Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Relics (1992)

Michael Dorn: Lieutenant Worf

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• Lt. Worf : I have restored life support. The oxygen levels will return to normal shortly.

  Commander William T. Riker : Captain Scott, Lt. Worf.

  Scotty : [surprised]  Lieutenant?

  Lt. Worf : Yes.

  Commander William T. Riker : Captain, perhaps there are a few things we should talk about.

• Lt. Worf : We have entered a massive gravitational field, Captain.

  Lt. Commander Data : There are no stars or other stellar bodies listed on our navigational charts. However, sensors indicate the presence of an extremely strong gravitational source in this vicinity.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you localize the source of the gravitational field?

  Commander William T. Riker : [Data puts it on the viewscreen]  Sensors?

  Lt. Commander Data : I am having difficulty scanning the object. It appears to be approximately 200 million kilometers in diameter.

  Commander William T. Riker : That's nearly as large as the Earth's orbit around the sun.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Why didn't we detect this before now?

  Lt. Commander Data : The object's enormous mass is causing a great deal of gravimetric interference. That might have prevented our sensors from detecting it before we dropped out of warp.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Mr. Data... could this be a Dyson sphere?

  Lt. Commander Data : The object does fit the general parameters of Dyson's theory.

  Commander William T. Riker : A Dyson sphere?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It's a very old theory, Number One. I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of it. In the 20th century, a physicist called Freeman Dyson postulated the theory that an enormous, hollow sphere could be constructed around a star. This would have the advantage of harnessing all the radiant energy of that star and any population living on the interior surface would have virtually inexhaustible sources of power.

  Commander William T. Riker : Are you saying you think there are people living in there?

  Lt. Commander Data : Possibly a great number of people, Commander. The interior surface area of a sphere this size is the equivalent of more than 250 million Class-M planets.

• Lt. Commander Data : The sphere appears to be abandoned, Captain. Sensors show that the star is extremely unstable. It is experiencing severe bursts of radiation and matter expulsions.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then that would explain why they abandoned it, but if there's no one still living there, how were we brought inside?

  Lt. Commander Data : I believe we have triggered a series of automatic piloting beams designed to guide ships into the sphere.

  Lt. Worf : Sir, sensors show a large magnetic disturbance on the star's surface.

  Lt. Commander Data : It is a solar flare, Captain. Magnitude: 12. Class: B.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [seeing the visual on the main viewscreen]  Shields?

  Lt. Worf : Shields are up, but only at 23%.

  Lt. Commander Data : The star has entered a period of increased activity. Sensors indicate that the solar flares will continue to grow. In three hours, our shields will no longer be sufficient to protect us, sir.