DAMAGE REPORT!
CASUALTY REPORTS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE SHIP!
THE STARBOARD NACELLE HAS SUSTAINED A DIRECT IMPACT.
WE ARE VENTING DRIVE PLASMA.
INITIATING EMERGENCY CORE SHUTDOWN!
INERTIAL DAMPERS FAILING.
WE'RE LOSING ATTITUDE CONTROL.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE. ALL HANDS TO EMERGENCY ESCAPE PODS!
Data: CORE SHUTDOWN
IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE LOSING ANTIMATTER CONTAINMENT.
WE'VE GOT TO EJECT THE CORE!
EJECTION SYSTEMS OFF-LINE.
CORE BREACH IS IMMINENT.
ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS ABAN...
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER.
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
ITS CONTINUING MISSION--
TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS
TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE.
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45652.1.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS ENTERED AN AREA OF SPACE
KNOWN AS THE TYPHON EXPANSE.
WE ARE THE FIRST STARFLEET VESSEL
TO CHART THIS UNEXPLORED REGION.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF HE'S STACKING THE DECK.
I ASSURE YOU, COMMANDER
THE CARDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RANDOMIZED.
I HOPE SO.
EIGHT.
ACE.
QUEEN.
THE DEALER RECEIVES A FOUR.
NO BET.
TEN.
SEVEN.
NO HELP THERE.
PAIR OF LADIES FOR THE DOCTOR.
DEALER RECEIVES A NINE.
DOCTOR?
MAY I REMIND YOU, SINCE YOU SHOW THE HIGHEST HAND
YOU CONTROL THE NEXT BET.
THANK YOU, DATA.
I BET TEN.
WORF?
JACK.
FOUR.
DEUCE.
SIX.
TWENTY.
YOUR 20, AND 50 MORE.
FIFTY?!
( muttering )
I'M IN.
I WILL ALSO SEE THE BET.
SEVEN AND A POSSIBLE STRAIGHT FOR COMMANDER RIKER.
JACK. STILL NO HELP FOR THE KLINGON.
EIGHT.
NINE FOR THE DEALER.
TWENTY.
TOO RICH FOR MY BLOOD.
YOUR 20.
100 MORE.
FOLD.
TWO HUNDRED.
YOUR TWO, AND 300 MORE.
HE DOES NOT HAVE A STRAIGHT.
WELL, WE'LL SOON FIND OUT, WON'T WE?
LET'S SEE YOUR CARDS.
TAKE IT.
( squeals )
HOW'D YOU KNOW I WAS BLUFFING?
I JUST HAD A FEELING.
I GUESS IT'S BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD.
IT'S THE WAY YOUR LEFT EYEBROW RAISES WHEN YOU'RE BLUFFING.
JUST KIDDING, COMMANDER.
OGAWA TO DR. CRUSHER.
GO AHEAD.
COMMANDER LA FORGE NEEDS YOU IN SICK BAY.
ON MY WAY.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE CATWALK WAS SPINNING.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS ME.
LUCKILY, ENSIGN FLETCHER WAS THERE TO GRAB ME.
IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WARP CORE.
YOU HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF AN INNER EAR INFECTION.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN
THE DIZZINESS AND THE HEADACHES.
BUT THERE'S NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
MY GUESS IS, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOO HARD.
( sighing )
WELL, I HAVE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EXTRA HOURS
ON THIS TYPHON EXPANSE PROJECT.
I'LL GIVE YOU 20 CC'S OF VERTAZINE.
THAT SHOULD CLEAR UP THE DIZZINESS
BUT FINDING TIME TO RELAX IS UP... TO YOU.
WHAT? WHAT IS IT?
GEORDI, HAVE YOU HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE?
NO.
YOU SURE?
YEAH, I'M POSITIVE. WHY?
IT'S FUNNY.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE
AND I REMEMBER GIVING YOU A HYPOSPRAY FOR DIZZINESS.
WELL, I'VE NEVER HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE TODAY
SO YOU MUST BE THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER PATIENT.
NO.
I'M SURE IT WAS YOU.
( sighing ): WELL, TRY TO GET SOME REST
AND STAY AWAY FROM HIGH PLACES
FOR A FEW DAYS, JUST IN CASE.
THANKS, DOC.
GOOD NIGHT.
( humming melody )
( humming continues )
( humming stops )
( sighs )
( cacophonous voices murmur indistinctly )
( voices growing louder )
( glass shatters )
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TYPHON EXPANSE IS HUGE.
IF WE WANT TO CHART THE MOST REMOTE STAR SYSTEM
WE'LL HAVE TO LAUNCH A PROBE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
FINE. WHAT ABOUT THE LUMINOSITY STUDIES?
UH, THAT MAY POSE A PROBLEM.
HOW SO?
THE FLUX SPECTROMETERS ARE STILL DOWN FOR REALIGNMENT.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK ON LINE YESTERDAY.
THEY WERE, UNTIL THE STELLAR DYNAMICS LAB DECIDED
THEY NEEDED TO INSTALL NEW MODULES.
I RECOMMEND WE USE A GRAVITON POLARIMETER.
IT WILL PERFORM A SIMILAR FUNCTION.
MAKE IT SO, MR. DATA.
CAPTAIN, I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO REPORT.
YES, DOCTOR?
I HEARD VOICES IN MY ROOM LAST NIGHT.
I WAS ALONE, SO AT FIRST I THOUGHT
I WAS IMAGINING THINGS.
BUT THIS MORNING, TEN OTHER PEOPLE REPORTED
HEARING VOICES AT THE SAME TIME AS I DID.
WHAT WERE THE VOICES SAYING?
I COULDN'T MAKE THEM OUT.
DATA, DID THE SENSORS PICK UP ANYTHING UNUSUAL LAST NIGHT?
NO ANOMALOUS READINGS WERE REPORTED.
WHEN WE'RE THROUGH HERE, RECHECK THE SENSOR LOGS.
AYE, SIR.
COUNSELOR?
I SENSED NOTHING UNUSUAL LAST NIGHT.
MAYBE IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE COM SYSTEM.
Worf: BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN PICARD.
GO AHEAD.
WE ARE GETTING UNUSUAL READINGS
20,000 KILOMETERS OFF THE STARBOARD BOW.
ON OUR WAY.
REPORT.
Ro: SENSORS DIDN'T DETECT THE PHENOMENON
UNTIL WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF IT, SIR.
IT IS A HIGHLY LOCALIZED DISTORTION
OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
ON SCREEN.
BACK US OFF, ENSIGN.
NICE AND SLOW.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN, MANEUVERING THRUSTERS ARE NOT RESPONDING.
THE DISTORTION FIELD IS FLUCTUATING.
ALL MAIN SYSTEMS JUST WENT DOWN.
POWER LEVELS ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY.
RED ALERT.
THERE IS AN ENERGY BUILDUP IN THE DISTORTION FIELD.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Data: CAPTAIN, SOMETHING IS EMERGING.
SHIELDS UP. EVASIVE MANEUVER.
SHIELDS INOPERATIVE.
THE HELM'S NOT RESPONDING.
THE VESSEL IS ON A COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
HAIL THEM.
NO RESPONSE.
SUGGESTIONS?
DECOMPRESS MAIN SHUTTLE BAY.
THE EXPLOSIVE REACTION MAY KICK US OUT OF THE WAY.
CAPTAIN, I SUGGEST WE USE THE TRACTOR BEAM
TO ALTER THE OTHER SHIP'S TRAJECTORY.
MR. WORF, MAKE IT SO.
ENGAGING TRACTOR BEAM.
DAMAGE REPORT!
CASUALTY REPORTS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE SHIP!
THE STARBOARD NACELLE HAS SUSTAINED A DIRECT IMPACT.
VENTING DRIVE PLASMA.
INITIATING EMERGENCY CORE SHUTDOWN!
INERTIAL DAMPERS FAILING.
WE'RE LOSING ATTITUDE CONTROL.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE.
ALL HANDS TO EMERGENCY ESCAPE PODS!
THE CORE SHUTDOWN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE LOSING ANTIMATTER CONTAINMENT.
WE'VE GOT TO EJECT THE ENGINE CORE!
EJECTION SYSTEMS ARE OFF-LINE.
CORE BREACH IS IMMINENT.
ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS ABANDON...
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45652.1.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS ENTERED AN AREA OF SPACE
KNOWN AS THE TYPHON EXPANSE.
WE ARE THE FIRST STARFLEET VESSEL
TO CHART THIS UNEXPLORED REGION.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF HE'S STACKING THE DECK.
I ASSURE YOU, COMMANDER
THE CARDS HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY RANDOMIZED.
I HOPE SO.
EIGHT.
ACE.
QUEEN.
THE DEALER RECEIVES A FOUR.
NO BET.
TEN.
SEVEN. NO HELP THERE.
PAIR OF LADIES FOR THE DOCTOR.
DEALER RECEIVES A NINE.
DOCTOR?
MAY I REMIND YOU
SINCE YOU SHOW THE HIGHEST HAND, YOU CONTROL THE NEXT BET.
Worf: IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG, DOCTOR?
NO.
UM, I'LL BET TEN.
Data: JACK.
FOUR.
DEUCE.
SIX.
TWENTY.
YOUR 20...
AND I'LL RAISE YOU 50.
YOU'RE GOING TO CALL MY BLUFF, AREN'T YOU?
I THINK I'LL QUIT WHILE I'M AHEAD.
HOW DID YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO CALL YOUR BLUFF?
I JUST HAD A FEELING.
ME, TOO.
OGAWA TO DR. CRUSHER.
GO AHEAD.
COMMANDER LA FORGE NEEDS YOU IN SICK BAY.
ON MY WAY.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE CATWALK WAS SPINNING.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS ME.
I WAS LUCKY ENSIGN FLETCHER WAS THERE TO GRAB ME.
IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WARP CORE.
YOU HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF AN INNER EAR INFECTION.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE HEADACHES AND THE DIZZINESS.
BUT THERE'S NO PHYSICAL...
WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
GEORDI, HAVE YOU EVER HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE?
COME TO THINK OF IT, I THINK I HAVE.
DO YOU RECALL WHEN?
NO, I DON'T.
WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE
AND I KNOW I'VE GIVEN YOU THIS EXAMINATION.
LET'S CHECK THE MEDICAL LOGS.
YOU'VE BEEN TREATED SEVERAL TIMES
FOR HEADACHES RELATED TO YOUR VISOR
BUT I READ NO MENTION OF DIZZINESS.
MUST BE DEJA VU.
BOTH OF US?
ABOUT THE SAME THING?
( beverly humming )
( voices murmur indistinctly )
( glass shatters )
( murmuring stops )
CRUSHER TO PICARD.
YES, DOCTOR?
DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE, JEAN-LUC?
MY AUNT ADELE CURED A LOT OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
WITH THIS STEAMED MILK.
THANK YOU.
MMM. NUTMEG.
WHENEVER I GET INSOMNIA
I TRY TO PERFECT THE RECIPE.
IT WAS THE EERIEST FEELING.
WHEN THE GLASS BROKE
IT TRIGGERED THE SENSATION EVEN MORE INTENSELY
THAT I'D DONE IT ALL BEFORE.
YOU KNOW...
EARLIER, I WAS READING THIS BOOK
AND I HAD THE DISTINCT FEELING
THAT I'D READ CERTAIN PARAGRAPHS BEFORE.
BUT I ASSUMED THAT I'D READ THE BOOK YEARS AGO
AND I'D FORGOTTEN.
I'VE HAD THIS FEELING FOR HOURS...
AND THEN THE VOICES.
WELL...
( sighs )
...IT COULD BE NOTHING MORE THAN THE RESULT OF A SLEEPLESS NIGHT
BUT LET'S BE SURE.
HAVE DATA AND GEORDI RUN A SHIP-WIDE DIAGNOSTIC
CONCENTRATING ON THE TIME
AND PLACE WHEN YOU HEARD THE VOICES.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE RESULTS TOMORROW AT 0700 HOURS.
THANK YOU...
FOR EVERYTHING.
UH-UH. THANK AUNT ADELE.
THE INTERNAL SCANS WERE NEGATIVE.
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF AUDITORY ANOMALIES
ANYWHERE ON THE SHIP.
AS FAR AS THE SENSORS ARE CONCERNED
NOTHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
TEN OTHER PEOPLE REPORTED HEARING VOICES
AT THE SAME TIME I DID.
Worf: BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN PICARD.
GO AHEAD.
WE ARE GETTING UNUSUAL READINGS
20,000 KILOMETERS OFF THE STARBOARD BOW.
ON OUR WAY.
REPORT.
Ro: SENSORS DIDN'T DETECT THE PHENOMENON
UNTIL WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF IT, SIR.
Worf: THERE'S A HIGHLY LOCALIZED DISTORTION
OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
ON SCREEN.
BACK US OFF, ENSIGN.
NICE AND SLOW.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN, MANEUVERING THRUSTERS ARE NOT RESPONDING.
THE DISTORTION FIELD IS FLUCTUATING.
ALL MAIN SYSTEMS JUST WENT DOWN.
POWER LEVELS ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY.
RIiker: RED ALERT.
Data: THERE IS AN ENERGY BUILDUP IN THE DISTORTION FIELD.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Data: CAPTAIN, SOMETHING IS EMERGING.
Riker: SHIELDS UP.
EVASIVE MANEUVERS.
SHIELDS INOPERATIVE.
THE HELM IS NOT RESPONDING.
THE VESSEL IS ON A COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
HAIL THEM.
NO RESPONSE.
SUGGESTIONS?
DECOMPRESS MAIN SHUTTLE BAY.
THE EXPLOSIVE REACTION MAY BLOW US OUT OF THE WAY.
CAPTAIN, I SUGGEST WE USE THE TRACTOR BEAM
TO ALTER THE OTHER SHIP'S TRAJECTORY.
MAKE IT SO, MR. WORF.
ENGAGING TRACTOR BEAM.
DAMAGE REPORT!
CASUALTY REPORTS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE SHIP!
STARBOARD NACELLE HAS SUSTAINED A DIRECT IMPACT.
WE ARE VENTING DRIVE PLASMA.
INITIATING EMERGENCY CORE SHUTDOWN.
INERTIAL DAMPERS FAILING.
WE'RE LOSING ATTITUDE CONTROL.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE.
ALL HANDS TO EMERGENCY ESCAPE PODS!
THE CORE SHUTDOWN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE LOSING ANTIMATTER CONTAINMENT.
WE'VE GOT TO EJECT THE CORE!
EJECTOR SYSTEMS ARE OFF-LINE.
CORE BREACH IS IMMINENT.
ALL HANDS, ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS, ABANDON...!
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45652.1.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS ENTERED AN AREA OF SPACE
KNOWN AS THE TYPHON EXPANSE.
WE ARE THE FIRST STARFLEET VESSEL
TO CHART THIS UNEXPLORED REGION.
SOMETIMES I WONDER IF HE'S STACKING THE DECK.
I ASSURE YOU, COMMANDER
THE CARDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RANDOMIZED.
I HOPE...
SO.
SOMETHING WRONG, MR. WORF?
I AM EXPERIENCING NIB'POH--
THE FEELING I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.
YES, LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.
I'VE BEEN HAVING THE SAME FEELING.
KEEP DEALING, DATA.
EIGHT.
ACE.
A QUEEN. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A QUEEN.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FOUR.
DEAL, DATA.
BUT NO ONE HAS BET.
FORGET THE BET. JUST DEAL.
TEN.
SEVEN.
QUEEN.
NINE.
JACK.
FOUR.
DEUCE.
SIX.
THIS IS HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.
HOW DID WE KNOW?
WAIT.
CRUSHER TO SICK BAY.
SICK BAY HERE.
IS COMMANDER LA FORGE THERE?
NO, DOCTOR, HE'S NOT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
HE JUST CAME IN.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, DOCTOR?
YES.
CAPTAIN... HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING THE FEELING
THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE--
A SENSE OF REPETITION?
YES, RECENTLY.
WHILE I WAS READING.
WHY DO YOU ASK?
THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR INCIDENTS
REPORTED ALL OVER THE SHIP.
FEELINGS OF DEJA VU.
I HAD A PREMONITION
GEORDI WAS GOING TO COME INTO SICK BAY.
A FEW SECONDS LATER, HE DID
WITH THE SYMPTOMS OF AN EAR INFECTION.
I WAS GOING TO RUN THE STANDARD TESTS
BUT SOMEHOW, I HAD A FEELING
THAT THEY WOULD TURN OUT NEGATIVE.
SO, I RAN AN OPTICAL DIAGNOSTIC
WHICH TRACED THE PROBLEM
TO GEORDI'S VISOR.
HIS DIZZINESS IS BEING CAUSED
BY A PHASE SHIFT IN HIS VISUAL RECEPTORS.
IT'S CAUSING HIM
TO SEE IMAGES THAT AREN'T THERE.
THEY'RE LIKE BLURRY AFTERIMAGES.
I RAN A SCAN
TO SEE IF I COULD DETECT WHAT HE WAS SEEING.
I PICKED UP MINUSCULE DISTORTIONS
IN THE SURROUNDING DEKYON FIELD.
SOMEHOW, HIS VISOR IS TRANSLATING
THOSE DISTORTIONS INTO VISUAL IMPULSES.
COULD BE A MALFUNCTION IN THE SHIP'S
WARP-FIELD GENERATOR.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
RUN A LOCALIZED SUBSPACE SCAN
TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
AYE, SIR.
KEEP ME ADVISED.
( voices murmur indistinctly )
( murmuring stops )
CRUSHER TO COMMANDER LA FORGE.
LA FORGE HERE.
GEORDI, I JUST HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE VOICES IN MY ROOM
BUT NO ONE ELSE IS HERE.
SENSORS JUST PICKED UP SOMETHING STRANGE, TOO.
WE'RE CHECKING IT OUT.
I'M ON MY WAY.
( glass shatters )
LOOKS LIKE YOU MANAGED TO RECORD 6.2 SECONDS' WORTH.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FILTER THE SIGNAL
AND CLEAR IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
THEN I WASN'T JUST HEARING THINGS.
THE SOUND ITSELF APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REAL.
HOWEVER, THE ACOUSTIC ENERGY
DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO ANY SHIP'S SYSTEM
NOR TO ANY VOICE COMMUNICATION SENT AT THE TIME YOU HEARD IT.
THEN WHERE DID THE SOUND COME FROM?
WELL, YOU HEARD THE VOICES
AT THE SAME TIME OUR LOCALIZED SUBSPACE SCAN
PICKED UP A DEKYON FIELD DISTORTION.
THE TWO MAY BE RELATED. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER LISTEN.
( voices murmuring indistinctly )
( murmuring stops )
COMPUTER, PERFORM A NARROW BANDWIDTH ANALYSIS.
ELIMINATE ALL NON-VOCAL WAVEFORM COMPONENTS.
( voices grow louder and more distinct )
CAN WE ISOLATE THE VOICES?
FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING?
COMPUTER, CONTINUOUS PLAYBACK PLEASE.
( voices replaying )
( voice replay continues )
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,000 VOICES OVERLAPPING.
THE VOICES ARE THOSE OF THE ENTERPRISE CREW.
OUR VOICES.
I'M SORRY TO CALL YOU ALL HERE SO EARLY
BUT WE COULDN'T WAIT TILL 0700 HOURS.
WE THINK WE MAY HAVE AN EXPLANATION
FOR THE ODD OCCURRENCES AROUND HERE.
COMMANDER.
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND PRETTY WILD.
SOMEHOW, WE'VE ENTERED
WHAT SEEMS TO BE A TEMPORAL CAUSALITY LOOP.
WE THINK WE'RE STUCK IN A SPECIFIC FRAGMENT IN TIME
AND THAT WE'VE BEEN REPEATING THAT SAME FRAGMENT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IS THIS WHAT'S CAUSING OUR DEJA VU?
YES, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
IN DEJA VU, YOU ONLY THINK YOU'RE REPEATING EVENTS.
WE ACTUALLY ARE.
OUR THEORY IS THIS:
EVERY TIME THE LOOP BEGINS AGAIN
EVERYTHING RESETS ITSELF AND STARTS ALL OVER.
WE DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE
SO EACH TIME THROUGH THE LOOP, WE THINK IT'S THE FIRST.
YOU MEAN WE COULD HAVE COME INTO THIS ROOM
SAT AT THIS TABLE AND HAD THIS CONVERSATION
A DOZEN TIMES ALREADY?
A DOZEN, A HUNDRED.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL.
WE COULD HAVE BEEN
TRAPPED HERE FOR HOURS, DAYS...
MAYBE YEARS.
Crusher: IF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS TRUE
THOSE VOICES I HEARD
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ECHOES FROM PREVIOUS LOOPS.
IT'S THE SAME WITH THE PHASE SHIFT IN MY VISOR--
AFTERIMAGES IN TIME.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THIS, HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
HOW DID WE GET THERE?
Data: I HAVE A HYPOTHESIS
THAT MAY EXPLAIN THAT, CAPTAIN.
I HAVE ANALYZED THE RECORDING DR. CRUSHER MADE.
MOST OF IT IS QUITE ORDINARY.
150 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SHIP OPERATIONS.
252 CONVERSATIONS OF A PERSONAL NATURE.
FIVE COUPLES ENGAGED IN ROMANTIC ENCOUNTERS...
YOUR POINT, MR. DATA.
THERE IS EVIDENCE
OF SOME SORT OF DISASTER ABOARD THE ENTERPRISE
SEVERE ENOUGH THAT THE CAPTAIN
ORDERED ALL HANDS TO ABANDON SHIP.
I HAVE ISOLATED THREE SEGMENTS
OF THIS RECORDING THAT ARE CRUCIAL.
WORF ( distorted voice ): A HIGHLY LOCALIZED DISTORTION
OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
Data: COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
Picard: ALL HANDS ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS ABAN...
La Forge: WORF REFERS TO A DISTORTION.
IF THIS WERE A TEMPORAL DISTORTION--
AND IF WE WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO IT--
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A LARGE ENOUGH EXPLOSION
MIGHT HAVE RUPTURED THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
WE COLLIDED, EXPLODED
THEN GOT CAUGHT IN THIS REPEATING LOOP OF TIME.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT, PERHAPS WE COULD ESCAPE
FROM THE LOOP BY AVOIDING THE COLLISION.
THAT'S OUR GUESS.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD REVERSE COURSE.
FOR ALL WE KNOW, REVERSING COURSE
MAY BE WHAT LEADS US INTO THE CRASH.
NO.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO START SECOND-GUESSING OURSELVES.
WE'LL STAY ON THIS COURSE
UNTIL WE HAVE REASON TO CHANGE IT.
BUT LET'S DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO AVOID THE COLLISION.
La Forge: CAPTAIN, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO AVOID THIS ACCIDENT
UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE.
AND IF THE LOOP BEGINS AGAIN
WE'LL FORGET EVERYTHING WE LEARNED THIS TIME AROUND.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
IF WE DO FIND A WAY TO AVOID THIS COLLISION
WE SHOULD TRY TO SEND THAT INFORMATION INTO THE NEXT LOOP.
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
WE HAVE SEEN THAT ECHOES OR AFTERIMAGES FROM PREVIOUS LOOPS
APPEAR AS DISTORTIONS IN THE DEKYON FIELD.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO SEND A DELIBERATE ECHO
INTO THE NEXT LOOP.
LIKE A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.
EXACTLY.
WE COULD ENHANCE A DEKYON EMISSION
TO CREATE A SPECIFIC PATTERN
AND SEND OURSELVES A MESSAGE.
NOT A LONG ONE, PROBABLY ONLY A FEW CHARACTERS.
MAYBE ONE WORD.
HOW DO WE KNOW WE'LL PICK UP THAT WORD THE NEXT TIME THROUGH?
IF THE DEKYON EMISSION IS MODULATED CORRECTLY
IT WILL SET UP RESONANCES IN MY POSITRONIC SUBPROCESSORS.
I WILL RECEIVE THE INFORMATION
ON WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL.
La Forge: NOW, THERE'S THE CATCH.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING
HOW THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PERCEIVED BY DATA.
IT MIGHT BE LIKE A POSTHYPNOTIC SUGGESTION.
EVEN WITH ALL THESE UNCERTAINTIES, WE'VE GOT TO TRY.
TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO SEND A MESSAGE.
DISMISSED.
La Forge: YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE
WE'VE TRIED THIS A THOUSAND TIMES
AND IT'S NEVER WORKED.
DO YOU HAVE THE FEELING
THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE?
NO, I DON'T.
NEITHER DO I.
MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
LET'S TEST THE EMITTER.
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS AT FULL POWER.
DEKYON FIELD ACTIVE.
PARTICLE FLUX NOMINAL.
WE'RE IN BUSINESS.
ALL WE NEED NOW IS A MESSAGE.
Riker: SENIOR OFFICERS, REPORT TO THE BRIDGE.
ON OUR WAY.
( alarm sounding )
Riker: WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HANDLED THIS BEFORE.
Picard: BACK US OFF, ENSIGN.
NICE AND SLOW.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN, MANEUVERING THRUSTERS ARE NOT RESPONDING.
THE DISTORTION FIELD IS FLUCTUATING.
ALL MAIN SYSTEMS JUST WENT DOWN.
POWER LEVELS ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY.
THERE IS AN ENERGY BUILDUP IN THE DISTORTION FIELD.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Data: CAPTAIN, SOMETHING IS EMERGING.
Riker: SHIELDS UP. EVASIVE MANEUVERS.
SHIELDS INOPERATIVE.
THE HELM'S NOT RESPONDING.
THE VESSEL IS ON A COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
HAIL THEM.
NO RESPONSE.
SUGGESTIONS?
DECOMPRESS MAIN SHUTTLE BAY.
THE EXPLOSIVE REACTION MAY BLOW US OUT OF THE WAY.
CAPTAIN, I SUGGEST WE USE THE TRACTOR BEAM
TO ALTER THE OTHER SHIP'S TRAJECTORY.
MAKE IT SO, MR. WORF.
ENGAGING TRACTOR BEAM.
DAMAGE REPORT!
CASUALTY REPORTS ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE SHIP!
STARBOARD NACELLE HAS SUSTAINED A DIRECT IMPACT.
WE ARE VENTING DRIVE PLASMA.
INITIATING EMERGENCY CORE SHUTDOWN.
INERTIAL DAMPERS FAILING. WE'RE LOSING ATTITUDE CONTROL.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE!
ALL HANDS TO EMERGENCY ESCAPE PODS!
Data: CORE SHUTDOWN IS UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE LOSING ANTIMATTER CONTAINMENT.
WE'VE GOT TO EJECT THE CORE!
EJECTION SYSTEMS ARE OFF-LINE.
CORE BREACH IS IMMINENT.
Picard: ALL HANDS, ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS ABAN...
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 45652.1.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS ENTERED AN AREA OF SPACE
KNOWN AS THE TYPHON EXPANSE.
WE ARE THE FIRST STARFLEET VESSEL
TO CHART THIS UNEXPLORED REGION.
Riker: SOMETIMES I WONDER IF HE'S STACKING THE DECK.
I ASSURE YOU, COMMANDER
THE CARDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RANDOMIZED.
I HOPE SO.
SOMETHING WRONG, MR. WORF?
I AM EXPERIENCING NIB'POH--
THE FEELING I HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.
YEAH. LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEAN.
I'VE BEEN HAVING THE SAME FEELING.
WAIT.
AN EIGHT, AN ACE, A QUEEN AND A FOUR.
DEAL THE CARDS, DATA.
THREE. ALL THREES.
I WAS POSITIVE
I KNEW WHAT CARDS WERE GOING TO BE DEALT.
I WAS ALSO SURE.
FINISH DEALING THE HAND.
Riker: LOOK AT THIS.
WE'VE ALL GOT THREE OF A KIND.
FIRST WE GET A THREE, AND THEN THREE OF A KIND.
OGAWA TO DR. CRUSHER.
GO AHEAD.
COMMANDER LA FORGE NEEDS YOU IN SICK BAY.
I'M ON MY WAY.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE CATWALK WAS SPINNING.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS ME.
I WAS LUCKY ENSIGN FLETCHER WAS THERE TO GRAB ME.
IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WARP CORE.
YOU HAVE ALL THE SYMPTOMS
OF AN INNER EAR INFECTION.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE HEADACHES, DIZZINESS.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY PHYSI... CAL...
WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
GEORDI, HAVE YOU EVER HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE?
NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, I THINK I HAVE.
DO YOU RECALL WHEN?
NO... I DON'T.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE
AND I REMEMBER GIVING YOU THIS EXAMINATION.
LET'S CHECK THE MEDICAL LOGS.
YOU'VE BEEN TREATED SEVERAL TIMES
FOR HEADACHES RELATED TO YOUR VISOR
BUT THERE'S NO MENTION OF DIZZINESS.
MUST BE DEJA VU.
BOTH OF US?
ABOUT THE SAME THING?
I'D LIKE TO RUN AN OPTICAL DIAGNOSTIC.
FOR AN EAR INFECTION?
I HAVE A HUNCH.
NOW HOLD STILL. THIS PULSE MAY BE
A LITTLE BRIGHT.
( groans )
HAVE YOU MADE ANY CHANGES
TO YOUR VISOR LATELY?
NO, WHY?
I'M DETECTING A SMALL PHASE SHIFT
IN YOUR VISUAL RECEPTORS.
CRUSHER TO CAPTAIN PICARD.
YES, DOCTOR?
CAN YOU COME TO SICK BAY IMMEDIATELY?
IT'S URGENT.
I'M ON MY WAY.
HIS DIZZINESS IS BEING CAUSED
BY A PHASE SHIFT IN HIS VISUAL RECEPTORS.
IT'S CAUSING HIM TO SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE.
THEY'RE LIKE BLURRY AFTERIMAGES.
I RAN A SCAN TO SEE IF I COULD DETECT WHAT HE WAS SEEING.
I PICKED UP MINUSCULE DISTORTIONS
IN THE SURROUNDING DEKYON FIELD.
HIS VISOR SEEMS TO BE TRANSLATING
THOSE DISTORTIONS INTO VISUAL IMPULSES.
COULD BE A MALFUNCTION IN THE SHIP'S WARP FIELD GENERATOR.
I'LL CHECK IT OUT.
WHILE YOU'RE AT IT
RUN A LOCALIZED SUBSPACE SCAN TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING UNUSUAL.
AYE, SIR.
KEEP ME ADVISED, DOCTOR.
La Forge: LATERAL SENSORS ON LINE.
SUBSPACE SCANNERS ACTIVE.
DATA, WOULD YOU RUN A LEVEL-2 DIAGNOSTIC
ON THE WARP SUBSYSTEMS?
ALL THREES.
THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
I HAVE ENCOUNTERED
THE NUMERAL THREE AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF TIMES
OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS.
( alarm beeping )
WE HAVE A DEKYON FIELD FLUCTUATION
ON DECK NINE, SECTION 28.
CRUSHER TO COMMANDER LA FORGE.
LA FORGE HERE.
I JUST HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE VOICES IN MY ROOM
BUT THERE'S NO ONE HERE.
SENSORS JUST PICKED UP SOMETHING STRANGE, TOO.
WE'RE CHECKING IT OUT.
I'M ON MY WAY DOWN.
( glass shattering )
DR. CRUSHER, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
I'M FINE.
Data: I HAVE ISOLATED THREE SEGMENTS
OF THIS RECORDING THAT ARE CRUCIAL.
Worf: A HIGHLY LOCALIZED DISTORTION
OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
Data: COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
Picard: ALL HANDS, ABANDON SHIP!
REPEAT, ALL HANDS, ABA...
WORF REFERS TO A DISTORTION.
IF THIS WERE A TEMPORAL DISTORTION
AND IF WE WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO IT
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A LARGE ENOUGH EXPLOSION
MIGHT HAVE RUPTURED THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
WE COLLIDED, EXPLODED
THEN GOT STUCK IN THIS REPEATING LOOP OF TIME.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THIS THEN PERHAPS
WE CAN ESCAPE FROM THE LOOP BY AVOIDING THE COLLISION.
THAT'S OUR GUESS.
Worf: PERHAPS WE SHOULD REVERSE COURSE.
FOR ALL WE KNOW, REVERSING COURSE
MIGHT BE WHAT LEADS US TO THE CRASH.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO START SECOND-GUESSING OURSELVES.
WE SHOULD STAY ON THIS COURSE
UNTIL WE HAVE REASON TO CHANGE IT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK WE SHOULD DO
WHAT WE CAN TO AVOID A COLLISION.
CAPTAIN, WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE NUMBER THREE
ALL OVER THE SHIP-- ON CONSOLES
IN A POKER GAME.
Data: TO DATE, WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED
2,085 CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLES OF THE NUMBER THREE.
ALL OF THESE THREES CAN'T BE COMING UP BY ACCIDENT.
MAYBE SOMEONE'S TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING.
WE CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION
SO WE RAN A SHIP-WIDE DIAGNOSTIC.
THE ONLY UNUSUAL THING WE FOUND WAS
A DEKYON FIELD MODULATION
IN DATA'S POSITRONIC SUBPROCESSORS.
WHAT COULD BE CAUSING IT?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF I WANTED
TO SEND INFORMATION FROM ONE LOOP INTO THE NEXT
I MIGHT USE A METHOD LIKE A DEKYON EMISSION.
YOU THINK WE SENT OURSELVES A MESSAGE?
IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
MAYBE WE ARE TRYING TO TELL OURSELVES SOMETHING.
IF THAT WERE TRUE, WHAT COULD THREE INDICATE?
MAYBE WE SHOULD RUN A LEVEL-3 DIAGNOSTIC
ON ALL KEY SYSTEMS.
La Forge: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I'LL HAVE THE COMPUTER RUN A PATTERN-MATCHING
ALGORITHM ON THE NUMBER THREE.
Ro: BRIDGE TO CAPTAIN PICARD.
GO AHEAD.
WE'RE GETTING UNUSUAL READINGS
20,000 KILOMETERS OFF THE STARBOARD BOW.
ON OUR WAY.
( alarm buzzing )
REPORT.
SENSORS DIDN'T DETECT THE PHENOMENON
UNTIL WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF IT, CAPTAIN.
Worf: IT IS A HIGHLY LOCALIZED DISTORTION
OF THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
ON SCREEN.
HOW DO YOU THINK WE HANDLED THIS BEFORE?
BACK US OFF, ENSIGN.
NICE AND SLOW.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN, MANEUVERING THRUSTERS ARE NOT RESPONDING.
Data: THE DISTORTION FIELD IS FLUCTUATING.
ALL MAIN SYSTEMS JUST WENT DOWN.
POWER LEVELS ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY.
THERE IS AN ENERGY BUILDUP IN THE DISTORTION FIELD.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.
Data: CAPTAIN, SOMETHING IS EMERGING.
SHIELDS UP!
EVASIVE MANEUVERS!
SHIELDS INOPERATIVE.
THE HELM'S NOT RESPONDING.
Data: THE VESSEL IS ON
A COLLISION COURSE.
IMPACT IN 36 SECONDS.
HAIL THEM.
NO RESPONSE.
SUGGESTIONS?
DECOMPRESS MAIN SHUTTLE BAY.
THE EXPLOSIVE REACTION MAY KICK US OUT OF THE WAY.
CAPTAIN, I SUGGEST WE USE THE TRACTOR BEAM
TO ALTER THE OTHER SHIP'S TRAJECTORY.
MAKE IT SO, MR. WORF.
WORF: ENGAGING TRACTOR BEAM.
THE TRACTOR BEAM
WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
I AM DECOMPRESSING THE MAIN SHUTTLE BAY.
( LOUD WHOOSHING )
WE ARE CLEAR OF THE DISTORTION.
DATA, WHAT HAPPENED?
AT THE LAST MOMENT, I SPECULATED
THAT "THREE" MIGHT REFER TO THE NUMBER OF RANK INSIGNIA
ON COMMANDER RIKER'S UNIFORM.
THAT INDICATED TO ME
THAT HIS SUGGESTION MIGHT BE THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION.
DATA, YOU MUST HAVE PICKED UP A MESSAGE
WE SENT FROM THE LAST LOOP
AND STACKED THE DECK IN THE POKER GAME
WITHOUT REALIZING IT.
THAT IS POSSIBLE.
I MAY ALSO HAVE INADVERTENTLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE UNEXPLAINED OCCURRENCES OF THE NUMBER THREE.
MR. WORF, END RED ALERT.
AND TRY TO ACCESS A FEDERATION TIME BASE BEACON.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT
HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN IN THIS CAUSALITY LOOP.
TIME BASE CONFIRMS OUR CHRONOMETERS ARE OFF
BY 17.4 DAYS.
RESET THEM, MR. DATA.
AYE, SIR.
CAPTAIN, WE ARE BEING HAILED BY THE OTHER VESSEL.
COMPUTER IDENTIFIES IT AS THE USS BOZEMAN--
A FEDERATION STARSHIP...
SOYUZ-CLASS.
SOYUZ-CLASS?
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN SERVICE IN OVER 80 YEARS.
OPEN A CHANNEL.
THIS IS CAPTAIN MORGAN BATESON
OF THE FEDERATION STARSHIP BOZEMAN.
CAN WE RENDER ASSISTANCE?
I'M CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD
OF THE FEDERATION STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.
WE WERE JUST GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME THING.
CAPTAIN PICARD, YOUR VESSEL IS NOT FAMILIAR TO US.
CAPTAIN, HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED?
OUR SENSORS DETECTED A TEMPORAL DISTORTION.
THEN YOUR SHIP APPEARED.
WE NEARLY HIT YOU.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP
IN A TEMPORAL CAUSALITY LOOP, AND I SUSPECT
THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU.
YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.
WE LEFT STARBASE ONLY THREE WEEKS AGO.
CAPTAIN...
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR THIS IS?
OF COURSE I DO.
IT'S 2278.
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BEAM ABOARD OUR SHIP.
THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS.