STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Tin Man" #40273-168 Written by Dennis Putman Bailey & David Bischoff Directed by Robert Scheerer THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT. Copyright 1990 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This script is not for publication or reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department. FINAL DRAFT JANUARY 31, 1990 STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - CAST STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Tin Man" CAST PICARD TAM ELBRUN RIKER CAPTAIN JONATHAN DESOTO DATA ROMULAN COMMANDER BEVERLY TROI GEORDI WORF WESLEY O'BRIEN COMPUTER VOICE Non-Speaking SUPERNUMERARIES ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS STAR TREK: "Tin Man" 1/31/90 - SETS STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Tin Man" SETS INTERIORS EXTERIORS USS ENTERPRISE USS ENTERPRISE MAIN BRIDGE CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM USS HOOD TRANSPORTER ROOM CORRIDOR ROMULAN WARBIRDS TURBOLIFT OBSERVATION LOUNGE TIN MAN SICKBAY/CRUSHER'S OFFICE TAM'S GUEST QUARTERS DATA'S QUARTERS MAIN ENGINEERING TEN-FORWARD TIN MAN ("GOMTUU") PILOT'S CHAMBER CORRIDOR USS HOOD CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM ROMULAN WARBIRD CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - 1/31/90 - PRONUNCIATION STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Tin Man" PRONUNCIATION GUIDE HAYASHI NEBULA ha-YAH-she TAM ELBRUN TAM EL-brun GHORUSDA gor-OOSH-dah BETA STROMGREN STRUM-gren CHANDRA FIVE CHON-druh GOMTUU GOM-too STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 1-2. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION "Tin Man" TEASER FADE IN: 1 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) moving at warp. PICARD (V.O.) Captain's log, Stardate 43779.3. The Enterprise is preparing detailed atmospheric charts of the Hayashi system. Although tedious, this endeavor is the first step toward planet colonization. 2 INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE PICARD and RIKER at Command. WORF and TROI are at their stations. DATA and WESLEY are at Ops and Conn. Data reacts to something on the Ops panel. DATA Sensors report the USS Hood closing on an intercept course at high warp. PICARD That's odd... I wasn't notified of a rendezvous. RIKER They seem to be in an awful hurry. WORF Sir, we are being hailed on a secured channel by Captain DeSoto. PICARD On screen. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 3. 3 thru OMITTED 5 6 WIDE ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) TIGHT ANGLE ON DESOTO in the Hood's Ready Room. DESOTO Sorry to sneak up on you like that, Jean-Luc -- PICARD Robert, why didn't you inform us -- DESOTO -- Out here, you never know who's listening. Keeps you on your toes, anyway. Hey, Will, you getting soft on that luxury liner? Riker grins. Picard is still puzzled. PICARD So, old friend. How are you? DESOTO Ah, you know, they send you Galaxy-Class boys out here to the far reaches. Me, I'm hauling my butt back and forth between starbases -- STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 4. 7 ANGLE ON PICARD Smiling to Riker and Troi; DeSoto's put-on griping is an old song going back to when he and Picard served together as lieutenants. PICARD But not today. 8 CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER AS NECESSARYY (OPTICAL) DESOTO Nope. Starfleet's got new orders for you. This is top priority. They need the fastest ship in the fleet -- and the best people. That's you. PICARD If time is so important, why didn't they transmit the orders by subspace? DESOTO They're worried about Romulan eavesdropping on this one. And we've got a passenger for you. Hard to send by subspace. PICARD What sort of passenger? DESOTO Mission specialist. He'll bring your orders aboard with him. Name's Tam Elbrun. RIKER (startled) Elbrun? You mean Tam Elbrun as in the Ghorusda disaster? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - TEASER 5. 8 CONTINUED: DESOTO The same. (sighing) What can I say? Your orders are to cooperate fully with him. 9 REACTION SHOT OF TROI clearly distressed at the discussion of Elbrun. DESOTO (continuing) Best of luck, folks. Hood out. 10 BACK TO SHOT A view of space replaces DeSoto's image. DATA Sir, the Hood is slowing to impulse. Picard rises, looks dubiously at the others. Most of whom clearly know the name Elbrun. PICARD Mister Data, come with me -- 11 ANGLE ON TROI who steps anxiously toward Picard. TROI Captain, let me come with you to greet Tam -- PICARD You know him? 12 CLOSE ON TROI TROI I do... He was at the university on Betazed when I studied psychology there. PICARD Ah, I see. He was a colleague, then. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - TEASER 6. 12 CONTINUED: TROI No, sir. He was a patient... Off Picard's reaction. FADE OUT. END OF TEASER STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 7. ACT ONE FADE IN: 13 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S. HOOD (OPTICAL) running at impulse speed. 14 INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - PICARD, TROI AND DATA ENTERING the Transporter Room. TROI Tam is a telepath of extraordinary talent, even for a Betazoid. He's a specialist in first contact with new life-forms, and... a rather unique person. (a beat) He's not what you might expect, Captain. Troi and Picard EXIT into Transporter Room. Off Data's puzzled expression as he follows them. 15 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL) O'Brien behind console, as Tam Elbrun MATERIALIZES on the transporter. He's a mid-thirties Betazoid, with wide, dark eyes. He appears nervous. Informally dressed, not at all officious. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT ONE 8. 15 CONTINUED: PICARD Welcome aboard the Enterprise. I'm -- TAM Captain Picard. Here -- Tam reaches into his pocket and produces a data cassette. He flips it casually to Picard as he steps down. Picard catches it, annoyed. Tam's attitude is abrupt and rude. TAM (continuing) You want to know all about your mission. Everything's on there. Orders and briefings. Destination and heading, all that. 16 ANGLE ON PICARD AND DATA standing by transporter console. Picard is visibly annoyed. He hands the cassette to Data, who accepts it and steps toward Tam as if to ask a question. TAM (to Troi) I sensed you were out here. How've you been? 17 ANGLE ON TROI TROI (embarrassed by Tam's tactlessness, she still can't help smiling) Fine, but Tam, I... TAM TROI Thought you were on ... thought you were on Chandra Five. Chandra Five. They laugh -- this is a familiar routine to them both. Data now has come to stand behind Tam, unnoticed. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 9. 17 CONTINUED: DATA Sir -- Tam whirls on Data as if a rocket just went off behind him. NO ONE has EVER approached Tam Elbrun without his awareness. Until now. TAM Who -- what are you? DATA (puzzled) My name is Data. Tam locks gazes with Troi, READING the answers he wants from HER MIND. Then he looks back at Data, fascinated as a child with a new toy. TAM Incredible, an android. I can't read you at all. It's like you're not there. Data frowns, puzzled. Tam notices the cassette in the android's hand. TAM Oh. You better hurry up to the bridge with that. Captain wants you to run the orders, scan the technical schematics, and be ready to brief him in ten minutes. (to Picard) Right? Picard activates his communicator. PICARD Number One? RIKER'S COM VOICE Riker here. PICARD Meet Mister Data on the bridge. He has our orders and new heading. RIKER Aye, sir. Picard nods to Data. Data EXITS. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 10. 17 CONTINUED: (2) PICARD (continuing) And assemble the bridge staff for a mission briefing in -- fifteen minutes. Picard out. (to Tam) Mister Elbrun. Would you -- TAM (flatly) Like to see my quarters. No. I'd rather get this briefing over with. Then be left alone until I'm needed. Tam EXITS. Troi looks apologetically at Picard, who is severe. They exit together after Tam. 18 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND U.S.S HOOD (OPTICAL) as the Hood veers away to starboard, leaving the Enterprise. The Enterprise turns. 19 INT. CORRIDOR - TRACKING SHOT - RIKER AND GEORDI are walking to turbolift. GEORDI I've heard something about Ghorusda. Weren't about forty people killed -- RIKER Forty-seven, including the captain of the Adelphi -- and two friends from my class at the Academy. GEORDI Sorry. What happened? Riker and Geordi step into turbolift. The doors close. 20 INT. TURBOLIFT - RIKER AND GEORDI RIKER It was a first contact situation. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 11. 20 CONTINUED: RIKER The Ghorusdans values are so complex, and so different, that the Federation sent along a specialist. To prevent misunderstanding. GEORDI That was Tam Elbrun? And what happened was his fault? Riker considers a moment, before answering. RIKER Not directly. Board of inquiry blamed Captain Darson's carelessness about Ghorusdan cultural taboos. (pause) But if Elbrun's so good, why didn't he warn Darson? What was he there for, if he couldn't sense that much hostility? 21 INT. MAIN BRIDGE (OPTICAL) Data is at Science One. Worf at Tactical. Supernumeraries at all other stations. Data is loading the data chip. Geordi and Riker stand at Data's shoulder. DATA Commander, Geordi... do you ever feel as if I am not "there?" That is to say... not "here." Reactions from others. Geordi clasps Data's shoulders as if testing his solidness. GEORDI You seem to be all here. Data considers this, then turns his attention to the screen where the information is appearing. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 12. 21 CONTINUED: DATA Our destination is the Beta Stromgren system, following the path of the Vega Nine probe. RIKER That's twenty-three parsecs beyond our furthest manned explorations. DATA That is correct, Commander. Apparently the probe has discovered... (a beat, reacting to something he sees on the screen) ...Astonishing. 22 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE Present are Picard, Riker, Geordi, Troi, Data, Worf and Tam Elbrun. Tam is seated next to Data. NOTE: throughout this scene Tam should appear distracted by pain, as from a bad headache. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 13. 23 CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL) of a RED SUPERGIANT STAR. Flashing around it in close orbit is a TINY, BRILLIANT WHITE light. DATA This is the star Beta Stromgren... 24 PULL BACK TO SHOW OUR PEOPLE AND TAM SEATED AROUND TABLE DATA (continuing) Scientists have discovered that it is in the final stages of an alternating cycle of expansion and collapse, which will soon result in a supernova. (beat) However, the long-range unmanned probe which Starfleet sent to observe the process has discovered something much more -- TAM (exasperated) Oh, Data -- don't waste time. Tam reaches past a startled Data and PUNCHES the projector CONTROLS. The screen FREEZES its motion. A FRAME APPEARS around the star's tiny companion, and the framed area is MAGNIFIED to REPLACE the star image. 25 CLOSE ON SCREEN (OPTICAL) The new image is a SLENDER OBJECT which PULSES WITH LIGHT, of organic appearance. At the aft end of the object are two GLOWING ORANGE GRIDS -- clearly ENGINES. The whole surface of the thing is NETWORKED by faintly pulsing pale white ENERGY PATHS, suggesting something between lightning charges and a human circulatory system. TAM They call it "Tin Man". The Vega Probe found it orbiting Stromgren. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 14. 26 BACK TO SHOT (OPTICAL) GEORDI Looks like a ship of some kind. TAM Its energy source is unknown. The people who've studied the transmissions think it's a starship. And they're sure it's alive. PICARD (immediately fascinated) Alive? How so? GEORDI A cybernetic organism -- like the Borg? TAM No, no, NO! Here -- Tam manipulates the projector controls again. Data looks on, bemused, as the image on the screen is replaced by rotating multi-plane artwork representing interior diagrams and schematics of Tin Man. TAM Starfleet believes it's an organic creature, born in space, living its life in the wastes between stars. Tam RISES, WINCING slightly, and PACES the room, growing more excited as he speaks. Troi notices his discomfort. TAM (continuing) No one knows where it came from, or why it's here now. And we're going to meet it. We're going to talk to it. (softly, as if to himself) I'm going to talk to it. Riker regards Tam dubiously. RIKER Have attempts been made -- STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 15. 26 CONTINUED: TAM To communicate with it by subspace. Of course -- linguacode, universal translation, all that. It won't work. Tin Man is too different. Direct mind-to-mind contact is our only hope. TROI The opportunity for discovery is extraordinary -- but I don't yet understand Starfleet's urgency -- Tam turns to Troi, a little blankly -- the telepath is lost in imagination. PICARD The Romulans -- TAM Hell, I forgot -- the Romulans... PICARD They claim the sector of space in which Beta Stromgren is located. WORF The Romulans claim all that is within their field of vision. DATA And they routinely monitor the telemetry of our deep-space probes. PICARD So it's quite certain they'll be sending a ship of their own to investigate this Tin Man. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT ONE 16. 26 CONTINUED: (2) TAM No... Actually, they're sending two. Uh, Data -- Riker reacts -- concerned. DATA That is correct. Starbase one twenty-three detected two D'daridex class cruisers on an intercept course. (to Picard) The top speed of this class vessel is known to be less than our own, sir. We therefore have some advantage. PICARD So, it's a race? (thoughtfully) An alien intelligence -- a new life-form -- representing a technology far beyond that of either the Romulans or ourselves. The Romulans will take whatever measures -- military or otherwise -- are required to secure the creature for study. GEORDI Study as in dissect, I'd bet. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 17. 27 ANGLE ON PICARD PICARD Data, you're our resident honor student in exobiology. I'm assigning you to head up life sciences on this mission. DATA Yes, sir. TAM Excellent. PICARD Meeting adjourned, then. Everyone but Picard, Tam, Data and Riker EXIT. TAM So, Data -- I guess you're the brains of this outfit, huh? PICARD Mister Elbrun -- one reason I want you to work closely with a member of my staff is to avoid any further... omissions. The possibility of an encounter with Romulans on this mission is hardly trivial. Yet you -- TAM (interrupting) All right, all right... I should have brought up the Romulans earlier, but I was distracted. Riker looks annoyed. Tam reads his thoughts, and turns to glare at him. TAM (to Riker) And no, Billy boy, I wasn't "distracted" on Ghorusda. (MORE) STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT ONE 18. 27 CONTINUED: TAM (Cont'd) If Darson had listened to me, no one would have died. And I don't care whether you believe that or not. Tam EXITS angrily, leaving Riker, Picard and Data doubtful and concerned. FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 19. ACT TWO FADE IN: 29 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) Traveling at warp speed. PICARD (V.O.) Captain's log, Stardate 43782.6. Travelling at top warp, we are still several days from rendezvous with the mysterious entity which Starfleet has christened Tin Man. 30 INT. SICKBAY - BEVERLY'S OFFICE - WIDE SHOT Picard and Troi are present. BEVERLY is at her desk, consulting the computer terminal. PICARD (V.O.) (continuing) My immediate concern is with Tam Elbrun. Starfleet considers his unique abilities crucial to our mission. Yet he seems to me... unstable. BEVERLY Well, according to his medical records and psych profile, he's very high on the ESP scale. A sort of prodigy. PICARD A prodigy? In what sense? TROI In most Betazoids their telepathic gifts develop at adolescence. PICARD They're not born reading minds? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 20. 30 CONTINUED: TROI No. Except... for some reason that no one understands, occasionally a Betazoid child is born different. PICARD How "different?" TROI Born with their telepathic abilities "switched on." Most Betazoids born like that never lead a normal life. BEVERLY (understanding now) The noise of other people's thoughts and feelings must be... overwhelming. Incomprehensible... especially for a child. TROI And painful. Early diagnosis and special training helped Tam adjust -- but he has some problems. PICARD (to Troi) You mentioned a hospitalization -- STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 21. 30 CONTINUED: (2) TROI (nodding) For stress. Repeatedly, throughout his life. BEVERLY I always wonder... what holds one person together through that kind of struggle, while another goes under? PICARD Yes, well, he's evidently done more than "hold together". He's the indispensable man -- the Federation's finest specialist in communication with unknown life-forms. BEVERLY It looks like the more unusual a life form is, the better he likes it. His personnel file shows that he's gravitated toward assignments that isolate him from other humanoids. 31 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE Data at Command, Worf at Security, Wesley Crusher at Conn. Geordi is monitoring the bridge Engineering Aft Station. Supernumeraries at all other stations. WESLEY Commander Data, I'm picking up an unusual echo from my navigational sensors. Worf looks up from his security board. WORF There is something there, sir, tracking us -- matching our speed and heading. Something which doesn't fully register on our instruments. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 22. 32 ANGLE ON DATA as he consults the back-up Conn panel on his command chair. DATA Since there is no known natural phenomenon capable of travel at warp velocities, there are but two possibilities: either it is a sensor malfunction, or it is another ship, following us covertly. WORF It is not a sensor malfunction. 33 BACK TO SHOT as Data RISES and WALKS toward the MAIN VIEWER, concerned. DATA Agreed. WESLEY A Romulan ship? With their cloaking device, we shouldn't pick them up at all. GEORDI Unless they're pulling so much power for something else that they can't fully cloak. WESLEY Like what? GEORDI (shrugging) Ask the Romulans... if it is the Romulans. DATA Lieutenant, continue monitoring the precise position of the echo -- at any sudden change in its behavior, initiate Yellow Alert. WORF Aye, sir. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 23. 34 INT. TAM ELBRUN'S GUEST QUARTERS (OPTICAL) - TAM is STANDING by the long WINDOW, face half-away from the camera, watching the STARS STREAK BY at warp. Lights in his cabin are low; he is lost in the depths until: TAM Come in. He says this a moment BEFORE the DOOR CHIME SOUNDS and Deanna Troi ENTERS. Tam does NOT look to see who it is. TAM How're things in the land of the living? Now he turns to look at her, smiling. TROI I thought you might be lonely. No one sees you, except Data. TAM Lonely? I can hear everything that everyone on this ship thinks. (a beat) No one besides you seems to be missing my charming -- TROI (interrupting, annoyed) You want them to dislike you. Why? Tam TURNS away. TAM (sarcastic) Because I'm not a nice guy? (a beat) Okay -- because they scare me. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT TWO 24. 35 ANGLE ON TAM as he crosses and SLUMPS wearily into a chair. TAM (continuing) Too many minds, Deanna. I can't shut them out -- never could learn. All their loves, their hates, their fears, their... needs. It's like a tide that never ebbs. (pause) I could drown. Troi walks to Tam and places a sympathetic hand on his shoulder -- TROI I remember. TAM (smiling in remembrance.) You understood -- at least a little -- how I felt. (indicates the ship) I see you finally found a place to fit... people to care about... TROI And you're still looking. TAM (he stands and begins to pace) Then there's Ghorusda. I've got enough doubts about my... reliability... without having to listen to Riker's, and Picard's -- TROI What happened there? TAM I thought everyone knew -- TROI No. What happened to you? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 24A. 35 CONTINUED: TAM Maybe... I got too involved with the Ghorusdans, with their point of view. It happens to me. I wanted everyone to get along. I could have warned Darson more forcefully. TROI So after that, you ran away? The last I heard, you were the only Federation delegate assigned to Chandra Five. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 25. 35 CONTINUED: (2) TAM Beautiful creatures, the Chandrans. Their minds are glacial. They have a lovely three-day ritual for saying "hello." Peaceful, untroubled people... TROI Unlike humanoids? TAM Well, except for your friend Data. I like him. He's... restful. Troi tries vainly to suppress a smile. TROI I believe your impression of Data is probably unique. TAM Yeah? Well, having to get to know someone, just once, has its appeal. I mean, talking to them, instead of getting it all at once up here -- (Tam taps his forehead) -- whether I want it or not. TROI But you accepted this mission. You could have stayed on Chandra Five. You willingly came aboard a ship of over a thousand people -- TAM How could I not? Think of it, Dee. This intelligence that swims naked through space like a fish in the sea. Totally alien, mysterious -- not like us at all. Ancient. And alone. (quietly, as if to himself) So lonely, for so long. TROI (concerned) How can you know that? Tam? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/2/90 - ACT TWO 26. 35 CONTINUED: (3) Tam LOOKS AWAY toward the cabin WINDOWS, where the stars stream by. Troi's eyes widen as she senses the TRUTH, from his silence and his mind. TROI You're in contact with it. With Tin Man. Aren't you? TAM No -- well... yes. A little. Not quite on a conscious level. TROI But we're still light-years away. That must be impossible -- even for you. 36 CLOSE ON TAM TAM (shrugging) Impossible for me. Maybe not impossible for Tin Man. 37 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) coming out of warp. 38 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE High activity - Wesley Crusher and Data at CONN and OPS, Worf at Security, Riker at Command. Supernumeraries monitor Science I and Science II as the crew prepares for its first contact with the Alien. Picard ENTERS from his Ready Room. PICARD Status, Number One? Riker STANDS and yields command chair to Picard. RIKER We've reached the outer regions of the Beta Stromgren system, sir. On course for orbital intercept of Tin Man, e.t.a. eighteen minutes. PICARD Grand. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT TWO 27. 38 CONTINUED: RIKER Not altogether. Astrophysics reports that the star's rate of collapse is increasing -- it could go supernova within the next few days. DATA Captain, we are receiving relayed sensor data, from the Vega Probe -- including visuals. PICARD On screen, Mister Data. 39 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) where the curve of the SUPERGIANT STAR fills half of the screen. TIN MAN sweeps majestically into view, shimmering with the silver iridescence of an otherworldly fish. As it sails past the viewer POV, the fire of its engines can be seen. Tin Man is at least the size of the Enterprise. Picard RISES, gazing transfixed at the alien image on the Main Viewer. PICARD Magnify. The image of Tin Man becomes larger. PICARD Remarkable. Computer -- locate Tam Elbrun. COMPUTER VOICE Tam Elbrun is in Turbolift One, en route to the Main Bridge. PICARD Of course. 40 ANGLE FAVORING AFT STATIONS as Worf, in foreground, FROWNS over his security board. In background, Tam and Troi ENTER from aft turbolift. WORF Commander... Riker WALKS UP ramp to stand by Worf. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT TWO 28. 40 CONTINUED: RIKER Problem, Worf? WORF Sir, I am reading a wave front of ionized particles preceding the object which is tracking us. RIKER (nodding) Go to Yellow Alert. PICARD On screen. 41 thru OMITTED 42 43 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) as a ROMULAN WARBIRD UNCLOAKS. 43A INT. MAIN BRIDGE Off the shocked reactions of the crew. FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 29. ACT THREE FADE IN: 44 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL) The Romulan warbird comes up behind the Enterprise. 45 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE as before. WORF Romulan warbird, closing. (pause) They're arming main distruptors, Captain. PICARD Go to Red Alert -- shields at maximum. KLAXONS SOUND and red alarm lights flash. RIKER Worf, arm photon torpedoes and stand by. WORF Aye, sir. RIKER (to Data) I thought you said the Enterprise was faster than this Romulan -- DATA In fact, we are, Commander. However -- Tam is INTENT upon the viewer. PICARD Evasive, Mister Worf. Data, open hailing frequencies -- TAM I guarantee that they don't want to talk to you, Captain. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 30. 46 thru OMITTED 47 48 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE The crew is SHAKEN -- main LIGHTING FAILS as the TORPEDOES EXPLODE against the ship's shields. 48A EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND ROMULAN VESSEL (OPTIZCAL) as the Romulan fires another spread of photon torpedoes at the Enterprise. It then flies over the Enterprise, away from us and towards the Tin Man, recloaking as it goes. 49 thru OMITTED 51 52 REVERSE WIDE ANGLE ON BRIDGE WORF The Romulan has passed us, sir, and recloaked. PICARD Damage report. WORF No casualties reported. Seventy percent loss to main shields, sir. Tam approaches Picard again. TAM Captain, their attack on us was incidental. PICARD Incidental? TAM Yes. To delay us. DATA Captain, it would appear that the Romulan's intent is to contact Tin Man first, at any cost. (MORE) STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 31. 52 CONTINUED: DATA (Cont'd) (pause) According to my sensor readings, the warbird exceeded maximum engine output by nearly thirty percent... They appear to have suffered irreparable damage to their warp coils. Riker takes his chair. RIKER So -- they kept up with us by sacrificing their ability to return to Romulan space. PICARD A one-way trip. Tam paces nervously between the Main Viewer and Picard. TAM There is one more trailing us, Captain -- a day or two behind. Data's right -- this one's job is to beat us to Tin Man at any cost. Picard eyes Tam skeptically. PICARD You read all this, telepathically -- TAM -- In the mind of the Romulan commander, during the attack. Picard exchanges looks with Riker -- can Tam be that good? Evidently so. PICARD Very well, then. Mister Crusher all stop. WESLEY Aye, sir. PICARD Commander La Forge. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 32. 52 CONTINUED: (2) GEORDI'S COM VOICE La Forge here. 53 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING Geordi is leaning over a console, locating a burnout. PICARD'S COM VOICE Geordi -- how long to restore shields? GEORDI Working on it. Computer, reconfigure structural integrity power to feed inner deflector grid. COMPUTER VOICE Unable to comply. Requested reroute would compromise operational safety limits. GEORDI To hell with the limits. Override. Authorization La Forge theta two-nine-nine-seven. COMPUTER VOICE Rerouting structural integrity power supply. GEORDI (yells to supernumerary in next room) Russell! Watch the lateral grid balance. (looks at panel) Nope, too much. We gotta do it manually. (keys insignia) La Forge to bridge. PICARD'S COM VOICE Go ahead. GEORDI Captain, I'm trying to feed the inner grid by stealing some power from the structural integrity field. You should have partial shielding in thirty minutes. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT THREE 32A. 53 CONTINUED: PICARD'S COM VOICE You have ten. 54 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE PICARD Picard out. (to the group in general) The Romulans wish the honor of the first contact, let them have it. The others REACT in various STARTLED ways. Tam is almost in a panic. TAM You're out of your mind, Picard! What if the Romulans find a way to persuade Tin Man -- PICARD I think the chances of that are remote. And, Mister Elbrun, if you'll be still you may learn -- TAM What? PICARD That being first, at any cost, is not always the point. (MORE) STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 33. 54 CONTINUED: PICARD (Cont'd) (pause) Data, while we await repairs, I want Life Sciences and Engineering to continue collecting information on the alien. Query the Vega Nine probe, and the long-range sensors. DATA Yes, sir. 55 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL) as Data and Tam ENTER together. Data SITS at his large computer workstation and ACTIVATES it. Tam WANDERS around the room CURIOUSLY. TAM You do a lot of your work here? Data, in ANALYSIS mode, ABSORBS INFORMATION as it FLASHES on screen before him. DATA Yes. I have configured these instruments to display information with greater speed and efficiency than stations used by the others. TAM Nice. A little Spartan. DATA Spartan? TAM Lots of work space, not much room to live. I don't guess you sleep? DATA (still working) I have tried it, from time to time. But you are correct. I do not require rest. Tam walks over to an easel with a COVERED PAINTING on it, and lifts one corner of the cloth appraisingly. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 34. 55 CONTINUED: TAM But you paint. Data has an uncomfortable sense of being EVALUATED. He changes the subject. DATA The creature's anatomy appears most peculiar. TAM In what way? DATA It is indeed laid out as a vessel, with what appear to be corridors and chambers. An internal environment suitable for carbon based life forms is being maintained. Yet there is no evidence of a crew aboard. (thoughtful) Tin Man is a living being yet it was bred or adapted itself to serve a purpose. I find that very interesting. Tam LEANS across the work station, to regard Data intently. TAM Why? Must living beings have a purpose? Or do we exist for no reason but to exist? DATA I do not believe I am qualified to express an opinion. TAM Ah, Data -- you're uniquely qualified. You think a great deal about humanity -- and you're an honest researcher. You don't treat anything as trivial, or irrelevant. You want to try it all. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE 35. 55 CONTINUED: (2) Data shuts off his computer and RISES, INTRIGUED by Tam. DATA You said in the Transporter Room that you could not read my mind. TAM True enough. But I think I understand you pretty well. (pause) It worries you -- that I can't read your mind? DATA (quietly) Perhaps there is nothing to read. Nothing other than mechanism and algorithmic response -- TAM Perhaps you're just different. Not a sin, you know -- though you may have heard otherwise. 56 CLOSE ON DATA considering Tam's words. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE 36. 57 thru OMITTED 58 59 INT. MAIN BRIDGE Picard at Command. Troi, Riker, Wesley, Data, and Worf at their stations. Supernumeraries at Science Aft Stations. Tam Elbrun standing on ramp near Troi. DATA Captain, the Romulan ship is hailing the alien using their equivalent of linguacode. RIKER Response? DATA None so far, Commander. TAM Why should it answer? What can it have in common with them? RIKER But you're so sure it'll "talk" to you. TAM (smug) Well, I -- WORF (interrupting) Captain, the Romulans are arming all disruptors. 60 ANGLE ON PICARD PICARD Yellow Alert. Prepare for evasive action at the first change in the Romulans' course. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT THREE 37. 61 ANGLE ON RIKER RIKER With our shields in their present condition, we can't risk -- 62 ANGLE ON TAM TAM No! EYES WIDE, he steps toward the Main Viewer, FRANTIC. TAM We're not the target. It's Tin Man -- PICARD What do you mean? They intend to destroy it? TAM (acknowledges) Those are their orders if they can't secure the alien. 63 ANGLE ON PICARD PICARD (to Wesley) Increase speed to intercept the Romulans. 64 ANGLE ON WESLEY as he consults his instruments, then looks to Picard with a shake of his head. WESLEY Their lead is too great. 65 CLOSE ON PICARD PICARD Worf, hail them. I cannot allow -- STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT THREE 38. 66 BACK TO WIDE ANGLE TAM (interrupting, panicked) They won't listen to you! Tam LOOKS from Picard to the Main Viewer, like a TRAPPED ANIMAL looking for a place to FLEE -- or to MAKE A STAND. With sudden resolution he steps past the forward stations and stands directly before the Main Viewer. 67 EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM EYES CLOSED; a look of pained CONCENTRATION on his face. TAM (low) Danger... Gom-tuu... Do not allow! 68 OMITTED 69 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL) The ENERGY traces on its surface FLARE BRILLIANT WHITE, the first sign of response from the creature since its discovery. A NARROW RING OF WHITE ENERGY, like a SHOCK WAVE, RADIATES away from its surface in ALL DIRECTIONS. 70 EXT. SPACE - ROMULAN WARBIRD (OPTICAL) The white energy of the SHOCK WAVE weapon PASSES OVER THE ROMULAN, WHICH EXPLODES INSTANTLY INTO A MILLION SHARDS OF METAL AND DUST. 71 OMITTED 72 INT. MAIN BRIDGE as our crew reacts. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT THREE 39. 73 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) The Enterprise and the oncoming wall of energy. The energy begins to WAVER, FADE, and only the ghost of it is left to PASS OVER THE BOW of the Enterprise. 74 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE as lights fail and the crewpeople are SHAKEN about. RED ALERT SOUNDS -- this is a MAJOR SYSTEMS FAILURE, brought about by Tin Man's DEFENSIVE use of its weapon. PICARD Worf! Damage report! 75 ANGLE ON WORF WORF Not yet available, Captain. We have partial failure of the main computer. 76 ANGLE ON PICARD as he ADVANCES on Tam Elbrun, who still STANDS swaying with weakness by the Main Viewer. Picard is livid, and HE IS SCARED. 77 CLOSE ON PICARD AND TAM Picard is INCHES from Tam's face. PICARD You did this. You woke your Tin Man. 78 EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON TAM'S FACE His eyes open slowly, but he is a million miles away as we: FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 40. ACT FOUR FADE IN: 79 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) In orbit around Beta Stromgren with Tin Man in the distance. 80 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - WIDE ANGLE Geordi SUPERVISING several Engineering technicians as RIKER LOOKS ON. A technician hands Geordi a PADD, which he READS with consternation. GEORDI We've got impulse power, but I've got to take the warp engines off line while we recalibrate the intermix regulators. RIKER How long? GEORDI For just the warp drive, or for everything? RIKER All of it. GEORDI We're looking at twenty hours work, double shifts. RIKER Geordi, we don't know that we have twenty hours. The star could explode at any time -- GEORDI I know. Okay, first we need to get the main computer working right -- RIKER No -- fix the shields first. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 41. 80 CONTINUED: GEORDI Commander, whatever Tin Man hit us with, it fried circuits I thought were unfryable. RIKER It's not Tin Man I'm worried about. It's more Romulans showing up. GEORDI Right. First priority, get the shields up. Only, let's not have any more surprises till I'm done. RIKER (bitterly) Don't ask me about surprises. Ask Tam Elbrun. 81 INT. SICK BAY - ANGLE ON TAM ELBRUN sitting up on a biobed as Beverly Crusher scans him. Picard and Troi are present. BEVERLY Brain activity suggests that you're coming out of a sort of fugue, or seizure... blood pressure and glucose indicative of general systemic stress -- TAM (lightly) But I'm gonna live? BEVERLY (very dry) No doubt about it. Picard, unamused, ADVANCES on Tam. PICARD Good. I want to know exactly what you did. I want to know how closely you are in communication with the alien, and what you've learned about it. Now. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 42. 81 CONTINUED: Tam steps off the biobed and faces Picard. TAM I... just warned it, that's all. I've been in contact with it... sensing impressions from it... (pause) It calls itself Gomtuu. It's old, Captain. It's roamed the universe for many thousands of years. PICARD Where did it come from? How many... TAM Far away, I think. Maybe beyond the galaxy. Once there were millions of them. PICARD Once? TAM It hasn't seen another of its kind for millennia. It's alone. It may be the last of its species. Picard is reflective, saddened by the thought. PICARD Perhaps we can help it in some way. Can you ask it to return with us to Federation space? Or at least to remove itself from the vicinity of Beta Stromgren, before the star explodes? TAM Captain, Gomtuu knows that the star will go nova soon. That's why it came here. It wants to die. BEVERLY Why? Tam begins very matter of fact, but becomes more and more distant as he relives what he read in Tin Man's mind. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 43. 81 CONTINUED: (2) TAM There was... an explosion, in space... radiation penetrated the outer layers. The crew... the crew died. Such loss... empty pain... Hollowness. Troi LUNGES forward and grips Tam by both arms. TROI Stop this! Tam -- Tam, you're losing yourself in this -- this merging. TAM I -- I know. (sits up. To Picard) Tin Man hurts... and wants to die. (a beat) I can't do any more from here. If you want me to really reach Tin Man, I've got to be in physical contact. I've got to go aboard. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 44. 81 CONTINUED: (3) PICARD No. Absolutely out of the question. TAM You don't trust me. 82 CLOSE ON PICARD PICARD No. I don't believe that I do. 83 BACK TO SHOT PICARD (continuing) Tam -- when you reached out to the alien, to warn it -- did you give any thought to this vessel? To the danger, however inadvertent, the creature might pose to our crew? Or did you simply react out of instinct? 84 ANGLE TO INCLUDE TROI TROI Captain -- TAM Deanna -- he's right... I don't know what might happen -- but if you don't let me go, we fail in our mission. 85 BACK TO SHOT as Tam WALKS uncertainly to door -- STOPS in the open doorway and TURNS BACK to Picard. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FOUR 45. 85 CONTINUED: TAM (continuing) Besides, at this point, you need all the help you can get -- even Tin Man's. Tam EXITS. 86 INT. MAIN ENGINEERING - ANGLE ON GEORDI as he reseals the hatch on a wall display, and hands a tool to an assisting Engineering technician. GEORDI Russell -- reactivate the sensor assemblies. 87 ANGLE TO INCLUDE POOL TABLE (OPTICAL) Geordi and Russell move to the pool table. Russell makes adjustments to a panel. Nothing happens. GEORDI Okay, let's do a program reload on the port array only. Russell makes more adjustments. GEORDI (continuing) Good. Computer, run level two diagnostic. COMPUTER VOICE Port sensor array remains offline. GEORDI Damn. Geordi starts pulling isolinear chips from an unseen access panel on the underside of the pool table. RIKER'S COM VOICE Riker to La Forge. How's it coming? Geordi doesn't even look up from his work. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FOUR 45A. 87 CONTINUED: GEORDI Not great... I think all the control processors are shot. Maybe if I swap the chips from the secondary array, I can give you a minimum EM scan. RIKER'S COM VOICE Do it. Geordi motions to one of his assistants, who starts pulling chips from another unseen access panel, and hands them to Geordi, who picks three of them and inserts them carefully into the first unseen access panel. GEORDI Russell -- try restarting sensor element thirty-two only. As the display comes alive to show a schematic of the Stromgren system. A MOVING BLIP representing an approaching ship appears near the outer edges of the system. 88 REVERSE ANGLE ON GEORDI GEORDI Well, the good news is that we have partial long range sensors. (he taps his communicator) La Forge to bridge. RIKER'S COM VOICE Riker here. 89 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE Riker at Command, other stations manned by Supernumeraries. Worf is assisting several engineering technicians, who have the circuitry access panels open and are replacing circuit boards. GEORDI'S COM VOICE I'm picking up another echo on the long-range sensor display here. You getting that on your panel? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 46. 89 CONTINUED: RIKER Worf? WORF One moment, Commander. One technician closes an access panel and nods to Worf, who goes to his Tactical Console and reactivates it, satisfied at last that it is now working properly. WORF Confirmed. Sir, the other Romulan ship... on an intercept course. 90 ANGLE ON RIKER RIKER (very discouraged) Geordi, are we gonna have shields anytime soon? GEORDI'S COM VOICE I'm doing the best I can... But shields won't help if that star explodes. 91 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - WIDE ANGLE FAVORING PICARD who is standing. Troi and Data are present. PICARD Data, you and Tam Elbrun seem to have developed an affinity. Troi, you've known him for years. How far can he be trusted? TROI Captain, the issue isn't one of trust in Tam's intentions, but in his judgment. I would trust him to do what he believes is right -- PICARD Yes, of course. But his judgment... STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 47. 91 CONTINUED: TROI ... Is precarious. The stress of exposure to so many minds on the ship has been bad enough. Now he's strongly drawn to this creature. I'm afraid for him. PICARD Afraid of what? TROI I sense that the alien is somehow calling him. If we allow him to do as he insists -- to beam over -- I'm afraid that we'll lose him to it. (pause) That he will lose himself. DATA Captain, I agree that Tam's motives are trustworthy. I do not believe it is possible that he might act against us, or cause Tin Man to act against us out of malice. 92 OMITTED 93 ANGLE ON TROI TROI If Tam breaks down over there, we'll be no closer to accomplishing our mission, Captain. It would be a grave mistake. 94 BACK TO SHOT PICARD Thank you both. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FOUR 48A. 97 CONTINUED: WORF Captain, the Romulan has uncloaked. Picard and Data ENTER from the Ready Room and head for their seats. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 48. 94 CONTINUED: Troi EXITS. Data stands waiting, as if to add something. PICARD Data? DATA I am puzzled, sir. We have come this far. But you may not allow Tam to fulfill his mission. 95 ANGLE ON PICARD PICARD Data -- Elbrun warned Tin Man, and the first thing it did was to destroy a space vessel. DATA I think I understand, sir. (pause) If you feel that the risk is too great to send Tam Elbrun, alone, then send me with him. PICARD Counselor Troi understands him better. DATA (acknowledging) But I distress him less. (a beat) It is humanity he is fleeing. I can serve as an intermediary... a bridge back, and a reminder of his obligations... both to us and to Tin Man. 96 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) as a Romulan warbird MATERIALIZES in foreground. 97 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE Riker, Worf. Supernumeraries at all other stations. As they react to the warbird. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FOUR 49. 97 CONTINUED: PICARD Status Number One? RIKER Shields at forty percent, Captain. We can maneuver on impulse. WORF Phasers available on manual, sir. computer target lock not functioning. PICARD Well, let's hope they're in a mood to talk. Open hailing frequencies. 98 CROSSCUTTING FROM BRIDGE TO MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) where a Romulan warbird hovers close. PICARD Romulan vessel -- this is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise. On viewer, the warbird is replaced by TIGHT ANGLE: The Romulan commander in his Ready Room. ROMULAN COMMANDER Enterprise -- your presence here is a violation of Romulan space. You will leave immediately. PICARD We are not familiar with the terms of your claim on this sector, Commander. We are here engaged in scientific research. Do you wish to participate -- ROMULAN COMMANDER We have monitored the destruction of our sister ship by the star creature. We claim right of vengeance. We will destroy the alien. (pause) If you interfere, we will destroy you as well. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/4/90 - ACT FOUR 50. 99 REACTION SHOT OF PICARD considering his limited options as we: FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE 51. ACT FIVE FADE IN: 100 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE AND THE ROMULAN SHIP (OPTICAL) facing one another down. PICARD (V. O.) Captain's log, Supplemental. Light-years beyond the edges of explored space, and virtually disabled, our survival may now depend upon Tam Elbrun's telepathic rapport with an alien intelligence. 101 OMITTED 102 INT. MAIN BRIDGE Picard, Riker, Troi, Worf, and Wesley at their stations. Supernumerary at Ops. Picard is grim. PICARD Picard to Tam Elbrun. A beat before Tam comes on com-link. TAM'S COM VOICE Captain? PICARD Report to Transporter Room Six immediately. Troi RISES. TROI Captain, I don't -- Picard signals silence. PICARD (to Tam) Commander Data will meet you there. Picard nods to Data, who acknowledges, rises from his station and EXITS. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/5/90 - ACT FIVE 52. 102 CONTINUED: Picard approaches Troi. PICARD Counselor, we no longer have a choice. Troi nods reluctant agreement, but turns away distressed. 103 thru OMITTED 105 106 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL) orbiting Beta Stromgren. Enterprise and the Romulan in distance. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/12/90 - ACT FIVE 53. 107 INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - WIDE ANGLE (OPTICAL) as Data and Tam MATERIALIZE. The corridor is ROUNDED, organic-looking, with dim ENERGY-VEINS resembling Tin Man's exterior. The interior is very dark, shadows broken only by the lights behind the glistening walls. 107A ANGLE ON TAM His eyes are closed. He shakes with tension, struggling against fear and the strange closeness of the alien which surrounds him. He spins away from Data, his hands clutching at his head. TAM No... Too much. Too much. Data moves to Tam. DATA (concerned) Tam? TAM I can't. Data reacts, keying his insignia. DATA Data to Enterprise. Come in Enterprise. Tam, struggling against his pain, turns back to Data. TAM (to Data) No... No, don't. DATA If it is harming you, we must return. Again Data keys his insignia. DATA (continuing) Enterprise, respond. A beat. There is no response. But we see that Tam is slowly beginning to assimilate the flood of information from Tin Man. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE 53A. 107A CONTINUED: DATA (continuing) I cannot contact the ship. Tam relaxes, smiles peacefully. In this moment, two fantastically different life forms have made contact. Information has been exchanged and a bond is forming. TAM It's alright... Gomtuu tried to communicate a lifetime of experiences to me in a few seconds. (a beat) It's alright now. 108 OMITTED 109 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM - ANGLE ON O'BRIEN who looks at his console, disturbed. He adjusts a readout. Unsatisfied, he activates his communicator. O'BRIEN O'Brien to bridge. 110 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE ON PICARD PICARD Go ahead, Chief. O'BRIEN'S COM VOICE I lost the transporter lock on them. Some kind of force field went up. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/9/90 - ACT FIVE 54. 111 WIDE ANGLE WORF Confirmed. The alien has thrown up a shield -- it's blocking all our sensors. Picard is greatly concerned by this. 112 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) as the Romulan ship moves away from the Enterprise. Beyond it in the distance the red star, and Tin Man, are visible. WORF The Romulans' weapons systems are now at full power. 113 OMITTED 114 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE Picard, Riker, Worf. Troi and Wesley at their stations. Supernumerary at Ops. PICARD Red Alert... Mister Worf... arm photon torpedos. 115 INT. TIN MAN CORRIDOR - ANGLE ON TAM Data watches as Tam is now totally focussed on his communication with Tin Man. He approaches a glowing light panel on the corridor wall. He places his palm on the panel and it GLOWS BRIGHTER. Tam LAUGHS softly as if Tin Man just told him something wonderful. TAM Yes... As Tam removes his hand, the panel FADES to its original intensity. Data, puzzled, approaches the panel, touches it. There is no response. Data scans the corridor. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 54A. 116 ANGLE TO INCLUDE DATA DATA There is a large chamber twenty meters ahead. TAM Yeah, I know. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 55. 117 WIDE ANGLE Tam smiles. TAM I know everything, now. Come on. 118 REVERSE ANGLE (OPTICAL) As Data and Tam round a curve in the corridor, but they are brought up short by the ribbed and membraned wall. Tam stands for a moment. His eyes are blank, the stare wide-eyed. Suddenly the wall OPENS to admit the Betazoid and the android. Data looks in wonder at Tam who smiles. 119 OMITTED 120 INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL) A small room narrowing at one end -- again, organic in appearance. The narrow end of the chamber the walls pulse and writhe. Darkness, shadows, and lights which brighten and ebb behind the flesh-like walls. DATA Intriguing. TAM This is the control center where Gomtuu's crew guided their journeys. The ship and the crew existed symbiotically. Tam continues to explore the softly pulsing room. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/8/90 - ACT FIVE 56. 120 CONTINUED: Tam moves down the room to the pulsing walls, and softly strokes it. The pulsing forms respond by straining toward him. Data experimentally touches the ship's wall. It does not respond. A small frown from Data. Obviously the ship has no interest in him. TAM (cont'd) They needed one another. When Gomtuu had no one left to care for, it no longer had a reason to exist. DATA (recalling their earlier talk) And is that the purpose of existence? To care for someone? TAM It is for me. (pause) Deanna was right. I'll lose myself here. AGAIN, Tam REACHES out, and strokes the ship. Suddenly Tin Man extrudes a portion of itself. It is clearly a chair being formed from the floor, and it is also clearly a signal to Tam. He rests a hand lightly on the back of the chair. TAM (lightly) An invitation. Data is troubled. DATA I must remind you that our objective is to bring Tin Man out of danger and report our findings to Starfleet. Tam settles into the pilot's chair. TAM I'm not going back, Data. I'm staying here. Off Data's puzzled expression. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE 57. 121 thru OMITTED 122 123 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - ANGLE FAVORING MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) as the Romulan commander reappears on the viewer. Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley at their stations. Supernumeraries at Conn and Ops. ROMULAN COMMANDER Captain Picard, if you interfere with us, we will fire upon you as well -- 124 CROSS-CUTTING BETWEEN PICARD AND VIEWER AS NECESSARY (OPTICAL) PICARD Commander -- we are prepared to defend the life of the alien. (to Worf) Shields up. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 58. 124 CONTINUED: WORF (urgently) Power levels aboard the alien are increasing, sir. WESLEY (stepping on Worf's line in his urgency) Captain, the diameter of the star has decreased by one hundred thousand kilometers. PICARD (to Riker) It's beginning. 125 EXT. SPACE - TIN MAN (OPTICAL) Enterprise and Romulans in background -- as Tin Man's lights and engines BLAZE ON FULL. 126 INT. TIN MAN PILOT'S CHAMBER - (OPTICAL) Tam settles into the chair, and the ship with an EFFECT similar to that which opened the doorway to the pilot's chamber, creates a viewport with a view of the stars for the Betazoid. TAM (turning to look at Data) Explain to them... make them understand. DATA (forcefully) But our mission... TAM ... is to save Tin Man and I will... but he's going to save me as well. All my life I've waited for this. A chance to find peace. Finally all the the voices are silent. Only Tin Man speaks to me now. (a beat) Don't you see, Data? This is where I belong. Off Data's expression. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/6/90 - ACT FIVE 58A. 127 thru OMITTED 131 132 INT. MAIN BRIDGE Riker checking his com panel. RIKER The star is gonna go any minute, sir. PICARD The Romulans know that as well as we do. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 59. 132 CONTINUED: WORF Power levels aboard Tin Man increasing beyond our sensor range. 133 OMITTED 134 EXT. SPACE (OPTICAL) Tin Man glowing brightly, as another energy pulse halos the ship, and rushes toward the Enterprise and the Romulan ship. It strikes, and both ships TUMBLE out of frame. 135 OMITTED 136 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) Tumbling wildly. 137 INT. MAIN BRIDGE Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi and Wesley. SHAKES, the SOUND of warp engines WHINING under the stress. 138 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) coming finally to a stop in starlit, empty space. Alone. 139 INT. MAIN BRIDGE - WIDE ANGLE as things return to normal and RED ALERT ENDS. PICARD Conn -- report. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 60. 139 CONTINUED: WESLEY Dead stop, Captain. Sir-- (pause as he double-checks readings) We've been thrown clear of Beta Stromgren. Distance -- three point eight billion kilometers. WORF There is no sign of Tin Man or the Romulans, sir. (checks his panel) Captain -- on screen! 140 ANGLE ON MAIN VIEWER (OPTICAL) the EXPLOSION and flowering of Beta Stromgren as it goes SUPERNOVA. 141 ANGLE ON PICARD (OPTICAL) standing midway between his seat and Conn, STUNNED. PICARD Data. Behind Picard, Data MATERIALIZES. NOT the transporter effect -- Tin Man has returned him. DATA Sir? Picard, startled, does a take on Data. The android is unperturbed. PICARD Data -- what happened, over there? DATA Difficult to explain, Captain. 142 CLOSE ON TROI Looking at Data. TROI Tam? STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 61. 142 CONTINUED: DATA I believe he has found what he was looking for, Counselor. As Troi reacts -- 143 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) through space at impulse. PICARD (V.O.) Captain's log, supplemental. With all main systems at least temporarily restored, we are proceeding to Starbase one fifty-two for inspection and additional repairs. 144 OMITTED 145 INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE Data standing by the windows gazing out at the stars. His expression is thoughtful. Troi ENTERS. PICARD (V.O.) (continuing) We have had no further encounter with the Romulans. As for the whereabouts of Tin Man, and Tam Elbrun -- we can only speculate. TROI You sent for me? DATA (turning to face her) Tam's final request was for me to explain his decision to the crew. But I believe his hope was that you would understand. Troi nods. A beat. STAR TREK: "Tin Man" - REV. 2/7/90 - ACT FIVE 62. 145 CONTINUED: TROI What did happen, Data? DATA I witnessed something remarkable. (considers a moment) Individually they were both so... TROI Wounded? Incomplete? DATA Yes. But no longer. Through their joining they have been healed. Grief was transmuted to joy. Loneliness to belonging. Troi is hearing an echo of something new in Data's voice. TROI Data, you do understand... DATA Yes, Counselor, when Tin Man returned me to the Enterprise I realized that this was where I belong. A long look. Troi steps to his side, and lightly lays a hand on his shoulder. They gaze out at the passing stars. 146 OMITTED 147 EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL) snapping off into warp. FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END