filtered
out some of the sensor noise.
- I'll put the modifications on line.
- Good work.
- Riker to Enterprise.
- Go ahead.
I can't contact the Captain.
It might be interference.
Understood.
Enterprise to Capt Picard.
Crusher to Picard.
No signals from the Captain's team.
The last time they checked in,
they were in section Gamma 25.
Sir, a vessel is closing in
on our location.
Is it a Borg ship?
It matches the configuration
of the ship at Ohniaka III.
Red alert!
When will they be in weapons range?
About 90 seconds.
No, make that 70 seconds!
- Transporter room three.
- Salazar here.
Transport the away teams
off the surface.
- Aye, sir.
- Use the cargo bay.
I want those teams here
as fast as possible.
- You and the others beam up.
- Aye, sir.
Worf and I will stay
and look for the Captain.
I won't leave you down there.
Get as many people off the surface
as you can and go to the conduit.
The Captain's orders
are to go to Federation space.
- Acknowledged.
- Riker out.
Leaving orbit.
Sir, the Borg ship
is powering its weapons array.
They'll be in firing range
in 20 seconds.
Salazar, how many people
do we have down there?
- 73, sir.
- Put the Borg ship on screen.
- Should I raise shields?
- Not yet.
I want to bring people up
until as late as possible.
Ten seconds.
Stand by to raise shields on my mark.
- Five seconds.
- Mark.
Shields down to 70 percent.
Establish a firing pattern
and return fire.
Right!
Direct hit, no damage.
Helm, set a course for the conduit,
maximum warp.
Aye, sir.
- Sir, the Borg are following us.
- Salazar.
How many people were left behind?
47, sir.
Another minute
and we would have had them.
- Riker to any team leader.
- Powell here, sir.
Round up everyone and take cover.
Try to avoid contact with the Borg.
- Aye, sir.
- Riker out.
Even if Beverly
can get back to Federation space,
it'll be a few days until Starfleet
can get any ships here.
Until then, we're on our own.
Data, you must realise
that something has happened to you.
The Data I know would never agree
to be a willing party to Lore's plan.
I now realise that my life
aboard the Enterprise was a waste.
My quest to become human, misguided.
An evolutionary step
in the wrong direction.
Data, all I sense from you
is anger and hatred.
- Have you felt any other emotions?
- There are no other emotions.
Just because you haven't experienced
them doesn't mean they don't exist.
Lore is feeding you negative ones.
Troi told me that feelings
are not negative or positive.
It is how we act on them
that makes them good or bad.
Fine. But what about the things
that Lore is proposing?
The lives already lost?
You simply do not understand.
In a quest like ours,
sacrifices have to be made.
It is regrettable,
but the greater good must be served.
Give me your visor.
Why?
Give it to me,
or I will take it by force.
I am not your puppet any more.
We've reached
the coordinates of the conduit.
The tachyon matrix is ready to go.
Lt Barnaby has returned.
He'll be relieving me.
Stand by to trigger the conduit.
Taitt, stay on the bridge.
I need a science officer
at the aft station.
Yes, sir.
Helm, set a course
to return to the planet.
I'm not leaving those people behind.
An emergency buoy can transmit
a copy of our log to Starfleet.
Ensign, prepare and launch a buoy.
Aye, sir.
- Open the conduit.
- Launching buoy now.
Lieutenant, scan for any Borg ships
between here and the planet.
Sensors detect no vessels.
The ship that attacked us
must still be in orbit.
How long before
they can detect us and intercept?
If their sensors are like ours,
it could be as little as 30 seconds.
Crusher to Salazar. How long do
we need to get them off the surface?
- One minute.
- How much can you shave off that?
If I can lock on quickly, I might be
able to do it in 45 or 50 seconds.
We need to buy ourselves 15 seconds.
Lieutenant, could we use the planet
as a