All language subtitles for StarTrek.TNG-s07e23.Emergence

Graves at my command
have wak'd their sleepers.

Op'd, and let 'em forth
by my so potent art.

But this rough magic
I here abjure

and when I have requir'd
some Heavenly music...

which even now I do...

to work mine end
upon their senses

that this airy charm is for

I'll break my staff

bury it certain fathoms
in the earth

and deeper
than did ever plummet sound

I'II...

Captain?

Sir, your attention
is wandering.

Data, I can barely see you.

But, sir, I am supposed
to be attempting

a Neoplatonic magical rite.

The darkness is appropriate
for such a ritual.

Yes, but, Data, this is a play.

The audience has to see you.

Perhaps I have been too literal
with respect to my set design.

Computer,
modify holodeck program

Data seven-three.

Shakespeare's The Tempest,
Act Five, Scene One.

Increase torch light by 20%.

There, that's much better.

Now, do you want
to try it again?

Yes, sir.

Captain, I am not certain
I fully understand

this Prospero character.

I would appreciate
any insight you might have

that would improve
my performance.

Well, Data, Shakespeare
was witnessing

the end of the Renaissance
and the birth of the modern era

and Prospero
finds himself in a world

where his powers
are no longer needed.

So, we see him here
about to perform

one final creative act before
giving up his art forever.

There is certainly a tragic
aspect to the character.

Yes, but there's
a certain expectancy, too

a hopefulness
about the future.

You see, Shakespeare enjoyed
mixing opposites.

The past and the future

hope and despair...

Data, what is this?

Is this part of your program?

No, sir.

Well, what is going on?

It appears to be
a steam locomotive.

A train?

If I am not mistaken.

Computer, end program.

Computer, end program!

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...

you are injured.

Oh, yes, I know.

It's all right.

I'll get it seen to, Data.

The train we encountered

was from one of Dr. Crusher's
holodeck programs.

It was a re-creation
of the Orient Express

a train which traveled
from Paris to Istanbul

from the late 19th century...

Yes, yes, Data, I know
about the Orient Express

but what is it doing
on Prospero's island?

There appears to have been
a malfunction

in the holodeck's database
retrieval program.

The two programs somehow
temporarily linked together.

Is it possible
that this malfunction

would affect
the other holodecks as well?

It is a possibility.

I will need to run

a full diagnostic
to be certain.

Very good, Data

but shut down
the other holodecks as well

until you're finished

just to be on the safe side.

Aye, sir.

I never realized that you
were interested in trains.

Are you aware that at its peak

the Orient Express carried more
than 10,000 people a year?

It isn't really the train itself
that I'm interested in.

What then?

It's the experience.

The Orient Express
is romantic, mysterious.

It's an elegant way
to see exotic places

and meet fascinating people.

Do you know that one time
on one trip

both Sigmund Freud
and Gertrude Stein

just happened to be
in the same car?

They ended up having dinner
together every night.

I wonder what they talked about?

Why don't you take a trip
yourself and find out?

Riker to Picard.

Picard here.

All sections ready
to begin the survey, sir.

Very good.
I'm on my way.

Thank you.

Don't forget the trip, Jean-Luc.
Think about it.

You never know who you'll meet
on the Orient Express.

Captain's Log, Stardate 47869.2.

After weathering an unexpected
magnascopic storm

in the Mekorda sector

we are continuing our search
for new Federation colony sites.

I don't think
there's any possibility

of developing sites
in this region.

Most of the stars
are main sequence binaries.

There are no M-Class planets.

Well, let's move on
to another survey region.

Have stellar cartography
begin a...

Mr. Data, report.

The ship has moved
into warp, sir.

Who gave that command?

Apparently, no one.

Helm and navigation controls
are not functioning.

Our speed is now
warp 7.3 and holding.

Picard to Engineering.

Mr. La Forge, what's going on?

We've lost primary helm control
on the Bridge.

I don't understand it.

The impulse systems
suddenly cut out

and the warp drive
just kicked in.

Geordi, can you take the engines
off-line?

I'm working on it.

Mr. Data, what's our heading?

Bearing 187 mark 4, sir.

I am unable to determine
our destination.

However, we are moving away
from the Mekorda sector.

Captain, the computer's locked
out all the propulsion controls.

I can't access
any of the overrides.

If you want us to stop

I'll have to do
an emergency core shutdown.

That would leave us
without warp power

for more than a week.

Begin the procedure,
Mr. La Forge.

We are no longer at warp, sir.

Impulse power has resumed.

All systems show normal.

Where are we?

We are approximately
30 billion kilometers

from our original position.

Well done, Mr. La Forge.

It wasn't me.

I didn't have time to complete
the shutdown procedure.

Well, I want an explanation,
Mr. La Forge.

Picard out.

Have you found anything yet?

Only that we seem to have
more than one mystery here.

We still don't know why
the ship jumped into warp

but it looks like we're lucky
that it did.

There was a theta flux
distortion

building up around the ship.

Why didn't our sensors alert us?

Well, our sensors
were never designed

to detect theta flux distortions

and yet, there is a record
of the distortion

in our sensor log.

That's the other mystery.

One fact is clear however.

The distortion was
growing in strength.

If we had remained

at our original position
1.7 seconds longer

the distortion would have
ruptured our warp core.

If the Enterprise hadn't
jumped into warp when it did

we would have been
blown to pieces.

I don't get it, Data.

What would cause the engines
to suddenly jump into warp?

Perhaps the engines
were activated

by a random power fluctuation.

Which occurred
just in time to save the ship?

It is improbable,
but it is possible.

I don't know,
I don't think I'm ready

to start believing in luck.

There is another possibility.

Yeah? What's that?

The sensors
apparently detected

a dangerous anomaly
that threatened the Enterprise.

It is possible
that they triggered

a safety device
that caused the ship

to avoid destruction.

Yeah, but there's no direct link

between the warp
engines and the sensors.

Whoa. What is that?

It looks like some kind

of new circuit node,
and it's connected

to at least half a dozen points
on the sensor array.

It appears to be connected
to several other systems

as well, including
the warp control circuits.

Well, I guess there's
a connection

between the warp engines
and the sensors after all.

A force field.

Where did that come from?

I am not certain.

Perhaps it came
from the node itself.

Well, wherever it came from,
it sure doesn't want us

messing with this node.

It appears
to be protecting itself.

We found these nodes in several
systems around the ship.

At some level or another,
they're all connected.

These nodes were linking the
sensors to our warp control

and defensive systems.

We believe this is why
the ship jumped to warp.

When the sensors detected danger

the defensive system
reacted to the threat

and activated the warp engines
to protect us.

Where did the nodes come from?

It is possible
the magnascopic storm

we recently encountered
had an unexpected effect

on the ship's systems.

Wherever they come from,
they seem to be multiplying.

As they increase, it will become

progressively more difficult
to control the ship.

What do you propose we do?

Well, getting rid of them
isn't going to be so easy.

When we attempted
to examine the circuitry

of one of the nodes,
it generated a force field

to keep us out.

Well, whatever's going on,
our first priority

is getting back
control of the ship.

Agreed.
All of the nodal connections

intersect in Holodeck Three.

It appears to be a focal point
of some kind.

We might be able to find a way
to use the holodeck's circuitry

to disable the nodes
permanently.

All right, let's do it.

Commander, the holodeck
appears to be in operation.

I thought you shut down
the entire system.

I did, but it
has reactivated itself

and it will not disengage.

Which program is running?

Several different programs
are running simultaneously.

This should be interesting.

You weren't kidding, Mr. Data.

No, sir.

I estimate that this... scene
consists of portions

of seven distinct
holodeck programs.

See if you can
access the circuits

that have been
affected by the nodes.

Tickets.
Tickets, please.

Please have your tickets ready.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, madam.

There you are.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Tickets, please.

You know, I never even
been away from home.

Now I'm going all the way
to Vertiform City.

Very nice, sir.

Enjoy your trip.

Tickets, please.
Tickets?

Thank you, sir.

Tickets, please.

Tickets, please.

Commander?

Tickets.

I've located a large
concentration of nodes

behind this wall.

They appear
to be connected directly

to the holodeck's
main power coupling.

All right, go ahead
and depolarize

the entire power grid.

The power grid is located
beneath this deck, sir.

Get away from there!

Would you gentlemen care
to show me your tickets?

I believe we left our tickets
in our compartments.

Mr. Worf, I told you
to bring the tickets.

I, uh, forgot.

I don't think you folks
belong on this train.

Hold it!

You leave these people alone.

They're only trying to help.

You go back to the engine.

This doesn't concern you.

They're all trying
to hijack the train.

Hey, if you're the engineer

who's doing the driving?

I am.

Easy, sir. Easy.
I got you.

I'm all right.
Thanks.

Looks like the navigational
relay's overloaded.

Geordi, what's going on?

We just went into warp.

We've lost engine
and helm control again, Captain

but this time...
they're completely burned out.

I don't know
if we can stop the ship.

I believe
we have changed direction.

Now we're on the right track.

Ladies and gentlemen,
we are on our way.

I was right.

He was trying
to make off with my brick.

Take good care of that.

We can't afford to lose it.

Now, are you people
going to leave

or do we have
to throw you off the train?

Commander.

According to my tricorder

the holodeck safeties
have been disengaged.

His weapon could be lethal.

All right,
let's get out of here.

The number of systems
now being affected by the nodes

has increased considerably.

Sensors, engines,
replicators, propulsion...

they're all
working together now

almost independently
of the main computer

and the nodes link them all
through the holodeck.

But why the holodeck?

It doesn't make any sense.

Commander, I believe
what happens on the holodeck

has a direct effect on the ship.

When we attempted
to destroy the nodes

the characters on the train
responded almost immediately

to stop us.

And when the engineer
tried to protect us

one of the other characters
shot him.

Then the conductor

signaled for the train
to change direction

and, at approximately
the same time...

The Enterprise also took off
in a new direction.

Are you saying the ship is
under control of the holodeck?

Not precisely.

Geordi, does the configuration
of connection nodes

Iook familiar to you?

Yeah.

Yeah, it looks a little
like the structure

of your positronic brain.

That is correct.

It would appear that the nodes

are in the process of creating
a rudimentary neural net.

Data, what are you suggesting?

Unlikely as it may sound

I believe the Enterprise
may be forming an intelligence.

This is a synaptic map
of the human neocortex

this is a cross-section
of my positronic net

and this is a schematic

of the connection nodes
linking the ship's systems.

I believe some sort
of neural matrix

is forming on the ship.

It is still relatively primitive

but it is an intelligence,
nonetheless.

How could that happen?

I believe it is
an emergent property.

Explain.

Complex systems
can sometimes behave in ways

that are entirely unpredictable.

The human brain, for example

might be described
in terms of cellular functions

and neurochemical interactions.

But that description

does not explain
human consciousness

a capacity that far exceeds
simple neural functions.

Consciousness
is an emergent property.

In other words, something

that's more than just
the sum of its parts.

Exactly.

How does that explain

what's happening
to the Enterprise?

The Enterprise contains

a vast database of information
which is managed

by a sophisticated computer.

This complex system

gives the ship
many of the characteristics

of a biological organism.

That's true...
it sees with its sensors

and it talks
with its communications systems.

In a sense, it almost reproduces
with the replicators.

And you think that the ship

has somehow
gone beyond these functions.

It's developing a new capacity.

Yes, sir, I believe

a self-determining
intelligence is emerging.

If that is so, what does
the ship want?

Where is it taking us?

I believe the key

to understanding
the ship's behavior

lies in the holodeck.

All of the connection nodes
intersect at that location.

It is clearly some kind
of processing center.

Processing center?

Yes, sir.
A focal point

where all the ideas
and instincts

of this emerging intelligence

are first expressed
in some form.

Almost like an imagination.

Captain, I'd like
to go to the holodeck.

I could interact
with the characters

and maybe find some clues

to help us understand
what's happening.

Very well.

Mr. Data, Mr. Worf,
I want you to go along.

See if you can reestablish
control of the ship

without damaging the nodes.

If the ship is truly
an emerging intelligence

then we have a responsibility

to treat it with the same
respect as any other being.

Welcome aboard, Counselor.

If you will distract
these people

I will attempt to depolarize
the power grid.

Excuse me.

Have you finished
the puzzle yet?

Not yet,
but we're getting close.

Do you recognize it?

No.

I would like to help.

Tell me, what exactly
are you making?

What do you think we're making?

A puzzle.

No. No, I meant the picture.

What is it?

Well, I don't know.

Can you deal me in?

Sorry.

It's a two-man game.

Hey!

Get your hand off of that.

Is that why you killed
the engineer?

To get this brick?

I had to get it back.

You know what it's worth, lady?

Plenty.

And I got to get it
to Keystone City.

Why?
What's at Keystone City?

It's where everything begins.

Gin.

Are you succeeding, Commander?

I am ready to access
the main power grid.

Keystone City, next stop.

Keystone City.

Well...

Iook who's back.

We do not want any trouble.

We are simply... passengers.

Well, then I'm sure
you wouldn't mind

showing me your tickets.

Right.

Sorry, boys.

You're getting off right here.

This is my stop.

Wait.

What happens at Keystone City?

Why are you taking
the brick there?

Excuse me.

I think we should follow
that man.

That brick might be
an important clue.

Where did he go?

I can access
the power grid here.

I will attempt
to depolarize the grid

by using a low-frequency
inversion field.

It may disengage the nodes
without destroying them.

There he is.

I'm going after him.

What are you doing here?

Laying the foundation.

Now if youse will excuse me

I got a train to catch.

I don't understand it, Captain.

All of a sudden, Cargo Bay Five
started to depressurize.

Did everyone get out in time?

Yes, sir, and I've reestablished
the containment field

but I'm reading massive
power surges in the cargo bay

and all sorts
of transporter activity

something weird is
happening there, Captain.

I want you to send a team
down there immediately.

Find out what's going on.

Aye, sir.

La Forge to Bridge.

Picard here.

What's going on?

I wish I could tell you.

That man said he was
laying a foundation.

A foundation for what?

Troi to Data.

Data here.

How are you doing?

I encountered
a minor difficulty, Counselor

but it has been dealt with.

I am ready to depolarize
the power grid.

It looks like
the ship's replicator

and transporter systems
have been merged somehow

to create this.

The question is, what is it?

Ensign, I want you to run

a full spectral analysis
on this...

I'm reading massive
power fluctuations.

The ship is losing
its structural integrity.

What's happening?

It's an earthquake.

La Forge to Data.

Stop what you're doing.

Acknowledged.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Data, I think
we ought to get together

and compare notes.

Agreed.

The ship was
protecting itself again...

stopping us from interfering.

Whatever it's doing,
it intends to continue.

I'm betting that all this
has something to do

with that object
that's forming in the cargo bay.

I think he's right, Captain.

Look at the common themes
playing out on the holodeck...

a puzzle being put together,
a foundation being laid

a paper doll being fashioned.

They're all images
of something being constructed.

And some kind of object

in the cargo bay that's being
constructed atom by atom.

What is that object?

I have no idea

but it's composed
of silica polymers, duranium

and a couple of other compounds

we haven't been able
to identify yet.

But creating it has had
quite an effect on our systems.

Warp power has dropped 47%.

Counselor, did you draw
any other conclusions

from your experiences
on the holodeck?

Anything that would help us
to understand this situation?

The holodeck was full
of metaphoric imagery

like it was having
some kind of daydream.

It may not make literal sense

but symbolically,
it probably does have

some kind of logic to it.

These characters you spoke to,
do they have any significance?

I think they represent
different aspects of the ship.

The engineer, for instance

may represent
the navigational system.

The gunslinger
could be the weapon system.

Is there any way
that we can persuade them

to give us back
control of the ship?

I don't think it's possible
to reason with them.

Many of them are genuinely
unaware of what's going on.

It's as though
this emergent intelligence

is like an infant
acting on impulse

trying to figure
itself out as it goes.

The only source of experience
it can draw on is ours

through our holodeck programs.

Then, is there a way
that we can relate to them

on their own level?

Find some way
to influence their behavior?

Maybe there is.

I'd like to go back and try.

Counselor, we haven't been able
to reestablish the safeties.

The injuries you suffered
on the holodeck weren't severe

but next time,
they might kill you.

I'm aware of that.

Very well, Counselor.

Go ahead.

But bear in mind

that whenever we have tried
to hinder their efforts

we've failed.

Perhaps it's time
to cooperate with them.

You don't belong on this train.

Three tickets
for Vertiform City.

Well...

I guess I was wrong
about you folks.

Welcome aboard.

What was that?

We've been having some problems.

The engine
is running out of steam.

I hope we make it
to Vertiform City on time.

Is there anything
we can do to help?

Well, I could use

a pair of strong arms
in the engine room.

Might help us
get back on schedule.

Why don't you go with him, Worf.

We'll see what we can do here.

Excuse me.

Are we going to get there okay?

Of course.

You needn't worry about a thing.

So, tell me everything
you know about Vertiform City.

Well, they got this
restaurant there

where you can eat
all you want, anytime.

It's the best food around.

There's the coal,
and there's the boiler.

I'm much obliged for your help.

Well done, sir.

I think this will make
a big difference, all right.

I don't know how or why, sir,
but warp power

appears to be back
at normal levels.

What's our heading?

We appear to be on a course
for Tambor Beta VI.

It's a white dwarf star.

Keep it steady.

Put your back into it.

That's the ticket!

The ship is using
a modified tractor beam

to collect vertion
particles from the star.

Vertion particles.

Vertiform City...

that's what the ship
was looking for.

The particles are being routed
through the transporter system

into Cargo Bay Five.

Geordi, what's going on?

The object is absorbing
vertion particles.

It's growing even faster
than before.

Commander...

I'm picking up internal energy
from this thing.

What do you mean?

I mean it's generating
its own energy.

I'm picking up
coherent emissions

matter conversion...

it's incredible.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.
Something's wrong.

We've got power fluctuations.

Vertion absorption rate
is dropping.

What's happening
with the particle beam?

The beam's exhausted the supply
of particles in the star.

There's nothing left
to take out.

Captain, the energy output
of the object is decreasing.

Something's wrong.

What is it?

This was supposed
to be Vertiform City.

We've been on
the wrong track all along.

Are you all right?

Yes. What happened?

The conductor accidentally
derailed the train.

Data to Captain Picard.

Picard here.

There's been an accident
in the holodeck, sir.

Has anything happened
on the Enterprise?

Yes. We've had
a ship-wide shutdown.

We've lost attitude control

and most systems are off-line.

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

When the particle beam
cut off

the object was beginning to form
a coherent energy matrix.

Now, if these readings
are accurate

I'd say that the emission
patterns were almost organic.

Are you suggesting that
the Enterprise

is trying to create a life-form?

I think so.

Will it survive?

Well, its energy levels
are dropping rapidly.

Unless it gets an infusion
of vertion particles...

and I mean soon...
I don't think so.

Captain, all of our systems
are back on line.

We're moving again...
at warp nine.

Let's get back to the Bridge.

Whoo-ee.

That was a close one, wasn't it?

Where are we going now?

Well, New Vertiform City,
of course.

Data to Captain.

Picard here.

The train has returned
to normal, sir.

Our destination
is New Vertiform City.

What's our course?

We're headed
for the Cordannas system.

Another white dwarf star.

It's the nearest one
to our last position.

Captain...

we have a problem.

Even at warp nine
the Cordannas system

is over 12 hours from here.

Will the object in the cargo bay
survive that long?

Yes, sir,
but that's not the problem.

The ship has diverted
all of our systems

to maximum propulsion,
including life support.

We have less than two hours
of reserve oxygen.

Mr. Data, we have to stop
the Enterprise.

That means you have to get
control of the train.

Understood, sir.

The ship is looking
for vertion particles.

And it believes
that the Cordannas system

is the closest source.

Is there any possibility
of anything closer?

White dwarf stars are the only
natural sources of vertion, sir.

Then what about artificial ones?

Can you create the particles?

How did the conductor
stop the train?

There is a braking lever
in the engine room.

Let's go.

Sorry, folks

but you ain't going nowhere.

I've narrowed the search down
to the MacPherson Nebula

which is a supernova remnant

and Dikon alpha,
which is a class-9 pulsar.

They're both fairly close
to our current flight path

and either one could produce
vertion particles

if we detonated a modified
photon torpedo inside it.

Vertions usually occur
in minuscule amounts.

Do you think either
of these phenomena

could produce enough of them?

It's really hard to say.

I can't even guarantee
that we can create them at all.

Well, we've got
to give it a try.

The nebula or the pulsar?

It's your choice, Mr. La Forge.

I say go with the nebula.

Very well.
Begin the torpedo modifications.

Now let's see if we
can get this ship

to go where we want.

Please, listen to me.

We understand what's happening.

We know you have to get
to New Vertiform City

and we want to help you
get there.

Well, I don't know.

Please.

We're your friends.

You really going to help us get
to New Vertiform City?

I promise.

Well, okay, but just one of you.

The rest stay here.

That's far enough.

Sorry to spoil your party, pal.

It's nothing personal.

I can get us there more quickly.

I know a shorter route.

Don't listen to him.

He's up to something.

A shorter route?

Yes, if you will let me
handle the controls.

Don't do it.

Well...

we're already behind schedule.

If you can get
us there on time...

All right, go on,
but no funny stuff.

Data to Captain Picard.

I have taken control
of the engine room.

Stand by.

Are we within sensor range
of the nebula?

Yes, Captain, we are.

Mr. Data, I need you
to slow us to impulse speed.

I will attempt to do so.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

Are the modifications
to the torpedoes complete?

Aye, sir.

Launch torpedo.

It's working, Captain.

The reaction is producing
vertion particles.

Well, what do you know?

We're here!

New Vertiform City.

The nodes are deactivating
all over the ship.

All our systems are beginning
to function normally again.

Then the purpose
of the ship's intelligence

was simply to bring
this life-form into being.

There are some species

whose sole purpose
is to reproduce.

Once they finally procreate,
they die.

Captain...

Captain's Log, supplemental.

The Enterprise
is back under our control.

All traces of the emergent
intelligence are gone

and the object it created
has disappeared into space.

Come.

Captain, I am staging a scene
from The Tempest

this evening
for a small audience.

I would like for you to attend.

I would be honored.

What scene?

Miranda's first encounter
with other human beings.

"O brave new world,
that has such people in it."

It seemed appropriate.

Captain, you took
a substantial risk

in allowing the Enterprise
to... complete its task.

Why do you say that?

Because the end result
was unknown.

The object
could have been dangerous.

It may, in fact, be dangerous.

And I have allowed it to go off
on its merry way.

Yes, sir.

The intelligence

that was formed
on the Enterprise

didn't just come out
of the ship's systems.

It came from us,
from our mission records

personal logs,
holodeck programs...

our fantasies.

Now, if our experiences
with the Enterprise

have been honorable

can't we trust that the sum
of those experiences

will be the same?