Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 3x22

1. Excuse me.

2. You're Dr. Bashir, aren't you?

3. That's right.

4. I'm Leeta.

5. I've been meaning to come by the Infirmary to see you.

6. Oh, dear.

7. How long have you had that cough?

8. A few days now.

9. May I?

10. Cough for me.

11. Hmm...

12. Is it serious, Doctor?

13. No, but it's a good thing you came to me when you did.

14. We need to start your treatment immediately.

15. Bring me a Fanalian toddy, very hot.

16. Make that two.

17. I'm feeling a bit of a cough coming on, myself.

18. I'm... sorry to hear that, Doctor.

19. No, please.

20. Call me...

21. Julian.

22. Hi.

23. I'm Jadzia.

24. Leeta.

25. Before I forget...

26. here's that immunological data you asked for.

27. How nice of you

28. to put it together for me so quickly.

29. I, uh... I think I'll go over it right now.

30. Oh, by the way

31. I hear the Lexington is docking here

32. for a few days.

33. The Lexington?

34. Excuse me, um...

35. for just one second.

36. Stay there.

37. Jadzia!

38. Do you happen to know when the Lexington is coming in?

39. Three weeks.

40. Don't you have a friend aboard?

41. Do I?

42. The Medical Officer... Elizabeth Lense.

43. Elizabeth Lense...

44. You know, I think she may have been

45. in my class at Starfleet Medical.

46. Wasn't she valedictorian?

47. That's right.

48. And you were salutatorian.

49. Second in my class.

50. But if I hadn't mistaken that preganglionic fiber...

51. For a postganglionic nerve... um, I know.

52. I would have been valedictorian.

53. You must be looking forward to seeing her.

54. I can hardly wait.

55. Hey, Jake-o.

56. Hey, Dad.

57. Hey!

58. What is this?

59. I thought it was time for a change.

60. What do you think?

61. I like it.

62. Yeah.

63. How was Bajor?

64. Beautiful! You should have come with me.

65. The reopening of some old library

66. isn't exactly my idea of a good time.

67. This wasn't just some old library.

68. We're talking about the most extensive collection

69. of Bajoran antiquities on the planet.

70. I saw manuscripts that dated back

71. to before the fall of the First Republic.

72. Great.

73. Here...

74. Look at this.

75. What is this, some kind of ship?

76. According to legend

77. the ancient Bajorans used ships like these

78. to explore their star system

79. 800 years ago.

80. You mean that when humans

81. were first sailing across the oceans

82. Bajorans were already going to other planets?

83. Some scholars say

84. they made it all the way to Cardassia.

85. Ah, that seems hard to believe.

86. What are these?

87. Solar sails.

88. These ships were propelled by light pressure.

89. Like a sailboat catching the wind.

90. Exactly.

91. I wonder if a ship like that could really fly.

92. I don't know.

93. That's why I'm going to build one.

94. I'm expecting a lumber shipment from Bajor this afternoon.

95. Okay.

96. Which reminds me... I'll need a saber saw.

97. A saber saw?

98. You know, to cut wood.

99. Why not use a laser cutter?

100. Oh, no, I want to use

101. the same types of tools the Bajorans had.

102. This will do fine, Major.

103. As soon as these cargo containers are out of the way

104. I'll start construction.

105. Sir, I've looked over the specifications

106. you brought back from Bajor.

107. I'm not sure this design is spaceworthy

108. and I'm positive a ship like this

109. could never have made it from Bajor to Cardassia.

110. Now, why would you say that?

111. At sublight speeds

112. the trip would have taken them years

113. and that's assuming ideal conditions.

114. One unexpected ion storm

115. in the Denorios Belt would have torn

116. the sails to pieces and left them stranded.

117. Well, maybe they were lucky

118. and they didn't go into any storms.

119. I just don't see

120. how this ship could have made the trip.

121. They didn't even have replicators back then.

122. They would have had to store their air supply.

123. And there's only room on board

124. for a few weeks' worth.

125. Well, maybe they recycled it somehow...

126. used some kind of photosynthetic plant.

127. Yeah, maybe.

128. Oh, you sound just like a Cardassian.

129. I beg your pardon?

130. They have denied the possibility of ancient contact for decades

131. They have denied the possibility of ancient contact for decades

132. because they cannot stand the idea

133. of Bajor having interstellar flight

134. before they did.

135. With all due respect, Major

136. you're beginning to sound like a Romulan.

137. A Romulan!

138. There is no piece

139. of technology in existence they don't claim

140. they invented before everyone else.

141. Look, I don't plan to spend the next few years

142. sailing to Cardassia.

143. All I want is to build one of these ships

144. and prove that it's spaceworthy.

145. A computer model could do that.

146. Why go to all that trouble?

147. Why?

148. Because it'll be fun.

149. Oh, yes.

150. You know, I've been thinking.

151. According to the star charts

152. the most difficult part of the trip

153. between Bajor and Cardassia

154. would be getting through the Denorios Belt.

155. After that, it would be smooth sailing the rest of the way.

156. Really?

157. Just making that part of the trip would go

158. a long way towards demonstrating that the Bajorans

159. could have made the journey to Cardassia.

160. Seems reasonable.

161. It should only take about four, five days.

162. That's not so long.

163. So?

164. What?

165. So, what do you say you come with me?

166. We'll have a great time.

167. The ship will be ready to go in another week.

168. That's when Leanne is supposed to be getting back from Bajor.

169. I really want to see her

170. and I don't know how long she's going to be here.

171. Oh, well...

172. if you can't do it...

173. you can't do it.

174. I'd like to, but...

175. it's just not good timing, you know.

176. Sure.

177. I understand.

178. Hi!

179. Oh, hello, Jadzia.

180. I brought you something to eat.

181. Oh, thank you.

182. Let me just finish this welding and I'll take a break.

183. Benjamin, I can't believe the work you've put into this.

184. I'm just following the blueprint.

185. But you didn't have to bother with detail like this

186. to prove that the ship is spaceworthy.

187. Oh, I suppose not

188. but I want everything to be just right.

189. It's an exact replica, you know

190. except for the gravity net that I installed in the floor.

191. Weightlessness makes me queasy.

192. Ooh, I haven't seen you like this for a long time.

193. Like what?

194. So caught up in something.

195. So excited.

196. Not since, um...

197. not since you and Jennifer decided to have a baby.

198. Ah, the nursery.

199. I don't think anyone's ever put such effort

200. into making a room for their child.

201. Well, you have to admit, it turned out pretty well.

202. Oh...

203. especially the starscape on the ceiling.

204. Yeah, Jake loved that ceiling.

205. In fact, when we moved out of the house

206. he couldn't understand why we couldn't bring it with us.

207. You're disappointed he's not going with you

208. on this trip, aren't you?

209. Well, he has other things he'd rather be doing.

210. Friends he'd rather be with.

211. It's funny...

212. a year or two ago, nothing would have stopped him

213. from coming with me on an adventure like this.

214. I guess I waited too long.

215. You'll have other adventures, Benjamin.

216. They'll just be different.

217. Believe me, I know.

218. I've been a father a couple of times myself.

219. Oh, I could tell you stories.

220. You already have.

221. That's right, I have, haven't I?

222. Then you know I'm right.

223. Computer...

224. are there any messages for me?

225. One.

226. A communication from Wellington, New Zealand.

227. Display it on screen.

228. Hello.

229. Welcome aboard, son.

230. Hey, Dad.

231. So...

232. what do you think?

233. Well, it's wonderful.

234. Maybe a bit small for two people, but, uh...

235. I think I could get used to it.

236. That is, uh, if you still want me along.

237. Oh...

238. "A Survey of Cygnian Respiratory Diseases"?

239. Fascinating.

240. Yeah, I'm reading just about everything

241. I can get my hands on.

242. I don't want to be caught flat-footed

243. by our intrepid Dr. Lense.

244. It's useless, of course.

245. She's probably discovered the cure to aging by now.

246. I take it the two of you are competitive?

247. Absolutely.

248. We were neck and neck right until the final exam.

249. Then... I blew it.

250. That's how she wound up on the Lexington...

251. a post which virtually everyone

252. in our graduating class was hoping for.

253. Including you?

254. No, this is the assignment I wanted.

255. Then what does it matter?

256. Well, don't you see?

257. She could have had this post.

258. She could have taken it from me.

259. No matter what I accomplish while I'm here

260. somehow, that'll always make me feel...

261. second best.

262. I understand you're planning a trip.

263. Word gets around.

264. I can't believe that a man of your intelligence

265. would take stock in Bajoran fairy tales

266. about ancient contact.

267. If you recall

268. you thought the Celestial Temple was a Bajoran fairy tale

269. until we discovered the wormhole.

270. I suggest you reconsider your plans.

271. Solar vessels are very fragile, and it's a long way

272. to the Denorios Belt at sublight speeds.

273. Don't worry.

274. I'll have emergency equipment on board.

275. If something goes wrong

276. Major Kira can have a runabout to me within an hour.

277. An hour can be a very long time

278. especially if you happen to encounter something unexpected.

279. Like what?

280. Oh, I don't know.

281. A Maquis ship, perhaps.

282. Why would the Maquis have any quarrel

283. with an unarmed ship sailing toward the Denorios Belt?

284. They have nothing at stake here, nothing to prove...

285. or should I say, disprove.

286. Commander, I contacted you out of concern for your safety

287. but you seem to be intimating

288. that I've made some sort of threat.

289. Ah, then I'm glad I was wrong.

290. For a moment there, I thought that you had been put in charge

291. of the Cardassian Ministry

292. for the Refutation of Bajoran Fairy Tales.

293. Since I don't seem to be able to dissuade you

294. from undertaking this little voyage of yours

295. I'll wish you luck instead.

296. Let's hope you don't need it.

297. All right, first, we have to deploy the mainsails.

298. I want you to take that winch right there.

299. Huh? Release brakes.

300. All right.

301. When I give you the word, crank it with all you got.

302. And... now.

303. That's as far as they'll go.

304. Lock it off.

305. All right...

306. let's work on the spritsails.

307. Psst.

308. Oh.

309. All right, now get your back into it, huh?

310. All right.

311. That's right.

312. We'll make a sailor out of you yet.

313. These will trim the spritsails.

314. Now I get it.

315. What?

316. Why you wanted to build this ship.

317. It is beautiful, isn't it?

318. Jake-o.

319. Trim the starboard sprit about six degrees.

320. Okay.

321. How's that?

322. That should do it.

323. We'll start to pick up speed

324. as the pressure on the sails builds.

325. Hey, Dad...

326. where do we sleep?

327. We have hammocks we can string up later.

328. Is this the bathroom?

329. Yes, it was designed

330. for a zero-gravity environment.

331. Well, how am I supposed to?

332. How are you supposed to, um?

333. You'll get the hang of it.

334. Hmm.

335. We'll be tacking against the light

336. most of the way.

337. And then we'll run like this

338. for about 90 minutes or so and come about.

339. And I'll calculate the next leg of our trip.

340. How about something to drink?

341. Yeah, sure.

342. Don't tell me we only have zero-gravity rations.

343. It's all the ancient Bajorans had.

344. Listen.

345. I don't hear anything.

346. Exactly.

347. Not even the hum of an engine.

348. It's almost like being on the deck of an old sailing ship.

349. Except the stars are not just up in the sky

350. they're all around us.

351. Imagine how the ancient Bajorans must have felt

352. heading into space in a ship like this one

353. not knowing what they were going to find

354. or who they were going to meet.

355. Jake...

356. I know that you really didn't want to come on this trip.

357. I just want to say, I'm glad you're here.

358. Dad, there's something I need to talk to you about.

359. What is it?

360. First, you should read this.

361. It's a story I wrote.

362. Ah, a story.

363. That's why you kept putting this away

364. every time I walked into the room, huh?

365. Well, if you'll keep an eye on the rigging

366. I'll read it right now.

367. Deal.

368. It looked better where it was before.

369. I thought you might want to know

370. the Lexington docked a few minutes ago.

371. Already?

372. Oh, I thought it wasn't coming for another day or two.

373. She's in Quark's.

374. Oh, okay.

375. Are you going to talk to her or not?

376. She's busy.

377. You never mentioned she was beautiful.

378. I never mentioned her at all

379. not to you, anyway.

380. Morn gave me three-to-one odds that you'll exchange

381. awkward pleasantries for a few minutes

382. then say good-bye.

383. I'm betting that your charm will take you further.

384. Okay then.

385. In the ship?

386. She's getting up.

387. So, what do you think?

388. I liked it.

389. You're not just saying that?

390. No, no, no.

391. It's good.

392. What do you think about the part

393. where Jared thinks he's been betrayed?

394. I don't think that he would confront him with it.

395. Not right away.

396. Yeah, I guess he could wait

397. until he gets back from the Demilitarized Zone.

398. Yeah, that'd make it more believable.

399. Hmm.

400. So, you really think it was good, huh?

401. I think it shows a lot of promise.

402. What?

403. Promise?

404. In a few places, you're writing about things

405. you haven't actually experienced

406. or at least I hope you haven't experienced.

407. Unless you've joined the Maquis without telling me.

408. I can't talk about it.

409. I had you going there.

410. Jake, I really am impressed.

411. I think you should keep writing.

412. I'm thinking about it.

413. Don't think about it, just do it.

414. What I... what I mean is...

415. Yesterday, I got a communication

416. from the Pennington School in New Zealand

417. and, uh...

418. they offered me a writing fellowship.

419. Oh, well, Jake, that...

420. that's terrific.

421. I, uh...

422. I didn't realize you had applied.

423. Well I-I didn't, really.

424. What happened is, I showed a story I wrote

425. to Mrs. O'Brien.

426. I guess she liked it, because she showed it

427. to a friend of hers who knows someone at the school, and...

428. A mast support gave way.

429. The starboard sprit is fouling one of the mainsails.

430. Can we fix it?

431. I don't think so.

432. We're going to have to jettison the sprit.

433. Let's fall off a little.

434. Take some pressure off the sails.

435. Lock that down and give me a hand.

436. One more turn.

437. Lock it!

438. Good work.

439. I'm going to jettison the sprit.

440. That's better

441. but we're still getting a lot of spill off the sails.

442. We won't be able to make much headway with each tack.

443. I don't think we'll be able

444. to get to the Denorios Belt like this.

445. The ancient Bajorans

446. probably ran into these kinds of problems.

447. I suppose they did.

448. Well, did they give up and go home?

449. It seems to me, we're here to prove that they didn't.

450. What are we waiting for?

451. Let's get to work.

452. Lay out the port sprit.

453. Coming about.

454. Bring me my chariots of fire

455. I will not cease from mental fight

456. Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand

457. Till we have built Jerusalem

458. In England's green and pleasant land.

459. Ha!

460. That was really beautiful, Chief.

461. You know what we should do?

462. What?

463. We should go to Quark's and sing it for everybody.

464. Oh, no. I-I-I think we should switch to synthale.

465. No, no, this isn't...

466. a synthale kind of night.

467. She walked right past me, Chief.

468. Acted like I wasn't even there.

469. Do you know what I think?

470. What?

471. I think she's in love with you.

472. I don't think so.

473. It's the only explanation.

474. Unless...

475. Unless she really ignored you

476. because she can't stand you.

477. Isn't there some explanation in between?

478. Well...

479. you're not an in-between kind of guy.

480. What do you mean?

481. Well, people either love you or hate you.

482. Really?

483. I mean, I hated you when we first met.

484. I remember.

485. But now...

486. And now?

487. Well... now I don't.

488. That means a lot to me, Chief.

489. It really does.

490. Really!

491. Now...

492. that is from the heart, huh?

493. Huh? I really do.

494. Not hate you anymore.

495. Hey, do you know what I think?

496. What?

497. If you want to know why she ignored you

498. you have got to confront her.

499. You're right.

500. I got to go right up to her...

501. and ask her flat out

502. where she gets off walking past me like that.

503. Better wait until tomorrow.

504. Why?

505. Why not right now?

506. Because you can barely stand up right now.

507. Good point. Good point.

508. Good point.

509. And did those feet, in ancient time

510. Walk upon England's mountains...

511. Lock it.

512. Coming about.

513. Now.

514. Good.

515. Solid job.

516. Let's take a break.

517. String up the hammock.

518. Hammock time.

519. Yo!

520. Hop in.

521. Phew!

522. Oh!

523. Nice.

524. Whoa!

525. I'm okay.

526. Comfortable, isn't it?

527. I'm fine. Yeah.

528. Yeah, we'll make a sailor of you yet.

529. I suppose congratulations are in order.

530. Pennington is a good school...

531. and very competitive.

532. Dad, before you say anything

533. I'm turning down the fellowship.

534. Turning it down? Why?

535. I'm just... not ready to go.

536. Jake, an opportunity like this

537. doesn't come along every day.

538. I can defer admission for a year.

539. If I want to go then, I still can.

540. Well, that's fine

541. but why will things be different in a year?

542. I don't know.

543. They just might be, that's all.

544. Now, remember, Jake.

545. I wasn't much older than you when I left for San Francisco

546. to go to Starfleet Academy.

547. For the first few days, I was so homesick

548. that I'd go back to my house in New Orleans

549. every night for dinner.

550. I'd materialize in my living room

551. at 6:30 every night

552. and take my seat at the table, just like I had come downstairs.

553. You must have used up

554. a month's worth of transporter credits.

555. Hmm.

556. My parents, they never said anything about it.

557. Just "How you doing, son? How was school today?"

558. They knew that I would get over being homesick soon enough.

559. Well, after about the fifth, sixth day

560. you couldn't pry me from that campus.

561. Of course now, if you go to Pennington

562. you won't be able to beam back to the station

563. to have dinner with your old man.

564. After about a week or so, you'll get over it.

565. It's not me I'm worried about.

566. It's you.

567. Me?

568. Well, if I go, you'll be all alone.

569. Well, I appreciate you thinking about me, Jake

570. but please don't turn down this opportunity on my account.

571. I'll have plenty of people to keep me company.

572. I can always eat dinner with Dax or Dr. Bashir

573. or... even Quark.

574. I guess.

575. I'd feel a lot better if you had someone.

576. You know, someone special, like a girlfriend.

577. I see.

578. Well, let's face it.

579. It's been over a year since your last date.

580. A year, Dad.

581. Well, you got to make time for these things.

582. I cannot believe that I'm getting advice

583. about women from my son.

584. Don't think of me as your son right now.

585. Just think of me as another guy.

586. Another guy who happens to know

587. a very attractive lady who wants to meet you.

588. You are trying to set me up?

589. Why not?

590. What was that?

591. I'm not sure, but whatever hit us

592. almost tore off the port mainsail.

593. Main power is off-line.

594. We're moving at warp.

595. How can that be?

596. I don't know.

597. What happened?

598. That's a good question.

599. There's no record

600. of any spatial anomalies in this region.

601. What are these?

602. Tachyon eddies.

603. They run all through this area.

604. Could we have gotten caught up in one?

605. No, tachyons don't have enough mass

606. to affect a ship of...

607. This... isn't

608. an ordinary ship.

609. It has a lot more surface area relative to its mass.

610. Because of the sails.

611. And since tachyons travel faster than light

612. it could be that their impact on the sails

613. somehow accelerated us to warp speeds.

614. We could be light-years off course.

615. The question is... where did we end up?

616. You check the rigging.

617. I'll try to figure that out.

618. We lost the jib and port mainsail.

619. Damn!

620. What?

621. It's useless.

622. Now we can't figure out where we are

623. or where we're going.

624. Guess we'll have to contact the station.

625. Let them know they have to come and get us.

626. We were so close.

627. Another day and we would have made it

628. to the Denorios Belt.

629. Hey, we did pretty well getting as far as we did.

630. Is something wrong?

631. The station's not responding.

632. Is the com unit damaged?

633. Not as far as I can see.

634. Maybe they haven't received our message yet.

635. Do you think we could have been carried that far away

636. from the station?

637. I suppose it's possible.

638. Well... they'll find us eventually.

639. Right?

640. Sure.

641. Excuse me.

642. Yes?

643. We were at medical school together.

644. Julian Bashir.

645. You're Bashir?

646. You sound surprised.

647. Well, I thought you were Andorian.

648. Andorian?

649. Someone pointed out an Andorian to me at a party

650. and said that that was Julian Bashir.

651. It was, um, New Year's Eve

652. at Bruce Lucier's four years ago.

653. Well, I did go to that party. May I?

654. Yes.

655. With my friend, Erib.

656. Now, he's Andorian.

657. No, thank you.

658. I must have gotten you mixed up.

659. All these years, I thought you were someone else.

660. Didn't you see me give my speech at graduation?

661. No, I was back stage, waiting to give my speech.

662. I was so nervous, I almost passed out.

663. I know the feeling.

664. So, you gave me quite a run for my money.

665. If it hadn't been for that preganglionic fiber...

666. You know about that.

667. I know that if you hadn't got that wrong

668. you would be valedictorian.

669. Well, I never got a chance to congratulate you.

670. It seems like a long time ago, doesn't it?

671. Not so long.

672. So, you got the Lexington.

673. You must have had quite an adventure

674. exploring uncharted space

675. meeting fascinating new species

676. with fascinating new diseases.

677. Actually, it ended up being more of a charting expedition.

678. Sometimes it would be months between planetary systems.

679. You wouldn't believe how excited I would get

680. if we actually found something living

681. even if it was just moss under a rock.

682. Don't take this the wrong way, but... there were times

683. when I regretted not taking your assignment.

684. Really?

685. I read your paper on the immunotherapy project

686. you've been doing on Bajor.

687. It was brilliant.

688. Thank you.

689. I really envy the opportunity you have

690. to work on that kind of long-term project.

691. On the Lexington

692. it was collect your samples

693. and then on to the next system.

694. I suppose I was lucky...

695. What's happening on Bajor?

696. Were you able to get the T cell anomalies under control?

697. If you're really that interested

698. we should go to the Infirmary

699. and I can show you my latest results.

700. I'd love it.

701. Morn, about that bet.

702. I believe the odds were three to one.

703. So, Dad...

704. we're not going to run out of air

705. or anything, are we?

706. Don't worry.

707. Somebody will find us before that happens.

708. Hmm.

709. So...

710. tell me about this woman you want me to meet.

711. Well...

712. she's a freighter Captain.

713. A freighter Captain.

714. Well, Dad, trust me.

715. You'll like her.

716. All right.

717. I'll agree to meet her, on one condition.

718. What?

719. That you agree not to base your decision

720. about going to Pennington on how our date turns out.

721. Don't worry.

722. I won't.

723. I've already decided to wait at least a year.

724. Why?

725. Well...

726. I've heard that you can only write

727. about what you've experienced.

728. And you-you got to admit

729. Deep Space 9 is a pretty good place to get experience.

730. Dad.

731. It appears we've got company.

732. What do you think they want?

733. Hmm. Looks like we're about to find out.

734. What can I do for you, Dukat?

735. Well, I wanted to be the first one to congratulate you.

736. Congratulate me?

737. On managing to make it all the way here.

738. All the way where?

739. Don't you know?

740. You've just entered the Cardassian system.

741. The tachyon eddy.

742. It must have taken us past the Denorios Belt

743. and brought us here.

744. The same thing must have happened

745. to the ancient Bajorans.

746. We did it!

747. We proved the trip was possible.

748. I hate to interrupt your celebration, Commander

749. but I've been asked

750. to convey a message from the Cardassian government.

751. "Your voyage is a testament

752. "to the spirit of the ancient Bajorans

753. "who first ventured out into space.

754. "It could not be more appropriate

755. "that your arrival coincides

756. "with the discovery here on Cardassia

757. "of an ancient crash site...

758. "a site that our archaeologists believe

759. "contains the remnants of one of the Bajoran vessels

760. whose journey you have just recreated."

761. What an amazing coincidence.

762. Yes, isn't it?

763. Welcome.