In the ready room, a visibly angry Riker explains to Picard and Counselor Troi that he could have saved Kwan's life if he had just a few more seconds, but Worf tells him he did everything he could and it was not his fault. Nearly desperate to buy the time, Riker tries to distract Kwan by getting him to explain his problem, but he calmly replies by saying, " I know what I have to do." Kwan then jumps into the plasma stream and kills himself, shocking Worf and Nara, with Riker slamming his hand against the bulkhead, visibly upset. Worf gets control back, but there is still active plasma in the tube and it will take time to dissipate. Riker assures him that they'll talk about it but Kwan warns him to stay away. Kwan oddly remarks about people laughing at him, and that he does not want to do what he is about to. Worf goes to try to circumvent the override Kwan placed on the injectors while Riker slowly moves towards him and tries to talk him down from the catwalk. She warns both officers that if they approach Kwan, she fears he'll jump through the force field and into the stream. Lieutenant Nara is at her station, unable to shut down the plasma flow. When both Riker and Worf arrive, they find Lieutenant Daniel Kwan on the catwalk staring at the plasma stream. The venting system engages as the Enterprise begins to vent plasma from the nacelle.Ĭommander Riker and Lieutenant Worf race to the control room of the nacelle tube via a ladder in the Jefferies tube while Picard takes precautionary measures and orders the exterior hull plate released so they may jettison the warp core. Commander La Forge for a report, which the chief engineer replies that someone has locked out the plasma injector controls and they cannot be shut down. Captain Picard orders more power to the field coils, and asks Lt. Commander Data reports that they're losing containment in the starboard nacelle tube. The red alert klaxon wails on the bridge of the Enterprise as Lt.
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