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謎の生命体Ｑを出し抜こうとするも、敵の力は余りに強大。ピカードは戦闘部と円盤部を切り離し、 無条件降伏を決断する。
登場人物
| Jean-Luc Picard: | エンタープライズＤ艦長 |
| Deanna Troi: | カウンセラー（テレパスで、ライカーの元恋人） |
| Data: | アンドロイド（科学主任で第二副長） |
| Tasha Yar: | セキュリティー・チーフ |
| Worf: | セキュリティー、副チーフ（後のシーズンで主任になります） |
| Q: | 謎の生命体 |
| Conn: | 交代要員(?) |
| W: | Engine room ready, Sir. |
| De: | The board shows green, Captain. All go. |
| P: | Stand-by. Engage. |
| W: | Velocity warp 9.2. |
| Da: | Heading 351, mark 11, Sir. |
| P: | Steady on that. [steadyは航海用語なんですね] |
| Ta: | The hostile is now giving chase sir!. Accelerating fast. |
| W: | We are now at warp 9.3, Sir. Which takes us past the red line. |
| P: |
Continue accelerating. Counselor, at this point I'm open to guesses about what we just met. |
| De: | It felt like something beyond what we'd consider a life form. |
| P: | Beyond? |
| De: | Very, very advanced, sir. Or certainly very, very different. |
| W: | We are at 9.4, Sir. |
| Ta: | Hostile is now beginning to overtake us, Sir. |
| P: | Are you sure? |
| Da: | Hostile's velocity is already warp 9.6, Sir. Shall I put them on the main viewer? |
| P: | Reverse angle. |
| Da: | Magnifying viewer image. |
| Ta: | Hostile's velocity is 9.7, sir. |
| P: | Worf, inform engine room that we need more. |
| Da: | Engine room attempted to comply, Sir. But they caution us... |
| P: | Go to yellow alert. Arm at(?) photon torpedoes. Place them on ready status. |
| Ta: | Torpedoes to ready, sir. Hostile now at warp 9.8, sir. |
| W: | Our velocity is only 9.5, Sir. |
| Da: |
Projection, Sir. We may be able to match hostile's 9.8, sir. But at extreme risk... |
| Ta: | Now reading the hostile's at warp 9.9, sir. |
| P: | Now hear this. Print out message, urgent. All stations on all decks. Prepare for emergency saucer-sep. You will command the saucer section, Lieutenant. |
| W: | I am a Klingon, sir. For me, to seek escape when my Captain goes into battle... |
| P: | You're a Starfleet officer, Lieutenant. |
| W: | Aye, sir. |
| P: | Make the mark, Data. Note in ship's log that at this startime, I'm transferring command to the battle bridge. |
| P: | Captain's log, stardate 41153.7. Preparing to detach saucer section, so that families and the majority of the ship's company can seek relative safety. On the vessel's stardrive containing the battle bridge and main armaments we will turn back and confront the mystery that is threatening us. Lieutenant, your torpedoes must detonate close enough to the hostile to blind it the moment we separate. |
| Ta: | Understood, sir. |
| Co: | All decks acknowledging, Sir. |
| P: | Worf, this is the Captain. At the moment of separation, we will reverse power just enough to get your saucer section out ahead and clear of us. |
| W: | Understood, Captain. |
| Ta: | Torpedoes away, sir. |
| P: | Begin countdown. Mark. |
| Da: | Star ship separation, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Separation successful, sir. |
| Ta: | Torpedoes have detonated, sir. |
| P: | Let's come to a stop. Reverse power. |
| Da: | Reverse power. Decelerating. |
| P: | Dead stop. We'll hold this position and wait for them. |
| De: | That will bring them here in just minutes, sir. |
| Ta: | We can make a fight of it, Captain. If we can at least damage the ship, we have a chance... |
| P: | Lieutenant! Are you recommending that we fight a life form that can do all those things? I'd like to hear your advice. |
| Ta: | I spoke before I thought, Sir. We should look for some way to distract them from going after the saucer. |
| Co: | All forward motion stopped, Sir. |
| P: | Thank you, Conn. Commander, signal the following in all languages and on all frequencies, "WE SURRENDER." State that we are not asking for any terms or conditions. |
| De: | Aye, Sir. All language forms and frequencies. |
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