shielding. Cmdr La Forge was developing metaphasic properties. - How far along was he? - It was never tested. With metaphasic shielding, we could enter the sun's corona, but the Borg ship would be unable to follow. Can you bring it on line? I can, but the shields may not hold. Sir, hull temperature is at 12,000 degrees C. Radiation is at 10,000 rads. Report. Shields at 62 percent. Lieutenant, activate the metaphasic program. It's our best shot. Aye, sir. We can't withstand this heat much longer. Program is on line. Engaging metaphasic shield now. Hold temperature dropping. Down to 7,000 degrees. Maintain course. - The Borg ship has halted pursuit. - All stop. The Borg ship is taking up position relative to ours. They're waiting for us to come out. The question is, how long can we survive in here? Well, I've done everything Geordi told me. Now to activate it. How will we know if it reboots Data's ethical program? - By his behaviour. - Won't he realise something's up? It's one program among thousands. I just hope that this force field has enough energy to trigger the pulse. You know, Data, I've been thinking about some of the times we've had. Like the time we went sailing on Devala Lake? Remember that? I have a complete memory of that day. You decided to go swimming. When you jumped out of the boat, you sank straight to the bottom. I did not have enough buoyancy to get back up. You walked a kilometre underwater to get back to shore. One kilometre, 46 metres. It took two weeks to get the water out of your servos. I am ready to irradiate your brain cells. Data, if you ever go back to the way you were, you might not be able to forgive yourself for what you're about to do. I am getting anomalous readings from your neural net. I will need to do further testing before I proceed. Someone will take you back to your cell. There you are, brother. Any progress with La Forge? It is too early to tell if the cortical fibres have worked. I suspect none of the humans will survive, but then, it's their own fault, isn't it? They never should have come here. - What were they thinking? - They came looking for me. Humans are so sentimental. I betrayed them. If they die, I am responsible. Why are you talking like that? Is something wrong with your programming? - I should check your systems. - I do not want you to check them. I must resolve these issues myself. I think I made a mistake. You can't tolerate the amount of emotion I've given you. Perhaps I should cut back a little. - How's that? - I do not like it. - Then you prefer more emotions? - Yes. - They give you pleasure? - Yes, please. I want more. Alright, a little more. For now. Aren't you going to thank me? - Thank you. - Don't mention it. I hope this clarifies things for you. I'm concerned about my brother, Crosis. I don't believe he really wants to be a part of our great future. Sir, metaphasic shielding is losing integrity. Can you stabilise it? No. We can only stay here another three or four minutes. - Do we have warp engines yet? - Not for another half-hour. Sir, I have an idea. We could induce a solar eruption that would destroy the Borg ship. What? We need to direct a particle beam onto the sun's surface. That should produce a gas eruption. If we target the right spot, it will envelop their ship. How do you know this? My honours thesis was on solar dynamics. This isn't the Academy. A thesis is a long way from a workable plan. I've configured the emitters and located the target point on the surface. If her calculations are off, it could encompass us. I'll make sure my calculations are accurate, Lieutenant. - Let's do it. - Yes, sir. The target area is destabilising. Pressure expansion is accelerating. Fusion has been initiated. An eruption is forming on the surface. She did it! The Borg ship has been destroyed, sir. Take us back to the planet. - ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Даурия / Dauria на английском - текст Волшебная лампа Аладдина на английском - текст Банкет на английском - текст Паровозик из Ромашково на английском - текст Мое дорогое Кунфу на английском |