| Ga: |
Garry to the bridge. Subspace tractor beam's on line and ready
to go, Captain.
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| Ja: |
Acknowledged. Mr. Tuvok, lock on that ship.
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| Tu: |
Engaging the tractor beam. It's working. Beam's penetrating
the event horizon.
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| Ki: |
Engineering, check the power levels. I'm showing(seeing?) mass fluctuation.
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| Be: |
Damn it. The new relays on power grid aren't holding...
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| Pa: |
We've been pulled toward the singularity.
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| Ch: |
What's going on?
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| Ki: |
Now the tractor beam's down 80%, the gravimetric force of the
singularity's pulled us in.
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| Ja: |
Impulse engines full reverse. Disengage the tractor beam.
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| Be: |
I can't shut it down. The emitter relays are locked.
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| Ki: |
I'm picking a full stress all over the ship. If we keep the engines
on full reverse or tractor beams engaged, it would pull the ship apart.
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| Ja: |
Cut the engines.
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| Pa: |
We're moving forward again.
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| Ja: |
Engineering, get that tractor beam off line.
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| Ca: |
Captain, I can shut it down. But I have to get in there and phisically
cut the main power field.
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| Ja: |
Do it.
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| Ch: |
Tractor beam disengaged.
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| Ja: |
Move us to safety distance, Mr. Paris.
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| Ch: |
Are we abandoning a rescue attempt?
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| Ja: |
No. But we're going to need some help. Lay in a course for the Irridia
area system, full impulse. Have Mr. Neelix report to the bridge.
It looks like we're going follow his suggetsions, after all.
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| Ja: |
Come in.
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| Be: |
You asked to see me, Captain.
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| Ja: |
Have a seat.
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| Be: |
I just want you to know that I have personally gone over every
emitter relay again and refilled it for all myself.
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| Ja: |
No one blames you for what happened. Commander Chakotay thinks very
higyly of you. He's recommended you for the chief engineer.
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| Be: |
Well, we've, uh, we've been through a few strikes(?) together.
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| Ja: |
Do you think you're ready?
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| Be: |
Ready?
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| Ja: |
Ready to be chief engineer on a starship.
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| Be: |
Well, I think I know my way around engine room if it's what
you mean.
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| Ja: |
It's part of what I mean. There's also the matter of your ability
to command others. I'm not sure I've been doing you a favor by
putting you in charge down there. It'll be a lot of hard feelings
toward you for many of the starfleet people.
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| Be: |
I'm not bothered by what people think of me.
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| Ja: |
And the job requires the knowledge of the starfleet protocol,
experience for starfleet methodologies.
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| Be: |
Listen, Capatin, if you don't think I'm right for this job, just say so.
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| Ja: |
To be honest, I'm not sure really you are or not. That's why
I wanted to meet and try to get to know you a little better. I've been
studying your academy record.
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| Be: |
Where did you get that?
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| Ja: |
Thanks to Tuvok, we have the names of the entire crew by the time
we left DS9. Four disciplinary hearings, one suspension, you had
quite turbulent couple of years, didn't you?
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| Be: |
Yeah, I guess you could say that.
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| Ja: |
What do you think the problem was?
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| Be: |
The problem? The problem was a system that didn't get anyone chances
to breathe.
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| Ja: |
We work under that same system on this ship.
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| Be: |
Then I guess maybe this is just a bad idea.
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| Ja: |
Why did you quit the academy, B'Lanna?
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| Be: |
I didn't wanna have anyting to do with Starfleet then. I'm sorry
that I have to now.
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