GOOD MORNING, COMMANDER.
DATA.
INTERESTING NIGHT?
I FOUND IT EXTREMELY INTERESTING.
THE LATERAL SENSOR ARRAYS
RAN THREE SEPARATE SPECTRAL ANALYSES
ON THE ALAWANIR NEBULA
ON THREE DISTINCT FREQUENCIES.
I'M SORRY I MISSED IT.
I WILL HAVE THE REPORT SENT TO YOU, SIR.
WE ARE STILL ON COURSE FOR THE GARIMAN SECTOR.
OUR SPEED IS WARP SIX. ETA: 1300 HOURS.
SICK BAY REPORTED ONE MINOR INJURY
IN THE EXOBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT 0420 HOURS.
VERY WELL.
ISN'T LIEUTENANT WORF SCHEDULED TO REPLACE ENSIGN TORIGAN?
YES, SIR. I WAS NOT INFORMED
OF ANY CHANGE IN THE DUTY ROSTER.
HE'S NEVER LATE.
RIKER TO LIEUTENANT WORF.
COMPUTER, LOCATE LIEUTENANT WORF.
Lieutenant worf is in his quarters.
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
MR. DATA, YOU HAVE THE BRIDGE.
SECURITY TEAM, MEET ME ON DECK SEVEN, SECTION 25-BAKER.
Aye, sir.
( beeping )
COMPUTER
OVERRIDE SECURITY LOCK ON THIS DOOR.
AUTHORIZATION: RIKER-ALPHA-SIX-ZERO.
Worf: TORVA... LUK... DO...
SHELL.
TORVA...
WORF...
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
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.
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( door chimes )
ENTER.
CAPTAIN...
ON YOUR FEET, LIEUTENANT.
SIR.
MR. WORF, YOUR PERSONAL AFFAIRS ARE STRICTLY YOUR OWN CONCERN
UNTIL THEY INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THIS SHIP.
YOU HAVE NOW CROSSED THAT LINE.
AS YOUR CAPTAIN, I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
TRY.
EVER SINCE I RETURNED FROM THE CARRAYA SYSTEM
I HAVE FELT... EMPTY.
DOES THIS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE KLINGONS YOU RESCUED
FROM CARRAYA IV?
THEY WERE YOUNG.
THEY KNEW NOTHING OF THEIR HERITAGE
SO WHILE I WAS THERE, I TRIED TO TEACH THEM--
TEACH THEM ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE
THEIR CULTURE.
I TOLD THEM OUR ANCIENT STORIES
INSTRUCTED THEM IN OUR CUSTOMS
EXPLAINED OUR BELIEFS.
AND THEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT KAHLESS--
HOW HE HAD UNITED OUR PEOPLE LONG AGO
HOW HE GAVE US STRENGTH AND HONOR
AND HOW HE PROMISED TO RETURN ONE DAY
AND LEAD US AGAIN.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE?
TRYING TO RECAPTURE THOSE FEELINGS?
YES.
I WAS TRYING TO SUMMON A VISION OF KAHLESS.
IT'S A PITY THAT YOU DIDN'T TRY THE HOLODECK
INSTEAD OF SETTING FIRE TO YOUR QUARTERS.
USING THE HOLODECK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE.
EVERYTHING HAD TO BE REAL
IF KAHLESS WERE TO APPEAR.
BUT ALL THIS...
IS FOR NOTHING.
HE DID NOT COME TO ME.
I GAVE TOQ AND THE OTHERS A BELIEF IN STO-VO-KOR--
THE LIFE WHICH LIES BEYOND THIS LIFE
WHERE KAHLESS AWAITS US.
WHEN I SAW THE POWER OF THEIR BELIEFS
I BEGAN TO QUESTION THE STRENGTH OF MY OWN
AND I FOUND IT... WANTING.
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FAITH IN STO-VO-KOR?
TO LOSE SOMETHING
ONE MUST FIRST POSSESS IT.
I AM NOT SURE I EVER HAD A TRUE BELIEF.
BUT I SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED IT TO INTERFERE WITH MY DUTIES.
MY BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN...
INEXCUSABLE.
AND UNDERSTANDABLE.
IT MAY BE THAT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
CANNOT BE FOUND HERE ON THE ENTERPRISE.
PERHAPS YOU NEED TO IMMERSE YOURSELF
IN KLINGON BELIEFS
IN ORDER TO DISCOVER
IF THEY CAN HOLD ANY TRUTHS FOR YOU.
( sighs )
IS THERE... SOMETHING YOU CAN DO?
IS THERE SOMEWHERE YOU COULD GO
TO EXPLORE YOUR FAITH MORE FULLY?
BORETH.
THE FOLLOWERS OF KAHLESS AWAIT HIS RETURN THERE.
TO KLINGONS, THERE IS NO MORE SACRED PLACE.
MMM. AND BORETH IS ONLY 12 DAYS FROM HERE BY SHUTTLE.
AS OF THIS MOMENT, MR. WORF, YOU ARE ON LEAVE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
BUT WHEN YOU SET FOOT ON THIS SHIP AGAIN
I EXPECT YOU TO PERFORM YOUR DUTIES
LIKE A STARFLEET OFFICER.
YES, SIR.
AND, MR. WORF...
I HOPE YOU FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THANK YOU, SIR.
( voices chanting quietly ): TORVA... LUK... DO... SHELL.
TORVA... LUK...
DO... SHELL.
TORVA... LUK... DO... SHELL.
TORVA... LUK... DO...
KAHLESS!
I SEE KAHLESS!
HE IS STANDING BEFORE ME
WITH A SWORD.
HE WANTS SOMETHING.
ME.
HE WANTS ME.
HE WANTS ME
TO GO WITH HIM!
IT IS A POWERFUL VISION YOU HAVE HAD, DIVOK.
KAHLESS WANTS YOU TO JOIN HIM
IN STO-VO-KOR.
YOU'RE ONLY 19, AND YET YOUR PLACE
AMONG THE HONORED DEAD IS ALREADY SECURE.
TAKE HIM BACK TO HIS CHAMBER.
LET HIM SLEEP.
YOU'RE LEAVING US?
IT HAS BEEN TEN DAYS, KOROTH.
I HAVE HAD NO VISIONS.
I HAVE RECEIVED NO INSIGHT.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE FOR ME.
WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE PROMISE, WORF?
WHEN KAHLESS HAD UNITED OUR PEOPLE
AND GAVE THEM THE LAWS OF HONOR
HE SAW THAT HIS WORK WAS DONE
SO, ONE NIGHT, HE GATHERED HIS BELONGINGS
AND DEPARTED FOR THE EDGE OF THE CITY
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
THE PEOPLE WEPT.
THEY DID NOT WANT HIM TO GO.
THEN KAHLESS SAID, "YOU ARE KLINGONS.
"YOU NEED NO ONE BUT YOURSELVES.
"I WILL GO NOW TO STO-VO-KOR
BUT I PROMISE ONE DAY I WILL RETURN."
THEN KAHLESS POINTED TO A STAR IN THE SKY
AND SAID, "LOOK FOR ME THERE ON THAT POINT OF LIGHT."
SO, HERE WE ARE...
ON A WORLD CIRCLING THAT DISTANT POINT OF LIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN 15 CENTURIES SINCE HE MADE THAT PROMISE
AND STILL WE WAIT.
WHAT ARE TEN DAYS IN THE LIFE OF ONE KLINGON
COMPARED TO THAT?
IS THE SON OF MOGH REALLY SO EASILY DISCOURAGED?
YOU CAME TO US SEEKING ANSWERS
BUT THIS IS A PLACE OF QUESTIONS.
OPEN YOUR HEART TO KAHLESS.
ASK HIM YOUR QUESTIONS
LET HIM SPEAK TO YOU
WITH YOUR MIND UNCLOUDED BY DOUBT OR HESITATION.
ONLY THEN CAN YOU FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT
THEN PERHAPS YOU SHOULD RETURN TO YOUR STARSHIP.
( door opens, closes )
...LUK... DO... SHELL.
TORVA... LUK... DO... SHELL.
TORVA... LUK...
I SEE KAHLESS.
( gasps )
YOU ARE REAL.
I AM KAHLESS
AND I HAVE RETURNED.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHO ARE YOU?
IT IS KAHLESS.
I HAVE RETURNED.
YOU DOUBT ME.
WHO HERE KNOWS THE STORY
OF HOW THIS SWORD WAS FORGED?
NO ONE KNOWS.
IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN THE SACRED TEXTS.
I WENT INTO THE MOUNTAINS
ALL THE WAY TO THE VOLCANO AT KRI'STAK.
THERE I CUT OFF A LOCK OF MY HAIR
AND THRUST IT INTO THE RIVER OF MOLTEN ROCK
THAT POURED FROM THE SUMMIT.
THE HAIR BEGAN TO BURN.
THEN I PLUNGED IT INTO THE LAKE OF LUSOR
AND TWISTED IT INTO THIS SWORD.
AND AFTER I USED IT TO KILL MOLOR
I GAVE IT A NAME...
BAT'LETH--
THE SWORD OF HONOR.
YOU KNOW.
THE STORY OF THE SWORD
IS KNOWN ONLY TO THE HIGH CLERICS.
IT WAS NEVER WRITTEN DOWN
SO THAT IF HE RETURNED
WE COULD BE SURE
IT WAS KAHLESS.
I HAVE RETURNED
BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT NEED IN MY PEOPLE.
THEY FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES IN PETTY WARS
THAT CORRUPT THE GLORY OF THE KLINGON SPIRIT.
THEY HAVE LOST THEIR WAY...
BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
I HAVE RETURNED
AND I WILL LEAD MY PEOPLE AGAIN.
VORCH-DOH-BAGHK, KAHLESS.
All: VORCH-DOH-BAGHK, KAHLESS.
WHAT IS IT YOU ARE DOING?
I WAS GETTING MY TRICORDER.
TRICORDER?
IS IT A WEAPON?
NO. NO. IT IS A TOOL.
I INTENDED TO USE IT TO SEE IF...
TO SEE IF I WAS REAL.
PROCEED.
USE YOUR TRICORDER.
( laughing )
WELL?
YOU ARE KLINGON.
WHAT ELSE COULD I BE?
THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES--
A SHAPE-SHIFTER, A HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION.
SO, YOU ARE A SKEPTIC, WORF.
I LIKE THAT.
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
WE HAVE MET BEFORE.
I APPEARED TO YOU IN A VISION
IN THE CAVES OF NO'MAT.
YOU WERE JUST A CHILD THEN.
I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING
THAT NO KLINGON HAD EVER DONE BEFORE.
YOU STILL DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS ME
DO YOU, WORF?
I WANT TO BELIEVE.
THAT IS A BEGINNING.
( door opens, closes )
GOWRON IS THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL.
HE COMMANDS THE ENTIRE DEFENSE FORCE.
IF HE CHOOSES TO OPPOSE YOU...
DO NOT WORRY.
WE ARE ON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW ERA FOR OUR PEOPLE.
KLINGONS FROM ALL OVER THE EMPIRE
WILL FLOCK TO MY BANNER.
AND YET...
SOMETHING STILL WEIGHS HEAVY ON THE BROW OF THE SON OF MOGH.
ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING
YET ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ME?
AFTER THREE DAYS, I AM BEGINNING TO WONDER
IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
QUESTIONS ARE THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
THE MARK OF A TRUE WARRIOR.
DO NOT FORGET THAT A LEADER NEED NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS
OF THOSE HE LEADS.
IT IS ENOUGH THAT HE SAYS TO DO A THING
AND THEY WILL DO IT.
IF HE SAYS TO RUN, THEY RUN.
IF HE SAYS TO FIGHT, THEY FIGHT.
IF HE SAYS TO DIE...
THEY DIE.
IF THE COMMANDER IS WORTHY OF THAT TRUST.
( speaking klingon )
( grunting )
( laughing )
WHAT IS WRONG?
IS THERE ONLY ANGER AND BLOODLUST IN YOUR SOULS?
IS THAT ALL THAT IS LEFT IN THE KLINGON HEART?
WE DO NOT FIGHT MERELY TO SPILL BLOOD
BUT TO ENRICH THE SPIRIT.
LOOK AT US--
TWO WARRIORS LOCKED IN BATTLE
FIGHTING FOR HONOR!
HOW CAN YOU NOT SING FOR ALL TO HEAR
"WE ARE KLINGONS!"
( laughing )
YES.
LET IT OUT.
LET THE JOY IN YOUR HEART BE HEARD.
WE ARE KLINGON!
WE ARE KLINGON.
( laughing )
All: WE ARE KLINGONS!
WE ARE KLINGONS!
CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 46852.2.
THE ENTERPRISE IS TO PROCEED DIRECTLY TO THE PLANET BORETH
TO TAKE ABOARD A VERY UNUSUAL GUEST.
DID YOU TAKE ANY OTHER TRICORDER READINGS--
AN ANATOMICAL PROFILE OR A NEUROPHYSIOLOGY SCAN?
NO.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO ELIMINATE ANY POSSIBILITIES AT THIS POINT.
HE MAY BE A COALESCENT BEING TAKING KLINGON FORM
OR A BIOREPLICANT
OR EVEN A KLINGON WHO HAS BEEN SURGICALLY ALTERED
TO LOOK LIKE KAHLESS.
Worf: THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.
HE COULD BE THE REAL KAHLESS.
HE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY RETURNED AS HE PROMISED.
THE APPEARANCE OF KAHLESS IN THE LAVA CAVES
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STORIES
FOUND IN THE KLINGON SACRED TEXTS.
WORF, NO OFFENSE, BUT I HAVE TROUBLE BELIEVING
THAT THE MAN THAT I ESCORTED FROM DECK EIGHT IS SUPERNATURAL.
I DID NOT SAY THAT HE IS.
I MERELY THINK
WE SHOULD NOT COMPLETELY REJECT THE POSSIBILITY.
LOOK, WE HAVE NO REASON TO RULE OUT ANYTHING.
WE ARE NOT ORDERED
TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINS OF OUR GUEST
NOR TO TELL ANYONE WHAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE.
WE ARE SIMPLY TO TRANSPORT KAHLESS TO THE HOMEWORLD
AND WHILE HE'S HERE WITH US
HE WILL BE TREATED AS AN HONORED GUEST.
LIEUTENANT.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
IN THE ABSENCE OF EMPIRICAL DATA
HOW WILL YOU DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE REAL KAHLESS?
IT IS NOT AN EMPIRICAL MATTER.
IT IS A MATTER OF... FAITH.
FAITH.
THEN YOU DO BELIEVE KAHLESS MAY HAVE
SUPERNATURAL ATTRIBUTES.
AS AN ANDROID, I AM UNABLE TO ACCEPT
THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PROVEN THROUGH RATIONAL MEANS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING YOUR INSIGHTS ON THIS MATTER.
PERHAPS SOME OTHER TIME, COMMANDER.
I... DO NOT BELIEVE I CAN PROVIDE MUCH... INSIGHT
AT THIS MOMENT.
WELCOME ABOARD, GOWRON.
WHERE IS HE, PICARD?
I ASSUME THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO KAHLESS.
I AM REFERRING TO THE FILTHY PAHTAK
WHO IS USING HIS NAME.
WELL, THE PERSON IN QUESTION
IS IN HIS QUARTERS AT THE MOMENT.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT HIM SO FAR?
WHAT KIND OF MEDICAL ANALYSIS HAVE YOU MADE?
DO YOU HAVE ANY THEORIES ABOUT HIS TRUE ORIGIN?
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ANALYSIS.
WHAT KIND OF FOOLS
DO YOU HAVE WORKING FOR YOU, PICARD?
THE IMPOSTOR'S BEEN ABOARD FOR NEARLY A DAY.
IF YOU HAD WANTED TO RUN TESTS ON KAHLESS
YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT A KLINGON SHIP FOR HIM.
AND HAVE HIM BEGIN SPREADING HIS POISONOUS LIES
THROUGH A SHIP OF LOYAL KLINGONS? NEVER.
IF HE REALLY IS AN IMPOSTOR
THEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
KAHLESS HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 1,000 YEARS
BUT THE IDEA OF KAHLESS IS STILL ALIVE.
HAVE YOU EVER FOUGHT AN IDEA, PICARD?
IT HAS NO WEAPON TO DESTROY
NO BODY TO KILL.
THE IDEA OF KAHLESS' RETURN MUST BE STOPPED HERE, NOW
OR IT WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE EMPIRE LIKE A WAVE
AND LEAVE NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTION BEHIND.
SO, GOWRON HAS COME ON BOARD
IN ORDER TO TEST YOUR CLAIM.
GOWRON KNOWS THAT HIS DAYS ARE NEARLY OVER.
NOW HE COMES CRAWLING ABOARD WITH SOME KIND OF TEST.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO GOWRON.
WHAT IS THIS TEST?
HE HAS BROUGHT A KNIFE WITH HIM--
A KNIFE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE STAINED
WITH THE BLOOD OF KAHLESS.
GOWRON HAS BROUGHT THE KNIFE OF KIROM?
NO ONE IS PERMITTED TO REMOVE IT
FROM THE SACRED VAULT.
GOWRON DOES NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT IS SACRED.
HE WANTS TO RUN A GENETIC ANALYSIS
ON A SAMPLE OF THE BLOOD, AND ON YOU.
THAT SHOULD TELL US IF THERE IS A BIOLOGICAL MATCH.
NOW, IF YOU AGREE TO THE TEST
I WILL MAKE THE ENTERPRISE FACILITIES AVAILABLE
TO ENSURE THAT IT IS CONDUCTED
IMPARTIALLY.
PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO SETTLE THE DOUBTS
OF THOSE WHO STILL DO NOT BELIEVE.
I WILL ALLOW THIS TEST.
THERE, THAT SHOULD DO IT.
COMPUTER, RUN A GENETIC COMPARISON
ON THIS BLOOD SAMPLE
AND THE TISSUE BELONGING TO KAHLESS.
THE GENETIC PATTERNS ARE IDENTICAL.
BUT HOW?
HOW CAN THIS BE?
IT IS TRUE.
KAHLESS HAS RETURNED.
AH...
I AM SORRY.
OUR REPLICATORS DO NOT DO JUSTICE
TO KLINGON WARNOG.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE TASTED
ANY FOOD OR DRINK.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS I HAVE FORGOTTEN.
KAHLESS...
MAY I ASK YOU ABOUT... DEATH...
AND STO-VO-KOR?
TELL ME--
WHAT AWAITS US BEYOND THIS LIFE?
I DO NOT HAVE THOSE ANSWERS.
I AM MERELY A TRAVELER--
SOMEONE WHO HAS JOURNEYED BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT.
WHILE I AM IN THIS FORM
I KNOW ONLY ABOUT THIS WORLD.
AND THERE IS
MUCH WORK FOR ME TO DO IN THIS WORLD.
AND YOU WILL BE PART OF IT, WORF.
ME?
IT WAS YOUR PURITY OF HEART
THAT SUMMONED ME BACK FROM STO-VO-KOR
AND KOROTH HAS TOLD ME
ABOUT THE RESPECT YOU HAVE EARNED
IN THE FEDERATION AND THE EMPIRE.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A PLACE AT MY SIDE
AS WE RESTORE HONOR TO OUR PEOPLE.
LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS NEW EMPIRE WE WILL FORGE.
IT WILL BE GLORIOUS!
IT WILL BE WAR!
( sighs )
YOU'RE NOT A FOOL, WORF.
DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT EVERY KLINGON IN THE EMPIRE
WILL BEND HIS KNEE AND GROVEL BEFORE THIS MAN
JUST BECAUSE KOROTH SAYS HE IS KAHLESS?
HE IS KAHLESS.
YOUR OWN TEST PROVED IT.
I WILL NOT HAND OVER THE EMPIRE TO KOROTH
BECAUSE OF ONE TEST.
IT IS NOT KOROTH, IT IS...
OF COURSE, IT IS KOROTH!
OPEN YOUR EYES!
KOROTH AND THE OTHER GUARDIANS HAVE ALWAYS OPPOSED ME.
THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PLOY FOR THEM
TO FINALLY SEIZE POWER.
EVEN NOW, THERE ARE WARRIORS ON MY OWN SHIP
WHO WANT TO SEE KAHLESS.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO BELIEVE HE IS AN IMPOSTOR.
THE DIVISIONS ARE ALREADY FORMING.
BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
WE COULD ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND WELCOME KAHLESS
AS A UNITED PEOPLE.
DON'T YOU SEE?
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THEY WANT YOU TO JOIN THEM
BECAUSE YOUR BROTHER SITS ON THE COUNCIL
AND YOUR VOICE CARRIES WEIGHT IN THE EMPIRE.
THEY WANT YOU TO INFLUENCE OTHERS TO FOLLOW THEM.
WORF...
WE FOUGHT TOGETHER ONCE, SIDE BY SIDE
TO KEEP THE EMPIRE FROM BEING TORN APART.
WILL YOU STAND BY
AND LET THESE IMPOSTORS DESTROY
ALL THAT WE FOUGHT SO HARD TO PROTECT?
RENOUNCE HIM, WORF.
STAND WITH ME
AND WE CAN HOLD THE EMPIRE...
TOGETHER.
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
KAHLESS IS OUR FUTURE.
ONLY WITH HIS HELP
CAN WE REVIVE THE PURE WARRIORS WITHIN OURSELVES.
LISTEN TO HIM, GOWRON.
OPEN YOUR HEART.
HEAR HIS WORDS.
HE WILL RESTORE YOUR FAITH AS HE HAS RESTORED MINE.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO LIFT YOUR SPIRIT
AND CLEANSE YOUR HEART
BEFORE YOU TAKE UP ARMS.
KOROTH...
I SEE THAT NOT ALL FOOLS DIE YOUNG.
( laughing )
KAHLESS.
Koroth: KAHLESS, MAY I PRESENT GOWRON
LEADER OF THE HIGH COUNCIL.
KAHLESS.
LONG AGO, A STORM WAS HEADING TOWARD THE CITY OF QUIN'LAT.
THE PEOPLE SOUGHT PROTECTION WITHIN THE WALLS--
ALL EXCEPT ONE MAN WHO REMAINED OUTSIDE.
I WENT TO HIM AND ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING.
"I AM NOT AFRAID," HE SAID.
"I WILL NOT HIDE MY FACE
"BEHIND STONE
"AND MORTAR.
I WILL STAND BEFORE THE WIND AND MAKE IT RESPECT ME."
I HONORED HIS CHOICE AND WENT INSIDE.
THE NEXT DAY, THE STORM CAME
AND THE MAN WAS KILLED.
THE WIND DOES NOT RESPECT A FOOL.
DO NOT STAND BEFORE THE WIND, GOWRON.
WHAT WAS HIS NAME?
WHAT?
IF YOU WERE REALLY THERE
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US
THE NAME OF THE MAN OUTSIDE THE WALLS.
DESCRIBE HIM TO US.
WHAT WAS HE WEARING?
HOW TALL WAS HE?
WHAT COLOR WERE HIS EYES?!
I DO NOT REMEMBER.
IT WAS LONG AGO AND IN ANOTHER LIFETIME.
WHAT MATTERS IS I HAVE RETURNED
TO RESTORE FAITH AND HOPE TO MY PEOPLE
TO LEAD THEM BACK TO THE WAY OF HONOR
AND THE GLORY THAT ONCE WAS THEIRS
AND CAN BE AGAIN.
IS THAT WHAT YOU OPPOSE, GOWRON?
I OPPOSE YOU.
I SAY YOU ARE NOT KAHLESS.
( grunts )
AND I WILL NOT
BEND MY KNEE TO YOU... AS LONG AS I CAN DRAW BREATH...
OR PICK UP A BLADE.
( grunts )
Koroth: NO!
KOROTH!
( grunting )
GOOD TRY, GOWRON, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
( grunts )
( kahless laughing )
YOU HAVE NO JOY, GOWRON.
IS YOUR HEART SO FULL OF MISTRUST AND SUSPICION
THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE TRULY KLINGON?
( Gowron grunting angrily )
KAHLESS...
THE GREATEST WARRIOR OF THEM ALL.
( Gowron laughing )
EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL SAY THAT...
THAT GOWRON USED A DISHONORABLE TACTIC
IN HIS FIGHT WITH KAHLESS.
THAT HE CHEATED.
THAT IS A LIE. HE DID NOT...
WE DO NOT NEED TO HEAR ANY MORE
FROM THE SON OF MOGH.
NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
IF YOU HAD NOT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
I AM KAHLESS.
I AM THE STRONGEST, THE BRAVEST WARRIOR.
DO NOT THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU MUST THINK OF THE FUTURE, OF THE EMPIRE.
THERE IS NO FUTURE HERE
NO GLORIOUS NEW ERA FOR OUR PEOPLE.
GOWRON WAS RIGHT.
YOU DID NOT KNOW THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO FACED THE STORM.
YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT REAL WARNOG TASTES LIKE
AND YOU CERTAINLY ARE NOT THE GREATEST WARRIOR OF ALL.
WHOEVER YOU ARE
YOU ARE NOT KAHLESS.
YOU HAVE SAID ENOUGH.
NOW, GET OUT!
YOU ARE USING THE NAME OF KAHLESS
FOR SOME TWISTED GAME.
FOR THAT ALONE, YOU SHOULD DIE
AND IF YOU DO NOT TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
I WILL KILL YOU RIGHT HERE!
( sighs )
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR MEMORY
ARE THE RESULT OF THE WAY YOU RETURNED.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WE, THE GUARDIANS
HAVE BEEN AWAITING YOUR RETURN FOR CENTURIES
BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY
TO BRING YOU BACK UNTIL NOW.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE AN ORGANIC SAMPLE
OF THE FIRST KAHLESS TO GIVE YOU LIFE.
THE FIRST KAHLESS?
A CLONE.
HE IS A CLONE.
WHAT IS A CLONE?
A BEING CREATED IN A LABORATORY
BY USING GENETIC MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER BEING.
YOU ARE A COPY, A FRAUD!
YOU ARE NOT JUST A COPY.
WE GAVE YOU MORE THAN THE BODY OF KAHLESS.
WE FOUND A WAY
TO IMPRINT SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN YOUR NEUROSYNAPTIC PATTERNS.
WE GAVE YOU MEMORIES, AND NOT JUST ANY MEMORIES.
WE GAVE YOU THE EXPERIENCES OF KAHLESS
AS WRITTEN IN THE SACRED TEXTS.
SO...
I DID NOT DO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER.
I WAS NEVER IN THE CITY OF QUIN'LAT.
I NEVER WENT
TO THE KRI'STAK VOLCANO.
YOU WERE NOT AWAKENED
UNTIL WE TRANSPORTED YOU INTO THE CAVE
AND YOU APPEARED TO WORF.
BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS IN A LABORATORY
WHERE WE ACCELERATED YOUR GROWTH
CORRECTED ANY GENETIC ANOMALIES THAT OCCURRED
GAVE YOU THE WISDOM AND MEMORIES THAT...
( chuckling )
THEY GREW YOU IN A TEST TUBE
LIKE SOME KIND OF FUNGUS
AND PROGRAMMED YOU LIKE A MACHINE.
YOU ARE TWISTING THE TRUTH.
YOU TALK TO ME OF TRUTH.
YOU WHO HAVE BROUGHT TO LIFE THIS LIE AND CALLED IT KAHLESS.
IT IS NOT A LIE.
GENETICALLY, HE IS KAHLESS
AND HE IS NEEDED BY OUR PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE THE CORRUPTION AND DISHONOR
THAT IS DESTROYING THE EMPIRE.
THEY NEED HIM.
THEY DO NOT NEED A FALSE GOD!
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS NOT THE WAY
THE PROPHECY WAS TO BE FULFILLED?
WHO IS TO SAY THAT WHAT WE DID WAS WRONG?
I AM.
I WILL NOT LET THIS FRAUD CONTINUE.
WORF!
YOU CANNOT TELL GOWRON OF THIS.
DO NOT GIVE ME ORDERS, KOROTH.
ALL RIGHT, BUT CONSIDER THIS.
IF YOU TELL GOWRON WHAT WE HAVE TOLD YOU
IT WILL DESTROY HIM, AND WITH HIM
THE LAST CHANCE TO RESTORE HOPE TO OUR PEOPLE.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
( klingons chanting )
THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR THREE HOURS, 17 MINUTES.
THEY REFUSED TO RETURN TO THEIR SHIP
WITH THE REST OF GOWRON'S MEN.
THEY INSISTED UPON WAITING HERE
UNTIL THEY SEE KAHLESS AGAIN.
THEIR FAITH APPEARS TO BE UNAFFECTED
BY HIS INABILITY TO DEFEAT GOWRON.
THEY STILL BELIEVE.
THEN THEY ARE FOOLS.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU NO LONGER BELIEVE
THIS IS THE REAL KAHLESS?
YES.
I AM CURIOUS.
DO YOU STILL THINK
THE REAL KAHLESS WILL RETURN SOMEDAY
OR HAS THIS EXPERIENCE
ONLY DEEPENED THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS
WHICH ORIGINALLY SENT YOU TO BORETH?
I DO NOT KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR DILEMMA.
I ONCE HAD WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED
A CRISIS OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU?
YES.
THE STARFLEET OFFICERS
WHO FIRST ACTIVATED ME ON OMICRON THETA
TOLD ME I WAS AN ANDROID
NOTHING MORE THAN A SOPHISTICATED MACHINE
WITH HUMAN FORM.
HOWEVER, I REALIZED THAT IF I WERE SIMPLY A MACHINE
I COULD NEVER BE ANYTHING ELSE.
I COULD NEVER GROW BEYOND MY PROGRAMMING.
I FOUND THAT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT
SO I CHOSE TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS A PERSON
THAT I HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE MORE THAN A COLLECTION
OF CIRCUITS AND SUBPROCESSORS.
IT IS A BELIEF WHICH I STILL HOLD.
HOW DID YOU COME TO YOUR DECISION?
I MADE... A LEAP OF FAITH.
THE MAN WHO APPEARED TO ME ON BORETH IS NOT KAHLESS.
HE IS A CLONE.
A CLONE?
YES.
DID YOU REALLY THINK
YOU COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS KIND OF FRAUD, KOROTH?
I WILL HAVE YOU AND THIS ABOMINATION PUT TO DEATH.
IT DOES NOT MATTER, GOWRON.
YOU WILL STILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST HIM.
WHAT?
HE'S NOT REAL.
YOU JUST SAID SO.
I SAID HE WAS NOT KAHLESS
BUT, IN THE MINDS OF OUR PEOPLE
HE CAN BE JUST AS POWERFUL AS KAHLESS.
EVEN NOW, TWO MEMBERS OF YOUR OWN CREW
ARE SITTING ON OUR HOLODECK WAITING FOR HIM TO RETURN.
I DO NOT CARE WHAT THEY THINK.
BUT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
LIKE MANY OF OUR PEOPLE
THEY NEED SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN
JUST LIKE I DID-- SOMETHING LARGER THAN THEMSELVES
SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE THEIR LIVES MEANING.
THEY NEED KAHLESS.
BUT WHEN THEY FIND OUT THE TRUTH...
IT DOES NOT MATTER, GOWRON.
DESPITE THE FACTS
THEY WILL STILL BELIEVE.
THEY WILL MAKE A LEAP OF FAITH
AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS JUST LIKE THEM--
NOT EVERYONE, BUT ENOUGH
TO PLUNGE THE EMPIRE INTO CIVIL WAR
IF YOU OPPOSE THEM.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
THAT I SHOULD JUST HAND OVER THE EMPIRE?
NO, THAT WOULD BE UNWISE AS WELL.
THEN WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING, WORF?
YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING, KOROTH.
OUR PEOPLE ARE BECOMING DECADENT AND CORRUPT.
THEY NEED MORAL LEADERSHIP.
KAHLESS CAN BE THAT LEADER--
AS EMPEROR.
THERE HASN'T BEEN AN EMPEROR IN THREE CENTURIES.
THE POLITICAL POWER WILL REMAIN WITH THE HIGH COUNCIL.
KAHLESS WOULD BE A FIGUREHEAD
BUT HE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RALLY THE PEOPLE
TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE
TO GUIDE THEM IN SPIRITUAL MATTERS.
THE TITLE IS MEANINGLESS
WITHOUT THE POWER TO BACK IT UP.
REAL POWER COMES
FROM WITHIN THE HEART.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE POWER TO MOLD THE KLINGON HEART.
YOU COULD RETURN THEM TO HONORABLE WAYS
ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL TEACHINGS OF KAHLESS
WHICH ARE WITHIN YOU.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT CHALLENGE
IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACCEPT IT.
AND WHAT WILL WE TELL THE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR NEW EMPEROR?
THAT HE APPEARED IN A CAVE OR A LABORATORY?
WE WILL TELL THEM THE TRUTH.
ALL OF THE TRUTH
BUT WE WILL TELL THEM
THAT, EVEN IF HE IS NOT THE REAL KAHLESS
HE IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO KAHLESS.
AND IF I REFUSE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS?
THEN MY BROTHER AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT HIM ON THE COUNCIL
WILL FIGHT YOU, AND I WILL FIGHT YOU
AND THE EMPIRE
WILL FALL BACK INTO CIVIL WAR.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THIS, KOROTH?
WHAT I SAY IS UNIMPORTANT.
IT IS ACCEPTABLE.
JOIN WITH ME, GOWRON.
LET US USHER IN THIS NEW ERA TOGETHER.
VORCH-DOH-BAGHK...
KAHLESS.
FAREWELL, WORF.
GOOD-BYE.
WHAT'S WRONG?
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
I WENT TO BORETH TO FIND MY FAITH.
FOR A TIME, I THOUGHT I HAD
BUT MY HEART IS EMPTY AGAIN.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.
YOU DOUBT THE REAL KAHLESS WILL RETURN ONE DAY.
YOU DOUBT THAT HE IS STILL WAITING FOR YOU
IN STO-VO-KOR.
KAHLESS LEFT US, ALL OF US, A POWERFUL LEGACY
A WAY OF THINKING AND ACTING THAT MAKES US KLINGON.
IF HIS WORDS HOLD WISDOM AND HIS PHILOSOPHY IS HONORABLE
WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF HE RETURNS?
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE FOLLOW HIS TEACHINGS.
PERHAPS THE WORDS
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MAN.
QAPLA', SON OF MOGH.
QAPLA', KAHLESS.
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