Even as the red rock of the planet materialised beneath their feet, they understood. Spock turned away and gazed at the horizon. He knew the odds even before joining Starfleet. He'd entered them into a multi-layered risk assessment matrix. He'd estimated the number of transporter trips he'd likely be required to take during his career, and weighed that number against the likelihood of a glitch. Kirk was silent. There was so much to say, but no way to say it. His friend had bathed in the cosmic rays beyond conventional reality, and shrunk in the wash.
It's out on April 23 in the US and April 26 in Europe, shortly before Benedict Cumberbatch dons a trenchcoat and tears chunks out of future-London in Abrams' Star Trek follow-up, Into Darkness. That's in cinemas on May 17.
