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Sleep, Data.
Admiral Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Shelby Admiral Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Shelby
I hereby promote you to the field commission of captain.
In less than 24 hours,
could continue to function effectively even if 78 percent of it was inoperable.
- How long? - Better part of a day.
Shelby to Riker. - Go ahead.
And to my surprise, the Borg have maintained their position,
Increase deflector modulation to upper frequency band.
Prepare to beam us back on my signal.
I still cannot report any significant access.
We only wish to raise quality of life for all species.
where they will force your unconditional surrender.
Yes. Don't try to move.
Indeed. Starfleet needs good captains, particularly now.
O'BRIEN: Negative, sir. There's some kind of interference.
Move to intercept. Aye, sir.
The main navigational deflector is functional again.
Load torpedo bays, arm phasers.
It'll burn out the main deflector, but it'll be one hell of a bang.
Can't maintain it much longer, commander.
Stand by, commander. Stand by, commander.
I will buy another card, counselor.
Can you locate it, Worf?
Eighty-two percent dilithium hydroxyls, magnesium chromium.
It's no use. They've already adapted to the new frequencies.
At our first encounter, the Borg virtually ignored us
Processing.
There can only be one captain.
They're worried.
I do not believe his message was intended to express fatigue,
when one of us needed to.
- Is it wrong for me to want to stay? - What do you think?
Commander Shelby, you'll take the Bridge and coordinate with Starfleet.
You're ready to take command.
Away team, get yourselves home.
The Enterprise is your ship now. Congratulations.
and technological distinctiveness to our own.
You want monsters?!
Take a closer look, commander. Mr. La Forge?
Yellow alert.
We've had some interesting results.
Phaser spread continuing.
- I like my species the way it is. - A narrow vision.
The captain?
When a man is convinced he's going to die tomorrow,
He just won't sit down.
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That's an order. We'll reconvene at 0500.
BORG LEADER: Strength is irrelevant.
It is more likely that this is an attempt at deception.
Riker Alpha, confirmed.
to beam us onto the Borg ship from here, sir.
All Federation allied outposts have been warned.
Sir, the vessel has already changed course to intercept us.
I'm sure our efforts in the coming battle will justify his faith in all of us.
Admiral Hanson has returned to Starbase 324
You're happy here, happier than I've ever known you to be.
We expected much more lead time.
The Borg tractor beam has moved toward the antimatter spread.
New phaser frequencies had no impact.
Very clear, sir. Shelby out.
and another one takes over without interruption.
It's our poker night, admiral.
GLEASON: Channel closed.
Still a couple of hours. Commander Shelby can fill you in.
Captain's log, stardate 43996. 2.
Captain, the Borg are attempting to lock on to us with their tractor beam.
but they don't believe anyone can save them.
I can take over for him,
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.
Then take your best shot, because we are about to intervene.
Stay with them.
And you have a lot to learn, commander.
Sir, they've done it. The Borg ship is dropping out of warp.
So it comes down to a simple question.
Crusher, Cartaino, Gleason, report to the Battle Bridge.
Good. As long as they're looking for us, they won't hurt anyone else.
They are cutting into the hull, Engineering section.
Good. You've covered all the bases.
I would hypothesize that these frequencies
I'm sure Captain Picard would have something meaningful
Make the necessary preparations.
And if I were you, I'd kick him in the rear end for his own good.
Before a hopeless battle, if I remember the tradition correctly.