E2 Line-By-Line

[Orac]

Lorien: Our plasma injectors are too old. They can't handle the stress. But your injectors are practically new. You're still not convinced.

 

[May 20]

ARCHER: You've got to admit, it's a lot to accept.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

LORIAN: We don't have a lot of time. You need to start these modifications.

 

[May 20]

ARCHER: I'm not comfortable doing that just yet.

 

[sekundant]

KARYN: Perhaps we should go to Sickbay. Phlox can confirm our identity.

 

[Athena28]

[Sickbay]

PHLOX: They are who they claim to be. Most of the young woman's ancestors were human, but there are also chromosomes from three species I've never seen before. These genetic markers belong to you, Captain. She would appear to be your great grand-daughter. I've compared your genetic profile with Lorian's. These base pair sequences could only have come from you.

 

[May 20]

T'POL: These chromosomes are human.

 

[sekundant]

PHLOX: That's correct. They came from his father.

 

[May 20]

T'POL: That's impossible. Vulcans and humans have never been able to reproduce.

 

[mattman8907]

PHLOX: According to Lorian, I discovered, or rather I will discover, a method of successfully combining human and Vulcan genomes.

 

[May 20]

ARCHER: Who's the father?

 

[mattman8907]

PHLOX: Commander Tucker.

 

[Orac]

Archer: Captain's starlog, supplemental. I've decided to proceed with Lorien's plan to modify our warp engines. Both ships have moved a safe distance from the nebula to avoid conflict with the Kovaalans.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

[Engineering]

[The two Tucker men working side by side.]

TUCKER: It's the strangest thing. I look at you and I see my father. Right here, around the eyes. Now the ears, those are your mother's.

[Lorian reacts with a faint but unmistakable smile. Trip is startled.]

TUCKER: Wait a minute, you smiled.

 

[sekundant]

LORIAN: I wasn't raised with the same inhibitions most Vulcans have. My human side has allowed me to find a balance between emotion and logic. I've even been known to tell a joke on occasion. Would you hand me the coil spanner? I learned almost everything I know by studying your engineering logs.

 

[May 20]

TUCKER: Pretty dry reading. I hope I gave you some hands-on training as well.

 

[Athena28]

LORIAN: I'm sure you would have. You should reinitialize the start-up routine before going to warp 6.

 

[May 20]

TUCKER: There's something you're not telling me.

 

[sekundant]

LORIAN: You died when I was fourteen.

 

[Kertrats47]

TUCKER: What happened?