: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.
:13:05
- Any changes?
- We know what it is.
:13:08
- Any life signs?
- He is alive.
:13:12
What appeared as Capt Rice
is an intelligence-gathering device
:13:15
used during the Erselrope Wars.
:13:17
Probably developed here.
:13:18
It projects an image of someone the
subject trusts, and gets information.
:13:23
If it's found out,
it encases the subject
:13:26
for more detailed interrogation
later.
:13:28
- Clever.
- Can you remove it?
:13:31
Possibly,
but I need the exact frequency,
:13:34
and I don't know the risk
to Cmdr Riker.
:13:38
We have no choice. It's interrupting
the transporter beam. Remove it.
:13:45
This will take some time, sir.
:13:57
I am picking up energy readings.