Nichelle Nichols credited as playing...
Uhura
- [their first look at the USS Excelsior]
- Uhura: Would you look at that.
- Kirk: My friends, the great experiment: The Excelsior. Ready for trial runs.
- Sulu: She's supposed to have transwarp drive.
- Scotty: Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
- Kirk: Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant.
- Mr. Adventure: Look at you. You're a twenty-year space veteran, yet you pick the worst duty station in town. I mean, look at this place. This is the hind end of space.
- Uhura: Peace and quiet appeals to me, Lieutenant.
- Mr. Adventure: Well, maybe that's okay for someone like you, whose career is winding down. But me, I need some excitement, some adventure... maybe even just a surprise or two.
- Uhura: Well, you know what they say, Lieutenant. Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
- [Kirk, McCoy and Sulu enter the transporter room]
- Kirk: Uhura, is everything ready?
- Uhura: Step into my parlor, gentlemen.
- Mr. Adventure: That's Admiral Kirk, my God!
- Uhura: Very good for you, Lieutenant.
- Mr. Adventure: But it's damned irregular. No destination points, no encoded ID's.
- Uhura: All true.
- Mr. Adventure: So what are we gonna do about it?
- Uhura: I'm not gonna do anything about it. You're gonna sit in the closet.
- Mr. Adventure: The *closet*? Have you lost your sense of reality?
- Uhura: This isn't reality.
- [Turns a phaser on him]
- Uhura: This is fantasy. You wanted adventure, how's this? The old adrenaline going, huh? Good boy. Now get in the closet.
- Mr. Adventure: All right...
- Uhura: Go on.
- Mr. Adventure: I'll just get in the closet. All right! Damn!
- [Falls into the closet and shuts the door]
- McCoy: I'm glad you're on *our* side!
- Kirk: [Pointing to the closet] Are you sure you can handle...?
- Uhura: Oh, I'll have "Mr. Adventure" eating out of my hand, sir. And I'll see all of you at the rendezvous.
- Chekov: Admiral? This is not possible.
- Kirk: Mr. Chekov?
- Chekov: An energy reading from C deck, from... inside Mr. Spock's quarters.
- Kirk: I ordered Spock's quarters sealed.
- Chekov: Yes, sir. I sealed the room myself. Nevertheless, I am reading a life form there.
- Kirk: This entire crew seems on the edge of obsessive behavior concerning Mr. Spock.
- Uhura: Sir, security reports the door to Spock's quarters has been forced.
- Kirk: I'm on my way.