anyone else near it.
Yes, sir.
This room was open
to space for 12 years.
A vacuum. It preserved everything.
I wonder how many of the crew
are buried there.
We're not here
for a memorial service.
It's still intact.
What's the matter?
Don't you understand? We've found it.
I know.
I kept hoping it wouldn't be here,
that it had been destroyed,
that it was buried
in that rock back there.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means that I can't put this off
any longer.
Right up to this moment,
I had the luxury of time.
But now I've got to make a choice.
And, Admiral, I'm afraid
my choice is this.
I can't let you start
these experiments again.
It was wrong 12 years ago.
It is wrong today.
You had better reconsider.
We have a mission to accomplish.
That's all you care about,
starting these experiments again.
Look around. This room is filled
with dead bodies because of this.
Keep your self-righteous comments
to yourself.
I knew these people longer
than you did. It was their fault.
You don't know that. We don't know
what happened after we left.
It's not hard to guess.
They shut down an experiment they
didn't understand and it killed them.
No, we killed them.
That doesn't sound like the man who
defended his captain 12 years ago.
I've had 12 years to think about it.
If I had it to do over again,
I'd have grabbed the phaser
and pointed it at you.
So, on reflection, you'd
rather be a traitor than a hero.
I wasn't a hero. Neither were you.
What you did was wrong, but I was
too young and stupid to realise it.
You were captain. I was the ensign.
I was just following orders.
If you hadn't,
you'd be dead along with them.
Dead because you listened to
a bunch of cowards blinded by fear.
They were brave enough
to risk their lives
to stop you from violating a treaty
the Federation signed.
That treaty has bound our hands
and given the Romulans
a tactical advantage for 60 years.
I was trying to level
the playing field.
And now you want to try it again?
How many people will die this time?
50? 100? 1,000?
You don't want to help me? Fine.
But you are still under my orders
not to talk about what you know.
I made you, mister, and I can
break you. Do you understand me?
Picard to away team,
prepare to return to the ship.
Stand by, Enterprise.
Pressman to Enterprise.
Two people and one piece
of equipment to beam up.
Report.
The Romulans destroyed the entrance
to the chasm with their disrupters.
They've sealed us in.
Sir, there is an incoming message.
It is from the warbird.
- On screen.
- Aye, sir.
Captain, you seem to be in
a very unfortunate circumstance.
How can we help?
- Are you responsible for this?
- I'm not sure.
We were conducting some geological
experiments on the surface.
It is entirely possible
that we accidentally sealed you in.
If we'd known
you were beneath the surface,
if you had shared your plans,
this might have been avoided.
What do you want?
I don't want anything.
But I will offer to help you.
How?
By transporting your crew
aboard my ship.
We'll take you back to Romulus
where, after a short stay,
you will be returned
to the Federation.
Thank you for your generous offer.
I will take it under advisement.
As you wish.
We will continue our research here
for a while longer.
I await your decision.
We can't do it.
They'll come back and get both ships.
Agreed. Options?
We could use the phasers
to cut our way out.
The asteroid's internal structure
is highly unstable.
Any attempt to cut through the rock
could cause a collapse.
Captain, I have a suggestion.
There's a piece of equipment
in Admiral Pressman's quarters
that might get us out of here.
It's a prototype
for a Federation cloaking device.
You just ended your career, Will.
That's what it's about.
A cloaking device.
In the Treaty of Algeron,
the Federation agreed
not to develop cloaking technology.
And that treaty is
the biggest mistake we ever made.
It's