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Captain's Log, Stardate 46041.1.
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We have located the USS Yosemite
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a Starfleet science vessel
sent to the Igo Sector
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to observe
a remote plasma streamer.
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The ship has not been
heard from in several days.
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Magnify.
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The last report we have
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says they were observing
the streamer at medium range.
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Maybe they went in
for a closer look...
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got more
than they bargained for.
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Hail them.
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No response.
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Life signs?
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Our scanners cannot penetrate
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the plasma streamer's
distortion field.
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Can we tractor them out?
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No, sir. Ionic interference
is too heavy.
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I'll take a shuttle in.
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Too risky.
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You could be pulled in, too.
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Bridge to Engineering.
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Mr. La Forge,
can we beam an away team
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onto the science ship?
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We can beam them over
there, Captain
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but with all this interference
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we might not get a positive lock
to bring them back.
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Commander, if we bridged our
transporter system with theirs
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we might be able to cut through
the ionic field.
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That's a good idea, Barclay.
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Captain, I think we can do it.
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We're going to bridge
the two transporter systems.
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Acknowledged.
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Meet Commander Riker
in Transporter Room Three.
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Aye, sir.
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Barclay, I'm going to need
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a systems engineer
on this away team.
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I'II...
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I'll ask Ensign Dern
to join you.
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I meant you, Barclay.
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Shouldn't I stay here
and set up the remote link?
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Dern can do that.
Come on, let's go.
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Status, Mr. O'Brien?
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I'll have to send you over
one at a time, Commander
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because of bandwidth
limitations
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and the transport cycle
will take a bit longer.
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How much longer?
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Four or five seconds...
about twice the normal time.
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I'm afraid you're in
for a bumpy ride, Commander.
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What do you...?
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What, exactly, do you mean
by "a bumpy ride"?
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Well, there may be
a small amount
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of static charge accumulation.
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You'll feel a bit of tingling.
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It's nothing to worry about.
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Let's do it.
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Mr. Worf.
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Engaging system interlock.
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Pattern buffers synchronized.
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Phase transition coils
at standby.
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Energizing.
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He's there.
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I'll go next.
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Engaging interlock.
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Buffers synched.
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Energizing.
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I'm ready.
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Engaging interlock.
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Buffers in sync.
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Oh, wait a minute.
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I'm reading an ionic fluctuation
in the matter stream.
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Oh. No problem.
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Okay.
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Energizing.
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Reg, you're up.
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Reg?
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Aye, sir.
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Engaging interlock.
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Buffers in sync.
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Phase coils...
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I'm sorry.
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I just can't do this.
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Space, the final frontier.
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These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.
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Its continuing mission...
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to explore strange new worlds
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to seek out new life
and new civilizations
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to boldly go
where no one has gone before.
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Reg, you were faced
with a difficult transport.
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Anyone would have been
apprehensive
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in that situation.
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You tell that
to Commander La Forge
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and the rest of the away team.
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I'm sure they understand.
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As soon as you feel up to it
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you can probably
still join them.
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No!
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Reg, is there something
you're not telling me?
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Actually...
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it's, this is not the...
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this is not the first time
I've been apprehensive.
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Every single time
that I tried to do it
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I had this certain feeling
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and I guess...
you could call it...
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mortal terror.
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Why have you kept it a secret?
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Why?!
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Because my career in Starfleet
would be over, that's why.
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I doubt that.
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I've always managed
to avoid it somehow.
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You wouldn't believe
how many hours
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that I've logged
in shuttlecraft.
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I mean, the idea
of being deconstructed
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molecule by molecule...
it's more than I can stand.
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Even when I was a child,
I always had a dreadful fear
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that if ever
I was dematerialized
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that I would...
never come back again whole.
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I know it sounds crazy, but...
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It's not crazy at all.
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You are being taken apart
molecule by molecule.
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Reg, you're not the first person
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to have anxiety
about transporting.
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We can desensitize you
to this type of fear.
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It's a slow and gradual process,
but it works.
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It does? How?
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Well, you might first try
a relaxation technique
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like plexing.
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Plexing?
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Yes, it's a Betazoid method.
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The next time you feel nervous
about transporting
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you stimulate a neural
pressure point, like this.
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There's a nerve cluster
just behind the carotid artery.
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It stimulates
the part of the brain
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that releases
natural endorphins.
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Plexing...
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sounds easy enough.
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Here.
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There.
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Hmm.
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You know, I... I...
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I feel better already.
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I think I can do this.
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There's no need to rush.
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No, no, no. We talked
about confronting my fears.
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"The best way out is through."
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You said that once, remember?
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I suppose I did.
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I'm going to beam over there.
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I can do it.
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There's no sign
of any survivors.
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No sign of anyone.
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Maybe they abandoned ship.
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Unlikely.
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The escape pods
are still on board.
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There was an explosion here.
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That much we do know.
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Any idea what caused it?
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I ruled out
a reactor core failure
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and there's no sign
of a systems overload.
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Blast analysis indicates
the explosion originated here
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in the center
of the transport chamber.
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How is that possible?
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The transporter
is still functional.
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Could they have beamed aboard
an explosive device?
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Commander Riker?
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Could you come here, please?
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Excuse me.
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Lieutenant Joshua Kelly.
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He was the ship's Engineer.
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How did he die?
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He has second-
and third-degree burns
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over most of his body
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but I don't think they were
the cause of his death.
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I'd like to take him back
to do an autopsy.
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You're sure about this, sir?
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Sure. Please proceed.
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It'll only take a minute.
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Oh, it should be
a smooth ride over.
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Good. Good.
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I know how you feel
about this, sir.
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You're... you're afraid
of transporting, too?
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No. Arachnids.
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Sickening, crawly little things,
don't you think?
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All those legs...
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Spiders...
they've never bothered me.
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A few years back,
I was called in
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to reroute an emitter array
at a starbase at Zayra IV.
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Turns out
the entire system was infested
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with Talarian hook spiders.
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You ever seen
a Talarian hook spider?
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Their legs
are half a meter long.
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Well, I had a choice.
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Do I walk away and let the
emitter blow itself to hell
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or do I crawl in the Jefferies
tube with 20 hook spiders?
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Wh... what happened?
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It was the hardest thing
I ever did
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but I got through it.
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After that, I was never
quite so afraid of spiders.
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Thanks.
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Energizing.
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Reg.
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Welcome aboard.
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You ready to work?
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Yes, sir.
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Good. Why don't you start
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by downloading the ship's
science logs over there.
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Aye, sir.
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Still four members
of the crew unaccounted for.
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Did you come up with anything?
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Well, I don't know
how these fit in
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but I found them all around
the transporter platform.
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What are they?
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They look like pieces
of a standard sample container.
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We'll take these back
to the ship
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and analyze them there.
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Mr. Barclay?
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Glad you could join us.
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Me, too, sir.
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The Ferengi are claiming
two of their freighters
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were destroyed by a Cardassian
warship in your sector.
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Is there any evidence
to support this?
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Although I'm loath to believe
the Ferengi about anything
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there was evidence
of Cardassian weapons.
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If the Cardassians
also attacked the Yosemite
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it could indicate a large-scale
movement in this sector.
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I have an away team
on board the ship.
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The initial report indicates
there was an explosion on board
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but we're not sure
if it was from an attack.
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How soon until you know?
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A few hours.
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If it looks like Cardassians,
I'll contact you immediately.
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Very well.
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Bridge to Captain Picard.
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Go ahead, Mr. Data.
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The away team is returning
to the Enterprise, sir.
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Acknowledged.
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Have Commander Riker
come to my ready room
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as soon as he's on board.
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Aye, sir.
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La Forge
to Transporter Room Three.
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I'm ready to go.
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Stand by, Commander.
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Barclay to Enterprise.
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One to beam back.
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Stand by, sir.
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See, sir?
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That wasn't so bad, was it?
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Mission logs, science logs,
medical logs...
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they're all scrambled.
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Looks like the blast wiped out
the ship's core memory.
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We could try to reconstitute
the data stream.
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It's worth a try.
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Commander, has anything strange
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ever happened to you
during transport?
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Like what?
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I don't know.
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Anything out of the ordinary.
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No, not really.
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This looks hopeless.
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We're not going to get
anything out of these logs.
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You know, maybe...
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this broken sample container
I found can tell us something.
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Let's try to get this thing
back into one piece.
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I mean... have...
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ha-have you ever seen anything?
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Where?
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In the... during transport.
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Sometimes my VISOR
picks up resonance patterns
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from matter-energy conversion.
269
00:16:13,004 --> 00:16:15,302
It's actually kind of pretty.
270
00:16:15,340 --> 00:16:16,932
Why?
271
00:16:17,008 --> 00:16:18,999
I'm just wondering.
272
00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:26,947
Reg, what are you getting at?
273
00:16:27,018 --> 00:16:29,680
Did you see something
during transport?
274
00:16:31,823 --> 00:16:34,792
When I was returning
to the Enterprise
275
00:16:34,826 --> 00:16:37,454
I could have sworn
I saw something
276
00:16:37,495 --> 00:16:39,861
in the matter stream.
277
00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:42,366
Something?
278
00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,891
There was phased matter
all around
279
00:16:44,936 --> 00:16:46,631
and, at first, I thought
280
00:16:46,671 --> 00:16:50,505
it was some kind
of, uh, energy discharge
281
00:16:50,542 --> 00:16:54,774
but then, it flew toward me
and touched my arm.
282
00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:57,373
How could something be in there?
283
00:16:57,415 --> 00:17:00,942
Molecules flying apart
half-phased, I mean...
284
00:17:00,986 --> 00:17:03,113
it's impossible, isn't it?
285
00:17:04,889 --> 00:17:06,823
Well, we'd better check it out.
286
00:17:06,858 --> 00:17:07,882
When we're done here
287
00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:09,791
we'll run a full diagnostic
on the transporter
288
00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:10,795
all right?
289
00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,319
All right.
290
00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:19,028
The confinement beam subsystems
check out
291
00:17:19,070 --> 00:17:20,901
so do the phase
transition coils.
292
00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:23,100
The pattern buffer is fine.
293
00:17:23,141 --> 00:17:25,939
Emitter pads,
targeting scanners...
294
00:17:25,977 --> 00:17:27,945
they're all working fine.
295
00:17:27,979 --> 00:17:31,437
This system's clean
and so is the science vessel's.
296
00:17:31,483 --> 00:17:34,816
Reg, there's a lot of energy
floating around in the beam.
297
00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:38,289
Maybe you saw a surge
in the matter stream.
298
00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:39,813
Yeah.
299
00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:42,292
I'll run a scan
on the Heisenberg compensators.
300
00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:44,625
Oh, no, Chief,
you've done enough already.
301
00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:45,630
It's no problem.
302
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:46,995
Why don't you give me a hand?
303
00:17:53,672 --> 00:17:57,369
You know, maybe ignorance
really is bliss.
304
00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:58,467
Sir?
305
00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:00,535
Well, if I didn't know
so much about these things
306
00:18:00,578 --> 00:18:02,102
maybe they wouldn't
scare me so much.
307
00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:04,081
I can still remember the day
308
00:18:04,115 --> 00:18:06,879
in Dr. Olafson's
Transporter Theory class
309
00:18:06,918 --> 00:18:09,216
when he was talking
about the body
310
00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:12,883
being converted into billions
of kiloquads of data...
311
00:18:12,924 --> 00:18:14,585
zipping through subspace
312
00:18:14,626 --> 00:18:17,561
and I realized
there's no margin for error.
313
00:18:17,595 --> 00:18:19,893
One atom out of place and...
poof!
314
00:18:19,931 --> 00:18:21,296
You never come back.
315
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:24,427
It's amazing people aren't lost
all the time.
316
00:18:24,469 --> 00:18:25,697
With all due respect, sir
317
00:18:25,737 --> 00:18:27,329
I've been doing this
for 22 years
318
00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:29,772
and I haven't lost anybody yet.
319
00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:31,139
Yes, but...
320
00:18:31,176 --> 00:18:34,202
you realize
if the imaging scanners are off
321
00:18:34,245 --> 00:18:36,736
even one-thousandth
of a percent...
322
00:18:36,781 --> 00:18:39,807
That's why each pad
has four redundant scanners.
323
00:18:39,851 --> 00:18:43,287
If any one scanner fails,
the other three take over.
324
00:18:43,321 --> 00:18:45,585
Reg, how many
transporter accidents
325
00:18:45,623 --> 00:18:48,148
have there been
in the last ten years?
326
00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:49,490
Two? Three?
327
00:18:49,527 --> 00:18:51,392
There are millions of people
328
00:18:51,429 --> 00:18:54,728
who transport safely every day
without a problem.
329
00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:56,256
I've heard of problems.
330
00:18:56,301 --> 00:18:58,394
What about
transporter psychosis?
331
00:18:58,436 --> 00:19:00,063
Transporter psychosis?!
332
00:19:00,105 --> 00:19:03,131
There hasn't been a case of that
in over 50 years...
333
00:19:03,174 --> 00:19:06,769
not since they perfected
the multiplex pattern buffers.
334
00:19:06,811 --> 00:19:10,872
Reg, transporting really is
the safest way to travel.
335
00:19:18,189 --> 00:19:21,317
I'd like to take a closer look
at those burns.
336
00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,384
Take a tissue sample, please.
337
00:19:23,428 --> 00:19:24,827
Yes, Doctor.
338
00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:41,642
Damage to the epidermis only.
339
00:19:41,679 --> 00:19:44,011
Initiate a circulatory probe.
340
00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:01,963
Dr. Crusher!
341
00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:03,796
His heart's beating.
342
00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:05,462
Cardio-stimulator.
343
00:20:08,239 --> 00:20:09,604
Now.
344
00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:11,905
It's gone.
345
00:20:13,878 --> 00:20:18,508
Neuro-electrical activity
in the cerebral cortex.
346
00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:21,178
Nothing.
347
00:20:21,219 --> 00:20:24,017
Now his respiratory
system's active.
348
00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:32,522
What the hell is going on?
349
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,525
Here you are, Lieutenant.
350
00:21:34,259 --> 00:21:37,160
Water... ten degrees Celsius.
351
00:21:57,682 --> 00:22:01,641
Computer, access
Starfleet medical database
352
00:22:01,686 --> 00:22:03,654
and tell me about, um...
353
00:22:03,688 --> 00:22:07,522
Describe the disorder
"transporter psychosis."
354
00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:12,428
Transporter psychosis
was diagnosed in the year 2209
355
00:22:12,463 --> 00:22:15,557
by researchers on Delinia II...
356
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,397
No, no, stop.
357
00:22:17,435 --> 00:22:19,903
All I need is...
358
00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:21,565
What causes it?
359
00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:23,403
It is caused by a breakdown
360
00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:26,239
of neurochemical molecules
during transport
361
00:22:26,277 --> 00:22:29,838
affecting the body's motor
functions, autonomic systems
362
00:22:29,881 --> 00:22:32,577
and the brain's
higher reasoning centers.
363
00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:34,414
What are the symptoms?
364
00:22:34,452 --> 00:22:37,250
Victims suffer
from paranoid delusions
365
00:22:37,288 --> 00:22:41,588
multi-infarct dementia,
hallucinations...
366
00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:42,854
Hallucinations?
367
00:22:42,894 --> 00:22:45,920
What...
what kind of hallucinations?
368
00:22:45,964 --> 00:22:49,092
Victims experience somatic,
tactile
369
00:22:49,133 --> 00:22:51,431
and visual hallucinations
370
00:22:51,469 --> 00:22:54,597
accompanied
by psychogenic hysteria.
371
00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:59,440
Peripheral symptoms
include sleeplessness
372
00:22:59,477 --> 00:23:01,945
accelerated heart rate
373
00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:06,883
diminished eyesight
leading to acute myopia
374
00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:10,615
painful spasms
in the extremities
375
00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:14,352
and in most cases, dehydration.
376
00:23:14,392 --> 00:23:21,525
Computer, what is the treatment
for transporter psychosis?
377
00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:24,933
There is no known treatment.
378
00:23:28,573 --> 00:23:30,666
The autopsy showed
residual ionization
379
00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:33,142
in every one of
Lieutenant Kelly's systems.
380
00:23:33,177 --> 00:23:34,667
I think that's what caused
381
00:23:34,712 --> 00:23:35,974
the muscular and systemic
contractions.
382
00:23:36,047 --> 00:23:38,982
From where
did the ionization come?
383
00:23:39,083 --> 00:23:41,483
There's evidence
of electrical burns
384
00:23:41,519 --> 00:23:42,918
on the victim's body
385
00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:45,320
as if he was exposed
to ionized gas
386
00:23:45,356 --> 00:23:46,880
or high-energy plasma.
387
00:23:46,924 --> 00:23:48,118
Plasma?
388
00:23:48,159 --> 00:23:50,992
There's no way they could
have been exposed...
389
00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:53,589
unless it was matter
from the streamer.
390
00:23:53,631 --> 00:23:54,996
Is there evidence
of a hull breach?
391
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:56,466
Could the plasma
from the streamer
392
00:23:56,501 --> 00:23:57,900
have found its way
onto the ship?
393
00:23:57,935 --> 00:23:58,902
No.
394
00:23:58,936 --> 00:24:00,426
Data, what's the report
395
00:24:00,471 --> 00:24:02,598
on that broken
sample container?
396
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,269
The analysis of the fragments
is not yet complete.
397
00:24:06,310 --> 00:24:07,777
Captain, if there's evidence
398
00:24:07,812 --> 00:24:09,939
of similar ionization
in those fragments
399
00:24:09,981 --> 00:24:11,539
it could mean that they tried
400
00:24:11,582 --> 00:24:13,846
to beam aboard material
from the streamer.
401
00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:18,219
If the plasma exploded,
that would explain a few things.
402
00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:20,053
Let me know when the analysis
is complete.
403
00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:22,259
Aye, sir.
404
00:24:32,335 --> 00:24:34,701
From the look of these
fracture patterns
405
00:24:34,738 --> 00:24:37,536
I'd say that the explosive force
came from within the container.
406
00:24:37,574 --> 00:24:41,670
The container does show evidence
of residual ionization.
407
00:24:41,711 --> 00:24:43,975
I believe your hypothesis
was correct.
408
00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:45,742
It was used to store
high-energy plasma.
409
00:24:45,782 --> 00:24:49,946
So they were collecting samples
from the plasma streamer.
410
00:24:49,986 --> 00:24:51,613
But they had
the proper container.
411
00:24:51,655 --> 00:24:52,986
How could it have exploded?
412
00:24:53,056 --> 00:24:56,583
Perhaps we should attempt
to re-create their experiment
413
00:24:56,626 --> 00:24:58,651
to see what happens to matter
when it is beamed aboard
414
00:24:58,695 --> 00:25:00,253
under similar conditions.
415
00:25:00,297 --> 00:25:01,286
It's a good idea.
416
00:25:01,331 --> 00:25:03,128
We'll prepare a new container.
417
00:25:03,166 --> 00:25:05,430
Reg, I don't want
to take any chances here.
418
00:25:05,468 --> 00:25:07,060
Start setting up a level-5
containment field
419
00:25:07,103 --> 00:25:08,092
here in Engineering, okay?
420
00:25:08,138 --> 00:25:09,127
Aye, sir.
421
00:25:16,579 --> 00:25:18,877
Are you all right, Lieutenant?
422
00:25:18,915 --> 00:25:20,542
I'm fine.
423
00:25:20,583 --> 00:25:22,574
Yes, thank you.
424
00:25:38,601 --> 00:25:39,568
Geordi?
425
00:25:39,602 --> 00:25:40,899
Hmm?
426
00:25:40,937 --> 00:25:44,236
Lieutenant Barclay appears
inordinately preoccupied
427
00:25:44,274 --> 00:25:46,401
with his physiological
condition.
428
00:25:46,443 --> 00:25:48,502
I have seen him
check his pulse rate
429
00:25:48,545 --> 00:25:50,206
as well as his visual acuity
430
00:25:50,246 --> 00:25:52,737
several times over
the last 20 minutes.
431
00:25:52,782 --> 00:25:55,444
Thanks, Data.
432
00:26:16,206 --> 00:26:17,730
Reg?
433
00:26:19,642 --> 00:26:21,439
Yes, sir?
434
00:26:21,478 --> 00:26:23,673
You okay?
435
00:26:23,713 --> 00:26:27,274
I'm just fine, sir.
436
00:26:27,317 --> 00:26:29,285
You look a little pale.
437
00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:31,253
I do?
438
00:26:31,287 --> 00:26:34,882
Look, Reg,
it's been a long couple of days.
439
00:26:34,924 --> 00:26:37,324
Why don't you get some rest?
440
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,625
We've got everything
under control here.
441
00:26:40,663 --> 00:26:42,460
I think I'll do that, sir.
442
00:26:42,499 --> 00:26:43,989
Thank you.
443
00:26:51,007 --> 00:26:52,975
La Forge to Counselor Troi.
444
00:26:53,009 --> 00:26:54,476
Go ahead, Commander.
445
00:26:54,511 --> 00:26:55,978
Counselor, do you have a minute?
446
00:27:04,287 --> 00:27:06,812
Lieutenant Barclay,
I've been calling you.
447
00:27:06,856 --> 00:27:08,483
Why haven't you responded?
448
00:27:08,525 --> 00:27:10,186
Reg, what are you doing?
449
00:27:10,226 --> 00:27:11,250
I'm walking.
450
00:27:11,294 --> 00:27:12,886
I can see that.
Where are you going?
451
00:27:12,929 --> 00:27:14,055
Nowhere.
452
00:27:14,097 --> 00:27:16,327
I just don't get to see
these decks very often.
453
00:27:16,366 --> 00:27:17,765
Look, there's
Stellar Cartography.
454
00:27:17,801 --> 00:27:19,530
I thought that was deck 11.
455
00:27:19,569 --> 00:27:20,536
Mr. Barclay...
456
00:27:20,570 --> 00:27:22,401
I was having trouble sleeping
457
00:27:22,439 --> 00:27:24,600
and I'm trying
to wear myself out.
458
00:27:24,641 --> 00:27:27,041
It is a perfectly normal thing
to be doing, isn't it?
459
00:27:27,076 --> 00:27:28,543
Commander La Forge
said you seemed
460
00:27:28,578 --> 00:27:29,943
a little nervous this morning.
461
00:27:29,979 --> 00:27:32,106
I'm always nervous.
Everybody knows that.
462
00:27:32,148 --> 00:27:33,308
He also mentioned
that you said
463
00:27:33,349 --> 00:27:34,941
you saw something
in the transporter beam.
464
00:27:35,018 --> 00:27:36,076
Well, I was wrong.
465
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:37,950
They checked the transporter
and there wasn't...
466
00:27:38,021 --> 00:27:39,147
I mean, there was nothing there.
467
00:27:39,189 --> 00:27:40,156
I imagined the whole thing.
468
00:27:40,190 --> 00:27:42,124
You don't sound
very convinced of that.
469
00:27:42,158 --> 00:27:43,591
Listen, Counselor
470
00:27:43,626 --> 00:27:45,617
I really appreciate
your concern in this matter
471
00:27:45,662 --> 00:27:48,631
but I wish you wouldn't continue
with this conversation.
472
00:27:48,665 --> 00:27:50,462
I'm really perfectly fine.
473
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,968
Mr. Barclay, you're exhausted
and highly agitated.
474
00:27:53,002 --> 00:27:55,300
And I cannot allow
a member of this crew
475
00:27:55,338 --> 00:27:57,272
to endanger himself or others.
476
00:27:57,307 --> 00:27:59,537
I'm not endangering
anyone else
477
00:27:59,576 --> 00:28:00,975
and I really wish you...
478
00:28:01,010 --> 00:28:04,537
I think it would be
in your best interest
479
00:28:04,581 --> 00:28:06,640
to take a leave of absence.
480
00:28:06,683 --> 00:28:09,675
Reg, I'm temporarily
relieving you of duty.
481
00:28:12,021 --> 00:28:13,921
Fine.
482
00:28:14,023 --> 00:28:15,650
Fine.
483
00:28:15,692 --> 00:28:18,525
Do what you have to do,
Counselor.
484
00:28:35,645 --> 00:28:38,307
Computer, more birds.
485
00:28:44,988 --> 00:28:47,980
End stress reduction program.
486
00:28:54,497 --> 00:28:55,623
Water.
487
00:28:55,665 --> 00:28:57,462
Specify temperature.
488
00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:58,626
I don't care.
489
00:28:58,668 --> 00:29:00,260
Just give me water.
490
00:29:17,353 --> 00:29:20,288
Calm. Calm. Stay calm.
491
00:29:31,634 --> 00:29:35,263
All right, computer,
let's try some music.
492
00:29:35,305 --> 00:29:36,966
Something soothing.
493
00:30:27,223 --> 00:30:28,349
Sir, begging your pardon
494
00:30:28,391 --> 00:30:30,256
but couldn't this wait
till the morning?
495
00:30:30,293 --> 00:30:31,385
No.
496
00:30:31,427 --> 00:30:32,621
Chief, I've just...
497
00:30:32,662 --> 00:30:35,153
I've been reviewing
the transport logs.
498
00:30:35,198 --> 00:30:37,996
What are these... these energy
variations that keep appearing?
499
00:30:38,067 --> 00:30:39,659
There was one
when I was transported
500
00:30:39,702 --> 00:30:40,999
to the science ship, you see?
501
00:30:41,104 --> 00:30:42,594
Yeah, they're just, uh...
502
00:30:42,639 --> 00:30:45,005
Sorry. They're just
ionic fluctuations...
503
00:30:45,041 --> 00:30:46,372
a result of our interlock
504
00:30:46,409 --> 00:30:48,536
with the Yosemite's
transporter system.
505
00:30:48,578 --> 00:30:50,637
So a fluctuation occurred
506
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,672
while I was inside
the matter stream.
507
00:30:53,716 --> 00:30:55,843
It's nothing
to worry about, sir.
508
00:30:55,885 --> 00:30:57,512
I need you to transport me
509
00:30:57,554 --> 00:31:00,682
to the science ship and
then directly back again
510
00:31:00,723 --> 00:31:04,056
and while I'm in the beam,
can you re-create
511
00:31:04,093 --> 00:31:06,527
one of those ionic fluctuations?
512
00:31:06,563 --> 00:31:07,791
I guess so
513
00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:09,957
but if you don't mind
my asking, sir, what for?
514
00:31:09,999 --> 00:31:12,399
Well, I...
Commander La Forge
515
00:31:12,435 --> 00:31:15,097
wants some tricorder readings
on those fluctuations.
516
00:31:15,138 --> 00:31:17,129
We can do that from right here.
517
00:31:17,173 --> 00:31:19,107
No, I...
The transporter sensors
518
00:31:19,142 --> 00:31:21,110
may not be sensitive enough.
519
00:31:21,144 --> 00:31:24,204
Now, I'm giving you an order,
Mr. O'Brien.
520
00:31:24,247 --> 00:31:25,578
Aye, sir.
521
00:31:28,351 --> 00:31:31,718
If you don't mind my making
an observation, sir
522
00:31:31,754 --> 00:31:34,120
you forgot to bring a tricorder.
523
00:31:38,361 --> 00:31:40,659
Either there's something
in there
524
00:31:40,697 --> 00:31:41,994
or I'm going crazy
525
00:31:42,031 --> 00:31:43,999
and I've just got to know.
526
00:31:44,033 --> 00:31:46,524
You can understand that,
can't you?
527
00:31:47,704 --> 00:31:49,171
Yes, sir, I can.
528
00:31:49,205 --> 00:31:50,695
Stand by, sir.
529
00:32:22,839 --> 00:32:25,307
I want you to wake
the senior staff.
530
00:32:29,145 --> 00:32:31,978
...and, and then I saw it
again just 20 minutes ago.
531
00:32:32,015 --> 00:32:33,812
It was the same exact thing
532
00:32:33,850 --> 00:32:36,819
just moving around
in the transporter beam.
533
00:32:36,853 --> 00:32:38,480
Let me get this straight.
534
00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:40,489
You think this thing was alive?
535
00:32:40,523 --> 00:32:42,514
It... it... it was...
536
00:32:42,558 --> 00:32:44,185
dark and distorted
537
00:32:44,227 --> 00:32:47,594
and it had what looked
like a mouth.
538
00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:50,155
A mouth.
539
00:32:50,199 --> 00:32:53,259
I don't see anything
wrong with his arm.
540
00:32:53,302 --> 00:32:56,703
Reg, why did you wait so long
to tell anybody about your arm?
541
00:32:56,739 --> 00:32:59,469
Well...
542
00:32:59,509 --> 00:33:00,669
I...
543
00:33:00,710 --> 00:33:02,837
I thought I was hallucinating.
544
00:33:02,879 --> 00:33:05,848
That I... had, um...
545
00:33:05,882 --> 00:33:08,874
that it was
transporter psychosis
546
00:33:08,918 --> 00:33:11,386
but I know what I saw
in there was real.
547
00:33:11,421 --> 00:33:14,390
I was the only one
who experienced
548
00:33:14,424 --> 00:33:17,621
ionic fluctuations
in the transport.
549
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:20,254
Maybe that's why
no one else saw it.
550
00:33:20,296 --> 00:33:22,787
Mr. Barclay,
I've been told that you've
551
00:33:22,832 --> 00:33:26,495
been under considerable strain
during the past few days.
552
00:33:26,536 --> 00:33:29,471
Isn't it possible
that you simply imagined...?
553
00:33:29,505 --> 00:33:31,803
I know what you're going
to say, Captain.
554
00:33:31,841 --> 00:33:33,968
I know I've been acting
strange lately
555
00:33:34,043 --> 00:33:35,635
but you've got to believe me
556
00:33:35,678 --> 00:33:38,078
that I would never
have called you in here
557
00:33:38,114 --> 00:33:40,014
unless I was absolutely certain.
558
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,353
Mr. La Forge, get Mr. O'Brien.
559
00:33:47,390 --> 00:33:49,950
Take that transporter
system apart
560
00:33:49,992 --> 00:33:51,550
piece by piece if you have to.
561
00:33:51,594 --> 00:33:52,686
Mr. Worf
562
00:33:52,729 --> 00:33:55,459
I want a level-3 security alert
until further notice.
563
00:33:55,498 --> 00:33:56,795
Aye, sir.
564
00:33:56,833 --> 00:34:00,633
I'll run a micro-cellular scan
of Mr. Barclay's arm.
565
00:34:00,670 --> 00:34:03,639
It might take some time, but if
there's a problem, I'll find it.
566
00:34:03,673 --> 00:34:05,265
Keep me apprised.
567
00:34:05,308 --> 00:34:06,366
Dismissed.
568
00:34:20,256 --> 00:34:22,690
I'm picking up minute levels
of residual ionization
569
00:34:22,725 --> 00:34:25,216
from the subdermal tissue
of his left arm.
570
00:34:25,261 --> 00:34:27,354
The patterns correspond exactly
571
00:34:27,396 --> 00:34:29,956
to those we measured
in Lieutenant Kelly's body
572
00:34:29,999 --> 00:34:32,934
and in the sample container
from the science ship.
573
00:34:32,969 --> 00:34:35,437
There's no question...
you have been exposed
574
00:34:35,471 --> 00:34:37,837
to the same high-energy
plasma they were.
575
00:34:37,874 --> 00:34:40,866
So, something did happen to me
in the transporter beam.
576
00:34:40,910 --> 00:34:42,070
You might have been exposed
577
00:34:42,111 --> 00:34:43,669
to something
from the science ship.
578
00:34:43,713 --> 00:34:45,772
You did say something
touched your left arm
579
00:34:45,815 --> 00:34:46,975
during transport.
580
00:34:47,049 --> 00:34:49,882
And that's exactly where
the ionization is focused.
581
00:34:49,919 --> 00:34:52,183
Does this ionization pose
a threat to Mr. Barclay?
582
00:34:52,221 --> 00:34:55,622
It might. I'll have to run
a base-pair correlation
583
00:34:55,658 --> 00:34:57,785
to see if there's any sign
of DNA breakdown.
584
00:34:57,827 --> 00:34:59,954
Sir, Commander La Forge and I
585
00:34:59,996 --> 00:35:03,056
were planning to re-create
the circumstances
586
00:35:03,099 --> 00:35:04,532
of the explosion
on the Yosemite.
587
00:35:04,567 --> 00:35:06,159
And that might
give us some answers.
588
00:35:06,202 --> 00:35:08,136
Permission to continue
with the experiment?
589
00:35:08,171 --> 00:35:09,729
Granted. Tell Mr. O'Brien
590
00:35:09,772 --> 00:35:12,434
to take all the primary
transporters off-line.
591
00:35:12,475 --> 00:35:15,308
I don't want to risk
any further contaminations.
592
00:35:15,344 --> 00:35:17,778
Make sure you take all the
necessary safety precautions.
593
00:35:17,814 --> 00:35:19,748
Aye, sir.
594
00:35:19,782 --> 00:35:22,876
I'd like you to wear
this monitoring device.
595
00:35:22,919 --> 00:35:26,320
It will tell me
if there is the slightest sign
596
00:35:26,355 --> 00:35:28,118
of increased ionization.
597
00:35:28,157 --> 00:35:29,647
Yes, Doctor.
598
00:35:37,166 --> 00:35:40,135
Structural reinforcement
is at 240%.
599
00:35:40,169 --> 00:35:42,501
Activating containment field.
600
00:35:46,008 --> 00:35:47,475
Well, that should do it.
601
00:35:47,510 --> 00:35:48,534
Okay, Reg, we've locked on
602
00:35:48,578 --> 00:35:50,307
to the coordinates
of the plasma streamer.
603
00:35:50,346 --> 00:35:52,974
Go ahead and beam aboard
a sample, will you?
604
00:35:53,015 --> 00:35:54,448
Aye, sir.
605
00:36:09,365 --> 00:36:10,798
Okay.
606
00:36:10,833 --> 00:36:12,926
What would they have done first?
607
00:36:13,035 --> 00:36:16,527
Standard analysis begins
with a resonance frequency scan.
608
00:36:16,572 --> 00:36:19,040
That sounds like
a good place to start.
609
00:36:19,075 --> 00:36:20,565
Let's do that.
610
00:36:20,610 --> 00:36:23,545
Initiating resonance sweep.
611
00:36:23,579 --> 00:36:25,604
Frequency range at...
612
00:36:27,783 --> 00:36:28,943
Barclay!
613
00:36:29,051 --> 00:36:30,951
Check the containment field.
614
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,824
The field
is at its maximum limit
615
00:36:39,862 --> 00:36:42,296
but it is holding!
616
00:36:56,612 --> 00:37:00,548
My VISOR's picking up
biomagnetic energy.
617
00:37:04,787 --> 00:37:07,585
Highly complex patterns.
618
00:37:07,623 --> 00:37:10,592
You know, I think
these things are alive.
619
00:37:10,626 --> 00:37:11,957
Reg?
620
00:37:15,631 --> 00:37:16,962
Reg!
621
00:37:22,705 --> 00:37:23,967
Reg...
622
00:37:34,283 --> 00:37:37,343
Life-forms?
623
00:37:37,386 --> 00:37:38,751
That is correct.
624
00:37:38,787 --> 00:37:40,618
They appear to be
quasi-energy microbes
625
00:37:40,656 --> 00:37:42,624
that exist within
the distortion field
626
00:37:42,658 --> 00:37:43,886
of the plasma streamer.
627
00:37:43,926 --> 00:37:45,826
We didn't detect them
until we tried to run
628
00:37:45,861 --> 00:37:47,795
the resonance frequency scan.
629
00:37:47,830 --> 00:37:49,627
Apparently, they didn't
like it very much.
630
00:37:49,665 --> 00:37:51,257
They shattered
the sample container.
631
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,894
Which caused a plasma explosion
632
00:37:53,936 --> 00:37:56,063
similar to the one
on the science ship.
633
00:37:56,105 --> 00:37:57,902
Exactly.
When we linked up
634
00:37:57,940 --> 00:38:00,773
with their transporter system,
one or more of the microbes
635
00:38:00,809 --> 00:38:02,606
must have gotten
into our system.
636
00:38:02,644 --> 00:38:05,169
We think they're still
caught in the buffer.
637
00:38:05,214 --> 00:38:07,546
It might explain what you saw.
638
00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:12,282
But what I saw
was much bigger than a microbe.
639
00:38:12,321 --> 00:38:14,585
Normal spatial relationships
are often distorted
640
00:38:14,623 --> 00:38:15,920
within the matter stream.
641
00:38:15,958 --> 00:38:18,927
Your perceptions
may have been exaggerated.
642
00:38:19,028 --> 00:38:22,589
Some of these microbes
are also in your body, Reg.
643
00:38:22,631 --> 00:38:25,600
In... inside me?
644
00:38:25,634 --> 00:38:27,864
They were in Lieutenant Kelly's
body as well.
645
00:38:27,903 --> 00:38:30,667
That's what caused the
contractions during the autopsy.
646
00:38:30,706 --> 00:38:31,934
The biofilters should have
647
00:38:32,007 --> 00:38:33,599
screened them out,
but it didn't.
648
00:38:33,642 --> 00:38:35,735
The microbes exist
simultaneously
649
00:38:35,778 --> 00:38:37,439
as both matter and energy.
650
00:38:37,479 --> 00:38:39,276
The biofilter
cannot distinguish them
651
00:38:39,314 --> 00:38:40,440
from the matter stream.
652
00:38:40,482 --> 00:38:43,042
Right, but... if we
held Barclay suspended
653
00:38:43,085 --> 00:38:44,916
in mid-transport, at the point
654
00:38:44,953 --> 00:38:48,252
where matter starts to lose
molecular cohesion...
655
00:38:48,290 --> 00:38:51,123
The molecules would begin
to emit nucleonic particles.
656
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,321
We may be able
to derive a pattern
657
00:38:53,362 --> 00:38:54,761
the computer would recognize.
658
00:38:54,797 --> 00:38:56,924
And then reprogram
the biofilters
659
00:38:56,965 --> 00:38:58,364
and screen the microbes out.
660
00:38:58,400 --> 00:38:59,924
I think this will work, Reg.
661
00:38:59,968 --> 00:39:01,458
Suspend me?
662
00:39:01,503 --> 00:39:03,994
I don't like the sound
of this.
663
00:39:04,039 --> 00:39:06,166
Well, we would have to keep
you in there for a while.
664
00:39:06,208 --> 00:39:07,698
How long?
665
00:39:07,743 --> 00:39:10,234
30, 40 seconds,
it's tough to tell
666
00:39:10,279 --> 00:39:12,406
but I think it would be safe.
667
00:39:12,448 --> 00:39:16,885
But if-if-if I'm
in the matter stream too long...
668
00:39:16,919 --> 00:39:18,910
Your pattern would degrade
to the point
669
00:39:19,021 --> 00:39:21,421
where your signal
would be permanently lost.
670
00:39:28,964 --> 00:39:31,558
After 15 seconds or so
in the beam
671
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,067
you may start
to feel lightheaded.
672
00:39:33,102 --> 00:39:34,467
Try to stay calm.
673
00:39:34,503 --> 00:39:36,664
Oh, and it's important
not to move around too much.
674
00:39:36,705 --> 00:39:37,797
Right.
675
00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:47,278
Initializing
the backup pattern buffer.
676
00:39:47,316 --> 00:39:48,943
Holding at standby.
677
00:39:48,984 --> 00:39:50,508
You ready, Reg?
678
00:39:56,725 --> 00:39:58,215
Energize.
679
00:40:10,339 --> 00:40:12,967
Molecular resolution at 60%.
680
00:40:13,075 --> 00:40:16,909
Engaging static mode.
681
00:40:16,945 --> 00:40:19,243
His pattern is locked
and holding.
682
00:40:21,016 --> 00:40:23,382
Starting biofilter scan.
683
00:40:32,828 --> 00:40:34,796
Signal's holding.
684
00:40:34,830 --> 00:40:37,890
The imaging scanners still
haven't isolated the microbes.
685
00:40:37,933 --> 00:40:39,992
I'll try increasing
molecular dispersion.
686
00:40:40,035 --> 00:40:41,935
His signal resolution
is down to 55%.
687
00:40:41,970 --> 00:40:44,268
Don't worry,
I can hold him together.
688
00:40:55,751 --> 00:40:58,015
Commander, his signal
resolution's down to 50%.
689
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,020
We need to bring him back.
690
00:41:00,122 --> 00:41:02,090
I know, I know.
Just give me one more second.
691
00:41:02,124 --> 00:41:03,921
We need more dispersion.
692
00:41:03,959 --> 00:41:06,587
Increase phase-transition
frequency.
693
00:41:06,628 --> 00:41:07,617
Aye, sir.
694
00:41:07,663 --> 00:41:09,494
The imaging scanners
are actuating.
695
00:41:09,531 --> 00:41:11,362
Got it.
696
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,369
Pattern acquisition positive.
697
00:41:14,403 --> 00:41:16,564
Programming biofilter.
698
00:41:16,605 --> 00:41:19,768
Don't worry, Reg,
this won't hurt a bit.
699
00:41:30,752 --> 00:41:33,983
I'm reading
a 92% increase in mass.
700
00:41:34,089 --> 00:41:36,717
There's something
in the beam with him.
701
00:41:36,758 --> 00:41:38,089
Security
to Transporter Room Three.
702
00:41:38,126 --> 00:41:39,491
Right away.
703
00:41:39,528 --> 00:41:42,429
I'm setting up a force field
around the chamber.
704
00:41:54,176 --> 00:41:56,542
Drop the force field.
705
00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:04,141
There are more crew
members in the beam.
706
00:42:04,186 --> 00:42:06,552
You have to grab them
and hold on.
707
00:42:06,588 --> 00:42:07,714
Understood.
708
00:42:07,756 --> 00:42:09,246
Follow me.
709
00:42:16,298 --> 00:42:17,959
Reg, what happened?
710
00:42:18,066 --> 00:42:22,162
Well, when I... when I saw that
there was more than one of them
711
00:42:22,204 --> 00:42:24,968
I-I thought maybe
the other crew were trying
712
00:42:25,073 --> 00:42:27,098
to do the same thing
that we were.
713
00:42:27,142 --> 00:42:29,872
We were infected with something.
714
00:42:29,911 --> 00:42:35,247
Lieutenant Kelly tried
to... reprogram the biofilter.
715
00:42:35,284 --> 00:42:37,514
Well, it looks like he pushed
molecular dispersion
716
00:42:37,552 --> 00:42:38,712
past the integrity point.
717
00:42:38,754 --> 00:42:40,984
Your patterns got caught
in the beam.
718
00:42:41,056 --> 00:42:43,388
The residual energy
from the plasma streamer
719
00:42:43,425 --> 00:42:45,985
it must have amplified
the charge in the buffer
720
00:42:46,028 --> 00:42:48,690
enough to keep
your patterns from degrading.
721
00:43:06,014 --> 00:43:09,848
Captain's Log, Stardate 46043.6.
722
00:43:09,885 --> 00:43:11,716
The reprogrammed biofilter
723
00:43:11,753 --> 00:43:13,948
was effective in removing
the alien microbes
724
00:43:14,056 --> 00:43:17,150
from Mr. Barclay
and the four crew members.
725
00:43:17,192 --> 00:43:21,959
The microbes have been returned
to the plasma streamer.
726
00:43:28,670 --> 00:43:29,728
Chief.
727
00:43:29,771 --> 00:43:31,966
Lieutenant,
glad you could make it.
728
00:43:32,074 --> 00:43:34,133
You know, I think this
is the first time
729
00:43:34,176 --> 00:43:37,839
we've ever spoken
outside of the transporter room.
730
00:43:37,879 --> 00:43:40,507
Well, to be honest,
I've always avoided you.
731
00:43:40,549 --> 00:43:41,846
Why?
732
00:43:41,883 --> 00:43:43,475
Because you run
the transporters
733
00:43:43,518 --> 00:43:45,543
and I hate the transporters...
734
00:43:45,587 --> 00:43:46,918
at least, I used to.
735
00:43:46,955 --> 00:43:48,286
So, what's in the box?
736
00:43:48,323 --> 00:43:52,157
I thought you might like
to meet Christina.
737
00:43:56,498 --> 00:43:59,296
Christina, Lieutenant Barclay.
738
00:44:01,503 --> 00:44:03,368
It's your pet spider.
739
00:44:03,405 --> 00:44:05,134
Lycosa tarantula.
740
00:44:05,173 --> 00:44:08,040
Don't worry, she won't bite.
741
00:44:11,980 --> 00:44:14,107
She's...
742
00:44:14,149 --> 00:44:15,741
very large.
743
00:44:15,784 --> 00:44:17,911
I found her on Titus IV.
744
00:44:17,953 --> 00:44:20,114
I almost stepped on her
by accident.
745
00:44:21,623 --> 00:44:24,683
Oh, I'll get us
a couple of drinks, okay?
746
00:44:24,726 --> 00:44:27,126
Keep an eye on her, will you?
747
00:44:27,162 --> 00:44:28,686
Sure.
748
00:44:36,471 --> 00:44:38,905
Uh, Chief?