencies please, sir.
Christopher Pike, captain of the USS Enterprise ...
As you wish.
Have you confirmed that Nero is heading for Earth?
Their trajectory suggests no other destination, captain.
Thank you, lt.
Earth may be his next stop, but we have to assume
every Federation planet's a target
Out of the chair.
Well, if the Federation is the target, why didn't they destroy us?
Why would they? Why waste a weapon? We obviously weren't a threat.
That is not it. He said he wanted me to see something. The destruction of my home planet.
How the hell did they do that, by the way?
And where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry?
The engineering comprehension necessary to artificially create a black hole
may suggest an answer.
Such technology could theoretically be manipulated
to create a tunnel through space-time.
Damn it man, I am a doctor, not physicist.
Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?
If you eliminate the impossible, what ever remains, however improbable
must be the truth.
How poetic.
Then what would an angry future Romulan want with captain Pike?
As captain he does know details of Starfleet's defenses.
What we need to do is catch up to that ship,
disable it, take it over and get Pike back.
We are technologically outmatched in every way. A rescue attempt would be illogical.
Nero's ship would have to drop out of warp for us to overtake it.
Then what about assigning engineering crews to try and boost our warp yield?
Remaining power and crew are being used to repair radiation leaks
on the lower decks. The damage ...
- OK. All right. All right. - ...communications. Without it... - There's got to be some way.
- ...we cannot contact Starfleet. We must gather with the rest of Starfleet.
To balance the terms of the next engagement, - There won't be a next engagement.
By the time we gather it'll be too late.
Look, you say he's from the future and knows what's gonna happen
then the logical thing is to be unpredictable.
You're assuming that Nero knows how event's are predicted to unfold.
The contrary. Nero's very presence has altered the flow of history
beginning with the attack on the USS Kelvin, culminating with the events of today,
thereby creating an entire new chain of incidents that cannot be anticipated by either party.
An alternate reality.
Precisely.
Whatever our lives might have been
if the time continuum was disrupted
our destinies have changed.
Mr. Sulu, plot a course for the Laurentian system. Warp factor 3.
Spock, don't do that.
Running back to the rest of the fleet for a con fab is a massive waste of time...
These orders were issued by captain Pike when he left.
He also ordered us to go back and get him.
- Spock, you are captain now. You have... - I am aware of my responsibilities ...
Every second we waste Nero's getting closer to his next target.
That is correct and why I'm instructing you to accept the fact that I'm...
I will not allow us to go backwards... ... instead of hunting Nero down.
Security, escort him out.
- No. - Jim!
Get him off this ship.
Computer, where am I?
Location: Delta Vega. Class M planet. Unsafe.
There is a Starfleet outpost 14km to the northwest.
- Remain in your pod ... - Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
Star date 2258.42.
... for ... for ... Whatever.
Acting captain Spock has marooned me on Delta Vega.
What I believe to be a violation of security protocol 49.09
governing the treatment of prisoners aboard a starship.
James T. Kirk.
- Excuse me? - How did you find me?
How do you know my name?
I have been and always shall be your friend.
Look, I don't know you.
I am Spock.
Bullshit.
It is remarkably pleasing to see you again old friend.
Especially after the events today.
Sir, I appreciate what you did for me today
but if you were Spock, you'd know we're not friends at all.
You hate me. You marooned me here for mutiny.
- Mutiny? - Yes.
You are not the captain?
No, no... You're the captain.
Pike was taken hostage.
By Nero?
What do you know about him?
He is a particularly troubled Romulan.
Please. Allow me.
It will be easier.
- Whoa, whoa. What are you doing? - Our minds, one and together.
129 years from now, a star will explode and threaten to destroy the galaxy.
That is where I'm from Jim.
The future.
A star went supernova.
Consuming everything in its path.
I promised the Romulans that I will save their planet.
We outfitted our fastest ship.
Using red matter I would create a black hole
which would absorb the exploding star.
I was on root when the unthinkable happened.
The supernova destroyed Romulus.
I had little time.
I had to extract the red matter and shoot it into the supernova.
As I began my return trip I was intercepted.
- He called himself Nero, - ... collapse of Romulan Empire.
In my attempt to escape, both of us were pulled into the black hole.
Nero went through first. He was the first to arrive.
Nero spent the next 25 years awaiting my arrival.
But what was years for Nero
was only seconds for me.
I went through the black hole.
Nero was waiting for me.
He held me responsible for the loss of his world.
He captured my vessel and spared my life.
For one reason. So that I would know his pain.
He beamed me here so that I can observe his vengeance.
As he was helpless to save his planet
I would be helpless to save mine.
Billions of lives lost because of me, Jim.
Because I failed.
Forgive me. Emotional transference is an effect of the mind meld.
- So you do feel. - Yes.
Going back in time you changed all our lives.
Jim! We must go.
There is a Starfleet outpost not far from here.
Wait.
Where you came from ...
... did I know my father?
Yes.
You often spoke of him as being your inspiration for joining Starfleet.
He proudly lived to see you become captain of the Enterprise.
Captain?
A ship we must return you to as soon as possible.
- Warp 3, sir. - Course 151-3.
- Laurentian system, sir. - Thank you gentlemen.
- You wanted to see me? - Yes. Doctor.
I am aware that James Kirk is a friend of yours.
I recognize that supporting me as you did must have been difficult.
Is that thank you?
- I am simply acknowledging your difficulties. - Permission to speak freely, sir.
- I welcome it. - Do you?
Ok then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind?
Are you making a logical choice sending Kirk away? Probably. But the right one?
Back home we've got a saying. If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky derby
you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable
A curious metaphor, Doctor, as a stallion must first be broken
before it can reach its potential.
My God man. You could at least act like it was a hard decision.
I intend to insist in the effort to reestablish communication with Starfleet.
However, if crew moral is better served by my roaming the halls weeping
I would gladly defer to your medical expertise.
Excuse me.
Green blooded little goblin.
What?
You realize how unacceptable this is?
- Fascinating. - What?
I am sure you're just doing your job, but could you not come a wee bit sooner?
Six months I've been here. Living off Starfleet botty nips and a promise of a good meal.
And I know exactly what's going on here.
Ok? Punishment, isn't it? Ongoing. For something that was clearly an accident.
- You are Montgomery Scott. - You know him?
Yeah, it's me. You're in the right place.
Unless there’s another hard working equally starved Starfleet officer around.
- Me. - Getup, shut up.
You aren't doing anything. You can eat, like, a bean and you're done.
I'm talking about food, real food.
But you're here now. So, thank you. Where is it?
You are in fact a Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?
That's what I'm talking about. How'd ya 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 grapefruit
was limited to about a 100 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 life form.
So, I tested it on admiral Archer's prize beagle.
I know that dog. What happened to it?
I'll tell you when it reappears. I don't know. I do feel guilty about that.
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?
I think that if that equation had been discovered I'd have heard about it.
The reason you haven't heard of it, Mr. Scott,
is because you haven't discovered it yet.
- Are you from the future? - He is. I'm not.
Well that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?
Well, she's a wee bit dodgy.
Shield emitters are totally bum jacked as well as a few other things.
In you go.
So, the Enterprise has had it's maiden voyage, has it?
She is one well endowed lady.
I'd like to get my hands on her ample nossels, if you'd pardon the engineering parlance.
Except, the thing is, even if I believed you. Where you're from, what I've done...
Which I don't, by the way. We're still talking about beaming aboard the Enterprise
while she's travelling faster than light without a proper receiving pad.
Get off there. It's not a climbing frame.
The notion of transwarp beaming
is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet
whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.
What's that?
Your equation for achieving transwarp beaming.
You're out of it...
Imagine that. It never occurred to me to think of space as the thing that was moving
You're coming with us, right?
No, Jim. That is not my destiny.
Your destiny ...
He. The other Spock is not gonna believe me. Only you can explain what the hell has happened.
Under no circumstances can he be made aware of my existence. You must promise me that.
So you're telling me I can't tell you that I'm following you're own orders. Why not? What happens?
Jim, this is one rule you cannot break.
To stop Nero, you alone must take command of your ship.
How? Over your dead body?
Preferably, not.
However, there is Starfleet regulation 619.
619 states that any command officer who is emotionally compromised by the mission at hand
must resign command.
So, you're saying that I have to emotionally compromise you... guys?
Jim, I just lost my planet.
I can tell you, I am emotionally compromised.
What you must do is get me to show it.
Aye then lady. Live or die. Let's get this over with.
You cannot come with me. Go on.
Coming back in time, changing history, that's cheating.
A trick I learned from an old friend.
Live long and prosper.
Mr. Scott?
Mr. Scott, can you hear me?
Hold on a second.
No. No!
RELEASE VALVE.
Purifier release valve activated.
You all right? You all right?
My head's buzzing and I'm soaked, but otherwise I'm fine.
Captain Spock, detecting unauthorized access to water turbine control board
Bring up the video.
Security, seal the engineering deck. We have intruders in turbine section 3.
Set phasers to stun.
Halt!
Come with me
cupcake!
Who are you?
- I am with him. - He's with me.
We are travelling at warp speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?
You're the genius, you figure it out.
As acting captain of this vessel I order you to answer the question.
Well I'm not telling, acting captain.
What now? That doesn't frustrate you, does it? My lack of cooperation, that doesn't make you angry?
- Are you a member of Starfleet? - Yes. Can I get a towel?
Under penalty of court martial I order you to explain to me how you were able
to beam aboard the ship while moving at warp
- Well. - Don't answer him.
You will answer me.
- I'd rather not take sides. - What is it with you, Spock?
Your planet was just destroyed, your mother murdered, and you're not even upset.
If you are presuming that these experiences in any way impede
my ability to command this ship you are mistaking.
And yet you were the one who said fear was necessary for command.
I mean, did you his ship? Did you see what he did?
- Yes, of course I did. - So are you afraid or aren't you?
I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits of emotion.
- Then why don't you stop me? - Step away from me Mr. Kirk.
What is it like not to feel anger? Or heartbreak?
Or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you.
- Back away from me. - You feel nothing!
It must not even compute for you.
You never loved her!
Spock.
Doctor, I am no longer fit for duty.
I relinquish my command based on the fact that I have been emotionally compromised.
Please note the time and date in the ship's log.
I like this ship.
You know it's exciting.
Well congratulations, Jim. Now we've got no captain and no God damn first officer
to replace him.
Yeah we do.
- What? - Pike made him first officer.
- You've gotta be kidding me. - Thanks for the support.
I sure hope you know what you're doing, captain.
So do I.
Attention, crew of the Enterprise, this is James Kirk.
Mr. Spock has resigned commission and advanced me to acting captain.
I know you're all expecting a regroup with the fleet,
but I'm ordering a pursuit course of the enemy ship to Earth.
I want all departments at battle stations and ready in 10 minutes.
Either we're going down or they are.
Kirk out.
Speak your mind Spock.
That would be unwise.
What is necessary is never unwise.
I am as conflicted as I once was as a child.
You will always be a child of two worlds.
I am grateful for this.
And for you.
I feel anger for the one who took mother's life.
An anger I cannot control.
I believe, as she would say ...
... do not try to.
You asked me once why I married your mother.
I married her because I loved her.
Whatever the case we need to get aboard Nero's ship undetected.
Just can't just go in there guns blazing, Jim.
I'm telling you to ...
- Captain Kirk. Captain Kirk. - Yes, Chekov. What is it?
Based on the Nerada’s course from Vulcan
I have projected that Nero will travel pass Saturn.
Like you said we need to stay invisible to Nero or he'll destroy us.
If Mr. Scott can get us to warp factor 4
and if we drop out of warp behind one of Saturn's moons, say Titan.
The magnetic distortion from the planet's rings
will make us invisible to Nero's sensors.
From there, as long as the drill is not activated
we can beam aboard the enemy ship.
Aye, that might work.
- Wait a minute kid, how old are you? - 17, sir.
Oh good, he's 17.
Doctor.
Mr. Chekov is correct. I can confirm his telemetry.
If Mr. Sulu is able to maneuver us into position
I can beam aboard Nero's ship, steal back the black hole device
and if possible bring back captain Pike.
I won't allow you to do that Mr. Spock.
Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestry.
Our cultural similarities will make it easier for me to access the ship's computer
and locate the device.
Also my mother was human. Which makes Earth the only home I have left.
I'm coming with you.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
See? We are getting to know each other.
Prepare the drill.
All stop in 3 ... 2 ... 1.
Gimme 1/4 impulse burst for 5 seconds.
I'll do the rest with thrusters. On my mark.
Aye.
Fire.
Transporter room. We are in position above Titan.
Really? Fine job Mr. Sulu, well done.
- How are we Scotty? - Unbelievably sir. The ship is in position.
Whatever happens Mr. Sulu, if you think you have the tactical advantage
you fire on that ship even if we're still on board. That's an order.
Yes, sir.
Otherwise we'll contact the Enterprise when we're ready to be beamed back.
Good luck.
- I will be back. - You better be.
- I'll be monitoring your frequency. - Thank you, Nyota.
- So her first name's Nyota? - I have no comment on the matter.
Oky doky then. If there’s any common sense in the design of the enemy's ship
I should be putting you somewhere in the cargo bay, shouldn't be a soul in site.
Energize.
Captain, we have Starfleet officers aboard the ship.
- One of them is Vulcan. - No.
Ayel!
- I'll cover ya. - Are you certain?
Yeah, I've gotcha.
Do you know where it is? The black hole device?
And captain Pike.
Move.
They have activated the drill.
Communication and transportation are inoperative.
Sulu, please tell me you have them.
Otherwise we won't be able to beam them back.
Kirk and Spock are on their own now.
I foresee a complication. The design of this ship is far more advanced than I have anticipated.
Voice print and face recognition analysis enabled.
Welcome back ambassador Spock.
That's weird.
Computer, what is your manufacturing origin?
Star date 2387. Commissioned by the Vulcan Science Academy.
It appears that you have been keeping important information from me.
You'll be able to fly this thing, right?
Something tells me I already have.
- Good luck. - Jim.
The statistical likelihood that our plan will succeed is less than 4,3%.
It'll work.
In the event that I don't return please tell lt. Uhura ...
Spock, it'll work.
Fascinating.
Startup sequence initiated.
Nero, order your men to disable the drill or I will ...
I know your face from Earth's history.
James T. Kirk was considered to be a great man.
He went on to captain the USS Enterprise. But that was another life.
A life I will deprive you of just like I did your father.
Captain Nero. The Vulcan ship's been taken. The drill has been destroyed.
Spock! Spock!
- Open a channel. - Yes, sir.
Spock, I knew I should have killed you when I had the chance.
I hereby confiscate this illegally obtained ship
and order you to surrender your vessel. No terms.
That ship ... take it out.
- Sir, if you ignite the red matter.. - I want the Spock dead now!
- He went to warp. - Go after him.
Yes, sir.
Your species is even weaker than I expected.
You can't even speak.
What?
I got your gun.
What's he doing?
Ambassador Spock, you are on a collision course.
Fire everything.
Incoming missiles. If the ship is hit, the red matter will be ignited.
Understood.
Captain, I've picked up another ship.
- What are you doing here? - Following orders.
Enterprise now!
Nice timing Scotty.
I've never beamed three people from two targets
onto one pad before.
- Jim. - Bones. -I've got him.
That was pretty good.
Captain, the enemy ship is loosing power. They're shields are down.
- Hail them now. - Aye.
This is captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise.
Your ship is compromised. You're too close to the singularity
to survive without assistance which we are willing to provide.
Captain, what are you doing?
Showing them compassion may be the only way to make peace with Romulus, Spock.
It's logical, Spock. Thought you'd like that.
No, not really. Not this time.
I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times,
I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you.
You've got it.
Arm phasers. Fire everything we've got.
Yes, sir.
- Sulu, let's go home. - Yes, sir.
- Why aren't we at warp? - We are, sir.
Kirk to engineering. Get us out of here, Scotty.
You bet your ass captain.
Captain, we're caught in the gravity well. It's got us.
Go to maximum warp. Push it!
I'm giving it all she's got captain.
All she's got isn't good enough. What else you got?
Ok, if we eject the core and detonate
the blast could be enough to push us away. I can't promise anything though.
Do it! Do it! Do it!
- Clear the area. Go! - Yes, sir.
Father?
I am not our father.
There are so few Vulcans left we cannot afford to ignore each other.
Then why did you send Kirk aboard when you alone could have explained the truth?
Because you needed each other.
I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you can accomplish together.
Of a friendship that will define you both.
In ways you cannot yet realize.
How'd you persuade him to keep your secret?
He inferred that universe ending paradoxes would ensue
should he break his promise.
You lied?
- Oh. I implied. - A gamble?
An act of faith.
One I hope you will repeat in the future in Starfleet.
In the face of extinction it is only logical I resign my Starfleet commission
and help rebuild our race.
And yet you can be in two places at once.
I urge you to remain in Starfleet.
I've already located a suitable planet on which to establish a Vulcan colony.
Spock, in this case do yourself a favor
put aside logic, do what feels right.
Since my customary farewell would appear awfully self serving
I shall simply say good luck.
This assembly calls captain James Tiberius Kirk.
Your inspirational valor and supreme dedication to your comrades
is in keeping with the highest traditions of service.
And reflect at most credit to yourself, your crew and the Federation.
It is my honor to award you with this commendation.
By Starfleet order 28455, you are hereby directed to report to admiral Pike
USS Enterprise, for duty as his relief.
I relieve you, sir.
I am relieved.
- Thank you, sir. - Congratulations, captain.
Your father would be proud of you.
Thrusters on full.
Firing thrusters and impulse engines at your command, sir.
Weapon systems and shields on standby.
Dock control reports ready, captain.
Bones.
Buckle up.
Scotty, how we doin'?
Dilithium chambers at maximum captain.
Get down!
Mr. Sulu, prepare to engage thrusters.
Permission to come aboard, captain.
Permission granted.
As you have yet to select a first officer,
respectfully I would like to submit my candidacy.
Should you desire I can provide character references.
It would be my honor commander.
Maneuvering thrusters Mr. Sulu.
- Thrusters on standby. - Take us out.
Aye aye, captain.
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