#07. Words

01. squat - сидение на корточках
02. latrine - latrine
03. brevity - сжатость, краткость
04. implore - упрашивать
05. candid - справедливый
06. desolation - опустошение
07. bleak - гнетущий, безрадостный
08. wintry - зимний, неприветливый
09. mast - плодокорм
10. obdurate - черствый
11. maudlin - сентиментальный
12. trank - транквилизатор?
13. amendment - поправка
14. splinter - осколок, обломок
15. solemn - священный, святой
16. jab - толчок, пинок
17. almond - миндаль
18. smock - спецовка
19. lavish - непринужденный
20. abide - выносить, терпеть

#06. Opinion

Spock is so back in black. Literally, since he didn't have time to switch his Vulcan clothes with the uniform when he arrived.

Acts like a douche. But it suits him well. It will probably suit him even more in the new movie, when he's going to be played by Sylar from Heroes.

Take that, Decker and Kirk, you're not badass enough to be compared with Spock.

Excuse me for the random blabber, there really is nothing I can talk about in this section besides Spock being awesome.

#06. Summary

Scotty, Enterprise chief engineer, is unable to fix the engines himself. Luckily for the mission, this is when a new science officer arrives on a shuttle, and that is, of course, Spock. Kirk and the crew are treated less than lukewarm, Spock was still angry at himself and his emotions, including friendship, for his failure at achieving Kolinahr. But, anyway, he helps Scotty fix the warp drives and the fully functional Enterprise continues its journey towards the mysterious cloud.

During the journey, Spock is once again contacted by the Intruder. He informs Kirk about these telepathic connections with this entity that is knowledge-hungry yet knows everything there is to know about this universe. That doesn't really help but seems important enough for Kirk.

#06. Words

01. grind - перемалывать
02. merit - заслуга
03. gentry - нетитулованное мелкопоместное дворянство
04. muster - осмотр
05. nonchalance - безразличие
06. ratty - жалкий
07. tinsely - показушно
08. benignly - доброжелательно
09. baleful - гибельный
10. incredulity - недоверчивость
11. banked - групповой
12. bereft - утративший
13. incisor - резец, передний зуб
14. intermittent - прерывистый
15. croon - низкий глухой звук
16. rowdy - хулиган
17. sleigh - салазки
18. maple - клен
19. feeble - хилый
20. lukewarm - тепловатый

#05. Opinion

This is official - Kirk is an egoistic douchebag. But at least he realizes that in time and fixes his attitude.

Star Trek physics are weird.

McCoy is great but gets too little screen-time. Or page-time, if talking about the novelization.

Once again the book is much more detailed than the boring movie.

#05. Summary

The U.S.S. Enterprise leaves the dock and sets the course to intercept the Intruder. While trying to gain Warp 1 speed (thus going into hyperspace), Enterprise loses its engines. The hyperspace wormhole, due to inaccurate warp drive tuning, becomes unstable and draws a large asteroid inside itself, sending it on a collision course with the space cruiser.

Kirk orders phaser weapons, the most destructive ones on the Enterprise, to be fired at the asteroid but Decker overrides his order by telling Chekov, the weaponry coordinator, to use missiles. After smashing the asteroid with missiles the ship succesfully leaves hyperspace. Decker, when asked about why he did not follow the captain's orders, explains to Kirk that the weapon systems have been rerouted through the engines to increase power output and thus went offline during the accident.

#05. Words

01. skittish - легкомысленный
02. indignation - негодование
03. trustee - доверительный собственник
04. virtue - целомудрие
05. belligerence - воинственность
06. complacently - самодовольно
07. flustering - суетиться, волноваться
08. reveille - подъем
09. smear - размытость
10. dab - прикосновение
11. slop - слякоть
12. unwavering - решительный
13. frisk - возня
14. ragged - зазубренный
15. mudflap - брызговик
16. spoor - отпечаток
17. lingering - медлительный
18. assent - одобрение
19. equanimity - невозмутимость
20. lubrication - смазка