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RIKER: Geordi, have you found it yet?
- Not yet.
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I'm starting to get some fumes.
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Ammonia.
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Chlorine. Potassium chloride.
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[COUGHING]
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Well, I can feel the heat from here.
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There it is.
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RlKER: How far?
- About ten meters up the ODN line.
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Boy, it's hot.
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I'd say over 2,000 degrees.
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I'm going in.
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[ALARM BEEPING]
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We're okay. l've activated
the emergency suppression system.
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All his vital functions
are completely normal.
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The interface unit is operating
within expected parameters.
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Why did he start coughing
when he went through the gases?
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Psychosomatic response.
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I feel like I'm actually here.
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I mean, there, in the Jefferies tube.
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It's funny, when I saw the smoke
I couldn't help but cough.
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No one has ever reported
so complete a sensory experience.
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The interface is perfect for Geordi
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because his VISOR inputs
allow the probe
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to transmit information
directly into his cerebral cortex.
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It looks like this is going to work.
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Geordi, I'd like to get the probe
out of the Jefferies tube,
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onto the launch bay
before we reach Marijne VlI.
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Will do.
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Wait a minute.
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Something's wrong.
I can't get my left leg to work.
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What is it?
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The probe is designed to respond
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to any movement
Geordi intends to make.
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When his brain sends a message
to move his leg,
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the interface should move
the probe instead.
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Apparently,
the tactile sensors are too low.
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I will increase the input.
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There it goes.
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I'm on my way down.
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Why the body suit?
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It provides tactile sensations
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so that Geordi can feel he's in
the same environment as the probe.
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Geordi, what's wrong?
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Nothing.
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I'm seeing my reflection in a panel.
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Forgot what a handsome guy I am.
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PICARD:
Space, the final frontier.
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These are the voyages
ofthe starship Enterprise.
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Its continuing mission:
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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PICARD:
Captain's log, stardate 4721 5.5.
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We are responding to a distress call
from the science vessel Raman,
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which is apparently trapped inside
the turbulent atmosphere
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of an unusual gas giant planet.
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We will use
an experimental interface probe
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in our attempt to rescue it.
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I have reviewed
the vessel's mission plans.
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The Raman was to descend
to the lower atmosphere,
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1 1 ,000 kilometers
below its current position.
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The crew was to sample
the atmosphere at that level,
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and then return to a safer orbit.
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Something must have happened
down there.
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Maybe the shields failed,
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or they had some kind
of an inversion reaction in the nacelles.
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Any life signs?
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LA FORGE:
Our biosensors are useless.
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Too much interference
in the atmosphere.
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Their crew might still be alive.
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There's no way we can tell
from up here.
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Will the probe be able to transmit
through that interference?
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The probe sends information
via a focused particle beam.
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It should be able to cut through
the interference.
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But we may have to operate the probe
at close-to-tolerance levels.
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Hm. Will your nervous system
be able to handle
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that much sensory input?
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We've already tested the interface
at about 70 percent tolerance.
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We shouldn't have any trouble
going higher.
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The safety override will kick in
at about 98 percent tolerance,
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and that will disengage the interface.
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Captain, l am receiving a transmission
from Starfleet Command.
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Admiral Holt.
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In my Ready Room.
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The seven people on that ship
are our first priority.
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- Is the probe ready for launch?
- Yes, sir.
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Send it directly
to the aft section of the Raman
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through the secondary airlock.
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That should put it just
one bulkhead away from the Bridge.
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I'll interface with the probe
as soon as it's ready.
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- Take it the rest of the way from there.
- Make it so.
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Hello, Marcus.
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- Jean-Luc.
- How's life on DS Three?
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We're hosting this year's palio.
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The, uh, Ferengi
have already been accused
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of trying to bribe the Breen pilot
into throwing the race.
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Well, there's nothing unusual
about that.
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Nothing at all.
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I wish l could say that l was calling
just to catch up on things.
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Nine days ago, the Hera left here
on a routine courier mission.
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We were in contact with it
for five of those days.
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Then the ship disappeared
without a trace.
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- The Hera?
- I'm afraid so.
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The Excelsior and the Nobel
have been retracing its course
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for the last 72 hours.
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Nothing. l'm going to keep them at it
for another 72.
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But to be honest,
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I don't think another week
would make any difference.
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I'll inform Commander La Forge.
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Mr. Data, I'd like a word
with Commander La Forge.
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Aye, sir. I will be on the Bridge.
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Geordi,
I've just spoken with Starfleet.
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The Hera is missing.
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Missing?
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My mother?
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Captain La Forge has disappeared,
along with the rest of her crew.
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SILVA:
I saw your father last week,
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and your sister
about ten days before that.
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- I decided l missed my favorite son.
- Your only son, Mom.
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You're going to have to see
the Hera again.
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We have a lot of new faces
onboard.
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Including a chief engineer
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who juices up the nacelles
every chance she gets.
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I think she's the best technician
in the fleet.
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Okay, second best.
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[DOOR CHIMES]
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Come in.
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- I'm sorry, l didn't know you were--
- Don't worry about it.
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Maybe you should meet her.
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We're going to be
in the same sector next week.
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Take a shuttle over
and l'll introduce you.
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My mother's
always trying to find me a wife.
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SILVA:
--at your father's birthday party.
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Remember, if you talk to him,
it's a surprise.
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This came in about three weeks ago.
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I never got back to her.
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Geordi, the probe has entered
the planet's atmosphere,
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and I'm ready to take it onto the ship.
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If you would like to take
a couple of days off,
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I'll run the interface.
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The interface is calibrated specifically
to my VISOR's inputs.
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It would take you at least ten hours
to convert it,
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and those crewmen down there
can't wait.
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The interface doesn't have to be
fully compatible.
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I could run it right now.
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I wouldn't have
the same control that you have,
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but it would still work.
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Forget it.
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I'm the best person for the job.
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There's no reason why
we shouldn't proceed as planned.
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- The Hera is reason enough.
- The Hera is missing, that's all.
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Until I hear something different,
my mother just might as well
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have taken the crew
on an unscheduled holiday.
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Let's go.
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Captain,
the probe is through the airlock
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and in position aboard the Raman.
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Picard to Commander Data. Report.
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We are ready
to bring the interface online, sir.
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PICARD:
Proceed.
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Activating the remote sensors.
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Initiating interface, now.
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Vital signs are normal.
Geordi, how do you feel?
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Fine.
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DATA: Do you have visual contact?
- Not yet.
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Data, turn up the input sensors.
I'm not seeing anything.
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DATA:
Acknowledged.
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Okay, I can see. But no colors.
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Increasing signal strength
to 75 percent of tolerance.
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LA FORGE:
Ah.
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- That's better.
CRUSHER: Your pulse has gone up.
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Your nervous system probably
has to get used to the input levels.
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I'm excited, that's all, doctor.
This is like being on a roller coaster.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Or a first date. I'm all right.
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I'll be the judge of that.
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If your heart rate gets too high,
we're gonna disconnect you.
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Understood.
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It's a mess in here.
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There must be a breach in the hull
someplace.
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I'm picking up atmospheric gases
in the corridor.
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Methane and ammonia, primarily.
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That break in the hull
might even be on the Bridge itself.
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I'm heading towards the Bridge.
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I've found someone.
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DATA:
What is your position?
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About 12 meters
up the main corridor.
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He's trapped under some conduit
from the bulkhead.
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I can't move it.
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I'm gonna need more power
to the tractor beam.
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CRUSHER: Go to 80 percent
of tolerance, Data. No higher.
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[GRUNTS]
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He's dead.
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Data,
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that door at the end of this corridor.
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- What's it lead to?
DATA: A magnetic storage bay.
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If there was a break in the Bridge,
that'd be the safest place to go.
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[GRUNTING]
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Data, give me a phaser burst.
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Narrow focus, level-four intensity.
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I've found them.
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They're dead.
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All of them.
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There's a fire in here.
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- Aah!
- Data, disconnect.
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What happened? Geordi.
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I don't know. My hands...
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CRUSHER:
They're burned.
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PICARD:
How did this happen?
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CRUSHER: There was some kind of
energy discharge in the interface suit.
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But shouldn't the safety overrides
have prevented that?
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Yes, but I have a theory
why they didn't.
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The tolerance levels of the interface
were set extremely high.
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I think Geordi's neural response
to the input was so strong
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that it created a feedback loop.
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The sensors that were transmitting
the sensation of heat to my hands
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must have overloaded.
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The crew of the Raman are dead.
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I would like to retrieve them
and their vessel,
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but not if it means
putting Geordi's safety at risk.
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If we turn down the sensory input
on the probe, I should be fine.
220
00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,660
Seven people lost their lives
down there, captain.
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We should at least retrieve
the information they were collecting.
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Doctor?
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If we operate the interface
at lower input levels,
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I'd say the risk is acceptable.
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- Picard to Riker.
RlKER: Riker here.
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We will proceed with the probe.
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We'll have to take it into
the Raman's auxiliary control room.
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Their Bridge is too badly damaged.
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00:15:29,550 --> 00:15:31,430
How long
before you have it in position?
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A couple of hours.
We have to cut through the bulkhead.
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Acknowledged.
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Well, it looks like
you'll have time to recuperate.
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Yeah.
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There's something
I've got to do anyway.
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How are you, Dad?
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As well as could be expected,
under the circumstances.
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- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
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I spoke with your sister this morning.
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00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:07,420
She said she'll be in touch with you
in a few days.
240
00:16:07,590 --> 00:16:10,390
Right now, she's pretty upset.
241
00:16:12,890 --> 00:16:18,060
The service for the Hera
will probably be on Vulcan.
242
00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:20,270
Most of the crew were from there.
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But your sister and I
want to have a private ceremony.
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Dad...
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00:16:28,530 --> 00:16:32,200
Don't you think
everybody's jumping the gun here?
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Last I heard, there were still two
starships out there looking for them.
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They found no debris,
no residual warp distortion.
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00:16:39,330 --> 00:16:40,920
And no ship.
249
00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,880
Not yet,
but that doesn't mean they won't.
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00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:47,050
Starfleet is considering
the Hera lost.
251
00:16:47,420 --> 00:16:51,300
The search isn't much more
than a formality at this point.
252
00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:54,680
Geordi,
253
00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:57,140
your mother's gone.
254
00:16:58,180 --> 00:17:00,560
Yeah, well, you can think that
if you want.
255
00:17:00,730 --> 00:17:03,860
But until I see some hard evidence,
I'm not gonna give up hope.
256
00:17:08,490 --> 00:17:10,280
All right, Geordi.
257
00:17:10,950 --> 00:17:13,070
Call me if you need anything.
258
00:17:29,050 --> 00:17:30,550
[DOOR CHIMES]
259
00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:31,880
Come in.
260
00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,510
Hey, Data.
261
00:17:39,140 --> 00:17:41,350
- Still working?
- No.
262
00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,640
I have completed the adjustments
to the interface.
263
00:17:43,810 --> 00:17:45,190
I am now waiting
for Commander Riker
264
00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,650
to finish moving the probe.
265
00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:53,740
- Do you need to be comforted?
- No.
266
00:17:53,910 --> 00:17:56,570
I was just passing by.
I was wondering what you were up to.
267
00:17:57,580 --> 00:18:00,830
I am using the time
to catch up on my study of poetry.
268
00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:08,920
LA FORGE:
Data, there's nothing on the screen.
269
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,760
That is not entirely correct.
270
00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,550
While it is true
the display is currently blank,
271
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,930
this emptiness
has a poetic meaning.
272
00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:20,970
Therefore it cannot be considered
nothing as such.
273
00:18:21,140 --> 00:18:24,440
- Says who?
- The ancient Doosodarians.
274
00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,900
Much of their poetry contained
such lacunae or empty spaces.
275
00:18:28,070 --> 00:18:30,860
Often these pauses
measured several days in length,
276
00:18:31,030 --> 00:18:33,530
during which poet and audience
were encouraged
277
00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:36,990
to fully acknowledge
the emptiness of the experience.
278
00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,080
I remember a few lectures
from Starfleet Academy
279
00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:40,280
that seemed that way.
280
00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,040
Are you certain you do not wish
to talk about your mother?
281
00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:48,960
Why would you say that?
282
00:18:49,130 --> 00:18:51,000
You are no doubt
feeling emotional distress
283
00:18:51,170 --> 00:18:53,380
as a result of her disappearance.
284
00:18:53,550 --> 00:18:56,010
While you claim to be
just passing by,
285
00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:58,430
that is most likely an excuse
to start a conversation
286
00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,560
about this uncomfortable subject.
287
00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,020
- Am l correct?
- No, Data.
288
00:19:03,180 --> 00:19:07,770
Sometimes just passing by
means just passing by.
289
00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:12,440
Hm. Then l apologize
for my premature assumption.
290
00:19:13,070 --> 00:19:16,860
This particular poem
has a lacunae of 47 minutes.
291
00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:20,280
You may experience
the emptiness with me if you wish.
292
00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:23,450
Thanks.
293
00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:34,460
You know, Data,
294
00:19:35,010 --> 00:19:39,260
maybe you gave up a little too easily.
295
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,930
I do not understand.
296
00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:47,060
Well, when I said
just passing by means just passing by,
297
00:19:47,230 --> 00:19:49,100
I really didn't mean it.
298
00:19:49,270 --> 00:19:51,770
Then my initial assumption
was correct.
299
00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:54,440
You do wish to speak
of your mother.
300
00:19:54,940 --> 00:19:57,650
Am I crazy to think
that she's still alive?
301
00:19:57,820 --> 00:19:59,950
Your sanity is not in question.
302
00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:04,830
However, your evaluation
of the available information is biased.
303
00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,330
She's a starship captain.
304
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:10,540
She's gotten herself into and out of
impossible situations before.
305
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,710
Why should this be any different?
306
00:20:14,340 --> 00:20:16,630
Disappearances
fitting the profile of the Hera
307
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,630
have rarely ended with
the safe recovery of ship and crew.
308
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,850
Well, that makes me feel
much better.
309
00:20:23,470 --> 00:20:25,010
[SIGHS
310
00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:32,060
Look, I'm sorry, Data.
I didn't mean to snap at you.
311
00:20:32,770 --> 00:20:33,810
I am not offended.
312
00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:37,400
You are upset.
Your reactions are not surprising.
313
00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:42,490
It's just that if she really is dead,
314
00:20:44,450 --> 00:20:46,830
I don't know what l'm gonna do.
315
00:20:51,630 --> 00:20:53,420
We're receiving
the probe's telemetry.
316
00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:56,550
The input levels are currently
at 53 percent of tolerance.
317
00:20:56,710 --> 00:20:57,840
That's too low, Data,
318
00:20:58,010 --> 00:20:59,760
I won't be able
to do anything down there.
319
00:20:59,930 --> 00:21:02,470
I wanna start with as wide a margin
of safety as possible.
320
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,350
We can adjust upward later.
321
00:21:04,550 --> 00:21:06,850
- Ready?
- Go ahead.
322
00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:09,390
Initiating interface.
323
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,650
I can't see anything.
324
00:21:13,810 --> 00:21:16,520
DATA:
I am increasing the input now.
325
00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:18,150
LA FORGE:
Yeah.
326
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,200
Yeah, that's better, but I need more.
327
00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,410
DATA:
ls this level sufficient?
328
00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:34,210
Geordi?
329
00:21:37,590 --> 00:21:39,460
Geordi, do you hear me?
330
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,760
Mom?
331
00:21:49,770 --> 00:21:53,730
- Mom, is it you?
- Is it you?
332
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,230
Oh, I forgot,
all you can see is this probe.
333
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,400
Yes, it's me.
I'm actually on the Enterprise.
334
00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:02,530
I'm interfaced with this probe.
335
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:03,780
Geordi.
336
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,410
Who are you speaking to?
What are you seeing?
337
00:22:07,580 --> 00:22:09,700
But is it really you?
338
00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:13,290
Yes, Geordi. lt's Mom.
339
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,080
But how can that be?
I mean, how is this possible?
340
00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:19,920
There's no time to explain.
We have to go down.
341
00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:22,760
- Down where?
- The surface.
342
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:26,010
- Geordi, report.
- Hang on, doctor.
343
00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:29,470
Why? Why do we have to go down
to the surface?
344
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,770
- We're dying.
- We?
345
00:22:33,980 --> 00:22:36,060
The Hera?
You mean the Hera is down there?
346
00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,900
CRUSHER:
We're disconnecting you right now.
347
00:22:38,070 --> 00:22:41,280
- No, wait.
- We need your help. I need your help.
348
00:22:41,690 --> 00:22:42,990
- Geordi--
- Mom-- Ah!
349
00:22:43,950 --> 00:22:46,860
The cutoff has been
automatically activated.
350
00:22:48,330 --> 00:22:50,490
He's in neural shock.
351
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,960
The sensory overload didn't cause
any permanent damage,
352
00:22:57,130 --> 00:23:00,210
but I wouldn't want to expose his brain
to that kind of stimulus again.
353
00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,840
Is there any indication
what caused this hallucination?
354
00:23:03,010 --> 00:23:07,680
- His brain functions are normal.
- I told you, l wasn't hallucinating.
355
00:23:07,890 --> 00:23:11,060
Geordi, I have analyzed
the probe sensor logs.
356
00:23:11,220 --> 00:23:12,560
There are no records to indicate
357
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,810
the presence of a living human
onboard the Raman.
358
00:23:14,980 --> 00:23:17,980
Well, she wasn't exactly there.
Her ship is down on the surface.
359
00:23:18,150 --> 00:23:21,610
So you believe that what you saw
was some kind of transmission?
360
00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:25,030
Somehow she has managed
to communicate with me.
361
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,820
We have no indication
of a transmission of any kind.
362
00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:29,990
Maybe I'm the only one
who can detect it
363
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,700
because I'm interfaced
with the probe.
364
00:23:34,330 --> 00:23:37,160
The probe does allow Geordi
to sense quantum fluctuations,
365
00:23:37,330 --> 00:23:39,170
subspace anomalies,
and other phenomenon
366
00:23:39,330 --> 00:23:41,630
not perceptible
by any other kind of sensor.
367
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,710
Granted, but how could he perceive
his mother visually
368
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,840
as if she were standing there
in the room?
369
00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:49,640
I'm not sure, but I do know
that our brains weren't designed
370
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,100
to process the kind of sensory
information Geordi was getting.
371
00:23:53,270 --> 00:23:55,520
When the brain receives something
it doesn't understand,
372
00:23:55,730 --> 00:23:58,810
it interprets the input as best it can.
373
00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:01,980
Sometimes as a smell or a sound,
sometimes visually.
374
00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:04,360
- You see?
CRUSHER: But, Geordi,
375
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,200
I'm not saying that your mother
was really communicating with you.
376
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,370
I'm just trying to give you a reason why
you might have thought that she was.
377
00:24:12,580 --> 00:24:13,660
Look, I'm telling you,
378
00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:15,330
my mother's ship
is trapped down there.
379
00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:17,160
And we've got to help them.
380
00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:21,540
Geordi, the Hera's last reported
position was 300 light-years away.
381
00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:23,250
How could it end up here?
382
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:25,090
If the Hera is on the surface,
383
00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:28,300
its hull could not possibly withstand
the pressure of the atmosphere.
384
00:24:28,470 --> 00:24:30,720
Well, at least let me go back
down there just to be sure.
385
00:24:30,890 --> 00:24:33,180
I do not recommend
that he use the interface again.
386
00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:35,180
The sensory overload
almost killed you.
387
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:36,390
I'll be all right.
388
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,060
No, no, l'm sorry Geordi,
I'm not prepared to risk your life.
389
00:24:39,230 --> 00:24:41,440
Data, find another way
of salvaging the Raman.
390
00:24:41,610 --> 00:24:44,570
I want an alternate plan in two hours.
391
00:24:45,030 --> 00:24:46,730
Geordi.
392
00:24:47,990 --> 00:24:52,200
I'd like you to talk to Counselor Troi.
She's expecting you.
393
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:58,870
What's your mother like, Geordi?
394
00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:03,040
If you think I'm gonna start
talking about my childhood, counselor,
395
00:25:03,210 --> 00:25:04,880
you're way off.
396
00:25:05,050 --> 00:25:06,590
That's not what I asked.
397
00:25:12,090 --> 00:25:15,430
Well, she's...
398
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,350
She's brilliant.
399
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:22,690
Funny.
400
00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:25,980
She's incredibly perceptive.
401
00:25:26,150 --> 00:25:28,190
She knows people.
402
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,610
Knows what they're all about
even before they open their mouths.
403
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,660
She's always been that way,
404
00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:38,370
she's a real good judge of character.
405
00:25:38,540 --> 00:25:40,290
When was the last time
you saw her?
406
00:25:41,370 --> 00:25:43,290
About seven months ago,
407
00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:45,540
when she first took command
of the Hera.
408
00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:48,210
I went to a party
she had for her crew.
409
00:25:49,130 --> 00:25:50,630
She wanted me to come over
and see her
410
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,130
but I was really busy at the time.
411
00:25:56,810 --> 00:25:59,350
I mean, I suppose
I could have made the time
412
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:04,270
to go and see her but,
you know, I just didn't think that...
413
00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:12,150
I mean, you know,
I didn't think that...
414
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,990
You didn't think
it would be your last chance to see her.
415
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,490
That's not what I was gonna say.
416
00:26:20,910 --> 00:26:23,460
I want to suggest something.
417
00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:26,670
Call it a theory, all right?
418
00:26:27,710 --> 00:26:29,340
All right.
419
00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:32,630
You're worried about
the disappearance of your mother.
420
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,430
Guilty that you didn't see her
when you had the chance.
421
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,890
So you're unwilling to consider
that she might be dead.
422
00:26:41,060 --> 00:26:43,850
Your need to believe she's alive
is so strong
423
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:48,480
that it manifests itself
as a physical image.
424
00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:51,030
Yeah, but she told me
she's trapped on that planet,
425
00:26:51,190 --> 00:26:52,530
that she's in danger.
426
00:26:52,690 --> 00:26:54,530
Now, if this were some sort
of wish fulfillment,
427
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,570
don't you think I'd be fantasizing her
safe and sound?
428
00:26:57,740 --> 00:26:59,200
No.
429
00:26:59,580 --> 00:27:01,870
Because that would be the end
of your fantasy.
430
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,830
You'd know it wasn't true.
431
00:27:06,830 --> 00:27:11,840
The more involved and complicated
432
00:27:12,010 --> 00:27:15,720
and unending your story is,
433
00:27:16,590 --> 00:27:19,850
the longer you can believe
your mother's still alive.
434
00:27:20,890 --> 00:27:23,890
Yeah, well, that's your theory,
counselor.
435
00:27:24,270 --> 00:27:26,230
I've got one of my own.
436
00:27:31,570 --> 00:27:34,150
I have been exploring the possibility
of using a tractor beam
437
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,070
to pull the Raman
from the atmosphere.
438
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,110
However, the high level of interference
prevents a positive lock.
439
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,080
If we set up
some sort of relay system?
440
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,080
That is my conclusion as well,
commander.
441
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,080
Two shuttlecrafts staggered between
the Enterprise and the Raman,
442
00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:49,040
with their shields adjusted
to re-focus the tractor beam.
443
00:27:49,790 --> 00:27:52,000
Can we get the shuttles close enough
without danger?
444
00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:55,340
- Mr. La Forge?
- Sure. Um...
445
00:27:55,630 --> 00:27:57,930
Yeah, as long as we keep them both
above the troposphere,
446
00:27:58,090 --> 00:27:59,130
that will be all right.
447
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,850
- Then in that case--
LA FORGE: But what about the Hera?
448
00:28:03,010 --> 00:28:05,560
We'd be leaving my mother
and her crew stranded on the planet.
449
00:28:05,730 --> 00:28:07,520
- Commander--
- I've been thinking about this.
450
00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:11,690
A couple of weeks ago,
I got a message from my mother.
451
00:28:11,860 --> 00:28:13,270
She said she had
a new chief engineer
452
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,820
who had been experimenting
with the warp drive.
453
00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:17,400
Now, l've seen the Hera.
454
00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:21,120
It uses trionic initiators
in the warp coil.
455
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,160
They have a reputation
for strange side effects,
456
00:28:23,330 --> 00:28:25,040
especially when you
play around with them.
457
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,330
There have been reports
of warp bubbles
458
00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:29,420
and other subspace deformations.
459
00:28:29,580 --> 00:28:32,920
So, what if that's what happened?
460
00:28:33,090 --> 00:28:39,130
Not a warp bubble,
but a subspace funnel.
461
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:41,010
Connecting two points
through subspace.
462
00:28:41,180 --> 00:28:43,640
Well, the Hera could have
accidentally created a distortion
463
00:28:43,810 --> 00:28:45,640
that emptied out right here
on Marijne VII.
464
00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:46,930
Why here?
465
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,940
Well, the Hera passed by this planet
just ten days ago.
466
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:53,110
Now, there's an awful lot of subspace
disturbance in the atmosphere.
467
00:28:53,270 --> 00:28:55,730
The ship could have accidentally
picked up some residual traces
468
00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:57,530
that directed the funnel
right back here.
469
00:28:57,690 --> 00:28:59,780
So the Hera's in one piece,
somewhere out there?
470
00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:03,120
Well, maybe it's being surrounded
by some kind of warp field,
471
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:04,990
but who knows for how long?
472
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,830
Mr. La Forge,
do you have any evidence
473
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,660
to support this hypothesis?
474
00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,540
I did pick up some
strange subspace readings
475
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:12,120
when I was interfaced
with the probe.
476
00:29:12,290 --> 00:29:13,500
That could have been anything.
477
00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:15,340
LA FORGE:
But l talked to her, commander.
478
00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:18,300
She asked me to bring the Raman
closer to the planet.
479
00:29:19,260 --> 00:29:21,630
Mr. Data, is any of this possible?
480
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,060
Yes, sir.
However, it is highly unlikely.
481
00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:28,350
How unlikely?
482
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:30,600
Nearly impossible, sir.
483
00:29:32,690 --> 00:29:34,150
Let's proceed with the shuttle plan.
484
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:36,360
- Captain--
- Dismissed.
485
00:29:38,780 --> 00:29:40,610
Mr. La Forge.
486
00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:47,700
I want you to know
that I am not unsympathetic
487
00:29:47,870 --> 00:29:49,370
to what you're going through.
488
00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,790
Your mother's disappearance
is tragic,
489
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,630
but I cannot risk your safety
on the basis of a dubious hypothesis.
490
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,960
Captain, if I'm right,
491
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:01,550
and there's just one chance in a million
that she's alive--
492
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,220
I'm sorry, Geordi.
My decision is made.
493
00:30:06,550 --> 00:30:08,390
I understand, sir.
494
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,610
We'll be in position
to use the tractor beam
495
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:22,400
in less than an hour.
496
00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:25,820
You didn't come all the way down here
to tell me that.
497
00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:27,950
No, I didn't.
498
00:30:29,490 --> 00:30:30,950
Geordi.
499
00:30:32,750 --> 00:30:36,170
I may have seemed a little harsh
about the situation aboard the Raman.
500
00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:38,790
I just don't like the idea
of one of my best officers
501
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,840
putting himself
in unnecessary danger.
502
00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,260
I guess l feel like
I should be the one to decide
503
00:30:43,420 --> 00:30:45,380
whether it's unnecessary or not.
504
00:30:45,550 --> 00:30:47,930
My mother died when I was a baby.
505
00:30:48,850 --> 00:30:50,310
All l had was pictures,
506
00:30:50,770 --> 00:30:53,600
and the stories that my father
used to tell me about her.
507
00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:57,770
I begged him to tell those stories
over and over.
508
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,740
When I was 5
and I went to school,
509
00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:10,620
I started to tell my new friends
those same stories.
510
00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:13,160
Pretending that she was alive.
511
00:31:14,210 --> 00:31:15,960
Then I started believing
that she was alive,
512
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,460
that she'd just gone away.
513
00:31:18,630 --> 00:31:20,750
But that she was coming back.
514
00:31:22,170 --> 00:31:24,460
The teacher got wind of this.
515
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,090
She and my father
had this talk with me.
516
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,600
They told me
it was important to accept the fact
517
00:31:32,770 --> 00:31:34,890
that my mother was dead.
518
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,440
And that she wasn't coming back,
519
00:31:38,610 --> 00:31:43,980
and all the hoping in the world
wouldn't make it so.
520
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:51,030
In my mind, that was the day
that my mother actually died.
521
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:55,160
I cried all that night,
522
00:31:55,870 --> 00:31:58,580
but after that, it started feeling better.
523
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,670
Your mother was dead.
524
00:32:01,340 --> 00:32:03,340
There was proof.
There was a body and a funeral.
525
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,170
- It was a reality.
- Geordi--
526
00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:08,010
If I could see a body,
if there were wreckage,
527
00:32:08,180 --> 00:32:12,640
I could accept it,
but my mother has just disappeared.
528
00:32:12,810 --> 00:32:17,850
And now,
there's a possibility that she is alive.
529
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,940
And I'm not gonna quit.
530
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,020
Not yet.
531
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:48,380
I suspected you would attempt
to operate the interface alone.
532
00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:49,880
Did you?
533
00:32:50,050 --> 00:32:51,970
I am familiar enough
with your behavior patterns
534
00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:55,470
to predict certain decisions.
535
00:32:56,060 --> 00:32:58,020
Well, I guess
you know me pretty well.
536
00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:00,940
You are disobeying the captain.
537
00:33:01,150 --> 00:33:02,560
I can't just sit back and do nothing
538
00:33:02,730 --> 00:33:04,860
when I know that my mother
may be down on that planet.
539
00:33:06,190 --> 00:33:09,110
I cannot allow you
to endanger your well-being.
540
00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:15,580
Data, if I leave
without knowing for sure,
541
00:33:15,740 --> 00:33:18,450
then I'll have to live with that
for the rest of my life.
542
00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:21,620
Wondering if I left her to die.
543
00:33:21,790 --> 00:33:24,000
I couldn't do that.
544
00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,670
That's why l've got to do this.
545
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,590
I could have you confined to quarters
for the duration of the mission.
546
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,630
If that's what you need to do, Data,
do it because nothing short of that
547
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,100
is gonna stop me
from trying to save my mother.
548
00:33:42,900 --> 00:33:44,230
What are you doing?
549
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,150
I will monitor the interface
and attempt to keep you safe.
550
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,860
I cannot have you confined to quarters
for something you have not yet done.
551
00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:56,870
You know we could both get
in a lot of trouble for this.
552
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,910
There is a high degree of probability
that you are correct.
553
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,830
Thanks, Data.
554
00:34:06,590 --> 00:34:09,960
However, I do have a request.
555
00:34:10,130 --> 00:34:13,090
Yeah? What's that?
556
00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:15,510
I would ask you
to consider the possibility
557
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,060
that what you see is not real.
558
00:34:20,140 --> 00:34:21,770
I will.
559
00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:24,270
I promise.
560
00:34:28,270 --> 00:34:30,400
I am establishing the interface.
561
00:34:39,490 --> 00:34:41,200
LA FORGE:
Mom?
562
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:46,250
Mom?
563
00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:50,420
SILVA: Hello, Geordi.
- Mom.
564
00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:52,760
How did you get here?
565
00:34:53,170 --> 00:34:54,590
I'm not really with you, Geordi.
566
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,850
I'm on my ship, on the surface.
We were pulled into a warp funnel.
567
00:34:59,010 --> 00:35:03,980
That's just what I thought.
How are we communicating?
568
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:06,310
We found a way
to send a subspace signal
569
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,480
that could cut through
the atmospheric interference.
570
00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:10,770
DATA: Geordi, are you seeing
the image of your mother?
571
00:35:10,940 --> 00:35:12,530
Yes.
572
00:35:12,690 --> 00:35:15,030
And she's just confirmed
everything I've been saying.
573
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,570
I am reading unusual
subspace energy in your vicinity.
574
00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:20,450
Similar to what
the probe sensor recorded
575
00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:22,620
the first time
you encountered your mother.
576
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:25,710
That's how
she's communicating with me.
577
00:35:25,870 --> 00:35:27,580
It's the only kind of signal
they could send
578
00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:29,540
that could cut through
the interference.
579
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,340
We need your help.
580
00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:33,710
I've been thinking about this.
581
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,340
I'm going to take the Raman
into a low stationary orbit
582
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:39,800
and initiate an inverse
warp cascade.
583
00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:41,010
Why?
584
00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:43,220
The subspace distortion
from the cascade
585
00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:45,560
should reverse the warp funnel.
586
00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:47,980
Your ship will end up
right back where it started.
587
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:50,810
Geordi, the atmosphere becomes
increasingly turbulent
588
00:35:50,980 --> 00:35:52,650
the farther down you go.
589
00:35:52,820 --> 00:35:54,360
You may not be able
to bring the Raman
590
00:35:54,530 --> 00:35:56,700
close enough to the Hera
before being destroyed.
591
00:35:56,860 --> 00:35:58,240
I have to try, Data.
592
00:35:58,450 --> 00:36:00,740
We're running out of time.
593
00:36:01,620 --> 00:36:03,790
Shields back online.
594
00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,830
We're starting our descent.
595
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:10,170
Oh, thank God.
596
00:36:10,330 --> 00:36:13,210
- Thank God?
- That you're alive.
597
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:16,420
That I was right about all of this.
598
00:36:16,590 --> 00:36:19,840
I can't wait to call Dad.
He and Ariana had given up.
599
00:36:20,010 --> 00:36:25,100
- We're going home.
- Well, eventually, yeah.
600
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:29,940
Data, everything's fading in and out.
601
00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:31,770
I'm losing the interface.
602
00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:33,980
The probe is descending
out of range.
603
00:36:34,190 --> 00:36:37,070
You'll have to turn up the input gain
to maintain my connection.
604
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,700
We are already at 75 percent
of tolerance.
605
00:36:39,860 --> 00:36:42,620
Data, you can turn it
all the way up to a hundred
606
00:36:42,780 --> 00:36:44,580
if you do it slowly enough.
607
00:36:44,740 --> 00:36:47,040
Give my nervous system
a chance to adjust.
608
00:36:47,210 --> 00:36:48,870
That is theoretically true.
609
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,290
But even at this level of input,
610
00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:53,960
you are already experiencing
dangerous neural feedback.
611
00:36:54,130 --> 00:36:56,670
There are over 300 people
onboard the Hera, Data.
612
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,470
You and l
are the only chance they've got.
613
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:05,970
I will increase the gain incrementally
as you descend.
614
00:37:10,650 --> 00:37:11,850
It's working.
615
00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:14,230
When we are ready
to disconnect the interface,
616
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,190
we must allow enough time
to lower the input levels.
617
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,280
Otherwise, your nervous system
will go into shock
618
00:37:19,450 --> 00:37:20,900
from the sudden drop in input.
619
00:37:21,070 --> 00:37:24,490
Well, once I initiate the warp cascade,
we can start dropping the gain.
620
00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:26,410
DATA:
Understood.
621
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:31,040
We'll be within sensor range
of the Hera in a few minutes.
622
00:37:32,420 --> 00:37:34,080
Mom.
623
00:37:34,670 --> 00:37:38,380
I'm really sorry I didn't get by
to see you a couple of weeks ago.
624
00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:41,340
You were too busy with work.
625
00:37:42,180 --> 00:37:44,140
Yeah, well, l'm sorry.
626
00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:46,680
It won't happen again.
627
00:37:50,350 --> 00:37:54,440
Captain, the Raman is descending
toward the planet.
628
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,480
Geordi.
629
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,610
We are at 90 percent of tolerance.
630
00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:03,200
My calculations show you will reach
1 00 percent of tolerance
631
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,370
before you are in range of the Hera.
632
00:38:05,530 --> 00:38:07,490
Then we're gonna have to go
beyond tolerance.
633
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:11,200
That would not be advisable.
You must cease your descent.
634
00:38:11,410 --> 00:38:14,670
No, Geordi, don't. Please.
635
00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:19,800
Data, I'm taking this ship down.
636
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,880
Now, if you don't boost the gain
past tolerance levels,
637
00:38:24,050 --> 00:38:25,970
I'll lose the interface
when we go out of range
638
00:38:26,140 --> 00:38:27,800
and my system will go into shock.
639
00:38:27,970 --> 00:38:31,220
Geordi, you are putting me
in a difficult position.
640
00:38:31,730 --> 00:38:34,060
Please, cease your descent.
641
00:38:34,230 --> 00:38:36,230
I won't do it, Data.
642
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,230
You're gonna have to increase
the tolerance.
643
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,410
Disengaging safety systems.
644
00:38:45,570 --> 00:38:48,700
Going to full tolerance levels now.
645
00:38:49,830 --> 00:38:51,910
Thank you, Data.
646
00:38:53,710 --> 00:38:57,170
- We're getting close.
- Thank God.
647
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,920
PICARD: Commander La Forge.
- Yes, captain?
648
00:39:01,090 --> 00:39:04,090
Stop your descent.
Prepare to disengage the interface.
649
00:39:04,300 --> 00:39:06,130
Sorry, captain, but I can't do that.
650
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:08,600
Damn it, Geordi,
you're gonna kill yourself.
651
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,180
If I come back now,
my mother and her entire crew will die.
652
00:39:13,180 --> 00:39:15,270
I'm scanning for your ship.
653
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,770
I'm not getting anything.
654
00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:24,030
- We're still too far away.
- No, not really.
655
00:39:24,950 --> 00:39:28,110
I should be picking
something up by now.
656
00:39:29,830 --> 00:39:31,990
I'm not finding anything.
657
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,910
There's no warp funnel.
658
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:36,830
No ship.
659
00:39:38,290 --> 00:39:40,540
There's nothing there.
660
00:39:45,930 --> 00:39:47,090
PICARD:
Doctor, report.
661
00:39:47,260 --> 00:39:49,890
His neural synapses are overloading.
He can't survive this.
662
00:39:50,050 --> 00:39:51,510
Geordi, what's happening to you?
663
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:54,810
Reverse tractor beam.
664
00:39:55,350 --> 00:39:57,690
DATA:
Reversing tractor beam.
665
00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:13,410
What are you?
666
00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:16,580
You're killing us. We must go down.
667
00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:19,120
PICARD:
Geordi.
668
00:40:19,290 --> 00:40:21,170
What's happening? Report.
669
00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:24,050
You're trapped?
670
00:40:24,260 --> 00:40:26,260
Is there any way
that we can disconnect him?
671
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,140
If we take him off too abruptly,
he'll go into neural shock.
672
00:40:30,930 --> 00:40:32,050
Caught on the ship?
673
00:40:32,810 --> 00:40:35,600
Reduce the input gradually
and still get him out before it's too late.
674
00:40:35,770 --> 00:40:39,140
Are you saying
that you killed the Raman's crew?
675
00:40:39,310 --> 00:40:41,190
Perhaps we could deceive
his neural receptors.
676
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,860
- Deceive them?
- By feeding them sensory information
677
00:40:44,020 --> 00:40:46,230
recorded from his earlier experiences
with the probe.
678
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:50,030
We could disconnect the interface
and still maintain the input levels.
679
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:52,200
We could then lower them
in a controlled manner.
680
00:40:52,370 --> 00:40:53,700
What do you want?
681
00:40:54,330 --> 00:40:57,410
- Like a decompression tank. Let's try.
LA FORGE: Then it was an accident?
682
00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:00,870
Captain, l have to take the ship
into the lower atmosphere.
683
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,130
Explain.
684
00:41:02,290 --> 00:41:03,380
As I understand it,
685
00:41:03,540 --> 00:41:05,040
when the Raman
got close to the planet,
686
00:41:05,210 --> 00:41:07,840
it accidentally picked up
some life forms
687
00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:09,880
that live in the lower atmosphere.
688
00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:13,220
Subspace beings of some kind.
Intelligent.
689
00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:15,560
When the ship went back
into a higher orbit,
690
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:16,970
the beings were trapped.
691
00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:18,520
How do you know all this?
692
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,520
One of them
can communicate with me.
693
00:41:20,690 --> 00:41:23,020
It must have read my thoughts
through the probe interface
694
00:41:23,190 --> 00:41:25,360
and took the form of my mother.
695
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:28,230
To try to talk me into taking the ship
closer to the surface.
696
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,320
Are these beings responsible
for the deaths of the Raman's crew?
697
00:41:31,490 --> 00:41:34,450
LA FORGE: Yes,
but I don't think it was on purpose.
698
00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:36,530
They probably tried
communicating with them
699
00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:39,660
the same way
they're communicating with me,
700
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:41,870
by directly accessing their thoughts.
701
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,920
It must have been fatal to the crew.
702
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,880
I guess the interface
is what protected me.
703
00:41:48,050 --> 00:41:50,550
I have to take them back, captain.
704
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,090
They can't survive
so far up in the atmosphere.
705
00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:58,180
I'll turn the ship around
and come back just as soon as I--
706
00:41:58,350 --> 00:41:59,640
[GRUNTS]
707
00:41:59,810 --> 00:42:00,930
Geordi, what's happening?
708
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,100
LA FORGE: The atmosphere
is getting more turbulent.
709
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:04,900
It's overloading the systems.
710
00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:07,070
[ALARM WAILlNG
711
00:42:07,230 --> 00:42:09,730
I'm having difficulty
keeping the shields up.
712
00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:11,610
SILVA:
Geordi.
713
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,280
We're safe now.
714
00:42:14,820 --> 00:42:16,490
Goodbye.
715
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:31,210
[ALARM WAILlNG
716
00:42:32,130 --> 00:42:33,630
I'm losing power.
717
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:37,470
Total shield failure in eight seconds.
718
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,430
- Can we switch the inputs?
- Almost.
719
00:42:42,940 --> 00:42:44,020
Shields are failing.
720
00:42:46,730 --> 00:42:48,820
Switching inputs.
721
00:42:52,240 --> 00:42:53,530
[GROANING
722
00:42:57,830 --> 00:42:58,870
Is it working?
723
00:42:59,790 --> 00:43:03,000
His vital signs are stabilizing.
He's going to make it.
724
00:43:07,420 --> 00:43:09,250
PICARD:
Captain's log, supplemental.
725
00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:12,760
We have succeeded in disengaging
Mr. La Forge from the interface
726
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,300
and are en route to Starbase 495.
727
00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:18,640
You disobeyed my direct order.
728
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,930
You put yourself in grave danger.
I am not happy.
729
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:23,180
Yes, sir.
730
00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:26,310
I take complete responsibility.
Data was only--
731
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,020
I will deal with Mr. Data
at another time.
732
00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:31,020
Meanwhile,
I will have to write this incident
733
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:32,860
into your permanent record.
734
00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:36,570
- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.
735
00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:39,200
Geordi?
736
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,540
I'm very sorry
that you didn't find your mother.
737
00:43:46,790 --> 00:43:48,630
Thank you, sir.
738
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,090
You know, it's funny,
when I was down there,
739
00:43:53,630 --> 00:43:55,800
it was so real.
740
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,550
I felt like
I had a chance to say goodbye.
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