"Conspiracy" Line-by-Line

[Orac]

Worf: It looks like debris. From a space vessel of some kind.

 

[Enterprise1981]

RIKER: It could be one of those ships that was orbiting Dytallix.

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: We are in close proximity to that planet.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Identifying marks, Mr. Worf.

 

[LeadHead]

Worf: Nothing so far. Sensors not detecting any bodies in the flotsam. But from the amount of the wreckage...

Worf looks up from his console with surprise.

Worf: I'm sorry, Sir. It can only be the Horatio.

Crusher stands and walks to Picard.

Worf: From the looks of it, she's been totally destroyed.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Captain's personal log, Stardate 41776.1. The apparent death of Walker Keel has had a powerful impact on me. I now believe there may be a cancer growing within the ranks of Starfleet. As a result, I have alerted my Executive Officer to the suspicions voiced by Keel and the others.

 

[Orac]

[Observation lounge]

Riker: There's no proof of anything.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: The last time I saw Admiral Quinn he tried to warn me about a subversion within the Federation. And Walker tried. And he's dead.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: Subversion? Personally, I don't believe this conspiracy theory.

 

[Orac]

[Meanwhile in Picard's Ready room]

(Information is still flashing in front of Data's eyes)

Data: Startling. Quite extraordinary, in fact.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Computer: Direction unclear. Please repeat request

 

[Orac]

Data: That was not a request. I was simply talking to myself. A human idiosyncrasy, triggered by 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

 

[LeadHead]

Computer: Thank you, sir. I comprehend. Please specify how you would like to proceed, sir.

 

[mattman8907]

DATA: Please continue with record scan. Intriguing.

 

[Vanyel]

[Confrence room]
Riker: But if we have no facts, we have to assume that the explosion was an accident.

 

[Orac]

Picard: Number One, I believe what happened on the Horatio was sabotage.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: But we can't be certain.

 

[Vanyel]

Data: Perhaps we can. My orders were to search for abnormal patterns in Starfleet's directives. I believe I have found just that.
[Data sits at the confrence desk and activates a computer terminal. Picard a Riker go to see the terminal with Data.]
Data: These are various outposts and starbases where I haver detected unusual activity over the past few months.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: What sort of activity?

 

[Vanyel]

Data: An uncustomary reshuffling of personnel, usually in the command areas. The new officers have had frequent contact with the highest levels of Starfleet Command.