1 00:00:03,879 --> 00:00:07,424 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 43779.3. 2 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:10,344 The enterprise is preparing detailed exospheric charts 3 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:11,970 of the hayashi system. 4 00:00:12,137 --> 00:00:13,764 Although tedious, this endeavor 5 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:16,350 is the first step toward planet colonization. 6 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:17,684 [Computer beeping] 7 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:20,270 Captain, sensors report the USS hood 8 00:00:20,437 --> 00:00:23,607 is closing on an intercept course at high warp. 9 00:00:24,942 --> 00:00:27,569 That's odd. We weren't notified of a rendezvous. 10 00:00:27,736 --> 00:00:29,613 They seem to be in an awful hurry. 11 00:00:29,780 --> 00:00:32,074 Sir, we are being hailed on a secured channel 12 00:00:32,241 --> 00:00:33,283 by captain desoto. 13 00:00:35,285 --> 00:00:36,995 On-screen. 14 00:00:38,247 --> 00:00:40,249 Sorry to sneak up on you like that, Jean-Luc. 15 00:00:40,415 --> 00:00:41,959 Robert, why didn't you inform us? 16 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:44,127 Desoto: Out here, you never know who's listening. 17 00:00:44,294 --> 00:00:46,588 Keeps you on your toes anyway. 18 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:48,006 Hey, will. 19 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:51,343 Will, you getting soft on board that luxury liner? 20 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:53,637 Picard: 80, old friend, 21 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:55,722 how are you? 22 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:58,809 Well, you know, they send you galaxy-class boys out here 23 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:00,185 to the far reaches. 24 00:01:00,352 --> 00:01:04,815 Me, I just haul my butt back and forth between starbases. 25 00:01:04,982 --> 00:01:06,817 - But not today. Desoto: No. 26 00:01:06,984 --> 00:01:08,527 Not today. 27 00:01:08,694 --> 00:01:11,530 Start/eet's got new orders for you. This is top priority. 28 00:01:11,697 --> 00:01:14,074 They need the fastest ship in the fleet and the best people. 29 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:15,867 That is you. 30 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:17,160 If time was so important, 31 00:01:17,327 --> 00:01:19,746 why didn't they transmit the orders by subspace? 32 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:23,375 Well, they're worried about romulan eavesdropping on this one. 33 00:01:23,542 --> 00:01:25,877 And we have a passenger for you. 34 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:28,255 Kind of hard to send by subspace. 35 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:31,258 - What sort of passenger? - Desoto: Mission specialist. 36 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:33,594 He 'i/ bring your orders aboard with him. 37 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,971 His name is tam elbrun. 38 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:40,309 As in tam elbrun of the ghorusda disaster? 39 00:01:40,976 --> 00:01:42,019 The same. 40 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,396 What can I say? 41 00:01:44,563 --> 00:01:46,523 Your orders are to cooperate fully with him. 42 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:48,859 Best of luck, folks. 43 00:01:49,026 --> 00:01:50,694 Hood out. 44 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,196 Sir, the hood is slowing to impulse. 45 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:54,865 Mr. Data, come with me. 46 00:01:55,032 --> 00:01:58,577 Captain, may I come with you to greet tam? 47 00:01:58,744 --> 00:02:00,662 - You know him? - I do. 48 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:04,875 He was at the university on betazed when I was studying psychology there. 49 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:07,294 Oh, I see, he was a colleague of yours? 50 00:02:10,005 --> 00:02:11,590 He was a patient. 51 00:02:42,245 --> 00:02:46,500 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 52 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:51,088 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 53 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:56,468 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 54 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,889 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 55 00:03:01,264 --> 00:03:05,727 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 56 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:16,381 Tam is a telepath of extraordinary talent, 57 00:04:16,548 --> 00:04:18,175 even for a betazoid. 58 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:22,471 He's a specialist in first contact with new life forms. 59 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,222 He's a very unique person, 60 00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:29,144 but he's not what you might expect, captain. 61 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:39,746 Welcome aboard the enterprise. I'm captain... 62 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:41,239 Captain picard. 63 00:04:41,406 --> 00:04:43,116 Right? 64 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,744 Here. 65 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:49,331 You wanna know all about your mission. 66 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:50,540 Everything's on there. 67 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:54,085 Orders and briefings, destination and heading, all that. 68 00:04:55,837 --> 00:04:59,216 Dee, I sensed you were out here. 69 00:05:00,217 --> 00:05:01,885 - How have you been? - I've been fine, 70 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:05,305 - but I thought you were on chandra v. - Thought you were on chandra v. 71 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:07,265 Data: Sir. 72 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:10,101 Who...? 73 00:05:10,268 --> 00:05:12,062 What are you? 74 00:05:12,854 --> 00:05:14,898 I am data, an Android. 75 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:21,655 Incredible. An Android. 76 00:05:21,947 --> 00:05:24,616 I can't read you at all. It's like you're not there. 77 00:05:24,783 --> 00:05:25,826 Picard: Data. 78 00:05:26,701 --> 00:05:28,745 Oh, you better hurry up to the bridge with that. 79 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:31,552 Captain wants you to run the orders, scan the technical schematics, 80 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:33,306 and be ready to brief him in ten minutes. 81 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:35,085 Right? 82 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:37,921 - Number one? - Riker [over com]: Riker here. 83 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:41,383 Meet commander data on the bridge. He has our orders and new heading. 84 00:05:41,550 --> 00:05:42,592 Riker: Aye, sir. 85 00:05:43,718 --> 00:05:47,597 And assemble the bridge staff for a mission briefing in 15 minutes. 86 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:48,807 Picard out. 87 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:53,103 - Mr. Elbrun, would you...? - Would I care to see my quarters? No. 88 00:05:53,937 --> 00:05:55,605 I'd rather get this briefing over with, 89 00:05:55,772 --> 00:05:59,067 then be left alone until I'm needed. 90 00:06:06,157 --> 00:06:07,993 La forge: I've heard something about ghorusda. 91 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:10,287 - Weren't there about 40 people killed? - Forty-seven. 92 00:06:10,453 --> 00:06:12,163 Including the captain of the ade/phi, 93 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:14,958 two friends from my class at the academy. 94 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:17,419 La forge: Hmm, sorry. 95 00:06:19,254 --> 00:06:21,131 Main bridge. 96 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:22,757 So, what happened? 97 00:06:22,924 --> 00:06:25,635 It was a first-contact situation. 98 00:06:25,802 --> 00:06:28,513 Ghorusdan culture is so complex and different 99 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,223 that the federation sent a specialist 100 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,309 to prevent misunderstanding. 101 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:35,604 So that was tam elbrun. What happened was his fault? 102 00:06:35,770 --> 00:06:36,897 Not directly. 103 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,065 Board of inquiry blamed darson 104 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:43,320 for carelessness about ghorusdan cultural taboos. 105 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:46,406 But if elbrun was so good, why didn't he warn darson? 106 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:50,327 What was he doing there if he couldn't sense that much hostility? 107 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:06,801 Our destination is the beta stromgren system, 108 00:07:06,968 --> 00:07:09,804 following the path of the vega ix probe. 109 00:07:09,971 --> 00:07:12,807 That's 23 parsecs beyond our furthest manned explorations. 110 00:07:12,974 --> 00:07:14,434 That is correct, commander. 111 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,186 Apparently the probe has discovered... 112 00:07:16,353 --> 00:07:18,355 [Computer beeping] 113 00:07:19,522 --> 00:07:21,316 Astonishing. 114 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:25,320 Data: Our orders are to proceed to this star, beta stromgren. 115 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:27,864 Scientists have discovered it is in the final stages 116 00:07:28,031 --> 00:07:31,034 of an alternating cycle of expansion and collapse 117 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:33,536 and will soon result in a supernova. 118 00:07:33,703 --> 00:07:37,666 However, the unmanned long-range space probe sent by starfleet 119 00:07:37,832 --> 00:07:40,418 to observe the process has discovered something much more. 120 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:43,546 Oh, data, don't waste time. 121 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:47,759 They call it tin man. 122 00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:50,387 The vega probe found it orbiting stromgren. 123 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:52,222 Looks like some kind of ship. 124 00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:54,224 Its energy source is unknown. 125 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:57,310 The people who've studied the transmissions think it's a starship, 126 00:07:57,477 --> 00:08:00,730 and they're sure it's alive. 127 00:08:05,944 --> 00:08:07,704 La forge: Cybernetic organism, like the borg. 128 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:11,408 No, no, no. Here. 129 00:08:12,534 --> 00:08:15,286 Starfleet believes it's an organic creature 130 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:16,663 born in space. 131 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:19,708 Living its life in the wastes between the stars. 132 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:23,920 No one knows where it came from or why it's here. 133 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:28,717 But we're going to meet it, and we're going to talk to it. 134 00:08:29,592 --> 00:08:31,386 I'm gonna talk to it. 135 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:32,633 Have attempts been made...? 136 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:34,322 Tam: To communicate with it by subspace. 137 00:08:34,472 --> 00:08:36,933 Of course, iingua code, universal translation, all that. 138 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,977 It won't work. Tin man is too different. 139 00:08:39,144 --> 00:08:42,439 Direct mind-to-mind contact is our only hope. 140 00:08:43,565 --> 00:08:46,276 The opportunity for discovery is extraordinary, 141 00:08:46,443 --> 00:08:49,070 but I don't understand starfleet's urgency. 142 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:50,280 Romulans. 143 00:08:50,447 --> 00:08:53,283 Oh, hell, I forgot. The romulans. 144 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:57,746 They claim that sector of space where beta stromgren is located. 145 00:08:57,912 --> 00:09:01,416 The romulans claim all that is in their field of vision. 146 00:09:01,583 --> 00:09:04,961 They routinely monitor the telemetry of our deep-space probes. 147 00:09:05,128 --> 00:09:09,007 They will certainly be sending a ship of their own to investigate this tin man. 148 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:12,635 No. Actually, they're sending two. 149 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:15,388 - Data. - That is correct. 150 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:19,642 Starbase 123 has detected two d'daridex-class cruisers 151 00:09:19,809 --> 00:09:21,519 on an intercept course. 152 00:09:21,686 --> 00:09:24,814 The top speed of this class cruiser is known to be less than ours. 153 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:27,150 Therefore, we do have some advantage. 154 00:09:27,776 --> 00:09:28,860 [Sighs] 155 00:09:29,027 --> 00:09:32,155 Then it's a race. 156 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:36,409 An alien intelligence, a new life form 157 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:41,998 representing a technology far beyond either the romulans or ourselves. 158 00:09:43,666 --> 00:09:47,670 The romulans will certainly take whatever measures are required 159 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:50,840 to secure this creature for study. 160 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:53,551 Study as in dissecting, I'd bet. 161 00:09:54,552 --> 00:09:58,389 Mr. Data, you are our resident honor student in exobiology. 162 00:09:58,556 --> 00:10:01,893 I'm assigning you to head up the life sciences on this mission. 163 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:04,562 - Aye, sir. - Excellent. 164 00:10:05,522 --> 00:10:07,023 Meeting adjourned, then. 165 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:14,697 80, data, I guess you're the brains of this outfit, huh? 166 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:18,368 Mr. Elbrun, one of the reasons I'm asking you to work closely 167 00:10:18,535 --> 00:10:23,790 with a member of my staff is to avoid further omissions. 168 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:25,877 The possibility of an encounter with the romulans 169 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:28,086 on this mission is hardly trivial. 170 00:10:28,253 --> 00:10:31,464 - And yet... - All right, all right. 171 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:33,883 I should have brought up the romulans earlier, 172 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:37,387 but I was distracted. 173 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:41,766 And no, Billy boy, I wasn't distracted on ghorusda. 174 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:44,978 If darson had listened to me, no one would have died. 175 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:53,736 I don't care whether you believe that or not. 176 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:03,955 Picard: Captain's log, supplemental. 177 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:06,082 Traveling at high warp, we are still several days 178 00:11:06,249 --> 00:11:07,889 from rendezvous with the mysterious entity 179 00:11:08,042 --> 00:11:11,171 which starfleet has christened tin man. 180 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:13,756 My immediate concern is with tam elbrun. 181 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:16,843 Starfleet considers his unique abilities crucial to our mission, 182 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:21,431 yet he seems to me unstable. 183 00:11:21,598 --> 00:11:23,933 Well, according to his medical records and psych profile, 184 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,603 he's very high on the esp scale. 185 00:11:26,769 --> 00:11:29,147 A sort of prodigy. 186 00:11:29,314 --> 00:11:32,192 A prodigy? In what sense? 187 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,068 Well, in most betazoids, 188 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:37,071 our telepathic gifts develop at adolescence. 189 00:11:37,447 --> 00:11:39,449 You mean you're not born reading minds? 190 00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:43,077 Except for some reason that no one understands, 191 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:46,456 occasionally a betazoid child is born different. 192 00:11:47,832 --> 00:11:50,001 Born with his telepathic abilities switched on. 193 00:11:50,168 --> 00:11:53,880 Most betazoids born like that never lead a normal life. 194 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:57,800 The noise of other people's thoughts and feelings must be overwhelming. 195 00:11:57,967 --> 00:12:00,678 Incomprehensible, especially to a child. 196 00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:02,805 And painful. 197 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:07,185 Early diagnosis and special training did help tam adjust, 198 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:09,520 but he has some problems. 199 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,525 You mentioned a hospitalization. 200 00:12:15,318 --> 00:12:18,446 For stress. Repeatedly, throughout his life. 201 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:22,116 I always wonder, what holds one person together 202 00:12:22,283 --> 00:12:24,827 through that kind of struggle while another goes under? 203 00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:29,958 Yes, well, he's evidently done more than hold together. 204 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:33,253 He's the indispensable man. 205 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:36,631 The federation's finest specialist in communication 206 00:12:36,798 --> 00:12:38,174 with unknown life forms. 207 00:12:38,341 --> 00:12:41,928 The more unusual the life form, the better he likes it. 208 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:45,223 His personnel file shows he's gravitated towards assignments 209 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:48,851 that isolate him from other humanoids. 210 00:12:51,729 --> 00:12:52,814 [Computer beeping] 211 00:12:52,981 --> 00:12:54,023 Commander data, 212 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:57,110 I'm picking up an unusual echo on my navigational sensors. 213 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,987 Something is out there, sir, 214 00:12:59,153 --> 00:13:02,323 tracking us, matching our speed and heading. 215 00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:06,619 Something which does not fully register on our instruments. 216 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:13,293 Since there is no known natural phenomenon 217 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:17,880 capable of travel at warp velocity, there are but two possibilities. 218 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:22,677 Either it is a sensor malfunction or another ship is following us covertly. 219 00:13:22,844 --> 00:13:24,762 It is not a sensor malfunction. 220 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,473 Agreed. 221 00:13:28,558 --> 00:13:31,894 Wesley: But, commander, if it is a romulan ship, 222 00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:35,481 with their cloaking device, we shouldn't pick them up at all. 223 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:37,048 Unless they're pulling so much power 224 00:13:37,191 --> 00:13:39,360 for something else that they can't fully cloak. 225 00:13:39,527 --> 00:13:40,570 Like what? 226 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:44,741 Ask the romulans, if it is the romulans. 227 00:13:44,907 --> 00:13:49,037 Lieutenant, continue monitoring the precise position of the echo. 228 00:13:49,203 --> 00:13:52,999 Any sudden change in its behavior, initiate yellow alert. 229 00:13:53,416 --> 00:13:55,251 Aye, sir. 230 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:00,840 [Doorbell chimes] 231 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,091 Tam: Come in. 232 00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:11,142 How are things in the land of the living? 233 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:15,021 I thought you might be lonely. 234 00:14:15,188 --> 00:14:18,024 - No one sees you except data. - Lonely? 235 00:14:19,776 --> 00:14:23,404 I can hear everything that everyone on this ship thinks. 236 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:27,617 And no one besides you seems to be missing my charming... 237 00:14:27,784 --> 00:14:29,869 You want them to dislike you. Why? 238 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:32,288 Because I'm not a nice man. 239 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:36,459 Okay, okay. 240 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:40,338 Because they scare me. 241 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:42,465 Too many minds. 242 00:14:42,632 --> 00:14:45,301 I can't shut them out. Never could learn. 243 00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:52,350 All their loves, their hates, their fears, their needs. 244 00:14:52,517 --> 00:14:54,936 It's like a tide that never ebbs. 245 00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:57,397 I could drown. 246 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:05,321 I remember. 247 00:15:05,780 --> 00:15:08,157 You understood 248 00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:11,411 at least a little how I felt. 249 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:17,583 I see you finally found a place to fit in. 250 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:18,793 [Tam chuckles] 251 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,253 People to care about. 252 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,171 And you're still looking. 253 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:29,887 And then there's ghorusda. 254 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:33,224 I have enough doubt in my reliability 255 00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:36,602 without having to listen to riker's and picard's. 256 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:38,354 What happened there? 257 00:15:39,063 --> 00:15:40,398 I thought everyone knew. 258 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:43,901 What happened to you? 259 00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:51,742 Maybe I got too involved with the ghorusdans, 260 00:15:51,909 --> 00:15:53,161 with their point of view. 261 00:15:53,327 --> 00:15:55,371 It happens to me. 262 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:58,749 I wanted everyone to get along. 263 00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:05,590 I could have warned darson more forcefully. 264 00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:09,385 So after that, you ran away? 265 00:16:11,262 --> 00:16:12,763 The last I heard, 266 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:16,225 you were the only federation delegate assigned to chandra v. 267 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:20,897 Oh, beautiful creatures, the chandrans. 268 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:25,193 Their minds are glacial. 269 00:16:25,359 --> 00:16:29,155 They have a lovely three-day ritual for saying hello. 270 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:33,576 Peaceful, untroubled people. 271 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:36,037 Unlike humanoids? 272 00:16:37,246 --> 00:16:41,083 Well, except for your friend data. 273 00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:43,544 I like him. 274 00:16:43,711 --> 00:16:47,465 He's restful. 275 00:16:49,717 --> 00:16:53,304 I believe your impression of data is probably unique. 276 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:54,597 [Chuckles] 277 00:16:57,225 --> 00:17:03,773 Well, having to get to know someone, just once, has its appeal. 278 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:06,150 I mean, talking to them, 279 00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:11,447 instead of getting it all at once up here, whether I want it or not. 280 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,243 But you accepted this mission. 281 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:17,203 You could have stayed on chandra v. 282 00:17:17,787 --> 00:17:21,499 You willingly came aboard a ship with over a thousand people. 283 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:23,668 How could I not? Think of it, Dee. 284 00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:25,545 This intelligence 285 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:29,465 that swims naked through space like a fish in the sea, 286 00:17:29,632 --> 00:17:33,928 totally alien. Mysterious. 287 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:36,389 Not like us at all. 288 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,974 Ancient. 289 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,143 And alone. 290 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:46,566 So lonely for so long. 291 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,533 How can you know that? 292 00:17:56,951 --> 00:17:58,786 Tam? 293 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,334 You're in contact with it. 294 00:18:05,835 --> 00:18:09,046 - With tin man, aren't you? - No. 295 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:14,802 Well... 296 00:18:15,219 --> 00:18:18,014 Yes, a little. 297 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:21,058 But not quite on a conscious level. 298 00:18:22,143 --> 00:18:24,604 We're light years away. 299 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,773 That's impossible, even for you. 300 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,318 Impossible for me. 301 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:33,904 Maybe not impossible for tin man. 302 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,791 Status report, number one. 303 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:48,358 We've reached the outer regions of the beta stromgren system, 304 00:18:48,502 --> 00:18:51,839 on course for orbital intercept of the tin man, eta, 18 minutes. 305 00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:53,549 - Grand. Riker: Not altogether. 306 00:18:53,716 --> 00:18:57,094 Astrophysics reports that the rate of the star's collapse has increased. 307 00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:59,055 It could go supernova in a few days. 308 00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:01,390 Data: Captain, we are receiving relayed sensor data 309 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:04,393 from the vega probe, including visuals. 310 00:19:04,727 --> 00:19:06,729 On-screen. 311 00:19:08,606 --> 00:19:10,441 Magnify. 312 00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:16,572 Remarkable. 313 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,910 Computer, locate tam elbrun. 314 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:22,912 Computer: Tam elbrun is in turbolift 1, 315 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:25,748 en route to the main bridge. 316 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:27,166 Of course. 317 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:28,918 [Computer beeping] 318 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:32,088 Worf: Captain, our sensors are detecting a subspace wave front 319 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:36,092 of highly ionized particles preceding the object which is tracking us. 320 00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,761 Yellow alert. On-screen. 321 00:19:56,404 --> 00:19:57,863 Romulan warbird closing. 322 00:19:58,030 --> 00:19:59,657 They are arming main disruptors, captain. 323 00:19:59,824 --> 00:20:01,409 Go to red alert, shields to maximum. 324 00:20:01,575 --> 00:20:03,327 Arm photon torpedoes and stand by, Mr. Worf. 325 00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:04,537 Aye, sir. 326 00:20:04,704 --> 00:20:07,182 I thought you said the enterprise was faster than this romulan. 327 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:08,374 In fact, we are, commander. 328 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:10,418 Evasive, Mr. Crusher. Hailing frequencies. 329 00:20:10,584 --> 00:20:13,796 I guarantee that they don't wanna talk to you, captain. 330 00:20:24,974 --> 00:20:26,642 The romulan has passed us. 331 00:20:26,976 --> 00:20:28,269 Damage report. 332 00:20:28,436 --> 00:20:31,439 Casualties reported. Seventy percent loss to the shields. 333 00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:34,525 Their attack on us was incidental, captain. 334 00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:36,944 - Incidental? - Yes, to delay us. 335 00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:39,071 Captain, it would appear the romulans' intent 336 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,782 is to contact tin man first at any cost. 337 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:43,438 According to my sensor readings, 338 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,912 the warbird has exceeded maximum engine output by 30 percent. 339 00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:49,832 They seem to have irreparable damage to their warp coils. 340 00:20:49,999 --> 00:20:52,039 So they kept up with us by sacrificing their ability 341 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:54,211 to reenter romulan space. 342 00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:55,880 One-way trip. 343 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:57,566 There is one more trailing us, captain. 344 00:20:57,715 --> 00:20:59,633 A day or two behind. 345 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:04,138 Data's right. This one's job is to beat us to tin man at any cost. 346 00:21:04,305 --> 00:21:08,559 You read all this telepathically? 347 00:21:08,726 --> 00:21:10,166 In the mind of the romulan commander, 348 00:21:10,311 --> 00:21:12,021 during the attack. 349 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,817 Very well, Mr. Crusher, all stop. 350 00:21:16,984 --> 00:21:18,402 - Aye, sir. - Commander la forge. 351 00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:19,929 La forge [over com]: La forge here. 352 00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:22,698 Geordi, how long to full shield restoration? 353 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:24,200 I'm working on it. 354 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:26,744 Computer, reconfigure structural integrity power 355 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:28,704 to feed inner deflector grid. 356 00:21:28,871 --> 00:21:30,164 Computer: Unable to comply. 357 00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:31,373 Requested reroute 358 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,418 would compromise operational safety limits. 359 00:21:34,585 --> 00:21:39,006 To hell with the limits. Override. Authorization la forge theta 2997. 360 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:42,384 Computer: Rerouting structural integrity power supply. 361 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,971 Russell, watch the lateral grid balance. 362 00:21:46,555 --> 00:21:49,767 No, no, that's too much. We'll have to do it manually. 363 00:21:50,226 --> 00:21:52,269 - La forge to bridge. - Picard [over com]: Go ahead. 364 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,076 Captain, I'm trying to feed the inner grid 365 00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:56,357 by stealing power from the structural integrity field. 366 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,651 You should have partial shielding in about 30 minutes. 367 00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,486 Picard: You have ten. Picard out. 368 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:02,029 [Sighs] 369 00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:09,578 If the romulans wish the honor of first contact, let them have it. 370 00:22:09,745 --> 00:22:11,163 You're out of your mind, picard. 371 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,490 What if the romulans find a way to persuade tin man...? 372 00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:15,584 Picard: I think the chance of that is remote. 373 00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:18,921 And if you will be still, Mr. Elbrun, you may learn... 374 00:22:19,088 --> 00:22:20,130 What? 375 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:23,634 That being first at any cost is not always the point. 376 00:22:24,885 --> 00:22:28,222 Mr. Data, while we await repairs, I want life sciences and engineering 377 00:22:28,389 --> 00:22:31,350 to continue collecting information on the alien. 378 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:34,103 And query the vega ix probe, long-range sensors. 379 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,063 Aye, sir. 380 00:22:55,624 --> 00:22:58,627 - You do a lot of your work here? - Yes. 381 00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:01,255 I have configured these instruments to display information 382 00:23:01,422 --> 00:23:05,843 with greater speed and efficiency than stations used by the others. 383 00:23:06,302 --> 00:23:08,137 Nice. 384 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,644 A little spartan. 385 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:18,397 Spartan? 386 00:23:18,564 --> 00:23:22,443 Lots of work space, not much room to live. 387 00:23:22,860 --> 00:23:24,278 I don't guess you sleep. 388 00:23:25,195 --> 00:23:27,698 I have tried it from time to time, but you are correct. 389 00:23:27,865 --> 00:23:29,533 I do not require rest. 390 00:23:30,451 --> 00:23:32,536 But you paint. 391 00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:43,422 The creature's anatomy appears most peculiar. 392 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:49,261 In what way? 393 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,013 It is indeed laid out as a vessel, 394 00:23:51,180 --> 00:23:53,891 with what appear to be chambers and corridors. 395 00:23:54,058 --> 00:23:56,810 An internal environment suitable for carbon-based life forms 396 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:58,020 is being maintained, 397 00:23:58,187 --> 00:24:02,191 yet there is no evidence of a crew aboard. 398 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:06,362 Tin man is a living being, which has been bred, 399 00:24:06,528 --> 00:24:09,949 or has adapted itself, to serve a purpose. 400 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,534 I find that interesting. 401 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:14,870 Why? 402 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,457 Must living beings have a purpose? 403 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:21,585 Or do we exist for no reason but to exist? 404 00:24:23,879 --> 00:24:26,215 I do not believe I am qualified to express an opinion. 405 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:29,885 Oh, data, you're uniquely qualified. 406 00:24:30,052 --> 00:24:33,013 You think a great deal about humanity. 407 00:24:33,180 --> 00:24:35,057 And you're an honest researcher. 408 00:24:35,224 --> 00:24:37,267 You don't treat anything as trivial or irrelevant. 409 00:24:37,434 --> 00:24:39,311 You wanna try it all. 410 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:42,564 You said in the transporter room that you could not read my mind. 411 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:44,525 True enough. 412 00:24:44,692 --> 00:24:47,903 But I think I understand you pretty well. 413 00:24:48,570 --> 00:24:50,406 It worries you that I can't read your mind? 414 00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,159 Perhaps there is nothing to read. 415 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:57,746 Nothing more than mechanisms and algorithmic responses. 416 00:24:58,747 --> 00:25:01,792 Perhaps you're just different. 417 00:25:02,584 --> 00:25:04,545 It's not a sin, you know. 418 00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:07,756 Though you may have heard otherwise. 419 00:25:15,264 --> 00:25:18,267 Captain, the romulan ship is hailing the alien 420 00:25:18,434 --> 00:25:20,352 using their equivalent of iingua code. 421 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,354 - Response? - Data: Nothing so far, commander. 422 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:23,939 Tam: Why should it answer? 423 00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:25,986 What could it possibly have in common with them? 424 00:25:26,108 --> 00:25:28,110 But you're so sure it'll talk to you. 425 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:31,196 Captain, the romulans are arming all disruptors. 426 00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:32,965 Yellow alert. Prepare for evasive action 427 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:34,835 at the first change in the romulans' course. 428 00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:38,412 - Riker: With shields in position, we... - No! No! 429 00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:40,456 We're not the target. 430 00:25:40,622 --> 00:25:42,458 It's tin man. 431 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:44,418 What do you mean? 432 00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:45,669 They intend to destroy it? 433 00:25:45,836 --> 00:25:48,922 Those are their orders if they can't secure the alien. 434 00:25:49,089 --> 00:25:52,176 Increase speed to intercept the romulan vessel. 435 00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:53,510 Their lead is too great, sir. 436 00:25:53,677 --> 00:25:58,057 - Hail them. We cannot allow them to... - They won't listen to you! 437 00:25:59,725 --> 00:26:02,603 Danger. Gomtuu. 438 00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:05,981 Do not allow. 439 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,498 [Both grunt] 440 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,210 [Alarm wailing] 441 00:26:26,376 --> 00:26:28,545 Picard: Damage report. 442 00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:30,714 Nothing available yet, sir. 443 00:26:30,881 --> 00:26:33,967 We have partial failure of the main computer. 444 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:41,225 It seems you woke your tin man. 445 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:54,822 We've got impulse power, but I've got to take the warp engines off-line 446 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:56,428 while we recalibrate the regulators. 447 00:26:56,573 --> 00:26:58,373 - How long? - Everything or just warp engines? 448 00:26:58,534 --> 00:26:59,576 Riker: All of it. 449 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,579 La forge: We're looking at 20 hours' work, double shifts. 450 00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:05,499 Riker: We don't know that we have 20 hours. 451 00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:07,626 That star could explode at any moment. 452 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:08,961 I know. 453 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:13,090 Okay, first thing we need to do is get the main computer working right. 454 00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:14,675 No, we fix the shields first. 455 00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:16,402 Commander, whatever tin man hit us with, 456 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:18,303 it fried circuits I thought were unfryable. 457 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:21,557 I'm not worried about tin man, it's more romulans showing up. 458 00:27:21,723 --> 00:27:24,768 Right. First priority, get the shields up. 459 00:27:24,935 --> 00:27:27,563 Only let's not have any more surprises until I'm done, okay? 460 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:31,692 Don't ask me about surprises. Ask tam elbrun. 461 00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:35,994 Your brain activity suggests you're coming out 462 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:39,783 of some sort of a fugue or seizure. 463 00:27:40,117 --> 00:27:41,618 Your blood pressure and glucose 464 00:27:41,785 --> 00:27:45,247 are indicative of general systemic stress. 465 00:27:45,414 --> 00:27:48,375 - But I'm gonna live? - No doubt about it. 466 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:53,005 Because I want to know exactly what you did. 467 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:55,132 I want to know how closely you're in communication 468 00:27:55,299 --> 00:27:58,302 with this alien and what you've learned from it, and I want to know now. 469 00:27:58,468 --> 00:27:59,887 [Stammers] 470 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:02,347 I just warned it, that's all. 471 00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:06,643 I've been in contact with it, sensing impressions from it. 472 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,605 It calls itself gomtuu. 473 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:13,066 It's old, captain. 474 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:16,278 It's roamed the universe for many thousands of years. 475 00:28:16,737 --> 00:28:19,948 - Where did it come from? How ma...? - Far away. 476 00:28:21,116 --> 00:28:23,619 Maybe beyond the galaxy. 477 00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:26,872 Once, there were millions of them. 478 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,665 Picard: Once? 479 00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:33,545 It hasn't seen another of its kind for millennia. 480 00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:36,840 It's alone. 481 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:40,636 It may be the last of its species. 482 00:28:42,638 --> 00:28:47,643 Perhaps we can help it in some way. 483 00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:54,775 Can you ask it to return with us to federation space? 484 00:28:54,942 --> 00:29:01,073 At least persuade it to leave the vicinity of beta stromgren 485 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,783 before the star explodes? 486 00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:06,453 Captain, gomtuu knows the star will go nova soon. 487 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:07,829 That's why it's here. 488 00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:10,582 It wants to die. 489 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:18,382 There was an explosion in space. 490 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:22,469 Radiation penetrating the outer layers. 491 00:29:22,636 --> 00:29:24,554 The crew... 492 00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:26,515 [Gasps] 493 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:31,353 The crew died. 494 00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:36,275 Such loss. 495 00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:40,487 Empty pain, hollowness. 496 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:44,199 Tam! Stop this. 497 00:29:44,366 --> 00:29:46,994 You're losing yourself in this merging. 498 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,705 Tam: I know. I know. 499 00:29:52,207 --> 00:29:55,877 Tin man hurts and wants to die. 500 00:29:56,420 --> 00:29:57,963 I can't do any more from out here. 501 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:02,801 If you want me to really reach tin man, I have got to be in physical contact. 502 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:05,262 I have got to go aboard. 503 00:30:05,429 --> 00:30:08,348 No, that is absolutely out of the question. 504 00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:09,891 You don't trust me. 505 00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,603 No, tam, I don't believe that I do. 506 00:30:14,604 --> 00:30:16,398 Tam, 507 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:20,902 when you reached out to the alien to warn it, 508 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:23,322 did you give any thought to this vessel? 509 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:29,578 To the danger, however inadvertent, that creature might pose to our crew? 510 00:30:29,745 --> 00:30:32,372 Or did you simply react out of instinct? 511 00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:34,916 - Captain... - Deanna. 512 00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:37,294 He's right. 513 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:40,172 I don't know. I don't know what might happen. 514 00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:44,384 But if you don't let me go, we fail our mission. 515 00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:49,598 Besides, at this point, you need all the help you can get. 516 00:30:49,765 --> 00:30:51,933 Even tin man's. 517 00:30:58,231 --> 00:31:01,610 Russell, reactivate the sensor assemblies. 518 00:31:02,444 --> 00:31:07,407 Okay, let's do a program reload, port array only. 519 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,327 Good. That's good. 520 00:31:10,494 --> 00:31:12,954 Computer, run a level-two diagnostic. 521 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:15,540 Computer: Port sensor array remains off-line. 522 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:17,209 Damn. 523 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:19,456 Riker [over com]: Riker to la forge. How's it coming? 524 00:31:19,586 --> 00:31:22,547 Not good. I think all the control processors are shot. 525 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,966 But maybe if I swap the chips from the secondary array, 526 00:31:25,133 --> 00:31:27,052 I can give you a minimum em scan. 527 00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,804 Riker: Do it. 528 00:31:30,972 --> 00:31:37,396 Okay, Russell, we're gonna try starting retro sensor element 32 only. 529 00:31:39,815 --> 00:31:41,316 You in? 530 00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:47,114 [Whistles] 531 00:31:48,448 --> 00:31:50,826 The good news is we have partial long-range sensors. 532 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:54,037 - La forge to bridge. - Riker: Riker here. 533 00:31:54,204 --> 00:31:56,832 I'm picking up another echo on the long-range sensor display. 534 00:31:56,998 --> 00:31:59,334 - You reading that on your panel? - Worf? 535 00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:03,380 One moment, commander. 536 00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:06,758 Confirmed. 537 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:10,137 Sir, the other romulan ship, on an intercept course. 538 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:12,103 Are we gonna have those shields any time soon? 539 00:32:12,264 --> 00:32:14,064 La forge [over com]: I'm doing the best I can. 540 00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:17,352 But shields won't help if that star explodes. 541 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:21,648 Data, you seem to have developed an affinity with elbrun. 542 00:32:21,815 --> 00:32:24,401 Troi, you've known him for years. 543 00:32:24,818 --> 00:32:26,736 How far can he be trusted? 544 00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:30,198 Captain, the issue isn't one of trust in tam's intentions 545 00:32:30,365 --> 00:32:31,616 but in his judgment. 546 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,119 I would trust him to do what he believes is right. 547 00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:35,579 Yes, of course. 548 00:32:35,745 --> 00:32:38,373 - But his judgment... - Troi: Is precarious. 549 00:32:38,540 --> 00:32:40,709 The stress of exposure to so many minds 550 00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:43,378 on the ship is bad enough. 551 00:32:43,545 --> 00:32:46,798 Now he's strongly drawn to this creature. 552 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:48,550 I'm afraid for him. 553 00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:50,385 Afraid of what? 554 00:32:50,552 --> 00:32:55,307 I sense that the alien is somehow calling him. 555 00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:59,978 If we allow him to do as he insists, to beam over, 556 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,314 I believe that we will lose him to it. 557 00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,816 That he will lose himself. 558 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:08,737 Captain, I agree that tam's motives are trustworthy. 559 00:33:08,904 --> 00:33:12,115 And I do not believe it is possible that he will act against us 560 00:33:12,282 --> 00:33:15,744 or will cause tin man to act against us out of malice. 561 00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:18,830 Captain, if tam breaks down over there, 562 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,458 we'll be no closer to accomplishing our mission. 563 00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:24,586 It would be a grave mistake. 564 00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:26,963 Thank you both. 565 00:33:34,930 --> 00:33:36,181 I am puzzled, sir. 566 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:38,517 We have come this far. 567 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:41,478 Are you not going to allow tam to fulfill his mission? 568 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:44,314 Tam elbrun warned tin man. 569 00:33:44,481 --> 00:33:48,193 The first thing it did was to destroy a space vessel. 570 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,072 I believe I understand, sir. 571 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:55,825 If you feel the risk is too great to send tam elbrun alone, 572 00:33:55,992 --> 00:33:57,285 then send me with him. 573 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:01,831 Counselor troi understands him better. 574 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:04,834 But he is more comfortable with me, sir. 575 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:07,128 It is humanity he is fleeing. 576 00:34:07,629 --> 00:34:11,550 Sir, I could serve as an intermediary, a bridge back, 577 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:16,638 a reminder of his obligation both to us and to tin man. 578 00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:30,652 Captain, the romulan has uncloaked. 579 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,988 - Status, number one? - Shields are at 40 percent. 580 00:34:33,154 --> 00:34:34,948 We can maneuver on impulse, sir. 581 00:34:35,115 --> 00:34:38,743 Phasers available on manual, sir. Computer target lock not functioning. 582 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:43,498 Well, let's hope they're in a mood to talk. 583 00:34:43,665 --> 00:34:46,585 - Hailing frequency. - Open. 584 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,003 Romulan vessel, 585 00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:52,340 this is captain Jean-Luc picard of the USS enterprise. 586 00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:57,762 Enterprise, your presence here is a violation of romulan space. 587 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,764 You will leave immediately. 588 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:06,605 We are not familiar with the terms of your claim on this sector. 589 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:08,815 We are here engaged in scientific research. 590 00:35:08,982 --> 00:35:10,525 Do you wish to participate? 591 00:35:10,692 --> 00:35:15,113 We have monitored the destruction of our sister ship by the star creature. 592 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,407 We claim right of vengeance. 593 00:35:17,574 --> 00:35:19,576 We will destroy the alien. 594 00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:23,705 If you interfere, we will destroy you as well. 595 00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:38,452 Picard: Captain's log, supplemental. 596 00:35:38,595 --> 00:35:40,513 A confrontation between the romulan warbird 597 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,849 and tin man is imminent. 598 00:35:43,016 --> 00:35:44,184 I have no alternative 599 00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:48,396 but to rely on the telepathic abilities of tam elbrun. 600 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:50,857 - Picard to tam elbrun. - Tam [over com]: Captain? 601 00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:52,624 Report to transporter room 6 immediately. 602 00:35:52,776 --> 00:35:53,818 Captain, I don't... 603 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:55,345 Commander data will meet you there. 604 00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:57,072 Tam: Yes, captain. 605 00:35:57,530 --> 00:35:59,658 Counselor, we no longer have a choice. 606 00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:24,015 [Tam gasps] 607 00:36:26,518 --> 00:36:29,437 No, no, too much. 608 00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:31,022 - Too much. - Tam? 609 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:32,440 I can't. 610 00:36:32,607 --> 00:36:34,567 Data to enterprise. Enterprise, come in. 611 00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:35,902 No, no, don't. 612 00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,779 If it is harming you, we must return. 613 00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:39,406 Enterprise, respond. 614 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:42,450 No, it's all right. It's all right now, it's all right. 615 00:36:43,034 --> 00:36:46,413 Gomtuu is trying to communicate a lifetime of experiences to me 616 00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:48,498 in a few seconds. 617 00:36:48,665 --> 00:36:51,126 But I'm all right now. 618 00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:53,461 [Chuckles] 619 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:56,506 - O'brien to bridge. - Picard [over com]: Go ahead. 620 00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:58,425 I've lost the transporter lock on them. 621 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:00,927 [Over com] Some kind of force field went up. 622 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:03,805 Confirmed. The alien has thrown up a shield. 623 00:37:03,972 --> 00:37:06,141 It is blocking all our sensors. 624 00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:08,184 [Beeping] 625 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,477 Captain, 626 00:37:09,644 --> 00:37:13,523 the romulans' weapons systems are now at full power. 627 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:17,986 Picard: Follow them in, Mr. Crusher. 628 00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:20,363 Red alert. Mr. Worf, arm photon torpedoes. 629 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:22,490 Aye, sir. 630 00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:45,597 [Chuckles] 631 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:04,532 There is a large chamber 20 meters ahead. 632 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,285 I know. 633 00:38:08,369 --> 00:38:10,288 I know everything now. 634 00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:12,248 Come on. 635 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:54,791 Intriguing. 636 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:00,922 This is the control center, 637 00:39:01,089 --> 00:39:04,551 where gomtuu's crew guided theirjourneys. 638 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:09,264 The ship and the crew existed symbiotically. 639 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,641 They needed one another. 640 00:39:11,808 --> 00:39:14,227 When gomtuu had no one left to care for, 641 00:39:14,394 --> 00:39:16,646 it no longer had a reason to exist. 642 00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:21,526 Is that the purpose of existence? 643 00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,027 To care for someone? 644 00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:25,572 It is for me. 645 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,950 Deanna was right. 646 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:32,662 I'll lose myself here. 647 00:39:38,918 --> 00:39:41,170 [Rumbling] 648 00:39:50,638 --> 00:39:54,559 I must remind you that our objective is to bring tin man out of danger 649 00:39:54,726 --> 00:39:57,812 and report our findings to starfleet. 650 00:39:58,438 --> 00:40:00,106 I'm not going back, data. 651 00:40:00,273 --> 00:40:02,358 I'm staying here. 652 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:06,946 [Beeping] 653 00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:09,157 Worf: Sir, the romulans are hailing us. 654 00:40:09,324 --> 00:40:13,661 Captain picard, if you interfere with us, we will fire upon you as well. 655 00:40:13,828 --> 00:40:17,248 Commander, we are prepared to defend the life of the alien. 656 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,250 Screen off, shields up. 657 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,628 Power levels aboard the alien are increasing, sir. 658 00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:23,834 Captain, the diameter of the star has been decreased 659 00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:26,341 by 100,000 kilometers. 660 00:40:27,592 --> 00:40:29,677 It's beginning. 661 00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:46,819 Explain to them. Make them understand. 662 00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:49,864 - But our mission... - Is to save tin man, and I will. 663 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:52,909 But he's going to save me as well. 664 00:40:53,076 --> 00:40:55,787 All my life, I've waited for this. 665 00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,998 A chance to find peace. 666 00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:03,586 Finally, all the voices are silent. 667 00:41:04,545 --> 00:41:08,132 Only tin man speaks to me now. 668 00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:10,760 Don't you see, data? 669 00:41:10,927 --> 00:41:14,847 This is where I belong. 670 00:41:28,277 --> 00:41:29,904 That star's gonna go any minute, sir. 671 00:41:30,071 --> 00:41:32,115 The romulans know that as well as we do. 672 00:41:32,281 --> 00:41:33,521 The power levels aboard tin man 673 00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:35,910 are increasing beyond our sensor range. 674 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:58,391 Conn, report. 675 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:00,810 Dead stop, captain. 676 00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:05,106 Sir, we've been thrown clear of beta stromgren. 677 00:42:05,314 --> 00:42:09,235 A distance of 3.8 billion kilometers. 678 00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:13,281 There is no sign of tin man or the romulans, sir. 679 00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:17,827 [Computer beeping] 680 00:42:18,578 --> 00:42:20,038 Captain, on-screen. 681 00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:36,345 [Door opens] 682 00:42:36,512 --> 00:42:38,222 Data: Sir? 683 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,310 Data, what happened over there? 684 00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:46,814 Difficult to explain, sir. 685 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:48,816 Tam? 686 00:42:49,317 --> 00:42:52,153 I believe he found what he was looking for, counselor. 687 00:42:56,491 --> 00:42:57,950 Picard: Captain's log, supplemental. 688 00:42:58,117 --> 00:43:00,703 With all main systems at least temporarily restored, 689 00:43:00,870 --> 00:43:05,083 we are proceeding to starbase 152 for inspection and additional repairs. 690 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,877 We've had no further encounter with the romulans. 691 00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:11,881 As for the whereabouts of tin man and tam elbrun, 692 00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:13,883 we can only speculate. 693 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:16,177 Troi: You sent for me? 694 00:43:16,469 --> 00:43:18,346 Yes, counselor. 695 00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:22,850 It was tam's final request that I explain his decision to the crew. 696 00:43:23,184 --> 00:43:26,687 But I believe it was his hope that you would understand. 697 00:43:30,149 --> 00:43:32,360 What did happen? 698 00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:38,324 I witnessed something remarkable. 699 00:43:38,866 --> 00:43:41,285 Individually, they were both so... 700 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,246 Wounded? 701 00:43:43,871 --> 00:43:45,331 Isolated. 702 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:49,210 But no longer. 703 00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:52,255 Through joining, 704 00:43:52,713 --> 00:43:54,882 they have been healed. 705 00:43:55,383 --> 00:43:58,886 Grief has been transmuted to joy, 706 00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:02,390 loneliness to belonging. 707 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:06,936 Data, 708 00:44:07,603 --> 00:44:09,689 you do understand. 709 00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:12,817 Yes, counselor. 710 00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:15,987 When tin man returned me to the enterprise, 711 00:44:16,154 --> 00:44:20,533 I realized this is where I belong.