:08:00
If we don't succeed,
then to convince them of our resolve.
:08:04
The feeling at Starfleet is
that they are seeking confrontation.
:08:08
They may want to test
themselves in battle
:08:12
against a Federation starship.
:08:14
See how we've advanced.
If that is so, I need to know it.
:08:18
I'll need a full profile.
:08:20
There is limited information,
but I will prepare something.
:08:23
Computer, estimated time of arrival
at the Neutral Zone?
:08:27
19 hours, 28 minutes.
:08:29
Let's reassemble in six hours.
:08:33
Stay sharp, no surprises.
:08:36
I'd rather outthink them
than outfight them. Questions?
:08:48
- What is it, Doctor?
- The people from the capsule.
:08:52
- Capsule? What people?
- The people Data beamed over.
:08:55
- I wasn't aware that he had.
- He did. They were frozen.
:08:59
I thawed them.
:09:01
- You what?
- What else could I do?
:09:04
The crypts in which they
were frozen were falling apart.
:09:08
- So, what's their condition?
- Right now, they're all sleeping.
:09:13
Each one needed
minor medical attention.
:09:16
Minor now, but then their
conditions were terminal.
:09:19
One had a heart problem.
:09:21
Another, advanced emphysema,
with extensive liver damage.
:09:25
Most surprising of all, each
had been frozen after they died.
:09:32
After they died?
:09:33
Cryonics. It was a kind of fad
in the late 20th century.
:09:38
People feared dying.
:09:40
It terrified them.
:09:42
So, at the moment of death,
they would be frozen,
:09:45
so that at some time in the future,
:09:48
when a cure had been found
for what killed them,
:09:51
they could be thawed, healed,
and sent about their business.
:09:57
In the case of this group,
it apparently worked.