Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Relics (1992)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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• [on the holographic bridge of Scotty's Enterprise, Scotty and Picard are exchanging memories of former starships they've served on] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : The first vessel that I served on as captain was called Stargazer. It was an overworked, underpowered vessel, always on the verge of flying apart at the seams. In every measurable sense, my Enterprise is far superior. But there are times when I would give almost anything... to command the Stargazer again.

  Scotty : Ah, it's like the first time you fall in love. You don't ever love a woman quite like that again. Well, to the Enterprise, and the Stargazer - old girlfriends we'll never meet again.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : How are you feeling?

  Scotty : I don't know.

  Scotty : [to Dr. Crusher]  How *am* I feeling?

  Doctor Beverly Crusher : Other than a few bumps and bruises I'd say you feel fine for a man of 147.

  Scotty : And I don't feel a day over 120.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I hope I'm not interrupting. I was just coming off duty and I wanted to see how you were doing.

  Scotty : Oh, not at all, not at all. Would you have a drink with me, Captain?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Thank you.

  Scotty : [pouring him a glass]  I don't know what it is, exactly, but I would be real careful. It's real...

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [downing it in one gulp]  Aldebaran whiskey. Who do you think gave it to Guinan?

• [the Enterprise is trapped inside the Dyson Sphere and exposed to frequent solar flares] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Mr. Data, we have to find some way out of here. Begin scanning for another hatch or portal that might still be open.

  Lt. Commander Data : The interior surface area is over ten to the sixteenth square kilometers. It will take seven hours to completely scan the surface, sir.

  [the Enterprise is hit by another flare] 

  Lt. Commander Data : I will endeavor to speed up the process, sir.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I must say, I was a little surprised when Commander Riker told me that you were on board the Jenolen. Our records didn't show you listed as a member of the crew.

  Scotty : Well, I was never actually a member of the crew. I was... just a passenger. I was heading for Norpin V to settle down and enjoy my retirement.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I see. Well, I would very much enjoy the opportunity of hearing you talk about your career. I'm sure you would have some fascinating insights into the events of your time.

  Scotty : I'd be happy to.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Good. Well, I look forward to it.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on the holodeck-simulated Enterprise]  Constitution-class.

  Scotty : Aye. You're familiar with them?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : There's one in the fleet museum, but... but then, of course, this is your Enterprise.

  Scotty : I actually served on two. This was the first. She was also the first ship I ever served on as chief engineer. You know, I served aboard 11 ships; freighters, cruisers, starships... but this is the only one I think of, the only one I miss.

• Lt. Worf : We have entered a massive gravitational field, Captain.

  Lt. Commander Data : There are no stars or other stellar bodies listed on our navigational charts. However, sensors indicate the presence of an extremely strong gravitational source in this vicinity.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you localize the source of the gravitational field?

  Commander William T. Riker : [Data puts it on the viewscreen]  Sensors?

  Lt. Commander Data : I am having difficulty scanning the object. It appears to be approximately 200 million kilometers in diameter.

  Commander William T. Riker : That's nearly as large as the Earth's orbit around the sun.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Why didn't we detect this before now?

  Lt. Commander Data : The object's enormous mass is causing a great deal of gravimetric interference. That might have prevented our sensors from detecting it before we dropped out of warp.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Mr. Data... could this be a Dyson sphere?

  Lt. Commander Data : The object does fit the general parameters of Dyson's theory.

  Commander William T. Riker : A Dyson sphere?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It's a very old theory, Number One. I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of it. In the 20th century, a physicist called Freeman Dyson postulated the theory that an enormous, hollow sphere could be constructed around a star. This would have the advantage of harnessing all the radiant energy of that star and any population living on the interior surface would have virtually inexhaustible sources of power.

  Commander William T. Riker : Are you saying you think there are people living in there?

  Lt. Commander Data : Possibly a great number of people, Commander. The interior surface area of a sphere this size is the equivalent of more than 250 million Class-M planets.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [inside the Dyson sphere]  Mr. Data, begin a scan of the interior surface for life forms. I want to know who brought us in here... and why.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I understand that before the Jenolen crashed, it had conducted an extensive survey of the Dyson sphere. Have we been able to access any of those records?

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : We did try to download their memory core, but it was pretty heavily damaged in the crash. We actually haven't been able to get much out of it.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Hmm. Perhaps Captain Scott could be of use in accessing that material.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : It's possible. He does know those systems better than any of us. I'll have Lt. Bartel beam down with him.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Mr. La Forge... I would like you to accompany Captain Scott.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Me, sir?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Yes. Look, this is not an order. It's a request, and it's one that you must feel perfectly free to decline. You see, one of the most important things in a person's life is to feel useful. Now, Mr. Scott is a Starfleet officer, and I would like him to feel useful again.

  Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I'll go with him, sir.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Thank you.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What do you think of the Enterprise-D?

  Scotty : She's a beauty, with a good crew.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : But?

  Scotty : But... when I was here, I could tell you the speed that we were traveling by the feel of the deck plates. But on your ship... I feel like I'm just in the way.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Well, 75 years is a long time.

• Lt. Commander Data : The sphere appears to be abandoned, Captain. Sensors show that the star is extremely unstable. It is experiencing severe bursts of radiation and matter expulsions.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then that would explain why they abandoned it, but if there's no one still living there, how were we brought inside?

  Lt. Commander Data : I believe we have triggered a series of automatic piloting beams designed to guide ships into the sphere.

  Lt. Worf : Sir, sensors show a large magnetic disturbance on the star's surface.

  Lt. Commander Data : It is a solar flare, Captain. Magnitude: 12. Class: B.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [seeing the visual on the main viewscreen]  Shields?

  Lt. Worf : Shields are up, but only at 23%.

  Lt. Commander Data : The star has entered a period of increased activity. Sensors indicate that the solar flares will continue to grow. In three hours, our shields will no longer be sufficient to protect us, sir.

• [first lines] 

  Lt. Commander Data : Captain, I have identified the signal. It is from the USS Jenolen, a Federation transport ship reported missing in this sector 75 years ago.

  Commander Riker : Code one alpha zero. Ship in distress.

  Captain Picard : Take us out of warp, Ensign. All stop.