Proving Ground Line-byLine

[Hopeful Romantic]

REPTILIAN: Not enough. Every failure puts us at risk.

 

[Oddish]

HUMANOID: "Degra."

 

[Athena28]

[Weapon control center]

HUMANOID: Can the problem be rectified?

 

[Oddish]

DEGRA: "Once I've recovered the device, I'll have more information."

 

[Orac]

Reptilian: We hope so.

 

[Athena28]

[Command center]

T'POL: The output was much greater than the probe that attacked Earth, but still, I don't believe the device reached its maximum yield. We detected power fluctuations. It appears it was building toward an overload.

 

[Chakoteya]

SHRAN: Are you saying this was a failure?

 

[Orac]

T'Pol: A spectacular one, but yes.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

ARCHER: Gralik. An arboreal Xindi that we met at a facility that manufactured one of the components for the weapon. He promised to help us. Looks like he kept his word.

 

[Athena28]

SHRAN: Why haven't they retrieved it?

 

[Orac]

T'Pol: It's still emitting high levels of radiation.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

ARCHER: How long until it's safe enough to get close?

 

[mattman8907]

T'POL: Six hours, at least.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: We've got to get to it before they do. What if we shield the launch bay, evacuate all the adjacent compartments. Could we bring it aboard any sooner?

 

[Orac]

T'Pol: Our shielding wouldn't be sufficient to protect the crew.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

SHRAN: Use my ship. Our forcefield will contain the radiation. We'll secure the device in our cargo bay until it's safe to transfer to Enterprise.

 

[Orac]

Archer: That's a generous offer, but what are we supposed to do, cheer you on?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

SHRAN: It's four against two, remember? This would be a joint venture.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: Archer to Lieutenant Reed.

 

[Orac]

[Cut to the Armoury]

Reed: Reed here, sir.