"In The Pale Moonlight" Line-by-Line

[Vanyel]

Is there some reason they should not be told?

 

[Admiral Shran]

I am concerned that if you return to your own time with knowledge of the future

 

[Vanyel]

Return to the battle? We barely escaped with our lives. If we returned, we'd be destroyed.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Have you any idea how this happened?

 

[Vanyel]

There was a fierce volley of photon torpedoes...we were hit...a bright light and then here.

 

[Admiral Shran]

It is possible that this exchange of fire was the catalyst for the formation of a temporal rift. History has no record of your battle with the Romulans.

 

[Vanyel]

We were responding to the distress call from the Klingon outpost on Nerendra III. The Romulans were attacking it. We engaged them. But there were 4 Warbirds.

 

[Admiral Shran]

The Narendra Three outpost was destroyed. It is regrettable that you did not succeed. A Federation starship rescuing a Klingon outpost might have averted twenty years of war.

 

[Vanyel]

I still can't quiet make myself believe it, 22 years.

 

[Admiral Shran]

I'm reading forty percent on forward shields. What do you have on aft?

 

[Vanyel]

Forty Percent.

 

[Admiral Shran]

That won't cut it. Commander, advise Lieutenant La Forge that shields are below minimum.

 

[Vanyel]

Acknowledge.

 

[Admiral Shran]

We'll never see our homes again. Our families.

 

[Vanyel]

How do you know your family's not still alive.

 

[Admiral Shran]

You're right, I don't. But imagine coming home after twenty-two years. Would I even recognise them?

 

[Vanyel]

What are the stats on the main phaser banks?

 

[Admiral Shran]

Emitters available, sixty percent forward, fifty two percent aft.

 

[Vanyel]

Good. Let's take a look at the torpedo launchers.

 

[Admiral Shran]

I guess I'm lucky to be alive at all.