Star Trek: Generations (1994) - full transcript

How does it feel to be back

on the enterprise bridge?

Captain Kirk?

- Can I ask you a few questions?

- Did you participate in the redesign?

We'd like to know how you

feel about being on...

Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me.

There Will be plenty of

time for questions later.

I'm captain John harriman, and I'd

like to welcome you all aboard.

- It's our pleasure.

- I just want you to know

how excited we all are

to have a group of living legends

with us on our maiden voyage.

I remember reading about your

missions when I was in grade school.

Really?

- Well, may we have a look around?

- Please, please.

Yes, sir, it's very nice

to finally meet you.

- Demora!

- Excuse me. Captain?

This is the first starship

enterprise in 30 years

without James t. Kirk in command.

How do you feel about that, sir?

Just fine. I'm glad to be

here to send her on her way.

And what have you been

doing since you retired?

Keeping busy.

Captain Kirk, just a few

more questions, sir.

Why don't we give the captain a

chance to look around first?

Captain. Excuse me.

I'd like you to meet the helmsman

of the enterprise-b. Demora.

Ensign demora sulu.

It's a pleasure

to meet you, sir.

My father's told me some

interesting stories about you.

- Your father is hikaru sulu?

- Yes, sir.

- You've met her before, but she was...

- It wasn't that long ago.

- It couldn't have been more than...

- Twelve years, sir.

- Twelve years?

- Absolutely.

Incredible.

Congratulations, ensign.

It wouldn't be the enterprise

without a sulu at the helm.

Thank you, sir.

I'm sure hikaru must

be very proud of you.

I hope so.

I was never that young.

No, you were younger.

- Damn fine ship if you ask me.

- Scotty, it absolutely amazes me.

And what would that be, sir?

Sulu, when did he find

time for a family?

Well, like you always say,

if something's important,

you make the time.

So that's why you

seem so restless.

Finding retirement a

little lonely, are we?

You know, I'm glad

you're an engineer.

With tact like that, you'd

make a lousy psychiatrist.

Excuse me, gentlemen, if

you'll take your seats.

Yes, of course.

Prepare to leave spacedock.

Aft thrusters ahead one-quarter, port

and starboard at station keeping.

- Captain Kirk.

- Yes?

I'd be honored if you'd give

the order to get underway.

- Thank you very much, I...

- Please, sir.

- No, no, no, no.

- Please, I insist.

Take us out.

- Very good, sir.

- Brought a tear to me eye.

Be quiet.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

Now that you've seen

the rest of the ship,

how does it feel to be back?

- Well, we... fine.

- Fine, fine.

- Fine, fine.

- Well, ladies and gentlemen,

we've just cleared

the asteroid belt.

Our course today Will

take us out beyond pluto

and then back to spacedock. Just

a quick run around the block.

Captain, Will there be time to conduct

any tests on the Warp drive system?

We're picking up a

distress call, captain.

On speakers.

This is the transport

ship lakul.

We're caught in some kind

of energy distortion.

Two ships in our convoy... trapped

in a severe gravimetric distortion.

We can't break free. We

need immediate help.

It's tearing us apart.

This is the transport...

The lakul is one of two ships

transporting El-aurian

refugees to earth.

Ensign sulu, can

you locate them?

The ships are bearing

at 3-1-0 Mark 2-1-5.

Distance, three light-years.

Signal the closest starship.

We're in no condition

to mount a rescue.

- We don't even have a full crew aboard.

- We're the only one in range, sir.

Well, then, I guess

it's up to us.

Helm, lay in an intercept course

and engage at maximum Warp.

Aye, sir.

Captain, is there something

wrong with your chair?

We're within visual range of the

energy distortion, captain.

On screen.

What the hell is that?

I've located the

transport ships.

Their hulls are starting to

buckle under the stress.

They won't survive much longer.

We're encountering severe

gravimetric distortions

from the energy ribbon, captain.

We'll have to keep our distance.

We don't wanna get pulled in, too.

- Tractor beam. Tractor beam.

- We don't have a tractor beam.

You left spacedock

without a tractor beam?

It won't be installed

until Tuesday.

Ensign sulu,

try generating a subspace

field around the ships.

That might break them free.

There's too much quantum

interference, captain.

What about... what about venting

plasma from the Warp nacelles?

That might disrupt the

ribbon's hold on the ships.

Aye, sir. Releasing

drive plasma.

It's not having any effect, sir.

I think the ribbon's hold...

Sir, the starboard vessel's

hull is collapsing!

- How many people were on that ship?

- Two hundred and sixty-five.

Sir, the lakul's hull

integrity is down to 12%.

Captain Kirk, I would appreciate

any suggestions you might have.

First, move us within

transporter range.

Beam those people

aboard the enterprise.

What about the gravimetric distortions?

They'll tear us apart.

Risk is part of the game if

you wanna sit in that chair.

Helm, close to within

transporter range.

Second, turn that

damn thing off!

- We're within range, sir.

- Beam them directly to sickbay.

- Aye, sir.

- How big is your medical staff?

The medical staff? It doesn't

arrive till Tuesday.

You and you, you've just become nurses.

Let's go.

Main engineering reports fluctuations

in the Warp plasma relays.

Sir, I'm having trouble

locking on to them.

They appear to be in some

sort of temporal flux.

Scotty!

What the hell?

Their life signs are phasing in and

out of our space-time continuum.

Phasing? To where?

- Sir, their hull's collapsing!

- Beam them out of there, Scotty!

Transport complete.

I got 47

out of 150.

- Report!

- We're caught in a gravimetric field

emanating from the trailing

edge of the ribbon.

All engines, full reverse!

It's going to be all right.

We're going to help you.

We are going to help you.

- It's okay. Everything is fine.

- My wife...

Why? Why?

It's all right. You're safe.

You're on the enterprise.

- No, no, I have to go. I have to go back.

- You need to stay right here.

- No. You don't understand.

- It's okay.

Let me go back. Let me go back!

Let me go back. Let me go back.

Please!

- What was he talking about?

- I have no idea.

Excuse me.

Can I help you?

It's going to be okay. You'll be all right.

You just need to rest. Come over here.

There's just no way to disrupt a

gravimetric field of this magnitude.

- Hull integrity at 82%.

- But I do have a theory.

I thought you might.

An antimatter discharge

directly ahead

might disrupt the field long

enough for us to break away.

- Photon torpedoes.

- Aye.

We're losing main power.

Load torpedo bays. Prepare

to fire at my command.

- Captain, we don't have any torpedoes.

- Don't tell me, Tuesday.

- Hull integrity at 40%.

- Captain, it may be possible

to simulate a torpedo blast

using a resonance burst from

the main deflector dish.

- Where are the deflector relays?

- Deck 15, section 21-Alpha.

I'll go. You have the bridge.

Wait.

Your place is on the

bridge of your ship.

I'll take care of it.

Scotty, keep things

together until I get back.

I always do.

Forty-five seconds to

structural collapse.

Bridge to captain Kirk.

Kirk here.

I don't know how much longer

I can hold her together.

That's it. Let's go!

Activate main deflector.

We're breaking free.

It's all right. I'm increasing

power to compensate.

- We're clear.

- You did it, Kirk!

Damage report, ensign.

There's some buckling on

the starboard nacelle.

We've also got a hull breach

in engineering section.

Emergency force fields

in place and holding.

Where?

Sections 20 through

28 on decks 13, 14

and 15.

Bridge to captain Kirk.

Captain Kirk, please respond.

Have Chekov meet me on deck 15.

My god! Was anyone in here?

Aye.

Bring out the prisoner.

Mr. worf, I always knew

this day would come.

- Are you prepared to face the charges?

- Answer him.

I am prepared.

"We, the officers and crew of the u.S.S.

Enterprise,"

"being of sound

mind and judgment,"

"hereby make the following charges

against lieutenant worf."

"One, that he did

knowingly and willfully"

"perform above and beyond the call

of duty on countless occasions."

"Two, most seriously,"

"that he has earned the admiration

and respect of the entire crew."

Mr. worf, I hereby promote you to

the rank of lieutenant commander,

with all the rights and

privileges thereto.

And may god have

mercy on your soul.

- Hip, hip...

- Hooray!

- Hip, hip...

- Hooray!

- Hip, hip...

- Hooray!

- Congratulations, Mr. worf.

- Thank you, sir.

Extend the plank.

Lower the badge of office.

- Be careful.

- You go get that hat.

He'll never make it.

No one ever has.

Jump!

Yes! Yes, worf!

If there's one thing I've

learned over the years,

it's never to

underestimate a klingon.

Computer, remove the plank.

Oh, no!

Number one, that's "retract"

plank, not "remove" plank.

Of course, sir.

Sorry.

Doctor, I must confess, I

am uncertain as to why

someone falling into

freezing water is amusing.

It's all in good fun, data.

- Fun?

- Fun.

I do not understand.

You've got to get into

the spirit of things.

Learn to be spontaneous,

live in the moment.

- Do something unexpected. Get it?

- Got it.

- Data.

- That was...

Not funny.

All hands, make sail.

T'gansuls and courses.

- Stand by the braces.

- Will.

Just imagine what it was like.

No engines, no computers,

just the wind and the sea

and the stars to guide you.

Bad food, brutal discipline.

No women.

- Bridge to captain picard.

- Picard here.

There's a personal message

for you from earth.

Put it through down here.

The best thing about life at sea, Will,

was that no one could reach you.

This was freedom, Will.

Computer, arch.

Look alive there.

Here, take the wheel.

Captain, are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine. Excuse me.

Computer, exit.

- Mr. la forge, set royals and studsail.

- What's a studsail, sir?

You see that last yardarm?

Just above that...

- Bridge to holodeck 3.

- Riker here.

We're picking up a distress call

from the amargosa observatory, sir.

They say they're under attack.

Red alert! All hands to battle stations.

Captain picard to the bridge.

- It looks like we're too late.

- There are no other ships in the system.

Captain, we're

approaching amargosa.

Looks like the observatory

took quite a beating.

Survivors?

Sensors show five life signs

aboard the station, captain.

The station's complement was 19.

Stand down from red alert.

Number one,

Will you begin an investigation?

I'll be in my ready room.

- Sir? I thought you wanted...

- Make it so. Just do it!

- Mr. worf.

- Aye, sir.

Mr. worf, you're with me.

These blast patterns are consistent

with a type-3 disruptor.

Great. That narrows it down to

romulan, breen and klingon.

Over here!

It's all right. Do not struggle.

It's okay. We're right here.

Got you.

I'm commander William riker

from the starship enterprise.

Soran. Dr. tolian soran.

- Who attacked you, doctor?

- I don't know. It all happened so fast.

Commander, you better

take a look at this.

Romulans.

Data, whatever possessed you to push

her in the water in the first place?

I was attempting to get

into the spirit of things.

I thought it would be amusing.

Spot.

Is she still angry?

I'd stay out of sickbay for a

couple of days if I were you.

Data, you're not actually thinking

about using that thing, are you?

I have considered

it for many months.

And in light of my recent

episode with Dr. crusher,

now may be the appropriate time.

I thought you were worried about

it overloading your neural net.

That is true.

However, I believe my growth

as an artificial life-form

has reached an impasse.

For 34 years, I have endeavored

to become more human,

to grow beyond my

original programming.

Still, I am unable to grasp

such a basic concept as humor.

This emotion chip may

be the only answer.

Geordi.

All right.

Listen, at the first sign of trouble,

I'm gonna deactivate it. Agreed?

Agreed.

We found two dead

romulans on the station.

We're analyzing their equipment

to see if we can determine

what ship they came from.

And there's still no indication

of why they attacked the station?

They practically tore the place apart.

Accessed the central computer,

turned the cargo BAY inside out.

Obviously, they were

looking for something.

This could signify a new

romulan threat in this sector.

- Inform starfleet command.

- You want me to contact starfleet?

- Is there a problem?

- No, sir.

There was something

else, captain.

One of the scientists, a Dr. soran,

insisted on speaking with you.

I told him you were very busy.

He said it was absolutely imperative

that he speak with you right away.

Understood. That Will be all.

- Sir, is there anything more...

- No, thank you.

Gentlemen, something

new from forcas III?

What?

I believe this beverage has

produced an emotional response.

Really? What are you feeling?

I am uncertain.

Because I have had little

experience with emotion,

I am unable to articulate

the sensation.

- Emotion?

- I'll explain later.

- Well, it looks like he hates it.

- Yes, that is it.

- I hate this.

- Data, I think the chip is working.

Yes, I hate this.

It is revolting.

- More?

- Please.

I'm looking for a Dr. soran

from the observatory.

- Dr. soran?

- Yes.

Yes, captain, thank you for coming.

Thank you.

I understand there's something

urgent you wish to discuss with me.

Yes. I must return to the

observatory immediately.

I must continue a critical experiment

I've been running on the amargosa star.

We're still conducting our

investigation into the attack.

- Yes, I...

- As soon as that is complete,

then I Will allow you and

your colleagues to return.

But until then, there's

nothing I can do.

Timing is very important

in my experiments.

If it's not completed in the next 12

hours, years of research Will be lost.

We're doing the best we can.

If you'll excuse me.

They say time is the

fire in which we burn.

Right now, captain, my

time is running out.

We leave so many things

unfinished in our lives.

I know you understand.

I'll see what I can do.

We have analyzed the

romulans' tricorder.

They were scanning for

signature particles

- of a compound called trilithium.

- Trilithium?

Yes, an experimental compound the

romulans have been working on.

Trilithium is a

nuclear inhibitor.

In theory, it could stop

all fusion within a star.

However, the romulans never

found a way to stabilize it.

Why would they look for it

on a federation observatory?

That doesn't make any sense.

I do not know.

Have geordi and data go over

with the next away team.

Tell them to scan the

observatory for trilithium.

Aye, sir.

Well, there's no sign of

any trilithium over here.

- I get it! I get it!

- You get what?

When you said to commander

riker, "the clown can stay,"

"but the ferengi in the

gorilla suit has to go."

What are you talking about?

During the farpoint mission.

We were on the bridge. You told a joke.

That was the punch line.

Farpoint... Data, that

was seven years ago.

I know. I just got it!

Very funny.

Wait a minute. There's a door

hidden right behind you.

I can see the separation

with my visor.

There appears to be a

dampening field in operation.

I cannot scan beyond

the bulkhead.

There doesn't seem to be a

control panel or an access port.

It appears to be

magnetically sealed.

I believe I can reverse the polarity

by attenuating my axial servo.

Open sesame.

You could say I have a

magnetic personality.

Humor, I love it!

Data, come take a look

at this, Will you?

Have you ever seen a solar probe

with this kind of configuration?

No, geordi, I have not.

Have you?

No, I have not. It

is most unusual.

Mr. tricorder.

Just see if you can help me get

these panels open, Will you?

Make it so.

My visor's picking up

something in the theta band.

It could be a

trilithium signature.

- Data, we don't have time for this.

- I cannot help myself.

I think something is wrong.

Data?

Data. Data, are you all right?

I believe the emotion chip has

overloaded my positronic relay.

We'd better get you back to the ship.

La forge to enterprise.

- La forge to enterprise.

- Gentlemen, is there a problem?

Dr. soran.

Yeah. There seems to be some

sort of dampening field in here.

It's blocking our comm signal.

Can you shut it off for us?

Of course, I'd be

only too happy to.

Please. Please. No.

Do not... do not hurt me.

Please, please.

Yes, come.

Yes, counselor? Is there

something I can do for you?

Actually I'm here to see if there's

anything I can do for you.

It's just family matters.

You never met my brother

and his wife, did you?

- No.

- Robert.

So opinionated. So

pompous and arrogant.

He always had to

have the last word.

But he mellowed a little

bit in the last few years.

I was going to get together with

them all next month on earth.

I thought we'd go

to San Francisco.

René's always wanted to

see starfleet academy.

René? Your nephew.

Yes. He's so unlike his father.

He's a dreamer, imaginative.

He's so very gentle.

What's happened?

Robert and rené, they're...

Burned to death in a fire.

- I'm sorry.

- It's all right. It's all right.

These things happen.

Captain, it's not all right.

I can't help thinking about

all the experiences that

rené's not gonna have,

about going to the academy, reading

books and listening to music

and falling in love,

building a life.

Well, that's not

going to happen now.

I didn't realize he

meant so much to you.

I'd come to feel that rené

was as close as I would get

to having a child of my own.

Your family history is very

important to you, isn't it?

What?

From being a small child,

I can remember being told

about the family line.

The picard who

fought at trafalgar.

The picard who won the

nobel prize for chemistry.

The picards who settled the

first martian colonies.

And when Robert married

and he had a son, I...

You felt it was no longer

your responsibility

to carry on the family line.

Right. Yes. That's it exactly.

You know, counselor, recently

I've become very much aware

that there were fewer days

ahead than there are behind,

but I took some comfort from the

fact that the family would go on.

But now there'll be

no more picards.

Report.

A quantum implosion has occurred

within the amargosa star.

- All nuclear fusion is breaking down.

- How is that possible?

Sensor records show the

observatory launched

a solar probe into the

sun a few moments ago.

The star is going to collapse

in a matter of minutes.

Sir, the implosion has produced

a level-12 shock wave.

That'll destroy everything

in this system.

Transporter room to bridge.

I can't locate commander la forge or Mr.

data, sir.

- Have they come back to the ship?

- No, sir. They are not on board.

How long before the shock

wave hits the observatory?

Four minutes, 40 seconds.

Number one.

- Mr. worf!

- Aye, sir.

Soran, transmit

your coordinates.

What the hell's he doing?

Enterprise to commander riker.

You have two minutes left.

You hear that, soran?

We've got a level-12 shock wave coming in.

We gotta get out of here!

Sir, a klingon bird-of-prey is

decloaking off the port bow.

What?

- Data, see if you can get to geordi.

- I cannot, sir.

Prepare for transport.

- Commander riker's team is aboard, sir.

- Helm, Warp 1, engage!

You've done it, soran.

Wait!

I hope for your sake you were

initiating a mating ritual.

You got careless.

The romulans came looking for

their missing trilithium.

Impossible. We left no

survivors on their outpost.

They knew it was on the observatory.

If the enterprise hadn't intervened,

they would have found it.

They didn't find it! And now we

have a weapon of unlimited power.

No, lursa, I have the weapon, and if

you ever want me to give it to you,

I would advise you to be a little

more careful in the future.

Perhaps we are tired of waiting.

Without my research, the

trilithium is worthless,

as are your plans to

re-conquer the klingon empire.

Set course for the Veridian system.

Maximum Warp.

He's an El-aurian,

over 300 years old.

He lost his entire family when

the borg destroyed his planet.

Soran escaped with a

handful of other refugees

aboard a ship called the lakul.

That ship was later destroyed

by some kind of energy ribbon.

But soran and 46 others were

rescued by the enterprise-b.

That was the mission where

James Kirk was killed.

I checked the passenger

manifest of the lakul.

Guess who else was on board.

Soran is a name I haven't

heard for a long time.

- You remember him?

- Yes.

Guinan, it is very important that you

tell me everything that you know.

We think that soran has developed

a weapon, a terrible weapon,

one that might even give him enough

power to destroy an entire...

Soran doesn't care about

weapons or power.

He just cares about getting

back to the nexus.

What is the nexus?

The energy ribbon that

destroyed that ship

was not just some random phenomena

traveling through the universe.

It's a doorway to another

place that we call the nexus,

and it's a place I've tried

very, very hard to forget.

What happened to you?

It was like being inside joy.

As if joy was something tangible

and you could wrap yourself

up in it like a blanket,

and never in my entire life

have I ever been as content.

And then you were

beamed away from there.

Pulled. Ripped away.

None of us wanted to go,

and I would have done anything,

anything to get back there.

And once I realized

that wasn't possible,

I learned to live with that.

What about soran?

If he's still obsessed, he could

be a very, very dangerous man.

Why would he destroy a star?

Thank you, guinan.

If you go,

you're not gonna

care about anything.

Not this ship, not soran, not me.

Nothing.

All you'll want is to

stay in the nexus,

and you're not gonna

want to come back.

Marvelous technology.

This is a remarkable

piece of equipment.

- Glad you approve.

- It's not very stylish, though, is it?

Have you ever considered a prosthesis

that would make you look a little more...

How can I say? More normal?

- What's normal?

- What's normal?

Well, that's a good question.

Normal is what everyone

else is and you are not.

Can we just get down to it, please?

What do you want?

As you may or may not be

aware, I am an El-aurian.

Some people call us a race of listeners.

We listen.

Right now, Mr. la forge, you

have my complete attention.

I want to listen to everything

you know about trilithium.

Captain's log, stardate 48632.4.

Dr. crusher has informed me

that data's emotion chip has

been fused into his neural net

and cannot be removed.

However, she believes

he is fit for duty,

so I've asked him to join

me in stellar cartography.

According to our information, the

ribbon is a conflux of temporal energy

which travels through this

galaxy every 39.1 years.

It Will pass through this sector

in approximately 42 hours.

Yes. Guinan was right.

She said that soran was trying

to get back to the ribbon.

Now, if that's true,

there has to be some connection

with the amargosa star.

Data, give me a list of anything that

was affected by the star's destruction,

no matter how insignificant.

- Data?

- Sorry, sir.

It Will take the computer a few

moments to compile the information.

Data, are you all right?

No, sir. I am finding it

difficult to concentrate.

I believe I am overwhelmed

with feelings of remorse

and regret concerning my

actions on the observatory.

What do you mean?

I wanted to save geordi,

but I experienced something

I did not expect.

Fear.

I was afraid.

According to our current information,

the destruction of the amargosa star

has had the following

effects in this sector.

Gamma emissions have

increased by.05%.

The starship Bozeman was forced

to make a course correction.

Ambient magnetic fields...

Wait. The Bozeman, why would

it make a course correction?

The destruction of

the amargosa star

has altered the gravitational

forces throughout this sector.

As a result, any ship

passing through this region

would have to make a

minor course correction.

A minor course correction.

Where's the ribbon now?

- This is its current position.

- Can you project its course?

Captain.

I cannot continue with this investigation.

I wish to be deactivated

until Dr. crusher can

remove the emotion chip.

Are you having some

kind of malfunction?

No, sir. I simply do not have the

ability to control these emotions.

Data, I have nothing but sympathy

for what you are feeling,

but right now, I need you to...

Sir, I no longer

want these emotions!

Deactivating me is the

only viable solution.

Part of having feelings is learning to

integrate them into your life, data,

learning to live with them

- no matter what the circumstances.

- Sir, I cannot!

You Will not be deactivated.

You're an officer

on board this ship,

and I require you to perform your duty.

That is an order, commander.

Yes, sir.

I Will try, sir.

Sometimes it takes

courage to try, data,

and courage can be

an emotion, too.

Now, can you project the

course of the ribbon?

I believe so.

Enhance grid 9-a.

Where was the amargosa star?

Now, you said that when the

amargosa star was destroyed,

it affected the gravitational

forces in this sector.

Now, did the computer

take that into account

when it projected the

course of the ribbon?

No, sir. I Will make the

appropriate adjustments.

That's what soran's doing. He's

changing the course of the ribbon.

But why? Why would he

try to change its path?

Why doesn't he just fly

into it with a ship?

Our records show that every ship

which has approached the ribbon

has either been destroyed

or severely damaged.

He can't get to the ribbon, so he's

trying to make the ribbon come to him.

Data, does it pass near

to any m-class planets?

Yes, sir. There are two

in the Veridian system.

Well, it gets close to Veridian

III, but not close enough.

Data, what would happen

to the ribbon's course

if soran destroyed the

Veridian star itself?

That's where he's going.

It should be noted, sir,

that the collapse of the Veridian

star would produce a shock wave

similar to the one we

observed at amargosa.

Destroying all the

planets in this system.

Veridian III is uninhabited.

However, Veridian iv supports a

pre-industrial humanoid society.

Population?

Two hundred thirty million, sir.

- Picard to bridge.

- Worf here, sir.

Set a course for the Veridian

system, maximum Warp.

Did you get anything

from the human?

No. His heart just wasn't in it.

We have entered orbit

of Veridian III.

- Prepare to transport me to the surface.

- Wait. When do we get our payment?

This contains all the information you'll

need to make a trilithium weapon.

It's been coded.

Once I'm safely to the surface,

I'll transmit the

decryption sequence to you.

- Not before.

- Mistress!

A federation starship

is entering the system.

What? On viewer.

They're hailing us.

We're still cloaked.

They can't see us.

Klingon vessel, we know

what you are doing,

and we Will destroy any probe

launched toward the Veridian star.

We demand that you return

our chief engineer

and leave this

system immediately.

There's no time for this.

Eliminate them.

That is a galaxy-class starship.

We're no match for them.

I think it's time we gave Mr.

la forge his sight back.

Maybe they're not out there.

They're just trying to decide if a

20-year-old klingon bird-of-prey

can be a match for the

federation flagship.

- Perhaps they're on the surface.

- Sir, according to my calculations,

a solar probe launched from either the

klingon ship or the planet surface.

Will take 11 seconds

to reach the sun.

However, since we do not have

an exact point of origin,

it Will take us between 8 and 15

seconds to lock our weapons onto it.

- That's a pretty big margin of error.

- Much too big.

Mr. data, how long before

the ribbon arrives?

Approximately 47 minutes, sir.

We have got to find some

way to get to soran.

Klingon vessel decloaking

directly ahead, sir.

- They are hailing.

- On screen.

Captain. What an

unexpected pleasure.

Lursa, it is very important

that I speak with soran.

I'm afraid the doctor is

no longer aboard our ship.

- Then I Will beam to his location.

- The doctor values his privacy.

He would be quite upset if an

armed away team interrupted him.

Then I Will beam to your ship and

you can transport me to soran.

We can't trust them. For all

we know, they killed geordi.

They might kill you, too.

We did not harm your engineer.

He's been our guest.

Then return him!

- In exchange for what?

- Me, sir.

Me. I Will be your prisoner.

But first, you must

beam me to the surface

so that I can speak with soran.

The captain would make a

much more valuable hostage.

- We'll consider it a prisoner exchange.

- Agreed.

Have Dr. crusher meet me

in transporter room 3.

You have the bridge, number one.

- Receiving the coordinates, captain.

- Energize.

Welcome, captain.

- You must think I'm quite the madman.

- The thought had crossed my mind.

I know why you're here.

You're not entirely confident

you can shoot down my probe,

so you've come to dissuade me

from my horrific plan. Good luck.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

captain, I'm rather busy.

Soran.

Do be careful, captain. That's

a 50-gigawatt force field.

I wouldn't want to

see you get hurt.

I have established the link.

Put it on viewer.

It's working. The

visor's transmitting.

Where is he?

Human females are so repulsive.

And some myocardial

degeneration.

I've removed the nanoprobe, and I

think you're going to be fine.

I'll need to run some more tests.

I'll let you know.

Thanks, doc.

- Geordi...

- Data, it's okay.

I am sorry I let you down.

I have not been behaving

like myself lately.

No, data, you haven't. You've

been behaving like a human.

You don't have to

do this, soran.

I'm sure we can find another way

of getting you into this nexus.

I've spent 80 years

looking for another way.

Believe me, this

is the only one.

What you're about to do,

soran, is no different

from when the borg

destroyed your world.

They killed millions, too,

including your wife, children.

Nice try.

You know, there was a time

when I wouldn't hurt a fly.

Then the borg came,

and they showed me that if there is

one constant in this whole universe,

it's death.

Afterwards, I began to realize

it didn't really matter.

We're all gonna die sometime. It's

just a question of how and when.

You Will, too, captain.

Aren't you beginning to

feel time gaining on you?

It's like a predator.

It's stalking you.

You can try and outrun it with

doctors, medicines, new technologies,

but in the end, time is going to

hunt you down and make the kill.

It's our mortality that defines us, soran.

It's part of the truth of our existence.

- What if I told you I found a new truth?

- The nexus?

Time has no meaning there.

The predator has no teeth.

- Where is he now?

- I don't know.

He bathed. Now he's

roaming the ship.

He must be the only

engineer in starfleet

who doesn't go to engineering.

Any luck, Mr. worf?

No, sir. I still cannot

locate the captain.

Data, the sensors can't penetrate

the planet's ionosphere.

There's too much interference.

Can you find a way to

scan for life-forms?

I would be happy to, sir.

I just love scanning

for life-forms.

Life-forms.

You tiny little life-forms.

You precious little life-forms.

Where are you?

Finally.

Commander, I'd like to run a level 3

diagnostic on the port plasma relays.

I think one of the

generators is fluctuating.

Fine. Let's do that.

That's it! Replay

from time index 924.

Magnify this section

and enhance.

Their shields are operating

on a modulation of 257.4.

Adjust our torpedo

frequency to match. 257.4.

They have found a way to

penetrate our shields.

Lock phasers and return fire!

Deanna, take the helm.

Get us out of orbit!

Hull breach on decks

31 through 35.

Mr. worf, what do we know

about that old klingon ship?

- Any weaknesses?

- It's a class-d12 bird-of-prey.

They were retired from service

because of defective plasma coils.

Plasma coils? Is there any way we

can use that to our advantage?

I do not see how. The plasma coil

is part of their cloaking device.

Let's get a stabilizer

on that conduit.

Reinforce that

starboard interlock.

We need to re-route main power

through the secondary coupling.

Data, would a defective plasma coil be

susceptible to some sort of ionic pulse?

Perhaps. Yes, yes. If we sent

a low-level ionic pulse,

it might reset the coil and

trigger their cloaking device.

Excellent idea, sir!

As their cloak begins to engage,

their shields Will drop.

They'll have two seconds of

vulnerability. Mr. data,

- lock on to plasma coil.

- No problem.

- Our shields are holding.

- Fire at Will.

Mr. worf, prepare a spread

of photon torpedoes.

We have to hit them the

instant they begin to cloak.

- Aye, sir.

- We get one shot at this.

Target their primary reactor.

I have accessed their core frequency.

Initiating ionic pulse.

Make it quick!

- Target their bridge.

- Full disruptors.

- We are cloaking.

- What?

Our shields are down!

Fire.

Yes!

Haven't you got

anything better to do?

Must have been that last torpedo.

La forge to bridge.

I've got a problem down here.

The magnetic interlocks

have been ruptured. I...

Coolant leak! We have a

coolant leak, everybody.

Let's go. Let's get out of here.

Everybody out. Let's move! Let's move!

We've gotta go!

- Quick!

- Evacuate! Evacuate!

Bridge, we have a new problem.

We're five minutes from

a Warp core breach.

There's nothing I can do.

Deanna, evacuate everyone

to the saucer section.

Mr. data, prepare to

separate the ship.

Starship separation

in five minutes.

- We're going straight down.

- Everyone move. Take corridor a.

Starship separation in

four minutes, 45 seconds.

All right, let's move him out. Let's go.

Take him out, quick.

Starship separation in

four minutes, 30 seconds.

- Keep moving, everyone. Keep going.

- Here we go, Rose, this way.

Starship separation in

four minutes, 15 seconds.

- Hurry!

- Keep moving.

- Farrell!

- Yes?

There's no one here with these kids.

Let's get them to the jefferies tube.

- Come on, sweetie.

- We'll find their parents later.

Starship separation

in four minutes.

Now you'll have to

excuse me, captain.

I have an appointment with eternity,

and I don't want to be late.

The core breach is accelerating, geordi.

We've gotta get out of here.

- That's it, bridge. We're all out.

- One minute to Warp core breach.

Begin separation sequence. Full

impulse power once we're clear.

Warp core is going critical.

- Separation complete.

- Engaging impulse engines.

Core breach in progress.

Primary stabilizers off-line.

Engaging secondary systems.

- Report!

- Helm controls are off-line!

Oh, shit!

Here we go. Right

around this corner!

Come and help me. Help me.

Just keep moving.

- On the ground.

- Everybody on the bed!

I have re-routed auxiliary power

to the lateral thrusters.

Attempting to level our descent.

All hands, brace for impact!

- Hold on, everybody. Hold on tight.

- Hold their heads.

I'm okay.

What... what is this?

Where am I?

- Surprise!

- We love you, father.

- Were you scared?

- Look at the tree.

- I helped decorate it.

- It took all day.

- Say, "merry Christmas," papa.

- See the presents?

- I love you, father.

- I love you, too.

Come on, children. Let's move back

and give your father some room.

- Cup of Earl grey?

- That would be perfect.

- This one's for you.

- Thank you very much, rené.

- Merry Christmas, uncle.

- And merry Christmas to you, too.

René, can you help

me with the table?

René!

Come here.

Go help your aunt.

Did you get anything else?

This isn't right.

- This can't be real.

- It's as real as you want it to be.

Guinan, what's going on?

- Why am I here?

- You're in the nexus.

- This is the nexus?

- For you. This is what you wanted.

But I never had a

home like this.

Nor a wife and children,

but these are all mine.

Guinan, what are you doing here?

I thought you were on

board the enterprise.

I am. I'm also here.

Think of me as an echo

of the person you know,

a part of herself

she left behind.

When the enterprise-b beamed

you up from the lakul.

- Papa, help me build my castle.

- Yes, I Will in a few minutes.

Papa, thank you for the Dolly.

She's very beautiful.

These are my children.

These are my children.

Of course. Time has

no meaning here,

so you can go back

and see them born

or go forward and see

your grandchildren.

Dinner's ready, everyone.

- Yay!

- Yay!

Mama, can I...

- Dinner's ready, papa.

- Yes, of course. Come on, Thomas.

It's your favorite.

Go on. Go on without me.

Guinan, can I leave the nexus?

- Where would you go?

- I don't understand.

Well, as I said, time

has no meaning here.

So, if you leave, you can

go anywhere, any time.

All right, I know exactly

where I want to go.

To the mountaintop on Veridian III

just before soran destroyed the star.

I have to stop him,

but I need help.

Now, if you were to come

back with me, together...

I can't leave. I'm there

already, remember?

But I bet I know

someone who can.

And from his point of view,

he just got here, too.

Kirk.

James t. Kirk.

Beautiful day.

Yes, it certainly is.

Would you mind?

Captain, I'm wondering,

do you realize...

Hold on a minute. Do you

smell something burning?

Looks like somebody was trying

to cook some eggs. Come on in.

It's all right. It's my house.

At least it used to be.

I sold it years ago.

I'm captain Jean-Luc picard

of the starship enterprise.

The clock.

I gave this clock to bones.

I'm from what you would consider

the future, the 24th century.

Butler!

Butler.

How can you be here?

He's been dead seven years.

Come on, Jim. I'm starving.

How long are you gonna be

rattling around in that kitchen?

Antonia.

What are you talking about?

The future?

This is the past.

This is nine years ago.

The day I told her I was

going back to starfleet.

And these are ktarian

eggs, her favorite.

I was preparing them

to soften the blow.

I know how real this must

seem to you, but it's not.

This isn't really your house.

We are both of us caught up in

some kind of temporal nexus.

- Dill.

- I beg your pardon?

Dill weed. In the cabinet,

second shelf to the left.

Behind the oregano.

- How long have you been here?

- I don't know.

I was aboard the enterprise-b in

the deflector control room and...

Stir these, Will you?

The bulkhead in front

of me disappeared,

and then I found myself out

there, just now, chopping wood

right before you walked up.

Thanks.

Look, history records

that you died saving the enterprise-b

from an energy ribbon 80 years ago.

You say this is

the 24th century?

- And I'm dead?

- Not exactly. As I said,

- this is some kind of temporal nexus.

- Temporal nexus, yes, I heard you.

- I...

- Something is missing.

Captain, look, I need your help. I

want you to leave the nexus with me.

We have to go back to a

planet, Veridian III.

We have to stop a man called

soran from destroying a star.

Millions of lives are at stake.

You say history considers me dead.

Who am I to argue with history?

You're a starfleet officer!

You have a duty.

I don't need to be

lectured by you.

I was out saving the galaxy when

your grandfather was in diapers.

Besides which, I think

the galaxy owes me one.

Oh, yeah.

I was like you once,

so worried about duty and obligation

I couldn't see past my own uniform.

And what did it get me?

An empty house.

Not this time.

This time I'm gonna walk up these

stairs, march into that bedroom

and tell antonia I

want to marry her.

This time it's gonna

be different.

- This is not your bedroom.

- No, it's not. It's better.

- Better?

- This is my uncle's barn in Idaho.

I took this horse out for a ride

11 years ago on a spring day.

Like this one. If I'm right,

this is the day I met antonia.

This nexus of

yours, very clever.

I can start all over again and

do things right from day one.

I must have jumped that 50 times.

Scared the hell out of me each time.

Except this time.

Because it isn't real.

Antonia.

She isn't real either, is she?

Nothing here is.

Nothing here matters.

You know, maybe this isn't

about an empty house.

Maybe it's about that empty chair

on the bridge of the enterprise.

Ever since I left starfleet,

I haven't made a difference.

- Captain of the enterprise?

- That's right.

Close to retirement?

- I'm not planning on it.

- Let me tell you something. Don't.

Don't let them promote you.

Don't let them transfer you.

Don't let them do anything that takes

you off the bridge of that ship,

because while you're there

you can make a difference.

Come back with me.

Help me stop soran.

Make a difference again.

Who am I to argue with the

captain of the enterprise?

What's the name of that planet?

- Veridian III?

- Yes.

I take it the odds are against

us and the situation is grim.

You could say that.

You know, if Spock were here,

he'd say that I was an irrational,

illogical human being

for taking on a

mission like that.

Sounds like fun.

I have re-routed auxiliary power

to the lateral thrusters.

Attempting to level our descent.

All hands, brace for impact!

- Just who the hell are you?

- He's James t. Kirk.

Don't you read history?

I've gotta get to the launcher.

- The ribbon Will be here in a minute.

- I'll take care of soran.

Actually, I am familiar

with history, captain,

and if I'm not too much

mistaken, you're dead.

I thought you were heading

for the launcher.

I changed my mind.

Captain's prerogative.

We need that control pad.

Captain, look.

Where's soran?

We're running out of time.

Look, the control pad, it's

still on the other side.

I'll get it. You go

for the launcher.

No, you'll never make that by yourself.

We have to work together.

We are working together.

Trust me. Go.

- Good luck, captain.

- Call me Jim.

Picard!

Get away from that launcher.

Now!

Did we do it? Did we

make a difference?

Yes. We made a difference.

Thank you.

The least I could do for the

captain of the enterprise.

It was fun.

Oh, my.

Captain's log, stardate 48650.1.

Three starfleet vessels

have arrived in orbit

and have begun to beam up

the enterprise survivors.

Our casualties were light,

but unfortunately, the enterprise

herself cannot be salvaged.

It has been extremely

difficult, counselor.

Well, then, why did you decide

not to remove the emotion chip?

At first, I was unprepared for the

unpredictable nature of emotions.

However, having experienced 261

distinct emotional states,

I believe I have learned

to control my feelings.

They Will no longer control me.

Well, I hope you're

successful, data.

Data, over here. I

found something.

One life sign, very faint.

Spot!

I'm very happy to see you, spot.

Another family reunited.

Data, are you all right?

I am uncertain, counselor.

I am happy to see spot,

yet I am crying.

Perhaps the chip

is malfunctioning.

I think it's working perfectly.

Hello, spot.

Is this it?

Yes. Yes, that's it, number one.

Thank you.

I'm gonna miss this ship.

She went before her time.

Someone once told me that time was a

predator that stalked us all our lives,

but I rather believe

that time is a companion

who goes with us on the journey,

reminds us to Cherish every moment

because they'll never come again.

What we leave behind is not as

important as how we've lived.

After all, number one,

we're only mortal.

Speak for yourself, sir.

I plan to live forever.

I always thought I'd get a

shot at this chair one day.

Perhaps you still Will.

Somehow, I doubt that this

Will be the last ship

to carry the name enterprise.

Picard to farragut.

Two to beam up.