All language subtitles for Star Trek The Next Generation S05E01

Narrator: Last time on Star Trek:
The next generation:

We will have to move quickly
if we are to be successful.

Successful?

In preventing a klingon civil war.

I would speak with you.

I do not hear the words of traitors.

It was duras's father
who betrayed our people

to the romulans at khitomer,
not mine.

We have discovered that our brother
did indeed have a son and heir.

Follow me.

And I will show you honor.

Your blood will paint the way
to the future.

If we go to the aid of the bortas,

we'll be dragging the federation
into a klingon civil war.

Gowron:
You both fought as warriors.

I return your family honor.

Mr. Worf, your responsibilities
as a starfleet officer

are incompatible
with remaining on board

a klingon ship during a time of war.

Then I resign my commission
as a starfleet officer.

Movar: Picard has rejected
gowron's plea for help.

The enterprise has left orbit.

We should not discount
Jean-Luc picard yet.

He is human.

And humans have a way of showing
up when you least expect them.

Narrator:
And now, the conclusion.

Ku rn: Maintain course.

Status of warp engines?

Helmsman:
Warp engines at 50 percent.

Ku rn: Status of shields?

Aft shields buckling.

Transfer auxiliary power to shields.

Aft shields are gone.

We cannot win.

We must withdraw.

Keep your place.

New course.

But sir, that takes us dangerously
close to the...

Worf:
We are entering the star's corona.

We will reach the photosphere
in 30 seconds.

Stand by to enter warp
on my command.

Set course, 250 Mark 015.

Shields failing.

Outer hull temperature exceeding
design limit.

- Captain!
- Maintain course.

They're closing on us.

Stand by.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 450204

we have arrived at starbase 234

where I've taken the opportunity
to make a proposal

to fleet admiral shanthi.

There have been three major
engagements in the past two weeks.

All of them won by ships
loyal to the duras family.

None of which is our concern,
Jean-Luc.

The klingon civil war is, by definition,
an internal matter of the empire.

Agreed. But if the duras
are being aided by the romulans,

it becomes very much our concern.

The romulans have been
attempting to destroy

the klingon-federation alliance
for the past 20 years.

And at the same time,

the duras have been secretly
conspiring with the romulans.

Doesn't it strike you as odd
that the duras are able to field

such an overpowering force
against gowron?

That they outmatch him
at almost every turn?

Some would call it good leadership.

And some would say
that they must be getting help.

The romulans are prepared
to take enormous risks

to gain any advantage
over the federation.

Can we seriously believe that now,

with the future of the klingon empire
in the balance,

they're content
to stand by and watch?

What is it you propose, captain?

We must stop the flow of supplies

and equipment to the duras
from the romulans.

What I propose, is that we send a fleet
to the romulan-klingon border.

We'll take no offensive action,

but we will be in a position to expose
any romulan supplies

that attempt to cross the border.

- A blockade?
- Exactly.

But how will you overcome
the romulan cloaking device?

My chief engineer
has developed a system

that should nullify that advantage.

Each ship will send out
an active tachyon beam

to the other blockading ships.

Now, in theory,

any cloaked vessel that attempts
to pass between our ships

must cross that beam,

and be detected.

I'll have to clear this
with the federation council.

In the meantime, assemble your fleet,
captain.

Nicely done.

I hope we know what we're doing.

So do I, number one.

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.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 45021 .3

convincing starfleet command
to establish a blockade

was relatively painless.

Implementing that plan
is proving more troublesome.

Riker: Starfleet is stretched
pretty thin across this quadrant.

There are only about 12 ships
within a day's travel of this position.

The only other ships available
are either in space dock for repairs

or still under construction.

Most of them
don't even have full crews yet.

We could probably scare up seven,
maybe eight more ships.

Mr. La forge, can you implement your
tachyon detection grid with 20 ships?

It's possible. But the more ships,
the bigger the net we can throw.

All right. I want to add
the tian nam men,

the sutherland, and the hermes,

whether the yard superintendent
says they're ready or not. Mr. Data,

will you select a group
of experienced enterprise officers

- to augment the crews of those ships?
- Aye, sir.

Will, I want you to command
the Excalibur.

Her crew was reassigned
when she put in for repairs.

- Geordi, you will be his first officer.
- Aye, sir.

I want the fleet undennay
by 0900 tomorrow.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Yes, Mr. Data.

May I ask a question, sir?
Of a personal nature.

I am confused.

Why have I not been assigned to
command a ship in the fleet, sir?

Well, I felt that you would be
needed here. Why do you ask?

You have commented
on the lack of senior officers

available for this mission.

I believe my 26 years
of starfleet service

qualifies me for such a post.

However, if you do not feel the time
has arrived for an Android

to command a starship, perhaps
I should address myself to improving...

Commander...

I believe the starship sutherland
will need a captain.

I can think of no one better suited
for that task than you.

Thank you, sir.

You always did have fools
working for you, larg.

Now you don't have as many,
ha-ha-ha.

You were lucky, kurn.

But luck always runs out.

Someday, I will stand over
your broken corpse

and drink to the victory of the duras,
ha-ha-ha!

Oh, worf.

Worf, good.

This piece of baktag
is captain larg.

He commanded the squadron that tried
to destroy us yesterday.

The infamous worf, son of mogh.

What is that you are wearing?

That is a uniform of a klingon.

The capital city is neutral ground,
and larg's men are all around us.

As are mine.

Good to drink with you, kurn.

May you die well.

Die well, larg.

You drink with our enemies?

How many are gowron's men?
How many are duras?

Does it matter?

When we meet in battle,
we will fight to the death,

but here, here, we're all warriors,
all klingons.

The repairs on the hegh'ta
are proceeding. The port stabilizers...

Is there nothing in your heart
but duty?

It is my responsibility.

We all have responsibilities
and duties.

But you and I are warriors fighting
in a great war.

Think of it.

You and I will fight battles
that others can only dream of.

The time for glory is here.

It is not a time to worry
about stabilizers.

It is a time to celebrate.
For tomorrow, we all may die.

Come, let us, the sons of mogh,
live this night as if it were our last.

Huh? Huh?

Huh?

Worf is not like his brother.

No. He tries to be.

But he's still unsure of himself.

Perhaps he needs something
to help restore his confidence.

I think he'll find our offer appealing.

I'll make sure he does.

You've got to keep this mixture above
90 percent or we'll never leave orbit.

Thank you, Mr. Krags.

I am lieutenant commander data.

Lieutenant commander
Christopher Hobson.

By order of starfleet, I hereby take
command of this vessel.

Please note the time and date
in the ship's log.

Excuse me, sir.

I'd like to request a transfer.

May I ask why?

I don't believe I'd be a good
first officer for you.

Your service record
to date suggests

you would perform that function
adequately.

No, no, no, that's not what I mean.

I don't think I'd be a good first officer
for you.

Why?

Frankly, sir, I don't believe
in your ability to command this ship.

You're a fellow officer
and I respect that.

But no one would suggest
that a klingon

would be a good ship's counselor,

or that a berellian
could be an engineer.

They're just not suited
for those positions.

By the same token, I don't think an
Android is a good choice to be captain.

I understand your concerns.

Request denied.

The endeavor has cleared
the dock, captain.

- All ships standing by.
- Good.

Course 118 Mark 357,
full impulse power.

Signal the fleet to get underway.

We'll enter warp once we're clear
of the system.

Aye, sir.

Engage.

The romulan convoy is late.

We need those supplies.

Gowron has suffered another loss
in the mempa system.

His forces will not threaten you
in that region for some time.

- But if gowron...
- The convoy will arrive in due course.

A federation fleet
has left starbase 234.

They've set course
for klingon territory.

- How many?
- At least 20 starships.

Who's commanding this fleet?

What does it mean? Is the federation
going to enter the war?

Should we attack them
before they get here?

Silence the child, or send him away.
Movar.

I want you to return
to romulus immediately.

Have all available ships rendezvous
at these coordinates in two days.

Yes, commander.

Twenty starships aren't enough
to wage war.

Starfleet must be bluffing.

Perhaps.

Our forces in the mempa sector
are now in full retreat.

They will need to regroup
near beta lankal.

We destroyed their supply bases
in that sector three weeks ago.

How can they continue to fight?

They must be getting help.

Kulge:
Maybe they have better leaders.

I say you have failed as our leader,
gowron.

Worf: There is no time for this.

We must make plans
before those forces reach beta lankal.

How can we oppose the duras

when we continue to fight
amongst ourselves?

Gowron must answer this challenge
to his authority.

Stop it. Do we fall upon ourselves
like a pack of ferengi?

The enemy is the duras.

We are at war.

Now the war

can continue.

We're crossing into klingon territory,
captain.

Signal the fleet to maintain yellow alert
until further notice.

- Aye, sir.
- Begin long range scans

of the romulan border.

No uncloaked ships
within sensor range.

A few subspace anomalies,
but nothing firm.

Those anomalies
could be cloaked ships.

Could be, sir.

Open a channel to the Excalibur.

Excalibur. Riker here.

Deploy the fleet, will.

It's time to spread our net.

Yes, sir.

We've arrived at the designated
coordinates, captain.

All stop.

Notify the flagship
that we have assumed station.

Starboard power coupling
has overloaded.

We've got a radiation leak
on decks 10 through 12.

Why are the backups
not functioning?

There wasn't enough time to test all
the backups before we left the yard.

Terry, I want you down in engineering
working on a new coupling.

You have taken the phaser
and torpedo control units off-line.

Keith, you and I
will start bringing radia...

Mr. Hobson, it is inappropriate for
you to determine a course of action

without consulting
your commanding officer.

I was trying to safeguard the lives
of people on those decks.

But you're right.

Belay those orders, everyone.

Phasers and torpedoes
are back online.

What should we do, sir?

You will take the phaser
and torpedo units off-line,

and begin repairs of the starboard
power coupling.

Thank you, sir.

You heard the captain, everyone.

We 're ready, sir.

Mr. La forge, how long do you think
it will take the romulans

to detect the tachyon field
once it's activated?

Not long. The romulan sensors
are as good as ours.

Very well.

Energize the network.

Commander, there's an increase
in tachyon emissions

from the federation fleet.

Sela: They're using the beams
as a detection field.

If we try to cross it, they'll see us.

Even if we're cloaked.

Issue orders to begin work
on a way to penetrate this field.

In the meantime, we'll have to convince
captain picard he should leave.

O'brien: Captain, I'm picking up
something directly ahead.

Romulan ship decloaking.

Shall I raise shields?

Not yet.

They're hailing us, sir.

On-screen.

Tasha?

No, captain.

My name is commander sela.

The woman you knew as Tasha yar

was my mother.

Sela: Deploying an invasion fleet
along our border

is a clear act of aggression,
captain.

It will not be tolerated.

You have 20 hours to recall
your ships

and return peacefully
to federation territory.

So you believe her, counselor?

I'm not saying we should accept
her claim at face value.

But I sensed no deception from her.

She really believes she's the daughter
of Tasha yar.

Regardless of what she believes,
sela can't be her daughter.

I've reviewed all of Tasha's
medical records,

and there's no indication
that she was ever pregnant.

Besides, Tasha was a child
when this woman was born.

Sela could have been cloned.

Or had her appearance
surgically altered.

But why? What possible advantage
could there be to the romulans?

As this now stands,

I don't think this will have any impact
on our present strategy.

We'll continue the blockade,
leave the next move to them.

Thank you.

Guinan: Am I intruding?

No, not at all. Is something wrong?

News travels fast.

I heard that Tasha yar's daughter
is aboard the romulan ship.

I think that the romulans
are just hoping to create a distraction.

They want to keep us off balance.

How much do you know
about what happened

to the last ship called enterprise?

Enterprise-c.

It was lost at the battle
of narendra III,

defending a klingon outpost
from the romulans.

And the survivors?

There were stories of prisoners taken
back to romulus,

but these were only rumors.

There were survivors.

And Tasha yar was one of them.

Guinan, that was 23 years ago.

Tasha yar was only a child.

I know that.

But I also know she was aboard
that ship.

And she was not a child.

You sent her there.

How can that be?

I don't know.

I just know that you did.

A year before you came
on the enterprise.

- You never met her.
- I know that.

If you have only a vague intuition...

You can't just dismiss this.

If I'm right, then you are responsible
for this whole situation.

I think it's time
that I met commander sela.

We are at war.

Gowron should forbid any challenges
until we are victorious.

A klingon does not postpone
a matter of honor.

A klingon should place the good
of the empire above his own pride.

So now gowron no longer suits you.

Perhaps you wish to challenge him
for the leadership of the council?

- No.
- Then do not speak of this again.

I did not wish to follow gowron.

You came to me and insisted
that we support gowron

against the duras family.

The time for debate is over.

We are klingons.

He is our leader.

If that is not enough for you,

then perhaps you made the wrong
choice when you put on that uniform.

Well, captain,

what is this urgent matter
we need to discuss?

Please, won't you sit down?

I'm afraid that you have misinterpreted
our presence here.

I want to reassure you
that we have no hostile intention.

So then I can tell my superiors

that a fleet of 23 federation starships
is on our border for what?

Humanitarian reasons?

It is our intent to prevent
any external power

from interfering in klingon affairs.

Nor do we have any plan to do so.

But captain, if for any reason
we chose to enter klingon territory,

how would you stop us?
With our cloaking devices,

we can slip by you at will.

Then why don't you just
take your ships across?

You sound eager for us to try.

Perhaps you've discovered a method
in detecting our ships?

However,

I don't think you asked me here
to discuss our military situation.

All right.
Why did I invite you here?

You want the answer
to the only question on your mind.

How could Tasha yar
be my mother?

It's been suggested that
she was on board the enterprise-c

when it was destroyed 24 years ago.

That she was one of the survivors,
and that obviously,

you're a product of a union
between her and a romulan.

But you know that's impossible.

She would have been a child
when that battle occurred.

But you claim that it is possible.

That you're the daughter
of Tasha yar.

Yes, she was on that ship
24 years ago.

She was sent there, by you,
from the future.

She was among those few
who survived.

They were all to have been executed
after the interrogation.

But a romulan general saw her,
and became enamored with her.

So a deal was struck.

Their lives would be spared
if she became his consort.

I was born a year later.

I want to meet your mother.

Can you arrange that?

One night when I was four years old,
she came to me.

She bundled me up and she told me
to stay quiet as we left the compound.

I realized she was taking me away,

she was taking me away
from my home, my father.

So I cried out.

My father offered her life.

He gave her a home.
He gave her a child.

And how did she repay him?

By betrayal.

They executed her.

Everything in me that was human
died that day with my mother.

All that's left now is romulan.

Never doubt that.

Doubts? I'm full of them.

But nothing in my experience
can persuade me

that what you have told me is true.

And I do know one thing.

It will not affect my judgment
at our next encounter.

You have 14 hours, captain.

I suggest you use them wisely.

Something wrong?

Welcome, worf, son of mogh.

- What do you want?
- The same as you.

Personal honor.

Glory for the empire.

Your family has never valued honor.

You only knew our brother.
We are not like him.

Our brother made many mistakes.

One was to make you an enemy.

We would rather be your friend.

Then you should not have opposed
gowron.

Gowron is nothing.

Toral is duras' only son,

and he will be the leader
of the council.

In your heart, even you know that.

But toral needs guidance.

A firm hand.

A father figure.

That could be you.

If you were mated to b'etor.

The rewards could be greater
than you can imagine.

Nothing will stand in our way.

Oh, we could rule the empire
together.

Join us, worf, and Usher in
a new era for our people.

An era where honor
has no meaning?

Where klingons trade loyalties
in dark rooms?

And the empire is ruled
from romulus.

Sela: Enough, lursa. You failed.

I need to know the strength and
capabilities of the federation fleet.

I don't have time for this.

Turn him over to the guard.

B'etor can have him back
when they've finished with him.

Guard: Come.

In 13 hours we'll be forced
to either withdraw from the border

or fight the romulan fleet.

Neither alternative is acceptable.

We must expose their involvement
before the deadline.

What is it you propose?

Ifyoulaunch
a full-scale attack, now,

then the duras fleet
will call for supplies.

Lursa and b'etor will call for help.

The romulans will try to run
the blockade.

And we'll be ready for them.

And once the romulan connection
has been exposed,

support will fall away from lursa
and b'etor.

Very well. I will make preparations.

One thing more, picard.

Worf has been captured
by the duras.

I hope he dies well.

When gowron begins his attack,
then we will make our move.

Excalibur will fall back with engine
problems,

and you will take the akagi
and the hornet to this position,

which will open a small gap
in our detection net.

If the romulans are already aware
of the tachyon field,

they should run the blockade
at that point.

Exactly, but when they try to bring
their ships through,

the enterprise and the tian nan men
will swing around, close the gap

catch them in the act.

Very nice.

I'd better get back.

- Good luck, will.
- Good luck, captain.

We've just received an urgent
message from lursa and b'etor.

Gowron's forces have attacked
in three sectors.

The duras are nearing defeat.

You mean they were caught
unprepared and they're crying for help.

Have the science sections found a way
to circumvent the detection grid yet?

Just before we cross the border, we'll
send out a massive tachyon pulse.

A burst that large should cause
enough interference

to disable a part of their network.

Movar: One of their ships is moving
off the blockade line.

Their warp drive is failing.

Picard is redeploying the fleet to
compensate for the missing ship.

There's a gap opening in the net.

Sela: He doesn't have enough ships
to maintain the network.

If we act quickly,
we can move through.

- Commander.
- No.

But it's what we've been waiting for.

Yes, I know, and so does picard.

He's giving us exactly what we need.

And he expects us to take it.

We won't step into picard's trap.

We will disable part of his network
here, where they're weakest.

We'll direct the energy burst right
at the ship with the Android captain.

Sir, the detection net is picking up
activity from the romulans.

Fifteen cloaked ships spreading out
along the border.

Signal the fleet to stand by.

Aye, sir.

Come to course 080 Mark 295.

There's a disruption
in the tachyon detectors.

It's localized at this segment
of the net.

Open a channel to the sutherland.

Data here, sir.

We're reading a disruption
of the tachyon net in your area.

Yes, sir. The romulans have released
a high energy burst.

The net is no longer effective
in a radius

of 10 million kilometers
around the sutherland.

That's where they're going through.

Send a signal to the fleet.

All ships to fall back and rendezvous
at gamma eridon.

- We'll reestablish the net there.
- Aye, sir.

All federation ships proceed
at maximum warp to gamma eridon.

Acknowledge the signal.

Ensign, lay the course
and engage at warp 9.3.

Aye, sir.

What are you doing?

In disrupting the detection net,
the romulans may have caused

a residual tachyon signature
to form around their own ships.

But we have no way of detecting it.

- All stop.
- Aye, sir. All stop.

Sir.

The fleet's been ordered
to gamma eridon.

The tachyon signatures
will not last long.

By the time the fleet is deployed,
it will be too late.

Begin to reconfigure the sensors
to detect ionized particle traces.

The entire area's been flooded
with tachyon particles.

We'll never be able to find
what we're looking for.

I am aware of the difficulties.

Please bring the phasers
back online.

That will flood three decks
with radiation.

We will initiate radiation protocol
when necessary.

You don't give a damn
about the people

whose lives you're throwing away.
We're not just machines.

You will carry out my orders
or I will relieve you of duty.

Yes, sir.

Captain, the sutherland isn't heading
for the rendezvous point.

She's come to a full stop.

Open a channel.

The enterprise wants to know
the reason we've stopped.

Display sensor schematic.

Display sensor sweep
maximum range.

Are you going to answer
the enterprise?

Overlay a display
with tachyon emissions.

Highlight any tachyon signatures

which show subspace inertial
displacement.

Concentrate a sensor sweep
in that area.

Hobson: Sir, this is pointless.

Those readings could be anything.

There's no way for us to be sure
the romulans are out there.

Reconfigure photon torpedo
warhead yields.

Set for high energy burst to level six.

- Level six? But that won't even...
- Do it.

Torpedoes ready.

Another message coming in.
It's captain picard.

Picard: Mr. Data, you were ordered
to rendezvous with the fleet

at gamma eridon. Acknowledge.

Stand by, captain.

Mr. Hobson, prepare to fire.

- Didn't you hear captain picard?
- Fire.

Fire.

They have discovered us.

Reverse course. Order the fleet back
to romulan territory.

Commander, the duras
need this convoy.

Without these supplies
they cannot win.

We've been discovered. It's over.

But what should I tell
lursa and b'etor?

They're on their own.

They're changing course heading
back to romulan space.

Make a full report to the flagship.

Take the main phasers off-line

and begin radiation cleanup
of the affected decks.

Yes, sir.

Captain.

Defeat.

Toral:
How? Where are the romulans?

They never came.

Toral, the next leader of the empire.

Gowron is looking foward
to seeing you again.

Picard: Captain's personal log,
stardate 450254.

It is with a profound sense of relief

that I have ordered the fleet back
to federation territory,

following the romulan withdrawal,
and the news of gowron's victory.

We have arrived
at the klingon home world,

where I will present the high council

with a full report on our encounter
with the romulans.

Come.

Captain, I wish to submit myself
for disciplinary action.

I have disobeyed a direct order
from a superior officer.

Although the result of my actions
proved positive,

the ends cannot justify the means.

No, they can't.

However,

the claim, "I was only following orders"
has been used

to justify too many tragedies
in our history.

Starfleet doesn't want officers
who will blindly follow orders

without analyzing the situation.

Your actions were appropriate
for the circumstances,

and I have noted that in your record.

Nicely done.

Sir.

The council appreciates your report,
captain.

The information on the romulan
supply ships will prove very useful.

Before you leave,

there is one last matter
to attend to.

Bring him.

Toral, son of duras.

You stand convicted of treason.

The duras family will one day
rule the empire.

Perhaps.

But not today.

Worf,

this child's family
wrongly took your name

and your honor from you.

In return,

I give his life

to you.

What's wrong?

But it's our way.

It's the klingon way.

I know.

But it is not my way.

This boy has done me no harm,

and I will not kill him
for the crimes of his family.

Then it falls to kurn.

No, you gave me his life,

and I have spared it.

As you wish.

Request permission to return to duty,
sir.