Q Would Never Bother with Contracts.

 

RIKER: 

Could she be another refugee 

from The Q continuum?

CRUSHER: 

For that matter, 

could she be Q?

PICARD: 

Q would never bother with contracts.

TROI: 

Or economic forecasts.

PICARD: 

I noticed that too, Counsellor. 

I had the distinct impression of in 

the presence 

of a flim-flam artist.

WORF: 

But Her Powers?

PICARD: 

Her Powers are, at best, unclear. 

Think about it, Mister Worf. 

Transporter technology can make 

things appear and disappear. 

The illusion that she can transform herself 

into a Klingon creature could be created 

by holographic projection.

CLARK: 

And creating a minor tremor could be the result 

of a low frequency tractor beam 

projected against the tectonic plates.

PICARD: 

We are capable of recreating all of these events. 

It's just that she dresses them up 

and she delivers them with 

more dramatic flair.

CRUSHER: 

Like a magician.

PICARD: 

Exactly.

TROI: 

She has an incredibly focused mind. 

It was virtually impossible to sense any deception. 

Or anything else, for that matter.

LAFORGE: 

The best magicians will never let you 

see what's up their sleeve, Counsellor.

RIKER: 

She must be tapping into some sort of power source 

to produce these effects. 

She's not hiding that up her sleeve.

PICARD: 

Number One, I want you and Mister Worf to run 

high resolution scans of this star system. 

Look for a ship, a base of operations, 

anything large enough to generate that power. 

Mister La Forge, accompany Doctor Clark 

back to the science station. 

See if you can trace the origin of these tremors.