1 00:00:03,420 --> 00:00:06,340 Woman [over pa]: Dr. Nessor, please contact station 12. 2 00:00:06,548 --> 00:00:08,829 - Dr. Nessor, contact station 12. - Man 1: Code blue here. 3 00:00:08,884 --> 00:00:10,236 - Watch the door. - Man 2: All right. 4 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:13,222 Careful. He may have sustained cranial damage. 5 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:15,307 Woman 2: Move him to the diagnostic pad. 6 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,351 - Slowly. Man 2: Here we go. 7 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:20,062 Woman 2: Slowly. That's good. 8 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:22,105 Man 1: In here, stat. 9 00:00:22,314 --> 00:00:23,514 All right, all right, careful. 10 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:24,900 Man 2: Readings? 11 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:27,277 Man 1: Uh, they're fluctuating. 12 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:30,697 He took a severe blow. 13 00:00:30,906 --> 00:00:32,616 With possible trauma to the telencephalon. 14 00:00:32,824 --> 00:00:34,219 Woman 2: Start 15 octares of quadroline. 15 00:00:34,243 --> 00:00:36,745 We'll need a complete del-scan series. 16 00:00:36,954 --> 00:00:38,194 I can't find his cardial organ. 17 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:40,558 Woman 2: What do you mean? I'm reading a steady circulation. 18 00:00:40,582 --> 00:00:42,125 There it is. Up here. 19 00:00:42,626 --> 00:00:44,044 In his digestive tract? 20 00:00:44,253 --> 00:00:46,630 Have you ever seen anything like this? 21 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:53,011 He's missing three costal struts on one side. 22 00:00:53,762 --> 00:00:55,264 And four on the other. 23 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,267 You think that's something? Look at this. 24 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,645 He has digits on his terminus. 25 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,490 What are you? 26 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:52,863 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 27 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:57,492 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 28 00:01:57,701 --> 00:02:02,831 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 29 00:02:03,165 --> 00:02:07,252 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 30 00:02:07,711 --> 00:02:12,049 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 31 00:03:08,814 --> 00:03:10,607 Man: Yes, doctor, right away. 32 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:27,958 What happened? 33 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:32,045 You're in the crisis room at the sikla medical facility. 34 00:03:32,254 --> 00:03:35,424 You've had a severe injury, but you're going to be all right. 35 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,969 I was caught in the riots when the police moved in. 36 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:41,638 That's the last thing I remember. 37 00:03:42,013 --> 00:03:43,348 Can you tell us your name? 38 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:48,270 Rivas. Rivas jakara. 39 00:03:48,478 --> 00:03:50,647 Rivas jakara. 40 00:03:51,106 --> 00:03:52,149 Where do you live? 41 00:03:52,941 --> 00:03:56,486 In the marta community on the southern continent. 42 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:57,946 You're a long way from home. 43 00:03:58,155 --> 00:04:00,782 Do you have any members of your family we should notify? 44 00:04:01,533 --> 00:04:03,994 No. I have no family. 45 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,472 I can't stay here. I have to go... 46 00:04:06,496 --> 00:04:09,916 You're in no condition to leave yet. 47 00:04:10,876 --> 00:04:12,043 [Groans] 48 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:15,380 There are several unusual things about your case, Mr. Jakara. 49 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:17,466 Uh, your cranial lobes, for instance. 50 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:21,219 They seem to be surgical implants. 51 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:23,346 I had cosmetic surgery 52 00:04:23,555 --> 00:04:25,974 to correct a genetic birth defect. 53 00:04:26,183 --> 00:04:29,436 And these? Another birth defect? 54 00:04:29,644 --> 00:04:31,772 Riker: Yes. Isn't that something? 55 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:34,316 My father's were the same way. 56 00:04:34,524 --> 00:04:36,568 You want us to believe that all your abnormalities 57 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:38,487 are inherited genetic traits? 58 00:04:38,695 --> 00:04:40,864 Riker: I understand your confusion. 59 00:04:41,531 --> 00:04:44,242 My personal physician is much more familiar 60 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:48,246 with these genetic irregularities. 61 00:04:48,705 --> 00:04:50,373 To be honest, 62 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:53,293 I would feel much better back home under her care. 63 00:04:53,502 --> 00:04:55,796 Why don't I talk to her about that? What's her name? 64 00:04:57,047 --> 00:04:59,591 Crusher. Actually... 65 00:05:00,884 --> 00:05:02,928 I'm not sure you'll be able to reach her. 66 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,429 Why not? 67 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:07,891 She's taking a sabbatical. 68 00:05:08,892 --> 00:05:12,729 Well, we'll do the best we can for you. 69 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,025 Oh, there was one other thing. 70 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:20,862 We found this curious-looking device in your clothes. 71 00:05:21,071 --> 00:05:22,697 What is it? 72 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:26,868 It's just a toy. I was taking it home as a present. 73 00:05:27,077 --> 00:05:28,557 I thought you didn't have any family. 74 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:31,998 It's for a neighbor's child. 75 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:37,254 Was there anything else found? I had one piece ofjewelry, a metal pin. 76 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:40,757 No. I'm sorry, this was all we found. 77 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:45,595 Man: To recovery room. 78 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,394 [Groans] 79 00:05:52,978 --> 00:05:54,437 Genetic irregularities? 80 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:56,690 That thing isn't even the same species we are. 81 00:05:56,898 --> 00:05:58,066 Keep your voice down. 82 00:05:58,275 --> 00:06:00,902 The last thing we need is a panic in here over some... 83 00:06:01,111 --> 00:06:03,154 It's all the space flights. 84 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:05,203 They have attracted creatures from outer space. 85 00:06:05,282 --> 00:06:07,409 That's exactly the kind of thing I don't want to hear. 86 00:06:07,617 --> 00:06:08,785 What are you going to do? 87 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:13,456 Of all the medical facilities available, 88 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,835 why did he have to end up here? 89 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,856 - We ought to call central security. - Berel: I'm not calling anybody yet. 90 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,591 Not till we've done a lot more. A lot more. 91 00:06:22,799 --> 00:06:24,759 I want his story checked out. 92 00:06:24,968 --> 00:06:26,928 Run a complete search through the medical library. 93 00:06:27,137 --> 00:06:29,598 Be absolutely certain there's never been anything like him. 94 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,934 What if there's more of them? They could be everywhere. 95 00:06:33,143 --> 00:06:34,227 Berel: Cordon off the wing. 96 00:06:34,436 --> 00:06:36,521 I want security on his door 29 hours a day, 97 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,315 and I want this kept quiet. 98 00:06:38,773 --> 00:06:43,153 Woman [over pa]: Code 3 drill in d wing. Instructors report immediately. 99 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:46,740 Code 3 drill in d wing. All instructors report. 100 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:55,790 At 12.4 after launch, 101 00:06:55,999 --> 00:06:58,168 the warp field generator will be activated. 102 00:06:58,376 --> 00:07:00,253 That's when it would break the light barrier? 103 00:07:00,462 --> 00:07:01,922 Yes, chancellor. 104 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:05,258 If we're successful, the craft will leave our star system, 105 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:08,345 and in a matter of minutes, will be on its way to the garth system. 106 00:07:09,012 --> 00:07:10,388 And then what? 107 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:13,516 And then, krola, we'll see what's there. 108 00:07:13,934 --> 00:07:15,602 How long, mirasta? 109 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:18,104 We have the prototype design for the warp engine. 110 00:07:18,313 --> 00:07:21,650 It would simply be a matter of building the actual production unit. 111 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:25,111 If I get your approval today, 10 months. 112 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:26,571 Maybe less. 113 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:27,822 Krola: Chancellor. 114 00:07:28,031 --> 00:07:32,619 I'll admit mirasta's enthusiasm for her work is seductive. 115 00:07:32,953 --> 00:07:34,871 But perhaps we're moving too fast. 116 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:37,499 Your opponents will see this as another example 117 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:40,585 of your determination to pull us further from our traditional ways. 118 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,672 My opponents look back as I look fonrvard. 119 00:07:44,214 --> 00:07:46,800 I cannot believe that my people would choose to retreat 120 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:48,343 after all we've done. 121 00:07:48,551 --> 00:07:50,220 I agree. 122 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,348 The people were willing to accept your social reforms 123 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:55,266 because they believe in you, chancehon 124 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:58,645 but there are many who say we have gone far enough. 125 00:07:58,853 --> 00:08:02,107 All these new ideas, new technology. 126 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:03,984 And now space travel? 127 00:08:04,192 --> 00:08:07,070 It confuses them, frightens them. 128 00:08:14,077 --> 00:08:18,164 I will not allow them to remain in the dark ages. 129 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:23,878 The warp program will proceed as you have outlined, mirasta. 130 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:29,801 And then we will slow down, krola, 131 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:32,345 to let everyone catch their breath, 132 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:34,597 including you. 133 00:09:04,836 --> 00:09:06,004 Mirasta Yale? 134 00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:12,719 Please, don't be alarmed at our appearance. 135 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:17,974 My name is Jean-Luc picard. This is my associate, Deanna troi. 136 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,685 What are you? 137 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:24,314 We've come with some very important information. 138 00:09:25,148 --> 00:09:26,274 About what? 139 00:09:26,483 --> 00:09:27,692 Picard: About space. 140 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:31,196 About the universe you are preparing to enter. 141 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:35,033 We come from a federation of planets. 142 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,160 Captain picard is from a planet called earth 143 00:09:37,368 --> 00:09:40,080 which is over 2,000 light years from here. 144 00:09:40,622 --> 00:09:43,875 I'm from another planet called betazed. 145 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:45,668 [Scoffs] 146 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:50,340 We've been monitoring your progress toward warp drive capability. 147 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:54,177 When a society reaches your level of technology 148 00:09:54,469 --> 00:09:56,229 and is clearly about to initiate warp travel, 149 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:59,516 we feel the time is right for first contact. 150 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:01,643 We prefer meeting like this 151 00:10:01,851 --> 00:10:05,105 rather than a random confrontation in deep space. 152 00:10:05,313 --> 00:10:06,606 We've come to you first 153 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:09,526 because you're a leader in the scientific community. 154 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:13,863 Scientists generally accept our arrival more easily than others. 155 00:10:14,072 --> 00:10:17,659 We almost always encounter shock and fear on this sort of mission. 156 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:20,495 We hope that you will help us to facilitate 157 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:22,372 our introduction. 158 00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:24,791 Is this a joke? 159 00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:27,544 Did Lupo and the others from the lab put you up to this? 160 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:28,878 Oh, it's certainly no joke. 161 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:32,173 As you can see, we are physically quite different from malcorians. 162 00:10:32,382 --> 00:10:35,593 And with your permission, 163 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:37,720 I'm prepared to prove it to you. 164 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,403 I would like that. 165 00:10:56,906 --> 00:11:00,618 Picard to enterprise. Three to beam up. 166 00:11:42,952 --> 00:11:45,330 It's everything I ever dreamed of. 167 00:11:59,469 --> 00:12:01,638 When I was a child, 168 00:12:01,846 --> 00:12:04,432 my parents would take me to the planetarium, 169 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:06,809 and we would sit in the dark, 170 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:09,729 and it was if I was on a spaceship 171 00:12:09,938 --> 00:12:12,357 on my way to another world 172 00:12:12,815 --> 00:12:15,026 to meet people on other planets. 173 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:19,072 Part of me keeps waiting for the lights to come up 174 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,990 and the program to end. 175 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,494 How did you know about me? 176 00:12:24,702 --> 00:12:26,204 [Sighs] 177 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:30,458 We learn as much as possible about a planet 178 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:32,919 before we make first contact. 179 00:12:33,127 --> 00:12:36,464 One of the things we monitor are your broadcast signals, 180 00:12:36,673 --> 00:12:39,676 your journalism, your music, your humor. 181 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:42,720 Try to understand you better as a people. 182 00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:44,055 [Laughs] 183 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,474 I hate to think how you would judge us 184 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:49,811 based on our popular music and entertainment. Heh. 185 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:54,190 Indeed. We do get an incomplete picture. 186 00:12:54,399 --> 00:13:00,029 Which is why we also do surface reconnaissance. 187 00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:05,326 You've had people on our planet? 188 00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:07,287 For several years. 189 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:08,830 Picard: These are specialists, 190 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:12,792 highly trained observation teams, superficially identical to yourselves, 191 00:13:13,001 --> 00:13:16,254 and therefore able to blend naturally into your society. 192 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:17,797 You see, we have discovered 193 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:21,050 that the most hazardous aspect of these missions 194 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:23,469 is the lack of sufficient information. 195 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:26,514 You don't have to explain. 196 00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:28,891 I understand. 197 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,270 Although not everybody on my planet would. 198 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:35,857 They would think you were trying to infiltrate our society. 199 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:38,693 Well, there is a difficulty here, 200 00:13:38,901 --> 00:13:42,697 one that has forced us to accelerate this entire process. 201 00:13:42,905 --> 00:13:45,658 One of our people is missing. 202 00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:48,161 My first officer, commander William riker. 203 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:50,204 He was down on the planet surface, 204 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:53,624 coordinating with the observation team the final details 205 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:55,585 of contact. 206 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:57,170 He disappeared. 207 00:13:57,378 --> 00:14:01,382 My people have made inquiries, but they've not been able to locate him. 208 00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:03,885 If there is anything you can do to help... 209 00:14:04,093 --> 00:14:07,680 Oh, of course. Where was riker's last known location? 210 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:09,515 The capital city. 211 00:14:09,724 --> 00:14:14,103 He was under the name rivas jakara, a tourist from the marta community. 212 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:15,480 Mirasta: We must find him 213 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,358 before someone realizes what he really is. 214 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:22,820 If this gets out prematurely, it could seriously complicate matters. 215 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:26,074 Our ideology is based on the assumption 216 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:28,910 that the malcorian is a supreme life form, 217 00:14:29,118 --> 00:14:33,623 and our world is the center of the universe. 218 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:39,712 Your arrival will change our entire understanding of life. 219 00:14:40,296 --> 00:14:42,924 And some will not want it to change. 220 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:45,468 What about durken? 221 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:48,054 Durken. 222 00:14:48,262 --> 00:14:51,891 He will be open-minded, butcaufious. 223 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,142 I strongly suggest 224 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:55,591 that you do not discuss your surveillance teams with him, 225 00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:57,480 at least not right away. 226 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,441 But with the disappearance of commander riker, 227 00:15:00,650 --> 00:15:01,692 wouldn't it be prudent...? 228 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:02,944 Mirasta: Captain picard, 229 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:06,280 I must ask you to trust me on this. 230 00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,741 If you tell the chancellor about commander riker, 231 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:11,786 you will undermine everything that you hope to accomplish here. 232 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:16,707 Durken will assign krola, our minister of security, to find him. 233 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:20,503 And krola has his own political agenda. 234 00:15:20,711 --> 00:15:23,172 He will perceive you as the greatest threat 235 00:15:23,381 --> 00:15:25,299 that our people have ever known. 236 00:15:25,508 --> 00:15:30,805 And he will not hesitate to use riker to prove that he is correct. 237 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:40,356 From what I understand, there's hundreds of them. 238 00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:43,818 So it doesn't make sense that he's the only one. 239 00:15:44,026 --> 00:15:46,821 Think about it. It's true. 240 00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:48,698 [All murmuring indistinctly] 241 00:15:51,075 --> 00:15:53,077 I thought I said this was to be kept a secret. 242 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,328 You know nilrem. 243 00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:56,330 Well, it's getting out of control. 244 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:58,499 I don't know what else he is, 245 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:01,419 but he is still a patient in this medical facility, 246 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:04,172 and we have a responsibility for his care and recovery. 247 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:06,215 Remind them of that, will you? 248 00:16:06,424 --> 00:16:09,343 You're not going to be able to contain this much longer. 249 00:16:09,552 --> 00:16:10,595 I know. 250 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:13,347 If people get scared enough, anything could happen. 251 00:16:27,528 --> 00:16:32,700 Mr. Jakara, we have been unable to confirm anything you told us. 252 00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:36,245 No physician named crusher is on file. 253 00:16:36,579 --> 00:16:38,456 Not on this planet. 254 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:41,334 Your address in marta is an eating establishment. 255 00:16:41,542 --> 00:16:43,628 The cook has never heard of rivas jakara. 256 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,716 Obviously, there's been some misunderstanding... 257 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:48,315 There's a growing number of people on the other side of that door 258 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:51,135 who believe that you are not one of us, Mr. Jakara. 259 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,429 Not one of you? 260 00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:55,765 That you're from another planet. 261 00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:58,935 Are you, Mr. Jakara? 262 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,646 And do you realize what you're saying? 263 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,064 I know how it sounds. 264 00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:07,527 I'm not anxious to make a fool of myself. 265 00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:12,323 This new era of space flight, 266 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,077 it fires the imagination. 267 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,246 People see unidentified vessels in the sky, 268 00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:21,249 they turn out to be weather balloons. 269 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:24,001 Well, it's far more likely that I am a weather balloon 270 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:26,295 than an alien. 271 00:17:27,797 --> 00:17:29,257 Our medical journals have documented 272 00:17:29,465 --> 00:17:32,176 several cases of genetic mutation in recent history. 273 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:35,930 Some unusual physical disfigurations have occurred. 274 00:17:36,138 --> 00:17:39,225 I'm just another case for your medical journals, then. 275 00:17:40,351 --> 00:17:41,852 Perhaps. 276 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:45,231 But you, Mr. Jakara, are hiding something. 277 00:17:45,856 --> 00:17:48,734 And unless you tell me the truth about yourself, 278 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:53,614 this rumor will persist and grow and could even become dangerous. 279 00:17:53,823 --> 00:17:56,784 Most especially to you. 280 00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:19,074 Man [over intercom]: Chancellor, minister Yale of the space bureau 281 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,309 would like to introduce you to someone. 282 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:24,812 Call her back. See if the vice-chancellor will do. 283 00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:27,523 Man: They're out here waiting to see you, sir. 284 00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:28,733 [Sighs] 285 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:30,776 All right. Send them in. 286 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:38,909 Always time to meet your friends, mirasta. 287 00:18:40,536 --> 00:18:43,205 Chancellor, I think you might want to clear 288 00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,875 your afternoon schedule for this. 289 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,896 And this is the bridge. 290 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,773 Chancellor. 291 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:14,570 Here we have environment and engineering stations, 292 00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:18,366 mission operations, and the two principal science stations. 293 00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:22,370 Data, allow me to introduce chancellor avel durken 294 00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:24,705 and space administrator mirasta Yale. 295 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:26,707 Chancellor. Minister. 296 00:19:26,916 --> 00:19:28,709 Commander data is my second officer. 297 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:33,339 He's an Android, chancellor, a constructed being. 298 00:19:33,547 --> 00:19:34,632 A machine? 299 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,425 In a manner of speaking. 300 00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:39,428 The term "artificial life form" would be more accurate. 301 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:48,062 Captain picard, is there some place we might speak together? 302 00:19:48,270 --> 00:19:50,439 - Without distraction? - Certainly. 303 00:19:50,648 --> 00:19:55,861 And, chancellor, with your permission, I would like to beam to the surface. 304 00:19:56,070 --> 00:19:57,863 I have several matters to attend to. 305 00:19:58,072 --> 00:20:00,449 Not a word to anyone about this, mirasta. 306 00:20:00,658 --> 00:20:01,701 Of course. 307 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:05,037 Mr. Data, will you escort the minister to the transporter room? 308 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:06,789 Chancellor. 309 00:20:07,164 --> 00:20:09,959 Has there still been no communication from commander riker, data? 310 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:11,210 No, minister. 311 00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:13,921 He has not returned to our designated transport coordinates. 312 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:17,842 We have continued to scan the capital city without success. 313 00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:26,100 Picard: I've been saving this for a special occasion. 314 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:30,604 My brother on earth produces a fruit known as grapes 315 00:20:30,813 --> 00:20:32,106 which he turns into wine. 316 00:20:32,314 --> 00:20:34,775 He's really quite good at it. 317 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:38,195 Chancellor, we have a tradition 318 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:40,906 called a toast. 319 00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:47,288 It is a drink to salute one's friends and good fortune. 320 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:50,541 And I would like to propose a toast 321 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,043 to our new friendship. 322 00:21:01,302 --> 00:21:03,637 We have something very much like this on malcor III. 323 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:06,849 I think we shall find we have much in common. 324 00:21:07,057 --> 00:21:09,143 And much that is not in common. 325 00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:12,062 An opportunity to learn from one another. 326 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:14,607 You speak the language of diplomacy very well, captain. 327 00:21:14,815 --> 00:21:18,027 It's a language I appreciate and understand. 328 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:21,322 But I have learned to not always trust it. 329 00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:25,534 Trust requires time and experience. 330 00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:27,828 My world's history has recorded 331 00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:31,123 that conquerors often arrived with the words: 332 00:21:31,332 --> 00:21:32,958 "We are your friends." 333 00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:37,213 We are not here as conquerors, chancehon 334 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:38,714 what do you want? 335 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:39,965 A beginning. 336 00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:43,594 But how we proceed is entirely up to you. 337 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,263 And if my wishes should conflict with yours? 338 00:21:46,472 --> 00:21:47,848 There'll be no conflict. 339 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:52,061 And if I should tell you to leave and never return to my world? 340 00:21:52,269 --> 00:21:54,647 We will leave and never return. 341 00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:01,821 Chancellor, we are here only to help guide you 342 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:05,533 into a new era. 343 00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:07,952 I can assure you, we will not interfere 344 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,247 in the natural development of your planet. 345 00:22:11,789 --> 00:22:14,834 That is, in fact, our prime directive. 346 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,711 I can infer from that directive 347 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:23,467 that you do not intend to share all this exceptional technology with us. 348 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:26,303 That is not the whole meaning, but it is part of it. 349 00:22:26,762 --> 00:22:28,931 Is this your way of maintaining superiority? 350 00:22:29,765 --> 00:22:33,060 Chancellor, to instantly transform a society with technology 351 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:37,106 would be harmful, and it would be destructive. 352 00:22:41,735 --> 00:22:43,779 You're right, of course. 353 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:49,076 I'm overwhelmed, captain picard. 354 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:53,873 I'm quite overwhelmed. 355 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:59,003 I go home each night to a loving wife, 356 00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:00,671 two beautiful daughters. 357 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,007 We eat the evening meal together as a family. 358 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,509 I think that's important. 359 00:23:05,926 --> 00:23:08,387 And they always ask me if I've had a good day. 360 00:23:09,805 --> 00:23:13,350 And how will you answer them tonight, chancellor? 361 00:23:14,768 --> 00:23:18,272 I will have to say, this morning I was the leader of the universe 362 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,149 as I knew it. 363 00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,526 This afternoon, 364 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:25,654 I'm only a voice in a chorus. 365 00:23:29,992 --> 00:23:32,453 But I think it was a good day. 366 00:23:54,183 --> 00:23:56,727 There are guards out there. You'll never escape that way. 367 00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:04,193 I'm not afraid of you. 368 00:24:06,195 --> 00:24:07,863 Because there's nothing to be afraid of. 369 00:24:08,072 --> 00:24:10,074 We shouldn't fear the unknown. 370 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,451 We should embrace it. 371 00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:15,329 Can you help me get out of here? 372 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:18,707 Are you really an alien? 373 00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:20,334 It's all right to tell me. 374 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:23,712 No, I'm not an alien. 375 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:27,341 I don't believe you. You are an alien. 376 00:24:27,549 --> 00:24:28,759 I really have to leave. 377 00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:31,804 I could divert the guards' attention. 378 00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:34,139 You might stand a chance if you took the service exit 379 00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:35,849 down the hallway to the right. 380 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,351 To the right? 381 00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:39,228 Fine. Let's do it. 382 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:42,022 Why should I? 383 00:24:42,231 --> 00:24:43,732 Well... 384 00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:48,487 You know why. I don't belong here. 385 00:24:48,696 --> 00:24:51,073 I have to get back on my ship, 386 00:24:51,407 --> 00:24:52,533 in space. 387 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:55,744 I believe you. 388 00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:58,789 Now, will you help me? 389 00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:00,791 If you make love to me. 390 00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,544 What? 391 00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:05,921 I've always wanted to make love with an alien. 392 00:25:07,089 --> 00:25:08,590 Listen, miss...? 393 00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:10,134 Lanel 394 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:12,011 lanel 395 00:25:12,428 --> 00:25:16,348 I really have to get going. All the other aliens are waiting for me. 396 00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:20,769 Oh, it's not so much to ask. And then I'll help you escape. 397 00:25:21,311 --> 00:25:23,480 It's not that easy. There are differences 398 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,941 in the way that my people make love. 399 00:25:27,151 --> 00:25:28,944 I can't wait to learn. 400 00:25:29,153 --> 00:25:30,738 But, it's... 401 00:25:30,946 --> 00:25:32,990 It's your only way out of here. 402 00:25:36,326 --> 00:25:37,786 My alien. 403 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,847 Something's happened to him. I think he's dead. 404 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,099 Go on, get some help. 405 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:07,191 Okay. 406 00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:13,155 No. That way. 407 00:26:15,991 --> 00:26:18,410 Will I ever see you again? 408 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:24,041 I'll call you the next time I pass through your star system. 409 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:29,296 [Gasps] 410 00:26:31,715 --> 00:26:34,551 [Man speaking indistinctly over pa] 411 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,307 Stop him. Somebody stop him. 412 00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:41,809 All right, hold it. 413 00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:43,060 He's escaping. 414 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,771 - Man 2: Where'd he go? - The alien's escaping. 415 00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:51,819 [Grunting] 416 00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:58,325 Get him. 417 00:26:58,534 --> 00:27:01,161 Stop it, all of you. Stop it now. 418 00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:03,664 Have you all lost your minds? 419 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:11,296 Oh, they've aggravated the injury to his renal organ. 420 00:27:11,505 --> 00:27:12,548 He's bleeding internally. 421 00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:14,508 Get him into a surgical cubicle. 422 00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:18,679 And call central security. This has gone too far. 423 00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:35,779 Their leader, picard, has made it clear 424 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:39,366 that how we proceed is entirely our own decision. 425 00:27:39,575 --> 00:27:42,536 You cannot possibly be suggesting surrender, chancellor. 426 00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,371 They are not hostile. 427 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:47,708 Mirasta, you are incredibly Nai've. 428 00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,252 Can you be so enraptured with the notion of space travelers 429 00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:52,340 that you are blind to the threat they represent? 430 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:54,381 I have seen their vessel, krola. 431 00:27:54,631 --> 00:27:55,757 If they chose to be hostile, 432 00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:58,135 I do not think we would be standing here now. 433 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,887 Why should they use force 434 00:28:00,095 --> 00:28:02,347 when we are ready to lay down in fear? 435 00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:04,725 I do not lay down in fear. 436 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:07,186 To them or to you, krola. 437 00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:09,730 Chancellor, I mean no disrespect, 438 00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:12,482 but I have repeatedly warned you about your policies. 439 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:15,819 Taking us too quickly where we had no business going in the first place. 440 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:18,030 New philosophies, new economics, 441 00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:19,698 new technologies. 442 00:28:19,907 --> 00:28:22,507 There are still many people who value our traditional way of life. 443 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:25,120 And I, for one, am willing to die to defend it. 444 00:28:25,913 --> 00:28:27,706 Open your eyes, krola. 445 00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:30,918 We are part of a greater community. We cannot ignore it. 446 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:35,756 You would ignore them, as they infiltrate and spy on us. 447 00:28:35,964 --> 00:28:37,966 What are you saying, krola? 448 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,094 We have captured one of their spies. 449 00:28:46,642 --> 00:28:48,352 Chancellor, 450 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,939 he is captain picard's first officer, 451 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:54,107 commander riker. 452 00:28:55,901 --> 00:29:00,489 You knew about this, mirasta? 453 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,533 He has been missing for two days. 454 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,036 I told captain picard not to discuss this 455 00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:08,997 because I was afraid this is exactly what would happen. 456 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,416 What else do you know, mirasta? 457 00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:12,668 Everything. 458 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:20,550 They have been on our planet, observing, for several years. 459 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,513 Years. Imagine what they have done. 460 00:29:24,721 --> 00:29:27,599 Influenced our young, stirred up dissent. 461 00:29:27,808 --> 00:29:30,060 They were collecting information. 462 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:36,191 Where is this commander riker now? 463 00:29:37,192 --> 00:29:39,236 He is in the sikla medical facility. 464 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:41,321 He's recovering from surgery. 465 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:45,367 He suffered head injuries in an escape attempt. 466 00:29:45,701 --> 00:29:48,370 He will recover consciousness in a few hours. 467 00:30:07,264 --> 00:30:08,515 Will he survive? 468 00:30:08,724 --> 00:30:11,435 I didn't think he would've survived the injuries. 469 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:14,563 I have to interrogate him before he dies. 470 00:30:15,689 --> 00:30:17,899 At least give him time to regain some strength. 471 00:30:18,108 --> 00:30:19,693 Come back tomorrow. 472 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,446 It cannot wait until tomorrow. 473 00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:39,546 Krola, we can get help from his ship. 474 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:42,049 With their medical technology, he might recover. 475 00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:44,051 We're not giving him back. 476 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:46,845 He's the one advantage we have now. 477 00:30:47,429 --> 00:30:49,806 Use your drugs to revive him. 478 00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:52,726 Those drugs increase cardial rate and vascular pressure. 479 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,103 That's the last thing we need to do to him right now. 480 00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:01,401 It will probably be enough to kill him. 481 00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:03,945 You can't do it. 482 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:05,572 Revive him. 483 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,439 I'm just a physician, minister. 484 00:31:08,617 --> 00:31:10,786 I don't know much about affairs of state. 485 00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:14,206 But he is a living, intelligent being. 486 00:31:14,414 --> 00:31:17,876 I don't care if the chancellor himself calls down here. 487 00:31:18,085 --> 00:31:21,296 I have sworn an oath to do no harm. And I will not. 488 00:31:23,090 --> 00:31:25,801 Then I'll find someone to replace you. 489 00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:47,531 Chancellor. 490 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,241 You are punctual, captain. 491 00:31:49,449 --> 00:31:50,784 I know how busy you are. 492 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:52,035 Do you? 493 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:54,844 I think you know a great deal more about me than I know about you. 494 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:56,540 In what respect? 495 00:31:57,082 --> 00:31:58,708 You speak of trust and peace 496 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,961 and working together to enter a new era. 497 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:04,131 And at the same time you conduct secret surveillance, 498 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:05,966 posing as malcorians. 499 00:32:06,842 --> 00:32:07,926 Commander riker. 500 00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:09,886 Commander riker. 501 00:32:12,180 --> 00:32:14,474 Mirasta said it would be a mistake to discuss... 502 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:18,478 Yes. She's already tried to accept the responsibility. 503 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:22,107 It is my error, not hers. 504 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:29,865 Chancellor, there is no starship mission 505 00:32:30,073 --> 00:32:32,742 more dangerous than that of first contact. 506 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,327 We never know what we will face 507 00:32:34,536 --> 00:32:37,873 when we open the door on a new world. 508 00:32:38,081 --> 00:32:40,375 How we will be greeted. 509 00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:43,128 What exactly the dangers will be. 510 00:32:43,336 --> 00:32:46,548 Centuries ago, disastrous contact with the klingon empire 511 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:47,966 led to decades of war. 512 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:51,136 And it was decided then we would do surveillance 513 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:53,013 before making contact. 514 00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:57,601 And it was a controversial decision. 515 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:01,062 I believe it prevented more problems than it created. 516 00:33:02,397 --> 00:33:06,568 I can appreciate the logic of your position, captain. 517 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:10,697 But it would seem that full disclosure after contact 518 00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:11,990 would have been in order. 519 00:33:12,199 --> 00:33:14,784 In time, there would have been full disclosure. 520 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:16,745 I can only ask you to believe that. 521 00:33:16,953 --> 00:33:19,623 On other worlds, it would not be an issue. 522 00:33:19,915 --> 00:33:22,792 But here, everything our observers reported 523 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,921 indicated that the people of this world 524 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:29,716 would almost certainly react negatively to our arrival. 525 00:33:29,925 --> 00:33:33,512 We could see that even surveillance might be interpreted 526 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,514 as an act of aggression. 527 00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:40,227 I hoped that we would have found commander riker before you did, 528 00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:45,273 so that this matter would not complicate our introduction. 529 00:33:46,816 --> 00:33:48,235 It was a mistake. 530 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:56,326 A mistake I might have made in your place. 531 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,578 I rather like it, actually. 532 00:33:58,787 --> 00:33:59,955 Like it? 533 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:02,999 That you make mistakes, like any man. 534 00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:06,628 Chancellor, I have made some fine ones in my time. 535 00:34:07,254 --> 00:34:09,589 Now I must ask you, 536 00:34:09,798 --> 00:34:11,800 will you release my officer? 537 00:34:12,551 --> 00:34:15,303 We'll talk again later, captain. 538 00:34:17,264 --> 00:34:19,933 Enterprise, one to beam up. 539 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,609 Yes, I understand. 540 00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:36,491 I have been relieved of my duties, as I'm sure you already know. 541 00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:39,869 You are acting director of the facility, nilrem. 542 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,541 Revive him. 543 00:35:13,903 --> 00:35:15,530 Krola: Leave us. 544 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:34,758 I am minister krola of internal security. 545 00:35:35,383 --> 00:35:36,676 You are riker, 546 00:35:36,885 --> 00:35:38,386 an alien. 547 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,265 Yes, we know. 548 00:35:43,850 --> 00:35:46,561 Please bring my people here. 549 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:50,190 In time. In time. 550 00:35:51,608 --> 00:35:54,903 But first, I need to ask you some questions. 551 00:35:59,949 --> 00:36:01,993 Thank you for seeing me. 552 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:06,498 If I did not depend so much on your expertise in space matters, 553 00:36:06,706 --> 00:36:09,000 I would have asked for your resignation. 554 00:36:09,209 --> 00:36:12,337 I felt I was acting in the best interests of our people, chancellor. 555 00:36:12,545 --> 00:36:15,298 When you are selected to occupy this office, 556 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:16,787 then you will have the privilege 557 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:19,260 of deciding the best interests of our people. 558 00:36:22,263 --> 00:36:25,266 Picard I can excuse, but you, mirasta, 559 00:36:25,767 --> 00:36:27,727 you should've trusted me. 560 00:36:27,936 --> 00:36:30,480 Chancellor, we must release riker to picard. 561 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:33,400 Any hope for a relationship with these people depends on it. 562 00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:36,861 I can't afford to be the idealist you are, mirasta. 563 00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:39,406 - But riker... - I am prepared to release riker. 564 00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:41,950 After we have interrogated him. 565 00:36:42,784 --> 00:36:45,370 Are you prepared for him to die, chancellor? 566 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,415 His injuries are extremely serious. 567 00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:52,001 A mob at the medical facility almost killed him. 568 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:55,046 Krola has ordered drugs to be used to revive him for questioning, 569 00:36:55,255 --> 00:36:57,882 drugs that in his condition would be dangerous for him. 570 00:36:58,091 --> 00:36:59,759 Without medical aid from his ship, 571 00:36:59,968 --> 00:37:02,595 ibeheve that riker will not survive the day. 572 00:37:03,263 --> 00:37:06,349 You must tell picard where he is. 573 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:10,151 You have lied since the moment of your capture 574 00:37:10,353 --> 00:37:12,731 and I believe you are lying now, commander. 575 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,984 No, we're here on a mission of peace. 576 00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:18,027 Such noble creatures. 577 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:25,326 Why do peaceful people develop such lethal weapons? 578 00:37:25,994 --> 00:37:30,206 Or do you still insist it's just a toy? 579 00:37:34,043 --> 00:37:35,795 An interesting toy, to be sure. 580 00:37:36,337 --> 00:37:38,840 It's only used for defense. 581 00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:40,467 Perhaps, like many conquerors, 582 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:43,136 you believe your goals to be benevolent. 583 00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:45,346 Icannot 584 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,974 for however you would describe your intentions, 585 00:37:48,183 --> 00:37:51,436 you still represent the end to my way of life. 586 00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:53,938 I cannot permit that to occur. 587 00:37:56,191 --> 00:38:00,195 Eventually, durken would choose to welcome your people. 588 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,990 With arms open and eyes closed. 589 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:09,162 I must force him down another path. 590 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:16,169 When they find us, I will be dead, 591 00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:18,129 killed by your weapon. 592 00:38:18,338 --> 00:38:20,256 The lines will be drawn. 593 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,510 A peaceful accord will no longer be an option. 594 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,474 For my people. 595 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:31,643 [Krola groans] 596 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,861 What happened? 597 00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:47,534 He shot him. The alien shot krola. 598 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:57,043 Get me three octares of adrulmine, high-frequency em charge unit, now. 599 00:38:57,252 --> 00:39:01,089 I have a circulation pattern. It's very weak. 600 00:39:01,297 --> 00:39:04,050 We have to get him on vital buffers right now. 601 00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:10,223 I'm a physician. Don't be frightened. 602 00:39:11,266 --> 00:39:13,852 I need to know what happened. Are you doctors? 603 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,187 Yes. He shot him. 604 00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:17,605 With that thing. 605 00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:20,692 Crusher to picard. 606 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:22,300 Picard [over com]: Go ahead, doctor. 607 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:24,070 Commander riker is near death. 608 00:39:24,279 --> 00:39:27,323 But there's still some brain activity. [Need to get him back to the ship. 609 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:28,575 Acknowledged. 610 00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:31,463 And there's a malcorian male with a phaser wound in his upper chest. 611 00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:34,122 I need to get him back as well. 612 00:39:35,707 --> 00:39:37,959 We'll meet you on the enterprise. Picard out. 613 00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:05,278 They're both going to be okay. We were able to stabilize will. 614 00:40:05,486 --> 00:40:07,155 If we had been any later... 615 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:10,992 - Krola? - He was never in any real danger. 616 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,702 The phaser was on stun. 617 00:40:12,911 --> 00:40:13,953 Stun? 618 00:40:14,162 --> 00:40:15,663 It's a defensive weapon. 619 00:40:15,872 --> 00:40:17,672 Have you been able to ascertain what happened? 620 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,584 Based on the angle of impact, 621 00:40:19,792 --> 00:40:23,630 it suggests that krola's left hand was on the phaser when it went off. 622 00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:25,465 They were struggling for the weapon? 623 00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:27,383 Commander riker was in no position 624 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,802 to offer any kind of struggle, chancehon 625 00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:33,514 krola was trying to be a martyr? 626 00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:50,907 Where is this? 627 00:40:51,658 --> 00:40:55,662 You are aboard the starship, my foolish old friend. 628 00:40:56,162 --> 00:41:00,166 No, chancellor, you must not... 629 00:41:00,541 --> 00:41:03,127 You must not pursue relations with them. 630 00:41:03,336 --> 00:41:05,213 Must not. 631 00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:07,173 I know. 632 00:41:08,091 --> 00:41:09,842 I know. 633 00:41:14,514 --> 00:41:16,224 - But, chancellor... - Mirasta. 634 00:41:16,432 --> 00:41:20,311 It goes against every instinct of my being. 635 00:41:21,771 --> 00:41:24,857 But my people are not ready to accept what you represent. 636 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:28,194 Everything that happened in the hospital proves that. 637 00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:31,531 And krola is the best evidence of all. 638 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:36,202 We must slow down and allow those who are like him 639 00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:39,330 to join us in the present before we can move into the future. 640 00:41:39,539 --> 00:41:41,259 But when we encounter other beings in space, 641 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:42,667 our people must be ready. 642 00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:45,878 The warp program will have to be delayed. 643 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:49,173 We will divert more resources to education and social development, 644 00:41:49,382 --> 00:41:51,759 to prepare for the day when we are ready. 645 00:41:51,968 --> 00:41:54,554 Chancellor, I strongly disagree. 646 00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:56,222 Durken: I know. 647 00:41:58,141 --> 00:41:59,684 Captain, 648 00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:02,812 you once said if I asked you to leave, 649 00:42:03,021 --> 00:42:05,690 you would do so without hesitation. 650 00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:08,443 I'm afraid I must ask you to do just that. 651 00:42:10,945 --> 00:42:16,117 Well, it's your decision, chancellor. 652 00:42:16,743 --> 00:42:20,621 But I must say, I regret that I won't have 653 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:23,416 the opportunity of knowing your people better. 654 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:28,212 We're a good people, captain, a society with much potential. 655 00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:30,840 Once we cross the threshold of space, 656 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:33,634 we shall have to give up this self-importance, this conceit, 657 00:42:33,843 --> 00:42:35,887 that we are the center of the universe. 658 00:42:36,095 --> 00:42:38,306 But this is not the time for that. 659 00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:39,557 For now, 660 00:42:40,016 --> 00:42:42,685 we will have to enjoy that sweet innocence. 661 00:42:43,519 --> 00:42:44,854 How will you keep a secret 662 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:48,983 when so many have seen and heard so much? 663 00:42:50,485 --> 00:42:53,321 The stories will be told for many years, I have no doubt. 664 00:42:53,529 --> 00:42:55,406 Of the ship that made contact, 665 00:42:55,615 --> 00:42:59,160 of the alien who was held prisoner in the medical facility. 666 00:42:59,619 --> 00:43:01,871 There'll be charges of a government conspiracy. 667 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,831 Some of the witnesses will tell their tales 668 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:05,708 and most of the people will laugh at them 669 00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:09,754 and go back and watch the more interesting fiction 670 00:43:09,962 --> 00:43:12,340 of the daily broadcasts. 671 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,426 It will pass. 672 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,888 Mirasta: I'm sorry to say, he's probably right. 673 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:24,811 Captain picard, I have one last request. 674 00:43:25,895 --> 00:43:27,563 Take me with you. 675 00:43:30,983 --> 00:43:32,583 She will be unhappy with the restrictions 676 00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,779 I must place upon her at home, captain. 677 00:43:37,532 --> 00:43:41,869 We may not be back here in your lifetime. 678 00:43:42,203 --> 00:43:46,499 And I have to believe that you cannot be fully prepared 679 00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:48,793 for the realities of space travel. 680 00:43:49,210 --> 00:43:51,420 I have been prepared for the realities of space travel 681 00:43:51,629 --> 00:43:55,591 since I was 9 years old and sitting in a planetarium. 682 00:43:57,677 --> 00:43:58,928 Mr. Worf, to my ready room. 683 00:44:03,391 --> 00:44:06,060 Escort chancellor durken to the transporter room, lieutenant. 684 00:44:06,727 --> 00:44:10,523 And assign quarters to minister Yale. 685 00:44:10,731 --> 00:44:13,067 She will be remaining on board. 686 00:44:14,068 --> 00:44:15,653 Aye, sir. 687 00:44:17,238 --> 00:44:18,823 Until we return, then. 688 00:44:20,741 --> 00:44:25,913 With luck, we will both be around to renew our friendship, captain.