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PICARD:
Captain's log, stardate 44429.6.
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We're on a mapping survey
near the Cardassian sector.
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It has been nearly a year
since a peace treaty
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ended the long conflict between
the Federation and Cardassia.
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Captain, we are nearing
the periphery of Sector 21503.
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PICARD: Be on the lookout
for a Cardassian patrol ship.
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They should be hailing us soon.
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Even with the treaty, they're still
skittish about protecting their border.
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Last time I was in this sector,
I was on the Stargazer
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running at warp speed ahead
of a Cardassian warship.
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TROI:
Running, captain?
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You? That's hard to believe.
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Believe it.
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I'd been sent to make
preliminary overtures to a truce,
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and I'd lowered my shields
as a gesture of goodwill.
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The Cardassians
were not impressed.
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They had taken out
most of my weapons
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and damaged the impulse engines
before I could regroup and run.
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The Cardassians have no honor.
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I do not trust them.
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They're our allies now, Mr. Worf.
We have to trust them.
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Trust is earned, not given away.
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I hope their scout ship
makes contact soon.
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It's not a good idea to stay too long
on a Cardassian border
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without making
your intentions known.
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What is it?
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Kelp buds, plankton loaf
and sea berries.
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Oh.
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Sweetheart,
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I'm not a fish.
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It's very healthy. I had this every
morning when I was growing up.
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What? No muffins or oatmeal
or corned beef and eggs?
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For breakfast?
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Keiko, I've been thinking.
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You've been introducing me
to all this wonderful food
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that you're accustomed to.
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Well, I'd like to do the same.
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Isn't that what marriage
is about? Sharing?
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What kind of foods?
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Scalloped potatoes, mutton shanks,
oxtails and cabbage.
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- Kind of heavy.
- Oh, you'll love it, I promise.
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Oh, I can still remember the aromas
when my mother was cooking.
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- She cooked?
- She didn't believe in a replicator.
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She thought real food
was more nutritious.
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She handled real meat?
She touched it and cut it?
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Yeah, like a master chef.
She was fantastic.
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Of course,
I'll have to use the replicator,
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but I'll make something special
for you tonight.
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You'll love it, I promise.
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Okay.
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Maybe I'll have something special
for you tonight too.
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Oh, heh, heh, heh.
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[CHUCKLES]
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[EXPLOSION]
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Something's wrong.
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COMPUTER:
Red alert. Take emergency stations.
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[ALARM WAILING]
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Cardassian ship
preparing to fire again, sir.
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Increase power
to the forward shields.
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[EXPLOSION]
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Hail them again, Mr. Worf.
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What the hell is he doing?
Damage report.
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Minor damage to secondary hull
before we put up our shields, sir.
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No casualties.
Structural integrity intact.
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GEORDI [OVER COM]:
Engineering to Bridge.
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Starboard power coupling is down.
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[EXPLOSION]
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Evasive action, Delta sequence.
Ready phasers, Mr. Worf.
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Delta evasion plan initiated.
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Limit targets to engines and shields.
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WORF:
Aye, sir.
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- Ready.
- Fire.
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Direct hit, sir.
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Moderate damage
to their aft shield generators.
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Continue phaser fire.
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[COMPUTER BEEPING]
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DATA:
Multiple hits, sir.
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Power failure
in their forward shields.
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The Cardassian ship
is standing down, sir.
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Let's see if they'll answer
our hail now, Mr. Worf.
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Frequency open.
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This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard
of the Federation starship Enterprise.
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I am Gul Macet
of the Cardassian ship Trager.
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Why have you fired on us?
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Curious question, captain.
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In war, one attacks one's enemies.
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There is a treaty
between our peoples.
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Perhaps that fact was unknown
to the Federation starship
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which destroyed our space station
in the Quayar system two days ago.
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Federation starship?
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Attacked an unarmed
science station.
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They had barely enough time
to send an emergency signal
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before they were incinerated.
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Gul Macet, the Federation
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and the Cardassians
have struggled too hard for peace
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to abandon it so easily.
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We are not the ones
who have abandoned it, captain.
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Let me talk to my superiors,
find out what is behind this.
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Give me one hour.
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The alternative is for us
to continue firing at one another.
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And in such a contest,
you would be at a disadvantage.
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Very well.
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One hour.
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PICARD:
Space, the final frontier.
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These are the voyages
of the starship Enterprise.
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Its continuing mission:
to explore strange new worlds,
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to seek out new life
and new civilizations,
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to boldly go where no one
has gone before.
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Captain,
we've confirmed your report.
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It was the starship Phoenix,
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under the command
of Benjamin Maxwell.
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Ben Maxwell?
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But he's one of Starfleet's
finest captains.
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He must have had provocation.
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I wish we knew.
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He's gone on silent running.
Doesn't answer our communiqués.
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Then he's still in Cardassian space?
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The station he destroyed
was in Sector 21505.
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You're the nearest starship.
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We want you to go in
and find him.
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Will the Cardassians cooperate?
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They've granted you safe passage.
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We've agreed that
you'll take along a delegation
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of observers
as a show of good faith.
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Jean-Luc,
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I don't have to tell you,
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the Federation is not prepared
for a new sustained conflict.
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You must preserve the peace.
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No matter what the cost.
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Haden out.
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[BEEPS]
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There will be three Cardassians
transporting aboard.
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Their captain, Gul Macet,
and two of his aides.
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My intention is to be as open
as possible with them.
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Allow them to share in our search
for the Phoenix.
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Captain, it is necessary
to assign them a security detail.
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They're our guests, Mr. Worf.
I don't want them to feel like prisoners.
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I tend to agree
with Mr. Worf, captain.
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We should limit their access
while they're on board.
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They don't need to have
the run of the ship.
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At least allow me to post guards
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in some of the sensitive areas
of the ship.
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Very well. Let's limit their access.
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But you instruct your people,
they are our guests.
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Aye, sir.
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Counselor, I want you
to stay close to the crew.
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Some of them may feel uncomfortable
with Cardassians on board.
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I don't want any incidents.
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Yes, captain.
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Mr. Data, is there
anyone else on board
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who served previously
with Captain Benjamin Maxwell?
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Accessing.
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Chief O'Brien served under
his command aboard the Rutledge, sir.
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PICARD:
Indeed.
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Number One,
will you and the counselor
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meet our guests
in Transporter Room 3?
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And inform Chief O'Brien
I will be calling on him.
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Yes, sir.
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Welcome to the Enterprise.
I'm First Officer William Riker.
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Counselor Deanna Troi.
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I am Gul Macet.
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My aides, Glinn Daro, Glinn Telle.
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RIKER: This is our transporter chief,
Mr. O'Brien.
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Shall we?
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[DOORS OPEN]
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PICARD:
Captain's log, supplemental.
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We have entered
Cardassian territory
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and are proceeding in our quest
to locate the Phoenix.
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And with long-range sensors,
we've been scanning
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a radius of ten light-years.
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We can effectively scan
one sector a day.
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We're scanning Sector 21505 now,
and there's still no sign of the Phoenix.
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In fact, you have no assurance
that the ship is still in Sector 21505.
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In fact, we have no idea where it is.
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We thought
the last known coordinates
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were a reasonably
good place to start.
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Captain Picard,
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you can understand
that we are skeptical.
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Do you expect us to believe
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that you are using
every means at your disposal
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to track down one of your own?
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Well, of course
you are concerned, Gul Macet.
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It is precisely because of that fact
that I've included you
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in every aspect of our effort.
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You're present with my staff.
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You're hearing reports
as I hear them.
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Nothing edited, nothing withheld.
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Very well.
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Transporter Chief O'Brien
served with Benjamin Maxwell.
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I thought that he might be able
to provide some insights.
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Mr. O'Brien, I understand
that Captain Maxwell
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lost his family during a raid
on an outpost.
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More like sabotage, sir.
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It was on Setlik III.
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A squad of Cardassian militia
made a sneak raid on an outpost.
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Wiped out close
to a hundred civilians.
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Then it's revenge he's after.
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That's not what I meant.
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Maxwell is taking retribution
for his own loss.
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Captain Maxwell would never--
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Gentlemen, please,
let's not indulge in speculation.
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Can we confine
our discussion to the facts?
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Now, Mr. O'Brien--
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WORF [OVER COM]:
Worf to Captain Picard.
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Go ahead, Mr. Worf.
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WORF: Long-range sensors
have located the Phoenix.
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Gul Macet,
will you join me on the Bridge?
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[DOORS OPEN]
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Deck 6.
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[TURBOLIFT BEEPS]
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Deck 10.
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[TURBOLIFT BEEPS]
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Your captain is most impressive.
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Yes, he is.
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Chief O'Brien, our transporting
system is still operating
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with active feed pattern buffers.
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I would like to talk with you
about your technology.
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I'll have to get Commander
La Forge's approval on that.
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I understand.
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In the meantime,
we're going to your Ten-Forward.
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Will you join us?
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If my commander tells me to discuss
the transporter with you, I will.
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If Captain Picard
orders me to tell you
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everything I know
about Ben Maxwell, I will.
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But who I choose
to spend my free time with,
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that's my business.
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[DOORS OPEN]
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Captain, the Phoenix
is in Sector 21505.
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Ensign, set a course, warp 6.
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Mr. Worf, send a message
by subspace.
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Tell them to prepare
for a rendezvous.
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- Yes, captain.
- Captain, a suggestion.
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Yes?
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We have a number of ships
in Sector 21505.
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If you will give us
more precise coordinates,
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and the ship's coded
transponder frequency,
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we would be able to intercept Maxwell
far more quickly than you.
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I'm sure that's true.
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However,
given the circumstances,
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I would prefer to make
the initial contact myself.
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I'm sure you would
if the situation were reversed.
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Captain, time is crucial.
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You have a dangerous man out there
with a huge arsenal at his command.
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If he is intent upon revenge
against my people,
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he must be stopped
before he can do more damage.
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Captain, so far,
we have an isolated incident.
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If I can reach him first,
then perhaps diplomacy can prevail.
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But if one of your ships
should decide to retaliate,
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there is a danger we could
lose control of the situation.
250
00:14:58,832 --> 00:15:02,461
Then you will not give us the means
to find his precise location?
251
00:15:03,295 --> 00:15:04,588
No, I won't.
252
00:15:11,595 --> 00:15:12,930
O'BRIEN:
There you are.
253
00:15:13,096 --> 00:15:17,726
Potato casserole.
A dish fit for kings.
254
00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,606
[SINGING] The minstrel boy
To the war is gone
255
00:15:22,773 --> 00:15:25,609
[HUMMING]
256
00:15:25,776 --> 00:15:27,110
What's that you're singing?
257
00:15:27,277 --> 00:15:30,948
What? Oh, it's just an old song.
258
00:15:31,949 --> 00:15:35,160
A bunch of us used to sing it together
on the Rutledge.
259
00:15:35,327 --> 00:15:37,245
I hadn't thought about it in years.
260
00:15:37,412 --> 00:15:38,872
What's it about?
261
00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:43,835
Oh, it's about war and glory.
262
00:15:45,128 --> 00:15:49,091
[SINGING] The minstrel boy
To the war is gone
263
00:15:49,591 --> 00:15:53,637
In the ranks of death
You will find him
264
00:15:54,471 --> 00:15:58,392
His father's sword
He hath girded on
265
00:15:58,767 --> 00:16:02,562
And his wild harp slung
Behind him
266
00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:03,939
[CHUCKLES]
267
00:16:04,439 --> 00:16:07,067
Captain Maxwell
always liked that song.
268
00:16:07,609 --> 00:16:09,987
I guess it's all this business
about him and the Cardassians
269
00:16:10,153 --> 00:16:11,863
brought it back to me.
270
00:16:13,115 --> 00:16:16,660
You know, sitting
with the staff this morning,
271
00:16:16,827 --> 00:16:19,121
I could tell
there were people in that room
272
00:16:19,287 --> 00:16:21,623
who still don't like
the Cardassians.
273
00:16:21,790 --> 00:16:24,126
I imagine that's to be expected.
274
00:16:24,292 --> 00:16:26,837
- You do?
- Sure, the war lasted a long time.
275
00:16:27,004 --> 00:16:30,632
That takes its toll on people.
What are these little dark things?
276
00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:32,592
Capers.
277
00:16:33,051 --> 00:16:35,137
But the fighting's over now.
278
00:16:35,303 --> 00:16:39,016
Why should anyone
still feel however they feel?
279
00:16:39,182 --> 00:16:41,518
You fought the Cardassians,
didn't you?
280
00:16:41,685 --> 00:16:45,605
Well, there were some skirmishes
when I was with Captain Maxwell.
281
00:16:46,231 --> 00:16:48,275
Well, how do you feel about them?
282
00:16:48,650 --> 00:16:49,818
Me?
283
00:16:49,985 --> 00:16:51,069
[SCOFFS]
284
00:16:51,236 --> 00:16:52,863
I feel fine.
285
00:16:53,030 --> 00:16:54,740
I mean, the war's over now.
286
00:16:59,578 --> 00:17:00,871
[BEEPING]
287
00:17:01,038 --> 00:17:02,622
PICARD:
The pursuing ship is the Phoenix.
288
00:17:02,789 --> 00:17:04,791
And the other?
289
00:17:05,250 --> 00:17:08,211
It appears to be
a Cardassian supply ship.
290
00:17:08,378 --> 00:17:09,504
How would you know that?
291
00:17:10,881 --> 00:17:13,133
We are able to make
that determination.
292
00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:16,219
You can read
our transponder codes.
293
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,848
The important thing at the moment is
one of your ships may be in jeopardy.
294
00:17:20,015 --> 00:17:22,726
Mr. Worf, has there been any answer
to our communication?
295
00:17:23,101 --> 00:17:24,227
No, captain.
296
00:17:24,478 --> 00:17:26,730
Put out a repeating message
on all subspace channels.
297
00:17:26,897 --> 00:17:28,065
Priority-1 communiqué.
298
00:17:28,231 --> 00:17:30,650
- Break off your pursuit immediately.
WORF: Aye, sir.
299
00:17:31,610 --> 00:17:32,819
Gul Macet, you see we are doing
300
00:17:32,986 --> 00:17:34,738
everything in our power
to reach the Phoenix.
301
00:17:34,905 --> 00:17:38,784
Yes, and accomplishing nothing,
I'm sorry to say.
302
00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:41,578
Can you show me the location
of our other ships?
303
00:17:41,745 --> 00:17:43,205
Mr. Data.
304
00:17:45,499 --> 00:17:48,418
There, you see, we have a warship
which could intercept the Phoenix
305
00:17:48,585 --> 00:17:53,423
before it's too late, if you will give us
the transponder frequency.
306
00:17:54,132 --> 00:17:59,429
Or are you going to stand there
while our ship is destroyed, captain?
307
00:18:05,769 --> 00:18:10,565
PICARD: Mr. Worf, has there been
any response to our hails?
308
00:18:11,399 --> 00:18:13,360
No, captain.
309
00:18:17,531 --> 00:18:18,573
PICARD:
Very well.
310
00:18:21,034 --> 00:18:22,828
Mr. Worf...
311
00:18:28,458 --> 00:18:31,962
...relay the prefix codes of the Phoenix
to the Cardassian warship.
312
00:18:32,129 --> 00:18:36,216
WORF: Sir, they will be able
to dismantle its shields.
313
00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:38,301
The Phoenix will not have a chance.
314
00:18:38,677 --> 00:18:42,013
I cannot allow Maxwell to ambush
that supply ship.
315
00:18:44,474 --> 00:18:45,934
Mr. Worf, now.
316
00:18:47,811 --> 00:18:49,938
Yes, captain.
317
00:19:03,076 --> 00:19:06,121
Sir, the Cardassian warship
is moving on the Phoenix.
318
00:19:06,288 --> 00:19:10,292
Mr. Data, overlay weapon ranges
of the two ships.
319
00:19:11,418 --> 00:19:14,588
The warship is 300,000 kilometers
from the Phoenix.
320
00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:16,673
It is opening fire.
321
00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,009
The Phoenix has taken a direct hit.
322
00:19:20,051 --> 00:19:22,679
The Phoenix
is beginning evasive maneuvers.
323
00:19:23,221 --> 00:19:24,264
It has positioned itself
324
00:19:24,431 --> 00:19:26,933
outside the weapons range
of the opposing ship.
325
00:19:28,977 --> 00:19:33,190
The Phoenix has powered up
both phasers and photon torpedoes.
326
00:19:35,567 --> 00:19:38,528
The Phoenix is firing
photon torpedoes.
327
00:19:43,366 --> 00:19:46,161
He has destroyed our warship.
328
00:19:47,704 --> 00:19:49,998
Does the supply ship
have any weapons?
329
00:19:52,083 --> 00:19:53,460
Very limited.
330
00:19:54,085 --> 00:19:57,255
Certainly not enough to defeat
a Nebula-class starship.
331
00:19:57,422 --> 00:19:59,507
DATA:
Sir, the Phoenix is firing on the--
332
00:19:59,674 --> 00:20:01,676
[BEEPING]
333
00:20:03,303 --> 00:20:06,556
The warship carried a crew of 600.
334
00:20:07,015 --> 00:20:10,393
The supply Ship, 50-
335
00:20:11,228 --> 00:20:14,231
Mr. Data, estimated time
to intercept with the Phoenix.
336
00:20:14,397 --> 00:20:18,318
At our present speed of warp 4,
16 hours, 44 minutes.
337
00:20:18,485 --> 00:20:20,946
Ensign, increase to warp 9.
338
00:20:36,753 --> 00:20:39,089
O'BRIEN: Captain.
- Chief.
339
00:20:39,256 --> 00:20:40,840
I wanted to talk to you.
340
00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:42,801
Anything I can do, sir,
you know that.
341
00:20:42,968 --> 00:20:44,803
Ben Maxwell...
342
00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:46,471
He must be quite a man.
343
00:20:46,638 --> 00:20:48,890
Heh, he's a rare one all right.
344
00:20:49,057 --> 00:20:50,725
I count myself lucky, sir.
345
00:20:50,892 --> 00:20:53,603
I've served with the two
finest captains in Starfleet.
346
00:20:55,772 --> 00:20:58,275
From your knowledge of the man,
347
00:20:58,441 --> 00:21:00,443
what has gone wrong?
348
00:21:00,610 --> 00:21:02,696
Well, there's a reason
for what he's doing.
349
00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:06,241
Those Cardassians
were up to something, I'm sure of it.
350
00:21:07,409 --> 00:21:10,578
When his family was killed,
how did he take it?
351
00:21:11,288 --> 00:21:13,248
I'd say he took it well.
352
00:21:13,415 --> 00:21:15,417
Oh, I know he was broken up inside.
353
00:21:15,583 --> 00:21:16,918
Who wouldn't be?
354
00:21:17,085 --> 00:21:19,129
But you'd never know it to see him.
355
00:21:19,963 --> 00:21:21,423
He never missed a minute's duty.
356
00:21:21,589 --> 00:21:24,092
Always had a smile, a joke.
357
00:21:25,260 --> 00:21:26,303
Hmm, I see.
358
00:21:26,469 --> 00:21:28,138
He would never retaliate
out of vengeance,
359
00:21:28,305 --> 00:21:30,765
no matter what
that Cardassian says.
360
00:21:30,932 --> 00:21:32,976
They're up to something, sir.
361
00:21:33,143 --> 00:21:36,062
They're the ones you should be
investigating, not Captain Maxwell.
362
00:21:36,229 --> 00:21:37,981
You don't care for the Cardassians?
363
00:21:39,357 --> 00:21:41,401
I like them fine.
364
00:21:41,735 --> 00:21:43,153
It's just...
365
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:44,904
Well, I know them.
366
00:21:45,071 --> 00:21:47,782
You learn to watch your back
when you're around those people.
367
00:21:48,825 --> 00:21:53,496
Ben Maxwell has just sent
more than 600 of them to their deaths.
368
00:21:54,664 --> 00:21:57,042
I don't know what to say, sir.
369
00:21:57,625 --> 00:21:59,294
But he must have had his reasons.
370
00:22:02,172 --> 00:22:03,757
I think
371
00:22:04,341 --> 00:22:06,509
when one has been angry
for a very long time,
372
00:22:06,676 --> 00:22:07,886
one gets used to it.
373
00:22:08,428 --> 00:22:12,849
And it becomes comfortable,
like old leather.
374
00:22:14,142 --> 00:22:16,394
And finally,
375
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,733
it becomes so familiar that one can't
ever remember feeling any other way.
376
00:22:24,361 --> 00:22:26,321
Thank you, chief.
377
00:22:35,205 --> 00:22:37,207
[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
378
00:22:47,509 --> 00:22:49,219
Kanan
379
00:22:55,350 --> 00:22:57,268
Mind if I join you?
380
00:22:59,771 --> 00:23:01,815
You want another?
381
00:23:03,274 --> 00:23:05,318
And an ale.
382
00:23:07,946 --> 00:23:09,781
Kanan
383
00:23:09,948 --> 00:23:12,575
I never could develop a taste for it.
384
00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:16,287
- It takes a bit of getting used to.
- Heh.
385
00:23:18,957 --> 00:23:23,211
I wanted to say
I owe you an apology.
386
00:23:24,379 --> 00:23:27,215
I shouldn't have popped off
like that in the turbolift.
387
00:23:27,382 --> 00:23:30,427
- I think--
MAN: Here's your ale, Mr. O'Brien.
388
00:23:31,469 --> 00:23:34,264
--This has been hard on all of us.
389
00:23:34,931 --> 00:23:38,601
I know I'll be happy when I'm back
on my own ship.
390
00:23:38,935 --> 00:23:40,353
I guess that's true.
391
00:23:40,645 --> 00:23:42,730
I hadn't thought about that.
392
00:23:45,442 --> 00:23:50,613
I was on Setlik III with Captain Maxwell
the morning after the massacre.
393
00:23:53,283 --> 00:23:55,493
We were too late, of course.
394
00:23:57,954 --> 00:23:59,456
Almost everyone was dead.
395
00:24:00,123 --> 00:24:02,917
That was a terrible mistake.
396
00:24:03,626 --> 00:24:06,379
We were told the outpost
was a launching place
397
00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:09,591
for a massive attack against us.
398
00:24:11,801 --> 00:24:14,554
The only people left alive
399
00:24:14,721 --> 00:24:17,265
were in an outlying district
of the settlement.
400
00:24:17,432 --> 00:24:20,685
I was sent there with a squad
to reinforce them.
401
00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:24,731
Cardassians were advancing on us.
402
00:24:25,190 --> 00:24:29,486
Moving through the streets,
destroying, killing.
403
00:24:30,153 --> 00:24:32,155
I was with a group
of women and children
404
00:24:32,322 --> 00:24:35,783
when two Cardassian
soldiers burst in.
405
00:24:36,326 --> 00:24:38,661
I stunned one of them.
406
00:24:38,828 --> 00:24:40,288
The other one jumped me.
407
00:24:41,039 --> 00:24:43,166
We struggled.
408
00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:47,629
One of the women
threw me a phaser, and I fired.
409
00:24:58,014 --> 00:25:01,059
The phaser was set at maximum.
410
00:25:01,851 --> 00:25:05,855
The man just incinerated
411
00:25:06,022 --> 00:25:09,067
there before my eyes.
412
00:25:10,693 --> 00:25:12,862
I'd never killed anything before.
413
00:25:13,863 --> 00:25:18,868
When I was a kid,
I'd worry about swatting a mosquito.
414
00:25:25,375 --> 00:25:28,419
It's not you I hate, Cardassian.
415
00:25:28,836 --> 00:25:32,840
I hate what I became
because of you.
416
00:25:43,726 --> 00:25:45,728
I will protest this, Klingon.
417
00:25:46,688 --> 00:25:47,730
Lieutenant?
418
00:25:47,897 --> 00:25:50,900
He was found
at a computer station on Deck 35,
419
00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:54,153
attempting to access information
on our weapons systems.
420
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,697
A lie, Gul Macet.
421
00:25:56,072 --> 00:25:58,241
I was studying
the terminal interface systems.
422
00:25:58,658 --> 00:26:03,746
They're more efficient than ours.
I have no idea what was in the files.
423
00:26:06,291 --> 00:26:10,253
What business did you have
going near one of their computers?
424
00:26:12,755 --> 00:26:15,425
But, Gul Macet, I meant nothing.
425
00:26:15,592 --> 00:26:19,721
- There was no harm done.
- Go to your quarters.
426
00:26:19,887 --> 00:26:23,933
You are confined there
for the duration of this expedition.
427
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:28,062
As you wish, sir.
428
00:26:29,063 --> 00:26:31,316
PICARD:
Mr. Worf, please accompany him.
429
00:26:31,482 --> 00:26:33,401
WORF:
Gladly, captain.
430
00:26:42,035 --> 00:26:43,786
Captain,
431
00:26:44,787 --> 00:26:47,457
may we speak in private?
432
00:26:47,749 --> 00:26:50,168
You have the Bridge, Number One.
433
00:26:59,510 --> 00:27:00,553
[SIGHS]
434
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,641
I deeply regret what my aide
has done, captain.
435
00:27:04,807 --> 00:27:08,311
You have my word,
he will be disciplined upon my return.
436
00:27:08,478 --> 00:27:11,147
You may take whatever action
against him you feel is appropriate.
437
00:27:11,314 --> 00:27:12,899
I consider the matter closed.
438
00:27:13,274 --> 00:27:19,072
I'm not sure I would be so generous
in your place, captain. Thank you.
439
00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:21,491
If there is to be
a lasting peace, Gul Macet,
440
00:27:21,658 --> 00:27:24,035
neither you nor I
must allow any one man
441
00:27:24,202 --> 00:27:26,996
to undermine our efforts.
442
00:27:35,963 --> 00:27:41,302
There are those who crave war.
443
00:27:41,844 --> 00:27:43,680
Who need it.
444
00:27:44,180 --> 00:27:47,016
I am not one of them, captain.
445
00:27:47,183 --> 00:27:49,811
And I'm beginning to see...
446
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,105
...that neither are you.
447
00:27:52,522 --> 00:27:55,358
We have had our full measure.
448
00:27:55,525 --> 00:27:59,195
The lasting peace begins here
449
00:27:59,362 --> 00:28:01,447
with the two of us.
450
00:28:01,864 --> 00:28:03,700
DATA [OVER COM]:
Bridge to captain.
451
00:28:03,866 --> 00:28:05,201
Picard here.
452
00:28:05,368 --> 00:28:07,328
DATA [OVER COM]:
We have located the Phoenix, sir.
453
00:28:07,495 --> 00:28:09,997
We will intercept it in 22 minutes.
454
00:28:19,841 --> 00:28:23,177
PICARD:
Captain's log, stardate 44431.7.
455
00:28:23,344 --> 00:28:25,638
We have established communication
with Captain Maxwell,
456
00:28:25,805 --> 00:28:28,725
and he has agreed
to come on board.
457
00:28:33,771 --> 00:28:37,024
Welcome aboard, sir.
I'm Commander Riker, First Officer.
458
00:28:37,191 --> 00:28:39,152
I know all about you, commander.
459
00:28:39,318 --> 00:28:41,404
Fine work you did with the Borg.
460
00:28:41,571 --> 00:28:44,532
- We all owe you on that one.
- Thank you, sir.
461
00:28:44,699 --> 00:28:48,244
O'Brien? Miles O'Brien?
462
00:28:48,411 --> 00:28:49,746
Hello, captain.
463
00:28:49,912 --> 00:28:51,914
- Good to see you again.
- How are you?
464
00:28:52,081 --> 00:28:54,667
I had no idea
you were on the Enterprise.
465
00:28:54,834 --> 00:28:57,086
This was my tactical officer
on the Rutledge.
466
00:28:57,253 --> 00:28:59,255
- Best I ever had.
- Thank you, sir.
467
00:28:59,422 --> 00:29:03,426
O'Brien has the ability
to size up a situation instantly,
468
00:29:03,593 --> 00:29:07,388
then come up with options
to fit all contingencies. Remarkable.
469
00:29:07,555 --> 00:29:09,223
If that's true,
I learned it from you, sir.
470
00:29:09,390 --> 00:29:10,433
[CHUCKLES]
471
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,144
But you got that silver tongue
by kissing the Stone, right?
472
00:29:13,311 --> 00:29:14,687
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
473
00:29:16,355 --> 00:29:19,984
Well, commander, best I see
your captain straightaway.
474
00:29:20,777 --> 00:29:22,612
We got a lot to talk about.
475
00:29:22,779 --> 00:29:24,572
Yes, sir.
476
00:29:39,462 --> 00:29:41,380
Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
477
00:29:41,547 --> 00:29:43,925
Captain Benjamin Maxwell.
478
00:29:44,091 --> 00:29:46,135
That'll be all, commander.
479
00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:50,431
- Captain.
- A pleasure, captain.
480
00:29:50,598 --> 00:29:52,642
Please, sit down.
481
00:29:54,143 --> 00:29:55,353
[CHUCKLES]
482
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,314
You must think I've gone mad.
483
00:30:00,817 --> 00:30:02,151
The thought had occurred.
484
00:30:03,653 --> 00:30:07,114
Picard, I have to tell you,
I was grateful when I realized
485
00:30:07,281 --> 00:30:09,450
it was you
Starfleet had sent after me.
486
00:30:09,617 --> 00:30:11,869
Someone who knows
what it's really like out here.
487
00:30:12,036 --> 00:30:14,413
I know of nothing out here
that could possibly justify
488
00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,457
what you have done.
489
00:30:16,666 --> 00:30:18,876
Then listen to this.
490
00:30:19,836 --> 00:30:22,129
The Cardassians are arming again.
491
00:30:22,296 --> 00:30:24,257
That so-called science station?
492
00:30:25,216 --> 00:30:27,426
Military supply port-
493
00:30:27,802 --> 00:30:28,845
How do you know this?
494
00:30:29,637 --> 00:30:31,264
Information comes my way.
495
00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:34,308
From whom?
Where is your documentation?
496
00:30:34,475 --> 00:30:36,185
I know what they're doing.
497
00:30:37,311 --> 00:30:39,689
I can smell it.
498
00:30:41,190 --> 00:30:43,192
There's no good reason
for a science station
499
00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:45,403
in the Quayar system.
500
00:30:45,570 --> 00:30:49,323
But it's a hell of a strategic site
for a military transport station.
501
00:30:49,490 --> 00:30:52,994
A jumping-off point
into three Federation sectors.
502
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,121
They're running supply ships
back and forth,
503
00:30:55,288 --> 00:30:58,457
and nobody's gonna tell me
it's for scientific research.
504
00:30:58,624 --> 00:31:01,002
But whatever circumstances
you encountered,
505
00:31:01,168 --> 00:31:02,753
why didn't you notify Starfleet?
506
00:31:02,962 --> 00:31:04,380
[SCOFFS]
507
00:31:04,547 --> 00:31:06,465
And wait six months
while the bureaucrats
508
00:31:06,632 --> 00:31:10,970
sit around reading reports
trying to figure out what to do?
509
00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:14,473
They don't know
what's going on out here.
510
00:31:16,893 --> 00:31:19,353
But you should, Picard.
511
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,564
You know what it's like
to be under fire.
512
00:31:22,231 --> 00:31:23,441
You weren't under fire.
513
00:31:23,608 --> 00:31:26,027
- Lives were at stake.
- Whose lives?
514
00:31:26,193 --> 00:31:29,488
- We had to act now.
- Why?
515
00:31:33,618 --> 00:31:36,078
Smells musty in here.
516
00:31:37,580 --> 00:31:39,749
Like a bureaucrat's office.
517
00:31:39,916 --> 00:31:43,502
You have killed nearly 700 people.
518
00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:45,630
And you have taken us
to the brink of war.
519
00:31:45,796 --> 00:31:48,007
I have prevented war.
520
00:31:48,174 --> 00:31:51,427
Or at the very least,
delayed it a good long time.
521
00:31:52,011 --> 00:31:53,846
The peace treaty was a ruse
522
00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:56,265
to give them breathing room,
time to regroup.
523
00:31:56,432 --> 00:31:59,185
And so all alone, you decided
to dispose of the treaty?
524
00:31:59,352 --> 00:32:01,270
I took the initiative.
525
00:32:01,437 --> 00:32:03,105
I did what had to be done.
526
00:32:03,272 --> 00:32:04,774
What had to be done?
527
00:32:05,608 --> 00:32:07,610
Hmm? For whom?
528
00:32:08,486 --> 00:32:12,615
Why would a man
with a long and brilliant service
529
00:32:12,782 --> 00:32:15,743
abandon the fundamental principles
that he has believed in,
530
00:32:15,910 --> 00:32:19,747
even fought for all of his life?
531
00:32:20,706 --> 00:32:23,542
Well, I believe
it is because of what they did
532
00:32:23,709 --> 00:32:25,336
to your wife and your children.
533
00:32:25,503 --> 00:32:29,465
- Not true. Not true.
- To avenge their deaths.
534
00:32:35,012 --> 00:32:37,473
You're a fool, Picard.
535
00:32:38,766 --> 00:32:42,478
History will look at you and say,
"This man was a fool."
536
00:32:43,854 --> 00:32:46,315
I'll accept the judgment of history.
537
00:32:46,732 --> 00:32:50,194
When it becomes clear
what the Cardassians have done,
538
00:32:50,361 --> 00:32:51,904
I will be vindicated.
539
00:32:53,155 --> 00:32:55,866
What the Cardassians
have or have not done is irrelevant.
540
00:32:56,033 --> 00:32:58,160
Irrelevant?
541
00:32:59,370 --> 00:33:00,454
Then come with me.
542
00:33:00,621 --> 00:33:05,334
Find one of their supply ships
and we'll see how irrelevant it is.
543
00:33:06,127 --> 00:33:09,422
We're not going after any more
Cardassian ships.
544
00:33:10,089 --> 00:33:12,758
You're going to return to your Bridge
545
00:33:13,676 --> 00:33:17,388
and set a course for Starbase 211.
546
00:33:18,347 --> 00:33:19,974
The Phoenix
and the Enterprise will return
547
00:33:20,141 --> 00:33:21,809
to Federation space together.
548
00:33:21,976 --> 00:33:23,894
Those are Starfleet's orders.
549
00:33:25,688 --> 00:33:32,194
I will permit you the dignity of retaining
your command during the voyage.
550
00:33:33,529 --> 00:33:35,865
But the only alternative
is to put you in the brig
551
00:33:36,032 --> 00:33:39,493
and to tow your ship
back to the starbase in disgrace.
552
00:33:45,916 --> 00:33:47,877
I will return to my ship.
553
00:33:48,044 --> 00:33:50,379
Do you understand your orders?
554
00:33:51,756 --> 00:33:53,549
Yes, captain.
555
00:33:54,884 --> 00:33:57,094
Mr. Worf, report to my Ready Room.
556
00:33:57,261 --> 00:33:58,971
My guest is departing.
557
00:33:59,138 --> 00:34:01,057
WORF [OVER COM]:
Aye, sir.
558
00:34:11,233 --> 00:34:12,735
PICARD:
Captain's log, supplemental.
559
00:34:12,902 --> 00:34:14,487
With the Phoenix in close formation,
560
00:34:14,653 --> 00:34:18,115
we are proceeding directly
to Starbase 211.
561
00:34:18,491 --> 00:34:21,243
Mr. Data, how long until
we clear Cardassian space?
562
00:34:21,410 --> 00:34:24,080
At our present speed,
three hours, 20 minutes, sir.
563
00:34:24,246 --> 00:34:26,749
Mr. Worf, send a message
to Admiral Haden at Starfleet.
564
00:34:26,916 --> 00:34:29,335
Inform him
of our projected time of arrival.
565
00:34:29,502 --> 00:34:31,087
Aye, sir.
566
00:34:31,712 --> 00:34:34,507
Captain, the Phoenix
has changed course.
567
00:34:40,096 --> 00:34:41,847
What is he doing?
568
00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:44,809
Ensign, change course to pursue.
569
00:34:44,975 --> 00:34:46,018
[SIGHS]
570
00:34:46,185 --> 00:34:48,771
Mr. Worf, will you hail
Captain Maxwell?
571
00:34:48,979 --> 00:34:50,231
[COM BEEPS]
572
00:34:50,397 --> 00:34:51,774
No response, captain.
573
00:34:51,941 --> 00:34:53,901
Data, project his new course.
574
00:34:54,276 --> 00:34:57,029
The Phoenix is headed directly
for a Cardassian vessel
575
00:34:57,196 --> 00:34:59,240
0.12 light-years
from our location.
576
00:34:59,406 --> 00:35:02,201
He'll attack that ship
just as he did the others.
577
00:35:02,368 --> 00:35:03,786
PICARD:
Continue the hail, Mr. Worf.
578
00:35:03,953 --> 00:35:06,372
Priority-1 message.
579
00:35:07,414 --> 00:35:08,874
Do you know
what that ship might be?
580
00:35:10,209 --> 00:35:12,253
I imagine it's a supply ship
581
00:35:12,419 --> 00:35:15,464
headed for the research station
in the Kelrabi system.
582
00:35:16,006 --> 00:35:18,300
The Phoenix
still does not respond, sir.
583
00:35:18,634 --> 00:35:20,553
Ensign, warp 8. Overtake.
584
00:35:20,886 --> 00:35:24,056
Captain, the Phoenix
has accelerated to warp 9.
585
00:35:24,223 --> 00:35:27,476
We will not be able to reach him before
he intercepts the Cardassian vessel.
586
00:35:27,643 --> 00:35:30,146
- Ensign, warp 9.
MAN: Aye, sir.
587
00:35:30,312 --> 00:35:32,398
Mr. Worf, arm phasers.
Continue to hail.
588
00:35:32,565 --> 00:35:34,400
Aye, sir.
589
00:35:34,567 --> 00:35:37,486
Captain, Chief O'Brien
was Maxwell's tactical officer.
590
00:35:37,653 --> 00:35:39,989
Get him up here.
591
00:35:44,493 --> 00:35:46,328
DATA: Sir, the Phoenix
has dropped out of warp.
592
00:35:46,495 --> 00:35:48,622
They have reached
the Cardassian vessel.
593
00:35:48,789 --> 00:35:50,207
RIKER:
Slow to impulse.
594
00:35:50,374 --> 00:35:52,168
Vessels are within visual range.
595
00:35:52,334 --> 00:35:53,711
On-screen.
596
00:35:56,172 --> 00:35:58,174
Has the Phoenix activated
its weapons systems?
597
00:35:58,340 --> 00:36:00,926
Negative, sir.
Their phaser banks are not armed.
598
00:36:01,093 --> 00:36:02,511
What about the Cardassians?
599
00:36:03,012 --> 00:36:04,847
Sensors are unable
to determine the status
600
00:36:05,014 --> 00:36:07,349
of the Cardassian
defensive systems.
601
00:36:07,516 --> 00:36:11,353
Their ship is running
with a high-powered subspace field.
602
00:36:14,607 --> 00:36:18,611
Mr. O'Brien, your former commander,
a Federation captain,
603
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:21,530
is about to place me
in the position of firing on his ship.
604
00:36:21,697 --> 00:36:23,741
I need your knowledge of the man.
605
00:36:23,908 --> 00:36:25,159
How he thinks.
606
00:36:25,326 --> 00:36:26,869
What he's capable of doing.
607
00:36:27,036 --> 00:36:30,497
- Aye, sir.
- Sir, Captain Maxwell is hailing us.
608
00:36:31,081 --> 00:36:33,209
On-screen.
609
00:36:34,376 --> 00:36:36,003
MAXWELL [ON-SCREEN]:
All right, Picard.
610
00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:39,048
You need proof, you got it now.
611
00:36:39,215 --> 00:36:42,134
Captain Maxwell,
you have disobeyed a direct order.
612
00:36:42,301 --> 00:36:43,677
MAXWELL:
Board the ship.
613
00:36:43,844 --> 00:36:46,513
You'll see that everything
I've been saying is true.
614
00:36:46,889 --> 00:36:50,142
The Cardassian vessel
will not be boarded.
615
00:36:50,309 --> 00:36:52,895
You will transport yourself
aboard the Enterprise.
616
00:36:53,062 --> 00:36:59,109
Picard, if you don't board that ship,
I'll destroy it.
617
00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:03,072
And I will use whatever force
is necessary to prevent you
618
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,532
from taking that action, captain.
619
00:37:09,578 --> 00:37:11,830
Sir, Captain Maxwell,
620
00:37:11,997 --> 00:37:15,334
if he feels his back is against
the wall, he'll strike.
621
00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:18,837
Captain, the Phoenix
is transferring power to its shields.
622
00:37:19,004 --> 00:37:21,840
They're arming phasers
and loading forward torpedo bays.
623
00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:24,760
Red alert. It seems
you were right, Mr. O'Brien.
624
00:37:24,927 --> 00:37:26,512
Ready phasers, load torpedoes.
625
00:37:26,679 --> 00:37:29,640
Phasers armed.
Loading fore and aft torpedo bays.
626
00:37:29,807 --> 00:37:31,809
O'BRIEN:
Sir, let me beam over.
627
00:37:32,101 --> 00:37:33,602
Try to talk to him.
628
00:37:33,769 --> 00:37:35,938
We served together a long time.
629
00:37:36,105 --> 00:37:37,564
When you've been through
what we have,
630
00:37:37,731 --> 00:37:39,400
you tend to get inside someone.
631
00:37:39,608 --> 00:37:40,943
He might listen.
632
00:37:41,110 --> 00:37:43,779
He'd never lower his shields
and allow you to transport on board.
633
00:37:43,946 --> 00:37:46,699
The Phoenix is using
a high-energy sensor system.
634
00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:49,118
It cycles every 5.5 minutes.
635
00:37:49,285 --> 00:37:52,079
Between cycles, there's a window
of a fiftieth of a second.
636
00:37:52,413 --> 00:37:54,373
Trust me, I can get through.
637
00:37:55,207 --> 00:37:56,417
Make it so.
638
00:38:04,508 --> 00:38:05,801
[DOOR CHIMES]
639
00:38:05,968 --> 00:38:07,886
Not now.
640
00:38:13,976 --> 00:38:15,060
I'm not armed.
641
00:38:15,978 --> 00:38:17,771
How the devil
did you get over here?
642
00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:23,152
I had the thought that if we could talk,
we could figure a way out of this mess.
643
00:38:23,319 --> 00:38:27,114
The way out of this is clear.
Talk to Picard.
644
00:38:27,281 --> 00:38:30,743
- Get him to board the damn ship.
- He won't do that, sir.
645
00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,162
But he'd turn his weapons
on a Federation starship
646
00:38:33,329 --> 00:38:34,747
to protect the enemy?
647
00:38:35,289 --> 00:38:39,710
- I don't believe it.
- He will. Count on it.
648
00:38:40,669 --> 00:38:43,339
What the hell
has happened to this war?
649
00:38:43,505 --> 00:38:45,632
Sir,
650
00:38:46,008 --> 00:38:48,969
there is no war.
651
00:38:49,970 --> 00:38:52,598
The war is over.
652
00:38:55,017 --> 00:38:56,852
You're wrong.
653
00:38:57,019 --> 00:38:59,605
The Cardassians live to make war.
654
00:39:00,147 --> 00:39:03,067
That's what everybody thinks
about the enemy.
655
00:39:03,233 --> 00:39:05,361
That's probably
what they think about us.
656
00:39:05,527 --> 00:39:07,154
We're not the same at all.
657
00:39:07,321 --> 00:39:09,865
We do not start wars.
658
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:15,788
We do not make surprise attacks
on manned outposts.
659
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,875
We do not butcher women
and children in their homes.
660
00:39:20,793 --> 00:39:22,669
Children...
661
00:39:24,797 --> 00:39:25,839
[WHIMPERS]
662
00:39:26,006 --> 00:39:28,550
...who never had the chance
to grow up.
663
00:39:35,432 --> 00:39:37,267
You were with me on Setlik.
664
00:39:37,893 --> 00:39:40,104
You saw what they did.
665
00:39:40,270 --> 00:39:41,688
Yes, sir.
666
00:39:48,237 --> 00:39:51,240
What was the name of that fellow who
always hung around you like a puppy?
667
00:39:52,533 --> 00:39:54,576
Will Kayden.
668
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:58,038
Stompie.
669
00:39:58,205 --> 00:40:01,583
Stompie. Stompie, heh.
670
00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:06,213
As cool under fire
as a mountain lake.
671
00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:08,340
Yes, sir.
672
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,433
He died at Setlik, didn't he?
673
00:40:18,142 --> 00:40:19,810
Yes, sir.
674
00:40:24,523 --> 00:40:26,483
What was that song of his?
675
00:40:26,650 --> 00:40:28,360
The one he always sang,
the one I liked?
676
00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:30,112
Oh.
677
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:36,785
[SINGING] The minstrel boy
To the war has gone
678
00:40:36,952 --> 00:40:42,624
In the ranks of death
You will find him
679
00:40:43,750 --> 00:40:49,506
BOTH:
His father's sword he hath girded on
680
00:40:49,673 --> 00:40:55,637
And his wild harp slung behind him
681
00:40:56,054 --> 00:41:01,560
"Land of song," said the warrior bard
682
00:41:01,727 --> 00:41:08,358
Though all the world betrays thee
683
00:41:08,817 --> 00:41:11,945
One sword at least
684
00:41:12,112 --> 00:41:14,865
Thy rights shall guard
685
00:41:15,032 --> 00:41:21,497
One faithful harp shall praise thee
686
00:41:35,427 --> 00:41:37,846
I'm not gonna win this one,
am I, chief?
687
00:41:40,599 --> 00:41:42,768
No, sir.
688
00:41:49,608 --> 00:41:51,151
PICARD:
Captain's log, supplemental.
689
00:41:51,318 --> 00:41:54,112
Captain Maxwell has turned his ship
over to his first officer
690
00:41:54,279 --> 00:41:56,114
and transported
aboard the Enterprise.
691
00:41:56,281 --> 00:41:59,868
I have confined him to quarters
for the return voyage.
692
00:42:00,536 --> 00:42:02,538
Thank you, chief.
693
00:42:04,706 --> 00:42:08,377
I'd just like to say, sir,
he was a good man.
694
00:42:08,544 --> 00:42:11,213
What he did was terribly wrong,
I know that now,
695
00:42:11,380 --> 00:42:14,007
but I'm still proud
to have served with him.
696
00:42:15,467 --> 00:42:17,261
Thank you, chief.
697
00:42:17,427 --> 00:42:20,764
And well done. That'll be all.
698
00:42:21,848 --> 00:42:24,059
[DOORS OPEN THEN CLOSE]
699
00:42:24,226 --> 00:42:27,896
Well, his loyalty is admirable
700
00:42:28,063 --> 00:42:30,399
even if it is misplaced.
701
00:42:33,694 --> 00:42:35,654
The loyalty that you would
so quickly dismiss
702
00:42:35,821 --> 00:42:39,241
does not come easily
to my people, Gul Macet.
703
00:42:39,866 --> 00:42:41,910
You have much to learn about us.
704
00:42:42,494 --> 00:42:46,415
Benjamin Maxwell earned the loyalty
of those who served with him.
705
00:42:48,208 --> 00:42:52,462
You know, in war
he was twice honored
706
00:42:52,629 --> 00:42:57,467
with the Federation's highest citation
for courage and valor.
707
00:42:58,176 --> 00:43:04,558
And if he could not find a role
for himself in peace, we can pity him,
708
00:43:04,975 --> 00:43:07,603
but we shall not dismiss him.
709
00:43:07,769 --> 00:43:10,647
You are welcome
to your opinion, captain.
710
00:43:10,981 --> 00:43:16,403
I, for one, am grateful
he is under lock and key.
711
00:43:16,570 --> 00:43:19,281
One more thing, Gul Macet.
712
00:43:21,283 --> 00:43:23,285
Maxwell was right.
713
00:43:23,452 --> 00:43:27,247
Those ships were not carrying
scientific equipment, were they?
714
00:43:28,123 --> 00:43:30,959
A research station
within arm's reach
715
00:43:31,126 --> 00:43:34,254
of three Federation sectors?
716
00:43:34,421 --> 00:43:37,716
Cargo ships running
with high-energy subspace fields
717
00:43:37,883 --> 00:43:40,510
that jam sensors?
718
00:43:40,969 --> 00:43:45,932
If you believed the transport ship
was carrying weapons, captain,
719
00:43:46,099 --> 00:43:49,728
why didn't you board it
as Maxwell requested?
720
00:43:51,313 --> 00:43:54,066
I was here to protect the peace.
721
00:43:54,232 --> 00:43:59,363
A peace that I firmly believe
is in the interest of both our peoples.
722
00:43:59,529 --> 00:44:01,615
If I had attempted to board that ship,
723
00:44:01,907 --> 00:44:03,158
I'm quite certain that you and I
724
00:44:03,325 --> 00:44:06,787
would not be having
this pleasant conversation.
725
00:44:06,953 --> 00:44:10,791
And that ships on both sides
would now be arming for war.
726
00:44:10,957 --> 00:44:13,001
Captain, I assure you--
727
00:44:13,168 --> 00:44:16,254
Take this message
to your leaders, Gul Macet.
728
00:44:17,255 --> 00:44:19,841
We'll be watching.
729
00:44:33,397 --> 00:44:36,566
[DOORS OPEN THEN CLOSE]