"Contagion" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Riker: Good. They can't fire while they're cloaked.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

WORF: Unless they have overcome that deficiency. The Yamato was destroyed while they were cloaked.

 

[Alienesse]

PICARD: Enough. Answers. I want answers, not conjecture. Number One, I want them at a staff meeting in one hour.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

RIKER: Aye, sir.

 

[Alienesse]

[Observation lounge]

(Geordi is doing a presentation using a schematic of the Yamato)

LAFORGE: Sensor recordings reveal that what we witnessed was an uncontrolled and catastrophic matter-antimatter mix. The magnetic seals between the chambers collapsed and

 

[Brian]

PICARD: Wait. Wait. That's not possible.

 

[Leandar]

Geordi: Yes, sir, it is, but a highly improbable series of events has to take place for such a result to occur.

 

[Enterprise1981]

PICARD: Explain.

 

[Leandar]

Geordi: Okay... In the event of a breach of seal integrity there's an emergency release system which dumps the antimatter.

 

[Enterprise1981]

DATA: Apparently such a dump began, was then halted, and the containment seals were dropped. There was still sufficient antimatter present to lead to an explosion.

 

[Leandar]

Picard: And so there is no evidence that a weapon was used?

 

[Enterprise1981]

DATA: No, sir. None.

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: However it happened, the Yamato did it to herself.

 

[Enterprise1981]

PICARD: Theorize. What could have caused such a catastrophic malfunction?

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: I think Captain Varley may have been right. There may be a design flaw.

 

[Enterprise1981]

RIKER: In a Galaxy-class starship?

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: Yes Sir. It's the most sophisticated piece of machinery every built. Something could have been overlooked.

 

[Enterprise1981]

PICARD: Knowing where the flaw is located, can you isolate the problem and solve it?

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: We're already working on it Sir.

 

[Leandar]

Picard: Pull any personnel you can use.