"You may be able to beat your next captain at chess."
--Kirk.
PLOT
Kirk is placed on trial when the ship's records show that he committed an
error that cost a crewmember's life. The "dead" crewman changed the ship's
computer tapes so it shows Kirk jettisoning the pod during YELLOW alert
instead of red alert. Spock wins at 3-D chess against the computer five
games in a row, convincing him that the ship's computer has been tampered
with (the best he should have been able to achieve was a draw since he
programmed the game in himself.) McCoy masks out the heartbeat of all
remaining crewmembers after most have beamed down to see if anyone is
hiding. For some reason they can tell how many life forms are on a planet
they are orbiting, but not on their own ship! McCoy masks Spock's
heartbeat out as if it were in the human position rather than the Vulcan
position. They then listen to the noises with the heartbeats masked out
and hear another single heartbeat (and for some reason don't hear their
voices amplified about a billion times).
FACTS
The crewman "died" at stardate 2945.7.
Kirk was an ensign on the USS Republic NCC-1371.
Kirk's serial number is S [D|C] -937-0176-CEC (Captain, Starship
Commander).
Spock's serial number is S-179-276-SP (Lt. Commander, First Officer,
Science Officer).
McCoy is Lt. Commander, Ship's Surgeon.
Kirk mentions amplifying "one to the fourth power"
Kirk was hot for Areel Shaw. He might also have had a tryst with
Yeoman Helen Johannson.
OPINIONS
Pretty minor offense for losing one's captaincy over. Seems like they'd be
firing captains every day if this were the policy.
They make a big deal of "books" and "rights of the accused".