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Captain, Doctor, I am
honored by your presence

but may I suggest

you attend the second concert?

Why, Data?

Ensign Ortiz will perform
the violin part.

My rendition
will be less enjoyable.

Oh?

Although I am
technically proficient

according
to my fellow performers

I lack... soul.

Data, telling us

why you're going to fail
before you make 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 own limitations

is one thing.

Advertising them to a crew

can damage your credibility
as a leader.

Because you will lose
their confidence?

And you may begin

to believe in
those limitations yourself.

Captain, we're
receiving a message

from the Sheliak Corporate.

Origin point of the message
confirmed, sir.

It is from the Shelia
star system.

The Sheliak have not attempted
to communicate

with the Federation
for 1 1 1 years.

Why are they doing it now?

On screen.

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.

We will begin settlement
of this world in four days.

Remove the humans.

What the devil...?

Federation creatures

there are humans
on the fifth planet...

Cancel message.

Tau Cygna V
is in the de Laure belt--

heavy concentrations
of hyperonic radiation.

Humans can't survive
in that environment.

Exposure to hyperonic radiation
is fatal.

Then the Sheliak are
asking us to chase ghosts.

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 V.

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.

Captain, human life-form
readings from the planet.

So the Sheliak
weren't hallucinating.

Numbers?

Impossible to get
an accurate reading.

High levels of radiation
are disrupting our sensors.

Hyperonic radiation

also interferes
with ship's transporters.

They are now inoperable.

So are the ship's phasers.

How can humans
survive down there?

They must have found
a way to adapt.

Milan's work
with radiation sensitivity

suggests it is possible.

Perhaps with extensive
virotherapy.

Well, whoever they are,
however they survived

we've got to get them
off the planet.

By treaty, that world still
belongs to the Sheliak.

Who are within their rights

to demand the removal
of these "trespassers."

If we don't remove them,
the Sheliak will, forcefully.

How forcefully?

The Sheliak consider humans
a lower life-form.

They would have no compunctions

about exterminating
the intruders.

Mr. Data, as you are unaffected
by hyperonic radiation

I'd like you to go down
to the planet 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 you don't want
to waste your time

talking to us.

You want to speak to Gosheven.

We'll take you to him.

I'm sure 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?

Oh, no, I don't guess you would.

We're descendants
of the original settlers

from the Colony Ship Artemis.

Got it.

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 have that information.

In the early days on Tau Cygna V

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 the Enterprise
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 world is
quite distant, Captain.

This will take some 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.

And who is this Sheliak?

The term is plural.

The Sheliak are a nonhumanoid,
intelligent life-form

classification R-3.

Well, this colony has
been here over 90 years.

We've never seen a Sheliak.

I'd say that makes
Tau Cygna V our planet.

The original destination of
the Artemis was Septimis Minor.

The guidance system
on the Artemis failed.

Took them off course,
far off course.

Our ancestors were lucky
to find any place to land.

And when they did, the radiation
started killing them.

The hyperonic radiation
took the lives of a third

of the colonists, before they
learned they could adapt to it.

But our colony survived
and prospered.

Look around.

We have brought water
to the desert

built a community.

Your accomplishments
are truly remarkable.

Yet, the Sheliak
and the Federation have a treaty

which clearly 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

when the Sheliak
colony ship arrives

they will eradicate you.

They'd kill all of us?

They have little regard
for human life.

Thus, the most sensible course
of action

is to prepare a contingency plan

for the evacuation
of your people.

We're not evacuating.

Perhaps 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.

Found a new toy, have we, Ardy?

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.

I didn't know that was possible.

What's your memory capacity?

How many operations per second?

I have a million questions.

I am afraid I have no time to
answer a million questions.

I have a mission to accomplish.

I need to know more
about your people

and Gosheven seems unwilling
to talk to me further.

I'm Ard'rian McKenzie.

Perhaps I can help you.

Gentlemen, we're giving you
an assignment.

The one thing
we don't want to hear

is that it's impossible.

I need the transporters
to function

despite the hyperonic radiation.

Yeah, but that's im...

Yes, sir.

Even if we get
the Sheliak to talk

they're not likely
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.

Try them again.

Boost the signal strength.

Sheliak Corporate.

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
from the Tau Cygna system.

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 V?

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 not ordering him
to do anything.

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
that I am an android?

Because of that fact.

I don't have any silly prejudice
against computers.

I like them.

Not that any computer we have

is half as sophisticated
as you are.

No, I would say not.

People can be selfish,
irrational

stubborn, malicious--
you name it--

but computers
don't have those failings.

And you conclude because of this
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 those people prepared
to evacuate.

We may have to move quickly.

Aye, sir.

We must speak
to Gosheven immediately.

Hmm, mm, mm.

Gentlemen, how's it coming?

What the hell is that?

Our first attempt.

Keep at it.

We need those transporters.

You see this?

You have 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 it's sweat.

It's the result of 90 years
of combined effort.

This isn't a town

it's a monument
to every man, woman and child

who's lived and died
on Tau Cygna V.

Gosheven,
you're talking nonsense.

Am l?

My grandfather is buried
on that mountain.

He died in a rock slide

surveying the route
for this aqueduct.

This colony exists
because of his sacrifice

and the sacrifice
of thousands of others.

No, we are not leaving.

The Sheliak will not accept
humans on their planet

and they will not hesitate
to 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
enough of the people

of the necessity of leaving...

Don't you mean
if we can convince?

Come.

Yes, sir.

Three weeks.

Starfleet is profuse
in its apologies

but it will still be
three weeks...

until the arrival
of a colony transport ship

equipped with dedicated
personnel shuttles.

We can't wait three weeks.

Then the Sheliak must agree
to extend our deadline.

If they plan to settle
Tau Cygna V

two days from now...

One of their ships
must already 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 is going

to intercept
the Sheliak colony ship.

Now your job...

Well, you know what your job is.

Commander

in human parlance

I do not believe
I can get the job done.

My training has prepared me
for starship command duties.

As a cultural contact,
I am proving to be

Iess than exemplary.

What's the situation?

Their leader refuses my counsel.

He denies the logic
of my arguments

and speaks of structures
they have built.

Then 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 were willing
to consider evacuation

and of those eight...

Data, I can't help you.

I don't know these people.
I haven't talked to them.

You have.

Use that fancy positronic brain
of yours

and carry out your mission.

Sir, if I do not succeed

how violent is the Sheliak
reaction likely to be?

The treaty is the only thing
that prevented them

from eradicating the colony
the moment they discovered it.

Ah.

"Ah" is right, Data.

The lives of 15,000 people
are riding on you.

You'd better get innovative.

Riker out.

Data?

We're having an effect.

So many people are asking
questions about the Sheliak

that Gosheven has called
a public meeting.

Is there any indication

that Gosheven
has changed his position?

No, but a meeting
will give you a chance

to present your recommendations.

So far, 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 really don't understand
human behavior, do you?

That is something
of an understatement.

Well, sometimes I don't either.

Androids are a lot
more rational.

Thus far, that quality
has not helped me

to accomplish my mission.

A rational argument
isn't always enough.

Maybe, to be more persuasive

you need to use a little
reverse psychology.

Ah, elicit a desired behavior
by advocating its opposite.

That implies deception,
does it not?

A little, but if it helps
us get our point across...

Perhaps this is a situation
where excessive honesty

can be detrimental.

Now, how are we progressing,
Mr. La Forge?

About like you'd expect, sir.

Splendid, splendid.

Carry on.

He wants the impossible.

That's the short definition
of "captain."

You've all heard of the android
Starfleet has sent here

and you've been discussing
why he's come.

I called this meeting

to replace misinformation
with cold, hard fact.

I wish to speak.

No, leave now.

Do you consider
your position so weak

that it cannot
withstand a 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
in the face of certain defeat.

Though doomed,
your effort will be valiant

and when you die

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.

Remembered by who?

Yes, that is true.

There will be no one left alive
to remember.

A valiant try, android.

But what a low opinion
you must have of us.

I was simply attempting

to describe
your inevitable destruction

in a manner that would have
an emotional effect.

And he describes it
pretty damn well.

Are you ready to follow
this machine?

Give up without a fight?

He says we're going to lose

but I think that's just
his cowardice talking.

What if he's right
and you're wrong?

Shouldn't we consider
that possibility?

This colony exists

because generations
gave their lives for it.

Many died

before we found a way
to adapt to the radiation

and many more died
bringing water to this desert.

My grandfather...

Is buried on that mountain.

Well, who'll be left
to 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.

Aye.

We stand with you, Gosheven.

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.

Gosheven's done well for us

but I'd like to hear more
of what you have to say.

There are many others
that feel the same way

but they're very 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.

They have learned several
Federation languages

but 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.

Captain, we have the vessel

carrying the 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 V.

Meaningless.

We are entitled to consultation

under paragraph 653,
subparagraph nine.

Granted.

Was that an invitation?

I am taking it as such.

Counselor.

You have the Bridge, Number One.

Helm, maintain
relative position.

Mr. Worf, tell Transporter
Room 2 to stand by.

Aye, sir.

And once the Federation
resettles us

we'll be left alone?

If you so desire.

We do.

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?

Well, why do we need to?

Because he's respected.

Most people will do
what he says.

They respect you, too.

If you take a stand,
they'll fall in line.

I don't know.

Gosheven's got
a lot of supporters.

Don't forget that, Kentor.

I'm disappointed.

I thought we'd 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.

Well, let me tell you something.

So am l.

Damn you, Gosheven.

You killed him.

I've 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.

Advance and speak.

Director, we will comply
with your request

to remove the colony
from Tau Cygna V

but we need time.

The given time has elapsed.

We carry the membership

and 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, but the needed ship

will not be available
for three weeks.

Then you are in violation.

I have admitted that.

I am only asking for
a little flexibility.

Section 501, paragraph 7 16,
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 are not vermin.

They are 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.

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

they said they were with us.

I guess words
don't mean very much.

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.

Essentially correct.

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.

Aye, sir.

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 V.

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.

Stop.

That was the "stun" setting.

This is not.

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.

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.

This is hopeless.

Fighting would be preferable.

That's it.

I don't follow you, sir.

Mr. Worf, get me the Sheliak.

Yes, sir.

Coming through, sir.

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 Grisellas
to arbitrate.

Grisellas?

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 enjoyed that.

You're damned right.

Captain, they are hailing 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. La Forge,
I believe we will postpone.

Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Commander Data
to Enterprise.

I am preparing to leave
Tau Cygna V

and await
rendezvous instructions.

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.

Good.

Then you won't forget me.

I am incapable of forgetting.

I will remember every detail
of my visit here

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.

What was that for?

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.

Come.

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 speaking, sir,
it is not my playing.

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 see, you chose
the violinists.

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.