:11:00
by something hovering
several metres away.
:11:04
Number One,
get your team back up here.
:11:07
Prepare to beam up.
:11:11
Commander!
:11:18
What's happened, Number One? Report.
:11:23
He can't answer, Captain.
:11:25
Cmdr Riker has just been encased
in some kind of energy field.
:11:30
Is he alive?
:11:33
Unknown.
:11:39
Captain's log, supplemental.
:11:41
A kind of weapon, which for a time
took the form of Capt Paul Rice,
:11:46
has enveloped Cmdr Riker.
:11:49
Transporter room,
have you locked on to the away team?
:11:52
I am unable
to lock on to Cmdr Riker.
:11:55
- Ensign T'Su, situation report.
- Previous energy readings are gone.
:11:59
Data, have you managed to assess
Cmdr Riker's condition?
:12:02
He appears to be
in some kind ofstasis.
:12:06
Theorise, Mr Data. What would be
the purpose of such an encasement?
:12:10
Typically, the purpose
of such an enclosure is for storage.
:12:14
Which would suggest what?
:12:16
That someone or something
will soon be along to collect him.
:12:21
I'm coming down. Dr Crusher,
meet me in transporter room three.
:12:26
- Mr La Forge, you have command.
- Aye, sir.
:12:30
Whatever happens,
your responsibility is to the ship.
:12:33
Understood, sir.
:12:34
Captain,
I take exception to you beaming down.
:12:37
Noted.
:12:46
Is it just Riker?
:12:48
Yes. Apparently he's been confined
inside some sort of force field.
:12:52
Energise.