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\h\hCaptain's Log, Stardate 41235.25:

Our location, planet Ligon II

source of a rare vaccine needed on Federation planet Styris IV.

\hStarfleet has instructed me to engage in a friendly visit

and open treaty negotiations

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto acquire this medicinal substance.

Standard orbit, sir.

Lieutenant Yar calling from Cargo Bay 1, sir.

Standing by

to beam the Ligonian welcoming party aboard.

On our way.

You have the helm, Mr. Data.

Cargo 1.

This should be an interesting experience.

Agreed.

Not only are they closely humanoid

\h\h\h\h\hbut their history has remarkable similarities to ours.

A highly structured society

and they're exceedingly proud.

They've insisted on

using their own transporter device, sir.

It's their way, Lieutenant.

Do they have our coordinates?

They have, sir, \h\h\hprecisely

and they're standing by \h\h\h\hfor your signal.

This is Captain Picard

aboard the Starfleet vessel Enterprise.

Please do us the honor of visiting our vessel.

I am Lutan.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Welcome aboard.

These are my officers.

My second in command

Commander William Riker...

ship's counselor, Deanna Troi...

and my security officer

Lieutenant Natasha Yar.

A woman?

Your chief of security?

Yes, Lutan.

That is her expertise.

I am honored to meet your officers.

This is my secondary, Hagon.

A sample of the vaccine.

My duty, Lutan.

I'm sorry, but I'm required to inspect...

Out of my way, woman!

How interesting.

May we prove as surprising \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto you.

If I may suggest, sir...

no apology.

\h\h\hIn their view, it would weaken us.

Nothing concealed, Captain.

Would you care to accept it?

Unless you care to examine it further.

Absolutely not.

This vaccine sample is a gift of life

and we are honored at receiving it.

Would you do us the additional honor now

of letting us entertain you?

Yes, yes, please prepare it.

We shall join you shortly.

I ask forgiveness.

They are strange alien things.

You bear no fault.

But the female...

May be exactly what I have needed.

Space, the final frontier.

\h\h\hThese are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

Its continuing mission--

\h\h\h\hto explore strange new worlds

to seek out new life and new civilizations

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto boldly go where no one has gone before.

Lutan, we are aware of many of your planet's achievements

and its unique similarity

to an ancient Earth culture we all admire.

On behalf of the Federation, therefore

I would like to present

this token of our gratitude and friendship.

From China's Sung Dynasty

14th century.

13th century, sir.

Ah, yes, indeed.

A most thoughtful gift.

We are pleased.

We of Ligon

have been apprehensive about strangers.

We are not as technologically advanced as you

yet we possess something you do not--

a vaccine which has been found to be an effective antidote

against your dreaded Anchilles fever.

If you respect our customs

and we see that respect

we will be friends

and we will make the antidote available to all who need it.

If you require respect from us

I'm sure that you will see it.

Surrounded by such friendship

I feel no need for my guards.

I will return shortly.

Prepare to transport me then.

If there is anything else

any further courtesy...

Would it be possible

to see one of your wondrous holodecks?

We have heard how they are used to train your officers.

And used for many other things, too.

Commander Riker

perhaps you and Counselor Troi

would demonstrate.

Would it be possible

for Lieutenant Yar to do so, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCaptain?

Some demonstration of defense training?

We've noticed you're intrigued

\h\h\h\h\hwith her having security responsibilities.

But these things are not at all unusual with us.

\h\h\hWith us, it is the duty of women only to own the land

and the duty of men to protect...

and rule it.

Much the same has happened \h\hin human history, too.

I'd like to do it, sir...

as a sign of respect, perhaps.

Very well.

This way, please.

Aikido, one.

It won't move again until my actions activate it.

You can create people \h\h\hwithout a soul?

It's not a real person, Lutan.

It has no life.

Everything it does is controlled by computer.

Who am I?

Do you hear me?

But it will feel real when it hits you.

A force like that

cannot possibly come from an image, Lutan.

Then you will show me, Hagon.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

How very enlightening.

Aikido, vanish.

I could create two... even three

but, really, one is enough.

As you fight with it, it learns

and before long, it knows exactly how to defeat you.

Even the extraordinary \h\h\hLieutenant Yar?

It forces us to keep improving.

Your skill impresses me.

I like you.

Farewell, my new friends of the noble Enterprise.

Understanding has made friends \h\hof many different people.

We've had a good beginning, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLutan.

May I also extend a personal farewell to Lieutenant Yar

in your Federation terms?

Picard to Bridge.

Red alert!

Shields up.

Photon torpedoes activated, sir.

What com contact do we have?

With their orbital control station, sir.

Make contact there

and on all hailing frequencies.

This is the Enterprise to Lutan \h\hand the Ligonian government.

You have committed an unfriendly act.

\h\h\h\hWe insist that you reply immediately.

Photon torpedoes ready, sir.

Set them for a display blast

a thousand meters short of the planet surface.

Set.

Fire.

\h\hDo we know the source of their transporter beam?

Our own transporter people have tried to trace it, sir

but to no effect.

\h\h\h\h\hIt reads similar to early Starfleet efforts

but uses the Heglenian shift

to convert energy and matter in different...

which is actually not important at this time.

This is Captain Picard \h\hof the Enterprise

with a message to Lutan

\h\h\h\hwhom I have so far acknowledged as a friend.

But you have now committed

what our laws regard as an attack upon us.

Since you have visited our vessel

you most certainly know the power of it.

We insist that you reply \h\h\h\hto this message.

Opinion, Counselor.

Will they injure Lieutenant Yar?

I believe not, sir.

They seem mainly curious.

In the case of Lutan, however

I did feel other needs.

What kind of needs?

Some sexual attraction from all the males.

\h\h\h\h\hLieutenant Yar is physically very attractive.

But with Lutan, I felt something else.

Something more like

avarice or ambition.

Other comments?

If I may, sir?

One of the things

\h\h\h\h\h\h\habout them in the briefing studies

was their respect for patience.

Strongly emphasized.

And you can see it

in the precise, ritualistic way \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthey do things.

I'm worried about Lieutenant Yar, too, sir.

Maybe we should sit and wait them out.

Stardate 41235.32:

I am concerned

\hover a full day of waiting with no response from Lutan.

We are now testing

\h\h\hwhether they are aware of our sensors probing them.

So far, we believe

\h\h\h\h\hwe have pinpointed Lutan's government compound.

The vaccine, sir.

Yes, Doctor?

The vaccine.

I'm a physician-- I've seen death--

but not on the scale this could mean.

\hYou were testing if you can replicate the vaccine.

And we can't.

\h\hThe sample works fine when used as an injection

\h\h\h\hbut becomes unstable when we try to replicate it.

You must get the vaccine from the planet, Captain

as much as you can immediately.

I'm aware of that, Doctor.

\h\h\hYou've never had to watch a patient die from this disease.

That's true.

\hBut I have seen my share of death.

Damn!

Where are the calluses

\hwe doctors are supposed to grow over our feelings?

Perhaps the good ones \h\h\hnever get them.

\h\hMay I speak to you about my son, Wesley?

What?

Oh. Yes.

All right.

He seems quite interested

in starship operations

and, speaking as a mother, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof course

he seems quite knowledgeable.

\h\h\h\h\hWell, yes... speaking as a mother.

He's on the turbolift.

You'll remember you ordered him \h\h\hto stay off of the Bridge.

Wesley.

I haven't stepped one foot

on your Bridge, Captain.

All right, sir, I'll see that

he leaves immediately.

No.

No?

Why don't you sit at Ops

next to Lieutenant La Forge?

Sir?

Sir?

Is the whole ship deaf?

Sit down over there, young man.

Temporarily.

Captain, we have more information

from the briefing studies on Ligon.

Oh, excuse me.

Dr. Crusher, some of this may interest you.

Let's hear the analysis.

It is a highly structured society

in which people live by strict codes of honor.

For example, what Lutan did

is similar to what certain American Indians once did

called "counting coup."

That is from an obscure language known as French.

"Counting coup..."

Mr. Data, the French language

for centuries on Earth represented civilization.

Indeed?

But surely, sir...

I suggest you drop it, Mr. Data.

Yes, sir.

"Counting coup" could be

something as simple as touching an enemy with a stick in battle

or taking something from him and escaping.

It was considered extremely heroic.

And under these circumstances

Lutan considers himself heroic

risking literally everything

in the face of our superior power.

\h\h\h\hAnd it fits Lutan's personality profile as well.

He has an abnormally high \h\hneed for achievement.

Self-image to him is a function

of what he thinks he's achieved.

Those who set their standards too high

can kill to meet them.

Why Tasha?

\hAs a Starfleet security officer

she may have represented \h\hhis riskiest prize.

Transmission from planet surface, sir.

Main viewer on.

Well, Lutan, what do you want?

\h\hYou will display your image, please.

What is required is an image

of Lieutenant Yar, well and...

Are you making demands, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCaptain?

Sir.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAccording to the Ligon code of honor

\h\h\h\hLutan has done what he set out to do:

\h\h\hachieve recognition for being daring and bold.

We've studied this in some depth now, sir.

The proper thing for you to do now

is to ask to get Tasha back.

Ask for her?

Politely, Captain.

And now, Lutan

you have boldly taken Lieutenant Yar from us

and we ask that...

that you now please return her.

Then come visit us, Captain

and we shall return her to you.

Commander.

"Commander"?

That's quite formal.

So is this request, sir.

We believe it would be preferable

if the Captain led this away party.

Agreed, sir.

Their customs concerning guests \h\h\h\hmake it much preferable.

And I'm very much against that idea.

Lutan is clearly a liar \h\h\h\h\h\hand devious.

Counselor Troi has admitted

\h\h\hthat she believes he's capable of killing.

It's my duty is to keep the Captain from danger, sir.

Except that Ligonian custom \h\h\h\h\h\h\hmakes it clear

\h\hthat a visiting leader becomes an honored guest.

Not us.

Not second in command.

Him.

And the custom requires

\h\hthat Lutan should die rather than violate that.

Yes, it seems reasonable, \h\h\h\h\h\hput that way.

But I warn you, if you get hurt

I'll put you on report, Captain.

Welcome to my centerplace, \h\h\h\h\hCaptain Picard.

Consider yourselves my honored guests.

Every hospitality will be accorded you.

This is my first one:

Yareena.

Lutan is a fortunate man.

You've met Counselor Troi.

Yes. As on your vessel

you have only to name whatever \h\h\hcourtesy we can provide.

\hThen, sir, the courtesy of seeing Lieutenant Yar.

Lieutenant Yar will be returned to you tonight

at a banquet I have arranged \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin your honor.

I'd like to see her now.

Bring Lieutenant Yar.

\h\h\hI find it odd, Captain, that a man of your experience

has such difficulty

\h\hin understanding ordinary politeness.

Such as the politeness of saying "please"

before abducting someone?

The expression "please" is used

only when requesting \h\hthe person back.

Yours is a different world.

\h\hWith clear and simple ways deeply rooted in our culture.

\hIf you are willing to ask for Lieutenant Yar's return

tonight in front of all

honor will be satisfied.

One can see the importance of honor here, sir.

Honor is everything.

Have you been treated well, Lieutenant?

Fine, Captain.

But they're showing some signs of wear.

\h\h\hThere isn't any need to be concerned, Captain.

She's been well cared for.

My ship's company and I are certain

of your gentle wisdom in that.

\hFor a moment, I thought I heard a threat implied.

But that would be foolishness.

Something to be carefully \h\h\h\havoided, I agree.

The festivities for her return \h\hto you are in preparation.

Shall we retire till then?

Until tonight, Lutan.

Lutan, you have granted us \h\h\h\h\h\h\hhospitality

\h\h\hand the safety of your centerplace.

The gifts you give us are rare and precious.

We thank you.

And now, according to the customs of your ancestors

whom we honor and respect

I am here in peace

to ask for the return \h\hof Lieutenant Yar.

Well spoken.

There are those among my equals in this gathering who were wary

of my approaching \hthe Federation.

I am proud to have taken

this first step toward a treaty

and proud that we have something \h\hof great value to offer you.

\h\h\h\hA priceless, life-giving vaccine.

The abduction I have done \haccording to our custom

for all to see.

Your conduct in this matter

has been beyond exemplary, \h\h\h\h\hCaptain Picard.

But now that the moment has come

I find that I cannot part \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith her.

You speak of a code of honor.

What you are saying now according to our customs

is called an act of war.

This is not an act of war, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut of love.

\hI want Lieutenant Yar to become my first one.

I challenge your right \h\h\hof supersedence!

\h\h\h\hNo woman has challenged supersedence for over 200 years.

\hThe right is mine and I will have it.

Natasha Yar, I challenge you.

A struggle to the death.

No!

\h\h\h\h\h\hThe challenge is unequivocally refused.

Then you shall have no treaty, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hno vaccine

and no Lieutenant Yar!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hShip's Log, First Officer Riker reporting:

We've been informed

of the challenge to Lieutenant Yar

and are maintaining combat readiness around the clock.

We are probing Lutan's compound \h\hdeeply with our sensors now

still unnoticed.

Captain. Deanna.

Did you have any idea, \h\h\h\h\h\hLieutenant

that Lutan was suddenly \h\h\hgoing to announce

that he wanted you for his first one?

No, sir.

Tell me what you know about this.

Nothing, sir.

But it was a thrill.

Lutan is such...

such a basic male image

and having him say \hhe wants you...

Yes, of course it made me feel good when he...

Troi, I'm your friend and you tricked me!

Only so you'd think about it, \h\h\hcompletely and clearly.

We're all being manipulated, Lieutenant.

myself most of all.

How simple all this would be without the prime directive.

That thought had passed through my mind, Counselor.

What is this message from Starbase 14?

It's showing the infection rates--

percentage illness increases.

Plague on Styris IV has flared up out of control.

They're estimating deaths

in the millions, sir.

Captain Picard, come in.

I know I can win--

not that I'd take her life, of course--

but I'd be glad to embarrass her.

The idea of accusing me of taking...

The plague?

If anything, even worse \h\h\h\hthan we'd heard.

Which means they desperately \h\h\hneed the vaccine, sir.

\h\hAnd I know I can win this challenge.

You have nothing to prove here, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLieutenant.

But the vaccine is important \h\h\h\h\hin this case, sir.

Counselor, you're the last person I'd expect to argue

in favor of accepting \h\h\h\hthe challenge.

Betazoid blood is also \hpractical, Captain.

The odds are very good she'd defeat Lutan's wife easily

and you would win all the bargaining points you need.

"The odds are..."

You have pointed out yourself

we are all at risk

every day of every mission.

I want some explanation from Lutan.

Lutan, why are you obsessed with this Lieutenant Yar?

Surely Yareena is more desirable.

Certainly she can offer you much more.

She owns many things, \h\h\h\h\hmany lands.

It's a great pity you began

by abducting my security officer, Lutan

because I should tell you, I do admire

the hospitality you offer here.

I am in the grip of forces you do not understand.

Some of it I do understand.

She's a rather lovely female.

You surprise me, Captain.

What do you know of needs and feelings?

Nothing.

Well, almost nothing--

\h\hin my position as ship's Captain.

I see.

But it puzzles me.

If you feel like that for Tasha

why have you challenged her \h\hto a fight to the death?

Not I; Yareena.

I am merely a spectator.

\h\h\hAh, but you are also a man of great importance and wealth.

Great importance, perhaps, \h\h\h\h\h\hbut he doe...

I see.

\h\h\h\hYou too understand the proper value of women.

We understand that they are \h\h\hhighly pleasant things

but, after all, unimportant-- except for the land they own.

\h\h\hYou are a truly clever person, Lutan.

You stand to lose nothing

either way the challenge goes.

A code of honor protects one, Captain, like a magic cloak.

I will order Lieutenant Yar \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto fight.

And may your cloak bring you \h\h\h\h\h\hall you deserve.

Come in.

Why that razor, my friend?

Why not the one I adjusted to perfect efficiency?

Shaving is a human art form, Data.

Technological perfection can shave too close.

Puzzling.

How can anything be too efficient?

Thousands of things are too efficient, Data

at least for humans.

We always come back to the human equation.

Exactly.

Have you continued to work on it?

Constantly, my friend...

particularly the humor.

A man goes to a store to buy some kidneys.

Oh, no...

He says to the shopkeeper

"I'd like a pound of kiddillies, please."

The shopkeeper says, "You mean kidneys, don't you?"

The man says, "I said kiddillies, diddle I?"

It's too old

and you didn't tell it very well.

How do you know when something is funny?

It's not explainable.

You... you just do.

Perhaps it is you, Geordi.

Includling the kiddillies

I've told 662 jokes and you've not...

"Includling the kiddillies"!

Now, see, that's funny.

It was not meant as a joke.

The tongue slipped.

Oh... oh boy.

Riker to Commander Data, \h\hLieutenant La Forge.

Report to the transporter room \h\h\h\h\hfor away-party duty.

First Officer to Captain.

Ready with the away personnel.

Lock in on this location.

Transporter locked in, sir.

Energize!

You've both seen the message about the plague?

And how badly the vaccine is needed, yes, sir.

We need to know as much as possible

about Ligonian armaments.

Data, especially important

is an analysis of their combat capabilities.

Geordi, concentrate on their cutting edges

wherever applicable-- durability, composition

weaknesses of material.

Aye, sir.

From any particular point of view, sir?

From the perspective of Lieutenant Yar

using them in combat with Lutan's wife.

Most interesting.

\h\h\h\hCould this be human joke number 663?

Negative, Data.

That's a Captain's order.

\h\hWhich makes it important to know

which of these weapons \h\h\hare to be used.

And that won't be known until combat begins.

You're right, Data.

It does sound like a joke.

With the power of the Enterprise

\hwe could overwhelm this place easily, just take what we want.

I may not understand \h\hhuman humor, sir

but I am a Starfleet \hAcademy graduate.

Which means, of course...

\h\h\h\h\h\hUnderstanding the prime directive, sir.

And that is, ironically, \h\hwhat this is about.

By our standards, the customs here, their... code of honor

is the same kind of pompous, \h\h\h\h\hstrutting charades

that endangered our own species \h\h\h\h\h\ha few centuries ago.

We evolved out of it

\h\h\h\h\hbecause no one tried to impose their own set of...

I'm sorry, this is becoming a speech.

You are the Captain, sir.

You're entitled.

\hMm, not entitled to ramble on about something everyone knows.

Carry on.

\h\hShip's Log, Commander William Riker reporting:

Continuing our appraisal \hof Ligonian technology

the Captain has made it clear \h\h\hhe wants Lieutenant Yar

beamed immediately to safety

if her life should become endangered.

I fervently hope the rules

\hof that contest make it possible.

Riker to Transporter Chief.

Do we have our people \h\h\hon sensors yet?

Their general area, sir, \hvisual on screen now.

As you see, we're still doing some fine tuning.

I've agreed to this meeting

but I see no point to it.

You've accepted the challenge

and there is nothing further to say.

I think you should know that there is

no physical training anywhere that matches Starfleet

especially its security people.

And you should know that even though these contests are rare

we have a tradition of making \h\hourselves capable of them.

Yareena, my acceptance had nothing to do with Lutan.

It has everything to do with Lutan!

\h\hLutan wants you to be his first one.

Impossible, Yareena.

I am a career Starfleet officer.

How could you not love him?

Every woman loves him.

I fight for the vaccine.

That's the truth.

The truth is, I will \hkill you if I can.

And believe me, I can.

There's nothing else to say.

In my world, it's a greater honor to refuse...

You are on our world!

Captain, I'm your counselor.

You brought me with you to Ligon to be of help.

Then help me, please.

What is a way out of this?

With the vaccine?

Mm-hmm.

None.

The weapons in that room, Captain

are surprisingly flexible, durable and deadly.

And light, as if they were made \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor women to use.

Mm. Some still have traces of blood and poison.

Poison?

Mm, alkaloid base. Lethal.

What about those lengths of metal in the yard outside?

Uncertain, sir.

However, joined together

they would make a rectangle or square

enclosing 121 square meters.

If put end to end vertically

they would make a pole 44 meters high--

or two of 22.

Thank you, Data.

You're welcome, sir.

She won't budge.

She loves him, without reservation.

And she thinks I love him, too.

Most interesting.

Do you?

Of course I don't, Data.

As Troi pointed out to me, \h\h\hI'm attracted to him

but that's entirely different.

Riker to Captain.

Go ahead, Riker.

We're alone.

We're fine-tuned enough

\hto see your hosts gathering in the open area outside, sir.

Three of them are heading \h\h\h\hfor your location.

Thank you, Number One.

Lieutenant, you still feel that you want

to go through with this challenge?

You judge your condition good?

I judge it excellent, sir.

Your weapons, Lieutenant Yar.

You may choose your size.

Tasha, don't touch the spines.

They're poisoned.

If you're not careful, you could kill yourself.

These I understand.

First Officer's Log, \h\h\h\hsupplemental:

Captain Picard, faced with a critical need

for a vaccine produced \h\h\h\hon this planet

\h\h\h\h\hhas permitted Lieutenant Natasha Yar

to engage in a fight \h\h\h\hto the death.

\hI have yet to understand his reasoning or his plan.

Care to lend a hand?

Sit at Ops.

Was I seen leaving?

They've got eyes only for the program.

Captain Picard wanted no risk

of our communication being overheard.

You are to proceed now, as he indicated.

Captain's orders, too.

Did the Captain understand

what you and Geordi reported about these weapons--

they're razor-sharp, split-second lethal?

I'm here to brief you on what he plans.

Any last-minute instructions, sir?

Stay alive.

We'll hope to do the rest.

I speak for Lutan.

The rules are known.

\h\hLet combat continue until there is a victor.

It will not be interrupted.

Combatants!

Hold your positions.

Return the weapon.

Careful, Yareena!

Move!

We're too late.

She's growing cold.

Sorry, that clashes

with my instructions.

No, no... no, no.

Exactly what do you find unfair, Lutan?

They fought to the death.

You saw the final blow.

You know the effects of your poison.

But what of your Lieutenant Yar?

She is to become my first one now.

I certainly won't stop her

if she cares to claim that honor.

Remember, you have all Yareena's wealth and lands, Lutan.

\h\h\hAt least all has not been lost.

Riker to Captain.

Picard here.

Since you've fulfilled your agreement, Captain

\h\hcan we now beam the vaccine aboard?

Ah, yes, of course.

No problem, Number One.

Send down a medical team.

\h\hAnd to complete our business here--

we're locked onto you.

Five to beam up.

Energize.

Welcome back, Captain.

You're wanted in the lounge.

This way, gentlemen.

She is not dead!

There was no death combat.

You violated our agreement.

There will be no treaty, \h\h\h\h\h\hno vaccine.

The challenge was carried out.

She died, Lutan.

There was no challenge.

She lives!

I am a physician and saw her die.

If you doubt this poison

why don't you test it on yourself?

Lutan, we can provide you with records of her death.

and how Dr. Crusher \hbrought her back.

And at the instant of death, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLutan

a mating agreement dissolves.

But this is witchcraft, Yareena.

To discard a mate in this manner...

Is less painful than the one you selected for me.

Yareena, no.

Even as I battled, Hagon

I heard you calling out for me.

Yareena, be my first one.

All my land and all my goods-- all I have-- is yours to rule.

How sad for you.

You've lost everything.

I have my honor.

It's... such a waste.

Do you want him?

No.

There would...

be complications.

Then I will have you \has my number two.

Take your place, accordingly.

Well, as you see, Captain

you may excel in technology

but not in civilized behavior.

What...?

Wesley?

Yeah, Wesley, he'd been manning

that station for me, I forgot.

Well...

\h\hthanks again for manning one of our Bridge stations, Wesley.

We'll see... that you have another chance.

Yes, sir.

So what's the delay, \h\h\h\hNumber One?

Why aren't we warping \h\h\h\h\hout of here?

\h\h\h\h\h\hSet course for Styris IV, warp 3.

\h\h\hCourse laid in for Styris IV, sir.

Engage.

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