The Guardian mentioned that “ Many such journeys are possible .” The Enterprise contacts them and the traumatized Kirk responds with the instructions, " Let's get the hell out of here.

Kirk contacts Admiral Komack at Starfleet and requests permission to divert to Vulcan.

Kirk contacts Spock, who, in a reversal of their previous positions, urges Kirk to kill the creature immediately.

Kirk contacts another friend of his, the captain of the transport ship that is to pick up the acting troupe, and convinces him to miss the pick up, effectively stranding the troupe.

Kirk contacts the Enterprise and asks Communications Officer Lt. Uhura to check out Flint's and Rayna's identities.

Kirk refuses to give into Flint's demands and contacts the Enterprise to beam them up and prepare to leave orbit.

" In Season 2, Episode 1 (" Amok Time ", 1967 ), Captain Kirk tells Spock, " As one of Finagle's Laws puts it: ' Any home port the ship makes will be somebody else's, not mine.

James T. Kirk is missing, presumed killed, after the ship encounters the Nexus energy ribbon on its maiden voyage.

In the 2009 film, Jim Kirk arrives at a shipyard near his home in Iowa and boards a shuttle to enlist in Starfleet ; as the shuttle leaves, we see that the ship under construction there is the Enterprise.

Compounding matters is that in the TOS episode " The Omega Glory ," Kirk states, " A star captain's most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the Prime Directive ," and yet he seemingly violates the Prime Directive as " the only way to save my ship " in " A Taste of Armageddon " and no explanation for the Federation Ambassador trying to mediate between Eminiar VII and Vendikar ( neither of which are Federation members ) regardless of their wishes on the matter is given.

Although Kirk throughout the series becomes romantically involved with various women, when confronted with a choice between a woman and the Enterprise, " his ship always won ".

Kirk, McCoy and Taylor rescue him from a hospital and return to the now-recharged ship.

Kirk surrenders to avoid a fight, and beams aboard the Klingon ship with Doctor Leonard McCoy to attempt to save Gorkon's life.

While Kirk and McCoy were imprisoned, Spock assumed command and led an investigation into the attack on Gorkon's ship and his assassination.

Kirk must discover a way to recover the ship and crew unharmed.

Kirk must figure out what destroyed the ship and stop those responsible from striking again.

Dillard's novel Star Trek: Recovery, Admiral James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy oversee the test of the rescue ship " Recovery " at Zotos IV before the Klingons, Romulans, and Tholians.

Commander Lokara of the Skotha seeks revenge on Kirk and Starfleet, because Lokara's breeding partner Lanra was crippled aboard Loskene's ship during the battle against the Enterprise four years earlier ( Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Tholian Web ).

Gerrold noted, in retrospect, that it would not be like the Enterprise crew to have such attitudes against Kirk as Bandi induced, and that he might instead set the episode on another ship where laxity has been reported.

Mirror-Spock informs Kirk that the ship is ready to attack the Halkans.

Kirk tries to return to his ship, but finds the effects of the time changes cause the Enterprise to become the Condor, a pirate vessel.

When the Romulan ship decloaks to launch a torpedo, Kirk tries to spring his trap, but an equipment failure leaves the phasers off-line and Mr. Stiles incapacitated.

On stardate 3141. 9, the Federation starship Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, finds a derelict ship floating in space.

Feeling guilty for betraying her ship, Lt. McGivers frees Kirk from the chamber.

Kirk then helps Spock escape his captors, and the two vent anesthetic-gas throughout the entire ship to disable Khan and his cohorts.

Upon arrival at the planet, Kirk leaves his helmsman, Lt. Sulu, in command of the ship with instructions to withdraw to friendlier space if the Klingon fleet should arrive.

Kirk tells Spock his leave will have to be delayed, but Spock secretly has the ship rerouted to Vulcan.

On the ship, Spock announces his intention to resign his commission and submit himself to Starfleet, to face the consequences for killing Kirk.

On stardate 5431. 4, the USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, encounters a curious ship of unusual design.

Gav takes offense at this allegation and the confrontation briefly becomes physical before Kirk breaks it up, warning all parties to keep order on his ship.

Although he sometimes commands the ship when both Captain Kirk and first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) are off the ship ( as third senior officer ), Scotty asserts in the TNG episode " Relics " that he " never wanted to be anything else but an engineer ".

Although Kirk initially refuses the offer, he agrees when he realises that the Nexus cannot give him the one thing he has always sought: the ability to make a difference.

Spock objects that one must have power ; Kirk informs him of the Tantalus Field, and Mirror-Spock agrees to consider the idea ( Marlena is presumably now on his side ).

Captain Kirk and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy witness one of Spock's outbursts, and McCoy agrees Spock needs some " time off.

Kirk agrees and returns it — along with several well-fed ( and huge ) tribbles that scare it away.

Kirk agrees, but things turn out to be more exciting than they expected when the Museum is attacked by terrorists with unknown motives.

" When Charlie finally does vanish, Kirk agrees that it is for the best.

During the pause, Bailey, now calmer, returns to the bridge and requests to return to his station, to which Kirk agrees.

Kirk agrees to leave Federation advisors and educators on the planet to help the civilization advance, free of Landru's dominance.

Kirk agrees and a Denevan attacks Spock when he arrives on the planet.

He offers the stones to Kirk as payment, if he agrees to leave Pyris VII immediately and never return.

She agrees to help, but her true intentions remain uncertain, leaving Kirk and the others to speculate that the fate of the entire crew rests on her actions.

Kirk agrees, but he wants Scotty monitored by a " psycho-tricorder " and orders Lt. Karen Tracy to beam down and administer the test.

With no choice, Kirk agrees, and the brains send him back to the arena.

He offers to help rescue Kirk, and seeing no alternative, Spock agrees.

Spock agrees that this small nation rose from being beaten and bankrupt to near world domination in only a few years but Kirk points out it was a horrible system that had to be destroyed at terrible cost.

McCoy agrees that absolute power corrupts absolutely, Spock dryly pointing out all the examples from Earth history of that mentality and Kirk tells them " we just went through one civil war, let's not start another.

Not remembering the imminent doom of the asteroid, Kirk agrees.

He agrees to Natira's marriage proposal only if she allows Kirk and Spock to go free.

Kirk agrees to beam down and finds himself sent from one transporter room, directly to another, identical transporter room.

After hanging up on Kirk once, thinking he's being made fun of, Chris ecstatically agrees.