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Captain's Log Stardate 3198.4
We have reached Organia
and established standard orbit.
No signs of hostile activities in this area
Thank you for your altruistic offer, Captain
We offer you protection
We assure you that we are in absolutely no danger
Out of the way, Organian
Should one Klingon soldier be killed,
a thousand Organians will die.
What are the odds, now
less than 7000 to 1 Captain
less than 7000 to 1
Well... getting better
getting better
It has begun
Leonard Nimoy Opening Remarks 1999
At the height of the cold war,
fear of the spread of communism
rippled throughout the world.
As countries like Cuba, North Korea, and North Vietnam
fell under communist rule,
our fears of the world falling under the Iron Curtain
seemed to be coming true.
As the grand protector of democracy,
the United States tried to ward off the "evil empire,"
as Ronald Reagan called it.
How?
By attempting to liberate these countries on the brink.
The toll was enormous,
and in cases like Korea and Vietnam,
it embroiled us in conflicts
that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
'Star Trek' made the same point in "Errand of Mercy. "
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Captain, we've reached the designated position
for scanning the coded directive.
[Leonard Nimoy short]
I'm Leonard Nimoy,
and you're watching 'Star Trek' on the Sci-Fi Channel.
"ERRAND OF MERCY"
Captain's Log, stardate 3198.4.
We have reached Organia
and established standard orbit.
No signs of hostile activities in this area.
Captain...
Insights George Takei Acting Standards
When my father agreed to let me study theater
and to go into acting as a career,
he said he wanted me to maintain certain standards,
so I didn't work much.
I turned down a lot of opportunities.
There were those opportunities- a few opportunities-
where the role was satisfying,
and I feel very lucky in that sense,
but the majority of the roles were pretty stereotyped.
And here came Gene Roddenberry with this project.
I sat down with him.
He started to explain to me the project,
and I saw-I heard
that this was a really visionary project.
He saw the Starship Enterprise
as a metaphor for starship Earth.
Have the phaser crews
stand by their positions.
Full power deflector screens.
Yes, Sir.
Mr. Spock and I are going down to the planet's surface.
You will be in command. Your responsibility is
to the 'Enterprise', not to us. Is that clear?
Perfectly, Sir.
And you saw that the pluralism of this starship E arth
was where our strength was-
to tap the best of this person with this background,
this person with that experience,
this person with that vantage point,
and to bring them together and work as a team.
Then we can face any kind of challenge
and prevail.
Kirk here.
Sulu: Captain, a large number
of Klingon vessels have just arrived.
They're opening fire!
Kirk: Positive identification?
Yes, Sir. My screens are up.
I can't drop them to beam you aboard.
Mr. Sulu, follow your orders.
Get out of here. Contact the fleet.
Return if the odds are more equal. Kirk out.
End of Insights
Gentlemen, my government has informed me
that the Klingons are expected to move against your planet
with the objective of making it a base of operation
against The Federation.
My mission, frankly, is...
to keep them from doing it.
What you're saying is that we seem to have a choice
[Nichelle Nichols short]
Hi. I'm Nichelle Nichols,
and you're watching 'Star Trek' on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Captain's Log- stardate 3201.7.
Mr. Spock and I are trapped on the planet Organia,
which is in the process of being occupied
by the forces of the Klingon Empire.
The Organians have provided us with native clothing
in the hopes we may be taken for Organians.
Captain, our phasers are gone.
[William Shatner short]
I'm William Shatner,
and you're watching 'Star Trek' on the Sci-Fi Channel.
"From this day on,
"no public assemblages of more than three people.
Leonard Nimoy
'Star Trek' owes a lot to Gene ***
for giving us the Klingons
and a lot to the actor John Colicos
and director John Newland
for establishing a believable identity for the race.
Klingons have been enormously valuable
to the 'Star Trek' franchise,
and it's clear that our audience
has always taken to them.
I guess there's something interesting
about a people who are just plain bad.
The Klingons would evolve over the years
in both look and character,
but the original Klingons
were pure bad guys with simple makeup.
In fact, I think John ColiCos' makeup
took less than 35 minutes,
where contemporary Klingons must endure
several hours in the makeup chair.
In some cases,
there's something to be said for simplicity.
What an admirable people.
Do you always betray your friends?
I didn't want you to harm him.
I'm sorry, Captain. It was for the best.
No harm will come of it.
I'm used to the idea of dying,
but I have no desire to die
for the likes of you.
I don't blame you, Captain.
Lock up the Vulcan.
Take the captain to my office.
We'll have a talk
before I do what...
must be done.
You'll have a drink with me, Captain?
No, thank you.
I assure you, it isn't drugged.
With our mind scanner,
we have no need for such crude methods.
What do you want from me?
Oh, a very great deal,
but first I want to talk.
Just talk.
You think I'm going to sit here
and just talk with the enemy?
You'll talk.
Either here, now, voluntarily,
or under our mind scanner.
The fact is, Captain,
I have a great admiration for your starfleet.
A remarkable instrument.
And I must confess
to a certain admiration for you.
I know, of course, that it was you
who destroyed our supplies last night.
INSIGHTS George Takei
Well, the agent called,
and he said he's got an interview for me.
I thought, "fantastic. "
he said, "it's a science fiction project. "
I thought, "mm-hmm. "
and then he said, "it's being produced
by a man named Gene Roddenberry. "
I thought, "who is he?"
Number 3-he said, "it's a pilot for a potential series. "
and that's when my ears perked up
because it meant if it sells, steady employment.
It's changing course, Sir.
Takei: And so I went to the interview,
a little nervous- more than a little nervous-
and I said, "I'm here to see Mr. Rosenberry. "
I didn't hear his name right,
and when I scribbled the name down on the pad,
I didn't write it properly,
so I thought it said "Rosenberry. "
she said, "I'm sorry. It's pronounced 'Roddenberry'. "
and that really intensified my nervousness
because already I'm blowing the producer's name,
and I walked in, and Gene came up to me
from behind his desk and said, "George Ta-kye. "
and so that sort of set me at ease
because my name is pronounced "Ta-kay"-
although "Takai" is a legitimate Japanese word-
and I explained to Gene Roddenberry that-
Roddenberry-
that "it's pronounced Ta-kay,
"but you're welcome to call me Ta-kye
"because the sound- the word Takai
translates into English as expensive. "
Captain, take cover!
There's a Samurai after me!
A what?
I mean- there was...
Gene's eyes bugged up.
He doesn't like to call actors expensive.
He said, "oh, my goodness, no.
"You're most definitely Takei.
Rhymes with ok, doesn't it? Ok, you're Takei. "
and that was my meeting with Gene Roddenberry.
End of Insights
This is the order of Kor.
[James Doohan short]
Hi there. I'm James Doohan,
and you're watching 'Star Trek' on the Sci-Fi Channel.
INSIGHTS George Takei Proud to be with STar Trek
Takei: I'm very proud
of my association with 'Star Trek'
and grateful for it
because there's got to have been something with 'Star Trek'
that's given us this longevity
and to find generations of people that relate to it,
that connect to it, find something of value to it.
Oh, there you are, gentlemen.
I trust you are in good health.
Shall we go?
Go?
Yes. Your captors plan to do violence to you.
That we cannot permit.
I came to take you away.
You turned us over to them.
You expect us to trust you now?
What 'Star Trek' says is, "yes, it's going to be tough.
"It's going to have obstacles,
"and it's going to be challenging,
"but if we have confidence
"in our problem-solving capabilities,
"in our creativity, in our inventive genius,
then we can face that future and deal with it. "
Well, there it is-war.
We didn't want it, but we've got it.
Curious how often you humans
manage to obtain that which you do not want.
I'm an optimist,
and you know, without optimism,
no progress will be made.
No achievements will be made.
Pessimism, cynicism is very defeatist,
and it's my personal philosophy,
but it also jibes with Gene Roddenberry's.
You've got to be affirmative and positive
in order to make progress and achieve.
We can be of immense help to you.
In addition to military aid,
we can send you specialists, technicians.
We can show you how to feed 1,000 people
where one was fed before.
We can help you remake your world,
end disease, hunger, hardship.
And also this longevity has another element to it.
Over the past 30-plus years,
some of us have gained weight.
Others have changed in other ways,
but so have the audience,
and there's something comforting about that continuity-
to know that someone I watched when I was a teenager
is still there,
and yes, he or she looks different,
but so do I,
and there's something good about that.
There's something comforting about that.
No animals, no people, no worries-
just what the doctor ordered. Right, Doctor?
I couldn't have prescribed better.
[END OF INSIGHTS]
Just stay where you are,
Leonard Nimoy Closing Remarks
Mankind's warlike nature
is on full display in "Errand of Mercy. "
In the end, the Organians force us-
through Kirk, Spock, and Kor-
to rise above our nature
and see the folly and futility of our ways.
The message is that only when we abolish violence and war
can we truly reach new heights of existence
like the Organians.
Or more simply, as the Bible says,
the meek shall inherit the earth.
[End of Closing Remarks]