:05:14
USS Enterprise,
Captain's Personal Log.
:05:18
With most of our battle damage
repaired, we're almost home.
:05:23
Yet I feel uneasy.
And I wonder why.
:05:33
Perhaps it is the emptiness
of this vessel.
:05:37
Most of our trainee crew
has been reassigned.
:05:41
Lieutenant Saavik
and my son David
:05:43
are exploring the Genesis planet,
which he helped create.
:05:46
And Enterprise feels like a house
with all the children gone.
:05:51
No, more empty even than that.
:05:56
The death of Spock
is like an open wound.
:05:59
It seems that I've left the noblest
part of myself back there...
:06:04
..on that newborn planet.
:06:08
- Status, Mr Sulu.
- On course, Admiral.
:06:11
Estimating space dock in 2.1 hours.
:06:13
Very well. Mr Chekov,
I'll need a pre-approach scan.
:06:16
- Take the science station, please.
- Yes, sir.
:06:20
Uhura... Any response from Starfleet
on our Project Genesis enquiries?
:06:25
- No, sir, there is no response.
- That's very odd.
:06:33
- Scotty, progress report.
- It's almost done, sir.
:06:35
You'll be fully automated
by the time we dock.
:06:38
Excellent timing. You fixed the barn
door after the horse has come home.
:06:44
How much refit time
till we can take her out again?
:06:46
Eight weeks, sir. But you don't have
eight weeks, so I'll do it in two.
:06:51
Have you always multiplied your
repair estimates by a factor of four?.
:06:56
Certainly, sir. How else can I keep
my reputation as a miracle worker?.