1. Can't you ever
just let go?Copy !req
2. Let go?Copy !req
3. The place is almost deserted.Copy !req
4. There hasn't been a ship in
for three daysCopy !req
5. and yet you sit thereCopy !req
6. like a Baneriam hawk
looking for prey.Copy !req
7. This is your chance to relax.Copy !req
8. I could set you upCopy !req
9. with a terrific
holosuite program.Copy !req
10. Thank you,
but I don't accept giftsCopy !req
11. from the likes of you.Copy !req
12. Who said anything
about gifts?Copy !req
13. You pay like
everyone else.Copy !req
14. I'm just trying to get
you into the tent.Copy !req
15. I have no time
for fantasies.Copy !req
16. No imagination,
huh?Copy !req
17. A waste of time.Copy !req
18. Too many people dream
of places they'll never goCopy !req
19. wish for things
they'll never haveCopy !req
20. instead of paying
adequate attentionCopy !req
21. to their real lives.Copy !req
22. I could createCopy !req
23. a shape-shifter
playmate for you.Copy !req
24. The two of you could,
uh... intermingle.Copy !req
25. You're disgusting.Copy !req
26. It's a living.Copy !req
27. You're not allowing
young Mr. SiskoCopy !req
28. in your holosuites, I hope.Copy !req
29. It's not
what you think.Copy !req
30. It better not be.Copy !req
31. You see that thing
on his hand?Copy !req
32. It's a baseball mitten.Copy !req
33. Every afternoon,
the boy goes up to play.Copy !req
34. His father brought a program
with famous players.Copy !req
35. You ever hear
of Tris SpeakerCopy !req
36. or Ted Williams
or Buck Bokai?Copy !req
37. Afraid not.Copy !req
38. Neither did ICopy !req
39. until I made it my
business to find out.Copy !req
40. With all these
humans coming nowCopy !req
41. the true entrepreneurCopy !req
42. knows how to...
sniff the wind.Copy !req
43. Try it.Copy !req
44. Go ahead.Copy !req
45. I have no sense of smell.Copy !req
46. You don't need one
to detect the scentCopy !req
47. of op-por-tunity.Copy !req
48. Opportunity.Copy !req
49. Family entertainment.Copy !req
50. That's the future, Odo.Copy !req
51. There's a fortune
to be made.Copy !req
52. Little holocreatures
running around.Copy !req
53. Rides and games
for the kiddies.Copy !req
54. Ferengis standing
in every doorwayCopy !req
55. selling...
useless souvenirs.Copy !req
56. You're going
to replaceCopy !req
57. all your sexual
holoprogramsCopy !req
58. with family
entertainment?Copy !req
59. No, no.Copy !req
60. No. I'm expanding.Copy !req
61. I'm negotiating
to lease the space next doorCopy !req
62. so I can use
the same hologenerators.Copy !req
63. Well, you're
still disgusting.Copy !req
64. Till the day I die.Copy !req
65. I'm sure
you're exaggerating.Copy !req
66. You are constantly
in my thoughts.Copy !req
67. I can't even...Copy !req
68. That was two raktajinos,
extra strong.Copy !req
69. I can't even concentrate.Copy !req
70. You seemed to be
concentrating just fineCopy !req
71. on the Junior Lieutenant
at the receptionCopy !req
72. for Captain Stadius.Copy !req
73. She was a poor
substitute for you.Copy !req
74. And the Betazoid envoy
who was here last week.Copy !req
75. A... barely...Copy !req
76. adequate substitute
for you.Copy !req
77. Julian, you are
a wonderful friend.Copy !req
78. I enjoy the time
we spend together.Copy !req
79. Stop.Copy !req
80. You're driving a stake
through my heart.Copy !req
81. Try a high-pitched
sonic shower.Copy !req
82. It will make
you feel better.Copy !req
83. No, it won't.Copy !req
84. I've already tried it.Copy !req
85. Sorry I'm late.Copy !req
86. I was having dinner with Julian.Copy !req
87. How is our
young doctor?Copy !req
88. Young.Copy !req
89. Anything going on?Copy !req
90. We were just looking
at an unusual
energy reading.Copy !req
91. Elevated thoron emissions
in the plasma field.Copy !req
92. We thought it might be
an environmental byproductCopy !req
93. created by the increased
traffic in this area.Copy !req
94. It could be.Copy !req
95. Ships have always avoided
the Denorios Belt.Copy !req
96. And we have no idea
how the presenceCopy !req
97. of so many warp
and impulse enginesCopy !req
98. might affect it.Copy !req
99. The question is—Copy !req
100. is this going
to cause us any problems?Copy !req
101. We were hoping
you could tell us.Copy !req
102. "... and the messenger
from the queenCopy !req
103. "watched the little man as he
danced and sang and laughed.Copy !req
104. "How he would soon have
the daughter he always wantedCopy !req
105. because they would never guess
that his name was...?"Copy !req
106. Rumpelstiltskin.Copy !req
107. "Rumpelstiltskin."Copy !req
108. Right.Copy !req
109. "And the next dayCopy !req
110. "when the little man
came and askedCopy !req
111. "'Now, Mrs. Queen,
what is my name?'Copy !req
112. "She said, at first, 'Well,
are you called, um... Jack?'Copy !req
113. "'No,' he answered.Copy !req
114. "'Are you called Harry?'Copy !req
115. "'No,' he answered.Copy !req
116. "And then she said,
'Then perhapsCopy !req
117. 'your name is...?'"Copy !req
118. Rumpelstiltskin!Copy !req
119. "'Rumpelstiltskin.'Copy !req
120. "And, at the soundCopy !req
121. "of his own nameCopy !req
122. "the old man was so furiousCopy !req
123. "that he stamped his foot,
shaking the entire kingdomCopy !req
124. "and he broke in two
and disappearedCopy !req
125. "and the king and the queen
and their daughterCopy !req
126. lived happily ever after."Copy !req
127. Good night, little one.Copy !req
128. Sweet dreams.Copy !req
129. I'm not tired.Copy !req
130. Ah, ah, ah.Copy !req
131. None of that.Copy !req
132. Good night,
sweetheart.Copy !req
133. Now, then,
shall I tuck you inCopy !req
134. with a bedtime
story, too?Copy !req
135. Mmm! Only if you're
tucked in with me.Copy !req
136. Mmm. Naturally.Copy !req
137. Mommy?Copy !req
138. What is it, honey?Copy !req
139. He's in my room.Copy !req
140. Who?Copy !req
141. Rumpelstiltskin.Copy !req
142. Sweetheart...Copy !req
143. that was just
make-believe.Copy !req
144. Rumpelstiltskin
isn't real, okay?Copy !req
145. All right.Copy !req
146. I'll come in and check,
but then it's bedtime.Copy !req
147. Why do we tell her storiesCopy !req
148. about evil dwarfs
that want to steal children?Copy !req
149. Well, don't look so distraught.Copy !req
150. I'm only here
to offer you my servicesCopy !req
151. if you should need them.Copy !req
152. Captioning sponsored by
PARAMOUNT TELEVISIONCopy !req
153. Take her out of here.Copy !req
154. What's wrong?Copy !req
155. Miles, what...?Copy !req
156. Please, just go.Copy !req
157. A pity you're sending
the ladies away.Copy !req
158. It's as if all the life
just went out of the room.Copy !req
159. O'Brien to Security.Copy !req
160. Go ahead.Copy !req
161. Intruder alert.Copy !req
162. Send a team
to my quarters
immediately.Copy !req
163. On our way, Chief.Copy !req
164. So where's the straw?Copy !req
165. I assume you want gold
spun from straw.Copy !req
166. What are you?Copy !req
167. Well, surely you must know.Copy !req
168. You were just telling
the little one all about me.Copy !req
169. I know what you look like,
but you're not...Copy !req
170. Ah! Don't say it.Copy !req
171. I don't like the sound of it,
you know.Copy !req
172. Rumpelstiltskin.Copy !req
173. Now, you didn't thinkCopy !req
174. that would make me break in two
and disappear, did you?Copy !req
175. Not this time.Copy !req
176. I learned my lesson
back in the kingdom.Copy !req
177. I don't make deals
like that anymore.Copy !req
178. Ah, the local
constabularies.Copy !req
179. Gents, show me
a small bit of courtesyCopy !req
180. and I'll be very pleasantCopy !req
181. but try and lay
a hand on meCopy !req
182. and you'll soon
regret it.Copy !req
183. Besides, I'm much
too fast for you.Copy !req
184. And now, my good hostCopy !req
185. if gold is not your pleasureCopy !req
186. tell me your needs
and I'll tell you my price.Copy !req
187. O'Brien to Sisko.Copy !req
188. Go ahead, Chief.Copy !req
189. I need you in my quarters
on the double.Copy !req
190. I'm on my way.Copy !req
191. Dad, I've got
to talk to you.Copy !req
192. Now, Jake, I don't
have time. I'm...Copy !req
193. Hello, Ben.Copy !req
194. He followed me home
from the holosuite.Copy !req
195. Mmm...Copy !req
196. Jadzia!Copy !req
197. Hello, Julian.Copy !req
198. What are you doing here?Copy !req
199. Watching you.Copy !req
200. Waiting for you
to wake up.Copy !req
201. I'm awake.Copy !req
202. Is something wrong?Copy !req
203. Funny, I was about
to ask you the same question.Copy !req
204. It... it...Copy !req
205. must be this Larosian virus
that's been going around.Copy !req
206. How do you feel?Copy !req
207. Wonderful.Copy !req
208. Um...Copy !req
209. Mmm...Copy !req
210. No... no fever.Copy !req
211. Uh... must be me.Copy !req
212. Must be me.Copy !req
213. Must be me.Copy !req
214. Uh... must be
an allergic reactionCopy !req
215. to the replicated antipasto
I had at lunch.Copy !req
216. Perhaps...Copy !req
217. I must be hallucinating.Copy !req
218. Why are you
fighting this?Copy !req
219. Why am I fighting this?Copy !req
220. Why... am I fighting this?Copy !req
221. I have no good answer
to that question.Copy !req
222. All senior officers
report to Ops immediately.Copy !req
223. Okay.Copy !req
224. I get it.Copy !req
225. Very funny.Copy !req
226. Did O'Brien
put you up to this?Copy !req
227. I don't know what
you're talking about.Copy !req
228. "Senior officers to Ops."Copy !req
229. We all walk inCopy !req
230. everybody has
a good laugh
at my expense.Copy !req
231. This is not
a joke, Julian.Copy !req
232. We'll see.Copy !req
233. Ah. Good.Copy !req
234. It seems we have
a small mystery on our hands.Copy !req
235. Lieutenant Jadzia Dax
and Dr. Julian BashirCopy !req
236. I'd like you
to meet Harmon BokaiCopy !req
237. a baseball player
from the London Kings
who's been deadCopy !req
238. for 200 years.Copy !req
239. Don't look at me.Copy !req
240. I can't figure it out
either.Copy !req
241. And a medieval
fairy tale characterCopy !req
242. named Rumpelstiltskin.Copy !req
243. Oh, fine.Copy !req
244. Now everyone knows my name.Copy !req
245. Until today, he only
existed in storybooks.Copy !req
246. A pleasure,
I'm... I'm sure.Copy !req
247. Could this be relatedCopy !req
248. to the increased
thoron emissionsCopy !req
249. in the plasma field?Copy !req
250. Thoron emissions?Copy !req
251. I think you'd better ask me,
Benjamin.Copy !req
252. I was hitting a few to the boy.Copy !req
253. He's really been moving well
under the ball lately, Ben.Copy !req
254. We would have worked
on some baserunningCopy !req
255. except, uh... well,
he was getting hungryCopy !req
256. and I realized
I was, too.Copy !req
257. A hologram
with an appetite?Copy !req
258. Hologram?Copy !req
259. On the contrary,
Major.Copy !req
260. He's quite real.Copy !req
261. They all seem to be.Copy !req
262. What the hell
they talking about, Ben?Copy !req
263. You.
You're not actually Buck Bokai.Copy !req
264. So how come
I'm wearing his uniform?Copy !req
265. You're a holographic image
of Buck Bokai that I createdCopy !req
266. so Jake and I could
play ball with you.Copy !req
267. But I remember.Copy !req
268. I remember all the games.Copy !req
269. All the opening days.Copy !req
270. The homer
that won the '42 World Series.Copy !req
271. The squeaker that went
under Eddie Newson's glove.Copy !req
272. The day I broke
DiMaggio's consecutive streak.Copy !req
273. I programmed it
into the computer—Copy !req
274. all of it— every statistic.Copy !req
275. What foreign tongue
are they speaking?Copy !req
276. This one
didn't come outCopy !req
277. of any holosuite.Copy !req
278. But he did come out
of your imaginationCopy !req
279. just as Buck
came out of Jake's.Copy !req
280. His imagination?Copy !req
281. Then I must have come out
of your imagination, Julian.Copy !req
282. Uh... not necessarily.Copy !req
283. Well...Copy !req
284. maybe.Copy !req
285. How could this
sort of thingCopy !req
286. possibly happen?Copy !req
287. A subspace disruption.Copy !req
288. Maybe some kind
of dimensional shift.Copy !req
289. I didn't see an anomaly
when I scanned the plasma fieldCopy !req
290. but it could have been so small
the sensors missed it.Copy !req
291. Julian, let's go
to your quarters.Copy !req
292. Please.
I haven't got time for this.Copy !req
293. Odo to Sisko.Copy !req
294. Go ahead.Copy !req
295. Is there something
you want to tell me?Copy !req
296. I'm in no mood
for games, Constable.Copy !req
297. What do you need?Copy !req
298. Are the environmental controls
broken down?Copy !req
299. It's snowing on the Promenade.Copy !req
300. Snowing?Copy !req
301. We're looking at five
or six centimeters down here.Copy !req
302. Bring in
all available security, Odo.Copy !req
303. We're going to Yellow Alert.Copy !req
304. What's going on?Copy !req
305. It seems we're letting
our imaginations run wild.Copy !req
306. As soon as I have an
explanation, I'll give you one.Copy !req
307. Sisko out.Copy !req
308. Yellow Alert?Copy !req
309. Against our own
imaginations?Copy !req
310. You have
a better idea?Copy !req
311. I think I've
got something.Copy !req
312. Look at the wave patterns
of the plasma field.Copy !req
313. The wave fronts are converging
toward a single point.Copy !req
314. The particle density rises
as you get closer to the centerCopy !req
315. but then it looks like it
just drops off completely.Copy !req
316. You're right.Copy !req
317. I'm not getting any particulate
readings from the core.Copy !req
318. What does that mean?Copy !req
319. Whatever falls in
there is just gone.Copy !req
320. You were right.Copy !req
321. It is some kind
of subspace disruption.Copy !req
322. I want a full analysis.Copy !req
323. Chief,
get a class-4 probe ready.Copy !req
324. Aye, sir.Copy !req
325. Is there anything
I can do to help?Copy !req
326. Odo to Ops.Copy !req
327. Go ahead.Copy !req
328. The snow's disappearedCopy !req
329. but now there's a Gunji jackdaw
running loose around here.Copy !req
330. Just try to keep things
under control, Odo.Copy !req
331. We're working on it.Copy !req
332. Understood.Copy !req
333. Come along now.
Come along.Copy !req
334. There we go.Copy !req
335. Ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
336. may I have your
attention, please?Copy !req
337. Ladies and gentlemenCopy !req
338. and all androgynous
creaturesCopy !req
339. your attention, please.Copy !req
340. As you may
have noticedCopy !req
341. we're experiencing
some difficulties.Copy !req
342. I'm going to have
to ask you allCopy !req
343. to please refrainCopy !req
344. from using your
imaginations.Copy !req
345. Just because you
don't have an imaginationCopy !req
346. don't ruin it
for the rest of us.Copy !req
347. Let me guess.Copy !req
348. Another clever Federation
experiment has gone awryCopy !req
349. and you've turned
the whole stationCopy !req
350. into one vast holosuite.Copy !req
351. The phenomenon
is being investigatedCopy !req
352. as we speak.Copy !req
353. Uh-huh.Copy !req
354. Well, uh, tell them
to take their time.Copy !req
355. I haven't had a chance
to show the ladiesCopy !req
356. my collection
of Tartaran landscapes yet.Copy !req
357. I'm surprised
by your attitude, Quark.Copy !req
358. Ah, yes.Copy !req
359. Well, you simply don't have
the same appreciation for...Copy !req
360. art as I do.Copy !req
361. Dabo.Copy !req
362. I'm surprised because every one
of your customers is winning.Copy !req
363. What?Copy !req
364. They're taking you
to the poorhouse.Copy !req
365. Dabo. Another winner!Copy !req
366. No.
No, that's not possible.Copy !req
367. Let me through.Copy !req
368. Lose. Lose...Copy !req
369. One cross...Copy !req
370. Two cross.Copy !req
371. No! No!Copy !req
372. You're outnumbered, Quark.Copy !req
373. Pardon me.
Pardon me.Copy !req
374. I was afraid of this.Copy !req
375. The proximity of the wormhole
is amplifying the rupture.Copy !req
376. The proton counts
are going through the roof.Copy !req
377. Dax to O'Brien.Copy !req
378. How are you coming
with that probe, Chief?Copy !req
379. I'll have
the subspace scanners programmedCopy !req
380. in less than an hour.Copy !req
381. Keep me informed.
Dax out.Copy !req
382. I have the wave
intensity analysis.Copy !req
383. Computer, scan
all data filesCopy !req
384. for comparable wave
intensity patterns.Copy !req
385. Stand by.Copy !req
386. Jadzia...Copy !req
387. I find this
difficult to sayCopy !req
388. but I want you
to know, I would...Copy !req
389. Julian, there's really
no need to apologize.Copy !req
390. In a wayCopy !req
391. I feel as if we've
invaded your privacy.Copy !req
392. We all have fantasies and dreams
we keep to ourselves—Copy !req
393. thoughts
that should remain private.Copy !req
394. I'm glad you understand.Copy !req
395. Of course I do.Copy !req
396. I was a young man... once.Copy !req
397. So we can put
all this behind us?Copy !req
398. Of course.Copy !req
399. Good.Copy !req
400. The computer seems
to be having troubleCopy !req
401. finding a match.Copy !req
402. She really is submissive,
isn't she?Copy !req
403. Is that how you want
me to be, Julian?Copy !req
404. So submissive?Copy !req
405. I am not submissive.Copy !req
406. Am I?Copy !req
407. Uh, no.Copy !req
408. Um, uh...
well, I don't think so.Copy !req
409. I'm just not the cold fish
you are.Copy !req
410. Cold fish?Copy !req
411. Now, I, uh, never said that.Copy !req
412. If you'd get downCopy !req
413. off your high horseCopy !req
414. you'd start to
appreciate Julian.Copy !req
415. She has a sense of humorCopy !req
416. as I've always
imagined you do.Copy !req
417. I could use one about now.Copy !req
418. Come on,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
419. Stop denying all those
yearnings you feel.Copy !req
420. Yearnings?Copy !req
421. If you don'tCopy !req
422. you'll never know
what you missed.Copy !req
423. Pattern match found.Copy !req
424. Just in the nick of time.Copy !req
425. A similar subspace rupture
was reportedCopy !req
426. in the Hanoli system
in the mid-23rd century.Copy !req
427. The Hanoli system.Copy !req
428. I don't believe
I know where that is.Copy !req
429. There's no reason you should.Copy !req
430. When the rupture expanded,
the system was destroyed.Copy !req
431. Station Log, Stardate 46853.2.Copy !req
432. We have launched a probe
to study the subspace anomaly.Copy !req
433. Meanwhile, more than half
the people aboard DS9Copy !req
434. have reported manifestations
of their imagined thoughts.Copy !req
435. All probe systems
are reading normal.Copy !req
436. Calibrating sensors
for subspace.Copy !req
437. Three minutes to coordinates.Copy !req
438. Wave patterns should beginCopy !req
439. fluctuating any time now.Copy !req
440. There.Copy !req
441. The probe is penetrating
the thoron field.Copy !req
442. Two and a half minutes
to coordinates.Copy !req
443. Ah, for simpler times, eh?Copy !req
444. Go away.Copy !req
445. I only want to help.Copy !req
446. You're in the way.Copy !req
447. A farmer from Derry
once tried to chase me offCopy !req
448. until I saved his crops...
from locusts.Copy !req
449. Two minutes to coordinates.Copy !req
450. Thoron emissions are stable.Copy !req
451. You know what I find
most intriguingCopy !req
452. about you, my good host?Copy !req
453. You're afraid.Copy !req
454. Of me.Copy !req
455. Look, figmentCopy !req
456. I'm not afraid of anybody,
least of all you.Copy !req
457. 90 seconds to coordinates.Copy !req
458. Figment, am I?Copy !req
459. A figment of my
imagination, that's all.Copy !req
460. And yetCopy !req
461. you can't denyCopy !req
462. how this imagination of yours
empowers me, can you?Copy !req
463. Empowers me in a wayCopy !req
464. that somehow terrifies you.Copy !req
465. You should be getting
some primary data, Commander.Copy !req
466. They're coming in now, Chief.Copy !req
467. Stand by.Copy !req
468. She is your firstborn,
isn't she?Copy !req
469. 30 seconds to coordinates.Copy !req
470. Thoron emission
patterns unstable.Copy !req
471. Probe hull temperature
dropping rapidly.Copy !req
472. Ten seconds.Copy !req
473. The probe's approaching
the perimeter of the anomaly.Copy !req
474. That's strange.Copy !req
475. What is it?Copy !req
476. Negative readings
on all sensors.Copy !req
477. We may be looking
at some sort of folded space.Copy !req
478. Let's see what
the optical scannerCopy !req
479. on the probe gives us.Copy !req
480. It's drawing in all the matter
from the surrounding space.Copy !req
481. Benjamin, it's getting larger.Copy !req
482. Feel like taking
a few ground balls?Copy !req
483. Look, I tried to tell youCopy !req
484. you're on a space station
in the 24th century.Copy !req
485. The only ball field around
is a holographic simulation.Copy !req
486. It's not real,
and neither are you.Copy !req
487. Oh, you see,
I don't get it.Copy !req
488. I can pinch myself
and it hurtsCopy !req
489. and I am here with you,
aren't I?Copy !req
490. Right now you are, but,
in a minute, who knows?Copy !req
491. I hope when we get this thing
figured out, you'll...Copy !req
492. Disappear for good?Copy !req
493. I hope so.Copy !req
494. Oh, you do, huh?Copy !req
495. Well, so let's just say
for a moment I don't.Copy !req
496. So what am I supposed
to do, huh?Copy !req
497. You got room on your teamCopy !req
498. for a switch-hitting
third basemanCopy !req
499. with good power?Copy !req
500. Good power from
the left side.Copy !req
501. Left side?
Ben, hey.Copy !req
502. Hey, Ben.Copy !req
503. What are you talking about?Copy !req
504. I hit over 20 homers
right-handedCopy !req
505. in each of my first three years
in the majors.Copy !req
506. And never more
than ten after that.Copy !req
507. That was because Old Crow
moved me to second in the order.Copy !req
508. I wish I had
more time for this.Copy !req
509. Well, that was baseball's
epitaph, wasn't it?Copy !req
510. Nobody seemed to have
time for us anymore.Copy !req
511. You know, I could have
played five more yearsCopy !req
512. if they hadn't
killed the game.Copy !req
513. You were the best
that ever played.Copy !req
514. I know.Copy !req
515. I've played with them all.Copy !req
516. I've got work to do.Copy !req
517. Hey, Ben.Copy !req
518. It really meant a lot to me—Copy !req
519. how much you cared.Copy !req
520. That day we won the World SeriesCopy !req
521. there were only 300 people
in the stands.Copy !req
522. 301 in my version.Copy !req
523. I heard you cheering.Copy !req
524. Meant a lot to me.Copy !req
525. I just thought
you should know, you knowCopy !req
526. in case I do finally disappear.Copy !req
527. Ops.Copy !req
528. We don't know any more
than when we started.Copy !req
529. Why would mine create a
woman and then reject her?Copy !req
530. Why would mine create a dwarf
that could terrify him?Copy !req
531. We should abandon
the whole thing.Copy !req
532. Not yet.Copy !req
533. I made a connection with mine.Copy !req
534. A curious one.Copy !req
535. I sense a feeling from him—Copy !req
536. an affection for this ballplayerCopy !req
537. who died 200 years
before he was even born.Copy !req
538. And how much longerCopy !req
539. do you suggest
we devote to this?Copy !req
540. As long as it takes.Copy !req
541. It ain't over till it's over.Copy !req
542. Station Log, supplemental.Copy !req
543. The subspace anomaly
continues to expand.Copy !req
544. As of yet, we've been unable
to find a way to contain it.Copy !req
545. As a precautionCopy !req
546. we have diverted
all incoming shipsCopy !req
547. away from the station.Copy !req
548. A Vulcan science mission
to the Hanoli riftCopy !req
549. detonated a pulse
wave torpedoCopy !req
550. at the coordinates
of the tear.Copy !req
551. Five minutes after they did,
the rupture expanded radically.Copy !req
552. They were wiped outCopy !req
553. along with the entire
Hanoli system.Copy !req
554. What happened
to the rupture after that?Copy !req
555. It's not still there?Copy !req
556. It reached a critical mass point
and implodedCopy !req
557. and then disappeared
from normal space altogether.Copy !req
558. Were there any reports
from the VulcansCopy !req
559. about hallucinations on board?Copy !req
560. Anything similar
to what we're experiencing?Copy !req
561. No, sir, but they were
only within rangeCopy !req
562. of the anomaly for 12 hours.Copy !req
563. And Vulcans don't have
the most active imaginations.Copy !req
564. Were there
any explanations offeredCopy !req
565. for the initial cause
of the rupture?Copy !req
566. Dozens, nothing confirmed.Copy !req
567. But we do know
there were no wormholesCopy !req
568. and very little starship
activityCopy !req
569. in the area before it formed.Copy !req
570. We've looked high and low
for some common ground—Copy !req
571. something to give us a fix
on how to attack this thingCopy !req
572. and frankly, sir,
as funny as it soundsCopy !req
573. we think pulse wave torpedoes
may still be the best approach.Copy !req
574. Wait a minute.Copy !req
575. If it didn't work
very well last time, why...Copy !req
576. The Vulcans were using
a primitive device.Copy !req
577. In the past 200 yearsCopy !req
578. we've developed far better ways
of controlling the flux density.Copy !req
579. We should be able to contain
the internal reaction this time.Copy !req
580. And if we can't, we destroy
the whole Bajoran system.Copy !req
581. Major, the rupture
is already expanding.Copy !req
582. We have to seal itCopy !req
583. or it's going to destroy
this system anyway.Copy !req
584. The smaller it is,
the better chance we have.Copy !req
585. How long will it take
to createCopy !req
586. one of these torpedoes?Copy !req
587. We could have one
ready by 2200 hours.Copy !req
588. If the rift expands at all
before implodingCopy !req
589. we have to be prepared.Copy !req
590. Route auxiliary power
to shields.Copy !req
591. Major, I'd like for youCopy !req
592. to coordinate evacuation
of the pylons.Copy !req
593. Odo can help you.Copy !req
594. Dismissed.Copy !req
595. Kira to Odo.Copy !req
596. What is it, Major?Copy !req
597. I need you to do a security
sweep through the pylons.Copy !req
598. We're going to evacuate them.Copy !req
599. I'll get on it
as soon as possible.Copy !req
600. I've got my hands full
right now.Copy !req
601. Clear the way!Copy !req
602. Get out of the corridor.
Let them through.Copy !req
603. Clear the way now!Copy !req
604. Kira to Ops.Copy !req
605. Lower Pylon 1 is gone.Copy !req
606. I need emergency...Copy !req
607. Sisko to Kira.
Report.Copy !req
608. Kira, can you read me?Copy !req
609. Major Kira, report.Copy !req
610. Disregard, Commander.Copy !req
611. False alarm.Copy !req
612. Kira out.Copy !req
613. All personnel in Lower Pylon 1,
report to Outer Ring Airlock.Copy !req
614. Prepare for evacuation.Copy !req
615. Clear the way now.Copy !req
616. Clear the way.Copy !req
617. Please stay inside.Copy !req
618. This isn't a show.Copy !req
619. Odo!Copy !req
620. You, get out
of the way!Copy !req
621. Odo! Odo!Copy !req
622. Odo!Copy !req
623. Odo! Odo!Copy !req
624. Thank goodness.Copy !req
625. I want to report
two missing persons—Copy !req
626. a blonde and a brunette.Copy !req
627. Can't you see I'm busy?Copy !req
628. Don't scare them.Copy !req
629. One minute, they're
whisperingCopy !req
630. sweet nothings in my ear.Copy !req
631. The next minute, the
sweet nothings are gone.Copy !req
632. Will you get off
the street, before...Copy !req
633. Girls!Copy !req
634. I've been looking
everywhere for you.Copy !req
635. Don't ever do
that to me again.Copy !req
636. So, Odo, what have youCopy !req
637. conjured up
during all this, hmm?Copy !req
638. Me?Copy !req
639. I should have guessed—
nothing at all.Copy !req
640. I've spent all my timeCopy !req
641. chasing incarnations
of the ProphetsCopy !req
642. long-dead lovers,
Gunji jackdawsCopy !req
643. blizzards, trollops...Copy !req
644. Ah!Copy !req
645. As I always said,
a man without any imagination.Copy !req
646. Come along, my dears.Copy !req
647. I'll show you what
a fertile imagination can do.Copy !req
648. Imagination...Copy !req
649. Computer, run a level-1
personnel sweep of all pylons.Copy !req
650. Requested function will take
approximately three minutes.Copy !req
651. Let me out of here!Copy !req
652. Let me out of here!Copy !req
653. Get the Nagus on subspace.Copy !req
654. I want to talk to him,
and I mean now!Copy !req
655. I'm not spending another minute
in this cell.Copy !req
656. How did you get in there?Copy !req
657. How did I get in here?Copy !req
658. You put me in here.Copy !req
659. Oh...Copy !req
660. I guess I did, didn't I?Copy !req
661. Yeah.Copy !req
662. No imagination indeed. Ha!Copy !req
663. Heads up, Jake.Copy !req
664. So, what are you doing here?Copy !req
665. I can't go.
I've got homework to do.Copy !req
666. But you'd rather be
at the ballpark.Copy !req
667. You don't understand.Copy !req
668. If I go to the holosuite
without finishing my homeworkCopy !req
669. my dad'll kill me.Copy !req
670. Kill you?Copy !req
671. Yeah.Copy !req
672. You really believe
he'd kill you?Copy !req
673. I know he would.Copy !req
674. Well, if that's trueCopy !req
675. why you still thinking
about going?Copy !req
676. I'm trying not to.Copy !req
677. But you're wonderingCopy !req
678. if you can get away with it,
aren't you?Copy !req
679. Well?Copy !req
680. I couldn't understand
the directions.Copy !req
681. The computer accidentally erased
the instruction page.Copy !req
682. You really expect me
to believe that?Copy !req
683. No, I guess not.Copy !req
684. I've really got homework to do.Copy !req
685. I need to see you,
Benjamin.Copy !req
686. What do you have, Dax?Copy !req
687. In the last hour alone,
the rupture's expanded 27%.Copy !req
688. The rate of expansion
is increasing.Copy !req
689. Can we gain any time
by moving the station?Copy !req
690. If the rift collapsesCopy !req
691. the implosion would overtake us
almost immediately.Copy !req
692. How soon can you
be ready, Chief?Copy !req
693. I'm installing
pulse wave devicesCopy !req
694. in the torpedoes now,
Commander.Copy !req
695. Six, seven minutes.Copy !req
696. The rift's gotten large enough
to pick up on visual scanners.Copy !req
697. On screen.Copy !req
698. Magnify.Copy !req
699. All pylons are secured.Copy !req
700. Everyone's been moved
to the Habitat RingCopy !req
701. for the time being.Copy !req
702. You're worried.Copy !req
703. You bet I am.Copy !req
704. If this doesn't workCopy !req
705. nothing real or imagined
is going to survive.Copy !req
706. Hold me.Copy !req
707. Please.Copy !req
708. Torpedoes ready.Copy !req
709. Status of shields?Copy !req
710. All available power's
been transferred.Copy !req
711. Reading shield strength
at 158% above normal.Copy !req
712. Let's hope it's enough.Copy !req
713. Red Alert.Copy !req
714. Fire!Copy !req
715. All systems functioning
properly.Copy !req
716. Torpedo guidance
is on nominal track.Copy !req
717. 30 seconds to coordinates.Copy !req
718. Impulse sustainer
throttling down.Copy !req
719. Arming pulse wave
initiator.Copy !req
720. Torpedo hull temperature
dropping.Copy !req
721. Activating
pulse waves.Copy !req
722. Compression level at 1,400
and rising.Copy !req
723. 20 seconds.Copy !req
724. Compression at 2,900.Copy !req
725. 3,000.Copy !req
726. Terminal targeting spread
confirmed.Copy !req
727. 3,500.Copy !req
728. Holding compression.Copy !req
729. Ten seconds.Copy !req
730. Ready to detonate.Copy !req
731. Ready, sir.Copy !req
732. Five seconds.Copy !req
733. Now.Copy !req
734. Wave intensity
from the rift is dropping.Copy !req
735. The thoron field boundary
is shrinking.Copy !req
736. Particle energy is rising.Copy !req
737. Wait a minute.
What's this?Copy !req
738. Wave emissions are fluctuating.Copy !req
739. We're not gettingCopy !req
740. a controlled collapse.Copy !req
741. Chief?Copy !req
742. Damn it,
we're picking upCopy !req
743. an exothermic
reaction pattern.Copy !req
744. It may be neutralizing
the pulse waves.Copy !req
745. Stand by.Copy !req
746. Perimeter sensors are picking up
a subspace oscillation.Copy !req
747. What the hell does that mean?Copy !req
748. Proton counts have tripled.Copy !req
749. Residual pulse wave activity
from our torpedoesCopy !req
750. is down to 14%.Copy !req
751. The flux density readings
inside the ruptureCopy !req
752. are off the scale.Copy !req
753. Odo to Ops!Copy !req
754. Ops! Ops!Copy !req
755. Com circuits are down.Copy !req
756. I'll try to reroute pathways.Copy !req
757. Life support is normal.Copy !req
758. Shields.Copy !req
759. A generator's down.Copy !req
760. Section Four is exposed.Copy !req
761. Odo to Ops.Copy !req
762. There we go.Copy !req
763. Constable, check for casualties.Copy !req
764. Have your deputies move
everybody out of Section Four.Copy !req
765. We have shield damage.Copy !req
766. Acknowledged.Copy !req
767. What are we getting
from the rift?Copy !req
768. Sensors aren't operating.Copy !req
769. Stand by, sir.Copy !req
770. I can't feel my hands.Copy !req
771. Lie still, lie still.Copy !req
772. There's an emergency
medical kitCopy !req
773. in the cabinet there.Copy !req
774. Get it.Copy !req
775. I'm sorry...Copy !req
776. Shh.Copy !req
777. Here you go.Copy !req
778. I never meant to bother you.Copy !req
779. No, no.Copy !req
780. You didn't bother me.Copy !req
781. I can't keep my eyes open.Copy !req
782. Don't close your eyes.Copy !req
783. I want you awake.Copy !req
784. You have a nasty
concussion.Copy !req
785. I can't help it.Copy !req
786. Dax.Copy !req
787. Dax!Copy !req
788. Sensors are back on line.Copy !req
789. The rupture is continuingCopy !req
790. to widen... 340 times largerCopy !req
791. than before.Copy !req
792. Is it showing
any signs of collapsing?Copy !req
793. Wave emissions from the rift
are still fluctuating.Copy !req
794. I can't make any sense
out of these readings.Copy !req
795. Proton counts are lower
than before.Copy !req
796. And now
they're beginning to rise again.Copy !req
797. The pulse waves
from our torpedoesCopy !req
798. have been completely
neutralized.Copy !req
799. It's just
a matter of timeCopy !req
800. before the rift
starts expanding again.Copy !req
801. How much time?Copy !req
802. Minutes.Copy !req
803. Suggestions.Copy !req
804. Run out of ideas, friend?Copy !req
805. I have a suggestion.Copy !req
806. Maybe I can help.Copy !req
807. You?Copy !req
808. You created me with powersCopy !req
809. beyond those of mortal menCopy !req
810. and I would be more than happy
to use them to assist you.Copy !req
811. For a price.Copy !req
812. I've always wanted a daughter.Copy !req
813. Miles?Copy !req
814. Perimeter sensors
are picking upCopy !req
815. subspace oscillations again.Copy !req
816. You're telling me
you can sealCopy !req
817. that rupture out there?Copy !req
818. I can spin straw into gold,
my friend.Copy !req
819. This seems
no more difficult.Copy !req
820. Well, do it, damn it!Copy !req
821. Will you meet my price?Copy !req
822. This is crazy.Copy !req
823. You're out of a storybook,
a fairy tale.Copy !req
824. Are you willing
to give her upCopy !req
825. to save so many others?Copy !req
826. No.Copy !req
827. He doesn't have to.Copy !req
828. Dax, when did our sensorsCopy !req
829. first pick up traces
of the rupture?Copy !req
830. You were there,
Benjamin.Copy !req
831. When we were first
trying to figureCopy !req
832. this whole thing out.Copy !req
833. And if I remember correctlyCopy !req
834. you said
that your previous scansCopy !req
835. hadn't picked up
any anomalies at all.Copy !req
836. I thought whatever was out thereCopy !req
837. was too small for the scanners
to identify.Copy !req
838. So you imagined
that we had a subspace ruptureCopy !req
839. and that's exactly
what it turned out to be.Copy !req
840. That is what I imagined.Copy !req
841. And once you'd learned
about the riftCopy !req
842. that destroyed
the Hanoli systemCopy !req
843. we all imagined that we might
have another just like it.Copy !req
844. Mr. O'Brien, drop the shields.Copy !req
845. Sir?Copy !req
846. There is no rupture.Copy !req
847. There is no threat
to this station, or this system.Copy !req
848. End Red Alert
and drop the shields.Copy !req
849. Aye, sir.Copy !req
850. And believe it,
Mr. O'Brien.Copy !req
851. It's important
that you believe it.Copy !req
852. Aye, sir.Copy !req
853. Are your sensors picking up
any magnetic shock waves, Major?Copy !req
854. Yes, sir.Copy !req
855. Perimeter readings still show...Copy !req
856. No shock waves
at all.Copy !req
857. None at all.Copy !req
858. Lieutenant, proton counts.Copy !req
859. Normal.Copy !req
860. It's gone.Copy !req
861. You're going
to be fine.Copy !req
862. Of course I am.Copy !req
863. I have the best doctor
in the galaxy.Copy !req
864. None of this makes any sense.Copy !req
865. I mean, why did they appear
in the first place?Copy !req
866. It might still be relatedCopy !req
867. to the elevated thoron emissions
in the plasma field.Copy !req
868. The readings still
haven't returned to normal.Copy !req
869. Continue your analysis, DaxCopy !req
870. but this timeCopy !req
871. no speculationsCopy !req
872. just facts.Copy !req
873. Yes, Benjamin.Copy !req
874. Major, keep us on Yellow Alert
for the next 26 hoursCopy !req
875. till we seeCopy !req
876. that everything
is back to normal.Copy !req
877. Chief, take your family home.Copy !req
878. That's an order.Copy !req
879. Aye, sir.Copy !req
880. This imagination
of yours—Copy !req
881. it's a tough conceptCopy !req
882. for us to get a handle on, Ben.Copy !req
883. You're not simply a figment
of my imagination, are you?Copy !req
884. We're on an extended mission
exploring the galaxy.Copy !req
885. A while back,
we followed one of your shipsCopy !req
886. through that hole in space
out there.Copy !req
887. We've been watching you.Copy !req
888. Trying to figure out
the rules of your game.Copy !req
889. Why didn't you just
talk to us like this?Copy !req
890. Well, we've learned
that you can never tellCopy !req
891. how someone will treat
the visiting team.Copy !req
892. I understand.Copy !req
893. That's what this has been
all about—Copy !req
894. learning to understand.Copy !req
895. Was it really necessaryCopy !req
896. to put the whole station
in jeopardy?Copy !req
897. But we didn't, Ben.Copy !req
898. It was you.Copy !req
899. It was your imaginations
that created everything.Copy !req
900. We were just watching
to see where it took you.Copy !req
901. Oh, this imagination
of yours.Copy !req
902. We have never seen
anything like it.Copy !req
903. It's very real
to all of youCopy !req
904. but yet it's not.Copy !req
905. At first, it seemed to us
to be a curseCopy !req
906. an irritation.Copy !req
907. That Odo fellow
even called it a waste of time.Copy !req
908. I disagree with him.Copy !req
909. I knew you would.Copy !req
910. I learned that about you.Copy !req
911. That you could have
such an affectionCopy !req
912. for someone
you never even met.Copy !req
913. I wonder if you appreciateCopy !req
914. how unique that imagination
of yours really is.Copy !req
915. Not always.Copy !req
916. We got to go.Copy !req
917. But you haven't
told us anythingCopy !req
918. about your species.Copy !req
919. I'd like to.Copy !req
920. Maybe next year.Copy !req
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