endangered every member of this crew.
You answer to me.
I thought I knew you, Malcolm.
Whatever hold this Harris has on you,
you could have come to me.
I'm under orders.
I'm your commanding officer!
If you don't tell me what's going on,
I'll go to Starfleet.
Whatever you think you've been trying
to keep hidden, is going to come out.
Is that what you want?
Is that what you want?!
I can't tell you
what I don't know.
Then let me talk
to someone who can.
Send a message to Harris.
Has the House of Phlox
always been one of healers?
There is no, uh, House of Phlox.
Denobulan family units are different from Klingons'.
Ah, yes. I've heard.
Three wives for each husband.
Three husbands for each wife.
Your mating practices
must be very complex.
Wondrously so.
What about the House of Antaak?
We are a warrior caste.
When I became a healer,
my father disowned me.
As a physician in the Imperial Fleet,
you've served in the military.
Not as well as I should have.
I did not screen my subjects properly.
This plague...
all its victims...
It's my fault.
My failure is the reason you're here.
The humans could not stop us.
I am your superior.
You will salute.
Now... report.
Enterprise was destroyed.
Starfleet will think it was her engines.
One of you is missing.
Your son was slow.
The humans killed him.
Did he die with honor?
He let humans kill him.
Report.
Dr. Phlox has made excellent progress.
Details.
I've identified the RNA sequences that code...
Details I can pass on to my superiors.
I know where to look for the switch that will turn off the virus.
How long until you find it?
An hour.
One hour.
What do you want?
I have news for the High Council.
Explain.
The Denobulan is close to perfecting the augment's genome.
The Council has shut down your project.
If you sterilize this colony,
then all our research will be lost.
The fleet will reach you
in three days.
If you're successful, by the time we enter orbit,
Qu'Vat will be spared.
[growls]
Captain, it's gonna be a while before
everything's back to normal in engineering.
Can Kelby handle it?
[sighs]
I could pull a little double duty to help him out.
I can check with Captain Hernandez.
Something else?
What the hell's going on with Malcolm?
Nothing I can get into right now.
Fair enough.
Guess I'd better get back to Columbia.
I'll walk with you.
Are you enjoying your time aboard Columbia?
Sure. Why wouldn't I?
You haven't been
experiencing any problems?
Such as?
Adjusting to new food,
new routines...
trouble sleeping...
I sleep just fine.
How 'bout you?
Fine.
You sure about that?
Quite.
Your hour is up.
We're getting the test results now.
We are running out of time.
General... I know the Klingon fleet is on its way,
and I understand what this project cost you...
personally.
Antaak told me about your son.
He died in combat for the Empire.
At least he was spared
the final stage of this disease.
May I, uh... ask
how he was infected?
Command chose his unit for the augment experiment
when we had exhausted our supply of prisoners.
My son was a warrior.
He asked for no special treatment,
and I gave him none.
What'd they give you?
It's dead. I can't eat that.
No wonder you're all so weak.
Physical strength isn't everything.
You can't win wars without it.
Being smart is more important.
General Sun Tzu said that the greatest victories
are those won without fighting.
The great Kahless said there's
no victory without combat.
Do you ever question
why you fight?
Soldiers don't question.
They obey.
What if your superiors are wrong?
They're imprisoned.
Or killed.
That's not how we do things in Starfleet.
Which is why the Klingon Empire will defeat you.
Then how come you're
in the same brig that I'm in?
You said we'd become stronger.
This is what you've done to us.
He will become infectious soon.
He should be quarantined. We'll remain here.
If we're going to die,
we'll die together...