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 Picard:
"Captain's log, stardate 43125.8. We have entered a spectacular binary
star system in the Kavis Alpha sector on a most critical mission of astro-physical
research. Our eminent guest, Dr. Paul Stubbs, will attempt to study the
decay of neutronium expelled at relativistic speeds by a massive stellar
explosion which will occur here in a matter of hours." |
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 Data:
"Thirty seconds to impact, sir."
Picard:
"Manual override on shields."
Worf:
"Shields are rising."
Riker:
"Reset dampeners, Mr. La Forge."
Geordi:
"Dampeners not responding. Unable to reset."
Picard:
"Reverse impulse engines."
Geordi:
"Initiating reverse sequence, now."
Picard:
"Our momentum is still carrying us into the path of the stellar matter."
Data:
"Twelve seconds to impact, sir."
Riker:
"Prepare for impact. Medical personnel, report to the bridge. Commander
Data, check all systems."
Data:
"All systems functioning normally, sir."
Picard:
"Computer, explain control malfunction."
Computer:
"No control malfunction has been recorded." |
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 Wesley:
"Dr. Stubbs, the captain asked me to tell you that our systems are back
to normal, and we can try another launch attempt as soon as you're ready."
Stubbs: "Quite a dynamic family team, you Crushers."
Dr. Crusher: "Well, it's nice to be together again. I was at Starfleet
Medical for a year. I missed about two inches of him."
Stubbs: "I'm not sure I'd want my mother to be flying through space
with me. No, I take that back. I am sure. I wouldn't want her."
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 Dr.
Crusher:
"Jean-Luc, how would you feel if you were a seventeen year old and the
only Starfleet Officer whose mother was on board?"
Picard: "Inhibited, I suppose. But then, I'm not Wesley. And if
you are concerned about him, I see no evidence that there is a problem."
Dr. Crusher:
"I know, but, in a funny kind of way, that's exactly
my
point. We talk.
We smile. It's almost too polite."
Picard: "Beverly, isn't it just a matter of time? I know how
difficult it was for you being away."
Dr. Crusher:
"Tell me about him."
Picard: "Well, he's becoming a very fine officer. He works as
hard as any member of the crew. Riker says his studies are on line."
Dr. Crusher:
"No. Tell me about him."
 Picard: "He's his father's son. Honest, trusting, strong."
Dr. Crusher:
"Does he have many friends? Has he ever been in love?"
Picard: "Erm..."
Dr. Crusher:
"Jean-Luc, I'm worried. He's come so far, so fast, And since I've been
back, I don't feel..."
Picard: "His dependence. Beverly, look, he's seventeen years
old."
Dr. Crusher:
"What were you doing when you were seventeen?"
Picard: "Probably getting into more trouble than Wesley, I can
assure you."
Dr. Crusher:
"So was I. Isn't that what seventeen's supposed to be?" |
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 Stubbs:
"In my youth, they called me a wunderkind. Do you understand
wunderkind?"
Wesley: "It's German, isn't it?"
Stubbs: "It means wonder child. It is reserved for those of us who achieve
early in life. Now the burden is yours."
Wesley: "Burden?"
Stubbs: "To fulfil your potential. You will never come up against a greater
adversary than your own potential, my young friend."
Wesley: "Red Alert. Return to quarters immediately." |
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 Picard:
"Still no visual contact. That's impossible. Mr. Worf, same magnification
fifty degrees starboard."
Riker: "Worf, you're absolutely sure?"
Worf: "Sensors clearly indicate the approach of a Borg vessel."
Riker: "Shields up."
Worf: "Shields are not responding."
Geordi: "Manual override is jammed. It's not going to work this
 time. We don't have the shields, Captain."
Worf: "Captain, they're firing energy weapons at us."
Picard: "Evasive action."
Riker: "Bring her round to two seven five mark three."
Picard: "Predict current vector of Borg vessel."
Worf: "Vector...is gone, and so is the Borg ship." |
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 Picard: "Computer,
identify malfunction immediately."
Computer: "Pawn to Bishop Four. Knight to King's Rook Three. Bishop
to Queen's Bishop Four. Knight to Knight Five. Queen's Knight to King Two."
Data: "Controls are not responding, sir."
Computer: "Queen to Bishop Three. Bishop to Bishop Two." |
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Guinan: "What's that?"
Wesley: "I'm just setting traps."
Guinan: "I run a clean place."
Wesley: "I know. It's not that. It's. I'm
scared, Guinan. I think that everything that's
been going wrong might be my fault."
Guinan: "You want to tell me about it?"
Wesley: "I've been working on my final project
for Advanced Genetics. It's on nanotechnology.
I've been studying the nanites we have in the
Sickbay genetic supplies. They're these little
tiny robots with gigabytes of mechanical
computer memory. They're designed to enter
living cells and conduct repairs. They're
supposed to remain confined to the lab."
Guinan: "Are you saying there are nanites
loose?"
Wesley: "Two of them, that's all. I just wanted
to see how they would interact and function in
tandem. You see, in my experiment, I had
proposed a theory that by working together they
could combine their skills and increase their
usefulness. It was working.
Guinan: "So you made better nanites."
Wesley: "I was pulling an all-nighter to collect
my final data. I fell asleep. And when I woke up
I saw the container had been left open. It's
just a science project."
Guinan: "You know, a doctor friend once said the
same thing to me. Frankenstein was his name."
Wesley: "They're really harmless. I mean,
they're equipped with only the most basic
skills. It's almost impossible they could be
responsible..."
Guinan: "Almost."
Dr. Crusher : "Dr. Crusher to Wesley
Crusher."
Wesley: "Go ahead."
Dr. Crusher: "I stopped by your quarters, Wes.
I assumed you'd be there, since you're off
duty."
Wesley: "I know. I just I had some things to
do..."
Dr. Crusher: "Orders are orders, Mr.
Crusher."
Wesley: "On my way. You won't tell anybody, will
you? I know. I will. If it's true."
Guinan: "Wes, do you think you're going to get a
good grade?"
Wesley: "I always get an A."
(Wesley leaves)
Guinan: "So did Dr. Frankenstein." |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, supplemental. Our computer core has clearly been
tampered with and yet there is no sign of a breach of security on board. We
have engines back and will attempt to complete our mission, but without a
reliable computer, Dr. Stubbs' experiment is in serious jeopardy." |
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 (loud
music comes over the ship's speakers)
Picard: "What in heaven's name?!"
Data: "It is 'Stars and Stripes Forever', sir, by John Phillip Sousa, an American composer of band music in the early twentieth century..."
Picard: "Yes, yes, I know that!"
Riker: "Computer, shut off the music!"
Data: "The music is on all communications channels, sir."
Riker: "Weapons, power, communications. We're being stripped one system at a
time."
Picard: "Shut off the power to the bridge!" |
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 Stubbs:
"Do you know baseball?"
Wesley: "Yes, my father taught it to me when I was young."
Stubbs: "Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of
the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and
faster games. Lost to impatience. But I have seen the great players make the
great plays."
Wesley: "Do you recreate them on a holodeck?"
 Stubbs: "No. In here. (his head) With the knowledge of statistics,
runs, hits and errors, times at bat, box scores. Men like us do not need
holodecks, Wesley. I have played seasons in my mind. It was my reward to
myself for patience. Knowing my turn would come. Call your shot. Point to a
star. One great blast and the crowd rises. A brand new era in astrophysics.
Postponed one hundred and ninety six years on account of rain." |
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 Dr.
Crusher: "We have to
talk. You really look like you could use some rest, Wesley."
Wesley: "I know. It's okay. Really."
Dr. Crusher: "No, it's not okay. Really."
Wesley: "Look, mom, I'm just checking some traps that I set to see if I can
find out what's happening to the Enterprise."
Dr. Crusher: "On someone's orders?"
 Wesley: "We're running out of time for
Dr. Stubbs."
Dr. Crusher: "You can't put everything on your shoulders, Wesley. Even when
you're off duty, you're on duty."
Wesley: "Mom, you don't understand."
Dr. Crusher: "You are a seventeen year old boy."
Wesley: "I'm also an acting officer and I have responsibilities."
Dr. Crusher: "I'm beginning to think maybe you've taken on too many
responsibilities."
Wesley: "Look, I have done everything that everyone has asked of me and
more. And how can you know? You haven't even been here."
Dr. Crusher: "I'm here now, Wesley." |
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 Picard:
"I can't get the story of Gulliver out of my head. Overpowered by
Lilliputians. How long do we have to wait?"
Riker:
"We can continue to bypass the part of the computer that's affected, but if
the nanites are spreading through the whole the ship."
Picard:
"Do you smell a change in...? What?" (coughs)
(The bridge is filling with opaque gas)
 Picard:
"Picard to La Forge. We have an environmental system malfunction on the
bridge. Acknowledge."
Geordi: "Aye, sir."
Riker:
"Nitrogen oxide. Toxic levels"
Geordi: "Working on it, Captain."
(The air clears)
Riker:
"I've switched to manual control of the air handling system."
 (The lights go out, a panel explodes. Stubbs, Worf and Data enter)
Picard:
"Mr. Worf, report."
Worf:
"He entered a computer access room and sterilised one of the processors with
gamma radiation."
Data:
"The nanites in the upper core are all dead, Captain." |
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 Picard:
"Dr. Stubbs, if you were a member of my crew, sir, I would..."
Stubbs: "But I am not a member of your crew, sir. I am a representative
of the highest command of the Federation, which has directed you to
perform my experiment."
Picard: "If any man, woman or child on this ship is harmed as a result
of your experiment, I will have your head before the highest command in
the Federation." |
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 Data/Nanites:
"You are very strange looking creatures."
Picard: "In our travels, we have encountered many other creatures,
perhaps even stranger-looking than ourselves. But we try to co-exist
peacefully with them."
Data/Nanites: "Why did you attack us?"
Picard: "We misinterpreted your actions as an attack on us."
Data/Nanites: "We were seeking raw materials for our replicating
process."
Picard: "Yes, but you endangered this vessel in which we all travel.
You nearly killed a crewmember."
Data/Nanites: "We meant no harm. We were exploring."
Picard: "I understand. We are also explorers. We mean no harm to any
other living creature."
Stubbs:
"I am the one responsible for the deaths in the computer
core."
Data/Nanites: "We know who you are."
Stubbs:
"I deeply regret the incident. I am a scientist on an important mission.
Your colleagues' exploration of the core memory put our mission at risk. I
was only trying to protect a lifetime of work from being destroyed. I am at
your mercy."
Data/Nanites: "What is at your mercy?"
Picard: "He asks your forgiveness. This conflict was started by
mistakes on both sides. Let's agree to end it here and now."
Data/Nanites: "We agree."
Picard: "I pledge we will do everything possible to assist your
continued survival."
Data/Nanites: "Thank you, but we have evolved beyond any need
for your
assistance. This ship is too confining. We require relocation." | |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, supplemental. Dr. Stubbs has used his influence to
have planet Kavis Alpha IV designated the new home of the nanite
civilisation. Commander Data's neural network has been vacated. He has been
returned to us unharmed. And with the help of the nanites, our computer core
has been reconstructed in time for the experiment." |
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 Dr.
Crusher:
"Do you have any children, Guinan?"
Guinan: "A lot."
Dr. Crusher: "Ever have any trouble relating to them?"
Guinan: "Just one."
Dr. Crusher: "One?"
Guinan: "Wouldn't listen to anybody."
Dr. Crusher: "Well, they all go through that."
 Guinan: "Not in a species of listeners."
Dr. Crusher: "Did he grow out of it?"
Guinan: "It took several hundred years but I managed to bring him around."
Dr. Crusher: "How?"
Guinan: "A mother shapes her child in ways she doesn't even realise.
Sometimes just by listening."
 (Wesley enters with his arm around the waist of a girl)
Guinan: "Cute couple."
Dr. Crusher: "See? Now that is healthy for a boy his age. I mean that as a
doctor, not as just a mother. It is so good to see him having fun for a
change, with an attractive young woman who obviously looks at him with
extraordinary affection. What do you know about this girl?" |
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