All language subtitles for StarTrek.TNG-s05e13.The.Masterpiece.Society

Captain's Log, Stardate 45470.1.

The Enterprise has been diverted
to the Moab Sector

to track a stellar core fragment
of a disintegrated neutron star.

Our science teams
have been asked

to monitor the planetary
disruptions it may cause.

We've got a problem.

Our core fragment is going
to pass by Moab IV in six days.

Isn't that exactly
what we anticipated?

We didn't anticipate there
would be someone living there.

An artificial environment

has been constructed
on the southern continent, sir.

You've definitely established
that there's someone inside it?

Yes, Captain, sensors are
reading human life-forms.

Human?

Are they responding
to our hails, Mr. Worf?

Negative, sir.

Any starships reported missing
in this sector, Mr. Data?

No, sir.

How the hell did they find
themselves on a deserted planet?

I'm pretty sure
they know we're here.

Mr. La Forge?

Our sensors are picking up
deep EM readings.

Looks like wave patterns
from an obsolete subspace relay.

Which would suggest
they also have the ability

to communicate with us.

Mr. Worf,
open the lower band frequencies

most commonly used
in the last century.

Channel open.

This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard

of the Federation Starship
Enterprise.

It is urgent
that you respond.

Sir, the defensive shield
around the structure

is increasing strength.

Not exactly a welcome mat.

We mean you no harm.

We must warn you

that your planet
is about to experience

massive seismic disruptions

due to an approaching
stellar core fragment.

No structure will be able
to withstand them.

They are responding.

On screen.

Enterprise, I am Aaron Conor.

Mr. Conor, we were unaware

that there were human
colonies in this system.

I don't want to be rude, Captain

but we don't wish to interact
with outsiders.

I'm only responding
because of your warning.

The fragment will have
serious effects on your planet

within six days.

Yes, I know.

We have been tracking it.

But our biosphere is constructed

to withstand quakes of 8.7
on the Richter scale.

Mr. Data?

The fragment has a density

of 100 billion kilograms
per cubic centimeter.

As a result,
when it passes Moab IV

it will cause tectonic shifts

well beyond 8.7
on the Richter scale.

I'm afraid we're going to have
to evacuate your people.

Evacuate?

That is not possible.

There must be an alternative.

Well, we will gladly explore

the possibility of it
with you, Mr. Conor.

Would you like to come aboard
to discuss it?

Our environment is sealed.

No one can get in or out.

We are capable
of matter/energy transport.

Matter/energy?

We can take you
directly through the structure.

Really?

That's quite remarkable.

May we arrange
for your transport?

No. I must remain here

but under the circumstances

I will permit a small delegation
from your ship

inside the biosphere,
if only to see

this matter/energy
transportation you speak of.

Very good.

Commander Riker and an away team
will be with you shortly.

Picard out.

This is a mistake, Aaron.

Good Lord, Martin,
what would you have me do?

Anything that would
keep them out of here.

We have nothing to hide.

We have a great deal to lose.

What is that?

It's them.

Look at this, Martin.

Incredible.

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.

It's lovely.

I can understand

why you're reluctant
to leave, Mr. Conor.

Not just reluctant, Miss Troi.

It is imperative that we remain.

It would be suicide to evacuate.

It would destroy everything

we have worked
for two centuries to accomplish.

You see, this is
an engineered society.

Engineered?

Genetically engineered.

Our ancestors came from Earth
to create a perfect society.

They believed that through
controlled procreation

they could create
people without flaws

and those people
would build a paradise.

All of you have been
selectively bred?

Your DNA patterns chosen?

Eight generations of us.

We have immeasurably extended
the potential of humanity.

Physically, psychologically,
we have evolved beyond...

Beyond...

Beyond us.

Frankly, yes.

No one in this society
would be blind, for example.

No offense intended.

I can see you just fine, sir.

Yes, well, my point was just...

Thank you, Martin.

Perhaps you've also
made it clear there are

still a few imperfections
we're working on.

For the most part,
we have achieved

a fully integrated existence

not just among ourselves,
but with our environment.

We don't just live here.

We're a part of our environment.

It is part of us.

Every plant life,
every microscopic life-form

is a part of the master design.

We cannot separate
ourselves from it

without irreparably altering
who and what we are.

Your presence here
has already begun to affect

the entire balance
of our society.

If we don't survive,
the balance of our society

won't mean a great deal,
will it?

I apologize, but he is
performing his function

as he is designed to do.

And what function might that be?

He is the interpreter

of our founders' intentions
for the society.

A judge.

Yes. More or less.

Obviously, he has
no diplomatic talents.

And obviously, you do.

I have been bred to fill
this specific role.

We grow up knowing exactly
what our society needs from us

what we are expected to do.

That must take some
of the fun out of it.

Not at all.

My entire psychological makeup

tells me
that I was born to lead.

I am exactly
what I would choose to be.

Think of it another way.

Are there still people
in your society

who have not yet discovered
who they really are

or what they were meant
to do with their lives?

They may be in the wrong job.

They may be writing bad poetry

or worse yet,
they may be great poets

working as laborers,
never to be discovered.

That does not happen here.

It is, for us,
an ideal existence

and we will not give it up
easily.

We will do whatever we can
to help you preserve it.

Hannah, I'd like you
to meet our guests.

Oh, yes, of course,
from the starship.

I've been looking forward
to speaking with you.

Hannah Bates is one
of our scientists.

If there's any way
to shore up our defenses

Hannah will find it.

She has a remarkable talent
in theoretical physics.

I've worked up a few schematics

based on gravimetric potentials
and deflector energy allocation.

Geordi, Troi and I

will return to the Enterprise.

When you've reached a
conclusion, you can contact us.

Commander, if Mr. Conor
doesn't mind

I'd like to stay and see
more of his colony.

No, no. That would be fine.

I'd like you to see it.

Riker to Enterprise.

One to beam up.

Acknowledged, Commander.

Energize.

Are you sure my being here

is not going to be...
disruptive?

Disruptive?

You mean what Martin was saying?

Well, I certainly wouldn't wish

to throw off
your entire balance.

Too late... the damage is done.

Seriously.

I sometimes think that
strict interpreters like Martin

have forgotten
we're still human.

We'll adjust, accommodate.

There must be other
unexpected events

you have to deal with...

an untimely death, an accident.

Our geneticists are able

to screen out
any congenital health risks

before conception.

Our population is diverse enough
to maintain a genetic balance

in the event of accidental death

but very little that is
unexpected occurs here.

Am I making this sound
incredibly dull?

Not at all.

I'll tell you the truth

but I'll deny it
if you tell Martin.

I found today exhilarating

meeting you, meeting new people
with new ideas.

I feel the same
about being here.

I'm something of a student
of human nature

and I find this all fascinating.

A student of human nature?

I'm the Ship's Counselor.

Ahh.

I'm afraid you wouldn't find
much work here, Counselor.

I'd book my next vacation
at your hotel if you had one.

Well, in that case, I shall have
to have them build one.

The biosphere's superstructure

will never withstand
the tectonic shocks.

The environment
would be compromised.

That's how I see it.

Your ship...

what kind of energy output
is it capable of generating?

We have a matter/anti-matter
warp reaction system...

the most powerful in Starfleet.

Normally kicks plasma up
into the terawatt range.

Well, either we're going to have
to move, or that fragment is...

We can move a small moon
or an asteroid

but a stellar core fragment?

That's much too massive
for our tractor beam.

What's that?

A wild idea.

Purely theoretical.

A multiphase tractor beam?

When we first spotted

the fragment approaching,
I came up with the idea

but we can't generate the kind
of energy we would need.

You can.

We'd need Hannah on the ship.

No.

With my theories
and their equipment

we might be able to alter
the fragment's path.

It's our only chance
to avoid evacuation.

No one had ever come here

and no one had ever left
until today.

This is a date to note
in our history books.

This is in direct violation

of the intentions
of our founders, Aaron.

I don't think they intended us
to die, Martin.

Her absence will create
an additional imbalance.

Temporarily.

Circumstances require us
to be flexible.

We have no idea how molecular
transport will affect her DNA.

It won't affect her DNA at all.

There's been over a century
of evidence to prove that.

You can go, Hannah.

May I return later?

I look forward to it.

Enterprise, three to beam up.

Energize.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

Commander La Forge and Hannah
Bates have spent three days

trying to find a way to adjust
the path of the core fragment.

If they do not succeed
in the next 48 hours

we will need to begin
evacuation.

I believe some will choose
to risk death

rather than leave, Captain.

You've spent a good deal
of time on the surface.

How do you suggest
we change their minds?

I'm not sure we can.

It would mean abandoning
their fundamental way of life.

They've managed to turn

a dubious scientific
endeavor into dogma.

You don't approve
of genetic engineering.

It was a bad idea whose
time has long passed.

They seem to have
made it succeed.

Huh.

They've given away
their humanity

with this...
genetic manipulation.

Many of the qualities
that they breed out...

the... the uncertainty...
self-discovery, the unknown...

these are many of the qualities
that make life worth living.

Well, at least to me.

I wouldn't want to live my life

knowing that my future
was written

that my boundaries
had been already set.

Would you?

I've asked myself that question
a lot during the past few days.

I don't know.

I doubt it.

Nevertheless,
it's what they believe in

and it won't be an easy matter
to talk them into leaving.

This leader of theirs, Conor,
he seems to be a reasonable man.

I find him very reasonable.

Open to suggestions,
thoughtful, quite disarming.

The perfect administrator.

I'm sure.

Will he leave when he sees
there's no other choice?

I don't know.

I hope so.

You admire him.

Yes.

Then... help him
to see the reality

of what may happen
to his colony.

If he makes the right decision...

if he's as good a leader
as he's designed to be...

then perhaps
the others will follow.

If we increase the warp power
transfer by 80%...

It's just going to blow
the emitters again.

We won't be able to
reinforce the conduit

to hold that power level.

It just doesn't work.

I haven't had any sleep
in so long

my eyelids feel like I have
lead weights attached to them.

Ahh.

Geordi?

Hmm?

Were you always blind?

I'm sorry.

I probably shocked the hell
out of you, didn't I?

No.

I'll put it back on.

Don't.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to embarrass you.

I've never been embarrassed
by this, Hannah.

Never.

I was... born blind.

I've always been this way.

May I see it, your VISOR?

Yeah, sure.

So...

guess if I had been conceived
on your world

I wouldn't even be here now,
would I?

No.

No. I'd have been terminated
as a fertilized cell.

It was the wish of our founders

that no one have to suffer
a life with disabilities.

Who gave them
the right to decide

whether or not I should be here?

Whether or not I might have
something to contribute?

I... I don't know what to say.

Here you go.

How does it work?

Well, the VISOR scans
the electromagnetic spectrum

from one hertz
to 100,000 terahertz

converts it all
to usable frequencies

and then transmits
that information

directly to my brain.

What about
the data conversion rate?

How do you avoid
a sensory overload?

A bank of preprocessors
compresses the data stream

into pulses, you see.

That way
my visual cortex never...

Wait a minute.

Wait just a minute.

We should be able to send
a high-energy pulse

through the tractor system.

If it's short enough

it shouldn't overload
the emitters.

The technology is right here.

If we could adapt
those pulse compression routines

and then apply them
to the warp power conduits...

We'd have to avoid
tractor force rebounding

but that shouldn't be hard.

Sure, with a few
modifications...

Oh-oh... Oh, that's perfect.

What?

If the answer to all of this

is in a VISOR
created for a blind man

who never would have existed
in your society.

No offense intended.

Please, Matthew, continue.

It's hard to believe.

So much loveliness here

just a few meters away
from such desolation.

It's hard to believe
we're about to lose it.

This may sound
incredibly simplistic

but can't you re-engineer
all this on another planet?

A nursery rhyme my mother
used to read to me

has been running round
and round my mind

since all this began.

A nursery rhyme?

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."

"All the king's horses
and all the king's men

couldn't put Humpty
together again."

Why do we tell our children
such ghastly stories?

Perhaps to prepare them
for times like these.

We are every bit as fragile
as an egg

and as impossible
to reconstruct.

We are integrated and refined
to such a degree

that any fundamental change
would lead to chaos.

I'm so sorry, Aaron.

I wish I could do something
to help.

You have helped.

You've been wonderful
these past few days.

You've been my Counselor.

No...

A Counselor has to maintain
a discreet distance.

I'd rather think of us
as friends.

Friends?

That just won't do either...

will it?

Aaron...

I must confess,
part of me knows

that if I transport
through these walls

you'll be on the other side.

This is wrong.

Terribly wrong.

In order to move the core
fragment to a safe trajectory

we needed our tractor beam

to be able to handle
high-powered pulses.

We needed a much more efficient
emitter to do that.

About four times more efficient.

But we couldn't get
anywhere near that

without overloading
the emitter arrays.

So we added a little VISOR
technology to the process

and were able to boost
the effective force

and, at the same time

lower the power conduit
stress levels.

What's the increase
in efficiency?

Up to almost 300%.

That's not enough.

That's true.
We won't be able

to move the fragment
as far as we'd like to...

But if we also fortify
the biosphere's

structural integrity
at the same time...

With some of the
shield improvements

that I've discovered
here, it could work.

Of course, we'll have to lend

them some of our
engineering support crews.

Advise Mr. Conor.

Number One, brief
the appropriate officers.

Prepare them for transport
as soon as Mr. Conor approves.

Yes, sir.

You're up early.

I'm still on Enterprise time.

Aaron...

I'm going back to the ship.

I'm not going to see you again.

Why?

Because it's the right thing
to do.

I'm not convinced of that.

You know it as well as I do.

You're angry.

Yes, I'm angry.

I'm angry with myself
for allowing this to happen.

Deanna...

I could fall in love with you
so easily

but we both know the end
of that story, don't we?

How would Martin feel

about introducing
half-Betazoid DNA

into the genetic balance?

If we have to evacuate,
anything's possible.

Listen to yourself.

A few days ago,
you wouldn't even talk to us.

This is my fault.

I'm so sorry.

I need you here.

This doesn't have
to happen again.

I have to go.

Good news, Aaron.

We should be able
to change the course

of the core fragment

but we'll also need
to fortify the structure

and we're going
to need help to do it.

We'll need to bring down

engineering crews
from the Enterprise

to work with your people
for the next 48 hours.

Engineering crews?

They have to install
five new shield generators

and power supplies.

50 officers are waiting
for your approval

to transport down.

We don't have much time,
Aaron.

Is there any other choice?

None.

Enterprise, you may begin
transport when ready.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

The Enterprise has moved

to a parallel course
with the core fragment.

We must adjust its trajectory
by a minimum of 1.2 degrees

to ensure the colony's safety.

Bring us within range
of the fragment, Ensign.

Aye, sir.

You may proceed

Mr. La Forge.

Yes, sir.

Good luck.

You, too.

Engage tractor beam.

Okay, let's give it a try.

Shutting down
non-critical systems.

Emitter circuits
170% over standard.

Increasing impulse power
to tractor emitters.

EPS power levels rising.

Transferring warp power
to tractor beam generator.

Graviton generator's
operating normally.

Surge pulse now synchronized.

Emitters radiating
at 320% over standard.

Bridge, we need more power.

Reduce life-support to minimum
requirements, Mr. Data.

Aye, sir.

390% over standard.

Come on, come on.

No change
in the fragment's course.

We've got to increase
the pulse frequency.

The emitter circuits
won't hold for long.

We don't need them for long.

400% over standard.

Okay. Now we're getting there.

Fragment's moved.4 degrees

off its previous heading...
.65.

It's working.

We have lost one
of the emitter circuits, sir.

Life-support failure
decks nine, 12 and 13.

Engage evacuation procedures
for those decks.

Geordi, we're going to need
power back soon.

Acknowledged.

Fragment's new heading
adjustment

is at 1.01 degrees.

Is it enough?

Not yet. Hold on.

We've lost the second
lateral emitter circuit.

Losing life-support systems
on decks five through nine.

Evacuation procedures
initiated.

Mr. La Forge?

Hold on, Captain.

Shipwide life-support failure
in 15 seconds, sir.

Almost there, Geordi.

Course shift
is at 1.16 degrees.

Termination of all life-support
in... five seconds.

1.18!

Now, Mr. La Forge.

Yes, sir. Shutting down
all tractor emissions.

Transferring power
back to life-support.

One point...

two!

We've got it!

Life-support normal
on all decks.

Mr. Data?

The fragment's course
has been altered

by 1.21 degrees, sir.

Hail the colony.

Yes, Captain?

Success, Mr. Conor.

With the upgrades
to your biosphere

the core fragment should
no longer be a danger.

I cannot adequately express
my appreciation to your crew.

Is Hannah able to hear me?

Yes, yes. Go ahead, Aaron.

This is an historic achievement,
Hannah.

You've done a wonderful thing
for our people.

Thank you.

We look forward to honoring you
appropriately when you return.

Thank you again, Captain.

Conor out.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

The stellar core fragment

has passed safely
out of the Moab system.

The colony was shaken
by powerful temblors

but, fortunately
there were no injuries

and only minor damage
was reported.

Energize.

That should do it.

All members
of the Enterprise crew

are accounted for, Mr. Conor.

They've been invaluable,
Commander.

Thank you again.

If there's nothing else,
we can be on our way.

Would you tell Deanna Troi
for me that I'm sorry

I didn't get the opportunity
to say good-bye personally?

I'm sure she'll feel
the same way.

A breach in the biosphere.

Get Hannah Bates.

Apparently, the refortification
wasn't adequate.

There's definite
structural damage.

It appears that the tectonic
shifts created a breach.

Can it be repaired?

I don't know.

I'll have to run
a diagnostic in the lab.

Unless we seal it and fast,
we may have to evacuate.

How long do we have?

Based on the level
of toxicity I'm reading

it may only be
a matter of hours.

Do you mind if I give
her a hand, Commander?

By all means.

Isn't it amazing after
all we went through?

Yeah.

Amazing.

It looks bad.

It's cracked
well beneath the surface.

Why are you doing this?

What do you mean?

There's no breach.

What are you talking about?

Look at it.

It's right here.

I measured the toxic leak.

You saw me.

Hannah, my VISOR's
positronic scan

would have detected the leak

and its molecular
pattern enhancer

would have picked up
even the smallest crack.

The damn thing doesn't
miss much, does it?

Fine.

I'll tell them the truth.

Will that make you happy?

Why are you doing this?

I was born to be
one of the best scientific minds

of my generation,
and in the past five days

I have encountered technology
that I have barely imagined

and I've got to ask myself,
if we're so brilliant

how come we didn't invent
any of these things?

Well, maybe necessity really is
the mother of invention.

You never really look
for something until you need it.

But all my needs have been
anticipated and planned for

before I was even born.

All of us in this colony have
been living in the Dark Ages.

It's like we're victims
of a 200-year-old joke.

Until you came

all we could see was
to the wall of our biosphere.

Suddenly, our eyes
have been opened

to the infinite possibilities.

Asylum?

She wants to leave the colony.

She may not be the only one.

The science teams that
went down to the surface

fielded a lot of questions
from the colonists

who were more than curious about
what's outside their world.

Well, why shouldn't we
grant them asylum?

We can't do that.

We have to do that.

Do you understand
what it would do to the colony?

I understand that these
are human beings, Counselor

with free will.

If she wants to leave,
she has every right to.

And what happens to
the colony if she does?

And others join her?

The society is
genetically integrated.

Suddenly there would be gaps,
missing pieces.

It would destroy them.

There must be something
we can do to help.

We may have done too much
to help them already, Doctor.

Well, we saved them
from destruction.

Did we?

Counselor, I think it's time
you took me to meet Mr. Conor.

Transporter Room Three.

Computer, halt.

Captain, I have
to tell you something

and it isn't easy for me

because I've used
very poor judgment.

Actually, I've acted
quite unprofessionally.

Counselor

what is it you say?

Take a deep breath.

Conor and I have had
a relationship.

I see.

It should never have happened.

I knew there was concern
about outside influences, and...

I should have been more careful.

What is your status
with him now?

I did not intend
to see him again.

Would you prefer
not to return to the surface?

No, I think
I should come with you

but... I wanted you to know
before we went down.

I appreciate that.

Computer, resume.

I wanted so much to help him...

to be there for him, but...

the more I was...

Deanna.

We all went into this with
the best of intentions.

I should have walked away

as soon as I saw
what was happening.

But you didn't...

and that's human.

We make mistakes.

Genetic manipulation or not

nobody's perfect.

You would ignore
the welfare of the colony

for your own selfish interests?

The welfare of this colony
would be best served

by rejoining the human race.

She has been contaminated
by the people on that ship.

Aaron.

Mr. Conor, I believe
that you and I should talk.

This is your doing.

We never should have
answered your hails.

If we'd followed
that advice, Martin

we'd all be dead by now.

So much for the welfare
of this colony.

You are not taking her with you.

I'm leaving.

And I'll tell you
something else.

There are at least

a dozen others
who are ready to go with me.

Hannah, let's allow
Aaron and Captain Picard

to discuss this.

Why don't we go for a walk?

There's nothing else
for them to talk about.

Martin.

I think it would be helpful
if I...

I want to talk
to Captain Picard alone.

But...

Thank you, Martin.

The irony is he's the one
who saw this coming

from the moment you arrived.

Because I didn't want
to hear him

I chose not to listen.

You made decisions
you felt would save your colony.

No. No.

I wish it were that simple.

I'm afraid I can't
forgive myself so easily.

You see, Captain...

I know what Hannah Bates
is feeling.

I've been feeling it as well.

I found your people
intriguing, stimulating

as she has.

I've been every bit
as curious about you

as the next man

but I am not the next man.

I am the leader of these people

and every genetic fiber
in my being

demands that I protect them

and instead,
I have betrayed them.

I have allowed this to happen.

We've both allowed
this to happen.

Then let us both find a way

to stop it
from going any further.

I wish I could see a way.

Picard, I was born
to govern this colony

not to dismantle it.

If you force them to stay

you will be suppressing
their human rights.

If even a handful leave

the damage to this society
will be devastating.

What about the rights
of those who would stay behind?

They are the ones who will
inherit the social chaos

that will follow
for generations.

Your arrival
created this problem.

Your departure solves it.

That is simplistic.

Refuse them passage.

I cannot ignore
the requests of people...

humans...

who ask for transport
away from here.

Nor can you ignore the fact
that thousands will suffer

if you agree to take them.

And as suffering grows,
more will demand to leave.

We are witnessing
the end of this existence.

I implore you, Captain.

Do not let this happen.

You would have me
make the decision for you

but I can't do that.

I am willing to talk
to these people with you

and I will urge them not
to make an impulsive choice

but if, finally,
they choose to leave

the Enterprise
will not turn them away.

Captain Picard has decided
to grant transport

to any individuals
who wish to leave Genome Colony.

I am asking you to stay.

Aaron, don't you see

we can't be happy
here any longer?

We were innocent.

It will never be that way again.

The experiences of the past week

will become
part of our heritage.

We will adjust.

In a few generations...

We're not willing to stay here
a few generations.

All right.

Then give me six months.

Just wait six months
before you leave.

What will that accomplish?

It's true
that our presence here

has had an unintended influence
on your society

but it's done

and there is no way to undo it.

But feelings
are running very high.

Perhaps it's not such a bad idea

that you should take
adequate time

to weigh carefully
the consequences

of what you're about to do.

We are prepared to return
in six months.

In other words,
we are being asked

to stay here for six months
while they pressure us

to change our minds.

In five days, you've seen only
the most superficial evidence

of what life is like
outside this biosphere.

Would you ever choose

to live aboard a ship
in a bottle, Captain?

You are in command
of a starship.

You live to explore the unknown.

We ask for that same privilege.

Hannah...

this is your home.

We are all, in a sense,
your family.

Don't we deserve an opportunity

to open a dialogue on this issue
at the very least?

I am only asking for six months.

It won't make any difference.

You'll only be putting
the people of this colony

through unnecessary
pain and anguish.

You are the ones
causing pain and anguish

in this colony... you!

Don't you see, Aaron?
It's over.

It's time for you to lead
our people into a new era.

You could come with us.

When you're ready
to come home...

you will be welcome.

What will you do now?

Attempt to assess the damage...

spend the rest of my life
on the near impossible task

of rebuilding this society
without the proper pieces.

Aaron, you acted

in the best interests
of your people.

There was no way
to avoid what happened.

I replay each step in my mind

Iooking for the wrong turn,
a mistake in judgment.

I can find only one.

And, as hard as I try,
I cannot regret even that one.

In fact, I'm quite certain
that given the opportunity

I would choose to make
the same mistake again.

I can only wonder why,
with all the hundreds

of genetically compatible women,
I would fall in love with you.

Don't say that.

Perhaps it's your imperfections
which make you so unique.

But I am in love with you,
Deanna Troi...

and I will always be.

Come.

The colonists
are all on board, sir.

How many finally?

Twenty-three.

If ever we needed reminding

of the importance of the
Prime Directive, it is now.

The Prime Directive
doesn't apply.

They're human.

Doesn't it?

Our very presence
may have damaged

even destroyed
their way of life.

Now, whether or not we agree
with that way of life

whether they're human or not,
is irrelevant, Number One.

We are responsible.

We had to respond to the threat
of the core fragment, didn't we?

Of course we did.

But, in the end

we may have proved just
as dangerous to that colony

as any core fragment
could ever have been.