up so far? The Registrar's Office on Mavala IV cannot confirm the marriage. Many documents were lost when the government was overthrown. What's that? I am checking passenger manifests to see if they went to Mavala IV. O'Donnell, Juliana. Soong, Noonien. They were passengers on a transport which travelled to Mavala and returned four days later. That sure fits with her story. The fact that they went to Mavala does not prove they were married. You know, Data. It seems you're trying to prove Dr Tainer wasn't telling the truth. Not at all. I am unable to reconcile her story with the fact my father never mentioned her. She did leave him. Maybe she broke his heart. Maybe he didn't want to talk about her. Let me ask you this. Dr Soong created an emotion chip for you. Didn't Lore tell you that chip contained memories that Soong wanted you to have? Yes. It is possible those are memories of my childhood and of Mrs Soong. Think about it. Why would she want to lie? Why pretend to be your mother? I can think of no motive. I can understand that this might be disconcerting for you, Data. It came out of the blue. It doesn't fit into your logical processors. - That is true. - But that's life. Part of being human is learning how to deal with the unexpected. To risk new experiences even when they don't fit your preconceptions. I admit I find it difficult to accept the possibility of a past about which I know nothing. But it is also true that I am curious to learn more about it. Data? I would like to get to know you better, Mother. I wanted to make you female, but your father insisted on a son. We argued endlessly, right up until we were ready to assemble you. How did you decide? Noonien walked in with your head, and, innocent as you please, said it was up to me. He knew what he was doing. He had made it in his own image. What could I possibly say? Deanna Troi, is that who you're going to visit? - Yes. - Your father would be so pleased. Pleased? He was worried that the sexuality program wouldn't work. You misunderstand. Counsellor Troi is a therapist. Goodnight. We will be in position over the site in three minutes, 29 seconds. These scans indicate that the magma pockets are somewhat unstable. I'll monitor the density of the rock and adjust the particle beam. That should minimise the seismic stress that we generate. Data, I reconfigured the phasers to create a highly focused beam. Thank you, Geordi. I'm pleased you've got good manners. It wasn't easy to strike the right balance. At first, you couldn't care less about social niceties like please and thank you. You were downright rude, in fact. Data? That's hard to picture. That was nothing to the problems we encountered... Never mind. I don't want to embarrass you. I am incapable of embarrassment. Please continue. The one thing that we couldn't anticipate was that you didn't seem to mind about being naked. Some colonists objected to an anatomically correct android running round with no clothes on. We asked you to dress, but you didn't feel it was necessary because you didn't suffer from the elements. We had to write a subroutine to get you to keep your clothes on. - Riker to Engineering. - La Forge here. Go ahead. We've established an orbit over the drilling site. Phaser modifications are on line, sir. My calculations indicate the first blast will be 19 seconds in duration. Acknowledged. Someone has checked his calculations, of course? No, but Mr Data knows what he's doing. Even so, he is a machine. Someone should check up on him. I have confidence in Mr Data's ability to check up on himself. Mr Worf. - Phasers locked on target. - Fire when ready. We are within two kilometres of the magma pocket. Another five seconds should do it. - We've broken through. - Terminating the beam. The pocket seems stable. I detect no increase in the stress levels of the magma. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Брат 2 на английском - текст Гранд Отель на английском - текст Фанаты на английском - текст Donggam на английском - текст Код Да Винчи на английском |