:11:01
You made Captain faster
than anyone in Starfleet history,
:11:05
present company included.
Are you that good?
:11:09
Yes, I am.
:11:11
Starfleet's finest.
Fancy meeting you here.
:11:15
We all came secretly, Picard,
to discuss the threat.
:11:20
What threat?
:11:21
Have you noticed anything unusual
about Starfleet Command lately?
:11:26
No. But we've been
on the outer rim for a while.
:11:29
We haven't had much contact
with them.
:11:32
Some of us have seen...
strange patterns emerging.
:11:35
Unusual orders, officials
backing irrational proposals.
:11:40
Starbase 1 2 was completely evacuated
for two full days.
:11:43
No explanation given.
:11:45
And what about the deaths?
:11:48
McKinney, Ryan Sipe,
Onna Karapleedeez.
:11:56
- All dead?
- A series of accidents.
:11:59
Or so they say.
It's hard to be certain of anything.
:12:03
Interfleet communications
are at a minimum.
:12:05
But something is happening.
:12:07
We expect the Enterprise
to be targeted soon.
:12:11
- Targeted for what? By whom?
- We're not sure yet.
:12:15
Jean-Luc, some of Starfleet's
top Command people are changing.
:12:19
This could affect
the core of our organisation.
:12:22
Officers I've known for years bluff
their way through talk of old times.
:12:27
That's their weakness,
a lack of memory.
:12:35
He doesn't believe us.
:12:36
- He thinks we're crazy.
- You give me nothing to believe in.
:12:41
Just vague talk about strange
patterns, irrational proposals.
:12:48
Who's behind this,
and to what purpose?
:12:51
How are people being changed?
:12:53
I can't say, exactly, but I think
it's spread to my own ship.
:12:58
My First Officer hasn't been the same
since we stopped off at Earth.