"Q Who?" Line by Line

Q: Why? Why to give you a taste of your future a preview of things to come. Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It’s now time to see if you can dance.

 

PICARD: Guinan, your people have been in this part of the galaxy.

 

Guinan: Yes.

 

Riker: What can you tell us?

 

Guinan: Only that if I were you, I’d start back now.

 

RIKER: What can you tell us?

 

Captains Log: Stardate 42761.9 Despite Guinan's warning, I fell compelled to investigate this unexplored sector of space before turning back.

 

The Bridge:
Worf: Captain the 6th planet in the system is class “M.”

 

DATA: There is a system of roads on this planet, which indicates a highly industrialised civilisation. But where there should be cities there are only great rips in the surface.

 

Worf: It is as though some great force just scooped all the machine elements off the face of the planet.

 

DATA: It is identical to what happened to the outposts along the Neutral Zone.

 

Worf: Captain, We are being probed.

 

RIKER: What is the source of the probe?

 

Worf: A ship. It is on an intercept course.

 

Picard: On screen. Magnify.

 

RIKER: Full scan.

 

Riker: Full scan.

 

Picard: Go to Yellow Alert.

 

Worf: Going to Yellow Alert.

 

RIKER: Keep the shields down. We don't want to appear provocative.