| Pa: |
How does it feel?
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| Do: |
Just like the old one actually.
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| Ja: |
Apparently, contact with photonic energy distrupted your magnetic
cohesion. But we're still not sure if that's what happened to
the others.
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| Be: |
Captain, take a look at this, the readings from the doctor's tricorder
when the energy surge made contact with him.
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| Ja: |
They are showing a synaptic pattern. I wouldn't expect to see
something like this photonic energy. Is this the first time those
patterns' show up like this?
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| Be: |
Yes, but it's the first time we had(?) clear readings from a moment
of contact. I wander if I could produce the same patterns in
samples we have in Engineering.
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| Ja: |
If you can, you might be able to get more information about
how photonic evergy damaged the holodeck systems.
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| Be: |
I'm on it.
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| Pa: |
I'll give you a hand.
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| Pa: |
OK. I've initiated the polarization field. I'm introducing it into
the container.
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| Be: |
We're getting a reaction.
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| Pa: |
Producing a synaptic pattern, all right, highly complex.
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| Be: |
What's that?
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| Pa: |
Whatever it is, it's cutting to the volkets(?).
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| Be: |
Let's get containment field around it.
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| Pa: |
It's heading for deck 14, section C-5.
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| Be: |
OK, I gotta containment field block.
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| Pa: |
Oh, it's changing direction. It's like avoiding the containment field.
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| Be: |
Let's give it another try. Now, it's blocked on 3 sides.
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| Pa: |
Changing course, heading for the open side.
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| Be: |
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
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| Pa: |
Those synaptic patterns could be some sort of neural net.
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| Be: |
We may be dealing with a life form.
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| Ja: |
Bridge to Engineering.
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| Be: |
Torres, here.
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| Ja: |
We're detecing an energy mass, moving through the ship.
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| Be: |
Right. It broke the sample container. Captain, it's showing
the properties of a life form.
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| Ja: |
A life form?
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| Be: |
It seems to have a neural net and it's demonstrating signs of
intelligent behavior.
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| Pa: |
It's cutting its way through the ship, heading for the outer hull. It'll
breach in about 15 seconds.
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| Ja: |
Are there any critical systems in its path.
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| Pa: |
Negative.
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| Ja: |
Then let it go. Be ready to shield the hull breach for the force
field. I'll have a damage control team standing by for repairs.
And let's track on sensors when it gets out.
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| Pa: |
Captain, it's penetrating the outer hull.
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| Be: |
Force field is in place.
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| Pa: |
I'm showing the energy form 100 meters off our port side.
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| Ja: |
Let's get it on screen. What was that?
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