All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S04E15

Woman: Dr. Nessor,
please contact station 12.

- Dr. Nessor, contact station 12.
- Man 1: Code blue here.

- Watch the door.
- Man 2: All right.

Careful. He may have
sustained cranial damage.

Woman 2: Move him
to the diagnostic pad.

Slowly. Man 2: Here we go.

Woman 2: Slowly. That's good.

Man 1: In here, stat.

All right, all right, careful.

Man 2: Readings?

Man 1: Uh, they're fluctuating.

He took a severe blow.

With possible trauma
to the telencephalon.

Woman 2:
Start 15 octares of quadroline.

We'll need
a complete del-scan series.

I can't find his cardial organ.

Woman 2: What do you mean?
I'm reading a steady circulation.

There it is. Up here.

In his digestive tract?

Have you ever seen
anything like this?

He's missing three costal struts
on one side.

And four on the other.

You think that's something?
Look at this.

He has digits on his terminus.

What are you?

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.

Man: Yes, doctor, right away.

What happened?

You're in the crisis room
at the sikla medical facility.

You've had a severe injury,
but you're going to be all right.

I was caught in the riots
when the police moved in.

That's the last thing I remember.

Can you tell us your name?

Rivas. Rivas jakara.

Rivas jakara.

Where do you live?

In the marta community
on the southern continent.

You're a long way from home.

Do you have any members
of your family we should notify?

No. I have no family.

I can't stay here. I have to go...

You're in no condition to leave yet.

There are several unusual things
about your case, Mr. Jakara.

Uh, your cranial lobes, for instance.

They seem to be surgical implants.

I had cosmetic surgery

to correct a genetic birth defect.

And these? Another birth defect?

Riker:
Yes. Isn't that something?

My father's were the same way.

You want us to believe
that all your abnormalities

are inherited genetic traits?

Riker:
I understand your confusion.

My personal physician
is much more familiar

with these genetic irregularities.

To be honest,

I would feel much better back home
under her care.

Why don't I talk to her about that?
What's her name?

Crusher. Actually...

I'm not sure
you'll be able to reach her.

Why not?

She's taking a sabbatical.

Well,
we'll do the best we can for you.

Oh, there was one other thing.

We found this curious-looking device
in your clothes.

What is it?

It's just a toy.
I was taking it home as a present.

I thought you didn't have any family.

It's for a neighbor's child.

Was there anything else found?
I had one piece ofjewelry, a metal pin.

No. I'm sorry, this was all we found.

Man: To recovery room.

Genetic irregularities?

That thing
isn't even the same species we are.

Keep your voice down.

The last thing we need
is a panic in here over some...

It's all the space flights.

They have attracted creatures
from outer space.

That's exactly the kind of thing
I don't want to hear.

What are you going to do?

Of all the medical facilities available,

why did he have to end up here?

- We ought to call central security.
- Berel: I'm not calling anybody yet.

Not till we've done a lot more.
A lot more.

I want his story checked out.

Run a complete search
through the medical library.

Be absolutely certain
there's never been anything like him.

What if there's more of them?
They could be everywhere.

Berel: Cordon off the wing.

I want security on his door
29 hours a day,

and I want this kept quiet.

Woman: Code 3 drill in d
wing. Instructors report immediately.

Code 3 drill in d wing.
All instructors report.

At 12.4 after launch,

the warp field generator
will be activated.

That's when it would break
the light barrier?

Yes, chancellor.

If we're successful,
the craft will leave our star system,

and in a matter of minutes,
will be on its way to the garth system.

And then what?

And then, krola,
we'll see what's there.

How long, mirasta?

We have the prototype design
for the warp engine.

It would simply be a matter
of building the actual production unit.

If I get your approval today,
10 months.

Maybe less.

Krola: Chancellor.

I'll admit mirasta's enthusiasm
for her work is seductive.

But perhaps we're moving too fast.

Your opponents will see this
as another example

of your determination to pull us
further from our traditional ways.

My opponents look back
as I look fonrvard.

I cannot believe
that my people would choose to retreat

after all we've done.

I agree.

The people were willing
to accept your social reforms

because they believe in you,
chancehon

but there are many who say
we have gone far enough.

All these new ideas,
new technology.

And now space travel?

It confuses them, frightens them.

I will not allow them
to remain in the dark ages.

The warp program will proceed
as you have outlined, mirasta.

And then we will slow down, krola,

to let everyone catch their breath,

including you.

Mirasta Yale?

Please, don't be alarmed
at our appearance.

My name is Jean-Luc picard.
This is my associate, Deanna troi.

What are you?

We've come
with some very important information.

About what?

Picard: About space.

About the universe
you are preparing to enter.

We come
from a federation of planets.

Captain picard
is from a planet called earth

which is over 2,000 light years
from here.

I'm from another planet
called betazed.

We've been monitoring your progress
toward warp drive capability.

When a society reaches
your level of technology

and is clearly
about to initiate warp travel,

we feel the time is right
for first contact.

We prefer meeting like this

rather than a random confrontation
in deep space.

We've come to you first

because you're a leader
in the scientific community.

Scientists generally accept our arrival
more easily than others.

We almost always encounter
shock and fear on this sort of mission.

We hope
that you will help us to facilitate

our introduction.

Is this a joke?

Did Lupo and the others from the lab
put you up to this?

Oh, it's certainly no joke.

As you can see, we are physically
quite different from malcorians.

And with your permission,

I'm prepared to prove it to you.

I would like that.

Picard to enterprise.
Three to beam up.

It's everything I ever dreamed of.

When I was a child,

my parents would take me
to the planetarium,

and we would sit in the dark,

and it was if I was on a spaceship

on my way to another world

to meet people on other planets.

Part of me keeps waiting
for the lights to come up

and the program to end.

How did you know about me?

We learn as much as possible
about a planet

before we make first contact.

One of the things we monitor
are your broadcast signals,

your journalism,
your music, your humor.

Try to understand you better
as a people.

I hate to think
how you would judge us

based on our popular music
and entertainment. Heh.

Indeed.
We do get an incomplete picture.

Which is why we also do
surface reconnaissance.

You've had people on our planet?

For several years.

Picard: These are specialists,

highly trained observation teams,
superficially identical to yourselves,

and therefore able to blend naturally
into your society.

You see, we have discovered

that the most hazardous aspect
of these missions

is the lack of sufficient information.

You don't have to explain.

I understand.

Although not everybody
on my planet would.

They would think you were trying
to infiltrate our society.

Well, there is a difficulty here,

one that has forced us
to accelerate this entire process.

One of our people is missing.

My first officer,
commander William riker.

He was down on the planet surface,

coordinating with the observation team
the final details

of contact.

He disappeared.

My people have made inquiries,
but they've not been able to locate him.

If there is anything
you can do to help...

Oh, of course. Where was
riker's last known location?

The capital city.

He was under the name rivas jakara,
a tourist from the marta community.

Mirasta: We must find him

before someone realizes
what he really is.

If this gets out prematurely,
it could seriously complicate matters.

Our ideology
is based on the assumption

that the malcorian
is a supreme life form,

and our world
is the center of the universe.

Your arrival will change
our entire understanding of life.

And some will not want it to change.

What about durken?

Durken.

He will be open-minded,
butcaufious.

I strongly suggest

that you do not discuss
your surveillance teams with him,

at least not right away.

But with the disappearance
of commander riker,

wouldn't it be prudent...?

Mirasta: Captain picard,

I must ask you to trust me on this.

If you tell the chancellor
about commander riker,

you will undermine everything
that you hope to accomplish here.

Durken will assign krola,
our minister of security, to find him.

And krola has
his own political agenda.

He will perceive you
as the greatest threat

that our people have ever known.

And he will not hesitate to use riker
to prove that he is correct.

From what I understand,
there's hundreds of them.

So it doesn't make sense
that he's the only one.

Think about it. It's true.

I thought I said
this was to be kept a secret.

You know nilrem.

Well, it's getting out of control.

I don't know what else he is,

but he is still a patient
in this medical facility,

and we have a responsibility
for his care and recovery.

Remind them of that, will you?

You're not going to be able
to contain this much longer.

I know.

If people get scared enough,
anything could happen.

Mr. Jakara, we have been unable
to confirm anything you told us.

No physician named crusher
is on file.

Not on this planet.

Your address in marta
is an eating establishment.

The cook has never heard
of rivas jakara.

Obviously, there's been
some misunderstanding...

There's a growing number of people
on the other side of that door

who believe that you are not
one of us, Mr. Jakara.

Not one of you?

That you're from another planet.

Are you, Mr. Jakara?

And do you realize
what you're saying?

I know how it sounds.

I'm not anxious
to make a fool of myself.

This new era of space flight,

it fires the imagination.

People see unidentified vessels
in the sky,

they turn out to be weather balloons.

Well, it's far more likely
that I am a weather balloon

than an alien.

Our medical journals
have documented

several cases of genetic mutation
in recent history.

Some unusual physical disfigurations
have occurred.

I'm just another case
for your medical journals, then.

Perhaps.

But you, Mr. Jakara,
are hiding something.

And unless you tell me
the truth about yourself,

this rumor will persist and grow
and could even become dangerous.

Most especially to you.

Man: Chancellor,
minister Yale of the space bureau

would like to introduce you
to someone.

Call her back.
See if the vice-chancellor will do.

Man: They're out here
waiting to see you, sir.

All right. Send them in.

Always time to meet your friends,
mirasta.

Chancellor, I think
you might want to clear

your afternoon schedule for this.

And this is the bridge.

Chancellor.

Here we have environment
and engineering stations,

mission operations,
and the two principal science stations.

Data, allow me to introduce
chancellor avel durken

and space administrator
mirasta Yale.

Chancellor. Minister.

Commander data
is my second officer.

He's an Android, chancellor,
a constructed being.

A machine?

In a manner of speaking.

The term "artificial life form"
would be more accurate.

Captain picard, is there some place
we might speak together?

- Without distraction?
- Certainly.

And, chancellor, with your permission,
I would like to beam to the surface.

I have several matters to attend to.

Not a word to anyone about this,
mirasta.

Of course.

Mr. Data, will you escort
the minister to the transporter room?

Chancellor.

Has there still been no communication
from commander riker, data?

No, minister.

He has not returned to our
designated transport coordinates.

We have continued to scan
the capital city without success.

Picard: I've been saving this
for a special occasion.

My brother on earth
produces a fruit known as grapes

which he turns into wine.

He's really quite good at it.

Chancellor, we have a tradition

called a toast.

It is a drink to salute one's friends
and good fortune.

And I would like to propose a toast

to our new friendship.

We have something
very much like this on malcor III.

I think we shall find
we have much in common.

And much that is not in common.

An opportunity
to learn from one another.

You speak the language
of diplomacy very well, captain.

It's a language I appreciate
and understand.

But I have learned
to not always trust it.

Trust requires time and experience.

My world's history has recorded

that conquerors often arrived
with the words:

"We are your friends."

We are not here as conquerors,
chancehon

what do you want?

A beginning.

But how we proceed
is entirely up to you.

And if my wishes
should conflict with yours?

There'll be no conflict.

And if I should tell you to leave
and never return to my world?

We will leave and never return.

Chancellor, we are here
only to help guide you

into a new era.

I can assure you,
we will not interfere

in the natural development
of your planet.

That is, in fact, our prime directive.

I can infer from that directive

that you do not intend to share
all this exceptional technology with us.

That is not the whole meaning,
but it is part of it.

Is this your way
of maintaining superiority?

Chancellor, to instantly transform
a society with technology

would be harmful,
and it would be destructive.

You're right, of course.

I'm overwhelmed, captain picard.

I'm quite overwhelmed.

I go home each night
to a loving wife,

two beautiful daughters.

We eat the evening meal together
as a family.

I think that's important.

And they always ask me
if I've had a good day.

And how will you answer them tonight,
chancellor?

I will have to say, this morning
I was the leader of the universe

as I knew it.

This afternoon,

I'm only a voice in a chorus.

But I think it was a good day.

There are guards out there.
You'll never escape that way.

I'm not afraid of you.

Because there's nothing
to be afraid of.

We shouldn't fear the unknown.

We should embrace it.

Can you help me get out of here?

Are you really an alien?

It's all right to tell me.

No, I'm not an alien.

I don't believe you. You are an alien.

I really have to leave.

I could divert the guards' attention.

You might stand a chance
if you took the service exit

down the hallway to the right.

To the right?

Fine. Let's do it.

Why should I?

Well...

You know why. I don't belong here.

I have to get back on my ship,

in space.

I believe you.

Now, will you help me?

If you make love to me.

What?

I've always wanted
to make love with an alien.

Listen, miss...?

Lanel

lanel

I really have to get going.
All the other aliens are waiting for me.

Oh, it's not so much to ask.
And then I'll help you escape.

It's not that easy.
There are differences

in the way
that my people make love.

I can't wait to learn.

But, it's...

It's your only way out of here.

My alien.

Something's happened to him.
I think he's dead.

Go on, get some help.

Okay.

No. That way.

Will I ever see you again?

I'll call you the next time
I pass through your star system.

Stop him. Somebody stop him.

All right, hold it.

He's escaping.

- Man 2: Where'd he go?
- The alien's escaping.

Get him.

Stop it, all of you. Stop it now.

Have you all lost your minds?

Oh, they've aggravated the injury
to his renal organ.

He's bleeding internally.

Get him into a surgical cubicle.

And call central security.
This has gone too far.

Their leader, picard,
has made it clear

that how we proceed
is entirely our own decision.

You cannot possibly
be suggesting surrender, chancellor.

They are not hostile.

Mirasta, you are incredibly Nai've.

Can you be so enraptured
with the notion of space travelers

that you are blind
to the threat they represent?

I have seen their vessel, krola.

If they chose to be hostile,

I do not think
we would be standing here now.

Why should they use force

when we are ready
to lay down in fear?

I do not lay down in fear.

To them or to you, krola.

Chancellor, I mean no disrespect,

but I have repeatedly warned you
about your policies.

Taking us too quickly where we had
no business going in the first place.

New philosophies, new economics,

new technologies.

There are still many people
who value our traditional way of life.

And I, for one,
am willing to die to defend it.

Open your eyes, krola.

We are part of a greater community.
We cannot ignore it.

You would ignore them,
as they infiltrate and spy on us.

What are you saying, krola?

We have captured
one of their spies.

Chancellor,

he is captain picard's first officer,

commander riker.

You knew about this, mirasta?

He has been missing for two days.

I told captain picard
not to discuss this

because I was afraid
this is exactly what would happen.

What else do you know, mirasta?

Everything.

They have been on our planet,
observing, for several years.

Years.
Imagine what they have done.

Influenced our young,
stirred up dissent.

They were collecting information.

Where
is this commander riker now?

He is in the sikla medical facility.

He's recovering from surgery.

He suffered head injuries
in an escape attempt.

He will recover consciousness
in a few hours.

Will he survive?

I didn't think
he would've survived the injuries.

I have to interrogate him
before he dies.

At least give him time
to regain some strength.

Come back tomorrow.

It cannot wait until tomorrow.

Krola, we can get help from his ship.

With their medical technology,
he might recover.

We're not giving him back.

He's the one advantage
we have now.

Use your drugs to revive him.

Those drugs increase cardial rate
and vascular pressure.

That's the last thing
we need to do to him right now.

It will probably be enough to kill him.

You can't do it.

Revive him.

I'm just a physician, minister.

I don't know much
about affairs of state.

But he is a living, intelligent being.

I don't care if the chancellor himself
calls down here.

I have sworn an oath to do no harm.
And I will not.

Then I'll find someone
to replace you.

Chancellor.

You are punctual, captain.

I know how busy you are.

Do you?

I think you know a great deal more
about me than I know about you.

In what respect?

You speak of trust and peace

and working together
to enter a new era.

And at the same time
you conduct secret surveillance,

posing as malcorians.

Commander riker.

Commander riker.

Mirasta said
it would be a mistake to discuss...

Yes. She's already tried
to accept the responsibility.

It is my error, not hers.

Chancellor,
there is no starship mission

more dangerous
than that of first contact.

We never know what we will face

when we open the door
on a new world.

How we will be greeted.

What exactly the dangers will be.

Centuries ago, disastrous contact
with the klingon empire

led to decades of war.

And it was decided then
we would do surveillance

before making contact.

And it was a controversial decision.

I believe it prevented more problems
than it created.

I can appreciate the logic
of your position, captain.

But it would seem
that full disclosure after contact

would have been in order.

In time, there would have been
full disclosure.

I can only ask you to believe that.

On other worlds,
it would not be an issue.

But here,
everything our observers reported

indicated that the people
of this world

would almost certainly
react negatively to our arrival.

We could see that even surveillance
might be interpreted

as an act of aggression.

I hoped that we would have found
commander riker before you did,

so that this matter
would not complicate our introduction.

It was a mistake.

A mistake I might have made
in your place.

I rather like it, actually.

Like it?

That you make mistakes,
like any man.

Chancellor, I have made
some fine ones in my time.

Now I must ask you,

will you release my officer?

We'll talk again later, captain.

Enterprise, one to beam up.

Yes, I understand.

I have been relieved of my duties,
as I'm sure you already know.

You are acting director of the facility,
nilrem.

Revive him.

Krola: Leave us.

I am minister krola
of internal security.

You are riker,

an alien.

Yes, we know.

Please bring my people here.

In time. In time.

But first,
I need to ask you some questions.

Thank you for seeing me.

If I did not depend so much
on your expertise in space matters,

I would have asked
for your resignation.

I felt I was acting in the best interests
of our people, chancellor.

When you are selected
to occupy this office,

then you will have the privilege

of deciding
the best interests of our people.

Picard I can excuse,
but you, mirasta,

you should've trusted me.

Chancellor,
we must release riker to picard.

Any hope for a relationship
with these people depends on it.

I can't afford to be
the idealist you are, mirasta.

- But riker...
- I am prepared to release riker.

After we have interrogated him.

Are you prepared for him to die,
chancellor?

His injuries are extremely serious.

A mob at the medical facility
almost killed him.

Krola has ordered drugs to be used
to revive him for questioning,

drugs that in his condition
would be dangerous for him.

Without medical aid from his ship,

ibeheve
that riker will not survive the day.

You must tell picard where he is.

You have lied
since the moment of your capture

and I believe you are lying now,
commander.

No, we're here
on a mission of peace.

Such noble creatures.

Why do peaceful people
develop such lethal weapons?

Or do you still insist it's just a toy?

An interesting toy, to be sure.

It's only used for defense.

Perhaps, like many conquerors,

you believe your goals
to be benevolent.

Icannot

for however you would describe
your intentions,

you still represent
the end to my way of life.

I cannot permit that to occur.

Eventually, durken would choose
to welcome your people.

With arms open and eyes closed.

I must force him down another path.

When they find us, I will be dead,

killed by your weapon.

The lines will be drawn.

A peaceful accord
will no longer be an option.

For my people.

What happened?

He shot him. The alien shot krola.

Get me three octares of adrulmine,
high-frequency em charge unit, now.

I have a circulation pattern.
It's very weak.

We have to get him
on vital buffers right now.

I'm a physician. Don't be frightened.

I need to know what happened.
Are you doctors?

Yes. He shot him.

With that thing.

Crusher to picard.

Picard: Go ahead, doctor.

Commander riker is near death.

But there's still some brain activity.
[Need to get him back to the ship.

Acknowledged.

And there's a malcorian male with
a phaser wound in his upper chest.

I need to get him back as well.

We'll meet you on the enterprise.
Picard out.

They're both going to be okay.
We were able to stabilize will.

If we had been any later...

- Krola?
- He was never in any real danger.

The phaser was on stun.

Stun?

It's a defensive weapon.

Have you been able to ascertain
what happened?

Based on the angle of impact,

it suggests that krola's left hand
was on the phaser when it went off.

They were struggling
for the weapon?

Commander riker
was in no position

to offer any kind of struggle,
chancehon

krola was trying to be a martyr?

Where is this?

You are aboard the starship,
my foolish old friend.

No, chancellor, you must not...

You must not pursue
relations with them.

Must not.

I know.

I know.

- But, chancellor...
- Mirasta.

It goes against
every instinct of my being.

But my people are not ready
to accept what you represent.

Everything that happened
in the hospital proves that.

And krola is the best evidence of all.

We must slow down
and allow those who are like him

to join us in the present
before we can move into the future.

But when we encounter
other beings in space,

our people must be ready.

The warp program
will have to be delayed.

We will divert more resources
to education and social development,

to prepare for the day
when we are ready.

Chancellor, I strongly disagree.

Durken: I know.

Captain,

you once said
if I asked you to leave,

you would do so without hesitation.

I'm afraid I must ask you
to do just that.

Well, it's your decision, chancellor.

But I must say,
I regret that I won't have

the opportunity
of knowing your people better.

We're a good people, captain,
a society with much potential.

Once we cross
the threshold of space,

we shall have to give up
this self-importance, this conceit,

that we are
the center of the universe.

But this is not the time for that.

For now,

we will have to enjoy
that sweet innocence.

How will you keep a secret

when so many have seen
and heard so much?

The stories will be told
for many years, I have no doubt.

Of the ship that made contact,

of the alien who was held prisoner
in the medical facility.

There'll be charges
of a government conspiracy.

Some of the witnesses
will tell their tales

and most of the people
will laugh at them

and go back and watch
the more interesting fiction

of the daily broadcasts.

It will pass.

Mirasta:
I'm sorry to say, he's probably right.

Captain picard,
I have one last request.

Take me with you.

She will be unhappy
with the restrictions

I must place upon her at home,
captain.

We may not be back here
in your lifetime.

And I have to believe
that you cannot be fully prepared

for the realities of space travel.

I have been prepared
for the realities of space travel

since I was 9 years old
and sitting in a planetarium.

Mr. Worf, to my ready room.

Escort chancellor durken
to the transporter room, lieutenant.

And assign quarters
to minister Yale.

She will be remaining on board.

Aye, sir.

Until we return, then.

With luck, we will both be around
to renew our friendship, captain.