[Kirk's brow arches and he tips his head, a sort of wry nod.]

That's the gist of it. The tech employs the creation of black holes to leap from one section of space to another. The theory is that something went wrong and that's why we're all here. [and his mouth pulls at the corner, sending a sidelong glance to Scotty, because while the entire crew had dealt with the fall out of the Ambassador and Nero coming back in time, Scotty was one of the few who'd had first hand experience with that older Spock.] The previous crew is gone, save acting captain Ward and chief engineer Resnik. She's the only one with access to the jump drive, none of us have seen it. [because he knows that's likely to be one of the first things Scotty keys in on, and judging from Jim's tone of voice he isn't pleased with it. Kirk had seen first hand what Scotty could do, and he's sure that if he could get the Scot into that room they'd be out of here in no time.

of course, that was assuming they could get control of the thing, which is why the young captain goes on instead of leaving it at that:]

What's more is that nobody but the ship seems to know where we're going.