Bibi Besch: Carol
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McCoy : He's not really dead. As long as we remember him.
Kirk : It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done before. A far better resting place that I go to than I have ever known.
Carol Marcus : Is that a poem?
Kirk : No. Something Spock was trying to tell me. On my birthday.
McCoy : You okay, Jim? How do you feel?
Kirk : Young. I feel young.
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Carol Marcus : Please tell me what you're feeling.
Kirk : There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me. You show me a son that'd be happy to help. My son... my life that could have been... and wasn't. How do I feel? Old... worn out.
Carol Marcus : Let me show you something that will make you feel young as when the world was new.
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David Marcus : Remember that overgrown Boy Scout you used to hang around with? That's exactly the kind of guy...
Carol Marcus : Listen, kiddo, Jim Kirk was *many* things, but he was *never* a Boy Scout!
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Dr. Carol Marcus : Can I cook, or can't I?
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David Marcus : Well, don't have kittens. Genesis is going to work. They'll remember you in one breath with Newton, Einstein, Surak.
Carol Marcus : Thanks a lot. No respect from my offspring.
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Carol Marcus : I don't understand. Who's responsible for all this? Who is Khan?
Kirk : Well, it's a long story.
David Marcus : We appear to have plenty of time.
Kirk : Is there anything to eat? I don't know about anybody else, but I'm starved.
McCoy : How can you think of food at a time like this?
Kirk : First order of business: survival.
Carol Marcus : There is food in the Genesis cave, enough to last a lifetime; if necessary.
McCoy : We thought this was Genesis.
Carol Marcus : This? It took the Starfleet Corps of Engineers ten months in space suits to tunnel out all this. What we did in there, we did in a day.
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Carol Marcus : Why are you taking Genesis away from us?
Kirk : Taking Genesis? Who's taking Genesis? Who-who is... who is taking Genesis?
Carol Marcus : I can see you, but I can't hear.
Kirk : Carol!
Carol Marcus : Jim, did you give the order?
Kirk : What order? Who's taking Genesis?
Carol Marcus : Please help us, Jim.
Kirk : I'm trying...
Carol Marcus : I will not let them have Genesis without proper authorization.
Kirk : Have Genesis? Who's taking...
Carol Marcus : On whose authority can they do this?
Kirk : No one's authority.
Carol Marcus : Jim...
Kirk : [trying to get a clearer signal] Uhura, what's happening?
Commander Nyota Uhura : Transmission jammed at the source, sir.
Kirk : Alert Starfleet Headquarters.
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Chekov : Ah, Dr. Marcus. Good. We're en route to you and should be there in three days.
Carol Marcus : En route? Why? We weren't expecting you for another three months. Has something happened?
Chekov : Nothing has happened. Ceti Alpha VI has checked out.
Carol Marcus : Then I-I... I don't understand why you're coming...
Chekov : We have received new orders. Upon our arrival at Regula-1, all materials of Project Genesis will be transferred to this ship for immediate testing on Ceti Alpha VI.
David Marcus : Who in the hell do they think they are?
Carol Marcus : [shushing him and the other scientists] Will you please get quiet? Commander Chekov, this is completely irregular.
Chekov : I have my orders.
David Marcus : Pin him down, Mother. Who gave the order?
Chekov : The order comes from... Admiral James T. Kirk.
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Carol Marcus : This is completely improper, Commander Chekov. I have no intention of allowing Reliant or any other unauthorized personnel access to our work or materials.
Chekov : I'm sorry that you feel that way, Doctor. Admiral Kirk's orders are confirmed. Please prepare to deliver Genesis to us upon our arrival. Reliant out.
Khan : Well done, Commander.
Chekov : You realize, sir, they will attempt to contact Admiral Kirk and confirm the order.
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Kirk : Computer, request security procedure and access to Project Genesis summary.
Computer : Identify for retina scan.
Kirk : Kirk, Admiral James T.
Computer : [scanning his eye] Security scan approved.
Kirk : Summary, please.
Carol Marcus : [a video file plays] Project Genesis. A proposal to the Federation.
Spock : Carol Marcus.
Kirk : Yes.
Carol Marcus : What exactly is Genesis? Well, put simply, Genesis is life from lifelessness. It is a process whereby molecular structure is reorganized at the subatomic level into life-generating matter of equal mass. Stage one of our experiments was conducted in the laboratory. Stage two of the series will be attempted in a lifeless underground. Stage three will involve the process on a planetary scale. It is our intention to introduce the Genesis Device into a pre-selected area of a lifeless space body; a moon or other dead form. The device is delivered, instantaneously causing what we call the Genesis Effect. Matter is reorganized with life-generating results. Instead of a dead moon, a living, breathing planet capable of sustaining whatever life forms we see fit to deposit on it.
Spock : Fascinating.
Carol Marcus : The reformed moon simulated here represents the merest fraction of the Genesis potential, should the Federation wish to fund these experiments to their logical conclusion. When we consider the cosmic problems of population and food supply, the usefulness of this process becomes clear. This concludes our proposal. Thank you for your attention.
Spock : It literally is Genesis.
Kirk : Power of creation.
Spock : Have they proceeded with their experiments?
Kirk : Well, the tape was made about a year ago, so I can only assume they've reached stage two by now.
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Kirk : [seeing the Genesis cave] You did all this in a day?
Carol Marcus : The matrix formed in a day. The life forms grew later at a substantially accelerated rate.
McCoy : Jim! This is incredible! Have you ever seen the like?
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Kirk : [of his son David] I did what you wanted. I stayed away. Why didn't you tell him?
Carol Marcus : Oh... how can you ask me that? Were we together? Were we going to be? You had your world, and I had mine. And I wanted him in mine, not chasing through the universe with his father. Actually... he's a lot like you. In many ways.
