- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [after removing shrapnel from Spock] Yeah. They say it hurts less if it's a surprise.
- Commander Spock: If I may adopt a parlance with which you are familiar, I can confirm your theory to be horseshit.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [hears song "Sabotage" blaring] Is that classical music?
- Commander Spock: Yes, doctor, it would seem to be.
- [last lines]
- Captain James T. Kirk: [epilogue] Space, the final frontier.
- Commander Spock: These are the voyages of the Starship...
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: ...Enterprise. Its continuing mission...
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: ...to explore strange new worlds...
- Sulu: ...to seek out new life...
- Chekov: ...and new civilizations...
- Lieutenant Uhura: ...to boldly go where no one has gone before.
- Commander Spock: Lt. Uhura wears a Vokaya amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry?
- Commander Spock: The emissions is harmless, Doctor. But its unique signature makes it very easy to identify.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?
- Commander Spock: [realizing] That was not my intention.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [to Kirk] I'm glad he doesn't respect me.
- Commander Spock: "The miserable have no other medicine but only hope."
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [to Kirk] Death's door and he's quoting Shakespeare.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [referring to Starbase Yorktown] What a damn monstrosity! Couldn't we just rent some space on a planet?
- Commander Spock: Showing geographical favoritism among inducted Federation worlds could cause diplomatic tension.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Oh, you don't think that looks tense? Looks like a damn snow globe in space, just waiting to break!
- Captain James T. Kirk: [sighs] That's the spirit, Bones.
- Commander Spock: Leaving me behind will significantly increase your chances of survival, Doctor.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Well, that's damn chivalrous of you, but completely out of the question.
- Commander Spock: It is imperative that you locate any surviving crew.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: And here I was thinking you cared.
- [Three of Krall's drone ships approach]
- Commander Spock: Of course I care, Leonard. I always assumed my respect for you was clear. The dialogue we have had across the years has always...
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: It's okay, Spock. You don't have to say it.
- [Spock and Bones are surrounded by the drones]
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Well, at least I won't die alone.
- [Spock is beamed away from behind Bones]
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Well, that's just typical. Come on, you bastards!
- Captain James T. Kirk: Mr. Sulu... You can... you know... fly this thing, right?
- Sulu: [looks back at him] You kidding me, sir?
- Captain James T. Kirk: Fantastic.
- Balthazar M. Edison: [referring to the Abronath] You can't stop it. You will die.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Better to die saving lives... than to live with taking them. That's what I was born into.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Everybody, raise a glass to Captain James T. Kirk.
- Commander Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Chekov, Sulu: Captain Kirk!
- Captain James T. Kirk: Ah, thanks everyone. To the Enterprise.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy, Commander Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Chekov, Sulu: The Enterprise.
- Captain James T. Kirk: And - to absent friends.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy, Commander Spock, Lieutenant Uhura, Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Chekov, Sulu: Here. Here.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Alright, lets get this party started.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [referring to his father] He joined Starfleet because he... He believed in it... I joined on a dare.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You joined to see if you could live up to him. You spent all this time trying to be George Kirk and now you're wondering just what it means to be Jim.
- Commodore Paris: [to Kirk] It isn't uncommon, you know, even for a captain, to want to leave. There is no relative direction in the vastness of space. There is only yourself, your ship, your crew. It's easier than you think, to get lost.
- Captain James T. Kirk: How are we gonna get out of this one, Spock? We've got no ship, no crew. Not the best odds.
- Commander Spock: We will do what we have always done, Jim. We will find hope in the impossible.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's Log, Stardate 2263.2. Today is our 966th day in deep space, a little under three years into our five-year mission. The more time we spend out here, the harder it is to tell where one day ends and the next one begins. It can be a challenge to feel grounded when even the gravity is artificial. But, well, we do what we can to make it feel like home. The crew, as always, continues to act admirably despite the rigors of our extended stay here in outer space. And the personal sacrifices they have made. We continue to search for new lifeforms in order to establish firm diplomatic ties. Our extended time in uncharted territory has stretched the ship's mechanical capacities. But fortunately our engineering department, led by Mr. Scott, is more than up to the job. The ship aside, prolong cohabitation has definitely had effects on interpersonal dynamics. Some experiences for the better, and some for the worse. As for me, things have started to feel a little... episodic. The farther out we go, the more I find myself wondering what it is we're trying to accomplish. But if the universe is truly endless, then are we not striving for something forever out of reach? The Enterprise is scheduled for reprovisioning stop at Yorktown, the Federation's newest and most advanced starbase. Perhaps a break from routine will offer up some respite from the mysteries of the unknown.
- Krall: Your captain... why did you sacrifice yourself for him?
- Lieutenant Uhura: He would have done the same. And if he made it off that ship, he will come for us.
- Krall: [gets into her face] I am counting on it, Lieutenant Uhura.
- [after Jaylah sits in the Captain's chair on the U.S.S. Franklin just before Kirk could]
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [whispers to Jaylah] He likes that seat.
- Captain James T. Kirk: I'm one year older.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Yep, that's usually how it works.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [referring to his father] A year older than he ever got to be.
- Balthazar M. Edison: Captain's Log... I don't remember the stardate. All distress calls unanswered. Of the crew, only three remain. I WON'T ALLOW IT! The indigenous race abandoned this planet long ago. They left behind sophisticated mining equipment and a drone workforce. They have some sort of technology that prolongs life. I will do whatever it takes for me and my crew. The Federation do not care about us. You'll probably never see me again. But if you do... be ready.
- [after Uhura knocks out a drone about to kill Spock]
- Lieutenant Uhura: Spock. What are you doing here?
- Commander Spock: Clearly, I am here to rescue you.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: I just don't get it, Spock. I mean, what - what did they attack us for? I mean, they do all this for some doodad that the tiny critters didn't want?
- Commander Spock: It is unwise to trivialize that which one simply does not understand, Doctor. We can safely assume it is more important than a doodad.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: I think you just managed to insult me twice, Spock.
- [after being teleported while in the middle of a leap and landing with a thud on the transporter pad]
- Captain James T. Kirk: [groans] Let's never do that again.
- Jaylah: [groans] I agree, James T.
- Captain James T. Kirk: You lost! There's no way you can make it back there. Give up!
- Balthazar M. Edison: What, like you did? I read your ship's log, Captain James T. Kirk! At least I know what I am! I am a soldier!
- Captain James T. Kirk: You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace!
- Balthazar M. Edison: Peace... is not what I was born into.
- [Uhura walks away and Bones walks up to Spock]
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You guys break up? What'd you do?
- Commander Spock: A typically reductive inquiry, Doctor.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You know, Spock, if an Earth girl says, uh, "it's me, not you," it's definitely you.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You didn't even try to get our time out here reduced.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Why would I get reduced? Bones, we know our way through the nebula now. Can you imagine what we'll find?
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Alien despots hell-bent on killing us? Deadly spaceborne viruses and bacteria? Incomprehensible cosmic anomalies that could wipe us out in an instant!
- Captain James T. Kirk: It's gonna be so much fun.
- Captain James T. Kirk: What happened to you out there... Edison?
- Balthazar M. Edison: I have to say, Kirk, I've missed being me. We lost ourselves but gained a purpose! A means to bring the galaxy back to the struggle that made humanity strong.
- Captain James T. Kirk: I think you underestimate humanity.
- Balthazar M. Edison: I fought for humanity! Lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan Wars! And for what? For the Federation to sit me in a Captain's chair and break bread with the enemy!
- Captain James T. Kirk: We change. We have to. Or we spend the rest of our lives fighting the same battles.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [to Jaylah] Now, you're part of something bigger now, lassie. Right? Dinnae give up on that. 'Cause we'll sure as hell never give up on you. That is what being part of a crew is all about.
- Jaylah: Is that what you believe, James T.?
- Captain James T. Kirk: All I know is we stand a better chance with you.
- Sulu: We are horse-and-buggy compared to these things. We're barely holding together as it is, Captain.
- Commander Spock: Captain, the flight patterns of bees are determined by individual decisions. Krall's swarm formations are too complex not to rely on some form of unified cyberpathic coordination. I surmise that if we...
- Captain James T. Kirk: [interrupts] Spock! Skip to the end.
- Lieutenant Uhura: What he's saying is that if we disorient the swarm, we can kick its ass!
- Commander Spock: Precisely.
- Captain James T. Kirk: There's no such thing as the unknown, only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.
- Krall: [to Uhura] The Federation has pushed the frontier for centuries. But no longer. This is where it begins, Lieutenant. This is where the frontier pushes back.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Who's your new friend here? She sure know how to throw out the welcome mat.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: This is Jaylah.
- Jaylah: I do not know what is a welcome mat.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: This is the U.S.S. Franklin, sir. Can you believe it? First Earth ship capable of Warp 4. Went missing in the Gagarin Radiation Belt in the early 2160s.
- Captain James T. Kirk: I remember that from the Academy. Captain Balthazar Edison.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Aye.
- Captain James T. Kirk: One of the first heroes of Starfleet. How the hell did his ship end up here?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: There's a lot of theories, sir. Surrendered to the Romulans. Captured by a giant green space hand. This far out, it's got to be a wormhole displacement.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [about Balthazar Edison] Ah, well, his record goes back way before the Federation even existed. He was a major in the United Earth Military Assault Command Operation. A lot of off-world combat.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [surprised] He was a soldier.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Aye, sir. And a pretty good one. His military service came to an end when MACO was disbanded.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Why? What happened?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: The Federation, sir. Starfleet. We're not a military agency. They made him a captain and gave him the Franklin.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [notices many empty glasses] Uh, did you drink all those yourself? I'm impressed.
- Jaylah: Someone said it would take my edge off. My edge is still not off.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Aye, well, maybe this will help... the captain pulled a few strings. That is acceptance into Starfleet Academy, if you want it.
- Captain James T. Kirk: There are a lot of rules. Don't listen to them all.
- Jaylah: Will I have to wear that uniform?
- Captain James T. Kirk: I'm afraid so.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Vice Admirals don't fly, do they?
- Commodore Paris: No. They don't.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Well, no offense, ma'am, but... where's the fun in that?
- Commander Spock: Faster, Doctor. We risk being consumed by their trajectorial decay.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: Damn backseat driver.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Scotty, can you beam me onto one of those swarm ships?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Have you gone completely mad?
- Captain James T. Kirk: Yes or no?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: No. Yes. Maybe.
- Commander Spock: Captain, my familiarity of the interior of those ships, however brief, makes me more qualified for this away mission.
- Lieutenant Uhura: Spock, you're still hurt.
- Captain James T. Kirk: She's right, Spock.
- Commander Spock: I acknowledge and respect your concerns. Perhaps you would feel more confident if I were accompanied by someone with familiarity of both the ship and my injury.
- Captain James T. Kirk: [sarcastic] He's gonna love this.
- Lieutenant Uhura: I am Lieutenant Nyota Uhura of the U.S.S. Enterprise. And *you* have committed an act of war against the Federation.
- Krall: Federation! Federation *is* an act of war.
- Lieutenant Uhura: [glares at him] *You* attacked us.
- Krall: The Federation has taught you that conflict should not exist. But without struggle, you would not know who you truly are... struggle made us strong.
- Commander Spock: Captain, from what I can ascertain, the ships do indeed share a cyberpathic link which coordinates their actions. Patching it through now.
- Lieutenant Uhura: [recognizing the sounds] That's what that signal was. They weren't jamming us, they were talking to each other.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Well, how do we get them to stop talking?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: What about electromagnetic focusing? We could use the transporters, disrupt their network.
- Commander Spock: The focus might be too specific. If we could plant some sort of disruptive communication signal inside the swarm, it might adversely affect their capacity to coordinate.
- Chekov: It would have to be at a frequency they will not anticipate.
- Sulu: We could cause a chain reaction that would wipe out the whole swarm.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Sir, a closed network like that might be very susceptible to very high frequency.
- Captain James T. Kirk: VHF. Radio. We can... we can broadcast something from the ship to drown out their links. Something loud and distracting.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Loud and distracting? I've got just the thing.
- Jaylah: [Scotty jury-rigs her sound system] Do not break my music!
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Break it? You're getting an upgrade!
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [Jaylah listens to hip-hop music] Is that music? Where on earth is that coming from?
- Jaylah: There. I plugged the little box in the power cell and the little mouth make it sing.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That's very clever. Music's a bit old-fashioned for my taste, not to mention very loud and distracting, but, aye, well played.
- Jaylah: I like the beats and shouting.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Mr. Scott, why is that thing still on?
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: We're working on it, sir, but as you can imagine, there's a lot of safety protocols surrounding the thing that, you know, keeps everybody alive.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Figure something out.
- Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Be careful, Captain. Gravity's gonna get a bit screwy the closer you get to the center.
- Commander Spock: [sees Krall's swarm ships] Do not lose them, Doctor.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: You're more than welcome to switch places with me, Spock.
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: [in one of Krall's swarm ships] You do realize the last time I flew one of these things, we crashed. So don't blame me if we... whoa!
- [bumping into another swarm ship]
- Doctor 'Bones' McCoy: ... hit something.
- Chekov: Do you know that scotch was actually invented by a little old lady in Russia? Huh? Not many people know this.