:06:03
Most of her systems have failed.
:06:05
Should they be transferred
to the Enterprise?
:06:08
I do not believe
we should leave them here, sir.
:06:12
With your permission,
we will return with three containers.
:06:16
Whatever you do, do it quickly.
:06:25
Mr La Forge,
set course 058, mark 1 73.
:06:29
Number One, staff meeting
on observation deck.
:06:33
Captain, those coordinates will
take us into the Neutral Zone.
:06:40
That is correct, Mr La Forge.
Warp factor eight.
:06:44
- Aye, sir. Warp eight.
- Engage.
:06:52
Two Federation outposts
in Sector 30 have been destroyed.
:06:59
There's been no communication with
Federation starbases in Sector 31
:07:03
since stardate 41 903.2.
:07:10
- Romulans.
- That's the assumption.
:07:14
There's been no contact
with the Romulans
:07:16
since the Tomed lncident.
:07:19
The questions are, why now?
What's their objective?
:07:23
For 50 years, barely a whisper.
:07:26
Now, for no apparent reason,
they're back with a roar.
:07:29
All we know of them
is based on rumour or conjecture.
:07:34
The strategic decision...
is to send one ship.
:07:39
The Enterprise.
:07:40
We could find ourselves
greatly overmatched.
:07:44
True enough. It's a gamble.
:07:46
This first encounter, coming so
suddenly after all this time,
:07:50
we assume it's a setup?
:07:52
If force is necessary,
we will use it.
:07:55
But our goal is to establish
relations with the Romulans.