This is an emergency! We have suffered...! This is Brigadier Kerla speaking for the High...

[the Excelsior is knocked off course by a huge shockwave, and Commander Rand intercepts a message from the Klingon moon Praxis]

Klingon Officer:
[in Klingon]
This is an emergency! We have suffered...!
[the message abruptly cuts off, replaced by the seal of the Klingon Empire, and then Kerla's face]

Brigadier Kerla:
This is Brigadier Kerla speaking for the High Command. There has been an incident on Praxis. However, everything is under control, we have no need for assistance. Obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the Neutral Zone. This transmission ends now.
Captain Hikaru Sulu:
An *incident*?
Commander Janice Rand:
Do we report this, sir?
Captain Hikaru Sulu:
[turning to Rand]
Are you kidding?

This is Brigadier Kerla speaking for the High Command. There has been an incident on Praxis. However, everything is under control. We have no need for assistance. Obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the neutral zone. This transmission ends now. An incident? Do we report this, sir? Are you kidding? What are we doing here? Maybe they're throwing us a retirement party. That suits me. I just bought a boat. This had better be good. I'm supposed to be chairing a seminar at the Academy. Captain, isn't this just for top brass? If we're all here, where's Sulu? Captain Sulu. On assignment. Where's Spock?