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Clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) - Pen Pals (S02E02)

"ln your position, it's important to ask yourself one question:"
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"What would Picard do?"
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"He'd listen to everyone's opinion and then make his own decision."
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"- But he's Captain Picard. - Well, it doesn't matter."
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"Once Picard makes his decision, does anyone question it?"
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"- Heh, no way. - And why not?"
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"l'm not sure."
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"DATA [OVER COM]: Commander Riker."
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"l'm on my way."
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"l hope l've been able to help. You'll let me know what you decide?"
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"l'm gonna have Davies run that icogram."
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"- Thank you, sir. - You're welcome."
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"- l'll see you later. - Okay. Heh."
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"Ensign Davies?"
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"PlCARD: lt is no longer a matter of how wrong Data was."
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"Or why he did it. The dilemma exists."
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"We have to discuss the options. And please, talk freely."
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"There are no options."
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"The Prime Directive is not a matter of degrees."
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"lt is an absolute."
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"l have a problem with that kind of rigidity."
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"lt seems callous, and even a little cowardly."
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"Doctor, l'm sure that is not what the lieutenant meant,"
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"What we do today may profoundly affect the future."
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"lf we could see every possible outcome..."
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"RlKER: We'd be gods."
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"lf there is a cosmic plan,"
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"is it not the height of hubris to think that we can or should interfere?"
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"So, what are you saying? That the Dremans are fated to die?"
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"l think that's an option that we should be considering."
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"Consider it considered and rejected."
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"lf there is a cosmic plan, are we not a part of it?"
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"Our presence at this place at this moment in time"
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"could be a part of that fate."
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"Right, and it could be part of that plan that we interfere."
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"Well, that eliminates the possibility of fate."
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"DATA: But, commander,"
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"the Dremans are not a subject for philosophical debate."
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"They are a people."
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"So we make an exception in the deaths of millions."
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"Yes."
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"And is it the same situation"
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"if it's an epidemic and not a geological calamity?"
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"Absolutely."
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"lf generations of conflict is killing millions,"
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"do we interfere?"
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"Well, we're all a little less secure in our moral certitude."
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"And what if it's not just killings?"
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"lf an oppressive government is enslaving millions?"
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"You see, the Prime Directive has many different functions,"
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"not the least of which is to protect us."
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"To prevent us from allowing our emotions"
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"to overwhelm our judgment."
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"My emotions are involved."
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"Data's friend is going to die. That means something."
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"To Data."
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"Does that invalidate the emotion?"
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"[SlGHS]"
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"Yes."
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"Sarjenka's transmission could be viewed as a call for help."
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"Sophistry."
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"PULASKl: l'll buy that excuse."
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"We're all jigging madly on the head of a pin anyway."
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"She cannot ask for help from someone she does not know."
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"What a perfectly vicious little circle."
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"We are going to allow her to die, are we not?"
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"Data, l want you to sever the contact with Drema lV."
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"COMPUTER: lsolating frequency."
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"SARJENKA [OVER SPEAKER]: Data? Data, where are you?"
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"Please, please, l'm so afraid."
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"Data? Data, where are you?"
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"PlCARD: Wait."
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"[SlGHS]"
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"Data."
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"Your whisper from the dark has now become a plea."
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"We cannot turn our backs."
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"PlCARD: Captain's log, stardate 42741 .3."
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"We are entering into orbit of Drema lV,"
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"the planet from which Data received the distress signal."
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"Sensors indicate that the volcanic activity is increasing."
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"We found the reason for the geological instability."
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"- Excellent. - We would have missed it"
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"Drema lV has the largest deposit of dilithium ore ever recorded."
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"lt's also laid out in a very unusual pattern."
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"The crystals are growing to form perfectly aligned lattices."
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"The ore is forming generator strata."
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"Which creates a piezoelectric effect."
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"ln plain English, you're saying that the dilithium"
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"is causing the geological catastrophe?"
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"Right. The crystals take the natural radiant heat of the planet..."
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"Focus it and turn it into mechanical energy."
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"Which increases tectonic stresses."
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"HlLDEBRANT: That tear the planet apart."
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"which is why we found all these traces of lllium 629."
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"So that takes care of the why. Now what can you do?"
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"That is gonna take a little more work."
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"Can you reverse the process?"
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"No."
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"No theories, no half answers. Yes or no?"
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"We'll get to work on it."
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"Sir."
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"Data's out there right now, monitoring the condition on Drema lV."
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"The situation has become pretty desperate for his friend."
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"He's calculated the safest location on the planet's surface."
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"You can guess why."
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"She's going to die. They're all going to die."
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"- Unless... - Yes, unless."
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"All right, you can tell Commander Data"
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"he has my permission to contact his, uh, friend"
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"and conduct her to a safer location."
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"Number One, you know where we are now?"
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"Sir?"
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"Sarjenka, this is Data."
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"Please respond."
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"COMPUTER: Unable to complete transmission."
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"Reason for failure?"
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"We are modifying class-1 probes so they become resonators."
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"once they begin burrowing beneath the surface."
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"How will these resonators destroy the crystals?"
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"By emitting harmonic vibrations which will shatter the lattices."
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