As long as the drill wasn""t activated, they could beam aboard the enemy ship.Spock confirmed the viability of Chekov""s plan - it would be possible to get on the ship, steal the black hole device, rescue Captain Pike, and save Earth.The sparse screenplay of a potent story laced with revenge, murder, and hate was written by former crime reporter Sidney Boehm and based on aSaturday Evening Postserial (published in early 1953) and the hard-hitting, brutal 1953 novel by William P.She cautioned Hercules to quit laughing at the masquerade: "Shhh, you""ll spoil everything if he hears you.A number of Rebel X-Wings and a single U-Wing gunship made it through the shield before it closed.The shield gate needed to be reopened by an explosive blast in order to transmit the Death Star plans (data files) to the Rebel fleet.