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But you accepted this mission.
So that was Tam Elbrun. What happened was his fault?
Those are their orders if they can't secure the alien.
The power levels aboard Tin Man
but he's not what you might expect, captain.
you do understand.
on an intercept course.
He's restful.
A distance of 3.8 billion kilometers.
And no one besides you seems to be missing my charming--
to continue collecting information on the alien.
Oh, Data, you're uniquely qualified.
We can maneuver on impulse, sir.
would compromise operational safety limits.
I do not require rest.
Difficult to explain, sir.
I mean, talking to them,
Some kind of force field went up.
The good news is we have partial long-range sensors.
Aye, sir.
Go to Red Alert, shields to maximum.
I know.
Enterprise, your presence here is a violation of Romulan space.
No one knows where it came from or why it's here.
The first thing it did was to destroy a space vessel.
The stress of exposure to so many minds
Don't you see, Data?
I should have brought up the Romulans earlier,
Meeting adjourned, then.
I know.
It may be the last of its species.
Computer, run a level-two diagnostic.
Data to Enterprise. Enterprise, come in.
Come on.
I like him.
Captain, I don't--
Good. That's good.
That being first at any cost is not always the point.
It hasn't seen another of its kind for millennia.
is being maintained,
Hey, Will.
It seems you woke your Tin Man.
in a few seconds.
There is a large chamber 20 meters ahead.
If the Romulans wish the honor of first contact, let them have it.
- Hail them. We cannot allow them to-- - They won't listen to you!
Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds,
It's beginning.
I don't care whether you believe that or not.
If Darson had listened to me, no one would have died.
No, no, that's too much. We'll have to do it manually.
Well, except for your friend Data.
Captain's log, stardate 43779.3.
are increasing beyond our sensor range.