- Admiral Morrow debriefs the crew.
- Everybody gets vacation time except Scotty, who is being sent to help with the Excelsior.
- Scotty says he'd rather work on the refit of Enterprise, but Morrow reveals that the Enterprise is to be decommissioned.
- It's 20-year-old tech after all.
- Kirk reminds Morrow about his request to return to Genesis with the Enterprise, but Morrow says no. Genesis has been deemed classified and no one is to speak of it.