All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S02E16

Hot chocolate, please.

We, uh...

We don't ordinarily say please
to food dispensers around here.

Well, since it's listed
as intelligent circuitry, why not?

After all, working
with so much artificial intelligence

can be dehumanizing, right?

So why not combat that tendency
with a little simple courtesy?

- Ah, thank you.
- For someone who just arrived

you certainly aren't shy
with your opinions.

- Have I been talking too much?
- No.

Oh, I do tend to have a bit
of a motor mouth

especially when I'm excited.

You don't know how exciting it is

- to have gotten this assignment.
Crewman: Excuse me, lieutenant.

I mean,
everyone wants the enterprise.

I mean, it would have been all right
to spend some time on ranuos vi,

do phase work with antimatter.

- That's my specialty.
- Crewman: Thank you, sir.

I know. That's why
you got this assignment.

I did it again.

- It's just that...
- I know, you're excited.

- Look, Sonya.
- Yes?

I don't think you want
to be around these control stations

with that hot chocolate, do you?

Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't even
have this in engineering.

It's just, we were talking,
I forgot I had it in my hand.

Um, I'm gonna go finish it over here.

Lieutenant la forge?

This is not gonna happen again.

Oh, no! Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, captain.

- Uh, actually, it's my fault, sir.
- Picard: Indeed.

Oh, I wasn't looking.
It's all over you.

Yes, ensign, it's all over me.

At least let me, sir.

Ensign. Uh, ensign...?

Oh. Ensign Sonya Gomez.

Ensign Gomez is a recent
academy graduate, captain.

She just transferred
over at starbase 173.

Is that so?

Well, ensign Sonya Gomez,

I think it will be simpler
if I simply change my uniform.

Captain, I must accept
full responsibility for this.

Yes, chief engineer,
I think I understand.

I just want to say, sir,

that I'm very excited
about this assignment

and I promise to serve you,
and my ship... your ship.

This ship

to the best of my ability.

Yes, ensign, I'm sure that you will.

Carry on.

Oh, my. First impressions, right?

Isn't that what they say, first
impressions are the most important?

I'll give you this.

It's a meeting the captain
won't soon forget.

Deck 9, officers' quarters.

- Crewman, what is going on?
- Welcome, picard, to shuttlecraft 6.

There, there,
haven't we been careless?

A little cleaning service
I'm only too happy to provide.

We agreed you would never
trouble my ship again.

I always keep my arrangements, sir.
Look.

We're nowhere near your vessel.

Picard:
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.

I read your graduating thesis.

Now, I wouldn't have requested you
if you weren't the best.

- Where are we going?
- Ten-fonnard.

We're gonna forget about work.

We are going to sit, talk,
relax, look at the stars.

You need to learn how to slow down.

Oh, no, no, no, I can't do that.

You know, you're awfully young
to be so driven.

Yes, I am. I had to be.

I had to be the best
because only the best get to be here.

Geordi...

Lieutenant.

It's okay. Go on.

Whatever is out here, we're gonna be
the first humans to see it.

And I want to be a part of that.

I want to understand it.

Sonya, relax. You're here.

You've made it.

But you won't last long banging
into walls.

- It'll be there for you, believe me.
- Okay.

Look, I promise
I won't let anything exciting slip past

without letting you know, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

Bridge, this is ten-fonnard.

Guinan?

I don't remember you
ever calling the bridge before.

G u I nan:
Is everything all right?

How do you mean?

Guinan: Is there anything unusual
happening?

No, guinan, nothing out of
the ordinary. Why do you ask?

I'm not sure.

It's just a feeling.

I've had it a couple of times before.
It's probably nothing.

Forget that I called.
Ten-fonnard out.

The locator beam won't help.

They'll never think to look for you
this far away.

Enterprise, this is picard.

Stop this foolishness, q.
Return me to the enterprise.

I'd suggest you change your attitude.

Petulance does not become you.

We have business, picard.

Keeping me a prisoner here

will not compel me
to discuss anything with you.

It will in time.

I appreciate your advice, lieutenant.
And I'll take it to heart.

Guinan?

- Can I get you something?
- We're fine.

Is everything all right?

I don't know.

I, uh, think I'll go check out
engineering.

I'll go with you.

Where is the captain?

In his quarters?

Captain, this is counselor troi.

Computer, locate captain picard.

Computer:
The captain is not on the ship.

Commander,
there is a shuttle missing from bay 2.

- All stop.
- Answering all stop, sir.

I have hailed the shuttle
on all frequencies.

No response.

Sensors indicate no shuttle
or other ships in this sector.

I think we can assume
the captain's aboard that shuttle.

How could he get to the shuttlebay
and leave without us knowing?

- That's not possible.
- Take it easy, Wes.

We're gonna find him.
I want to begin a methodical search.

Worf, set sensors
on maximum scan.

Data, use our present location
as the center.

Plot a search pattern
from these coordinates

to cover the most area
in the least time.

- Search pattern has been input, sir.
- Engage, Mr. Crusher.

First officer's log,
stardate 42761 .3.

We have not been able
to determine

why or how captain picard
left the enterprise.

We can't even be certain
he is in the missing shuttle,

although that is the assumption
on which we are proceeding.

For the last six hours, we have
been searching without success.

We have covered the area
in a spherical pattern

which a vessel without warp drive
could traverse in the time allotted.

Widen the area.

Do we stay out here years?

Decades?

I'm ageless, picard. You are not.

The enterprise will continue
with riker as captain.

You are an impossibly
stubborn human.

Return me to my ship!

If I return you to your ship

will you agree
to give my request a full hearing?

You're right, picard.

This is the proper venue
for our discussion.

Commander.

My status board indicates the shuttle
is back in bay 2.

Computer, locate captain picard.

Computer:
Captain picard is in ten-forward.

I knew it was you.

You?

If you had half the sense
you pretend to have,

you would get her
off your ship immediately.

And if you'd like,
I'd be more than pleased

to expedite her departure.

You know him?

We have had some dealings.

Those dealings
were two centuries ago.

This creature is not
what she appears to be.

She's an imp. And where she goes,
trouble always follows.

You're speaking of yourself, q,
not guinan.

Guinan? Is that your name now?

Guinan is not the issue here.
You are.

We had an agreement
that you would stop meddling with us.

- And so I have.
- What do you want, q?

You state your business,
get on with it.

I agree, captain.

Enough about this creature.

She's diverting us
from the purpose of my being here.

Which is?

Oh, the redoubtable
commander riker.

And micro-brain. Growl for me.
Let me know you still care.

- My purpose is to join you.
- To join us as what?

As a member of the crew.
Willing and able, ready to serve.

This ship is already home

for the indigent, the unwanted,
the unworthy.

Why not for a homeless entity?

- Homeless?
- Yes.

The other members
of the q continuum kicked you out?

Guinan: Not all the q are alike.

Some are almost respectable.

Ready and willing. Able to serve.

What would you do?

Would you start
as an ordinary crewman?

Hmm? What task is too menial

for an entity?

Sir, do you mock me?

Not at all.
That's the last thing I would do.

You, by definition,
are part of our charter.

Our mission is to seek out
new and different life-forms

and you certainly qualify as one of
the most unique I've ever encountered.

To learn about you
is frankly provocative.

But you're next of kin to chaos.

Captain, at least allow me
to present my argument.

After our last encounter,
I was asked to leave the q continuum.

Since then
I've been wandering vaguely.

Bored, really.

My existence without purpose.

Then I remembered
all the good times I had with you.

The good times?
The first time we met you,

you put us on trial
for the crimes of humanity.

Of which you were exonerated.

The next time we saw you,
you asked me to join the q continuum.

A big mistake
that you didn't accept my offer.

More and more I realize that here...
Here is where I want to be.

Think of the advantages.

Now, I neither expect nor require
any special treatment.

And if necessary,
although I can't imagine why,

I will renounce my powers

and become as weak
and as incompetent as all of you.

No?
Oh, captain, in fairness, let me try.

I deserve at least that much.

In fairness? You disrupt this ship?
You kidnap the captain?

I add a little excitement, a little spice
to your lives and all you do is complain.

Where is your adventurous spirit,
your imagination?

Think, picard, think.
Think of the possibilities.

Simply speaking, we don't trust you.

Oh. Well, you may not trust me,
but you do need me.

You're not prepared
for what awaits you.

How can we be prepared
for that which we do not know?

But I do know
that we are ready to encounter it.

- Really?
- Yes. Absolutely.

That's why we're out here.

Oh, the arrogance.

They don't have a clue
as to what's out here.

They will learn, adapt.

That is their greatest advantage.

They are moving faster than expected,
further than they should.

By whose calculations?

You judge yourselves against the pitiful
adversaries you've encountered so far.

The romulans, the klingons,

they're nothing compared
to what's waiting.

Picard, you are about to move
into areas of the galaxy

containing wonders more incredible
than you can possibly imagine.

And terrors to freeze your soul.

I offer myself as a guide.

Only to be rejected out of hand.

We'll just have to do the best we can
without you.

- What justifies that smugness?
- Not smugness, not arrogance.

But we're resolute,
we're determined,

and your help is not required.

We'll just have to see
how ready you are.

Bridge, this is the captain. All stop.

Wesley: Answering all stop, sir.

Status?

According to these coordinates,
we have traveled 7000 light years

and are located near
the system j-25.

Travel time to the nearest starbase?

At maximum warp, in two years,
seven months, three days, 18 hours,

we would reach starbase 185.

Why? — why?

Why, to give you a taste
of your future.

A preview of things to come.

The hall is rented,
the orchestra engaged.

It's now time to see if you can dance.

Guinan, your people have been
in this part of the galaxy.

- Yes.
- What can you tell us?

Only that if I were you,

I'd start back now.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 42761 .9.

Despite guinan's warning,
I feel compelled to investigate

this unexplored sector of the galaxy
before heading back.

Captain, the sixth planet
in the system is class m.

There is a series of roads
on this planet

which indicates
a highly industrialized civilization.

But where there should be cities,
there are only great rips in the surface.

It is though some great force

just scooped all the machine elements
off the face of the planet.

It is identical to what happened
to the outposts along the neutral zone.

Captain, we are being probed.

- What is the source of the probe?
- A ship.

- It is on an intercept course.
- On-screen.

Magnify.

- Riker: Full scan.
- Go to yellow alert.

Worf: Going to yellow alert.

Riker: Keep the shields down.
We don't want to appear provocative.

Worf: Aye, sir.

Mr. Data, what can you tell us?

The ship is strangely generalized
in design.

There is no specific bridge,
no command center.

There is no engineering section.

I can identify no living quarters.

- Life signs?
- Data: There is no indication of life.

Lieutenant worf,
what is its alert status?

I detect no shields.
No weapons of any known design.

- Hailing frequencies.
- Open.

This is captain Jean-Luc picard
of the u. S. S. Enterprise.

No response.

This is captain picard,

representing
the united federation of planets.

Guinan, activate your viewscreen.

I would like you to monitor
what's going on up here.

I may need your input.

I'm here, captain.

Viewscreen's activated.
I have the other ship.

- You're familiar with this life-form?
- Guinan: Yes.

My people encountered them
a century ago.

They destroyed our cities.

Scattered my people
throughout the galaxy.

They're called the borg.

Protect yourself, captain,
or they'll destroy you.

- Shields up.
- Aye, sir.

Riker: All decks, stand by.

Security, report to main engineering.

We have an intruder.

Lieutenant?

Status?

It seemed to make a visual survey
of the engine course, sir.

Then it moved in here.

Interesting, isn't it?
Not a he, not a she.

Not like anything you've ever seen.
An enhanced humanoid.

What is it you want?

We mean you no harm.

Do you understand me?

Understand you?

You're nothing to him.
He's not interested in your life-form.

He's just a scout, the first of many.
He's here to analyze your technology.

He may attempt to gain control
of the ship.

I wouldn't let him.

Stop!

I cannot allow you to interfere
with the operation of this ship.

Mr. Worf.

Ensign.

Mr. Worf,

use whatever means
to neutralize the invader.

Because her people had contact
with the borg,

I have requested guinan
to participate in this conference.

You are aware of what occurred
just now in main engineering.

What happened between your people
and the borg?

I wasn't there personally.

But from what I'm told,

they swarmed through our system.

And when they left,

there was little or nothing
left of my people.

Guinan, if they were that aggressive,
why didn't the borg attack?

They could have but they didn't.

They don't do that individually.
That's not their way.

When they decide to come,
they're gonna come in force.

They don't do anything piecemeal.

Then the initial encounter
was solely for the purpose

of gathering information?

How do we reason with them?
Let them know that we're not a threat?

You don't.

At least,
I've never known anyone who did.

Worf:
Captain, we are being hailed.

On-screen.

This is captain Jean-Luc picard
of the u. S. S...

Borg: We have analyzed
your defensive capabilities

as being unable to withstand us.

If you defend yourselves,
you will be punished.

Picard: Hmm.

Counselor?

Troi: We're not dealing
with an individual mind.

They don't have a single leader.

It's the collective minds
of all of them.

That would have
definite advantages.

Yes, a single leader
can make mistakes,

which is far less likely
in the combined whole.

Picard.

Whew. Picard,
are you sure you don't want me

as a member of your crew?

Worf:
Captain, the borg have locked onto us

with some form of tractor beam.

We're on our way.

Report, lieutenant.

Worf:
That beam is draining our shields.

If they pull down our shields,
we're helpless.

Warp 8, any heading. Engage.

Captain,
the beam is holding us here.

- Increase the power.
- Shields weakening.

Shields will be down in 18 seconds.

Locate the exact source
of that tractor beam.

- Lock on phasers.
- Phasers locked on target.

Fire.

They still have us.

Shields are down, sir.

A type of laser beam
is slicing into the saucer section.

They're carving us up like a roast.

With whatever force necessary,
terminate that beam.

Fire when ready.

Again, Mr. Worf.

Tractor beam is released, sir.

Force field is maintaining
our hull integrity.

- Damage report?
- Worf: Coming in, sir.

Sections 27, 28, 29
on decks 4, 5 and 6 destroyed.

Picard: Casualties?

Eighteen were in that section
and are missing.

What is the condition
of the alien ship?

They have sustained damage
to 20 percent of their vessel.

Life support's minimal.

Conference.

I can't keep the shields up.

Divert power from anywhere you need
it. Anywhere except for life support.

No, no, it wouldn't help.

The circuits that control the shields,
they've been fused.

If you can't reprogram, then reroute.

Eighteen people.

- Dead just like that.
- I know.

Just put it out of your head.

- No, I can't. I keep seeing them.
- Sonya, stop it!

We'll have time to grieve later.

Now, right now, let's just get
these shields operating. Hmm?

Right, right. Of course.

Guinan, how much more
can you tell us about these creatures?

- Bits and pieces.
- Anything would help.

They're made up
of organic and artificial life

which has been developing
for thousands of centuries.

The borg is the ultimate user.

They're unlike any threat
your federation has ever faced.

They're not interested
in political conquest,

wealth or power as you know it.

They're simply interested in your ship,
its technology.

They've identified it
as something they can consume.

You brought us here.
You exposed us to it

and you cost us the lives
of our shipmates.

Oh, please.

Number one.

Eighteen of our people have died.

Please,
tell us this is one of your illusions.

Oh, no.

This is as real
as your so-called life gets.

La forge:
This is lieutenant la forge, captain.

We've been able to restore power
to the shields.

Very good.

Worf: Captain, [have
the casualty list coming on-screen.

Cancel. We'll deal with that later.

If we're going to have any
further dealings with the borg

now or in the future,

I think we should find out
all we can about them.

- Visit the ship?
- In my opinion, that's the only choice.

- Assemble a minimal away team.
- Guinan: What?

Mr. Worf, transporter room 3.
Data.

I wouldn't go there if I were you.

I don't know, they paid us a visit.

It seems only fair
that we return the courtesy.

Picard:
Captain's log, supplemental.

We have been attacked
without provocation by an alien race

which guinan calls the borg.

It appears that we have neutralized
their vessel.

Commander riker
is leading an away team

in an attempt
to learn more about them.

There are no life sign readings.

I've laid in coordinates
that should set you down

in the least damaged section
of the borg ship.

Set phasers on stun.

Be ready to increase power
in case we need it.

Energize.

I wonder why they don't react to us.

Or why the enterprise didn't read
any life signs,

especially with this many of them.

Perhaps because the ship was being
scanned for individual life signs.

Apparently,
when they are in these slots

they become a part of the whole

and no longer read
as separate life-forms.

- Captain?
- Go ahead, number one.

Ri ke r:
Our readings were incorrect.

The borg crew survived.

They appear to be
in some kind of stasis.

- Picard: Explain.
- There are slots along the wall,

kind of like compartments.

There are two borg in each one.

Captain, I would theorize

that the borg
are somehow interconnected

through these slots
and are working collectively.

We're gonna try to access
their main computer.

Commander, I believe each slot
is designed for a specific borg.

Here is where
the connection is made.

Like a juggernaut.
It could begin moving at any moment.

The technology required to achieve
this biological and artificial interface

is far beyond our capabilities.

- There are many advantages.
- Speed being the most obvious.

This ship literally just thinks
what it wants and then it happens.

Fascinating.

They either don't see us
or don't see us as a threat.

- Transporter chief?
- O'brien here, captain.

Picard: If your fix on the away team
wavers in the slightest,

beam them back immediately.

Count on it, sir.

Captain, this is incredible.

We've entered
what appears to be the borg nursery.

Picard: Describe it.

From the look of it, the borg
are born as a biological life-form.

It seems
that almost immediately after birth

they begin artificial implants.

Apparently the borg
have developed the technology

to link artificial intelligence
directly into the humanoid brain.

Astounding.

Commander?

- What is it?
- The ship appears to be regenerating.

Perhaps this explains why they
have not taken notice of our presence.

Their collective effort
is being directed

into repairing this vessel.

Captain, the borg seem
to be using their combined power

to repair the ship.

Transporter chief,

beam the away team directly
to the bridge.

Let's get the hell out of here.
Warp 8.

Now, Mr. Crusher. Engage.

Captain, the borg are in pursuit.

On-screen.

Magnify.

Riker:
Increase to 10 to the third power.

- It's continuing to regenerate.
- Let's see if we can outrun them.

Mr. La forge, I want maximum warp
for as long as we can hold it.

Yes, sir.

We are now passing warp 8.5.

Eight point eight.

Warp 9.

Arm the photon torpedoes.
Let's see if we can slow them down.

Torpedoes armed.

Fire.

They had no effect.

La forge:
Bridge, this is engineering.

We are now at warp 9.65.

The borg are still gaining.

They will follow this ship
until you exhaust your fuel.

They will wear down your defenses.
Then you will be theirs.

Admit it, picard,
you're out of your league.

You should have stayed
where you belonged.

Picard:
Captain's log, supplemental.

We are unable to maintain the gap

between the enterprise
and the borg ship.

La forge: Engineering to bridge.

Go ahead.

La forge:
You've got all we can give you.

I understand, Mr. La forge.

Captain,
the enemy vessel is firing on us.

There are no reports of any damage
to the enterprise.

Captain, the target was not the ship.

The weapon was designed
to drain the shields.

Confirmed, shield effectiveness
has been reduced 12 percent.

Wesley:
Captain, the borg ship is closing.

They're firing again.

Shields have been reduced
41 percent.

Another hit
and we will be defenseless.

- Arm the photon torpedoes.
- Torpedoes armed.

Fire the photons.

The borg ship was not damaged.

You can't outrun them.
You can't destroy them.

If you damage them,
the essence of what they are remains.

They regenerate and keep coming.

Eventually you will weaken.
Your reserves will be gone.

They are relentless.

The borg ship is firing.

We have lost shields again.

Captain, we've just lost
the warp engines.

Where's your stubbornness now,
picard? Your arrogance?

Do you still profess to be prepared
for what awaits you?

The borg ship is re-establishing
its tractor beam.

- Lock on photon torpedoes.
- Worf: Yes, sir.

Without our shields, at this range
there is a high degree of probability

that a photon detonation
could destroy the enterprise.

Prepare to fire.

I'll be leaving now.

You thought you could handle it.

So handle it.

Q, end this.

What makes you think
I'm either inclined

or capable
to terminate this encounter?

If we all die, here, now,

you will not be able to gloat.

You wanted to frighten us.

We're frightened.

You wanted to show us
that we were inadequate.

For the moment,

I Grant that.

You wanted me to say "I need you"?

I need you.

Position.

Zero seven zero, Mark six three, sir.

Back where we started.

That was a difficult admission.

Another man
would have been humiliated

to say those words.

Another man would have rather died
than ask for help.

I understand
what you've done here, q.

But I think the lesson
could have been learned

without the loss
of 18 members of my crew.

If you can't take a little bloody nose,

maybe you ought to go back home
and crawl under your bed.

It's not safe out here.

It's wondrous,

with treasures to satiate desires
both subtle and gross.

But it's not for the timid.

Mr. Crusher,

set course for the nearest starbase.

Course laid in for starbase 83, sir.

Engage.

Q set a series of events into motion,

bringing your contact with the borg

much sooner
than it should have come.

Now, perhaps when you're ready,

it might be possible to establish
a relationship with them.

But for now, for right now,

you're just raw material to them.

Since they're aware
of your existence...

They will be coming.

You can bet on it.

Maybe q did the right thing
for the wrong reason.

- How so?
- Well,

perhaps what we most needed
was a kick in our complacency

to prepare us for what lies ahead.