- While they're transmitting, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey uncloaks before them. Kruge orders the gunner to disable their engines, but the overzealous Klingon goes full OP and destroys the Grissom.
- Upset over the incident, Kruge fires his gunner—but with a phaser. The gunner's severance package includes the severing of his molecules one by one.
- Maltz informs Kruge that there are life signs on the planet if he is still wants prisoners.