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データの苦しみ
データは感情チップに翻弄され、現場から外して欲しいと願い出ますが、ピカードは
こうした感情を克服しなくてはならないと諭します。
登場人物
| Jean-Luc Picard: | エンタープライズD艦長 |
| Data: | アンドロイド（科学主任で第二副長） |
| Worf: | セキュリティー・チーフ |
| P: | Captain's log, stardate 48632.4. Dr. Crusher has informed me that the Data's emotion tip has been fused into his neuron net and cannot be removed. However she believes he is fit for duty, so I've asked him to join me in stellar cartography. |
| Da: | According to our information, the ribbon is a complex of temporal energy which travels through this galaxy every 39.1 years. It will pass through this sector in approximately 42 hours. |
| P: | Yes, Guinan was right. She said that Soran was trying to get back to the ribbon. Now, if that's true, there has to be some connection with the Amagosa star. Data, give me a list of anything that was affected by the star's destruction, no matter how insignificant. Data. |
| Da: | Sorry, sir. It will take the computer a few moments to compile the information. |
| P: | Data, are you all right? |
| Da: | No, sir. I am finding it difficult to concentrate. I believe I am overwhelmed with feelings of remorse and regret concerning my actions on the observatory. |
| P: | What do you mean? |
| Da: | I wanted to save Geordi. But I experienced something I did not expect. Fear. I was afraid. According to our current information, the destruction of the Amagosa star has had the following effects in this sector. Gamma emissions have increased by .05%. The Starship Bozeman was forced to make a course correction. Ambient magnetic fields... |
| P: | Wait. The Bozeman, why would it make a course correction? |
| Da: | The destruction of the Amagosa star has altered the gravitational forces throughout this sector. As a result, any ship passing through this region would have to make a minor course correction. |
| P: | A minor course correcution. Where's the ribbon now? |
| Da: | This is its current position. |
| P: | Can you project its course? |
| Da: | Captain, I cannot continue with this investigation. I wish to be deactivated until Dr. Crusher can remove the emotion tip. |
| P: | Are you having some kind of malfunction? |
| Da: | No, sir. I simply do not have the ability to control these emotions. |
| P: | Data, I have nothing but sympathy for what you're feeling, but right now I need you.... |
| Da: | Sir, I no longer want these emotions. Deactivating me is the only viable solution. |
| P: | Part of having feelings is learning to integrate them into your life, Data. Learning to live with them.... no matter what the circumstances. |
| Da: | Sir, I cannot. |
| P: | You will not be deactivated. You're are an officer on board this ship, and I require you to perform your duty. That is an order, Commander! |
| Da: | Yes, sir. I will try, sir. |
| P: | Sometimes it takes courage to try, Data. And(?) Courage can be an emotion, too. Now, can you project the course of the ribbon? |
| Da: | I believe so. |
| P: | Enhance grid 9-A. Where was the Amagosa star? Now, you said that when the Amagosa star was destroyed, it affected the gravitational forces in this sector. Did the computer take that into account, when it projected the course of the ribbon? |
| Da: | No, sir. I will make the appropriate adjustments. |
| P: | That's what Solan's doing. He's changing the course of the ribbon. But, why? Why would he...Why would he try to change its path? Why doesn't he fly into it with a ship? |
| Da: | Our records show that every ship which has approached the ribbon has either been destroyed or severely damaged. |
| P: | He can't get to the ribbon. So, he's tried to make the ribbon come to him. Data, does it pass near to any M-class planets? |
| Da: | Yes, sir. There are two in the Veridian system. |
| P: | Well, it gets close to Veridian III, but not close enough. Data, what would happen to the ribbon's course, if Soran destroyed the Vilidian star itself? That's where he's going. |
| Da: | It should be noted, sir, that the collapse of the Veridian star would produce a shock wave similar to the one we observed in the Amagosa. |
| P: | Destroying all the planets in this system. |
| Da: | Veridian III is uninhabited. However, Veridian IV supports a pre-industrial humanoid society. |
| P: | Population? |
| Da: | 230 million, sir. |
| P: | Picard to Bridge. |
| Wo: | Worf here, sir. |
| P: | Set a course for the Veridian system. Maximum warp. |
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