:07:01
Earth would most likely be facing a squadron
of Warbirds by the end of the week.
:07:06
Corpse? Is he dead?
:07:11
Excuse me... is that man dead?
:07:13
His autonomic system was disrupted by the blast but his
redundant neural functions are still intact which --
:07:17
Is he going to die?
:07:19
Not necessarily.
:07:25
Let me get this straight... you're going to disconnect
this man from life support...
:07:28
even though he could recover.
Where's the logic in that?
:07:32
Klaang's culture finds honor in death.
:07:35
If they saw him like this he'd be disgraced.
:07:37
They're a warrior race...
they dream of dying in battle.
:07:40
If you understood the complexities of
interstellar diplomacy you would --
:07:43
So your "diplomatic" solution is to do
what they tell you... pull the plug?
:07:47
Your metaphor is crude, but accurate.
:07:51
We may be crude, but we're not murderers.
You're not going to let them do this, are you'?
:07:56
The Klingons have demanded that
we return Klaang immediately.
:08:00
- Admiral?
- We may need to defer to their judgement.
:08:02
- We've been deferring to their judgement for 100 years!
- John!
:08:05
- How much longer?
- Until you've proven you're ready,
:08:08
- Ready to what?
- To look beyond your provincial attitudes and volatile nature.
:08:12
Volatile?
:08:14
You have no idea how much I'm restraining
myself from knocking you on your ass.
:08:22
These Klingons are anxious to get their man back? Fine.
:08:26
I can have my ship ready to go in three days.
:08:31
We'll take him home... alive.
:08:32
This is no time to be imposing your ethical beliefs.
:08:36
Dan?
:08:37
What about your crew? Your Comm Officer's in Brazil...
:08:40
you haven't selected a Medical Officer yet...
:08:43
Three days, that's all I need.
:08:45
Admiral...
:08:53
We've been waiting nearly a century, Ambassador...
:08:58
this seems as good a time as any to get started.