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Sync & corrections by Costa Dax
www.addic7ed.com

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Previously on "Star Trek: Picard"...

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A group of rogue synthetics

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dropped the planetary defense shields,

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completely destroying the
Utopia Planitia shipyard.

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Tell us, Admiral. Why did you

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really quit Starfleet?

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Because it was no longer Starfleet!

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We're done here.

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- What's happening?
- Baby, please,

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find Picard.

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He can help you.

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What do you want here?

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I was with my boyfriend.

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They murdered him.

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No! No! No!

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Something inside of me
just knew what to do...

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how to move, how to fight.

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Everything inside of me
says that I'm safe with you.

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I had a dear friend.

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Commander Data.

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He painted you,

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exactly as you are here and now.

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That's impossible.

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He named the painting "Daughter".

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Stay down!

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She came here

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to find safety.

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No!

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I owe it to her

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to find out

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who killed her and why.

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The androids that destroyed
Mars came from this lab.

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No one has ever been able
to redevelop the science used

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to create Data. Then came Bruce. Maddox.

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His theory was that Data's
entire code, even his memories,

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could be reconstituted from
a single positronic neuron.

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Then Data, or some part of him,

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- would be alive.
- There'd be no way of knowing

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- without examining...
- Dahj.

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Data's daughter.

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They're created in pairs.

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Dr. Asha?

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Narek.

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Soji.

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- Twins?
- Twins.

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So there's another one.

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Attention, all personnel.

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Happy First Contact Day.

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Celebrations will be held in
designated recreational areas

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during regularly scheduled
alpha and beta shift breaks.

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All directors, please
submit final duty logs

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prior to shift change.

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Sector 3 maintenance regulators

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will report to mandatory
security training...

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Good morning, plastic people.

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Good morning, Mr. Pincus.

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Let's go to work.

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All A500 maintenance issues

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should be reported to
Synthetic Personnel supervisors

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prior to initiating manual
shutdown proceedings.

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Every other tri-hy station
in the yard gets off

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First Contact Day.

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Not us.

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What'd we do wrong?

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To have a skeleton crew,

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you have to have skeletons.

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I bet my kids are having cake on Earth.

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Yo, F8, you get into

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any trouble last night?

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Hell yeah.

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Oh, yeah? Doing what?

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Nothing.

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Hell yeah.

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Hell yeah.

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Hey, F8, I got one for you.

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What's brown and sticky?

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Teratogenic coolant.

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Isonucleic residue.

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Boson-enriched nanopolymer.

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A stick.

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You get it?

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No.

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- Dude creeps me out.
- Hey,

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he can hear you.

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And?

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You can't offend them.

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They're not people.

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And they can rip through solid titanium

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without breaking a sweat.

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What are you, his sister?

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Ugh, who raised you?

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Report to
primary reactor control sector.

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...Sector 3. Hazard protocol

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in effect until further notice.

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I wish they'd go back to
using uno-amino matrices

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- in the replicators.
- No kidding.

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Space pineapples again.

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I know what's brown and sticky.

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This food is brown and sticky.

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Is this a joke?

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Hey, that dude is lucky.

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Now, here is some brown, sticky shit.

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Amen.

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Did you replicate flies with that, too?

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What are you doing?

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Security alert.

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Multiple synthetic labor units

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- have been compromised.
- Hey.

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Get away from there.

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Deflector shields down

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in all sectors of Utopia Planitia.

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- Repeat, security alert.
- Shit.

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Multiple synthetic...

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Central, this is tri-hy station A19.

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Synth unit F8 has been compromised.

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We have a man down.

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Repeat, we have a man down.

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Stand down!

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Grid failure detected.

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Move immediately to
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Security grid failure in progress.

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Containments have failed.

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Evacuate immediately.

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Orbital defense system compromised.

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Emergency evacuation
protocol in effect...

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Cascade failure in progress.

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Surface scans negative.

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No matter or trace elements consistent

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with Dahj Asha are present.

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They erased her.

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And then they erased themselves.

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Well, it's certainly Tal Shiar's
operational style, but...

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On Earth?

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Not even the Tal Shiar
would have that audacity.

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Then who?

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It has to be.

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Zhat Vash.

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And here we go.

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What is Zhat Vash?

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A Tal Shiar myth.

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It's a kind of boogeyman they
use to frighten new recruits.

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And children.

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Please explain.

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Here in the Federation,

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you refer to the Tal Shiar
as the Romulan secret police.

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- Mm-hmm.
- But it's a bit redundant.

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You could put the word "secret" in front

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of almost any aspect of Romulan culture.

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I have heard... and I
have reason to believe...

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that the Tal Shiar is merely a mask worn

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by another, far older cabal.

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That before the Tal Shiar,

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there was the Zhat Vash.

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"Zhat vash" is a term sometimes
used to refer to the dead,

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the only reliable keepers of secrets.

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- Ominous.
- No. Fitting.

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Because that's the sole
purpose of the Zhat Vash.

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To keep a secret so
profound and terrible

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just learning it can
break a person's mind.

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Are you sure

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she said that he was murdered here,

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in her apartment?

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She did.

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All apparent evidence to the contrary.

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Would it be foolish to ask

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what is the dread secret that
the Zhat Vash are keeping?

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No one outside the Zhat
Vash knows for sure.

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But I've heard whispers.

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Romulan methods of forensic

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molecular reconstruction are
illegal in the Federation.

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Really?

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- I had no idea.
- Yeah.

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They're also unreliable, and, uh,

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the results are

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- dubious at best.
- Ah, yeah.

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That's exactly what we
wanted you to think.

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When I was a new recruit,

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- one of my first handlers...
- My mother.

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...got drunk on Romulan ale...

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- My father...
- and let slip

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that at the heart of
the Zhat Vash mission

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was a deep, unassuageable loathing.

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A loathing of whom?

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Not whom.

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What.

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More wine?

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Surprise me.

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? Oh, I ?

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? Oh, I... ?

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Dahj, your replicator menus are tragic.

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That's... extraordinary.

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It's said they operate

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without regard for
treaty or jurisdiction...

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And not just in Romulan worlds,

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but in the Klingon Empire,
the Gorn Hegemony,

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even the Federation itself...

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And that they have kept this secret

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for thousands upon thousands of years.

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Oh, the cheeky fuckers.

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They've overwritten
the particle residuum.

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Overwritten it?

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Yes. And in a very sophisticated way.

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It's...

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barely detectable.

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It would read as instrument failure

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if you didn't know better.

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But it's not.

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It's a flat-out wipe.

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Can you recover it?

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Uh...

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Have you never noticed
the complete absence

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of any form of artificial
life in Romulan culture?

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We don't have androids or AIs.

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We don't study cybernetics.

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Our computers are limited to
purely numerical functions.

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They must have saturated
this place in antileptons.

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At no small risk to
themselves, by the way.

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This place hasn't just
been cleaned, Admiral.

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It's been scrubbed.

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Is that to be expected
of your Zhat Vash?

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Well, they're not my Zhat Vash,

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and I thought you
didn't believe in them.

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I may be coming around.

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So, then...

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all this is about the Zhat
Vash hatred of androids.

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It's not simply hate.

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It's hate and fear

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and pure loathing

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for any form of synthetic life.

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Why?

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That I can't tell you. I don't know.

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But I am certain that is the silence

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that seals the mouths of the Zhat Vash,

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as surely and eternally as death.

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The operatives who did this

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wouldn't have wanted
to leave the impression

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that the place had been scrubbed.

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We may find they've
neglected something, some...

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actual clue...

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that lay tucked inside a
false clue, as it were.

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Something like this,

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for example?

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There's no record of any incoming

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or outgoing calls.

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The information's there,

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but the indexes have
been surgically deleted.

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There's no way to sort the data.

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Essentially, they've sterilized it,

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so that it's... qualitatively agnostic.

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There's no distinction.

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Everything looks like everything else.

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What we need

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is a record of any contact
that she may have had

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- with her sister.
- Mm, and no doubt it's in here, but it

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will look the same as everything else.

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N... No, it...

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it will look like her.

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Like Dahj.

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Wh-What's her name? Um, Dr. Jurati.

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She said that they would
be identical twins, right?

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- Even closer than twins, perhaps.
- Okay. So what's

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the first thing you do

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when you bring a new
digital assistant online?

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- Introduce myself.
- Exactly.

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Computers like efficiency,
so what a computer does

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is build heuristics,

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shortcuts to the tasks

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- it performs most often.
- You're saying

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that if they were indistinguishable,

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then the machine, at some point,

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could have mistaken

273
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- the sister for Dahj.
- Exactly.

274
00:13:12,303 --> 00:13:14,828
And if it did, even for a few seconds

275
00:13:14,871 --> 00:13:16,699
before it flagged the
error, then the tags

276
00:13:16,743 --> 00:13:18,832
might still be in here,

277
00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:22,749
overlooked by even the
most diligent of scrubbers.

278
00:13:22,792 --> 00:13:24,751
Got you.

279
00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:27,231
Okay.

280
00:13:27,275 --> 00:13:29,886
These were all outgoing.

281
00:13:29,930 --> 00:13:32,672
And these...

282
00:13:32,715 --> 00:13:34,543
were incoming.

283
00:13:36,545 --> 00:13:38,417
It's her.

284
00:13:39,809 --> 00:13:41,594
Ghosts in the machine.

285
00:13:41,637 --> 00:13:44,597
Can you tell me where she is?

286
00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,512
No.

287
00:13:46,555 --> 00:13:48,992
But I can tell you where she isn't.

288
00:13:49,036 --> 00:13:53,780
Nonlocal information packets are
routed through subspace relays.

289
00:13:53,823 --> 00:13:55,999
This routing leaves tiny

290
00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:58,393
but unmistakable code marks.

291
00:13:58,937 --> 00:14:00,199
Nonlocal?

292
00:14:00,242 --> 00:14:02,027
I'm saying this transmission

293
00:14:02,070 --> 00:14:04,333
came from off-world.

294
00:14:06,901 --> 00:14:09,338
- Are you certain?
- Wherever this girl

295
00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:12,080
was calling her sister from,

296
00:14:12,124 --> 00:14:13,995
it's nowhere on Earth.

297
00:14:23,278 --> 00:14:25,454
Beautiful?

298
00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:29,697
No one's ever said that
before about a Borg Cube.

299
00:14:31,699 --> 00:14:34,049
This isn't a Borg cube, Narek.

300
00:14:34,093 --> 00:14:36,922
It's the Artifact.

301
00:14:36,965 --> 00:14:39,794
A Borg cube is mighty and omnipotent.

302
00:14:45,060 --> 00:14:47,280
The Artifact is lost.

303
00:14:48,934 --> 00:14:51,327
Severed from the Collective.

304
00:14:51,371 --> 00:14:53,329
Broken.

305
00:14:53,373 --> 00:14:54,722
Vulnerable.

306
00:14:54,766 --> 00:14:56,898
You find vulnerability

307
00:14:56,942 --> 00:14:58,900
and brokenness beautiful.

308
00:14:58,944 --> 00:15:00,641
Is that strange?

309
00:15:00,685 --> 00:15:03,122
To find beauty in imperfection?

310
00:15:03,165 --> 00:15:05,385
It's certainly not very Romulan.

311
00:15:05,428 --> 00:15:07,822
But, then, there's nothing very Romulan

312
00:15:07,866 --> 00:15:09,607
about this place at all.

313
00:15:09,650 --> 00:15:11,913
Apart from the current owners

314
00:15:11,957 --> 00:15:13,415
and the profits you extract

315
00:15:13,459 --> 00:15:16,219
from the exploitation
of Borg technology.

316
00:15:16,263 --> 00:15:18,221
Are you a subversive, Dr. Asha,

317
00:15:18,265 --> 00:15:20,745
sent by our enemies to foment revolution

318
00:15:20,789 --> 00:15:22,225
among the researchers?

319
00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:23,705
Yes, I am.

320
00:15:23,748 --> 00:15:25,533
But it's too late now.

321
00:15:25,576 --> 00:15:27,404
You already slept with me.

322
00:15:27,448 --> 00:15:29,754
That makes you an accessory to my plot.

323
00:15:29,798 --> 00:15:31,234
Mm.

324
00:15:32,714 --> 00:15:34,977
Clearly...

325
00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:37,458
I'll have to silence you.

326
00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:46,946
Try it.

327
00:16:00,046 --> 00:16:02,091
Time for work.

328
00:16:02,135 --> 00:16:04,180
Yeah.

329
00:16:04,224 --> 00:16:05,965
- Me, too.
- Oh, you have a job?

330
00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:08,054
Thought you were just some
Romulan lounge lizard.

331
00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:10,099
Oh, we all have our part to play.

332
00:16:12,058 --> 00:16:13,624
Can I ask you a question?

333
00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:16,410
Sure. Just don't expect an answer.

334
00:16:16,453 --> 00:16:19,804
Are we allowed to be sleeping
together? Or is that a secret?

335
00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:22,329
Very much the latter.

336
00:16:23,591 --> 00:16:25,854
Is everything Romulans do a secret?

337
00:16:25,897 --> 00:16:28,378
Ooh, I'm not at liberty to divulge that.

338
00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:30,511
Is your name actually Narek?

339
00:16:30,554 --> 00:16:32,992
It's one of them.

340
00:16:33,035 --> 00:16:36,560
So is there anything you
can tell me about yourself?

341
00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:38,649
Yes.

342
00:16:38,693 --> 00:16:43,132
I'm a very private person.

343
00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:49,573
So, see you at the Checkpoint?

344
00:16:49,617 --> 00:16:51,053
Ooh, really?

345
00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:52,489
I need to see how it works.

346
00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:56,537
In your new capacity as...

347
00:16:56,690 --> 00:16:59,090
_

348
00:16:59,192 --> 00:17:01,150
Yes.

349
00:17:01,194 --> 00:17:02,891
Good.

350
00:17:07,156 --> 00:17:09,202
So can I.

351
00:17:24,674 --> 00:17:26,241
He said I'd find you out here.

352
00:17:26,284 --> 00:17:27,808
Moritz.

353
00:17:27,851 --> 00:17:30,550
Hello, Jean-Luc.

354
00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:37,012
It's been a very long time.

355
00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:38,796
Too long.

356
00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,713
I know there was a bit of
trouble with the remote medscan,

357
00:17:42,757 --> 00:17:44,585
but I hardly expected a house call.

358
00:17:44,628 --> 00:17:46,500
Let me just, um...

359
00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:50,460
Your office told me they
would be forwarding

360
00:17:50,504 --> 00:17:52,462
the certificate for interstellar service

361
00:17:52,506 --> 00:17:55,987
as soon as you had seen the results.

362
00:17:59,252 --> 00:18:02,124
Oh, I see.

363
00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:04,822
You might want something stronger.

364
00:18:10,263 --> 00:18:14,484
Your medscan came
in at or above Starfleet minimums

365
00:18:14,528 --> 00:18:15,746
in every category.

366
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:18,532
Cardiovascular, metabolic, cognitive.

367
00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:21,404
For a relic, you're in excellent shape.

368
00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:26,583
Just that little abnormality
in the parietal lobe.

369
00:18:26,627 --> 00:18:28,890
I was told a long time ago

370
00:18:28,933 --> 00:18:33,155
that it might cause
a problem eventually.

371
00:18:33,199 --> 00:18:37,377
Loss of appetite, mood
swings, unsettling dreams?

372
00:18:39,422 --> 00:18:41,859
Inappropriate displays of anger

373
00:18:41,903 --> 00:18:45,515
on interplanetary news holos?

374
00:18:47,561 --> 00:18:49,519
What do you think it is?

375
00:18:49,563 --> 00:18:52,043
I'd need to run more tests.

376
00:18:52,087 --> 00:18:55,177
It could be one of a number
of related syndromes.

377
00:18:55,221 --> 00:18:56,526
Prognosis?

378
00:18:59,495 --> 00:19:02,759
Come on. Let's have it, Dr. Benayoun.

379
00:19:04,404 --> 00:19:07,189
A few are treatable, but...

380
00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:09,539
they all end the same way.

381
00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:12,934
Some sooner than others.

382
00:19:14,327 --> 00:19:16,329
I see.

383
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:30,256
I need you to certify me to Starfleet

384
00:19:30,299 --> 00:19:35,217
as fit for interstellar service.

385
00:19:35,261 --> 00:19:38,264
Now, will you do it?

386
00:19:38,307 --> 00:19:42,442
I don't suppose you'd
condescend to tell me why.

387
00:19:43,285 --> 00:19:45,314
Secret mission?

388
00:19:45,358 --> 00:19:46,837
We certainly had our share of those

389
00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:48,230
on the Stargazer, didn't we?

390
00:19:48,774 --> 00:19:50,711
Remember that time in the fireforest

391
00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:53,844
- on Calyx...
- Dr. Benayoun.

392
00:19:53,888 --> 00:19:56,238
Forgive me.

393
00:19:56,282 --> 00:19:59,937
You really want to go
back out into the cold.

394
00:19:59,981 --> 00:20:01,243
Knowing...

395
00:20:02,287 --> 00:20:05,334
More than ever, knowing.

396
00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:11,819
I don't know what kind of trouble

397
00:20:11,862 --> 00:20:13,734
you're planning to get into.

398
00:20:13,777 --> 00:20:16,432
Maybe if you're lucky,

399
00:20:16,476 --> 00:20:19,305
it will kill you first.

400
00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,686
All visitors must report

401
00:20:52,729 --> 00:20:54,470
to the main security desk.

402
00:20:54,514 --> 00:20:56,080
All visitors must report

403
00:20:56,124 --> 00:20:58,561
to the main security desk.

404
00:21:01,203 --> 00:21:03,697
Admiral Gurdy, please report
to Conference Room B.

405
00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:07,091
Admiral Gurdy, please report
to Conference Room B.

406
00:21:07,135 --> 00:21:09,180
Hello.

407
00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:11,357
I, uh, have a meeting with the CNC.

408
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,010
I have an appointment.

409
00:21:13,054 --> 00:21:14,795
Of course, sir.

410
00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:18,799
May I have your name, please, sir?

411
00:21:18,842 --> 00:21:21,671
Oh, um, Picard.

412
00:21:21,715 --> 00:21:24,848
P-I-C-A-R-D.

413
00:21:24,892 --> 00:21:26,415
Jean-Luc.

414
00:21:26,459 --> 00:21:28,199
Ah.

415
00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:31,377
It's nice to see you up and
around, Admiral. Welcome back.

416
00:21:34,075 --> 00:21:36,077
Come.

417
00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:40,211
Jean-Luc.

418
00:21:40,255 --> 00:21:41,952
Kirsten.

419
00:21:41,996 --> 00:21:43,476
Hello.

420
00:21:43,519 --> 00:21:45,086
May I?

421
00:21:48,002 --> 00:21:51,353
Apparently, you have urgent
Federation business.

422
00:21:51,397 --> 00:21:53,964
I understood you to have
left affairs of state behind.

423
00:21:54,008 --> 00:21:57,272
I am staying as far
from it all as I can.

424
00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,795
So then what can I do for you?

425
00:21:58,839 --> 00:22:01,102
- Bruce Maddox.
- What about him?

426
00:22:01,145 --> 00:22:04,975
I believe that he is using neurons

427
00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:07,238
from the late Commander Data

428
00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:10,372
to create a new organic synthetic.

429
00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:12,983
Well, that's not far from all of it,

430
00:22:13,027 --> 00:22:14,158
it is all of it.

431
00:22:14,202 --> 00:22:16,378
The Romulans are involved.

432
00:22:16,422 --> 00:22:17,988
This gets better and better.

433
00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:20,643
Commander Data was
not only my colleague,

434
00:22:20,687 --> 00:22:22,689
he was my dear friend,

435
00:22:22,732 --> 00:22:25,344
and he gave his life, body and soul,

436
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:26,997
to the Federation.

437
00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:29,565
And if there is a chance that

438
00:22:29,609 --> 00:22:32,263
some part of him still exists,

439
00:22:32,307 --> 00:22:35,571
then I think we have an
obligation to investigate.

440
00:22:35,615 --> 00:22:37,573
There is no "we", Jean-Luc.

441
00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:42,273
Kirsten, I know we have not
always seen eye to eye.

442
00:22:42,317 --> 00:22:44,928
Nevertheless, I have a request to make.

443
00:22:44,972 --> 00:22:47,278
Based on my years of service,

444
00:22:47,322 --> 00:22:49,106
I want you to reinstate me,

445
00:22:49,150 --> 00:22:52,458
temporarily, for one mission.

446
00:22:52,501 --> 00:22:56,287
I will need a small warp-capable
reconnaissance ship

447
00:22:56,331 --> 00:23:00,117
with a minimal crew, and
if you feel that my rank

448
00:23:00,161 --> 00:23:02,946
makes me too conspicuous, well, then,

449
00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:05,340
I am content to be demoted to Captain.

450
00:23:08,212 --> 00:23:10,998
The sheer fucking hubris.

451
00:23:11,041 --> 00:23:14,044
You think you could just waltz
back in here and be entrusted

452
00:23:14,088 --> 00:23:16,003
with taking men and women into space?

453
00:23:16,046 --> 00:23:18,222
Don't you think I was watching
the holo the other day

454
00:23:18,226 --> 00:23:19,786
along with everyone else in the galaxy?

455
00:23:19,787 --> 00:23:21,574
I should not have spoken in public.

456
00:23:21,617 --> 00:23:24,446
The Romulans were our
enemies, and we tried

457
00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:26,274
to help them for as long as we could,

458
00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:28,842
but even before the
synthetics attacked Mars,

459
00:23:28,885 --> 00:23:32,846
14 species within the Federation
said, "Cut the Romulans loose,

460
00:23:32,889 --> 00:23:34,543
or we'll pull out".

461
00:23:34,587 --> 00:23:37,372
It was a choice between
allowing the Federation to implode

462
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,026
or letting the Romulans go.

463
00:23:39,069 --> 00:23:40,941
The Federation does not get to decide

464
00:23:40,984 --> 00:23:43,030
if a species lives or dies.

465
00:23:43,073 --> 00:23:45,293
Yes, we do. We absolutely do.

466
00:23:45,336 --> 00:23:48,775
Thousands of other species
depend upon us for unity,

467
00:23:48,818 --> 00:23:50,254
for cohesion.

468
00:23:50,298 --> 00:23:52,343
We didn't have enough ships left.

469
00:23:52,387 --> 00:23:53,867
We had to make choices.

470
00:23:53,910 --> 00:23:56,217
But the great Captain
Picard didn't like his orders.

471
00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,567
I was standing up for the Federation,

472
00:23:58,611 --> 00:23:59,960
for what it represents,

473
00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:02,528
for what it should still represent.

474
00:24:02,571 --> 00:24:04,268
How dare you lecture me?

475
00:24:04,312 --> 00:24:06,836
Ignore me again at your cost.

476
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,231
- My cost?
- You are in peril, Admiral.

477
00:24:10,274 --> 00:24:12,494
There is no peril here,

478
00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:15,410
only the pitiable delusions
of a once-great man

479
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,716
desperate to matter.

480
00:24:16,759 --> 00:24:19,849
This is no longer your house, Jean-Luc.

481
00:24:19,893 --> 00:24:22,156
So do what you're good at:

482
00:24:22,199 --> 00:24:25,072
go home.

483
00:24:25,115 --> 00:24:27,117
Request denied.

484
00:24:39,408 --> 00:24:41,610
All those entering Gray Zone

485
00:24:41,611 --> 00:24:43,611
are required to wear protective gear.

486
00:24:43,631 --> 00:24:46,291
Security badges must
be visible at all times.

487
00:24:50,184 --> 00:24:52,839
Here, let me help you with that.

488
00:24:54,971 --> 00:24:56,582
So embarrassing.

489
00:24:56,625 --> 00:24:59,280
Thank you.

490
00:24:59,323 --> 00:25:01,630
Are you new here? I
haven't seen you around.

491
00:25:01,674 --> 00:25:02,853
Yesterday.

492
00:25:02,897 --> 00:25:05,465
My residency was supposed
to start six months ago, but

493
00:25:05,508 --> 00:25:08,511
the Romulan Free State revoked
it when I was halfway here.

494
00:25:08,555 --> 00:25:12,254
I have no idea why, or why
they finally reinstated it.

495
00:25:12,298 --> 00:25:14,082
Well, that sounds about right.

496
00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:18,695
They still don't have a clear idea

497
00:25:18,739 --> 00:25:21,437
of how much damage this cube sustained,

498
00:25:21,481 --> 00:25:23,657
or maybe they do and
they just aren't telling,

499
00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:27,095
but, anyway, you don't want to
cross over into the Gray Zone

500
00:25:27,138 --> 00:25:30,620
without this turned on. Don't worry,

501
00:25:30,664 --> 00:25:32,666
you're gonna be fine.

502
00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:42,241
Morning and welcome to Ops Cycle 9834...

503
00:25:42,284 --> 00:25:43,677
Here we go.

504
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,333
As guests of the Borg
Artifact Research Institute,

505
00:25:47,376 --> 00:25:49,291
your safety is important to us.

506
00:25:49,335 --> 00:25:51,685
You are standing inside one of the most

507
00:25:51,728 --> 00:25:54,949
destructive weapons ever known,
and though no longer active,

508
00:25:54,992 --> 00:25:56,951
it remains potentially dangerous.

509
00:25:56,994 --> 00:25:58,561
Please don't venture outside

510
00:25:58,605 --> 00:26:00,389
of your designated research area.

511
00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:03,305
Assume that any fixture or instrument

512
00:26:03,349 --> 00:26:06,221
not personally known to
be benign is malignant.

513
00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:07,744
Romulans are into drama.

514
00:26:10,965 --> 00:26:12,836
Who is that?

515
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,362
That's Narek. He's new here, too.

516
00:26:16,405 --> 00:26:18,503
I didn't know Romulans could be so hot.

517
00:26:18,547 --> 00:26:21,587
...from the Gray Zone will
result in the full prosecution...

518
00:26:21,588 --> 00:26:23,847
Me, either.

519
00:26:23,891 --> 00:26:26,372
While in the Gray Zone,
you are likely to encounter

520
00:26:26,415 --> 00:26:29,113
former members of the Borg Collective.

521
00:26:29,157 --> 00:26:31,290
Are you researching the xBs?

522
00:26:31,333 --> 00:26:33,379
It's a little more hands-on.

523
00:26:33,422 --> 00:26:36,512
And if your gradient badge
starts to blink green,

524
00:26:36,556 --> 00:26:38,340
run.

525
00:26:40,342 --> 00:26:42,388
Don't worry about it.

526
00:26:53,050 --> 00:26:55,226
Narek, this is...

527
00:26:55,270 --> 00:26:58,360
Dr. Naàshala Kunamadèstifee
of Trill Polytech.

528
00:26:58,404 --> 00:27:01,494
The Institute is eager to see
your work bear fruit, Doctor.

529
00:27:01,537 --> 00:27:04,627
How likely is the Collective to
reestablish a link to your Borg?

530
00:27:04,671 --> 00:27:07,978
Is it, is it really wise
to release them?

531
00:27:08,022 --> 00:27:10,894
They're former Borg, and
we're not "releasing" them,

532
00:27:10,938 --> 00:27:12,983
- we're reclaiming them.
- There's really no danger.

533
00:27:13,027 --> 00:27:15,246
When a cube undergoes
submatrix collapse,

534
00:27:15,290 --> 00:27:16,930
the Collective immediately
severs its link

535
00:27:16,931 --> 00:27:18,075
to the afflicted population.

536
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,469
As far as the Collective are concerned,

537
00:27:20,513 --> 00:27:22,166
this is just a graveyard.

538
00:27:22,210 --> 00:27:23,733
And what does that make us?

539
00:27:23,777 --> 00:27:25,909
The same as you find in any graveyard.

540
00:27:25,953 --> 00:27:29,739
Some have come to feed on
the dead, some are ghosts,

541
00:27:29,783 --> 00:27:32,176
and a few, like you, Dr. Asha,

542
00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:33,820
have pinned their hopes on resurrection.

543
00:27:39,252 --> 00:27:42,273
Um, may I join you for the procedure?

544
00:27:42,317 --> 00:27:44,885
I'd-I'd like to see you work.

545
00:27:44,928 --> 00:27:47,844
That's not up to me. You need approval

546
00:27:47,888 --> 00:27:50,412
from the Director of the
Borg Reclamation Project.

547
00:27:50,456 --> 00:27:52,414
Hmm.

548
00:27:52,458 --> 00:27:54,938
Actually, I don't.

549
00:28:03,769 --> 00:28:05,335
Ah.

550
00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:08,556
You have a taste for
the classics, I see.

551
00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:12,168
I never really cared
for science fiction.

552
00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:13,953
I guess

553
00:28:13,996 --> 00:28:16,346
I just didn't get it.

554
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,830
- Well, thank you for coming over.
- Yeah.

555
00:28:21,874 --> 00:28:24,528
It's hard to tear myself away
from the action at my lab,

556
00:28:24,572 --> 00:28:25,747
but...

557
00:28:25,791 --> 00:28:27,053
Um, your preference?

558
00:28:27,096 --> 00:28:28,750
We have a selection.

559
00:28:28,794 --> 00:28:31,057
Earl Grey?

560
00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:33,712
I knew there was something about you.

561
00:28:35,670 --> 00:28:38,499
I gathered up, uh,
everything I could find

562
00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:40,588
from Maddox's tenure at the Institute.

563
00:28:40,631 --> 00:28:44,635
Most of what was there got
blackboxed after he disappeared,

564
00:28:44,679 --> 00:28:46,986
but they left some of the
ancillary stuff untouched.

565
00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:48,639
I was thinking about the painting.

566
00:28:48,683 --> 00:28:52,208
Bruce and Data were
friends after a fashion.

567
00:28:52,252 --> 00:28:55,385
I-If Bruce is using Data's
neurons to make more synths,

568
00:28:55,429 --> 00:28:57,257
it would make sense to model them

569
00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:58,867
after the painting Data made.

570
00:28:58,911 --> 00:29:01,130
Indeed.

571
00:29:01,174 --> 00:29:04,351
I also did a little
digging into Dahj Asha.

572
00:29:04,394 --> 00:29:07,615
You're right. She was
accepted at Daystrom.

573
00:29:07,658 --> 00:29:09,791
In fact, she was a perfect candidate.

574
00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:13,229
In hindsight, a little too perfect.

575
00:29:13,273 --> 00:29:15,275
Her credentials were bogus?

576
00:29:15,318 --> 00:29:18,452
It's more insidious than that.
I checked with Regulus.

577
00:29:18,495 --> 00:29:20,628
Their records show she
was enrolled there

578
00:29:20,671 --> 00:29:22,412
and her grade transcripts are on file.

579
00:29:22,456 --> 00:29:24,284
So she was what she claimed to be?

580
00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:26,590
She was a complete work of fiction.

581
00:29:26,634 --> 00:29:28,941
There's no record

582
00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:31,291
of her having actually attended R3SA.

583
00:29:31,334 --> 00:29:34,424
I-I'm no forensics maven,

584
00:29:34,468 --> 00:29:37,688
but my sense is that her entire identity

585
00:29:37,732 --> 00:29:40,126
was built all at once,
about three years ago.

586
00:29:40,169 --> 00:29:42,737
By whom? Bruce Maddox?

587
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,566
- He certainly had the ability.
- Motive?

588
00:29:45,609 --> 00:29:47,829
I don't know.

589
00:29:47,873 --> 00:29:50,049
People in the synthetic humanoid field

590
00:29:50,092 --> 00:29:52,660
tend to get a little secret-planny.

591
00:29:52,703 --> 00:29:54,357
Milk?

592
00:29:54,401 --> 00:29:55,576
Uh, yes, please.

593
00:29:55,619 --> 00:29:57,621
Thank you.

594
00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:04,715
There you go.

595
00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:06,152
Oh, thank you.

596
00:30:06,195 --> 00:30:09,155
It breaks my heart that I never

597
00:30:09,198 --> 00:30:11,200
got a chance to meet her.

598
00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:13,899
Such a wondrous thing.

599
00:30:13,942 --> 00:30:16,684
And the damn Romulans just

600
00:30:16,727 --> 00:30:19,774
wiped her away.

601
00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:24,083
You asked me what the plan was,

602
00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:26,650
what she was after at Daystrom.

603
00:30:26,694 --> 00:30:29,653
I don't think that's the most
relevant question right now.

604
00:30:29,697 --> 00:30:32,004
I think the question you should
be trying to answer is...

605
00:30:32,047 --> 00:30:33,875
"What about the other one?"

606
00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:37,096
If she's really out there,

607
00:30:37,139 --> 00:30:40,839
and if the Romulans
haven't gotten to her, too,

608
00:30:40,882 --> 00:30:43,363
then where is she?

609
00:30:43,406 --> 00:30:45,495
And what is she after?

610
00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:59,770
Continuing procedure on Patient 8923/3,

611
00:30:59,814 --> 00:31:01,816
one of the Nameless.

612
00:31:04,253 --> 00:31:07,213
Time in regenestasis, 14 years.

613
00:31:07,256 --> 00:31:10,172
Arm implant was successfully removed.

614
00:31:14,698 --> 00:31:18,267
Initiating ocular harvest
procedure on Nameless.

615
00:31:20,095 --> 00:31:22,619
You know I hate it
when you use that term.

616
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:29,104
You may have mentioned that once.

617
00:31:29,148 --> 00:31:31,933
Why do you call them the "Nameless"?

618
00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:35,806
Their species had a name. We
just don't know what it was.

619
00:31:35,850 --> 00:31:37,504
Nameless is a name.

620
00:31:43,597 --> 00:31:45,991
Removing ocular processing core.

621
00:31:53,955 --> 00:31:58,699
Tertiary mandible implant
containment complete.

622
00:31:58,742 --> 00:32:01,963
Tagged for level 10 storage.

623
00:32:02,007 --> 00:32:04,270
Interlinked transceiver
node confirmed inactive.

624
00:32:04,313 --> 00:32:06,881
Tagged for level one disposal.

625
00:32:07,482 --> 00:32:09,482
_

626
00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:14,470
Raffi, it's Jean-Luc.
Please, don't hang up.

627
00:33:14,514 --> 00:33:15,950
I need your help.

628
00:33:17,038 --> 00:33:18,997
I need a ship.

629
00:33:34,621 --> 00:33:36,231
Picard again?

630
00:33:36,275 --> 00:33:38,625
And we all thought that
he was safely mothballed

631
00:33:38,668 --> 00:33:40,322
on that vineyard of his.

632
00:33:40,366 --> 00:33:43,456
All these years. The Hermit of La Barre.

633
00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:45,806
Now suddenly he is inescapable.

634
00:33:45,809 --> 00:33:47,369
That's one word for what he is.

635
00:33:47,370 --> 00:33:49,592
Going on and on about
advanced synthetics,

636
00:33:49,636 --> 00:33:50,941
Bruce Maddox and...

637
00:33:50,985 --> 00:33:53,857
Bruce Maddox? Is he still alive?

638
00:33:53,901 --> 00:33:55,163
Does it even matter?

639
00:33:55,207 --> 00:33:56,767
And then there was this wild talk about

640
00:33:56,773 --> 00:33:59,950
clandestine Romulan
anti-synth ops here on Earth.

641
00:33:59,994 --> 00:34:01,691
It was just...

642
00:34:01,735 --> 00:34:03,171
it was just sad.

643
00:34:03,215 --> 00:34:06,522
One might be even
inclined to say tragic.

644
00:34:06,566 --> 00:34:09,917
Admiral Clancy, I know I
need hardly remind you

645
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,353
if the Romulans were running

646
00:34:11,397 --> 00:34:14,008
clandestine operations on Earth,

647
00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:17,794
I would know. And then you would know.

648
00:34:17,838 --> 00:34:19,970
And then all of Starfleet would know,

649
00:34:20,014 --> 00:34:22,625
because clearly, that would be an overt

650
00:34:22,669 --> 00:34:25,628
- and intolerable act of war.
- Of course.

651
00:34:25,672 --> 00:34:27,804
Look, Commodore, obviously
there's nothing to it,

652
00:34:27,848 --> 00:34:29,110
but I thought I'd better check.

653
00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:31,460
Out of an excess of
caution, as they say.

654
00:34:31,504 --> 00:34:33,506
- Just look into it.
- Of course.

655
00:34:36,944 --> 00:34:39,207
Lieutenant Rizzo, to me, please.

656
00:34:39,251 --> 00:34:40,600
What?!

657
00:34:41,383 --> 00:34:42,732
Have you gone mad?

658
00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:44,908
- Is it dementia?
- I beg your pardon?

659
00:34:44,952 --> 00:34:46,606
Sorry, but you're not a stupid man,

660
00:34:46,649 --> 00:34:48,782
so when I hear you say
such a stupid idea,

661
00:34:48,825 --> 00:34:50,740
I have to ask for other explanations.

662
00:34:50,784 --> 00:34:52,742
Well, how about this.

663
00:34:52,786 --> 00:34:56,181
The daughter of the man whose
death I have been mourning

664
00:34:56,224 --> 00:34:58,618
for two decades comes to me for help

665
00:34:58,661 --> 00:35:02,100
and assistance. And then
she is assassinated

666
00:35:02,143 --> 00:35:05,103
in front of my eyes by
a Romulan death squad

667
00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:07,409
who will then go and try and find

668
00:35:07,453 --> 00:35:10,543
and destroy her twin sister.

669
00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:12,936
And you want me to sit
here worrying what to do

670
00:35:12,980 --> 00:35:14,764
about the spittlebugs on the pinots?

671
00:35:14,808 --> 00:35:16,636
I want you not to die.

672
00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:18,768
No one but the Tal Shiar
could ever protect you

673
00:35:18,812 --> 00:35:20,944
- against the Tal Shiar.
- She's not wrong.

674
00:35:20,988 --> 00:35:22,772
You can't go without us.

675
00:35:22,816 --> 00:35:25,384
Idiot! He cannot go at all.

676
00:35:25,427 --> 00:35:26,776
He's only safe here.

677
00:35:26,820 --> 00:35:29,083
He knows about them.
They have to eliminate him.

678
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:32,130
Nevertheless... I have to go.

679
00:35:32,173 --> 00:35:34,175
Go where? Go how?

680
00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:36,612
Well, I will get a ship, and I will

681
00:35:36,656 --> 00:35:39,789
find Bruce Maddox, wherever he is.

682
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:43,271
Laris, I have to do this.

683
00:35:43,315 --> 00:35:46,622
I don't yet fully understand all of it,

684
00:35:46,666 --> 00:35:48,798
but I know that it's important.

685
00:35:48,842 --> 00:35:51,279
- And not only to me.
- No, of course.

686
00:35:51,323 --> 00:35:53,368
If it's important to
Jean-Luc Picard, it must be

687
00:35:53,412 --> 00:35:55,065
important to the whole galaxy.

688
00:35:56,241 --> 00:35:57,720
Go.

689
00:35:57,764 --> 00:35:59,853
And take that one with you.

690
00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:01,942
You can die together.

691
00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:06,686
Laris understands.

692
00:36:06,729 --> 00:36:09,036
She's afraid for you, that's all.

693
00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:10,298
I know that.

694
00:36:10,342 --> 00:36:13,693
But you have to stay here with her.

695
00:36:13,736 --> 00:36:16,704
The grapes are far more in
need of protection that I am.

696
00:36:17,871 --> 00:36:21,004
And it's less than a
month to the harvest.

697
00:36:21,048 --> 00:36:22,702
But you can't do it alone.

698
00:36:22,745 --> 00:36:24,269
You need help. You need protection.

699
00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:26,488
- Yeah.
- You need a crew.

700
00:36:26,532 --> 00:36:28,969
Riker. Worf. La Forge.

701
00:36:29,012 --> 00:36:30,579
Hmm?

702
00:36:30,623 --> 00:36:33,234
No.

703
00:36:33,278 --> 00:36:35,193
I thought about it.

704
00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:37,282
And they would do it in a heartbeat,

705
00:36:37,325 --> 00:36:40,546
and that's precisely
why I cannot ask them.

706
00:36:40,589 --> 00:36:44,027
They would put themselves
at risk out of loyalty to me,

707
00:36:44,071 --> 00:36:47,857
and I do not want to have
to go through that again.

708
00:36:47,901 --> 00:36:49,511
Okay.

709
00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:51,600
You need someone who hates you

710
00:36:51,644 --> 00:36:53,559
and has nothing to lose.

711
00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:56,779
I've already made the call.

712
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:04,700
Come.

713
00:37:07,921 --> 00:37:09,792
You wanted to see me, Commodore?

714
00:37:09,836 --> 00:37:12,230
Take a look at this.

715
00:37:12,273 --> 00:37:14,493
Does that look like disruptor fire?

716
00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:16,059
There.

717
00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:18,279
Reflected in the hand rail.

718
00:37:18,323 --> 00:37:20,847
Not to me, no.

719
00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:25,243
Admiral Clancy just called.

720
00:37:25,286 --> 00:37:27,462
Jean-Luc Picard came to see her.

721
00:37:27,506 --> 00:37:28,985
He has information

722
00:37:29,029 --> 00:37:32,467
about clandestine Romulan
ops here on Earth.

723
00:37:32,511 --> 00:37:35,731
He referred to Zhat Vash by name.

724
00:37:35,775 --> 00:37:37,655
He was trying to persuade
her to give him a ship

725
00:37:37,690 --> 00:37:40,780
and let him go after Dr. Bruce Maddox.

726
00:37:40,823 --> 00:37:43,609
Although she did not
mention that last part,

727
00:37:43,652 --> 00:37:45,828
nor the talk about Zhat Vash.

728
00:37:45,872 --> 00:37:47,177
- Then how do you know?
- Do not

729
00:37:47,221 --> 00:37:49,397
insult me, Lieutenant.

730
00:37:49,441 --> 00:37:52,226
It would not be advantageous
for your career.

731
00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:55,142
Apologies, Commodore.

732
00:37:55,185 --> 00:37:56,622
This is unexpected.

733
00:37:56,665 --> 00:37:58,058
A dirty word...

734
00:37:58,101 --> 00:38:00,060
in our line of work.

735
00:38:00,103 --> 00:38:02,192
Perhaps the worst word of all.

736
00:38:02,236 --> 00:38:04,630
So you need me to take care of Picard?

737
00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:08,286
Your zeal and passion are commendable,

738
00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:12,115
but they are very nearly
overbalanced by your impatience.

739
00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:14,988
There is a fundamental
aptness in the word

740
00:38:15,031 --> 00:38:17,947
"undercover" which you

741
00:38:17,991 --> 00:38:19,949
have yet to fully absorb.

742
00:38:19,993 --> 00:38:22,996
So I won't take care of him impatiently.

743
00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:25,607
I'll make it last as long as you like.

744
00:38:25,651 --> 00:38:29,437
Clancy has discouraged
him adequately, I believe.

745
00:38:29,481 --> 00:38:32,614
And if the need arises,

746
00:38:32,658 --> 00:38:35,138
I will take care of Picard.

747
00:38:35,182 --> 00:38:37,793
I want you to stay on mission.

748
00:38:37,837 --> 00:38:40,405
You made a shambles
of the operation here.

749
00:38:40,448 --> 00:38:44,322
Your team destroyed the thing
before it could be interrogated

750
00:38:44,365 --> 00:38:47,107
and nearly blew our cover. We have

751
00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:48,891
one more opportunity.

752
00:38:48,935 --> 00:38:51,633
Do not squander it.

753
00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:54,332
Of course.

754
00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,899
- I've put my best man on it.
- Have you?

755
00:38:56,943 --> 00:38:58,640
I worry about that one.

756
00:38:58,684 --> 00:39:01,251
He too has a troubling penchant

757
00:39:01,295 --> 00:39:03,471
for the unexpected.

758
00:39:03,515 --> 00:39:06,387
And I have had just about my
fill of surprises, Lieutenant.

759
00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:08,476
Do I make myself clear?

760
00:39:09,782 --> 00:39:12,567
I will vouch for him with my life.

761
00:39:12,611 --> 00:39:15,483
Indeed. You will.

762
00:39:15,527 --> 00:39:17,355
Which is why I strongly recommend

763
00:39:17,398 --> 00:39:20,401
that you manage this case in person.

764
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:21,794
Of course.

765
00:39:21,837 --> 00:39:25,058
Everything is at stake.

766
00:39:25,101 --> 00:39:27,495
See that he does not fail.

767
00:39:27,539 --> 00:39:30,933
See that neither of you does.

768
00:39:52,564 --> 00:39:54,261
You can turn around

769
00:39:54,304 --> 00:39:56,045
and call that cab

770
00:39:56,089 --> 00:39:58,483
to take you right back
where you came from.

771
00:39:58,526 --> 00:40:00,310
Just want to talk.

772
00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:02,051
There isn't anything you could say

773
00:40:02,095 --> 00:40:03,401
that I want to hear.

774
00:40:05,664 --> 00:40:09,450
Secret Romulan assassins
are operating on Earth.

775
00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:15,021
Is that the '86?

776
00:40:21,331 --> 00:40:22,594
Goddamn it.

777
00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:42,570
- Nice of you to knock.
- Why start now?

778
00:40:43,914 --> 00:40:46,495
How's life in Starfleet,
Lieutenant Rizzo?

779
00:40:47,619 --> 00:40:49,534
That ridiculous disguise.

780
00:40:49,577 --> 00:40:51,144
Round ears.

781
00:40:51,187 --> 00:40:53,059
- You look like a plucked wakak.
- Shut up.

782
00:40:54,495 --> 00:40:56,062
- Any progress?
- Yes.

783
00:40:56,105 --> 00:40:59,065
Slow, but I'm still confident
that my approach,

784
00:40:59,108 --> 00:41:01,937
which you approved, is
the only sound approach.

785
00:41:01,981 --> 00:41:03,939
I hope that confidence is not misguided.

786
00:41:03,983 --> 00:41:06,681
If your approach doesn't
start paying off very soon,

787
00:41:06,725 --> 00:41:08,291
I will be obliged to unapprove it.

788
00:41:08,335 --> 00:41:10,337
For both our sakes.

789
00:41:11,599 --> 00:41:14,254
Commodore Oh is quite distressed.

790
00:41:14,297 --> 00:41:16,125
She has been a useful ally

791
00:41:16,169 --> 00:41:18,954
for a long time. I can't
have her turning on us.

792
00:41:18,998 --> 00:41:20,652
When I arrive...

793
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:23,437
When you arrive...

794
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,352
I'm on top of it.

795
00:41:29,574 --> 00:41:32,533
So it would seem.

796
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:34,666
Have you found the nest?

797
00:41:34,709 --> 00:41:36,363
Has the machine given up the location

798
00:41:36,406 --> 00:41:38,104
of its fellow abominations?

799
00:41:38,147 --> 00:41:41,934
Really, has it told you anything at all?

800
00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:47,548
Grave reservations have been expressed

801
00:41:47,592 --> 00:41:49,419
about your approach, baby brother.

802
00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:52,553
I don't have to tell you the
stakes couldn't be higher.

803
00:41:52,597 --> 00:41:55,425
Oh has reservations.

804
00:41:55,469 --> 00:41:57,558
Profound reservations.

805
00:41:57,602 --> 00:41:59,473
There is no one whose survival

806
00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:01,083
matters more to me than yours.

807
00:42:03,477 --> 00:42:05,131
Except my own.

808
00:42:06,611 --> 00:42:08,308
If you've made no progress

809
00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:10,005
by the time I get there,

810
00:42:10,049 --> 00:42:12,094
I will have no choice

811
00:42:12,138 --> 00:42:14,444
but to try my approach,

812
00:42:14,488 --> 00:42:16,990
unfortunate as it may have been.

813
00:42:18,884 --> 00:42:21,408
If there is another such disaster,

814
00:42:21,451 --> 00:42:23,845
it will undoubtedly consume you

815
00:42:23,889 --> 00:42:25,543
and me, too.

816
00:42:35,105 --> 00:42:36,144
I need your help.

817
00:42:36,146 --> 00:42:39,106
I need a ship and a pilot
'cause I have to save her.

818
00:42:39,207 --> 00:42:42,007
I'm sure she has no
idea what she truly is.

819
00:42:43,308 --> 00:42:45,008
I have a pilot for you.

820
00:42:45,009 --> 00:42:46,409
Where we're going, Admiral?

821
00:42:46,410 --> 00:42:48,110
Raffi says you have no idea.

822
00:42:48,111 --> 00:42:49,511
I'm working on it.

823
00:42:50,512 --> 00:42:52,512
I try to belong here.

824
00:42:53,113 --> 00:42:55,113
I know you.

825
00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:57,114
You always had one eye on the stars.

826
00:42:57,115 --> 00:42:58,815
Time to go.

827
00:42:59,716 --> 00:43:04,716
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