タカーン帝国？
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） |
| 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 |
| Geordi La Forge: | 技術チーフ（「機関部長」とも。恋多き青年です^^;） |
| R: | Matthew, Pola. You know this area's off-limits, come on come on.....Boys will be boys, Captain. |
| P: | Lieutenant, have you launched the probe? |
| Ge: | Aye sir, we should get those readings, soon. |
| P: | If we're not holding the Ferengi and they're not holding us, what the hell is? |
| Ge: | The probe give us those answers, sir. |
| P: | Data, you were gonna show us something. |
| Da: | As request, Captain, library computer information on this planet. It has been charted only from long range scans. It is class M but shows no indications of life forms, sentient or otherwise. However you may find this of interest. Resolving it into our language. The central of a huge space federation, a population of trillions. |
| P: | Trillions? But I've never heard the word "Tkon" before. |
| Da: | Understanderble. It has been extinct for 600,000 of our, of our years. These, these planets were once outposts of that empire. |
| P: | Data, what are you doing? |
| Da: | Apologies, Captain. I seem to have reached to an odd functional impasse. I am ah,stuck. |
| P: | Then, get unstuck and continue the briefing. |
| Da: | Yes, sir. That is what I'm trying to do so but, the solution eludes me. |
| Ge: | My hero huhu..... |
| P: | Continue, commander. |
| Da: | Intriguing. It..., it describes the empire as been highly advanced and powerful, and capable of actually moving stars. |
| R: | Stars whose planets are their defense system? |
| Da: | Correct, sir. Outposts. The planet below was possibly one of them. |
| Ta: | Excuse me interruption Captain, but this may be worth it. We're now receiving a signal from the probe. |
| P: | We'll take it here. |
| Ge: | Incredible. |
| R: | There's our mysterious something, Captain. It is a force field of some kind. |
| P: | Reaching up from the planet's surface. Amazing power. Data, what does the legend say about the end of the Tkon Empire? |
| Da: | Their sun went supernova, sir. |
| P: | Could this planet have escaped that? |
| Da: | This planet may have been the most distant outpost, sir, but it shows no life-form readings. |
| P: | We should take look at it, number one. Stand by with an away team. |
| R: | And if the Ferengi also realize that the force field emanates from the planet, sir? |
| P: | Hum... that's a complication. Maybe we should ask them to join us in this. |
| Ge: | Team up with the Ferengi, sir? |
| P: | We've been ordered to learn over count(?) about them. Do you know better way? |
| Ge: | Data. |
ふ〜む、タカーン帝国？星をも動かすことのできる帝国があったとは。だがなぜ ノバを避けることができなかったのだろうね。