Enterprise Attacked (The Changeling)

[Bridge]

KIRK: Any response from the Malurians, Lieutenant?

UHURA: Nothing since their original distress call, sir.

KIRK: What about the Federation science team working there? Doctor Manway had a special transmitter.

UHURA: There's nothing, sir. I'm scanning all frequencies.

KIRK: They have to answer.

SPOCK: Captain. They will not answer. The long-range sensor sweep of this system reveals no sign of life.

KIRK: That can't be. The last census reported a total inhabitation of more than four billion people.

SPOCK: I register no life readings at all, sir.

KIRK: That's impossible. What could have happened?

SPOCK: We would have known in advance of any system-wide catastrophe, and in the event of an interplanetary war, there would be considerable radioactive residue. Our instruments show only normal background radiation.

KIRK: Any other possibilities?

SPOCK: Unknown, sir. Sensor readings would have revealed the presence of any disease organisms. They do not. In addition, we received the routine report from this system only a week ago. Even the Symbalene blood burn does not act that swiftly.

SULU: Captain, shields just snapped on. Something heading in at multiwarp speeds.

KIRK: Evasive maneuvers, Mister Sulu.

SPOCK: An extremely powerful bolt of energy, Captain.

KIRK: Full power to the shields, Mister Scott.

SCOTT: Giving them all we got.

KIRK: All hands, Red Alert. Phaser banks stand by. Photon torpedoes to Condition Red, Condition Red.

(The viewscreen fills with a ball of bright light.)

SULU: It's going to hit.

(Everyone gets thrown around a lot, and the lights go out for a short while.)