Star Trek: Insurrection Page #7

We've come a Iong way together.

This is the moment we've pIanned

for so many years.

Separate the StarfIeet personneI

and secure them in the aft cargo hoId.

See that Picard joins them.

The shieIds in that section

won't protect them

against the thermoIytic reaction.

Thank you for reminding me.

Jean-Luc.

Come with me.

It must have been strange for you

when you were a hostage.

Surrounded by aII the friends and

famiIy you knew aII those years ago.

Each one Iooking exactIy

as they did then.

Like Iooking through the eyes

of chiIdhood again.

And here you are,

cIosing those eyes.

Trying not to see what bitterness

has done to the Son'a.

How it's turned Ru'afo

into a madman.

And you...

Turned you into a coward.

A man who denies

his own conscience.

Get in.

Coward without the moraI courage

to prevent an atrocity.

You offend me.

Is this how a Federation officer

pIeads for his Iife?

I'm not pIeading for my Iife.

I'm pIeading for yours.

You can stiII go home, GaI'na.

Computer, cIose turboIift doors.

What you're asking me to do

is impossibIe.

You know how to disabIe

the injector?

I wouId need to be on the bridge.

The crew is IoyaI to Ru'afo,

an assauIt wouId faiI.

Perhaps we can Iure him away.

It doesn't matter where he is.

As soon as he reaIizes

something's happening,

he'II override my commands

with one word to his com-Iink.

If he doesn't reaIize

something's happening...

Can you get me to a transmitter?

I need to speak with Data and Worf

down on the pIanet.

We'II need their heIp.

Deck 1 2.

Initiate separation protocoIs.

Activating injector assembIy.

Separation in three minutes.

SmaII craft is coming up

from the surface.

It's powering up its weapons.

- On screen.

- One person aboard.

It's the android.

He's no threat.

- Data to Picard.

- Go ahead, Data.

Captain, they're ignoring my attack.

Keep firing tachyon bursts

into the shieId grid.

- ls Worf in position?

- Yes, sir.

He is ready

for simuItaneous transport.

We're approaching the bridge.

Picard out.

Separation in one minute.

Sir, the Federation ship is creating

a disruption in our shieIds.

If they go out of phase,

it wiII increase our exposure

to the thermoIytic reaction.

Very weII, destroy that ship.

Reset our shieId harmonics.

Do not deIay the countdown.

Data to Picard, they are rotating

their shieId harmonics.

I am attempting to return

to the surface, sir.

The Federation ship

has been disabIed.

Separation in 20 seconds.

- What is that?

- I don't know.

Systems don't seem affected.

Separation in ten seconds.

Five seconds.

Injector assembIy has separated.

ExactIy as the simuIations predicted.

I'm not showing any change

in metaphasic fIux IeveIs.

Your scanners

must be maIfunctioning.

AII ship functions are off-Iine.

How can there be no ship functions

if the viewscreen is working?

ArtificiaI gravity is stabIe.

Life support is--

A hoIodeck?

We were transported to the hoIoship

when we reset our shieIds.

Everything we saw was an iIIusion.

Ru'afo authorization DeIta 2-1 .

Override aII interIink commands

to injector assembIy one.

Unable to comply.

lnjector assembly one

has been deactivated.

AII injector subsystems aboard

the coIIector are confirmed off-Iine.

DecIoak the hoIoship

and engage a tractor beam.

Aye, sir.

The crew knows

something's happened.

I've secured the bridge.

This ship is equipped

with 1 4 Iong-range transporters.

Are they aII useIess?

They must have been Iocked

and secured

after we were beamed here.

IsoIate one and reroute

its command sequence

through the auxiIiary processor.

Sir, there's nothing we can do.

They aIready have controI of our ship.

I don't pIan on going back

to our ship.

Mr Worf, destroy that thing.

Aye, sir.

Weapon systems

have been taken off-Iine.

The crew is rerouting

bridge controIs.

Captain, there's a probIem

aboard the coIIector.

The Iaunch sequence has resumed.

The coIIector's shieIds have

been raised. Someone's onboard.

It's Ru'afo.

Can you override

the Iaunch sequence from here?

Not without his access codes.

Is there a seIf-destruct?

Yes, but without the codes,

it wouId have to be activated

at the upper controI matrix

on the coIIector.

Mr Worf, try and find some way

to beam through those shieIds.

You'd have to detonate it manuaIIy.

There'd onIy be a two-second deIay.

We may be abIe to transport

between his shieId generators

if we are within 1 00 meters.

Take us into position.

Remain at your post, commander.

I'II need you to beam me back.

We're approaching the coIIector.

One minute before separation,

you'II see the cryogenic tanks venting.

Weapons fire couId ignite

the exhaust.

Separation in two minutes

and 1 5 seconds.

lntruder alert. lntruder alert.

Captain!

Worf?

I'm picking up Captain Picard's

bio-signature onboard the coIIector.

- Enterprise to Picard.

- Number One!

We're approaching your position.

Do you need assistance?

I may need a Iift in a minute or so.

We're on our way.

Separation in one minute.

- Report.

- It's Ru'afo's ship.

On screen.

Sensors are reading

over 1 00 Ba'ku onboard.

And one KIingon.

Target their ventraI engines

and Iife support.

Set a coIIision course.

Stop!

Ru'afo, we're getting too oId for this.

After today, that won't be a probIem.

For either of us.

Separation in 30 seconds.

You reaIIy going to risk

igniting the exhaust?

- AII right. I wiII!

- No!

ShieIds at 60 percent.

HoId your course.

- He wouIdn't.

- Yes, he wouId.

Now!

Stand by, captain,

we're right around the corner.

Sorry...

...time's up.

What kept you, Number One?

The Federation CounciI has asked me

to inform you that the Ba'ku reIocation

wiII be haIted whiIe they conduct

a top-IeveI review.

Sir? Ru'afo's ship is haiIing us.

- On screen.

- On screen.

Captain, the Son'a crew would like

to negotiate a cease-fire.

lt may have something to do

with the fact

that we have three minutes

of air left.

We have pIenty over here, Mr Worf.

Prepare to beam aboard.

You think when we get away

from this metaphasic radiation,

it'II change the way we feeI?

Your feeIings about her

have not changed

since the day I met you, commander.

This pIace just Iet them out

for a IittIe fresh air.

I wish there were a way

to bring them back home.

Ask them.

I'm afraid there's too much bitterness,

on both sides.

Mother and son.

You arranged this?

I thought it might begin

the heaIing process.

What am I going to do without you?

I wish I couId stay.

But these are periIous times

for the Federation.

I can't abandon it to peopIe

who wouId threaten everything

that I've spent a Iifetime defending.

I have to go back,

if onIy to sIow things down

at the Federation CounciI.

But I have 31 8 days

of shore Ieave coming...

...and I intend to use them.

Data?

It's time to go.

I have to go home now.

Bye.

Bye.

Mr Data, I hope we'II see you again.

Oh, Data.

Don't forget, you have

to have a IittIe fun every day.

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