Who Watches the Watchers Line-by-Line

[May 20]

WORF [OC]: Sir, a close orbit will increase sensor efficiency by only four percent.

 

[Orac]

Picard: I want that four percent, Lieutenant.

 

[May 20]

WORF [OC]: Aye, sir.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

PICARD: Picard out.

 

[May 20]

LIKO: Picard?

 

[Kertrats47]

CRUSHER: Damn!

 

[Orac]

Picard: Well, Doctor. Your next task is clear.

 

[May 20]

[Hillside]

(Liko is beamed down alone. He wakes up)
LIKO: Oji? Oji?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

(She hears him)
OJI: Father?

 

[May 20]

LIKO: Here. Oji.

 

[Kertrats47]

OJI: Father! I thought I'd never see you again. When you and the woman vanished, I was sure you were dead.

 

[May 20]

LIKO: I think I was, but I was brought back to life. Oji, I awoke in an incredible place and my wounds were gone. I had been healed.

 

[Kertrats47]

OJI: How is that possible?

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

LIKO: Long ago, our people believed in beings with great powers. These beings made the rains come, told the sun when to rise, they caused all life to be born, to grow, to die.

(Hoo boy, this short term memory wipe thing is not working at all...)

 

[Kertrats47]

OJI: But those are just tales, father. Old superstitions.

 

[May 20]

LIKO: But perhaps the beliefs of our ancestors are true. Nothing else can explain what's happened. Everything is changed now, Oji. We must tell the others.

Nope. This is already a disaster.

 

[Athena28]

[Observation lounge]

CRUSHER: Barron is stable, but Warren is still critical.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

RIKER: Palmer is missing. A scan of the planet shows Mintakan life forms only, no humans. However...

 

[CaptVader]

DATA: The area around the duck blind exhibits Karst topography. Sinkholes, underground rivers, and caverns. And the rock strata contain a high concentration of thallium compounds which may be obstructing our sensor beams.

 

[Orac]

Picard: So if Palmer, in his delirium, fled into a cave, we may be unable to detect his life signs?