(bosun's whistle sounding) (dramatic percussion)
-: Admiral on the Bridge.
(Riker clears his throat)
And Captain on the Bridge.
-: You will probably find this inspection boring
for the likes of you two.
-: Boring?
-: Well, we won't be blowing things up,
(dramatic music) (explosions booming)
taking or engaging in fire.
(phasers sizzling)
Crash landing, expectedly
or unexpectedly. (ships crashing)
-: Those were the days.
-: Hmm.
(alert sirens blaring)
-: There is something coming.
-: Battle stations.
-: Some kind of attack.
And Starfleet could be the target.
Troi: There's a darkness, an all-consuming darkness.
Picard: And it is getting stronger.
(ominous music)
Beverly Crusher: Jean-Luc, trust no one.
(eerie music)
(dramatic music)
Vadic: Jean-Luc Picard.
-: We will have vengeance.
(dramatic music)
-: You and I have traveled
to the far reaches of space.
But something's different now.
(music crescendos)
This is the end, my friend.
(dramatic music)
Picard: Geordi!
Moriarty: Such pathetic old warriors.
(fighters grunting)
Worf: I, too, was once irrational, violent.
-: Is anybody you know still the person you knew?
(laser rifle zapping)
(hopeful music)
Picard: This is life or death.
La Forge: It's always life or death,
Jean-Luc, when has it not been?
(weapons zapping) (explosions booming)
Vadic: With each ticking moment,
I will take another piece of you.
-: Battle stations!
-: Jean-Luc!
Lore: Survival, it's human nature, pal.
(dramatic music)
Picard: We fight or we die.
-: Hold it! -: Move!
Picard: Gun it!
(music crescendos)
I need you, all of you.
Troi: We're with you always.
-: Engage.
(triumphant music)
-: Will, are you enjoying this?
-: Of course not. Are you?
(music crescendos)