N readings in progress. Make it fast, ben. I may have to go to red alert. Affirmative. Hold your course, mr. Hanson. Aye, aye, sir. Natural vibrations, force 2, captain. Force 3. Engineering, then ion pod. Aye, aye, sir. Engineering. 1 3 more thrust. Working. [finney] ion pod. Aye, aye, sisi force 5, sir. Steady as she goes, mr. Hanson. Freeze that if the court will notice, the log plainly shows the defendants finger pressing the jettison button. The condndion signal reads yellow alert, not red alert, but simply yellow alert. When the pod was jettisoned, the emergency did not as yet exist. But thats not the way it happened. [ boomer ] imagine what you wear every day actually making your body feel better. Making your whole day better. Hi, everybody. Im boomer esiason. And they have infused it into everything they do. Sleeves that help support aching elbows and knees. Tops that can help ease your overworked, sore back and shoulders. Bottoms that help relieve stiff thighs and hips. 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Two days ago, i wouldve staked anything on my judgment. You did. Your professional career. I spent my whole Life Training for decisions just like that one. My whole life. Is it possible that when the moment came, i. No. I know what i did. You can pull out if you want to. Theres no place to go, except back to court and hear the verdict. [communicator beeps] kirk here. Captain, ive run a complete megalyte survey on the computer. Ill tell you what you foundnothing, right . Bitter enough totoorget to thank you for your efforts. Further instructions . No. Itit not all bad, mr. Spock. Who knows . You may be able to beat your next captain at chess. Kirk out. Chess. Jame. This is Lieutenant Commander finneys daughter. Mr. Cogley, weve got to stop this. Make him take a ground assignment. I realize it wasnt his fault. I wont make any trouble. Make him change his plea. Its too late for that, jame, but im glad you dont blame me anymore for what happened. I was just so upset that night. Im sorry. Dont say any more. But i have to. Through some of the i never realized how close you and dad had been papers he wrote, letters to mother and me. Mr. Cogley, ruining jim wont change whats happened. Thats very commendable, miss finney, but most unusual. After all, captain kirk is accused of cauaung your fathers death, and the evidence would indicate his guilt. I was just thinking of jim. I know, and i thank you. I have to go and change. You ready . No, but i may be getting ready. Explain. Theyre about to lop off the captains professional head, and youre sitting here playing chess with the computer. That is true. Mr. Spock, youre the most coldblooded man ive ever known. Why, thank you, doctor. Ive just won my fourth game. Thats impossible. Observe for yourself. Rook to kings pawn 4. And now mine. Ally, checkmate. The computer is flawless. Therefore, logically, its report of the captains guilt is infallible. I could not accept that, however. So you tested the program bank. Exactly. I programmed it myself for chess some months ago. The best i shouldve been able to attain was a draw. Transporter room, stand by. Were beaming down. [ringing bell] court is now in session. The board will entertain motions before delivering its verdict. Sir, the prosecution rests. Counsel for the defense . Sir. The dedense rests. [door opens] mr. Cogley. Mr. Cogley sir, some new evidence has just been brought to my attention, and id like to askskhe Court Objection of what nature isishis evidence . I cant tell you. I have to show you, sir. Mr. Cogley is wellknown for his theatrics. Is saving an innocent mans career a theatric . Counsels will kindly direct their remarks to the bench. Id be delighted to, sir, now that i ie got something human to talk about. Rights, sir, human rights the bible, the code of hammurabi and of jususnian, magna carta, fundamental declarations of the martian colonies. The statutes of alpha 3 3 gentlemen, these documents all speak of rights. Rights of the accused to a trial by his peers, to be represented by counsel, the rights of crossexamination, but most importantly, the right to be confronted by the witnesses against him a right to which my client has been denied. Your honor, that is ridiculous. My learned opponent had the opportunity to see them, crossexamame them all but one the most devastating witness against my client is not a human being. Its a machine, an Information System the computer log of the enterprise. And i ask this Court Adjourn and reconvene aboard that vessel. I protest, your honor. And i repeat, i speak of rights. A machine has none. A man must. And if you do not grant him that right, you have brought us down to the level of the machine. Indeed, you have elevated that machine above us. I ask that my motion be granted, and morerethan that, in the name of humanity, fading in the shadowow of, i demand it. Captains log, stardate 2950. 1. After due consideration, the general courtmartial has reconvened on board the enterprise. How many games of chess did you win from the computer, mr. Spock . Ered unusual . Affirmative. Why . I personally progogmmed the computer for chess months ago. I gave the machine an understanding of the game equal to my own. The computer cannot make an error. And assuming that i do not either, the best that could normally be hoped for would be stalemate after stalematat and yet i beat the machine five times. Sosoone, either accidentally or deliberately, herefore, the memory banks of that computer. Could that have had an effect on the visual playback we saw . Object the witness would be making a conclusion. Sustained. Hypothetically, mr. Spock. Hypothetically, miss shaw, if what you suggest had been done, it would be beyond the capabilities of most men. Is that true . The captain, myself, and the records officer. Mmhmm. And at t t moment, you have no records officer. Affirmative. Until he was lost, our records officerrwas lieutent commander finney. Captain kirk, will you tell the steps you took to find mr. Finney after the storm . I instituted a phase 1 search. Describe a phase 1 search. Its a painstaking, thorough attempt d the ship to find a man whos presumably injured and unable to respond. It presupposes, does it not, that a man wishes to be found . I beg your pardon . That he if you start a search for a man, wants to be found . Hes not hiding . Yes. On a ship of this size, could a man evade such a search . Possibly. That lieutenant commananr ben finney is not dead. Mr. Cogley, were waiting for proof of the extraordinary statement you made in the briefing room. You shall have it, but first i need the coopopation of this court in conducting an experiment. Captain kirk. Gentlemen, for the purposos of this experiment, itll be necessary for all personnel, except for members of the court and the command crew, to leave the ship. Im ordering all others to report to the transporter room. Including myself, sir. This court is by no means adjourned, mr. Cogley errand ashore of vital importance to the purpose of this court, and i will return. Very well. Thank you, sir. Captain, are you maintaining an engine crew aboard . Our impulse engines have been shut down. Well maintain orbit by momentum. And when the orbit begins to decay . We hope to be finished long before that. Gentlemen, this computer has an auditory sensor. It can, in effect, hear s snds. By installing a booster, we can increase that capability on the order of 1 to the 4 4 power. The computer should be able to bring us every sound occurring on the ship. All personnel have left the ship as orderededsir. Dr. Mccoy . All right, mr. Spock. [loud beating] turn it down a little. [volume decreases] gentlemen, that sound is caused by the heartbeats of all the people on board the ship. Dr. Mccoy will use this white sound device from the sounds were hearing. First, the captain. Mr. Spock. And lastly, myself. Thats all of us, except for the crewman in the transporter room. Mr. Spock, eliminate his heartbeat. [heartbeat continues] that accounts for everyone. Finney. Localize that. B deck. In or near engineering. Seal off b deck, sections 1 18y through 23d. Acknowledged. So finney is alive. It would seem so. Commodore, this is my problem. To bring jame finney on board. We both felt that james presence would make finney easier to handle in the event finney really were alive. Ben. [kirk] ben fifiey. Mr. Spock, encountering variants. Compensate. What does that mean . The orbit is beginning to decay. Llo, captain nothing to say, captaiai im glad youre alive. You mean youre relieved because you think your career is saved. Well, youre wrong. Ben ben, its not too late. We can help you. Like you helped me all along, kept me down, robbed me of my own command . Im a good officer. As good as you. Ive watched you for years. They told you to do it to me. You all conspired against me. You ruined me, but you wont do it anymore. Uhh. Put the phaser down, ben. Oh, i wouldnt kill you, captain. Your own death would mean too but your ship what about my ship . Its dead. Ive killed it. I i tapped out your primary energy circuits. Mr. Spock, whats our orbit status . Decaying, captain. Variants at second level depreciating unusually fast. Youre out of power. I know this ship, too. The enterprise shouldve been mine. Why kill innocent people . Innocent . Ha ha ha officers and gentlemen, captains all, except for finney and his one mistake a long time ago, but they dont forget. I logged the mistake, ben. Blame me, not them. But they are to blame. All of them. I was a good officer. I really was. I loved the service more than any man evev did. Mr. Spock, were running out of time. Gentlemen, if youll please hurry to the transporter room mr. Spock, the court has not yet reached a verdict. We will hear this witness out. Very well, sir. Its not too late. But if you kill all those people why shouldnt i . Its a fair trade. Is jame included in that deal . What do you mean . Shes on board by now. Yes. Shes on board. Why did you do that . Why did you bring her here . Beaten and sobbing, finney told me where he had sabotaged the prime energy circuits. The damage he had caused was considerabab, but not irreparable. With luck, i would be able to effect repairs bebere our orbit decayed completely. Activate port impulse engines. 1 3 power. 1 3 power. Variants fading. Orbit stabilizing. All secure, sir. Unless the prosecution has an objection, i rule this court to be dismissed. How long will it be this time before i see you again . At the risk of sounding like a mystic, that depends on the stars. Sam cogley asked me to give you something special. Its not a First Edition or anything just a book. Sam says that makes it special, though. A chance to thank him. Hessusy on a case. Hes defending ben finney. He says hellwin. I wouldnt be a bit surprised. Do you think it would cause a complete breakdown of discipline if a lowly lieutenant kissed a starship captain on the bririe of his ship . See . No change. Discipline goes on. And so must the enterprise. Goodbye, jim. Goodbye, areel. Better luck next time. I had pretty good luck this time. I lost, didnt i . Shes a very good lawyer. Obviously. People across the nation were trance fixed watching thousands of water rescues as matthews flood waters poured into lumberton. Five long weeks later, the water gone moved on. While the residents say what now . People across eastern North Carolina are struggling to start their recovery. Thank you for joining us. Im david crabtree. Im deborah morganment two separate meetings addressed the needs of residents in two hard hit counties. Wral is in Robeson County where state officials addressed a crowd and in cumberland county