Lieutenant, the torpedo hit, once again, please. Hold. It *is* Enterprise. *We* fired....

Captain Spock: [to Lt. Valeris] Lieutenant, the torpedo hit, once again, please. [Valeris replays video] Captain Spock: Hold. [replay pauses] Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: It *is* Enterprise. *We* fired. Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That is *not* possible! All weapons *visually* accounted for, [to Spock] Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: sir. Captain Spock: An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: What, exactly, does *that* mean? Captain Spock: It means that we can not have fired those torpedoes, someone else did. Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Well, they dinna fire on themselves, and there were no the ships present. Captain Spock: There was an enormous neutron energy surge. Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Not from us! Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: A neutron surge that big could only be produced by another ship. Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Kronos One? Captain Spock: Too far away. Very near *us*. Possibly *beneath* us. Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: If there were a ship beneath us, the Klingons would have seen her. Captain Spock: [pause] Would they? Lieutenant Valeris: A bird-of-prey. Captain Spock: A bird-of-prey. Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: *Cloaked?* Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A bird-of-prey cannot fire when she's cloaked. Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree. However, things are not equal. This one *can*. Lieutenant Valeris: We must inform Starfleet Command. Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Inform them of what? A new weapon that is invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us. They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the Captain, we'll say *anything*. Captain Spock: And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts. Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Assuming you're right, Mr. Spock, why would they fire on their own president? Captain Spock: Indeed.

Lieutenant, the torpedo hit once again, please. Hold. It is Enterprise. We fired. That is not possible. All weapons visually accounted for, sir. An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. What exactly does that mean? It means that if we cannot have fired those torpedoes, someone else did. Well, they did not fire on themselves, and there were no other ships present. There was an enormous neutron energy surge. Not from us! A neutron surge that big could only be produced by another ship. Kronos One? Too far away. Very near us. Possibly beneath us. If there were a ship beneath us, the Klingons would have seen her. Would they? A bird-of-prey. A bird-of-prey. Cloaked? A bird-of-prey cannot fire when she's cloaked. All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree. However, things are not equal. This one can. We must inform Starfleet Command. Inform them of what, a new weapon that is invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us. They'll say that we're so desperate to exonerate the Captain that we'll say anything. And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts. Assuming you're right, Mr. Spock, why would they fire on their own president? Indeed. This ship will be searched from bow to stern. Lieutenant Valeris, you'll be in charge. Aye, sir. I do not understand. If there was a ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from that vessel, not Enterprise. You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to our databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we did, the killers are here. If we did not, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for is here. What are we looking for, sir? Lieutenant? Two pairs of gravity boots.