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Captain's Log, Stardate 44429.6.
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We are on a mapping survey
near the Cardassian sector.
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It has been nearly a year
since a peace treaty ended
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the long conflict between
the Federation and Cardassia.
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Captain, we are nearing
the periphery of Sector 21503.
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Be on the lookout
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for a Cardassian patrol ship,
Mr. Worf.
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They should be hailing us soon.
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Even with the treaty,
they're still skittish
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about protecting their border.
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Last time I was in this sector
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I was on the Stargazer
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running at warp speed
ahead of a Cardassian warship.
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Running, Captain?
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You? That's hard to believe.
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Believe it.
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I'd been sent to make
preliminary overtures
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to a truce,
and I'd lowered my shields
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as a gesture of goodwill.
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The Cardassians
were not impressed.
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They had taken out
most of my weapons
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and damaged the impulse engines
before I could regroup and run.
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The Cardassians have no honor.
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I do not trust them.
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They're our allies now,
Mr. Worf.
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We have to trust them.
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Trust is earned, not given away.
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I hope their scout ship
makes contact soon.
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It's not a good idea to stay
too long on a Cardassian border
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without making
your intentions known.
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What... what is it?
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Kelp buds, plankton loaf
and sea berries.
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Oh.
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Sweetheart, I'm not a fish.
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It's very healthy.
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I had this every morning
when I was growing up.
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What? No muffins or oatmeal
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or corned beef and eggs?
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For breakfast?
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Keiko, I've been thinking.
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You've been introducing me
to all this wonderful food
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that you're accustomed to.
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I'd like to do the same.
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Isn't that
what marriage is about?
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Sharing?
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What kind of foods?
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Scalloped potatoes,
mutton shanks
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oxtails and cabbage.
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Kind of heavy.
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Oh, you'll love it.
I promise.
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Oh, I can still remember
the aromas
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when my mother was cooking.
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She cooked?
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Oh, she didn't believe
in a replicator.
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She thought real food
was more nutritious.
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She handled real meat?
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She touched it and cut it?
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Yeah, like a master chef.
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She was fantastic.
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Of course, I'll have to use
the replicator.
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I'll make something special
for you tonight.
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You'll love it.
I promise.
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Okay.
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Maybe I'll have something
special for you tonight too.
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Mmm...
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Something's wrong.
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Red Alert.
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Take emergency stations.
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Cardassian ship
preparing to fire again, sir.
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Increase power
to the forward shields.
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Hail them again, Mr. Worf.
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What the hell is he doing?
Damage report.
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Minor damage to secondary hull
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before we put up our shields,
sir.
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No casualties.
Structural integrity intact.
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Engineering to Bridge.
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Starboard power coupling
is down.
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Evasive action... Delta sequence.
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Ready phasers, Mr. Worf.
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Delta evasion plan initiated.
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Limit targets
to engines and shields.
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Aye, sir.
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Ready.
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Fire.
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Direct hit, sir.
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Moderate damage
to their aft shield generators.
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Continue phaser fire.
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Multiple hits, sir.
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Power failure
in their forward shields.
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The Cardassian ship
is standing down, sir.
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Well, let's see
if they'll answer
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our hail now, Mr. Worf.
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Frequency open.
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This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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of the Federation
Starship Enterprise.
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I am Gul Macet,
of the Cardassian ship Trager.
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Why have you fired on us?
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A curious question, Captain.
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In war,
one attacks one's enemies.
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There is a treaty
between our peoples.
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Perhaps that fact was unknown
to the Federation starship
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which destroyed our space
station in the Cuellar system
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two days ago.
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Federation starship?
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Attacked an unarmed
science station.
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They had barely enough time
to send an emergency signal
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before they were incinerated.
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Gul Macet, the Federation
and the Cardassians
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have struggled too hard
for peace
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to abandon it so easily.
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We are not the ones
who have abandoned it, Captain.
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Let me talk to my superiors,
find out what is behind this.
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Give me one hour.
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The alternative is for us
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to continue firing
at one another.
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And in such a contest,
you would be at a disadvantage.
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Very well.
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One hour.
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Space, the final frontier.
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These are the voyages
of the Starship Enterprise.
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Its continuing mission...
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to explore strange new worlds
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to seek out new life
and new civilizations
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to boldly go
where no one has gone before.
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Captain, we've confirmed
your report.
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It was the Starship Phoenix
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under the command
of Benjamin Maxwell.
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Ben Maxwell...
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but he's one of Starfleet's
finest Captains.
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He... he must have
had provocation.
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I wish we knew.
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He's gone on silent running.
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Doesn't answer our communiques.
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Then he's still
in Cardassian space?
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The station he destroyed
was in Sector 21505.
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You're the nearest starship.
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We want you to go in
and find him.
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Will the Cardassians cooperate?
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They've granted you
safe passage.
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We've agreed that you'll take
along a delegation
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of observers,
as a show of good faith.
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Jean-Luc, I don't have
to tell you
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the Federation is not prepared
for a new sustained conflict.
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You must preserve the peace
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no matter what the cost.
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Haden out.
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There will be three Cardassians
transporting aboard.
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Their Captain, Gul Macet,
and two of his aides.
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My intention is to be
as open as possible with them.
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Allow them to share
in our search for the Phoenix.
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Captain, it is necessary
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to assign them
a security detail.
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They're our guests, Mr. Worf.
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I don't want them to feel
like prisoners.
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I tend to agree
with Mr. Worf, Captain.
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I think we should limit their
access while they're on board.
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I don't think they need
to have the run of the ship.
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At least allow me to post guards
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in some of the sensitive areas
of the ship.
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Very well.
Let's limit their access
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but you instruct your people
they are our guests.
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Aye, sir.
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Counselor, I want you to stay
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as close to the crew
as possible.
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Some of them may feel
uncomfortable
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with Cardassians on board.
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I don't want any incidents.
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Yes, Captain.
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Mr. Data, is there
anyone else on board
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who served previously
with Captain Benjamin Maxwell?
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Accessing.
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Chief O'Brien served
under his command
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aboard the Rutledge, sir.
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Indeed.
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Number One, will you
and the Counselor
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meet our guests
in Transporter Room Three?
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And inform Chief O'Brien
I will be calling on him.
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Yes, sir.
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Welcome to the Enterprise.
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I'm First Officer William Riker.
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Counselor Deanna Troi.
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I am Gul Macet.
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My aides, Glinn Daro
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Glinn Telle.
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This is our Transporter Chief
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Mr. O'Brien.
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Shall we?
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Captain's Log, supplemental.
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We have entered
Cardassian territory
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and are proceeding on our quest
to locate the Phoenix.
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And with long-range sensors
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we've been scanning a radius
of ten light-years.
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We can effectively scan
one sector a day.
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We're scanning Sector 21505 now.
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And there's still no sign
of the Phoenix.
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In fact, you have no assurance
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that the ship is still
in Sector 21505.
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In fact, we have no idea
where it is.
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We thought
the last known coordinates
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were a reasonably good place
to start.
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Captain Picard
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you can understand
that we are skeptical.
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Do you expect us to believe
that you are using
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every means at your disposal
to track down one of your own?
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Of course you are concerned,
Gul Macet.
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It is precisely
because of that fact
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that I have included you
in every aspect of our effort.
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You're present with my staff.
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You're hearing reports
as I hear them.
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Nothing edited,
nothing withheld.
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Very well.
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Transporter Chief O'Brien served
with Benjamin Maxwell.
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I thought that he might be able
to provide some insights.
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Mr. O'Brien, I understand
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that Captain Maxwell lost
his family
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during a raid on an outpost.
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More like sabotage, sir.
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It was on Setlik III.
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A squad of Cardassian militia
made a sneak raid on an outpost.
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Wiped out
close to 100 civilians.
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Then it's revenge he's after.
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That's not what I meant.
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Maxwell is taking retribution
for his own loss.
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Captain Maxwell would never...
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Gentlemen, please, let's not
indulge in speculation.
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Can we confine our discussion
to the facts?
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Now, Mr. O'Brien...
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Worf to Captain Picard.
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Go ahead, Mr. Worf.
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Long-range sensors have located
the Phoenix.
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Gul Macet, will you join me
on the Bridge?
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Deck six.
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Deck ten.
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Your Captain is most impressive.
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Yes, he is.
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Chief O'Brien
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our transporting system
is still operating
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with active feed
pattern buffers.
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I would like to talk with you
about your technology.
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I'll have to get
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Commander La Forge's
approval on that.
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I understand.
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In the meantime
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we're going to your Ten-Forward.
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Will you join us?
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If my Commander tells me
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to discuss the transporter
with you, I will.
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If Captain Picard orders me
to tell you everything I know
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about Ben Maxwell, I will.
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But who I choose
to spend my free time with
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that's my business.
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Captain, the Phoenix
is in Sector 21505.
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Ensign, set a course, warp six.
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Mr. Worf,
send a message by subspace.
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Tell them to prepare
for a rendezvous.
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Yes, Captain.
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Captain, a suggestion?
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Yes.
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We have a number
of ships in Sector 21505.
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If you will give us
more precise coordinates
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and the ship's coded
transponder frequency
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we would be able
to intercept Maxwell
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00:14:18,069 --> 00:14:19,934
far more quickly than you.
264
00:14:19,971 --> 00:14:21,529
I'm sure that's true.
265
00:14:21,573 --> 00:14:23,905
However, given the circumstances
266
00:14:23,942 --> 00:14:27,673
I would prefer to make
the initial contact myself.
267
00:14:27,712 --> 00:14:29,043
I'm sure you would
268
00:14:29,114 --> 00:14:30,706
if the situation were reversed.
269
00:14:30,748 --> 00:14:33,308
Captain, time is crucial.
270
00:14:33,351 --> 00:14:35,911
You have a dangerous
man out there
271
00:14:35,954 --> 00:14:38,684
with a huge arsenal
at his command.
272
00:14:38,723 --> 00:14:41,590
If he is intent upon
revenge against my people
273
00:14:41,626 --> 00:14:44,891
he must be stopped
before he can do more damage.
274
00:14:44,929 --> 00:14:47,989
Captain, so far, we have
an isolated incident.
275
00:14:48,032 --> 00:14:49,659
If I can reach him first
276
00:14:49,701 --> 00:14:51,532
then perhaps
diplomacy can prevail
277
00:14:51,569 --> 00:14:54,265
but if one of your ships
should decide to retaliate
278
00:14:54,305 --> 00:14:55,397
there is a danger
279
00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,704
we could lose control
of the situation.
280
00:14:57,742 --> 00:14:59,767
Then you will not
give us the means
281
00:14:59,811 --> 00:15:01,540
to find his precise location?
282
00:15:01,579 --> 00:15:03,638
No, I won't.
283
00:15:09,954 --> 00:15:12,855
There you are.
284
00:15:12,891 --> 00:15:15,917
Potato casserole,
a dish fit for kings.
285
00:15:24,502 --> 00:15:26,333
What's that you're singing?
286
00:15:26,371 --> 00:15:27,338
What?
287
00:15:27,372 --> 00:15:29,203
Oh, it's just an old song.
288
00:15:31,209 --> 00:15:33,837
A bunch of us used to sing it
together on the Rutledge.
289
00:15:33,878 --> 00:15:36,346
I hadn't thought
about it in years.
290
00:15:36,381 --> 00:15:38,042
What's it about?
291
00:15:38,149 --> 00:15:41,983
Oh, it's about war and glory.
292
00:16:02,941 --> 00:16:05,933
Captain Maxwell
always liked that song.
293
00:16:05,977 --> 00:16:09,003
I guess it's all this business
about him and the Cardassians
294
00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,412
brought it back to me.
295
00:16:11,449 --> 00:16:14,577
You know, sitting
with the staff this morning
296
00:16:14,619 --> 00:16:17,645
I could tell
there were people in that room
297
00:16:17,689 --> 00:16:20,453
who still don't like
the Cardassians.
298
00:16:20,491 --> 00:16:23,153
I imagine that's to be expected.
299
00:16:23,194 --> 00:16:24,684
You do?
300
00:16:24,729 --> 00:16:26,287
Sure, the war lasted
a long time.
301
00:16:26,331 --> 00:16:27,696
That takes its toll on people.
302
00:16:27,732 --> 00:16:29,666
What are these little,
dark things?
303
00:16:29,701 --> 00:16:31,828
Capers.
304
00:16:31,869 --> 00:16:34,030
But the fighting's over now.
305
00:16:34,105 --> 00:16:36,801
Why should anyone still feel...
306
00:16:36,841 --> 00:16:38,672
however they feel?
307
00:16:38,710 --> 00:16:41,338
You fought the Cardassians,
didn't you?
308
00:16:41,379 --> 00:16:44,644
Well, there were some skirmishes
when I was with Captain Maxwell.
309
00:16:44,682 --> 00:16:47,310
Well, how do you feel
about them?
310
00:16:47,352 --> 00:16:49,377
Me?
311
00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:51,149
Well, I feel fine.
312
00:16:51,189 --> 00:16:53,783
I mean, the war's over now.
313
00:16:59,572 --> 00:17:01,597
The pursuing ship
is the Phoenix.
314
00:17:01,641 --> 00:17:03,632
And the other?
315
00:17:03,676 --> 00:17:06,702
It appears to be
a Cardassian supply ship.
316
00:17:06,746 --> 00:17:08,509
How would you know that?
317
00:17:08,548 --> 00:17:12,143
We are able to make
that determination.
318
00:17:12,185 --> 00:17:15,211
You can read
our transponder codes.
319
00:17:15,255 --> 00:17:16,745
The important thing
at the moment
320
00:17:16,789 --> 00:17:18,848
is that one of your ships
may be in jeopardy.
321
00:17:18,892 --> 00:17:21,725
Mr. Worf, has there been any
answer to our communication?
322
00:17:21,761 --> 00:17:23,228
No, Captain.
323
00:17:23,263 --> 00:17:25,629
Put out a repeating message
on all subspace channels.
324
00:17:25,665 --> 00:17:26,791
Priority one communique.
325
00:17:26,833 --> 00:17:28,323
Break off your pursuit
immediately.
326
00:17:28,368 --> 00:17:29,665
Aye, sir.
327
00:17:29,702 --> 00:17:31,932
Gul Macet, you see
we are doing everything
328
00:17:31,971 --> 00:17:33,734
in our power to reach
the Phoenix.
329
00:17:33,773 --> 00:17:37,265
Yes, and accomplishing nothing,
I'm sorry to say.
330
00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:39,369
Can you show me the location
331
00:17:39,412 --> 00:17:41,004
of our other ships?
332
00:17:41,047 --> 00:17:42,207
Mr. Data?
333
00:17:43,283 --> 00:17:45,217
There, you see?
334
00:17:45,251 --> 00:17:47,549
We have a warship
which could intercept
335
00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:49,555
the Phoenix before it's too late
336
00:17:49,589 --> 00:17:52,422
if you will give us
the transponder frequency.
337
00:17:52,458 --> 00:17:55,188
Or are you going to stand there
338
00:17:55,228 --> 00:17:58,425
while our ship
is destroyed, Captain?
339
00:18:04,737 --> 00:18:06,637
Mr. Worf
340
00:18:06,673 --> 00:18:09,039
has there been
any response to our hails?
341
00:18:10,510 --> 00:18:12,535
No, Captain.
342
00:18:15,848 --> 00:18:17,577
Very well.
343
00:18:19,752 --> 00:18:21,743
Mr. Worf...
344
00:18:27,126 --> 00:18:29,651
relay the prefix codes
of the Phoenix
345
00:18:29,696 --> 00:18:31,527
to the Cardassian warship.
346
00:18:31,564 --> 00:18:35,159
Sir, they will be able
to dismantle its shields.
347
00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:37,328
The Phoenix
will not have a chance.
348
00:18:37,370 --> 00:18:41,033
I cannot allow Maxwell
to ambush that supply ship.
349
00:18:42,809 --> 00:18:44,936
Mr. Worf, now!
350
00:18:46,613 --> 00:18:48,444
Yes, Captain.
351
00:19:01,561 --> 00:19:04,553
Sir, the Cardassian warship
is moving on the Phoenix.
352
00:19:04,597 --> 00:19:08,556
Mr. Data, overlay
weapon ranges of the two ships.
353
00:19:10,436 --> 00:19:12,529
The warship is 300,000
kilometers from the Phoenix.
354
00:19:12,572 --> 00:19:15,507
It is opening fire.
355
00:19:15,541 --> 00:19:17,975
The Phoenix has taken
a direct hit.
356
00:19:18,044 --> 00:19:21,673
The Phoenix
is beginning evasive maneuvers.
357
00:19:21,714 --> 00:19:23,579
It has positioned itself outside
358
00:19:23,616 --> 00:19:25,948
the weapons range
of the opposing ship.
359
00:19:27,487 --> 00:19:29,216
The Phoenix has powered up
360
00:19:29,255 --> 00:19:32,190
both phasers
and photon torpedoes.
361
00:19:34,293 --> 00:19:37,524
The Phoenix is firing
photon torpedoes.
362
00:19:42,201 --> 00:19:45,170
He has destroyed our warship.
363
00:19:46,706 --> 00:19:49,004
Does the supply ship
have any weapons?
364
00:19:50,843 --> 00:19:52,470
Very limited.
365
00:19:52,512 --> 00:19:54,241
Certainly not enough
366
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,443
to defeat
a Nebula-class starship.
367
00:19:57,483 --> 00:20:00,714
Sir, the Phoenix is firing
on the...
368
00:20:00,753 --> 00:20:05,554
The warship carried
a crew of 600.
369
00:20:05,591 --> 00:20:08,651
The supply ship, 50.
370
00:20:08,695 --> 00:20:13,155
Mr. Data, estimated time
to intercept with the Phoenix?
371
00:20:13,199 --> 00:20:15,497
At our present speed
of warp four
372
00:20:15,535 --> 00:20:17,332
16 hours, 44 minutes.
373
00:20:17,370 --> 00:20:20,771
Ensign, increase to warp nine.
374
00:20:35,021 --> 00:20:36,318
Captain.
375
00:20:36,355 --> 00:20:38,983
Chief, I wanted to talk to you.
376
00:20:39,025 --> 00:20:42,324
Anything I can do, sir.
You know that.
377
00:20:42,361 --> 00:20:45,819
Ben Maxwell...
he must be quite a man.
378
00:20:45,865 --> 00:20:47,162
He's a rare one, all right.
379
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,929
I count myself lucky, sir.
380
00:20:48,968 --> 00:20:52,631
I've served with the two
finest Captains in Starfleet.
381
00:20:54,407 --> 00:20:58,036
From your knowledge of the man,
what has gone wrong?
382
00:20:58,077 --> 00:21:01,376
Well, there's a reason
for what he's doing.
383
00:21:01,414 --> 00:21:03,507
Those Cardassians
were up to something.
384
00:21:03,549 --> 00:21:06,017
I'm sure of it.
385
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,577
When his family was killed,
how did he take it?
386
00:21:09,622 --> 00:21:11,920
I'd say he took it well.
387
00:21:11,958 --> 00:21:14,426
Oh, I know
he was broken up inside.
388
00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:15,757
Who wouldn't be?
389
00:21:15,795 --> 00:21:18,161
But you'd never
know it to see him.
390
00:21:18,197 --> 00:21:20,427
He never missed a minute's duty.
391
00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:23,026
Always had a smile, a joke.
392
00:21:23,136 --> 00:21:25,297
Hmm. I see.
393
00:21:25,338 --> 00:21:27,169
He would never retaliate
out of vengeance
394
00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:28,798
no matter what
that Cardassian says
395
00:21:28,841 --> 00:21:30,638
They're up to something, sir.
396
00:21:30,676 --> 00:21:33,645
They're the ones you
should be investigating
397
00:21:33,679 --> 00:21:34,976
not Captain Maxwell.
398
00:21:35,014 --> 00:21:36,982
You don't care
for the Cardassians.
399
00:21:37,016 --> 00:21:39,985
Oh, I like them fine.
400
00:21:40,019 --> 00:21:41,452
It's just...
401
00:21:41,487 --> 00:21:43,182
Well, I know them.
402
00:21:43,222 --> 00:21:46,783
You learn to watch your back
when you're around those people.
403
00:21:46,826 --> 00:21:50,922
Ben Maxwell has just sent
more than 600 of them
404
00:21:50,963 --> 00:21:53,022
to their deaths.
405
00:21:53,065 --> 00:21:55,363
I don't know what to say, sir
406
00:21:55,401 --> 00:21:58,370
but he must have had
his reasons.
407
00:22:00,740 --> 00:22:02,901
I think...
408
00:22:02,942 --> 00:22:05,001
when one has been angry
for a very long time
409
00:22:05,111 --> 00:22:06,908
one gets used to it.
410
00:22:06,946 --> 00:22:09,471
And it becomes comfortable
411
00:22:09,515 --> 00:22:11,881
like... like old leather.
412
00:22:13,152 --> 00:22:16,212
And finally...
413
00:22:16,255 --> 00:22:17,916
it becomes so familiar
414
00:22:17,957 --> 00:22:20,755
that one can't ever remember
feeling any other way.
415
00:22:23,162 --> 00:22:25,153
Thank you, Chief.
416
00:22:46,144 --> 00:22:48,169
Kanar.
417
00:22:54,018 --> 00:22:56,009
Mind if I join you?
418
00:22:58,256 --> 00:23:00,224
You want another?
419
00:23:01,993 --> 00:23:03,961
And an ale.
420
00:23:06,464 --> 00:23:08,932
Kanar.
421
00:23:08,967 --> 00:23:12,368
I never could develop
a taste for it.
422
00:23:12,403 --> 00:23:15,270
It takes a bit
of getting used to.
423
00:23:17,709 --> 00:23:20,542
I wanted to say I...
424
00:23:20,578 --> 00:23:22,170
I owe you an apology.
425
00:23:22,213 --> 00:23:24,738
I shouldn't have
popped off like that
426
00:23:24,782 --> 00:23:26,249
in the turbolift.
427
00:23:26,284 --> 00:23:27,512
I think...
428
00:23:27,552 --> 00:23:29,679
Here's your ale, Mr. O'Brien.
429
00:23:29,721 --> 00:23:33,213
This has been hard on all of us.
430
00:23:33,258 --> 00:23:37,661
I know I'll be happy
when I'm back on my own ship.
431
00:23:37,695 --> 00:23:39,322
I guess that's true.
432
00:23:39,364 --> 00:23:41,696
I hadn't thought about that.
433
00:23:44,402 --> 00:23:46,370
I was on Setlik III
with Captain Maxwell
434
00:23:46,404 --> 00:23:49,601
the morning after the massacre.
435
00:23:51,709 --> 00:23:54,678
We were too late, of course.
436
00:23:56,214 --> 00:23:58,444
Almost everyone was dead.
437
00:23:58,483 --> 00:24:01,384
That was a terrible mistake.
438
00:24:01,419 --> 00:24:04,877
We were told the outpost
was a launching place
439
00:24:04,923 --> 00:24:08,256
for a massive attack
against us.
440
00:24:10,161 --> 00:24:13,494
The only people left alive
441
00:24:13,531 --> 00:24:16,227
were in an outlying
district of the settlement.
442
00:24:16,267 --> 00:24:19,668
I was sent there with a squad
to reinforce them.
443
00:24:19,704 --> 00:24:23,663
The Cardassians
were advancing on us...
444
00:24:23,708 --> 00:24:28,805
moving through the streets,
destroying, killing.
445
00:24:28,846 --> 00:24:31,508
I was with a group
of women and children
446
00:24:31,549 --> 00:24:35,246
when two Cardassian soldiers
burst in.
447
00:24:35,286 --> 00:24:37,254
I stunned one of them.
448
00:24:37,288 --> 00:24:39,256
The other one jumped me.
449
00:24:39,290 --> 00:24:42,123
We struggled.
450
00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,526
One of the women threw me
a phaser
451
00:24:44,562 --> 00:24:47,497
and I fired.
452
00:24:56,774 --> 00:25:00,005
The phaser was set at maximum.
453
00:25:00,044 --> 00:25:02,376
The man just...
454
00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:05,473
just incinerated there
455
00:25:05,516 --> 00:25:08,041
before my eyes.
456
00:25:08,086 --> 00:25:11,817
I'd never killed
anything before.
457
00:25:11,856 --> 00:25:13,949
When I was a kid
458
00:25:14,058 --> 00:25:17,858
I'd worry
about swatting a mosquito.
459
00:25:24,035 --> 00:25:27,436
It's not you I hate, Cardassian.
460
00:25:27,472 --> 00:25:31,806
I hate what I became
because of you.
461
00:25:42,387 --> 00:25:44,685
I will protest this, Klingon.
462
00:25:44,722 --> 00:25:46,713
Lieutenant?
463
00:25:46,758 --> 00:25:48,988
He was found
at a computer station on deck 35
464
00:25:49,093 --> 00:25:52,392
attempting to access information
on our weapons systems.
465
00:25:52,430 --> 00:25:54,728
A lie, Gul Macet.
466
00:25:54,766 --> 00:25:57,234
I was studying
the terminal interface systems.
467
00:25:57,268 --> 00:25:59,634
They're more efficient
than ours.
468
00:25:59,671 --> 00:26:02,606
I have no idea
what was in the files.
469
00:26:04,242 --> 00:26:06,210
What business did you have
470
00:26:06,244 --> 00:26:09,213
going near
one of their computers?
471
00:26:11,582 --> 00:26:14,176
But, Gul Macet, I meant nothing.
472
00:26:14,218 --> 00:26:15,947
There was no harm done.
473
00:26:16,054 --> 00:26:18,318
Go to your quarters.
474
00:26:18,356 --> 00:26:19,948
You're confined there
475
00:26:19,991 --> 00:26:22,516
for the duration
of this expedition.
476
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,858
As you wish.
477
00:26:24,896 --> 00:26:26,386
Sir.
478
00:26:27,899 --> 00:26:30,299
Mr. Worf, please accompany him.
479
00:26:30,335 --> 00:26:32,326
Gladly, Captain.
480
00:26:40,478 --> 00:26:45,973
Captain, may we speak
in private?
481
00:26:46,017 --> 00:26:48,485
You have the Bridge, Number One.
482
00:26:59,731 --> 00:27:03,064
I deeply regret
what my aide has done, Captain.
483
00:27:03,101 --> 00:27:05,569
You have my word
he will be disciplined
484
00:27:05,603 --> 00:27:06,900
upon my return.
485
00:27:06,938 --> 00:27:08,769
You may take whatever action
against him
486
00:27:08,806 --> 00:27:09,932
you feel is appropriate.
487
00:27:10,007 --> 00:27:11,872
I consider the matter closed.
488
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:14,537
I'm not sure
I would be so generous
489
00:27:14,579 --> 00:27:16,342
in your place, Captain.
490
00:27:16,381 --> 00:27:17,905
Thank you.
491
00:27:17,949 --> 00:27:20,918
If there is to be
a lasting peace, Gul Macet
492
00:27:20,952 --> 00:27:23,921
neither you nor I must allow
any one man
493
00:27:23,955 --> 00:27:26,287
to undermine our efforts.
494
00:27:34,465 --> 00:27:37,923
There are those who...
495
00:27:37,969 --> 00:27:40,267
crave war...
496
00:27:40,304 --> 00:27:42,636
who need it.
497
00:27:42,673 --> 00:27:45,642
I am not one of them, Captain
498
00:27:45,676 --> 00:27:51,137
and I'm beginning to see
that neither are you.
499
00:27:51,182 --> 00:27:54,379
We have had our full measure.
500
00:27:54,419 --> 00:27:58,150
The lasting peace begins here
501
00:27:58,189 --> 00:28:00,487
with the two of us.
502
00:28:00,525 --> 00:28:02,390
Bridge to Captain.
503
00:28:02,427 --> 00:28:04,156
Picard here.
504
00:28:04,195 --> 00:28:05,890
We have located
the Phoenix, sir.
505
00:28:05,930 --> 00:28:08,455
We will intercept it
in 22 minutes.
506
00:28:18,013 --> 00:28:22,313
Captain's Log, Stardate 44431.7.
507
00:28:22,350 --> 00:28:23,908
We have established
communication
508
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:24,919
with Captain Maxwell
509
00:28:24,986 --> 00:28:26,977
and he has agreed
to come on board.
510
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:33,918
Welcome aboard, sir.
511
00:28:33,962 --> 00:28:35,793
I'm Commander Riker,
First Officer.
512
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:37,889
I know all about you, Commander.
513
00:28:37,933 --> 00:28:39,924
Fine work you did with the Borg.
514
00:28:40,035 --> 00:28:41,764
We all owe you on that one.
515
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:43,634
Thank you, sir.
516
00:28:43,672 --> 00:28:44,639
O'Brien?
517
00:28:44,673 --> 00:28:46,664
Miles O'Brien?
518
00:28:46,708 --> 00:28:48,733
Hello, Captain.
519
00:28:48,777 --> 00:28:49,835
Good to see you again.
520
00:28:49,878 --> 00:28:50,936
How are you?
521
00:28:50,979 --> 00:28:52,947
I had no idea you were
on the Enterprise.
522
00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:55,108
This was my tactical officer
on the Rutledge.
523
00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:56,742
Best I ever had.
524
00:28:56,785 --> 00:28:57,877
Thank you, sir.
525
00:28:57,919 --> 00:28:59,580
O'Brien has the ability
526
00:28:59,621 --> 00:29:01,418
to size up a situation instantly
527
00:29:01,456 --> 00:29:04,289
then come up with options
to fit all contingencies.
528
00:29:04,326 --> 00:29:05,418
Remarkable!
529
00:29:05,460 --> 00:29:08,156
Well, if that's true,
I learned it from you, sir.
530
00:29:08,196 --> 00:29:11,632
But you got that silver tongue
by kissing the stone
531
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:13,657
right?
532
00:29:15,337 --> 00:29:18,568
Well, Commander, best I see
your Captain straight away.
533
00:29:18,607 --> 00:29:20,632
We've got a lot to talk about.
534
00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:22,438
Yes, sir.
535
00:29:38,193 --> 00:29:42,323
Captain Jean-Luc Picard,
Captain Benjamin Maxwell.
536
00:29:42,364 --> 00:29:44,696
That will be all, Commander.
537
00:29:46,701 --> 00:29:47,929
Captain.
538
00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:49,503
A pleasure, Captain.
539
00:29:49,537 --> 00:29:51,528
Please sit down.
540
00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:56,803
You must think I've gone mad.
541
00:29:59,114 --> 00:30:01,082
The thought had occurred.
542
00:30:01,116 --> 00:30:03,107
Picard, I have to tell you.
543
00:30:03,151 --> 00:30:06,143
I was grateful
when I realized it was you
544
00:30:06,187 --> 00:30:08,382
Starfleet had sent after me...
545
00:30:08,423 --> 00:30:11,517
someone who knows what
it's really like out here.
546
00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:13,891
I know of nothing out here
that could possibly justify
547
00:30:13,928 --> 00:30:15,862
what you have done.
548
00:30:15,897 --> 00:30:18,195
Then listen to this.
549
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:21,066
The Cardassians
are arming again.
550
00:30:21,102 --> 00:30:23,195
That so-called science station?
551
00:30:23,238 --> 00:30:26,366
Military supply port.
552
00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:27,773
How do you know this?
553
00:30:27,809 --> 00:30:29,868
Information comes my way.
554
00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:31,742
From whom?
555
00:30:31,780 --> 00:30:33,543
Where is your documentation?
556
00:30:33,581 --> 00:30:35,139
I know what they're doing!
557
00:30:35,183 --> 00:30:37,845
I can smell it.
558
00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,215
There's no good reason
for a science station
559
00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:43,815
in the Cuellar system.
560
00:30:43,858 --> 00:30:45,553
But it's
a hell of a strategic site
561
00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:47,561
for a military
transport station...
562
00:30:47,595 --> 00:30:50,655
a jumping-off point
into three Federation sectors.
563
00:30:50,699 --> 00:30:54,135
They're running supply ships
back and forth.
564
00:30:54,169 --> 00:30:57,400
And nobody's going to tell me
it's for scientific research.
565
00:30:57,439 --> 00:30:59,805
But whatever circumstances
you encountered
566
00:30:59,841 --> 00:31:01,706
why didn't you notify Starfleet?
567
00:31:01,743 --> 00:31:04,541
And wait six months
568
00:31:04,579 --> 00:31:08,037
while the bureaucrats
sit around reading reports
569
00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:10,381
trying to figure out
what to do?
570
00:31:10,418 --> 00:31:13,410
They don't know
what's going on out here.
571
00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:17,517
But you should, Picard.
572
00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:20,494
You know what it's like
to be under fire.
573
00:31:20,528 --> 00:31:22,393
You weren't under fire.
574
00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:23,954
Lives were at stake.
575
00:31:24,065 --> 00:31:24,963
Whose lives?
576
00:31:25,066 --> 00:31:26,897
We had to act now!
577
00:31:26,935 --> 00:31:28,425
Why?
578
00:31:32,340 --> 00:31:35,503
Smells musty in here...
579
00:31:35,543 --> 00:31:38,706
like a bureaucrat's office.
580
00:31:38,747 --> 00:31:41,648
You have killed
nearly 700 people
581
00:31:41,683 --> 00:31:45,141
and you have taken us
to the brink of war.
582
00:31:45,186 --> 00:31:46,710
I have prevented war
583
00:31:46,755 --> 00:31:49,883
or at the very least delayed it
a good long time.
584
00:31:49,924 --> 00:31:53,189
The peace treaty was a ruse,
to give them breathing room
585
00:31:53,228 --> 00:31:54,718
time to regroup.
586
00:31:54,763 --> 00:31:58,199
And so, all alone, you decided
to dispose of the treaty.
587
00:31:58,233 --> 00:31:59,894
I took the initiative.
588
00:31:59,934 --> 00:32:02,027
I did what had to be done.
589
00:32:02,070 --> 00:32:03,731
What had to be done?
590
00:32:03,772 --> 00:32:06,536
Hmm? For whom?
591
00:32:06,574 --> 00:32:08,269
Why would a man
592
00:32:08,309 --> 00:32:10,504
with a long
and brilliant service
593
00:32:10,545 --> 00:32:12,877
abandon
the fundamental principles
594
00:32:12,914 --> 00:32:16,042
that he has believed in...
even fought for...
595
00:32:16,084 --> 00:32:18,678
all of his life?
596
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,415
Well, I believe
597
00:32:20,455 --> 00:32:23,424
it is because of what they did
to your wife
598
00:32:23,458 --> 00:32:24,948
and your children.
599
00:32:25,059 --> 00:32:26,287
Not true... not true.
600
00:32:26,327 --> 00:32:28,557
To avenge their deaths.
601
00:32:33,902 --> 00:32:36,871
You're a fool, Picard.
602
00:32:36,905 --> 00:32:41,399
History will look at you
and say, "This man was a fool."
603
00:32:42,744 --> 00:32:45,338
I'll accept the judgment
of history.
604
00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:48,872
When it becomes clear
what the Cardassians have done
605
00:32:48,917 --> 00:32:50,908
I will be vindicated.
606
00:32:50,952 --> 00:32:54,888
What the Cardassians have
or have not done is irrelevant.
607
00:32:54,923 --> 00:32:57,391
Irrelevant?!
608
00:32:57,425 --> 00:32:58,517
Then come with me.
609
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,496
Find one of their supply ships
and we'll see
610
00:33:02,530 --> 00:33:04,327
how "irrelevant" it is.
611
00:33:04,365 --> 00:33:08,563
We're not going after
any more Cardassian ships.
612
00:33:08,603 --> 00:33:11,902
You're going
to return to your Bridge
613
00:33:11,940 --> 00:33:15,842
and set a course
for Starbase 211.
614
00:33:15,877 --> 00:33:18,471
The Phoenix and the
Enterprise will return
615
00:33:18,513 --> 00:33:20,481
to Federation space together.
616
00:33:20,515 --> 00:33:22,847
Those are Starfleet's orders.
617
00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:27,955
I will permit you the dignity
618
00:33:28,022 --> 00:33:31,150
of retaining your command
during the voyage
619
00:33:31,192 --> 00:33:34,821
but the only alternative
is to put you in the brig
620
00:33:34,863 --> 00:33:38,424
and to tow your ship back
to the Starbase in disgrace.
621
00:33:44,539 --> 00:33:47,201
I will return to my ship.
622
00:33:47,242 --> 00:33:50,541
You understand your orders?
623
00:33:50,578 --> 00:33:52,546
Yes, Captain.
624
00:33:52,580 --> 00:33:55,981
Mr. Worf, report
to my ready room.
625
00:33:56,050 --> 00:33:57,677
My guest is departing.
626
00:33:57,719 --> 00:33:59,744
Aye, sir.
627
00:34:09,776 --> 00:34:11,801
Captain's Log, supplemental.
628
00:34:11,845 --> 00:34:14,143
With the Phoenix
in close formation
629
00:34:14,181 --> 00:34:17,014
we are proceeding directly
to Starbase 211.
630
00:34:17,050 --> 00:34:19,541
Mr. Data, how long until
we clear Cardassian space?
631
00:34:19,586 --> 00:34:22,885
At our present speed,
three hours, 20 minutes, sir.
632
00:34:22,990 --> 00:34:25,356
Mr. Worf, send a message
to Admiral Haden at Starfleet.
633
00:34:25,392 --> 00:34:27,326
Inform them of
our projected time of arrival.
634
00:34:27,361 --> 00:34:29,886
Aye, sir.
635
00:34:29,997 --> 00:34:33,398
Captain, the Phoenix
has changed course.
636
00:34:38,405 --> 00:34:40,737
What is he doing?
637
00:34:40,774 --> 00:34:43,106
Ensign, change course to pursue.
638
00:34:44,778 --> 00:34:47,747
Mr. Worf, will you hail
Captain Maxwell?
639
00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:50,716
No response, Captain.
640
00:34:50,751 --> 00:34:52,844
Data, project his new course.
641
00:34:52,886 --> 00:34:55,320
The Phoenix is headed directly
for a Cardassian vessel
642
00:34:55,355 --> 00:34:57,346
.12 light-years
from our location.
643
00:34:57,391 --> 00:35:01,020
He'll attack that ship,
just as he did the others.
644
00:35:01,061 --> 00:35:02,653
Continue the hail, Mr. Worf.
645
00:35:02,696 --> 00:35:05,187
Priority one message.
646
00:35:05,232 --> 00:35:07,757
Do you know
what that ship might be?
647
00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:11,066
I imagine it's a supply ship
648
00:35:11,104 --> 00:35:14,335
headed for the research station
in the Kelrabi system.
649
00:35:14,374 --> 00:35:17,172
The Phoenix still
does not respond, sir.
650
00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:19,440
Ensign, warp eight.
Overtake him.
651
00:35:19,479 --> 00:35:21,879
Captain, the Phoenix has
accelerated to warp nine.
652
00:35:21,982 --> 00:35:23,609
We will not be able to reach him
653
00:35:23,650 --> 00:35:25,777
before he intercepts
the Cardassian vessel.
654
00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:27,218
Ensign, warp nine.
655
00:35:27,254 --> 00:35:28,721
Aye, sir.
656
00:35:28,755 --> 00:35:30,450
Mr. Worf, arm phasers.
657
00:35:30,490 --> 00:35:31,855
Continue the hail.
658
00:35:31,892 --> 00:35:33,223
Aye, sir.
659
00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:36,718
Captain, Chief O'Brien was
Maxwell's tactical officer.
660
00:35:36,763 --> 00:35:38,856
Get him up here.
661
00:35:41,735 --> 00:35:44,898
Sir, the Phoenix has
dropped out of warp.
662
00:35:44,938 --> 00:35:47,463
They have reached
the Cardassian vessel.
663
00:35:47,507 --> 00:35:49,099
Slow to impulse.
664
00:35:49,142 --> 00:35:51,042
Vessels are within visual range.
665
00:35:51,078 --> 00:35:52,602
On screen.
666
00:35:54,214 --> 00:35:56,842
Has the Phoenix activated
its weapons systems?
667
00:35:56,883 --> 00:35:57,907
Negative, sir.
668
00:35:58,018 --> 00:35:59,815
Their phaser banks
are not armed.
669
00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:01,377
What about the Cardassians?
670
00:36:01,421 --> 00:36:04,686
Sensors are unable
to determine the status
671
00:36:04,725 --> 00:36:06,488
of the Cardassian
defensive systems.
672
00:36:06,526 --> 00:36:08,585
Their ship is running
with a high-powered
673
00:36:08,628 --> 00:36:10,721
subspace field.
674
00:36:12,766 --> 00:36:16,532
Mr. O'Brien,
your former Commander
675
00:36:16,570 --> 00:36:18,561
a Federation Captain,
is about to place me
676
00:36:18,605 --> 00:36:20,402
in the position
of firing on his ship.
677
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,374
I need your knowledge
of the man
678
00:36:22,409 --> 00:36:25,867
how he thinks,
what he's capable of doing.
679
00:36:25,979 --> 00:36:27,105
Aye, sir.
680
00:36:27,147 --> 00:36:29,377
Sir, Captain Maxwell
is hailing us.
681
00:36:29,416 --> 00:36:31,247
On screen.
682
00:36:32,919 --> 00:36:34,887
All right, Picard.
683
00:36:34,921 --> 00:36:36,286
You need proof?
684
00:36:36,323 --> 00:36:37,881
You've got it now.
685
00:36:37,991 --> 00:36:41,154
Captain Maxwell, you have
disobeyed a direct order.
686
00:36:41,194 --> 00:36:42,559
Board the ship.
687
00:36:42,596 --> 00:36:45,394
You'll see that everything
I've been saying is true.
688
00:36:45,432 --> 00:36:48,333
The Cardassian vessel
will not be boarded.
689
00:36:48,368 --> 00:36:51,826
You will transport yourself
aboard the Enterprise.
690
00:36:51,872 --> 00:36:55,831
Picard, if you don't board
that ship
691
00:36:55,876 --> 00:36:58,003
I'll destroy it.
692
00:36:58,045 --> 00:37:01,105
And I will use
whatever force is necessary
693
00:37:01,148 --> 00:37:04,345
to prevent you from taking
that action, Captain.
694
00:37:08,255 --> 00:37:09,620
Sir, Captain Maxwell...
695
00:37:09,656 --> 00:37:12,420
if he feels his back
is against the wall
696
00:37:12,459 --> 00:37:13,790
he'll strike.
697
00:37:13,827 --> 00:37:16,227
Captain, the Phoenix
is transferring power
698
00:37:16,263 --> 00:37:17,355
to its shields.
699
00:37:17,397 --> 00:37:18,864
They are arming phasers
700
00:37:18,965 --> 00:37:20,728
and loading forward
torpedo bays.
701
00:37:20,767 --> 00:37:21,756
Red Alert.
702
00:37:21,802 --> 00:37:23,531
Seems you were right,
Mr. O'Brien.
703
00:37:23,570 --> 00:37:25,367
Ready phasers, load torpedoes.
704
00:37:25,405 --> 00:37:26,497
Phasers armed.
705
00:37:26,540 --> 00:37:28,701
Loading forward
and aft torpedo bays.
706
00:37:28,742 --> 00:37:30,710
Sir, let me beam over.
707
00:37:30,744 --> 00:37:32,712
Try to talk to him.
708
00:37:32,746 --> 00:37:34,441
We served together a long time.
709
00:37:34,481 --> 00:37:36,506
When you've been through
what we have
710
00:37:36,550 --> 00:37:38,279
you tend to get inside someone.
711
00:37:38,318 --> 00:37:39,376
He might listen.
712
00:37:39,419 --> 00:37:40,852
He'd never lower his shields
713
00:37:40,887 --> 00:37:42,650
and allow you
to transport on board.
714
00:37:42,689 --> 00:37:46,147
The Phoenix is using
a high-energy sensor system.
715
00:37:46,193 --> 00:37:47,990
It cycles every 5.5 minutes.
716
00:37:48,028 --> 00:37:50,895
Between cycles, there's a window
of a 50th of a second.
717
00:37:50,997 --> 00:37:53,261
Trust me.
I can get through.
718
00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:55,291
Make it so.
719
00:38:04,644 --> 00:38:06,703
Not now!
720
00:38:12,452 --> 00:38:13,942
I'm not armed.
721
00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:16,649
How the devil
did you get over here?
722
00:38:16,690 --> 00:38:19,659
I had the thought
that if we could talk
723
00:38:19,693 --> 00:38:22,662
we could figure a way
out of this mess.
724
00:38:22,696 --> 00:38:24,425
The way out of this is clear.
725
00:38:24,464 --> 00:38:25,761
Talk to Picard.
726
00:38:25,799 --> 00:38:27,664
Get him to board the damn ship.
727
00:38:27,701 --> 00:38:29,635
He won't do that, sir.
728
00:38:29,669 --> 00:38:32,433
But he'd turn his weapons
on a Federation starship
729
00:38:32,472 --> 00:38:33,632
to protect the enemy?
730
00:38:33,673 --> 00:38:35,368
I don't believe it.
731
00:38:35,408 --> 00:38:36,375
He will.
732
00:38:36,409 --> 00:38:38,309
Count on it.
733
00:38:38,345 --> 00:38:42,247
What the hell has happened
to this war?
734
00:38:42,282 --> 00:38:44,807
Sir...
735
00:38:44,851 --> 00:38:47,843
there is no war.
736
00:38:47,888 --> 00:38:50,686
The war is over.
737
00:38:53,860 --> 00:38:55,828
You're wrong.
738
00:38:55,862 --> 00:38:58,490
The Cardassians live
to make war.
739
00:38:58,532 --> 00:39:01,433
That's what everybody thinks
about the enemy.
740
00:39:01,468 --> 00:39:04,437
That's probably
what they think about us.
741
00:39:04,471 --> 00:39:05,961
We're not the same at all.
742
00:39:06,006 --> 00:39:08,304
We do not start wars.
743
00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:14,269
We do not make surprise
attacks on manned outposts.
744
00:39:14,314 --> 00:39:18,341
We do not butcher women and
children in their homes.
745
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,710
Children...
746
00:39:23,490 --> 00:39:27,017
who never had the
chance to grow up.
747
00:39:33,333 --> 00:39:36,097
You were with me on Setlik.
748
00:39:36,136 --> 00:39:38,798
You saw what they did.
749
00:39:38,838 --> 00:39:40,499
Yes, sir.
750
00:39:46,146 --> 00:39:47,841
What was the name of that fellow
751
00:39:47,881 --> 00:39:50,076
who always hung around you
like a puppy?
752
00:39:51,351 --> 00:39:53,342
Will Kayden.
753
00:39:55,355 --> 00:39:56,982
Stompie.
754
00:39:57,023 --> 00:39:59,150
Stompie!
755
00:40:02,329 --> 00:40:05,321
As cool under fire
as a mountain lake.
756
00:40:05,365 --> 00:40:07,356
Yes, sir.
757
00:40:13,206 --> 00:40:16,664
He died at Setlik, didn't he?
758
00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:18,644
Yes, sir.
759
00:40:22,382 --> 00:40:24,179
What was that song of his?
760
00:40:24,217 --> 00:40:26,344
The one he always sang?
761
00:40:26,386 --> 00:40:28,047
The one I liked?
762
00:41:33,453 --> 00:41:36,650
I'm not going to win
this one, am l, Chief?
763
00:41:39,059 --> 00:41:41,391
No, sir.
764
00:41:47,896 --> 00:41:49,864
Captain's Log, supplemental.
765
00:41:49,898 --> 00:41:52,731
Captain Maxwell has turned his
ship over to his First Officer
766
00:41:52,768 --> 00:41:54,736
and transported
aboard the Enterprise.
767
00:41:54,770 --> 00:41:58,729
I have confined him to quarters
for the return voyage.
768
00:41:58,774 --> 00:42:00,765
Thank you, Chief.
769
00:42:02,811 --> 00:42:06,941
I'd just like to say, sir,
he was a good man.
770
00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:10,782
What he did was terribly wrong,
I know that now
771
00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:13,982
but I'm still proud
to have served with him.
772
00:42:14,022 --> 00:42:15,956
Thank you, Chief.
773
00:42:15,991 --> 00:42:17,618
And well done.
774
00:42:17,659 --> 00:42:19,650
That'll be all.
775
00:42:22,931 --> 00:42:26,230
Well, his loyalty is admirable
776
00:42:26,268 --> 00:42:29,203
even if it is misplaced.
777
00:42:32,074 --> 00:42:34,304
The loyalty that you would
so quickly dismiss
778
00:42:34,343 --> 00:42:37,710
does not come easily
to my people, Gul Macet.
779
00:42:37,746 --> 00:42:40,715
You have much to learn about us.
780
00:42:40,749 --> 00:42:42,717
Benjamin Maxwell
earned the loyalty
781
00:42:42,751 --> 00:42:45,276
of those who served with him.
782
00:42:47,022 --> 00:42:51,083
You know, in war,
he was twice honored
783
00:42:51,126 --> 00:42:54,186
with the Federation's
highest citation
784
00:42:54,229 --> 00:42:56,789
for courage and valor.
785
00:42:56,832 --> 00:43:01,769
And if he could not find
a role for himself in peace
786
00:43:01,803 --> 00:43:06,433
we can pity him, but we
shall not dismiss him.
787
00:43:06,475 --> 00:43:09,501
You are welcome to
your opinion, Captain.
788
00:43:09,544 --> 00:43:15,107
l, for one, am grateful
he is under lock and key.
789
00:43:15,150 --> 00:43:17,380
One more thing, Gul Macet.
790
00:43:19,221 --> 00:43:22,190
Maxwell was right.
791
00:43:22,224 --> 00:43:26,092
Those ships were not carrying
scientific equipment, were they?
792
00:43:26,128 --> 00:43:29,825
A research station
within arm's reach
793
00:43:29,865 --> 00:43:32,356
of three Federation sectors?
794
00:43:32,401 --> 00:43:33,868
Cargo ships running
795
00:43:33,969 --> 00:43:36,563
with high-energy
subspace fields
796
00:43:36,605 --> 00:43:39,472
that jam sensors?
797
00:43:39,508 --> 00:43:41,874
If you believe
the transport ship
798
00:43:41,977 --> 00:43:44,138
was carrying weapons, Captain
799
00:43:44,179 --> 00:43:46,807
why didn't you board it
800
00:43:46,848 --> 00:43:48,645
as Maxwell requested?
801
00:43:50,118 --> 00:43:53,212
I was here
to protect the peace...
802
00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:56,884
a peace that I firmly believe
is in the interest
803
00:43:56,925 --> 00:43:58,222
of both our peoples.
804
00:43:58,260 --> 00:44:00,524
If I had attempted
to board that ship
805
00:44:00,562 --> 00:44:02,723
I'm quite certain that you and I
806
00:44:02,764 --> 00:44:05,824
would not be having
this pleasant conversation
807
00:44:05,867 --> 00:44:09,633
and that ships on both sides
would now be arming for war.
808
00:44:09,671 --> 00:44:11,502
Captain, I assure you...
809
00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:15,101
Take this message
to your leaders, Gul Macet.
810
00:44:15,143 --> 00:44:18,670
We'll be watching.