CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45349.1.
THE ENTERPRISE IS ON ITS WAY TO PENTHARA FOUR
WHERE A TYPE "C" ASTEROID
HAS STRUCK AN UNPOPULATED CONTINENT.
THE RESULTING DUST CLOUD COULD VERY WELL CREATE A PHENOMENON
NOT UNLIKE THE NUCLEAR WINTERS OF 21st CENTURY EARTH.
COMMANDER LA FORGE HAS BEGUN WORK ON A PLAN
THAT WOULD COUNTERACT THE DEVASTATION.
I'M AFRAID THE NUMBERS COMING IN ARE ALREADY INDICATING CLIMATIC CHANGES, COMMANDER.
WHAT KIND OF DROP CAN WE EXPECT?
IF THE PENTHARAN SPHERAL FORCASTS ARE CORRECT
TEN TO TWELVE DEGREES CELSIUS WITHIN THE FIRST TEN DAYS.
IF IT CONTINUES LIKE THAT, THEIR ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM WILL BE SHOT TO HELL.
AND I DOUBT IF THEY ARE PREPARED TO COPE WITH THE KIND OF COLD THAT'S COMING
Picard: Commander Riker?
YES, SIR.
WOULD YOU JOIN ME ON THE BRIDGE PLEASE?
Commander Riker: Right away, sir.
ARE YOU CERTAIN, MR. WORF?
THERE WAS A SPACE-TIME DISTORTION, SIR.
AND THERE IS SOMETHING BACK THERE.
WE PASSED WITHIN 300 KILOMETERS OF IT.
THAT'S TOO CLOSE TO BE A COINCIDENCE.
MR. LA FORGE
Mr. La Forge: Yes Captain?
WOULD A DELAY OF ONE HOUR AFFECT YOUR PLANS?
NOT UNLESS ANOTHER ASTEROID DECIDES TO PLAY A CALL ON PENTHARA, SIR.
THE ODDS OF THAT OCCURRING CAPTAIN ARE EXTREMELY UNLIKELY, GIVEN THE TIME FRAME.
Thank you, Mr. Data.
ENSIGN, BRING THE SHIP ABOUT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MR. WORF'S DISTORTION.
AYE, SIR.
MISTER WORF'S WHAT?
THE LIEUTENANT'S SENSORS HAVE DETECTED A TEMPORAL DISTORTION ALMOST IN OUR CURRENT COURSE.
THERE'S A SMALL OBJECT BACK THERE
THAT WASN'T THERE A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
THE OBJECT IS 50 KILOMETERS AHEAD, SIR.
FULL STOP, ENSIGN.
AYE, SIR.
ON SCREEN.
Riker: DIMENSIONS, WORF?
APPROXIMATELY FIVE METERS IN LENGTH, SIR.
LIFE SIGNS?
NO SIGNS OF ANY KIND.
OUR SENSORS DO NOT PENETRATE THE HULL.
TRY HAILING IT.
NOW THAT'S ODD.
WHAT'S ODD?
WE'VE RECEIVED A RESPONSE, BUT...
YES, MR. WORF?
THEY WANT YOU TO "MOVE OVER," SIR.
REPLY THAT THE ENTERPRISE ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE, LIEUTENANT.
NOT THE ENTERPRISE, CAPTAIN-- YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME, MR. WORF?
OOPS. EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN.
BUT YOU WERE STANDING
RIGHT WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.
WHO ARE YOU?
RASMUSSEN'S THE NAME.
PROFESSOR BERLINGHOFF RASMUSSEN.
OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
ACTUALLY, QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN I THOUGHT.
REALLY?
WHERE I COME FROM
EVERY HISTORIAN KNOWS THE BRIDGE OF OLD 1701-D.
AND WHERE, EXACTLY, DO YOU COME FROM?
WHY, EARTH.
THE LATE 26th CENTURY EARTH, TO BE EXACT.
I'VE TRAVELED BACK NEARLY THREE HUNDRED YEARS
JUST TO FIND YOU.
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER.
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ITS CONTINUING MISSION--
TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS
TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE.
EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF HISTORIAN ARE YOU?
OH, MY FOCUS IS ON THE 22nd THROUGH THE 24th CENTURIES--
EARLY INTERSTELLAR HISTORY.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS WAS ON YOUR DESK, NOT HERE.
FASCINATING.
DON'T YOU MOVE IT ON MY ACCOUNT.
YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE LAYOUT OF MY READY ROOM
COULD POSSIBLY OF INTEREST TO FUTURE HISTORIANS.
OH, NO LESS SO THAN YOUR LEGENDARY MODESTY, CAPTAIN.
I WISH I COULD DESCRIBE TO YOU WHAT A THRILL IT IS TO BE HERE.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL.
YOU FLATTER ME, PROFESSOR.
BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE CAUSED YOU
TO SELECT ME AS A SUBJECT FOR YOUR STUDIES.
EVEN IN THIS DECADE
THERE ARE FAR WISER AND MORE EXPERIENCED HUMANS
IN AND OUT OF STARFLEET.
I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU, PICARD, I REALLY WOULD BUT...
TRY AND IMAGINE WHAT A YOUNG CAESAR MIGHT HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY
HAD SOMEONE GIVEN HIM A HINT OF WHAT LAY AHEAD
OR IF LINCOLN HAD BEEN COERCED
INTO CHANGING HIS THEATER PLANS.
I TRULY WISH I COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC
ON WHY YOU WERE SELECTED
BUT I'M AFRAID THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
WILL HAVE TO FLOW
IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY.
...FIVE, SIX, SEVEN METERS.
HA! I WAS RIGHT.
WHY NOW?
RIGHT. IF YOU'VE COME BACK TO STUDY US, TO STUDY THE CAPTAIN
WHY DID YOU PICK TODAY?
WHY NOT A YEAR AGO?
OR A YEAR FROM NOW?
OH, I PICKED THE RIGHT DAY ALRIGHT.
JUST WAIT. YOU'LL SEE.
DO YOU ALWAYS SIT THERE
ON THAT SIDE OF THE TABLE?
USUALLY. WHY?
IT'S... NOT IMPORTANT.
PROFESSOR, AT WHAT POINT DOES TIME TRAVEL BECOME A TOOL
FOR HISTORIANS?
NOW NOW COMMANDER
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
I'VE STUDIED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT YOUR CENTURY.
INCLUDING THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALL QUITE AWARE
OF THE DANGERS OF ANYONE ALTERING THE PAST
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'D BE DOING
IF I WERE TO DIVULGE
INFORMATION LIKE THAT.
TELURIAN PLAGUE.
BEG YOUR PARDON?
THE TELURIAN PLAGUE-- WAS IT CURED?
I MEAN, DID THEY FIND THE CURE BY YOUR CENTURY?
OH, IT CAN'T DO ANY HARM TO ASK THAT.
I REALIZE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT
BUT WE MUST KEEP TO OURSELVES
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
GO ON PROFESSOR.
I'LL BE PREPARING QUESTIONNAIRES FOR EACH OF YOU.
PLEASE COMPLETE THEM AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED
ABOUT A POSSIBLE BREACH OF SECURITY
I'M SURE YOUR CAPTAIN CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION
AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR CURBING YOUR CURIOSITY.
IF I HAND MY ASSIGNMENT IN ON TIME
CAN I GET A GLIMPSE
INTO NEXT WEEK'S POKER GAME?
MR. DATA, WOULD YOU ESCORT THE PROFESSOR
TO HIS QUARTERS?
THIS WAY, SIR.
WHAT DID HE MEAN HE "PICKED THE RIGHT DAY"?
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING I DO, NUMBER ONE.
DEANNA?
IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT HE IS HOLDING SOMETHING BACK.
WELL OF COURSE HE IS--
ALL THE THINGS HE COULD LIKE TO TELL US. ALL THE THINGS HE WOULD LIKE TO TELL US.
IT MIGHT BE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT IF HE'S AN IMPOSTER?
GOD KNOWS WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEM.
WELL, HE IS HUMAN.
THE MEDICAL SCANS HAVE PROVEN THAT. RIGHT DOCTOR?
HE'S HUMAN ALL RIGHT.
AND THERE WAS A TEMPORAL DISTORTION BACK THERE. CORRECT, MR WORF?
YES, SIR.
AND NO ONE CAN DENY THAT THAT SHIP OF HIS
IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN.
THE HULL IS MADE OF SOME KIND
OF PLASTICIZED TRITANIUM MESH.
WE'VE NOTHING LIKE IT ON RECORD. AT LEAST NOT UNTIL NOW
MR. WORF, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CAUTION.
I SHARE IT.
BRING HIS VESSEL INTO THE SHUTTLE BAY.
PLACE IT UNDER GUARD.
YES, SIR.
I REALIZE THAT THIS... VISIT
IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF US
BUT I'VE EXAMINED HIS CREDENTIALS
AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER
SO I THINK WE SHOULD EXTEND TO HIM EVERY COURTESY.
INCLUDING QUESTIONNAIRES?
INCLUDING QUESTIONNAIRES, MR. WORF.
THIS IS REALLY A THRILL, DATA.
LIKE RUNNING ACROSS A REDSTONE MISSILE
OR A GUTTENBERG BIBLE.
TO THINK-- THE MODEL "T" OF ANDROIDS.
IF YOU ARE REFERRING
TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL AUTOMOBILE OF THE 20th CENTURY
PERHAPS THE SUBSEQUENT MODEL "A" WOULD BE A MORE APT ANALOGY
SINCE I AM DR. NOONIAN SOONG'S REVISED PROTOTYPE.
I STAND CORRECTED.
IS THERE A PROBLEM, PROFESSOR?
I SUPPOSE IT WILL HAVE TO DO... FOR NOW.
I'LL GET YOU A LIST OF THE THINGS I'LL BE NEEDING, OKAY?
WOULD I BE CORRECT, PROFESSOR
IN ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT I AM STILL...
ALIVE IN THE 26th CENTURY?
SINCE YOU SEEM TO KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT CAPTAIN PICARD AND THE SHIP, I ASSUMED...
IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU KEPT YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
TO YOURSELF, WOULDN'T IT?
YES, SIR.
SORRY, SIR.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45350.3
WE HAVE ARRIVED AT PENTHARA FOUR
AND CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES
THE ATMOSPHERIC DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE ASTEROID IMPACT.
WE'VE LOCATED THREE UNDERGROUND POCKETS
OF CARBON DIOXIDE-- HERE, HERE
AND HERE.
NOW, OUR DRILLING PHASERS CAN RELEASE ENOUGH OF THE GAS
TO FORM AN ENVELOPE
WHICH SHOULD TEMPORARILY HOLD IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN.
WE SPEND YEARS, DECADES, TRYING TO AVOID ANYTHING
THAT WOULD LEAD TO A GREENHOUSE EFFECT
AND NOW HERE WE ARE ABOUT TO CREATE ONE ON PURPOSE.
LESS THAN 20% OF YOUR NORMAL SUNLIGHT
IS GETTING THROUGH THROUGH THAT DUST, DOCTOR.
IF WE CAN HOLD ENOUGH HEAT IN WITH THE CO2
THAT SHOULD GIVE THE PLANET TIME
TO MEND ITSELF.
Woman: DR. MOSELEY?
WHAT NOW?
NEW SEATTLE REPORTS
A CLOUD DEPTH OF 12 KILOMETERS.
TWO RIVERS-- TROPICAL RIVERS--
ARE BEGINNING TO FREEZE.
WE BETTER GET STARTED
BEFORE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO MEND.
Riker: LOOK WHO'S HERE.
OH.
I HATE QUESTIONNAIRES.
PROFESSOR
COME AND JOIN US.
HOPE I'M NOT INTRUDING.
NOT AT ALL I'M SURE YOU'RE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT EVERY TABLE
IN THIS ROOM.
AS I PROMISED
HERE ARE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE PAINLESS.
PLEASE TRY AND COMPLETE THEM BY TOMORROW.
TOMORROW?
NO PROBLEM, PROFESSOR.
YOU'RE ALL VERY CALM.
IS THERE SOME REASON WE SHOULDN'T BE?
HISTORY ALWAYS RECORDS WHERE PEOPLE WERE
WHAT THEY WERE DOING
WHEN IMPORTANT EVENTS TOOK PLACE.
BUT IT RARELY REMEMBERS THEIR ACTIVITIES
SAY, A WEEK BEFORE, OR A DAY, OR EVEN AN HOUR.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING AN IMPORTANT EVENT IS IMMINENT?
I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
PLEASE, GO ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AND PRETEND I'M NOT HERE.
WHY IS THERE NO RECORD
OF OTHER FUTURE HISTORIANS TRAVELING BACK
TO WITNESS IMPORTANT EVENTS?
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY CAREFUL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT
A COLLEAGUE AND I RECENTLY PAID A CALL
ON A 22nd CENTURY VESSEL.
THEY HADN'T PERFECTED QUARANTINE FIELDS.
YOU PROBABLY SAW SOME SURGICAL MASKS AND GLOVES.
ISN'T IT FASCINATING
HOW EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT INTERESTS
WHEN IT COMES TO HISTORY.
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
ON PROGRESS.
WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME WHAT THAT IS?
JUST CHECKING THE TIME.
NO PROBLEM.
IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING HERE?
NO, IT'S NOTHING.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, COMMANDER?
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLE
OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST 200 YEARS?
I SUPPOSE THE WARP COIL.
BEFORE THERE WAS WARP DRIVE
HUMANS WERE CONFINED TO A SINGLE SECTOR
OF THE GALAXY.
SPOKEN LIKE THE CONSUMMATE EXPLORER.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
ARE YOU EXPECTING SOMEONE?
PHASERS.
BEG YOUR PARDON?
THERE WERE NO PHASERS IN THE 22nd CENTURY.
YOU SEE, DOCTOR?
OUR KLINGON FRIEND IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU.
HE VIEWS HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF A HUNTER
A WARRIOR.
HIS PASSION LIES IN THE PERFECTION
OF THE TOOLS OF VIOLENCE.
HOW DELIGHTFULLY PRIMITIVE.
AS SOON AS WE INPUT THIS ATMOSPHERIC DATA FROM MOSELEY
THE COMPUTER SHOULD TELL US HOW MANY HOLES WE'LL HAVE TO PUNCH.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE TECTONIC STABILITY AROUND THE DRILLING SITES?
COUL'DNT BE BETTER.
OUR SCANS WERE ALL CLEAR AND MOSELEY SAYS THERE HASN'T BEEN SO MUCH AS A QUIVER DOWN THERE IN WELL OVER A CENTURY.
AH, JUST THE TWO I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'VE BROUGHT YOU THE FORMS I NEED YOU TO COMPLETE.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS.
WE'RE KIND OF BUSY HERE PROFESSOR.
TOMORROW WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER.
DATA, WE'VE GOT 23,000 THERMAL SIMULATIONS.
YOU THINK YOU COULD CHECK THEM OVER FOR ANOMALIES?
CERTAINLY.
IS THAT AS FAST AS HE CAN GO?
NOT FAST ENOUGH FOR YOU, PROFESSOR?
THERE'S VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT DATA'S EFFICIENCY.
ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT HIS PART IN THIS MISSION.
IT'S A TOPIC OF GREAT CONJECTURE.
Data: 209 ANOMALIES, ALL WITHIN
ACCEPTABLE PARAMETERS.
THANKS, DATA.
YOU'RE HERE
TO WITNESS THIS MISSION.
THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT?
IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU JUST THOUGHT OF ME
AS A FLY ON THE WALL AND WENT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
I WILL HAVE YOUR ANSWERED QUESTIONS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PROFESSOR.
DATA... AT PENTHARA FOUR!
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
UM, YOUR PROSTHESIS--WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT AGAIN?
A VISOR.
VISOR, RIGHT, A VISOR
YOU KNOW I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU WEARING THAT IN MY OFFICE.
HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?
IT ALLOWS ME TO SEE.I LIKE IT JUST FIND.
YOU KNOW, HOMER WAS BLIND.
MILTON... BACH... MONET... WONDER.
A FLY ON THE WALL, HUH?
A FLY ON THE WALL.
THE COMPUTER HAS CONFIGURED THE DRILLING PATTERNS IN SPECIFIED DEPTHS.
CAPTAIN, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WE NEED. I'M READY TO TRANSPORT DOWN TO THE SURFACE.
Picard: I'll notify Dr. Moseley.
Good luck, Geordi.
GENTLEMEN.
WHO SAID THESE MOMENTS WERE ANY LESS EXCITING
WHEN YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME, HMM?
I KNOW OF NO ONE WHO SAID THAT, PROFESSOR.
THE ENTERPRISE WILL MONITOR THE CO2 CONCENTRATIONS AT SIX DIFFERENT ALTITUDES.
IF ALL GOES WELL
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN TWENTY BORE SITES.
LET'S HOPE ALL GOES WELL.
LA FORGE TO COMMANDER RIKER. HOW ARE YOU DOING?
We've gotten word from monitering stations. They're all online.
We're ready when you are, Geordi?
THAT'S EXCELLENT.
ALL WE NEED NOW IS AN OPEN CHANNEL TO DATA.
OPEN A CHANNEL, MR. WORF
AND PREPARE TO FIRE AT TARGET ONE.
THE COMPUTER HAS LOCKED IN PHASER DEPTH CALCULATIONS.
MR. DATA?
Ready, Sir.
FIRE.
TARGET ONE IS EMITTING 2,000 CUBIC METERS PER SECOND.
Target Two: 1,600.
THE SURFACE WIND PATTERNS OVER THE TARGET ARE STABLE.
YOU PICKING UP ANYTHING AT ALTITUDE, DATA?
Data: CO2 concentrations remain unchanged
at upper elevations.
HAVE I MISSED MUCH?
TARGET 14 COMPLETE, SIR.
DATA
what have you got?
NO CHANGE, SIR.
Riker: How are the surface winds, Geordi?
HOLDING STEADY, SIR.
THE COMPUTER HAS STOPPED DRILLING.
YOU SHOULD BE GETTING
something now, Data.
ELEVATED CO2 LEVELS AT 20 KILOMETERS, SIR.
NOW YOUR TALKING. WE'VE GOT SOME NEW TEMPERATURES COMING IN.
ALL THERMAL MONITORING STATIONS
REPORT NO FURTHER TEMPERATURE DROPS.
TWO EQUATORIAL STATIONS ARE REPORTING SLIGHT INCREASES.
THANK YOU... THANK YOU, ALL.
YOU'VE GIVEN US WHAT WE NEED-- TIME.
WE'RE GLAD TO BE OF HELP, DOCTOR.
THE ENTERPRISE WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT
AND MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS.
PICARD OUT.
"YOU'VE GIVEN US WHAT WE NEED--
TIME."
ENSIGN, RETURN TO SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT.
AYE, SIR
VERY CLEVER, PICARD.
WELL DONE.
WE ALWAYS KNEW HOW YOU DID IT
BUT TO EXPERIENCE THE MOMENT, TO WITNESS THE NUANCES--
IT'S... INDESCRIBABLE.
HE'S AFTER MORE THAN A HISTORY LESSON
I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING FROM HIM?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S LIKE HE'S TRYING TO CONFUSE US
MISDIRECT US SOMEHOW.
THERE YOU ARE. WELL, THAT CERTAINLY WAS EXCITING, WASN'T IT?
PROFESSOR, IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT? ARE YOU WELL?
YES, COULDN'T BE BETTER, THANK YOU.
I JUST THOUGHT WE MIGHT CHAT ABOUT YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE.
BUCK UP, CREWMAN.
YOU'RE A CREDIT TO THAT UNIFORM.
I'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO TAKE CARE OF.
NO WAIT COUNSELOR, PLEASE. I'D VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR REMAINING.
DOCTOR, IN RESPONSE TO MY SIXTH QUESTION
YOU SPOKE OF A NEURAL STIMULATOR.
MAY I SEE ONE?
I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
GIVE ME A MINUTE.
YOU DON'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH, DO YOU?
I DON'T DISLIKE YOU, PROFESSOR.
KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE, SOLDIER.
YOU'LL BE TELLING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN
HOW YOU WERE THERE AT PENTHARA FOUR.
BUT YOU DON'T TRUST ME.
YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW.
SHOULD I?
"PICARD'S EMPATH WON'T TRUST YOU."
THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAID.
PICARD'S EMPATH?
WE'RE NOT THAT UNALIKE, YOU AND I.
YOU POSSESS A SENSE THAT IS FOREIGN TO THE OTHERS.
MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE IS SIMILAR.
YPU KNOW, SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE EMPATHS.
THEY TRUST ME.
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE
WHETHER I TRUST YOU OR NOT?
WE'RE BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
WE'RE COLLEAGUES.
WE COULD LEARN A LOT FROM EACH OTHER.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T TRUST YOU.
I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT.
I'M SURE YOU DID.
WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU TWO ARE FINALLY GETTING ALONG.
I REALLY HAVE TO BE GOING.
THANK YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU TRY A BERYLITE SCAN.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HIS MICRO-LEVELS ARE.
SO, WHAT ELSE CAN I SHOW YOU?
YOU'RE A VERY CURIOUS WOMAN.
NO, NO, I DON'T MEAN CURIOUS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE CURIOUS...
ABOUT THINGS.
ABOUT... BERYLITE LEVELS.
ABOUT... FUTURE.
WELL, CURIOSITY
IS WHY ALL OF US ARE OUT HERE, ISN'T IT?
I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE DIFFERENT.
YOU'RE MORE... VIBRANT.
YOU'RE MORE...
MORE VIBRANT.
THAT'S NICE.
I LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I TRAVEL BACK
I MEET VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE--
MEN AND WOMEN--
BUT I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE
WHO GAVE ME THOUGHTS ABOUT NOT GOING HOME.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INFLUENCING THE PAST, REMEMBER?
WELL...
AND I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL JUST A LITTLE BIT INFLUENCED.
ANYWAY, I COULD BE YOUR GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DID HE HAVE FOR YOU, NUMBER ONE?
ALL HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT WAS PREVIOUS STARSHIPS--
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INNOVATIVE ABOUT THE LAST ENTERPRISE
THE ONE BEFORE THAT.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD A GRASP
OF THE FUNDAMENTALS.
HIS QUESTIONS TO ME PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON DR. SOONG'S...
( alarm ringing )
I'M DETECTING A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE ON THE SURFACE.
( alarms ringing )
TWO EARTHQUAKES.
LOCATION?
BOTH ARE BENEATH
THE TWO SOUTHERNMOST DRILL SITES,CAPTAIN.
IS LA FORGE THERE?
YES, SIR. FIND HIM.
( alarm ringing )
WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, PRETTY SEVERE.
Picard: MAGNIFY.
La Forge here, Captain.
Moseley and I are on our way back to his lab.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
We're okay, but those were pretty big, sir.
If this was earth, I'd say around an eight or an 8.5 on the Richter scale.
We're starting to see some volcanic plumes, Captain.
( alarms ringing )
TWO MORE ERUPTIONS.
IT IS LIKELY WE OVERESTIMATED
THE GEOLOGIC STABILITY
AROUND THE CO2 POCKETS CAPTAIN.
We're in the lab, sir.
ON SCREEN.
We're fairly well quake-proof down here, Picard.
It's the volcanic dust I'm worried about.
WHAT ABOUT THE DUST?
The ash the volcanos are throwing into the atmosphere
is gonna compound the existing problem.
In a matter of days,they'll be no sunlight getting through these clouds.
Moseley: No amount of CO2 will help us then.
CAPTAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THESE ARE THE COORDINATES OF THE ERUPTIONS
AND THESE ARE THE COORDINATES OF THE PHASER DRILLING SITES.
THE MANTLE IS COLLAPSING WHERE THE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED.
La Forge: Captain, Dr. Moseley and I have a couple of ideas
but it's gona take some time to sort them out.
SORT THEM OUT, GEORDI.
Aye, sir.
WE CAME HERE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
AND LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE.
( many classical songs playing loudly )
( shouting: ) WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS THAT?!
MUSIC, PROFESSOR.
MUSIC?!
YES, SIR.
MOZART'S JUPITER SYMPHONY IN C-MAJOR
BACH'S BRANDENBURG CONCERTO #3
BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY, SECOND MOVEMENT
"MOLTO VIVACE"
AND "LA DONNA E MOBILE" FROM VERDI'S RIGOLETTO.
YOU THINK YOU COULD THIN IT OUT A BIT?
COMPUTER, ELIMINATE PROGRAM ONE.
COMPUTER, ELIMINATE PROGRAM TWO.
COMPUTER, ELIMINATE PROGRAM THREE.
COMPUTER, HALF VOLUME.
HOW THE..?
( normally: ) HOW THE HELL CAN YOU LISTEN
TO FOUR PIECES OF MUSIC AT THE SAME TIME?
ACTUALLY I AM CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING OVER 150
SIMULTANEOUS COMPOSITIONS
BUT IN ORDER TO ANALYZE THE AESTHETICS
I TRY TO KEEP IT TO TEN OR LESS.
ONLY FOUR TODAY?
I AM ASSISTING COMMANDER LA FORGE
WITH A VERY COMPLEX CALCULATION.
IT DEMANDS A GREAT DEAL OF MY CONCENTRATION.
WELL, I CAME TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS
THOUGH I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU
TO LIMIT YOURSELF TO 50,000 WORDS.
YOU DID ASK ME TO BE THOROUGH.
I REALIZE IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, DATA
BUT VERY FEW RECORDS OF DR. SOONG'S WORK
SURVIVED TO THE 26th CENTURY
SO IT WOULD BE INVALUABLE TO MYSELF AND OTHER HISTORIANS
IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH SOME... SCHEMATICS?
CERTAINLY-- AS SOON AS MY WORK HERE IS COMPLETED.
AS LONG AS IT'S BEFORE 0900 TOMORROW.
THAT'S WHEN I'M HEADING BACK.
Bridge to Commander Data.
YES, WORF?
Commander La Forge is hailing you from the surface, sir.
PATCH HIM THROUGH, PLEASE.
Have you rerun the phase reversal figures, data?
THERE WERE NO ERRORS, GEORDI.
THE VARIANTS MUST BE NO MORE
THAN .06 TERAWATTS.
well, I don't see any other choice.
We'll continue to run the numbers down here, but i doubt we'll come up with aything different.
You'd better inform the Captain
of the good news and the bad news.
La Forge out.
WHICH DO YOU SUPPOSE
HE'S GOING TO WANT TO HEAR FIRST?
THE GOOD NEWS.
THE MOTION OF THE DUST
HAS CREATED A GREAT DEAL OF ELECTRO-STATIC ENERGY
IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
WITH A MODIFIED PHASER BLAST
WE CAN CREATE A SHOCK FRONT THAT WOULD ENCIRCLE THE PLANET
IONIZING THE PARTICLES.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE STRIKING A SPARK IN A GAS-FILLED ROOM.
WITH ONE EXCEPTION, SIR:
THE PARTICLES WILL BE CONVERTED
INTO A HIGH-ENERGY PLASMA
WHICH OUR SHIELDS COULD ABSORB
AND THEN REDIRECT HARMLESSLY INTO SPACE.
TURN THE ENTERPRISE INTO A LIGHTNING ROD.
PRECISELY, SIR.
AND THE BAD NEWS?
IF OUR PHASER DISCHARGE IS OFF
BY AS LITTLE AS .06 TERAWATTS
IT WOULD CAUSE A CASCADING EXOTHERMAL INVERSION.
MEANING?
WE WOULD COMPLETELY BURN OFF THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL.
WHILE DR. MOSELEY TAKES LA FORGE'S PLAN
TO THE LEADERS OF THE COLONY
I FIND MYSELF WEIGHING THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES
OF A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE.
( chimes )
COME.
I IMAGINE YOU KNOW WHY I'VE ASKED YOU HERE.
I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA.
I'M FACED WITH A DILEMMA.
THERE IS A PLANET BENEATH US
WHICH IS SLOWLY TURNING TO ICE
AND UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
I'M TOLD THAT IN A MATTER OF WEEKS
THOUSANDS, MAYBE TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL DIE.
THAT WOULD BE A SHAME.
YES, IT WOULD.
IT WOULD BE QUITE A SHAME.
SO, UM... WHAT'S YOUR DILEMMA?
COMMANDER LA FORGE HAS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
THE MARGINS OF ERROR
ARE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
BUT IF SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO MORE THREAT.
AND IF IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL?
EVERY LIVING THING ON THE PLANET WILL PERISH.
SO, DO NOTHING, AND THOUSANDS WILL DIE.
DO SOMETHING, AND MILLIONS COULD DIE.
THAT'S A TOUGH CHOICE.
NOT IF YOU WERE TO HELP ME.
YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING
I TELL YOU THE OUTCOME OF YOUR EFFORTS.
OH, NO, I AM NOT.
EVERYTHING THAT STARFLEET STANDS FOR
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER BELIEVED IN
TELLS ME I CANNOT ASK YOU THAT
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME
THERE ARE 20 MILLION LIVES DOWN THERE
AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM--
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.
SO IT SEEMS YOU HAVE ANOTHER DILEMMA
ONE THAT QUESTIONS YOUR CONVICTIONS.
WELL, I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID
OF REEVALUATING MY CONVICTIONS, PROFESSOR
AND NOW, WELL, I HAVE 20 MILLION REASONS TO DO SO.
AND WHY DID YOU ASK TO SEE ME?
BECAUSE YOUR PRESENCE GIVES ME
A POTENTIAL ACCESS TO A KIND OF INFORMATION
THAT I'VE NEVER HAD AVAILABLE TO ME BEFORE
AND IF I AM TO REEXAMINE MY BELIEFS
THEN I MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY POSSIBLE ASSET.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE OF ME NOT TO ASK YOU HERE.
HOWEVER YOU COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR BELIEFS, CAPTAIN. I MUST TELL YOU
I'M QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH MINE.
HOW CAN YOU BE?
HOW CAN YOU BE COMFORTABLE WATCHING PEOPLE DIE?
UM... LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.
IF I WERE TO TELL YOU NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE DIED
YOU'D EASILY CONCLUDE
THAT YOU TRIED YOUR SOLUTION AND IT SUCCEEDED
SO YOU WOULD CONFIDENTLY TRY AGAIN.
NO HARM IN THAT.
BUT, WHAT IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THEY ALL DIED? WHAT THEN?
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'D DECIDE
NOT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
NOW, WHAT IF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE GREW..?
I KNOW-- WHAT IF ONE OF THOSE LIVES I SAVED DOWN THERE AS A CHILD
GROWS UP TO BE THE NEXT ADOLF HITLER?
EVERY FIRST-YEAR PHILOSOPHY STUDENT
HAS BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION
SINCE THE EARLIEST WORMHOLES WERE DISCOVERED.
BUT THIS IS NOT A CLASS IN TEMPORAL LOGIC.
IT'S NOT THEORETICAL, IT'S NOT HYPOTHETICAL
IT'S REAL!
SURELY YOU SEE THAT.
I SEE IT ALL TOO WELL
BUT YOU MUST SEE THAT IF I WERE TO INFLUENCE YOU
EVERYTHING IN THIS SECTOR
IN THIS QUADRANT OF THE GALAXY COULD CHANGE.
HISTORY-- MY HISTORY-- WOULD UNFOLD IN A WAY
OTHER THAN IT ALREADY HAS.
NOW, WHAT POSSIBLE INCENTIVE COULD ANYONE OFFER ME
TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN?
I HAVE TWO CHOICES.
EITHER WAY, ONE VERSION OF HISTORY OR ANOTHER
WILL WEND ITS WAY FORWARD--
THE HISTORY YOU KNOW, OR ANOTHER ONE.
NOW WHO IS TO SAY WHICH IS BETTER?
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT HERE, TODAY, ONE WAY
MILLIONS OF LIVES COULD BE SAVED.
NOW ISN'T THAT INCENTIVE ENOUGH?
EVERYONE DIES, CAPTAIN.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHEN.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE
DIED YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
ALL OF YOU UP HERE AS WELL.
SO YOU SEE I CAN'T GET QUITE AS WORKED UP AS YOU
OVER THE FATE OF SOME COLONISTS
WHO FOR ME HAVE BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW OF THE PRIME DIRECTIVE
WHICH TELLS US THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT
TO INTERFERE IN THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF ALIEN WORLDS.
NOW I HAVE SWORN TO UPHOLD IT
BUT, NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE DISREGARDED THAT DIRECTIVE
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
NOW, IF YOU ARE HOLDING ON
TO SOME TEMPORAL EQUIVALENT OF THAT DIRECTIVE
THEN ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU HAVE AN OCCASION HERE
TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION, TO... TO HELP ME TO CHOOSE
BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO?
ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT A CHOICE? IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE TRYING
TO MANIPULATE THE FUTURE.
EVERY CHOICE WE MAKE
ALLOWS US TO MANIPULATE THE FUTURE.
DO I, UM...DO I INVITE ADRIENNE, OR SUZANNE
TO THE SPRING DANCE?
DO I TAKE MY HOLIDAY ON CORSICA, OR RISA?
A PERSON'S LIFE, THEIR FUTURE
HINGES ON EACH OF A THOUSAND CHOICES.
LIVING IS MAKING CHOICES.
NOW YOU ASK ME TO BELIEVE THAT IF I MAKE A CHOICE
OTHER THAN THE ONE
THAT APPEARS IN YOUR HISTORY BOOKS
THEN YOUR PAST WILL BE IRREVOCABLY ALTERED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, PROFESSOR
PERHAPS I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR PAST
BECAUSE YOUR PAST IS MY FUTURE
AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET.
Riker: Captain, the electrostatic conditions are about as good
as they're going to get.
If we're going to try this, now is the time.
PLEASE DON'T ASK ME, CAPTAIN.
I CAN'T HELP YOU.
I'M SORRY.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PROGRAM THE PHASERS NUMBER 1?
WE'VE GOT TO TIE INTO GEORDI'S ATMOSPHERIC SENSORS.
SO YOU'VE MADE YOUR CHOICE
AND WITHOUT MY HELP.
OH, ON THE CONTRARY, PROFESSOR.
YOU WERE QUITE HELPFUL.
HOW'S THAT?
BY REFUSING TO HELP ME
YOU LEFT ME WITH THE SAME CHOICE
I HAD TO BEGIN WITH-- TO TRY, OR NOT TO TRY
TO TAKE A RISK, OR TO PLAY IT SAFE--
AND YOUR ARGUMENTS HAVE REMINDED ME
HOW PRECIOUS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE IS.
AND BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO PLAY IT SAFE...
I CHOOSE TO TRY.
MR. DATA
PROGRAM THE FIRING SEQUENCE.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45351.9.
DOCTOR MOSELEY HAS MET WITH THE COLONY LEADERS
WHO ALL AGREE THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK.
WARP POWER HAS BEEN REROUTED FROM THE DEFLECTOR.
Keep those phasers on active surge control, Worf.
We're only going to get one shot at this.
WELL, THIS IS IT.
YOU HAVE THE SEQUENCE LOCKED IN, DATA?
AFTER AN 8.3 SECOND BURST
WE WILL DISCHARGE ALL E.P.S. TAPS
THROUGH THE PHASERS.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RETURN TO THE SHIP, MR. LA FORGE.
MR. O'BRIEN STAND BY YOUR TRANSPORT...
Captain, I can be more help here
We are going to have to compensate for the density variations right up to the last second.
DR. MOSELEY'S COMPUTERS CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT
BUT I BELIEVE GEORDI COULD BETTER ANTICIPATE
UNEXPECTED VARIANCES.
MR. LA FORGE, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL WORK. AND IF IT FAILS...
There's no guarantee it's going to fail, Captain.
I'd like your permission to remain here on the surface.
PERMISSION GRANTED.
LA FORGE REMAINED BELOW.
GOOD LUCK, COMMANDER.
Thank you, Captain.
THE DEFLECTOR DISH HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED, SIR.
PROCEED, MR. DATA.
Data: STAND BY FOR AUTO-PHASER INTERLOCK.
ACTIVATING DEFLECTOR BEAM.
E.P.S. TAPS ON-LINE.
PHASERS FIRING.
ACTIVATING SHIELD INVERTORS... NOW.
MR. LA FORGE?
La Forge here.
Still breathing, Captain.
Moseley: We've got particulate levels
right where they're supposed to be
and the sun is shining.
See, Captain, I told you
there was nothing to worry about.
REPORT BACK TO THE SHIP WHEN YOU'RE READY, COMMANDER.
DOCTOR, WE'LL STAY IN ORBIT
AND ANALYZE THE REMAINING VOLCANIC DISTURBANCES
BUT THE BEST ADVICE WILL BE
TO LET THEM COOL DOWN ON THEIR OWN.
I'm getting in the habit of thanking you, Picard.
I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE
BUT IT'S NEARLY TIME FOR ME TO GO.
I AM TICKLED PINK TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
OF WITNESSING THIS, PICARD.
AND YOU DID IT ALL WITHOUT ANY HELP.
WELL, I MUST RUN.
I'VE GOT SOME PACKING TO DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALLER IN PERSON, COMMANDER.
WELL, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS.
WHO WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A TEARY FAREWELL?
I'M AFRAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK INSIDE YOUR VESSEL.
CURIOUS TILL THE END
EH, CAPTAIN?
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS, PICARD. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS MORE THAN ONCE.
A NUMBER OF OBJECTS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED MISSING IN THE LAST TWO DAYS
AND IF THEY'RE IN YOUR POSSESSION, WE WOULD LIKE THEM RETURNED.
I'M NOT HERE IN EARCH OF RELICS.
I'M SURE
THEY'LL TURN UP.
IF YOU WILL NOT OPEN THE VESSEL
I WILL-- WITH EXPLOSIVES
IF NECESSARY.
I DOUBT YOU HAVE THE MEANS.
IF WE DON'T GET IN THAT THING, I GUARANTEE YOU DON'T EITHER.
CONSIDERING THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF MY EQUIPMENT
I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IF I REQUEST
THAT ONLY MR. DATA BE ALLOWED TO SEE IT.
WHY DATA?
BECAUSE IF I ORDER MR. DATA NEVER TO DIVULGE
WHAT HE SEES, HE WON'T--
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BELONG TO US.
UNDERSTOOD, SIR.
BACK IN A MINUTE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE
ANY OF THESE ITEMS BELONG TO YOU, PROFESSOR.
NOR DOES THIS.
THIS PHASER IS SET AT THE HIGHEST STUN SETTING.
IF I'M CORRECT, THAT IS SUFFICIENT
TO IMMOBILIZE EVEN YOU.
WHY HAVE YOU STOLEN THESE OBJECTS
TO PUT IN A MUSEUM?
THEY'RE FAR TOO VALUABLE FOR THAT.
IN THE CENTURY I COME FROM
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN INVENTED YET.
BUT THIS VESSEL, AND THE TEMPORAL DISTORTION
THAT COINCIDED WITH YOUR ARRIVAL...
OH, THIS IS A TIME POD, AND IT IS FROM THE 26th CENTURY.
AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT THE POOR FELLOW SAID.
YOU SEE HE DECIDED TO TRAVELED BACK TO THE 22nd CENTURY-- THAT'S MY TIME--
AND HE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF MEETING ME.
HIS CLOTHES FIT QUITE WELL, DON'T YOU THINK?
IT TOOK ME WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THIS THING.
THEN YOU ARE NOT AN HISTORIAN?
MORE OF AN INVENTOR.
UP TILL A FEW WEEKS AGO, A DISMALLY UNSUCCESSFUL ONE.
WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS, PROFESSOR?
WELL, THANKS TO YOUR CAPTAIN
ITS SEEMS MY INTENTIONS HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY.
I WAS QUITE CONTENT
WITH THE NOTION OF RETURNING WITH THESE TRINKETS.
I'D "INVENT" ABOUT ONE A YEAR.
BUT NOW, LOOK WHAT FORTUNE HAS GRACED ME WITH.
YOU WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO FIGURE OUT THAN A TRICORDER
BUT IT SHOULD BE WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.
IF THE AUTO-TIMER IS PROGRAMMED THE WAY I THINK IT IS
IN... ABOUT TWO MINUTES, WE SHOULD BE ON OUR WAY
BACK TO A PLACE CALLED NEW JERSEY.
I'M AFRAID YOU WON'T BE AWAKE FOR THE RIDE.
I ASSUME YOUR HAND PRINT WILL OPEN THIS DOOR
WHETHER YOU ARE CONSCIOUS OR NOT.
THAT WEAPON WAS WORKING YESTERDAY.
Data: YOU WERE RIGHT TO SUSPECT HIM, SIR
BUT HE IS NOT FROM THE FUTURE.
HE IS FROM THE PAST.
TRYING TO MAKE MY HISTORY UNFOLD
IN A WAY OTHER THAN IT ALREADY HAS, EH, PROFESSOR?
THIS WAS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING, PICARD.
JUST LET ME BACK IN THERE.
WE'LL FORGET THE WHOLE THING.
NOW WHAT POSSIBLE INCENTIVE COULD ANYONE OFFER ME TO ALLOW THAT?
I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE MISSING ITEMS IN THE VESSEL, SIR.
DOCTOR...
VERY NICE PERFORMANCE.
NOT ALL OF IT.
SOME OF IT WAS REAL.
CAPTAIN...
Data: HE CLAIMS TO BE
A 22nd CENTURY INVENTOR, CAPTAIN.
PITY YOU WEREN'T A BIT MORE INVENTIVE.
IF FEWER THINGS HAD DISAPPEARED
WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE SUSPECTED YOU.
AS IT WAS THE ONLY STUMBLING BLOCK WAS YOUR SHIP.
OUR SENSORS COULDN'T PENETRATE IT
BUT ONCE THE DOOR WAS OPEN
THE COMPUTER WAS ABLE TO DETECT AND DEACTIVATE
EVERYTHING YOU'D STOLEN-- INCLUDING THIS.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE, PICARD
BUT I REALLY MUST GET BACK IN THAT POD.
TAKE HIM TO A DETENTION CELL, MR. WORF.
AND NOTIFY STARFLEET
THAT WE'LL BE DROPPING HIM OFF AT STARBASE 214.
YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
I'VE GOT TO GET BACK.
I DON'T BELONG HERE.
NO!
I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW LEGITIMATE HISTORIANS AT STARFLEET
WHO WILL BE QUITE EAGER TO MEET A HUMAN FROM YOUR ERA.
OH, PROFESSOR?
WELCOME TO THE 24th CENTURY.