1
00:00:02,752 --> 00:00:05,713
RIKER:
Looking good. I'll go five.

2
00:00:06,715 --> 00:00:09,466
- PULASKI: Here.
- And five more.

3
00:00:10,051 --> 00:00:15,014
I believe the wiser course
of action here is to bend.

4
00:00:15,223 --> 00:00:18,892
- You mean "fold," Data.
- That is correct. Fold.

5
00:00:19,102 --> 00:00:21,311
To bend, to make compact
or to capitulate.

6
00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:23,564
I raise 50.

7
00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:28,902
I do not believe Lieutenant Worf
understands all the nuances

8
00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:30,654
of this betting procedure.

9
00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:34,366
I wouldn't be so quick to judge, Data.
His pile's a lot bigger than yours.

10
00:00:34,576 --> 00:00:35,784
Than any of ours.

11
00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:37,953
The cards have been favoring
the lieutenant.

12
00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:40,080
But that is the result
of random chance.

13
00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:42,374
Therefore, a temporary situation.

14
00:00:42,584 --> 00:00:46,336
- You hope.
- Talk or play. Not both.

15
00:00:49,507 --> 00:00:52,051
- Fifty, right?
- Fifty is the bet.

16
00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:55,262
What's the matter?
Your feet getting cold?

17
00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,682
My cards are getting cold.
Here you go.

18
00:01:01,603 --> 00:01:04,605
I'm glad you stayed in.
I need the chips.

19
00:01:04,814 --> 00:01:07,191
Talk, talk, talk.

20
00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,610
Okay, here's the action.

21
00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:14,114
- Fifty and another 50.
- Ouch.

22
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Fold, fold, fold.

23
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Your 50 and 50 more.

24
00:01:21,498 --> 00:01:24,750
Love to play
but not with these cards.

25
00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,169
Looks like it's just us, handsome.

26
00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:32,466
I'll see you.

27
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[GEORDI WHISTLES]

28
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Beats my straight.

29
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RIKER:
The Iceman wins again.

30
00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:51,485
You took my last chip.
You could at least smile, Worf.

31
00:01:51,694 --> 00:01:54,154
Smiling would break
his concentration.

32
00:01:55,031 --> 00:01:56,156
Your deal.

33
00:02:00,495 --> 00:02:02,454
Geordi?

34
00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:06,500
The game is seven card stud.

35
00:02:06,709 --> 00:02:10,003
After the queen, one-eyed jacks
and low card in the hole are wild.

36
00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,756
Wait a minute,
let me write this down.

37
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I open with 50.

38
00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:31,400
MAN [OVER COM]:
Bridge to Commander Riker.

39
00:02:31,609 --> 00:02:35,279
We're receiving a class-11 emergency
signal from Starfleet Command.

40
00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:36,738
On my way.

41
00:02:36,948 --> 00:02:38,740
GEORDI:
Fifty? You were bluffing.

42
00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:42,494
- Klingons never bluff.
- GEORDI: Yeah, right.

43
00:02:53,381 --> 00:02:54,506
[KEYPAD BEEPING]

44
00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:57,676
- Mr. Data?
- Emergency signal reads as follows:

45
00:02:57,886 --> 00:03:03,640
"Enterprise to divert to coordinates
423 by 112 by 51 immediately.

46
00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:06,059
- Further orders forthcoming."
- That's it?

47
00:03:06,269 --> 00:03:10,397
- What's the emergency?
- The message did not elaborate, sir.

48
00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,691
You'd think
they'd at least give us a hint.

49
00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:15,027
- CLANCEY: Course laid in, captain.
- Warp 8.

50
00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:18,530
Whenever Starfleet gets enigmatic,
I know we're about to face a challenge.

51
00:03:18,740 --> 00:03:20,574
Engage.

52
00:03:42,263 --> 00:03:46,391
PICARD:
Space, the final frontier.

53
00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:50,979
These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.

54
00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:56,360
Its continuing mission:
to explore strange new worlds,

55
00:03:56,986 --> 00:04:01,031
to seek out new life
and new civilizations,

56
00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:05,827
to boldly go where no one
has gone before.

57
00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:09,516
Our destination is a point
near the Boradis system.

58
00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:12,644
That area was colonized recently,
as I recall.

59
00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:17,232
The first Federation outpost was
established 34 years ago on Boradis III.

60
00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:20,861
Since then, the Federation has
colonized several planets in that sector.

61
00:05:21,070 --> 00:05:23,155
Yet we are not headed
for a specific colony.

62
00:05:23,364 --> 00:05:25,782
The coordinates given
are outside the Boradis system.

63
00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:29,745
- Any problems reported in that area?
- DATA: None, sir.

64
00:05:29,954 --> 00:05:31,455
What the devil is going on?

65
00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:32,664
[COMPUTER BEEPING]

66
00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:34,958
Captain,
Starfleet Command is hailing us.

67
00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:38,712
About time. On-screen.

68
00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:41,465
Greetings, Captain Picard.

69
00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:43,759
My compliments, Admiral Gromek.

70
00:05:43,968 --> 00:05:47,012
Captain, you will soon be joined
by a Federation special emissary

71
00:05:47,221 --> 00:05:49,264
from Starbase 153.

72
00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:52,059
We are now transmitting
the specifics.

73
00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:55,020
We are receiving, sir.

74
00:05:55,813 --> 00:05:57,939
GROMEK:
The rendezvous will be a bit tricky,

75
00:05:58,149 --> 00:06:01,735
so it is imperative that you reach
the intercept point on schedule.

76
00:06:01,944 --> 00:06:03,445
Understood. And the mission?

77
00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:08,325
The envoy will fill you in.
You are to cooperate fully.

78
00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:12,746
- Admiral, can you give me any details?
- GROMEK: Negative.

79
00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:19,378
Admiral, it's a little difficult to prepare
for a mission I know nothing about.

80
00:06:19,587 --> 00:06:21,546
I sympathize, Jean-Luc,

81
00:06:21,756 --> 00:06:24,758
but Starfleet Command
considers this a top security matter.

82
00:06:24,967 --> 00:06:30,055
Once the envoy has briefed you,
I think you will understand our caution.

83
00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:32,516
Gromek out.

84
00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:40,440
Data, what ship
is transporting the envoy?

85
00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:44,486
DATA: Apparently, there were no
starships available on Starbase 153.

86
00:06:44,695 --> 00:06:47,447
The envoy's aboard a class-8 probe.

87
00:06:48,658 --> 00:06:52,202
A class-8 probe
is just over 2 meters long.

88
00:06:52,578 --> 00:06:54,830
Yes, that's true, Number One.

89
00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:57,666
If the transmitters and the sensors
were removed

90
00:06:57,875 --> 00:07:00,585
and a life-support system installed,

91
00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:02,796
there would be just enough room
for one person.

92
00:07:03,005 --> 00:07:05,215
And it is designed to travel
at warp 9.

93
00:07:05,425 --> 00:07:08,218
By sending the probe to meet us,
rather than diverting the Enterprise,

94
00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,762
they are saving us 6.1 hours.

95
00:07:11,514 --> 00:07:14,224
Obviously, Starfleet feels
that time is of the essence.

96
00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:18,103
But still, to seal someone inside
a class-8 probe and launch it off,

97
00:07:18,312 --> 00:07:21,398
it's a hell of a way to transport
a Federation dignitary.

98
00:07:25,653 --> 00:07:28,697
Coming to 31, mark 1 1 3.

99
00:07:28,906 --> 00:07:31,783
We are on a course
precisely parallel to the probe, sir.

100
00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:34,578
Increase speed to warp 8.9.

101
00:07:35,371 --> 00:07:36,913
Eight-point-nine, aye.

102
00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:38,540
Full sensors aft.

103
00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,250
Scanning.

104
00:07:42,003 --> 00:07:44,838
Data, if we project our course
beyond the rendezvous coordinates,

105
00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:46,131
what lies ahead?

106
00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:49,926
As far as I can determine, sir,
very little.

107
00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:51,928
There are four colonies
in the Boradis system

108
00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:54,598
as well as nine other outposts
scattered throughout the sector.

109
00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:58,393
I have it, sir.
Bearing 05, mark 231.

110
00:07:58,603 --> 00:08:01,062
Velocity, warp 9.

111
00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:02,939
I see it.

112
00:08:03,941 --> 00:08:05,692
Adjust speed to intercept.

113
00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:15,202
Probe is coming up to starboard.

114
00:08:15,411 --> 00:08:20,248
Range 8,200. Tractor beam ready.

115
00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:22,000
Mr. La Forge?

116
00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:24,753
Transporter ready, captain.

117
00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:32,177
Range now 7,500.

118
00:08:33,054 --> 00:08:34,971
Steady as she goes.

119
00:08:41,562 --> 00:08:45,273
- Probe is standing abeam.
- Engage tractor beam.

120
00:08:52,949 --> 00:08:54,950
O'BRIEN [OVER COM]:
Transporter beam locked, captain.

121
00:08:55,117 --> 00:08:56,409
Energize.

122
00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:08,547
- Probe aboard, captain.
- Acknowledged.

123
00:09:08,756 --> 00:09:10,507
- Number One?
- I'll welcome our visitor.

124
00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:13,301
Resume original course and speed.

125
00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,637
Aye, sir.

126
00:09:25,606 --> 00:09:27,399
All yours, commander.

127
00:09:51,382 --> 00:09:52,507
Something wrong, doctor?

128
00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:55,719
I'm not sure.

129
00:09:55,928 --> 00:09:58,346
The readings are quite interesting.

130
00:10:06,022 --> 00:10:08,565
I greet you. I am K'Ehleyr.

131
00:10:09,066 --> 00:10:11,109
[SPEAKING IN KLINGON]

132
00:10:12,194 --> 00:10:13,486
You speak Klingon.

133
00:10:13,696 --> 00:10:15,155
A little.
I'm Commander William Riker.

134
00:10:15,364 --> 00:10:17,240
This is Chief Medical Officer
Katherine Pulaski.

135
00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,951
I hope your voyage
wasn't too unpleasant.

136
00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:22,370
Klingons are not supposed
to mind hardships.

137
00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:24,998
Nonetheless, I am delighted
to be out of that damned coffin.

138
00:10:25,207 --> 00:10:27,375
I don't blame you. Not the most
luxurious accommodations

139
00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:28,960
Starfleet has to offer.

140
00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:32,672
Whoever said, "Getting there was half
the fun," never rode in a class-8 probe.

141
00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:35,717
How are you feeling?

142
00:10:35,926 --> 00:10:39,721
Your vital signs are rather
atypical for a Klingon.

143
00:10:40,348 --> 00:10:42,766
No doubt
because I am only half Klingon.

144
00:10:43,392 --> 00:10:44,434
Oh?

145
00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:48,563
Yes. My father was Klingon.
My mother was human.

146
00:10:52,526 --> 00:10:54,110
Captain.

147
00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:58,031
Allow me to present
Special Federation Emissary K'Ehleyr.

148
00:11:00,534 --> 00:11:03,078
Welcome aboard.
I'm Jean-Luc Picard.

149
00:11:05,247 --> 00:11:07,248
This is Counselor Troi,

150
00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:09,250
Lieutenant Commander Data,

151
00:11:10,294 --> 00:11:12,545
- and this is Lieutenant—
- Worf.

152
00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:18,218
So this is where you've been hiding.
I told you we'd meet again.

153
00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:25,058
- Aren't you going to greet me?
- I have nothing to say to you.

154
00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:30,146
Haven't changed a bit.

155
00:11:32,483 --> 00:11:34,901
Well, I missed you too.

156
00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:49,165
Two days ago, Starbase 336
received an automated transmission

157
00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:51,918
from a Klingon ship, the T'Ong.

158
00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:55,338
That ship was sent out
over 75 years ago.

159
00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:58,675
When the Federation and
the Klingon Empire were still at war.

160
00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,095
The message was directed
to the Klingon High Command.

161
00:12:02,304 --> 00:12:04,639
It said only that
the ship was returning home

162
00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:07,475
and was about to reach
its awakening point.

163
00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:10,895
Which suggests that the crew
had been in cryogenic sleep

164
00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,522
for that long journey.

165
00:12:13,023 --> 00:12:15,567
- Exactly.
- And when this crew is revived...?

166
00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:20,697
We'll have a ship full of Klingons
who think the war is still going on.

167
00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:26,202
So our task is to find the ship and tell
the Klingons they are no longer at war.

168
00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:29,831
Why us? Wouldn't a Klingon ship
be a better choice?

169
00:12:30,332 --> 00:12:32,375
A Klingon ship, the P'Rang,
is on its way,

170
00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,170
but it's two days behind us.
That may be too late.

171
00:12:35,379 --> 00:12:36,421
Why too late?

172
00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:37,839
RIKER:
When the T'Ong crew awakens,

173
00:12:38,048 --> 00:12:40,717
it will be within striking range
of several Federation outposts.

174
00:12:40,926 --> 00:12:44,304
There are 13 colonies
with minimal defenses in that sector.

175
00:12:44,513 --> 00:12:47,432
Nice ripe targets
for a Klingon warship.

176
00:12:47,641 --> 00:12:49,851
And you believe
you can convince these Klingons

177
00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:52,020
that the humans
are now their allies?

178
00:12:52,229 --> 00:12:54,314
No. Not a chance.

179
00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:58,777
If you ask me,
talking will be a waste of time.

180
00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:02,530
Klingons of that era
were raised to despise humans.

181
00:13:03,574 --> 00:13:07,285
We'll try diplomacy.
But I promise you, it won't work.

182
00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:09,621
And then you'll have to destroy them.

183
00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:14,751
No.

184
00:13:15,669 --> 00:13:16,961
No?

185
00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:21,299
Captain, these Klingons are killers.
You'll have no choice.

186
00:13:22,676 --> 00:13:24,719
We shall find another choice.

187
00:13:24,929 --> 00:13:28,431
I want options and I want them
before we encounter the Klingon ship.

188
00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:32,811
Lieutenant, I'm assigning you
to help the emissary.

189
00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,733
Dismissed.

190
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,904
I will escort you
to the guest quarters.

191
00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,532
Captain.

192
00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:54,624
Lieutenant?

193
00:13:58,212 --> 00:14:02,340
Sir, I suggest
Commander Riker or Data

194
00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:05,176
would better serve
Special Emissary K'Ehleyr.

195
00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:10,014
Are there any personal reasons
that you don't want the assignment?

196
00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:11,558
Yes.

197
00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:14,811
Any professional reasons?

198
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,273
No.

199
00:14:22,778 --> 00:14:24,946
I withdraw my request, captain.

200
00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:26,781
Good.

201
00:14:34,915 --> 00:14:37,584
I didn't know it was possible
for a human and a Klingon

202
00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:40,879
- to produce a child.
- Actually the DNA is compatible.

203
00:14:41,088 --> 00:14:44,215
With a fair amount of help.
Rather like my parents.

204
00:14:44,425 --> 00:14:46,050
I know exactly what you mean.

205
00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,887
My father was human
and my mother is a Betazoid.

206
00:14:49,096 --> 00:14:50,471
Really?

207
00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:53,558
It was the other way around for me.
My mother was human.

208
00:14:53,767 --> 00:14:57,186
You must have grown up like I did,
trapped between cultures.

209
00:14:57,396 --> 00:14:59,272
I never felt trapped.

210
00:14:59,481 --> 00:15:05,361
I tried to experience the richness
and diversity of the two worlds.

211
00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:08,281
Perhaps you got the best of each.

212
00:15:12,786 --> 00:15:15,830
Myself,
I think I got the worst of each.

213
00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,166
- Oh, I doubt that.
- Oh, yes.

214
00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:21,169
Having my mother's sense of humor
is bad enough.

215
00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:24,047
It's gotten me into plenty of trouble.

216
00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:25,882
And your Klingon side?

217
00:15:27,551 --> 00:15:32,055
That I keep under tight control.
It's like a terrible temper.

218
00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:34,891
It's not something
I want people to see.

219
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:39,020
- Everyone has tempers.
- Not like mine.

220
00:15:39,229 --> 00:15:44,776
Sometimes I feel there's a monster
inside of me, fighting to get out.

221
00:15:44,985 --> 00:15:48,446
- And it frightens you.
- Of course it does.

222
00:15:48,656 --> 00:15:53,326
My Klingon side can be terrifying.

223
00:15:53,535 --> 00:15:55,036
Even to me.

224
00:15:55,245 --> 00:15:58,539
It gives you strength.
It's a part of you.

225
00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,877
That doesn't mean I have to like it.

226
00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:20,770
You are late.

227
00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:23,898
Sorry. Had to make myself beautiful.

228
00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:26,859
I fail to understand why.

229
00:16:28,278 --> 00:16:30,196
Worf, we're alone now.

230
00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:32,532
You don't have to act
like a Klingon glacier.

231
00:16:32,741 --> 00:16:33,992
I don't bite.

232
00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:37,787
Well, that's wrong. I do bite.

233
00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:43,084
Shall we proceed
with our assigned duties?

234
00:16:43,627 --> 00:16:46,462
You weren't this aloof six years ago.

235
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,339
Or don't you remember?

236
00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:50,550
There is nothing wrong
with my memory.

237
00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:52,510
There's something wrong
with the rest of you.

238
00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,389
- You're not even looking at me.
- I'm familiar with your appearance.

239
00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:10,528
And it gives you no pleasure
to see me again.

240
00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:17,785
It isn't as if we tried it
and it didn't work, you know.

241
00:17:17,995 --> 00:17:20,455
You never gave it a chance.

242
00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:23,750
I never?

243
00:17:25,085 --> 00:17:29,839
I mean, as I see it, we have some

244
00:17:31,633 --> 00:17:35,845
unfinished business, you and I.

245
00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:42,018
Not as far as I'm concerned.

246
00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:57,200
According to the library computer,
the captain of the T'Ong is K'Temoc.

247
00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,744
But there is nothing
regarding the ship's mission.

248
00:17:59,953 --> 00:18:03,372
Probably some
secret military objective.

249
00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:05,458
Perhaps.

250
00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,794
But we have no evidence of that.

251
00:18:08,003 --> 00:18:11,631
Why else would there be no record
of the mission?

252
00:18:12,132 --> 00:18:14,884
The records may simply
have been lost.

253
00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:20,723
What does it matter? Our concern
is the present, the possible threat.

254
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:23,935
And to contend with that threat,
we need information.

255
00:18:24,144 --> 00:18:27,438
We have all the information we need.

256
00:18:29,233 --> 00:18:31,567
That is foolish.

257
00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,028
Knowing their mission
might help us understand them.

258
00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:39,283
There is nothing to understand.
These are Klingons, they'll attack.

259
00:18:39,493 --> 00:18:42,286
In their minds, we're the enemy.

260
00:18:42,496 --> 00:18:45,581
And there's no way
we're going to talk them out of that.

261
00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:50,920
And I do not appreciate
being interrupted.

262
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,298
And I do not appreciate
wasting my time.

263
00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:56,759
We were instructed
to come up with options.

264
00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,554
There aren't any.
The assignment's hopeless.

265
00:18:59,763 --> 00:19:03,641
- There are always options.
- Oh, are there?

266
00:19:03,851 --> 00:19:09,939
Tell me, whatever happened to that
wonderful Klingon fatalism of yours?

267
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:13,526
My experiences
aboard this ship have taught me

268
00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:16,362
most problems have
more than one solution.

269
00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:20,283
Starfleet hasn't improved you
one bit.

270
00:19:20,492 --> 00:19:23,578
You're as stubborn as ever.

271
00:19:24,079 --> 00:19:27,707
Are you going to carry out your duties
or aren't you?

272
00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:31,002
All right, I will.

273
00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:33,629
Upon due consideration
of the problem,

274
00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:37,592
and careful examination
of all possible options,

275
00:19:37,801 --> 00:19:42,388
my original recommendation stands.

276
00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,894
Meeting adjourned.

277
00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:17,048
[PANTING]

278
00:20:18,175 --> 00:20:20,134
[SCREAMS]

279
00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:28,226
[DOOR CHIMES]

280
00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:29,435
[SIGHS]

281
00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:31,312
Come.

282
00:20:39,446 --> 00:20:41,572
You're upset.

283
00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:44,533
Your finely honed Betazoid sense
tell you that?

284
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:47,954
Well, that and the table.

285
00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:50,498
[CHUCKLES]

286
00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:54,377
I warned you about my Klingon half.

287
00:20:55,837 --> 00:20:57,880
May I make a suggestion?

288
00:20:58,423 --> 00:21:02,843
I thank you, counselor,
but I don't want any counseling.

289
00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:05,721
Actually, I was going to suggest
something else.

290
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,431
Oh?

291
00:21:07,641 --> 00:21:11,102
I find the exercise programs
on the holodeck rigorous enough

292
00:21:11,311 --> 00:21:14,146
to take my mind off
most frustrations.

293
00:21:15,315 --> 00:21:18,317
And it'll keep me
from wrecking the ship.

294
00:21:19,027 --> 00:21:20,569
That too.

295
00:21:20,737 --> 00:21:22,280
[LAUGHS]

296
00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:29,662
COMPUTER:
Enter program.

297
00:21:29,871 --> 00:21:31,706
Show me the exercise menu.

298
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:35,334
Hold.

299
00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:39,380
Calisthenics program
of Lieutenant Worf.

300
00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:43,467
Program complete.
You may enter when ready.

301
00:21:57,899 --> 00:21:59,775
[CREATURE BRAYING]

302
00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:11,871
Status, Mr. Data?

303
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,707
Based on the last assumed
position of the Klingon vessel,

304
00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:17,918
its apparent trajectory, and our
estimates of their cruising speed,

305
00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:22,089
we should be within scanner range
in 15 hours, 8 minutes.

306
00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:30,514
Lieutenant?

307
00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:38,147
Special Emissary K'Ehleyr
has declared a short recess, sir.

308
00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:41,859
I wish to run a full diagnostic test
on all tactical back-up equipment.

309
00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:43,944
We just ran a full test
on those systems.

310
00:22:44,154 --> 00:22:46,572
I feel it necessary
to check them again.

311
00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:50,409
Lieutenant.

312
00:22:56,291 --> 00:22:57,875
Lieutenant,
I commend your diligence,

313
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:01,879
however, I'm concerned
that you're working yourself too hard.

314
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:04,423
Sir, considering the unknown elements
we are about to face—

315
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:07,259
Lieutenant, I order you to relax.

316
00:23:07,469 --> 00:23:09,303
I am relaxed.

317
00:23:12,849 --> 00:23:14,642
Yes, sir.

318
00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:29,365
I've never before seen
the lieutenant so unsettled.

319
00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:32,243
The Iceman's finally melting.

320
00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:41,127
[COMPUTER BEEPING]

321
00:23:54,307 --> 00:23:55,683
[SQUEALS]

322
00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:59,353
[GRUNTING]

323
00:24:35,056 --> 00:24:36,640
[PANTING]

324
00:24:51,406 --> 00:24:53,324
It's not much of a program.

325
00:25:12,761 --> 00:25:14,470
Computer.

326
00:25:16,473 --> 00:25:18,015
Level 2.

327
00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,725
[SQUEALS]

328
00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,936
[GROWLS]

329
00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:35,486
Some calisthenics programs
are better than others.

330
00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:37,780
You still can make jokes.

331
00:27:39,616 --> 00:27:42,159
You don't like people
with a sense of humor?

332
00:27:43,953 --> 00:27:45,287
I did not say that.

333
00:27:46,581 --> 00:27:52,169
Worf, you're the perfect Klingon.
The ultimate minimalist.

334
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,421
Talk to me.

335
00:27:57,884 --> 00:28:02,262
I've noted that some people
use humor as a shield.

336
00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:06,141
They talk much yet say little.

337
00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:12,606
Whereas others
take a simpler approach.

338
00:28:12,816 --> 00:28:14,817
Say nothing.

339
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:22,324
- When one does not have the words.
- Or is loath to speak them.

340
00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,833
Why didn't we do this six years ago?

341
00:28:31,501 --> 00:28:34,920
- We were not ready.
- I was.

342
00:28:36,172 --> 00:28:41,510
No. We were both too young.
Too unaware.

343
00:28:43,972 --> 00:28:45,472
We lacked commitment.

344
00:28:47,642 --> 00:28:50,352
Perhaps we lacked courage as well.

345
00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:55,649
No longer.

346
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,696
[SPEAKING IN KLINGON]

347
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:05,784
- Wait, you can't mean...
- We are mated.

348
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:09,621
Yes, I know. I was there. But...

349
00:29:09,831 --> 00:29:13,000
And now we must solemnize
our union with the oath.

350
00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:18,005
- I am not going to become your wife.
- You already are.

351
00:29:18,214 --> 00:29:21,216
Don't give me
that Klingon nonsense.

352
00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:25,429
You would dishonor
our sacred traditions?

353
00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:28,265
They're not sacred. They're absurd.

354
00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:33,228
Marrying you is out of the question
for a million reasons.

355
00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:35,230
None of which stopped you earlier.

356
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:40,444
Worf, it was what it was.
Glorious and wonderful and all that.

357
00:29:40,653 --> 00:29:44,031
But it doesn't mean anything.

358
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:48,535
That is a human attitude.

359
00:29:48,745 --> 00:29:51,830
- I am human!
- You are also Klingon!

360
00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:54,875
So that means
we should bond for life?

361
00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:57,169
It is our way.

362
00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:01,256
Yours. Not mine.

363
00:30:02,717 --> 00:30:04,843
[SPEAKING IN KLINGON]

364
00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:17,105
I will not take the oath.

365
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:24,988
Then this night had no meaning.
And that I will not believe.

366
00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:27,407
Believe what you will.

367
00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,924
- Approaching the coordinates.
- Slow to impulse.

368
00:30:44,133 --> 00:30:46,677
Short- and long-range sensor scans
negative, captain.

369
00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:48,971
Lay in a standard search pattern.

370
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:52,766
- Search pattern laid in.
- Full impulse, engage.

371
00:30:53,726 --> 00:30:55,853
I hope we find them
before they come out of their nap.

372
00:30:56,062 --> 00:30:57,271
Agreed.

373
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,857
There's not an outpost in this area
that could defend itself

374
00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:02,025
from a Klingon warship.

375
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:13,495
I've been working on our assignment,
trying a few computer simulations.

376
00:31:14,163 --> 00:31:17,958
Your devotion to duty
is commendable, if belated.

377
00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:26,091
Unwilling to be alone with me?

378
00:31:27,927 --> 00:31:31,513
I asked Commander Data
to help us analyze the alternatives.

379
00:31:33,099 --> 00:31:35,684
An android chaperone?

380
00:31:37,687 --> 00:31:40,105
"Android," of course, is correct,

381
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:44,401
but I fail to see how "chaperone"
is applicable to this situation.

382
00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:47,362
Never mind.

383
00:31:48,489 --> 00:31:50,991
I guess I can't blame you.

384
00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:55,245
Tell me one thing,

385
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:59,249
you would have gone through
with the oath, wouldn't you?

386
00:31:59,834 --> 00:32:05,130
Regardless of the consequences
to our careers, to our lives?

387
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:09,217
Honor demanded no less.

388
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,012
What do you want?

389
00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:15,015
Is honor all you care about?

390
00:32:15,224 --> 00:32:17,935
Don't you feel anything else?

391
00:32:20,813 --> 00:32:22,940
No comment, huh?

392
00:32:25,526 --> 00:32:27,069
Poor android.

393
00:32:27,987 --> 00:32:31,114
Whose behavior
do you find more perplexing?

394
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:35,911
Human or Klingon?

395
00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:44,044
At the moment,
I would find it difficult to choose.

396
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,797
So would I.

397
00:32:48,549 --> 00:32:49,633
Okay.

398
00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:52,636
When we locate the T'Ong,
there are two possibilities.

399
00:32:52,845 --> 00:32:56,390
First, we find the ship
before it reaches the awakening point.

400
00:32:56,599 --> 00:32:59,142
In that case,
we simply keep the crew asleep.

401
00:32:59,852 --> 00:33:01,853
- Is that feasible?
- Beam a team over to the T'Ong

402
00:33:02,063 --> 00:33:04,314
and override their cryogenic controls,
sure.

403
00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:07,985
That way we simply await
the arrival of the Klingon ship P'Rang.

404
00:33:08,695 --> 00:33:10,737
So that
when the T'Ong's crew awakens,

405
00:33:10,947 --> 00:33:13,073
they're surrounded
by their fellow Klingons.

406
00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:17,285
- That would be ideal.
- But there's the second possibility

407
00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:20,664
that the crew of the T'Ong
has already revived.

408
00:33:20,873 --> 00:33:22,582
They realize
they're in Federation territory

409
00:33:22,792 --> 00:33:24,835
and attack the nearest outpost.

410
00:33:25,044 --> 00:33:26,920
They could have been
on a scientific voyage.

411
00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:31,466
Klingons of that era,
doing research for its own sake?

412
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,301
The point is,
they may be reasonable.

413
00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:36,263
The point is
that this is beside the point.

414
00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:39,057
These are Klingons at war with us.

415
00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:44,146
Whatever their mission was, once they
see a Federation target, they'll attack.

416
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,692
Could the T'Ong be disabled
rather than destroyed?

417
00:33:48,901 --> 00:33:50,902
We could probably knock out
their warp-drive engines

418
00:33:51,112 --> 00:33:53,905
- without damaging the rest of the ship.
- That would gain you nothing.

419
00:33:54,115 --> 00:33:56,867
Disable the ship
and K'Temoc will destroy it himself.

420
00:33:57,076 --> 00:34:00,037
Klingons do not surrender.

421
00:34:01,581 --> 00:34:04,082
K'EHLEYR: If we don't reach the T'Ong
before its crew wakes up,

422
00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:06,293
you have no alternatives.

423
00:34:06,502 --> 00:34:08,420
I can't accept that.

424
00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:14,468
There must be some way
that we can make the Klingons listen.

425
00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:15,927
If we could only convince them—

426
00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:18,138
DATA [OVER COM]:
Captain, we are detecting a ship

427
00:34:18,347 --> 00:34:22,017
bearing 316, mark 42,
extreme sensor range.

428
00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:25,187
Lay an intercept course.
Go to yellow alert.

429
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,697
Shields are up.

430
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,909
Better lock in phasers.
This may be the only chance you get.

431
00:34:39,118 --> 00:34:41,453
- Intercept course laid in.
- Hold this position.

432
00:34:41,662 --> 00:34:43,622
Let's see if they spotted us.

433
00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,835
Magnification, 100.

434
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:53,799
Mr. Data?

435
00:34:54,008 --> 00:34:56,551
Sensors show life forms aboard
but I am unable to ascertain

436
00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:58,595
whether they are awake or dormant.

437
00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:00,597
However,
their propulsion system is inactive,

438
00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:04,017
so I would hypothesize
that the crew is asleep.

439
00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:06,228
[KLAXON BLARES]

440
00:35:06,395 --> 00:35:08,313
However, I could be in error.

441
00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:11,441
Shields holding.

442
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,780
They've cloaked themselves.

443
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:22,494
Well, captain,
you've had your chance.

444
00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:35,674
Transferring Engineering
to the Bridge.

445
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:38,510
Can you find them?

446
00:35:40,429 --> 00:35:41,638
I think so.

447
00:35:41,848 --> 00:35:45,851
Those old shields weren't particularly
efficient at blocking gamma-ray output.

448
00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:49,229
If I can tune the sensors
to a particular band of...

449
00:35:49,438 --> 00:35:51,106
There. Got them.

450
00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,983
Transferring coordinates to helm.

451
00:35:53,192 --> 00:35:55,861
- Intercept, warp 2.
- CLANCEY: Warp 2, sir.

452
00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:58,947
Captain, let them die like Klingons,
in battle.

453
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,866
They deserve that much.

454
00:36:13,045 --> 00:36:14,087
Captain,

455
00:36:16,048 --> 00:36:17,716
I have another option.

456
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:23,555
PICARD:
Captain's log, stardate 42901.3.

457
00:36:23,764 --> 00:36:25,056
Despite their cloaking shields,

458
00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:27,851
we have located
the Klingon vessel T'Ong.

459
00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:30,145
In an effort to avoid
further confrontation,

460
00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:33,899
we are about to implement the option
presented by Lieutenant Worf.

461
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,320
The T'Ong has changed course
to 32, mark 81.

462
00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:40,030
Increasing to warp 3.

463
00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:43,491
- Standard evasive maneuver.
- Helm, stay with them.

464
00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:45,285
Yes, sir.

465
00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:48,663
The T'Ong is now on a heading
of 42, mark 1 1 3.

466
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:50,999
They are accelerating to warp 5.

467
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:54,961
- They're gonna make a break for it.
- Overtake. Warp 8.

468
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:56,588
Aye.

469
00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:59,966
Now put us right in their path
and come to a full stop.

470
00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,594
- Full power to shields.
- MAN: Full power, sir.

471
00:37:12,855 --> 00:37:15,023
Well, we've thrown down
the gauntlet.

472
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,400
Let's see if they pick it up.

473
00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,694
They're slowing to impulse, sir.

474
00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:24,157
[KLAXON BLARING]

475
00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,201
Phaser hit on forward shields.

476
00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:29,037
Brimming up now. No damage.

477
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,123
I guess we piqued their interest now.

478
00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:34,668
Agreed.

479
00:37:34,877 --> 00:37:37,754
Let's give them a chance
to look their enemy in the face.

480
00:37:37,964 --> 00:37:39,839
Ready, lieutenant.

481
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:46,846
WORF: Open hailing frequencies.
MAN: Open, sir.

482
00:37:48,766 --> 00:37:50,600
What?

483
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:52,978
What is this?

484
00:37:53,187 --> 00:37:57,357
Captain K'Temoc,
have you lost your mind?

485
00:37:57,566 --> 00:38:00,402
Halt your vessel
and drop your shields.

486
00:38:00,611 --> 00:38:03,947
What treachery is this?
By whose authority?

487
00:38:04,156 --> 00:38:06,658
I am Worf,
commanding the Enterprise.

488
00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:11,121
And it is you who have committed an
act of treason by firing on this vessel.

489
00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:15,417
I have standing orders
to fire on all Federation ships.

490
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:18,086
You fool!

491
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:22,257
Did it not occur to you
that the war would be over by now?

492
00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:24,467
I have no proof of that.

493
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,637
Trust your eyes.

494
00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:31,516
Or is your brain still stuck
in its long slumber?

495
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:35,812
How do I know
this is not a Federation trick?

496
00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:37,856
How can I be sure?

497
00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:45,822
Captain, as you are new
to this century,

498
00:38:46,032 --> 00:38:47,782
I have tried to be patient.

499
00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:51,411
But I will tolerate
no further insubordination.

500
00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:53,663
Drop your shields, immediately.

501
00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:56,249
And if I refuse?

502
00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:02,047
Then die in ignorance.

503
00:39:02,256 --> 00:39:05,133
I can waste no more time on you.

504
00:39:08,971 --> 00:39:11,264
- Phasers to full power.
- Aye, sir.

505
00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:14,017
Phasers ready. Target locked.

506
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:20,190
You dare not destroy us.

507
00:39:20,399 --> 00:39:24,069
We are on a crucial mission
for the Klingon High Command.

508
00:39:25,112 --> 00:39:28,990
- Has the T'Ong dropped its shields?
- MAN: No, sir.

509
00:39:29,408 --> 00:39:33,244
Very well. Fire all phasers.

510
00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:34,704
Wait!

511
00:39:45,257 --> 00:39:47,592
Lower the shields.

512
00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:53,014
I yield command of the T'Ong to you,
Captain Worf.

513
00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:57,435
Long live the Klingon Empire.

514
00:39:57,645 --> 00:40:00,563
A wise decision, captain.

515
00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:09,989
Commander K'Ehleyr will board
your vessel and take command.

516
00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:14,244
The Klingon cruiser P'Rang
will soon arrive and escort you home.

517
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,330
And, captain.

518
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,165
Yes?

519
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:22,001
Welcome to the 24th century.

520
00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:37,267
I return command of the ship to you,
captain.

521
00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:39,686
Thank you, lieutenant.
Congratulations.

522
00:40:40,813 --> 00:40:43,898
A very fine first command.
Well done.

523
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:51,030
How did you like command?

524
00:40:54,076 --> 00:40:56,035
Comfortable chair.

525
00:41:00,749 --> 00:41:03,334
And you wore it well.

526
00:41:14,722 --> 00:41:17,140
One to beam aboard the T'Ong.

527
00:41:18,392 --> 00:41:19,726
All set.

528
00:41:19,935 --> 00:41:22,604
- I relieve you.
- Wha—?

529
00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,689
Yes, lieutenant.

530
00:41:30,362 --> 00:41:33,823
The Klingon vessel P'Rang
will rendezvous with you in three days.

531
00:41:34,033 --> 00:41:36,117
In the meantime,
I'll begin the assimilation

532
00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:39,662
of these Klingons to our era.

533
00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:52,258
Is there anything else you require?

534
00:41:54,261 --> 00:41:55,845
No.

535
00:41:56,597 --> 00:41:58,598
Nothing else.

536
00:42:09,026 --> 00:42:10,985
Damn you, Worf.

537
00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:15,823
You'd let me go without saying
another word, wouldn't you?

538
00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:20,954
What needs to be said?

539
00:42:22,456 --> 00:42:24,082
Nothing.

540
00:42:24,291 --> 00:42:26,167
Everything.

541
00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:29,546
We're about to go
our separate ways again.

542
00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:31,631
And that disturbs you?

543
00:42:35,761 --> 00:42:40,640
I hid the truth from you.
Last night did have meaning.

544
00:42:49,483 --> 00:42:52,569
I was tempted
to take the oath with you.

545
00:42:53,779 --> 00:42:55,071
That scared me.

546
00:42:56,532 --> 00:43:00,410
I've never had such strong feelings
toward anyone.

547
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,340
Nor have I.

548
00:43:15,551 --> 00:43:18,553
Then it was more
than just a point of honor.

549
00:43:22,891 --> 00:43:27,520
Maybe someday,
when our paths cross again,

550
00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:31,858
I won't be so easy to get rid of.

551
00:44:09,521 --> 00:44:10,688
K'Ehleyr.

552
00:44:13,984 --> 00:44:17,445
I will not be complete without you.

553
00:44:23,369 --> 00:44:25,286
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