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Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 47423.9.

We have arrived at boraa/ ii

in response
to an emergency distress call

from it. Worf's foster brother,
Nikolai rozhenko.

He has been stationed on the
planet as a cultural observer.

Analysis, Mr. Data?

The planet's atmosphere
is dissipating, sir.

Intense plasmonic reactions
are destroying it.

The stratosphere
is already breaking down.

There are turbulent radiation storms
across much of its surface.

I estimate that the planet will be
uninhabitable in less than 38 hours.

The distress call
came in only four days ago.

Why would Dr. Rozhenko
have waited so long before sending it?

Atmospheric dissipation is a rare
and essentially unpredictable event.

When it occurs, it proceeds rapidly.

Dr. Rozhenko may not have
had sufficient warning.

What was that?

Dissipation effect is generating
plasmonic energy bursts.

Is there any danger to the ship?

I do not believe so.

However, we may experience
intermittent system failures

and power surges as a result.

Keep an eye on it.

Mr. Worf, any luck?

There is still no response
to our hail, sir.

I am attempting
to scan the observation post.

He could be hurt.
Maybe he can't respond.

Worf: The sensor interference
is significant,

but the post appears to be intact.

Their power grid is still functioning.

However, I am reading
no life forms within the structure.

It's not like him to leave the post.

Especially under these circumstances.

Captain, I am detecting
faint power emissions

from a system
of caverns near the post.

It could be a deflector shield.

It can't be native to the planet.

The boraalans don't have anything
close to that level of technology.

Captain, request permission
to lead an away team.

Very well.

But regardless of this planet's
immediate situation,

we must observe the prime directive.

I want to minimize the risk
of contact with the inhabitants.

You will go down alone,
Mr. Worf.

And I want to have you
surgically altered

so that you could pass
as a boraalan.

Aye, sir.

You're worried about Nikolai,
aren't you?

Are the two of you close?

We are brothers.

You never talk much about him.
What's he like?

Nikolai is older than I.

And we are not alike.

We had many disagreements
when we were growing up.

That's not unusual.

Nikolai has a mind of his own.

He attended starfleet academy,

but he was unable to follow the rules.

He left after one year.

But he has many fine qualities.

He's brilliant, persuasive.

A natural leader.

Sounds intriguing.

I look forward to meeting him.

Boraalan:
What are you doing here?

You're not from our village.

Who are you?

Who is this?

My name is worf.

I am a traveler.

How did you survive the storms?

Nikolai:
I would know that voice anywhere.

Worf, is it really you?

It's good to see you.

You've changed a lot in four years.

- Nikolai?
- Yes. Ha-ha-ha!

Oh, worf.

This is my brother, worf.
He's come to help us.

Picard:
Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages
of the starship enterprise.

Its continuing mission:
To explore strange new worlds,

to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

to boldly go where no one
has gone before.

But if you were able to get here,

- storms must've subsided.
- Please.

Do you think it's safe
to return to the surface?

Please, I must speak to my brother.

Nikolai, what have you done?

They were dying.

I refused to sit there safe
in that observation post

and watch it happen.

I set up a deflector shield

to screen these caves
from the radiation

and then I brought them here.

- What did you tell them?
- They think I'm a boraalan.

I told them I was from
another village far from here.

Well, at least you had
that much sense.

When I sent the distress call, I knew
the enterprise was in this sector,

but I wasn't sure
you'd be the one to come.

I'm so glad that you're here,
worf.

Nikolai, there is nothing
we can do for these people.

You have only postponed
their deaths.

I want to discuss that
with your captain.

And I am certain
he will want to speak with you.

Nikolai: Friends, my brother and I
must go back to the surface.

He has provisions and will need
help bringing them here.

We'll return shortly.

It's too dangerous. The storms
can occur without warning.

- If you're caught...
- Don't worry, worf's a seer.

He understands
the nature of the storms.

He'll know when it's safe to travel.

Yes, that is correct.

Our seer died
when the storms first came.

We've been without his guidance
for many weeks.

Vorin: Let me go with you.

I know the terrain better
than anyone and I can help.

No, vorin.
Worf and I will be safe.

We'll return shortly.

Doctor, you were fully aware
that the atmospheric dissipation

could not be stopped.

What did you hope to accomplish
by assisting these people?

I was trying to give them a future.

What I propose is,

we create an atmospheric shield
on the planet.

We can camouflage the equipment, just
as was done with my observation post.

- No one will ever know it's there.
- You can't be serious.

Indeed, I am.

I realize it will only provide atmosphere
for a limited area on the surface,

but it will be enough to save one village.

I have no intention of
compounding what you have done

by committing another gross violation
of the prime directive.

Captain, the boraalans have
a rich and beautiful culture.

A deep spiritual life.

They deserve the chance
to survive.

And isn't that what the prime directive
was truly intended to do?

To allow cultures
to survive and grow naturally?

Not exactly.
The prime directive was designed

to ensure non-interference.

But aren't we interfering
either way?

If we take no action,

it's a conscious decision
to let the boraalans die.

Exactly. We have the power
to save some of them.

All we have to do is exercise it.

We have sworn to uphold
the principle of the prime directive.

And until that is changed,

there is no further
course of action we can take.

Is that understood?

Some of my log recorders

are still in my observation post.

They contain most of my research.

Since it appears that the only way

I'm going to preserve the
boraalan culture is in a museum,

I request permission to return
to the surface and retrieve them.

I'm afraid that won't be possible.

But you can have
full use of the ship's computer

to set up a com link
and upload your data from here.

If there's nothing further,
you're dismissed.

I'm sorry, Nikolai.

I wish there were another way.

I am quite familiar with
your communications systems.

If you like, I will help you
set up your com link.

I'll do it myself.

Captain, atmospheric dissipation

has accelerated
over the past several hours.

I estimate the planet's atmosphere
will be completely gone

within three minutes.

Captain, I've completed
my data uplink.

With your permission,

I would like to integrate
my research logs

with the ship's library computer.

Of course.

Data:
The mesosphere is gone, sir.

Plasmonic reactions are now beginning
to break down the troposphere.

Put it on-screen.

What's going on?

It appears the plasmonic reactions

are continuing
to interfere with our sensors.

I thought you had
compensated for that.

I had, sir.

I will attempt to engage
additional filtering elements.

Visual re-established.

This is one of those times

when we must face the ramifications
of the prime directive

and honor those lives
which we cannot save.

I find no honor
in this whatsoever, captain.

You will forgive me if I don't stay.

You have the bridge, number one.

Helm, take us out of orbit.

Set a course for starbase 87,
warp 5.

Woman: Aye, sir.

What happened?

There appears to be
an unusual power drain

in the eps distribution net.

Riker: What's the source?

Unknown, sir.
It is difficult to localize.

The power drain has registered
on my security grid as well, sir.

It appeared to be coming
from deck 10.

All right, Mr. Worf.
Get a security team on it.

Aye, sir.

Concentrate your scans
on the eps transfer links.

Computer.

Open holodeck 5.

Computer: Unable to comply.
Holodeck 5 is in use.

Override.
Authorization, worf, theta 619.

Unable to comply.

Holodeck control systems
have been bypassed.

Nikolai: Worf, come in.

Worf: Nikolai?

What are you doing here?

Nikolai:
I have something to show you.

Whatever you do, stay quiet.

I've done what you refused to do.
I've saved them.

Nikolai:
I started thinking about this days ago

when it became clear
the planet was doomed.

I knew if I could gain access
to your ship's computer,

I could generate
a replica of the caves.

The hard part
was transporting the boraalans

into the holodeck without anybody
on the enterprise noticing.

But I was able
to blank out the sensors

and make it look like interference
from the plasmonic bursts.

And it worked perfectly.

The boraalans were transported
while they were sleeping.

They never knew
anything had happened.

Bddge.

It's a simple plan, really.
That's the beauty of it.

Worf, trust me.
This is going to work.

Trust you?

You never had any intention
of obeying the captain.

I wasn't going to let those people die

just because your captain started
quoting federation dogma to me.

Your duty was to respect
the captain's orders

and to uphold the prime directive.

Duty?

That's all that really matters to you,
isn't it?

Well, I refuse to be bound
by an abstraction.

The lives of the people of boraal
are far more important to me.

You worry too much, worf.
You always did.

Everything will work out.

You have disgraced yourself.

And you have disgraced me.

And I want nothing more
to do with you.

You realize your career is finished.

I know that, captain.
And I would do it all again.

What do you expect us to do now?

You have left us with a colony
of boraalans

who think they're still
on their own planet.

I didn't beam them up
without a plan.

I've given this a lot of thought.

I think we can find a new planet.

An m-class world
that can be their new home.

A home which would look
very different from boraal.

You can't really believe
that they'll be fooled.

That's where the holodeck comes in.

I'll go back and tell the boraalans
we're going on a journey,

to a different place where
they'll be safe from the storms.

The holodeck can gradually
change the terrain as we travel,

so that in the end,
the holodeck simulation

will match the conditions
on the new planet.

Then we'll simply beam them down.

What if it doesn't work?

What if they become aware that
something strange is going on?

Captain, I can't prepare
for every contingency.

But I assure you, I'm accustomed
to thinking on my feet.

I'll deal with the situation
as it evolves.

I'm not enthusiastic about this plan.

But I don't see
that we have another option.

Very well, let's give it a try.

Thank you, captain.

There are countless m-class
planets in federation space

that can support the boraalans.
We need to narrow the parameters.

Data: It will take approximately
nine and one-half hours

to complete the analysis.

Even then, there's no guarantee
that we'll find a suitable planet.

That is correct, sir.

Captain, you'd better
take a look at this.

- What is it?
- We've got a problem, sir.

I don't think it's gonna be possible
to keep this holodeck simulation stable.

Picard: Why not?

The plasmonic energy
bursts from the planet

are affecting the ship's systems.

We're having problems
with the eps systems

and the power distribution matrix.

And as a result,
the holodeck imaging processor

has been severely destabilized.

La forge: It's not a question of
whether the simulation will break down.

- It's a question of when.
- There's no way around it?

Not while it's running.
In order to fix it,

I'd have to shut down all the holodecks
and re-initialize the entire system.

That will take hours.

We'll just have to hope the
simulation holds long enough.

Very well, let's try it.

Mr. La forge, I want you to
monitor the situation carefully

and keep an open com link
with the holodeck

so as to be apprised
of any problems.

Aye, sir.

Captain, I'll return to the holodeck

as soon as my surgical
alterations are completed,

and I'll prepare
the boraalans for theirjourney.

Considering the situation
you've put us in,

I don't think it's wise to leave
you alone with those people.

Mr. Worf will accompany you.

Sir, perhaps someone else
would be a better choice.

Well, counselor troi is familiar with...

The boraalans already know you.

There's no need
to introduce them to anyone new.

Aye, sir.

Keep a close eye on your brother.

I don't want him making
the situation worse than it is.

Nikolai:
My friends, we have returned.

We have food.

This is difficult to say,
but you have a right to hear it.

By the time worf and I
had reached the surface,

the village was gone.

The storms have destroyed everything.

There is nothing left for us to return to.

We can't survive in here.
Our supplies won't last forever.

That's why we must leave.

There is a place far from here
where there are no storms.

It will be a difficult journey,

but in the end,
we will have a new home.

I know a way through the caves.

We will travel safely
until we return to the surface.

Where is this new land?

As we said, it is far from here.

It will not be like the home you knew.

Even the stars may be different.

Why would they be different?

And how do you know
we'll be safe there?

My brother is a seer.

If he says we'll be safe,

you must trust
that we will be safe.

- What's wrong?
- Look.

Do not worry. It is an omen.

What does it mean?

It is the sign

of la forge.

It is a message to travelers.

It is said when these lines appear

and disappear in a pool of water,

the road ahead will be filled
with good fortune.

Hang in there, worf.

Give me just a second.

There. That should do it.

You see?
Our journey is already blessed.

The road ahead is long.

Let us have a meal together,

then we'll make preparations
toleave.

Worf, very good work.

Apparently, we don't make
such a bad team after all.

We are not a team.

I am here, because
captain picard ordered me here.

Worf, don't we both share
the same goal?

Aren't we both trying
to make this plan work?

Only because you forced us into it.

I'm not ashamed of what I did.
I'm not sorry I saved their lives.

You have not changed.

You still expect people to solve
the problems you create.

I'm not here to work out
the issues of our childhood.

I'm here to save a people
who I care about.

And if that upsets you,
then so be it.

Data: These are the two planets
which best match our search criteria.

Draygo iv features an unusually
large temperate zone.

However, it is within three
light years of cardassian space.

There are constant
border disputes in that sector.

The alternative is vacca vi.

It is located in the cabral sector.

That's pretty isolated.

It offers a less hospitable climate

than the boraalans
are accustomed to.

However, it would still appear
to be the better choice.

- Do you disagree, doctor?
- No, data, you're right.

It's just that the enormity of what
we're doing is overwhelming.

We are deciding
the future of a species.

It is a formidable responsibility.

There are so many questions
we don't have answers to.

What if the climate is so different

that it affects them in a way
that we can't anticipate?

How do we even know
they'll be able to survive?

And if they do,
how will their society evolve

and what impact will it have
on the vaccan system?

We have no idea what this decision
will mean to their future.

Doctor, I do not believe
we can offer any guarantees.

We can simply make the best
choice we have at the moment.

All right, data.

Vacca vi it is.

- Data to bridge.
- Picard: Picard here.

We have located a new home
for the boraalans, sir.

It is vacca v/ in the cabral sector.

We can reach that in 42 hours
at maximum warp, sir.

Very well.
Helm, set course for vacca vi.

Woman: Aye, sir.

What is this?

Our chronicle.

The history of our village.

Doesn't your village keep a chronicle?

Not in this manner.

Then how do you teach
your children their history?

Who their ancestors were,
where they come from?

We tell each other stories.

Make up songs.

Stories change
with each person who tells them.

But this,
this will always be the same.

Our chronicle has been
maintained for 17 generations.

I was only able to save the last six.

This shows
the destruction of our village.

This is you and Nikolai
leading us to safety.

We must leave.
Gather your belongings.

One of the scrolls is gone.

I must have dropped it
in the passageway.

I'll go find it.

We must stay together.

You will have to leave it behind.

Worf, the chronicle
is the life of our village.

Without that past,
our future means nothing.

I must find it.

Go, and return quickly.

Seen

I am an old man.

Would you help me with my gear?

Of course.

That is tarrana, my daughter.

I am fortunate she was
old enough to survive the storms.

She is a fine girl.

Oh, she is a beautiful girl.

She has not been promised to anyone.

If I do not reach our new home,

I would like her to become your wife.

You will reach your new home.

I promise.

Can I help you?

- Woman: It's great, yeah.
- Yeah.

Man 1:
It's all right. It's all right.

- Are you okay?
- Man 2: What have we here?

Do you need some help?

It's okay.

All right, everybody, back off.
Back off.

Woman 1: It's all right...
Woman 2: I can't do this.

Man 1: No, I can't either.

I know things
must look very strange to you,

but everything's going to be all right.

No one's going to hurt you.

We're friends of Nikolai and worf.
Don't be afraid.

Nikolai? Troi: Yes.

He's my friend.

That means you are too.

I promise, I won't hurt you.

Please help me.

Where am I?

I'm sorry.
There's nothing I can do.

His neural physiology
is very unusual.

I can't wipe his memory.

- I see. How is he?
- As well as can be expected.

I've given him a mild sedative
and troi's been speaking with him.

- And he seems much calmer.
- Does he understand the situation?

Contact Mr. Worf. Make sure
that he knows what's going on.

Troi: Here he is now.

This is captain picard.

Vorin, isn't it?

Why did you bring us here?

Your planet was dying.

It could no longer support life.

We took you away from it.

But we never left the caves.

We have the ability to create

the illusion of other places,

like the caves on your planet.

You've actually spent the last
two days here on this starship,

not on boraal.

Then our home is gone?

Picard: Vorin, listen to me.

We can visit many other worlds.

We can take you to one
where you can build a new life.

A new life?

A chance for your culture,
your people,

to survive and grow.

How can we grow

when everything that made us
who we are is gone?

Here.

You got it?

There's a rock there.

Dobara, you go on ahead.

I will carry your pack.
Go join the others.

Thank you, seer.

It will be dark soon.

A few hours.

Would you ask Mr. La forge
to create a suitable campsite for us

a few kilometers from here?
What's wrong?

Vorin has left the holodeck.

- How did he get out?
- I do not know.

But Dr. Crusher
cannot erase his memory.

What will they do with him?

They've explained
the situation to him.

- He must make his own decisions.
- Wait.

Are you saying that if vorin wants
to come back in here, they'll let him?

That is right.
He is not a prisoner.

If he comes back and tells the others
what he has seen on the enterprise,

everything we have done
will be for nothing.

Then you should have considered that
before you beamed them on board.

But you never think of
the consequences of your acts.

If you mean by that
that I'm willing to do something

while others hesitate, that's true.

Everywhere you go,
you create chaos.

How many times did our parents
lie awake at night

wondering what kind
of trouble you were in?

Oh, if only I could have been like you.

- Worf, the perfect son.
- I was not perfect.

But I was not wild and disobedient.

Of course not. You were
too busy doing your duty.

I would rather be accused of that
than making our mother weep.

But I see it is clear, you have
no intention of changing.

I see no reason
to discuss it further.

Commander, the holodeck
malfunctions are increasing.

I'm running every
stabilization routine I know.

Worf: How much longer
until we reach the new planet?

We'll be there
in less than 8 hours.

You're just gonna have to hold
things together a little while longer.

Someone is coming.

May I speak with you?

Yes, of course.

I don't know
what Nikolai said to you,

but please, forgive him.

It is an old argument.

I've never seen him like this.

He's usually so confident,
so sure of himself.

But now he seems different.

Do you know why?

No. No, I do not.

Ever since vorin was lost,
people have been afraid.

Worried that we won't reach
our new home.

We need Nikolai's strength now
more than ever.

When the storms
first came to our village,

many of us were ready to die.

But Nikolai refused to let us.

He gathered us together
and led us into caves.

He saved us.

He is a brave
and compassionate man.

And I love him.

Please, go to him.

Make things right between you.

I want us to be a family.

I want you to consider yourself
my brother.

After all...

You're going to be
the uncle of my child.

We are in synchronous orbit
over the beam-down site, sir.

Good. Mr. La forge,

how much longer before
we can transport the boraalans?

La forge: A few more hours, captain.
But we've got some problems here.

I don't think the holodeck's
gonna last that long.

We've had materialization errors

and resolution failures
all over the place.

And it's getting worse.

The simulation
could fall apart any minute.

We'll have the transporter room
standing by.

But we may have to transport the
boraalans whether you're ready or not.

- Please keep Mr. Worf apprised.
- Aye, sir.

You have the bridge, number one.

We still have one more problem
to worry about.

Yes?

We have arrived at the planet
that I told you about.

Have you made a decision?

I believe I would like
to go back to my people.

I see.

What do you intend to tell them?

I don't know.

If you tell them the truth,
what will happen?

Will they believe you?

I'm not sure.

It is a fantastic story.

Perhaps they will think that you
have had an hallucination.

Or that you're insane.

I don't think I would like to live

the rest of my life
knowing what I know

and being regarded as a madman.

On the other hand, they may
believe your fantastic story.

They would learn
about alien worlds, starships.

That would be disastrous.

It would destroy
everything they believed in.

I can't tell them the truth.

But I don't think
I can live with a secret.

Then stay here.

Make a future for yourself
with us.

I need some time.

Please.

How could you have mated
with a boraalan?

- What were you thinking?
- I don't owe you an explanation.

This is a matter
between dobara and myself.

As usual, you are only
thinking of yourself.

And as usual, you are here to
point out the error of my ways.

You have treated
dobara with dishonor.

I have not. I love her,
we're gonna raise our child together.

That is not possible.
I cannot allow you to remain here.

You'll have to kill me first.

- What does it mean?
- Nikolai: The storms have returned.

We'll all be killed.

No, you won't.
Worf has the power

to end the storms once and for all.

Yes. But everyone
must take shelter in the tents.

The tents won't protect us.

Worf will protect you,
you must trust him.

Hurry, hurry.
Get to your tents now.

Commander, it might be helpful
if you could produce a storm,

wind, lightning and thunder.

I'll see what I can do.

Nikolai: Get in. Get in.

The storm is getting worse.

Stay inside.

Worf and I will take care of you.

Commander, energize.

The storms will not return.

As I said he would, my brother,
worf, has saved us all.

Picard:
Captain's log, stardate 47427.2.

The boraalans
have safely reached the site

of what will eventually
become their new village.

None of them suspects
they ever left their planet.

However, our success
has come at a high price.

Crusher: I think it was some form
of ritual suicide.

He said that he had nowhere to go.

He would have died
even if we hadn't interfered.

But he wouldn't have died alone.

And afraid.

Are you saying you're sorry
we saved the boraalans?

No, of course not.

Our plan for them worked out well.

But I wish that vorin could have
bridged the gap

between our two cultures.

I would have liked the chance
to have known him better.

Nikolai: What?

Go inside.

- Nikolai, don't.
- Please.

I told you, you would have to kill me
to get me away from here.

I do not want to fight you,
Nikolai.

Things were never easy between us,
were they?

It's my fault.

If I'd been more like you,

we wouldn't have had
so many problems.

If you had been more like me,

these people would not be here now.

You gave them
a chance at a new life.

And I intend to share
that life with them.

The village will need
a new chronicle.

Someone has to begin it.

My child will need a father.

My place is here.

I'm finally taking responsibility.

You were never good at drawing.

How will you keep a chronicle?

I learn quickly.

Then perhaps there is hope.

Could I take this with me?

Mm. It's yours.

I will have to explain
all of this to mother and father.

They won't understand.

They may.

I will tell them that you are happy.