:11:02
by something hovering
several metres away.
:11:05
Number One,
get your team back up here.
:11:08
Prepare to beam up.
:11:12
Commander!
:11:19
What's happened, Number One? Report.
:11:24
He can't answer, Captain.
:11:26
Cmdr Riker has just been encased
in some kind of energy field.
:11:31
Is he alive?
:11:34
Unknown.
:11:41
Captain's log, supplemental.
:11:43
A kind of weapon, which for a time
took the form of Capt Paul Rice,
:11:48
has enveloped Cmdr Riker.
:11:51
Transporter room,
have you locked on to the away team?
:11:54
I am unable
to lock on to Cmdr Riker.
:11:57
- Ensign T'Su, situation report.
- Previous energy readings are gone.
:12:02
Data, have you managed to assess
Cmdr Riker's condition?
:12:05
He appears to be
in some kind ofstasis.
:12:08
Theorise, Mr Data. What would be
the purpose of such an encasement?
:12:13
Typically, the purpose
of such an enclosure is for storage.
:12:16
Which would suggest what?
:12:19
That someone or something
will soon be along to collect him.
:12:23
I'm coming down. Dr Crusher,
meet me in transporter room three.
:12:28
- Mr La Forge, you have command.
- Aye, sir.
:12:32
Whatever happens,
your responsibility is to the ship.
:12:35
Understood, sir.
:12:36
Captain,
I take exception to you beaming down.
:12:39
Noted.
:12:49
Is it just Riker?
:12:50
Yes. Apparently he's been confined
inside some sort of force field.
:12:54
Energise.