in the captain's chair

Jim spun around angrily as the hand grabbed him. Ready to hit out at anything, he was drawing back a fistful of frustration when he recognized McCoy. Shock at his situation gave way to incomprehension as he stared at his friend.

"What—Bones, what're you doing?" He nodded past the doctor. "Your shuttle's waiting. I thought you'd be…"

McCoy was tugging at him. "Shut up and come with me."

( Too numbed by the circumstances that had befallen him to object, Jim allowed himself to be dragged... )

[NFB, NFI. Taken from the Star Trek novelization. Warning for: length. More to come later.]

The communications officer's tone was more than bored: Uhura sounded almost resentful. "We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru. The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them."

( Whipping around in the command chair... )

NFB, NFI, OOC is fine. Taken from the ST1 novelization. Nothing objectionable in this part!]