1. Oh, you really did it
this time, Will.Copy !req
2. I mean, this is not
just a scrape.Copy !req
3. This is a very deep cut.Copy !req
4. Well, I can heal it, of courseCopy !req
5. but you've got to stop
playing Parrises SquaresCopy !req
6. as if you're 21 years old.Copy !req
7. One of these days,
you're going to fall
and break your neckCopy !req
8. and I'm not going to be able
to heal that as easily.Copy !req
9. I wasn't playing
Parrises Squares.Copy !req
10. Worf's calisthenic
program.Copy !req
11. No.Copy !req
12. I give up.
What was it?Copy !req
13. I was trying to feed Spot.Copy !req
14. Data's cat?Copy !req
15. I told him I would feed
him while he was gone.Copy !req
16. I was putting down
the bowl of food.Copy !req
17. The next thing I knowCopy !req
18. there's a hissing ball
of fur coming at my face.Copy !req
19. I hate cats.Copy !req
20. I love cats.Copy !req
21. You know, you've just got
to know how to handle them.Copy !req
22. Maybe you'd
like to do it.Copy !req
23. I would be honored if I could...Copy !req
24. Commander Riker to the Bridge.Copy !req
25. On my way.Copy !req
26. Oh, by the way...Copy !req
27. you'll need this.Copy !req
28. Report.Copy !req
29. We're picking up
a distress callCopy !req
30. on long-range sensors.Copy !req
31. It is Romulan, sir.Copy !req
32. Romulan.Copy !req
33. They claim they have suffered
a complete engine failure.Copy !req
34. Power levels are dropping.Copy !req
35. Life-support is failing.Copy !req
36. Could be a trick.Copy !req
37. How long before we rendezvous
with Captain Picard?Copy !req
38. Approximately 13 hours.Copy !req
39. Lay in a course
for the Romulan ship.Copy !req
40. Let's put up the shields
and go to red alert.Copy !req
41. I want to be ready
for anything.Copy !req
42. Aye, sir.Copy !req
43. Captain's Log,
Stardate 46944.2.Copy !req
44. Commander Data, Mr. La Forge,
Counselor Troi and ICopy !req
45. are en route to the EnterpriseCopy !req
46. after attending
a three-day conferenceCopy !req
47. on the psychological effectsCopy !req
48. of long-term
deep-space assignments.Copy !req
49. Computer, activate
automatic helm control.Copy !req
50. Helm control activated.Copy !req
51. I was just leaving the receptionCopy !req
52. when this Ktarian
walks up to me and saysCopy !req
53. "Hello, Diane.Copy !req
54. "I understand you're an empath.Copy !req
55. "I'm a very...
sensitive man myself.Copy !req
56. "I'm doing a thesis
on interspecies mating rituals.Copy !req
57. Would you care to join me
in some empirical research?"Copy !req
58. That's a very good impression
of Dr. Mizan.Copy !req
59. How did you know?Copy !req
60. He's notoriousCopy !req
61. but he really is an expertCopy !req
62. on interspecies
mating practices.Copy !req
63. Did you help him
with his research, Counselor?Copy !req
64. Absolutely not.Copy !req
65. I thought it was a topicCopy !req
66. you were interested in.Copy !req
67. How did you enjoyCopy !req
68. the rest of the conference,
Counselor?Copy !req
69. To be honest, I was bored.Copy !req
70. I spent most of my timeCopy !req
71. at Professor Wagner's
phylobiology seminar.Copy !req
72. I thought the idea
of the seminarCopy !req
73. was that we would
all participate—Copy !req
74. bring different points of view
to the discussion.Copy !req
75. He gathered 200 scientists
from all over the FederationCopy !req
76. and all he did
was put us to sleep.Copy !req
77. I have a memory record of
the entire lecture, Counselor.Copy !req
78. I could repeatCopy !req
79. the portions
you missed...Copy !req
80. No, thank you, Data.Copy !req
81. Well, it was little betterCopy !req
82. at the physiognomy workshop.Copy !req
83. Dr. Fassbinder
gave an hour-long dissertationCopy !req
84. on the ionization effect
of warp nacellesCopy !req
85. before he realizedCopy !req
86. that the topic was supposed
to be... psychology.Copy !req
87. Why didn't anybody tell him?Copy !req
88. There was no opportunity.Copy !req
89. There was no pause.Copy !req
90. He just kept talkingCopy !req
91. in one long,
incredibly unbroken sentenceCopy !req
92. moving from topic to topicCopy !req
93. so that no one had a chance
to interrupt.Copy !req
94. It was really quite hypnotic.Copy !req
95. Well, I had a great time.Copy !req
96. The warp energy symposium
was fascinating.Copy !req
97. I actually had an opportunity
to touch a plasma field.Copy !req
98. Really?
What was it like?Copy !req
99. Oh, it was incredible.Copy !req
100. I could feel the plasma
moving up my arm.Copy !req
101. It was warm and...Copy !req
102. Oh, and there was this amazing
tingling sensation that...Copy !req
103. Captain?Copy !req
104. Data.Copy !req
105. moved through my chest.Copy !req
106. It was incredible.Copy !req
107. It was like
taking a bathCopy !req
108. in pure energy.Copy !req
109. It was not painful?Copy !req
110. Oh, no. I...Copy !req
111. Counselor?Copy !req
112. Is there
something wrong?Copy !req
113. I'm not sure.Copy !req
114. Space, the final frontier.Copy !req
115. These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.Copy !req
116. Its continuing mission—Copy !req
117. to explore
strange new worldsCopy !req
118. to seek out new life
and new civilizationsCopy !req
119. to boldly go
where no one has gone before.Copy !req
120. Well, our bio-scans check out.Copy !req
121. There are
no physiological anomalies.Copy !req
122. If something did happen,
it didn't leaveCopy !req
123. any biological traces.Copy !req
124. How long did it appear
to you that we were frozen?Copy !req
125. I don't know.Copy !req
126. Four, maybe five seconds.Copy !req
127. You just stopped,
and then started again.Copy !req
128. I can't explain it.Copy !req
129. My memory record
does not indicate a pauseCopy !req
130. or a disruption
during that time period.Copy !req
131. My internal chronometer
and the ship's computerCopy !req
132. are both perfectly
synchronized.Copy !req
133. There does not appear to be
a temporal discrepancy.Copy !req
134. Data, let's run
a ship-wide diagnostic.Copy !req
135. Maybe we missed
something.Copy !req
136. Let's go through
all this again.Copy !req
137. You were sitting there.Copy !req
138. The rest of us were here.Copy !req
139. Describe the exact moment
when we appeared to freeze.Copy !req
140. Well, um... Geordi was talkingCopy !req
141. about what it felt like
to touch the plasma fieldCopy !req
142. and you were taking
a sip of tea.Copy !req
143. Did you sense something
from any of us at that time—Copy !req
144. any unusual emotion?Copy !req
145. Not a thing.Copy !req
146. I was empathically aware of youCopy !req
147. right up to the moment
when you frozeCopy !req
148. and then it all stopped.Copy !req
149. The last few days
have been exhausting.Copy !req
150. Maybe it was my imagination.Copy !req
151. There were moments
in that lecture hallCopy !req
152. when I thought time
was standing still there, too.Copy !req
153. Well, there is another
possibility, Counselor.Copy !req
154. This could be nothing more
than simp...Copy !req
155. Oh! Oh.Copy !req
156. You all right,
Counselor?Copy !req
157. What happened?Copy !req
158. You were motionlessCopy !req
159. for three minutes, 11 seconds.Copy !req
160. It appears to be
the same effectCopy !req
161. that you described in us.Copy !req
162. Do you remember anything?Copy !req
163. No. One second,
I was talking to youCopy !req
164. and the next, you were
all standing around me.Copy !req
165. Wait a second.
This is weird.Copy !req
166. What is it?Copy !req
167. I had the tricorder
run a comparisonCopy !req
168. between the bio-scan
I took on you earlierCopy !req
169. and the one
I ran just now.Copy !req
170. In the time between
the two scansCopy !req
171. you should have aged
23 minutesCopy !req
172. but according to your
cellular decay levelsCopy !req
173. you've only aged
20 minutes.Copy !req
174. How do you account
for this discrepancy?Copy !req
175. I don't know, sir.Copy !req
176. It's as if,
for Counselor TroiCopy !req
177. for three minutes,
time just stopped.Copy !req
178. Mr. Data, contact
the Enterprise.Copy !req
179. Tell Commander RikerCopy !req
180. to meet us at the rendezvous
point as soon as possible.Copy !req
181. Have him scan the regionCopy !req
182. for temporal anomalies.Copy !req
183. Aye, sir.Copy !req
184. I'll check
the sensor logs—Copy !req
185. see if I can
find anything.Copy !req
186. Captain, may I see you?Copy !req
187. The Enterprise is not
responding to our hails.Copy !req
188. Are we within
sensor range?Copy !req
189. No, sir.Copy !req
190. Increase speed
to the rendezvous coordinates.Copy !req
191. Aye, sir.Copy !req
192. We have an engine-failure
warning in...Copy !req
193. Report!Copy !req
194. The starboard nacelle
just cut out.Copy !req
195. Attitude control
has been restored.Copy !req
196. Full stop.
What happened?Copy !req
197. The starboard antimatter pod
is completely drained.Copy !req
198. The fuel reserves are empty.Copy !req
199. Is there a
fuel containment leak?Copy !req
200. No, sir, the containment
field is intact.Copy !req
201. All engine systems
are operational.Copy !req
202. The fuel is just gone.Copy !req
203. GeordiCopy !req
204. I believe I have an explanation.Copy !req
205. According to the plasma
conversion sensorCopy !req
206. the starboard engine has been
in continuous operationCopy !req
207. for 47 days.Copy !req
208. 47 days?Copy !req
209. Aw...
let's check that sensor.Copy !req
210. It must be malfunctioning.Copy !req
211. I'll check
the fuel consumption logs.Copy !req
212. What happened?Copy !req
213. My hand.Copy !req
214. Your cells are metabolizing
at an incredible speed—Copy !req
215. almost 50 times normal.Copy !req
216. The pain is going away.Copy !req
217. Your metabolism's
stabilizing.Copy !req
218. It happened when I reached
for the bowl of fruit.Copy !req
219. Captain, I am detecting
a temporal disturbanceCopy !req
220. intersecting
the table.Copy !req
221. It appears that
within the disturbanceCopy !req
222. time is moving
at an accelerated rate—Copy !req
223. approximately 50 times
faster than normal.Copy !req
224. The disturbance
is spherical in shape.Copy !req
225. It is extending outward
from the hullCopy !req
226. approximately 17 meters
from the ship.Copy !req
227. That would cover
the starboard nacelle.Copy !req
228. No wonder it used
up all its fuel.Copy !req
229. Check the hull integrity.Copy !req
230. It does not appear
to be affected.Copy !req
231. Mr. La Forge,
see if you canCopy !req
232. move us away from
the disturbance.Copy !req
233. Aye, sir.Copy !req
234. Lateral thrusters on line.Copy !req
235. Data, plot a course
away from the disturbance.Copy !req
236. Make sure it doesn't come in
contact with our other engine.Copy !req
237. Course plotted.Copy !req
238. Adjust pitch to 27.3 degrees.Copy !req
239. Set heading—Copy !req
240. 180 mark zero.Copy !req
241. Got it.Copy !req
242. Reversing at 15 meters
per second.Copy !req
243. We are clearing the phenomenon.Copy !req
244. All stop.Copy !req
245. What was that?Copy !req
246. There is another temporal
disturbance directly behind us.Copy !req
247. CaptainCopy !req
248. I think you'd better come
take a look at this.Copy !req
249. Yes, Mr. La Forge?Copy !req
250. The sensors are picking up
temporal disturbancesCopy !req
251. throughout the region.Copy !req
252. Different configurations,
different sizes—Copy !req
253. they're everywhere.Copy !req
254. Within each disturbanceCopy !req
255. it appears that time is moving
at a different rate.Copy !req
256. It's almost as if somethingCopy !req
257. has shattered
the space-time continuum.Copy !req
258. The fragmentation
effect continuesCopy !req
259. along a heading
of 270 mark 15.Copy !req
260. That's the direction
of the Enterprise.Copy !req
261. Can we navigate
around these fragments?Copy !req
262. We'll have to limit
our maneuvering speedCopy !req
263. to one-half impulseCopy !req
264. but I think
we can do it.Copy !req
265. Get us to the Enterprise.Copy !req
266. These are the coordinates.Copy !req
267. Perhaps the Enterprise
has been delayed.Copy !req
268. I've got the long-range
sensors on maximum, sir.Copy !req
269. There's no sign
of the Enterprise.Copy !req
270. But I am picking up
a faint reading—Copy !req
271. possibly metallic.Copy !req
272. It's difficult
to tell.Copy !req
273. The energy levels
are practically nonexistent.Copy !req
274. Take us to it.Copy !req
275. Aye, sir.Copy !req
276. The fragmentation effectCopy !req
277. is increasing.Copy !req
278. Slowing to one-eighth impulse.Copy !req
279. There she is.Copy !req
280. My God.Copy !req
281. Mr. Data?Copy !req
282. The Enterprise
and the warbirdCopy !req
283. both appear
to be trappedCopy !req
284. within one
of the temporal fragments.Copy !req
285. The fragments seem
to be convergingCopy !req
286. at about this point.Copy !req
287. I'd say we're looking
at the centerCopy !req
288. of the temporal
disturbances.Copy !req
289. Scan for life signs.Copy !req
290. Sensors cannot penetrate
the subspace field.Copy !req
291. I am unable to scan
within the vessels.Copy !req
292. It looks like
the EnterpriseCopy !req
293. has been damaged.Copy !req
294. There,
on the port nacelle.Copy !req
295. The warbird doesn't look to have
sustained any damage at all.Copy !req
296. I wonder if the EnterpriseCopy !req
297. even had time
to get off a shot.Copy !req
298. The Romulans
could have de-cloakedCopy !req
299. before the Enterprise
had a chance to respond.Copy !req
300. There's a second energy beam.Copy !req
301. It's coming from the Enterprise
deflector array.Copy !req
302. Do you have any idea
what that could be?Copy !req
303. It is impossible to tell
from a visual inspection.Copy !req
304. However,
it appears to be focusedCopy !req
305. on the warbird's
Engineering section.Copy !req
306. Well, we're not going to be able
to determine anything from here.Copy !req
307. We need to get on board
the Enterprise.Copy !req
308. That would be inadvisable, sir.Copy !req
309. In each of the three
instancesCopy !req
310. we came into contactCopy !req
311. with one
of the temporal fragmentsCopy !req
312. we were integrated
into its time frame.Copy !req
313. If we beamed aboard
the EnterpriseCopy !req
314. we'd be frozen in time
just like they are.Copy !req
315. Well, we have to find some way
of staying unfrozen.Copy !req
316. Mr. La Forge, what about
a subspace force fieldCopy !req
317. like the one we used
on Devidia II?Copy !req
318. Could something like that
protect usCopy !req
319. from the effects
of the temporal fragment?Copy !req
320. Possibly, but we'd needCopy !req
321. an awfully sensitive
phase discriminatorCopy !req
322. in order to moderate
that kind of field.Copy !req
323. The emergency transporter
armbandsCopy !req
324. contain a type-seven
phase discriminator.Copy !req
325. It should be possible
to reconfigureCopy !req
326. their subspace emitters.Copy !req
327. Yeah.Copy !req
328. Yeah, that would
certainly isolate usCopy !req
329. from the effects of
the other time frameCopy !req
330. but if we wanted to interact
with that environmentCopy !req
331. we'd have to
restrict the field.Copy !req
332. It would have to beCopy !req
333. practically skintight.Copy !req
334. Mr. Data.Copy !req
335. I will attempt
to narrow the field, sir.Copy !req
336. Captain, I think
this is going to workCopy !req
337. but... it's going
to take some time.Copy !req
338. Well, Mr. La ForgeCopy !req
339. it would seem
that time is somethingCopy !req
340. that we have plenty of.Copy !req
341. I've channeled
all communicationsCopy !req
342. through the subspace relays
in the armbands.Copy !req
343. That way, we'll be able to be
in continual communication.Copy !req
344. How long will the fields last?Copy !req
345. About an hour,
maybe less.Copy !req
346. Don't worry.Copy !req
347. I'll be monitoring you
very carefully.Copy !req
348. Oh.Copy !req
349. Counselor.Copy !req
350. I got a little dizzy
for a second.Copy !req
351. We've created an artificial
pocket of time around youCopy !req
352. so it's probably playing tricks
with your equilibrium.Copy !req
353. It might take a little while
to get used to it.Copy !req
354. You let me know if it
gets any worse.
Mm-hmm.Copy !req
355. Beam us directly
to the Enterprise Bridge.Copy !req
356. Aye, sir.Copy !req
357. Energizing.Copy !req
358. There are three RomulansCopy !req
359. all of them with disruptersCopy !req
360. one at conn.Copy !req
361. There are none
of our security officersCopy !req
362. on the Bridge.Copy !req
363. They must have taken us
by surprise.Copy !req
364. It appears that we
can move objectsCopy !req
365. in this time frame.Copy !req
366. Maybe we could do something
to help Will.Copy !req
367. I'm wary about making changes
in this time continuumCopy !req
368. until we understand more
about what's going on.Copy !req
369. Captain, the equipment
is no longer functioning.Copy !req
370. However, the information
currently displayedCopy !req
371. indicates there was a massive
power surge in Engineering.Copy !req
372. Security teams
had just been sentCopy !req
373. to Transporter Room Three
and to Sick Bay.Copy !req
374. Counselor, will you go
to Sick Bay and investigate?Copy !req
375. Mr. Data, go to
main Engineering.Copy !req
376. See if you
can determineCopy !req
377. the cause of that power surge.Copy !req
378. I'll be
in Transporter Room Three.Copy !req
379. Mr. La Forge.Copy !req
380. La Forge here, sir.Copy !req
381. Will you lock on to our signals?Copy !req
382. I want you to transport
Counselor Troi to...Copy !req
383. I'd rather not, Captain.Copy !req
384. We've got limited powerCopy !req
385. and your isolation fields
consume a lot of energy.Copy !req
386. Understood.Copy !req
387. We'll use the Jefferies tube.Copy !req
388. Let's go.Copy !req
389. Maybe we can
go around them.Copy !req
390. No.Copy !req
391. We'll find an alternative route.Copy !req
392. Let's go back up.Copy !req
393. Excuse me, Mr. Worf.Copy !req
394. Captain...Copy !req
395. Counselor,
take a look at this.Copy !req
396. It appears that Mr. Worf had
just beamed these three on boardCopy !req
397. and according to thisCopy !req
398. three other Romulans
had been beamedCopy !req
399. directly to Sick Bay
just seconds earlier.Copy !req
400. I know, I just
saw them.Copy !req
401. What are we doing
transporting RomulansCopy !req
402. on board the ship
in the middle of a battle?Copy !req
403. They don't have
any weaponsCopy !req
404. and that one
looks injured.Copy !req
405. If they were part
of an invasionCopy !req
406. then why are they unarmed?Copy !req
407. It doesn't make any sense.Copy !req
408. Captain, there's something
I have to tell you.Copy !req
409. Dr. Crusher has been hit
by a disrupter blastCopy !req
410. at point-blank range.Copy !req
411. If time returns to normalCopy !req
412. I don't see how
she can survive.Copy !req
413. Data to Captain Picard.Copy !req
414. Go ahead, Mr. Data.Copy !req
415. Please come
to Engineering immediately.Copy !req
416. It is urgent.Copy !req
417. What's the problem,
Mr. Data?Copy !req
418. Captain, I believeCopy !req
419. I have found the cause
of the power surge.Copy !req
420. There is a warp core
breach in progress.Copy !req
421. It is the flash point
of a warp core explosionCopy !req
422. and it is expanding.Copy !req
423. Expanding?Copy !req
424. I thought that time
was suspended on this ship.Copy !req
425. We were incorrect, sir.Copy !req
426. I have determined that
time is moving forwardCopy !req
427. at an infinitesimal rate.Copy !req
428. Why didn't we
notice it before?Copy !req
429. Our initial
conclusion was basedCopy !req
430. on our observations
of the crew.Copy !req
431. The warp core breach moves
at a much faster rate.Copy !req
432. The motion of the cloudCopy !req
433. is within my visual
detection threshold.Copy !req
434. At its current rate
of expansionCopy !req
435. it will consume
the EnterpriseCopy !req
436. in approximately
nine hours, 17 minutes.Copy !req
437. Is there anything
we can do to stop it?Copy !req
438. It is no longer a question
of stopping it, sir.Copy !req
439. The explosion
has already occurred.Copy !req
440. The fact that it is moving
slowly changes nothing.Copy !req
441. Astonishing to see it
frozen like this.Copy !req
442. Do we know
what caused the breach?Copy !req
443. No. However, the console
displays indicateCopy !req
444. a power transfer
in progressCopy !req
445. between the Enterprise
and the Romulan shipCopy !req
446. at the moment
time decelerated.Copy !req
447. That is why
there is a second beamCopy !req
448. between the two ships.Copy !req
449. Why would we be
sending them power?Copy !req
450. Perhaps we should go
aboard the Romulan ship.Copy !req
451. The answer
to that question may...Copy !req
452. Captain?Copy !req
453. Captain,
are you all right?Copy !req
454. My head.Copy !req
455. Oh...Copy !req
456. Dizzy.Copy !req
457. I can't...Copy !req
458. No!Copy !req
459. No! No!Copy !req
460. No!Copy !req
461. Troi to la Forge!
Get us out of here, now!Copy !req
462. No! No!Copy !req
463. It looks like you weren't
completely protectedCopy !req
464. from the effects
of the other time continuum.Copy !req
465. The neuro-physical stress
must have been overwhelming.Copy !req
466. In much the same way
deep-sea diversCopy !req
467. experience
nitrogen narcosisCopy !req
468. you experienced a form
of temporal narcosis.Copy !req
469. Can we modify
the subspace isolatorsCopy !req
470. to give us
better protection?Copy !req
471. I don't think so.Copy !req
472. I'd say the best thing
we can do right now
is to be careful—Copy !req
473. limit our exposure
to their time frame.Copy !req
474. I'd say no longer
than ten minutes per tripCopy !req
475. and we should probably
stick togetherCopy !req
476. while we're there,
just in case.Copy !req
477. Very well.Copy !req
478. Well, the first step is to find
out why the EnterpriseCopy !req
479. was transferring power
to the Romulan ship.Copy !req
480. I think we should
begin our searchCopy !req
481. in the Romulan Engine Room.Copy !req
482. CounselorCopy !req
483. you spent several days
on a Romulan vessel.Copy !req
484. You probably know more about
the layouts than anyone here.Copy !req
485. Perhaps...Copy !req
486. Captain, it might be better
if you stayed here this timeCopy !req
487. and gave yourself
a chance to recover.Copy !req
488. Yes, very well.Copy !req
489. I will monitor
your progress from hereCopy !req
490. but just remember—
ten minutes, no more.Copy !req
491. Yes, Captain.Copy !req
492. Geordi, there should be a power
utilization monitor over there.Copy !req
493. Data.Copy !req
494. This is
highly unusual.Copy !req
495. The crew is not
at battle stations.Copy !req
496. The ship is on
evacuation alert.Copy !req
497. Is that why the Romulans
were being transportedCopy !req
498. to the Enterprise?Copy !req
499. Take a look at this.Copy !req
500. There's an energy feedbackCopy !req
501. returning through
the transfer beam.Copy !req
502. It's probably what overloaded
the Enterprise's enginesCopy !req
503. and caused the core breach.Copy !req
504. Perhaps the warbird was trying
to destroy the Enterprise.Copy !req
505. I don't think so.Copy !req
506. According to thisCopy !req
507. the Romulans were
actually tryingCopy !req
508. to shut down
the power transfer.Copy !req
509. Whatever happened,
this is beginningCopy !req
510. to look less and less
like a Romulan attack.Copy !req
511. Data, why don't
we take a lookCopy !req
512. at their engine readouts?Copy !req
513. Geordi, the engine core
is completely inactive.Copy !req
514. That's impossible.Copy !req
515. The Romulans use an artificial
quantum singularityCopy !req
516. as their power source.Copy !req
517. Once it's activated,
it can't be shut down.Copy !req
518. Well, let's take
a closer look.Copy !req
519. I think we found
the problem.Copy !req
520. It appears to be
a highly focused apertureCopy !req
521. in the space-time continuum.Copy !req
522. Its energy signature
matches thatCopy !req
523. of the temporal fragments
we observed earlier.Copy !req
524. However, it is approximately
1.2 million times as intense.Copy !req
525. I believe this may be the origin
of the temporal fragmentation.Copy !req
526. What are those
dark spots?Copy !req
527. I am not certain.Copy !req
528. They exhibit a complex
bioelectric patternCopy !req
529. very possibly organic.Copy !req
530. Organic?Copy !req
531. From the molecular
configuration, it appears...Copy !req
532. The aperture is beginning
to fluctuate.Copy !req
533. I believe...Copy !req
534. There is an energy buildupCopy !req
535. in the phase
compensation levels.Copy !req
536. Check the main
distribution matrix.Copy !req
537. That's not it—
the matrix is clear.Copy !req
538. It's the power transfer
from the Enterprise.Copy !req
539. I'm reading
a massive feedback.Copy !req
540. Systems are beginning
to overload.Copy !req
541. Notify the EnterpriseCopy !req
542. to shut down the power
transfer immediately.Copy !req
543. They're unable to comply.Copy !req
544. Their power interlocks
won't disengage.Copy !req
545. We'll have to interrupt
it ourselves.Copy !req
546. Disconnect
the transfer beam.Copy !req
547. There is no pressure.Copy !req
548. There is an impending
warp core breach.Copy !req
549. Shut down all systems!Copy !req
550. I believe my
tricorder emissionsCopy !req
551. caused the temporal aperture
to activate.Copy !req
552. I suggest we avoid
exposing itCopy !req
553. to any further
energy emissions.Copy !req
554. When time resumedCopy !req
555. did you observe any activity
in the Engine RoomCopy !req
556. that might suggest
what the Romulans were doing?Copy !req
557. They may have been attempting
to eject their engine core.Copy !req
558. I thought I heard
one of the engineersCopy !req
559. say something about
a power transfer—Copy !req
560. something about
an energy feedback.Copy !req
561. Yes, Captain.Copy !req
562. It looks to me like they
were trying to stopCopy !req
563. whatever was happening here.Copy !req
564. Mr. La ForgeCopy !req
565. from where you are,
can you determineCopy !req
566. what is happening
on the Romulan Bridge?Copy !req
567. I think so, Captain.Copy !req
568. Wait.Copy !req
569. Something's not right here.Copy !req
570. Data, was this man always
standing right here?Copy !req
571. He's in neural shock.Copy !req
572. We must get him
to the runabout.Copy !req
573. There isn't time.Copy !req
574. He's dying.Copy !req
575. At least this wayCopy !req
576. he'll be alive in
the other time frame.Copy !req
577. We might have a chance
to save him later.Copy !req
578. Is the Romulan still alive?Copy !req
579. Yes, but...Copy !req
580. I am getting
unusual readingsCopy !req
581. from his bio-scan.Copy !req
582. I am not certain
he is a Romulan.Copy !req
583. His cellular structure
does not conformCopy !req
584. to any known species.Copy !req
585. His bioelectric patternsCopy !req
586. are in a state
of temporal flux.Copy !req
587. I do not believe
this beingCopy !req
588. is native to our
time continuum.Copy !req
589. Mr. Data, you said that
you found organic matterCopy !req
590. in the temporal aperture.Copy !req
591. Correct, sir.Copy !req
592. I'd like to take a closer
look at those readings.Copy !req
593. This is a biospectral analysisCopy !req
594. of the temporal aperture.Copy !req
595. The organic readingsCopy !req
596. originated
from these dark spots.Copy !req
597. They appear to contain
some sort of energy patterns.Copy !req
598. Can you isolate one of themCopy !req
599. and magnify?Copy !req
600. They look like...
cellular clusters.Copy !req
601. Its bioelectric patternsCopy !req
602. are similar to those
of the alien's.Copy !req
603. However, they are
significantly less complex.Copy !req
604. Its cellular structureCopy !req
605. appears to be in
a state of mitosis.Copy !req
606. Data, this could be
some sort of embryo.Copy !req
607. It is possible.Copy !req
608. If I could further scan
the apertureCopy !req
609. it might be possible to...Copy !req
610. Captain.Copy !req
611. Must... save...Copy !req
612. No...Copy !req
613. Who are you?Copy !req
614. This body is not mine.Copy !req
615. It was necessary to assume itCopy !req
616. to exist in your time.Copy !req
617. Why are you here?Copy !req
618. We had to come... to save them.Copy !req
619. They were in danger.Copy !req
620. Who were
in danger?Copy !req
621. Our young.Copy !req
622. They will die
in the gravity well.Copy !req
623. It is artificial.Copy !req
624. Artificial gravity well?Copy !req
625. Do you mean
the Romulan engine core?Copy !req
626. Yes.Copy !req
627. Our young are trapped.Copy !req
628. We must get them out.Copy !req
629. Return them
to our time.Copy !req
630. His molecular structureCopy !req
631. is destabilizing.Copy !req
632. How were your young
trapped in the core?Copy !req
633. We must use
a natural gravity wellCopy !req
634. to incubate our young.Copy !req
635. We thought the Romulan core
would suffice.Copy !req
636. It did not.Copy !req
637. Captain, I believe the aliensCopy !req
638. mistook
the artificial singularityCopy !req
639. which the Romulans use
in their engineCopy !req
640. for a natural one,
a black hole.Copy !req
641. They tried to use it as a nest.Copy !req
642. That's what deactivated
the warbird's engine coreCopy !req
643. so the Romulans sent out
a distress call.Copy !req
644. The Enterprise respondedCopy !req
645. and found the warbird suffering
from an apparent engine failureCopy !req
646. and they attempted
a power transfer.Copy !req
647. Power transfer.Copy !req
648. We must stop power transfer.Copy !req
649. Ruptured time...Copy !req
650. destroy our young...Copy !req
651. When the power transfer
came into contactCopy !req
652. with the alien nestCopy !req
653. I believe it disruptedCopy !req
654. the space-time
continuum.Copy !req
655. Did you attack the Enterprise?Copy !req
656. Yes.Copy !req
657. Had to stop power transfer.Copy !req
658. Are there any others
like you here?Copy !req
659. One... one other.Copy !req
660. Do you know where he is?Copy !req
661. Could he help us
restore normal time?Copy !req
662. I estimate the core breach
will consume the EnterpriseCopy !req
663. in approximately seven hours,
two minutes.Copy !req
664. Is it possible to lock
onto the core itself—Copy !req
665. beam it into space?Copy !req
666. No, sir.Copy !req
667. We would have
to surround the coreCopy !req
668. with a subspace isolation field.Copy !req
669. It is not possible to generate
a field of that magnitudeCopy !req
670. from the runabout.Copy !req
671. Mr. Data...Copy !req
672. When you scanned the temporal
aperture with your tricorderCopy !req
673. it caused time to move forwards
and then back again.Copy !req
674. Correct, sir.Copy !req
675. What if we couldCopy !req
676. reverse that process?Copy !req
677. Cause time to move backwards
and then forwards.Copy !req
678. We might be able to run
time back to a pointCopy !req
679. before the warp core
breach occurredCopy !req
680. and then find a wayCopy !req
681. to prevent
the power transfer.Copy !req
682. And then, when time
goes forward again...Copy !req
683. the breach never happens.Copy !req
684. I could attempt
to remodulateCopy !req
685. the tricorder's
delta-band emissions.Copy !req
686. It should be possible
to better controlCopy !req
687. the temporal
aperture.Copy !req
688. Make it so.Copy !req
689. If this works, we may
not have much timeCopy !req
690. to prevent the
power transfer.Copy !req
691. We'll have to decideCopy !req
692. precisely where to
be and what to doCopy !req
693. the very instant that time
begins to move backwards.Copy !req
694. Captain's Log, supplemental.Copy !req
695. After placing
the modified tricorderCopy !req
696. on the Romulan shipCopy !req
697. we have returned
to the Enterprise.Copy !req
698. I have reached
Engineering, Captain.Copy !req
699. Standing by.Copy !req
700. Acknowledged.Copy !req
701. Counselor, are you in position?Copy !req
702. Ready, Captain.Copy !req
703. All right, Mr. Data.Copy !req
704. Initiating tricorder emissions.Copy !req
705. Captain...Copy !req
706. Go ahead, Mr. Data.Copy !req
707. The warp core breach
has been reversed, sir.Copy !req
708. Be ready to stop
the power transfer, Mr. Data.Copy !req
709. Aye, sir.Copy !req
710. You must stop!Copy !req
711. Specified energy systemsCopy !req
712. have been initialized.Copy !req
713. The power transfer
can now be engaged.Copy !req
714. Do not initiate
that power transfer.Copy !req
715. I'm sorry, sir.
I already have.Copy !req
716. We must shut it down.Copy !req
717. The transfer beam
is at saturation, sir.Copy !req
718. It can't be disengaged.Copy !req
719. Computer, place a level-three
containment fieldCopy !req
720. around the warp core.Copy !req
721. Containment field activated.Copy !req
722. Damage report.Copy !req
723. Shields down to 27%.Copy !req
724. Oh!Copy !req
725. Primary phaser array...Copy !req
726. Captain?Copy !req
727. No time to explain,
Number One.Copy !req
728. Continue the evacuation
of the Romulan ship.Copy !req
729. You'll find La Forge
in the Romulan Engine Room.Copy !req
730. Beam him directly to Sick Bay.Copy !req
731. Step back, now.Copy !req
732. It's all right, Deanna.Copy !req
733. He wasn't firing at me.Copy !req
734. There was an alien hereCopy !req
735. who'd taken Romulan form.Copy !req
736. I was firing at her.Copy !req
737. The doctor
got in the way.Copy !req
738. Where did she go?Copy !req
739. Status, Mr. Data.Copy !req
740. I was attacked
by another alien, sir.Copy !req
741. I was unable to prevent
the power transfer.Copy !req
742. It cannot be disengaged, sir.Copy !req
743. A core breach is again imminent.Copy !req
744. Can we move
the ship?Copy !req
745. The feedback
from the transfer beamCopy !req
746. would tear us apart.Copy !req
747. Patch me into the
navigational controlCopy !req
748. of the runabout.Copy !req
749. Got it.Copy !req
750. I'm bringing the runabout in.Copy !req
751. Mr. Data?Copy !req
752. The core breach
has been prevented, sir.Copy !req
753. Data, it appears that
severing the power transferCopy !req
754. has not only prevented
the core breachCopy !req
755. but it has alsoCopy !req
756. restored space-time to normal.Copy !req
757. The alien who attacked me
has vanished, sir.Copy !req
758. The warbird
has vanished as well.Copy !req
759. Judging from the residual
temporal fluctuationsCopy !req
760. I believe they have returned
to their own time continuum.Copy !req
761. Captain?Copy !req
762. It's going to takeCopy !req
763. a little time to
explain, Number One.Copy !req
764. Captain's Log,
Stardate 46945.3.Copy !req
765. We successfully evacuated
the crew of the Romulan shipCopy !req
766. and we're on course
to the Neutral ZoneCopy !req
767. to bring them home.Copy !req
768. Come in.Copy !req
769. Where's that cat of yours?Copy !req
770. Spot is sleeping, sir.Copy !req
771. Why do you ask?Copy !req
772. No reason.Copy !req
773. I've worked out the
new rotation schedules.Copy !req
774. I'd like you to cross-check
the personnel assignments.Copy !req
775. Notify the department heads.Copy !req
776. Your Bridge shift
begins at 2300 hours.Copy !req
777. Understood, sir.Copy !req
778. What are you doing?Copy !req
779. Recent events
have compelled me to studyCopy !req
780. how humans perceive
the passage of time.Copy !req
781. For example, I have often
heard people commentCopy !req
782. that time seems to pass
more slowly in one instanceCopy !req
783. or more quickly in another.Copy !req
784. In reality,
the actual passage of timeCopy !req
785. remains fixed.Copy !req
786. Hmm.Copy !req
787. I suppose it depends on
how people perceive time.Copy !req
788. Every situation's different.Copy !req
789. It depends on how you feel.Copy !req
790. I have been testing the aphorism
"a watched pot never boils."Copy !req
791. I have boiled
the same amount of waterCopy !req
792. in this kettle 62 times.Copy !req
793. In some cases,
I have ignored the kettle.Copy !req
794. In others,
I have watched it intently.Copy !req
795. In every instanceCopy !req
796. the water reaches
its boiling pointCopy !req
797. in precisely 51.7 seconds.Copy !req
798. It appears I am not capable
of perceiving timeCopy !req
799. any differently
than my internal chronometer.Copy !req
800. Well, why don't you turn it off?Copy !req
801. Sir?Copy !req
802. Data, people do not have
internal chronometers.Copy !req
803. Why don't you see what happens
if you turn yours off?Copy !req
804. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
805. I will try that.Copy !req
806. Just don't be late
for your shift.Copy !req