"In The Pale Moonlight" Line-by-Line

[Admiral Shran]

Why? Why, to give you a taste of your future, a preview of things to come. Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.

 

[Vanyel]

Guinan, your people have been in this part of the galaxy.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Yes.

 

[Vanyel]

What can you tell us?

 

[Admiral Shran]

Only that if I were you, I'd start back now.

 

[Vanyel]

Captain’s Log Stardate 42761.9. Despite Guinan’s warning, I feel compelled to investigate this unexplored sector of the galaxy before heading back.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Captain, the sixth planet in the system is Class M.

 

[Vanyel]

There is a series of roads on this planet which indicates a highly industrialized civilization, but where there should be cities there are only great rips in the surface.

 

[Admiral Shran]

It is as though some great force just scooped all the machine elements off the face of the planet.

 

[Vanyel]

It is identical to what happened to the outposts along the Neutral Zone.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Captain, we are being probed.

 

[Vanyel]

What is the source of the probe?

 

[Admiral Shran]

A ship. It is on an intercept course.

 

[Vanyel]

On screen. Magnify.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Full scan.

 

[Vanyel]

Go to Yellow Alert.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Going to Yellow Alert.

 

[Vanyel]

Keep the shields down. We don’t want to appear provocative.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Aye, sir.

 

[Vanyel]

Mr. Data, what can you tell us?