Star Trek: The Next Generation s05e24 Episode Script

Time, Mr Data? We will be in transporter range|in three minutes 21 seconds.
Finally established audio contact|with the Romulans.
Main power is failing.
|No way to stop the overload.
Enterprise to Romulan vessel.
|We are en route to your position.
Enterprise, what is your|time of arrival? Repeat your last transmission.
Sorry, Captain.
They stopped.
- Picard to Riker.
|- Riker here.
Transport to the Romulan ship|when in range.
Aye, sir.
No weapons.
|They are not under attack.
- This is not a bright idea.
|- I beg your pardon? - I didn't quite catch that.
|- Nothing, sir.
- All thrusters shut down.
|- Your information is unreliable.
The AH is inoperative.
Give me a hand here.
We're from the Starship Enterprise.
|We received your distress call.
- The Enterprise?|- A failure in your engine core? Yes.
We had a forced chamber|explosion in the resonator coil.
A strange set-up, but I'd say the|graviton generator is depolarised.
There's no way to fix it.
|It'll have to be replaced.
- Where are your replicators?|- Off line.
- Who's in charge?|- The Captain is dead.
I am Science Officer Mirok.
We'd like to take this|for replication.
- Alright.
|- Geordi, you and Ro.
La Forge.
Two people|and one piece of equipment.
Aye, sir.
What the hell? Engineering,|more power to the energising coil.
Brossmer to Riker.
|I'm losing them.
I have to abort.
They should be returning|to your coordinates.
Chief, do you have them?|They're not here.
- No, sir.
|- Where are they? I can't locate their patterns.
We've lost them, sir.
Space, the final frontier.
These are the voyages|of the Starship Enterprise.
Its continuing mission,|to explore strange new worlds, .
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to seek out new life|and new civilisations, .
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to boldly go|where no one has gone before.
I've done all I can, sir.
|I'm afraid they're gone.
Mr Data, begin a level-one|diagnostic.
All transporters off.
Could they have materialised|somewhere else? Negative.
The sensors cannot locate|them within transporter range.
Counsellor? - Riker to Enterprise.
|- Go ahead.
Captain, we're still looking|at a core breach.
I need replacement personnel.
Mr Data, continue the diagnostic|at another time.
Take a shuttle and two engineers|to the Romulan ship.
Mr McDowell, have all ships|and shuttle pilots standing by.
Ensign.
Lay in a course|away from Romulan vessel.
Engage warp one if you detect|any sign it may explode.
Pressure in the containment chamber|is increasing.
- What do we do to stop overload?|- The conduits are damaged.
- I can't even access the computer.
|- Commander? Emergency bulkheads|have sealed off the rest of the ship.
There is no way to gain access|to the control centres.
Survivors? Readings indicate at least|73 Romulans are still alive.
- The pressure has jumped.
|- I can't control the chamber.
- It's going to implode.
|- Auto-eject the engine core.
- I'll have to do it manually.
|- Mr Worf, seal the chamber.
Implosion will occur in one minute.
Enterprise, we need to jettison|the engine core.
You'll need to extend the shields.
Understood.
We'll stand by|for your signal.
We must get the doors closed.
Commander.
- Time?|- 30 seconds.
- I'm ready, Commander.
|- Stay there.
- Eject the chamber on my order.
|- Excuse me, sir.
Implosion in five seconds.
Now.
Enterprise, extend shields.
- We're still here.
|- Yes.
We'll have a power survey|in an hour.
We'll have to supply them|with life support and a new engine.
Understood.
|Keep me informed.
Picard out.
- I'll be in sickbay.
|- Aye, sir.
Ensign Ro to the bridge.
This is Ensign Ro.
I'm at section 23 Baker,|near sickbay.
Sickbay.
Excuse me, I need some help Excuse me.
Excuse me, I need some help Excuse me! I need some help.
We shouldn't make hasty decisions.
The transporter could have beamed|them somewhere.
The Romulan ship,|another deck here.
We've checked|all those possibilities.
The initial findings seem to indicate that there was a radiation surge|which disrupted the signal.
They never re-materialised.
- We should check again.
|- We've done everything we can.
You're right.
I just hate|making out death certificates.
Does Ensign Ro have any family? - Captain!|- None that I know of.
But I'll check|with the liaison officer.
- I'm not dead.
|- I'll have the reports in an hour.
Captain,|I don't know what's going on.
Doctor.
I'm right here.
Damn it We're ready.
Riker to Enterprise.
|Begin power transfer.
The power flow is consistent|at 400 kolems.
No fluctuations.
The main power grid is on line.
- Picard to Riker.
|- Riker here.
- Power transfer appears stable.
|- Good.
What about the engine replacement? Engineering is modifying a subspace|resonator to act as a new core.
It won't exceed warp two|but it will get them home.
- Very good.
|- Captain.
The diagnostic of the transporter|system shows an energy fluctuation.
I need to check the scanner|in transporter room three.
- By all means.
|- Captain? I have a favour to ask.
I considered Cmdr La Forge|to be my best friend.
I believe I should plan and conduct|the memorial service.
May I have your permission|to do so? Permission granted.
Make appropriate arrangements.
Thank you, sir.
Commander, the The Romulans want a computer.
We cannot give them such access.
That is an unacceptable risk.
What about a core from 40 years ago|that they're already familiar with? That would be satisfactory.
Check what the Enterprise has.
Be sure your concerns are addressed|before we install it.
Aye, sir.
Thank you.
- La Forge?|- Ro.
Boy, am I glad to see you.
And I'm really glad you can see me.
It's like I'm here|but I'm not here.
No one can see me, either.
I can't figure it out.
One minute we were transporting|from the Romulan vessel.
The next, I wake up in the arboretum|with a headache.
Can you pass through things|like bulkheads? Tables.
People.
Yeah.
We're solid enough to each other.
- It's not what you expected.
|- What do you mean? This.
Death.
- What?|- We're dead, Geordi.
Is that some kind of joke? Our patterns were lost|in a transporter malfunction.
We never re-materialised|after leaving the ship.
Wait a minute.
What are you saying?|We're some sort of spirits? Spirits, souls.
|My people used to call them borhyas.
Whatever term you use, we're it.
But My uniform, my visor.
Are you saying|I'm some blind ghost with clothes? I don't know.
|I've never been dead before.
We are not dead! According to Dr Crusher, we died in a transporter malfunction|at 1430 hours.
Geordi, I saw her make out|the death certificates.
We need to make peace|with our former lives.
That's what I was taught.
We have to say goodbye|to the people in our lives.
No.
You may be ready|for the afterlife.
I'm not.
I don't see we have much choice.
When I was growing up, I never gave much thought|to borhyas.
I figured it was superstition|for children, but Fine.
|You go make peace with yourself.
I'm going|to figure a way out of this.
I didn't have any warning|that something would go wrong.
Suddenly,|their patterns just weren't there.
I believe the cause may be|the explosion on the Romulan ship.
Really? But that happened|before we even arrived.
In all likelihood, the explosion|damaged their cloaking device, causing it to discharge|chroniton particles.
I detect a chroniton field here.
A chroniton field? If the particles were produced|on the Romulan ship, why are they here? The transporter beam.
I suspect the transporter beam|carried them.
That may have caused the deaths.
I will go to the Romulan ship|to discover the source.
Commander,|are these chronitons dangerous? They pose no danger to humans.
However, some of the|ship's systems may be affected.
When I return,|I will eradicate them.
La Forge to Ensign Thanks for the ride.
I'm here to say goodbye.
There were experimental engine|components lying around there.
I'd say they were testing|a new warp-drive design.
That would explain why they're|so far from Romulan space.
To avoid Federation long-range scans.
We should have a core|for them at 1900 hours.
Commander, there will be|a memorial service at 2300 hours.
Mr Data is making arrangements.
- I'll be there.
|- Me, too.
- In fact, I'll say a few words.
|- You knew La Forge.
Actually,|I was thinking of Ensign Ro.
- Me?|- Coordinate with Mr Data.
Wait.
What are you going to say? Captain I don't believe this.
I'm dead, you can't hear me|and I'm still intimidated by you.
I just wanted to say thank you.
For trusting in me|when no one else would.
Hey.
There you are.
Excuse me, Captain.
Listen.
Data's going to the Romulan ship.
|We need to go.
Why? I think that what happened to us,|the answers, are there.
Why can't you just accept|the fact? If you're right, this doesn't make|any difference.
If I'm right, then we're still alive|and I'm gonna need your help.
Lieutenant.
I am planning a memorial service|for La Forge and Ro.
I would like you to participate.
What kind of service? Capt Picard asked for a ceremony|that was appropriate.
I have given a great deal of thought|to what is appropriate.
Shuttlecraft four is not yet clear|of the Romulans.
Hold position.
It's weird, listening to them|plan our funeral.
I find it difficult to decide|on a service.
Any suggestions? Human custom is to conduct|a solemn, dignified service, in which the dead are praised|by their loved ones.
Ensign Ro was Bajoran.
Her beliefs should be reflected|as well.
Their death rituals are complicated.
Please, not the Death Chant.
The Bajoran Death Chant|is two hours long.
I am not certain that human|or Bajoran rites are fitting.
I have researched the customs|of 5,000 cultures to no avail.
- Shuttlecraft four has cleared.
|- Resume course.
In almost all societies, it is traditional|to say a ritual farewell to those you call friends.
I never had a friend until Geordi.
He spoke to me and treated me|no differently from anyone else.
He accepted me for what I am.
And that, I have learned,|is friendship.
But how do I say goodbye? He seems almost human, doesn't he? I'm not the proper person|to advise you.
Why? I am happy for Cmdr La Forge.
He has crossed over|to that which is beyond.
For a Klingon,|this is a joyful time.
A friend has died|in the line of duty.
He has earned a place|among the honoured dead.
It is not a time to mourn.
Begin docking.
Data, that's a nice sentiment,|but premature.
I don't plan on being commemorated|before my time.
I'm afraid I fail to see the point|of this investigation.
Chroniton emissions may have claimed|the lives of our officers.
A most regrettable event.
Was your cloaking device damaged|in the explosion? All of our systems were,|including the cloaking device.
That explains the chronitons|I am detecting in here now.
For your safety, it is important|to eliminate those emissions.
Our safety? There is no way to predict|their interaction with the new core.
I have never seen this.
There is something that looks|like a molecular phase inverter.
What? It's supposed to change matter so it can pass|through normal matter and energy.
Hang on a second.
A few years back, the Klingons tried to combine a phase|inverter and a cloaking device.
In theory,|a phased ship could hide anywhere, even inside a planet.
Conventional weapons|would be useless.
How far did they get? It never got out|of the preliminary stages.
The Romulans|might be pursuing that, trying to combine|an inverter and a cloaking device.
- If this is the prototype|- That explains the explosion.
And us.
- You mean we're cloaked?|- Not just cloaked, phased.
Our molecular structure altered|so that we don't have any substance.
Then that would mean|we're not dead.
It would also mean there's probably|a way to de-phase us.
The emissions are strong|in this area.
You can be assured the emissions|will be eliminated.
Commander, may I speak with you? If they come back,|they'll find the generator.
Is their transfer beam|still at full intensity? It will be|until we switch to internal power.
We will set up|a muon feedback wave inside the beam.
Particles will accumulate|in their dilithium chamber.
When they go to warp speed,|their engines will explode.
- We've got to warn them.
|- How? I don't know.
|We have to find a way.
The muon feedback wave|isn't on any of the displays.
The Romulans must be hiding it|in a signal.
Without a level-three diagnostic,|they'd never detect it.
There must be some way to warn them|before they hit warp.
This is puzzling.
Three more chroniton fields|have formed in the last hour.
There's no reason why the interphase|device would create new fields.
We should begin decontamination.
Run a sensor sweep of chroniton|fields on the Enterprise.
Aye, sir.
These areas show contamination:|sickbay, transporter room three, main bridge, Captain's ready room, shuttlebay two and engineering.
Ro, look! I do not understand|how these have formed.
No transporter beam has been active|in those areas.
They have nothing in common.
- Yes, they do.
|- They are appearing at random.
No, we were|in every one of those locations.
We're leaving footprints.
Can you narrow the scan|to pinpoint locations? Not with the internal sensors.
Go to science station two.
Use a lateral array|to get a precise reading.
I will modify an anyon emitter|to eliminate the fields.
Why don't you go with her?|I'll stay here with Data.
Interesting.
You're reading|chroniton fields, but not from me? There's a field in this wall? Why? Data.
I came through this wall.
I walked through it when I came in.
When the phased matter in my body|passed through the wall, it disrupted the wall's structure,|producing a chroniton field.
Data, I'm right here.
That's me you're reading.
Watch.
Come on.
It's me.
You see? Do not move.
Yes.
I can see you.
- Who are you?|- Where is the scientific officer? The one like us.
The one|who came with you to our ship.
He spoke of a plan|to return to normal.
Yes, this disruptor works.
I was wearing it when I was changed.
|Where is he? Data, stop being so rational.
Try using your imagination|once in a while.
These aren't just|random patterns.
It's me.
Watch where you point that.
Wait, I think you did something.
It's not so easy to push through.
The molecules must have been|partly de-phased by the anyon beam.
Data, if a low-level beam|can bring my hand partly back, maybe a high-level beam|can bring me back.
I'll just have to get you|to turn up the intensity.
Wait a minute, don't stop now.
No, don't give up on it.
It works.
|I was just creating more fields.
Your method is fine.
|Just turn up the intensity, Data.
He's in here.
- Brossmer to Cmdr Data.
|- Data here.
I've just detected|a large chroniton field on deck 17.
The field strength is 300 per cent|above the others.
- Is that Ro?|- Acknowledged.
Get up! Where is the science officer? I'll go.
- Commander?|- Ro! I'm detecting a chroniton field.
|May I scan the area? Certainly.
- Thanks.
|- Any time.
There's no indication of the|muon wave in our dilithium chamber.
It's there.
When they go to warp Incoming message|from the Romulan ship.
- On screen.
|- Now what? Installation of|the new engine core is complete.
We are ready to switch|to internal power.
Understood.
|Disconnect the power-transfer beam.
We are now on internal power.
Capt Picard, please accept my sincere thanks|on behalf of the Romulan Empire.
Don't listen to him, Captain.
Our pleasure, Mirok.
I hope this example of cooperation|between our two peoples .
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will not be an isolated incident.
As do I, Captain.
Set a course for Garadius.
|Warp six.
- Don't, sir!|- Captain.
I'm still running the|decontamination program.
Mr Data believes we shouldn't|engage warp until I've cleared|all chroniton fields from the ship.
- Let me know when you finish.
|- Sir.
If we get to the locations|she's decontaminating, maybe the anyon emissions would|re-phase us enough.
The beam would have to be|pretty strong for us to be visible.
Somebody has to look directly at us.
Then let's go somewhere|with a lot of people.
It's time, sir.
We should go.
You have the bridge, Mr McDowell.
I'll be at the service|in ten-forward.
Well, that's perfect.
|We'll create chroniton fields and get them to flood that room|with a stronger beam.
Deck ten.
I've been thinking|about the first time I met Geordi.
He was a young officer piloting me|on an inspection tour.
And I made some offhand remark about the shuttle's engine|efficiency not being what it should.
The next morning, I found|that he'd stayed up all night, re-fitting the fusion initiators.
I knew then I wanted him|on my next command.
Have you decided|what to say about Ensign Ro? Yes, I have.
It wasn't easy.
- Situations like these|- What wasn't easy? What? - What is going on here?|- It's our memorial service.
- This?|- Why not? I don't believe this.
They think we're dead|and have a party.
Yeah.
It's perfect.
Come on, let's get started.
This is unusual.
Yeah.
I think I like it.
Now I'll never know|what you were gonna say about me.
Do you think the others will find|this service appropriate? Look around you.
Everybody is sharing their memories|of Geordi and Ro, laughing.
What could be more appropriate? - I am glad you approve.
|- Brossmer to Data.
- Go ahead, Chief.
|- Sorry to disturb you.
We've cleared the critical areas but we've detected a new,|strong field forming in ten-forward.
Should I wait until the service|is over? No, anyon emissions are harmless.
|Begin now.
- Aye, sir.
|- Here we go.
Worf, can you see us?|We're right here.
Damn.
We have to find a way to increase|the emission strength.
If she hadn't lost her rank|in that incident at Garon IV, she'd be Lieutenant Commander|by now.
- Bridge to Picard.
|- Go ahead.
Incoming message|from Garadius IV.
The situation is deteriorating.
|They want our ETA.
Stand by, Ensign.
Excuse me.
We have to do something|before they go into warp.
The disruptor,|I'll put it on overload.
Do it.
Let's go.
I would like to go soon.
I see no reason to delay.
|The chroniton fields have cleared.
Excellent.
Mr McDowell,|set a course for Garadius.
Cmdr Data, field strength has|increased by 3,000 percent.
Curious.
Captain, we should decontaminate|this room before getting under way.
- Very well.
|- Chief.
Increase anyon emissions|to 6,000 particles per second.
- Decontaminate this area.
|- OK, hang on.
Data, do you see us?|We're here.
Right here.
- Did you see that, Mr Data?|- Yes, sir.
Come on, Data,|put it all together.
These were not ghosts.
|What did we see? I believe I may know, sir.
Data, please be right.
It would explain|the mysterious chroniton fields.
If they were cloaked in some way.
You're saying|that they're still alive? If I'm right, they are,|and in this room.
Their brief appearance coincided|with the anyon sweep.
Perhaps the anyons neutralised|the cloaking effect.
- Chief Brossmer.
|- Yes, Commander? Set the beam to its highest level.
|Flood ten-forward.
Aye, sir.
- Data, do you see us?|- Of course.
La Forge to Engineering.
|Take the warp engines off line.
There's a muon wave|inside the dilithium chamber.
Captain, who gave that order? That was Cmdr La Forge.
|Please follow his instructions.
Aye, sir.
It looks like a great party.
|Can we join you? Geordi, it is good to see you.
Thanks, Data.
|I've never been to a better funeral.
Could you pass the rolls? You've been eating for an hour.
Come on.
We didn't eat for almost two days.
|I'm hungry.
- What's wrong?|- Nothing.
Come on.
I was raised with Bajoran beliefs.
I even followed|some of the practices.
But I never really believed|in a life after death.
Then suddenly I was dead|and there was this other life.
And it made me feel arrogant to|discount everything I'd been taught.
Now I don't know what to believe.
Well We should develop|our own interphase device.
If it can teach Ro Laren humility,|it can do anything.