| Bones: |
I doubt that this combination of things was ever used to make a tranquilizer before. |
| Kirk: |
How soon will it be ready? |
| Bones: |
Right now. |
| Kirk: |
Good. How long will it take for the tranquilizer to have an effect? |
| Bones: |
Three or four seconds. |
| Kirk: |
How did you manage to test it? |
| Bones: |
It has not been tested. |
| Spock: |
It’s not necessary, Captain. |
| Bones: |
It’s simple. Nothing can go wrong. |
| Kirk: |
Up to now, everything’s gone wrong. I want it tested ... and now. |
| Scotty: |
Would a volunteer solve the problem? |
| Bones: |
It would. |
| Scotty: |
Then I volunteer. (He takes a long pull on a bottle of whiskey.) It’s to kill the pain. |
| Spock: |
But this is painless. |
| Scotty: |
(Smirking.) Well, you should’ve warned me sooner, Mr. Spock. Fire away. (Scotty breathes deeply of the tranquilizing fumes, but there is no effect.) |
| Kirk: |
It doesn’t work. |
| Spock: |
Indeed. Fascinating. |
| Kirk: |
It was our last chance. |
| Spock: |
Captain, you don’t seem to understand. It did not function, but it must function. Nothing could go wrong, Captain. It should work. |
| Kirk: |
A scientific fact ... |
| Spock: |
But if the tranquilizer does not function, which is clearly impossible, then a radical alteration of our thought patterns must be in order. |
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Adapted from “Spectre of the Gun”, Star Trek original series Episode No: 056, Air Date: 10.25.1968, Stardate: 4385.3 |
