Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome: Insufficient Data Is Not Sufficient, Mister Spock!

KIRK: Spock, you may have been right. We've lost contact with the Intrepid and we're out of communication with an entire solar system. Any update from Starfleet?
UHURA: I cannot filter out the distortion, sir. It's getting worse.
KYLE: Captain, deflector shields just snapped on.
KIRK: Slow to warp three.
KYLE: Warp three, sir.
SPOCK: Indications of energy turbulence ahead. Unable to analyse. I've never encountered readings like this before.
KIRK: Scanners on. Magnification three on the screen.
KYLE: Magnification factor three, sir.
UHURA: Exactly what are we looking for, Mister Spock?
SPOCK: I would assume that.
(In the middle of the viewscreen is a black blob.)
KIRK: What is that?
CHEKOV: Perhaps an interstellar dust cloud.
SPOCK: Not very likely, Ensign.
KIRK: No. You'd be able to see stars through a dust cloud. Looks like a hole in space. Readings, Mister Spock.
SPOCK: Still not able to analyse, Captain. Sensors are feeding data to the computers now. Whatever this dark zone is, it lies directly in line with the course I calculate for the Intrepid and the Gamma Seven-A system.
KIRK: Hold present course. Slow to warp one.
KYLE: Warp factor one, sir.
KIRK: Mister Chekov, prepare to launch a telemetry probe into that zone. Direct computer feed to Mister Spock.
CHEKOV: Aye, sir. Probe ready. Switching data feed to library computer.
KIRK: Launch probe.
CHEKOV: Probe launched, sir.
(A high pitched sound comes over the speakers.)
KIRK: What was that?
UHURA: The telemetry probe, sir. There's no signal from it.
KIRK: Speculation, Spock.
SPOCK: I have none, Captain. Insufficient data.
(Chekov is still groaning and Uhura looses her balance.)
SPOCK: Lieutenant.
UHURA: I'm just dizzy. I'll be all right. I'm fine, sir.
MCCOY [OC]: Sickbay to Captain Kirk. McCoy here.
KIRK: Kirk here. What is it?
MCCOY [OC]: I'm getting reports from every deck. Half the people on this ship just fainted.
KIRK: Uhura almost did. She says she's all right. Do you want to see her?
MCCOY: Not unless she's feeling ill. I've got an emergency here.
[Sickbay]
KIRK [OC]: What's wrong?
(Crew are queued out of the door, getting shots from Chapel.)
MCCOY: There's nothing organic. They all seem to be nervous, weak, and irritable. They say it happened suddenly, like a balloon popping.
KIRK [OC]: Can you handle it, Bones?
MCCOY: I'm giving them stimulants to keep them on their feet.
[Bridge]
MCCOY [OC]: Yeah, we can handle it, Jim.
KIRK: Good. Kirk out. Hold our position, Mister Kyle.
KYLE: Aye, aye, sir.
KIRK: Spock, give me an update on the dark area ahead.
SPOCK: No analysis due to insufficient information.
KIRK: No speculation, no information, nothing. I've asked you three times for information on that, and you've been unable to supply it. Insufficient data is not sufficient, Mister Spock. You're the science officer. You're supposed to have sufficient data all the time.
SPOCK: I am well aware of that, Captain.
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