Star Trek: The Next Generation s05e05 Episode Script
Disaster
Captain's log, stardate 45156.
1.
Our mission to Mudor V|has been completed.
Since our next assignment|will not begin for several days, we're enjoying a welcome respite|from our duties.
If it's a boy, Michael,|after my father.
Wait, we decided on Hiro,|after my father.
- We talked about this last night.
|- And decided on Hiro.
Wait, I've got it.
William.
|It's a great name, William O'Brien.
It's got a nice ring to it.
It's alright.
|He's just doing somersaults.
Here, feel.
Right there.
- He's gonna be a hell of a gymnast.
|- May l? Sure.
There, feel it? When he's not|turning, he's kicking or punching.
When I wanna sleep, he wakes up.
At this point,|I just wish it were over.
I have to go.
|Transporter simulation on the bridge.
Bye-bye, Michael.
No.
Come on, Geordi.
No.
Just try it once.
|It is not as hard as you think.
I'm telling you,|you will be terrific.
Alright.
I feel silly.
I am the very model|of a modern major-general I've information,|vegetable, animal and mineral I can't do this,|I cannot sing in front of people! You were terrific! A little off-pitch,|but I can take care of that.
OK, La Forge|as a modern major-general.
Captain, I'd like to introduce you to the winners of|the primary-school science fair.
This is Marissa, Jay Gordon|and Patterson.
- They're here for their tour.
|- Hello.
Can we see the battle bridge|and torpedo bay? No, I'm afraid not.
But we will visit the hydroponics|and astrophysics laboratories.
I'm sure you'll have|a wonderful time.
Well, if you'll come with me.
I'm not sure who to feel sorry for,|the Captain or the kids.
I want you to know, we're proud|of our science-fair winners.
Perhaps some of you will choose to|pursue a career in Starfleet.
Well, then What did you do|for your science projects? I planted radishes in this special|dirt and they came up all weird.
I see.
That's very,|very commendable.
And you? An analysis of the life span of|the swarming moths on Gonal IV.
They only live for 20 hours,|then they all die.
How interesting.
And you? We're falling! What happened? Sensors show subspace distortions and|high-energy particles to starboard.
Looks like we ran into|a quantum filament.
Damage report.
We lost primary life support.
|Switching to secondary.
Impulse and warp engines|are off line.
Another filament approaching, sir.
All decks, brace for impact.
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages|of the Starship Enterprise.
Its continuing mission,|to explore strange new worlds, .
.
to seek out new life|and new civilisations, .
.
to boldly go|where no one has gone before.
- Counsellor?|- I'm alright.
Medical team to the bridge.
Troi to sickbay.
Counsellor Troi to Capt Picard.
Troi to Engineering.
Counsellor Troi to any crew member.
|Please acknowledge.
Medical team to the bridge.
Computer's down.
Looks like we still|have impulse power but not much else.
Lt Monroe! Chief O'Brien.
The turbolifts aren't working.
|We're trapped.
Are you children alright? Bridge, this is Picard.
This is the Captain.
Anyone read me? Why don't they answer? I don't know.
- They're all dead.
|- They're not dead.
Communication is down, that's all.
We're going to die, too.
We most certainly are not! Now listen to me.
|No one here is going to die.
The bridge will be sending|a rescue party soon.
So I want you all to stop crying.
Everything is going to be alright.
This is the Starship Enterprise|calling any vessel in range.
We are in distress|and need assistance.
Please respond.
I'm not sure|if we're even transmitting.
I'll set it on auto-repeat,|see if we get a response.
- Are you alright?|- I'm alive.
What the hell happened? We were hit by a quantum filament.
Most systems are down.
We can't|contact anyone off the bridge.
Don't count on leaving through there.
|An emergency bulkhead closed.
- Confinement mode.
|- Isolation protocol.
I'm not really familiar|with that protocol.
If the computer senses a hull breach, it closes emergency bulkheads|to isolate it.
Until we clear those, we're cut off|from the rest of the ship.
Partial sensors back on line.
Picking up sporadic life signs|throughout the saucer section.
There are survivors.
- What about ten-forward?|- Ten-forward? My wife's there.
Sorry.
|The readings are not that specific.
Can you scan the drive section? No life signs in the drive section.
- Could it be a sensor malfunction?|- No way to know.
Without the main computer,|I can't run a full diagnostic.
Can you sense anything, Counsellor? There are a lot of people|still alive.
Many are hurt,|but I can't tell where they are.
We need emergency procedures.
|Who's the duty officer? Lt Monroe was in command,|but she's dead.
I believe Counsellor Troi|is the senior officer on the deck.
Counsellor Troi? She carries the rank|of lieutenant commander.
I'd appreciate some suggestions.
I recommend we initiate|Emergency Procedure Alpha Two.
Bypass computer control and place|all systems on manual override.
- Very well.
|- Aye-aye, sir.
May I suggest that our next priority|be to stabilise life support and to re-establish communications? Yes.
Mr Mandel,|I'd like you to assist Ensign Ro.
Yes, sir.
- How are you feeling?|- OK.
A little foggy.
Lie still.
We'll get you|to sickbay soon.
OK.
Report.
I have surveyed all the turbolifts|and service crawlways.
- Access to the bridge is severed.
|- Sickbay? Heavy damage to section 23A|has cut off access to sickbay.
Security will bring casualties here|until further notice.
Assume the worst, that everyone|on the bridge is dead.
No one controls the ship.
In that circumstance, re-establishing|control is our priority.
- Agreed.
Can we get to Engineering?|- No, sir.
The most direct route is blocked,|but we can use a crawlway.
OK.
You and I will try.
Mr Worf, this room will fill up|with wounded, needing help.
- Stay in charge here.
|- Yes, sir.
Let's go.
- Over here.
|- Yes, sir.
OK.
- Clear the power shunt.
|- The shunt is cleared.
Right.
|And bypass the flow current and The computer|still won't release the doors.
Can we force them open? We can try.
|There's an emergency hand actuator.
- Geordi?|- Yeah? This wall is hot! Where? I'm alright.
But I think we have a new problem.
|One of the energy conduits must have ruptured and ignited|the polyduranide in the bulkhead.
- That's a plasma fire.
|- Putting out a lot of radiation.
We can't stay here for long.
We got a bigger problem than that.
The quartum in those containers|is used in emergency thrusters.
It's normally stable,|but expose it to radiation, it has a way of exploding.
The external power is cut off.
We're going to die.
- What was that?|- I don't know.
Your name is Marissa, is that right? Well, Marissa,|I need a first officer to help me.
You're the eldest, so that makes you|my number one.
Number one? That's what I always call|my first officer.
So, here.
There.
Now, Number One, we need a crew|to help us get that hatch off.
Don't you think Jay would make|an excellent science officer? Jay, will you join our crew? - It's Jay Gordon.
|- Of course.
Forgive me, Jay Gordon.
I accept.
Here.
- There.
|- Can I be an officer, too? Well, let me see.
Your science project|involved radishes, did it not? Yes, sir.
Then I appoint you my executive|officer in charge of radishes.
There.
Right.
Then let's get to work.
Correct.
We have 52 metres remaining|in this crawlway before we can|safely exit into a corridor.
Coolant leak! We can withstand this radiation|for three or four hours without permanent damage.
|We'll need hyronalin treatments.
Radiation levels in the quartum? They're at 83 rads|and rising at four rads per minute.
That stuff gets unstable|at about 350 rads.
I still can't get power|to this transporter.
The radiation level is 20 percent|lower at this end of the bay.
- Let's move the containers here.
|- Good idea.
It'll buy us some time.
We'll have to do this by hand.
With all this radiation,|we can't trust the antigrav units.
There.
Just before the second hit.
|See the subspace distortion? Yes.
- How big is a quantum filament?|- It can be hundreds of metres long.
But it has almost no mass, which|makes it very difficult to detect.
So, it's like a cosmic string? No, that's|a completely different phenomenon.
How did you do that? I diverted power|from the phaser array and dumped it in|the Engineering control system.
- You what?|- Engineering station's on line.
But that's|a completely improper procedure! You can't dump raw energy|into a bridge terminal We will not get out of this|by playing it safe! What is our engine status, Ensign? We've got|half-impulse power available.
But I've got odd readings|from the warp drive.
I read a spike|in the warp-field array.
It looks like|a containment deviation.
Switch to primary bypass.
Nothing.
Field strength's|at 40 percent and falling.
We've got a problem.
The quantum resonance|caused a polarity shift in the antimatter containment field.
When the filament hit,|the ship was momentarily charged, as if it came in contact|with a live electrical wire.
That weakened the containment field|around the antimatter pods.
The field strength|is at 40 percent and falling.
If it falls to 15 percent,|the field will collapse and we'll have a containment breach.
- Which means?|- Which means the ship will explode.
Commander, the current cannot be|shut off from this relay box.
We can't just sit here.
If the energy were interrupted|by a non-conductive material, it is likely|the circuit would be broken.
We have nothing|to handle so much current.
Commander, much of my body|framework is made up of tripolymers, a non-conductive material.
- You're suggesting we use your body?|- Yes, sir.
There's half a million amps|in that arc.
Could your body handle that? The power surge would cause|a systems failure in my processors and melt my primary power couplings.
But there is a chance|the damage would not be irreparable.
No.
Commander,|our options are very limited.
Android or not, I wouldn't ask anyone|to take that risk.
And if the computer|is not working in Engineering I'll need your help|to control the ship.
My positronic brain has shielding|to protect me from power surges.
It is possible for you to remove|my cranial unit and take it with you.
Let me get this straight.
|You want me to take off your head? Yes, sir.
- Is something wrong, sir?|- Well, Data Would you be alright? My memory and neural nets|are self-contained.
I would be fine.
Well, like you said,|our options are limited.
Data! A remarkable experience.
Are you alright?|Did the shielding work? Apparently so, sir.
My neural nets|are still fully operational.
You may begin|by opening the ventral access panel two centimetres below my right ear.
- Can you climb up?|- Yes, I think so.
Good.
Look down the sides of the lift.
|Can you see two big clamps? Yes, I see them.
Can you see if those clamps|are attached to .
.
long beams inside big grooves? Yes.
But one of them looks broken.
It's half out of the groove.
Alright.
Come down.
Alright.
Number One.
Those big clamps|are part of the emergency system.
If anything goes wrong,|they hold the turbolift in place.
But it would seem|that they're damaged.
Is that why we keep shaking? That's right.
Now, when they give way,|we shall fall.
So you've got to get your crew|out of here before that happens.
Now there is a ladder that runs|along the wall of the shaft.
You can climb up that|until you come to an open doorway.
What about you? My ankle is broken.
|I will just slow you down when you need to move quickly.
Now, you are the leader.
And that's an order.
We have to climb up the shaft.
I want to stay here|with you, Captain.
Patterson, you're an officer.
|You have to obey orders.
I don't wanna be an officer any more.
|I wanna stay with you.
If the Captain stays here,|we won't make it.
We'll all die.
We don't have time to argue.
|You must go now.
The crew has decided|to stick together.
We all go or we all stay.
Alright.
I'll try.
But I want you to know,|this is mutiny.
Now, Number One,|look at that control panel.
Now, the yellow control pad,|hit that once.
Now the one below it, hit it twice.
That should release|the panel underneath.
Yes, it did.
Now, you can pull it away.
- OK.
|- Good.
That bundle of wires,|that's optical cabling.
See how much of that|you can pull out.
The levels are still rising.
There must be a way|to put that fire out.
It's fed by the ship's internal power|grid.
We can't get near that.
The only way to stop it would be|to eliminate its supply of oxygen.
Wait a minute! Doctor, I've got an idea.
It's wild, but we just might kill|two birds with one stone.
- Let's hear it.
|- OK.
We open the external door, depressurise the cargo bay|to suck these containers out.
At the same time, the lack of oxygen|should put out the plasma fire.
- What about us?|- We hold on to something while the air evacuates.
Then, we|close the door, repressurise the bay.
What about this? Yeah, that ought to do it.
There, that should do it.
There will be a sharp pain|as I set the bone.
Prepare yourself.
Good.
You bore that well.
Keiko? - I'm alright.
I think.
|- Perhaps you should lie down.
I'm having contractions.
That is not uncommon|in the late months of pregnancy.
No, I mean contractions.
|I'm going into labour.
You cannot.
|This is not a good time, Keiko.
It's not open for debate! Like it or not, this baby is coming.
If the containment-field strength|continues to drop at this rate, we still have two hours|before it's critical.
You're ignoring the fact that|the power coupling is also damaged.
If it overheats, the field strength|could drop a lot faster.
- We could have a breach in minutes.
|- What do you suggest? We should separate the saucer, and get as far away as we can|from the drive section.
Excuse me, sir,|but that's damn cold-blooded! - What about the people there?|- There's no evidence anyone's alive.
No evidence they're dead, either! If you were trapped,|would you like us to just leave? No, of course not.
But I also|wouldn't expect the bridge crew to risk the ship|and hundreds of lives to rescue me.
There is no way to stabilise|the containment field from here.
Could it be done from Engineering? Yes.
But my readings indicate|there's no power there.
They don't even have monitors|to say there's a problem.
Could we divert energy|from the bridge to those monitors? - Yes, sir.
|- I will say it again, there is no reason to believe that|anyone is still alive in Engineering.
We're wasting time talking about it.
|We have to separate the ship now! I believe there are still|people alive down there.
I'm going to give them every chance.
If they're alive, they're hoping|someone can help them.
So we'll help them.
Divert the power to Engineering.
Aye, sir.
I remind you, Counsellor, that power coupling|could overheat at any moment.
By not separating the ship, you could|be responsible for all our deaths.
Thank you, Ensign.
Proceed.
I can't open this door.
We're going to have to|climb up to the next deck.
What if that one doesn't open either? - Then we'll never get out.
|- Quiet, both of you.
That's an order.
- We're going up.
Ready?|- Ready, sir.
The lift's falling! Hang on! We're alright.
We'll keep on climbing.
|Just don't look down.
- What's wrong?|- He's scared.
We're right with you, Patterson.
|You're not going to fall.
It will be alright|if you keep climbing.
What we need is a climbing song.
Marissa,|is there a song you sing at school? The Laughing Vulcan and his Dog? I'm afraid I don't know that one.
I know.
Frére Jacques.
That's a song I used to sing|at school.
Patterson! Do you know that one? Good.
It goes like this.
Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Very good.
Now keep singing.
Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Your contractions are now|only 30 seconds apart.
Dilation has gone|to seven centimetres since the onset of labour.
|That did not take long.
That's easy for you to say! You are doing very well.
I'm sure the child will arrive soon.
Worf, has the baby turned? - Turned?|- So the head is down.
Dr Crusher told me a few days ago|it hadn't.
She wasn't worried because I still had a month to go.
I am not certain.
Can't you tell? Worf, have you ever done this|before, delivered a baby? Yes.
No.
I took the Starfleet|Emergency Medical course.
In a computer simulation, I assisted|in the delivery of a human baby.
Sometimes it doesn't|go by the book, Worf.
I am sure everything will be fine.
Once the air is vented, you'll feel|extreme pressure on your lungs.
Resist the temptation to exhale.
Next our hands and feet|will get cold, then numb, and some of the capillaries|on exposed skin may burst.
Sounds like fun.
We will have about 15 seconds|of useful consciousness, then about ten seconds of|disorientation, then we pass out.
OK.
Once the air is evacuated, one of us needs to get to|that panel to repressurise the bay.
We're ready.
Are you OK? The field strength|is down to 20 percent.
We cannot risk staying here.
We're in no danger|until it drops below 15 percent.
We can wait and see if|Engineering notices those monitors.
Have you prepared|to separate the saucer? Yes.
We're in stand-by mode|for docking latches.
Thermal inversion|in the power coupling! Cross-connect to the transfer coil.
- That was close.
|- What happened? What I said might! The coupling overheating|and the field almost collapsed.
O'Brien's fixed it temporarily,|but it could go at any moment.
Next time|we might not be able to stop it.
Don't let wishful thinking|guide your decision.
It's time to leave.
We will separate the ship|when I decide that it's time and not before.
|Is that clear, Ensign? Yes.
Perfectly.
OK, try it.
Very good, Commander.
|You have established a connection.
I can now raise the door.
There's no power on this deck,|yet these monitors are working.
The power reaching those monitors|is diverted from the bridge, sir.
But why? Unless there's something|they want us Something they need us to see.
Wait! The containment field is only|18 percent.
Can you stabilise it? No.
I do not have access|to the containment field.
You must establish a new link.
Locate the ODN conduit, sir.
- Got it!|- Yes, sir.
You must now change the input matrix|of my secondary optical port and then connect the ODN conduit.
- That is not the correct port, sir.
|- Sorry.
You must hurry.
The containment field|has dropped to 16 percent.
I'm trying.
You need a bigger head! The field continues to drop.
|Collapse is imminent.
Try it now.
I have made a connection.
I am now|stabilising the containment field.
Sir, the field strength|is stabilising.
I guess they got our message.
I was wrong, Counsellor.
You could have easily been right.
Congratulations.
You are|fully dilated to ten centimetres.
- You may now give birth.
|- That's what I've been doing! Well, bearing down is the next stage.
It should start at full dilation.
- Why has it not begun?|- I don't know! I don't think it's up to me.
|It happens when it happens.
The computer simulation|was not like this.
- That delivery was very orderly.
|- Well, I'm sorry! Did you feel|an uncontrollable urge to push? Good.
You are bearing down.
Now, you must push|with each contraction.
I must urge you gently but firmly|to push harder.
Push, Keiko.
Push hard.
Push, Keiko! Push.
I am pushing! The baby is emerging head first.
Good.
One more contraction.
OK! That's good.
Push.
Push.
Hard.
I have the baby.
I will smack the child|to induce breathing.
I will cut the umbilical cord.
Blanket.
OK.
I believe she looks like|Chief O'Brien.
Hello.
You were wonderful, Worf.
I couldn't have done it without you.
|Hello.
Captain's log, supplemental.
We are en route to Starbase 67|to undergo repairs.
Life aboard the ship|is slowly returning to normal.
Now just wait here.
Just can't stay away|from the big chair, can you? I'm not cut out to be captain.
First officer, maybe.
I understand|there aren't many qualifications.
Capt Picard to the bridge.
Please! Hello.
It's good to see you again.
|What brings you to the bridge? In appreciation for the way you|helped us out of the turboshaft and the way you helped us|not be scared, we want to present to you|this commemorative plaque.
Give it to him.
Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
|- I made the back piece.
A wonderful job you did of it, too.
This afternoon, we're going to|finish the tour I promised, starting with the battle bridge.
|I'll see you at 1400 hours.
Take the bridge, Number One.
- Aye, sir.
|- Aye, sir.
1.
Our mission to Mudor V|has been completed.
Since our next assignment|will not begin for several days, we're enjoying a welcome respite|from our duties.
If it's a boy, Michael,|after my father.
Wait, we decided on Hiro,|after my father.
- We talked about this last night.
|- And decided on Hiro.
Wait, I've got it.
William.
|It's a great name, William O'Brien.
It's got a nice ring to it.
It's alright.
|He's just doing somersaults.
Here, feel.
Right there.
- He's gonna be a hell of a gymnast.
|- May l? Sure.
There, feel it? When he's not|turning, he's kicking or punching.
When I wanna sleep, he wakes up.
At this point,|I just wish it were over.
I have to go.
|Transporter simulation on the bridge.
Bye-bye, Michael.
No.
Come on, Geordi.
No.
Just try it once.
|It is not as hard as you think.
I'm telling you,|you will be terrific.
Alright.
I feel silly.
I am the very model|of a modern major-general I've information,|vegetable, animal and mineral I can't do this,|I cannot sing in front of people! You were terrific! A little off-pitch,|but I can take care of that.
OK, La Forge|as a modern major-general.
Captain, I'd like to introduce you to the winners of|the primary-school science fair.
This is Marissa, Jay Gordon|and Patterson.
- They're here for their tour.
|- Hello.
Can we see the battle bridge|and torpedo bay? No, I'm afraid not.
But we will visit the hydroponics|and astrophysics laboratories.
I'm sure you'll have|a wonderful time.
Well, if you'll come with me.
I'm not sure who to feel sorry for,|the Captain or the kids.
I want you to know, we're proud|of our science-fair winners.
Perhaps some of you will choose to|pursue a career in Starfleet.
Well, then What did you do|for your science projects? I planted radishes in this special|dirt and they came up all weird.
I see.
That's very,|very commendable.
And you? An analysis of the life span of|the swarming moths on Gonal IV.
They only live for 20 hours,|then they all die.
How interesting.
And you? We're falling! What happened? Sensors show subspace distortions and|high-energy particles to starboard.
Looks like we ran into|a quantum filament.
Damage report.
We lost primary life support.
|Switching to secondary.
Impulse and warp engines|are off line.
Another filament approaching, sir.
All decks, brace for impact.
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages|of the Starship Enterprise.
Its continuing mission,|to explore strange new worlds, .
.
to seek out new life|and new civilisations, .
.
to boldly go|where no one has gone before.
- Counsellor?|- I'm alright.
Medical team to the bridge.
Troi to sickbay.
Counsellor Troi to Capt Picard.
Troi to Engineering.
Counsellor Troi to any crew member.
|Please acknowledge.
Medical team to the bridge.
Computer's down.
Looks like we still|have impulse power but not much else.
Lt Monroe! Chief O'Brien.
The turbolifts aren't working.
|We're trapped.
Are you children alright? Bridge, this is Picard.
This is the Captain.
Anyone read me? Why don't they answer? I don't know.
- They're all dead.
|- They're not dead.
Communication is down, that's all.
We're going to die, too.
We most certainly are not! Now listen to me.
|No one here is going to die.
The bridge will be sending|a rescue party soon.
So I want you all to stop crying.
Everything is going to be alright.
This is the Starship Enterprise|calling any vessel in range.
We are in distress|and need assistance.
Please respond.
I'm not sure|if we're even transmitting.
I'll set it on auto-repeat,|see if we get a response.
- Are you alright?|- I'm alive.
What the hell happened? We were hit by a quantum filament.
Most systems are down.
We can't|contact anyone off the bridge.
Don't count on leaving through there.
|An emergency bulkhead closed.
- Confinement mode.
|- Isolation protocol.
I'm not really familiar|with that protocol.
If the computer senses a hull breach, it closes emergency bulkheads|to isolate it.
Until we clear those, we're cut off|from the rest of the ship.
Partial sensors back on line.
Picking up sporadic life signs|throughout the saucer section.
There are survivors.
- What about ten-forward?|- Ten-forward? My wife's there.
Sorry.
|The readings are not that specific.
Can you scan the drive section? No life signs in the drive section.
- Could it be a sensor malfunction?|- No way to know.
Without the main computer,|I can't run a full diagnostic.
Can you sense anything, Counsellor? There are a lot of people|still alive.
Many are hurt,|but I can't tell where they are.
We need emergency procedures.
|Who's the duty officer? Lt Monroe was in command,|but she's dead.
I believe Counsellor Troi|is the senior officer on the deck.
Counsellor Troi? She carries the rank|of lieutenant commander.
I'd appreciate some suggestions.
I recommend we initiate|Emergency Procedure Alpha Two.
Bypass computer control and place|all systems on manual override.
- Very well.
|- Aye-aye, sir.
May I suggest that our next priority|be to stabilise life support and to re-establish communications? Yes.
Mr Mandel,|I'd like you to assist Ensign Ro.
Yes, sir.
- How are you feeling?|- OK.
A little foggy.
Lie still.
We'll get you|to sickbay soon.
OK.
Report.
I have surveyed all the turbolifts|and service crawlways.
- Access to the bridge is severed.
|- Sickbay? Heavy damage to section 23A|has cut off access to sickbay.
Security will bring casualties here|until further notice.
Assume the worst, that everyone|on the bridge is dead.
No one controls the ship.
In that circumstance, re-establishing|control is our priority.
- Agreed.
Can we get to Engineering?|- No, sir.
The most direct route is blocked,|but we can use a crawlway.
OK.
You and I will try.
Mr Worf, this room will fill up|with wounded, needing help.
- Stay in charge here.
|- Yes, sir.
Let's go.
- Over here.
|- Yes, sir.
OK.
- Clear the power shunt.
|- The shunt is cleared.
Right.
|And bypass the flow current and The computer|still won't release the doors.
Can we force them open? We can try.
|There's an emergency hand actuator.
- Geordi?|- Yeah? This wall is hot! Where? I'm alright.
But I think we have a new problem.
|One of the energy conduits must have ruptured and ignited|the polyduranide in the bulkhead.
- That's a plasma fire.
|- Putting out a lot of radiation.
We can't stay here for long.
We got a bigger problem than that.
The quartum in those containers|is used in emergency thrusters.
It's normally stable,|but expose it to radiation, it has a way of exploding.
The external power is cut off.
We're going to die.
- What was that?|- I don't know.
Your name is Marissa, is that right? Well, Marissa,|I need a first officer to help me.
You're the eldest, so that makes you|my number one.
Number one? That's what I always call|my first officer.
So, here.
There.
Now, Number One, we need a crew|to help us get that hatch off.
Don't you think Jay would make|an excellent science officer? Jay, will you join our crew? - It's Jay Gordon.
|- Of course.
Forgive me, Jay Gordon.
I accept.
Here.
- There.
|- Can I be an officer, too? Well, let me see.
Your science project|involved radishes, did it not? Yes, sir.
Then I appoint you my executive|officer in charge of radishes.
There.
Right.
Then let's get to work.
Correct.
We have 52 metres remaining|in this crawlway before we can|safely exit into a corridor.
Coolant leak! We can withstand this radiation|for three or four hours without permanent damage.
|We'll need hyronalin treatments.
Radiation levels in the quartum? They're at 83 rads|and rising at four rads per minute.
That stuff gets unstable|at about 350 rads.
I still can't get power|to this transporter.
The radiation level is 20 percent|lower at this end of the bay.
- Let's move the containers here.
|- Good idea.
It'll buy us some time.
We'll have to do this by hand.
With all this radiation,|we can't trust the antigrav units.
There.
Just before the second hit.
|See the subspace distortion? Yes.
- How big is a quantum filament?|- It can be hundreds of metres long.
But it has almost no mass, which|makes it very difficult to detect.
So, it's like a cosmic string? No, that's|a completely different phenomenon.
How did you do that? I diverted power|from the phaser array and dumped it in|the Engineering control system.
- You what?|- Engineering station's on line.
But that's|a completely improper procedure! You can't dump raw energy|into a bridge terminal We will not get out of this|by playing it safe! What is our engine status, Ensign? We've got|half-impulse power available.
But I've got odd readings|from the warp drive.
I read a spike|in the warp-field array.
It looks like|a containment deviation.
Switch to primary bypass.
Nothing.
Field strength's|at 40 percent and falling.
We've got a problem.
The quantum resonance|caused a polarity shift in the antimatter containment field.
When the filament hit,|the ship was momentarily charged, as if it came in contact|with a live electrical wire.
That weakened the containment field|around the antimatter pods.
The field strength|is at 40 percent and falling.
If it falls to 15 percent,|the field will collapse and we'll have a containment breach.
- Which means?|- Which means the ship will explode.
Commander, the current cannot be|shut off from this relay box.
We can't just sit here.
If the energy were interrupted|by a non-conductive material, it is likely|the circuit would be broken.
We have nothing|to handle so much current.
Commander, much of my body|framework is made up of tripolymers, a non-conductive material.
- You're suggesting we use your body?|- Yes, sir.
There's half a million amps|in that arc.
Could your body handle that? The power surge would cause|a systems failure in my processors and melt my primary power couplings.
But there is a chance|the damage would not be irreparable.
No.
Commander,|our options are very limited.
Android or not, I wouldn't ask anyone|to take that risk.
And if the computer|is not working in Engineering I'll need your help|to control the ship.
My positronic brain has shielding|to protect me from power surges.
It is possible for you to remove|my cranial unit and take it with you.
Let me get this straight.
|You want me to take off your head? Yes, sir.
- Is something wrong, sir?|- Well, Data Would you be alright? My memory and neural nets|are self-contained.
I would be fine.
Well, like you said,|our options are limited.
Data! A remarkable experience.
Are you alright?|Did the shielding work? Apparently so, sir.
My neural nets|are still fully operational.
You may begin|by opening the ventral access panel two centimetres below my right ear.
- Can you climb up?|- Yes, I think so.
Good.
Look down the sides of the lift.
|Can you see two big clamps? Yes, I see them.
Can you see if those clamps|are attached to .
.
long beams inside big grooves? Yes.
But one of them looks broken.
It's half out of the groove.
Alright.
Come down.
Alright.
Number One.
Those big clamps|are part of the emergency system.
If anything goes wrong,|they hold the turbolift in place.
But it would seem|that they're damaged.
Is that why we keep shaking? That's right.
Now, when they give way,|we shall fall.
So you've got to get your crew|out of here before that happens.
Now there is a ladder that runs|along the wall of the shaft.
You can climb up that|until you come to an open doorway.
What about you? My ankle is broken.
|I will just slow you down when you need to move quickly.
Now, you are the leader.
And that's an order.
We have to climb up the shaft.
I want to stay here|with you, Captain.
Patterson, you're an officer.
|You have to obey orders.
I don't wanna be an officer any more.
|I wanna stay with you.
If the Captain stays here,|we won't make it.
We'll all die.
We don't have time to argue.
|You must go now.
The crew has decided|to stick together.
We all go or we all stay.
Alright.
I'll try.
But I want you to know,|this is mutiny.
Now, Number One,|look at that control panel.
Now, the yellow control pad,|hit that once.
Now the one below it, hit it twice.
That should release|the panel underneath.
Yes, it did.
Now, you can pull it away.
- OK.
|- Good.
That bundle of wires,|that's optical cabling.
See how much of that|you can pull out.
The levels are still rising.
There must be a way|to put that fire out.
It's fed by the ship's internal power|grid.
We can't get near that.
The only way to stop it would be|to eliminate its supply of oxygen.
Wait a minute! Doctor, I've got an idea.
It's wild, but we just might kill|two birds with one stone.
- Let's hear it.
|- OK.
We open the external door, depressurise the cargo bay|to suck these containers out.
At the same time, the lack of oxygen|should put out the plasma fire.
- What about us?|- We hold on to something while the air evacuates.
Then, we|close the door, repressurise the bay.
What about this? Yeah, that ought to do it.
There, that should do it.
There will be a sharp pain|as I set the bone.
Prepare yourself.
Good.
You bore that well.
Keiko? - I'm alright.
I think.
|- Perhaps you should lie down.
I'm having contractions.
That is not uncommon|in the late months of pregnancy.
No, I mean contractions.
|I'm going into labour.
You cannot.
|This is not a good time, Keiko.
It's not open for debate! Like it or not, this baby is coming.
If the containment-field strength|continues to drop at this rate, we still have two hours|before it's critical.
You're ignoring the fact that|the power coupling is also damaged.
If it overheats, the field strength|could drop a lot faster.
- We could have a breach in minutes.
|- What do you suggest? We should separate the saucer, and get as far away as we can|from the drive section.
Excuse me, sir,|but that's damn cold-blooded! - What about the people there?|- There's no evidence anyone's alive.
No evidence they're dead, either! If you were trapped,|would you like us to just leave? No, of course not.
But I also|wouldn't expect the bridge crew to risk the ship|and hundreds of lives to rescue me.
There is no way to stabilise|the containment field from here.
Could it be done from Engineering? Yes.
But my readings indicate|there's no power there.
They don't even have monitors|to say there's a problem.
Could we divert energy|from the bridge to those monitors? - Yes, sir.
|- I will say it again, there is no reason to believe that|anyone is still alive in Engineering.
We're wasting time talking about it.
|We have to separate the ship now! I believe there are still|people alive down there.
I'm going to give them every chance.
If they're alive, they're hoping|someone can help them.
So we'll help them.
Divert the power to Engineering.
Aye, sir.
I remind you, Counsellor, that power coupling|could overheat at any moment.
By not separating the ship, you could|be responsible for all our deaths.
Thank you, Ensign.
Proceed.
I can't open this door.
We're going to have to|climb up to the next deck.
What if that one doesn't open either? - Then we'll never get out.
|- Quiet, both of you.
That's an order.
- We're going up.
Ready?|- Ready, sir.
The lift's falling! Hang on! We're alright.
We'll keep on climbing.
|Just don't look down.
- What's wrong?|- He's scared.
We're right with you, Patterson.
|You're not going to fall.
It will be alright|if you keep climbing.
What we need is a climbing song.
Marissa,|is there a song you sing at school? The Laughing Vulcan and his Dog? I'm afraid I don't know that one.
I know.
Frére Jacques.
That's a song I used to sing|at school.
Patterson! Do you know that one? Good.
It goes like this.
Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Very good.
Now keep singing.
Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines,|sonnez les matines Ding-ding-dong, ding-ding-dong Frére Jacques, frére Jacques Your contractions are now|only 30 seconds apart.
Dilation has gone|to seven centimetres since the onset of labour.
|That did not take long.
That's easy for you to say! You are doing very well.
I'm sure the child will arrive soon.
Worf, has the baby turned? - Turned?|- So the head is down.
Dr Crusher told me a few days ago|it hadn't.
She wasn't worried because I still had a month to go.
I am not certain.
Can't you tell? Worf, have you ever done this|before, delivered a baby? Yes.
No.
I took the Starfleet|Emergency Medical course.
In a computer simulation, I assisted|in the delivery of a human baby.
Sometimes it doesn't|go by the book, Worf.
I am sure everything will be fine.
Once the air is vented, you'll feel|extreme pressure on your lungs.
Resist the temptation to exhale.
Next our hands and feet|will get cold, then numb, and some of the capillaries|on exposed skin may burst.
Sounds like fun.
We will have about 15 seconds|of useful consciousness, then about ten seconds of|disorientation, then we pass out.
OK.
Once the air is evacuated, one of us needs to get to|that panel to repressurise the bay.
We're ready.
Are you OK? The field strength|is down to 20 percent.
We cannot risk staying here.
We're in no danger|until it drops below 15 percent.
We can wait and see if|Engineering notices those monitors.
Have you prepared|to separate the saucer? Yes.
We're in stand-by mode|for docking latches.
Thermal inversion|in the power coupling! Cross-connect to the transfer coil.
- That was close.
|- What happened? What I said might! The coupling overheating|and the field almost collapsed.
O'Brien's fixed it temporarily,|but it could go at any moment.
Next time|we might not be able to stop it.
Don't let wishful thinking|guide your decision.
It's time to leave.
We will separate the ship|when I decide that it's time and not before.
|Is that clear, Ensign? Yes.
Perfectly.
OK, try it.
Very good, Commander.
|You have established a connection.
I can now raise the door.
There's no power on this deck,|yet these monitors are working.
The power reaching those monitors|is diverted from the bridge, sir.
But why? Unless there's something|they want us Something they need us to see.
Wait! The containment field is only|18 percent.
Can you stabilise it? No.
I do not have access|to the containment field.
You must establish a new link.
Locate the ODN conduit, sir.
- Got it!|- Yes, sir.
You must now change the input matrix|of my secondary optical port and then connect the ODN conduit.
- That is not the correct port, sir.
|- Sorry.
You must hurry.
The containment field|has dropped to 16 percent.
I'm trying.
You need a bigger head! The field continues to drop.
|Collapse is imminent.
Try it now.
I have made a connection.
I am now|stabilising the containment field.
Sir, the field strength|is stabilising.
I guess they got our message.
I was wrong, Counsellor.
You could have easily been right.
Congratulations.
You are|fully dilated to ten centimetres.
- You may now give birth.
|- That's what I've been doing! Well, bearing down is the next stage.
It should start at full dilation.
- Why has it not begun?|- I don't know! I don't think it's up to me.
|It happens when it happens.
The computer simulation|was not like this.
- That delivery was very orderly.
|- Well, I'm sorry! Did you feel|an uncontrollable urge to push? Good.
You are bearing down.
Now, you must push|with each contraction.
I must urge you gently but firmly|to push harder.
Push, Keiko.
Push hard.
Push, Keiko! Push.
I am pushing! The baby is emerging head first.
Good.
One more contraction.
OK! That's good.
Push.
Push.
Hard.
I have the baby.
I will smack the child|to induce breathing.
I will cut the umbilical cord.
Blanket.
OK.
I believe she looks like|Chief O'Brien.
Hello.
You were wonderful, Worf.
I couldn't have done it without you.
|Hello.
Captain's log, supplemental.
We are en route to Starbase 67|to undergo repairs.
Life aboard the ship|is slowly returning to normal.
Now just wait here.
Just can't stay away|from the big chair, can you? I'm not cut out to be captain.
First officer, maybe.
I understand|there aren't many qualifications.
Capt Picard to the bridge.
Please! Hello.
It's good to see you again.
|What brings you to the bridge? In appreciation for the way you|helped us out of the turboshaft and the way you helped us|not be scared, we want to present to you|this commemorative plaque.
Give it to him.
Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
|- I made the back piece.
A wonderful job you did of it, too.
This afternoon, we're going to|finish the tour I promised, starting with the battle bridge.
|I'll see you at 1400 hours.
Take the bridge, Number One.
- Aye, sir.
|- Aye, sir.