Star Trek: First Contact Page #2

We have to go down there,

find out what happened.

Data, Beverly, you're with me.

Have a security team meet us

in Transporter Room 3.

Computer, mid-21st century

civilian clothing.

Number One, you have the Bridge.

Over here.

They're all dead.

See if one of them is Cochrane.

Data, let's go check the warp ship.

The structural integrity of the missile

appears to be intact,

but there is significant damage

to various sections of the fuselage

and primary intercooler system.

We should have the original blueprints

in the Enterprise computer.

Commander La Forge will need

to bring a team down here...

- Hold your fire! We're here to help you!

- Bullshit!

Captain, I believe I can handle this.

Greetings.

Captain, this woman requires

medical attention.

Severe theta radiation poisoning.

Radiation is coming

from the damaged throttle assembly.

We're all gonna have to be inoculated,

- and I have to get her to Sickbay.

- Doctor...

Please, no lectures

about the Prime Directive.

I will keep her unconscious.

Very well. Tell Commander Riker

to beam down with a search party.

We need to find Cochrane.

Crusher to Enterprise,

two to beam directly to Sickbay.

We have less than 14 hours

before this ship has to be launched.

- Picard to Engineering.

- La Forge here.

Geordi, Cochrane's ship was damaged

in the attack.

Get down here with an engineering

detail. We have work to do.

Right. I'm on my way, Captain.

Alpha team, let's assemble

in Transporter Room 3.

We're heading down to the surface.

Porter, you're gonna be in command

till I get back.

- Aye, sir.

- And, Porter,

check out the environmental controls

while I'm gone.

It's getting a little warm in here.

All right, let's go.

Looks like a good spot right here.

Isnt it amazing?

This ship used to be a nuclear missile.

It is an historical irony

that Dr. Cochrane would choose

an instrument of mass destruction

to inaugurate an era of peace.

It's a boyhood fantasy, Data.

I must've seen this ship

hundreds of times in the Smithsonian,

but I was never able to touch it.

Sir, does tactile contact alter

your perception of the Phoenix?

Oh, yes.

For humans, touch can connect you

to an object in a very personal way,

make it seem more real.

I am detecting imperfections

in the titanium casing,

temperature variations

in the fuel manifold.

It is no more real to me now

than it was a moment ago.

Would you three like to be alone?

What have you found out?

There's no sign of Cochrane

anywhere in the complex.

He has to be here.

There was nothing more important

to him than this ship.

This flight, it was his dream.

Captain, we should consider

the possibility

that Dr. Cochrane was killed

in the attack.

If that's true,

then the future may die with him.

What do you think?

It's like the entire

environmental system's gone crazy.

It's not just Engineering.

It's the entire deck.

Maybe it's a problem

with the EPS conduits.

Hello?

- Hey!

- Are you talking to me?

Is there anyone else

working maintenance in this section?

Not that I know of.

Paul?

Paul? Are you okay in there?

Captain? What is it?

Picard to Enterprise.

Mr. Worf, is everything all right

up there?

Yes, sir. We are experiencing some

environmental difficulties on Deck 16,

but that is all.

- What kind of difficulties?

- Humidity levels have risen 73%

and the temperature has jumped

- Mr. Data and I are returning to the ship.

- Understood.

- Number One, take charge down here.

- Aye, sir.

Damage to her cell membranes

is repaired.

She should be fine,

but I'd like to run another test

on her spinal tissue.

And find out why it's so hot in here.

Now what?

Crusher to Engineering.

Crusher to Bridge.

Commander Worf, I need to know

exactly what's been happening.

We just lost contact with Deck 16.

Communications, internal sensors,

everything.

I was about to send a security team

to investigate.

No! Seal off Deck 16.

Post security teams

at every access point.

- Aye, sir.

- Mr. Hawk.

Before we lost internal sensors,

what were the exact environmental

conditions in Main Engineering?

Atmospheric pressure

was two kilopascals above normal,

ninety-two percent humidity,

Thirty-nine-point-one degrees Celsius.

Like a Borg ship.

They knew their ship was doomed.

Our shields were down.

Somehow they transported over here

without being detected.

They'll assimilate the Enterprise,

and then Earth.

Picard to Riker.

Enterprise to away team.

Respond!

Sir, main control is being rerouted

through Main Engineering.

Weapons, shields, propulsion.

Quickly, Mr. Data!

Lock out the main computer!

I have isolated the main computer

with a fractal encryption code.

It is highly unlikely

the Borg will be able to break it.

The Borg have cut primary power

to all decks except 16.

The Borg won't stay on Deck 16.

Wake up. You're all right.

Come on. Come on. Wake up.

Take it easy. Stay calm.

You are all right!

- Now, listen to me. Look at me.

- No!

You are gonna be fine.

I need you to do as I say.

Alyssa, is the EMH program still online?

- It should be.

- That's it. That's a girl.

I swore I'd never use one of these.

Computer, activate the EMH program.

Please state the nature

of the medical emergency.

Twenty Borg are about

to break through that door.

We need time to get out of here.

Create a diversion!

This isn't part of my program.

I'm a doctor, not a doorstop.

Well, do a dance, tell a story.

I don't care. Just give us a few seconds.

According to Starfleet medical research,

Borg implants can cause

severe skin irritations.

Perhaps you'd like an analgesic cream?

Which way?

We need to get off this deck.

Follow me.

First thing they'll do in Engineering

is establish a collective,

a central point

from which they can control the hive.

The problem is, if we begin firing

particle weapons in Engineering,

there's a risk

that we may hit the warp core.

I believe our goal should be to puncture

one of the plasma coolant tanks.

- Data?

- Excellent idea.

Plasma coolant will liquefy

organic material on contact.

But the Borg are not entirely organic.

True, but like all cybernetic life-forms,

they cannot survive

without their organic components.

I have ordered all weapons to be set

on a rotating modulation.

The Borg will adapt quickly.

We will be able to fire 12 shots at most.

One other thing.

You may encounter

Enterprise crew members

who've already been assimilated.

Don't hesitate to fire.

Believe me,

you'll be doing them a favor.

Let's go.

Deanna! Deanna!

No, no! Don't turn off the...

Who is this jerk?

Who told him

he could turn off my music?

Will Riker, Zefram Cochrane.

- Is he a friend of yours?

- Yes.

- Husband?

- No.

Good.

- Now, this, Deena...

- Deanna.

- This is the good stuff.

- Dr. Cochrane...

To the Phoenix, may she rest in peace.

Okay, that wasn't so good.

Will, I think we have to tell him the truth.

- If we tell the truth, the timeline...

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