"Data's Day" Line-by-Line

PICARD: Ambassador, I urge you once more to reconsider. The Enterprise can accommodate a Romulan delegation without sacrificing our security or

 

T’Pel: Captain Picard, I find your arguments illogical. Please carry out my instructions.

 

PICARD: Picard to Chief O'Brien.

 

O’Brien: (Over Com) O'Brien here.

 

PICARD: Prepare to transport Ambassador T'Pel to the Romulan ship.

 

O’Brien: (Over Com) Aye, sir.

 

PICARD: Mister Worf, maintain a lock on her signal once she's aboard. At the first sign of trouble I want to be able to bring her back.

 

Worf: Understood. Transporter activated...Captain!

 

O'BRIEN [Over Comm]: Transporter emergency! I'm losing her signal!

 

Worf: Boosting power to autosequencers.

 

DATA: Engaging computer override.

 

Riker: O'Brien what's happening down there!?

 

O'BRIEN [Over Comm]: I'm losing the pattern. Trying to re establish. I'm sorry, sir. I wasn't able to retrieve the signal. The Ambassador's dead.

 

Data: Second Officers Personal Log: Supplemental. The risks aboard a starship are accepted by all who serve, but I have never failed to observe a deep emotional response to the loss of a comrade. It is at times like this that I greatly miss the ability to share human feelings.

 

[Transporter room] O'BRIEN: The signal lock wasn't broken, sir. I had just entered the transfer sequence when the Ambassador's pattern began to break up. I tried to switch to emergency manual control, but the pattern deteriorated too quickly and

 

Data: Captain, there is no prior record of this type of accident occurring on a starship. Back-up systems and safeguards are designed to prevent just such an occurrence.

 

LAFORGE: I can't find any system flaws in the unit, Captain. The Engineering status reports were all normal. None of the backups were activated and the autosequencers were all functioning normally.

 

Picard: Any prior malfunctions on this Transporter unit?

 

O'BRIEN: No, sir. In fact, we replaced the transition coils only last week.

 

Riker: Could there have been some kind of interference from the Romulans?