1 00:00:03,378 --> 00:00:06,965 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 44631 .2. 2 00:00:07,174 --> 00:00:10,552 We are proceeding through the rim of an uncharted binary star system 3 00:00:10,761 --> 00:00:13,889 where we may have located the u.S.S. Brittain. 4 00:00:14,097 --> 00:00:17,267 The missing science vessel failed to arrive at its destination 5 00:00:17,476 --> 00:00:21,313 and has not been heard from since a distress call 29 days ago. 6 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,273 On-screen. 7 00:00:23,607 --> 00:00:25,359 Magnify. 8 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,110 Riker: That's the brittain, all right. 9 00:00:27,319 --> 00:00:28,362 The ship is intact, sir. 10 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:31,073 - No indication of structural damage. - Engines? 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,534 Data: All propulsion systems are shut down. 12 00:00:33,992 --> 00:00:35,452 The ship is drifting, sir. 13 00:00:35,661 --> 00:00:38,747 - Life-form readings? - Data: Inconclusive. 14 00:00:38,956 --> 00:00:40,666 Counselor? 15 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:43,835 There is life on board, but... 16 00:00:45,337 --> 00:00:46,964 What is it? 17 00:00:47,172 --> 00:00:49,174 I don't know. 18 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:51,718 Something... 19 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,056 Number one, assemble your team. 20 00:00:56,265 --> 00:00:58,976 Dr. Crusher, report to transporter room 3. Worf. 21 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:02,312 - Data. - Commander... 22 00:01:03,772 --> 00:01:05,357 I need to come too. 23 00:01:29,798 --> 00:01:34,428 There is no malfunction in any of the main systems, sir. 24 00:01:47,899 --> 00:01:49,526 Worf: Commander... 25 00:01:50,569 --> 00:01:52,404 Here's another one. 26 00:01:52,613 --> 00:01:56,867 This was done by a phaser, on a setting of six or seven. 27 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:01,788 More over here. 28 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,960 The entire bridge crew. 29 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,005 Whoever did this could still be on the ship. 30 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,549 Troi: There is someone still alive. 31 00:02:12,758 --> 00:02:15,135 But he didn't kill these people. 32 00:02:15,344 --> 00:02:16,928 Here. 33 00:02:23,727 --> 00:02:25,437 Crusher: I think he's betazoid. 34 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:27,147 Troi: It's all right. 35 00:02:27,356 --> 00:02:29,608 We're going to help you. 36 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:35,697 Who did this? Who did this to you? 37 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,815 Picard: Space, the final frontier. 38 00:03:10,357 --> 00:03:14,277 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 39 00:03:14,486 --> 00:03:19,741 Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds, 40 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:24,287 to seek out new life and new civilizations, 41 00:03:24,496 --> 00:03:28,792 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 42 00:04:33,064 --> 00:04:35,317 Crusher: We've almost finished the autopsies, captain. 43 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:37,360 How long will it take to compile the data? 44 00:04:37,569 --> 00:04:38,612 It's complicated. 45 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:40,739 The dead were found all over the ship. 46 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:42,991 Some were found locked in their rooms. 47 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,578 Barricaded, with weapons piled all around them. 48 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:48,147 Others were found in the corridors 49 00:04:48,330 --> 00:04:51,041 where they'd obviously had hand-to-hand combat. 50 00:04:51,249 --> 00:04:55,212 It's going to take some time to analyze and sort through the details. 51 00:04:55,837 --> 00:05:01,301 We've identified him as andrus hagan, from betazed, scientific adviser. 52 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:04,554 He's in a profound catatonic state. 53 00:05:04,763 --> 00:05:06,848 I'm not getting much, captain. 54 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:11,061 A few words, disconnected phrases. 55 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:15,774 I can feel his terror, but I can't seem to get through to him. 56 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:17,943 Stay with him, counselor. 57 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:21,488 We're examining the brittain for clues, but... 58 00:05:21,696 --> 00:05:25,325 This is the only man left who knows what happened there. 59 00:05:27,118 --> 00:05:28,912 Troi: I'm here. 60 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,581 I'm right here. 61 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:33,834 Hagan: Out there. 62 00:05:34,376 --> 00:05:36,670 Voices. 63 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:38,421 Troi: Voices. 64 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:40,590 What do they say? 65 00:05:40,799 --> 00:05:46,304 Hagan: Both things. No, no. 66 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:49,432 Troi: Keep talking to me. 67 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:52,519 I'll try to understand. 68 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:03,905 All the engines check out perfectly, commander. 69 00:06:04,114 --> 00:06:05,198 Once we get them started, 70 00:06:05,407 --> 00:06:07,688 the brittain can get back to starbase under her own power. 71 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,786 Let's give it a try. 72 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:13,039 Pre-heating injectors. 73 00:06:13,248 --> 00:06:14,457 Data, fuel flow? 74 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:17,752 Matter valves are open and operating. 75 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:21,715 Magnetic containment of antimatter pods is constant. 76 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:23,633 Okay, open injectors. 77 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:25,927 Injectors open. 78 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:34,436 There is no engine activity at all, sir. 79 00:06:34,769 --> 00:06:36,062 What's wrong? 80 00:06:36,271 --> 00:06:37,772 Nothing's wrong. 81 00:06:37,981 --> 00:06:39,941 I don't understand it. 82 00:06:43,028 --> 00:06:44,446 Come. 83 00:06:47,782 --> 00:06:50,327 I've been studying the autopsy reports. 84 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:52,829 The conclusion is appalling. 85 00:06:53,038 --> 00:06:56,291 There was no outside source, no alien presence. 86 00:06:56,499 --> 00:07:00,837 All 34 of them appear to have killed each other. 87 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,839 What could have caused such an event? 88 00:07:03,048 --> 00:07:04,466 Drugs? 89 00:07:04,674 --> 00:07:05,717 A virus? Poison? 90 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:10,347 Toxicological tests showed no unusual substances in their systems. 91 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:11,995 They all appear to be in good health. 92 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:13,350 But for whatever reason, 93 00:07:13,558 --> 00:07:15,477 they seemed to turn against each other, 94 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:20,065 using phasers and knives and bare hands. 95 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,734 I'd like you to see this, captain. 96 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:25,570 It's from the logs of the brittain. 97 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:29,282 Captain zaheva's mental condition deteriorated steadily 98 00:07:29,491 --> 00:07:31,451 once they had become stranded. 99 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:34,913 She began talking of plots and mutinies. 100 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:37,040 This was the last entry in the log, 101 00:07:37,374 --> 00:07:40,961 made after they'd been adrift for over three weeks. 102 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:44,756 First officer brink and his men were behind it. 103 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:48,093 They got to the engines. 104 00:07:48,843 --> 00:07:51,137 They don't work anymore. 105 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:54,140 Had to eliminate brink. 106 00:07:54,599 --> 00:07:56,935 The ship is out of... 107 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,561 Out of... 108 00:07:58,770 --> 00:08:00,605 We 're running out. 109 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:03,066 Too dangerous... 110 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,362 And his men. 111 00:08:21,418 --> 00:08:23,753 Man 1: Eyes, eyes. Man 2: Eyes. 112 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:25,380 Man 1: In the dark. 113 00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:31,302 One moon. 114 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:36,683 Where are you? 115 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:44,149 I'm coming. Where are you? 116 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:50,530 Man 1: Eyes. 117 00:08:50,739 --> 00:08:53,074 In the dark. 118 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:55,326 One moon. 119 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,665 Eyes in the dark. 120 00:09:01,249 --> 00:09:03,835 One moon. 121 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:08,339 See the eyes in the dark. 122 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:11,301 - One moon. - Where are you? 123 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:32,989 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 44635.8. 124 00:09:33,198 --> 00:09:34,324 Four days have passed, 125 00:09:34,532 --> 00:09:38,119 but we have made little progress in solving the mystery of the brittain. 126 00:09:38,328 --> 00:09:40,497 I have decided we should return to starbase 220, 127 00:09:40,705 --> 00:09:45,376 and to that end, commander la forge is rigging the brittain for towing. 128 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:51,591 I'm gonna try recalibrating the field generators. 129 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:55,929 I still don't see why we can't get the engines started. 130 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:59,849 It just doesn't make any sense. 131 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:10,401 - Someone's still here. - La forge: What did you say, ensign? 132 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,654 Can't you hear it? 133 00:10:13,154 --> 00:10:15,782 There's someone still alive on the ship. 134 00:10:25,750 --> 00:10:29,754 I mean, I thought I heard something. 135 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:34,384 The ship was searched thoroughly. There's nobody left on board. 136 00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:37,262 Sorry, sir, my mistake. 137 00:10:38,513 --> 00:10:42,725 Don't worry about it. There were 34 people found dead on this ship. 138 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:44,978 That's enough to make anybody uneasy. 139 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:47,856 Thank you, sir. 140 00:10:53,444 --> 00:10:55,238 Troi: I'm here. 141 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:58,616 Can you hear me? 142 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:04,372 Tell me about the voices you hear. 143 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:07,625 Hagan: Bright. 144 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:11,379 Bright out there. 145 00:11:13,798 --> 00:11:15,717 Troi: I don't understand. 146 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:17,552 Bright what? 147 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,971 Tell me more. 148 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,943 Boy, what a day this was. 149 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:37,113 I'm doing an isozyme study on some populations of cardilia, 150 00:11:37,322 --> 00:11:41,618 but they're turning out to have these really weird polymorphisms. 151 00:11:43,411 --> 00:11:45,079 Is that why you're late? 152 00:11:45,288 --> 00:11:47,749 Oh, no, I had a conference with Dr. Balthus. 153 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:52,212 She wants to do a study on the iaticifer ontogeny of the kaladian Thorn flower. 154 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:55,465 But I don't have time to oversee another project. 155 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:58,301 - Was Tom Corbin there? - What? 156 00:11:58,509 --> 00:12:01,095 Tom Corbin, from the science lab. 157 00:12:01,304 --> 00:12:02,347 Remember him? 158 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:03,635 Of course I remember him... 159 00:12:03,806 --> 00:12:06,017 Use any excuse you can to pay him a visit. 160 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,144 Miles, what are you saying? 161 00:12:08,436 --> 00:12:11,189 I think you know exactly what I'm saying. 162 00:12:13,191 --> 00:12:17,028 If I didn't know better, I'd say you were jealous. 163 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,823 You take me for a fool? 164 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:32,502 Hello, chief. 165 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:34,420 Having coffee? 166 00:12:34,629 --> 00:12:36,965 No, I'm drinking too much coffee. 167 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:38,800 A surprise to see you here at this hour. 168 00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:40,468 Yeah? Why is that? 169 00:12:40,677 --> 00:12:42,136 Not out of the honeymoon yet. 170 00:12:42,345 --> 00:12:44,555 Usually newlyweds can't keep their hands off each other. 171 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:46,516 She has work to do. 172 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:49,727 Well, she heads up the plant biology lab, you know? 173 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:52,981 Any strange things going on down there? 174 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:54,899 Like what? 175 00:12:56,317 --> 00:12:57,777 I've been hearing things. 176 00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:01,531 Kenicki, in engineering, told me he saw a man 177 00:13:01,739 --> 00:13:05,702 in an old starfleet uniform riding the lift near the engine core. 178 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:09,038 When the lift got to the top, there was no one on it. 179 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,916 - Ghost stories. - There's more. There's lots more. 180 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:14,794 There are strange things happening on this ship, o'brien. 181 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:16,671 I'm surprised at you, Gillespie. 182 00:13:16,879 --> 00:13:18,840 A starfleet officer? 183 00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:23,011 I have more things to worry about than shades and spirits. 184 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:31,602 Come. 185 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:39,319 Come. 186 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:49,620 Yes? 187 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:21,069 Come. 188 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:23,863 What...? 189 00:14:25,573 --> 00:14:28,076 Captain, do you have a moment? 190 00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:29,327 We're concerned. 191 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:33,081 We're afraid whatever happened on the brittain may be starting here. 192 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:34,332 Explain. 193 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:39,128 Well, Beverly and I have been getting unusual reports. 194 00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:43,424 People behaving strangely, others hearing sounds that aren't there. 195 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:45,343 What are you talking about? Hallucinations? 196 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:48,137 In some cases. In others, just erratic behavior. 197 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:52,016 We can't track down any element that might be responsible. 198 00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,310 But everything started when we found the brittain. 199 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:55,561 Crusher: 200 00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:59,315 Captain, we have to get the enterprise away from here. 201 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:02,193 Before it gets any worse. 202 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:04,747 We're preparing to take the brittain in tow. 203 00:15:04,946 --> 00:15:07,407 We'll be on our way within the hour. 204 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:16,332 Ensign, maneuver us into tractor beam range. 205 00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:18,584 Aye, sir. 206 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:25,633 Is there a problem, ensign? 207 00:15:26,801 --> 00:15:30,430 I can't seem to remember how to enter the coordinates, sir. 208 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:31,681 Ensign lin? 209 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:33,182 Ready now, captain. 210 00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:35,810 Report to sickbay, ensign rager. 211 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:38,980 Ready the tractor beam, Mr. Worf. 212 00:15:40,356 --> 00:15:43,860 Captain, thrusters are losing power. 213 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:47,738 Impulse engines. Ahead minimum power. 214 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,283 Impulse engines are not responding, sir. 215 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:51,868 Geordi, what's going on down there? 216 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:54,537 La forge: I don't know, sir. Nothing's responding. 217 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:57,957 Go to warp engines. Factor one. Engage. 218 00:15:58,166 --> 00:15:59,208 La forge: Captain, 219 00:15:59,417 --> 00:16:01,043 we don't have warp drive either. 220 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:05,298 We have no functional propulsion systems? 221 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:08,050 No, sir. Apparently we do not. 222 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:11,679 - We're adrift. - Just like the brittain. 223 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:22,857 Picard: Captain's log, stardate 44639.9. 224 00:16:23,065 --> 00:16:26,110 The enterprise has now been adrift for a total of ten days. 225 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:28,237 We have sent subspace distress calls, 226 00:16:28,446 --> 00:16:30,198 but because of our distant location, 227 00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:34,118 we cannot expect a response for at least another two weeks. 228 00:16:34,327 --> 00:16:38,122 After analyzing the sensor logs of the brittain and the enterprise, 229 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:41,584 as well as the data from the last series of probes, 230 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:43,272 I conclude that we have become trapped 231 00:16:43,461 --> 00:16:47,173 in a massive rupture in space into which energy is absorbed. 232 00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:51,219 - You mean, a tyken's rift? - A what? 233 00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:53,930 A rare anomaly named after bela tyken, 234 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:56,557 a melthusian captain who first encountered it. 235 00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:58,100 Tyken's rift. 236 00:16:58,309 --> 00:17:00,770 That would explain why we don't have engine power. 237 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:05,191 The ship's energy is being drained into the fissure before we can utilize it. 238 00:17:10,404 --> 00:17:11,906 I was detained. 239 00:17:12,114 --> 00:17:14,075 Data: When tyken was trapped in the rift, 240 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,452 his analysis determined 241 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:21,457 that a massive energy release might overload and dislocate the anomaly. 242 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:24,752 Fortunately, his cargo included anicium and yurium, 243 00:17:24,961 --> 00:17:27,505 which he used to detonate the explosion. 244 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:30,466 He then escaped through the ruptured center of the rift. 245 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:33,436 We aren't carrying anything that could produce that kind of explosion. 246 00:17:33,636 --> 00:17:35,638 Not even our photon torpedoes would be enough. 247 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:37,848 Couldn't we replicate the elements that tyken used? 248 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,934 No, sir. We no longer have the power 249 00:17:40,142 --> 00:17:42,478 to reproduce complex elements in the replicator. 250 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:46,482 We must find a way to generate a violent energy release 251 00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:48,609 without using conventional means. 252 00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:49,902 Data, 253 00:17:50,111 --> 00:17:53,990 in tyken's experience, did the crew exhibit behavioral changes? 254 00:17:54,198 --> 00:17:57,535 No. There were no reports of unusual conduct among the crew. 255 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:58,995 What about nightmares? 256 00:17:59,203 --> 00:18:03,249 There were no records of sleep disturbances of any kind, counselor. 257 00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:05,835 Then what is it? 258 00:18:06,043 --> 00:18:08,379 What's happening to us? 259 00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:15,261 The only one who doesn't seem affected by all this is data. 260 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:20,683 Budge. 261 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:23,185 Number one. 262 00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:27,857 - How...? - Sir? 263 00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:31,694 Any hallucinations? Nightmares? 264 00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:36,782 No. I'd be a liar if I said I felt like myself. 265 00:18:36,991 --> 00:18:40,578 I've had to bite my tongue to keep from snapping at people. 266 00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:43,748 A couple of times I've... 267 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:47,543 Gone to my quarters and felt as if there was someone else in there. 268 00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:49,003 Waiting for me. 269 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,590 I've had similar feelings. 270 00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:56,552 With everyone succumbing, 271 00:18:56,761 --> 00:19:02,058 it's even more important that one of us attempt to keep control of his faculties. 272 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,644 I want you to turn in, take a nap. 273 00:19:04,852 --> 00:19:08,189 I'll be on the bridge, you can relieve me in four hours. 274 00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:10,066 Yes, sir. 275 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:43,033 As you were. 276 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:53,461 Mr. Data, will you join me in my ready room? 277 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,647 Data: Commander la forge and I have come up 278 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:45,930 with a potential solution to our predicament. 279 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:48,724 Perhaps the modifications used to increase firepower 280 00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:51,852 against the borg would be effective here. 281 00:21:53,437 --> 00:21:57,274 Channeling power to the main, um... 282 00:21:57,441 --> 00:21:59,735 - Deflector dish. - Yes, sir. 283 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:02,279 I believe that within six hours we could generate 284 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:07,117 a concentrated burst of energy which might disrupt the tyken's rift. 285 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:10,621 Very well. Proceed. 286 00:22:12,832 --> 00:22:14,333 Yes, sir? 287 00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:17,962 It appears that I am not 288 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:22,091 immune to the strange forces that are at work on this ship. 289 00:22:22,299 --> 00:22:23,843 Yes, sir. 290 00:22:25,553 --> 00:22:29,014 It's a terrifying prospect to lose control of one's mind. 291 00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:34,103 When I was young, 292 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:37,106 I remember watching 293 00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:41,861 my grandfather deteriorate from a powerful, intelligent figure 294 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:46,574 to a... frail wisp of a man 295 00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:49,410 who could barely make his own way home. 296 00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:55,291 Mr. Data, it is my responsibility, 297 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:59,044 somehow, to see that this ship is guided to safety. 298 00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:03,674 I will need to rely on you from now on. 299 00:23:06,844 --> 00:23:09,680 We may need to count on you for our very survival. 300 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:12,641 I will do my best, sir. 301 00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:20,441 I'd like to do more cross-sections on the brain tissue of these bodies. 302 00:23:20,649 --> 00:23:22,818 Set up the positron emission sensor in sickbay, 303 00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:25,154 and I'll decide which ones I want to study. 304 00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:27,114 Man: Yes, doctor. 305 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:26,340 Go away. 306 00:24:38,769 --> 00:24:41,313 Crusher: Captain, let me ask you this. 307 00:24:41,522 --> 00:24:43,816 Since we located the brittain, 308 00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:46,944 can you remember any of your dreams? 309 00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:53,409 - I hardly ever recall dreams. - Crusher: Most people don't. Think, 310 00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:57,871 have you even had a dream in the last ten days? 311 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:02,918 - I don't recall. - I'm willing to bet you haven't. 312 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:06,672 What's more, neither has anyone else on board this ship. 313 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,049 Except for troi. 314 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:14,304 I began to realize that when she talked about having nightmares. 315 00:25:17,141 --> 00:25:24,064 I've, uh, done some additional brain tissue scans on, uh, the bodies, 316 00:25:24,273 --> 00:25:27,401 some of the bodies from the, urn... 317 00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:29,028 - The... - The brittain, doctor. 318 00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:34,491 Right. I've also done some scans on a random cross-section from our crew. 319 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,036 They both have the same results. 320 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:40,122 A unique chemical imbalance. 321 00:25:40,831 --> 00:25:44,043 - Caused by? - Crusher: Dream deprivation. 322 00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:50,132 Every night when we... 323 00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:56,180 We enter into sleep... 324 00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,142 I believe what the doctor means 325 00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:05,564 is that humans enter into what is known as rem sleep. 326 00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,191 Rapid eye movement. 327 00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:10,736 It is the level of brain wave activity at which one dreams. 328 00:26:10,944 --> 00:26:14,281 We have to dream in order to survive. 329 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:18,243 If we don't reach rem sleep, we don't dream, we... 330 00:26:18,452 --> 00:26:22,873 We begin to lose our cognitive abilities, we find it hard to concentrate, 331 00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:27,377 we forget how to do the most ordinary task. 332 00:26:27,878 --> 00:26:30,714 Then we become irritable, paranoid. 333 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:34,009 Some people experience hallucinations. 334 00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:37,471 You're describing the situation on this ship. 335 00:26:38,055 --> 00:26:41,225 But counselor troi reported nightmares. 336 00:26:42,226 --> 00:26:46,021 Maybe it's because she's betazoid, I don't know why. 337 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,899 All I know is that there's more going on here 338 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:51,568 than being caught in a tyken's rift. 339 00:26:51,819 --> 00:26:57,658 And I don't know how or why it's happening, but I do know this. 340 00:26:57,866 --> 00:27:01,453 There is an inevitable conclusion to this pattern. 341 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:04,873 And if I can't find a way to stop it, 342 00:27:05,082 --> 00:27:07,876 we will all go insane. 343 00:27:28,939 --> 00:27:32,860 Man: Eyes in the dark. 344 00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:37,364 - Circles... - Where are you? 345 00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,450 Man: Eyes in the dark. 346 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:44,288 One moon, circles. 347 00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:51,753 Troi: I'm still here. 348 00:27:51,962 --> 00:27:54,173 I haven't gone anywhere. 349 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:59,469 Do you remember anything more? 350 00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:03,599 Hagan: Double. 351 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:09,146 Troi: What does that mean? 352 00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,608 Is something doubled? 353 00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:32,544 Deanna, nothing's working. 354 00:28:32,753 --> 00:28:33,795 I've tried somatic drugs, 355 00:28:34,004 --> 00:28:37,633 I've tried inducing theta waves in the entorhinal cortex. 356 00:28:37,841 --> 00:28:39,384 No matter what I do, 357 00:28:39,593 --> 00:28:44,056 no one can reach rem sleep, no one can dream. 358 00:28:44,264 --> 00:28:46,642 Except for you. 359 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,564 Except me. 360 00:28:53,523 --> 00:28:57,486 And all I have is nightmares. 361 00:28:57,694 --> 00:29:00,572 I can hardly sleep at all anymore. 362 00:29:02,741 --> 00:29:06,203 In the end, I'll be like him. 363 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:09,456 Just like him. 364 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:15,462 Gillespie: Well, I think it's some kind of experiment to see... 365 00:29:15,671 --> 00:29:20,133 Captain picard is trying to see how long we'll take it, stuck here like rats. 366 00:29:20,342 --> 00:29:23,053 Oh, you couldn't be more wrong. 367 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:24,930 It's like we're laboratory animals. 368 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:29,893 I don't wanna sit here and wait for death to sneak up behind me. 369 00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:31,728 What's that supposed to mean? 370 00:29:31,979 --> 00:29:35,065 You heard about them on the brittain, shut in their rooms, dying alone. 371 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:37,317 - That's not for me. - Woman: Not for me, either. 372 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:40,237 - I'd rather go out fighting. - Man: I would too. What about the...? 373 00:29:44,283 --> 00:29:49,997 Okay, all power's been channeled to the, urn... the... 374 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:54,876 - The main deflector dish. - Yes. Right, the deflector dish. 375 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,009 What do we do now? 376 00:30:02,217 --> 00:30:03,260 Data to bridge. 377 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:06,930 - Mr. Worf, activate the deflector. - Worf: Aye, sir. 378 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:12,477 Deflector power banks approaching maximum. 379 00:30:12,686 --> 00:30:14,730 Discharge in 15 seconds. 380 00:30:14,938 --> 00:30:20,652 Data, this detonation better work. We're not gonna last much longer. 381 00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:23,405 Discharge in three seconds. 382 00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:25,699 Two, one. 383 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:31,913 Nothing. Just fizzled out. 384 00:30:33,290 --> 00:30:36,752 Captain, it appears the energy output has been absorbed into the rift. 385 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,754 Picard: Data, can we try again? 386 00:30:38,962 --> 00:30:42,716 No, sir. If we draw more power, we risk losing life-support systems. 387 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:46,303 Picard: Understood. Keep me apprised, commander. 388 00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:36,561 Worf, no! 389 00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:38,146 You will not stop me. 390 00:31:38,355 --> 00:31:40,148 Security, worf's quarters immediately. 391 00:31:40,357 --> 00:31:42,818 - No one can stop me. — why? 392 00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:45,028 What is it? 393 00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:54,454 I am no longer a warrior. 394 00:31:54,955 --> 00:31:57,874 I am no longer strong. 395 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,048 Troi: What? 396 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:08,552 What do you feel? 397 00:32:11,555 --> 00:32:13,890 I feel fear. 398 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:21,356 To admit that you're afraid gives you strength. 399 00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:24,443 Something is waiting for us. 400 00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:26,695 I am not strong enough to fight it. 401 00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:28,238 No, worf. 402 00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:31,199 It's just an illusion. 403 00:32:31,408 --> 00:32:33,910 It's not real. 404 00:32:36,371 --> 00:32:37,747 Please... 405 00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,542 Put down the knife. 406 00:32:53,430 --> 00:32:56,808 - Counselor? - Troi: It's all right. 407 00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,353 Everything's fine. Thank you. 408 00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:08,445 Let me take you to sickbay. 409 00:33:36,431 --> 00:33:40,685 Data: Acting captain's log, stardate 44642.1. 410 00:33:40,894 --> 00:33:42,687 I have assumed command of the enterprise 411 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:44,648 at the request of captain picard. 412 00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,816 Our situation is deteriorating. 413 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,818 Many of the crew are unable to function, 414 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:52,489 and our life-support systems are beginning to falter. 415 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:57,536 Troi: Once before, you said, "double." 416 00:33:57,744 --> 00:34:00,705 What did you mean? What is "double"? 417 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:02,624 Hagan: Mates. 418 00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:04,751 Too bright. 419 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,797 Twin... cannot leave the twin. 420 00:34:09,005 --> 00:34:11,841 One moon circling. 421 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:14,219 Troi: What do you mean? 422 00:34:14,427 --> 00:34:16,304 You can't leave? 423 00:34:16,513 --> 00:34:19,599 Hagan: No. No, please. 424 00:34:19,808 --> 00:34:21,309 Can 't... 425 00:34:21,518 --> 00:34:24,771 Troi: You want to leave. Why can't you? 426 00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:26,815 Hagan: Can't go. 427 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:28,191 Help. 428 00:34:28,441 --> 00:34:31,778 One moon circling. 429 00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:33,655 Eyes. 430 00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:39,369 Eyes... in the dark. 431 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:47,627 Eyes in the dark? 432 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:52,048 That's what the voice said in my dream. 433 00:34:52,299 --> 00:34:54,467 Is that where you heard it? 434 00:34:54,718 --> 00:34:58,138 In the dream? Over and over? 435 00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:07,564 Beverly, I know what it is. 436 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:10,025 - I know what's happening. - What? 437 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:12,193 My nightmare. It's not a dream. 438 00:35:12,402 --> 00:35:15,739 It's not a dream at all. It's a message. 439 00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,743 Rem sleep occurs at a different frequency for betazoids 440 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:22,162 than for other humanoids. 441 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:27,292 I believe the beings are using that frequency 442 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:29,544 to communicate telepathically. 443 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:32,297 Data: It is possible that this telepathic communication 444 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:36,051 is creating interference in the rem sleep of other species. 445 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:39,679 That would explain why the rest of our crew is not dreaming. 446 00:35:39,888 --> 00:35:42,766 Counselor, what are these beings trying to tell us? 447 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,352 They're calling for help. 448 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,688 I think they're trapped just like we are. 449 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:53,443 "Eyes in the dark" could mean this twin star system. 450 00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:56,780 Your hypothesis is certainly plausible. 451 00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:00,992 There may be another ship. 452 00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:04,162 On the other side of the fissure, where we cannot detect it. 453 00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:08,458 Is there a way we could block their signals? 454 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:12,087 There is no technology to block telepathic transmissions, doctor. 455 00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:18,009 Maybe communication through dreams can work both ways. 456 00:36:18,218 --> 00:36:20,595 I could try and get them to stop. 457 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:24,099 Perhaps we can accomplish more than that. 458 00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:27,435 If there is another ship, and we can reach them, 459 00:36:27,644 --> 00:36:31,106 we might be able to coordinate our efforts to free ourselves. 460 00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:33,441 It is conceivable. 461 00:36:33,650 --> 00:36:37,195 When working with patients with debilitating nightmares, 462 00:36:37,404 --> 00:36:41,825 I've often used a therapeutic treatment called "directed dreaming." 463 00:36:42,158 --> 00:36:45,412 Dreamers can learn to control their dreams, 464 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:51,000 retain a conscious memory, even while in rem sleep. 465 00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:56,297 I could remember a short message and deliver it to them. 466 00:36:56,506 --> 00:36:59,926 If it were possible, what would you say? 467 00:37:03,179 --> 00:37:04,848 Data: Working together with the aliens, 468 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:08,435 we must discover a means by which we can produce an explosion 469 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:12,105 more intense than either one of us could achieve alone. 470 00:37:12,772 --> 00:37:14,524 What is it you're looking for? 471 00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,651 Data: These are the elements we have available. 472 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:20,363 Some of them could be used in the creation of an explosive reaction. 473 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,866 If we could communicate this inventory to the other ship, 474 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:26,077 - perhaps they would be able... - No, data. No. 475 00:37:26,286 --> 00:37:31,958 This is too complex. It has to be a simple, clear message. 476 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:34,836 I am uncertain if a simple transmission would be adequate. 477 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,715 Stop. 478 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:40,675 Go back. 479 00:37:41,551 --> 00:37:43,762 Further back. There, stop. 480 00:37:44,846 --> 00:37:47,390 One moon circles. 481 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,561 Yes, counselor. One electron circles one proton. 482 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:54,189 This is a hydrogen atom. 483 00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:58,860 "One moon circles." That's what they've been telling me, over and over. 484 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:00,987 Perhaps the aliens are thinking as we are. 485 00:38:01,196 --> 00:38:03,865 To collaborate in producing an explosion. 486 00:38:04,073 --> 00:38:06,534 If hydrogen is combined with another element, 487 00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:10,747 calendenium, for example, it is extremely volatile. 488 00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:13,208 But would the message mean 489 00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:16,920 that they have hydrogen, or they want hydrogen? 490 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:18,880 Well, if it's a distress call, 491 00:38:19,088 --> 00:38:20,924 I think they'd be asking for what they need, 492 00:38:21,132 --> 00:38:23,134 not what they already have. 493 00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:26,763 Then the proper course of action would be to release hydrogen into the rift 494 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,391 and hope they have a substance that would detonate it. 495 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:34,562 How do I tell them what to do? 496 00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:36,648 If you are correct, counselor, 497 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:39,067 I believe they have already told us what to do 498 00:38:39,275 --> 00:38:41,152 and are waiting for us to do it. 499 00:38:41,361 --> 00:38:42,529 When we are ready, 500 00:38:42,737 --> 00:38:45,949 the only message you should attempt to convey is: 501 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,784 "Now. 502 00:38:49,202 --> 00:38:52,580 I can help keep you in rem sleep for a while 503 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:55,291 with this cortical scanner. 504 00:38:56,042 --> 00:39:02,006 It will maintain electrical activity in your brain at the proper frequency. 505 00:39:09,097 --> 00:39:10,177 Data: Counselor, 506 00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:12,148 you'll have to communicate with the other ship 507 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:14,894 within two minutes of entering rem sleep. 508 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:16,521 Troi: Two minutes? 509 00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:19,858 - Is that all, data? - Data: Unfortunately, yes. 510 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:21,109 We have only enough power 511 00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:23,778 to emit a hydrogen stream for that amount of time. 512 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:27,907 They must understand that they will have to detonate it immediately. 513 00:39:28,116 --> 00:39:30,910 Captain, we are ready to implement the plan. 514 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:32,745 Proceed. 515 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:36,457 We will have to draw power from the life support systems 516 00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:39,294 in order to discharge the collectors. 517 00:39:44,465 --> 00:39:46,175 This is acting captain data. 518 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:49,721 All personnel will report to the designated shelter areas 519 00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:51,264 data: Immediately. 520 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:56,352 Life support systems will continue only in emergency shelter areas. 521 00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:58,605 - Did you hear that? - Man: What's the problem...? 522 00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:01,900 Get us jammed into shelter areas. 523 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:04,652 - We sit and we wait to die. - Woman: Yeah. 524 00:40:04,861 --> 00:40:07,488 - Nobody will ever find us. - Relax, Gillespie. 525 00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:09,157 Everybody, relax. 526 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:13,703 Ten-forward is a designated shelter area. Relax. 527 00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:16,855 - Do we want to die here? - All: No. 528 00:40:16,956 --> 00:40:18,356 - Like helpless children? - All: No! 529 00:40:18,541 --> 00:40:20,001 Security to ten-forward immediately. 530 00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:21,812 Gillespie: We don't know what we're dying for. 531 00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:24,130 Sit down, Gillespie. You're not helping matters any. 532 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:26,174 What's wrong with standing up for ourselves? 533 00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:28,051 Man: Yeah! 534 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,512 Picard owes us some answers. 535 00:40:46,736 --> 00:40:48,112 What is that? 536 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:51,199 Just a little souvenir I picked up from magus III. 537 00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:52,867 That was setting number one. 538 00:40:53,076 --> 00:40:55,995 Anyone wanna see setting number two? 539 00:40:59,415 --> 00:41:02,085 Pgo signals, steady. 540 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,254 Visual cortex showing increased activity. 541 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,216 Rapid eye movements commencing. 542 00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:17,225 Crusher to bridge. 543 00:41:17,433 --> 00:41:20,979 - Crusher: She's in rem sleep. - Thank you, doctor. 544 00:41:21,187 --> 00:41:23,606 Activating bussard collectors. 545 00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:37,745 Man: Eyes in the dark. 546 00:41:37,954 --> 00:41:40,581 Where are you? 547 00:41:44,085 --> 00:41:45,670 Ninety seconds remaining. 548 00:41:46,379 --> 00:41:48,673 Man: One moon... 549 00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:50,133 Circles. 550 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,385 Where are you? 551 00:41:52,593 --> 00:41:54,887 Man: Eyes... Troi: I have to find you. 552 00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,143 I have to tell you. 553 00:42:04,105 --> 00:42:05,982 Forty-five seconds remaining. 554 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:11,946 Man: One moon... 555 00:42:12,155 --> 00:42:17,410 - Please... I must find you. - Circles. 556 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,871 To tell you... 557 00:42:20,455 --> 00:42:22,248 Thirty seconds remaining... 558 00:42:24,625 --> 00:42:26,544 Man: Eyes... 559 00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:31,007 One moon... 560 00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:38,931 Ten seconds remaining. 561 00:42:45,646 --> 00:42:47,440 Nothing. 562 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:49,067 No explosion. 563 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,444 Counselor was unsuccessful. 564 00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:00,036 Activate impulse engines. 565 00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:01,954 Engines activated, sir. 566 00:43:33,486 --> 00:43:37,990 We have cleared the rift, sir. Warp engines are coming back online. 567 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:41,536 Set a course to... 568 00:43:42,495 --> 00:43:45,665 Setting a course for starbase 220. 569 00:43:53,756 --> 00:43:55,424 Sir, 570 00:43:55,967 --> 00:43:58,427 as my final duty as acting captain, 571 00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:00,221 I order you to bed. 572 00:44:00,429 --> 00:44:03,224 I shall do the same for all personnel. 573 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:06,185 Very well, Mr. Data. 574 00:44:10,398 --> 00:44:12,441 And, Mr. Data... 575 00:44:13,734 --> 00:44:15,027 Thank you. 576 00:44:15,236 --> 00:44:17,321 Pleasant dreams, sir.