Or so the captain thought until his transporter operator spoke up again.

Now the captain understood what his transporter operator had been talking about.

A moment later, he found himself looking at another transporter operator who was wearing civilian clothes.

"My transporter operator put us down in the wrong place," he explained.

Once on board, we killed the transporter operator and had the run of the place.

But the transporter operator didn't have the luxury of watching the spectacle.

Except for the transporter operator, he was all alone in the room.

The transporter operator sat down on a chair opposite him.

The transporter operator shook his head, then looked up at the first officer.

Captain Kirk turned to the transporter operator, who was another older officer.