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CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 41386.4.
STARSHIP
OUR MISSION IS TO INTERCEPT AND RECOVER
A T-9 ENERGY CONVERTER STOLEN BY THE FERENGI
FROMN UNMANNED MONITOR POST
ON GAMMA TAURI IV.
THE THEFT WAS RECORDED
BY AUTOMATIC SCANNERS
PROVIDING US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE CLOSE CONTACT WITH A FERENGI VESSEL.
WE SUCCEED IN THIS CHASE
STARFLEET WILL GET ITS FIRST LOOK AT A LIFE FORM
WHICH, DISCOUNTING RUMOR, WE KNOW ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT.
THERE SHE IS.
ENLARGE.
WHAT IS THEIR COURSE?
THEY'RE NOW ANGLING THROUGH THAT SOLAR SYSTEM.
IDENTIFY.
LISTED AS DELPHI ARDU, SIR--
ELEVEN PLANETS, UNEXPLORED.
STAY WITH THEM, LA FORGE.
AYE, SIR.
SENSORS READ A POWER SURGE FROM THEIR LAST MANEUVER.
La Forge: THEY ARE DROPPING TO SUB-WARP SPEED.
REDUCE TO IMPULSE POWER.
SENSORS RECORD FLUCTUATIONS IN ENERGY READINGS.
S.
BREAKS MY HEART.
Worf: IN VISUAL RANGE, CAPTAIN.
FULLY LRGE.
HEO, STRANGER.
VERY IMPRESSIVDESIGN.
ANYTHING ON THAT DESIGN, DATA?
NOTHING SPECIFIC, SIR.
FERENGI TECHNOLOGY IS ESTIMATED TO BE EQUAL TO OUR OWN.
Picard: THAT DOES NOT MEAN IDENTICAL, HOWEVER.
CORRECT, SIR.
WE ARE NO DOUBT ADVANCED IN SOME AREAS--
THEY IN OTHERS.
SHOWING ANOTHER POWER SURGE.
THEY ARE FIRING ON US!
DAMAGE REPORT.
Tasha: SHIELDS HOLDING.
MOSTLY ELECTROMAGNETIC.
FUSION GENERATOR AND BATTERIES
DOWN BY 30 PERCENT.
OUR IMPULSE ENGINES ARE SURGING NOW.
Worf:
IN.
PHASERS READY.
PHOTON TORPEDOES READY.
DO WE RETURN THEIR FIRE, SIR?
NEGATIVE, NUMBER ONE.
THEY'RE JUST RESPONDING TO OUR CLOSE PURSUIT.
FALL BACK A BIT, BUT STAY WITH THEM.
THEY'RE SLOWING TOO, SIR.
THEY MAY BE TURNING TO FIGHT.
OPEN HAILING FREQUEN...
WHY ARE WE GAINING ON THEM?
DON'T ANTICIPATE.
Geordi: I'M NOT, SIR.
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
Data: SIR, SOMETHING IS DRAGGING US FORWARD.
I READ THAT, TOO.
LIEUTENANT YAR, WHAT DO YOUR SENSORS SHOW?
NOT CERTAIN, SIR.
I'M GETTING VERY CONFUSING READINGS.
CAPTAIN...
THIS SHOULDN'T BE.
OUR POWER SYSTEMS ARE FAILING.
Tasha: DEFLECTOR SHIELDS FAILING.
PHASERS GOING INOPERATIVE.
SOMETHING IS COMPLETELY IMMOBILIZING US.
IMMOBILIZED BY THE DAMN FERENGI!
I NEED MORE INFORMATION.
WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY USING?
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE UNDERESTIMATED THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
CONSIDERABLY.
THE FERENGI HAVE US RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT US--
IN THEIR SIGHTS.
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER.
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ITS CONTINUING MISSION--
TO EXPLORE
TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE.
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INTRODUCING...
LEVI'S LOOSE FITTING JEANS.
A LOOSE INTERPRETATION OF THE ORIGINAL.
AT JC PENNY,
YOUR SOURCE FOR LEVI'S LOOSE FITTING JEANS.
ARE YOU SEARCHING ALL FREQUENCIES?
ANY SIGN OF A MESSAGE?
NEGATIVE, SIR.
WEAPONS REPORT, LIEUTENANT.
I HAVE PHASERS AND TORPEDOES ARMED
BUT I SHOW INSUFFICIENT POWER TO FIRE THEM.
ENGINEERING, GIVE ME STATUS
ON POWER RECOVERY.
ENGINEERING, COME IN.
WHY AREN'T THEY ANSWERING?
LA FORGE.
SIR?
GET A FULL REPORT FROM ENGINEERING.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD
DRAIN ALL POWER FROM ALL SYSTEMS.
COUNSELOR?
I'M SENSING NOTHING FROM THEM.
WHICH COULD MEAN THEY CAN SHIELD
THEIR THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS FROM OTHERS.
IT'S STILL OUR MOVE.
THEY MAY NOTNOW MUCH ABOUT US EITHER.
EXCEPT THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOT US IN DEEP TROUBLE.
THE QUESTION BECOMES--
WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE?
DATA, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFOATION TOUCHING THIS?
NONE, SIR.
ONLY HEARSAY AND THIRDHAND REPORTS
MOST OF WHICH CONFLICT.
WHICH REPORTS DO NOT CONFLICT?
THAT THE FERENGI ARE...
THE BEST DESCRIPTION MAY BE "TRADERS."
WHAT KIND OF TRADERS?
A COMPARISON MODERN SCHOLARS HAVE DRAWN FROM EARTH HISTORY
LIKENS THE FERENGI TO THE OCEAN-GOING YANKEE TRADERS
OF 18th AND 19th CENTURY AMERICA, SIR.
FROM THE HISTORY OF MY FOREBEARS-- YANKEE TRADERS.
WHO IN THIS CASE SAIL THE GALAXY
IN SEARCH OF MERCANTILE AND TERRITORIAL OPPORTUNITY.
ARE THESE SCHOLARS
SAYING THAT THE FERENGI
MAY NOT BE UNLIKE US?
HARDLY, SIR.
I BELIEVE THE ANALOGY REFERS
TO THE WORST QUALITY OF CAPITALISTS.
THE FERENGI ARE BELIEVED
TO CONDUCT THEIR AFFAIRS OF COMMERCE
ON THE ANCIENT PRINCIPLE, CAVEAT EMPTOR--
"LET THE BUYER BEWARE."
Riker: YANKEE TRADERS--
I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT.
I DOUBT THEY WEAR RED, WHITE AND BLUE
OR LOOK LIKE UNCLE SAM.
ENGINEERING?
JOIN LA FORGE DOWN BELOW, NUMBER ONE.
AYE, SIR.
WITHOUT WARP CAPACITY, WE'RE JUST A FLOATING TARGET.
UNCLE WHO?
WHAT HAVE PRIMARY COLORS GOT TO DO WITH IT?
I UNDERSTAND THE ALLUSION.
COLORS REPRESENTING COUNTRIES
WHEN THEY COMPETED WITH EACH OTHER.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE FOR THE UNITED STATES
WHEREAS THE FRENCH MORE PROPERLY USED THE SAME COLORS
IN THE ORDER OF BLUE, WHITE AND RED.
AND THE GERMAN NATIO RED, BLACK AND GOLD.
THE ITALIANS GREEN, WHITE AND RED...
THAT'S ENOUGH, DATA.
IT WAS YOU WHO...
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE FERENGI.
W
WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT.
GIVEN WHAT IS NOW HAPPENING TO OUR SHIP
THEIR WEAPONS COULD BE VASTLY SUPERIOR TO OURS.
YES, DATA, THAT IS A NATURAL ASSUMPTION.
ENGINEERING?
FORGE.
NOT GOOD, SIR.
THE FORCE FIELD HOLDING THE SHIP COMPENSATES ALMOST AS FAST
AS WE CAN INCREASE POWER.
THERE'S A .372 MILLISECOND DELAY
BETWEEN USE OF OUR POWER
AND THE
NEUTRALIZING COUNTER-FORCE.
WE PUSH AND THEY PUSH BACK WITH EQUAL FORCE, SIR.
WHAT'S OUR ACCELERATION DELAY BETWEEN SLOW-REVERSE IMPULSE
AND TOP WARP SPEED?
.300 MILLISECONDS, BUT THERE'S...
OING.
WE SHIFT DOWN
AND KICK HARD INTO WARP NINE.
YEAH, COME BACK FIGHTING!
CAN WE DO IT?
ASK ME AFTER IT'S DONE, SIR.
I WANT A SLOW REVERSE-ENGINE DROP-OFF OVER FIVE MINUTES.
WE'LL SHOW THEM WHAT THIS BABY CAN DO!
GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!
E-AYE, SIR.
Riker: WITH A SUDDEN POWER SURGE TO HIGH WARP SPEED
LD.
I WISH I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING OVER THERE.
Riker: THEY'RE WONDERING
WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT.
I SAY FIGHT, SIR.
THERE'S NOTHING SHAMEFUL
IN FALLING BEFORE A SUPERIOR ENEMY.
AND NOTHING SHAMEFUL IN A STRATEGIC RETREAT, EITHER.
Geordi: ALL SYSTEMS READY, CAPTAIN.
AND COMMUNICATION RESTORED TO ENGINEERING.
EXCELLENT, LA FORGE.
LET'S THROW THEM OFF GUARD.
OPEN HAILING FREQUENCIES.
HAILING FREQUENCIES OPEN.
AT LEAST WE WON'T BEGIN WITH WEAKNESS.
ATTENTION, FERENGI STARSHIP!
THIS IS CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD OF THE USS ENTERPRISE.
IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS
TER
YOU REMOVED FROM GAMMA TAURI IV.
SEND THAT IN ALL LANGUAGE FORMS.
ALL LANGUAGE FORMS.
SOMETIMES, RIKER
THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT
IS NOT TO BE
"HE WILL TRIUMPH WHO KNOWS WHEN TO FIGHT
AND WHEN NOT TO FIGHT."
I'M GLAD THE ACADEMY IS STILL TEACHING
THE STRATEGIES OF SUN TZU.
THIS DELAY HAD BETTER PROVE OUT, LA FORGE.
.300 MILLISECONDS, SIR.
LET'S BLAST FULL POWER INTO WARP NINE.
READY?
ON YOUR COMMAND, CAPTAIN.
ON THE COUNT OF THREE.
STAND BY ON PHASERS.
ONE-- SET WARP TO NINE.
TWO-- DIVERT SHIELD POWER TO MAIN ENGINES.
THREE.
MERDE.
SHIELDS UP.
CAPTAIN, I THINK YOU HAD BETTER S
WHAT'S WRONG?
SOMEONE IS READING EVERY FILE
EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION
STORED IN OUR MEMORY BANKS.
THEY CAN DO THAT?
AND MORE, PERHAPS.
CAPTAIN.
IF I MAY RECOMMEND.
WITH OUR ATTENTION ON THE FERENGI VESSEL
WE HAVE IGNORED THE PLANET.
DATA, CONSULT THE CHARTS ON THIS PLANET.
SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
CONFERENCE EVALUATION.
WHILE WE STILL HAVE POWER LEFT, IT'S TIME FOR DECISIONS.
INNS?
I SAY PUT ALL AVAILABLE POWER INTO A COMBINED PHASER
AND PHOTON TORPEDO SALVO.
DESTROY THEIR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THE FORCE FIELD.
YES!
HIT THEM HARD AND FAST.
IMPR
AND PROVOCATIVE.
EVEN ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE POWER TO SUSTAIN SUCH A TACTIC.
BUT ISN'T FIRING ON US AN ACT OF WAR?
Troi: THE FERENGI DID FIRE ON US.
BUT WE WERE CHASING THEM.
SINCE THEN, ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS SEARCH OUR COMPUTERS
TRYING TO LEARN WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.
YOUR POINT, COUNSELOR?
LET'S TALK TO THEM.
IT'S BEEN TRIED. NO RESPONSE.
BUT DID WE TELL EM ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO HEAR?
LA FORGE?
OTHER OPINIONS?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVICE.
Picard: WILL...
I HAVEN'T HEARD YOUR ASSESSMENT.
I BELIEVE WE'VE COVERED EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION.
ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ANALYZE?
THE ONLY ONE REMAINING
IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS NO CONVERSATION--
.
SIR?
THE ONE THAT LEADS TO TOTAL ANNIHILATION.
OPEN HAILING FREQUENCIES.
Data: OPEN, SIR.
ATTENTION, FERENGI STARSHIP!
THIS IS CAPTAIN PICARD.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE'RE IN A SITUATION
WHICH NEEDS RESOLVING
AND WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IS... REQUIRED.
WHATEVER IS NECESSARY.
I WOULD LIKE...
I WOULD REQUEST
THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR TERMS TO US.
the better NCC 1701-D.
WHO IS SPEAKING?
i.
You wished to discuss surrender, Captain Picard?
WHAT I SAID, DAIMON TAAR, IS...
Unconditional surrender, I warn you
is totally unacceptable.
We will die to the last one of us
before such dishonor.
HAILING FREQUENCIES CLOSED, SIR.
SOMETHING HAS SEIZED THEIR SHIP, TOO.
THEY'RE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AS US.
LAUNCH A SENSOR PROBE
TO SEARCH FOR THE SOURCE
OF THIS 'SOMETHING' THAT'S HOLDING BOTH SHIPS.
GO BACK TO HAILING FREQUENCY, FAST.
...AND I REGRET, DAIMON TAAR, THAT I CAN NO LONGER NEGOTIATE
UNLESS IT IS CONDUCTED VISUALLY.
Your complete message not received, Enterprise
but visual communication is against our custom.
AND IT IS AGAIT STARFLEET ORDERS
TO ACCEPT A SURRENDER OTHERWISE.
DO YOU WITHDRAW YOUR SURRENDER?
You give us
no choice, Enterprise.
May we have a visual on you, as well?
AGREED, DAIMON TAAR.
YOU SHOULD HAVE VIEWING NOW.
ARE WE ON SCREEN?
Yes, the ugliness of the human was not an exaggeration.
I do not know how your twisted alien culture
has paralyzed our vessel
but I concede your Enterprise is superior.
We will return your worthless T-9 device
and we offer the lives
of our Second Officers
as required by the Ferengi code.
FORTUNATELY, STARFLEET HAS NO SUCH RULES
INVOLVING ITS SECOND OFFICERS.
Is this to your satisfaction Picard Captain?
YOUR OFFER MAY BE INADEQUATE
BUT I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH MY STAFF.
STAND BY FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION.
MATTHEW! POLA!
YOU KNOW THIS AREA IS OFF-LIMITS!
COME ON, COME ON!
BOYS WILL BE BOYS, CAPTAIN.
LIEUTENANT, HAVE YOU LAUNCHED THE PROBE?
AYE, SIR.
WE SHOULD GET READINGS SOON.
IF WE'RE NOT HOLDING THE FERENGI
AND THEY'RE NOT HOLDING US.
WHO IS?
THE PROBE SHOULD GIVE ANSWERS.
DATA!
YOU WERE GOING TO SHOW US SOMETHING.
AS REQUESTED, CAPTAIN
LIBRARY COMPUTER INFORMATION ON THIS PLANET.
IT HAS BEEN CHARTED ONLY FROM LONG-RANGE SCANS.
IT IS CLASS "M"
BUT SHOWS NO INDICATIONS OF LIFE-FORMS--
SENTIENT OR OTHERWISE.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY FIND THIS OF INTEREST.
RESOLVING IT INTO OUR LANGUAGE.
THE CENTER OF A HUGE SPACE FEDERATION--
A POPULATION OF TRILLIONS.
TRILLIONS?
I'VE NEVER HEARD THE WORD 'TKON' BEFORE.
UNDERSTANDABLE.
IT HAS BEEN EXTINCT FOR 600,000 OF OUR...
THESE...
THESE PLANETS WERE...
ONCE...
OUTPOSTS...
OF THAT EMPIRE...
DATA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
APOLOGIES, CAPTAIN.
I SEEM TO HAVE REACHED AN ODD FUNCTIONAL IMPASSE.
I AM...
STUCK.
THEN GET UNSTUCK AND CONTINUE THE BRIEFING.
YES, SIR.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO
BUT THE SOLUTION ELUDES ME.
MY HERO.
( laughter )
DER.
INTRIGUING.
IT...
IT DESCRIBES THE EMPIRE
AS BEING HIGHLY ADVANCED AND POWERFUL.
AND CAPABLE OF ACTUALLY MOVING STARS.
STARS WHOSE PLANETS ARE THEIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.
CORRECT, SIR.
OUTPOSTS.
THE PLANET BELOW WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THEM.
Excuse the interruption, Captain
but this may be worth it.
We're now receiving a signal from the probe.
WE'LL TAKE IT HERE.
( low whistle )
INCREDIBLE!
THERE'S OUR MYSTERIOUS 'SOMETHING', CAPTAIN.
IT IS A FORCE FIELD OF SOME KIND.
REACHING UP FROM THE PLANET'S SURFACE.
AMAZING POWER.
DATA, HOW DID THE TKON EMPIRE END?
THEIR SUN WENT SUPERNOVA, SIR.
COULD THIS PLANET HAVE ESCAPED THAT?
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST DISTANT OUTPOST
BUT IT SHOWS NO LIFE-FORM READINGS.
WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT.
STAND BY WITH AN AWAY TEAM.
Riker: IF THE FERENGI
ALSO REALIZE THAT THE FORCE FIELD
EMANATES FROM THE PLANET?
THAT'S A COMPLICATION.
MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK THEM TO JOIN US.
TEAM UP WITH THE FERENGI?
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LEARN ABOUT THEM.
DO YOU KNOW A BETTER WAY?
DATA.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL.
IN ORBIT OF A MYSTERIOUS PLANET WHOSE UNEXPLAINED FORCE FIELD
HAS SEIZED US WITH A POWER ALMOST BEYOND IMAGINATION.
IF THERE IS A SOLUTION
IT ALMOST CERTAINLY INVOLVES FERENGI COOPERATION.
SHIP'S POWER DRAIN IS CRITICAL.
I MUST SHUT DOWN OUR SHIELDS
TO MAINTAIN LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
UNDERSTOOD.
OPEN HAILING FREQUENCIES.
HAILING FREQUENCIES OPEN, SIR.
FERENGI VESSEL FROM ENTERPRISE.
COME IN.
Your alien images shock us.
REGARDING THE SURRENDER
THE FACTS ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
Our probe has already shown us your trickery, human.
We withdraw our surrender.
AGREED.
PERHAPS YOU WOULD AGREE TO A MORE PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP.
I prefer a more profitable one, human.
YANKEE TRADER.
Explain what means "yankee traders."
HE HEARD THAT?!
HE RECOGNIZES YOUR INTEREST IN PROFIT.
OR IS THAT AN INCORRECT ASSUMPTION?
We seek only what is equitable.
What do you seek?
Why did you attack us?
WE DID NOT ATTACK YOU.
WE GAVE CHASE IN ORDER TO RECOVER
A FEDERATION-OWNED ENERGY DEVICE...
Which we know is ours!
Your barbarous federation placed it on one of our planets.
ON THE CONTRARY--
GAMMA TAURI IV IS RECOGNIZED BY ALL CIVILIZED...
The Ferengi are not uncivilized, human!
Are you suggesting otherwise?
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT YOU REMOVED SOMETHING
WHICH CLEARLY DID NOT BELONG TO YOU.
Are you now calling us thieves?
ON THE CONTRARY!
I WILL NOT DISCUSS ISSUES OF PROPERTY OR TERRITORY
WHILE OUR MUTUAL PROBLEM REMAINS.
LIKE IT OR NOT
WE ARE BOTH TRAPPED
BY THIS ENERGY-DRAINING FORCE FIELD FROM THE PLANET.
On that matter, there can be no argument.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A SWAP.
And what is a "swap"?
IT'S A TRADE--
AN EXCHANGE.
Yes, trade.
What do you offer?
WE WILL TELL YOU OW
AND IN TRADE, YOU WILL GIVE US YOUR INFORMATION.
Ridiculous!
You might withhold information.
WE MUST TRUST EACH OTHER.
Amusing, human.
"Trust" each other?
I PROPOSE THAT WE TEST THIS RELATIONSHIP
BY COOPERATING IN A JOINT EXPLORATION
E.
And what profit
is in this Picard Captain?
THE PROFIT
We will agree, no doubt foolishly
but any further trickery on your part
will be met with no mercy.
AGREED.
CARE TO JOIN US
WE HAVE A WELL-PROVEN TRANSPORTER DEVICE...
We have a matter-energy device of our own.
We will beam a science team of three
to wtever coordinates you propose.
EXCELLENT, WE'LL TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION SHORTLY.
ENTERPRISE OUT.
HAILING FREQUENCIES OFF.
I WOULD LOG THAT AGREEMENT ST.
I WONDER, CAPTAIN.
I'M NOT USUALLY ONE FOR DISTRUST AT FIRST SIGHT
BUT THIS MAY BE AN EXCEPTION.
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING
THE IMAGE HE TRANSMITTED
WAS SOMEHOW DISTORTED.
I SENSE THE SAME THI
HE'S HIDING SOMETHING.
WITH THIS POWER DRAIN, WE CAN'T DELAY.
I'D LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL HELP IF THERE'S TROUBLE.
CAN YOU SPARE WORF?
TAKE HIM
AND BE CAREFUL, NUMBER ONE.
Data: WITH THIS POWER DRAIN WE MAY HAVE TROUBLE
COMMUNICATING WITH THE ENTERPRISE.
UNDERSTOOD. ANYTHING ELSE?
DUE TO THIS FORCE FIELD
THERE IS PRESENTLY NO WAY TO BEAM US BACK.
YOU HAD TO ASK!
UNDERSTOOD.
ENERGIZE!
( explosive thunder )
TASHA!
DATA!
GEORDI!
WORF!
ANYBODY!
DATA?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE?
MOST INTRIGUING, SIR!
I ASSUME A PROBLEM OF INACCURATE COORDINATES
DUE TO THE FORCE FIELD AROUND THE SHIP.
ARE WE ALONE, SIR?
UNFORTUNATELY.
LET'S FIND THE OTHERS.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE?
CRYSTALLINE.
MOSTLY INERT.
NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.
EXCUSE ME?
SLANG, SIR.
I DID USE IT CORRECTLY, DID I NOT?
THEY MUST BE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
WHAT'S THAT?
WHAT?
THAT!
GEORDI!
ARE YOU CONSCIOU
DO I LOOK CONSCIOUS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I'M RESTING, SIR.
MY FOOT STUCK--
UP THERE!
I MATERIALIZED UPSIDE DOWN
ABOVE THE PLANET SURFACE.
Data: TRICORDER'S USELESS.
COMMUNICATION'S GONE, TOO.
FORTUNATELY, YOU DID NOT BREAK...
DATA?
MM-HMM.
WHO'S THAT?
WHO ARE YOU?
CAPTAIN'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL.
IT'S BEEN SIX HOURS SINCE OUR AWAY TEAM
BEAMED DOWN TO THE SURFACE.
ON THE ENTERPRISE
OUR CONDITION IS RAPIDLY WORSENING.
ORDINARILY, WITH RESERVE POWER ALONE
WE COULD MAINTAIN LIFE SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
BUT THE FORCE HOLDING US
HAS CLOSED DOWN ALL ENGINES
AND IS DRAINING OUR RESERVE POWER, TOO.
IT'S GETTING MUCH, MUCH COLDER, SIR.
HOW FAR DOWN WILL IT GO?
A LOT.
EVEN IN ORBITAL SPACE
IT GETS BELOW MINUS 200 DEGREES.
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY PAST MINUS 70 OR SO.
FEELS LIKE THAT NOW.
GOOD, THANK YOU.
Letek: IF HE MOVES, KILL HIM.
E
BROKEN OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEIR CAPTAIN?
WE WILL ACCUSE THE HUMANS
OF PREPARING TO AMBUSH US.
IT WILL BE OUR WORD AGAINST THEIRS.
AND WHO IS MORE TRUSTWORTHY, MORDOC?
IT LOOKS LIKE GOLD.
TASTES LIKE GOLD.
Riker: IT IS GOLD.
( screams )
( screams )
ACCURSED PLANET.
IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT OUR CAPTAIN WILL DO
WHEN HE LEARNS YOU'VE BROKEN OUR LANDING PARTY AGREEMENT.
WHAT PART?
YOU APPEARED AND ATTACKED US.
ARE YOU ONE OF THEIR ASSASSINS?
I AM COMMANDER WILLIAM RIKER, FIRST OFFICER
OF THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.
YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
I'VE GOT THIS ONE!
CAREFUL, COMMANDER, THEY'RE STRONGER THAN...
( smack )
PYGMY CRETINS!
KILL THEM.
HIDEOUS MONSTERS!
NO!
GOOD.
YOU'VE HEARD OF PHASERS.
NOW, OVER THERE.
IS THIS A FEMALE?
A HUMAN FEMALE, LETEK?
IT IS TRUE.
YOU WORK WITH YOUR FEMALES
ARM THEM AND FORCE THEM TO WEAR CLOTHING.
SICKENING.
DOWN HERE TO THE FAMILY DECKS.
THEY'LL LAST LONGEST.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO, DOCTOR?
WHERE IS WESLEY?
HE'S IN OUR QUARTERS.
I WAS TEMPTED TO GIVE HIM A SEDATIVE.
YOU SHOULDN'T.
I KNOW, BUT HE'S MY SON.
I LOVE HIM.
HE HAS THE RIGHT TO MEET DEATH AWAKE.
IS THAT A MALE PERSPECTIVE?
RUBBISH.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.
Tasha: STOP.
STOP!
PHASERS ON STUN.
ALREADY SET.