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最低速から最高速へ。エンタープライズは、果たして敵の力を振り切ることができるか？
登場人物
| Jean-Luc Picard: | エンタープライズＤ艦長 |
| William T. Riker: | 副長（「副長」は英語でnumber oneだそうです） |
| 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） |
| Geordi La Forge: | 技術チーフ（「機関部長」とも。恋多き青年です^^;） |
| R: | Bottom line, La Forge! |
| Ge: | Ah, it's not good, sir. The Ferengi force field holding this ship compensates almost as fast as we can increase power. |
| R: | Almost? |
| Ge: | Well, there's a .372 millisecond delay between use of our power and neutralizing counter forces of Ferengi. You see, we push and they push back with equal force,sir. |
| R: | What's our acceleration delay between slow-reverse impulse and top warp speed? |
| Ge: | ?????? .300 milliseconds, but there's... Ah, I see where you're going. We shift down and kick hard into warp nine, yeah! Come back fighting! Woowe |
| R: | Can we do it, Geordi? |
| Ge: | Ask me after it's done, sir. I want a slow-reverse engine drop-off over five minutes. We'll show them what this baby can do, sir. |
| R: | Give me everything you've got, La Forge! |
| Ge: | Aye, aye sir. |
| R: | With a sudden abrupt power surge to a high warp speed, Captain, we may be able to break loose enough from the Ferengi force field. |
| P: | I wish I knew what they were thinking over them. |
| R: | They're wondering what we are going to do next. |
| Wo: | I say fight, sir. There's nothing shameful in falling before a superior enemy. |
| P: | And nothing shameful in a strategic retreat, either. |
| Ge: | All systems ready, Captain. And communications now restored to Engineering. |
| P: | Excellent, La Forge! Ah, let's ah, throw them off guard. Lieutenant Yar, open hailing frequencies. |
| Ta: | Hailing frequencies open, sir. |
| P: | At least we won't begin with weakness. Attention, Ferengi starship. This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise. In the name of the United Federation of Planets, I demand that you would return the T-9 energy converter you removed from Gamma Tauri 4. Send that in all langauge forms. |
| Ta: | All language forms,sir. |
| P: | Sometimes, Riker, the best way to fight is not to be there. |
| R: | Yes, sir. "He will triumph who knows when to fight and when not to fight." |
| P: | I'm glad the Academy is still teaching the strategies of Sun Tzu. This delay had better prove out, La Forge. |
| Ge: | .300 milliseconds, sir. |
| P: | Let's blast full power into warp nine. Ready? |
| Ge: | On your command, Captain. |
| P: | On the count of three. Stand by on phasers. One, set warp to nine. Two, divert shield power to main engines. Three. Merde(=Shit;仏), shields up. |
| Da: | Captain, I think you had better see this. |
| P: | What's wrong? |
| Da: | Someone is reading every file, every bit of information stored in Enterprise memory banks. |
| Ge: | They can do that? |
| Da: | And more perhaps. |
| De: | Captain, if I may recommend, with our attention on the Ferengi vessel, we have ignored the planet. |
| P: | Data, consult the charts on this planet. See what we've got on it. Conference evaluation. |
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