the wait is over.
standby.
not yet -- not like this. not how we left. this is our chance.  to serve our people. we owe it to them -- to do what no other romulan could ever do.
welcome back. spock.
prepare the red matter. tell me when we reach core depth.
destroy it, too.
wait!!!
the hull -- magnify --
hello.
i am called nero.
i do not speak for the empire. we stand apart. as does your vulcan crew member.  isn't that right? spock?
 no, we're not. not yet. i would like you to see something. spock. captain pike-- your transporter capability is disabled. you will man a shuttle and come aboard the narada for negotiations. that is all.
launch the red matter. now.
retract the drill, let's move out!
you are only the second human i have ever met, face to face. you must have so many questions for me.
i only have one for you. i need the subspace frequencies of starfleet's border detection grids. specifically those surrounding earth.
christopher. answer my question.
i prevented genocide. where i come from, christopher.  this ship is just a mining vessel. i chose a life of honest labor to provide for myself.  and the wife who was carrying my child. i sit here now.  knowing you as enemies. not just of today. but of tomorrow. i watched as your federation did nothing. they let us burn to death.  as our planet broke in half.
it did happen. i remember it. i.  felt it. when i lost her.  i promised myself i would not speak another word until the day of my retribution. in twenty five years i forgot the sound of my own voice.  but i didn't forget the pain. that feeling cannot be erased.
a feeling that every surviving vulcan now shares.
-- yes, which is a gift i won't waste on mercy. my purpose, christopher, is not simply to avoid the destruction of the home i love.  .  but to create a romulus which exists, free of the federation. only then will she be saved.
it's not the fault of the human race that starfleet chose earth as its center. you're a more noble race than my fallen cousins. i'll take no pleasure in your extinction.
the frequencies, please.
as you wish.
there is no need, ayel. to threaten me. i understand.
i understand. but you are wrong.
we will return to romulus when the federation lies in ruins and not a moment before. when those who watched our people burn at last understand our pain, our loss. i refuse to return as a slave! we will return as conquerors!
deploy the drill.
good. let's begin.
how?!!
restore power! engage auxiliary systems!
-- who's responsible for this?!
open a channel --
spock -- i should've killed you when i had the chance.
you can't cheat me again, spock. i know you better than you know yourself.
fire at will.
i want spock dead! fire!
full reverse!!! now, now!!
load weapons and raise shields!!!
i would rather suffer the death of romulus a thousand times than accept assistance from you.
forgive me.  romulus.