1. Captain's log, stardate 46461.3.
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2. We have arrived at a communication
relay station near the Klingon border,
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3. where we are scheduled
to deliver supplies.
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4. However, the station
has not responded to repeated hails.
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5. What's that noise?
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6. Must have left
the audio monitoring system on.
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7. We're hearing a few thousand
subspace messages.
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8. I'll try and shut it off.
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9. Got it.
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10. Geordi, what's that?
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11. I don't know. Sounds like
a loose panel or something.
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12. I think it's coming
from this service duct over here.
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13. Here's your loose panel.
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14. Hey, pooch.
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15. Hey, pooch, come on out of there.
Come on.
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16. Come on.
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17. Hey, pooch,
what are you doing in there?
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18. Commander, the shuttlecraft is gone.
There is no one on board.
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19. Commander.
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20. What is it?
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21. Cellular residue.
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22. I believe these are the remains
of one of our lieutenants.
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23. Space, the final frontier.
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24. These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.
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25. To explore strange new worlds,
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26. to seek out new life
and new civilizations,
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27. to boldly go where no one
has gone before.
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28. All of the blood traces I found match
those of Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.
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29. I'll assume those are her remains,
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30. but I need to take the deck plate
back to Sickbay just to be sure.
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31. It would take a powerful weapon
to do that.
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32. I'll have a better idea
once I've analyzed the deck plate.
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33. If that is Uhnari, where's Rocha?
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34. The station shuttle's gone.
Maybe he took it.
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35. Before Uhnari died or after?
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36. We're ready, commander.
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37. You have any luck
downloading the station logs?
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38. Not yet, I can't get past the security
lockouts, and I think I know why.
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39. All encrypted subspace messages
are sent through this channel.
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40. Take a look at this signal notation.
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41. It's out of sequence.
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42. Like somebody trying
to bypass access protocols
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43. and break into the coded messages.
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44. Caused the security lockouts
to freeze right up.
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45. Are there any messages missing?
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46. Well, I won't know
until I get into the files.
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47. - Looks like you've made a friend.
- Yeah.
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48. I've got to go back to the ship. Let me
know as soon as you have something.
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49. I'm gonna try accessing the logs
from another console.
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50. What's going on here?
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51. We can start with
repolarizing the interface.
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52. What is it, pup?
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53. What's the matter?
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54. Something over here?
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55. This doesn't look like
it belongs to you.
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56. Ah.
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57. This is what you want, huh?
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58. There you go.
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59. Computer, run station logs
in sequence.
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60. Station log, stardate 46458.3.
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61. Today we configured
the relay controller grid.
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62. It was the last primary system
we had to overhaul.
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63. We are scheduled to recalibrate
and align the antennae systems
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64. in the next three days.
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65. Computer, access visual output.
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66. Sent in my third request
for a message delay buffer.
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67. Until it arrives,
Lieutenant Rocha and I
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68. have rigged a memory module
to compensate.
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69. It better work, or about
a half million subspace messages
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70. are going to end up drifting
through space.
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71. Computer,
open Uhnari correspondence file.
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72. Computer,
access correspondence files,
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73. Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.
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74. Hello, Shianna.
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75. Sorry I haven't talked
to you in a while,
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76. but I've been dealing
with the new Lieutenant Rocha.
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77. So far he's been rude, arrogant,
and condescending,
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78. and he's only been here two days.
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79. This might be a long year.
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80. Come on, lieutenant, stick with me.
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81. I had the dream again.
Mother's calling out my name.
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82. She's somewhere in the house.
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83. I get to the top of the hill all right,
but then the house is slanted.
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84. I'm still walking uphill.
I can't find her.
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85. Doors everywhere,
and they all look the same.
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86. The cellular residue
is completely fused
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87. to the metal of the deck plate.
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88. We're trying to micro-vaporize
the metal
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89. in order to get a clear DNA sample.
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90. Do you have any idea
what killed her?
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91. Well, this is just a guess.
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92. But from the molecular deposition
of the plating,
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93. I'd say it was caused
by a high-level phaser blast.
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94. Could it have been
a Klingon disruptor?
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95. Possibly.
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96. Geordi's found evidence the encrypted
messages have been tampered with.
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97. And we are close to Klingon space.
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98. There hasn't been a Klingon raid
against the Federation
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99. for more than seven years.
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100. I don't want to risk
a diplomatic incident
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101. until I have more evidence.
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102. And there's still the question of what
happened to Lieutenant Rocha.
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103. Get Rocha's personnel file
from Starfleet Command.
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104. And ask Starbase 212
if they will help us find the shuttle.
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105. - Aye, sir.
- Keep me apprised, doctor.
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106. All right, let's try this again.
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107. Come on, this should be working.
The phase inducers are aligned.
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108. Come on, lieutenant,
I know you're in here somewhere.
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109. Computer,
run me a subsystems diagnostic
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110. with a frequency range
of 10 to 100 megahertz.
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111. Diagnostic cycle
will be complete in 20 seconds.
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112. Iced coffee.
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113. What is it, girl?
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114. - Hello, Shianna.
- There you go.
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115. By the time you get this,
the Batarael will be over.
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116. This is the first time
I haven't been there.
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117. I've been wondering,
who's singing the Horath in my place?
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118. I had that dream again.
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119. The one where mother
is screaming.
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120. I climb the hill to our house,
but I can't get to her.
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121. Shianna, this time I ran away.
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122. I was so scared,
I ran back down the hill.
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123. I think I know why I've been having
the dreams about danger.
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124. It's because of what's been happening
with that Klingon.
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125. He's getting more aggressive
all the time.
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126. Not just the usual threat.
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127. It's because of what's been happening
with that Klingon.
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128. He's getting more aggressive
all the time.
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129. Not just the usual threat.
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130. Morag actually locked his disruptors
to the station this time.
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131. I don't think
there will be any trouble.
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132. It just brings up
those feelings of panic,
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133. of wanting to run,
wanting to get away from danger.
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134. Shianna, I couldn't say this to anyone
but you, but the panic,
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135. it's the same thing I used to feel
whenever father got angry,
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136. when I knew
he was going to punish me.
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137. Only now, I'm out here in space.
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138. And there's nowhere to run.
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139. There are three references
to a Commander Morag,
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140. a Klingon officer who patrols
this section of the border.
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141. Apparently, he'd pass by the station
every few days and harass them.
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142. Perhaps this Morag
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143. was the one who was interested
in obtaining the encrypted messages.
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144. Could be. She didn't say, but I do have
several more days of logs to watch.
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145. - I'm hoping to learn more.
- Very well.
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146. In the meantime,
I'll speak with the Klingon governor
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147. about Commander Morag.
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148. Are you saying we attacked
your outpost?
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149. I'm merely saying
that I'm following up on evidence
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150. that my officers discovered on board.
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151. "Evidence."
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152. So you are making an accusation.
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153. The Klingon Empire will not stand
for these kinds of lies.
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154. Governor Torak, I apologize.
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155. I can see that you honestly didn't know
what happened aboard the station.
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156. I will just have to take
this matter up with Gowron,
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157. I'm really sorry that we bothered you.
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158. Gowron won't bother
with such a minor incident.
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159. Well, ordinarily he wouldn't,
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160. but, of course,
I was his arbiter of succession.
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161. I'm sure that he'll be happy
to come here
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162. and investigate this matter.
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163. You needn't worry
about it any longer.
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164. Gowron will come here?
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165. Oh, yes.
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166. So once again,
thank you for your help.
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167. Oh, I will be sure to mention your
name to Gowron when I speak to him.
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168. I will investigate this further, Picard.
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169. You need not bother Gowron
with this matter.
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170. That's very kind.
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171. Computer, access the personal logs
of Aquiel Uhnari.
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172. - Logs accessed.
- Begin playback.
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173. Shianna, you always said
I'd look great in a wig, so here it is.
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174. What do you think?
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175. - Hmm?
- Definitely not you.
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176. Okay,
maybe I'm getting a little crazy.
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177. You would too,
if you were stuck on a relay station
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178. in the middle of nowhere,
with no one for company
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179. except an egomaniac
like Keith Rocha.
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180. I took a big risk today.
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181. I countermanded an order he gave.
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182. I agreed to handle the com traffic
of Relay Station 194
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183. while they shut down
for maintenance.
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184. Rocha said we couldn't handle
the additional signal load,
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185. but I think he's wrong.
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186. When he finds out, he'll be furious.
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187. It's days like this I wish I was home.
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188. You know what I miss most?
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189. Muskan seed punch.
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190. Real Muskan seed punch.
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191. You can get it from the replicator,
but it's not the same.
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192. I'd give anything for some
of the punch mother used to make,
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193. with chunks of the seeds still in it.
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194. Keith, is that you?
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195. Keith?
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196. Commander.
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197. There are DNA traces here. Klingon.
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198. So Klingons did board the station.
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199. Yes.
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200. But I only found DNA
from one Klingon so far.
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201. I will continue to scan.
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202. Oh, how could she read this stuff?
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203. How's it going?
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204. I've managed to access
all of Lieutenant Uhnari's logs.
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205. I'm still looking
for Lieutenant Rocha's.
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206. Whatever happened
to the encrypted messages
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207. had a cascade effect
on the whole storage system.
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208. I can't find his files anywhere.
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209. But I'm running
a level three diagnostic now.
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210. Well, maybe Rocha
didn't make the official logs.
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211. Uhnari could have been
responsible for them.
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212. I don't think so.
Aquiel was the junior officer here.
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213. Aquiel?
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214. Lieutenant Uhnari.
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215. I've been up all night
watching her personal logs,
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216. I guess I'm starting to feel
like I know her.
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217. What was she like?
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218. Well, she was Haliian.
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219. She had one sister named Shianna.
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220. She drank Muskan seed punch.
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221. She had a quirky sense of humor.
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222. She liked to sing.
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223. She had questionable taste
in literature.
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224. Enterprise to Commander Riker.
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225. - Riker here.
- The Klingon ship Qu'Vat
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226. has arrived with Governor Torak.
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227. Please report
to the Observation Lounge.
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228. We're on our way.
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229. Governor Torak, sir.
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230. Governor, welcome aboard.
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231. Do not bore me
with your human pleasantries.
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232. I told you we did not kill the woman.
Now I will prove it to you.
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233. This is Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari.
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234. We were running
a level two diagnostic
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235. of the message buffer,
nothing special.
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236. Rocha had been on edge
all morning,
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237. but he'd been irritable
ever since he'd got there,
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238. so I didn't think anything of it.
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239. We were halfway
through the procedure
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240. when suddenly he attacked me.
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241. He grabbed me,
threw me against the bulkhead.
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242. I yelled at him to stop,
but he wouldn't listen.
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243. He took me by the throat,
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244. I broke free and tried to get
to the weapons locker.
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245. I'm not sure what happened next.
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246. But somehow I got aboard
the shuttle and left.
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247. We found her
on our side of the border,
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248. heading toward sector 2520.
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249. She is lucky my patrol ship
did not destroy her vessel on sight.
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250. Lieutenant,
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251. why didn't you contact Starfleet?
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252. Let them know what had happened
on board the station.
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253. I don't know, sir.
Maybe I passed out.
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254. I'm not even sure
how long I was on the shuttle
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255. before the Klingons picked me up.
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256. Forty-six hours.
You've been gone 46 hours.
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257. We presumed you were dead.
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258. Your bloodstains were found
at the murder scene.
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259. I must have cut my head when
he pushed me against the bulkhead.
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260. Then the remains we found
must be those of Lieutenant Rocha.
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261. I can't confirm that.
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262. Until we're able to separate the
cellular residue from the deck plate,
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263. I won't be able to do
a clear DNA scan.
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264. You said you were trying to get
to the weapons locker.
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265. Is there a possibility that you did?
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266. No, I didn't.
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267. You're sure?
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268. I don't remember exactly
what happened to me
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269. after I was attacked.
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270. I'm sorry.
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271. It's as if all my memories
were drained out of me.
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272. Your log said that a Commander
Morag had been harassing you.
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273. Did you let him or any other Klingon
on to the station?
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274. Absolutely not.
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275. If that is true,
then Morag or some other Klingon
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276. must have boarded the station
after she left.
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277. We found traces of Klingon DNA
on the station.
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278. You still try to blame us.
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279. Have the courage to admit
your mistakes.
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280. Or are you a lo'Be Vos?
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281. At least I do not wear
the uniform of the petaQ.
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282. Governor, we are merely exploring
all the possibilities.
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283. Lieutenant Uhnari's logs reported
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284. that Commander Morag
had been harassing the station.
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285. He was doing his job.
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286. If he was only doing his job,
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287. then I'm sure you would not mind
if we spoke with him.
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288. Very well.
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289. In the interests of diplomacy,
I will allow you to speak to Morag.
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290. But my patience has limits.
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291. Lieutenant, I know a friend of yours
who's very eager to see you.
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292. Who?
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293. Come with me.
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294. Maura! Come here, girl.
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295. Come on, Maura.
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296. Maura. That's the name, huh?
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297. Yes, it's from
Cold Moon Over Blackwater.
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298. - Have you read it?
- I'm not much for Gothic fiction.
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299. Well, not many people are
nowadays.
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300. - Oh, your shoe.
- Ah.
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301. Yeah, Maura got a little restless.
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302. Maura, shame on you.
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303. That's not like you.
What a naughty dog.
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304. It's all right, don't worry about it.
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305. At least she's chewing them up
in pairs.
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306. I'll arrange quarters for you.
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307. I'm sure you want some time alone.
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308. Well, actually, I've been stuck
on that station for over nine months.
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309. Wouldn't mind going someplace
with some activity.
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310. I know just the place.
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311. Here you are, sir.
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312. - All right.
- Oh, yes. Thank you.
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313. - Thank you. Ah.
- You're welcome.
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314. Mm!
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315. Ah. Have you ever tried
Muskan seed punch?
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316. - It nearly made me sick.
- Heh.
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317. You have to be raised on it.
It's very nutritious.
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318. The taste grows on you.
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319. You speak Haliian.
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320. We traveled around quite a bit
while I was growing up.
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321. I picked up a couple of languages
along the way.
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322. Hmm.
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323. We never traveled.
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324. My family lived in the same house
for five generations.
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325. Hmm. The one on the hill?
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326. How do you know about that?
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327. Well, to be honest,
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328. when we thought you were dead,
I needed to review your logs,
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329. and personal correspondence, for any
possible clues about what happened.
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330. All of it?
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331. Most of it, yeah.
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332. You... You need to understand
that we thought you'd been murdered.
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333. We needed information.
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334. I'm sorry.
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335. It's just that I tell my sister things
I wouldn't tell anyone else.
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336. I guess I was feeling a little exposed.
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337. I'd feel the same way.
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338. Especially if I had seen you
in that wig.
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339. It really wasn't you.
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340. I'm curious.
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341. Now that you've met me,
am I what you expected?
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342. Mm.
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343. Actually, I'm not sure.
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344. The woman I saw on those logs
is very complicated.
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345. I think there's more to you
than meets the eye, lieutenant.
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346. In what way?
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347. Well, your relationship
with Lieutenant Rocha, for example.
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348. He was only there for five days,
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349. and yet there was evidence
of plenty of friction.
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350. You seemed to delight in doing things
that you knew would upset him.
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351. Why take on extra corn traffic
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352. when you knew
it was gonna make him angry?
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353. Is this a personal question
or part of a murder investigation?
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354. I don't know.
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355. Maybe both.
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356. Keith Rocha was obnoxious
from the minute he reported to duty.
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357. He treated me as though
I was beneath contempt.
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358. I felt like I had to battle him
to hold my own.
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359. But I didn't want to see him dead.
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360. Why do you think he attacked you?
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361. I don't know.
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362. Rocha's file is spotless.
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363. Two decorations for valor,
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364. three outstanding evaluations
from his previous commanders.
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365. Doesn't sound like the same man
that Lieutenant Uhnari described.
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366. What did you find out about Uhnari?
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367. I checked into her record too.
Her last posting was on Deriben V.
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368. I spoke to her commanding officer.
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369. He said she was argumentative,
quick to take offense.
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370. He also told me he transferred her
to that relay station
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371. because she was hampering
their efforts.
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372. To be honest, I'm having trouble
believing her story, sir.
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373. Why?
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374. I sent Worf to check the weapons
locker on the relay station.
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375. There's a phaser missing.
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376. Do you think that she lied?
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377. Lied, conveniently forgot,
I'm not sure.
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378. I think it's something
we have to consider.
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379. As of now, we don't have sufficient
evidence one way or the other.
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380. I want you to examine her shuttle.
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381. You might find something there
that will shed some light on her story.
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382. Aye, sir.
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383. How much longer do you think
the investigation will take?
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384. Three, maybe four days.
It's tough to tell.
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385. Mm. I know I'm a suspect
in the murder.
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386. Let me ask you something.
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387. You watched my logs,
you know me better than anyone here.
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388. Do I seem like the kind of person
who would murder someone?
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389. No, you don't.
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390. I don't think I realized
how much I needed to hear that.
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391. Look, Aquiel,
it's been a rough couple of days.
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392. And I think you need some sleep.
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393. Mm.
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394. You called me complicated.
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395. You're right,
I don't make friends easily.
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396. Commander.
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397. It is Set to kill.
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398. We found this type two phaser
in your shuttlecraft.
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399. It was taken from the weapons locker
on the station.
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400. I told you,
I don't remember what happened.
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401. Maybe I did make it
to the weapons locker.
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402. It was set to level ten.
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403. Standard procedure requires
that all phasers are set at level one
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404. when they're put in storage.
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405. That means that somebody
deliberately changed the setting.
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406. And then there's the matter
of your conflict with Lieutenant Rocha.
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407. Rocha and I had our disagreements,
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408. but that does not mean
I would kill him.
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409. Have you been able
to remember anything
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410. that happened
after he attacked you?
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411. No, nothing.
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412. I suppose maybe in self-defense, I...
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413. Dr. Crusher tells me
that in order to inflict
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414. the type of molecular damage
found in Rocha's remains,
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415. it would take
a sustained phaser discharge
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416. of at least 30 to 40 seconds.
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417. That doesn't sound
like self-defense to me.
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418. Now, wait a minute.
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419. We haven't even established
this phaser as the murder weapon yet.
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420. And even at level ten,
I don't see how it could have done
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421. the damage medical evidence
says it did.
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422. A phase disruptor
like a Klingon weapon, maybe.
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423. Look, we're not here
to make accusations.
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424. We're trying to find out
what happened.
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425. Commander Morag
is due here in two hours.
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426. - Let's see what he has to say.
- Fine.
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427. In the meantime,
I'd like to go back down to the station
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428. and see if I can access
Rocha's personal logs again.
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429. Good idea.
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430. Geordi? Wait a second.
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431. - Thank you, Mr. Worf.
- Aye, sir.
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432. This is off the record.
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433. I'm saying this to you as a friend,
not your superior officer.
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434. I think it would be best
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435. if you weren't so personally involved
with Aquiel right now.
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436. There's a lot about her
we don't know.
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437. There's a lot about her
that I do know.
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438. And if she's innocent,
I wanna help her prove it.
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439. I think you've let your personal feelings
cloud your judgment.
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440. I'm not the one making judgments.
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441. Got it.
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442. Computer, display the personal
records of Lieutenant Rocha
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443. from stardates 46455 to 46460.
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444. Computer, what happened
to the log entries for stardate 46459?
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445. The logs have been deleted.
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446. Who deleted them?
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447. Unknown.
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448. Captain's log, supplemental.
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449. The Qu'Vat has arrived
with Commander Morag.
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450. We are preparing to question him
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451. regarding his involvement
in the murder of Lieutenant Rocha.
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452. I killed no one.
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453. We found your DNA
on the bulkheads on the console.
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454. We know you were there.
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455. Answer their questions.
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456. Yes. Yes, I was there.
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457. My patrol route takes me
near the station every six days.
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458. Three days ago, I hailed them.
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459. There was no response.
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460. I was concerned.
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461. - Concerned?
- Yes.
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462. I went aboard to see
what had happened.
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463. There was no one there, so I left.
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464. - Is that all?
- That's all.
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465. Commander Morag, we've discovered
that the encrypted message bank
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466. on the station
has been tampered with.
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467. Our analysis indicates that 27 priority
Starfleet messages are missing.
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468. What of it'?
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469. Your DNA was also found
on the message control module.
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470. This is outrageous.
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471. We will not tolerate
these ridiculous accusations.
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472. This is a diplomatic matter, Morag.
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473. Do not make me search your ship.
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474. Yes.
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475. I did take the messages.
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476. Did you kill Lieutenant Rocha?
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477. No. I killed no one.
There was no one there.
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478. I took the codes, but I killed no one.
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479. Governor, we would like
Commander Morag
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480. to remain on board the Enterprise
until this investigation is completed.
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481. Take him.
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482. This way.
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483. Last night after I dropped you off
at your quarters,
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484. you established a subspace link
with this console.
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485. You deleted some
of Rocha's personal files, didn't you?
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486. Yes.
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487. - I did.
- Why?
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488. I found a letter Rocha
was planning to send
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489. to Starfleet Command about me.
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490. The letter said I had become
belligerent and insubordinate.
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491. He was going to ask
for a formal hearing.
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492. - Geordi, I know how this looks.
- Yeah, it looks bad.
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493. I find out that you erased a letter
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494. that contained
a possible motivation for murder.
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495. - I didn't kill him.
- Then explain this!
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496. I was afraid that if they found the letter
they'd blame me for the murder.
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497. I'm not a model officer. I realize that.
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498. Sometimes I act on impulse
instead of thinking things through.
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499. Aquiel, this really complicates things.
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500. - What are you doing?
- Getting out of here.
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501. Aquiel, running away
isn't going to prove your innocence.
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502. - Facing the situation will.
- I'm scared, Geordi.
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503. Look, we'll get through this.
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504. I promise you, okay?
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505. Then, you believe me?
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506. Yes, I do.
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507. Medical officer's log, supplemental.
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508. I've isolated the cellular residue
from the deck plate,
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509. but the DNA has destabilized.
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510. I'm attempting to re-form it.
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511. All right, initiate
the resonance frequency burst.
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512. I'm beginning to get
a stable DNA scan.
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513. This is odd.
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514. The nucleotide sequences
are beginning to fluctuate.
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515. The DNA is becoming motile.
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516. Let's try another frequency burst,
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517. but increase the resonance level
by 20 percent.
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518. I haven't been this close
to someone in a long time.
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519. I don't want to let go of it.
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520. Neither do I,
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521. but we've got 600 logs to go through.
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522. All right.
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523. But first, there's something
I want to share with you.
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524. What?
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525. A way that we can become
more intimate.
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526. My people are partially telepathic.
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527. We use something called the Canar
to help focus our thoughts.
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528. We also use the Canar
for a stronger emotional link,
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529. during love.
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530. I was wondering what that was for.
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531. Do both of us have to be
telepathic for it to work?
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532. Let's find out.
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533. Like this?
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534. Think of me.
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535. It's an exact reproduction of my hand,
right down to the DNA structure.
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536. Doctor, you said
that this was formed
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537. from the organic matter
taken from the deck plates.
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538. When I infused the matter
with a resonance frequency burst,
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539. it activated its DNA.
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540. Then it touched my hand,
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541. and it began to mimic
my cellular structure.
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542. Doctor, what exactly is this?
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543. This is going to sound
very far-fetched,
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544. but have you ever heard
of a coalescent organism?
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545. No.
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546. They're rare microscopic life forms
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547. which need to absorb
other organisms in order to survive.
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548. Now, that in itself isn't so unusual,
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549. but coalescents become
the organisms they've absorbed,
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550. right down to the cellular level.
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551. Do you think this is what happened
with your hand?
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552. There have been reports
that these organisms
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553. can exist on a larger scale.
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554. Certainly what happened to my hand
seems to support that theory.
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555. So you're saying that Rocha
was killed by one of these organisms?
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556. It's possible that something
happened to him
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557. before he reported for duty
on the relay station.
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558. - I do not understand.
- I've checked the records.
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559. Before he was posted
to the relay station,
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560. Rocha served on an outpost
in the Triona system.
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561. Now, that is a remote sector.
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562. Maybe he was absorbed
by a coalescent during that mission.
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563. So, what boarded the station
could have been an organism
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564. that looked and acted
like Lieutenant Rocha.
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565. How often do they have to
change bodies?
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566. The microscopic organisms
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567. have a cycle of no more
than five to ten seconds.
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568. We can only assume that a larger,
more complex coalescent
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569. would have a cycle of days,
even weeks.
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570. Doctor, if what you're saying is true,
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571. then Rocha attacked
Lieutenant Uhnari to find a new body.
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572. Right.
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573. That means Uhnari is a coalescent.
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574. Now, there was one other person
on the station. Morag.
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575. It is possible he was the one
who was absorbed.
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576. Computer, locate Commander Morag
and Lieutenant Uhnari.
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577. Commander Morag
is in his quarters.
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578. Lieutenant Uhnari
is not aboard the Enterprise.
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579. Where did she go?
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580. Lieutenant Uhnari transported
to Relay Station 47 at 1830 hours.
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581. You get Morag,
I'm going to the station.
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582. Aye, sir.
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583. Geordi?
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584. I can see you.
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585. Oh.
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586. And I can feel you.
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587. Do not move.
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588. What is this?
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589. You will come with me.
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590. You've never been
as close to someone
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591. as you are about to be.
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592. Think of me.
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593. Step away from him, lieutenant.
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594. What are you doing, commander?
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595. That may not be Lieutenant Uhnari.
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596. - What?
- What are you saying?
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597. Step away. Now.
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598. Medical officer's log, supplemental.
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599. Commander Morag
and Lieutenant Uhnari
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600. are being kept
under close observation.
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601. So far, no sign
of coalescent behavior has surfaced.
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602. Aquiel and Morag will be transferred
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603. to a secure medical facility
on Starbase 12.
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604. Maybe we'll know more
by the time we get there.
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605. Yeah, right.
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606. It could be Morag.
We don't know for sure.
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607. Sure.
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608. Get some rest.
You've had a rough couple of days.
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609. Thanks.
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610. Computer,
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611. Display the engineering duty roster
for the next three days.
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612. Maura, come on, not now.
Maura, I said not now.
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613. Come on, give me a break here.
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614. Not... Go lay down.
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615. Maura?
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616. Maybe the reason you don't remember
anything that happened
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617. after Rocha attacked you was that
the coalescing process had begun.
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618. Thank you.
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619. Remember when you said
you felt like the memories
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621. Well, that's probably exactly
what was going on.
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622. Then maybe I did take the phaser.
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623. Well, whatever happened,
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624. at least you got away
before the process took hold.
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625. So he turned on Maura.
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626. Right.
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627. Well...
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628. What now?
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629. I guess I'll be going to Starbase 212
for re-assignment.
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630. You know, I had a conversation
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631. with Chief Pendleton
in Communications,
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632. and there's an opening
for a level two specialist.
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633. Really?
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634. I'm sure the waiting list is so long,
I'd be gray before I got here.
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635. I could put in a good word.
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636. It's an appealing offer.
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637. But I think I'd rather get here
on my own merits.
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638. Don't be surprised
if you see my name on that list.
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