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Captain's log, star date 45156.
1.
Our mission to Mudor V
has been completed.
Since our next assignment
will not begin for several days,
we're enjoying a welcome respite
from our duties.
If it's a boy, Michael,
after my father.
Wait, we decided on Hiro,
after my father.
- We talked about this last night.
- And decided on Hiro.
Wait, I've got it.
William.
It's a great name, William O'Brien.
It's got a nice ring to it.
It's alright.
He's just doing somersaults.
Here, feel.
Right there.
- He's gonna be a hell of a gymnast.
- May l?
Sure.
There, feel it? When he's not
turning, he's kicking or punching.
When I wanna sleep, he wakes up.
At this point,
I just wish it were over.
I have to go.
Transporter simulation on the bridge.
Bye-bye, Michael.
No.
Come on, Geordi.
No.
Just try it once.
It is not as hard as you think.
I'm telling you,
you will be terrific.
Alright.
I feel silly.
I am the very model
of a modern major-general
I've information,
vegetable, animal and mineral
I can't do this,
I cannot sing in front of people!
You were terrific!
A little off-pitch,
but I can take care of that.
OK, La Forge
as a modern major-general.
Captain, I'd like to introduce you
to the winners of
the primary-school science fair.
This is Marissa, Jay Gordon
and Patterson.
- They're here for their tour.
- Hello.
Can we see the battle bridge
and torpedo bay?
No, I'm afraid not.
But we will visit the hydroponics
and astrophysics laboratories.
I'm sure you'll have
a wonderful time.
Well, if you'll come with me.
I'm not sure who to feel sorry for,
the Captain or the kids.
I want you to know, we're proud
of our science-fair winners.
Perhaps some of you will choose to
pursue a career in Starfleet.
Well, then
What did you do
for your science projects?
I planted radishes in this special
dirt and they came up all weird.
I see.
That's very,
very commendable.
And you?
An analysis of the life span of
the swarming moths on Gonal IV.
They only live for 20 hours,
then they all die.
How interesting.
And you?
We're falling!
What happened?
Sensors show subspace distortions and
high-energy particles to starboard.
Looks like we ran into
a quantum filament.
Damage report.
We lost primary life support.
Switching to secondary.
Impulse and warp engines
are off line.
Another filament approaching, sir.
All decks, brace for impact.
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.
Its continuing mission,
to explore strange new worlds,
.
.
to seek out new life
and new civilizations,
.
.
to boldly go
where no one has gone before.
- Counsellor?
- I'm alright.
Medical team to the bridge.
Troi to sickbay.
Counsellor Troi to Capt Picard.
Troi to Engineering.
Counsellor Troi to any crew member.
Please acknowledge.
Medical team to the bridge.
Computer's down.
Looks like we still
have impulse power but not much else.
Lt Monroe!
Chief O'Brien.
The turbo lifts aren't working.
We're trapped.
Are you children alright?
Bridge, this is Picard.
This is the Captain.
Anyone read me?
Why don't they answer?
I don't know.
- They're all dead.
- They're not dead.
Communication is down, that's all.
We're going to die, too.
We most certainly are not!
Now listen to me.
No one here is going to die.
The bridge will be sending
a rescue party soon.
So I want you all to stop crying.
Everything is going to be alright.
This is the Starship Enterprise
calling any vessel in range.
We are in distress
and need assistance.
Please respond.
I'm not sure
if we're even transmitting.
I'll set it on auto-repeat,
see if we get a response.
- Are you alright?
- I'm alive.
What the hell happened?
We were hit by a quantum filament.
Most systems are down.
We can't
contact anyone off the bridge.
Don't count on leaving through there.
An emergency bulkhead closed.
- Confinement mode.
- Isolation protocol.
I'm not really familiar
with that protocol.
If the computer senses a hull breach,
it closes emergency bulkheads
to isolate it.
Until we clear those, we're cut off
from the rest of the ship.
Partial sensors back on line.
Picking up sporadic life signs
throughout the saucer section.
There are survivors.
- What about ten-forward?
- Ten-forward?
My wife's there.
Sorry.
The readings are not that specific.
Can you scan the drive section?
No life signs in the drive section.
- Could it be a sensor malfunction?
- No way to know.
Without the main computer,
I can't run a full diagnostic.
Can you sense anything, Counsellor?
There are a lot of people
still alive.
Many are hurt,
but I can't tell where they are.
We need emergency procedures.
Who's the duty officer?
Lt Monroe was in command,
but she's dead.
I believe Counsellor Troi
is the senior officer on the deck.
Counsellor Troi?
She carries the rank
of lieutenant commander.
I'd appreciate some suggestions.
I recommend we initiate
Emergency Procedure Alpha Two.
Bypass computer control and place
all systems on manual override.
- Very well.
- Aye-aye, sir.
May I suggest that our next priority
be to stabilize life support
and to re-establish communications?
Yes.
Mr.
Mandel,
I'd like you to assist Ensign Ro.
Yes, sir.
- How are you feeling?
- OK.
A little foggy.
Lie still.
We'll get you
to sickbay soon.
OK.
Report.
I have surveyed all the turbo lifts
and service crawlways.
- Access to the bridge is severed.
- Sickbay?
Heavy damage to section 23A
has cut off access to sickbay.
Security will bring casualties here
until further notice.
Assume the worst, that everyone
on the bridge is dead.
No one controls the ship.
In that circumstance, re-establishing
control is our priority.
- Agreed.
Can we get to Engineering?
- No, sir.
The most direct route is blocked,
but we can use a crawlway.
OK.
You and I will try.
Mr.
Worf, this room will fill up
with wounded, needing help.
- Stay in charge here.
- Yes, sir.
Let's go.
- Over here.
- Yes, sir.
OK.
- Clear the power shunt.
- The shunt is cleared.
Right.
And bypass the flow current and
The computer
still won't release the doors.
Can we force them open?
We can try.
There's an emergency hand actuator.
- Geordi?
- Yeah?
This wall is hot!
Where?
I'm alright.
But I think we have a new problem.
One of the energy conduits
must have ruptured and ignited
the polyduranide in the bulkhead.
- That's a plasma fire.
- Putting out a lot of radiation.
We can't stay here for long.
We got a bigger problem than that.
The quartum in those containers
is used in emergency thrusters.
It's normally stable,
but expose it to radiation,
it has a way of exploding.
The external power is cut off.
We're going to die.
- What was that?
- I don't know.
Your name is Marissa, is that right?
Well, Marissa,
I need a first officer to help me.
You're the eldest, so that makes you
my number one.
Number one?
That's what I always call
my first officer.
So, here.
There.
Now, Number One, we need a crew
to help us get that hatch off.
Don't you think Jay would make
an excellent science officer?
Jay, will you join our crew?
- It's Jay Gordon.
- Of course.
Forgive me, Jay Gordon.
I accept.
Here.
- There.
- Can I be an officer, too?
Well, let me see.
Your science project
involved radishes, did it not?
Yes, sir.
Then I appoint you my executive
officer in charge of radishes.
There.
Right.
Then let's get to work.
right behind shuttle bay two.
Correct.
We have 52 meters remaining
in this crawlway
before we can
safely exit into a corridor.
Coolant leak!
We can withstand this radiation
for three or four hours
without permanent damage.
We'll need hyronalin treatments.
Radiation levels in the quartum?
They're at 83 rads
and rising at four rads per minute.
That stuff gets unstable
at about 350 rads.
I still can't get power
to this transporter.
The radiation level is 20 percent
lower at this end of the bay.
- Let's move the containers here.
- Good idea.
It'll buy us some time.
We'll have to do this by hand.
With all this radiation,
we can't trust the antigrav units.
There.
Just before the second hit.
See the subspace distortion?
Yes.
- How big is a quantum filament?
- It can be hundreds of metres long.
But it has almost no mass, which
makes it very difficult to detect.
So, it's like a cosmic string?
No, that's
a completely different phenomenon.
How did you do that?
I diverted power
from the phaser array
and dumped it in
the Engineering control system.
- You what?
- Engineering station's on line.
But that's
a completely improper procedure!
You can't dump raw energy
into a bridge terminal
We will not get out of this
by playing it safe!
What is our engine status, Ensign?
We've got
half-impulse power available.
But I've got odd readings
from the warp drive.
I read a spike
in the warp-field array.
It looks like
a containment deviation.
Switch to primary bypass.
Nothing.
Field strength's
at 40 percent and falling.
We've got a problem.
The quantum resonance
caused a polarity shift
in the antimatter containment field.
When the filament hit,
the ship was momentarily charged,
as if it came in contact
with a live electrical wire.
That weakened the containment field
around the antimatter pods.
The field strength
is at 40 percent and falling.
If it falls to 15 percent,
the field will collapse
and we'll have a containment breach.
- Which means?
- Which means the ship will explode.
Commander, the current cannot be
shut off from this relay box.
We can't just sit here.
If the energy were interrupted
by a non-conductive material,
it is likely
the circuit would be broken.
We have nothing
to handle so much current.
Commander, much of my body
framework is made up of tripolymers,
a non-conductive material.
- You're suggesting we use your body?
- Yes, sir.
There's half a million amps
in that arc.
Could your body handle that?
The power surge would cause
a systems failure in my processors
and melt my primary power couplings.
But there is a chance
the damage would not be irreparable.
No.
Commander,
our options are very limited.
Android or not, I wouldn't ask anyone
to take that risk.
And if the computer
is not working in Engineering
I'll need your help
to control the ship.
My positronic brain has shielding
to protect me from power surges.
It is possible for you to remove
my cranial unit and take it with you.
Let me get this straight.
You want me to take off your head?
Yes, sir.
- Is something wrong, sir?
- Well, Data
Would you be alright?
My memory and neural nets
are self-contained.
I would be fine.
Well, like you said,
our options are limited.
Data!
A remarkable experience.
Are you alright?
Did the shielding work?
Apparently so, sir.
My neural nets
are still fully operational.
You may begin
by opening the ventral access panel
two centimeters below my right ear.
- Can you climb up?
- Yes, I think so.
Good.
Look down the sides of the lift.
Can you see two big clamps?
Yes, I see them.
Can you see if those clamps
are attached to
.
.
long beams inside big grooves?
Yes.
But one of them looks broken.
It's half out of the groove.
Alright.
Come down.
Alright.
Number One.
Those big clamps
are part of the emergency system.
If anything goes wrong,
they hold the turbo lift in place.
But it would seem
that they're damaged.
Is that why we keep shaking?
That's right.
Now, when they give way,
we shall fall.
So you've got to get your crew
out of here before that happens.
Now there is a ladder that runs
along the wall of the shaft.
You can climb up that
until you come to an open doorway.
What about you?
My ankle is broken.
I will just slow you down
when you need to move quickly.
Now, you are the leader.
And that's an order.
We have to climb up the shaft.
I want to stay here
with you, Captain.
Patterson, you're an officer.
You have to obey orders.
I don't wanna be an officer any more.
I wanna stay with you.
If the Captain stays here,
we won't make it.
We'll all die.
We don't have time to argue.
You must go now.
The crew has decided
to stick together.
We all go or we all stay.
Alright.
I'll try.
But I want you to know,
this is mutiny.
Now, Number One,
look at that control panel.
Now, the yellow control pad,
hit that once.
Now the one below it, hit it twice.
That should release
the panel underneath.
Yes, it did.
Now, you can pull it away.
- OK.
- Good.
That bundle of wires,
that's optical cabling.
See how much of that
you can pull out.
The levels are still rising.
There must be a way
to put that fire out.
It's fed by the ship's internal power
grid.
We can't get near that.
The only way to stop it would be
to eliminate its supply of oxygen.
Wait a minute!
Doctor, I've got an idea.
It's wild, but we just might kill
two birds with one stone.
- Let's hear it.
- OK.
We open the external door,
depressurize the cargo bay
to suck these containers out.
At the same time, the lack of oxygen
should put out the plasma fire.
- What about us?
- We hold on to something
while the air evacuates.
Then, we
close the door, repressurize the bay.
What about this?
Yeah, that ought to do it.
There, that should do it.
There will be a sharp pain
as I set the bone.
Prepare yourself.
Good.
You bore that well.
Keiko?
- I'm alright.
I think.
- Perhaps you should lie down.
I'm having contractions.
That is not uncommon
in the late months of pregnancy.
No, I mean contractions.
I'm going into labour.
You cannot.
This is not a good time, Keiko.
It's not open for debate!
Like it or not, this baby is coming.
If the containment-field strength
continues to drop at this rate,
we still have two hours
before it's critical.
You're ignoring the fact that
the power coupling is also damaged.
If it overheats, the field strength
could drop a lot faster.
- We could have a breach in minutes.
- What do you suggest?
We should separate the saucer,
and get as far away as we can
from the drive section.
Excuse me, sir,
but that's damn cold-blooded!
- What about the people there?
- There's no evidence anyone's alive.
No evidence they're dead, either!
If you were trapped,
would you like us to just leave?
No, of course not.
But I also
wouldn't expect the bridge crew
to risk the ship
and hundreds of lives to rescue me.
There is no way to stabilize
the containment field from here.
Could it be done from Engineering?
Yes.
But my readings indicate
there's no power there.
They don't even have monitors
to say there's a problem.
Could we divert energy
from the bridge to those monitors?
- Yes, sir.
- I will say it again,
there is no reason to believe that
anyone is still alive in Engineering.
We're wasting time talking about it.
We have to separate the ship now!
I believe there are still
people alive down there.
I'm going to give them every chance.
If they're alive, they're hoping
someone can help them.
So we'll help them.
Divert the power to Engineering.
Aye, sir.
I remind you, Counsellor,
that power coupling
could overheat at any moment.
By not separating the ship, you could
be responsible for all our deaths.
Thank you, Ensign.
Proceed.
I can't open this door.
We're going to have to
climb up to the next deck.
What if that one doesn't open either?
- Then we'll never get out.
- Quiet, both of you.
That's an order.
- We're going up.
Ready?
- Ready, sir.
The lift's falling! Hang on!
We're alright.
We'll keep on climbing.
Just don't look down.
- What's wrong?
- He's scared.
We're right with you, Patterson.
You're not going to fall.
It will be alright
if you keep climbing.
What we need is a climbing song.
Marissa,
is there a song you sing at school?
The Laughing Vulcan and his Dog?
I'm afraid I don't know that one.
I know.
Fr�re Jacques.
That's a song I used to sing
at school.
Patterson!
Do you know that one? Good.
It goes like this.
Fr�re Jacques, fr�re Jacques
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines,
sonnez les matines
Ding-ding-***, ding-ding-***
Very good.
Now keep singing.
Fr�re Jacques, fr�re Jacques
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines,
sonnez les matines
Ding-ding-***, ding-ding-***
Fr�re Jacques, fr�re Jacques
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines,
sonnez les matines
Ding-ding-***, ding-ding-***
Fr�re Jacques, fr�re Jacques
Your contractions are now
only 30 seconds apart.
Dilation has gone
to seven centimeters
since the onset of labour.
That did not take long.
That's easy for you to say!
You are doing very well.
I'm sure the child will arrive soon.
Worf, has the baby turned?
- Turned?
- So the head is down.
Dr Crusher told me a few days ago
it hadn't.
She wasn't worried
because I still had a month to go.
I am not certain.
Can't you tell?
Worf, have you ever done this
before, delivered a baby?
Yes.
No.
I took the Starfleet
Emergency Medical course.
In a computer simulation, I assisted
in the delivery of a human baby.
Sometimes it doesn't
go by the book, Worf.
I am sure everything will be fine.
Once the air is vented, you'll feel
extreme pressure on your lungs.
Resist the temptation to exhale.
Next our hands and feet
will get cold, then numb,
and some of the capillaries
on exposed skin may burst.
Sounds like fun.
We will have about 15 seconds
of useful consciousness,
then about ten seconds of
disorientation, then we pass out.
OK.
Once the air is evacuated,
one of us needs to get to
that panel to repressurize the bay.
We're ready.
Are you OK?
The field strength
is down to 20 percent.
We cannot risk staying here.
We're in no danger
until it drops below 15 percent.
We can wait and see if
Engineering notices those monitors.
Have you prepared
to separate the saucer?
Yes.
We're in stand-by mode
for docking latches.
Thermal inversion
in the power coupling!
Cross-connect to the transfer coil.
- That was close.
- What happened?
What I said might!
The coupling overheating
and the field almost collapsed.
O'Brien's fixed it temporarily,
but it could go at any moment.
Next time
we might not be able to stop it.
Don't let wishful thinking
guide your decision.
It's time to leave.
We will separate the ship
when I decide that it's time
and not before.
Is that clear, Ensign?
Yes.
Perfectly.
OK, try it.
Very good, Commander.
You have established a connection.
I can now raise the door.
There's no power on this deck,
yet these monitors are working.
The power reaching those monitors
is diverted from the bridge, sir.
But why? Unless there's something
they want us
Something they need us to see.
Wait! The containment field is only
No.
I do not have access
to the containment field.
You must establish a new link.
Locate the ODN conduit, sir.
- Got it!
- Yes, sir.
You must now change the input matrix
of my secondary optical port
and then connect the ODN conduit.
- That is not the correct port, sir.
- Sorry.
You must hurry.
The containment field
has dropped to 16 percent.
I'm trying.
You need a bigger head!
The field continues to drop.
Collapse is imminent.
Try it now.
I have made a connection.
I am now
stabilizing the containment field.
Sir, the field strength
is stabilizing.
I guess they got our message.
I was wrong, Counsellor.
You could have easily been right.
Congratulations.
You are
fully dilated to ten centimeters.
- You may now give birth.
- That's what I've been doing!
Well, bearing down is the next stage.
It should start at full dilation.
- Why has it not begun?
- I don't know!
I don't think it's up to me.
It happens when it happens.
The computer simulation
was not like this.
- That delivery was very orderly.
- Well, I'm sorry!
Did you feel
an uncontrollable urge to push?
Good.
You are bearing down.
Now, you must push
with each contraction.
I must urge you gently but firmly
to push harder.
Push, Keiko.
Push hard.
Push, Keiko! Push.
I am pushing!
The baby is emerging head first.
Good.
One more contraction.
OK!
That's good.
Push.
Push.
Hard.
I have the baby.
I will smack the child
to induce breathing.
I will cut the umbilical cord.
Blanket.
OK.
I believe she looks like
Chief O'Brien.
Hello.
You were wonderful, Worf.
I couldn't have done it without you.
Hello.
Captain's log, supplemental.
We are en route to Star base 67
to undergo repairs.
Life aboard the ship
is slowly returning to normal.
Now just wait here.
Just can't stay away
from the big chair, can you?
I'm not cut out to be captain.
First officer, maybe.
I understand
there aren't many qualifications.
Capt Picard to the bridge.
Please!
Hello.
It's good to see you again.
What brings you to the bridge?
In appreciation for the way you
helped us out of the turbo shaft
and the way you helped us
not be scared,
we want to present to you
this commemorative plaque.
Give it to him.
Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
- I made the back piece.
A wonderful job you did of it, too.
This afternoon, we're going to
finish the tour I promised,
starting with the battle bridge.
I'll see you at 1400 hours.
Take the bridge, Number One.
- Aye, sir.
- Aye, sir.