"Cause and Effect" Line-by-Line!

[LeadHead]

Picard: Hail them.

 

[Vanyel]

Worf: No response.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Suggestions?

 

[Vanyel]

Riker: Decompress main shuttle bay, the explosive reaction may kick us out of the way.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Captain, I suggest we use the tractor beam to alter the other ships trajectory.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Make it so, Mr. Worf.

 

[LeadHead]

Worf: Engaging tractor beam.

 

[Vanyel]

Data notices Riker’s rank pips/
Data: The tractor beam will not be successful. I am decompressing the main shuttle bay.
The two ships miss each other. Power is restored.

 

[LeadHead]

Enterprise and vessel do not collide.

Lights come up on the bridge.

Worf: We are clear of the distortion.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Data, what happened?

 

[LeadHead]

Data: At the last moment, I speculated that the 3, might refer to the number of rank insignia on Commander Riker's uniform. That indicated to me that his suggestion might be the correct course of action.

 

[Vanyel]

LaForge: Data, you must’ve picked up a message we sent from the last loop and stacked the deck in the poker game without realizing it.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: That is possible, I may also have been inadvertently responsible for the unexplained appearances of the number 3.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Mr. Worf, end Red Alert. And try to access a Federation time base beacon. Let’s see if we can find out how long we’ve been in this causality loop.

 

[LeadHead]

Worf: Time base confirms, our chronometers are off by 17.4 days.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Reset them, Mr. Data.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Aye Sir.

 

[Vanyel]

Worf: Captain, we are being hailed by the other vessel. Computer identifies it as the USS Bozeman, a Federation starship, Soyuz Class.

 

[LeadHead]

La Fore: Soyuz class? They haven't been in service in over 80 years.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Open a channel.