00:38Position eight minutes from outpost four at this velocity, sir.
00:44Scotty.
00:45I've already talked to my engine room, sir. We'll get more speed out of it.
00:54Did outpost four give anything at all on the attacking vessel, Lieutenant?
00:57No identification, sir.
00:59There can't be much doubt who's attacking, sir.
01:05Mr. Spock, put the star sector on our screen.
01:18Now show our position.
01:20Signal this to all decks, Lieutenant.
01:36All decks standing by, sir.
01:38This is the captain speaking.
01:39In our next action, we can risk neither miscalculation nor error by any man aboard.
01:46Listen carefully.
01:48Science officer.
01:49Referring to the map on your screens, you will note beyond the moving position of our vessel, a line of Earth outpost stations.
01:57Constructed on asteroids, they monitor the neutral zone established by treaty after the Earth-Romulan conflict of over a century ago.
02:05As you may recall from your histories, this conflict was fought by our standards today with primitive atomic weapons and in primitive space vessels, which allowed no quarter, no captives, nor was there even ship-to-ship visual communication.
02:21Therefore, no human, Romulan, or ally has ever seen the other.
02:28Earth believes the Romulans to be warlike, cruel, treacherous.
02:34And only the Romulans know what they think of Earth.
02:37The treaty, set by subspace radio, established this neutral zone, entry into which, by either side, would constitute an act of war.
02:50The treaty has been unbroken since that time.
02:53Captain?
02:56What you do not know and must now be told is that my command orders on this subject are precise and inviolable.
03:02No act, no provocation, will be considered sufficient reason to violate the zone.
03:08We may defend ourselves, but, if necessary, to avoid interspace war, both these outposts and this vessel will be considered expendable. Captain, out.
03:20Outpost 2 coming into sensor range, Captain.
03:24Outpost 2 is the first to go silent, Lieutenant.
03:26Yes, Captain. Then outpost 3, an hour later.
03:28Sweeping the area of outpost 2, sensor reading, indefinite.
03:34Double-checking outpost 3, I read dust and debris.
03:39Both Earth outposts gone, and the asteroids they were constructed on, pulverized.
03:59Open a channel to our nearest command base.
04:03What are our reports on our position and status?
04:06Sir.
04:09All battle stations, Mr. Sulu.
04:13Battle stations. All hands to battle stations.
04:17Battle stations. Battle stations. All decks acknowledge.
04:20All decks acknowledge, sir. All stations show greeting.
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