Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Page #2

is 20 years old.

We feel

her day is over.

But we had

requested...

We'd hoped to take

her back to Genesis.

That is out

of the question.

Why?

In your absence,

Genesis has become

a galactic

controversy.

Until the Federation

Council makes policy,

you're all under orders

not to discuss with anyone

your knowledge

of Genesis.

Consider it

a quarantined planet

and a forbidden subject.

To fully understand

the events I report,

it is necessary

to review

the theoretical data

on the Genesis device

as developed by Doctors

Carol and David Marcus.

Genesis, simply put,

is life from lifelessness.

We intended to introduce

the Genesis device

into a preselected area

of a lifeless space body-

a moon or

other dead form.

The device,

when delivered,

would instantaneously

cause the Genesis effect.

Instead of a dead moon,

a living, breathing

planet now exists,

capable of sustaining

whatever life forms

we see fit

to deposit on it.

So?

Speak.

Great power

to control...

dominate.

Speak.

Impressive.

They can make

planets.

Oh, yes.

New cities,

homes in the country,

your woman

at your side,

children playing

at your feet,

and overhead, fluttering

in the breeze,

the flag

of the Federation.

Charming.

Station.

Yes, my lord.

Share this

with no one.

Understood,

my lord.

We are going

to this planet.

Even as our emissaries negotiate

for peace with the Federation,

we will act for the preservation

of our race.

We will seize the secret

of this weapon.

The secret

of ultimate power!

Success, my lord.

We have reached

the destination planet

at.035.

Very well,

Lieutenant.

Helm, execute

standard orbital approach.

Standard orbit.

Aye, sir.

Communications.

Send a coded message

for Starfleet Commander-

priority one.

"Federation science

vessel Grissom

"arriving Genesis planet

to begin research.

J.T. Esteban,

commanding."

Aye, sir.

Coding now.

Dr. Marcus,

it's your planet.

Begin scanning,

please.

This is where

the fun begins, Saavik.

Just like your father-

so human.

All units functional.

Recorders are on.

Scanning Sector 1.

Foliage in fully-developed

state of growth.

Temperature-22.2 Celsius.

Sector 2 indicating

desert terrain.

Minimal vegetation.

Temperature-39.4.

Sector 3-

subtropical vegetation.

Temperature

decreasing rapidly.

It's snow.

Snow in

the same sector.

Fantastic.

Fascinating.

All the varieties

of Earth's land and weather

within

a few hours' walk.

Metallic mass.

Close-range scan.

A photon tube.

Gravitational fields

were in flux.

It must have

soft-landed.

In code to Starfleet-

"Captain Spock's tube

located on Genesis' surface."

Yes, sir.

Coding your message.

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