Overboard by Chip Dunham for April 07, 2016

[Kirk is questioning Scotty about his reasons to start a bar fight with the Klingons]Scott: Well, Captain, er… the Klingons called you a… a tin-plated overbearing, swaggering dictator with delusions of godhood.Capt. Kirk: Is that all?Scott: No, sir. They also compared you with a Denebian slime devil.Capt. Kirk: I see.Scott: And then they said that you were a…Capt. Kirk: I get the picture, Scotty.Scott: Yes, sir.Capt. Kirk: And after they said all this, that’s when you hit the Klingons.Scott: No, sir.Capt. Kirk: …No?Scott: No, er, I didn’t. You told us to avoid trouble.Capt. Kirk: Oh, yes.Scott: And I didn’t see that it was worth fighting about. After all, we’re big enough to take a few insults. Aren’t we?Capt. Kirk: What was it they said that started the fight?Scott: They called the Enterprise a garbage scow! Sir.Capt. Kirk: I see. And… that’s when you hit the Klingon?Scott: Yes, sir!Capt. Kirk: You hit the Klingons because they insulted the Enterprise, not because they…Scott: Well, sir, this was a matter of pride.Capt. Kirk: All right, Scotty. Dismissed. Oh… Scotty, you’re restricted to quarters until further notice.Scott: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir! That’ll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals!From “Star Trek – The Trouble with Tribbles”