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- Where did it come from? How ma--? - Far away.
Yes, well, he's evidently done more than hold together.
Not like us at all.
it no longer had a reason to exist.
They needed one another.
Me, I just haul my butt back and forth between starbases.
People to care about.
Unlike humanoids?
No.
two friends from my class at the Academy.
Since there is no known natural phenomenon
Sir, I could serve as an intermediary, a bridge back,
Such loss.
But, commander, if it is a Romulan ship,
Direct mind-to-mind contact is our only hope.
Troi, you've known him for years.
Computer, reconfigure structural integrity power
Yellow alert. Prepare for evasive action
- La Forge to Bridge. - Go ahead.
It worries you that I can't read your mind?
Okay, okay.
with what appear to be chambers and corridors.
Russell, reactivate the sensor assemblies.
If you feel the risk is too great to send Tam Elbrun alone,
Through joining,
No, we fix the shields first.
but I don't understand Starfleet's urgency.
Captain, it would appear the Romulans' intent
It's old, captain.
I sense that the alien is somehow calling him.
our telepathic gifts develop at adolescence.
I believe I understand, sir.
Well, having to get to know someone, just once, has its appeal.
at the first change in the Romulans' course.
You wanna know all about your mission.
Report to Transporter Room 6 immediately.
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.
Why?
Oh, Data, don't waste time.
Yeah.
Ancient.
Okay, Russell, we're gonna try starting retro sensor element 32 only.
But we're going to meet it, and we're going to talk to it.
No.
You have ten. Picard out.