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Hollow Pursuits

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I don't want any trouble here, Barclay.

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Trouble? Why would there be trouble?

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Because wherever you go, trouble follows.

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Lieutenant Barclay, you're on duty.

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Is that a fact?

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It is, and you'll observe it.

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So get back to your post.

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Look, pal, why don't you do me a favor.

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Take yourself and your holier-than-thou attitude and get out of my life.

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This is insubordination, Mr. Barclay.

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Here's to insubordination.

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Riker, you're nothing but a pretty mannequin in a fancy uniform.

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You're full of hot air.

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If Picard has a problem with me you tell him to come and talk to me himself.

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I feel your confidence, your arrogant resolve.

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It excites me.

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CREWMAN: Lieutenant Barclay, report to cargo bay five now.

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It'll have to wait till later, darling.

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( loudly ): Be right there.

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Save program.

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I just don't know what to do with him.

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The guy's always late.

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He never gives his best effort.

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Just slides by.

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I'm telling you, I can't deal with it anymore.

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I mean, how does a guy like that make it through the academy?

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I think it's time we spoke to the captain about Broccoli.

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That's what Wesley calls him.

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You keep that to yourself.

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Well, it fits.

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Commander, a broken seal.

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Well, you better destroy it.

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Those samples will be tainted.

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LA FORGE: Hey!

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Is it a problem for you to report to duty on time, Lieutenant?

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No... no, sir.

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I'm ... I'm very, very sorry, sir.

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It's just that I had a... a very important communiqué, which required my immediate response.

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I don't want to hear it.

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Now, we're having an intermittent problem with this antigrav unit.

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I want you to see what you can do.

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Mr. Barclay, I'm tired of seeing your name on report.

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I don't know what you got away with at your last posting, but this is the Enterprise.

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We set a different standard here.

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Understood?

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Understood, sir.

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PICARD: Space, the final frontier.

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These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

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Its continuing mission--

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to explore strange new worlds...

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to seek out new life

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and new civilizations...

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to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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♪♪

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Captain's log, Stardate 43807.4.

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We're taking on a load of special tissue samples

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donated by the Mikulaks for shipment to Nahmi IV.

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The samples could prove vital to the containment

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of an outbreak of correllium fever on that world.

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Everything... everything looks... looks normal to me.

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Mm-hmm.

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LA FORGE: Computer, activate antigrav unit.

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Damn it.

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I... I don't understand.

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La Forge to engineering.

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I'll need more people in cargo bay five.

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Anyone you can spare.

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La Forge out.

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We could use a hand,

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Mr. Barclay.

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Uh, I'll disassemble it later, Commander.

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It shouldn't do that.

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Well, I mean... I mean, of course, it shouldn't do that.

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Uh, well, I... I mean... it shouldn't do that.

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I'm just not accustomed to seeing an unsatisfactory rating on a member of my crew.

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I guess the question is whether Mr. Barclay is Enterprise material.

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And I assume by your request for his transfer that you think he's not, Commander.

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Well, I hate to say it, but...

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I always thought I could work with anybody but I just don't understand this guy.

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Broccoli makes me nervous, Captain.

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He makes everybody nervous.

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Broccoli?

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Young Mr. Crusher started that.

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I guess it's caught on.

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Let's just get that "uncaught," shall we?

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There's every indication that he's served competently in Starfleet for years.

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Ratings aboard the Zhukov were satisfactory.

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In fact, I recall Captain Gleason speaking quite highly of him before his transfer.

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In retrospect, I wonder if Captain Gleason wasn't buttering our bread a little.

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He knew that we needed a diagnostic engineer.

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I've examined Barclay's psychological profile.

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He has a history of seclusive tendencies.

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It was noted at the academy more than once.

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And yet, he chose this way of life.

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He has made the same commitment to Starfleet that we all have.

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( sighs )

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It's easy to transfer a problem to someone else.

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Too easy.

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Captain, it's not like I haven't tried.

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Try harder, Geordi.

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He's a member of your team.

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Try to find some way to help him to make a positive contribution.

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Get to know the man better.

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Make him your best friend.

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With all due respect, sir, "my best friend"?

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I can barely tolerate being in the same room with the man.

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I suggest you put your personal discomfort on one side, Commander.

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Dismissed.

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Yes, sir.

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( sighs )

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Hey, Reg.

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How, uh... how's it going?

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Oh, uh, it's...

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I... I still haven't traced down the problem, Commander.

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It's all right.

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There's no problem.

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I've... I've been planning to run diagnostics on the graviton inverter's circuits.

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Smart plan.

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I'd say we're in good hands here.

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Well, I'll see you get a preliminary report...

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Whenever.

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Before the end of the day.

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Fine. Fine.

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Oh... say, Reg, how about sitting in on the mission briefing with my senior officers in the morning?

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Th-the briefing? Me?

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I'd like your input.

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What on?

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I mean, do... do you want me to prepare...

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No, no, just be there.

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0800 hours.

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I'll... I'll be on time, sir.

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Good. Good.

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Carry on.

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Morning.

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Start your brains, gentlemen and let's do it.

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Has anybody seen Lieutenant Barclay?

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Not yet, sir.

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( sighs )

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Okay.

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( panting )

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Okay.

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This trip to Nahmi IV is pretty routine so we'll have plenty of time to realign the magnetic capacitors of both the matter and anti-matter injectors.

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Duffy, Costa, that'll be your assignment.

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We probably ought to do the flow regulator maintenance at the same time, Commander.

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That's a good idea.

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Ensign Crusher will be putting in some hours with us this week as part of his training duties.

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So, I'll be assigning him to assist you, Mr. Myers.

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Be sure and teach him the difference between impulse and warp drive, please.

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( chuckling )

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Lieutenant Barclay has been working on the mystery of the antigrav failure we had yesterday.

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Your preliminary report had a couple of interesting theories, Reg.

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Why don't you bring us all up to speed on your findings so far.

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Yes.

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It... it wasn't a maintenance problem.

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Every-everything checked out.

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I'm... I'm going to look for a surge in the transfer coils...

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Oh, a coil surge wouldn't have resulted in field dissipation.

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I-I... I realize that.

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But we shouldn't ignore the possibilities, Wes.

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You ought to check the flow capacitor.

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A breakdown of that could have caused a chain collapse of the antigrav fields.

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I... I was going to.

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Good.

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Okay, then, let's, uh... take a look at that realignment procedure.

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Gentlemen.

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DUFFY: Yeah, the bipolar flux device was...

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COSTA: Commander...

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I just didn't know what to say.

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What do you wish you had said?

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I should have told him to mind his own damn business.

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I knew about the flux capacitor but I didn't need to hear about it from some 17-year-old kid.

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You're letting this get you much too upset.

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You think so?

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Why are you so hard on yourself?

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You don't know.

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It's hard out there.

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I understand, but let go of it.

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You're here now.

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You're right, of course.

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Of course.

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Let me help you relax.

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I'd like that.

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I knew you would.

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Mmm, that's nice...

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But... I'm in the mood for someplace a little more... unusual.

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Computer, run Barclay program 15.

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I am the goddess of empathy.

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Cast off your inhibitions and embrace love, truth, joy.

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But I thought that's the point of the briefing-- to discuss different approaches...

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It's not that you did anything wrong, Wes.

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It's just that Barclay's...

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Well, he's my new project.

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Yeah, Broccoli's a real project, all right.

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I just need to draw him out some more.

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And I shut him down.

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Poor Broccoli.

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Pardon me.

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But why is Lieutenant Barclay being referred to clandestinely as a vegetable?

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It's a joke, Data.

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You know, a nickname?

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Nicknames generally denote fondness.

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A diminutive shared between friends.

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Data's absolutely right.

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The nickname stops here and now.

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Captain's orders.

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What..? What the hell..?

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What happened to your glass?

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( tricorder beeping )

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Nucleosynthesis.

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The structure of the glass has been altered at the atomic level.

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Problem with the replicator?

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Unlikely.

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A problem with the replicator would have effected the contents as well as the glass but the liquid in the glass was a synthehol replication of a light ale of earth origin which is, I believe, what Lieutenant Duffy ordered.

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Well, I can't detect any residual radiation or any unusual chemical compounds that would have caused this.

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The most probable explanation is that the glass came into contact with an unshielded power source.

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Ugh... that means a complete diagnostic check of the Enterprise power systems-- all 4,000 of them.

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But do I have the perfect man for the job.

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Hey, Reg.

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You busy?

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I-I was just...

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Uh, no.

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Not really. Why?

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Got another mystery for you.

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Somehow the molecular structure of this cup from Ten-Forward has been altered.

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We need to run through the power systems to see if there's a leak that caused this.

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I had, uh...

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I was going to do that.

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You were?

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Yes, to try to explain the antigrav unit failure.

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I still can't.

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Nothing about it makes sense.

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Then it is possible that these two very disparate incidents could be related.

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I wouldn't bother you with something this minor, Commander but it may be a symptom of a more serious problem.

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Do you think we'll need to put in to a starbase?

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We'll have a better idea after Mr. Barclay runs a check on the power systems.

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It was Lieutenant Barclay who first suggested a link between the two incidents.

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What?

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No, it wasn't. I mean, not really.

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Will your investigation affect our available power during the mission?

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No... no, sir.

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We'll have to shut off some systems.

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We'll, uh... shut them down a few at a time.

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It shouldn't...

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I don't think so.

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Good.

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I'll look forward to your report, Mr. Broccoli.

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Barclay.

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If you will excuse me.

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Metathesis is one of the most common of pronunciation errors, sir.

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A reversal of vowel and consonant.

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"Barc" to "Broc"...

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Yes, I know him.

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He comes in. He stands at the bar.

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He doesn't say much.

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He orders a warm milk.

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( chuckles ): Figures.

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Warm milk helps you sleep, La Forge.

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You should try it.

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What's this have to do with Barclay?

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I don't know.

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I'm just trying to figure the man out.

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Do you ever talk to him?

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He doesn't talk much.

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Does he have any friends?

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Not that I've seen.

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( sighs )

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What do you do with a guy like that?

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Well, I just serve him warm milk and let him be.

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Yeah, well, I'm not so lucky.

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I can't let him be.

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He's my problem.

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Hmm.

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Well, he's... imaginative.

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How do you know that?

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I know.

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Well, then maybe he's in the wrong line of work.

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Hmm.

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You engineering types don't appreciate imagination?

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That's not it, Guinan.

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He just doesn't fit in here.

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Oh.

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Terkim.

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What?

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Reminds me of Terkim.

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My mother's brother.

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Sort of the family misfit.

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Everybody told me to stay away from him.

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Bad influence.

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Did you?

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Are you kidding?

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He was the only member of my family who had a sense of humor.

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Except no one ever stayed around him long enough to realize it but me.

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My mother tells me I remind her of him, and I probably do.

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The idea of fitting in just... repels me.

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Maybe I'm not making myself clear, Guinan.

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Barclay-- well, he's always late.

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The man's nervous.

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Nobody wants to be around this guy.

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If I felt that nobody wanted to be around me

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I'd probably be late and nervous, too.

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Guinan, that's not the point.

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Are you sure?

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Excuse me.

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Computer, where is Lieutenant Barclay?

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( birds singing )

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( holodeck doors close )

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Reg?

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Beverly?

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Good morning, milord.

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Manners, my son, manners.

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You embarrass me before our guest.

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Master Barclay will spank you if you misbehave.

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Wesley?

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What do you want?

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Well, I guess I want Master Barclay.

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The boys got into another little scrap, I'm afraid but boys will be boys.

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( swords clashing, men grunting )

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You cannot withstand our assault forever, Barclay.

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Ah!

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Ha!

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DATA: You are outnumbered, Mr. Barclay.

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Say you will yield, and it ends here.

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I shall speak with my sword, sir.

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Ha!

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In God's name where did you learn to fight like this?

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Self-taught, my Capitaine.

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Shall I give you a few lessons?

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PICARD: Who is that?

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One of your allies?

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Oh, Jean-Luc not that old trick.

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I'm very disappointed in you.

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( clears throat )

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I'll make it easy for you, Commander.

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I will request a reassignment.

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Now, wait... Look, we both know--

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The whole ship knows...

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I... I just can't cut it here.

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Hey, Barclay

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I've spent a few hours on the holodeck, too, you know.

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Now, as far as I'm concerned what you do in the holodeck is your own business as long as it doesn't interfere with your work.

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So you're... you're not going to tell anyone about this?

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I don't think everybody would appreciate your imagination like I do.

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It is kind of unusual recreating people you already know.

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Well, it was just...

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I needed to blow off some steam because one... one of the officers had been getting on my back.

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Let me guess.

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( laughs )

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It was you.

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And I just couldn't tell you what I wanted to tell you to your face so it just sort of got out of control.

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I don't know, there's a part of this that's kind of therapeutic.

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Maybe you ought to talk to Counselor Troi about it.

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It's, it's... I'm ... when I'm in there, I'm just more comfortable.

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You don't know what a struggle this has been for me, Commander.

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Well, I'd like to help if I can.

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Being afraid all of the time of forgetting somebody's name not... not knowing what to do with your hands.

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I mean, I am the guy who writes down things to remember to say when there's a party.

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And then when he finally gets there he winds up alone, in the corner trying to look comfortable examining a potted plant.

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You're just shy, Barclay.

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"Just shy." sounds like nothing serious, doesn't it?

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You can't know.

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O'Brien to La Forge.

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Go ahead.

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I need you in transporter room three, Commander.

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On my way, Chief.

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Listen, Reg.

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I really do want you to talk to Counselor Troi.

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Troi?

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No, no, no, no, no. I... I couldn't.

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I mean it.

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As your friend and as your commanding officer.

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I was synchronizing the phase transition coils.

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I didn't do anything I haven't done 100 times before.

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The test object is made of pure duranium.

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Seems normal enough to me.

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Watch this.

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Glad I don't have anywhere to go.

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LA FORGE: Chief Engineer's log, Stardate 43808.2.

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A systems analysis of transporter room three

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has yielded no suggestion of a cause

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for the latest malfunction aboard the Enterprise.

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This part of the same pattern?

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We don't know, sir.

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And we don't know why only transporter room three is affected.

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None of the other transporter rooms are malfunctioning.

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Yet.

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We reach Nahmi IV in 22 hours.

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We'll want all transporters operational by then.

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I want a level-1 diagnostic across the board.

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Advise Mr. Barclay to join us on the bridge immediately.

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Oh, can we make that 1400 hours, sir?

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I've got him working on something.

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1400 hours.

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Mr. O'brien, no maintenance on the transporter until further notice.

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Aye, sir.

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I know this is difficult for you.

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Is there anything I can do to make you more comfortable?

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No.

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Have you ever been with a counselor before?

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Yes... no.

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Which one?

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Yes, but she, uh...

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It-it wasn't... it wasn't really a counselor.

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Most people find a counselor intimidating at first.

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It's okay if you feel that way toward me.

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Not... at all.

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Good.

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Now, lean back, close your eyes...

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Why?

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I want to make you more comfortable.

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You do?

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Yes.

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It's okay.

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Close your eyes.

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What are you going to do?

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Just listen to the sound of my voice.

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Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose...

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... and let it out through your mouth just as slowly.

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That's better, isn't it?

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Much better.

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Oh, yes.

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Oh, yes, that's... that's much better.

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That... that... that is extremely helpful.

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Thank you for your time.

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But... Really, that's very helpful.

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In through the nose out through the mouth.

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I'm going to practice that and I'll-I'll let you know.

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Thank you again.

00:28:07

Whoa...oh

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I had a very strange visit from one of your officers today.

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Barclay?

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Yeah, I can imagine.

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Were you able to do anything for him?

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To be honest I'm not sure what happened.

00:28:34

Where is Mr. Barclay?

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It's past 1400 hours.

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Lieutenant Barclay, report to the bridge.

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Lieutenant Barclay, report.

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Computer, locate Lieutenant Barclay.

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COMPUTER: Lieutenant Barclay is in holodeck two.

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( sighs ): I'll get him.

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No, I'll handle this.

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I've had it with him.

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Counselor, you'd better come along.

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I think you should know

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Barclay's been running some unique programs.

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I don't care what he's been running.

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I just ran out of patience.

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( birds singing )

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( men laughing in the distance )

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( holodeck door closes )

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PICARD: ...before our swords.

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MEN: Hear, hear.

00:29:36

( laughter )

00:29:37

PICARD: I hope she was worth the effort.

00:29:39

GEORDIE: Oh. Show us how you did it.

00:29:41

DATA: Like this!

00:29:43

Ah!

00:29:57

Like I said, Commander

00:29:58

Barclay's been running some unusual programs.

00:30:01

This is a violation of protocol.

00:30:03

Crewmembers should not be simulated in the holodeck.

00:30:06

LA FORGE: Commander, I don't think there's any regulation against...

00:30:08

Well, there ought to be.

00:30:10

Computer, discontinue program and erase.

00:30:12

Computer, belay that order.

00:30:14

Counselor?

00:30:16

If Barclay is having difficulty facing reality to suddenly destroy his only means of escape would be brutal and could do considerable damage.

00:30:26

They are quite disagreeable, aren't they?

00:30:29

Mmm.

00:30:33

Shall we... have at them?

00:30:37

Delighted!

00:30:39

GEORDIE: We shall thrash them.

00:30:41

En garde!

00:30:42

Stop it.

00:30:43

Put that down.

00:30:44

Your sword, sir.

00:30:47

I don't have a sword.

00:30:49

How do you expect to fight without your sword, sir?

00:30:51

I don't expect to fight.

00:30:54

Ha!

00:30:55

Do I detect a streak of yellow along the good fellow's back?

00:31:01

( laughing )

00:31:04

Perhaps we should supply a more appropriate adversary for him.

00:31:08

GEORDIE: Aha, indeed.

00:31:09

Number one?

00:31:10

Number one!

00:31:11

RIKER: Here I come.

00:31:15

Am I late?

00:31:16

Did I miss the fight?

00:31:18

En garde!

00:31:19

You, sir, you have a familiar bearing.

00:31:22

Is it possible our swords have crossed somewhere before?

00:31:25

Where is he?

00:31:26

Where's Barclay?

00:31:29

Aha! A personal grudge.

00:31:31

I warn you, it would be wise for you to put your affairs in final order before you meet him in combat.

00:31:37

You challenge the greatest sword...

00:31:40

In all the holodeck.

00:31:41

( stifles laughter )

00:31:44

You think this is funny?

00:31:46

You are very tall.

00:31:47

It might be threatening to some people.

00:31:51

Mr. Barclay will find out what it means to be threatened.

00:31:54

Computer, discontinue image of Riker.

00:31:59

Sir!

00:32:00

You have no sense of fair play.

00:32:03

Just tell us where to find Barclay.

00:32:12

You want us to search through all this to find him?

00:32:14

It could provide us with valuable information about what's troubling him.

00:32:21

You know, there's nothing wrong with a healthy fantasy life as long as you don't let it take over.

00:32:26

You call this healthy?

00:32:27

You're taking it so seriously.

00:32:29

It's not without its element of humor.

00:32:32

I am the goddess of empathy.

00:32:36

Cast off your inhibitions and embrace love truth, joy.

00:32:43

Oh... my... God.

00:32:45

Discard your facades and reveal your true being to me.

00:32:50

Computer, discontinue...

00:32:51

Computer, belay that order.

00:32:54

We want to get more insight into what's been troubling this poor man, remember?

00:33:00

Quite a healthy fantasy life wouldn't you say?

00:33:03

Mmm.

00:33:07

( rumbling )

00:33:08

( console beeping )

00:33:10

Report.

00:33:12

WORF: Sir, our velocity increased to warp 7.25.

00:33:15

Compensating, sir.

00:33:18

Confirmed.

00:33:19

Velocity now warp seven.

00:33:23

Maintain that.

00:33:25

What the hell happened?

00:33:26

The matter/anti-matter injectors locked for a split second.

00:33:29

I am not certain why, sir.

00:33:30

They appear to be working normally now.

00:33:33

Picard to La Forge.

00:33:34

LA FORGE: Go ahead, Captain.

00:33:35

Commander, any explanation for this injector problem?

00:33:38

Well, um, I'm not in engineering, sir.

00:33:41

I'm in holodeck two.

00:33:42

PICARD: Another malfunction?

00:33:44

Not exactly, but I'll return to engineering immediately, sir.

00:33:48

Yes, I should say that you should, Commander.

00:33:50

Your holodeck activities can wait until later.

00:33:52

And, Commander...

00:33:53

Yes, sir.

00:33:55

It would be wise to consult Lieutenant Barclay on this latest incident.

00:33:58

I'd like to very much, Captain.

00:34:00

La Forge out.

00:34:02

We need to find Barclay now.

00:34:05

Cast aside your masks and let me slip into your minds.

00:34:14

Muzzle it.

00:34:21

( loud snoring )

00:34:29

Shh.

00:34:40

We have a lot to talk about, Mr. Barclay.

00:34:43

Commander, Barclay and I had better get to engineering.

00:34:45

Dismissed.

00:34:52

I just couldn't keep my eyes open.

00:34:54

I'd worked 12 hours on the power systems and then... then the transporter went down.

00:34:58

Reg, you had a chance to get some help from the real Counselor Troi but, instead, you went back in there.

00:35:04

I know. I didn't want to.

00:35:05

I just couldn't help myself.

00:35:07

You're going to be able to write the book on holodiction.

00:35:10

Look, I know how easy it is to get caught up in it.

00:35:12

I fell in love in there once.

00:35:13

Really? But I knew when it was time to turn it off and say good-bye.

00:35:16

It wasn't easy, but I did it.

00:35:18

You know, the people that I create in there are more real to me than anyone I meet out here.

00:35:25

Except... maybe you, Commander.

00:35:30

I need you out here, Reg.

00:35:34

Now more than ever.

00:35:36

Huh?

00:35:44

The injectors aren't responding to the diagnostic commands.

00:35:47

I think we should drop out of warp.

00:35:50

La Forge to bridge.

00:35:52

Go ahead, Commander.

00:35:53

Recommend we go to impulse power, Captain.

00:35:55

Take us out of warp.

00:35:59

Controls are not responding, sir.

00:36:01

It's the injectors.

00:36:02

Override.

00:36:03

It's not a computer problem.

00:36:05

The mechanism is physically jammed.

00:36:08

I can't clear it.

00:36:09

Speed increasing, sir.

00:36:12

Warp 7.6.

00:36:13

7.65.

00:36:15

Warp 7.7.

00:36:21

We can't shut it down, Captain.

00:36:23

Anti-matter flow is... increasing.

00:36:25

She's accelerating out of control.

00:36:27

There's nothing I can do.

00:36:38

Approaching warp nine, sir.

00:36:40

Red alert.

00:36:41

Estimated time to structural failure?

00:36:44

At this rate of acceleration-- 15 minutes, 40 seconds, sir.

00:36:47

Did you copy that, Geordi?

00:36:48

Aye, Commander.

00:36:49

Recommendations?

00:36:51

I'll let you know as soon as we have some.

00:36:52

La Forge out.

00:36:53

Okay, this ship is going to start tearing itself apart in 15 minutes.

00:36:56

I want every idea on the table, I don't care how outrageous.

00:36:59

What about attempting a magnetic quench on the fusion pre-burners?

00:37:02

No, I already tried that.

00:37:03

The magnetic fields won't reset.

00:37:05

Could the fuel inlet servos be caught in cycle?

00:37:07

If they were, the swirl dampers would be frozen, too, and they aren't.

00:37:10

Nothing showed up in the diagnostic sweep, at all?

00:37:13

The tests showed there were proble...

00:37:14

I mean, there were no problems with the fl-flow... the flow of the...

00:37:17

There's nothing wrong with the computer control protocols or the power transfer systems.

00:37:21

As far as we can determine the injectors are just physically jammed.

00:37:24

Injectors freeze, antigrav unit goes down transporter malfunctions...

00:37:28

And a twisted glass.

00:37:29

What's the connection?

00:37:30

( rumbling )

00:37:34

Exceeding warp 9.4.

00:37:37

Begin evacuation of secondary hull.

00:37:40

Prepare for emergency saucer separation.

00:37:43

Standing by to release docking clamps.

00:37:46

Re-route systems to primary hull power sources.

00:37:48

The plasma flow to the nacelles is uneven due to injector lock.

00:37:52

An emergency saucer separation could rupture the warp field.

00:37:55

( rumbling )

00:37:58

( console beeping insistently )

00:38:00

12 minutes to structural failure, sir.

00:38:05

None of the systems involved interact directly with each other.

00:38:08

I don't see anything in common.

00:38:09

Wh-what if... what if... what if one of us is the connection?

00:38:13

Us? How?

00:38:14

I don't know.

00:38:16

But we're looking for a systemic explanation and there isn't one.

00:38:22

I mean, we work with all of the systems that are affected.

00:38:25

What if... what if we're transmitting something ourselves... by touching it, or something?

00:38:32

The computer would have picked up anything dangerous.

00:38:34

But... if it were something, something that we couldn't scan you might have passed it on to the injectors when you were re-aligning the magnetic capacitors.

00:38:44

It was your glass, Duffy, and both of you were present in the cargo bay when the antigrav failed.

00:38:47

Well, so was O'Brien.

00:38:49

The transporter malfunction-- that's a connection, too.

00:38:51

( alarm beeps loudly ) COMPUTER: Danger!

00:38:53

Approaching safety limits of engine containment field.

00:38:55

Computer, list all physical substances that wouldn't normally be picked up by an internal scan.

00:39:00

There are 15,525 known substances that cannot be detected by standard scans.

00:39:07

Great, and how many of those can exist in an oxygen atmosphere?

00:39:10

Five hundred thirty-two.

00:39:12

And could alter molecular structure when it comes in contact with... with glass?

00:39:16

Five.

00:39:17

On screen at this station.

00:39:19

Duffy.

00:39:23

BARCLAY: Jakmanite has a half-life of 15 seconds.

00:39:25

There wouldn't be enough time to spread it around the ship. Right.

00:39:28

Selgninaem and lucrovexitrin are highly toxic.

00:39:31

Yeah, we'd all be dead by now.

00:39:32

That leaves... saltzgadum and invidium.

00:39:34

Neither of which has been used for decades.

00:39:36

But could either one of them cause all these malfunctions?

00:39:39

Most of the affected systems weren't even invented when those substances were in use.

00:39:42

Who knows what could happen with a transporter or a magnetic capacitor.

00:39:45

Wait a minute, wasn't invidium used in medical containment fields?

00:39:48

Not for over a century.

00:39:50

The Mikulaks might still be using it.

00:39:52

And one of those canisters was broken.

00:39:55

La Forge to bridge.

00:39:56

We have a working theory, Captain.

00:39:58

There's a good possibility we picked up some invidium from a broken canister in the cargo bay and have been spreading it around the ship.

00:40:03

Working theories are fine, Geordi but we need a working solution in about five minutes.

00:40:07

Understood, Commander.

00:40:08

We're on our way to cargo bay five for confirmation.

00:40:27

Nothing on the tricorder.

00:40:29

( alarm beeps loudly )

00:40:30

COMPUTER: Danger.

00:40:32

Exceeding safety limits of engine containment field.

00:40:35

At current acceleration structural failure will occur in three minutes, 30 seconds.

00:40:45

If it's in there, it should show up on one of the polarity channels.

00:40:51

There it is.

00:40:55

Duffy and O'Brien picked up the broken canister and became contaminated.

00:40:58

If we can get it-- the invidium-- down to minus 200 degrees celsius, it'll become inert.

00:41:03

La Forge to bridge.

00:41:05

Invidium has been confirmed.

00:41:07

Recommend we flood the injector pathway conduit with gaseous cryonetrium.

00:41:11

That ought to neutralize it.

00:41:13

The question is, will the injectors come back on-line?

00:41:15

They sustained considerable damage, Captain.

00:41:18

I can't guarantee that we'll be able to regain control.

00:41:21

We don't have much choice, do we?

00:41:22

No, sir.

00:41:24

Make it so.

00:41:29

DUFFY: Route primary coupling through starboard transfer conduit.

00:41:31

Routing.

00:41:32

Ready for engine core injection.

00:41:34

COMPUTER: At current acceleration structural failure will occur in 45 seconds.

00:41:41

Injector conduit temperature minus 100 degrees celsius.

00:41:45

Transfer injector control to manual.

00:41:47

Ready, sir.

00:41:49

Temperature now minus 190 degrees.

00:41:52

Minus 200 degrees, sir.

00:41:54

Injector status?

00:41:55

Matter injector is on-line.

00:41:58

Anti-matter injector... still locked.

00:42:01

( alarm beeps loudly )

00:42:02

COMPUTER: At current acceleration structural failure will occur in 30 seconds.

00:42:07

Cycle power through ventral relay.

00:42:12

Anti-matter injector... on-line.

00:42:16

Reducing flow capacity.

00:42:18

Commencing warp engine shutdown, sir.

00:42:29

Stand down from red alert.

00:42:31

Nice work, Geordi.

00:42:32

Mr. Barclay and I thank you, sir.

00:42:34

RIKER: Acknowledged.

00:42:35

The ship has been seriously contaminated with invidium, sir.

00:42:38

Recommend we set a course for Starbase 121 for a complete systems- and bio-decontamination.

00:42:44

Understood. Picard out.

00:42:48

Glad you were with us out here in the real world today, Mr. Barclay.

00:43:19

It has been most difficult to reach this decision to leave you but after thinking about it and discussing it at length with...

00:43:28

Counselor Troi

00:43:30

I think it's for the best.

00:43:34

I just wanted to thank you all for your support.

00:43:37

You'll always be welcome here, Reg.

00:43:41

I know.

00:43:43

That's why it's so difficult to leave.

00:43:49

It was a pleasure to serve with you, Mr. Barclay.

00:43:52

Good luck, Reg.

00:43:55

It's been fun.

00:44:03

Computer.

00:44:07

End program.

00:44:08

( computer beeps )

00:44:11

Erase all programs filed under Reginald Barclay.

00:44:14

( computer beeps )

00:44:20

Except program nine.

00:44:22

( computer beeps )

00:44:39

♪♪