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 Picard:
"Captain's log, stardate: 42609.1. In response to a
desperate plea from my old friend, Captain Donald Varley
of the U.S.S. Yamato, I am running a grave risk by
taking the Enterprise into the neutral zone. Varley's
request was prompted by dangerous malfunctions which
have been plaguing our sister ship. Perhaps with both
crews working together, we can eliminate the problems
before our presence is detected by the Romulans." |
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 Varley:
"We lost an engineering team when the computer shut down
a force-field in an open shuttlebay. Eighteen people..."
Riker: "Do you have any idea what caused this,
sir?"
Varley: "None. They're affecting every system
simultaneously, it's like the ship suddenly decided to
fall apart. Beginning to make me think we should have
run these Galaxy-class ships across a few more drawing
boards before we built one."
Picard: "You believe it is a design flaw?"
Varley: "I don't know. I'm grasping at straws,
here." |
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 Worf:
"Sir, there is an energy build-up in the Yamato's
engineering section."
Picard: "Yamato, this is the
Enterprise...Yamato, come in..."
Worf: "Captain, magnetic seals in the anti-matter
chamber are decaying!"
Picard: "Captain...Donald! Come in!"
(Yamato explodes)
Picard: "Shields up."
Worf: "Sir!"
(The Yamato's saucer module burns up)
Data: "Sensors indicate no life reading,
sir." |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, supplemental. The Yamato's entire
crew and their families; more than a thousand people,
have been lost. Circumstances, unfortunately, permit us
no pause for grief." |
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 Picard:
"Romulan vessel, this is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of
the U.S.S. Enterprise."
Taris: "Captain Picard..."
Picard: "Explain your illegal presence in the
neutral zone."
Taris: "Explain yours."
Picard: "Are you responsible for the destruction
of the Yamato?"
Taris: "No, but, believe me, Captain, if had we
chosen to exercise our right to defend the neutral zone,
we would not have stopped with one starship." |
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 Varley:
"Personal log. It was kind of Dr. Ramsey to allow
me to carry away my own little piece of legend from the
archaeological dig on Denius III. My engineers have
examined it, but are completely baffled by its
technology. What was its purpose? I'm like a caveman
confronted by a tricorder. I'm certain this device is
Iconian, but how far did it travel before it was
abandoned on this alien world?" |
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 Varley:
"Personal log. A galactic Rosetta stone. The star fields
on the artefact were unintelligible until I took into
account two hundred millenia of stellar drift. After
that it was easy to pinpoint Iconia." |
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 Varley:
"My First Officer is questioning the wisdom of my order
to violate the neutral zone, but I'm convinced that I've
taken the only proper course. If this advanced
technology fell into the hands of the Romulans, we might
as well dock our ships and defend ourselves with
sticks." |
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 Varley:
"Personal log. We've been spotted by a Romulan crusier,
but after playing hide and seek through several solar
systems, I think I've managed to elude them." |
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 Varley:
"The Iconian probe scan; was it an attempt at
communication? If only I knew what we were dealing with
here." |
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 Varley:
"Personal log. I'm unable to send an away team to
the surface of Iconia, nor can I scan the energy source
on the planet because of these maddening systems
failures! It's infuriating to be stopped at the
threshold of a dream by one's own ship. We're leaving
orbit to rendezvous with Picard. If his people can't
help us repair the Yamato, I must convince him to
continue this exploration. The future well-being of the
Federation may depend on it." |
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 Wesley:
"It's the Yamato, Captain. I can't stop thinking
about her. All those people...dead. I don't know how you
and Commander Riker and Geordi; how you handle it so
easily."
Picard: "Easily? Oh, no, not easily. We handle it
because we are trained to, as you will be." |
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 Picard:
"Tea, Earl Grey, hot."
(the first time Picard ever ordered it) |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, supplemental. As happened with our
sister ship, the Enterprise is beginning to experience a
series of system failures. So far, they are random, but
I fear they could be early symptoms of what happened to
the Yamato." |
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 Dr.
Pulaski:
"The bio-beds aren't working?! The ship is falling
apart! I've had thirty-five emergency calls scattered
across twelve decks. My trauma teams are being run
ragged trying to respond. Bio-beds...!"
Nurse: "Dr. Pulaski?"
Dr. Pulaski: "Yes?"
Nurse: "I've got a problem here, the knitter
isn't working."
Dr. Pulaski: "Uhhh...try a splint."
Nurse: "Doctor?"
Dr. Pulaski: "Splint, it's a very ancient
concept. You take two flat pieces of wood or plastic, a
bandage, the broken limb is kept immobile."
Nurse: "That's crazy! That's not practicing
medicine!"
Dr. Pulaski: "Oh, yes, it is! It's a
time-honoured way to practice medicine with your hea,d
and your heart, and your hands, so, jump to it!" |
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 Geordi:
"Let me see if I can directly access the master
program."
(Geordi gets an electric shock from the console, Data
grabs him and hurls him from the console to the deck)
Geordi: "Data?"
Data: "Yes?"
Geordi: "What happened?"
Data: "Any answer would be mere speculation. This
is yet another example of how our actions have random
results."
Geordi: "Thanks, Data. I noticed." |
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 Wesley: "Commander,
Romulan vessel!"
Riker: "Open hailing frequencies!"
Williams: "They're arming photon torpedoes."
Riker: "Shields up, go to red alert!"
Wesley: "Sir, the shields aren't responding!"
Williams: "They're preparing to fire photon
torpedoes!"
Riker: "Mr. Crusher, I need those shields!"
Wesley: "I'm trying, sir!"
Williams: "They're firing!"
(nothing happens)
Riker: "What happened?"
Williams: "Instead of firing, they suddenly
disarmed and cancelled."
Riker: "Fate. Protects fools, little children,
and ships named 'Enterprise.'" |
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 Riker:
"If it should become necessary to fight, could you
arrange to find me some rocks to throw at them?!" |
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 Wesley:
"Sir, another probe launched from the planet,
heading for the Romulans."
Riker: "Have we got our phasers back?"
Williams: "No, sir."
Riker: "Taris, if you have phaser capability,
prepare to use them now!"
Taris: "What?"
Riker: "Destroy that probe!!" |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, supplemental. While there is little left
on the surface of Iconia, we have found what appears to
be a control center which seems to have remained
intact." |
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 Riker:
"You're jumpy."
Troi: "The tension on the ship is very high."
Riker: "What's your recommendation?"
Troi: "Give everyone something to do, somewhere
to focus their attention."
Riker: "All right. Let's consider evacuation."
Troi: "To the planet?"
Riker: "I know it's probably impossible with
Taris sitting out there, but, it would give everyone
something do. You go and organize it."
Troi: "But, you might need me if you have to
negotiate with Taris again."
Riker: "I'll manage." |
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 Data:
"This would appear to be manual override."
(Data keys in some commands and activates the gateway)
Data: "That was not manual override." |
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 Picard:
"Data! That was very foolish!"
Data: "But, we have established that this is not
a holograph." |
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 Picard:
"Data, I have to destroy this; this control room and its
technology must not be allowed to fall into Romulan
hands."
Data: "I...understand..., sir..."
Picard: "How? How do I do it? How do I destroy
everything? The control room, the probes, all of it?"
(Worf destroys Data's tricorder with a phaser blast)
Data: "The...power source..., sir..."
Picard: "I detonate it? How? How do I do that?"
Data: "The...probes..., sir..."
Picard: "Probes? The probes? Launch? I launch the
probes? But, why? What good would that do?"
Data: "The...doors..., sir..."
Picard: "Doors?"
Worf: "Perhaps the probes are in a launch bay?"
Picard: "And if the doors are closed, then the
backwash from the rockets will spill into the power
grids and there'll be an overload."
Data: "Yes..., sir..."
Picard: "But, the doors will open automatically
when the launch begins...and I will override."
Data: "Correct..., sir..."
Picard: "Which control keys? Damn...of course,
you can't see..."
Data: "Help..."
Picard: "Worf, help him up."
Data: "Describe..., please..."
Picard: "I am standing directly in front of the
gate. To my left there is a small triangular screen."
Data: "Right...one...meter..."
Picard: "Right. Now, to my right is a larger
triangular screen, to
the top is solid amber, to the left, red."
Data:
"Correct...key...blue...amber...amber...red..."
Picard: "That's the launch sequence? How do I
override the doors?"
Data: "Blue...blue...blue..."
Picard: "I hope that's not a stutter. I don't
know how long a delay there will be between the launch
and the detonation. I will hold
keying the launch sequence until you're through the
gate. How long until the Enterprise reappears?"
Worf: "Almost time. Captain...you will be
killed..."
Picard: "I'll go through the gate."
Worf: "But, where will you end up?"
Picard: "Very shortly, anywhere will be
preferable to this room. Mr. Worf, I am depending on
you. You must get Data back to the Enterprise, he may be
their only hope." |
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 Riker:
"Geordi, if we shut down, we're going to be bringing
down the shields and we're hanging nose to nose with a
Romulan battle crusier."
Geordi: "Hey, Commander, whether it's Romulan
phasers or our own warp engines, we're just as dead."
Riker: "Make it so."
Data: "May I help?" |
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 Taris:
"You did this. You sabotaged my ship."
Picard: "Oh, no."
Taris: "I cannot deactivate the auto-destruct,
but, at least I have the satisfaction that you will die
with us."
(Picard beams out)
Picard: "Not I think today, Commander." |
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