1. I've never seen
anything like that.
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anything like that.
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4. The woman?
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5. She was dead.
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clearly showed...
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tricorders—
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with live people
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with dead ones.
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year medical school.
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very impressed, Doctor.
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should have been.
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on that one, actually.
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what other doctor
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the scapular nodes
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I suppose.
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the obvious, around the mundane
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Major.
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in your presence.
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that you're...?
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broadband distress signal.
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to any ship.
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has exploded.
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on long-range sensors.
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mark 08.
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massive energy leakage.
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field is failing.
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Ship Rio Grande.
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dropping rapidly.
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are rising.
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than ten minutes'
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left in here.
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must be off-line.
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the central power linkage.
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42. Relax.
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43. I'm a doctor.
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46. Now listen, is there anyone else
aboard your ship?
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I was transporting...
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58. Don't!
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he's of no threat to anyone.
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are completely shot.
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are out.
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the structural integrity field
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how long it's going to last.
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tow it in.
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is dissipating.
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70. I have to get him
to the emergency unit
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to transport.
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can't bring back.
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES
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78. Where am I?
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79. You're on
Station DS9.
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80. I'm Dr. Julian Bashir.
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82. Kobliad Security.
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You were the only survivor.
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in stasis.
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indicated
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of a massive respiratory failure
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pulmonary trauma
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the fire.
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102. Quite certain.
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ever since our arrival.
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a retinal imaging scan?
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no residual activity
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you, he is dead.
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more times than I can tell you.
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someone thought he was dead
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to regret the mistake.
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doesn't begin to do justice
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responsible for on my world.
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in his own way.
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118. to prolong his own life.
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with a DNA reference scan.
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scan my ship.
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life-forms on board.
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that's necessary?
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127. Very sure.
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128. Iced raktajino, extra cream.
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day or night.
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131. Thanks.
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132. Poor woman.
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infatuated with me.
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with a good delusion.
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136. I sell them upstairs to
dozens of people every day.
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137. Besides, there
is something
in her eyes
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140. An allergic reaction, no doubt.
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worth of friends to call on
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144. And every man on the station
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a raktajino.
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146. Ah, but I'm the one with
the raktajino machine.
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her time alone
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perfectly.
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150. Then that must make her
the perfect woman for you.
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on her privacy as some would.
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and as miserable as you are.
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some of us like company.
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pliant flesh.
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coming here?
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for an important operation
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to the local black market?
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is none of your concern.
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Starfleet Security.
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177. And if you don't mind,
I would like to talk to you
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from the Gamma Quadrant.
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179. There's nothing
to discuss.
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already in place.
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if we could go over it anyhow.
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to get here
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it was for nothing.
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at 1700 hours.
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of the ordinary.
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cortex scans
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matched up perfectly
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Kajada provided.
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his death before
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he's faking this time.
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are a dying race.
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their cell structure.
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to supply them with deuridium
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from the Gamma Quadrant
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the whole population.
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204. that some of the Kobliad
have gone underground to get it.
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205. So, he was coming here
to hijack a shipment?
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206. Exactly.
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207. Is Kajada satisfied
with your autopsy?
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is going to convince her
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of Kajada's attention
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as intimately connected
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could be.
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the courtesy
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too far out of line.
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is not too much to ask.
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had help here
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the shipment.
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221. Ah, Mr. Primmin.
Good. In my office.
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that's arisen.
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up here.
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okay, Major.
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he needs to know.
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the Constable, Lieutenant?
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at keeping order
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on the Promenade.
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231. But...?
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of a deuridium shipment
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in the bar
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236. If I could overhear it,
so could half a dozen others.
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Lieutenant.
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everyone knows
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we know he knows.
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at the Academy, is it, sir?
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I don't.
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248. You and I are guests
of the Bajorans, Lieutenant.
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you learned at the Academy
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in anyone's face here.
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you might even learn
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about station security
from our Constable.
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254. Very clear, sir.
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256. We've been made aware
of a possible Kobliad plot
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258. You and Odo ought to have
a talk with Kajada
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who arrived yesterday.
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I want to apologize
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on the wrong foot.
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is your bailiwick.
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throwing my weight around.
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Starfleet Security
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respect your opinion.
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me what you got
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anything we can work with?
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to see my plans
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I've taken every precaution
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279. Major, are we having
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has been accessed and purged.
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283. Oh, it's possible.
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same thing on Rigel VII.
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to think as
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evidence suggests
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thinking two days ago.
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this station.
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when he came on board
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to access your
security files
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what he's done.
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was alive
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an entire computer memory
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perfect sense.
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the single file
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301. and you'd be stopped
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different lock-outs
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to protect it.
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consider locking out
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of your entire system.
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to use the computers at all.
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you're vulnerable.
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subspace shunt.
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to a secondary system
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entire facility
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by security.
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317. I'm showing an unauthorized tap
into the computer system.
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control panel
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section 10.
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Security...
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crossover link
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be careful.
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equipped the shunt
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without having to check?
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with your theory.
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a fatal mistake.
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were on your ship.
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of Vantika is...
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that some accomplice did this?
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with his own survival.
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through the use of drugs
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in a high-security penitentiary
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in cellular longevity.
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on government labs
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research.
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that fire on board my ship
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what that plan was
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before we get the results
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353. I sent it
to Starfleet Command yesterday.
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with Kobliad Security.
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under the assumption
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a word with you?
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361. My resignation.
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362. You're overreacting.
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know about this.
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mentioned to me...
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365. You asked me to stay
in charge of security
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of this station.
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367. I did not ask you.
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368. Constable, no one knows
this station like you do.
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369. Oh, yes. I've
noticed that.
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372. I believe Major Kira
was the first...
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375. or I am out.
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376. I like you, Odo.
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where a man stands.
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any question of that with you.
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can do the job you do.
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that Starfleet
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of a station in deep space
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to protect its interests.
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385. Understandable.
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with Primmin.
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387. The two of you have to find
a way to get along.
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389. I already have.
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390. Who's in charge?
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like this one...
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393. I can live with
that arrangement.
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sure yet.
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of Kajada's ship.
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I did notice one odd thing.
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399. Someone tried to break into
the ship's cargo bay.
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there was no damage
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they brought it in.
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they were after?
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personal belongings.
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three coins
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there might be.
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some valuable jewelry
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good help anymore.
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shipment.
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mercenaries to help me.
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to expect me
at this hour.
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soldiers of fortune
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of your arrival.
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you were dead.
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440. Now, remember, next time,
lift with your back straight
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generator.
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442. I'm sorry. Come in.
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scan results.
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like to see them.
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445. In fact, I tried
to call you last night.
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to the com.
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trouble sleeping.
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448. Last night was particularly bad
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449. so I used an alpha wave inducer
to help me.
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450. Oh, you should
be careful with those.
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for occasional use.
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of diploid variation.
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Rao Vantika.
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overlooked something.
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has been done, Kajada.
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the consciousness lives on.
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I've encountered
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displacement
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471. but that's never been
done by a non-Vulcan.
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472. I'm convinced Vantika
was working on it.
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473. There are over 70 different
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474. computer simulations
in his file.
Copy !req
475. All involve identifying
neural energy patterns
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476. and storing them
in different areas of the brain.
Copy !req
477. Well, there's plenty of room.
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478. A humanoid only uses a
small portion of the brain.
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479. What if another entity
shared the unused portion?
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480. Hypothetically...
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481. Vantika's consciousness could be
occupying someone else's brain
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482. while he waits for the
deuridium to arrive.
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483. But whose?
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484. Kajada.
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485. They're both Kobliad.
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486. What better place to hide
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487. than in the mind
of your worst enemy?
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488. It doesn't make sense.
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489. She's been doing
everything she can
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490. to convince us
that Vantika is alive.
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491. If Vantika's controlling her
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492. why would he call
attention to himself?
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493. We're not suggesting
he's controlling her.
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494. This is all
theoretical
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495. but to extend the
logic, there's no
reason to believe
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496. she'd even be aware
of his presence.
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497. Like a stowaway on a ship—
the pilot's at the helm
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498. but someone else
is along for the ride.
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499. Would an examination of
Kajada confirm any of this?
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500. We don't know what
we're looking for yet.
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501. We still have to identify
a method of transfer first.
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502. I could assign some personnel
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503. to maintain continuous
surveillance on Kajada.
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504. We're already stretched
to the limit
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505. preparing for
the shipment.
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506. Why don't I just
set the computer
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507. to track her movements
and alert us if she goes
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508. near a secured area?
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509. At the very least
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510. she has to be left out
of our security plans.
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511. She won't like that.
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512. I'm afraid we
have no choice.
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513. What do we tell her?
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514. Nothing.
She'll figure it out.
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515. When she does, send her to me.
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516. The computer security
codes have been changed.
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517. I've been denied access.
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518. Why?
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519. Because I ordered it.
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520. What kind of fool are you?
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521. My own special variety.
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522. I'm the only one here
who has experience with Vantika.
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523. I'm sorry.
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524. I believe it's necessary
at this point to restrict access
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525. to the security files
to four people:
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526. myself, Lieutenant Primmin,
Major Kira and Commander Sisko.
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527. When is the shipment
scheduled to arrive?
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528. I can't give you
that information.
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529. What about this
Ferengi— Quark?
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530. What about him?
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531. From what I understand
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532. he has his hands
into everything around here.
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533. Is he under surveillance?
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534. I always keep an eye on him.
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535. I hope so
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536. because he's
exactly the kind
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537. that Vantika would
use in his plans.
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538. Everything has been
taken care of.
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539. That's what you said about
the job on Vener VII.
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540. You should thank me
for Vener VII.
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541. You got paid,
didn't you?
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542. We almost got killed.
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543. A normal risk
in your line of work.
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544. A normal risk when
we work for you.
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545. That's for certain.
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546. So, when do we
meet this Kobliad?
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547. When he decides
it's appropriate.
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548. All right, then,
a better question—
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549. when do we get paid?
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550. When the job is completed,
of course.
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551. Not acceptable.
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552. We'll require
an advance payment
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553. of 70%.
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554. Durg, wake up.
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555. This is Quark
you're talking to, remember?
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556. All past debts
have been settled.
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557. They'll never be settled.
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558. You'd still be rotting
in a Cardassian jail
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559. if I hadn't...
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560. Can you speak?
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561. Pushed.
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562. Vantika.
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563. I can't keep her conscious
any longer, Commander.
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564. If she moves too much
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565. she could suffer
permanent paralysis.
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566. Did you see anybody
behind her?
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567. I just heard the scream
and looked up.
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568. She fell
from the balcony.
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569. What was she doing
up there, anyway?
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570. She had an odd feeling
you might be
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571. helping someone hijack
this deuridium shipment.
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572. I resent the inference.
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573. It's not an inference.
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574. It's a definite suspicion.
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575. Was anyone else
in the bar?
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576. Anyone else?
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577. At the time of the accident.
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578. No, just me.
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579. Just tidying up
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580. which, if you'll excuse me,
I really must finish.
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581. Not so fast, Quark.
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582. I want to take a look
at that third floor
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583. before you get rid
of all the evidence.
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584. Be my guest
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585. but I'm telling you,
she was alone up there.
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586. And she had no business
invading the privacy
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587. of a law-abiding member
of the community.
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588. What do you think, Doctor?
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589. Could this have been
a suicide attempt?
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590. Well, I haven't
noticed any
indication
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591. of suicidal behavior,
but then, who knows
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592. what the effect of sharing
one's brain might be.
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593. I'd still like
some confirmation of that.
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594. I'll have to tend
to her injuries
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595. before I conduct
any brain scan.
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596. But until we find
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597. the transfer method
Vantika used
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598. I'm not even sure
what to look for.
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599. Computer, location
of Lieutenant Dax.
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600. Lieutenant Dax
is in the stasis room.
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601. Find something
under his fingernails?
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602. Not yet.
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603. What are you
looking for?
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604. Confirmation of a theory,
I hope.
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605. I've been asking myself
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606. why would anyone induct
a bioelectrical charge
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607. into a glial cell?
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608. A question I have
always wondered about.
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609. Well, it might make sense
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610. if you wanted to send
a bio-coded message
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611. along the glial cells
of someone's nervous system
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612. all the way to the brain.
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613. My guess is
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614. that's what Vantika
was trying to do.
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615. Using his fingernails?
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616. Frankly, I can't think
of another way
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617. he could have delivered
the bio-coded message.
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618. He must have used
a very weak electrical charge
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619. or the sensors on Kajada's ship
would have detected it.
Copy !req
620. Ideally, he would have injected
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621. the bio-coded message directly
into his victim's skin
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622. but there were
no hyposprays or needles
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623. anywhere on the ship.
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624. A microscopic generator.
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625. You're suggesting he
stored his consciousness
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626. in that thing?
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627. His neural patterns encoded
as bioelectrical pulses.
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628. He could have placed that device
under his nail months ago
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629. just in case he needed an escape
route in an emergency—
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630. his last resort before death.
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631. Will this show up
in Kajada?
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632. Now that we know
what we're looking for
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633. we should be able
to confirm it
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634. with a glial scan.
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635. Do it as soon as Bashir
stabilizes her.
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636. Nice work.
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637. Confirm that each
distribution amplifier
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638. is at 100% efficiency.
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639. If there's more
than a.03% fall-off
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640. replace it.
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641. And that won't
mean a thing
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642. if the power waveguide
outlets fail.
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643. Double-check them.
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644. You better make this
the last check.
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645. We've only
got an hour.
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646. Where's Primmin?
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647. I thought he was with you.
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648. I sent him to help you make
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649. the final security sweep
of the docking area.
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650. He has not been here
all morning.
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651. I won't be going with you.
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652. I'm simply a middleman,
a facilitator.
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653. A profit monger.
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654. And proud of it.
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655. How did you get your hands
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656. on a Federation
runabout, Quark?
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657. I can't take credit for that.
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658. Your employer
has somehow managed
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659. to arrange security access.
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660. When do we meet
this employer?
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661. His message said he'd be
waiting for us on board.
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662. Uh...
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663. uh, I'm terribly sorry.
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664. We seem to have made
a wrong turn.
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665. We-we didn't mean
to disturb you
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666. Doctor.
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667. Not at all, gentlemen.
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668. I've been expecting you.
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669. Julian?
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670. Computer, location
of Dr. Bashir.
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671. Dr. Bashir
is in the Infirmary.
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672. What the hell are
you doing in there?
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673. I told you to sweep
the docking bay again.
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674. I took a cue from you.
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675. From me?
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676. You understood the logic
of Vantika's MO
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677. when he downloaded
the computer memory—
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678. avoid the single file,
attack the system.
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679. I'm not following.
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680. Vantika has to know
that all of our security efforts
Copy !req
681. will be focused
on the docking ring.
Copy !req
682. And...?
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683. I figured,
if he holds true to form
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684. that's not where
he'll try to hurt us.
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685. So I ran a diagnostic
on all the systems
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686. that could shut down
our whole defense array.
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687. I've already done
that twice today.
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688. I know. I didn't find
anything, either.
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689. But then I went
to the backup systems
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690. and I found a glitch there
I couldn't explain.
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691. And I tracked it back
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692. to the waste
reclamation system
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693. where nobody would ever
think to look
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694. because it's considered
nonessential.
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695. And I found this.
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696. Another subspace
crossover shunt
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697. just like the
one Vantika used
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698. when he tapped
into the computer.
Copy !req
699. And it's set to feed back
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700. into the primary command
and control functions.
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701. This would have shut us
down for close to an hour.
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702. Long enough for him
to grab that freighter
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703. and warp it to who knows where.
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704. Yes, Major?
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705. The Norkova's just come
through the wormhole.
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706. Requesting permission to dock.
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707. Let's go to
a Security Alert Yellow.
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708. What bay do you
have assigned in the plan?
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709. Number Eight.
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710. Odo...
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711. maintain
a visible contingent
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712. of security at Bay Eight.
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713. But I'm sending
the Norkova
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714. to the second
backup.
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715. Bay 12.
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716. I'll send
additional
forces to 12.
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717. Commander, your
Lieutenant Primmin there
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718. just saved us all
a lot of problems.
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719. Another subspace crossover
that would have crippled us
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720. long enough for them to
escape with your deuridium.
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721. Odo, did you deploy
a runabout
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722. to escort the Norkova?
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723. No.
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724. Then how come the Rio Grande's
going out to meet it?
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725. On screen.
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726. Benjamin, Julian's missing.
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727. Missing?
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728. His combadge
was in the infirmary.
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729. I can't find him anywhere.
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730. Computer, who authorized access
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731. to the runabout Rio Grande?
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732. access code 4-1-2-1.
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733. Dr. Julian Bashir.
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734. It's safe.
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735. Shields up.
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736. Done.
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737. Secure the rest
of the ship.
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738. Be sure to account
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739. for all 12 members
of the crew.
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740. If they resist,
kill them.
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741. Enter the new course.
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742. Aye.
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743. The station has locked
a tractor beam on us.
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744. But that's not possible.
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745. They should be
shut down by now.
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746. Well, they're not.
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747. They're hailing us.
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748. Hailing... us?
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749. Engage engines,
full impulse.
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750. We're not going anywhere
with a tractor beam on us.
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751. Do it!
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752. Full impulse engaged.
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753. The tractor beam is holding.
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754. But they won't be able
to pull us in.
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755. We can't just sit here
and wait.
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756. What do you intend to do?
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757. Open a channel.
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758. I'm Benjamin Sisko
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759. Commander of DS9.
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760. Rao Vantika is my name.
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761. But I assume you
know that already.
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762. I want to talk to Dr. Bashir.
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763. Unfortunately, he's not
available at the moment.
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764. Is he all right?
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765. His body is—
how do you humans say it?
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766. Fit as a fiddle.
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767. Looks rather good on me,
don't you think?
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768. What have you done
to his mind, Vantika?
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769. It was necessary to render him
unconscious for the time being.
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770. However, I
might consider
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771. leaving his body
and returning him to you.
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772. But first, you must release
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773. your tractor beam.
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774. I can't do that.
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775. If you don't,
I'll take this vessel to warp.
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776. The tractor beam
would rip apart your ship.
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777. And you and everybody on board
would be killed.
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778. Exactly.
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779. So if you care at all
about the welfare of your doctor
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780. you will release
your hold on us.
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781. You have one minute to decide.
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782. Can we get
a transporter lock on him?
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783. Negative. Their
shields are up.
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784. Suggestions?
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785. A small ship like a runabout
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786. might be able
to get close enough
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787. to overload
their shield generators
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788. with directed phaser fire.
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789. We used to do it to Cardassian
freighters all the time.
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790. But you'd be risking
a hull breach
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791. and with all the deuridium
on board...
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792. He's right.
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793. We can't risk releasing
deuridium into the system.
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794. Every populated area
would have to be evacuated.
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795. Dax, is there
any way to disrupt
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796. Vantika's control
over Bashir?
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797. I have an exact model
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798. of Vantika's
neural energy patterns.
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799. If I can design
an electromagnetic pulse
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800. to disrupt those patterns
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801. Julian might emerge.
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802. We still need a way
to get it there.
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803. Could we run it
along the tractor beam
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804. at the same frequency
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805. as their shields?
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806. The pulse would resonate
off the shields
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807. and create a reflected EM
field inside the ship.
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808. He's hailing us.
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809. I need some time.
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810. I'll give you as much as I can.
On screen.
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811. Have you decided?
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812. If I permit you
to leave
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813. what guarantee do I have
that you'll return Dr. Bashir?
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814. Oh, you're far too ready
to capitulate, Commander.
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815. Would you be planning
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816. a rescue attempt, perhaps?
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817. I'm only interested
in the safety of my doctor.
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818. You insult my intelligence.
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819. Prepare to go to warp.
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820. You've gone
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821. to great lengths to survive,
Vantika.
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822. I don't think you're ready
to kill yourself.
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823. And I don't think
you are ready
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824. to risk spreading deuridium
all over this system.
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825. Ready to engage warp engines.
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826. You must be crazy!
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827. I want no part of this!
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828. No more middlemen, Sisko.
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829. No more delays.
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830. What's it to be?
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831. All right.
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832. We're prepared to release
the tractor beam.
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833. Dax?
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834. Ready.
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835. Do it!
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836. Dr. Bashir!
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837. Answer me.
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838. Bashir!
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839. Yes?
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840. What?
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841. Doctor, lower the shields!
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842. What?
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843. What... what shields?
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844. Where am I?
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845. I'll explain later.
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846. Lower the shields now!
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847. The shields are down.
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848. Get him out of there!
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849. Energizing.
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850. It's okay.
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851. It's...
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852. me.
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853. I've programmed
this transporter
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854. to isolate any glial cells with
Vantika's neural patterns...
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855. and to beam them from Julian
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856. into this
micro-containment field.
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857. Once they're out,
he should be back to normal.
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858. I'm only reading
human neural patterns.
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859. He's clear.
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860. Oh, I have the worst headache.
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861. Dr. Bashir, I'm so sorry
for all of this.
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862. Well, I suppose we should
have listened to you
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863. when you said he was alive.
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864. There was no way
for you to control
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865. what he was doing to you.
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866. I'm afraid
I don't remember it.
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867. Actually, I feel
quite humiliated.
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868. No one blames you, Doctor.
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869. It wasn't you.
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870. It was that.
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871. What do you intend to do
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872. with it?
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873. May I assume that
you've returned custody
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874. of the prisoner to me,
Commander Sisko?
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875. The prisoner?
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876. What's left of him.
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877. Good.
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