Star Trek Into Darkness Page #2

SPOCK:
I can think of

numerous possibilities.

A five-year mission, Spock!

That's deep space!

That's uncharted territory!

Think how incredible that's gonna be.

Hey, ladies. Jim Kirk.

- "Uneventful."

- KIRK:
Admiral?

It's the way you described the survey of

Nibiru in your captain's log.

Yes, sir, I didn't want to waste your time

going over the details.

Tell me more about this volcano.

Data says it was highly volatile.

If it were to erupt,

it would wipe out the planet.

Let's hope it doesn't, sir.

Something tells me it won't.

Well, sir, volatile is all relative.

Maybe our data was off.

Or maybe it didn't erupt

because Mr. Spock detonated

a cold fusion device

inside it right after a civilization

that's barely invented the wheel

happened to see a starship

rising out of their ocean!

That is pretty much how

you describe it, is it not?

- Admiral...

- You filed a report?

Why didn't you tell me?

I incorrectly assumed that you would be

truthful in your captain's log.

Yeah, I would have been

if I didn't have to save your life.

A fact for which I am

immeasurably grateful

and the very reason I felt it necessary

to take responsibility for the actions...

(SCOFFS)

Take responsibility, yeah.

That'd be so noble, pointy,

if you weren't also

throwing me under the bus.

"Pointy"? Is that

a derogatory reference to...

Gentlemen.

Starfleet's mandate is to explore and

observe, not to interfere.

Had the mission gone

according to plan, Admiral,

the indigenous species would never

have been aware of our interference.

That's a technicality.

I am Vulcan, sir.

We embrace technicality.

Are you giving me attitude, Spock?

I'm expressing

multiple attitudes simultaneously, sir.

To which are you referring?

Out.

You're dismissed, Commander.

(DOOR OPENS)

You have any idea what

a pain in the ass you are?

I think so, sir.

So tell me what you did wrong.

What's the lesson to be learned here?

Never trust a Vulcan.

Now, see, you can't

even answer the question. You lied.

On an official report, you lied.

You think the rules don't apply to you

'cause you disagree with them.

That's why you talked me

into signing up in the first place.

It's why you gave me your ship.

I gave you my ship because

I saw a greatness in you.

And now, I see you haven't

got an ounce of humility.

What was I supposed to do,

let Spock die?

You're missing the point.

I don't think I am, sir.

What would you have done?

I wouldn't have risked

my First Officer's life

in the first place!

You were supposed to survey a planet,

not alter its destiny!

You violated a dozen

Starfleet regulations

and almost got everyone

under your command killed.

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