[Kirk is caught cheating on Spock's Kobayashi Maru test]
The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean you program it to be unwinnable.
Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.
I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson.
Please, enlighten me.
You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk. A captain cannot cheat death.
I of all people?
Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?
Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test.
The purpose is to experience fear. Fear in the face of certain death. To accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is a quality expected in every Starfleet captain.
