1 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:20,395 Riker: Placing beam-out marker. 2 00:00:20,604 --> 00:00:23,607 Return transport, 14 minutes, 40 seconds. 3 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:26,401 Is your view any better, geordi? 4 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:30,531 La forge: Not too bad, commander. A lot of charged particle precipitation, 5 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:31,949 but I can compensate. 6 00:00:32,157 --> 00:00:35,619 - Communicators are dysfunctional. - Riker: Tricorders. 7 00:00:35,827 --> 00:00:38,288 Readings only valid within five meters. 8 00:00:38,497 --> 00:00:39,933 Riker: Good thing we didn't bring data. 9 00:00:39,957 --> 00:00:43,252 We'd be unscrambling his circuits for a week. 10 00:00:44,795 --> 00:00:46,588 Commander! 11 00:00:46,797 --> 00:00:50,300 Picking up something on the positron scan. 12 00:00:56,682 --> 00:00:58,100 La forge: Over here. 13 00:00:58,308 --> 00:01:01,770 Some electrically conductive objects. 14 00:01:11,697 --> 00:01:14,032 Recognize those markings, worf? 15 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:17,494 Yes, sir. Romulan. 16 00:01:17,703 --> 00:01:20,914 What the hell were they doing in a federation sector? 17 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:25,294 Picking up traces of ultritium residue. 18 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:27,212 An explosive device must have been used 19 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:31,341 to destroy the craft after it crashed. 20 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:33,950 Riker: All right, let's spread out. Twenty-five meter radius. 21 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:37,681 Our window back closes in 12 minutes. 22 00:01:56,575 --> 00:01:58,493 Worf: Commander! 23 00:02:10,922 --> 00:02:12,424 Commander riker! 24 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,177 Four minutes to beam up. 25 00:02:57,386 --> 00:02:58,804 Where is he? 26 00:03:40,262 --> 00:03:42,472 Worf! 27 00:03:42,681 --> 00:03:44,516 Worf! 28 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:48,478 Commander riker! 29 00:03:53,608 --> 00:03:55,527 Riker: Geordi! 30 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,657 Geordi! 31 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,251 Worf! 32 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:12,586 Commander riker! 33 00:04:20,177 --> 00:04:22,262 Hold your position, Mr. Worf. 34 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:32,606 Worf! 35 00:05:02,219 --> 00:05:06,389 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 36 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:11,019 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 37 00:05:11,228 --> 00:05:16,399 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 38 00:05:16,691 --> 00:05:20,821 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 39 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,617 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 40 00:06:25,719 --> 00:06:29,472 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 43349.2. 41 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:33,018 An unidentified distress signal has led to the discovery 42 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:36,521 of a crashed romulan vessel on the surface of galorndon core, 43 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:38,440 a federation planet. 44 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:40,442 We have recovered one survivor. 45 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:43,528 But lieutenant commander la forge did not report back 46 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:47,115 with the away team and is still missing. 47 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:48,992 Get him to sickbay. 48 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,329 Secure sickbay. Post a guard in visual contact at all times. 49 00:06:52,537 --> 00:06:55,582 He's not going anywhere, lieutenant. 50 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:59,557 Sorry, commander, there's no way to lock in on anything down there. 51 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,713 Keep trying, o'brien. 52 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:05,634 The electrical storm's creating thousands of ghosts. 53 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:08,362 Well, beam some of those ghosts back. One of them may be geordi. 54 00:07:08,553 --> 00:07:10,193 Permission to lead another away team, sir. 55 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:11,765 Denied. 56 00:07:12,057 --> 00:07:15,101 When we get another window in the storms. The crash site? 57 00:07:15,310 --> 00:07:17,312 The romulan craft is a total loss. 58 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,440 There's nothing there to salvage unless you wanna use tweezers. 59 00:07:20,649 --> 00:07:21,691 No sign of others? 60 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:25,278 Well, you couldn't see more than two meters in front of yourself down there. 61 00:07:25,487 --> 00:07:29,866 It certainly is the last place one would expect a romulan encroachment. 62 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:32,577 On the other hand, 63 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:35,622 galorndon core would provide ideal cover 64 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,083 for the opening move of a new offensive. 65 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:41,002 I doubt if they were there for the climate. 66 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:10,359 Crusher: We thought it would be like working on vulcans, 67 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,719 but there are subtle differences, too many of them. 68 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:14,137 Can you treat him? 69 00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:16,723 Crusher: He has cell damage to vital areas. 70 00:09:16,931 --> 00:09:19,517 He's going to need a transfusion of compatible ribosomes 71 00:09:19,726 --> 00:09:20,935 in order to recover. 72 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:24,189 I'm setting up a schedule to test every member of the crew. 73 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:25,607 We can't use the replicator? 74 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:27,525 Crusher: The molecules are too complex. 75 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:28,943 Will he survive? 76 00:09:30,612 --> 00:09:32,965 - Crusher: I can't answer that yet. - Let me put it another way. 77 00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:35,189 Will he survive to tell us what he was doing down there? 78 00:09:35,366 --> 00:09:37,577 Doctor, it's an important consideration. 79 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,663 I can bring him around for a few minutes, 80 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:43,833 but there is one serious complication. 81 00:09:45,502 --> 00:09:49,297 His brainwaves indicate early neural-pathway degeneration. 82 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:52,759 - Head injury? - There's no obvious cranial trauma. 83 00:09:52,967 --> 00:09:56,054 I'm guessing his exposure to the magnetic fields on the surface 84 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:59,182 were slowly breaking down his synaptic connections. 85 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:01,476 Will that affect geordi the same way? 86 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,862 Crusher: He'll be conscious for a minute or two. 87 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:21,788 Riker: You are on board the federation starship enterprise. 88 00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,958 We're treating your injuries. 89 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:28,670 How long were you down on galorndon core? 90 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:32,715 Do you understand me? 91 00:10:33,258 --> 00:10:36,845 I will not answer questions. 92 00:10:37,053 --> 00:10:40,140 We need to know if there are other survivors on the surface. 93 00:10:41,432 --> 00:10:43,601 I am alone. 94 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:47,689 I will not answer any questions. 95 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:51,067 Do you have a mothership who should be advised of your condition? 96 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:03,872 The only answer he wants to give is that he was alone. 97 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,624 Which suggests that he wasn't. 98 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:59,135 Something. Anything to cut through the storm. 99 00:11:59,344 --> 00:12:02,263 Some way to get a signal through to him. 100 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,016 A neutrino pulse. 101 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:06,976 We could build a portable neutrino source 102 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:10,563 and send it in a probe to the planet's surface. It'll act like a beacon. 103 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:13,691 Data: A neutrino pulse would send non-charged particles 104 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,320 back up through the atmosphere and would be detectable by geordi's visor. 105 00:12:17,528 --> 00:12:19,906 He can show us that he's found it by modifying the pulse. 106 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:22,116 Make it so. 107 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:26,037 Captain, I have a new transmission 108 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,498 on a parallel frequency to the distress call. 109 00:12:28,706 --> 00:12:29,749 From the surface? 110 00:12:29,958 --> 00:12:32,835 No, sir. From inside the romulan zone. 111 00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:35,713 We should be able to view the transmission. 112 00:12:36,005 --> 00:12:37,757 On-screen. 113 00:12:38,258 --> 00:12:40,593 Tomalak: Tomalak to pi. 114 00:12:41,469 --> 00:12:43,263 We have received your distress signal. 115 00:12:43,471 --> 00:12:44,973 Respond. 116 00:12:46,516 --> 00:12:48,393 If you can hear me, 117 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,980 we are entering the neutral zone now. 118 00:12:52,188 --> 00:12:55,817 We will reach you in six hours. 119 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:09,789 Mr. Worf, hail the romulan vessel. 120 00:13:10,665 --> 00:13:12,667 Hailing frequencies open, sir. 121 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:16,087 Romulan vessel, this is captain Jean-Luc picard 122 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:19,048 of the federation starship enterprise. 123 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:25,596 The frequency is open, sir. 124 00:13:26,055 --> 00:13:29,976 Commander tomalak, we have intercepted your transmission. 125 00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:33,813 You are not to enter federation space. 126 00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:38,192 Captain picard, my apologies. 127 00:13:38,401 --> 00:13:40,069 Had I known you were in this sector, 128 00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:41,821 I certainly would have advised you 129 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:44,866 - before crossing the neutral zone. - Indeed. 130 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:48,077 I'm sure you will understand when I explain. 131 00:13:48,286 --> 00:13:50,830 One of our ships had a slight navigational error 132 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:53,541 and apparently crashed on galorndon core. 133 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,877 Slight navigational error? 134 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:59,047 Nearly half a light year past the neutral zone. 135 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:03,092 I assure you, captain, no aggression was intended. 136 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,595 Commander, 137 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:09,265 we have recovered one of your survivors. 138 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,642 He is on board your ship? 139 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:14,896 Picard: He's being treated for severe injuries. 140 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:17,607 And his craft? 141 00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:19,192 Destroyed. 142 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,651 Deliberately. 143 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:21,944 After the crash. 144 00:14:22,779 --> 00:14:24,697 I'm sure you are prepared to leave at once 145 00:14:24,906 --> 00:14:27,033 and rendezvous with me in the neutral zone. 146 00:14:27,408 --> 00:14:29,243 I have an away team on the planet. 147 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:31,871 We're waiting for a window in the storm to beam them up. 148 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,624 And then you will return my officer? 149 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,045 Are there any other romulans we should be looking to recover 150 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:40,880 from galorndon core? 151 00:14:42,256 --> 00:14:45,968 No. It was a one-man craft. 152 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:49,514 Captain, we will be at the federation border 153 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,599 of the neutral zone in roughly five hours. 154 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:55,144 We will expect you to rendezvous at that time. 155 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,482 Counselor? 156 00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,652 There's great hostility behind his smile. 157 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,154 He'll stop at nothing to complete his mission. 158 00:15:05,363 --> 00:15:07,448 Including the neutral zone border. 159 00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:11,452 Captain, I see no reason to return the romulan to his ship. 160 00:15:11,661 --> 00:15:13,454 He should be held and interrogated. 161 00:15:13,663 --> 00:15:15,998 We have every right to detain him, sir. 162 00:15:16,207 --> 00:15:18,000 Without evidence of intent, number one, 163 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:19,752 it will not be a simple matter. 164 00:15:19,961 --> 00:15:21,963 It obviously wasn't pilot's error. 165 00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:24,006 I think it demands a response from us. 166 00:15:24,215 --> 00:15:26,968 But we must measure our response carefully 167 00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,679 or history may remember galorndon core 168 00:15:29,887 --> 00:15:34,809 along with Pearl harbor, station Salem-one 169 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:38,855 as the stage for a bloody preamble to war. 170 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:52,076 I want him off all the drugs. They're not doing anything. 171 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:54,620 - Dr. Crusher to picard. - Picard: Go ahead, doctor. 172 00:15:54,829 --> 00:15:57,832 My patient is not responding to treatment. 173 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,460 You haven't found a compatible ribosome donor? 174 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,879 Crusher: The lab is still processing the tests. 175 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:07,133 Early results indicate humans have far too many bio-rejection factors. 176 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:09,677 I've also ruled out the vulcans we've tested. 177 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,805 I think I 7! Try a little old-fashioned country medicine. 178 00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:16,267 Keep the fever down, try to let the body heal itself 179 00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:18,728 keep me advised. Picard out. 180 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:20,646 Captain, the neutrino beacon's operational. 181 00:16:20,855 --> 00:16:22,375 We've placed it aboard a class-3 probe. 182 00:16:22,565 --> 00:16:23,608 Well done, ensign. 183 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,194 - Mr. Worf, launch the probe. - Worf: Aye, aye, sir. 184 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:19,372 Worf: Probe has reached the surface, sir. 185 00:17:19,789 --> 00:17:21,832 The neutrino stream is coming in strongly. 186 00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:25,336 Sensors are tracking the probe despite the interference. 187 00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:50,319 La forge: A stationary neutrino source. 188 00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:53,573 Wesley crusher. 189 00:17:53,781 --> 00:17:56,409 Thank you, Wesley. 190 00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:37,992 You are my prisoner. 191 00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:40,077 Right. 192 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:42,204 Congratulations. 193 00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:45,666 Surely a strategic triumph for the romulan empire. 194 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:47,668 Stay there! 195 00:18:49,045 --> 00:18:51,088 My shoes are getting full of sand. 196 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,257 I just hate that, don't you? 197 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:55,092 Name and rank. 198 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:59,805 Lieutenant commander geordi la forge. 199 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:01,599 I don't think I got yours. 200 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:04,393 A romulan ship will arrive shortly. 201 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:07,730 - You will accompany me on board. - I don't think so. 202 00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:13,069 See, we heard your message too and well, the fleet's in, commodore. 203 00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:17,156 - Sky's full of federation ships. - You're lying. 204 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:20,993 I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, commodore. 205 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,162 Get up. 206 00:19:25,289 --> 00:19:31,754 Seriously, the only way out of here is for you to put that thing down 207 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:34,382 and as soon as there's a window in the storm... 208 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,999 La forge: Are you okay? 209 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:24,223 You gotta be kidding. 210 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:35,568 Welcome to galorndon core, 211 00:20:35,776 --> 00:20:39,989 where no good deed goes unpunished. 212 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,583 Yes, doctor? 213 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,127 Lieutenant, good. 214 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:55,963 Come in. Please sit down. 215 00:21:01,886 --> 00:21:04,597 We have finally found a compatible ribosome match 216 00:21:04,805 --> 00:21:07,016 for the romulan. But only one. 217 00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:12,104 That is impossible. I am a klingon. 218 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,315 Different species, yes. 219 00:21:14,523 --> 00:21:17,401 But many humanoids have comparable cell structures. 220 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:20,696 And you have what this romulan needs. 221 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:23,949 There's absolutely no risk to you. 222 00:21:27,578 --> 00:21:30,289 You did understand that was the purpose for all the testing. 223 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:33,417 I have no objection to tests. 224 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:40,424 You have an objection to being a donor. 225 00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:49,308 Lieutenant, I understand your feelings about the romulans. 226 00:21:49,517 --> 00:21:51,519 But this is not the time or the place. 227 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:56,106 If you had seen them kill your parents, you would understand, doctor. 228 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:59,151 It is always the time and place for those feelings. 229 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,655 This romulan didn't murder your parents. 230 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:06,242 And you are the only one who can save his life. 231 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,464 La forge: I sure wish you'd put that away. 232 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:23,634 Bochra: You're afraid of dying. La forge: You bet I am. 233 00:22:23,843 --> 00:22:25,177 - Who isn't? - I'm not. 234 00:22:25,386 --> 00:22:26,428 Yeah, right. 235 00:22:26,637 --> 00:22:28,264 To die in the service of my people. 236 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:31,141 Oh, the romulan path to glory. 237 00:22:31,892 --> 00:22:34,061 You can be sarcastic now. 238 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,981 But in a few millennia, when humans are extinct 239 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:41,026 and the romulan empire spans the galaxy... 240 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:43,737 You really believe that stuff, don't you, commodore? 241 00:22:44,947 --> 00:22:48,492 You may address me as centurion bochra. 242 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,995 Bochra. 243 00:22:51,704 --> 00:22:55,040 Good, solid romulan name. 244 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,005 - What's the matter? - Nothing. 245 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:03,966 Wrong. Your heart rate just shot way up. 246 00:23:09,847 --> 00:23:13,100 It translates a wide range of radiation into neural impulses. 247 00:23:13,309 --> 00:23:14,518 Allows me to see. 248 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,689 Without it, you're blind? 249 00:23:23,444 --> 00:23:25,195 How did this happen? 250 00:23:25,946 --> 00:23:27,448 I was born that way. 251 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,451 And your parents let you live? 252 00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:34,163 What kind of question is that? Of course they let me live. 253 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:36,874 No wonder your race is weak. 254 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:40,502 You waste time and resources on defective children. 255 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:56,018 I must be having some sort of polarity shift. 256 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:01,649 The diagnostic insists everything's fine. 257 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:08,822 Hey. 258 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:12,785 Hey, your body temperature's gone up almost another full point. 259 00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:14,370 What are you saying? 260 00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:18,123 I don't know. I... It must be this place. 261 00:24:18,332 --> 00:24:20,501 It's all that electromagnetic soup. 262 00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:23,045 It's wreaking havoc on our nervous systems. 263 00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:27,174 Your metabolism's messed up. So is my interface with the visor. 264 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,386 - Gotta get out of here while we can. - Sit down. 265 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:32,012 - Bochra... - Sit down! 266 00:24:47,361 --> 00:24:48,988 What is that? 267 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:53,325 It's just a background fluctuation, commander. 268 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:54,994 He hasn't found it yet. 269 00:24:55,202 --> 00:24:58,914 Then he must be hurt or dead. 270 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:04,378 When does our next window open up, Mr. Data? 271 00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:07,548 There's no indication, commander. I have no way to predict. 272 00:25:07,756 --> 00:25:11,343 - Incoming romulan transmission. - They're early. 273 00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:14,054 The romulan warbird should still be 29 minutes away 274 00:25:14,263 --> 00:25:15,764 from the edge of the neutral zone. 275 00:25:15,973 --> 00:25:19,184 Close enough, however, to see that we're not there. 276 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:22,479 On-screen. 277 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:26,316 Picard, I'm approaching the federation border 278 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,903 and the enterprise is not to be found. Why? 279 00:25:30,112 --> 00:25:34,575 My away team is unable to leave the surface because of the storms. 280 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:36,994 And my officer? 281 00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:38,912 He is alive. 282 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,749 His life remains in jeopardy? 283 00:25:44,668 --> 00:25:46,837 And yet you will still not permit me to cross 284 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:50,215 into your precious federation space to retrieve him? 285 00:25:50,424 --> 00:25:53,135 If the point has not yet been made clearly, commander, 286 00:25:53,343 --> 00:25:54,470 let me make it again. 287 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:57,639 Romulan warships do not enter federation space 288 00:25:57,848 --> 00:25:59,641 unless they are prepared to do battle. 289 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,352 But a mission of mercy. 290 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,939 A mission to recover one of your officers 291 00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:09,693 who has been caught on a federation planet 292 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:11,361 for reasons as yet unknown. 293 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:13,405 I have already explained. 294 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:15,574 And I have rejected your explanation. 295 00:26:16,784 --> 00:26:18,994 Territories. 296 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:23,165 You would measure territories 297 00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:25,501 against a man's life? 298 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:30,089 Commander, I'm singularly impressed by your concern for a life. 299 00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:33,217 Do not risk any more lives by leaving the neutral zone. 300 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:34,885 Picard out. 301 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,813 Bochra. 302 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:49,441 Bochra, you're in bad shape. And my vision's getting worse. 303 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,860 Now, there's a beacon out there. 304 00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:55,197 They'll get us back to my ship, but not if I can't find it. 305 00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:57,616 I cannot surrender to the federation. 306 00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:59,660 Then stay here and die. 307 00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:04,540 If the situation were reversed, 308 00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:07,709 would you not die to avoid capture? 309 00:27:07,918 --> 00:27:09,002 I don't know. 310 00:27:09,211 --> 00:27:10,879 I might. 311 00:27:11,088 --> 00:27:13,799 If I thought it was necessary. If the stakes were high enough. 312 00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:16,635 But they'd have to be pretty damn high. 313 00:27:19,429 --> 00:27:21,640 I guess I'd make a pretty lousy romulan, huh? 314 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:27,187 I no more wish to die than you do. 315 00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:29,523 Bochra, 316 00:27:30,399 --> 00:27:31,525 there are times 317 00:27:31,733 --> 00:27:35,988 when it's necessary to die for one's ideals. 318 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:40,534 Do you believe this is one of those times? 319 00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:54,464 Come on, let's go find that beacon. 320 00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:05,225 What is it? 321 00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,061 Everything's gone blank. 322 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:31,835 Come. 323 00:28:41,178 --> 00:28:43,722 You are busy. Forgive my intrusion. 324 00:28:43,931 --> 00:28:45,724 For what it's worth, 325 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:47,809 I understand your bitterness. 326 00:28:48,018 --> 00:28:51,188 With respect, sir, you cannot. 327 00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:56,276 I am asked to give up the very lifeblood of my mother and my father 328 00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:58,111 to those who murdered them. 329 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,364 - So you blame all romulans for that? - Yes. 330 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:01,949 Forever? 331 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:07,496 What if someday the federation made peace with the romulans? 332 00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:10,249 Impossible. 333 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:15,003 That's what your people said a few years ago about humans. 334 00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:20,425 Think how many died on both sides in that war. 335 00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:23,178 Would you and I be here now like this 336 00:29:23,387 --> 00:29:26,932 if we hadn't been able to let go of the anger and the blame? 337 00:29:27,683 --> 00:29:29,643 Where does it end, worf? 338 00:29:29,851 --> 00:29:32,521 If that romulan dies, 339 00:29:33,146 --> 00:29:36,358 does his family carry the bitterness on another generation? 340 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,865 Then you believe I should. 341 00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:47,119 What I believe doesn't matter. 342 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:51,581 My starfleet training tells me one thing. 343 00:29:52,499 --> 00:29:54,459 But everything I am tells me another. 344 00:29:55,836 --> 00:29:57,629 Crusher: Lieutenant won', report to sickbay. 345 00:29:57,838 --> 00:29:59,673 Acknowledged. 346 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,740 Lieutenant, his life is coming to an end. 347 00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:27,993 I thought it important for you to see him again. 348 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,164 It's not too late to change your mind. 349 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:49,181 Come close to me, klingon. 350 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:53,310 Let me die with my hands at your throat. 351 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:58,690 There is a substance within my cells which you need to survive. 352 00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:05,697 Then you've come to hear me beg for my life? 353 00:31:14,498 --> 00:31:16,833 I would rather die 354 00:31:17,042 --> 00:31:21,463 than pollute my body with klingon filth. 355 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:38,438 I've lost almost all feeling in my legs. 356 00:31:39,356 --> 00:31:41,900 My synapses must be turning to jelly. 357 00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:43,527 The visor's fine. 358 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,612 I just can't see a thing. 359 00:31:45,821 --> 00:31:48,532 How do we locate the beacon? 360 00:31:57,666 --> 00:32:01,586 Do all humans give up so easily? 361 00:32:02,170 --> 00:32:04,131 Bochra, we're lost. 362 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:06,883 Unless you've got something that can smell neutrinos. 363 00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:12,764 We have the sensor device you are carrying. 364 00:32:12,973 --> 00:32:14,766 Tricorder? 365 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,477 It's not set up to detect neutrinos. 366 00:32:17,686 --> 00:32:20,689 Your eye device does. Connect them. 367 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:23,358 That's crazy, they don't speak the same language. 368 00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:26,695 Besides, I'd never be able to get an accurate sampling. 369 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,406 Wait a second. 370 00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:35,203 Wait, I wouldn't need an accurate sampling, just a pointer. 371 00:32:35,412 --> 00:32:37,956 A neutrino geiger counter. 372 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,502 No, it's still not possible. 373 00:32:43,086 --> 00:32:44,337 You cannot do it? 374 00:32:44,546 --> 00:32:48,842 Under normal circumstances, maybe. Here? No way. 375 00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:53,013 - — Why? - Because I can't see! 376 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:57,601 Adapting the neural output pods of the visor is tricky work. 377 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,270 It can't be done by touch. 378 00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:10,071 Then I will be your eyes. 379 00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:18,205 The storm is beginning to subside, captain. 380 00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:20,874 We should have a window in less than an hour. 381 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:24,377 There's still no indication that he's found the beacon, sir. 382 00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:26,588 - Assemble an away team. - Yes, sir. 383 00:33:26,796 --> 00:33:29,883 Captain, the romulan warship has crossed the neutral zone border. 384 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:33,345 It is in federation space and heading towards us. 385 00:33:33,762 --> 00:33:35,972 Belay that order, number one. 386 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:48,658 La forge: Make sure the scanner select limiter 387 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,111 matches the visor output range. 388 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,572 Boch ra: Not so fast. 389 00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:57,619 Now, place the neural output pods in contact 390 00:33:57,827 --> 00:34:00,455 with the tricorder scanner heads. 391 00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:05,210 - Ready. - Let her rip. 392 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:13,051 Bearing 350. 393 00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:19,849 We did it. The first federation-romulan co-venture. 394 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:23,520 The storm may be breaking. 395 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,064 With luck, there'll be an electromagnetic window opening up 396 00:34:26,273 --> 00:34:28,024 and we can get out of here. 397 00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:32,195 At which point, I'll be your prisoner. 398 00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:36,408 Can you walk? 399 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,702 I don't know. 400 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,121 Well, let's find out. 401 00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:44,165 Come on. 402 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:50,213 - Okay, let's go. - Straight ahead. 403 00:34:50,422 --> 00:34:51,965 Okay. 404 00:34:57,137 --> 00:34:58,805 To the right. 405 00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:02,851 Picard: Come. 406 00:35:04,894 --> 00:35:08,356 - You wished to see me, captain. - Yes, lieutenant. 407 00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:10,817 I assume you know what it's about. 408 00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:18,116 The romulan vessel will reach us within the hour. 409 00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:22,871 If our patient dies, 410 00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:26,708 it may be just the excuse the romulan commander needs 411 00:35:26,916 --> 00:35:29,419 to start an incident. 412 00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:35,383 The death of a romulan officer at the hands of the federation. 413 00:35:35,592 --> 00:35:37,844 - Think of it. - I have, captain. 414 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:42,390 So there is no question that the romulan officer 415 00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:46,061 is more valuable to us alive than dead. 416 00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:48,188 I understand. 417 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,817 Lieutenant, 418 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:59,658 sometimes the moral obligations of command 419 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:01,201 are less than clear. 420 00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:04,579 I have to weigh the good of the many 421 00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:06,748 against the needs of the individual 422 00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:11,044 and try to balance them as realistically as possible. 423 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,380 God knows I don't always succeed. 424 00:36:13,588 --> 00:36:15,674 I have not had cause to complain, captain. 425 00:36:17,384 --> 00:36:21,596 Lieutenant, you wouldn't complain even if you had cause. 426 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:27,602 If you order me to agree to the transfusion, 427 00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:29,729 I will obey, of course. 428 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:34,859 I don't want to order you. 429 00:36:35,318 --> 00:36:37,696 But I ask you, 430 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,074 I beg you 431 00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:43,535 to volunteer. 432 00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,578 Icannot 433 00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:58,007 Lieutenant. 434 00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:01,636 Sir. 435 00:37:03,346 --> 00:37:05,140 That will be all. 436 00:37:13,481 --> 00:37:16,401 - Picard to Dr. Crusher. - Crusher: Go ahead. 437 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:21,030 Do not continue to enlist the cooperation of lieutenant worf. 438 00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:23,908 I won't have to, captain. 439 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,536 The romulan has died. 440 00:37:44,679 --> 00:37:46,681 Boch ra: We've found it. 441 00:37:47,474 --> 00:37:49,517 La forge: Now, we have to alter its signal pattern 442 00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:51,811 so the enterprise knows we found it. 443 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:56,024 - Bochra: Will that be difficult? - No. Not with your help. 444 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,447 Scanners are showing a window, captain. 445 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:04,324 Picard: Expected duration? 446 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:06,493 Nine minutes, 40 seconds, sir. 447 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:09,078 No change in the neutrino beacon signal, sir. 448 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:12,916 Worf: Romulan ship approaching. Bearing 354, Mark 287. 449 00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:14,834 On-screen. 450 00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:20,632 Worf: Entering phaser range. 451 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,884 We are being hailed, sir. 452 00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:24,844 On viewer. 453 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:31,392 You have one chance to escape destruction, picard. 454 00:38:31,601 --> 00:38:34,938 Return my officer at once. 455 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:38,483 Commander, you have entered federation space despite my warning. 456 00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:41,444 You forced the situation! 457 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,447 I will not leave without him. 458 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:57,335 Then he is but the first to fall, picard. 459 00:38:59,212 --> 00:39:02,006 The romulan ship is routing power to its fonnard disruptor array. 460 00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:04,425 All shields to maximum. 461 00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:06,553 Aye, sir. 462 00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,638 Lock phasers on target. 463 00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:11,683 Worf: Phasers locked and ready. 464 00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:14,602 Captain, the signal pattern from the neutrino beacon is modulating. 465 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:16,396 It's geordi. 466 00:39:16,604 --> 00:39:18,284 We can't transport him with the shields up. 467 00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:20,984 If we lower our shields, the romulan will strike. 468 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:24,112 The electromagnetic window on the planet is closing, sir. 469 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,530 Three minutes remain. 470 00:39:25,738 --> 00:39:28,783 Transporter room, lock on to the neutrino beam and stand by. 471 00:39:28,992 --> 00:39:30,743 O'brien: Standing by, captain. 472 00:39:30,952 --> 00:39:33,246 The window is allowing intermittent sensor readings. 473 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:34,956 There are still numerous ghost images, 474 00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:38,418 but I believe we are picking up two life forms near the beacon. 475 00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:41,713 Another romulan? 476 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:43,256 Icannotsay. 477 00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:46,968 The electromagnetic interference prevents an accurate reading. 478 00:39:47,176 --> 00:39:49,554 But that's a likely hypothesis, number one. 479 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:53,099 If commander la forge has located a second survivor. 480 00:39:53,308 --> 00:39:55,059 Lieutenant, 481 00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:56,769 hail the romulan vessel. 482 00:39:56,978 --> 00:39:58,605 Aye, sir. 483 00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:01,900 They are ignoring our hail. 484 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:03,776 Repeat the hail. All channels. 485 00:40:03,985 --> 00:40:07,780 You see, they have no way of knowing how accurate oui' sensors are. 486 00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:11,576 Put on your best poker face, number one. 487 00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:13,995 Open a frequency. 488 00:40:14,287 --> 00:40:16,372 Commander tomalak. 489 00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:20,627 It would appear our away team has located a second man 490 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:23,296 from your one-man ship. 491 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:26,341 We're preparing to beam them to the enterprise 492 00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:29,886 after which, of course, we will return the survivor to you. 493 00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:33,181 No acknowledgment, sir. 494 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:38,144 Commander, both our ships are ready to fight. 495 00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,857 We have two extremely powerful 496 00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:46,694 and destructive arsenals at our command. 497 00:40:46,903 --> 00:40:50,323 Our next actions will have serious repercussions. 498 00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:53,618 We have good reason to mistrust one another, 499 00:40:53,826 --> 00:40:57,997 but we have even better reason to set those differences aside. 500 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,458 Now, of course, the question is, 501 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:03,002 who will take the initiative? 502 00:41:04,504 --> 00:41:09,008 Who will make the first gesture of trust? 503 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:16,975 The answer is, I will. 504 00:41:17,183 --> 00:41:19,268 I must lower our shields 505 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:23,189 to beam those men up from the planet surface. 506 00:41:28,569 --> 00:41:30,905 Once the shields are down, 507 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,950 you will, of course, have the opportunity to fire on us. 508 00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:35,284 If you do, 509 00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:38,746 you will destroy not only the enterprise and its crew, 510 00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:43,793 but the cease-fire that the romulans and the federation now enjoy. 511 00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:48,423 Lieutenant, 512 00:41:48,631 --> 00:41:50,717 lower the shields. 513 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,302 Leave the hailing frequency open. 514 00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:56,806 Yes, sir. 515 00:41:57,432 --> 00:41:59,267 Shields down. 516 00:42:00,143 --> 00:42:02,228 Picard: Mr. O'brien, transport commander la forge 517 00:42:02,437 --> 00:42:03,957 and the romulan directly to the bridge. 518 00:42:04,147 --> 00:42:06,357 O'brien: Aye, sir. Energizing. 519 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,282 Security team to the bridge. 520 00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:16,492 Belay that order, lieutenant. Shields up. 521 00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:23,583 No one is gonna harm you. 522 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:26,627 You have my word on that. 523 00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:32,175 Well, commander? 524 00:42:34,844 --> 00:42:37,805 If he has been in any way mistreated... 525 00:42:41,976 --> 00:42:45,396 I've given them no information, commander. 526 00:42:45,730 --> 00:42:48,399 But I have not been mistreated. 527 00:42:49,150 --> 00:42:51,027 In fact, 528 00:42:52,028 --> 00:42:55,364 this human saved my life. 529 00:42:55,573 --> 00:42:56,616 Picard: Tomalak. 530 00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:00,328 How is it possible that you didn't know 531 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:03,790 of the second romulan on galorndon core? 532 00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:07,668 A simple misunderstanding, captain picard. 533 00:43:07,877 --> 00:43:12,340 I was obviously misinformed as to the size of the craft. 534 00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:15,301 I assure you, I intended no deception. 535 00:43:15,510 --> 00:43:17,303 Of course not. 536 00:43:18,012 --> 00:43:20,014 You doubt my good faith? 537 00:43:20,848 --> 00:43:22,892 Let's just say my faith would be strengthened 538 00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:24,685 by a gesture from you, 539 00:43:24,894 --> 00:43:27,688 such as powering down your disruptors. 540 00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:33,361 Disruptors powering down. 541 00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:37,573 Thank you. Cancel red alert, lieutenant. 542 00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:40,576 Commander, we shall return your officer 543 00:43:40,785 --> 00:43:42,703 and escort your ship to the neutral zone. 544 00:43:42,912 --> 00:43:45,248 That is acceptable. 545 00:43:48,167 --> 00:43:49,647 It's good to have you back, commander. 546 00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:52,296 It's good to be back, sir. 547 00:43:52,505 --> 00:43:56,050 Actually, I have centurion bochra to thank for it. 548 00:43:57,426 --> 00:43:58,553 Indeed. 549 00:44:03,224 --> 00:44:04,851 Commander la forge 550 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:07,353 and lieutenant worf, 551 00:44:07,562 --> 00:44:10,398 escort our guest to transporter room 1. 552 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:12,650 Yes, sir. 553 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,527 Come on. 554 00:44:18,197 --> 00:44:19,365 Riker: Close call. 555 00:44:19,574 --> 00:44:21,659 Too close, number one. 556 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:25,496 Brinkmanship is a dangerous game.