:19:01
Quite extraordinary, in fact.
:19:04
Direction unclear.
Please repeat request.
:19:08
That was not a request.
I was simply...
:19:13
..talking to myself.
:19:18
A human idiosyncrasy,
:19:20
triggered by a fascination
with a set of facts.
:19:23
Or sometimes
brought about by senility.
:19:26
Or used to weigh information
before reaching a conclusion. Or...
:19:30
Thank you, sir, I comprehend.
:19:34
Please specify
how you would like to proceed, sir.
:19:39
Please continue with record scan.
:19:48
Intriguing.
:19:54
We have no facts. We have to assume
that the explosion was an accident.
:20:02
I believe what happened
on the Horatio was sabotage.
:20:05
- But we can't be certain.
- Perhaps we can.
:20:08
I searched for abnormal patterns
in Starfleet's directives.
:20:13
I believe I have found just that.
:20:21
These are outposts and starbases
:20:23
where I've detected
unusual activity for a few months.
:20:27
What sort of activity?
:20:29
An uncustomary reshuffling of
personnel, usually in Command areas.
:20:33
The new officers
have frequent contact
:20:36
with the highest levels of Starfleet.
:20:38
Why hasn't anyone
discovered this before?
:20:42
The orders were given
with great subtlety.
:20:44
Starfleet's left hand did not know
what its right hand was doing.
:20:49
Can you speculate as to
the purpose of these reassignments?
:20:54
I believe it is a clandestine attempt
:20:56
to control vital sectors
of Federation territory.