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ARE WE PROGRESSING, MR. LaFORGE?
ABOUT LIKE YOU'D EXPECT, SIR.
SPLENDID, SPLENDID.
CARRY ON.
Wesley: HE WANTS THE IMPOSSIBLE.
LaForge: THAT'S THE SHORT DEFINITION OF "CAPTAIN."
Gosheven: YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF THE ANDROID STARFLEET SENT HERE
AND YOU'VE DISCUSSED WHY HE'S COME.
I CALLED THIS MEETING
TO REPLACE MISINFORMATION WITH COLD, HARD FACT.
I WISH TO SPEAK.
NO, LEAVE NOW.
IS YOUR POSITION SO WEAK THAT IT CANNOT WITHSTAND DEBATE?
LET HIM SPEAK.
YOU ALL KNOW OF THE SHELIAK THREAT.
STARFLEET WISHES TO EVACUATE YOU FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION.
YET GOSHEVEN HAS DECIDED OTHERWISE.
THAT IS HIS RIGHT
AND I WILL NOT WASTE TIME TRYING TO REVERSE THAT DECISION.
I ADMIRE YOUR CONVICTION
T.
THOUGH DOOMED
YOUR EFFORT WILL BE VALIANT
YOU WILL DIE FOR LAND AND FOR HONOR.
YOUR CHILDREN WILL UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY ARE DYING FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.
LONG AFTER THE BATTLE IS OVER
THEIR COURAGE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND EXTOLLED.
YES, THAT IS TRUE.
THERE WILL BE NO ONE LEFT ALIVE TO REMEMBER.
( clapping )
A VALIANT TRY, ANDROID.
BUT WHAT A LOW OPINION YOU MUST HAVE OF US.
I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE YOUR INEVITABLE DESTRUCTION
IN AN EMOTIONAL MANNER.
HE DESCRIBES IT PRETTY DAMN WELL.
SHOULD WE FOLLOW THIS MACHINE?
GIVE UP WITHOUT A FIGHT?
HE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO LOSE.
I THINK THAT'S HIS COWARDICE TALKING.
Kentor: WHAT IF HE'S RIGHT?
SHOULDN'T WE CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY?
THIS COLONY EXISTS
BECAUSE GENERATIONS GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR IT.
MANY DIED
BEFORE WE ADAPTED TO THE RADIATION
AND MANY MORE DIED BRINGING WATER TO THIS DESERT.
MY GRANDFATHER...
...IS BURIED ON THAT MOUNTAIN.
WHO WILL BURY YOU?
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHAT THIS EVACUATION MEANS?
EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE ABANDON.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BUILT TURNS TO DUST.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MEANS NOTHING.
WELL, I SAY NO.
YOU ELECTED ME YOUR LEADER.
FOLLOW ME NOW.
I DON'T THINK OUR CHANCES
ARE AS HOPELESS AS HE SAYS
AND I'M WILLING TO STAKE OUR LIVES ON IT.
ANY OBJECTIONS?
GOOD, BECAUSE HERE WE STAND.
THEN HERE YOU DIE.
MR. DATA, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT GOSHEVEN DOESN'T SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.
I SEE NO REASON TO DIE NEEDLESSLY.
AND YOU?
I'M NOT SURE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
OTHERS FEEL THE SAME.
THEY'RE UNEASY ABOUT CONFRONTING GOSHEVEN.
GET THEM TOGETHER AND WE'LL MEET AT MY HOUSE.
IN OUR DEALINGS WITH OTHER NON-HUMANOID RACES
THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOME POINT OF REFERENCE.
NOT SO WITH THE SHELIAK.
BUT WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.
WE COMMUNICATE.
BARELY.
UAGES.
THEIRS CONTINUES TO ELUDE US.
TELEPATHS?
ATTEMPTED AND FAILED.
ACTUALLY, THE FACT THAT ANY ALIEN RACE
COMMUNICATES WITH ANOTHER IS QUITE REMARKABLE.
WE ARE STRANDED ON A PLANET.
WE HAVE NO LANGUAGE IN COMMON, BUT I WANT TO TEACH YOU MINE.
S'SMARITH.
WHAT DID I JUST SAY?
CUP?
GLASS?
ARE YOU SURE
I MAY HAVE MEANT "LIQUID," "CLEAR," "BROWN," "HOT."
WE CONCEPTUALIZE THE UNIVERSE IN RELATIVELY THE SAME WAY.
POINT TAKEN.
IN YOUR TALKS, YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY ACCURATE.
THE TREATY IS 500,000 WORDS.
THE LENGTH WAS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SHELIAK.
THEY CONSIDER OUR LANGUAGE IRRATIONAL
AND DEMANDED THIS LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY
TO AVOID ANY FUTURE MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
Riker: We have the vessel carrying Sheliak colonists
on visual.
ON MY WAY.
SO. IT BEGINS.
HAILING FREQUENCIES.
OPEN.
THIS IS CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
Your purpose, Enterprise?
WE DESIRE FACE-TO-FACE NEGOTIATIONS
TO SETTLE THE CRISIS ON TAU CYGNA FIVE.
WE ARE ENTITLED TO CONSULTATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH 653, SUBPARAGRAPH NINE.
Granted.
WAS THAT AN INVITATION?
I AM TAKING IT AS SUCH.
YOU HAVE THE BRIDGE, NUMBER ONE.
HELM, MAINTAIN RELATIVE POSITION.
NSPORTER
IR.
AND ONCE WE'RE RESETTLED, WE'LL BE LEFT ALONE?
IF YOU SO DESIRE.
WE LIKE TO DO THINGS ON OUR OWN.
THE FEDERATION WILL OFFER AS LITTLE
OR AS MUCH HELP AS YOU DICTATE.
KENTOR, ARE YOU WITH US?
YES. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE CONVINCE GOSHEVEN?
WHY DO WE NEED TO?
BECAUSE HE'S RESPECTED.
MOST WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS.
THEY RESPECT YOU, TOO.
IF YOU TAKE A STAND, THEY'LL FALL IN LINE.
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF SUPPORTERS.
Gosheven: DON'T FORGET THAT.
I'M DISAPPOINTED.
I THOUGHT WE HAD SETTLED THIS.
APPARENTLY, THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
STILL STIRRING UP TROUBLE?
SINCE WHEN IS TALK TROUBLE?
IT'S OVER.
DON'T YOU GET IT?
YOU HAD YOUR SAY.
YOU LOST.
I APPEAR TO BE REVERSING THAT DEFEAT.
NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE JUST STUBBORN.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SO AM I.
DAMN YOU, GOSHEVEN.
YOU KILLED HIM.
I KILLED NO ONE.
I MERELY SHUT DOWN A MACHINE.
THAT'S IT, EVERYONE.
IT'S TIME TO GO HOME.
YOU'LL SEE THAT I'M RIGHT.
ADVA
DIRECTOR, WE WILL COMPLY WITH YOUR REQUEST
TO MOVE THE COLONY FROM TAU CYGNA FIVE.
BUT WE NEED TIME.
D.
WE CARRY THE MEMBERSHIP.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH THEIR DEBARKATION.
THE TEMPORARY PRESENCE OF THESE HUMANS
SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH YOUR PLANS.
UNACCEPTABLE.
YOU MUST REMOVE THE CREATURES.
I'M TRYING.
THE NEEDED SHIP WON'T BE HERE
FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEN YOU ARE IN VIOLATION.
I HAVE ADMITTED THAT.
I AM ONLY ASKING FOR A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY.
SECTION 501, PARAGRAPH 716 SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE
"UNWANTED LIFE FORMS INHABITING H-CLASS WORLDS
MAY BE REMOVED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SHELIAK CORPORATE."
WE WILL REMOVE THEM.
BUT YOU MUST GRANT US THE TIME WE REQUIRE.
YOU NEED TIME, PICARD, OF THE ENTERPRISE?
WE WILL SAVE YOU TIME.
WE WILL ERADICATE THE HUMAN INFESTATION.
THEY'RE CITIZENS OF THE FEDERATION.
I WILL NOT PERMIT THIS OUTRAGE!
INTELLIGENT CONVERSE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU DO NOT DISCUSS
YOU GIBBER.
BETWEEN INTELLIGENT SPECIES OF GOOD WILL...
I TAKE IT THE SHELIAK JUST HUNG UP ON US AGAIN.
CAR AND DRIVER HAS NAMED IT TO ITS "TEN BEST" LIST
FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.
NOW THERE'S A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
YOU CAN LEASE FOR JUST $500 DOWN
AND AS LITTS $149 A MONTH.
BUT HURRY.
THIS ECLIPSE WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
I WAS AFRAID YOUR NEURAL PATHWAYS
WERE SCRAMBLED BEYOND REPAIR.
I AM EQUIPPED WITH DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITS
AND AM ABLE TO CORRECT MANY MALFUNCTIONS.
I'M NOT SURPRISED AT GOSHEVEN'S BEHAVIOR.
BUT KENTOR AND THE OTHERS
SAID THEY WERE WITH US.
CH.
PERHAPS THAT IS A PART OF OUR DIFFICULTY.
WORDS ARE ALL WE HAVE BEEN USING.
HUMANS SEEM TO TAKE MUCH STRONGER NOTICE OF ACTIONS.
I REQUIRE A PHASER.
WHAT'S A PHASER?
A TYPE OF WEAPON.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT FUNCTION
IN THE PRESENCE OF HYPERONIC RADIATION.
I WILL HAVE TO BE INNOVATIVE.
HYPERONIC RADIATION RANDOMIZES PHASER BEAMS.
BUT I BELIEVE I CAN IMPROVISE A SERVOCIRCUIT
WHICH WILL COMPENSATE
BY CONTINUOUSLY RECOLLIMATING THE OUTPUT.
YOU'RE USING YOUR OWN NEURAL SUBPROCESSORS
TO BUILD A SMARTER PHASER.
RRECT.
GET WORD TO GOSHEVEN.
TELL HIM I AM COMING TO THE PUMPING STATION.
TELL HIM I AM GOING TO DESTROY THE AQUEDUCT.
HE'LL TRY TO STOP YOU.
I SINCERELY HOPE SO.
GO TO YELLOW ALERT.
SHIELDS UP.
AYE, SIR.
RIKER, PUT US NOSE-TO-NOSE WITH THE SHELIAK VESSEL.
ANY MOVE SHE MAKES, MATCH IT.
MR. WORF, HAILING FREQUENCY.
OPEN.
THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, THEY JUST HAVE TO LISTEN.
SHELIAK VESSEL...
YOU WILL HAVE TO GET PAST ME
TO GET AT THE COLONY ON TAU CYGNA FIVE.
NO RESPONSE.
CLOSE CHANNEL AND GET ME THAT TREATY.
THEY'VE BEEN BEATING US OVER THE HEAD WITH IT FOR THREE DAYS.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND SOMETHING IN IT
THAT WE CAN TURN TO OUR OWN ADVANTAGE.
Data: STOP.
THAT WAS THE "STUN" SETTING.
THIS IS NOT.
( no audio )
I CAN REDUCE THIS PUMPING STATION
TO A PILE OF DEBRIS.
BUT I TRUST MY POINT IS CLEAR.
I AM BUT ONE ANDROID WITH A SINGLE WEAPON.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SHELIAK ON THE WAY
AND THEIR WEAPONS ARE FAR MORE POWERFUL.
THEY MAY NOT OFFER YOU A TARGET.
THEY CAN OBLITERATE YOU FROM ORBIT.
YOU WILL DIE, NEVER HAVING SEEN THE FACES OF YOUR KILLERS.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES, OTHER CHALLENGES.
IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
I REALLY WAS WILLING TO STAY HERE AND DIE FOR THIS.
I KNOW THAT.
THIS IS JUST A THING AND THINGS CAN BE REPLACED.
LIVES CANNOT.
Worf: THIS IS HOPELESS.
FIGHTING WILL BE PREFERABLE.
THAT'S IT.
I DON'T FOLLOW YOU, SIR.
MR. WORF, GET ME THE SHELIAK.
YES, SIR.
COMING THROUGH, SIR.
Picard: PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1290
I HEREBY FORMALLY REQUEST
THIRD PARTY ARBITRATION OF OUR DISPUTE.
You have the right.
FURTHERMORE, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION D-3
I NAME THE GRIZZELAS TO ARBITRATE.
?
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE CURRENTLY
IN THEIR HIBERNATION CYCLE.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL AWAKEN IN SIX MONTHS
AT WHICH TIME WE CAN GET THIS MATTER SETTLED.
NOW, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT OR GIVE ME MY THREE WEEKS?
Absurd.
We carry the membership.
We can brook no delay.
THEN I HEREBY DECLARE THIS TREATY IN ABEYANCE.
Wait, negotiation is permissible...
YOU ENJO
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT.
CAPTAIN, THEY G US.
SIR?
ON SCREEN.
You may have your three weeks, Picard, of the Enterprise.
THANK YOU.
CAPTAIN, WE CAN DO IT.
WE CAN MODIFY THE TRANSPORTERS.
EXCELLENT.
IT'LL TAKE 15 YEARS
AND A RESEARCH TEAM OF 100...
MR. LaFORGE, I BELIEVE WE WILL POSTPONE.
YES, SIR.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DATA TO ENTERPRISE.
I AM PREPARING TO LEAVE TAU CYGNA FIVE
TIONS.
Worf: Acknowledged. Stand by.
HI.
THE EVACUATION PLAN IS GOING WELL.
WHEN THE SHIP ARRIVES, WE'LL BE READY TO LEAVE.
YOU SUCCEEDED.
I COULD NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED
WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND INSIGHT.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THEN YOU WON'T FORGET ME.
I AM INCAPABLE OF FORGETTING.
I WILL REMEMBER EVERY DETAIL OF MY VISIT
WITH PERFECT CLARITY.
BUT NOTHING MORE?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
I GUESS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS...
DO YOU HAVE ANY FEELINGS FOR ME?
I HAVE NO FEELINGS OF ANY KIND.
NO, OF COURSE YOU DON'T.
R?
YOU APPEARED TO NEED IT.
SO YOU SAW THAT I WAS UNHAPPY
AND DID WHAT YOU CONCLUDED WOULD MAKE ME FEEL BETTER?
RATIONAL TO THE LAST.
BYE.
( door chimes )
COME.
( classical music playing )
WELCOME HOME, MR. DATA.
WELL DONE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THE GOOD DOCTOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME
WITH A RECORDING OF YOUR CONCERT.
YOUR PERFORMANCE SHOWS FEELING.
AS I HAVE RECENTLY REMINDED OTHERS, SIR
I HAVE NO FEELING.
THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
YOUR PLAYING IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
STRICTLY SPEAKIN IT IS NOT MY PLA
IT IS A PRECISE IMITATION OF THE TECHNIQUES
OF JASCHA HEIFETZ AND TRENKA BRON-KEN.
IS THERE NOTHING OF DATA IN WHAT I'M HEARING?
YOU CHOSE THE VIOLINIST.
HEIFETZ AND BRON-KEN HAVE RADICALLY DIFFERENT STYLES
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES
AND YET YOU COMBINE THEM
SUCCESSFULLY.
I SUPPOSE I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CREATIVE, SIR...
WHEN NECESSARY.
MR. DATA, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT CONCERT.
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