All language subtitles for StarTrek.TNG-s05e17.The.Outcast

Captain's Log, Stardate 45614.6.

We have been contacted
by an androgynous race

called the J'naii to investigate

the mysterious disappearance
of one of their shuttlecraft.

Captain, we are approaching
the designated coordinates.

On screen.

Long-range scan, Mr. Data.

Sensors find no evidence
of the shuttle

anywhere within the star system.

It couldn't have traveled
outside the system.

Mr. Data, reconfigure
high-resolution sweep.

Radius one million kilometers.
Check for any debris.

Scans find no debris
within that radius.

I don't understand it.

A shuttle doesn't
simply vanish.

There has to be an explanation.

Captain...

I'm detecting
an unusual reading.

It appears to be a neutrino
emission with no visible source.

Explanation.

I have none, sir.

I recommend we launch a probe.

Make it so.

Probe is launched.

Sensors show no evidence
of any unusual phenomenon.

The probe is
no longer transmitting.

What happened?

Where did it go?

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.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

The sudden disappearance
of our probe

suggests that we may have found

the first instance of what
is called "null space..."

an anomaly which, until now,
had been only theoretical.

Commander Riker has been working
around the clock

with a team
of J'naii specialists

to formalize this hypothesis.

During the creation
of a star system

when clouds of interstellar dust
and gas coalesce

turbulent regions of magnetic

and gravitational fields
may develop.

If certain conditions occur

these fields can condense
into abnormal pockets of space.

We think your system contains
one of these null pockets.

If we're right,
the pocket would absorb

electromagnetic energy from
anything that entered it.

Like a shuttlecraft.

Or a probe.

Making them powerless.

But, outside the pocket,
all the energy is bent around it

making it naturally cloaked.

That's why we cannot see it
and our sensors cannot read it.

Is the shuttle still there?

We think so.

The shuttle probably was not
able to sustain its energy

but, other than that,
it wouldn't be damaged.

Since our shuttles carry
plestorene-based backup systems

we think life-support
would sustain

for as long as ten days.

Then perhaps our crew
has survived.

We could send in
one of our own shuttles

but its energy
would also be absorbed.

Our Chief Engineer
is working on a way

to maintain the power reserves
long enough to rescue your crew.

Commander...

we're grateful for your help.

Whatever resources
we can provide are yours.

I've been thinking.

When the time comes

I would like to pilot
the shuttle.

It's a Starfleet craft.

I cannot ask you to put yourself
in danger to rescue our crew.

You can't pilot a shuttle
you're not familiar with.

I happen to be a good pilot.

I happen to be a good pilot, too

and I know my way around
the Starfleet shuttle.

So, what if we team up?

When can we go over
the shuttle flight operations?

Right now.

Is this the one?

This is it.
Short-range craft.

Two 1250-millicochrane
warp engines.

Looks like
microfusion thrusters?

Right.

Armament?

None, usually, but this
one's been equipped

with two type-4 phaser emitters.

We'll use those to chart
the null space.

Chart it?

Mr. La Forge wants
to get an idea

of the size of the pocket.

He thinks the rate of energy
absorption's linked to its size.

I'm not sure how we'd go about
mapping something we can't see.

Well, that's where
the emitters come in.

We shoot out a series of
photon pulses into the pocket

and chart where
each one disappears.

From that, we should get
a fairly complete outline.

Let's have a look
at the controls.

Later, we'll try
a flight simulation.

Right now, let's
do a systems review.

I'll talk you through it.

Let me try it.

Propulsion system,
transfer conduits...

Where's the schematic
reactor assembly?

Oh, there it is.

Engine nacelles.

There's nothing here
that's unfamiliar.

Navigational deflector,
redundant.

Graviton polarity
source generators...

You handle these controls
like you grew up in a shuttle.

I did.

My parents were pilots.

I was flying with them
before I could walk.

As soon as I was old enough,
I entered flight school.

Krite was my instructor.

He had a good student.

"He?" Commander,
there are no he's or she's

in a species without gender.

Okay. For two days, I've been
trying to construct sentences

without personal pronouns.

Now I give up.
What should I use, "it"?

To us, that's rude.

We use a pronoun
that is neutral.

I do not think
there is really a translation.

Well, then I'll just
have to muddle through.

So, forgive me if the stray
"he" or "she" slips by, okay?

Well, if that's
the systems review

I don't see any problem.

What's next?

Lunch.

Thank you.

What is it?

Split pea soup.

It's my father's recipe.

I had it programmed
into the replicators.

Well?

Unusual...

but I think I like it.

It's very healthy.

Helps to keep you warm
on cold Alaskan nights.

We prefer to stay warm
by sleeping with a friend.

I see.

Not to mate.

Just to sleep together,
for warmth.

That still sounds better
than pea soup.

We are puzzling to you,
aren't we?

A little.

It's hard to grasp
the idea of no gender.

It is just as hard
for us to understand...

the strange division
in your species.

Males and females.

You are male?

Mm-hmm.

Tell me about males.

What is it makes you
different from females?

"Snips and snails
and puppy dog tails."

You have a dog's tail?

It's an old nursery rhyme.

Girls are made
from sugar and spice

and boys are made
from snips and... snails.

That makes it sound
better to be female.

It's an old-fashioned way
of looking at the sexes...

not to say that there's no
real difference between them.

Physically, men are bigger,
stronger in the upper body.

We have different sexual organs.

Men can't bear young.

And what about feelings
or emotional attitudes?

Are they different?

Most people think so,
but that's the kind of question

it would take
a lifetime to answer.

Let me ask you.

What's it like on a planet
where the people have no gender?

I'm afraid I don't understand.

Well...

Who leads when you
dance, if you dance?

We do...

and whoever's taller leads.

Without the battle
of the sexes

you probably don't have
as many arguments.

Just because
we don't have gender

doesn't mean
we don't have conflicts.

We are very strong-minded.

We love a good fight.

From the sound
of it, there's not

that much difference
between our species.

Maybe not.

What kind of... woman
do you find attractive?

I like one who's intelligent
and sure of herself...

who I can talk with
and get something back.

But the most important thing
of all?

She has to laugh at my jokes.

Tell me...

is that the kind of woman
that all human males prefer?

Not at all.

Some like quiet, demure women.

Others prefer a lot of energy.

Some only respond
to physical attractiveness.

Others couldn't care less.

There are no rules.

You make it sound very complex.

Believe me, it is.

Well, perhaps
it is that complexity

which makes
the differences in the sexes

so... interesting.

Good evening, Commander.

Good evening.

Please take my place, Krite.

I have to be going.

Thank you for going over
the flight protocols, Commander.

It was very helpful.

Captain's Log, supplemental.

Commander Riker
and the J'naii pilot

have set out to chart
the null space pocket.

If they are successful

we can then proceed
with a rescue attempt.

I've illuminated
delta-four grid map.

We'll start there and expand.

Stand by forward phaser array.

The pulse vanished
at delta 4.2 by.3.

Firing second burst.

Delta 4.4 by.5.

This is working.

Initiating computer
task handoff.

Commander, tell me
about your sexual organs.

Uh...

Is that an uncomfortable subject
for humans?

No, but it doesn't tend to be
a topic of casual conversation.

I'm interested
in your mating practices.

What is involved with two sexes?

Correcting course...
021 mark 0.

Mating.

Right.

Well, it's pretty simple.

The men inseminate the women,
and the women carry the baby.

Our fetuses are incubated
in fibrous husks

which the parents inseminate.

From what we know
of other species

our method is less risky,
and less painful.

And less enjoyable.

Less enjoyable?

For humans...

the sexual act brings
a closeness and intimacy.

It can be
a very pleasurable experience.

Inseminating a husk...

That's just the last step.

Mating is a long ritual for us

full of variety and invention,
I assure you.

It is extremely pleasurable.

I'm picking up
a neutrino emission

from within the null space.

That may be coming
from our shuttle.

I'll note these coordinates.

I wonder.

What?

If a human and J'naii
would be sexually compatible.

I don't know.

Of course,
it would never be permitted.

Why not?

The idea of gender...

it is offensive to my people.

You see, long ago

we had two sexes, as you do.

But we evolved
into a higher form.

I don't mean to sound insulting,
but on my planet

we have been taught
that gender is...

primitive.

Primitive?

Less evolved.

Maybe so.

But sometimes,
there's a lot to be said

for an experience
that's primitive.

Delta-five grid map
is fully plotted.

Adjusting course...
029 mark 0.

The port engine's down!

Reducing power
to the starboard nacelle.

That's not enough.

I have to activate
the maneuvering thrusters.

Thrusters aren't responding.

I'll try to reroute
the firing sequence.

Inertial dampeners are failing.

Hang on!

Enterprise to shuttle.
Do you read me?

Affirmative.
We've lost an engine.

We'll try to get
a tractor beam on you.

The sooner the better.

Enterprise, we have an injury.

Transport Soren
directly to Sick Bay.

Right away, Commander.

It's just a minor concussion.

You're going to be fine.

This will reduce
the inflammation.

Doctor?

You are female?

Yes.

Forgive me.

I do not mean to be rude,
but I'm curious.

What is it like?

Well, it's...

it's just the way I am.

I've never really thought
about what it's like.

I notice you tend
to have longer hair.

Hmm.

And you arrange it
more elaborately.

And you apply color
to your bodies.

Color?

You put color on your mouths

and your eyes, your cheeks

and your fingernails.

The men don't.

That's true.

Then it is up to women
to attract the men?

Oh, no.

Men want to be attractive, too,
believe me.

They just go about it
differently.

No color.

No color.

They like to pretend
they're not doing anything

to attract a woman

even when it's the most
important thing on their minds.

This is very confusing.

Then...

are women considered
more superior?

Or the men?

Neither.

In the past...

women were often considered
weak and inferior.

But...

that hasn't been true
for a long time.

Will...

your copilot
is going to be fine.

The injury was minor.

Glad to hear it.

I'm afraid you're not
rid of me yet, Commander.

I will be able
to complete the mission.

I'm glad you're feeling better.

What happened?

What made the shuttle
go into a spin?

The port nacelle must have
nipped one of the protrusions

from the null pocket
and shut it down.

Are we still on schedule, then?

That depends
on how you're doing.

I'm fine. We should go
check the port engine.

Whoa.

I think we should get
the doctor's opinion first.

Doctor?

I don't see any problem.

But if you feel any symptoms...
headache, dizziness... come back.

You have my word.

All right.

This hand, the game
is "Federation Day."

What is that?

Well, the Federation
was founded in 2161.

So...

two's, six's and aces are wild.

That is a woman's game.

Oh? Why is that?

All those wild cards.

They support a weak hand.

A man's game has no wild cards.

Let me get this straight.

You're saying
it's a woman's game

because women are weak
and need more help?

Yes.

And just this afternoon

I was insisting
to one of the J'naii

that those attitudes
were but a distant memory.

The J'naii...

they bother me.

Why, Worf?

Well, they just do.

They're all alike.

No males, no females.

Well, I'm sure we're
just as strange to them.

Well, one of them seems
to be overcoming

the differences,
at least in regards

to one of us.

What are you saying, Doctor?

I could be wrong

but I get
the definite impression

that Soren is attracted

to Commander Riker.

A human and a J'naii?

Impossible.

Why?

Good question.

Worf?

With all these wild cards

it is difficult to know
what is exactly in my hand.

However, I will open with 50.

The portable transporter
array is in.

When we get into the null space

we'll need to initialize it
before we can transport

the J'naii crew
onto this shuttle.

But there should still
be enough power left

to beam us all back
to the Enterprise.

Is the buffer field
generator installed?

Not yet. Geordi thinks
that'll be ready

by 0800 hours tomorrow.

But before that

we should see if we can
balance this engine.

Can you access
the starboard manifold thrust?

There.

Set the arc at 6.3.

I'll optimize the plasma flow.

Commander...

I'd like to tell you something.

Something that's not easy
to say.

What's that?

I find you attractive.

I am taking a terrible risk
telling you that.

It means revealing
something to you

something that,
if it were known on my planet

would be very dangerous for me.

Occasionally, among my people...

there are a few
who are born different...

who are throwbacks from the era
when we all had gender.

Some have strong inclinations
to maleness

and some have urges
to be female.

I am one of the latter.

I have to admit, I had a feeling
you were different.

I was hoping you would.

But in front of Krite
and the others

I must be careful
not to reveal myself.

Why?

On our world

these feelings are forbidden.

Those who are discovered
are shamed and ridiculed.

And only by undergoing
psychotectic therapy

and having all elements
of gender eliminated

can they be accepted
into society again.

Those of us who have these urges
live secret and guarded lives.

We seek each other out...

always hiding

always terrified
of being discovered.

How long have you known
that you were like this?

I have known I was different
all my life

but I did not know how or why
until I was older.

And when you realized...

what then?

I remember
when I was very young

before I knew what I was

there was a rumor at my school

that one of the students
preferred a gender...

in that case, male.

The children started
making fun of him

and every day,
they were more cruel.

They could tell he was afraid

and somehow,
that seemed to encourage them.

One morning in class,
he appeared, bleeding

and in ripped clothes.

He said he had fallen down.

And, of course,
the school authorities found out

and took him away

and gave him
psychotectic treatments.

When he came back...

he stood in front
of the whole school

and told us how happy he was,
now that he had been cured.

After that, I realized

how dangerous it was
to be different.

And once I got older
and knew what I was

I was terrified.

I have had to live
with that fear ever since.

Do you have...

relationships with others?

Yes...

with those who have discovered
they are male.

I have had to live a life
of pretense and lies

but, with you, I can be honest.

Please, don't say anything.

Just think about it.

That's it, Commander.
Everything checks out.

The energy buffer
is installed and functioning.

I estimate it should reduce
the power drain

to your systems by about 40%.

Any guess how long we'll have?

Let's just say you don't
want to waste any time

once you get in there.

You'll have to give him

continuous readouts
on energy consumption.

I can't even predict
if the drain

will be at a constant rate.

I understand.

Then that's it.

Commander, I'll monitor you
as far as I can

but, once you get inside
that pocket, you're on your own.

We don't have any idea
what condition

the shuttlecraft crew is in

so we'll all beam
directly to Sick Bay.

I'll notify Dr. Crusher
to be standing by.

La Forge to Bridge.

Picard here.

We're ready to initiate
shuttle prelaunch sequence.

Proceed, Mr. Data.

Initiating prelaunch sequence.

Request flight clearance.

Clearance is granted.

The shuttle is underway, sir.

Good hunting, Commander.

Thank you, sir.
See you for dinner.

Heading confirmed.

Energy readings are normal

with power reserves
stabilized at 100%.

Acknowledged.

It's dead ahead.

Approximately 50 kilometers.

Riker to Enterprise.
We're taking her in.

Riker to Enterprise.

Riker to Enterprise.

Power reserves are down to 84%.

Look.

Try hailing them.

Calling the Taris Murn.

Do you read me?

I'm getting sensor readings.

They're unconscious,
but they're alive.

Stand by.

I'm going to transport them
over here.

Power reserves at 68%
and dropping.

The null space must be affecting
the annular confinement beam.

We used ten megajoules
with that attempt.

We're down to 34% of reserves.

We can give it one more try.

More than that,
we won't have enough power

to get ourselves out of here.

They need
medical attention quickly.

Okay, stand by to transport
to the Enterprise.

Here we go.

Energy consumption?

We're down to nine percent.

We don't have enough
to get back.

If we just sit here,
we'll lose all of our systems

within an hour,
including life-support.

Okay, I'm rerouting
the propulsion system

to the transporter.

Rechannel
the navigation systems.

Let's transfer every microjoule
of energy we've got.

Sensors... life-support.

This might give us
one last shot.

But if we use an energy shift

of that size, it will overload
the phase compensators.

The shuttle...

Will explode.

But if we stay here,
we're dead, anyway.

Maximum energy levels,
five seconds.

See you in a minute.

They've been oxygen deprived

but there doesn't seem
to be any significant damage.

Prepare some dexalin.

Yes, Doctor.

Commander...

thank you.

Your colleague, Soren,
was very helpful.

Captain, would you all join us
this evening?

We would like to express
our gratitude.

We'd be happy to.

Noor will be eager
for a firsthand report.

We should return to the surface.

I will see you later
tonight, Commander.

There you are, Commander.

I wondered what had happened
to our guest of honor.

I just needed some air.

I can only take so much
of those social functions

and then I need to breathe
a little.

I would think you had attended
so many affairs like this

that it had
become second nature to you.

I was raised outdoors.

I've never been very comfortable
in crowded rooms.

What do you think
of our planet?

Isn't it beautiful?

Yes, it is.

It's beautiful.

We have many varieties
of plant life.

Perhaps you would like
to inspect some of them?

Yes, I would.

I've always been interested
in exobotany.

Please, let me take you
on a tour.

Thank you.

It's kind of you.

One of my favorites
is this menellen tree.

The leaves first turn pure white

and then blue
when the weather gets cold.

This is called a falla bush.

It produces a fragrant flower
on only one day of the year.

Captain's Log, Stardate 45620.4.

In the hope that a detailed map
of the null space

will prevent
the loss of other ships

we remain in orbit of J'naii,
charting the anomaly.

Come in.

Hello, Will.

What's all this?

Wonderful things.

My mother sent me a box

that belonged to one
of my father's ancestors.

It was stored on Earth
and just recently turned up.

Do you know who any
of these people are?

No.

Some of the pictures
have names on

but most of them don't.

I look at these faces,
and I wonder who they are

and if they could be
related to me.

Well, this one looks like you.

Deanna...

I have something on my mind.

I had to see you.

Has something happened?

I've met someone...

someone who's becoming
important to me.

Soren.

Yes.

You're my friend,
and I thought...

I don't know,
I thought I should tell you.

I'm glad you did.

Nothing will change
between us, will it?

Of course it will.

All relationships are
constantly changing.

But we'll still be friends,
maybe better friends.

You're a part of my life,
and I'm a part of yours.

That much will always be true.

Hello. I'm here to see Soren.

I know.

We had an appointment.
We were going to discuss...

I don't think so, Commander.

Excuse me?

We know about the two of you.
We know what you're doing.

- Where is Soren?
- And we're going to make sure

it doesn't happen again.

Answer me.
Where is Soren?

In custody.

And there's nothing
you can do about it.

The hell there isn't.

You are aware of the charges
against you?

Yes.

Do you intend to dispute them?

Well?

What is your response?

Commander Riker

these proceedings
are closed to everyone...

I think I just opened them.

Sir, this is a private matter.

We are grateful
for your recent help

but that gives you no right
to interfere

with our personal concerns.

I just want you to know
what really happened.

It was all my fault.

I was attracted to Soren.

I pursued.

I insisted.

I didn't understand
your ways until she

explained them to me
and rejected me.

Nothing happened between us.

I ask your forgiveness.

I behaved...

inappropriately.

Is this true?

No.

Soren.

I am tired of lies.

I am female.

I was born that way.

I have had those feelings...

those longings...

all of my life.

It is not unnatural.

I am not sick because
I feel this way.

I do not need to be helped.

I do not need to be cured.

What I need...

and what all of those
who are like me need

is your understanding...

and your compassion.

We have not injured you
in any way.

And yet we are scorned
and attacked.

And all because
we are different.

What we do is no different
from what you do.

We talk...

and laugh.

We complain about work.

And we wonder about growing old.

We talk about our families

and we worry about the future.

And we cry with each other
when things seem hopeless.

All of the loving things
that you do with each other...

that is what we do.

And for that,
we are called misfits

and deviants and criminals.

What right do you have
to punish us?

What right do you have
to change us?

What makes you think

you can dictate
how people love each other?

I congratulate you, Soren.

Your decision
to admit your perversion

makes it much more likely
that we can help you.

Wait, wait, wait.
You don't have to do this.

Commander?

Let me take her with me.

She could go back
to the Enterprise.

We would give her asylum.

You would never
have to see her again.

That would solve the problem,
wouldn't it?

You'd be rid of her.

She would never be able
to influence anyone again.

Commander,
after Soren's diatribe

you must think that we are
a cruel, repressive people.

Nothing could be further
from the truth.

I'm just trying to find
a solution

that would satisfy everyone.

We are concerned
about our citizens.

We take our obligations
to them seriously.

Soren is sick, and sick people
want to get well.

Did it occur to you

that she might like
to stay the way she is?

No, you don't understand.

We have a very high success rate
in treating deviants like this.

And, without exception,
they become happier people

after their treatment,
and grateful

that we care enough
to cure them.

You see, Commander,
on this world

everyone wants to be normal.

She is!

Take Soren to quarters.

Treatment will begin tomorrow.

Don't do this.

Soren!

No more, Commander.

Riker to Enterprise.

One to transport.

I can't just leave her there.

They'll give her
these psychotectic treatments.

I don't know what to do!

Well, I could talk to Noor.

Perhaps there's a way
to work something out.

Sir, their minds are set.

They don't want to hear
another alternative.

Then I'm not sure

that there's much
that we can do.

There has to be.

My relationship with Soren
is not trivial.

She's very important to me.

It's my fault
that this happened.

I have to help her.

Will, if you're
here for sanction

to take matters
into your own hands

I can't give it to you.

I know that,
but I have to do something.

Interfering in the internal
affairs of the J'naii

is prohibited
by the Prime Directive.

I'm aware of that.

If you violate it, you may be
jeopardizing your career.

Starfleet doesn't take
these matters lightly, Will

and I can't defend you
if you go too far.

Do you understand?

You've made yourself
very clear, sir.

Don't put at risk
everything you've worked for.

Thank you.

May I be excused now?

Who is it?

Lieutenant Worf.

Come in.

Commander, I have the plan

for deploying warning buoys
around the null space.

Fine, leave it.
I'll take a look at it later.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

You're dismissed.

Commander, I am aware
of what transpired

on the planet's surface.

Are you, by any chance

considering an...

unannounced visit?

I will go with you.

Lieutenant...

Sir, you are
my commanding officer.

If you order me
to stay on board, I will obey

but I ask you
not to give that order.

A warrior does not let a friend
face danger alone.

Something's happening.

They're leaving.

Okay.

Excuse me.

I need to speak to her
alone for a moment.

Wait!

Don't worry.

We'll be
out of here in a minute.

Please don't.

All right.

We're almost there.

You cannot do this.

I won't let them hurt you.

You'll be safe
on the Enterprise.

I am so sorry.

It was my fault

that you got involved
in all this.

Everything's going
to be all right.

Everything's going to be fine.

No.

It is not.

What are you talking about?

It was all a mistake...

and I should have realized it
from the beginning.

What?

That I was sick.

I had these terrible urges

and that is why
I reached out to you.

But it was wrong

and I see that now.

I do not understand

how I could have done
what I did.

Maybe Dr. Crusher
could treat you

and bring you back
to the way you were.

Why would I want that?

Soren...

I love you.

I'm sorry.

How long to the Phelan system,
Mr. Data?

At warp six, 53 hours, sir.

Commander.

Captain.

Starfleet has sent a message

asking us to proceed
to the Phelan system

to negotiate a trade agreement.

Yes, sir.

I didn't know when to tell
them we would be there.

Is our business
with the J'naii finished?

Finished, sir.

Very well.

Ensign, take us out of orbit.

Set a course
for the Phelan system.

Warp six.

Aye, sir.

Engage.