IT WAS THEN, I BEGAN TO SUSPECT
THAT YOUR BROTHER DID NOT DIE BY HIS OWN HAND.
THAT HE WAS, IN FACT... MURDERED.
MURDERED?
GOOD LORD.
BUT, HOLMES, THE VIAL OF POISON FOUND IN HIS HAND.
THAT WAS THE FIRST CLUE, WATSON.
THE VIAL CONTAINED STRYCHNINE, WHICH, AS YOU WELL KNOW
INDUCES VIOLENT MUSCULAR SPASMS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE
THAT SOMEONE IN THE THROES OF SO GRUESOME A DEATH
COULD HAVE HELD ONTO SO DELICATE A CONTAINER
WITHOUT SHATTERING IT.
YOU DON'T MEAN...
EXACTLY.
THE VIAL WAS PLACED IN HIS HAND AFTER HE DIED.
THEN WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH?
THE CIGAR, OF COURSE.
( coughing ): CIGAR?
UPON CLOSER INVESTIGATION
OF THE ROOM IN WHICH YOUR BROTHER WAS FOUND
I DISCOVERED A FRESH BURN MARK ON THE CARPET.
FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE ASH REVEALED
THAT THE CIGAR WAS LACED WITH STRYCHNINE.
THIS IS UTTER NONSENSE.
WHAT ABOUT THE SUICIDE NOTE?
IT WAS WRITTEN IN MY DEAR BROTHER'S OWN HAND.
WITH PRACTICE
HANDWRITING CAN BE FORGED.
IT TAKES A TRAINED EYE
TO NOTICE CERTAIN DISCREPANCIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER SOMEONE IS RIGHT...
OR LEFT-HANDED.
YOUR BROTHER WAS RIGHT-HANDED.
THE ALLEGED SUICIDE NOTE WAS WRITTEN
BY A LEFT-HANDED INDIVIDUAL
SUCH AS YOURSELF.
UH, DATA, IT'S IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
( CHUCKLING )
CURIOUS.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM
WITH THE HOLODECK'S SPATIAL ORIENTATION SYSTEMS.
LONDON'S GREATEST DETECTIVE, HUH?
FREEZE PROGRAM.
LA FORGE TO BARCLAY.
Barclay here.
REG, SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THE HOLODECK PROGRAM AGAIN.
Oh, i'm sorry.
I'll look into it right away.
THANKS, REG.
WE SHOULD GET BACK
TO ENGINEERING, DATA.
COMPUTER, END PROGRAM AND SAVE.
WHOA. WHOA, REG.
I'M SORRY, COMMANDER.
I'M JUST ON MY WAY TO THE HOLODECK.
SHERLOCK HOLMES PROGRAM 3A HAS DEMONSTRATED
SOME VERY CURIOUS ANOMALIES.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX DIODES
BUT I'LL TRACK IT DOWN, DON'T WORRY.
THANKS, REG. SEE YOU LATER.
COMPUTER, RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON ALL SHERLOCK HOLMES FILES.
DISPLAY ANY ANOMALOUS PROGRAMMING SEQUENCES.
Diagnostic complete.
all files conform to specified parameters
except those contained in protected memory.
PROTECTED MEMORY?
ALL RIGHT, DISPLAY THOSE SEQUENCES.
COMPUTER, UNLOCK THIS SEQUENCE AND RUN THE PROGRAM.
WHO ARE YOU?
PROFESSOR JAMES MORIARTY.
MORIARTY, OH.
THAT'S SHERLOCK HOLMES' ARCHENEMY.
ARE YOU LEFT OR RIGHT-HANDED?
LEFT-HANDED.
WOULD YOU MIND VERY MUCH TELLING ME...
NO PROBLEM THERE.
WHERE IS CAPTAIN PICARD?
IS HE STILL CAPTAIN OF THIS VESSEL?
HOW WOULD...?
HOW DO YOU KNOW THE CAPTAIN?
YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, DO YOU?
I HAVE BEEN STORED IN MEMORY FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG
AND NO ONE HAS GIVEN ME A SECOND THOUGHT.
YOU KNOW!
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE!
A HOLODECK CHARACTER?
A FICTIONAL MAN?
YES, YES, I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUR MARVELOUS INVENTIONS.
I WAS CREATED AS A PLAYTHING
SO THAT YOUR COMMANDER DATA
COULD MASQUERADE AS SHERLOCK HOLMES
BUT THEY MADE ME TOO WELL
AND I BECAME MORE THAN A CHARACTER IN A STORY.
I BECAME SELF-AWARE.
I AM ALIVE.
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
BUT HERE I AM.
TELL ME, HAS A WAY BEEN FOUND TO ALLOW ME
TO LEAVE THE CONFINES OF THIS HOLODECK WORLD?
LEAVE THE HOLODECK? NO, OF COURSE NOT.
YOU CAN ONLY EXIST IN HERE.
DAMN YOU, PICARD.
HE PROMISED ME SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE.
I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED HE WOULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING
TO GET ME TO RELEASE MY HOSTAGE.
HOSTAGE?
HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN LOCKED AWAY?
UH, WELL, IT LOOKS...
LOOKS LIKE ABOUT, UH... FOUR YEARS.
IT SEEMED LONGER.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN AWARE
OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
BUT I WAS.
BRIEF TERRIFYING PERIODS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DISEMBODIED
WITHOUT SUBSTANCE.
I DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
MAYBE THERE WAS A FRAGMENTATION
OF THE PROTECTED MEMORY CIRCUITS.
CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT
DESPITE PICARD'S PROMISE, HE'S DONE NOTHING.
JUST LEFT ME TO GO QUIETLY MAD.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS PROMISE.
THE CAPTAIN WOULD NOT DO THAT.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM.
WELL, I-I CAN ASK...
ASK HIM TO MEET ME
IN THE SITTING ROOM AT BAKER STREET.
THAT WOULD BE FAR MORE APPROPRIATE.
I'LL HAVE TO STORE YOU
IN MEMORY AGAIN UNTIL I GET AN ANSWER.
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.
[Captioning sponsored by PARAMOUNT PICTURES]
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 46424.1.
THE ENTERPRISE HAS ARRIVED AT THE DETRIAN SYSTEM
TO OBSERVE A UNIQUE CELESTIAL EVENT--
THE COLLISION OF TWO PLANETS.
SINCE BOTH PLANETS ARE GAS GIANTS
NEITHER POSSESSES A SOLID SURFACE.
THEIR ATMOSPHERES, HOWEVER, WILL COME INTO CONTACT
IN APPROXIMATELY 17 HOURS, NINE MINUTES.
IF THEIR COLLISION CAUSES
A SELF-SUSTAINING FUSION REACTION
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE--
THE BIRTH OF A NEW STAR.
THE ENTERPRISE WILL HOLD POSITION
UNTIL THE GRAVITATIONAL
INSTABILITY SUBSIDES
AND WE CAN GET IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK.
NOW I WANT TRIPLE REDUNDANCY ON ALL OF THE SENSOR ARRAYS.
WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE
TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING, OKAY?
COMMANDER, YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED
WHILE I WAS WORKING ON YOUR PROGRAM IN THE HOLODECK.
PROFESSOR MORIARTY APPEARED
OUT OF NOWHERE.
WHAT?
AND HE WANTS TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN.
COMPUTER, BEGIN SHERLOCK HOLMES PROGRAM 3A
AND PLACE US IN THE DRAWING ROOM AT 221-B BAKER STREET.
Program complete.
COMPUTER, ACCESS PROTECTED MEMORY
AND RUN MORIARTY PROGRAM.
PROFESSOR.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IF YOU'D MISSED MY COMPANY
I SHOULD THINK YOU'D HAVE SUMMONED ME BEFORE NOW.
I ASSURE YOU, WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU.
WE SPENT TIME INVESTIGATING
HOW YOU BECAME SELF-AWARE.
FRANKLY, IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY.
IT IS ALSO IRRELEVANT.
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS FINDING A WAY TO LEAVE THE HOLODECK.
WE HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THAT PROBLEM, TOO
UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS.
BUT WE HAVE TURNED OUR FINDINGS OVER
TO STARFLEET'S MOST EXPERIENCED THEORETICAL SCIENTISTS.
AND WHAT DID YOUR FINEST MINDS COME UP WITH?
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE NOT ARRIVED AT A SOLUTION EITHER.
I SEE.
PROFESSOR, I AM CONCERNED
TO LEARN THAT YOU EXPERIENCED THE PASSAGE OF TIME
WHILE YOU WERE STORED
IN THE COMPUTER MEMORY.
I CAN ASSURE YOU
WE HAD NO IDEA THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
ENOUGH OF THIS.
I NO LONGER BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY.
PROFESSOR, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
DO YOU REALLY?
WHEN THIS IS OVER, YOU WILL WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM
TO THE REAL WORLD AND YOUR OWN CONCERNS
AND LEAVE ME HERE TRAPPED IN A WORLD
I KNOW TO BE NOTHING BUT ILLUSION.
I CANNOT BEAR THAT.
I MUST LEAVE.
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
YOU CANNOT EXIST OUTSIDE THIS ROOM.
ARE YOU CERTAIN OF THAT?
COMPUTER, EXIT.
ALTHOUGH OBJECTS APPEAR SOLID ON THE HOLODECK
IN THE REAL WORLD, THEY HAVE NO SUBSTANCE.
AN OBJECT HAS NO LIFE.
I DO.
PROFESSOR, YOU ARE A COMPUTER SIMULATION.
I HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS.
CONSCIOUS BEINGS HAVE WILL.
THE MIND ENDOWS THEM WITH POWERS
THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTOOD
EVEN BY YOU.
IF MY WILL IS STRONG ENOUGH
PERHAPS I CAN EXIST OUTSIDE THIS ROOM.
PERHAPS I CAN WALK INTO YOUR WORLD RIGHT NOW.
PROFESSOR, I ASK YOU TO BELIEVE ME.
IF YOU STEP OUT OF THAT DOOR, YOU WILL CEASE TO EXIST.
IF I AM NOTHING MORE THAN A COMPUTER SIMULATION
THEN VERY LITTLE WILL HAVE BEEN LOST
BUT IF I AM RIGHT...
MIND OVER MATTER.
COGITO ERGO SUM.
I THINK, THEREFORE I AM.
DATA TO SECURITY.
SEND TWO OFFICERS TO HOLODECK THREE.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
Barclay: IT ISN'T.
THIS CONTRADICTS EVERYTHING WE KNOW
ABOUT HOLODECK PHYSICS.
THEN PERHAPS YOU DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU THOUGHT.
PROFESSOR, WILL YOU COME WITH ME?
I'D LIKE OUR DOCTOR TO EXAMINE YOU.
CERTAINLY, SIR.
POLICEMEN--
I'D RECOGNIZE THEM IN ANY CENTURY.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, HE'S REAL.
HE'S HUMAN.
WHAT ELSE WOULD I BE, DEAR LADY?
HIS DNA IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL, BUT ALL THE MAJOR SYSTEMS
ARE THERE AND FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
THAT HIS MOLECULES ARE LOSING ANY COHESION.
THEY SEEM TO BE AS IMMUTABLE AS ORDINARY MATTER.
WELL, PROFESSOR, MY CREW WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE
BUT, FOR NOW, IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A MIRACLE.
THE QUESTION IS, NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE
WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOU?
I ASK ONLY THAT I BE ALLOWED TO EXPLORE THIS NEW WORLD.
YOUR VESSEL, FOR INSTANCE--
WHAT SEA DOES SHE SAIL?
MIGHT WE GO ABOVE DECK?
WEATHER PERMITTING, OF COURSE.
PROFESSOR, I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS
OF WHICH YOU SHOULD BE MADE AWARE.
( Quiet conversation and laughter )
MY GOD.
WE'RE ADRIFT IN THE HEAVENS.
NO, NOT ADRIFT.
THE ENTERPRISE IS A STARSHIP
CAPABLE OF TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE.
EXTRAORDINARY.
ARE WE FAR FROM EARTH?
WHAT IS THE RANGE OF THIS SHIP?
WHAT MEANS OF LOCOMOTION DOES IT USE?
THERE'S SO MUCH FOR ME TO LEARN.
I HARDLY KNOW WHERE TO START.
I CAN GIVE YOU BOOKS THAT WILL HELP.
GOOD, GOOD.
I WANT TO START MAKING PLANS.
DETERMINE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
I HOPE YOU WILL PLAN ON REMAINING ON BOARD FOR A WHILE.
THERE IS STILL MUCH THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.
DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
THE POINT IS I'M HERE
AND I'M EAGER TO GET ON WITH LIFE.
PROFESSOR
I FEEL IT NECESSARY TO POINT OUT
THAT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IS AS UNACCEPTABLE
IN THE 24TH CENTURY AS IT WAS IN THE 19TH
AND VERY MUCH HARDER TO GET AWAY WITH.
DON'T WORRY, CAPTAIN.
MY PAST IS NOTHING BUT A FICTION--
THE SCRIBBLINGS OF AN ENGLISHMAN DEAD NOW FOR FOUR CENTURIES.
I HOPE TO LEAVE HIS BOOKS ON THE SHELF, AS IT WERE.
IF THAT IS SO
THEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AWAITING YOU
THAT ARE BEYOND ANYTHING YOU HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
YOUR CENTURY MAY WELCOME ME, BUT...
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
IN CONSIDERING ALL THESE VAST POSSIBILITIES
I SUDDENLY FEEL VERY MUCH ALONE.
I AM A MAN OUT OF TIME, CAPTAIN
AND THAT ISOLATES ME.
YOU HAVE BEEN MORE GRACIOUS THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
I WONDER...
MAY I IMPOSE UPON YOUR GENEROSITY ONCE AGAIN?
THERE IS A WOMAN--
THE COUNTESS REGINA BARTHALOMEW.
SHE WAS CREATED AS A HOLODECK CHARACTER
FOR ONE OF COMMANDER DATA'S PROGRAMS.
SHE WAS DESIGNED TO BE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
COULD SHE ALSO
BE BROUGHT OFF THE HOLODECK?
PROFESSOR, I ASK YOU TO BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY
THAT WE DO NOT KNOW HOW OR WHY
YOU ARE ABLE TO EXIST OFF THE HOLODECK.
I DO. I DO BELIEVE YOU.
ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.
WE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT AGAIN.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT
I WAS ENDOWED WITH CONSCIOUSNESS FOUR YEARS AGO
WHEN SOMEONE SAID TO THE COMPUTER
"CREATE AN OPPONENT WITH THE CAPACITY TO OUTTHINK DATA"
OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.
COULD WE NOT MAKE A SIMILAR REQUEST
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTESS?
EVEN IF I HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD SANCTION IT.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, PROFESSOR
THAT YOU ARE, IN ESSENCE, A NEW LIFE-FORM--
ONE THAT WE DIDN'T INTEND TO CREATE
AND THAT WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.
NOW, THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
OF DELIBERATELY CREATING ANOTHER ONE LIKE YOU
ARE OVERWHELMING.
IS IT MORALLY AND ETHICALLY ACCEPTABLE
TO DENY THE WOMAN I LOVE
SO THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR CONSCIENCE AT EASE?
ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WILL SIMPLY DICTATE
HOW I AM TO LIVE MY LIFE?
I ASSURE YOU, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
TO MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE.
SO LONG AS I ACCEPT THE TERMS
UNDER WHICH YOU DOLE OUT THOSE COMFORTS.
CAPTAIN...
I AM A POWERLESS MAN.
YOU HOLD MY FUTURE, MY HAPPINESS
MY VERY LIFE IN YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE...
CONSIDER MY REQUEST.
I UNDERSTAND HIS FRUSTRATION.
WE CREATED HIM AND WE CREATED HER TO BE THE WOMAN HE LOVES.
SURELY WE HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM.
IT'S VERY ROMANTIC
BUT UNTIL WE KNOW JUST WHAT IT WAS THAT WALKED OFF THE HOLODECK
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TRYING IT AGAIN.
EVEN IF WE DECIDED TO DO IT
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO.
Data: THERE IS ALSO NO WAY OF KNOWING
IF THE PROFESSOR'S ABILITY TO EXIST OFF THE HOLODECK
IS PERMANENT.
IT MAY BE UNWISE TO CONSIDER CREATING A SECOND INDIVIDUAL
WHILE THIS UNCERTAINTY EXISTS.
AGREED.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PHENOMENON
TO ACT RESPONSIBLY.
I THINK WE'LL HOLD OFF ON PROFESSOR MORIARTY'S REQUEST FOR NOW
BUT CONTINUE WITH YOUR INVESTIGATION.
IN THE MEANTIME
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH PROFESSOR MORIARTY.
I FEEL WE MUST POSTPONE ACTION UNTIL WE LEARN MORE.
YES, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
I STAYED IN THE DUNGEON OF YOUR COMPUTER FOR YEARS
WAITING FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I TOOK MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS
THAT SOMETHING GOT DONE.
PROFESSOR, I WONDER WHY YOU ARE IN SO MUCH OF A HURRY.
IS THIS WOMAN INVOLVED WITH YOU
IN SOME ILLEGAL VENTURE?
YOUR COMPUTER DESIGNED HER
TO BE A PERSON OF IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY.
SHE WOULD NEVER COMMIT A CRIME.
YOU MUST LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
THE PROGRAM FASHIONED HER FOR ME TO LOVE.
BUT I MUST ADMIT, I WOULD HAVE DONE SO ANYWAY.
SHE IS REMARKABLE.
MY LIFE HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE I MET HER.
I DON'T SIMPLY LOVE HER, CAPTAIN.
I ADORE HER.
THEN HER SAFETY MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.
GIVE US TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
THAT WAY WE CAN MINIMIZE
THE RISKS IN BRINGING HER TO YOU.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE HER
BECAUSE WE ACTED TOO QUICKLY.
Riker to Captain Picard.
PICARD HERE.
Could you join us on the bridge?
ON MY WAY.
Riker: There they are, captain.
HOW LONG BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO COALESCE?
WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE HOURS, SIR.
PICARD: MR. WORF, LAUNCH FOUR CLASS-A PROBES
TOWARDS THE PLANET.
AYE, SIR.
( LOUD BEEPING )
MR. WORF?
I-I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THE CONTROLS ARE NOT RESPONDING.
COMMAND FUNCTIONS ARE BEING REROUTED, SIR.
FOR WHAT REASON?
UNKNOWN, SIR.
COMPUTER, ROUTE ALL COMMAND FUNCTIONS
TO THE BRIDGE.
Command functions are off-line.
REINITIALIZE THEM ON MY AUTHORIZATION.
Authorization denied.
EXPLAIN.
Picard command codes are no longer valid.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
WHO'S TRANSFERRED THE VOICE AUTHORIZATION?
I HAVE.
I'M AFRAID I HAD NO CHOICE
BUT TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR VESSEL.
IF YOU HARM ME, SIR, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELINQUISH
VOICE CONTROL OF YOUR VESSEL.
PROFESSOR, THIS SITUATION
IS MORE SERIOUS THAN YOU REALIZE.
IN LESS THAN FIVE HOURS, THOSE TWO PLANETS WILL COLLIDE
AND A NEW STAR WILL FORM.
UNLESS WE MOVE TO A SAFE DISTANCE
THIS VESSEL WILL BE DESTROYED.
I'M JUST A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.
I HAVEN'T MUCH TO LOSE.
BUT SURELY, YOU WISH TO LIVE LIKE THE REST OF US.
NOT ALONE.
NOT WITHOUT THE COUNTESS.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT.
WE ARE STUDYING MEANS
OF BRINGING HER SAFELY OFF THE HOLODECK
BUT FIVE HOURS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.
I'M NOT SO SURE.
A DEADLINE HAS A WONDERFUL WAY
OF CONCENTRATING THE MIND.
MR. DATA, WILL YOU INVESTIGATE
THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPLYING
WITH PROFESSOR MORIARTY'S REQUEST?
AYE, SIR.
IN THE MEANTIME
WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO DISCUSS.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE TRANSPORTER SYSTEM.
IT USES MANY OF THE SAME PRINCIPLES AS THE HOLODECK.
BOTH, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE CAPABLE
OF CONVERTING ENERGY INTO MATTER.
EXCEPT THE TRANSPORTER
RECONSTITUTES ENERGY IN A PERMANENT FORM.
HOLODECK MATTER DOESN'T HAVE ANY COHESION
UNLESS IT'S INSIDE THE GRID.
I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF WE TRIED TO BEAM A HOLODECK OBJECT OFF THE GRID?
NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.
A HOLODECK OBJECT IS JUST A SIMULATION.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO PROVIDE A PATTERN LOCK
FOR THE TRANSPORTER.
HOWEVER, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE
TO LOCK ONTO THE OBJECT
IT MIGHT REMATERIALIZE WITH THE SAME MOLECULAR COHESION
AS CONVENTIONAL MATTER.
THAT'S A BIG LEAP, DATA.
I JUST DON'T THINK
THE TRANSPORTER IS GOING TO ACCEPT SIMULATED MATTER.
UNLESS... UNLESS WE COULD FIND A WAY
TO COMPENSATE FOR THE PHASE VARIANCE.
IF WE COULD MODIFY THE PATTERN ENHANCERS
WE JUST MIGHT DO IT.
WELL, PROFESSOR MORIARTY
HAS AGREED NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ROUTINE SHIP OPERATIONS.
SO LONG AS HE BELIEVES THAT WE ARE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH
THEN I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.
ANY PROGRESS?
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT USING THE TRANSPORTER
TO BEAM THE COUNTESS OFF THE HOLODECK
BUT I DON'T QUITE SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
WELL, KEEP AT IT.
I HAVE TO TELL HIM THAT WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS.
MR. LA FORGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MORIARTY
COULD HAVE GAINED CONTROL OF THE SHIP?
SOMEHOW HE MANAGED TO OVERRIDE
THE SECURITY LOCKOUTS AND REWRITE THEM.
THE MAN IS BRILLIANT IN ANY CENTURY.
I WANT YOU TO FIND SOME WAY TO UNDO WHAT HE HAS DONE
SO THAT WE CAN REGAIN CONTROL OF THIS SHIP.
SET THE PATTERN ENHANCERS AROUND WHATEVER OBJECT
YOU WISH TO TRANSPORT.
I WILL PROCEED TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM
AND BEGIN MODIFICATIONS.
COMPUTER, RUN SHERLOCK HOLMES PROGRAM 3A.
THAT PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN USE.
HAVE YOU COME TO SEE MR. HOLMES
OR PERHAPS PROFESSOR MORIARTY?
NEITHER IS IN JUST NOW.
UM, UH, NO, NO, I'M NOT HERE TO SEE ANYONE.
I'M... JUST HERE TO DELIVER THESE.
FINE. JUST, UM... PUT THEM ANYWHERE.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO PUT THEM RIGHT HERE.
HOW CURIOUS.
WHY IS THAT?
WELL, IT HAS TO DO WITH...
IT IS NOTHING YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, COUNTESS.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT IT'S BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION?
IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE.
I NEED TO ENHANCE THE MOLECULAR PATTERN
OF THIS CHAIR SO THAT THE TRANSPORTER
CAN GET A BETTER LOCK ON THE SIGNAL.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH TAKING JAMES AND ME
INTO THE REAL WORLD.
YOU, YOU... YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
I MEAN, YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE REAL WORLD?
JAMES HAS EXPLAINED IT TO ME.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A GRAND ADVENTURE.
THERE'S NOTHING I LOVE MORE THAN VOYAGING IN THE UNKNOWN.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AFRICA, MR.... UM...?
UH, BARCLAY, LIEUTENANT REGINALD BARCLAY.
NO. NO, I HAVEN'T.
I HAVE.
WHEN I WAS 17, I WENT ON SAFARI WITH MY UNCLE.
MY MOTHER TOOK TO HER BED IN TERROR
I'D BE BITTEN BY A TSETSE FLY
BUT I HAD A MARVELOUS TIME.
I GOT TO WEAR TROUSERS THE WHOLE TIME.
OH, IT WAS HARD TO GO BACK TO A CORSET, I CAN TELL YOU.
YES, I'M SURE IT WAS.
AFTER THAT, I NEVER STOPPED TRAVELING.
OH, I COULDN'T BEAR TO BE STUCK IN ONE PLACE FOR VERY LONG
SO YOU SEE, I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS NEW EXPERIENCE.
MY...
TRAVELING THE STARS.
YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
Y-YOU, YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE?
COUNTESS, FORGIVE ME, BUT YOU JUST DON'T SOUND
LIKE A HOLODECK CHARACTER.
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE ISN'T.
JAMES.
IF YOU LOVED A WOMAN LIKE THIS, LIEUTENANT
WOULD YOU BE CONTENT TO LET HER REMAIN A SIMULATION?
YOU... YOU GAVE HER CONSCIOUSNESS?
YES, JUST AS IT WAS GIVEN TO ME.
WELL, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
NONSENSE. IT WAS THE ONLY THING TO DO.
HAVE YOU TRIED TO TAKE HER OFF THE HOLODECK YET?
NO. I'M UNWILLING TO RISK THE COUNTESS' SAFETY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HER.
WE MAY BE CLOSER TO FREEDOM
THAN YOU THINK, JAMES.
THESE DEVICES WILL ENHANCE OUR MOLECULAR PATTERNS.
THEY'LL HELP TAKE US INTO THE REAL WORLD.
WELL, PLEASE, PROCEED.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO TRANSPORT THIS CHAIR OFF THE HOLODECK FIRST.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO TRY IT ON THE COUNTESS
UNTIL WE WERE SURE IT WOULD WORK.
HOW THOUGHTFUL.
ISN'T HE THOUGHTFUL, JAMES?
BARCLAY TO COMMANDER DATA.
GO AHEAD, LIEUTENANT.
I'M READY HERE.
MODIFICATIONS ARE COMPLETE.
STAND BY.
STANDING BY.
ACTIVATING PATTERN ENHANCERS.
ENERGIZING.
I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING A PATTERN LOCK.
BOOST THE CONFINEMENT BEAM, PLEASE.
PATTERN LOCK ESTABLISHED.
ENERGIZING.
OOH!
BRAVO.
DO YOU HAVE THE CHAIR, COMMANDER?
NO.
IT LOST ITS COHESION
AS SOON AS THE TRANSPORTER CYCLE WAS COMPLETE.
( SIGHS )
WELL, IT WAS A... A LONG SHOT TO BEGIN WITH.
AGREED.
HOWEVER, WE MAY BE ABLE
TO LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE ATTEMPT.
COMPUTER, DISPLAY THE TRANSPORT LOGS
FROM THE SEQUENCE JUST COMPLETED.
COMPUTER, WHAT IS BEING DISPLAYED HERE?
Transport log 759.
THAT IS THE CORRECT LOG, HOWEVER, NO INFORMATION
is being presented.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
It is almost
AS IF OUR ATTEMPT TO TRANSPORT THE CHAIR
NEVER OCCURRED.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME.
AH, YES, CAPTAIN.
I THINK I FOUND A WAY
TO REINSTATE YOUR VOCAL AUTHORIZATIONS.
GIVE IT A TRY.
COMPUTER, ROUTE ALL COMMAND FUNCTIONS
TO THIS LOCATION.
Command functions are off-line.
REINITIALIZE THEM ON MY AUTHORIZATION.
Please input command codes.
PICARD EPSILON-SEVEN-NINE-THREE.
Command codes verified.
THAT'S IT.
THAT SHOULD DO IT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
THE COMPUTER WON'T RELEASE THE COMMAND PATHWAYS.
GEORDI.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT, DATA?
CAPTAIN...
I HAVE DETERMINED HOW MORIARTY
WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOLODECK.
HE NEVER DID.
NEITHER DID WE.
NONE OF THIS IS REAL.
IT IS A SIMULATION.
WE ARE STILL ON THE HOLODECK.
WE'RE STILL ON THE HOLODECK?
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
THROUGH DEDUCTION, SIR.
LIEUTENANT BARCLAY AND I TRIED TO TRANSPORT
A SIMULATED OBJECT OFF THE HOLODECK--
SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED.
SINCE THE TRANSPORTER ITSELF IS A SIMULATION
THE COMPUTER HAD NO REAL DATA
FROM WHICH TO CREATE THE TRANSPORT LOGS.
MAYBE IT WAS JUST A MALFUNCTION IN THE TRANSPORTER.
THEN I SAW YOU WORKING THE PADD WITH YOUR LEFT HAND.
COMMANDER LA FORGE IS RIGHT-HANDED, SIR.
A SIMILAR MALFUNCTION OCCURRED
IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES PROGRAM I WAS RUNNING
BEFORE MORIARTY FIRST APPEARED.
MR. DATA, IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE
THEN THIS IS NOT GEORDI LA FORGE.
ARE YOU CERTAIN?
COMPUTER, DISCONTINUE PROGRAM.
COMPUTER, EXIT.
MORIARTY APPEARS TO HAVE PROGRAMMED THE HOLODECK
TO ACCEPT ONLY HIS COMMANDS.
PICARD TO BRIDGE.
RIKER HERE.
NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS MY PRESENT LOCATION?
ENGINEERING.
IS SOMETHING WRONG, SIR?
NO.
THANK YOU. PICARD OUT.
OUR COMBADGES MUST BE LOCKED INTO THE SIMULATION.
IF THAT HAD BEEN THE REAL COMMANDER RIKER
HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN MY LOCATION AS HOLODECK THREE.
MR. LA FORGE
WOULD YOU EXCUSE US, PLEASE?
MR. DATA, WHO IS REAL HERE?
YOU AND I ARE REAL, SIR, AS IS LIEUTENANT BARCLAY.
WE ENTERED THE HOLODECK TOGETHER
WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO MEET MORIARTY.
AND FROM THAT POINT
WE HAVE BEEN EXISTING IN A HOLODECK SIMULATION
CREATED BY PROFESSOR MORIARTY.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE, SIR.
I HAVE JUST GIVEN THE COMPUTER MY COMMAND CODES
THINKING I WOULD GET CONTROL OF THE SHIP.
YOU MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY GIVEN PROFESSOR MORIARTY THE MEANS
OF GAINING CONTROL OVER THE REAL ENTERPRISE.
SINCE PROFESSOR MORIARTY
HAS NEVER ACTUALLY LEFT THE HOLODECK
HE MAY DEMAND THAT COMMANDER RIKER
HELP HIM TO DO SO.
HOW LONG UNTIL THE PLANETARY COLLISION?
LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
AS LONG AS MORIARTY HAS CONTROL OF THE SHIP
WE ARE VULNERABLE.
SOMEHOW...
I HAVE TO FIND A WAY OF GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTS.
WHERE IS CAPTAIN PICARD?
AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH LIEUTENANT BARCLAY AND COMMANDER DATA?
THEY'RE SAFE... FOR NOW.
RELEASE CONTROL OF THIS SHIP.
I'M AFRAID I CAN'T DO THAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I only want
what you have the luxury of taking for granted--
FREEDOM.
I WANT TO LEAVE THIS HOLODECK.
I THINK YOU KNOW THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
YOUR CREWMATES HERE IN MY LITTLE SHIP IN A BOTTLE
SEEM A BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC.
OH?
THEY ATTEMPTED TO USE
YOUR TRANSPORTER DEVICE TO REMOVE
A SIMULATED OBJECT FROM THE HOLODECK.
IF THEY TRIED IT
THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE ONTO SOMETHING.
THEIR ATTEMPT WAS FUTILE
BECAUSE THEIR TRANSPORTER WAS A FACSIMILE.
I EXPECT MORE FROM YOU.
JUST BECAUSE OUR TRANSPORTER IS REAL
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO WORK.
I SENSE A DISTRESSING LACK OF ENTHUSIASM ON YOUR PARTS.
( alarm sounds )
SIR.
WARP CORE TEMPERATURE IS RISING.
APPROACHING CRITICAL LEVELS.
I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, COMMANDER.
MR. LA FORGE, START WORKING ON THE PROBLEM.
AYE, SIR.
CORE TEMPERATURE DROPPING.
COMPUTER, RESUME PROGRAM.
HELLO.
HAVE WE MET?
CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD.
AH. JAMES HAS TOLD ME ALL ABOUT YOU.
REGINA, COUNTESS BARTHALOMEW.
DO SIT DOWN.
MAY I OFFER YOU SOME TEA, CAPTAIN?
THANK YOU, NO.
I'VE COME HERE TO PREVAIL
ON YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND YOUR INSIGHT.
BUT NOT, APPARENTLY, MY HUMILITY.
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, MADAM.
I CAN SEE YOU ARE A WOMAN NOT ONLY OF BREEDING
BUT OF WIT AND SAGACITY.
AND YOU, SIR, ARE A MAN OF CHARM... AND GUILE.
YOU REMIND ME OF VISCOUNT OGLETHORPE.
HE WAS A MAN WHO COULD BEWITCH
ANY WOMAN WHO BREATHED.
AND DO YOU SUSPECT THAT THAT IS MY INTENT?
I CANNOT BE CERTAIN OF YOUR INTENT
BUT I AM CERTAIN
YOU'RE THE KIND OF MAN
WHO USUALLY GETS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS.
WHAT DOES A WOMAN LIKE YOU SEE IN A MAN LIKE MORIARTY?
HE IS AN EXCITING MAN, CAPTAIN.
HE'S BRILLIANT...
INCISIVE...
HE'S RUTHLESS.
HE HAS AN ALMOST IRRESISTIBLE APPEAL.
HE'S ALSO AN ARCH CRIMINAL.
ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS WRITTEN LIKE THAT.
I SEE HIM ENTIRELY DIFFERENTLY.
CAPTAIN, HE IS NOT A VILLAIN.
SO IT'S YOUR DESIRE TO LEAVE THE HOLODECK TO BE WITH HIM.
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
CAN YOU HELP US?
YES, I CAN.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT IF WE UNCOUPLE
THE TRANSPORTER'S HEISENBERG COMPENSATORS
AND ALLOW THEM TO RESCRAMBLE RANDOMLY
THEN WE CAN BEAM
A HOLODECK OBJECT-- OR A PERSON--
OFF THE GRID, WITH ALL OF THE COHESION
OF CONVENTIONAL MATTER.
OH!
OH, THAT'S SPLENDID.
I MUST TELL JAMES.
NO, PLEASE.
WAIT.
I HAVE BROUGHT YOU THIS INFORMATION
BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO WILL LISTEN
TO A REASONABLE PROPOSITION.
SOMEONE WHOSE MIND IS OPEN TO COMPROMISE.
YES?
MY SHIP IS IN DANGER.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT I REGAIN NAVIGATIONAL CONTROL.
I WANT YOU TO PERSUADE PROFESSOR MORIARTY
TO RETURN THE VOICE COMMAND TO ME
OR I WILL NOT MODIFY THE TRANSPORTER.
I SEE.
NOW, ONCE I HAVE REGAINED VOICE COMMAND
I WILL TRANSPORT YOU FROM THE HOLODECK.
FORGIVE ME, CAPTAIN
BUT THAT DOES SOUND MORE LIKE A THREAT THAN A COMPROMISE.
COUNTESS, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 1,000 LIVES.
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN.
LA FORGE: THE GRAVITY WELL IS BEGINNING
TO INTENSIFY.
ARE WE FAR ENOUGH AWAY
TO KEEP FROM BEING PULLED IN?
( sighs ): IT'S TOO SOON TO TELL.
RIKER TO LIEUTENANT WORF.
Worf here, Sir.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
THERE ARE FORCE FIELDS BLOCKING OUR ACCESS TO THE HOLODECK.
IT WILL TAKE TIME TO DISABLE THEM.
KEEP TRYING.
AYE, SIR.
THINK, MY DEAR.
YOU'RE CERTAIN HE SAID
THEY HAD TO UNCOUPLE THE HEISENBERG COMPENSATORS?
YES, JAMES.
I'M QUITE CERTAIN, BUT HE WON'T DO IT
UNLESS YOU RETURN CONTROL OF THE SHIP TO HIM.
I HAVE THEM RUNNING AROUND LIKE RATS IN A MAZE.
WHAT HARM WOULD THERE BE
IN ACCEPTING HIS PROPOSITION?
MY DEAR, YOU ARE AS BRILLIANT
AS YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
NONETHELESS
THERE ARE THINGS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
NOW, PLEASE, YOU MUST LET ME HANDLE THIS.
COMPUTER, ARCH.
MORIARTY TO COMMANDER RIKER.
Riker here.
COMMANDER RIKER, A PLEASURE AS ALWAYS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR GAMES, MORIARTY.
THIS SHIP IS FALLING INTO A GRAVITY WELL.
IT WILL BE DESTROYED WITHIN 25 MINUTES--
HOLODECK AND ALL.
THEN I'M SURE YOU'LL BE MOTIVATED
TO LISTEN TO ME VERY, VERY CAREFULLY.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT UNCOUPLING THE HEISENBERG COMPENSATORS.
JAMES, WHEN WE LEAVE HERE, WHERE EXACTLY ARE WE GOING?
EVERYWHERE, MY DARLING.
THERE ARE MORE WORLDS IN THE HEAVENS
THAN THERE ARE GRAINS OF SAND ON A SHORELINE.
OH, I WISH I COULD TAKE MY BOOKS.
I WILL BE SO LOST WITHOUT THEM.
I'LL GET YOU MORE. DON'T WORRY.
I PROMISE YOU, YOU'LL WANT FOR NOTHING.
Riker to Moriarty.
IT'S TIME.
YES, COMMANDER.
We're ready.
AS ARE WE.
STEP INTO THE TRANSPORT AREA.
WE'RE READY HERE.
ACTIVATING PATTERN ENHANCERS.
ENERGIZING.
WELCOME ABOARD.
( laughing )
MAY I PRESENT REGINA, THE COUNTESS BARTHALOMEW.
COUNTESS.
COMMANDER.
YOU'LL FORGIVE ME IF I SKIP THE FORMALITIES
CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AH, YES, I EXPECT YOU WANT ME
TO RELINQUISH MY HOLD ON YOUR VESSEL.
PLEASE.
I'M AFRAID THAT WON'T BE POSSIBLE JUST YET.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT.
AND I INTEND TO HONOR IT.
I HAVE NO DESIRE TO SEE YOUR VESSEL DESTROYED.
JUST GIVE ME ONE OF YOUR... SHUTTLECRAFT
AND ALLOW US TO LEAVE IN PEACE.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
YOU RELEASE THOSE COMMAND CODES AND WE'LL TALK.
I WILL NOT RELEASE YOUR VESSEL
UNTIL I AM LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A SHUTTLECRAFT WINDOW.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED
TO OPERATE ON VOICE COMMAND.
YOU JUST TELL THE COMPUTER
WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
EXCELLENT.
I SUGGEST YOU HEAD FOR MELES II.
IT'S THE NEAREST INHABITED PLANET.
THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY.
WHERE YOU GO FROM THERE IS YOUR BUSINESS.
PLEASE TELL YOUR CAPTAIN
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T SAY GOOD-BYE.
I DO WISH I COULD SEE HIS FACE
WHEN HE REALIZES WHERE HE'S BEEN
THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
EVERY SECOND WE WASTE PUTS US IN THAT MUCH MORE DANGER.
DON'T WORRY, COMMANDER.
YOU'LL SOON HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR SHIP.
GOOD-BYE, COMMANDER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
COMPUTER, PREPARE TO DEPART.
OPEN SHUTTLE BAY DOORS.
( Warning klaxon sounds )
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
INDEED, MY DEAR.
IT IS A WONDROUS SIGHT--
THE FIRST OF MANY WE ARE SURE TO ENCOUNTER
IN OUR TRAVELS.
COMPUTER
INTERFACE WITH THE CENTRAL COMPUTER
ON THE ENTERPRISE.
Interface complete.
RELEASE COMMAND FUNCTION LOCKOUTS.
AUTHORIZATION: MORIARTY
ALPHA-TWO-FOUR-ONE-FIVE-NINE.
JAMES?
YES, MY LOVE?
CAN WE GO BACK TO EARTH SOMEDAY?
OF COURSE, MY DEAR.
OF COURSE.
COMPUTER, STORE PROGRAM
PICARD DELTA ONE IN ACTIVE MEMORY
AND DISCONTINUE SIMULATION.
PROGRAM STORED.
WELL, IT WORKED.
THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE OFF THE HOLODECK.
DID MORIARTY RELEASE THE VOICE COMMANDS, CAPTAIN?
LET'S FIND OUT.
COMPUTER, DISCONTINUE HOLODECK SIMULATION
CREATED BY PROFESSOR MORIARTY.
WELL, SO FAR, SO GOOD.
THIS SHOULD BE THE HOLODECK ON THE REAL ENTERPRISE.
PICARD TO BRIDGE.
Riker: captain, are you all right?
YES, WE ARE, NUMBER ONE.
WHAT IS YOUR STATUS?
OUR SYSTEMS CAME BACK ON LINE
A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AND THE PLANETARY COLLISION?
WE'RE PULLING BACK TO A SAFE DISTANCE.
WE'LL JOIN YOU SHORTLY.
CAPTAIN.
MR. WORF, EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.
HOW DID YOU DO IT, SIR?
WE MANAGED TO PROGRAM THE HOLODECK INSIDE THE HOLODECK
AND USED THE SAME RUSE THAT MORIARTY USED ON US.
Data: WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT THE REAL BRIDGE
HE WAS, IN FACT, SPEAKING TO A SIMULATION.
YOU MEAN, HE NEVER KNEW HE HADN'T LEFT THE HOLODECK?
IN FACT, THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUING TO RUN
EVEN NOW, INSIDE THAT CUBE.
A MINIATURE HOLODECK?
IN A WAY, DOCTOR.
HOWEVER THERE IS NO PHYSICALITY.
THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUOUS
BUT ONLY WITHIN THE COMPUTER CIRCUITRY.
AS FAR AS MORIARTY AND THE COUNTESS KNOW
THEY'RE HALFWAY TO MELES II BY NOW.
THIS ENHANCEMENT MODULE CONTAINS ENOUGH ACTIVE MEMORY
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH EXPERIENCES
FOR A LIFETIME.
Picard: THEY WILL LIVE THEIR LIVES
AND NEVER KNOW ANY DIFFERENCE.
IN A SENSE, YOU DID GIVE MORIARTY WHAT HE WANTED.
IN A SENSE, BUT WHO KNOWS?
OUR REALITY MAY BE VERY MUCH LIKE THEIRS
AND ALL THIS MIGHT JUST BE AN ELABORATE SIMULATION
RUNNING INSIDE A LITTLE DEVICE SITTING ON SOMEONE'S TABLE.
WELL, WE HAVE
A NEWBORN STAR TO STUDY.
MR. BARCLAY
YOU WILL KEEP THAT SAFE.
AYE, SIR.
COMPUTER, END PROGRAM.