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They're all through here, all over the place.
Mr. Spock and I will control the operation
Like this thing. Like this thing.
- Hundreds of them. - Indeed.
What is that, a plea for us not to kill it?
Get together what you need and beam down here with it.
It merely seems a pity.
The Horta has a very logical mind.
We must have that pergium.
Death is welcome.
Are you certain? Sure. Are you certain? Sure.
Starship, phaser banks...
They're eggs, aren't they?
Please proceed with extreme caution.
you're aware of the Vulcan technique of the joining of two minds.
- Can you help it? - Helped it? I cured it.
We must get production going again.
Not all of them, captain.
Strong enough to eat machinery?
Commander...
captured, if possible.
Sensors gave us an unusually rich pergium reading.
I'm a doctor, not a savior
Far too many to be cut by the one creature in an ordinary lifetime.
Mr. Spock, you are second-in-command.
almost as if he'd been thrown into a vat of extremely corrosive acid.
Mr. Spock, we need that retardation mechanism.
of all the drifts, galleries, tunnels.
Look at that.
Lewis, Vinci, take your men out.
- I beg your pardon, sir? - You heard me.
It is vitally important that we get this installation back into production.
The creature must still be around.
especially since the colonists are armed only with phaser one.
The end of life.
Those round silicon nodules
Retard mechanism Lmoa
How much longer, Scotty?
Tell her our proposition.
This is Ed Appel, chief processing engineer.
Mr. Spock,
at a considerable distance,
I found the unit in there. It's in pretty good shape.
Capture it? I don't recall giving any such order.
Captain, if we could force another appearance of this creature...
A Horta.
it would have to have some form of natural armour plating.
Ahead, warp factor 2.
Come on.
our people will remove the minerals,
He's a healer, let him heal.
- Can you fix it again? - Negative, captain. It's gone for good.
They digest rock. They tunnel for nourishment.
Not only pergium, whatever you want:
Mr. Spock, have Lieutenant Commander Giotto
No, none. It's outdated. But we've never had any trouble with it.