laps es ▁as ▁the ▁e el ▁leaves ▁his ▁body . ▁Khan ▁trans ports ▁Gen esis ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁R eli ant , ▁int ending ▁to ▁mar oon ▁Kirk ▁on ▁the ▁lif eless ▁planet oid , ▁but ▁is ▁trick ed ▁by ▁Kirk ▁and ▁Spo ck ' s ▁c oded ▁arrang ements ▁for ▁a ▁rende z vous . ▁Kirk ▁direct s ▁Enter prise ▁into ▁the ▁nearby ▁Mut ara ▁Neb ula ; ▁conditions ▁inside ▁the ▁ne b ula ▁render ▁shield s ▁useless ▁and ▁comprom ise ▁target ing ▁systems , ▁making ▁Enter prise ▁and ▁R eli ant ▁even ly ▁matched . ▁Spo ck ▁notes ▁that ▁Khan ' s ▁tact ics ▁indicate ▁in ex per ience ▁in ▁three - dimensional ▁combat , ▁which ▁Kirk ▁explo its ▁to ▁disable ▁R eli ant . ▁ ▁Mort ally ▁wounded , ▁Khan ▁activ ates ▁Gen esis , ▁which ▁will ▁re organ ize ▁all ▁matter ▁in ▁the ▁ne b ula , ▁including ▁Enter prise . ▁Though ▁Kirk ' s ▁crew ▁detect s ▁the ▁activation ▁and ▁attempts ▁to ▁move ▁out ▁of ▁range , ▁they ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁ne b ula ▁in ▁time ▁without ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁in oper able ▁war p ▁drive . ▁Spo ck ▁goes ▁to ▁restore ▁war p ▁power ▁in ▁the ▁engine ▁room , ▁which ▁is ▁flo oded ▁with ▁radiation . ▁When ▁Mc Co y ▁tries ▁to ▁prevent ▁Spo ck ' s ▁entry , ▁Spo ck ▁in cap ac it ates ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁V ul can ▁n erve ▁pin ch ▁and ▁performs ▁a ▁mind ▁m