Stardate 2262.718

The trickiest part of our plans was going to be explaining why I and my crew happened to be in the right place to prevent the Emperor's assassination. Interestingly enough, Spock came up with a solution. We explain that Uhura had recorded their conversations in order to add their language to her repertoire and she had immediately reported their treachery to me once she had translated enough to learn their plans.

Brilliant in its simplicity and even mostly true. Now our main concern will be keeping close watch on them to insure that the attempt fails.