Jonathan Farwell credited as playing...
Capt. Walker Keel
- Computer Voice: [Picard has received a Code 47 over subspace from Starfleet for his eyes only] This is an emergency communique. It is not to be discussed with fellow officers unless deemed absolutely necessary. There will be no computer record of said transmission.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Understood.
- Computer Voice: Proceed with voice print identification.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Picard, Jean-Luc. Captain, USS Enterprise.
- Computer Voice: Voice print verified.
- [a middle-aged Starfleet Captain appears on the monitor]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Walker!
- Captain Walker Keel: Hello Jean-Luc. It's been a long time.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Too long, old friend. Why are you contacting me on this frequency?
- Captain Walker Keel: It was a difficult decision. I felt it was worth the risk.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Risk?
- Captain Walker Keel: It's about Starfleet, about something we've always considered to be impossible.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I don't understand.
- Captain Walker Keel: I can't explain it now. We need to talk face to face.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You're using a Code 47. I have to know what all this is about.
- Captain Walker Keel: Not over subspace. No.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Oh, for God's sake, Walker. This is a secured channel.
- Captain Walker Keel: [more forceful] No! I want you to meet me on Dytallix B.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: When?
- Captain Walker Keel: Immediately.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No, not possible. We're expected at Pacifica.
- Captain Walker Keel: That can wait. You owe me, and you owe it to yourself to hear what I have to say. Something is beginning. Don't trust anyone. Remember that, Jean-Luc. Don't take anything for granted.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Walker?
- Captain Walker Keel: Dytallix B. We'll be waiting.
- [the monitor goes blank and Picard is both confused and concerned]