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Captain's log, stardate 41780.2.
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How difficult after years
oflearning to respect life
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to be forced to destroy it.
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But there seems
to be no alternative.
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Quinn is expected to recover fully.
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There is no trace of the parasite
which took control ofhim.
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We'll never know how many of these
life forms infiltrated Starfleet,
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but it seems they could not survive
without the mother creature
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which had taken over Cmdr Remmick.
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It was Dr Crusher's idea
to simulate the gill.
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It had to fool everyone,
including you.
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That it did, rest assured.
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Captain, I have attempted to trace
the message Remmick was sending.
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I believe it was aimed at
an unexplored sector of our galaxy.
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Any idea what the message was?
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- I believe it was a beacon.
- A beacon?
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Yes, sir.
A homing beacon sent from Earth.