Star Trek NG 09162014 Tin Man (hell I cop ter flying over my house right now 7:20 pm the only one today) ***************************************************************** GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS **** Space and time and thought arent the separate things they appear to be Wesley Crusher, Star Trek NG episode 106 Where no one has gone before 14:55 - 15:01 **************************************************************************** THAT’S ODD – we weren’t advised of a rendezvous OUT HERE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO’S LISTENING – KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES ANYWAY STAR FLEET HAS NEW ORDERS FOR YOU – TOP PRIORITY – WE NEED THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE FLEET AND THE BEST PEOPLE – THAT IS YOU – THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT ROMULAN EAVESDROPPING ON THIS ONE AND WE HAVE A PASSENGER FOR YOU – MISSION SPECIALIST – HE’LL BRING YOUR ORDERS ABOARD WITH HIM – HIS NAME IS TAM ELBRIN – OF THE GARUSHA DISASTER? – THE SAME – WHAT CAN I SAY – YOUR ORDERS ARE TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH HIM – BEST OF LUCK, FOLKS – HE WAS A COLLEAGUE OF YOURS? NO, HE WAS A PATIENT Tam is a telepath of extraordinary talent even for a Betazoid. He’s a specialist in first contact with new life forms. He’s a very unique person but he’s not what you might expect, Captain. Incredible, an android. I CAN’T READ YOU AT ALL – IT’S LIKE YOU ARE NOT THERE. I’D RATHER GET THIS BRIEFING OVER WITH AND THEN BE LEFT ALONE UNTIL I’M NEEDED. I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT Garusha. Weren’t there about 40 people killed? 47, including the Captain of the Adelphi, two friends from my class at the Academy, So what happened? It was a first contact situation. The Federation sent a specialist to prevent misunderstanding – so that was Tam Elbrin. What happened was his fault? Not directly. Board of Inquiry blamed Darson for carelessness about …cultural taboos…but if Elbrin was so good why didn’t he warn Darson. WHAT WAS HE DOING THERE IF HE COULDN’T SENSE THAT MUCH HOSTILITY? (Obama?) Following the path of the Vega 9 probe. Astonishing. Our orders are to proceed to this star. Scientists have discovered that it is in the final stages of alternating EXPANSION AND COLLAPSE AND WILL SOON RESULT IN A SUPERNOVA. (US/West credit-based economy) However the unmanned probe has discovered something much more. OH DATA, DON’T WASTE TIME. THEY CALL IT TIN MAN. THE VEGA PROBE FOUND IT ORBITING STROMGREN. LOOKS LIKE SOME TYPE OF SHIP. ITS ENERGY SOURCE IS UNKNOWN. THE PEOPLE WHO STUDY THE TRANSMISSIONS THINK IT’S A STARSHIP AND THEY ARE SURE IT’S ALIVE. ALIVE? HOW? STARFLEET BELIEVES IT’S AN ORGANIC CREATURE BORN IN SPACE SPENDING ITS LIFE IN THE WASTES BETWEEN THE STARS. NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT CAME FROM OR WHY IT’S HERE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO MEET IT. WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO IT. I’M GOING TO TALK TO IT. DIRECT MIND-TO-MIND CONTACT IS OUR ONLY HOPE. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCOVERY IS EXTRAORDINARY BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND STARFLEET’S URGENCY. ROMULANS. I FORGOT, THE ROMULANS. THEY CLAIM THAT SECTOR OF SPACE WHERE BETA STRONGREN IS LOCATED. THE ROMULANS CLAIM ALL THT IS IN THEIR FIELD OF VISION. THEN IT’S A RACE. AN ALIEN INTELLIGENCE. A NEW LIFE FORM. REPRESENTING A TECHNOLOGY FAR BEYOND THE ROMULANS OR OURSELVES. THE ROMULANS WILL TAKE WHEATEVER MEASURES ARE NECESSARY TO SECURE THIS LIFE FORM. THE REASON I HAVE ASKED YOU TO WORK WITH A MEMBER OF MY STAFF IS TO PREVENT FURTHER OMISSIONS. THE POSSIBILITY OF CONFLICT WITH THE ROMULANS ON THIS MISSION IS HARDLY TRIVIAL AND YET… ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT! I should have brought up the Romulans earlier but I was distracted. An no, Billy Boy, I wasn’t distracted on Garusha. If Dalson had listened to me, no one would have died. NO? I DON’T CARE WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THAT OR NOT. Traveling at high warp we are still several days from the entity that Star Fleet has christened Tin Man. MY IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS WITH TAM ELBRIM. STAR FLEET CONSIDERS HIS UNIQUE ABILITIES CRUCIAL TO OUR MISSION YET HE SEEMS TO ME UNSTABLE. ACCORDING TO HIS MEDICAL AND PSYCH PROFILES HE IS VERY HIGH ON THE ESP SCALE, A SOR TO FPRODIGY. A PRODIGY! IN WHAT SENSE? IN MOST BETAZOIDS OUR TELEPATHIC ABILITIES DEVELOP AT ADOLESCENCE. YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT BORN READING MINDS. NO. EXCEPT FOR SOME REASON THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS SOMETIMES A BETAZOID CHILD IS BORN DIFFERENT. HOW DIFFERENT? BORN WITH THIS TELEPATHIC ABILITY SWITCHED ON. MOST BETAZOIDS BORN LIKE THAT NEVER LEAD A NORMAL LIFE. THE NOISE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS MUST BE OVERWHELMING INCOMPREHENSIBLE ESPECIALLY TO A CHILD. AND PAINFUL. EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND SPECIAL TRAINING DID HELP TAM ADJUST BUT HE HAS SOME PROBLEMS. YOU MENTIOINED A HOSPITALIZATION. FOR STRESS, REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT HOLDS ONE PERSON THROUGH THAT KIND OF STRUGGLE WHEN ANOTHER GOES UNDER. HE’S EVIDENTLY DONE MORE THAN HOLD TOGETHER. HE’S THE INDISPENSIBLE MAN. FEDERATION’S FINEST SPECIALIST IN COMMUNICATION WITH UNKNOWN LIFE FORMS. THE MORE UNUSUAL THE LIFE FORM THE BETTER HE LIKES IT. HE GRAVITATES TOWARDS ASSIGNMENTS WHICH ISOLATE HIM FROM OTHER HUMANOIDS. EITHER IT IS A SENSOR MALFUNCTION OR ANOTHER SHIP IS FOLLOWING US COVERTLY. IT IS NOT A SENSOR MALFUNCTION. AGREED. IF IT IS A ROMULAN SHIP, WITH THEIR CLOAKING DEVICE WE SHOULDN’T PICK THEM UP AT ALL. UNLESS THEY CAN’T FULLY CLOAK. ANY SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE SHIP’S BEHAVIOR, INITIATE YELLOW ALERT. HOW ARE THINGS IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING? I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE LONELY. NO ONE SEES YOU EXCEPT DATA. LONELY? I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING EVERYONE ON THIS SHIP THINKS AND NO ONE BESIDES YOU SEEMS TO BE MISSING MY CHARM YOU WANT THEM TO DISLIKE YOU, WHY? BECAUSE I AM NOT A NICE MAN. BECAUSE THEY SCARE ME. THERE ARE TOO MANY MINDS. I CAN’T SHUT THEM OUT. I NEVER COULD LEARN. ALL THEIR LOVES, THEIR HATES, THEIR FEARS, THEIR NEEDS, IT’S LIKE A TIDE THAT NEVER EBBS, I COULD DROWN. I REMEMBER. YOU UNDERSTOOD. AT LEAST A LITTLE HOW I FELT. I SEE YOU FINALLY FOUND A PLACE TO FIT IN. People to care about. And you’re still looking. I have enough doubt in my ability without having to listen to Riker’s and Picards. What happened there? I thought everyone knew. No. What happened to you? Maybe I got too involved with the Garushtens, with their point of view – it happens to me. I wanted everyone to get along. I could have warned Darson more forcefully. So, after that you ran away. The last I heard, you were the only Federation delegate assigned to Chandra 5. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, the Chandrans. Their minds are glacial. They have a lovely 3 day ritual for saying hello. Peaceful, untroubled people. Unlike humanoids. Except for your friend Data. I like him. He’s restful. I believe your impression of Data is probably unique. Having to get to know someone, just once, has its appeal – I mean just talking to them. Instead of getting it all at once up here whether I want it or not. But you accepted this mission. You could have stayed on Chandra 5. You willingly came aboard a ship with over 1,000 people. How could I not. This intelligence that swims naked through space like a fish in the sea – totally alien. Mysterious – not like us at all. Ancient and alone. So lonely. For so long. How can you know that? Tam? You’re in contact with it – with Tin Man, aren’t you? No. Yes, a little. But not quite on a conscious level. We’re light years away. That’s impossible – even for you. Impossible for me – maybe not impossible for Tin Man. ETA 18 minutes. ASTROPHYSICS HAS REPORTED THAT THE RATE OF THE STAR’S COLLAPSE HAS INCREASED – IT COULD GO SUPER-NOVA IN A FEW DAYS. (JOB 2.0: US ECONOMY, US GOVT, WESTERN WORLD ECONOMY, GEO-POLITICAL HOT SPOTS) CAPTAIN, A WAVE OF IONIZED PARTICLES PRECEDING THE OBJECT WHICH IS TRACKING US. YELLOW ALERT. ON SCREEN. ROMULAN WARBIRD CLOSING. THEY ARE ARMING MAIN DISRUPTERS, CAPTAIN. RED ALERT, SHIELDS TO MAXIMUM. ARM PHOTON TORPEDOES AND STAND BY MR. WHORF. I GUARANTEE THAT THEY DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, CAPTAIN. 70% LOSS TO THE SHIELDS. THEIR ATTACK ON US WAS INCIDENTAL, CAPTAIN. TO DELAY US. IT WOULD APPEAR THE ROMULANS INTENT IS TO CONTACT TIN MAN FIRST AT ANY COST. THE WARBIRD HAS EXCEEDED MAXIMUM ENGINE OUTPUT BY 30%. THEY SEEM TO HAVE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THEIR WARP COILS. SO THEY KEPT UP WITH US BY SACRIFICING THEIR ABILITY TO RE-ENTER ROMULAN SPACE. ONE-WAY TRIP. THERE IS ONE MORE TRAILING US, CAPTAIN. THEY ARE A DAY OR TWO BEHIND. DATA’S RIGHT. THIS ONE’S JOB IS TO BEAT US TO TIM MAN AT ANY COST. YOU READ ALL THIS TELEPATHICALLY? IN THE MIND OF THE ROMULAN COMMANDER DURING THE ATTACK. You should have partial shielding in about 30 minutes. You have 10, Picard out. If the Romulans wish the honor of first contact, let them have it. You’re out of your mind, Picard. What if the Romulans find a way to persuade Tim Man – I think the chance of that is remote. BEING FIRST AT ANY COST IS NOT ALWAYS THE POINT. Mr. Data – I would like life sciences to collect information on the alien. You do a lot of your work here? Yes – I have configured these instruments to display information with greater speed and efficiency that stations used by the others. Nice. A little Spartan. But you paint! The creature’s anatomy appears most peculiar. In what way? It is indeed laid out as a vessel with what appear to be chambers and corridors. An internal environment suitable for carbon-based life forms is being maintained yet there is no evidence of a crew aboard. Tin Man is a living being which has been bred or has adapted itself to serve a purpose. MUST LIVING BEINGS HAVE A PURPOSE? OR DO WE EXIST FOR NO REASON BUT TO EXIST? I DO NOT BELIEVE I AM QUALIFIED TO EXPRESS AN OPINION. AH DATA, YOU ARE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED. YOU THINK A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HUMANITY. AND YOU ARE AN HONEST RESEARCHER. YOU DON’T TREAT ANYTHING AS TRIVIAL OR IRRELEVANT – YOU WANT TO TRY IT ALL. PERHAPS YOU’RE JUST DIFFERENT. IT’S NOT A SIN, YOU KNOW. THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OTHERWISE. IT SEEMS YOU WOKE THE TIN MAN. YOUR BRAIN ACTIVITY SUGGESTS YOU ARE COMING OUT OF SOME SORT OF SEIZURE. I WANT TO KNOW HOW CLOSELY YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THIS ALIEN AND WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED FROM IT. AND I WANT TO KNOW NOW. I JUST WARNED IT, THAT’S ALL. I’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH IT, SENSING IMPRESSIONS FROM IT. IT CALLS ITSELF GUMTO. IT’S OLD, CAPTAIN. IT’S ROAMED THE UNIVERSE FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ONCE THERE WERE MILLIONS OF THEM. IT HASN’T SEEN ANOTHER OF ITS KIND FOR MILLENIA. IT’S ALONE. IT MAY BE THE LAST OF ITS SPECIES. PERHAPS WE CAN HELP IT IN SOME WAY. GUMTO KNOWS THE STAR WILL EXPLODE SOON – THAT’S WHY IT’S HERE. IT WANTS TO DIE. THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN OUTER SPACE, RADIATION PENETRATING THE OUTER LAYERS. THE CREW DIED, SUCH LOSS. EMPTY PAIN. HOLLOWNESS. TAM, STOP THIS. YOU’RE LOSING YOURSELF IN THIS MERGING. I KNOW. TIN MAN HURTS AND WANTS TO DIE. IF YOU WANT ME TO REALLY REACH TIN MAN, I’VE GOT TO BE IN PHYSICAL CONTACT. I’VE GOT TO GO ABOARD. NO. YOU DON’T TRUST ME. TAM, I DON’T BELIEVE THAT I DO. TAM, WHEN YOU REACHED OUT TO THE ALIEN TO WARN IT, DID YOU GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO THIS VESSEL? TO THE DANGER, HOWEVER INADVERTENT, THAT CREATURE MIGHT POSE TO OUR CREW OR DID YOU SIMPLY REACT OUT OF INSTINCT? I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU DON’T LET ME GO, WE FAIL OUR MISSION. BESIDES AT THIS POINT YOU NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GET. EVEN TIN MAN’S. DATA, COUNSELOR – HOW FAR CAN HE BE TRUSTED? Captain, the issue isn’t in trust in Tam’s intentions but in his judgment. I would trust him to do what he believes is right. But his judgment – is precarious. The stress of exposure to so many minds on the ship is BAD ENOUGH. Now he is strongly drawn to this creature – I’m afraid for him. Afraid of what? I sense that the alien is somehow calling him. If we allow him to do as he insists – to beam over – I believe we will lose him to it, that he will lose himself. If Tam breaks down over there, we will be no closer to accomplishing our mission. It will be a grave mistake. Data? We have come this far. Are you not going to allow Tam to fulfill his mission? Tam warned Tin Man – the first thing it did was to destroy a space vessel. If you feel the risk is too great to send Tam alone, then send me with him. Counselor Troi understands him better. But he is more comfortable with me, sir. It is humanity he is fleeing. Sir, I could serve as an intermediary, a reminder of his obligation both to us and to Tin Man. We have monitored the destruction of our ship by the star creature. We claim right of vengeance. We will destroy the alien. If you interfere we will destroy you as well. Captain - I have no alternative but to rely on the telepathic abilities of Tam. THE CREATURE IS TRYING TO DOWNLOAD TO ME A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE – IT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME. I’M ALRIGHT NOW. There is a large chamber 20 meters ahead. I know, I know everything now. Come on. This is the control center where Gunto’s crew died. The ship and the crew existed symbiotically. They needed one another. When Gumto had no one left to care for, it no longer had a reason to exist. IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF EXISTENCE – TO CARE FOR SOMEONE? IT IS FOR ME. DEANNA WAS RIGHT. I’LL LOSE MYSELF HERE. I MUST REMIND YOU OUR MISSION IS TO BRING TIN MAN OUT OF DANGER AND REPORT OUR FINDINGS TO STAR FLEET. I’M NOT GOING BACK, DATA. I’M STAYING HERE. WE ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND THE LIFE OF THE ALIEN. SHIELDS UP. CAPTAIN THE DIAMETER OF THE STAR HAS DECREASED BY 100,000 KILOMETERS. IT’S BEGINNING. OUR MISSION – IS TO SAVE TIM MAN, AND I WILL, BUT HE IS GOING TO SAVE ME AS WELL. ALL MY LIFE I’VE WAITED FOR THIS - A CHANCE TO FIND PEACE. FINALLY ALL THE VOICES ARE SILENT. ONLY TIM MAN SPEAKS TO ME NOW. DON’T YOU SEE, DATA? THIS IS WHERE I BELONG. SIR, WE’VE BEEN THROWN A DISTANCE OF 3.9 TRILLION KILOMETEERS. TAM?... I BELIEVE HE FOUND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR. IT WAS HIS HOPE THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND. WHAT DID HAPPEN? I WITNESSED SOMETHING REMARKABLE. INDIVIDUALLY THEY WERE BOTH SO…WOUNDED, ISOLATED…YES. BUT NO LONGER. THROUGH JOINING THEY HAVE BEEN HEALED. GRIEF HAS BEEN TRANSMUTED TO JOY. LONELINESS TO BELONGING. DATA, YOU DO UNDERSTAND. YES COUNSELOR. WHEN TIN MAN RETURNED ME TO THE ENTERPRISE, I REALIZED THIS IS WHERE I BELONG. https://youtube/watch?v=Qm9fYW-CgjQ
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