Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Conspiracy (1988)
Majel Barrett: Enterprise Computer
Quotes
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[Data is screening records of orders from Starfleet]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : [to himself] Startling. Quite extraordinary, in fact.
Computer Voice : Direction unclear. Please repeat request.
Lt. Cmdr. Data : That was not a request. I was simply... talking to myself!
[becomes conscious of that fact]
Lt. Cmdr. Data : A human idiosyncrasy, triggered by a fascination with a particular set of facts. Or sometimes brought about by senility. Or used as a means of weighing information before reaching a conclusion. Or as a...
Computer Voice : Thank you, sir. I comprehend.
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Computer Voice : This is an emergency communique. It is not to be discussed with fellow officers unless deemed absolutely necessary. There will be no computer record of said transmission.
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Computer Voice : [Picard has received a Code 47 over subspace from Starfleet for his eyes only] This is an emergency communique. It is not to be discussed with fellow officers unless deemed absolutely necessary. There will be no computer record of said transmission.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Understood.
Computer Voice : Proceed with voice print identification.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Picard, Jean-Luc. Captain, USS Enterprise.
Computer Voice : Voice print verified.
[a middle-aged Starfleet Captain appears on the monitor]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Walker!
Captain Walker Keel : Hello Jean-Luc. It's been a long time.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Too long, old friend. Why are you contacting me on this frequency?
Captain Walker Keel : It was a difficult decision. I felt it was worth the risk.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Risk?
Captain Walker Keel : It's about Starfleet, about something we've always considered to be impossible.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I don't understand.
Captain Walker Keel : I can't explain it now. We need to talk face to face.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You're using a Code 47. I have to know what all this is about.
Captain Walker Keel : Not over subspace. No.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Oh, for God's sake, Walker. This is a secured channel.
Captain Walker Keel : [more forceful] No! I want you to meet me on Dytallix B.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : When?
Captain Walker Keel : Immediately.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : No, not possible. We're expected at Pacifica.
Captain Walker Keel : That can wait. You owe me, and you owe it to yourself to hear what I have to say. Something is beginning. Don't trust anyone. Remember that, Jean-Luc. Don't take anything for granted.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Walker?
Captain Walker Keel : Dytallix B. We'll be waiting.
[the monitor goes blank and Picard is both confused and concerned]