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NEYO CY?
GEA PE
CKP E IGALICTEAU..
BUT MAY I SUGGEST
YOU ATTEND THE SECOND CONCERT?
WHY, DATA?
ENSIGN ORTIZ WILL PERFORM THE VIOLIN.
MY RENDITION IS LESS ENJOYABLE.
OH?
I AM TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT
BUT ACCORDING TO MY FELLOW PERFORMERS
I LACK... SOUL.
DATA, TELLING US
WHY YOU'LL FAIL BEFORE MAKING THE ATTEMPT
IS NEVER WISE.
BUT IS NOT HONESTY
ALWAYS THE PREFERRED CHOICE?
EXCESSIVE HONESTY CAN BE DISASTROUS
PARTICULARLY IN A COMMANDER.
INDEED?
KNOWING YOUR LIMITATIONS
IS ONE THING.
ADVERTISING THEM CAN DAMAGE YOUR CREDIBILITY.
BECAUSE YOU WILL LOSE THEIR CONFIDENCE?
AND YOU MAY BEGIN
TO BELIEVE THOSE LIMITATIONS YOURSELF.
( playing Mozart )
Riker: Captain, we're receiving a message
from the Sheliak Corporate.
ORIGIN OF MESSAGE CONFIRMED, SIR.
ELIA
THE SHELIAK HAVEN'T COMMUNICATED WITH THE FEDERATION
FOR 111 YEARS.
WHY NOW?
N.
Sheliak: Federation creatures, there are humans
on the fifth planet of Tau Cygna.
This planet was ceded to the Corporate
in section 133, paragraph 77 of the Treaty of Armens.
ys.
Remove the humans.
Federation creatures,
TAU CYGNA FIVE IS IN THE de LAURE BELT--
HEAVY CONCENTRATIONS OF HYPERONIC RADIATION.
HUMANS CAN'T SURVIVE IN THAT.
EXPOSURE TO HYPERONIC RADIATION IS FATAL.
TS.
NO, NUMBER ONE.
THE SHELIAK HAVEN'T BROKEN A CENTURY OF SILENCE
TO SEND US AFTER PHANTOMS.
AN INVESTIGATION IS IN ORDER.
SET COURSE FOR TAU CYGNA FIVE.
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.
Captioning made possible by PARAMOUNT NETWORK TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
and THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
MERVYN'S ENTIRE STOCK OF LEVI'S JEANS
IS ON SALE.
SHH. I WAS JUST GOING TO RELAX TODAY.
RELAX AND SAVE
ON MEN'S PRESHRUNK 501 JEANS.
AND ON LEVI'S 501 JEANS
FOR JUNIORS.
[GIRL] MOM, WE WANT TO GO TO THE LEVI'S SALE.
[BOY] YEAH.
SEE WHAT YOU'VE STARTED?
SEE WHAT YOU SAVE ON BOYS' LEVI'S 501 JEANS
AND GIRLS' LEVI'S 550 JEANS.
[BOTH CHILDREN] LET'S GO, MOM.
MING.
TALK TO YOU LATER.
SAVE ON MERVYN'S ENTIRE STOCK OF LEVI'S DENIM JEANS
THROUGH SUNDAY.
HUMAN LIFE FORM READINGS FROM THE PLANET.
THEY WEREN'T HALLUCINATING.
NUMBERS?
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AN ACCURATE READING.
NG
Data: HYPERONIC RADIATION
ALSO INTERFERES WITH TRANSPORTERS.
E.
SO ARE THE PHASERS.
HOW CAN HUMANS SURVIVE THERE?
THEY MUST HAVE ADAPTED.
MILAN'S WORK WITH RADIATION SUGGESTS IT IS POSSIBLE.
PERHAPS WITH EXTENSIVE VIROTHERAPY.
WELL, WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM OFF THE PLANET.
BY TREATY, THAT WORLD BELONGS TO THE SHELIAK...
WHO ARE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS
TO DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF THESE "TRESPASSERS."
IF WE DON'T, THE SHELIAK WILL, FORCEFULLY.
HOW FORCEFULLY?
THEY CONSIDER HUMANS A LOWER LIFE FORM.
THEY'D HAVE NO COMPUNCTIONS ABOUT EXTERMINATING INTRUDERS.
MR. DATA, AS YOU ARE UNAFFECTED BY HYPERONIC RADIATION
I'D LIKE YOU TO GO DOWN VIA SHUTTLECRAFT
AND COMMENCE EVACUATION PROCEDURES.
AYE, SIR.
NUMBER ONE...
ANY SPECULATION ON WHAT WE MIGHT FIND DOWN THERE?
MY GUESS WOULD BE A LONE SURVEY CRAFT.
MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO SURVIVORS.
I THINK IT'S SOME SORT OF SHUTTLECRAFT.
WHERE'S IT FROM?
LOOK AT THE MARKINGS.
IT MUST BE FROM THE FEDERATION.
GREETINGS, GENTLEMEN.
WE SAW YOUR SHIP.
YOU'RE THE FIRST VISITOR WE'VE HAD IN...
THE FIRST VISITOR
WE'VE EVER HAD.
YOU'RE NOT HUMAN?
THAT IS CORRECT.
I AM AN ANDROID.
I AM LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DATA
OF THE FEDERATION STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
OUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WERE CITIZENS
OF THE FEDERATION.
BUT DON'T WASTE TIME
TALKING TO US.
SPEAK TO GOSHEVEN.
WE'LL TAKE YOU.
THE FEDERATION WILL BE VERY PROUD OF US.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ALL WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND WHO, PRECISELY, IS "US"?
DON'T YOU KNOW?
NO, I DON'T GUESS YOU WOULD.
WE'RE DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS
FROM THE COLONY SHIP ARTEMIS.
THE ARTEMIS, LAUNCHED 92 YEARS AGO.
DESTINATION: SEPTIMIS MINOR.
WHEN THEY FAILED TO CHECK IN
STARFLEET BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH.
WHAT CARRIED THE ARTEMIS
so far off course?
MY LOCAL INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW.
IN THE EARLY DAYS
SURVIVAL WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HISTORY.
Understood.
How many are there?
15,253, SIR.
15,000?
THREE DAYS, NO TRANSPORTERS...
WE'LL NEVER GET THEM OUT IN TIME.
SHUTTLES?
LOADING ALL SHUTTLECRAFT TO CAPACITY
EVACUATION WILL TAKE...
4 WEEKS, 4 DAYS.
WE NEED MORE TIME.
MISTER DATA, PREPARE THE COLONISTS FOR AN EVACUATION.
Aye, Sir.
GET ME THE SHELIAK.
THEIR HOME WLD IS QUITE DISTANT.
THIS WILL TAKE TIME.
GOSHEVEN, LOOK WHAT'S COME.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DATA OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
HE'S AN ANDROID.
SO HE IS.
WELL, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE...
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
MY MISSION IS TO PREPARE THIS COLONY FOR EVACUATION.
WHY?
BECAUSE THIS PLANET BELONGS TO THE SHELIAK.
WHO IS SHELIAK?
THE TERM IS PLURAL.
THE SHELIAK ARE A NONHUMANOID, INTELLIGENT LIFE FORM
CLASSIFICATION R-3.
THIS COLONY HAS BEEN HERE OVER 90 YEARS.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN A SHELIAK.
I'D SAY THAT MAKES TAU CYGNA FIVE OUR PLANET.
THE DESTINATION OF THE ARTEMIS WAS SEPTIMIS MINOR.
THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM ON THE ARTEMIS FAILED.
OUR ANCESTORS WERE LUCKY TO FIND ANY PLACE TO LAND.
THE RADIATION STARTED KILLING THEM.
HYPERONI TOOK
OF MANY COLONISTS BEFORE THEY ADAPTED.
BUT OUR COLONY SURVIVED.
WE'VE BROUGHT WATER TO THE DESERT
BUILT A COMMUNITY.
YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE REMARKABLE.
A TREATY
WHICH MAKES THIS PLANET SHELIAK DOMAIN.
THEN CHANGE THE TREATY.
THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.
THE SHELIAK WISH TO COLONIZE THIS PLANET
AND ARE UNWILLING TO SHARE IT WITH HUMANS.
IF YOU ARE STILL HERE
THEY WILL ERADICATE YOU.
THEY'D KILL ALL OF US?
THEY HAVE LITTLE REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.
THE MOST SENSIBLE COURSE OF ACTION
IS TO PREPARE A PLAN
FOR EVACUATING YOUR PEOPLE.
WE'RE NOT EVACUATING.
I HAVE NOT MADE MYSELF CLEAR.
YES, YOU HAVE.
LET ME BE EQUALLY CLEAR.
THERE'S GOING TO BE NO EVACUATION.
YOU'VE DELIVERED YOUR MESSAGE
SO GO BACK TO YOUR SHIP.
I HAVE WORK TO DO.
NICE CATCH.
WONDERFUL REFLEXES.
SORRY TO TEST YOU LIKE THAT
BUT I WAS CURIOUS.
RDY?
TOY?
THIS IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE ANDROID I'VE EVER SEEN.
HAVE YOU SEEN MANY?
ACTUALLY, NO.
YOU'RE THE FIRST.
ONLY YOU WOULD GET THIS EXCITED OVER A WALKING CALCULATOR.
CYBERNETIC INTELLIGENCE FASCINATES ME.
ARE YOUR NEURAL PATHWAYS DUOTRONIC?
NO, POSITRONIC.
WHAT'S YOUR MEMO
HOW MANY OPERATIONS PER SECOND?
I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS.
I HAVE NO TIME TO ANSWER A MILLION QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A MISSION.
I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE
AND GOSHEVEN SEEMS UNWILLING TO TALK TO ME FURTHER.
I'M ARD'RIAN McKENZIE.
PERHAPS I CAN HELP YOU.
THEY'RE NOT LIKELYIVING YOU TO BE ACCOMMODATING.
CAPTAIN, WHEN THE TREATY WAS FIRST NEGOTIATED
THE FEDERATION SENT 372 LEGAL EXPERTS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
THEE AND ME.
NO RESPONSE.
THEM AGAIN.
BOOST TH
THIS IS THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
RESPOND, PLEASE.
Conversation is neither required, nor desired.
CONVERSATION IS NECESSARY IF WE ARE TO FIND A SOLUTION
TO OUR MUTUAL PROBLEM.
Our involvement in Federation illegality
is not indicated.
BOTH PARTIES ARE INVOLVED, SIR.
Remove the humans
Three Earth-days remain.
LET US NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
Negotiate?
To what purpose?
The treaty is signed.
THERE IS A THRIVING COLONY ON THAT PLANET.
RATHER THAN UPROOT THESE PEOPLE, MAY I OFFER A COMPROMISE?
Denied.
WHY?
The law is paramount.
We are entitled.
THIS IS NOT A LAW.
IT IS A TREATY.
IT IS DESIGNED TO SMOOTH RELATIONS BETWEEN RACES
NOT TO ACT AS A STRAIT...
...JACKET.
YOU REALLY THINK WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE TAU CYGNA FIVE?
THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST.
YET GOSHEVEN SEEMS UNWILLING TO PREPARE FOR IT.
WHY?
MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ANDROID.
I DON'T THINK GOSHEVEN LIKES THE IDEA
OF MACHINES ORDERING HIM AROUND.
I AM MERELY TRYING TO PERSUADE HIM
THAT HIS PEOPLE SHOULD PREPARE TO EVACUATE.
DO YOU BELIEVE MY SUGGESTED COURSE OF ACTION
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED?
OF COURSE.
IN SPITE OF THE FACT I'M AN ANDROID?
BECAUSE OF THAT FACT.
I LIKE COMPUTERS.
NOT THAT ANY COMPUTER WE HAVE IS HALF AS SOPHISTICATED AS YOU.
NO, I WOULD SAY NOT.
PEOPLE CAN BE SELFISH, IRRATIONAL
STUBBORN, MALICIOUS...
BUT COMPUTERS DON'T HAVE THOSE FAILINGS.
SO YOU CONCLUDE THAT I AM IMPARTIAL.
HENCE, YOU ACCEPT MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
YET GOSHEVEN DOES NOT.
Picard to Commander Data.
DATA HERE.
The Sheliak won't bargain.
UNDERSTOOD, SIR.
I'M CONTACTING STARFLEET TO ARRANGE TRANSPORT.
GET THEM PREPARED TO EVACUATE QUICKLY.
AYE, SIR.
WE MUST SPEAK TO GOSHEVEN IMMEDIATELY.
NG?
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
OUR FIRST ATTEMPT.
KEEP AT IT.
WE NEED THOSE TRANSPORTERS.
( water running )
SEE THIS?
ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT MEANS?
IT IS WATER, A SUBSTANCE COMPOSED
OF TWO ATOMS OF HYDROGEN...
IT'S NOT WATER.
IT'S BLOOD AND SWEAT.
IT'S 90 YEARS OF EFFORT.
IT'S A MONUMENT TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD
WHO'S LIVED AND DIED ON TAU CYGNA FIVE.
YOU'RE TALKING NONSENSE.
AM I?
MY GRANDFATHER IS BURIED ON THAT MOUNTAIN.
HE DIED SURVEYING A ROUTE FOR THIS AQUEDUCT.
THIS COLONY EXISTS BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE
AND THE SACRIFICE OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.
NO, WE'RE NOT LEAVING.
THE SHELIAK WILL NOT ACCEPT HUMANS ON THEIR PLANET
AND THEY WILL USE FORCE TO REMOVE YOU.
WE'LL NOT BE BULLIED OFF OUR LAND
NOT BY YOU AND NOT BY THE SHELIAK.
STUBBORN AND IRRATIONAL.
NOW WHAT DO WE DO?
ARE HIS SENTIMENTS TYPICAL OF THE COLONISTS?
I HOPE NOT.
IF I CAN CONVINCE PEOPLE TO LEAVE...
DON'T YOU MEAN
IF WE CAN CONVINCE?
COME.
YES, SIR.
THREE WEEKS.
STARFLEET IS PROFUSE IN ITS APOLOGIES
UNTIL?
UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF A COLONY TRANSPORT SHIP
EQUIPPED WITH PERSONNEL SHUTTLES.
WE CAN'T WAIT THREE WEEKS.
THE SHELIAK MUST AGREE TO EXTEND OUR DEADLINE.
IF THEY PLAN TO SETTLE TAU CYGNA FIVE
TWO DAYS FROM NOW...
THEIR SHIP MUST BE EN ROUTE.
WE'RE GOING TO INTERCEPT THAT SHIP.
THE SHELIAK MAY INTERPRET THAT AS A HOSTILE ACT.
IT'S A RISK WE HAVE TO TAKE.
THE ENTERPRISE WILL INTERCEPT THE SHELIAK COLONY SHIP.
YOUR JOB...
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB IS.
IN HUMAN PARLANCE
I DO NOT BELIEVE I CAN GET THE JOB DONE.
I AM PREPARED FOR STARSHIP COMMAND DUTIES
BUT AS A CULTURAL CONTACT
I am not exemplary.
WHAT'S THE SITUATION?
Their leader refuses my counsel.
HE DENIES THE LOGIC OF MY ARGUMENTS
AND SPEAKS OF STRUCTURES THEY HAVE BUILT.
TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
I have, sir.
IN THE LAST THREE HOURS AND EIGHT MINUTES
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH 56 COLONISTS.
TEN OF THOSE REFUSED TO BELIEVE A THREAT EXISTS.
22 FAVOR STAYING AND FIGHTING THE SHELIAK.
16 PREFER NEGOTIATION
or some sort of passive resistance.
Only eight considered evacuation...
DATA, I CAN'T HELP YOU.
I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THESE PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE.
Use your fancy positronic brain and carry out your mission.
IF I FAIL, HOW VIOLENT WILL THE SHELIAK REACTION BE?
NG
FROM ERADICATING THE COLONY.
AH.
"Ah" is right.
THE LIVES OF 15,000 PEOPLE ARE RIDING ON YOU.
You'd better get innovative.
Riker out.
DATA?
T.
WITH SO MANY PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS
GOSHEVEN HAS CALLED A PUBLIC MEETING.
IS THERE ANY INDICATION HE'S CHANGED HIS POSITION?
NO, BUT A MEETING WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE
TO PRESENT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
MY ATTEMPTS AT PERSUASION HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
YOU APPEARED TO NEED IT.
AMONG HUMANS, A KISS USUALLY SERVES TO SEAL A FRIENDSHIP
OR INDICATE SUPPORT, ATTRACTION, AFFECTION.
IN THIS CONTEXT, I MUST ASSUME THAT YOUR INTENTION
WAS TO EXPRESS SUPPORT.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, DO YOU?
THAT IS SOMETHING OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
SOMETIMES I DON'T EITHER.
ANDROIDS ARE FAR MORE RATIONAL.
THUS FAR, THAT HAS NOT HELPED ME ACCOMPLISH MY MISSION.
A RATIONAL ARGUMENT ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH.
MAYBE TO BE MORE PERSUASIVE
YOU NEED TO USE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
AH, ELICIT A DESIRED BEHAVIOR BY ADVOCATING ITS OPPOSITE.
THAT IMPLIES DECEPTION, DOES IT NOT?
A LITTLE, BUT IF IT HELPS GET OUR POINT ACROSS...
PERHAPS THIS IS A SITUATION