1. Captain's log, stardate 41697.9.
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2. We're en route to Sarona VIII
for a much-needed shore leave.
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3. The entire crew is looking forward
to the diversion.
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4. On a personal note, I have allowed
myself the luxury of a head start.
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5. I took advantage.
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6. No, no, lieutenant,
the advantage was yours.
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7. Come again.
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8. En garde.
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9. Interesting move, sir.
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10. But what technique was that?
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11. The technique of a desperate man.
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12. Interesting move, sir.
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13. But what technique was that?
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14. The technique of a desperate man.
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15. Captain, what was that?
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16. - Picard to Bridge.
Captain.
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17. Number One, did something unusual
just occur on the Bridge?
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18. Yes, sir.
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19. We experienced some kind of loop
where everything repeats itself.
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20. Here too.
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21. Hm o n m Y way
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22. Report, Mr. Data.
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23. Sensors show nothing, sir.
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24. But it appears a moment in time
repeated itself exactly. For everyone.
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25. It was like a feeling of déjà vu.
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26. Reports coming in from all decks, sir.
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27. Computers were also affected, sir,
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28. which would indicate the phenomenon
was not an illusion,
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29. but occurred in real time.
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30. Number One,
find out if anything similar happened
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31. in this sector.
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32. Sir, I am receiving
an emergency transmission
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33. from the Pages Minor system.
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34. Put it on.
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35. —542.2.
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36. I repeat, this is Dr. Paul Manheim.
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37. We are in need of help. Urgent.
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38. All ships, please respond.
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39. I repeat,
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40. coordinates are 66728.9 by 7075...
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41. It is an automated signal, sir.
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42. I am unable to establish contact.
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43. This is Dr. Paul Manheim...
- Shut it off.
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44. Mr. La Forge, lay in a course
on those coordinates.
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45. Aye, sir.
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46. Captain,
you act as if there's a connection
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47. between the time distortion
and the distress signal.
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48. There is.
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49. Paul Manheim.
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50. Fifteen years ago, he went off
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51. to work on experiments
relating to nonlinear time.
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52. It appears he may have achieved
some measure of success.
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53. - Speed warp 8.
- Aye, sir, warp 8.
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54. Engage.
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55. Space, the final frontier.
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56. These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.
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57. Its continuing mission:
to explore strange new worlds,
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58. to seek out new life
and new civilizations,
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59. to boldly go where no one
has gone before.
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60. Estimated arrival Pegos Minor,
four hours 35 minutes 17 seconds.
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61. I've never heard of Paul Manheim.
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62. Mr. Data?
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63. A highly respected scientist,
considered a visionary.
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64. He advanced
several time-related theories.
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65. One regarding the relationships between
time and gravity was quite intriguing.
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66. But neither that theory nor any other
received wide acceptance.
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67. Fifteen years ago,
he assembled a team of scientists
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68. to expand that research.
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69. They disappeared.
Haven't been heard from since.
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70. Did you know him, captain?
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71. I knew of him.
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72. He was teaching at the university
when I was in Paris, but I, uh,
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73. didn't have the pleasure.
I must change.
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74. Number One, inform me half an hour
before we reach those coordinates,
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75. and keep trying to determine
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76. if the time distortion was specifically
located on the Enterprise.
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77. Yes, sir.
- Captain.
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78. - Excuse me.
Yes, what is it, counselor?
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79. I think you would prefer
to discuss this in private.
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80. No, that's not necessary. Go on.
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81. When Professor Manheim's name
was mentioned,
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82. you reacted with intense emotion.
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83. Yes. Please, get to the point.
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84. I don't want to interfere
with your personal life,
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85. but unresolved, strong emotion
can affect judgment.
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86. Well, thank you for your concern.
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87. As ship's counselor,
I offer my assistance.
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88. What do you suggest?
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89. Confronting deep personal issues
is not easy for you.
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90. You tend to suppress them.
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91. There are a few hours
until we arrive.
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92. Perhaps you should use this time
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93. to analyze your feelings
and put them into perspective.
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94. Thank you, counselor.
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95. If I should need you further,
I'll let you know.
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96. Bridge.
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97. Belay that.
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98. Computer,
estimated arrival at Pegos Minor.
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99. Two hours, nine minutes.
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100. Holodeck 3.
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101. Computer, this is Captain Picard.
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102. Holodeck 3 is clear.
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103. Location, Paris.
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104. Café des Artistes
as it appeared 22 years ago.
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105. April the 9th, 1,500 hours, 3:00.
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106. Warm spring day.
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107. Program complete.
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108. Monsieur,
welcome to the Café des Artistes.
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109. - Is this your first time in Paris?
- No.
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110. This way.
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111. That table.
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112. We are here to please you.
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113. I've been away far too long.
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114. Some wine? Some cheese?
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115. I'm not very hungry.
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116. I really came for the view.
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117. Perhaps what you hunger for
is not on the menu.
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118. Perhaps not.
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119. It was many years ago.
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120. I had a rendezvous.
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121. I was to meet someone.
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122. Someone here, at that very table.
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123. Your young lady, she did not come?
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124. Actually, I don't know.
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125. I always imagined that she did.
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126. Oh, you, however, did not.
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127. Ah.
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128. Well, trust Edourd.
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129. I will bring something very special
just for you.
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130. Let's go, ah?
We've waited long enough.
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131. Fine, you go. I'll stay a little longer.
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132. He's not coming, Gabrielle.
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133. No. After last night, I know he will.
I just know it.
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134. Then he would be here.
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135. You are making a fool out of yourself,
and I will not watch.
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136. - Do we know each other?
- No.
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137. Well, the way you look at me.
Do I remind you of someone?
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138. No.
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139. Yes. You do, somewhat.
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140. He's not coming.
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141. Why? What did I do
to drive him away?
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142. Maybe you did nothing.
Maybe he had no choice.
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143. Maybe he was afraid.
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144. Of what? Of me?
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145. Oh, of being connected, rooted.
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146. Perhaps if he's as young as you are,
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147. he doesn't know yet exactly
what it is he wants to do.
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148. Maybe...
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149. Enough of this self-indulgence.
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150. Exit.
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151. Captain, we received communication
from the freighter Lalo
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152. as well as from a farming colony
on Coltar IV.
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153. Both described
the same time distortion.
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154. The captain of the Lalo described it
as a hiccup.
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155. - Hiccup?
Actually, sir,
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156. that may be an incorrect analogy.
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157. How so, Data?
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158. A hiccup is a spasmodic inhalation
with closure of the glottis,
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159. accompanied by a peculiar sound.
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160. If we were to continue this analogy
to a body function,
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161. - what occurred would be best—
- Enough, Data.
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162. Have you been able to learn any more
specifics about the Manheim project?
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163. All I have found, sir,
is what you already know.
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164. Manheim was concentrating on
time/gravity experiments when he left.
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165. Captain, we've reached
the coordinates specified.
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166. There's nothing here.
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167. I'm receiving new coordinates.
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168. It's a relay signal.
Same source as the first one.
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169. What are they, Worf'?
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170. 664.8 by 1323.7 by 4949.9.
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171. Very remote area, sir.
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172. It's in the middle of the Render system
a binary star system.
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173. The main star is a B-class giant,
the companion star is a pulsar.
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174. Set course for the new coordinates,
Mr. La Forge.
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175. Aye, sir.
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176. Why is he making it this difficult
to find him?
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177. Hopefully, he'll tell us, Number One.
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178. We have reached the coordinates,
captain.
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179. Sensors indicate it is Vandor IV,
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180. a planetoid in elliptical orbit
around the binary system.
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181. - Standard orbit, Mr. La Forge.
Aye, sir.
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182. Give me a visual.
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183. Viewscreen on.
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184. There's a small force field
on the planet.
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185. Latitude 20 degrees,
nine minutes north,
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186. longitude 40 degrees, two minutes
east of the present terminator.
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187. - Penetrable?
- No, sir.
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188. Open hailing frequencies.
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189. Hailing frequencies open, sir.
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190. This is Captain— This is the captain
of the USS Enterprise
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191. responding to your call for help.
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192. Enterprise, thank you for hearing us.
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193. Where are you?
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194. We're in orbit around Vandor now.
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195. Then you can help me.
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196. I don't know what to do.
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197. It's only the two of us left.
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198. He's having convulsions.
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199. Please.
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200. Can you lock on to her coordinates?
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201. No, sir, the force field is preventing
any kind of contact other than audio.
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202. - There is a force field at your location.
Yes. I know.
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203. Good. But it is preventing us
from helping you.
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204. Now, you must try to find some way
to shut it down.
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205. I'll try.
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206. Force field is off.
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207. Good. Lock on to their coordinates,
beam them up directly to Sickbay.
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208. Dr. Crusher,
prepare for a medical emergency.
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209. Two to beam directly up to Sickbay.
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210. We'll be ready, captain.
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211. That's where I'll be.
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212. Number One, Mr. Data.
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213. I'll help.
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214. Easy. Easy.
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215. I've got his legs.
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216. - How long has he been like this?
Several hours. Al least.
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217. He was in his lab, so I can't be sure.
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218. I need to do some tests.
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219. I, um...
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220. Jean-Luc.
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221. I thought the voice sounded familiar.
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222. Hello.
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223. I should have known.
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224. Who else would have charged
to my rescue?
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225. This is my first officer,
Commander William Riker.
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226. Lieutenant Commander Data.
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227. This is Jenice Manheim.
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228. - A pleasure, Mrs. Manheim.
Thank you.
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229. I have a number of questions for you.
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230. I hope I can be of some help.
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231. Why don't we sit down here?
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232. You said there were only two of you left.
What happened to the rest of the crew?
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233. They were working at the second lab.
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234. Something happened there
a few weeks ago.
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235. They were all killed.
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236. It was a terrible accident.
I don't know exactly what happened.
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237. So many brilliant, wonderful minds
just gone.
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238. Do you know the nature
of Dr. Manheim's work?
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239. Paul's always been interested in time.
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240. He's never believed
that it was immutable
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241. any more than space is immutable.
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242. Over the last decade,
he came to believe
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243. that we reside
in one of infinite dimensions,
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244. and what holds us here
is the constancy of time.
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245. Change that, and it would be
what he called “opening the window"
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246. to those other dimensions.
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247. Which begins
to explain what happened.
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248. Have you been experiencing
something up here'?
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249. Yes. What is emanating here is
having repercussions light years away.
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250. Maybe even further.
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251. That would explain his anxiety.
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252. I had no idea it had gone so far
beyond Vandor.
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253. Why this place? Why Vandor?
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254. All I can tell you about that
is that Paul and the rest of the team
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255. searched for two years to find it.
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256. Vandors exactly what they needed.
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257. A planetoid around a binary star.
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258. Because of the dense gravity
of the pulsar?
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259. Did your husband ever attempt
to define these dimensions
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260. to give you an idea
of what he expected?
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261. No. But he did say that he was
very close to proving his theories.
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262. And then the accident.
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263. Did he anticipate that these
experiments might be dangerous?
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264. I didn't think so.
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265. But now, in retrospect,
he probably did.
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266. That would explain the unusual
precautions he began taking.
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267. Even before the accident.
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268. The force field,
the elaborate security system.
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269. And every time
he started a new experiment,
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270. he insisted that I stay
in what he called "a protected room."
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271. Aha. And that's why
you weren't affected.
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272. Jean-Luc, he would never knowingly
do anything to hurt anyone.
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273. Yes, I believe that.
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274. But as he saw his goal getting closer,
seeming possible,
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275. he became
more and more obsessive.
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276. Maybe that clouded his judgment.
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277. This is not howl imagined
seeing you again.
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278. Nor I you.
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279. You've done well.
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280. A great starship
on the far reaches of the galaxy.
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281. It's everything you'd hoped.
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282. Not exactly.
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283. Nothing works just as you hope.
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284. If you can't tell us any more,
I need to send a team down to the lab.
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285. You can't. It's protected.
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286. One of the young scientists
made sure no one could get in.
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287. Uh, excuse me.
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288. - Is he worse?
He's resting.
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289. But I'd like you
to undergo some tests yourself.
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290. My nurse will start them.
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291. Thank you for your kindness, doctor.
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292. - She's an old friend.
- I gathered that.
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293. It's her husband I'm more concerned
with at the moment.
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294. - What's the prognosis?
- I believe he's dying.
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295. His neurochemistry's been affected,
but I don't know how or why.
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296. I've never encountered
anything like it before.
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297. - How long does he have?
- Maybe a couple of days.
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298. It's hard to predict.
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299. All I can do is maintain him,
or attempt to maintain him,
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300. until I find out
what's causing the damage.
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301. - Can we talk to him?
- Not now. Not yet.
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302. Incidentally, captain,
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303. the effects of the time distortions are
now being felt in the llecom system.
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304. Bridge.
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305. In the past decade, Manheim
has turned some vague theories
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306. into a practical application.
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307. Yes. But without his help,
I'm not sure we'll be able
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308. to pose any intelligent questions,
let alone come up with any solutions.
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309. Incidentally, captain,
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310. the effects of the time distortions are
now being felt in the llecom system.
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311. It's us
before we stepped into the turbolift.
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312. It's happening again.
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313. I feel no disorientation.
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314. Nor do I.
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315. What was that?
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316. I believe what could be termed
as the Manheim Effect
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317. is becoming more pronounced.
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318. This is where we started.
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319. If we are us.
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320. Oh, we are us, sir.
But they are also us.
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321. So, indeed, we are both us.
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322. At different points
along the same time continuum.
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323. Bridge.
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324. What have you learned?
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325. We have completed a scan
of the planet's surface, sir.
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326. We've discovered the second lab
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327. is on the far side of the planet,
completely destroyed.
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328. Unable to determine what caused it.
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329. Otherwise,
very little to clarify this situation.
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330. Our sensors
show an immense volume of energy
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331. emanating deep within the planet
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332. and concentrated
near Manheim's remaining laboratory.
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333. - How is the energy being used?
- No idea.
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334. What's its source?
- I cannot be sure, sir.
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335. But I believe Manheim
has developed a method
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336. for harnessing energy
from the pulsar.
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337. It comes down to this.
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338. We've learned everything we can
from here,
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339. and we are no closer to understanding
it than we were 12 hours ago.
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340. Manheim is unable to help us,
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341. but hopefully, having been
a good scientist, he kept notes.
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342. I would need
to study Manheim's records.
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343. To do that, we're going to have
to go down there.
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344. What about the defense system
Mrs. Manheim spoke of?
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345. It may have been connected
to the main system.
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346. When she lowered the shield,
she may have turned that off as well.
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347. If not,
we'll deal with it as best we can.
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348. Prepare your team
Aye, sir.
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349. Coordinates set?
Yes, sir.
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350. Energize.
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351. There's a lack of integrity
at the landing point.
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352. I'm losing them.
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353. Bring them back. Now.
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354. Chief Herbert, what's going on?
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355. There seems to be some kind
of strange bouncing effect.
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356. I can'! get them to materialize.
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357. My readings aren't complete.
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358. Keep trying-
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359. What are we doing back here?
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360. You're lucky
you made it back at all, sir.
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361. Where am I?
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362. Paul.
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363. Thank God.
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364. You're on the USS Enterprise.
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365. They answered your distress signal.
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366. I sent one?
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367. Oh, Paul, you're gonna be just fine.
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368. No. I'm not fine, Jenice.
I'm not even close to fine.
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369. Bridge, this is Dr. Crusher.
Professor Manheim is conscious.
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370. Remember, it was worth it,
what happened.
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371. What will happen, all of it,
it was all worth it.
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372. Again. It's changing again.
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373. What is? What do you see?
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374. I'm having difficulty...
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375. With what? Are you in pain?
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376. I have been on the other side.
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377. I have touched another dimension.
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378. Part of me is still there.
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379. Help him.
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380. Try to stay calm, Dr. Manheim.
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381. I don't think it's going to help,
your struggling against it.
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382. My mind is floating
between two places.
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383. It is difficult to know which is which.
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384. There is no way to explain it.
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385. Dr. Manheim, I'm Captain Picard.
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386. The same one?
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387. She has told me about you.
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388. Not all, but enough.
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389. We need your help.
This situation is not good.
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390. It will get worse.
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391. What do we do? How do we stop it?
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392. I'm having difficulty
holding the moment.
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393. Doctor,
this is Lieutenant Commander Data.
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394. Will you explain the situation to him?
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395. I am fully versed, sir, on all your
theories regarding time and gravity.
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396. How is that possible?
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397. I am not even fully versed
on all of my theories.
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398. I am an android.
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399. Android?
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400. On a Starfleet vessel?
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401. I am the only one, sir.
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402. Your knowledge is useless
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403. because the work we have done has
made most of those theories obsolete.
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404. Then you have harnessed
a dynamic energy source.
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405. Then you do understand, yes.
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406. We were able to locate an energy
source in the center of this planetoid.
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407. We learned to enhance it, to focus it.
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408. Everything worked too well.
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409. The energy from the pulsar,
the energy from the planetoid...
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410. We opened a crack.
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411. A window into another dimension.
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412. The time distortion we felt.
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413. Felt?
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414. Then it is not confined
to the planetoid?
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415. The range is at least
several thousand light years.
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416. Captain, it must be stopped.
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417. You must help me
to execute a controlled shutdown
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418. of this experiment.
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419. Get my notes. They are in the lab.
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420. How do we bypass
the security system?
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421. I'll give you the correct coordinates
to beam safely down to Vandor
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422. and the codes you'll need to bypass
security systems to get into my lab.
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423. If what the professor has given me
is accurate,
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424. it is possible to repair the damage.
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425. But it must be perfectly timed to coincide
with another time-distortion episode.
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426. - Can we predict the timing?
- I believe so, sir.
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427. We have to.
If we don't seal that hole,
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428. this other dimension he's opened
will rip into the fabric of the galaxy.
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429. Reality as we perceive it
will not be the same.
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430. - Lieutenant Worf.
Yes, sir?
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431. I want those codes
that Manheim gave Mr. Data
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432. rechecked and then checked again.
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433. No one is beaming down to Vandor
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434. unless we can be reasonably sure
they can get through.
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435. Aye, sir.
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436. I'm sorry for intruding.
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437. I was told I'd find you here.
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438. You're not intruding.
We've just finished.
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439. Come in. Thank—
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440. Uh, I knew you wouldn't come to me.
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441. No. Not under these circumstances.
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442. We have unfinished business.
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443. Yes, we do.
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444. Why didn't you come to meet me
that last day in Paris?
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445. - I was afraid.
- Oh. I didn't want this.
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446. - What?
- The truth.
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447. - Oh, you want me to lie?
- Of course.
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448. A nice, soft, painless lie.
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449. Oh, I got the days confused. I thought it
was Tuesday when it was Wednesday.
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450. I went to the Café Moulin
instead of the Cafe des Artistes.
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451. Ah. That's better.
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452. It was raining
and you couldn't find a cab.
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453. Mm-hm.
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454. I waited all day.
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455. And it was raining.
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456. It rained the rest of the week.
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457. I went to Starfleet headquarters
looking for you,
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458. but you had already shipped out.
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459. So...
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460. Come on, Jean-Luc.
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461. Let's hear the truth.
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462. It was fear.
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463. Fear of seeing you
and losing my resolve.
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464. Fear of staying.
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465. Losing myself.
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466. Fear that neither of these choices
was right and that...
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467. And that either would have...
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468. For a long time, not a day went by
that I didn't look up into the sky
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469. and wonder.
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470. Each time that I returned to Earth,
my thoughts were filled with you.
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471. I've thought a lot about this
over the years,
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472. and perhaps you're leaving out
your greatest fear.
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473. The real reason you left.
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474. Which was?
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475. That life with me would have somehow
made you ordinary.
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476. You're wonderful.
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477. And am I that transparent?
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478. Only to me.
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479. I wish I could talk to you,
Professor Manheim.
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480. I bet you were really something.
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481. Deanna.
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482. I wanted to see how he was doing.
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483. The same.
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484. Nothing I do seems
to make any difference.
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485. That's not why you're here.
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486. I thought I was the empath.
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487. Are you all right?
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488. Why wouldn't I be?
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489. I've got one of the medical wonders
of the galaxy dying in my Sickbay.
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490. That's not what I meant.
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491. I don't think I want to talk
about what I think you mean.
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492. - Captain Picard—
- I can't compete
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493. with a ghost from his past.
No one could.
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494. She's not a ghost.
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495. She's here right now.
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496. She may be in the here and now,
but it's the ghost he sees.
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497. Excuse me,
I have to get back to my patient.
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498. How soon, Mr. Data?
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499. If Dr. Manheim's information
is correct,
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500. by my calculations, the next time,
distortion should occur
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501. between 28 to 47 minutes.
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502. Bridge, this is Sickbay.
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503. Dr. Manheim is awake
and asking to speak to you, captain.
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504. Alone.
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505. On my way, doctor.
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506. You asked for me.
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507. I am not sure that I remembered all
of the codes for the security system.
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508. You should warn anyone
going down there.
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509. Thank you.
I'll tell them to be cautious.
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510. What I really wanted to talk
to you about is Jenice.
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511. Dr. Manheim, I did not come here
to discuss your wife.
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512. It is only this.
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513. If anything should go wrong, please,
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514. take care of her for me.
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515. Of course.
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516. She never would admit this,
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517. but she has had a terrible time
these last years.
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518. Had we not been so isolated,
she might have left me
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519. and I never would have known.
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520. At least, not right away.
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521. Perhaps I am not a man
who should have a woman like her.
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522. She deserves better.
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523. You underestimate her.
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524. I know because I once did.
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525. In both cases,
the time distortions occurred
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as a preview, or a reprise,
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527. of a specific point in time.
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528. Where we are, where we were,
and where we will be.
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529. Data, I want this
to be an away team of one. You.
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530. I don't think there's any reason
to risk anyone else.
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531. It is reasonable, sir. After all,
I am a machine and dispensable.
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532. "Indispensable"
is the appropriate word.
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533. I think it should be only you
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534. because you seem more able to
control the effects of a time distortion.
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535. Oh, I see, sir. That is quite true, sir.
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536. I see time as a constant, whereas
humans perceive time as flexible.
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537. Hence the expression
"Time flies when you're having fun."
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538. Which until now
has always confused me.
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539. Well, I want you to put a stitch in time
and, uh, save much more than nine.
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540. Sir?
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541. If other members of the away team
became disoriented,
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542. it could create additional problems
and perhaps increase the danger.
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543. I will go immediately, sir.
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544. Good luck, Data.
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545. All right. We have the coordinates
exactly as the professor specified.
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546. - Enterprise.
Picard.
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547. I am proceeding to the lab, sir.
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548. Maintain an open frequency,
Mr. Data.
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549. Aye, sir.
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550. Mr. Data, what's going on?
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551. Dr. Manheim forgot to mention
one of his security precautions, sir.
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552. I am proceeding into the laboratory.
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553. Mr. Data,
this channel will remain open.
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554. Please continue to report.
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555. This appears to be the instrument
Dr. Manheim described.
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556. It should confirm
when the next time effect will occur.
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557. Data,
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558. did Manheim give you
enough information
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559. to decipher the security code?
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560. I will know in a moment, sir.
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561. According to calculations,
the next time effect will occur
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562. in one minute 30 seconds.
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563. What's the next step, Mr. Data?
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564. I will need to add a specific amount
of antimatter
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565. to rebalance and align the system.
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566. Will that plug the hole?
- Theoretically, yes.
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567. In reality, I do not know.
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568. When the effect hits,
the force fields will align,
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569. opening a clean, straight path
to the other dimension.
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570. Whatever the time distortion,
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571. I must add the antimatter
at the appropriate moment.
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572. Geordi, if the professor was right,
I will need a 27-second countdown.
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573. You've got it, Data.
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574. Captain, I now have the antimatter
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575. and am moving towards the opening
at the end of the lab.
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576. The next time distortion
should occur within seconds.
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577. Geordi.
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578. Begin countdown on my mark.
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579. Now!
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580. Twenty-seven, 26, 25,
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581. - 24, 23, 22,21...
Twenty-four, 23, 22, 21...
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582. Captain,
there appear to be three of us.
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583. Should I drop the antimatter
or wait for one of you?
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584. Only one of us
is in the correct time continuum.
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585. Which one?
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586. Me. it's me.
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587. —six, five, five, five,
four, four, four, three, three, three,
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588. two, two, two, one, one, one.
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589. Data?
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590. - Report. Are you all right?
- Yes, sir.
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591. Is it closed?
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592. It is well patched, sir.
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593. Closed indicates a permanent
condition which I cannot guarantee.
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594. Patched is good enough. Well done.
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595. Beam back immediately.
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596. With pleasure, sir.
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597. This is amazing.
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598. All your readings
are completely normal.
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599. Where is my wife? Is she all right?
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600. She's right here.
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601. - Jenice.
- Paul.
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602. The effect has been reversed.
I can feel it.
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603. We're safe.
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604. - How is he?
- He needs rest.
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605. There might be some residual effects.
But other than that, he'll be all right.
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606. I feel like I'm coming out
of a long tunnel.
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607. It's there.
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608. Not at all like I thought it would be.
Different.
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609. Describe it.
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610. I can't. Not yet.
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611. The only words that fit are too pale
because the images are so vibrant.
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612. It's not like anything
anyone has ever experienced before.
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613. There was—
No, no, there is this kind of life.
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614. Not like us. Not like this.
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615. What's the condition of my lab?
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616. Intact, for the most part.
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617. Don't tell me we-'re going back.
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618. Oh, Jenice, we are so close.
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619. We have learned so much
to walk away.
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620. Besides, we owe it to the others,
our friends.
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621. There have been so many sacrifices
by so many good people.
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622. We'll be going back.
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623. Mm-hm. Yes, I can see that.
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624. I'm sure the Federation will want
to help in any way that it can.
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625. Thank you.
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626. This time it will be different.
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627. I promise.
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628. It always is, my love.
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629. You said my life would never be dull,
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630. and it never has been.
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631. Thank you.
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632. Computer, this is Counselor Troi.
Request access.
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633. Do you wish
to terminate the current program?
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634. No, continue the program.
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635. Enter when ready.
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636. The captain is waiting for you inside.
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637. How is this possible?
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638. It's Paris.
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639. Unbelievable.
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640. Madame, this way.
The captain is waiting for you.
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641. This is so real.
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642. Jean-Luc, don't tell me how you did it.
I don't care.
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643. It's perfect.
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644. It's as if we were really there.
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645. I wanted to say goodbye properly
this time.
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646. I shall always picture you here.
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647. I expect you to always come charging
to my rescue.
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648. I'll do my best.
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649. Goodbye, Jean-Luc.
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650. Be well.
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651. And you.
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652. Thank you for Paris.
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653. Well, so much
for my dramatically romantic exit.
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654. - Is anything wrong?
- No, sir.
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655. Then set course for Sarona VIII.
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656. As I remember, we were on our way
for some much-needed shore leave.
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657. Course plotted and laid in, sir.
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658. Warp 5.
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659. Engage.
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660. I've only been there once,
but they've got this great club.
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661. I don't remember the name of it.
They serve those blue concoctions.
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662. It's across the square
from the Zanza Men's Dance Palace.
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663. It's called the Blue Parrot Café,
and you're buying.
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