1. Captain's log, stardate 45047.2.Copy !req
2. The Enterprise is en route to
the uninhabited El-Adrel system.Copy !req
3. Its location is near the territory
occupied by an enigmatic raceCopy !req
4. known as The Children of Tama.Copy !req
5. Apparently the Tamarians arrived
at El-Adrel IV nearly three weeks ago.Copy !req
6. They have been transmitting
a subspace signalCopy !req
7. towards Federation space
ever since.Copy !req
8. The signal is a standard
mathematical progression.Copy !req
9. It does not carry a specific message.Copy !req
10. But they wanted us to know
they were there.Copy !req
11. Apparently so, Number One.Copy !req
12. Starfleet believes that their presence
is an attempt at communication.Copy !req
13. Commander.Copy !req
14. Federation vessels have encountered
Tamarian shipsCopy !req
15. seven times
over the past 100 years.Copy !req
16. Each meeting went without incident,Copy !req
17. however, formal relations
were not establishedCopy !req
18. because communication
was not possible.Copy !req
19. - Why?
- The Children of TamaCopy !req
20. were called incomprehensible
by Captain Silvestri of the Shiku Maru.Copy !req
21. - Other accounts were comparable.
- A cause for concern.Copy !req
22. For all we know,
they could be threatening our border.Copy !req
23. Everything in the previous accounts
suggests a peaceable race.Copy !req
24. We have to start from there.Copy !req
25. Agreed. I appreciate your prudence,
Mr. Worf.Copy !req
26. Starfleet believes that the Tamarians
have extended a hand.Copy !req
27. We must do the same.Copy !req
28. The Children of Tama.Copy !req
29. I've heard rumors
about them for years.Copy !req
30. Indeed.
But are they truly incomprehensible?Copy !req
31. In my experience, communication
is a matter of patience, imagination.Copy !req
32. I would like to believe
that these are qualitiesCopy !req
33. that we have in sufficient measure.Copy !req
34. Rai and Jiri at Lungha.Copy !req
35. Rai of Lowani.
Lowani under two moons.Copy !req
36. Jiri of Ubaya.
Ubaya of crossed roads.Copy !req
37. At Lungha.Copy !req
38. Lungha. Her sky gray.Copy !req
39. Rai and Jiri at Lungha.Copy !req
40. Counselor?Copy !req
41. I sense nothing but good intentions
from them, Captain.Copy !req
42. Mr. Data?Copy !req
43. The Tamarian seems to be statingCopy !req
44. the proper names
of individuals and locations.Copy !req
45. - Yes. But what does it all mean?
- I am at a loss, sir.Copy !req
46. Captain, would you be prepared
to consider the creation of a mutual,Copy !req
47. non-aggression pact
between our two peoples,Copy !req
48. possibly leading to a trade agreement
and cultural interchange.Copy !req
49. Does this sound like
a reasonable course of action to you?Copy !req
50. Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.
Ha, ha, ha.Copy !req
51. The river Temarc. In winter.Copy !req
52. Impressions, Number One.Copy !req
53. - It appears they're trying their best.
- As are we, for what it's worth.Copy !req
54. Shaka. When the walls fell.Copy !req
55. - Darmok.
- Darmok?Copy !req
56. - Rai and Jiri at Lungha.
- Shaka.Copy !req
57. - When the walls fell.
- Zima at Anzo.Copy !req
58. - Zima and Bakor.
- Darmok at Tanagra.Copy !req
59. - Shaka! Mirab. His sails unfurled.
- Darmok.Copy !req
60. - Mirab!
- Temarc!Copy !req
61. The river Temarc.Copy !req
62. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
63. Block their transport over the shield.Copy !req
64. - Extend to maximum range!
- Not enough time.Copy !req
65. Where is he?Copy !req
66. The Tamarians have transported
Captain Picard to the planet's surfaceCopy !req
67. - along with their own Captain.
- Riker to O'Brien!Copy !req
68. It will not be possible
to transport, sir.Copy !req
69. The Tamarian ship has created
a particle scattering fieldCopy !req
70. on the planet's ionosphere.Copy !req
71. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
72. These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.Copy !req
73. Its continuing mission:
to explore strange new worlds,Copy !req
74. to seek out new life
and new civilizations,Copy !req
75. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
76. Riker to Captain Picard.
Do you read me, Captain?Copy !req
77. - Can we compensate?
- No, sir.Copy !req
78. The Tamarians are projecting
a particle sustaining beamCopy !req
79. into the upper atmosphere.Copy !req
80. The result is a hyper-ionization
that virtually disrupts all EMCopy !req
81. and subspace carriers.Copy !req
82. Then they can't communicate
with their man either.Copy !req
83. And they won't be able to beam
anyone through the field.Copy !req
84. That is correct.Copy !req
85. However, they have left
sensor frequencies clear.Copy !req
86. Then they'll be able to tell
what's going on. Analysis, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
87. What the hell is going on?Copy !req
88. A contest, perhaps.Copy !req
89. Between champions.
Our Captain against theirs.Copy !req
90. Theirs was armed.Copy !req
91. Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
92. You want to fight with me.Copy !req
93. - Is that it? A challenge?
- Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
94. I don't know who or what
Darmok or Jalad are,Copy !req
95. but I certainly didn't come here
to start a war.Copy !req
96. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
97. Sorry, Captain.Copy !req
98. Shaka.Copy !req
99. When the walls fell.Copy !req
100. Sensors show that Captain Picard
and the TamarianCopy !req
101. are in apparent good health,Copy !req
102. approximately 20 meters
from each other.Copy !req
103. Hail the Tamarian ship.Copy !req
104. - On-screen.
- You're holding our Captain.Copy !req
105. - I want him released.
- Darmok at Tanagra.Copy !req
106. Your action could be interpreted
as an act of war.Copy !req
107. Kiteo. His eyes closed.Copy !req
108. Chenza at court.Copy !req
109. The court of silence.Copy !req
110. Chenza!Copy !req
111. Is there any way
to get through to them?Copy !req
112. - Not without further study.
- Close the channel, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
113. Gladly, sir.Copy !req
114. Worf, I want you to assemble
a security team.Copy !req
115. Take a shuttle down to the planet,
bring back the Captain.Copy !req
116. Aye, commander.Copy !req
117. Sir, the Tamarians are fully capable
of stopping a shuttle.Copy !req
118. I'm aware of that.Copy !req
119. But disrupting our transporter beamCopy !req
120. and firing on a shuttle
are two entirely different things.Copy !req
121. I'm betting they're not gonna push
it that far.Copy !req
122. Shaka.Copy !req
123. When the walls fell. Ha, ha, ha.Copy !req
124. Shaka, indeed.Copy !req
125. What now, Captain?
Will you attack me in my sleep?Copy !req
126. If I don't freeze to death first.Copy !req
127. Darmok of Kanza. Jalad and Kiteo.Copy !req
128. Picard of the Federation.Copy !req
129. Of the starship Enterprise.Copy !req
130. Of the planet Earth.Copy !req
131. Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.Copy !req
132. Tembo.Copy !req
133. Tembo?Copy !req
134. What does that mean? Fire?Copy !req
135. - Does Tembo mean fire?
- Tembo.Copy !req
136. - His arms wide.
- Tembo is a person?Copy !req
137. His arms wide.Copy !req
138. Because he's holding them apart.Copy !req
139. In generosity.Copy !req
140. In giving.Copy !req
141. In taking?Copy !req
142. Tembo. His arms wide.Copy !req
143. Thank you.Copy !req
144. Thank you.Copy !req
145. First officer's log, supplemental.Copy !req
146. I'm sending a shuttlecraft
to find Captain Picard,Copy !req
147. gambling that the Tamarians
will sit tightCopy !req
148. rather than risk an exchange
of phaser fire.Copy !req
149. The positron density is 0.013.Copy !req
150. Electron concentration, 7.95.Copy !req
151. Particle gradient, four over seven.Copy !req
152. We are 250 kilometers
from the planet's surface.Copy !req
153. Commander,
the shuttle has reachedCopy !req
154. the E region
of the planet's ionosphere.Copy !req
155. How long can we maintain
communication?Copy !req
156. The scattering layer induced
by the TamariansCopy !req
157. is concentrated
in the upper D region.Copy !req
158. The shuttle will reach that area
in approximately two minutes.Copy !req
159. - The Tamarian ship?
- Unchanged, sir.Copy !req
160. They appear to be making
no attempt to stop us.Copy !req
161. Maybe we called their bluff.Copy !req
162. - Status, Mr. Worf?
- Navigational.Copy !req
163. Life-support... Propulsion normal.Copy !req
164. On-board systems do not appear
to be disrupted by the field.Copy !req
165. - But I can barely read you, commander.
- Acknowledged.Copy !req
166. Maintain communication
as long as conditions permit.Copy !req
167. Commander, I am reading a power
surge in the Tamarian plasma reactor.Copy !req
168. Lieutenant Worf,
evasive maneuver sequence delta.Copy !req
169. Maneuver sequence delta.Copy !req
170. Unh.Copy !req
171. - Commander, the shuttle has been hit.
- Damage?Copy !req
172. The starboard nacelle
has been rendered inoperable.Copy !req
173. That's all?Copy !req
174. Riker to Worf. Report.Copy !req
175. Starboard thrusters destroyed.Copy !req
176. I may be able to land,
but I will not be able to take off.Copy !req
177. Understood.
Return to the Enterprise, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
178. Aye, sir.Copy !req
179. Enough to turn them back
but not enough to hurt them.Copy !req
180. Yes, sir.Copy !req
181. The phaser pulse appears
to have been carefully attenuatedCopy !req
182. for just that effect.Copy !req
183. Nice shooting.Copy !req
184. I'm pretty sure I can punch up
the annular confinement beamCopy !req
185. enough to transport the Captain
through the field.Copy !req
186. But it's gonna take me at least
a full day to do it.Copy !req
187. Captain Picard could be dead
by then.Copy !req
188. I do not believe so.Copy !req
189. I have confidence
in his ability as a warrior.Copy !req
190. He will be victorious.Copy !req
191. You're still assuming
this is some kind of challenge ritual.Copy !req
192. - We can't be certain of that.
- Agreed.Copy !req
193. We're only making educated guesses
about their motivations.Copy !req
194. - No more than that.
- Then why do we wait?Copy !req
195. If we attack the ship now,Copy !req
196. they will not be able to maintain
their scattering field.Copy !req
197. Which might start a shooting match
and, for all we know, a war.Copy !req
198. And we might still not be able
to save the Captain.Copy !req
199. - It would end this stalemate.
- It's too much of a risk.Copy !req
200. I'll take that course
when it's the last one left.Copy !req
201. Who the hell are these people?Copy !req
202. There's got to be some way
to get through to them.Copy !req
203. As I have said, with further study
it may be possible.Copy !req
204. Then do it. Deanna, help him.Copy !req
205. I want something by 0900 hours.Copy !req
206. Now where have you gone to,
my friend?Copy !req
207. Forgive the intrusion, Captain,
but I need some answers.Copy !req
208. - Darmok at Tanagra.
- Shaka!Copy !req
209. - Mirab. His sails unfurled.
- Darmok!Copy !req
210. - Mirab.
- Freeze.Copy !req
211. Darmok.Copy !req
212. Darmok.Copy !req
213. Well, it seems to be a point
of contention between them.Copy !req
214. Perhaps something
the Tamarian Captain proposedCopy !req
215. that the first officer didn't like.Copy !req
216. The apparent emotional dynamic
does seem to support that assumption.Copy !req
217. As with the other terms
used by the Tamarian,Copy !req
218. this appears to be a proper noun.Copy !req
219. The name clearly carries
a meaning for them.Copy !req
220. Computer,
search for the term "Darmok"Copy !req
221. in all linguistic databases
for this sector.Copy !req
222. Searching.Copy !req
223. Darmok is the name of a seventh
dynasty emperor on Kanda IV,Copy !req
224. a mytho-historical hunter
on Shantil III,Copy !req
225. a colony on Malindi VII,Copy !req
226. a frozen dessert on Tazna V.Copy !req
227. Stop search.Copy !req
228. Computer, how many entries
are there for Darmok?Copy !req
229. Forty-seven.Copy !req
230. All our technology and experience,Copy !req
231. our universal translator,
our years in space,Copy !req
232. contact with more alien cultures
than I can even remember...Copy !req
233. I have encountered 1754 non-human
races during my tenure in Starfleet.Copy !req
234. And we still can't even say hello
to these people.Copy !req
235. Correct.Copy !req
236. A single word can lead to tragedy.Copy !req
237. One word misspoken
or misunderstood.Copy !req
238. And that could happen here, Data,
if we fail.Copy !req
239. Replay at time index 144.Copy !req
240. - Darmok at Tanagra.
- Freeze.Copy !req
241. Computer,
search for the term "Tanagra."Copy !req
242. - All databases.
- Searching.Copy !req
243. Tanagra.
The ruling family on Gallos ll.Copy !req
244. A ceremonial drink on Lerishi IV.Copy !req
245. - An island continent on Shantil III.
- Stop.Copy !req
246. Shantil Ill?Copy !req
247. Computer, cross-reference the last
entry with the previous search index.Copy !req
248. Darmok is the name
of a mytho-historical hunterCopy !req
249. on Shantil Ill.Copy !req
250. I think we've got something.Copy !req
251. Captain's log?Copy !req
252. Darmok!Copy !req
253. Darmok and Jalad! At Tanagra!Copy !req
254. - I was curious. I meant no harm.
- Shaka!Copy !req
255. Tembo. His arms wide. Tembo.Copy !req
256. No, enough!
I'm not going to fight you.Copy !req
257. You will just have...Copy !req
258. Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
259. At Tanagra.Copy !req
260. Tembo. His arms wide.Copy !req
261. I'll go along with that.Copy !req
262. Commander, sensors are picking up
an electromagnetic disturbanceCopy !req
263. - approaching the Captain's position.
- Analysis?Copy !req
264. A variable induction field.Copy !req
265. Possibly a life form.Copy !req
266. How close is it to the Captain?Copy !req
267. The field is erratic,
appearing and disappearing.Copy !req
268. But it appears to be moving
toward him.Copy !req
269. Attacking?Copy !req
270. - Riker to La Forge.
- La Forge here.Copy !req
271. How close are we
on that transporter?Copy !req
272. - Two hours, maybe three.
- I want the Captain out of there now!Copy !req
273. That's not very likely, sir.Copy !req
274. I don't want to hear that,
commander.Copy !req
275. Lefler,
what's the resonance frequency?Copy !req
276. Point three four over standard.Copy !req
277. I want a resolution of 0.53
at the very least.Copy !req
278. Commander,
I'll need about two more minutes.Copy !req
279. But there's a good chance
this isn't gonna work.Copy !req
280. - If it fails...
- I know.Copy !req
281. We will have tipped our hand
to the Tamarians.Copy !req
282. But that's a chance we have to take.Copy !req
283. Agreed.Copy !req
284. - La Forge, proceed.
- We're on it. La Forge out.Copy !req
285. Riker to Transporter Room 1.Copy !req
286. - O'Brien here, commander.
- Stand by, Mr. O'Brien.Copy !req
287. Mirab, his sails unfurled.Copy !req
288. - Come!
- Shaka, when the walls fell.Copy !req
289. Shaka. When the walls fell.Copy !req
290. Shaka. You said that before.
When I was trying to build a fire.Copy !req
291. Is that a failure?
An inability to do something?Copy !req
292. - Darmok and Jalad...
- At Tanagra.Copy !req
293. I remember the words,
but I don't understand.Copy !req
294. - Matrix levels?
- Annular convergence, 439.205.Copy !req
295. - Confinement resolution, 0.527.
- That isn't gonna do it.Copy !req
296. Increase thermal input coefficient
to 150 percent.Copy !req
297. - Increasing now.
- Status, La Forge.Copy !req
298. We're almost there, commander.Copy !req
299. Lefler, shunt the overload
to the phase transition sequencersCopy !req
300. - in Transporter 1.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
301. - La Forge to O'Brien.
- Go ahead, commander.Copy !req
302. Confirm phase sequencer linkage.Copy !req
303. Link confirmed.
Ready whenever you are, sir.Copy !req
304. Uzani. His army at Lashmir.Copy !req
305. Lashmir?Copy !req
306. Was it like this at Lashmir?Copy !req
307. A similar situation to the one
we're facing here?Copy !req
308. Uzani. His army with fist open.Copy !req
309. A strategy with fist open?Copy !req
310. - With fist open.
- His army with fist closed.Copy !req
311. With fist closed.Copy !req
312. An army,
with fist open to lure the enemy,Copy !req
313. with fist closed to attack!Copy !req
314. That's how you communicate, isn't it?
By citing example.Copy !req
315. By metaphor.Copy !req
316. Uzani's army with fist open.Copy !req
317. Sokath! His eyes uncovered!Copy !req
318. Unh.Copy !req
319. Unh!Copy !req
320. No! No!Copy !req
321. I've got a piece of him, commander,
but that's all.Copy !req
322. - Boost the confinement beam.
- One fifty-seven over standard.Copy !req
323. It's as solid as it'll go, commander.Copy !req
324. Unh!Copy !req
325. Unh!Copy !req
326. The Tamarian and the entity
are in close proximity.Copy !req
327. The Tamarian's life signs
are fluctuating.Copy !req
328. The scattering field
is still in full force.Copy !req
329. What the hell is wrong with them?Copy !req
330. Their sensors can read
what's going on as well as ours.Copy !req
331. - Riker to O'Brien, report.
- The field's still deflecting the signal.Copy !req
332. There just isn't enough of him, sir.Copy !req
333. - Open a channel to the Tamarian ship.
- Aye, sir.Copy !req
334. Your Captain is under attack.Copy !req
335. - Drop your particle field.
- Kailash.Copy !req
336. When it rises.Copy !req
337. They have closed the channel.Copy !req
338. O'Brien to Bridge.Copy !req
339. I can't hold him, commander.Copy !req
340. Shaka.Copy !req
341. When the walls fell.Copy !req
342. First officer's log, stardate 45048.8.Copy !req
343. Our attempt to transport
Captain PicardCopy !req
344. back to the ship has failed.Copy !req
345. My options are narrowing
and my patience is all but gone.Copy !req
346. Here's the situation on El-Adrel.Copy !req
347. The entity has moved off
several hundred meters.Copy !req
348. Captain Picard's bio-scan readings
are stable.Copy !req
349. - The Tamarian's are not.
- He may be injured.Copy !req
350. If the entity decides to attack again,
the Captain may be facing it alone.Copy !req
351. Well, the transporter's
out of the question.Copy !req
352. The Tamarians have deepened
the scattering fieldCopy !req
353. to the D region of the ionosphere.Copy !req
354. - There's no getting through.
- Unless we attack the ship itself.Copy !req
355. Are you able to pinpoint the source
of that particle beam?Copy !req
356. They're using a polarity coil generator
located aft of their warp drive.Copy !req
357. It's pretty heavily shielded.Copy !req
358. Could we get through
with our phasers?Copy !req
359. Not with the first spread.Copy !req
360. - It'd take a couple of hits.
- That's not good enough.Copy !req
361. I need to knock out
their scattering fields with one shot,Copy !req
362. get the Captain on the Enterprise
before they know what happened.Copy !req
363. If we selectively target the amplification
pathways around the generator,Copy !req
364. it should be just as effective.Copy !req
365. - We can do it in one burst.
- How long would that take to set up?Copy !req
366. Worf and I would have to adjust
the pre-fire chamber.Copy !req
367. That'd give us the focus we need.
A few hours?Copy !req
368. Make it so.Copy !req
369. I would prefer to find
a peaceful solution.Copy !req
370. If we could talk our way out of this one,
that much the better.Copy !req
371. Unfortunately,
it may not be that simple.Copy !req
372. What did you find out?Copy !req
373. The Tamarian ego structure
does not seem to allowCopy !req
374. what we normally think of
as self-identity.Copy !req
375. Their ability to abstract
is highly unusual.Copy !req
376. They seem to communicate
through narrative imageryCopy !req
377. by reference to the individualsCopy !req
378. and places which appear in
their mytho-historical accounts.Copy !req
379. It's as if I were to say to you,
"Juliet on her balcony."Copy !req
380. - An image of romance.
- Exactly.Copy !req
381. Imagery is everything
to the Tamarians.Copy !req
382. It embodies their emotional states,
their very thought processes.Copy !req
383. It's how they communicate
and it's how they think.Copy !req
384. If we know how they think,
shouldn't we be ableCopy !req
385. - to get something across to them?
- No, sir.Copy !req
386. The situation is analogous
to understandingCopy !req
387. the grammar of a language
but none of the vocabulary.Copy !req
388. If I didn't know who Juliette was
or what she was doing on that balcony,Copy !req
389. the image alone
wouldn't have any meaning.Copy !req
390. That's correct.Copy !req
391. For instance, we know that Darmok
was a great hero, a hunter,Copy !req
392. and that Tanagra was an island,
but that's it.Copy !req
393. Without the details,
there's no understanding.Copy !req
394. It is necessary for us
to learn the narrativeCopy !req
395. from which the Tamarians
draw their imagery.Copy !req
396. Given our current relations,
that does not appear likely.Copy !req
397. Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
398. At Tanagra.Copy !req
399. Our situation is similar to theirs.Copy !req
400. I understand that.Copy !req
401. But I need to know more.Copy !req
402. You must tell me more.Copy !req
403. About Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
404. Tell me.Copy !req
405. You used the words, "Tembo.Copy !req
406. His arms wide," when you gave me
the knife and the fire.Copy !req
407. Could that mean give?Copy !req
408. Tembo. His arms wide.Copy !req
409. Darmok.Copy !req
410. Give me more about Darmok.Copy !req
411. Darmok, on the ocean.Copy !req
412. Darmok.Copy !req
413. Darmok.Copy !req
414. The ocean.Copy !req
415. Darmok on the ocean.Copy !req
416. A metaphor.Copy !req
417. For being alone?Copy !req
418. Isolated.Copy !req
419. Darmok on the ocean.Copy !req
420. You all right?Copy !req
421. Kiazi's children. Their faces wet.Copy !req
422. Tembo. His arms open.Copy !req
423. Give me more about Darmok
on the ocean.Copy !req
424. Tanagra. On the ocean.Copy !req
425. Darmok at Tanagra.Copy !req
426. At Tanagra. A country?Copy !req
427. Tanagra on the ocean. An island.Copy !req
428. - Tembo, his arms wide.
- Jalad, on the ocean.Copy !req
429. Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
430. Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
431. He went to the same island
as Darmok.Copy !req
432. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
433. The beast at Tanagra.Copy !req
434. The beast?Copy !req
435. There was a creature at Tanagra.Copy !req
436. Darmok and Jalad,
the beast at Tanagra.Copy !req
437. They arrived separately.Copy !req
438. They struggled together
against a common foe.Copy !req
439. The beast at Tanagra.Copy !req
440. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
441. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.Copy !req
442. They left together.Copy !req
443. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.Copy !req
444. The ocean. Zinda!Copy !req
445. His face black, his eyes red.Copy !req
446. Callimas. At Bahar.Copy !req
447. You hoped that something like this
would happen, didn't you?Copy !req
448. You knew there was
a dangerous creature on this planetCopy !req
449. and you knew,
from the tale of DarmokCopy !req
450. that a danger shared might sometimes
bring two people together.Copy !req
451. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.Copy !req
452. You and me, here, at El-Adrel.Copy !req
453. Kira. At Bakshi.Copy !req
454. Tembo. His arms wide.Copy !req
455. My turn?Copy !req
456. No, I'm not much of a storyteller.Copy !req
457. Besides, you wouldn't understand.Copy !req
458. Shaka when the walls fell.Copy !req
459. Perhaps that doesn't matter.
You want to hear it anyway.Copy !req
460. There's a story, a very ancient one,
from Earth.Copy !req
461. I'll try and remember it.Copy !req
462. Gilgamesh. A king.Copy !req
463. Gilgamesh.Copy !req
464. A king.Copy !req
465. At Uruk.Copy !req
466. He tormented his subjects.Copy !req
467. He made them angry.Copy !req
468. They cried out aloud:Copy !req
469. "Send us a companion for our king.Copy !req
470. Spare us from his madness."Copy !req
471. Enkidu.Copy !req
472. A wild man.Copy !req
473. From the forest. Entered the city.Copy !req
474. They fought in the temple.Copy !req
475. They fought in the streets.Copy !req
476. Gilgamesh defeated Enkidu.Copy !req
477. They became great friends.Copy !req
478. Gilgamesh and Enkidu.Copy !req
479. - At Uruk.
- At Uruk.Copy !req
480. The new friends went out
into the desert togetherCopy !req
481. where the great bull of heaven
was killing men by the hundreds.Copy !req
482. Enkidu caught the bull by the tail.Copy !req
483. Gilgamesh struck him with his sword.Copy !req
484. Gilgamesh.Copy !req
485. They were victorious.Copy !req
486. But Enkidu fell to the ground,Copy !req
487. struck down by the gods.Copy !req
488. And Gilgamesh wept bitter tears,Copy !req
489. "He who was my companionCopy !req
490. through adventure and hardshipCopy !req
491. is gone forever."Copy !req
492. First officer's log, supplemental.Copy !req
493. Despite the risk of war,Copy !req
494. I have no choice
but to break the stalemate.Copy !req
495. - Phasers nearly ready, sir.
- Stand by to fire, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
496. Commander, the Tamarian's bioscan
is becoming unreadable.Copy !req
497. He may be dead, sir.Copy !req
498. If we know that,
so do the Tamarians.Copy !req
499. - Riker to La Forge.
- La Forge here.Copy !req
500. I need those phasers.Copy !req
501. Sir, sensors are tracking the entity.Copy !req
502. It is approaching
Captain Picard's position.Copy !req
503. I understand your sacrifice, Captain.Copy !req
504. Unfortunately,
if our friend out there has its way,Copy !req
505. no one will ever know
what you tried to do.Copy !req
506. Nine meters and closing.Copy !req
507. The energy output of the entity
has doubled, commander.Copy !req
508. - Six meters.
- La Forge to Bridge.Copy !req
509. - You have phasers.
- Fire.Copy !req
510. Their particle beam emitters
are inoperative, sir.Copy !req
511. - Scattering field is down, sir.
- O'Brien, energize.Copy !req
512. We got him, commander.Copy !req
513. - Maximum shields.
- Aye, sir.Copy !req
514. Red alert!Copy !req
515. Starboard shields holding
at 52 percent.Copy !req
516. Forward shields are gone.Copy !req
517. - Let's get out of here.
- That may not be possible, sir.Copy !req
518. The starboard nacelle
has sustained a direct hit.Copy !req
519. - Warp engines are off-line.
- Go to impulse. Back us off.Copy !req
520. They are matching
our maneuvers, sir.Copy !req
521. And firing.Copy !req
522. Return fire, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
523. - Full phasers.
- Firing, sir.Copy !req
524. Their shields are holding.
They are firing again.Copy !req
525. Our shields have failed.Copy !req
526. Commander,
we cannot survive another hit.Copy !req
527. - Hail the Tamarian vessel.
- Aye, Captain.Copy !req
528. Zinda! His face black, his eyes red.Copy !req
529. Temarc! The river Temarc.Copy !req
530. In winter.Copy !req
531. - Darmok.
- And Jalad.Copy !req
532. At Tanagra.Copy !req
533. Darmok and Jalad.Copy !req
534. - On the ocean.
- Sokath!Copy !req
535. His eyes open.Copy !req
536. The beast of Tanagra.Copy !req
537. Uzani. His army.Copy !req
538. Shaka. When the walls fell.Copy !req
539. Picard and Dathon.Copy !req
540. At El-Adrel.Copy !req
541. Mirab with sails unfurled.Copy !req
542. Tembo. His arms open.Copy !req
543. Tembo.Copy !req
544. At rest.Copy !req
545. Thank you.Copy !req
546. Power has been restored, sir.Copy !req
547. New friends, Captain?Copy !req
548. I can't say, Number One.Copy !req
549. But at least
they're not new enemies.Copy !req
550. I hope I'm not intruding.Copy !req
551. No, of course not, Number One.
Please.Copy !req
552. Damage report's ready
for your review.Copy !req
553. Thank you.Copy !req
554. Greek, sir?Copy !req
555. Oh.Copy !req
556. Homeric Hymns.Copy !req
557. One of the root metaphors
of our own culture.Copy !req
558. For the next time we encounter
the Tamarians?Copy !req
559. More familiarity
with our own mythologyCopy !req
560. might help us to relate to theirs.Copy !req
561. The Tamarian was willing
to risk all of usCopy !req
562. just for the hope of communication,
connection.Copy !req
563. Now the door is open
between our peoples.Copy !req
564. That commitment meant more to him
than his own life.Copy !req
565. Thank you, Number One.Copy !req