"The Drumhead" Line-by-Line

[Athena28]

SATIE: Do what you must, Captain. And so will I.

 

[ElimGarak.93-99]

On the bridge.

Data: Captain, warp engines are back on line. We are ready to commence restart sequences. Sir?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Yes? Yes, yes, of course. Proceed, Mister Data.

 

[ElimGarak.93-99]

Picard sits down in his chair.


Riker: You alright, Captain?

 

[Orac]

Picard: Yes, of course, Number One. Just a little preoccupied.

 

[ElimGarak.93-99]

SATIE's assistant: Admiral Satie has ordered you to report to the interrogation room at 09.00 hours tomorrow morning. You are to be questioned before the committee.

 

[Athena28]

PICARD: Captain's log, supplemental. Admiral Thomas Henry, who has worked closely with Norah Satie in the past, has arrived to observe the hearings.

 

[Enabran]

[interrogation room]

SABIN: Your full name?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Jean-Luc Picard.

 

[Orac]

Sabin: Rank and position?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: Captain, Federation Starship Enterprise.

 

[Orac]

Sabin: How long have you held this post?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: For 3 years, since Stardate 41124.

 

[Orac]

Sabin: Very well. Admiral?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: If you don't mind, there's something I'd like to say.

 

[Orac]

Satie: If you have a statement, you'll have an opportunity to make it later.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

PICARD: I believe that Chapter Four, Article Twelve of the Uniform Code of Justice grants me the right to make a statement before questioning begins.

 

[ElimGarak.93-99]

SATIE: Very well.

 

[Enterprise1981]

PICARD: I am deeply concerned by what is happening here. It began when we apprehended a spy, a man who admitted his guilt and who will answer for his crime. But the hunt didn't end there. Another man, Mister Simon Tarses, was brought to trial and it was a trial, no matter what others choose to call it. A trial based on insinuation and innuendo. Nothing substantive offered against Mister Tarses, much less proven. Mister Tarses' grandfather is Romulan, and for that reason his career now stands in ruins. Have we become so fearful? Have we become so cowardly that we must extinguish a man because he carries the blood of a current enemy? Admiral, let us not condemn Simon Tarses, or anyone else, because of their bloodlines, or investigate others for their innocent associations. I implore you, do not continue with this proceeding. End it now.

 

[ElimGarak.93-99]

SATIE: Captain, do you believe in the Prime Directive?