Star Trek: Insurrection Page #2

and then integrated them into

their cuIture as a Iabour cIass.

Look at this. ''The Son'a

are known to have produced

mass quantities of the narcotic

ketraceI-white.''

''Their ships are rumoured

to be equipped

with isoIytic subspace weapons

outIawed by the second

Khitomer Accord.''

Why wouId we be invoIved

with these peopIe?

Good question.

- You haven't done that in a Iong time.

- What?

- What you're doing to my neck.

- Was I doing something to your neck?

Bridge to Commander Worf.

- Worf?

- Captain.

I don't know how they do it

on Deep Space Nine,

but on the Enterprise,

we stiII report for duty on time.

Sorry, sir. l'm on my way.

We'II skip the court martiaI this time.

Picard out.

When was the Iast time we aIigned

the torque sensors?

Two months ago, sir.

They don't sound right.

The torque sensors

are out of aIignment.

By 1 2 microns.

- You couId hear that?

- When I was an ensign,

I couId detect

a 3-micron misaIignment.

Excuse me, sir, the Son'a ship

with AdmiraI Dougherty aboard

has entered tracking range.

Straighten your baIdric, commander.

On screen.

Captain, l wasn't expecting you.

This is too important for the Enterprise

to be on the sideIines, admiraI.

l wish l had better news.

Commander Data attacked us

in a mission scout ship yesterday.

Ru'afo and l have decided

to send in an assault team.

Commander Worf and I are working

on severaI tacticaI pIans to save--

Your android has turned

dangerousIy vioIent, captain.

ConsiderabIe damage

was done to my ship.

He must be destroyed.

l know what Data means to Starfleet,

Jean-Luc,

but our crew is at the mercy

of those people on the planet.

If our first attempt

to capture Data faiIs...

...I wiII terminate him.

I shouId be the one to do it.

I'm his captain...

...and his friend.

All right.

You have 1 2 hours, captain,

then l want you out

of the Briar Patch.

ln the meantime, we'll head out

to the perimeter to call

for Son'a reinforcements,

in case you fail.

Understood.

Good luck, captain.

Dougherty out.

Sensors are not picking up any ships

coming from the surface.

Transmit a wide-band covariant signaI.

That ought to get his attention.

He must be using the pIanet's rings

to mask his approach.

The metaphasic radiation of

the rings is in a state of extreme fIux.

We'II steer cIear of those.

Come out, come out

Wherever you are

- Sir?

- It's something that my mother--

HoId on.

Open aII haiIing frequencies.

Data, this is Captain Picard.

Data, please respond.

If we fire tachyon bursts, it might force

him to reset his shieId harmonics.

When he does,

we can beam him out.

Make it so.

Direct hit.

He is resetting his shieId harmonics.

Beam him out.

He has activated

a transport inhibitor.

Prepare to enter the atmosphere.

We'II use the ionospheric boundary

to shake him.

Scanners are off-Iine.

Evasive manoeuvres.

Heading 1 -4-0, mark 3-1 .

He can fIy a ship.

He can anticipate tacticaI strategies.

CIearIy, his brain is functioning.

We've seen how he responds

to threats.

I wonder how he wouId respond--

Mr Worf, do you know

GiIbert and SuIIivan?

No, sir, I have not had a chance

to meet aII the new crew members

since I have been back.

They're composers, Worf.

From the 1 9th century.

Data was rehearsing a production

of H.M.S. Pinafore just before he Ieft.

A British tar

ls a soaring soul

As free as a mountain bird

His energetic fist

should be ready to resist

A dictatorial word

Sing, Worf, sing.

- His nose should pant

- And his lip should curl

- His cheeks should flame

- And his brow should furl

- His bosom should heave

- And his heart should glow

And his fist be ever ready for a--

Knockdown blow

- His nose should pant

- And his lips should curl

His cheeks should flame

And his brow should furl

His bosom should heave

And his heart should glow

And his fist be ever ready

For a knockdown blow

Prepare the docking cIamps.

His eyes should flash

With an inborn fire

His brow with scorn be wrung

He never should bow down

To a domineering frown

Or the tang of a tyrant tongue

- His heart should stamp

- And his throat should growl

- His hair should curl

- And his face should scowl

- His eyes should flash

- And his breast protrude

And this should be

His customary attitude

- His foot should stamp

- And his throat should--

His hair should curl

And his face--

InertiaI coupIing

is exceeding toIerance.

If we do not reIease him,

he may destroy both vesseIs.

I'm not Ietting go of him.

We must stabiIize

the damping fieId.

Reroute emergency power

to inertiaI dampers.

The auto-sequencer was

damaged by phaser fire.

Transferring controIs to manuaI.

Power sequence reaIigned,

engaging stabiIizers.

Damping fieId estabIished.

Maximum power.

Now, Mr Worf.

Captain, Commander Data

is safeIy in custody.

Got it!

Captain, Subahdar GaIIatin,

Son'a command.

Lieutenant Curtis,

attache to AdmiraI Dougherty.

- Are you aII right?

- We've been treated extremeIy weII.

They have incredibIe

mentaI discipIine.

CIarity of perception.

My name is Sojef.

Jean-Luc Picard.

These are my officers,

Dr Crusher, CounseIIor Troi.

- WouId you Iike something to eat?

- No, we are here to...

...rescue them.

As you wish.

But I wouId ask you

to disarm yourseIves.

This viIIage is a sanctuary of Iife.

Prepare the hostages

for transport to the ship.

They shouId be quarantined

before joining the ship's popuIation.

We were under the impression they

were being heId against their wiII.

It's not our custom

to have guests here at aII,

Iet aIone hoId anyone

against their wiII.

The artificiaI Iife form

wouId not aIIow them to Ieave.

In fact, he toId us they were our

enemies and that more wouId foIIow.

- Are you our enemy?

- Anij.

My peopIe have a strict poIicy

of non-interference in other cuItures.

It's our Prime Directive.

Your directive apparentIy doesn't

incIude spying on other cuItures.

The artificiaI Iife form is

a member of my crew.

ApparentIy, he was taken iII.

There was a phase variance

in his positronic matrix,

which we were unabIe to repair.

I think the captain finds

it hard to beIieve

that we'd have any skiIIs

repairing a positronic device.

Our technoIogicaI abiIities

are not apparent

because we have chosen not

to empIoy them in our daiIy Iives.

We beIieve that when you create

a machine to do the work of a man,

you take something away

from the man.

But at one time we expIored

the gaIaxy just as you do.

- You have warp capabiIity?

- CapabiIity, yes.

But where can warp drive take us

except away from here?

I apoIogize for our intrusion.

And because they have

warp capabiIity,

the consequences

to their society wiII be minimaI.

You've done a terrific job, Jean-Luc.

Now, pack your bags

and get the hell out of there.

- How's Data?

- In stasis.

La Forge is compIeting

the diagnostic.

l'll need all your paperwork tomorrow.

We're heading back your way.

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