The Slaver Weapon Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Flyer: I have no idea. It is generating power.

 

[May 20]

SPOCK: There is a grid. It may be another communications device. But that seems redundant.

 

[Poltargyst]

(The device starts beeping)
SULU: It has the Kzinti frightened.

 

[Orac]

Spock: The Kzinti have legends of weapons haunted by their owners.

 

[Poltargyst]

UHURA: Could it be a voice-activated mechanism?

 

[CaptVader]

Spock: No, it appears to be conversing with them. A reasoning computer that small?

 

[May 20]

CHUFT-CAPTAIN: How long has it been since you were turned off?

 

[Athena28]

WEAPON: I do not know. When I am off, I have no sense of passing time.

 

[Orac]

Chuft-Captain: What is the last thing you remember?

 

[CaptVader]

Weapon: We were on a mission. I may not tell you of it unless you know certain code words.

 

[May 20]

FLYER: If you could describe the positions of the stars in your sector, we would know how much time has passed since then.

 

[Orac]

Weapon: Without certain code words, I may not describe our location.

 

[Poltargyst]

CHUFT-CAPTAIN: One of the settings on this weapon was a total conversion beam. We saw it. Tell us how to find it.

 

[CaptVader]

WEAPON: Twist me widdershins until you reach the null position. Then…

 

[May 20]

SULU: They've got it.

 

[Orac]

Uhura: There must be something we can do.

 

[CaptVader]

SPOCK: Most peculiar. (The weapon is a different shape entirely, with two large prongs. The Kzinti leave with it) That was not the total conversion beam setting.

 

[Orac]

[Planet surface]

Chuft-Captain: Like others, this form seems to possess no gun sight.

 

[May 20]

FLYER: It may be a broad-beam weapon, for use only from orbit. We saw its power. I suggest you fire at a very distant target.

 

[Orac]

Chuft-Captain: Very well.