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 Picard:
"Captain's log, Stardate 43714.1. We have finally
succeeded in eradicating the Phyrox plague on Cor Caroli
Five, and will soon be preparing to leave orbit and
proceed to our next mission. A rendezvous with the USS
Hood to assist their terraforming efforts on Browder
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 Data:
"Commander, ship's sensors detect an abnormal energy
reading in the Captain's quarters."
Riker: "Type?"
Data: "Undetermined."
Riker: "Riker to Captain Picard."
Worf: "Security team to Captain's quarters." |
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 Worf:
"Security override. Priority one."
(The door opens to reveal - Picard holding his book and
a glass of brandy)
Picard 2: "Is something the matter, Lieutenant?" |
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 (One
of the other bed occupants is also in a Starfleet
engineering uniform. she is a green-tinged alien)
Picard: "It's all right, it's al right. I'm not
going to hurt you."
Haro: "Captain."
Picard: "Picard, of the Enterprise."
Haro: "Captain Picard. We studied your missions
at the Academy Mitena Haro, first year cadet, Starfleet
Academy."
 Picard:
"Cadet Haro.
Tholl: "Perhaps you can explain what this is all
about."
(A tall, white-skinned alien wearing a hood)
Picard: "Unfortunately, I can't, Mister..."
Tholl: "Tholl. Kova Tholl, of Mizar Two."
Picard: "Well, Mister Tholl, all I know is that
I've been brought here against my will. Wherever here
is."
 Haro:
"The same thing happened to me, sir. I was alone,
studying and I fainted. When I came to, it was about
three days ago."
Picard: "And you, sir?"
Tholl: "I've been here twelve days, possibly
more. I had been meditating privately and for no reason
whatever, I lost consciousness."
Picard: "What can you tell me about our captors?"
 Tholl:
"Nothing. They've never shown themselves."
Picard: "Four sleeping
areas. That implies we may be joined by another
captive."
(He goes to the central thing, which dispenses red
roundels)
Tholl: "It's edible, but I wouldn't call it
food."
(Picard takes a tentative bite and puts it down, then
goes to the panel by the door)
 Tholl:
"I wouldn't touch that."
Picard: "Why not?"
Tholl: "If it's the door lock, the combination's
too complex to hit at random. I tried it and was
punished."
Picard: "Punished? How?"
Tholl: "Severe pain. Some sort of energy beam. I
won't get near that panel again." |
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 Worf:
"Sir, the Hood has arrived at the rendezvous point. They
are expecting us in thirty six hours."
Alien Picard: "Thank you, Lieutenant. Mister Data, the
nearest pulsar is in the Lonka cluster, is it not?"
Data: "Correct, sir."
Picard 2: "What do we know about that pulsar?"
Data: "A great deal, sir. It is a rotating
neutron star of
 approximately
four point three five six solar masses."
Picard 2: Mister Crusher, how long would it take
us to get there?"
Wesley: "At warp seven, thirty four minutes."
Picard 2: Mister Crusher make it so."
Wesley: "Sir?"
Picard 2: "Set course for the Lonka pulsar. Warp
two."
Wesley: "Aye, sir. Sir, at warp two we'll arrive
at the pulsar in thirty
 one
hours."
Picard 2: "Thank you, Ensign. Engage."
Wesley: "Aye, sir."
Riker: "Will we be delaying our rendezvous with
the Hood, sir?"
Picard 2: "We may have to, Number One.
Riker: "Lieutenant, contact the Hood and inform
them of our delay."
Worf: "Aye, Commander."
 Picard
2: "Belay that order. There will be no further
communication off this ship without my prior
authorisation. Commander, may I have a word with you?
Mister Data, you have the bridge."
Data: "Aye, sir." |
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 (Picard
is tapping on the panel, 2 taps, then 3, then 5, and so
on)
Tholl: "Picard, what are you doing?"
Picard: "Attempting to let our captors know that
we possess intelligence."
Tholl: "You don't think they already know that?
They can hear us talking."
Picard: "Yes, but they may not realise that we're
communicating
 through
language."
Haro: "Captain Picard is letting them know we
comprehend mathematics by tapping out the first six
prime numbers."
Tholl: "I know what he's doing. I'm trying to
understand why."
Picard: "It is imperative that we communicate with our
abductors, find out what they want."
Tholl: "Obviously, they want us."
 Picard:
"Obviously. But why? What made our captors choose us?
What makes us special?"
Haro: "I couldn't say, Captain. I'm certainly not
special. I am just one cadet."
Picard: "What's your best area of study?"
Haro: "Impulse propulsion systems. I'm very good
with field coils."
Picard: "Good enough to be useful to our
abductors?"
 Haro:
"I don't know. Maybe. But if they needed an engineer,
sir, why didn't they take a real one? Why pick a
Starfleet cadet?"
Picard: "That I can't answer. The Bolians are
maintaining an uneasy truce with the Moropa, are they
not?"
Haro: "That's right. But this doesn't look like
Moropa technology and, even assuming the Moropa wanted
me, what would they want with either of you?"
 Tholl:
"I've never even heard of the Moropa. My race has no
enemies."
Picard: "None? In the last three hundred years of
Mizarian history, your planet has been conquered six
times!"
Tholl: "And we've survived by not resisting.
Mizarians value peace above confrontation."
Picard: "Then you have no idea who might have
done this."
 Tholl:
"No. I don't know of anyone who bears malice toward my
race."
Picard: "Or against you personally?"
Tholl: "You can't mean to suggest that someone
with a personal grudge against me has gone to all this
trouble."
Picard: "I'm not suggesting anything. I'm merely
trying to come up with some explanation for your
abduction."
 Tholl:
"I'm sorry, Picard. I can't give you one. I am neither
important enough to hold for ransom nor radical enough
to be dangerous. I'm a simple public servant."
Picard: Nevertheless, Mister Tholl..."
(There's a sound and a sparkling, and a figure in
leather appears on the fourth bed. He has lots of red
hair and sharp teeth, and pulls a dagger)
Picard: "Stop! We mean you no harm." |
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 Picard:
"We are prisoners, like yourself. We are not the enemy."
Esoqq: "Who has done this?"
Picard: "We don't know. We were brought here the
same way you were. Our captors refuse to show
themselves.
Esoqq: "I don't trust you."
Picard: "You must trust us. We wish only to
return to our worlds. Were you abducted from Chalna?"
Esoqq: "You know my planet?"
Picard: "Oh, yes. I visited there twelve years
ago, while commanding the Stargazer." |
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 (The
senior officer's floating poker game is in session)
Riker: "Five, and twenty."
LaForge: "Ouch."
Troi: "If it's too rich, Geordi, fold."
LaForge: "I'm thinking, I'm thinking."
(The doorbell rings)
Data: "Enter."
 Picard
2: "Counsellor, gentlemen. Forgive this intrusion. I
was just passing by."
Data: "You are always welcome, Captain."
Picard 2: I was wondering, Mister La Forge.
What's our engine efficiency status?
LaForge: "Operating at ninety three percent,
sir."
Picard 2: "That's very good, but I would like to
increase the
 efficiency
to ninety five percent."
LaForge: "No problem, Captain, I'll get right on
it."
Picard 2: "That's not an order. You can get to it
later. I don't want to disrupt your recreation."
LaForge: "No Captain, it's no problem. Lady Luck
left me long ago."
(La Forge leaves)
 Troi:
"Would you care to join us, Captain? We have an
opening."
Picard 2: "I'd rather just observe, if you don't
mind.
Riker: "Not at all. Counsellor, twenty."
(She and Data see Riker's bid)
Riker: "Pair of threes."
Troi: "Flush. Queen high."
Data: "That beats my fours."
 Picard
2: "Well played, Counsellor. May I have a word with
you for just a moment?"
Troi: "Certainly, sir."
Picard 2: "Forgive me, gentlemen. I'll return
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 Esoqq:
"My given name is Esoqq. It means fighter."
Tholl: "I'll bet half the names in the
Chalnoth language mean fighter."
Esoqq: "Mizarians. Your names all mean
surrender."
Tholl: "We are a peaceful race, a race of
thinkers."
Esoqq: "A race of cowards. And you? I don't
know your people."
Haro: "I am Mitena Haro, of Bolarus Nine."
 Esoqq:
"Who would want to imprison a child?"
Haro: "I'm not a child."
Picard:
"Esoqq, I've been trying to determine if we have a
common enemy. Someone with a reason for confining us
here."
Esoqq: "There are Chalnoth who would kill me
if they could. But kidnap? There is no reason."
Picard: "You have many enemies?"
 Esoqq:
"None of consequence. I've slain all the ones who
mattered. That shocks you, Bolian?"
Haro: "A little."
Esoqq: "And you?"
Tholl: "I'm not surprised. I've heard about
your race. You're uncivilised. You have no laws, no
system of government..."
Esoqq: "The Chalnoth have no use for laws or
governments! We
 are
strong. We obey no one."
Tholl: "You live in anarchy, murdering one
another, That mentality may get us all killed."
Esoqq: "And you may be the first."
Picard: "Both of you. This is getting us
nowhere."
Tholl: "Neither is asking us useless
questions, Picard. But, if you must pursue the
topic, How long have you and the Romulans been
 adversaries?"
Picard: "For quite a while, Mister Tholl. I
am perfectly willing to entertain the hypothesis
that our captors are Romulans. But what would the
Romulans want with you?"
Tholl: "My brainpower, perhaps. It's well
known that my species possesses superior
intelligence and I am considered among the
brightest of my people."
 Haro:
"And the least modest."
Esoqq: "What is this?"
Picard:
"Food."
Esoqq: "The only food?"
Picard: "It would seem so."
Esoqq: "Poison!"
Tholl: "Does this mean there's nothing here
for you to eat?"
 Esoqq:
"You."
Tholl: "Don't even think that! Picard, you
won't let him..."
Picard: "Esoqq, how long can you go without
food?"
Esoqq: "Three days. Perhaps four."
Picard: "No longer?"
Esoqq: "No longer."
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 Crusher:
"Well, all your tests indicate the same results. You are
in great shape."
Picard 2: "I never felt better."
Crusher: "I see. Then why did you come in? Your
annual physical isn't due for another month."
Picard 2: "Well, usually you have to remind me,
then badger me, and finally order me to report. For once
I thought I'd save you the
 trouble."
Crusher: "Jean-Luc, be honest with your doctor.
Are there any warning signs or symptoms that you haven't
told me about?"
Picard 2: "As far as I know, I'm perfectly
healthy."
Crusher: "Well, then, return to your post."
Picard 2: "Will you have dinner with me tonight?"
Crusher: "In Ten Forward?"
 Picard
2: "What about my quarters? More intimate."
Crusher: "Jean-Luc, you are full of surprises
today."
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 Tholl:
"Picard is it wise to attempt an escape?"
Picard: "It's imperative."
Tholl: "Why? Our captors haven't mistreated us."
Haro: "We've been kidnapped, locked in a room.
You don't think that's mistreatment?"
Tholl: "They haven't hurt us, have they? I think
we should just wait until we find out what they want. Be
patient."
 Picard:
"We can no longer afford to be patient. Unless we act
soon, Esoqq will starve."
Tholl: "If we antagonise them, they may decide
we're more trouble than we're worth, kill us and go
capture another four."
Picard: "I agree that's a risk, but I see no
alternative."
Tholl: "Well, I refuse to help."
Picard: "As you wish, Mister Tholl. We must get
inside this
 panel."
Esoqq: "Not very sturdy.
Picard: "Stand back, Haro.
(Esoqq puts his fist through the panel and rips the
surround out of the wall)
Haro: "The design is simple. Cross-circuiting the
door mechanism should be easy."
 Picard:
"Make it so."
Haro: "Yes, sir."
(She flips a few connections then reaches up inside the
wall)
Haro: "I think I've got it."
(The door opens an inch, closes again, then a green
light hits the three. They fall to the floor in pain)
Tholl: "I warned you." |
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 (Jean-Luc
and Beverly have made it to the after dinner drinks)
Crusher: "Out with it, Jean-Luc."
Picard 2: "Out with what?"
Crusher: "Whatever has been on your mind all
evening long."
Picard 2: Has it been that apparent? How well you
know me."
Crusher:
"After all this time, I ought to."
Picard 2: "Well, it's true, I have been
preoccupied. I know that's
 not
very flattering to you, but I have been thinking about
us. And about the choices I've made."
Crusher: "We've both made choices."
Picard 2: "And I've been wondering if they were
the right ones. Sometimes I feel we've allowed our
positions to isolate us."
Crusher: "Our positions necessitate a degree of
professional detachment."
 Picard
2: "But there's a danger in becoming too detached,
of never permitting ourselves to get closer."
Crusher: "Is that what you want, Jean-Luc? To get
closer?"
Picard 2: "You're a very attractive woman."
Crusher: "And you're a very attractive man. But
we both know it's not as simple as that."
Picard 2:
"Would it be simpler if I were not your commanding
 officer?"
Crusher: "Simpler, perhaps, but that's not the
only issue. I guess, right now, I'm comfortable with our
relationship just the way it is.
Picard 2: "Would you care to dance?"
Crusher: "I thought you didn't dance."
Picard 2: "On special occasions."
(He holds her close in a slow shuffle)
 Picard
2: "I don't think I told you, but I'm glad you're
back on the Enterprise. I missed our friendship."
Crusher: "I did too."
(The dance become more of a vertical embrace, and then
they kiss)
Crusher: "Jean-Luc, if I didn't know you better,
I would think you were playing games with me."
 Picard
2: You're sorry you came tonight?"
Crusher: "I didn't say that."
Picard 2: "Good. Because I'm delighted you did. But,
perhaps we should call it a night."
(He opens the door for her)
Picard 2: "Goodnight." |
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 Tholl:
"I warned you not to provoke our captors. The next beams
might be lethal."
Esoqq: "Not to you. You moved far from the door."
Tholl: "Of course I did! Being stunned once was
enough."
Esoqq: "You claim you were hit by the stun beam
before the rest of us arrived. You could be lying. Maybe
our enemy is watching us from inside."
 Tholl:
"Are you accusing me of collaborating with our
abductors?"
Esoqq: "Collaboration is what your species does
best."
Haro: "You did try to talk us out of attempting
to escape."
Esoqq: "For all we know, you may be our captor."
Tholl: "Impossible. I'm a Mizarian. My people are
not aggressive."
Esoqq: "How can we be sure you're a Mizarian? You
could be an impostor."
 Tholl:
"This is nonsense. What if you're an impostor? Esoqq was
the last one to appear, and he is the only one with a
weapon."
Esoqq: "Keep talking and I will use it."
Picard: "Tholl, our captors have transporters,
they have stun beams. It is hardly likely that they
would try to hold us at bay with a knife."
Tholl: "Well, then, maybe she's an impostor. She
could have
 triggered
the stun beams deliberately."
Haro:
"I was hit, too."
Tholl: "To forestall suspicion. You were very
quick to volunteer."
Picard: "Tholl, I asked her to open the door."
Tholl: "You ordered her, you mean. You've been
giving orders from the moment you got here, trying to
make everyone do what you want."
 Picard:
"Tholl, what I want is for everyone to escape!"
Esoqq: "Why should we believe you?"
Haro: "Captain Picard's put his life at stake for
others many times. The primitive culture on Mintaka
Three, the Wogneer creatures in the Ordek Nebula."
(the penny has dropped for Picard)
Picard: "And Cor Caroli Five."
 Haro:
"Right. Helping to cure the Phyrox Plague."
Esoqq: "And how do we know this is the heroic
Captain Picard? We have no proof of his identity."
Tholl: "You've wasted our time with failed
attempts to communicate with them or escape. Is that
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 Riker:
"First officer's log, supplemental. Although we're still
eighteen hours from the Lonka pulsar, the Captain has
ordered us to slow to one half impulse. He has offered
no explanation." |
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 Riker:
"I don't know why we're going to this pulsar. And
creeping up on it at half impulse makes even less
sense."
Troi: "The Captain has given unusual orders
before."
Riker: "I know, but this is different. He's
different. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm
worried."
Troi: "The Captain does seem detached from his
emotions."
(Picard enters and goes to the bar)
 Picard
2: "Mister La Forge. We are operating at ninety six
percent engine efficiency. Well done."
LaForge: "Thank you, sir."
Picard 2: "When we arrive at the pulsar, I shall
require everyone at their best. I know that I can rely
on both of you."
Worf: "Of course, Captain.
Picard 2: "Excellent. An ale for me, and for my
officers. In fact,
 ales
for everyone."
(General ah's and thanks)
Picard 2:
"Here's to the finest crew in Starfleet. You know, back
when I was in the Academy, we would follow every toast
with a song. I wonder if I can, oh, yes."
(Clears his throat and starts to sing Hearts of Oaks)
Picard 2: "Come cheer up my lads, 'Tis to glory
we steer. To find
 something
new in this wonderful year. To honour we call you as
free men and brave. For who are so free as the sons of
the waves? Hearts of Oak are our ships, Jolly tars are
our men. We always are ready. Steady, boys, steady.
We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again."
(The verse is repeated with others joining in under the
dialogue)
LaForge: "Commander, what's the Captain up to?"
Riker: "That's not the Captain I know." |
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 Riker:
"We're a mission that has no apparent purpose. In
itself, I can accept that. All of us can, because the
Captain says it's important and we trust him. Then he
runs the crew through efficiency drills for the first
time in my tour of duty, but he says we need them, so we
need them, because we trust our Captain. But we also
have a captain singing drinking songs with his men."
LaForge: "A Captain who's come to the poker game
for the first
 time."
Troi: "And he was very odd with me afterwards. He
wanted me to warn him if the crew started to lose
confidence in him."
Riker: "Any signs of mental stress or trauma?"
Crusher: "He came in for a physical with no word
from me."
Worf: "Anything unusual, Doctor?"
Crusher: "Every test result identical to his last
physical, which is
 kind
of unusual in itself, actually."
Riker: "Almost as though he wanted to establish
that there was nothing wrong."
Crusher: "There was one other thing. He asked me
to dinner in his cabin, and it was a very unusual
evening."
Riker:
"Which brings up a very serious possibility. What if
there's an outside influence at work here?"
 Troi:
"I detect no evidence of telepathic coercion."
Data: "Commander, there is still one fact we have
not considered. The abnormal energy reading in the
Captain's quarters was never explained."
Worf: "It is not enough evidence to justify
mutiny."
Riker: "Nobody has suggested removing the Captain
from command. Right now, all we have are suspicions. Not
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 Tholl:
"Well, Picard? Prove to us you're not the enemy."
Picard: I can't. You're right, Mister Tholl. Any of us
may be the enemy. And there is no way to prove that we
aren't. But until we set aside our mutual fears and
trust one another, we have no hope of escape."
Haro: "But sir, how can we trust each other?"
Tholl: "She's right. There may be an enemy among
us."
Picard: "And what if there is, Mister Tholl?
Shall we continue accusing one another until hostility
leads to violence? Shall we allow our suspicions to
destroy us? Now, let's see if we can override this stun
mechanism." |
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 (Esoqq
hands over his vicious knife to Picard, for use as a
tool. He shorts out a power line)
Picard: "Cadet."
(Haro gets the door to open slightly)
Haro: I may have overloaded it, sir."
(Picard and Esoqq try to prise the doors further apart)
Picard: " Mister Tholl!"
 Tholl:
"I still think this is a mistake."
(Finally the door opens - onto a blank wall)
Tholl: "Now what? We're no better off than when
we started." |
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 Data:
"Captain, number four shield has failed. Increasing
power to number three shield to compensate."
Picard 2: "Helm, move us closer. Ten million
kilometres."
Data: "Sir, at that distance, the ship will not
withstand the magnetic fields and radiation. We will not
survive."
Picard 2: "Take us in, Mister Crusher."
Riker: "Belay that order."
Picard 2: "You're relieved of duty, Commander.
Mister Worf, confine Mister Riker to his quarters." |
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 (Worf
stands still and puts his hands behind his back)
Picard 2: "Mister Worf, I gave you an order."
Riker: "Maintain your position, Lieutenant."
Picard 2: "You're destroying yourself and anyone
who is foolish enough to listen to you.
Riker: "You've shown none of the concern that
Captain Picard would for the safety of his ship, the
welfare of his crew.
 Picard
2: "Mister Worf, escort Commander Riker from the
Bridge.
Riker: "Ensign Crusher, take us away from this
pulsar. Heading one eight five mark three two. Full
impulse."
Wesley: "Full impulse. Aye, Commander."
Riker: "Engage." |
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 Tholl:
"I hope you're satisfied, Picard. You've accomplished
nothing."
Esoqq: "The sound of your voice is beginning to
anger me."
Picard: "Well, I think this charade has gone far
enough. (to Haro) Don't you?"
Haro: "I don't understand."
Picard: "Oh yes, you do. This isn't a holding
cell. It's a laboratory
 maze,
a carefully structured test. It's an experiment to see
how well we react under pressure."
Esoqq: "How do you know?"
Picard: "It's the only explanation. Look at the
four of us. We do have something in common. We all react
differently to authority. You, the collaborator, defer
to whoever has control. You, the anarchist, reject
authority in any form. I, a Starfleet Captain,
 trained
to command. And you, a Starfleet cadet, sworn to obey a
superior officer's authority. Our captors have placed us
here and have devised obstacles for us to overcome. They
give us food which Esoqq can't eat, to make him a
threat. They give us a door we can't open until the four
of us co-operate. And each time we succeed, they deal us
reverses to set us against each other again, while you
observe our reactions."
 Haro:
"Sir, I've been trying to help."
Picard: "I found it unlikely that a first year
cadet would know of the Enterprise's visit to Mintaka
Three, so I tested you. Starfleet has classified the Cor
Caroli Five plague as secret. No cadet would have
knowledge of that incident."
Haro: "Captain."
Picard: "So you may as well drop this pretence.
I'm not playing
 any
further. I'm quitting the game. As far as I am
concerned, this experiment is over!"
Haro: "You are correct, Captain Picard."
(And she morphs into three balls of light which then
become three identical aliens with the same voice)
Alien 1: "To further our knowledge of alien
interaction, we borrowed you, Tholl, and Esoqq, and
replaced you with replicas."
 Esoqq:
"Replicas?"
Alien 2: "Our transporter is able to replicate
living matter, including the brain's many trillion
dendritic connections where memory is stored."
Tholl: "You mean there's a copy of me on Mizar
Two?"
Picard: "An impostor running my ship."
Alien 2: "No longer. Commander Riker has taken
charge of the
 Enterprise."
Alien 1: "Our species is telepathically linked.
We are all in continual contact."
Alien 2: "Much more efficient than your primitive
vocal communications."
Alien 1: "We would like to pursue this study, but
of course your awareness of it would taint the results."
Alien 2: "We will therefore return you to your
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 (Picard and an alien appear on the
Bridge)
Riker: "Captain!"
Picard: "Hold your positions. Take no action."
(Picard 2 "changes into Alien 4)
Picard: "Why did you choose to study the concepts
of authority and leadership?"
Alien 4: "Because our species has no such
concepts."
 Alien 1: "As we are all identical, distinctions
among ourselves are meaningless. Hence we have no
leaders no followers."
(Riker taps commands into a panel)
Alien 4: "We wanted to examine the nature of
command."
Alien 1: "Our replicas of Tholl and Esoqq
explored this issue on Mizar Two and on Chalna, just as
our Picard replica did on the Enterprise."
 (Data follows Riker's lead and puts instructions into
his console)
Alien 4: "Your responses were most intriguing."
Picard: "You have no right to put us through this
just to satisfy your curiosity."
Alien 1: "Why not?"
Picard: "Because kidnapping is an immoral
assault. The rights of other races must be respected."
 Alien 4: "This concept of morality is a very
interesting human characteristic. We shall have to study
it sometime."
Picard:
"Now, Mister Worf."
(the two aliens are pinned in a forcefield)
Alien 1: "What is it?"
Alien 4: "Why do you hold us?"
Picard: "Because there is something else you can
learn. With an
 alert crew, even our primitive vocal
communications are unnecessary. With a single look I was
able to inform my crew that I wanted to hold you here."
Alien 4: "But why?"
Picard: "Because I've decided to conduct an
experiment of my own. I want to see how you react to
being imprisoned."
Alien 1+4: "Captain, our species cannot bear
captivity."
 Alien 1: "We were merely curious. We meant no
harm."
Alien 4: "We did not, after all, injure you in
any way."
Picard: "Imprisonment is an injury, regardless of
how you justify."
(Picard "signals Worf to release the forcefield)
Picard: And now that you have had a taste of
captivity, perhaps you will reconsider the morality of
inflicting it upon others. In any event, we now know
about your race and we know how to imprison
 you. Bear
that in mind. Now get off my ship."
(The aliens vanish)
Picard: "Mister Crusher. Set course to rendezvous
with the Hood. Warp eight."
Wesley: "Aye, sir. It's good to have you back,
sir.
Picard: "Status, Number One?
Riker: "Ship and crew functioning normally,
Captain.
 Picard: "Then my doppelganger caused no serious
damage? The replica was convincing?"
Riker: "Very convincing, but not perfect."
Picard: "Not perfect in what way?"
Riker: "Well, sir, I find it hard to believe
you're that good a singer."
Picard: "A singer? I look forward to reading your
report, Commander. At least, I think I do."
 (Doctor Crusher enters)
Picard: "Doctor."
Crusher: "Captain."
(Her steady gaze and smile unnerves him)
Wesley: "Course laid in, sir."
Picard: "Engage." |
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