responsibility to the Federation.
I cannot allow my personal feelings
to unduly influence my decisions.
All I have are my personal feelings!
I want to know what being human
means. The Remans gave me a future.
- You can tell me about my past.
- I can tell you about mine.
- Were we Picards always warriors?
- I think of myself as an explorer.
Well, were we always explorers?
I was the first Picard
to leave our system.
It caused quite a stir in the family,
but I'd spent my youth...
Looking at the stars, dreaming
about what was up there, about...
New worlds.
I'm trying to believe you.
If there is one ideal
the Federation holds most dear,
it is that all men,
all races, can be united.
What better example?
A Starfleet captain
standing in the Romulan Senate.
Nothing would make me more proud
than to take your hand in friendship.
In time. When trust has been earned.
- Sir, the main computer was accessed.
- Source?
It'll take time to figure out. The data
stream was re-routed all over the ship.
- What was accessed?
- That's what I can't figure out.
It's mostly basic stellar cartography:
Star charts, protocols, colony uplinks.
- It's not even restricted material.
- We must still learn the source.
Captain, there's something else.
I was reviewing the sensor logs. Look!
When the Scimitar de-cloaked, there
was a spike in the tertiary EM band.
You're not going to believe this.
It's Thalaron.
- I thought Thalaron radiation was theory.
- That's why initial scans missed it.
He's got it.
Research was banned in the Federation
because Thalaron is biogenic.
It can consume organic material
at the subatomic level.
I can't overestimate the danger
of Thalaron radiation.
A microscopic amount could kill
all of us in seconds.
Understood. I want to know what he has
and how we can neutralise any threat.
I need options.
This was a mistake. We're wasting time.
My time. And I'll spend it how I choose.
Do not forget our mission, Shinzon.
We must act. Now!
We'll return to the Scimitar.
I was merely curious about him.
Come.
Come in.
Remember him?
- He was a bit cocky as I recall.
- He was a damned fool.
Selfish. Ambitious.
Very much in need of seasoning.
He turned out all right.
I really wanted to believe Shinzon.
But this Thalaron radiation
just can't be explained away.
Whatever he's after, it isn't peace.
Is he very much the way you were?
Oh, yes.
- Data to Captain Picard.
- Go ahead.
We have identified the source
of the unauthorised computer access.
We have found a tactical advantage.
On my way.
Will?
As ship's counsellor,
I recommend you get some sleep.
Some honeymoon!
Come to bed.
Imzadi.
Imzadi.
He can never know you as I can.
He can never touch you as I can.
- This isn't real!
- Feel my lips.
I'm with you, Imzadi.
I'll always be with you now.
- This isn't real!
- What is it?
- No!
- Deanna?
- Deanna!
- No!
The bond has been broken.
Find her again.
We've received the transponder signal.
It's accelerating.
You have no more time for games.
Have the doctors prepare.
Transport.
Begin the download.
Tea, hot.
Aside from elevated levels of adrenalin
and serotonin, you're perfectly normal.
Deanna, can you describe it?
It was... It was a violation.
Shinzon's viceroy seems able
to reach into my thoughts.
I'm a liability. I request to be relieved.
Permission denied. If you can endure
more of these assaults, I need you.
Now more than ever. The Enterprise
is far from Federation space...
Shields up!
Hello.
Why am I here? Why do this?
I was Ionely.
- What are you going to do?
- I need a blood sample.
What is it your Borg friends say?
Resistance is futile.
Oh, yes, the android.
- The bait you couldn't refuse.
- All of this to capture me?
Don't be so vain.
After we found it, we had to make
a few modifications.
An extra memory port,
a hidden transponder.
I've now gained access to Starfleet's
communications protocol.
I now know the exact location