"The Catwalk" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Later, in the situation room, the senior staff is assembled, looking at T'Pol's findings.

T'Pol: The wavefront spans more than a half a dozen light years. A Vulcan starship encountered a Class 5 over a century ago. The vessel was... nearly destroyed.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: How long until it hits?

 

[Hoshi3]

T'POL: Approximately four hours.

 

[LeadHead]

Reed: If we reinforce structural integrity, we should be able to weather it without too much trouble.

 

[Athena28]

PHLOX: Enterprise may survive. The crew is another matter. The storm is saturated with radiolytic isotopes. If the crew is exposed, they'll be dead within 3 minutes. Sickbay is the most heavily shielded section. It's possible that some of the crew could survive there.

 

[Alienesse]

ARCHER: We can't fit eighty three people into Sickbay, and I'm not about to draw lots.

 

[Athena28]

TUCKER: What about the Catwalk? You know, the maintenance shaft running the length of each nacelle.

 

[Alienesse]

ARCHER: They are heavily shielded. Some kind of osmium alloy, if I remember.

 

[LeadHead]

T'Pol: You're proposing we take refuge in a crawl space?

 

[Alienesse]

TUCKER: It'll be a tight squeeze, but there's no reason we can't fit eighty three people in there, and whatever supplies we need.

 

[Athena28]

ARCHER: Doctor?

 

[Alienesse]

PHLOX: Do you know the absorption depth of this alloy?

Nice to see you again, guys!

 

[Athena28]

TUCKER: At least 20,000 particles per micron.

 

[Alienesse]

PHLOX: It should be adequate.

 

[Athena28]

TUCKER: There's just one other problem. It gets kind of toasty in there when the warp coils are online. About 300 degrees. We'd have to shut down the main reactor.

 

[Orac]

Archer: I don't see that we have any choice. We'll use the Catwalk, and set up a command station in one of the compartments.

 

[Athena28]

TUCKER: Aye, Captain.

 

[Orac]

Archer: (to T'Pol) You'll be in charge of the evacuation. Take us out of orbit, Travis.

 

[Alienesse]

[Catwalk]

(long and narrow with rails either side of a walkway just wide enough for two people to squeeze past each other)
TRAVIS: Maybe we should open a window.

 

[Orac]

Trip: You think it's stuffy now, wait till we get 83 people in here.