Stardate: 43349.2
Rating: 9 Humour: - Action: + Tension: + Romance: -
| Alternate Titles: |
German: |
"AUF SCHMALEM GRAT" |
| Written By: |
Kemper, David
Piller, Michael |
| Director: |
Carson, David |
| Executive: |
Berman, Rick
Roddenberry, Gene |
| Co-Executive: |
Piller, Michael |
| Line-Producer: |
Livingston, David |
| Co-Producer: |
Beimler, Hans
Manning, Richard |
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Plot
The Enterprise investiages a distress call on a Federation planet with a
particularly harsh surface and winds. The away team finds the remains of a
Romulan ship and one Romulan, barely alive. The away team beams aboard the
Enterprise with the Romulan, accidentally stranding Geordi on the planet
where he, moments before beam-out time, stumbled into a pit. The crew of
the Enterprise struggles to keep the Romulan alive and to locate Geordi on
the surface. Meanwhile, on the surface, as Geordi moves closer to the
beacon the Enterprise left to guide him, he is taken prisoner by a second
Romulan, Bokra. Geordi attempts to convince Bokra that they must work
together to stay alive and be rescued while a Romulan Warbird closes in on
the Enterprise determined to retrieve their lost comrades from the grip of
the Federation.
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Quotes
| Beverly: |
"He's not going anywhere, Lieutenant." |
| LaForge: |
"Shoes are getting full of sand. I just hate that, don't you?" |
| LaForge: |
"I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore." |
| LaForge: |
"Welcome to Galorndon Core, where no good deed goes unpunished." |
| Beverly: |
"Lieutenant, I understand your feelings about the Romulans. But this is not the time or the place." |
| Worf: |
"If you had seen them kill your parents, you would understand, Doctor, it is always the time and place for those feelings." |
| Beverly: |
"This Romulan didn't murder your parents and you are the eonly one who can save his life." |
| Worf: |
"Then he will die." |
| Tomalak: |
"Territories. You would measure territories against a man's life?" |
| Bochra: |
"And without [the VISOR], you can see nothing?" |
| LaForge: |
"That's right." |
| Bochra: |
"And your parents let you live?" |
| Bochra: |
"If the situation were reversed, would you not die to avoid capture?" |
| LaForge: |
"I don't know, Imight. If I thought it was necessary, if the stakes were high enough,, but they'd have to be pretty damn high. I guess I'd make a pretty lousy Romulan." |
| Bochra: |
"I no more wish to die than you do." |
| LaForge: |
"Bochra, there are times when it's necessary to die for one's ideals. Do you believe this is one of those times?" |
| Picard: |
"For what it's worth, I understand your bitterness." |
| Worf: |
"With respect, sir, you cannot." |
| Worf: |
"I am asked to give up the very lifeblood of my mother and my father to --" |
| Picard: |
"So you blame all Romulans for that?" |
| Worf: |
"Yes." |
| Picard: |
"Forever. What if someday the Federation made peace with the Romulans?" |
| Worf: |
"Impossible." |
| Picard: |
"That's what your people said a few years ago, about humans. Think how many died on both sides in that war. Would you and I be here now like this? If we hadn't been able to let go of the anger and the blame. Where does it end, Worf? If that Romulan dies, does his family carry the bitterness another generation?" |
| Worf: |
"Then you believe I should." |
| Picard: |
"What I believe doesn't matter." |
| Patahk: |
"Come close to me, Klingon, let me die with my hands at your throat." |
| Worf: |
"There is a substance within my cells which you need to survive." |
| Patahk: |
"Then you've come to make me beg for my life?" |
| Worf: |
"No." |
| Patahk: |
"I would rather die than pollute my body with Klingon filth." |
| Picard: |
"Commander, both our ships are ready to fight. We have two extremely powerful and destructive arsenals at our command. Our next actions will have serious repercussions." |
| Tomalak: |
"I assure you, I intend no deception." |
| Picard: |
"Of course not." |
| Tomalak: |
"You doubt my good faith?" |
| Picard: |
"Let's just say my faith would be strengthened by a gesture from you. Such as powering down your disruptors." |
| Riker: |
"Close call." |
| Picard: |
"Too close, Number One. Brinksmanship is a dangerous game." |
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