Stardate: 43462.5 - 43465.2
Rating: 13 Humour: -- Action: + Tension: ++ Romance: --
| Alternate Titles: |
German: |
"DER DESERTEUR" |
| Written By: |
Moore, Ronald D. |
| Director: |
Scheerer, Robert |
| Executive: |
Berman, Rick
Roddenberry, Gene |
| Co-Executive: |
Piller, Michael |
| Producer: |
Behr, Ira Steven |
| Line-Producer: |
Livingston, David |
| Co-Producer: |
Beimler, Hans
Manning, Richard |
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Plot
A Romulan scoutship, with a Romulan Warbird in pursuit, hails the
Enterprise and requests asylum. After the Enterprise easily chases off the
Warbird, they beam aboard the occupant of the scoutship, Setal, who has
information about a new Romulan offensive. The Enterprise crew, skeptical
about the defector's claims and motives and attempting to get at the truth,
travels to Nelvana 3 where there is supposed to be a Romulan base at which a
large Romulan fleet will gather to launch an offensive against the
Federation.
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Quotes
| Worf: |
"You are lucky this is not a Klingon ship. We know how to deal with spies." |
| Riker: |
"You find something amusing?" |
| Jarok: |
"Lieutenant Worf, I like him. To be more accurate I understand him, the warrior...proud, fearless, living only for combat. Exactly the type that will get us all killed if we're not careful." |
| Jarok: |
"Oh, what a fool I've been to come looking for courage in a lair of cowards." |
| Jarok: |
"One world's butcher is another world's hero. Perhaps I am neither one." |
| Picard: |
"You've made your choices, sir! You're a traitor! Now, if the taste of that drink is unpalatable to you, I am truly sorry. But I will not risk my ship because you think you can dance on the edge of the Neutral Zone." |
| Jarok: |
"I will never see my child smile again. She will grow up believing that her father is a traitor, but she will grow up, if you act, Picard, if we stop this war before it begins. |
| Tomalak: |
"You see, Picard, after we dissect your Enterprise for every precious bit of information, I intend to display its broken hull in the center of the Romulan capitol as a symbol of our victory. It will inspire our armies for generations to come. And serve as a warning to any other traitor who would create ripples of disloyalty." |
| Tomalak: |
"I urge you, Captain Picard, surrender. Consider the men and women you would lead into a lost cause." |
| Picard: |
"If the cause is just and honorable, they are prepared to give their lives. Are you prepared to die today, Tomalak?" |
| Tomalak: |
"I expected more than an idle threat." |
| Picard: |
"Then you shall have it." |
| Tomalak: |
"You will still not survive our assault." |
| Picard: |
" And you will not survive ours. Shall we die together?" |
| Picard: |
"'...it will be a black matter for the king who led them to it.'" |
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