1 00:00:19,010 --> 00:00:20,780 Placing beam-out marker. 2 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:24,020 Return transport, 1 4 minutes, 40 seconds. 3 00:00:25,020 --> 00:00:27,020 Is your view any better, Geordi? 4 00:00:27,190 --> 00:00:30,860 Not too bad. A lot of charged-particle precipitation. 5 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:34,530 - I can compensate. - Communicators are dysfunctional. 6 00:00:34,700 --> 00:00:36,160 Tricorders? 7 00:00:36,330 --> 00:00:38,730 Readings only valid within five metres. 8 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:43,340 Good thing we didn't bring Data. We'd be unscrambling his circuits. 9 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:46,910 Commander! 10 00:00:47,410 --> 00:00:50,080 Picking up something on the positron scan. 11 00:00:57,350 --> 00:01:01,260 Over here! Some electrically conductive objects. 12 00:01:12,130 --> 00:01:14,740 Recognise those markings, Worf? 13 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:17,070 Yes, sir. Romulan. 14 00:01:18,310 --> 00:01:22,140 What the hell are they doing in a Federation sector? 15 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:25,650 Picking up traces of ultritium residue. 16 00:01:25,810 --> 00:01:29,280 An explosive device must have destroyed the craft 17 00:01:29,450 --> 00:01:31,150 after it crashed. 18 00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:34,590 Let's spread out. 25-metre radius. 19 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,830 Our window back closes in 1 2 minutes. 20 00:01:57,310 --> 00:01:58,880 Commander! 21 00:02:11,530 --> 00:02:12,960 Cmdr Riker! 22 00:02:56,740 --> 00:02:59,340 - Four minutes to beam-up. - Where is he? 23 00:02:59,510 --> 00:03:01,240 Wait here. 24 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,580 Worf! 25 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,320 Cmdr Riker! 26 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:55,860 Geordi! 27 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:13,250 Worf! Cmdr Riker! 28 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,890 Hold your position, Mr Worf. 29 00:04:31,230 --> 00:04:32,800 Worf! 30 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:06,000 Space, the final frontier. 31 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:11,140 These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. 32 00:05:11,670 --> 00:05:16,180 Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds... 33 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:20,650 ...to seek out new life and new civilisations... 34 00:05:21,980 --> 00:05:25,520 ...to boldly go where no one has gone before. 35 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,820 Captain's log, stardate 43349.2. 36 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:34,960 An unidentified distress signal has uncovered a crashed Romulan vessel 37 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,490 on the surface of Galorndon Core, a Federation planet. 38 00:06:38,660 --> 00:06:40,860 They have recovered one survivor. 39 00:06:41,030 --> 00:06:45,230 But Lt Cmdr La Forge did not report back with the away team 40 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,400 and is still missing. 41 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,870 - Get him to sickbay. - Post a guard at all times. 42 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,710 He's not going anywhere, Lieutenant. 43 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,010 Sorry. There's no way to lock in. 44 00:07:00,180 --> 00:07:02,320 Keep trying, O'Brien. 45 00:07:03,350 --> 00:07:06,090 The storm's creating thousands of ghosts. 46 00:07:06,250 --> 00:07:08,960 Beam those ghosts back! One may be Geordi. 47 00:07:09,090 --> 00:07:12,130 - Permission to lead another team. - Denied. 48 00:07:12,290 --> 00:07:15,600 When we get a window in the storms. The crash site? 49 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,470 The Romulan craft is a loss. 50 00:07:17,630 --> 00:07:20,970 There's nothing to salvage unless you use tweezers. 51 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:22,470 No others? 52 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,840 You couldn't see two metres in front of yourself. 53 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:30,680 It is the last place one would expect Romulan encroachment. 54 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:32,950 On the other hand, 55 00:07:33,110 --> 00:07:35,850 Galorndon Core would provide ideal cover 56 00:07:36,020 --> 00:07:38,690 for the opening move of a new offensive. 57 00:07:38,850 --> 00:07:41,960 I doubt they were there for the climate. 58 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:10,640 We thought it would be like working on Vulcans. 59 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:13,410 But there are subtle differences. Too many. 60 00:09:13,580 --> 00:09:17,020 - Can you treat him? - He has damage to vital areas. 61 00:09:17,180 --> 00:09:21,360 He needs a transfusion of compatible ribosomes to recover. 62 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,490 I'm setting up a schedule to test the crew. 63 00:09:24,660 --> 00:09:28,160 - We can't use the replicator? - It's too complex. 64 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:31,970 - Will he survive? - I can't answer that yet. 65 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:35,670 Will he survive long enough to tell us what he was doing? 66 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,970 It's an important consideration. 67 00:09:39,010 --> 00:09:41,510 I can bring him around for a few minutes. 68 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:44,150 But there is one serious complication. 69 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:49,920 His brainwaves indicate early neural-pathway degeneration. 70 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,250 - Head injury? - No obvious cranial trauma. 71 00:09:53,390 --> 00:09:56,560 I'm guessing the magnetic fields on the surface 72 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,730 slowly broke down his synaptic connections. 73 00:09:59,890 --> 00:10:01,860 Will that affect Geordi? 74 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:13,240 He'll be conscious for a minute. 75 00:10:18,580 --> 00:10:22,220 You are on board the Federation Starship Enterprise. 76 00:10:23,050 --> 00:10:25,050 We're treating your injuries. 77 00:10:26,290 --> 00:10:29,090 How long were you down on Galorndon Core? 78 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,130 Do you understand me? 79 00:10:33,790 --> 00:10:37,230 I... will not answer questions. 80 00:10:37,330 --> 00:10:40,600 We need to know if there are other survivors. 81 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:44,110 I am alone. 82 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,380 I will not answer any questions. 83 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,510 Do you have a mothership to advise of your condition? 84 00:11:01,620 --> 00:11:04,690 The only answer he gives is that he was alone. 85 00:11:04,860 --> 00:11:06,860 Which suggests that he wasn't. 86 00:11:56,580 --> 00:11:59,950 Something, anything, to cut through the storm. 87 00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:03,180 Some way to get a signal through to him. 88 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:07,960 A neutrino pulse! We could build a portable neutrino source 89 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,090 and send it to the surface as a beacon. 90 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:15,600 A neutrino pulse would send particles up through the atmosphere 91 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,800 and be detected by Geordi's visor. 92 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:20,430 He can show himself by modifying the pulse. 93 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,670 Make it so. 94 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:25,540 Captain. 95 00:12:25,710 --> 00:12:29,140 I have a new transmission on a parallel frequency. 96 00:12:29,310 --> 00:12:33,480 - From the surface? - No, from inside the Romulan zone. 97 00:12:33,650 --> 00:12:36,450 We should be able to view the transmission. 98 00:12:36,620 --> 00:12:38,120 On screen. 99 00:12:38,950 --> 00:12:40,720 Tomalak to Pi. 100 00:12:42,060 --> 00:12:45,330 We have received your distress signal. Respond. 101 00:12:47,190 --> 00:12:49,060 If you can hear me, 102 00:12:49,230 --> 00:12:52,570 we are entering the Neutral Zone now. 103 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:55,540 We will reach you in six hours. 104 00:13:06,550 --> 00:13:09,120 Mr Worf, hail the Romulan vessel. 105 00:13:11,020 --> 00:13:13,090 Hailing frequencies open, sir. 106 00:13:13,250 --> 00:13:16,560 Romulan vessel, this is Capt Jean-Luc Picard 107 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,390 of the Federation Starship Enterprise. 108 00:13:23,930 --> 00:13:25,900 The frequency is open, sir. 109 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,470 Cmdr Tomalak, we have intercepted your transmission. 110 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,110 You are not to enter Federation space. 111 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:37,980 Capt Picard, my apologies. 112 00:13:38,510 --> 00:13:40,350 Had I known you were near, 113 00:13:40,510 --> 00:13:44,420 I would have advised you before crossing the Neutral Zone. 114 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:45,520 Indeed? 115 00:13:45,690 --> 00:13:48,360 I am sure you will understand. 116 00:13:48,490 --> 00:13:51,090 One of our ships had a navigational error 117 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:53,790 and crashed on Galorndon Core. 118 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,100 A slight navigational error? 119 00:13:56,260 --> 00:13:59,300 Nearly half a light year past the Neutral Zone? 120 00:13:59,470 --> 00:14:03,370 I assure you, no aggression was intended. 121 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:05,610 Commander. 122 00:14:06,170 --> 00:14:08,840 We have recovered one of your survivors. 123 00:14:10,140 --> 00:14:12,280 He is on board your ship? 124 00:14:12,450 --> 00:14:15,180 He is being treated for severe injuries. 125 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:17,890 And his craft? 126 00:14:18,420 --> 00:14:22,220 Destroyed... deliberately. After the crash. 127 00:14:23,090 --> 00:14:27,400 I'm sure you are prepared to rendezvous in the Neutral Zone. 128 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:32,170 I have a team on the planet. We have to beam them up. 129 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:34,900 And then you will return my officer? 130 00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:41,210 Are there any other Romulans to recover from Galorndon Core? 131 00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:45,580 No. It was a one-man craft. 132 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,250 Captain. 133 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:52,250 We will be at the Federation border in roughly five hours. 134 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:55,490 We will expect you to rendezvous at that time. 135 00:14:58,390 --> 00:14:59,730 Counsellor? 136 00:14:59,890 --> 00:15:02,660 There is great hostility behind his smile. 137 00:15:02,830 --> 00:15:05,600 He'll stop at nothing to complete his mission. 138 00:15:05,770 --> 00:15:07,770 Including the Neutral Zone border. 139 00:15:07,940 --> 00:15:11,610 Captain, I see no reason to return the Romulan. 140 00:15:11,770 --> 00:15:13,910 He should be held and interrogated. 141 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,480 We have every right to detain him. 142 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,310 Without evidence of intent, it will not be simple. 143 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,450 It obviously wasn't pilot's error. It demands a response. 144 00:15:24,620 --> 00:15:27,520 But we must measure our response carefully, 145 00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:30,390 or history may remember Galorndon Core 146 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,360 along with Pearl Harbor and Station Salem One 147 00:15:35,530 --> 00:15:39,230 as the stage for a bloody preamble to war. 148 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,580 I want him off the drugs. They're not doing anything. 149 00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:55,150 - Dr Crusher to Picard. - Go ahead. 150 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,190 My patient is not responding to treatment. 151 00:15:58,350 --> 00:16:01,020 You haven't found a compatible ribosome donor? 152 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,520 The lab is still processing the tests. 153 00:16:03,690 --> 00:16:05,230 Early results indicate 154 00:16:05,390 --> 00:16:07,930 humans have many bio-rejection factors. 155 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,060 I've also ruled out the Vulcans. 156 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,400 I think I'll try old-fashioned medicine. 157 00:16:13,570 --> 00:16:16,870 Keep the fever down and let the body heal itself. 158 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,110 Keep me advised. Picard out. 159 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:22,710 The neutrino beacon is aboard a class-3 probe. 160 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,780 Well done, Ensign. Mr Worf, launch the probe. 161 00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:27,420 Aye aye, sir. 162 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,700 Probe has reached the surface, sir. 163 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:22,240 The neutrino stream is strong. 164 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,810 Sensors are tracking the probe despite the interference. 165 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:50,830 A stationary neutrino source! 166 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:56,100 Wesley Crusher. Thank you, Wesley! 167 00:18:36,540 --> 00:18:40,380 - You are my prisoner! - Right. 168 00:18:40,550 --> 00:18:42,150 Congratulations. 169 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,650 Surely a strategic triumph for the Romulan Empire. 170 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:47,390 Stay there! 171 00:18:49,190 --> 00:18:51,360 My shoes are full of sand. 172 00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,290 I hate that. Don't you? 173 00:18:53,460 --> 00:18:55,160 Name and rank. 174 00:18:56,360 --> 00:19:01,670 Lt Cmdr Geordi La Forge. I don't think I got yours. 175 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,340 A Romulan ship will arrive shortly. 176 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,810 - You will accompany me on board. - I don't think so. 177 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:12,980 We heard your message, too, and well, the fleet's in. 178 00:19:13,110 --> 00:19:15,320 The sky's full of Federation ships. 179 00:19:16,580 --> 00:19:20,790 - You're lying. - I never lie with sand in my shoes. 180 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:23,420 Get up! 181 00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:31,830 Seriously, the only way out of here is for you to put that thing down. 182 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,500 When there's a window in the storm... 183 00:20:07,130 --> 00:20:09,000 Are you OK? 184 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,990 - You gotta be kidding. - Sit! 185 00:20:33,090 --> 00:20:35,730 Welcome to Galorndon Core, 186 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:39,530 where no good deed goes unpunished. 187 00:20:49,210 --> 00:20:50,780 Yes, Doctor? 188 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:55,250 Lieutenant, good. Come in. Please sit down. 189 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,760 We have found a compatible ribosome match for the Romulan. 190 00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:07,160 But only one. 191 00:21:07,330 --> 00:21:08,760 You. 192 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,270 That is impossible. I am a Klingon. 193 00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:14,440 Different species, yes. 194 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,570 But many humanoids have comparable cell structures. 195 00:21:17,740 --> 00:21:20,980 And you have what this Romulan needs. 196 00:21:21,140 --> 00:21:24,180 There's absolutely no risk to you. 197 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,480 You understood that was the purpose of the testing? 198 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:33,650 I have no objection to tests. 199 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:40,700 You have an objection to being a donor? 200 00:21:41,530 --> 00:21:42,700 Yes. 201 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:49,500 I understand your feelings about the Romulans, 202 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,710 but this is not the time. 203 00:21:51,870 --> 00:21:56,240 If you had seen them kill your parents, you would understand 204 00:21:56,380 --> 00:21:59,350 it is always the time for those feelings. 205 00:21:59,510 --> 00:22:03,080 This Romulan didn't murder your parents. 206 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,520 And you are the only one who can save his life. 207 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,730 Then he will die. 208 00:22:18,570 --> 00:22:21,070 I sure wish you'd put that away. 209 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,800 - You're afraid of dying! - You bet. 210 00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:26,040 - Who isn't? - I'm not. 211 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:29,240 - Right! - To die serving my people... 212 00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:31,410 The Romulan path to glory. 213 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:34,250 You can be sarcastic now. 214 00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:37,620 But in a few millennia, when humans are extinct 215 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,490 and the Romulan Empire spans the galaxy... 216 00:22:40,650 --> 00:22:44,020 You really believe that stuff, don't you, Commodore? 217 00:22:45,290 --> 00:22:48,800 You may address me as Centurion Bochra. 218 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:51,530 Bochra? 219 00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:55,300 Good, solid Romulan name. 220 00:22:59,470 --> 00:23:01,380 - What's the matter? - Nothing. 221 00:23:01,540 --> 00:23:04,310 Wrong. Your heart rate just shot way up. 222 00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:14,820 It translates radiation into neural impulses. It allows me to see. 223 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,990 Without it, you're blind? 224 00:23:20,460 --> 00:23:22,030 Yeah. 225 00:23:23,830 --> 00:23:27,740 - How did this happen? - I was born that way. 226 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,710 And your parents let you live? 227 00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:34,510 What kind of question is that? Of course they did! 228 00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:37,240 No wonder your race is weak. 229 00:23:37,410 --> 00:23:40,850 You waste time and resources on defective children. 230 00:23:44,450 --> 00:23:45,950 Whoa! 231 00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:55,560 I must be having some sort of... polarity shift. 232 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,070 Diagnostic insists everything's fine. 233 00:24:09,940 --> 00:24:13,510 Your body temperature's gone up almost another point. 234 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,480 - What are you saying? - I don't know. 235 00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:20,520 It must be this place, all that electromagnetic soup. 236 00:24:20,690 --> 00:24:23,420 It's wreaking havoc on our nervous systems. 237 00:24:23,590 --> 00:24:27,700 Your metabolism's messed up, so's my interface with the visor. 238 00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:29,700 - We gotta get out. - Sit down. 239 00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:32,370 - Bochra. - Sit down! 240 00:24:47,850 --> 00:24:49,450 What is that? 241 00:24:51,450 --> 00:24:55,620 It's just background fluctuation. He hasn't found it yet. 242 00:24:55,790 --> 00:24:58,590 Then he must be hurt. Or dead. 243 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,970 When does our next window open up, Data? 244 00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:07,940 There is no indication, no way to predict. 245 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:11,910 - Incoming Romulan transmission. - They're early. 246 00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:16,110 The Romulan warbird should be 29 minutes from the Neutral Zone. 247 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,980 Close enough, however, to see that we are not there. 248 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,880 On screen. 249 00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:26,990 Picard. I'm approaching the Federation border. 250 00:25:27,150 --> 00:25:30,260 The Enterprise is not to be found. Why? 251 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:35,300 My away team is unable to leave the surface because of the storms. 252 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,060 And my officer? 253 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:42,170 - He is alive. - His life remains in jeopardy? 254 00:25:43,770 --> 00:25:44,840 Yes. 255 00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:46,940 And yet you will not permit me 256 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:50,640 into your precious Federation space to retrieve him? 257 00:25:51,110 --> 00:25:54,980 If the point is not clear, let me make it again. 258 00:25:55,150 --> 00:25:58,190 Romulan warships do not enter Federation space 259 00:25:58,350 --> 00:26:00,120 unless they are to do battle. 260 00:26:00,650 --> 00:26:02,760 But a mission of mercy? 261 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,360 A mission to recover one of your officers, 262 00:26:06,530 --> 00:26:10,000 who has been caught on a Federation planet 263 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,970 for reasons as yet unknown. 264 00:26:12,130 --> 00:26:16,040 - I have already explained. - I rejected your explanation! 265 00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:18,910 Territories! 266 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:23,640 You would measure territories 267 00:26:23,810 --> 00:26:25,980 against a man's life? 268 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:30,350 I am singularly impressed by your concern for a life. 269 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,690 Do not risk more lives by leaving the Neutral Zone! 270 00:26:33,850 --> 00:26:35,390 Picard out. 271 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,100 Bochra. 272 00:26:47,130 --> 00:26:50,070 You're in bad shape. My vision's worse. 273 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:55,580 There's a beacon to get us to my ship, but not if I can't find it. 274 00:26:55,710 --> 00:26:58,080 I cannot surrender to the Federation. 275 00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,150 Then stay here and die! 276 00:27:02,050 --> 00:27:04,390 If the situation were reversed... 277 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:08,260 ...would you not die to avoid capture? 278 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,760 I don't know. I might. 279 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,500 If I thought the stakes were high enough. 280 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:17,130 But they'd have to be pretty high. 281 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:22,970 I guess I'd make a lousy Romulan! 282 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,940 I no more wish to die than you do. 283 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:29,840 Bochra. 284 00:27:31,010 --> 00:27:35,820 There are times when it's necessary to die for one's ideals. 285 00:27:38,550 --> 00:27:41,060 Do you believe this is the time? 286 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:55,040 Come on. Let's go find that beacon. 287 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:04,110 Whoa! 288 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,950 What is it? 289 00:28:06,580 --> 00:28:08,580 Everything's gone blank. 290 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,120 I'm blind. 291 00:28:30,570 --> 00:28:32,110 Come. 292 00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:35,110 Worf. 293 00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:44,190 You are busy. Forgive my intrusion. 294 00:28:44,350 --> 00:28:48,020 For what it's worth, I understand your bitterness. 295 00:28:48,190 --> 00:28:50,860 With respect, sir, you cannot. 296 00:28:53,490 --> 00:28:56,500 I am asked to give the blood of my mother and father 297 00:28:56,660 --> 00:29:00,030 - To those who murdered them! - You blame all Romulans? 298 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,040 - Yes. - For ever? 299 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,780 What if the Federation made peace with the Romulans? 300 00:29:09,210 --> 00:29:10,510 Impossible. 301 00:29:11,510 --> 00:29:15,280 That's what your people said a few years ago about humans. 302 00:29:17,890 --> 00:29:20,690 Think how many died in that war. 303 00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:23,660 Would you and I be here now 304 00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:27,430 if we hadn't let go of the anger and blame? 305 00:29:28,060 --> 00:29:29,900 Where does it end, Worf? 306 00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:32,330 If that Romulan dies, 307 00:29:33,030 --> 00:29:36,670 does his family carry the bitterness on another generation? 308 00:29:41,910 --> 00:29:44,150 Then you believe I should? 309 00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:47,450 What I believe... doesn't matter. 310 00:29:48,980 --> 00:29:51,650 My Starfleet training tells me one thing. 311 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,490 But everything I am tells me another. 312 00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:59,390 - Lt Worf to sickbay. - Acknowledged. 313 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:25,250 Lieutenant, his life is coming to an end. 314 00:30:25,420 --> 00:30:28,920 I thought it important for you to see him again. 315 00:30:29,090 --> 00:30:32,130 It's not too late to change your mind. 316 00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:48,840 Come close to me, Klingon. 317 00:30:50,810 --> 00:30:53,710 Let me die with my hands at your throat. 318 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:59,090 There is a substance within my cells which you need to survive. 319 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,090 Then you've come to hear me beg for my life? 320 00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:08,700 No. 321 00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:17,300 I would rather die 322 00:31:17,470 --> 00:31:21,880 than pollute my body with Klingon filth! 323 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:38,890 I've lost almost all feeling in my legs. 324 00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:42,660 My synapses must be turning to jelly. 325 00:31:42,830 --> 00:31:46,170 The visor's fine. I just can't see a thing. 326 00:31:46,330 --> 00:31:48,600 How do we locate the beacon? 327 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:53,340 We don't. 328 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,980 Do all humans give up so easily? 329 00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:07,290 We're lost, unless you've got something that can smell neutrinos. 330 00:32:10,490 --> 00:32:13,160 We have the sensor device you are carrying. 331 00:32:13,330 --> 00:32:17,870 Tricorder? It's not set up to detect neutrinos. 332 00:32:18,030 --> 00:32:21,100 Your eye device does. Connect them. 333 00:32:21,270 --> 00:32:23,770 They don't speak the same language. 334 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:27,610 Besides, I'd never be able to get an accurate sampling. 335 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,240 Wait a second. 336 00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:34,750 I wouldn't need an accurate sampling, just a pointer. 337 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,050 A neutrino Geiger counter. 338 00:32:40,860 --> 00:32:42,920 No, it's still not possible. 339 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,790 - You cannot do it? - Under normal circumstances, maybe. 340 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,430 Here? No way. 341 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,600 - Why? - Because I can't see! 342 00:32:55,570 --> 00:33:00,780 Adapting the neural output of the visor can't be done by touch. 343 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:09,620 Then I... will be your eyes. 344 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:21,630 The storm is subsiding. We should have a window in an hour. 345 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,130 There's still no indication he's found the beacon. 346 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,300 - Assemble a team. - Sir. 347 00:33:27,470 --> 00:33:30,440 The Romulan warship has crossed the border. 348 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,710 It is in Federation space and heading towards us. 349 00:33:34,210 --> 00:33:36,210 Belay that order, Number One. 350 00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:40,820 Red alert. 351 00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:50,420 Make sure the limiter matches the output range. 352 00:33:50,590 --> 00:33:52,360 Not so fast. 353 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:57,230 Now, place the neural output pods 354 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,400 in contact with the tricorder scanner heads. 355 00:34:02,670 --> 00:34:04,670 - Ready. - Let her rip. 356 00:34:12,410 --> 00:34:14,280 Bearing three-five-zero. 357 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,350 We did it! The first Federation-Romulan co-venture. 358 00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:24,060 The storm may be breaking. 359 00:34:24,230 --> 00:34:28,630 With any luck, there'll be an electromagnetic window opening up. 360 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,800 At which point, I'll be your prisoner. 361 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:38,440 - Can you walk? - I don't know. 362 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,140 Well, let's find out. 363 00:34:43,140 --> 00:34:44,510 Come on. 364 00:34:48,350 --> 00:34:51,020 - OK, let's go. - Straight ahead. 365 00:34:57,630 --> 00:34:59,430 To the right. 366 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,100 Come. 367 00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:08,970 - You wished to see me? - Yes, Lieutenant. 368 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:13,540 - I assume you know what it's about. - Yes. 369 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,510 The Romulan vessel will reach us within the hour. 370 00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:22,380 If our patient dies... 371 00:35:23,550 --> 00:35:27,320 ...it may be just the excuse the Romulan commander needs 372 00:35:27,490 --> 00:35:29,260 to start an incident. 373 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:35,730 The death of a Romulan officer at the hands of the Federation. 374 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,230 - Think of it. - I have. 375 00:35:39,430 --> 00:35:46,440 So, there is no question that he is more valuable to us alive than dead. 376 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,610 I understand. 377 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,880 Lieutenant... 378 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:01,790 ...sometimes, the moral obligations of command are less than clear. 379 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,990 I have to weigh the good of the many 380 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,630 against the needs of the individual, 381 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,330 and try to balance them as realistically as possible. 382 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:14,000 God knows, I don't always succeed. 383 00:36:14,170 --> 00:36:17,240 I have not had cause to complain, Captain. 384 00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:21,810 Lieutenant, you wouldn't complain even if you had cause. 385 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:28,080 If you order me to agree to the transfusion, 386 00:36:28,250 --> 00:36:30,150 I will obey, of course. 387 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,460 I don't want... to order you. 388 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:38,030 But I ask you. I... 389 00:36:39,930 --> 00:36:44,030 ...beg you to volunteer. 390 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,030 I cannot. 391 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,510 Lieutenant. 392 00:37:01,180 --> 00:37:02,120 Sir? 393 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,590 That will be all. 394 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,200 - Picard to Dr Crusher. - Go ahead. 395 00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:20,900 Do not continue to enlist the cooperation of Lt Worf. 396 00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:24,140 I won't have to, Captain. 397 00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,870 The Romulan has died. 398 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:47,060 We've found it! 399 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,400 Now we alter its signal so the Enterprise knows we found it. 400 00:37:52,570 --> 00:37:55,840 - Will that be difficult? - Not with your help. 401 00:38:00,740 --> 00:38:03,140 The scanners are showing a window. 402 00:38:03,310 --> 00:38:07,110 - Expected duration? - Nine minutes, 40 seconds, sir. 403 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,680 No change in the beacon's signal. 404 00:38:09,850 --> 00:38:13,590 Romulan ship approaching. Bearing 354, mark 287. 405 00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:15,320 On screen. 406 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,200 Entering phaser range. 407 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,830 - We are being hailed, sir. - On viewer. 408 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,440 You have one chance to escape destruction, Picard. 409 00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:35,440 Return my officer at once. 410 00:38:35,610 --> 00:38:39,010 You have entered Federation space despite my warning. 411 00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:41,550 You forced the situation! 412 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:44,950 I will not leave without him. 413 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,460 He is dead. 414 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:57,900 Then he... is but the first to fall, Picard. 415 00:38:59,430 --> 00:39:02,770 The Romulan ship is powering its forward disruptor. 416 00:39:02,900 --> 00:39:04,740 All shields to maximum. 417 00:39:05,470 --> 00:39:06,910 Aye, sir. 418 00:39:07,540 --> 00:39:09,380 Lock phasers on target. 419 00:39:09,540 --> 00:39:11,880 Phasers locked... and ready. 420 00:39:12,510 --> 00:39:15,180 The signal from the beacon is modulating. 421 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:16,950 It's Geordi. 422 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,990 But our shields are up. 423 00:39:19,150 --> 00:39:21,520 Lower them and the Romulans will strike. 424 00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:26,090 The electromagnetic window is closing. Three minutes remain. 425 00:39:26,260 --> 00:39:29,630 Transporter room, lock onto the beam and stand by. 426 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,200 Standing by. 427 00:39:31,370 --> 00:39:34,470 The window is allowing intermittent readings. 428 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:39,010 There are ghost images but we are picking up two life forms. 429 00:39:40,980 --> 00:39:42,480 Another Romulan? 430 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,180 I cannot say. 431 00:39:44,350 --> 00:39:47,880 The interference prevents an accurate reading. 432 00:39:48,050 --> 00:39:50,520 But that's a likely hypothesis. 433 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,820 If Cmdr La Forge has located a second survivor... 434 00:39:53,990 --> 00:39:55,690 Lieutenant. 435 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,230 - Hail the Romulan vessel. - Aye, sir. 436 00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:04,930 - They are ignoring our hail. - Repeat the hail. 437 00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:08,940 They have no way of knowing how accurate our sensors are. 438 00:40:09,670 --> 00:40:12,610 Put on your best poker face, Number One. 439 00:40:12,770 --> 00:40:14,380 Open a frequency. 440 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,680 Cmdr Tomalak. 441 00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:20,180 It would appear our away team has located 442 00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:23,950 a second man from your one-man ship. 443 00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:26,920 We're preparing to beam them up. 444 00:40:27,090 --> 00:40:30,560 After which, we will return the survivor to you. 445 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,830 No acknowledgement, sir. 446 00:40:35,930 --> 00:40:38,970 Commander, both our ships are ready to fight. 447 00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:43,640 We have two extremely powerful 448 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,270 and destructive arsenals at our command. 449 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:51,080 Our next actions will have serious repercussions. 450 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:54,520 We have reason to mistrust one another 451 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,920 but even better reason to set those differences aside. 452 00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:03,490 Of course, the question is, who will take the initiative? 453 00:41:05,190 --> 00:41:09,030 Who will make the first gesture of trust? 454 00:41:16,070 --> 00:41:17,870 The answer is, I will. 455 00:41:18,010 --> 00:41:20,040 I must lower our shields 456 00:41:20,210 --> 00:41:23,640 to beam those men up from the planet's surface. 457 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:31,420 Once the shields are down, 458 00:41:31,550 --> 00:41:34,720 you will have the opportunity to fire on us. 459 00:41:34,890 --> 00:41:39,390 If you do, you will destroy not only the Enterprise and its crew, 460 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:44,530 but the ceasefire that the Romulans and the Federation now enjoy. 461 00:41:47,770 --> 00:41:50,600 Lieutenant, lower the shields. 462 00:41:51,940 --> 00:41:54,040 Leave the hailing frequency open. 463 00:41:55,810 --> 00:41:57,550 Yes, sir. 464 00:41:58,110 --> 00:41:59,880 Shields down. 465 00:42:00,780 --> 00:42:04,820 Mr O'Brien, transport La Forge and the Romulan to the bridge. 466 00:42:04,950 --> 00:42:06,790 Aye, sir. Energising. 467 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:17,230 - Security to the bridge. - Belay that order. Shields up. 468 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,140 No one is going to harm you. 469 00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:27,170 You have my word on that. 470 00:42:30,780 --> 00:42:32,910 Well, Commander? 471 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,950 If he has been in any way mistreated... 472 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:46,430 I have given them no information, Commander. 473 00:42:46,590 --> 00:42:49,030 But I have not been mistreated. 474 00:42:50,060 --> 00:42:51,700 In fact... 475 00:42:52,930 --> 00:42:55,440 ...this human saved my life. 476 00:42:56,370 --> 00:42:57,410 Tomalak. 477 00:42:59,110 --> 00:43:03,940 How is it possible that you didn't know of the second Romulan? 478 00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:08,580 A simple misunderstanding, Capt Picard. 479 00:43:08,750 --> 00:43:13,250 I was misinformed as to the size of the craft. 480 00:43:13,390 --> 00:43:16,220 I assure you, I intended no deception. 481 00:43:16,390 --> 00:43:18,060 Of course not. 482 00:43:18,890 --> 00:43:20,800 You doubt my good faith? 483 00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:25,630 My faith would be strengthened by a gesture from you. 484 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,470 Such as powering down your disruptors. 485 00:43:32,410 --> 00:43:34,140 Disruptors powering down. 486 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,980 Thank you. Cancel red alert, Lieutenant. 487 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:43,780 We shall return your officer and escort you to the Neutral Zone. 488 00:43:43,950 --> 00:43:45,550 That is acceptable. 489 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:53,390 - Good to have you back. - Good to be back. 490 00:43:53,490 --> 00:43:56,830 Actually, I have Centurion Bochra to thank for it. 491 00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,370 Indeed? 492 00:44:04,210 --> 00:44:05,840 Cmdr La Forge 493 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:07,980 and Lt Worf, 494 00:44:08,140 --> 00:44:11,210 escort our guest to transporter room one. 495 00:44:11,910 --> 00:44:13,710 Yes, sir. 496 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:15,680 Come on. 497 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,160 - Close call. - Too close, Number One. 498 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,930 Brinkmanship is a dangerous game.