1 00:00:02,574 --> 00:00:06,245 Captain's log, stardate 41263.1. 2 00:00:06,286 --> 00:00:08,872 We have rendezvoused with the USS Fearless 3 00:00:08,956 --> 00:00:12,251 from which a Starfleet propulsion expert and his assistant 4 00:00:12,334 --> 00:00:14,503 are beaming over to conduct tests 5 00:00:14,586 --> 00:00:17,047 on the Enterprise's warp drive engines. 6 00:00:17,172 --> 00:00:19,216 They have completed similar adjustments 7 00:00:19,258 --> 00:00:21,844 on two other Starfleet vessels. 8 00:00:22,344 --> 00:00:24,221 I don't understand your concern, Number One. 9 00:00:24,263 --> 00:00:26,974 They're not authorized to make any alterations in our engines. 10 00:00:27,057 --> 00:00:29,893 According to Starfleet's report, they will simply run tests 11 00:00:29,935 --> 00:00:31,854 on different ways of entering warp speed 12 00:00:31,937 --> 00:00:33,480 and different intermix formulas. 13 00:00:33,522 --> 00:00:36,608 - Where's the harm in that? - It's the specs Kosinski sent us. 14 00:00:36,733 --> 00:00:39,736 - In my opinion, sir, they're gibberish. - Gibberish? 15 00:00:39,945 --> 00:00:42,114 Mr. Data, would you explain? 16 00:00:42,322 --> 00:00:44,491 Sir, we put Mr. Kosinski's specs into the computer 17 00:00:44,616 --> 00:00:46,410 and ran a controlled test on them. 18 00:00:46,535 --> 00:00:48,662 There was no improvement in engine performance. 19 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:50,998 Then how do you explain Starfleet's report 20 00:00:51,081 --> 00:00:54,501 that the same tests on the USS Ajax, and on the Fearless over there, 21 00:00:54,585 --> 00:00:57,087 resulted in a measurable increase in propulsion? 22 00:00:57,296 --> 00:00:59,673 Our engines are new, sir. Top condition. 23 00:00:59,882 --> 00:01:01,383 The tests on those older ships 24 00:01:01,456 --> 00:01:03,550 may have simply been to straighten out some inefficiency. 25 00:01:03,635 --> 00:01:05,456 Bridge from transporter chief. 26 00:01:05,527 --> 00:01:08,599 Two from USS Fearless are ready to beam over. 27 00:01:09,766 --> 00:01:12,019 Stand by for Mr. Riker, chief. He's on his way. 28 00:01:12,144 --> 00:01:13,437 Aye, sir. 29 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,814 Since you're concerned about these tests. 30 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:17,483 Yes, sir. 31 00:01:18,525 --> 00:01:21,028 Captain, if I may, 32 00:01:21,278 --> 00:01:23,739 I'll ask Counselor Troi to look these visitors over. 33 00:01:24,156 --> 00:01:25,657 Very good. 34 00:01:48,180 --> 00:01:50,140 Welcome aboard, Mr. Kosinski. 35 00:01:50,349 --> 00:01:52,392 I'm the first officer, Commander William Riker. 36 00:01:52,518 --> 00:01:54,937 - And this is-- - Where is the captain, please? 37 00:01:55,562 --> 00:01:57,564 He's engaged in other duties, sir. 38 00:01:57,648 --> 00:02:00,651 A ship's engines should be the concern of a ship's captain. 39 00:02:00,817 --> 00:02:02,903 They are, sir. Which is why they have made 40 00:02:02,986 --> 00:02:04,780 their first officer directly responsible 41 00:02:04,863 --> 00:02:06,907 for an engine's conditions and performance. 42 00:02:06,990 --> 00:02:09,201 Guided, of course, by one of our chief engineers. 43 00:02:09,409 --> 00:02:11,370 Lieutenant Commander Argyle, in this case. 44 00:02:11,453 --> 00:02:14,915 A pleasure to meet you, sir. I appreciated receiving the specs. 45 00:02:14,998 --> 00:02:17,167 To which you have no end of questions. 46 00:02:17,543 --> 00:02:19,044 Aye, I have. 47 00:02:19,336 --> 00:02:23,048 - And you, sir, are listed as-- - As Mr. Kosinski's assistant. 48 00:02:23,173 --> 00:02:26,385 Uh, my actual name is unpronounceable by humans. 49 00:02:26,593 --> 00:02:29,846 You're from Tau Alpha C. That's very distant. 50 00:02:29,972 --> 00:02:33,976 All approved and described in the Starfleet communications. 51 00:02:34,268 --> 00:02:37,229 Now, I would like to set up in the engine room immediately. 52 00:02:37,729 --> 00:02:40,274 I'll have our chief engineer show you to his engine room. 53 00:02:40,857 --> 00:02:44,653 No need. I know my way around starships. 54 00:02:47,364 --> 00:02:50,200 One thing that Kosinski isn't hiding? His bad disposition. 55 00:02:50,325 --> 00:02:51,493 Agreed. 56 00:02:51,577 --> 00:02:54,580 Also, he's arrogant, overbearing, self-important 57 00:02:54,663 --> 00:02:57,958 and very sure of himself and his ability. 58 00:02:58,083 --> 00:03:01,878 - And the other one, his assistant? - He's the puzzle. 59 00:03:02,254 --> 00:03:05,382 With most life forms, I can usually feel something. 60 00:03:05,507 --> 00:03:07,718 I may not be able to understand or interpret it 61 00:03:07,843 --> 00:03:11,513 but I feel something, if only a presence. 62 00:03:11,847 --> 00:03:16,018 With him, nothing. Empty space. 63 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:18,687 It's as though he isn't even here. 64 00:03:19,396 --> 00:03:21,523 Something about this concerns me. 65 00:03:21,732 --> 00:03:25,110 I don't know what. I can point to no reason, yet. 66 00:03:25,444 --> 00:03:27,988 But stay concerned, please. 67 00:03:28,697 --> 00:03:32,117 The safety of the Enterprise may be entrusted to these two. 68 00:03:54,264 --> 00:03:57,934 Space, the final frontier. 69 00:03:58,935 --> 00:04:02,689 These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. 70 00:04:03,023 --> 00:04:07,778 Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, 71 00:04:08,862 --> 00:04:12,658 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 72 00:04:13,367 --> 00:04:17,537 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 73 00:05:35,073 --> 00:05:39,244 Inform the Bridge I shall begin my first test in precisely 15 minutes. 74 00:05:39,369 --> 00:05:42,164 - Why is this child here? - He's working on a school project. 75 00:05:42,289 --> 00:05:44,166 Before you begin, there are some questions. 76 00:05:44,249 --> 00:05:45,751 First, tell us how you arrived-- 77 00:05:45,876 --> 00:05:49,963 In order to save myself time, let me ask those questions for you. 78 00:05:50,255 --> 00:05:53,008 You received the information which Starfleet provided, 79 00:05:53,091 --> 00:05:56,261 you fed it into your computer as precisely as humanly possible, 80 00:05:56,344 --> 00:05:58,263 then you did a controlled test. 81 00:05:58,388 --> 00:06:01,933 And then, to your astonishment, nothing happened. 82 00:06:02,058 --> 00:06:08,356 So you said, "What's going on? This doesn't work. Kosinski is a fraud." 83 00:06:08,523 --> 00:06:12,319 You see, I have had this conversation on other Starfleet vessels before. 84 00:06:12,402 --> 00:06:14,279 They didn't understand it, why should you? 85 00:06:14,362 --> 00:06:16,990 Hmm. Surely you're not saying it's unexplainable. 86 00:06:17,073 --> 00:06:20,869 I'm saying I'm not a teacher. Nor do I wish to become one. 87 00:06:21,077 --> 00:06:23,997 I have neither the inclination, nor the time. 88 00:06:25,582 --> 00:06:27,959 You have all the time you need. 89 00:06:28,585 --> 00:06:30,212 I don't think you understand. 90 00:06:30,295 --> 00:06:32,798 This has already been approved by Starfleet Command. 91 00:06:32,923 --> 00:06:35,884 But it hasn't been approved by the chief engineer or by me. 92 00:06:36,843 --> 00:06:40,472 - I didn't know that was necessary. - Now you do. 93 00:06:42,057 --> 00:06:44,726 Perhaps I should speak to Captain Picard. 94 00:06:44,810 --> 00:06:47,395 If you like. It won't change anything. 95 00:06:49,439 --> 00:06:53,485 - How basic shall I be? - I'll leave that to you. 96 00:06:58,490 --> 00:07:00,867 Would you get on the auxiliary panel, please? 97 00:07:01,034 --> 00:07:04,955 In order to save time, my assistant is going to lay in my base formulas 98 00:07:05,038 --> 00:07:08,542 more rapidly than any human being possibly could, even myself. 99 00:07:08,625 --> 00:07:12,337 So here then, in the simplest possible terms, is what I do. 100 00:07:12,462 --> 00:07:15,298 Now, this warp drive system has been tuned 101 00:07:15,382 --> 00:07:19,553 only in the grossest possible sense, at least, according to my standards. 102 00:07:19,636 --> 00:07:22,472 What I do is specific. Thank you. 103 00:07:22,556 --> 00:07:24,140 Now, how to say... 104 00:07:24,224 --> 00:07:28,395 Well, sufficient to say for now that these symbols and their relation... 105 00:07:28,478 --> 00:07:31,523 Something troubles you in the way this is configured? 106 00:07:32,357 --> 00:07:35,735 However, those of you who are sufficient in... 107 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,156 How about it now? 108 00:07:42,701 --> 00:07:44,160 Yes. 109 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,747 But shouldn't these be connected? 110 00:07:48,415 --> 00:07:49,875 Here? 111 00:07:51,376 --> 00:07:53,545 And here. 112 00:08:00,176 --> 00:08:03,054 Now will it do what Kosinski says it will? 113 00:08:03,346 --> 00:08:05,307 It has a chance. 114 00:08:07,058 --> 00:08:10,478 It might work better this way. 115 00:08:13,398 --> 00:08:14,900 Yes. 116 00:08:17,694 --> 00:08:20,322 View with me this screen as we consider the following. 117 00:08:20,405 --> 00:08:24,284 Now, is this merely mechanics or is it nature 118 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:26,036 that we deal with in all of this? 119 00:08:26,161 --> 00:08:30,373 And what else than nature are the elementals of space and time? 120 00:08:30,498 --> 00:08:33,710 You are trained in the system, you are-- You go in a straight line. 121 00:08:33,793 --> 00:08:36,171 Confident, yes, perhaps even innovative 122 00:08:36,296 --> 00:08:38,006 in a minimalist sort of way, 123 00:08:38,131 --> 00:08:41,301 but what I do here is not the end of the process. 124 00:08:41,426 --> 00:08:42,928 It is the beginning. 125 00:08:43,053 --> 00:08:46,097 So, what do I do? Go back to the Fearless, 126 00:08:46,181 --> 00:08:49,643 which I left with a more efficient warp drive system than I found? 127 00:08:49,726 --> 00:08:53,438 Or do you cast off your ignorance and allow me to continue? 128 00:08:54,814 --> 00:08:57,317 Can anything he's proposing damage our system? 129 00:08:57,465 --> 00:09:00,111 - How could it? It's meaningless. - Then we should let him try it. 130 00:09:00,236 --> 00:09:01,821 What do you mean, let him try it? 131 00:09:01,947 --> 00:09:05,325 Don't talk about me in the third person as if I'm not standing right here. 132 00:09:05,408 --> 00:09:07,118 Yes, we might as well let him try it. 133 00:09:07,202 --> 00:09:08,620 "We might as well let him try it." 134 00:09:08,703 --> 00:09:13,500 You are too generous. Boy. Boy. Don't play with that. 135 00:09:22,634 --> 00:09:25,261 Captain, Main Engineering is ready to proceed. 136 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,807 Engineering, this is the Bridge. It's your call. 137 00:09:29,557 --> 00:09:32,602 Do this one just like the last time. Nothing changes. 138 00:09:32,852 --> 00:09:37,440 Commander, I'll make my preliminary adjustments at warp 1.5 139 00:09:37,524 --> 00:09:40,860 and complete them as we achieve warp 4. 140 00:09:41,069 --> 00:09:43,989 Engineering to Bridge, did you copy that? 141 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,533 Affirmative, Number One. 142 00:09:47,075 --> 00:09:49,869 - You ready? - We are. 143 00:09:50,078 --> 00:09:52,247 La Forge, set in warp 1.5. 144 00:09:52,372 --> 00:09:55,667 Warp 1.5, sir. 145 00:09:56,001 --> 00:09:57,377 Engage. 146 00:10:00,797 --> 00:10:03,842 All right, here we go. 147 00:10:34,998 --> 00:10:36,291 What are you doing? 148 00:11:09,574 --> 00:11:11,993 Captain, we're passing warp 10. 149 00:11:31,805 --> 00:11:35,100 - What is our velocity? - It's off the scale, sir. 150 00:11:37,310 --> 00:11:38,561 Reverse engines. 151 00:11:38,728 --> 00:11:42,982 Captain, no one has ever reversed engines at this velocity. 152 00:11:43,108 --> 00:11:46,152 Because no one has gone this fast. Reverse engines. 153 00:11:54,327 --> 00:11:57,247 - All stop. - Reading all stop, sir. 154 00:12:04,671 --> 00:12:07,549 - Position? - Calculating it, sir. 155 00:12:07,924 --> 00:12:10,093 Data, what do you read over there? 156 00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:15,181 - A malfunction, I trust. - Position, Mr. La Forge? 157 00:12:15,306 --> 00:12:17,600 Well, sir, according to these calculations 158 00:12:17,725 --> 00:12:21,104 we've not only left our own galaxy but passed through two others, 159 00:12:21,187 --> 00:12:23,690 ending up on the far side of Triangulum. 160 00:12:23,898 --> 00:12:28,736 - The galaxy known as M33. - That's not possible. 161 00:12:30,071 --> 00:12:32,073 Data, what distance have we traveled? 162 00:12:32,157 --> 00:12:34,909 Two million, 700,000 light years, sir. 163 00:12:35,785 --> 00:12:37,829 I can't accept that. 164 00:12:37,996 --> 00:12:39,497 You must, sir. 165 00:12:39,581 --> 00:12:42,500 Our comparisons show it to be completely accurate. 166 00:12:42,876 --> 00:12:45,295 And I calculate that at maximum warp, sir, 167 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:47,714 it would take over 168 00:12:48,756 --> 00:12:52,468 300 years to get home. 169 00:13:01,019 --> 00:13:05,690 Captain's log, stardate 41263.2. 170 00:13:05,773 --> 00:13:11,779 This will be a rather unusual log entry, assuming Starfleet ever receives it. 171 00:13:12,071 --> 00:13:15,617 As I've already informed my crew, a phenomenal surge of power 172 00:13:15,742 --> 00:13:18,536 during a warp speed experiment has sent our starship 173 00:13:18,661 --> 00:13:21,456 hurtling out of our own galaxy and past another, 174 00:13:21,581 --> 00:13:25,585 taking us over 2,700,000 light years 175 00:13:26,002 --> 00:13:27,378 in a few minutes. 176 00:13:27,503 --> 00:13:30,340 The message on this has already been transmitted to Starfleet, sir. 177 00:13:30,423 --> 00:13:31,799 Which traveling subspace, 178 00:13:31,883 --> 00:13:35,428 they should receive in 51 years, 10 months, 9 weeks, 16 days-- 179 00:13:35,511 --> 00:13:38,348 - Mr. Data. - Sir? 180 00:13:43,269 --> 00:13:45,271 Captain Picard, I presume. 181 00:13:45,355 --> 00:13:47,106 We're still trying to determine what happened. 182 00:13:47,190 --> 00:13:49,108 The truth is, captain, I made a mistake. 183 00:13:49,192 --> 00:13:53,238 - A wonderful, incredible mistake. - Just explain what brought us here. 184 00:13:53,363 --> 00:13:57,158 As the power grew, I applied the energy asymptomatically. 185 00:13:57,242 --> 00:13:59,577 I anticipated some tiling but it didn't occur. 186 00:13:59,702 --> 00:14:01,037 Now, that was my error, 187 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,581 using the Bessel functions at the beginning. 188 00:14:03,748 --> 00:14:05,458 What is he saying, Number One? 189 00:14:05,625 --> 00:14:08,002 To tell the truth, sir, it sounds like nonsense to me. 190 00:14:08,127 --> 00:14:11,297 - But considering-- - Considering 191 00:14:12,173 --> 00:14:15,969 where we are, you must assume it isn't. 192 00:14:18,096 --> 00:14:20,181 Can I do something to help? 193 00:14:22,934 --> 00:14:26,604 - I can call my mother. She's a doctor. - No, there's nothing she can do. 194 00:14:26,771 --> 00:14:30,566 I need to rest. I've been away too long. 195 00:14:30,984 --> 00:14:34,696 What happened to you? Is it part of what happened to the ship? 196 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:39,951 Please believe me, I mean no harm to this vessel or those in it. 197 00:14:42,412 --> 00:14:45,123 Is Mr. Kosinski like he sounds? 198 00:14:45,331 --> 00:14:48,876 - A joke? - Heh, no, that's too cruel. 199 00:14:49,127 --> 00:14:52,255 He has sensed some small part of this. 200 00:14:54,424 --> 00:14:58,177 That space and time and thought 201 00:14:58,428 --> 00:15:01,931 aren't the separate things they appear to be? 202 00:15:03,808 --> 00:15:06,978 I thought the formula you were using said something like that. 203 00:15:07,145 --> 00:15:09,105 Boy, don't ever say that again. 204 00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:12,817 Especially not at your age, in a world that's not ready for such... 205 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,238 Such dangerous nonsense. 206 00:15:17,530 --> 00:15:20,575 I've always suspected that this rate of speed was possible, 207 00:15:20,658 --> 00:15:23,161 of course, but at this level, ha, ha, 208 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:25,079 no, never. 209 00:15:25,330 --> 00:15:28,791 We're going to need new definitions, new parameters. 210 00:15:28,875 --> 00:15:31,961 Perhaps you could call it the Kosinski Scale. 211 00:15:32,670 --> 00:15:35,548 Why not? Yes, of course. 212 00:15:35,673 --> 00:15:37,175 Since I'm the one who has 213 00:15:37,258 --> 00:15:39,886 made the so-called warp barrier meaningless. 214 00:15:40,345 --> 00:15:43,765 And, captain, this must be a special thrill for you. 215 00:15:43,848 --> 00:15:46,851 - Thrill? - Mm-hm. As an explorer. 216 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:48,811 In three centuries of space travel, 217 00:15:48,936 --> 00:15:51,522 we've charted just 11 percent of our galaxy. 218 00:15:51,660 --> 00:15:54,942 And then we accomplished this. 219 00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:58,237 Yes, but isn't the real point, 220 00:15:58,529 --> 00:16:00,406 can you do it again? 221 00:16:00,782 --> 00:16:02,450 Can you get us home? 222 00:16:03,159 --> 00:16:05,495 Well, of course, I can. 223 00:16:05,995 --> 00:16:09,248 I'll just do what I did before. 224 00:16:12,293 --> 00:16:13,461 Coming, Riker? 225 00:16:13,628 --> 00:16:15,922 Commander Riker will join you in a moment. 226 00:16:25,598 --> 00:16:27,975 Comment is invited. Counselor? 227 00:16:29,602 --> 00:16:33,439 He's convinced he's right. I've no doubt of that. 228 00:16:33,773 --> 00:16:36,442 Captain, can you allow a man who has made one mistake 229 00:16:36,651 --> 00:16:39,028 back into a position where he may make another? 230 00:16:39,112 --> 00:16:41,489 Captain, what are our options really? 231 00:16:41,572 --> 00:16:43,908 I mean, if this guy can't get us back, who will? 232 00:16:43,991 --> 00:16:46,244 Captain, we're here. 233 00:16:46,327 --> 00:16:49,330 Why not avail ourselves of this opportunity for study? 234 00:16:49,455 --> 00:16:52,583 There is a giant protostar here in the process of forming. 235 00:16:52,792 --> 00:16:55,878 No other vessel has been out this far. 236 00:16:56,337 --> 00:16:58,631 Spoken like a true Starfleet graduate. 237 00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:04,178 - It is tempting, eh, Number One? - Aye, sir, it is. 238 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,557 But as they say, sir, you're the captain. 239 00:17:07,974 --> 00:17:10,226 I know that if Kosinski can get us home, 240 00:17:10,393 --> 00:17:14,397 Starfleet can use his technique to bring back a pure science vessel, 241 00:17:14,522 --> 00:17:16,232 do even more. 242 00:17:18,901 --> 00:17:21,362 Number One, tell Kosinski to prepare to get us out of here. 243 00:17:21,446 --> 00:17:22,822 Aye, sir. 244 00:17:25,825 --> 00:17:29,162 Do you realize how many great advancements of mankind 245 00:17:29,287 --> 00:17:31,330 have been tied to speed? 246 00:17:31,414 --> 00:17:35,126 This is a moment in history. Right here, right now. 247 00:17:35,251 --> 00:17:39,088 And your names will be forever linked with mine. 248 00:17:43,759 --> 00:17:45,928 Excuse me, Commander Riker. 249 00:17:46,596 --> 00:17:48,681 I don't think he did this. 250 00:17:49,307 --> 00:17:50,892 - I think that it was-- - Not now, Wes. 251 00:17:50,954 --> 00:17:52,477 Standing by, Number One. 252 00:17:52,602 --> 00:17:55,229 Sir, when all this happened, I was watching his assistant-- 253 00:17:55,313 --> 00:17:56,939 I'm sure this is fascinating, Wesley, 254 00:17:57,023 --> 00:18:00,610 and I am looking forward to hearing all about it, but not right now. 255 00:18:03,529 --> 00:18:04,864 Aye, sir? 256 00:18:05,656 --> 00:18:07,158 Come on. 257 00:18:07,450 --> 00:18:09,202 He's too tired. 258 00:18:09,577 --> 00:18:11,662 - Why don't you do it by yourself? - Yes. 259 00:18:11,746 --> 00:18:13,539 - Why not? - No. 260 00:18:13,748 --> 00:18:17,084 - I will help. - As you wish. 261 00:18:20,287 --> 00:18:23,049 I've laid in the reciprocal course back, captain. 262 00:18:30,223 --> 00:18:32,642 Tell the captain I am ready, first officer. 263 00:18:32,850 --> 00:18:34,644 We're ready for you to engage, captain. 264 00:18:34,769 --> 00:18:40,233 - As before, begin at warp 1.5. - Warp 1.5, sir. 265 00:18:57,875 --> 00:18:59,794 This isn't working. 266 00:19:46,382 --> 00:19:47,758 All stop. 267 00:19:48,134 --> 00:19:50,636 Answering all stop, captain. 268 00:19:53,556 --> 00:19:55,391 According to the instruments, sir, 269 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,311 our speed never exceeded warp 1.5. 270 00:19:59,353 --> 00:20:01,105 All stopped, sir. 271 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:03,441 Yes. 272 00:20:04,066 --> 00:20:06,360 But where is this place? 273 00:20:11,073 --> 00:20:13,159 Where none have gone before. 274 00:20:30,176 --> 00:20:35,056 Captain's log, stardate 41263.3. 275 00:20:35,181 --> 00:20:37,767 Instead of returning to our own galaxy, 276 00:20:37,850 --> 00:20:41,395 the Enterprise has gone forward to a place in the universe 277 00:20:41,479 --> 00:20:44,190 which is uncharted and unknown. 278 00:20:44,273 --> 00:20:50,071 Our present position puts us at over a billion light years from our galaxy. 279 00:20:50,488 --> 00:20:52,323 Data, you have the helm. 280 00:20:52,907 --> 00:20:54,784 I'll be in Engineering. 281 00:21:10,591 --> 00:21:13,928 - What is it? - A Klingon targ. 282 00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:17,390 My pet. 283 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:20,351 From home. 284 00:21:27,149 --> 00:21:29,193 But when I was a child. 285 00:21:29,944 --> 00:21:32,071 You're telling me it's a kitty cat? 286 00:21:33,698 --> 00:21:35,157 Yes. 287 00:21:36,534 --> 00:21:38,869 I suppose you could call it that. 288 00:22:21,662 --> 00:22:23,414 You, darling. 289 00:22:24,206 --> 00:22:26,125 What are you doing here? 290 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,261 Now run. This place isn't safe at all. 291 00:22:44,769 --> 00:22:46,854 Tasha, what's wrong? You look scared to death. 292 00:22:46,979 --> 00:22:48,773 I was... 293 00:22:52,693 --> 00:22:56,697 This is crazy. I was at the colony where I grew up. 294 00:22:56,989 --> 00:23:00,576 - Being chased by a rape gang. - Are you all right? 295 00:23:01,994 --> 00:23:04,288 - Mm-hm. - Well, you're safe now. 296 00:23:40,366 --> 00:23:42,910 Captain, captain. We need your help. 297 00:23:42,993 --> 00:23:45,871 - What's wrong? - Don't you see what's following us? 298 00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:06,350 Ensign, what are you doing? 299 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,622 You look tense, Jean-Luc. 300 00:24:28,873 --> 00:24:31,625 Come and have a cup of tea. 301 00:24:33,669 --> 00:24:37,381 - Mama. - I'll make it good and strong. 302 00:24:37,965 --> 00:24:39,592 The way you like it. 303 00:24:39,967 --> 00:24:41,468 Mama? 304 00:24:43,095 --> 00:24:46,849 We'll have a nice long talk. 305 00:24:47,558 --> 00:24:49,393 This can't be. 306 00:24:49,602 --> 00:24:51,770 - You've been-- - Dead? 307 00:24:51,896 --> 00:24:56,734 But I'm always with you. You know that. 308 00:24:58,694 --> 00:25:00,112 Yes. 309 00:25:00,863 --> 00:25:02,740 I felt that. 310 00:25:03,324 --> 00:25:07,745 - But why now? Suddenly? - You mean out here? 311 00:25:08,537 --> 00:25:13,417 At what you say is the end of the universe? 312 00:25:13,792 --> 00:25:18,505 Or do you see this as the beginning of it? 313 00:25:18,797 --> 00:25:21,091 We believe it the outer rim. 314 00:25:23,135 --> 00:25:25,971 Mama, do you understand these things? 315 00:25:26,096 --> 00:25:30,935 Can you tell me where my ship is? What is this place? 316 00:25:33,604 --> 00:25:35,147 Captain? 317 00:25:35,356 --> 00:25:38,150 - You were reported headed for-- - Just a moment, Number One. 318 00:26:07,805 --> 00:26:09,640 Can I help you, sir? 319 00:26:12,393 --> 00:26:13,852 No. 320 00:26:16,730 --> 00:26:19,108 No, let's help all of us. 321 00:26:22,611 --> 00:26:24,405 General quarters, red alert. 322 00:26:30,703 --> 00:26:33,330 What is it, captain? Why are we at general quarters? 323 00:26:33,622 --> 00:26:36,875 I had to get everyone's attention. This seemed to be the quickest way. 324 00:26:37,126 --> 00:26:40,546 This is the captain. This is not a drill. 325 00:26:41,380 --> 00:26:44,133 It seems that in this place, 326 00:26:44,341 --> 00:26:46,510 the world of the physical universe 327 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,973 and the world of ideas is somehow intermixed. 328 00:26:51,098 --> 00:26:54,810 What we think also becomes a reality. 329 00:26:55,060 --> 00:26:56,854 We must, therefore, 330 00:26:56,979 --> 00:27:00,566 I repeat, must begin controlling our thoughts. 331 00:27:00,774 --> 00:27:04,319 We will give you more on this as our understanding increases. 332 00:27:04,445 --> 00:27:08,657 The Enterprise will stay at full alert until the crisis is over. 333 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,745 - What did you do? - It wasn't him, it never was. 334 00:27:12,870 --> 00:27:15,080 - It was his assistant. - What are you talking about? 335 00:27:15,164 --> 00:27:17,166 Kosinski wasn't the one controlling the warp experiment. 336 00:27:17,291 --> 00:27:18,417 It was me. 337 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:20,586 The equations he punched in were nonsense. 338 00:27:20,669 --> 00:27:24,423 - Just as we thought. - I honestly thought it was me. 339 00:27:24,506 --> 00:27:26,300 I thought somehow... 340 00:27:26,717 --> 00:27:29,470 Somehow, I was operating on his level. 341 00:27:29,595 --> 00:27:31,472 It was also my fault, captain. 342 00:27:31,555 --> 00:27:33,974 I should have realized it wasn't Kosinski. 343 00:27:34,266 --> 00:27:37,478 How could you? How could any of us? 344 00:27:38,395 --> 00:27:40,105 Wesley did. 345 00:27:42,608 --> 00:27:44,818 If you knew something, why didn't you say so? 346 00:27:45,736 --> 00:27:49,073 He tried, twice. I didn't listen. 347 00:27:50,282 --> 00:27:53,911 - He's unconscious. Why? - I'm not certain yet. 348 00:27:54,995 --> 00:27:56,663 He phased, sir. 349 00:27:57,456 --> 00:27:58,749 What does that mean? 350 00:27:59,291 --> 00:28:02,377 Parts of him disappeared and then came back. 351 00:28:02,503 --> 00:28:05,214 Nobody else was paying attention to him the first time. 352 00:28:05,339 --> 00:28:07,466 When we saw it this time, he seemed to be struggling. 353 00:28:07,549 --> 00:28:08,801 Fighting it. 354 00:28:09,134 --> 00:28:11,637 - He's dying. - He mustn't. 355 00:28:11,845 --> 00:28:13,847 He's the only one who can get us back. 356 00:28:13,931 --> 00:28:17,101 Realistically, that doesn't seem possible. 357 00:28:23,524 --> 00:28:25,442 Captain's log, supplemental. 358 00:28:25,526 --> 00:28:27,653 Our position is unknown 359 00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:32,199 and our only chance of returning to the known universe is a dying alien 360 00:28:32,324 --> 00:28:34,034 who is generally humanoid 361 00:28:34,118 --> 00:28:36,829 but with a physiology sufficiently different from our own 362 00:28:36,954 --> 00:28:40,165 to create medical problems in caring for him. 363 00:28:41,416 --> 00:28:42,793 Cause? 364 00:28:43,043 --> 00:28:44,545 I don't know. 365 00:28:44,670 --> 00:28:47,673 My equipment doesn't register his kind of life signs. 366 00:28:47,881 --> 00:28:50,592 I would have to guess exhaustion, fatigue. 367 00:28:51,093 --> 00:28:53,011 Is he gonna be all right? 368 00:28:53,178 --> 00:28:54,680 What is the boy doing here? 369 00:28:54,805 --> 00:28:57,266 Mom, he's my friend. 370 00:28:57,349 --> 00:28:59,268 You may want him here before we're done. 371 00:28:59,351 --> 00:29:02,813 He seems to have developed some sort of special attachment to the boy. 372 00:29:02,896 --> 00:29:04,857 My name is Wesley, Commander Riker. 373 00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:06,316 He knows. 374 00:29:06,984 --> 00:29:08,443 We all know. 375 00:29:10,195 --> 00:29:13,365 - Will he live? - I'm not sure. 376 00:29:14,074 --> 00:29:15,242 Wake him. 377 00:29:15,325 --> 00:29:17,369 I recommend we let him come around in his own time. 378 00:29:17,452 --> 00:29:19,163 I don't have that luxury. Wake him. 379 00:29:19,246 --> 00:29:22,374 He could die and with him any chance we have. 380 00:29:22,499 --> 00:29:25,210 Doctor, Wes, 381 00:29:25,752 --> 00:29:28,005 we all have other friends on board this ship. 382 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,506 If we stay here much longer, 383 00:29:29,631 --> 00:29:32,843 we may lose the ability to distinguish between thought and reality. 384 00:29:32,968 --> 00:29:36,138 Now, regardless of the risk, wake him, now. 385 00:30:00,746 --> 00:30:03,999 Do you recognize me? I'm the captain and I need answers. 386 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:09,087 I'll do my best to provide. 387 00:30:09,755 --> 00:30:12,257 Who are you? Or what? 388 00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:15,969 I am a traveler. 389 00:30:16,220 --> 00:30:17,804 Traveler? 390 00:30:18,263 --> 00:30:20,140 What is your destination? 391 00:30:20,432 --> 00:30:22,100 Destination? 392 00:30:22,226 --> 00:30:23,393 Yes. 393 00:30:23,477 --> 00:30:26,688 - What place are you trying to reach? - Ah, place, no. 394 00:30:26,813 --> 00:30:29,942 There is no specific place I wish to go. 395 00:30:30,275 --> 00:30:32,444 Then what is the purpose of your journey? 396 00:30:32,819 --> 00:30:34,238 Curiosity. 397 00:30:34,363 --> 00:30:37,950 - That's not an answer. - I have certain abilities. 398 00:30:38,325 --> 00:30:40,786 They give me a knowledge of propulsion. 399 00:30:40,869 --> 00:30:44,456 I've been trading this for passage on Starfleet vessels. 400 00:30:44,539 --> 00:30:46,959 And allowing Kosinski to take credit for what you did? 401 00:30:47,084 --> 00:30:49,002 It seemed the sensible way. 402 00:30:49,086 --> 00:30:50,504 Until now. 403 00:30:50,629 --> 00:30:53,924 Captain, I seek only transportation 404 00:30:54,049 --> 00:30:58,136 in order to see and experience your reality. 405 00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:02,432 I am no threat to you, your ship or your crew. 406 00:31:02,516 --> 00:31:05,102 He isn't, captain. I know he isn't. 407 00:31:05,352 --> 00:31:06,979 Our reality? 408 00:31:07,145 --> 00:31:09,564 And in order to satisfy this curiosity, 409 00:31:09,648 --> 00:31:13,277 you have brought my ship and my crew into grave risk. 410 00:31:13,443 --> 00:31:16,989 - I have made some mistakes. - Some mistakes? 411 00:31:17,155 --> 00:31:21,618 What mistakes could possibly explain these incredible explosions of velocity? 412 00:31:24,371 --> 00:31:28,625 I don't know if I can put this in terms you'll understand. 413 00:31:30,002 --> 00:31:32,587 I believe that there may be a warp speed 414 00:31:32,671 --> 00:31:36,300 that can get us beyond Galaxy M33. 415 00:31:36,591 --> 00:31:38,302 But there is no velocity 416 00:31:38,427 --> 00:31:44,349 of any magnitude that can possibly bring us wherever this is. 417 00:31:45,309 --> 00:31:48,937 Is it true what our navigational senses are telling us. Are we...? 418 00:31:49,396 --> 00:31:52,149 Are we millions of light years away from where we were? 419 00:31:53,984 --> 00:31:55,360 Yes. 420 00:31:55,569 --> 00:31:57,237 But what got us here? 421 00:31:57,321 --> 00:31:58,905 - Thought. - Thought? 422 00:31:58,977 --> 00:32:00,937 You do understand, don't you, 423 00:32:00,991 --> 00:32:03,118 that thought is the basis of all reality? 424 00:32:03,201 --> 00:32:06,455 The energy of thought, to put it in your terms, 425 00:32:06,538 --> 00:32:08,665 is very powerful. 426 00:32:08,749 --> 00:32:10,584 That's not an explanation. 427 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:15,505 I have the ability to act like a lens which focuses thought. 428 00:32:16,965 --> 00:32:21,428 That's just, uh, so much nonsense. You're asking us to believe in magic. 429 00:32:23,263 --> 00:32:26,808 Oh, yes, this could seem like magic to you. 430 00:32:26,892 --> 00:32:28,310 No. 431 00:32:29,019 --> 00:32:32,689 No. That actually makes sense to me. 432 00:32:34,191 --> 00:32:36,860 Only the power of thought could explain what has been happening, 433 00:32:36,985 --> 00:32:38,403 especially out here. 434 00:32:38,487 --> 00:32:42,282 Thought is the essence of where you are now. 435 00:32:42,532 --> 00:32:45,077 You do understand the danger, don't you? 436 00:32:45,202 --> 00:32:46,286 Chaos. 437 00:32:46,370 --> 00:32:47,871 What we think is what happens. 438 00:32:47,996 --> 00:32:51,208 It pains me I was so careless, captain. 439 00:32:51,458 --> 00:32:55,420 My intent was only to observe, not to cause this. 440 00:32:55,504 --> 00:32:58,924 You should not be here until your far, far distant future. 441 00:32:59,174 --> 00:33:02,177 Certainly not until you've learned control. 442 00:33:02,344 --> 00:33:04,429 You are from a different time, aren't you? 443 00:33:04,513 --> 00:33:07,849 Oh, well, no, not exactly from another time. 444 00:33:08,767 --> 00:33:11,603 Although, as you understand the concept, 445 00:33:11,770 --> 00:33:15,190 yes, perhaps that term fits as well as any. 446 00:33:15,399 --> 00:33:18,402 - And you have this ability, to travel? - Yes. 447 00:33:18,485 --> 00:33:20,487 And others of your kind have the same ability? 448 00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:22,072 - Oh, yes. - Then why, 449 00:33:22,155 --> 00:33:23,990 in all of our history, is there no record of you 450 00:33:24,074 --> 00:33:26,243 or someone like you ever having visited us? 451 00:33:26,701 --> 00:33:28,578 What wonderful arrogance. 452 00:33:28,703 --> 00:33:32,207 There is no record because we have not visited you before. 453 00:33:32,332 --> 00:33:33,667 Why not? 454 00:33:33,792 --> 00:33:36,628 Well, because up until now, 455 00:33:36,795 --> 00:33:42,259 if you'll forgive this, you've been uninteresting. 456 00:33:42,551 --> 00:33:47,139 It's only now that your life-form merits serious attention. 457 00:33:48,974 --> 00:33:50,851 I'm sorry. 458 00:33:52,102 --> 00:33:53,770 What's happening? 459 00:33:54,104 --> 00:33:57,357 - He's unconscious again. - Revive him. 460 00:33:57,524 --> 00:34:00,068 Whatever you need from him, you better get it soon. 461 00:34:00,152 --> 00:34:01,695 If I may suggest, sir, 462 00:34:01,820 --> 00:34:05,782 our first leap out of our galaxy was, as he said, a mistake. 463 00:34:05,907 --> 00:34:07,868 Unless he was distracted by something. 464 00:34:07,951 --> 00:34:10,036 And it weakened him in some way, 465 00:34:10,162 --> 00:34:12,247 resulting in the incredible leap out here. 466 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:13,498 Theory. 467 00:34:13,623 --> 00:34:16,042 Do you have any facts that fit this? 468 00:34:16,626 --> 00:34:19,921 - Can you get us back? - Wait, captain, not so fast. 469 00:34:20,213 --> 00:34:22,924 We have an opportunity here for scientific discovery. 470 00:34:23,049 --> 00:34:26,511 And we report our observations how? To whom? 471 00:34:29,931 --> 00:34:33,643 - Can you get us back? - I will try. 472 00:34:35,729 --> 00:34:37,731 Number One, take him down to Main Engineering. 473 00:34:37,814 --> 00:34:40,192 - I'll be on the Bridge. - No. 474 00:34:41,193 --> 00:34:42,444 He's very weak. 475 00:34:42,527 --> 00:34:45,071 The captain is right. We must hurry. 476 00:34:45,155 --> 00:34:51,328 But first, I request a moment with the captain, alone. 477 00:35:09,930 --> 00:35:11,890 Strange how he seems to care for you. 478 00:35:11,973 --> 00:35:14,184 He will forget me in time. 479 00:35:14,434 --> 00:35:16,520 Which is as it should be. 480 00:35:17,521 --> 00:35:19,648 It's Wesley I wanted to speak to you about. 481 00:35:19,731 --> 00:35:20,815 The boy? 482 00:35:20,899 --> 00:35:22,901 It's best you do not repeat this to the others, 483 00:35:23,026 --> 00:35:24,569 especially not to the mother. 484 00:35:24,653 --> 00:35:28,657 Whatever happens, it is imperative that it proceed naturally. 485 00:35:28,782 --> 00:35:31,535 I must get my ship back. Do we have time for this? 486 00:35:31,660 --> 00:35:33,328 Oh, yes. 487 00:35:33,662 --> 00:35:37,749 He and a few like him are why I travel. 488 00:35:42,003 --> 00:35:46,800 You have it in your power to encourage him without interfering. 489 00:35:46,967 --> 00:35:48,635 Encourage him in what? 490 00:35:48,843 --> 00:35:50,720 How shall I explain? 491 00:35:50,971 --> 00:35:54,724 Are you familiar with the intricacies of what is called here music? 492 00:35:55,433 --> 00:35:56,518 Somewhat. 493 00:35:56,601 --> 00:35:59,813 And such musical genius as I saw in one of your ship's libraries. 494 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:01,648 One called Mozart, 495 00:36:01,731 --> 00:36:05,443 who as a small child wrote astonishing symphonies. 496 00:36:05,610 --> 00:36:11,032 A genius who made music not only to be heard, but seen and felt, 497 00:36:11,199 --> 00:36:14,369 beyond the understanding, the ability of others. 498 00:36:14,536 --> 00:36:16,621 Wesley is such a person. 499 00:36:16,705 --> 00:36:18,248 Not with music, 500 00:36:18,331 --> 00:36:23,253 but with the equally lovely intricacies of time, energy, propulsion 501 00:36:23,336 --> 00:36:28,675 and the instruments of this vessel, which allow all that to be play-- 502 00:36:30,051 --> 00:36:31,845 You're right, I must hurry now. 503 00:36:31,928 --> 00:36:35,181 But you're right in something else, he is just a boy for now. 504 00:36:35,265 --> 00:36:38,935 He should be encouraged, but told none of this. 505 00:36:42,147 --> 00:36:44,357 We've gotta get back home. Take him to Main Engineering. 506 00:36:44,482 --> 00:36:46,276 - Yes, sir. - I'll be on the Bridge. 507 00:36:46,359 --> 00:36:47,777 Yes, sir. 508 00:36:55,076 --> 00:36:57,037 - Put it out! - How? 509 00:36:57,329 --> 00:36:58,622 Think! 510 00:36:58,830 --> 00:37:01,416 Put the flame out in your thoughts! 511 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,597 Now, get to your station, and concentrate on your assignment. 512 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,140 Yes, sir. 513 00:37:22,270 --> 00:37:26,274 Captain's log. Any time entry is meaningless. 514 00:37:26,358 --> 00:37:29,736 We have no choice but to repeat the same warp experiment, 515 00:37:29,819 --> 00:37:31,738 but with one variation: 516 00:37:31,863 --> 00:37:34,532 A principal part of this warp formula 517 00:37:34,658 --> 00:37:38,119 will be the thoughts of everyone aboard the Enterprise. 518 00:37:38,203 --> 00:37:40,538 We have no idea exactly how this works. 519 00:37:40,622 --> 00:37:45,418 We understand only that the Traveler makes use of this somehow. 520 00:37:45,669 --> 00:37:47,504 And it will be most important that those aboard 521 00:37:47,587 --> 00:37:50,465 avoid random thoughts that might change the reality 522 00:37:50,548 --> 00:37:52,967 of what we're attempting to do. 523 00:37:56,429 --> 00:37:58,431 Do you have any further advice, counselor? 524 00:37:58,515 --> 00:38:01,351 When you begin the attempt, there will be stress. 525 00:38:01,476 --> 00:38:05,355 And it's only natural the crew's concentration will shift. 526 00:38:05,772 --> 00:38:08,441 Plus some genuine fear, captain. 527 00:38:08,566 --> 00:38:10,318 You can't notice what's happening outside 528 00:38:10,443 --> 00:38:11,986 without feeling some of that. 529 00:38:14,364 --> 00:38:16,324 All decks, all stations. 530 00:38:16,408 --> 00:38:18,451 This is the captain speaking. 531 00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:20,787 All decks, I must have your full attention. 532 00:38:20,954 --> 00:38:24,207 In a few moments, as we attempt to warp back home, 533 00:38:24,290 --> 00:38:27,127 it is vital, absolutely vital, 534 00:38:27,252 --> 00:38:30,547 that you center your thoughts on your duty 535 00:38:30,672 --> 00:38:33,883 or on the welfare of the one called the Traveler. 536 00:38:34,259 --> 00:38:37,429 Think of giving him some of your strength. 537 00:38:37,804 --> 00:38:41,307 Now, this is an order. You must try to do this. 538 00:38:42,058 --> 00:38:48,481 And now, attempt to concentrate completely on your duty of the moment 539 00:38:49,274 --> 00:38:53,069 or on the Traveler, on his well-being. 540 00:38:53,653 --> 00:38:58,199 Think of him as someone you care deeply for. 541 00:39:00,118 --> 00:39:02,912 All decks, all stations. 542 00:39:03,246 --> 00:39:04,873 Battle stations. 543 00:39:08,084 --> 00:39:11,379 I will need Kosinski back on the main computer. 544 00:39:14,132 --> 00:39:15,717 You need me? 545 00:39:17,218 --> 00:39:18,595 Yes. 546 00:39:25,185 --> 00:39:28,354 Helm set in warp 1.5, retroactive course. 547 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,440 Warp 1.5, 548 00:39:30,523 --> 00:39:35,945 retroactive 261 mark 31, sir. 549 00:39:36,196 --> 00:39:38,490 Bridge to Engineering, stand by. 550 00:39:40,158 --> 00:39:43,411 I feel such an abundance of well-being on the ship. 551 00:39:44,329 --> 00:39:45,872 It feels like... 552 00:39:47,916 --> 00:39:49,292 Quite wonderful. 553 00:39:49,834 --> 00:39:52,796 Engineering to Bridge, we're ready. 554 00:39:53,963 --> 00:39:56,633 On my order, Mr. Data, Mr. La Forge, 555 00:40:01,054 --> 00:40:02,597 engage. 556 00:40:32,001 --> 00:40:35,171 It's not happening. It's not enough. 557 00:41:40,904 --> 00:41:42,739 Warp 1.5, sir, 558 00:41:42,822 --> 00:41:45,199 which is what my instruments have read all along. 559 00:41:45,325 --> 00:41:47,160 And our position reads exactly what it was 560 00:41:47,285 --> 00:41:49,871 before this sleigh ride began, sir. 561 00:41:50,288 --> 00:41:52,040 Cease red alert. 562 00:41:52,248 --> 00:41:53,416 Sleigh ride? 563 00:41:53,499 --> 00:41:57,337 Or whatever you wanna call it, Data. I don't have a proper name for it. 564 00:41:58,046 --> 00:42:00,673 - The Traveler is gone, sir. - Gone? 565 00:42:00,757 --> 00:42:03,051 He's phased, completely out of existence. 566 00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:05,190 At least out of our existence. 567 00:42:08,306 --> 00:42:10,266 Attention, all decks. 568 00:42:10,892 --> 00:42:13,102 This is to inform you that with your support, 569 00:42:13,186 --> 00:42:16,189 the Traveler has returned us to our own galaxy. 570 00:42:16,773 --> 00:42:20,652 However, he has now left us, 571 00:42:21,653 --> 00:42:26,115 wherever he has gone, we wish him well. 572 00:42:26,866 --> 00:42:29,911 Have the boy sent to the Bridge, Number One. 573 00:42:30,244 --> 00:42:33,623 Wesley Crusher, report to the Bridge. On the double. 574 00:42:33,917 --> 00:42:35,627 Our next assignment is on this heading? 575 00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:37,085 Yes, sir. 576 00:42:37,293 --> 00:42:40,546 Mr. Data, Mr. La Forge, increase to warp 5, same heading. 577 00:42:40,630 --> 00:42:43,841 - Warp 5, sir. - On that same heading, sir. 578 00:42:44,509 --> 00:42:47,345 Oh, Wesley, come on the Bridge. 579 00:42:48,304 --> 00:42:49,764 Move. 580 00:42:53,226 --> 00:42:54,852 Commander Riker has told me 581 00:42:54,936 --> 00:42:57,271 how supportive you were in Engineering. Well done. 582 00:42:57,563 --> 00:42:59,148 Oh, at ease. 583 00:42:59,399 --> 00:43:03,569 - Uh, sit here, in command. - Captain, it's not allowed. 584 00:43:03,695 --> 00:43:05,154 Your orders. 585 00:43:05,947 --> 00:43:07,365 Oh, that's true. 586 00:43:08,199 --> 00:43:12,787 Well, uh, I, uh, can't waive them again. 587 00:43:13,746 --> 00:43:15,748 Only commissioned officers? 588 00:43:16,457 --> 00:43:18,543 It's quite all right, sir. I understand. 589 00:43:18,876 --> 00:43:20,920 Please don't interrupt me, Wesley. 590 00:43:21,337 --> 00:43:22,839 I'm sorry, sir. 591 00:43:25,049 --> 00:43:28,428 Any commission rank? Even ensign? 592 00:43:28,761 --> 00:43:31,347 That would give him authorized access to the Bridge. 593 00:43:32,181 --> 00:43:36,227 Well, then, I'll have to make him an acting ensign. 594 00:43:38,229 --> 00:43:43,276 Captain's log, stardate 41263.4. 595 00:43:44,027 --> 00:43:47,405 For outstanding performance in the best Starfleet tradition, 596 00:43:47,572 --> 00:43:49,574 Wesley Crusher is made acting ensign, 597 00:43:49,699 --> 00:43:52,160 with the duties and privileges of that rank. 598 00:43:53,870 --> 00:43:56,539 And whether that rank becomes permanent, Mr. Crusher, 599 00:43:56,706 --> 00:43:58,416 depends on you. 600 00:43:58,583 --> 00:44:00,793 At the earliest opportunity, your entrance application 601 00:44:00,918 --> 00:44:03,546 for Starfleet Academy will be tendered. 602 00:44:03,671 --> 00:44:07,884 Until then, you will learn this ship. Every operation, every function. 603 00:44:08,009 --> 00:44:11,262 Commander Riker, a duty schedule for Mr. Crusher. 604 00:44:11,387 --> 00:44:13,848 - Heavy on study. - Aye, sir. 605 00:44:14,432 --> 00:44:17,602 Meanwhile, you can sit here and learn something. 606 00:44:22,023 --> 00:44:24,650 Sir, shall I send for Dr. Crusher? 607 00:44:24,859 --> 00:44:26,235 Why? Is someone ill? 608 00:44:26,861 --> 00:44:29,322 Or would you rather tell her about this, Wes? 609 00:44:29,405 --> 00:44:32,658 If you don't mind, sir, I'd like to sit here for a while. 610 00:44:32,742 --> 00:44:34,702 I'll tell her later.