"In The Pale Moonlight" Line-by-Line

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.

 

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

 

Yes.

 

What can you tell us?

 

Only that if I were you, I'd start back now.

 

Captain’s Log Stardate 42761.9. Despite Guinan’s warning, I feel compelled to investigate this unexplored sector of the galaxy before heading back.

 

Captain, the sixth planet in the system is Class M.

 

There is a series of roads on this planet which indicates a highly industrialized civilization, but where there should be cities there are only great rips in the surface.

 

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

 

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

 

Captain, we are being probed.

 

What is the source of the probe?

 

A ship. It is on an intercept course.

 

On screen. Magnify.

 

Full scan.

 

Go to Yellow Alert.

 

Going to Yellow Alert.

 

Keep the shields down. We don’t want to appear provocative.

 

Aye, sir.

 

Mr. Data, what can you tell us?