03x10 - Similitude

[bunniefuu]

(Archer)
the most difficult test
facing any captain, any crew,

Is the loss of a shipmate.

We have come here
to honor one of our own.

In the time we knew him,

He showed us just how much
one life can truly matter.

We will never forget
what he did for us

And for the ship
he loved so much.

We will go forward
with renewed determination

To complete this mission,

So that his sacrifice
won't just have been

For the people on this ship,

But for all
the citizens of earth.

♪ It's been a long road ♪

♪ Gettin' from there to here ♪

♪ It's been a long time ♪

♪ But my time
is finally near ♪

♪ And I will see my dream
come alive at last ♪

♪ I will touch the sky ♪

♪ And they're not gonna
hold me down no more ♪

♪ No, they're not gonna
change my mind ♪

♪ 'Cause I've got
faith of the heart ♪

♪ I'm going
where my heart will take me ♪

♪ I've got faith to believe ♪

♪ I can do anything ♪

♪ I've got
strength of the soul ♪

♪ No one's gonna bend
or break me ♪

♪ I can reach any star ♪

♪ I've got faith ♪

♪ I've got faith ♪

♪ Faith of the heart ♪

(Trip)
we just reroute
the system taps,

Compress the antimatter stream

Before it
reaches the injectors.

That will stabilize
the warp field?

Every simulation I run
comes back with
the same result.

We'll be able to
cruise at warp 5.0

With no field fluctuation.

I'm talking about
a ride so smooth,

You can build
a house of cards
on the warp reactor.

If we can maintain high warp
for extended periods,

We can cover
the expanse more quickly.

Which boosts our chances

Of finding the xindi
w*apon in time.

[Gasping]

To the left.

Oh, sorry.

You get me talking
about the engines,

And I forget where I am.

Don't know what it is
about fine-tuning
a piece of machinery.

Lie on your back.

You know,

You made this sound
a whole lot worse
than it is.

Advanced neuro-pressure

Can place great demands
on the body.

Well,
I have to say,

So far,
it's a piece of cake.

We haven't gotten to
the more challenging postures.

Well,

I'm always up
for a challenge.

Breathe.

Tucker to the bridge.
Sir.

Archer.

We're all set down here.

I'll need at least 4.9
to get the plasma

Hot enough to
compress the stream.

You heard the man,
travis, 4.9.

Aye, sir.

4.5,

4.6,

(Mayweather)
4.7,

4.8...

[Rumbling]

The warp field
is fluctuating.

4.9.

Initializing
stream compression.

[Rhythmic humming]

Damn.

That's a beautiful sound.

Field fluctuations
have dropped to zero.

I think we just got our second
wind.

[expl*sive rumbling]

[Alarm blaring]

Something is flooding
the intake manifolds.

Drop to impulse.

I've lost helm control.

Trip, status.

(Trip)
I've got a primary
injector flare.

I'm shutting down.

[Alarm beeping]

It's not responding, captain.

The flare is causing
a system-wide overload.

[expl*si*n]

Fires reported
on "b" and c-deck.

Emergency crews en route.

Helm control is still down.

Analysis.

(T'pol)
some kind of polaric field,

Approximately
11,000 kilometers
in diameter.

Composition, unknown.

I'll need more time to
complete a detailed scan.

Is that what stopped us?

It's a logical conclusion.

Keep scanning.

Numerous injuries
throughout the ship.

Mostly minor,
except for one.

Commander tucker.
He has been taken to sickbay.

Report.

When we entered the field,
nucleonic particles

Flooded the manifolds
causing the injector flare.

If commander tucker hadn't
shut down the reactor,

We could have
had a breach.

How much time
before we can get
the engines back online?

We're still
running diagnostics.

The damage
is significant.

It could take weeks.

Commander tucker
is going to have
his hands full.

You will be
supervising the repairs.

I've just come from sickbay.

Trip's in a coma.

He has extensive
neural damage.

Dr. Phlox says
we have to prepare

For the possibility
that trip won't survive.

How is he?

(Phlox)
his condition is unchanged.

I'd like to
show you something.

This is one of
the more interesting members

Of my little menagerie.

A lyssarrian
desert larvae.

Its epidermal layer
secretes a viral suppressant

That I use as a salve
for cuts and bruises.

How does this
relate to trip?

The larvae have another,

Somewhat, uh, more
controversial, property.

When implanted with d.n.a.
From another species

It exactly replicates
that species' lifecycle,

Albeit at
a rapidly accelerated rate.

It becomes a clone.

Essentially,
but one that is born,

Grows old, and dies
in approximately 15 days.

The lyssarrians call them
mimetic simbiots.

They are a closely
guarded secret.

Very few people know
of their existence.

And you want to
do this with trip?

Use his d.n.a.
To grow a simbiot?

To harvest its neural tissue
for a transplant.

There's no guarantee

That human d.n.a.
Will stimulate

The larvae's growth cycle,

But, uh, as it stands now,

It may be commander tucker's
only hope for survival.

To ensure
the tissue's compatibility,
I'll have to wait

Until the simbiot reaches

Commander tucker's
present physical age.

Then I can excise the tissue
from a noncritical region

Of the simbiot's cerebrum.

It would experience
no discernible side effects,

And should be able to
live out its normal lifespan.

Its 15-day lifespan.

I don't make this proposal
lightly, captain,

But I'm obligated
to provide you

With all available options.

[Sighing]

[Door beeps]

Come in.

(T'pol)
we sent out an ev team.

They retrieved a sample of
the substance accumulating
on the hull.

Multiple hits
with a plasma r*fle

Were required
to dislodge it.

It's composed of
highly charged particles.

Mostly ferric ions,

But there are
several elements

That we can't identify.

And it's highly magnetic.

So far, the danger to
the ship seems negligible.

But the longer
we remain in the field,

The more these
particles build up.

Do whatever you have to do.

But we need to get
those engines back online.

Understood.

Regarding
the lyssarrian procedure

Dr. Phlox proposed,

May I ask,
if you've reached a decision?

I approved it.

Are you aware that
the lyssarrian prime conclave

Has banned
the creation of simbiots?

We don't answer to
the lyssarrian prime conclave.

Simbiots are living,
conscious entities.

We'll be growing
a sentient being

For the sole purpose
of harvesting tissue.

I'm aware of
the ethical implications.

If we weren't in the expanse,

Maybe my decision
would be different,

But we have got to
complete this mission.

Earth needs enterprise.

Enterprise needs trip.

It's as simple as that.

(Archer)
captain's starlog,
supplemental.

The engines are still down

And the nucleonic particles

Continue to build up
on the hull.

It's been 2 days

Since dr. Phlox
initiated the procedure

To grow the simbiot.

It's rather sensitive
to light at this stage.

Uh, by tomorrow morning,
if all goes well,

We'll have a healthy baby boy
on our hands.

[Baby crying]

(Phlox)
a perfect genetic duplicate,

Right down to the birthmark
on his right side.

He certainly
sounds healthy.

And hungry. Excuse me.

There, there...

[Grunts]

Oh, it has been some time

Since I have handled
a newborn.

Oh...

[Baby whimpering]
ah.

But I see
I haven't lost my touch.

3 Days ago,

He was just another
one of your creatures,

Something
you kept on a shelf.

He has certainly come
a long way in a short time.

In a short time,
he will be a lot older.

Have you thought of
where he's going to live?

Why not right here?

I can't think of a more
stimulating environment

For a developing young mind.

And I'll be able
to keep a close watch

On his development.

Sounds like
you've found yourself
a new roommate.

Now all I need to do
is find him a name.

The crew's been
offering suggestions,

But nothing sounds right.

Steven, enrique,

Mmm, dennis. Dennis?

[Chuckles]
you see my dilemma?

I'm sure
you'll think of something.

(Phlox)
chief medical officer's log.
After much deliberation,

I have finally
thought of a name

For this newest addition
to our crew.

[Baby whimpering]

It's all right, sim.
It's all right.

Lucky for me, denobulans
require very little sleep.

I am at loss to understand
how human adults endure

The r.e.m. Cycle interruptions

That accompany
the teething stage.

Though I knew what to expect,

I can't help
but be astonished

By sim's rapid
physical development.

A side note:
I may have stumbled across

An effective fertilizer
for my orsic fern.

"Those who have never seen
a living martian

"Can scarcely imagine
the strange horror

Of its appa-appearance."

That is very good.

Can we just
skip to the part

Where the martian
machines att*ck?

We just
showed you this book.

How do you know
about the martian machines?

My mom read it to me.

Your mom?
Uh-huh.

I think it's chapter 10.

(Phlox)
it has become
quite evident that

Sim's remarkable
scholastic progress

Goes far beyond
an aptitude for learning.

(Phlox)
he's remembering things
that happened to trip,

When trip was this age.

So the older he grows,
the more of trip's life

He'll recall?

There are some species
that rely solely

On
genetic sequencing

To pass on their
cultural memories.

Evidently, humans have
a similar capacity.

This could be
an important discovery.

He certainly possesses
commander tucker's curiosity.

This morning, he took apart
my medical tricorder.

He's starting to
look like trip.

And he is beginning
to ask questions.

"Where did I come from?

"Where is
my mother and father?

Why am I here?"

It's only been 3 days,

And he's already
beginning to realize

How different he is.

He is going to have to
be told the truth, soon.

I gave the order
that created him.

I should be the one
to explain why.

(Archer)
there's nothing porthos likes
more than dinnertime.

[Panting]

Can he do
any tricks?

I haven't
taught him any.

Mostly
what he does is eat,

[Porthos whining]

Sleep, and, uh,
not fetch.

Just fill it up
halfway.

Ok.

(Sim)
I used to have a dog.

His name was bedford.

He was so big,

I could ride him
like a horse.

(Archer)
is that right?

That's zefram cochrane.

He invented warp drive.

That's right, he did.

Dr. Phlox says
your dad helped design
the warp 5 engine.

That's a picture
of him right there.

And this is me

On my first day
of flight school.

Did you always want to be
a starship captain?

As long as I can remember.

Why?

It's what I was meant to do.

Bet it's a fun job.

It has its moments.

Let me show you something.

Keep the nose up.
That's right.

It pulls
a little to the left.

Trim the port aileron.

That feels better.

My dad says
I should be an engineer.

My mom thinks
I should study architecture.

But I want to do what you do,
be a starship captain.

You know what's weird?

What?

My parents call me trip,

But everyone here
calls me sim.

Where is my mom and dad?

Are they back on earth?

That's a little
difficult to answer.

[Barks]

[Sighs]

It's broken.

Nothing a little glue
won't remedy.

I crashed it
plenty of times myself.

I miss my parents.

Come with me.

Dr. Phlox says I'm not
allowed to go in there.

It's ok.

He's trip.

That's right.

My parents...

They're
not really mine.

They're his.

Yes.

So,

That time
I put a garden snake

In lizzie's dollhouse,

That wasn't me.

No.

So I'm just some
kind of copy of him.

You're more than that, sim.

You have trip's memories,

But you also have
your own memories,

The ones you're making here,
on enterprise.

How long have I lived here?

You were born
only 4 days ago.

I feel older.

It's hard to understand,
I know.

There's part of you,
something inside you

That trip needs.

Dr. Phlox is going to
have to perform an operation.

Will it hurt?
(Phlox)
not at all.

You won't feel a thing.

Doctors always say that.

When phlox says it,
it's the truth.

Can we go fix the model now?

Sure.

(Archer)
captain's starlog,
supplemental.

Enterprise has
been incapacitated

For 7 days.
And during that time,

Sim has practically become
a member of the crew.

I've assigned him
to engineering,

Where he has been
assisting t'pol

In the ongoing effort
to repair the engines.

Wave guides for
the primary port bypass.

Think I made
some progress.

This looks promising.

They're showing
a night at the opera tonight.

Marx brothers.

I was wondering
if you're planning to go.

I'll be reviewing
the field coil equations.

They need to be
finished in time

For tomorrow's
reactor test.

Oh.

Well, what about dinner?
You want to grab a bite?

I appreciate the offer,
but I'm afraid

I have to work
late into the evening.

Ensign massaro is
running a diagnostic

On the plasma assembly.

I'd like you to assist her.

Yes, ma'am.

It's because I'm different,
isn't it?

The reason you don't
want to do anything with me.

I guess it must be weird,
being with someone like me.

5 Days ago,
I was wearing diapers.

I simply believe that

Our attention
should be focused

On the ship's engines.

At least until the current
situation is resolved.

I probably won't be around

After the current situation
is resolved.

[Archer on intercom]
archer to t'pol.

Go ahead.

Would you please come
to my ready room?

On my way.

(T'pol)
warp drive should be
functional in 2 weeks.

I'm afraid that
won't be soon enough.

Sir, i...
According to malcolm

The accumulation on the hull

Is generating
a diamagnetic field.

It's having
a dampening effect.

The more
the particulate builds up,

The more powerful
the field becomes.

In another 4 days,
every system on the ship

Will be off-line.

If we don't make it
out of here by then,

We never will.

Key lime pie.

I suddenly realized
it was my favorite dessert.

Now I know why.

Do these memories
just come to you?

Well, the older I get,
the more I remember.

It's like I've lived
this whole other life.

Can't explain it.

I can't imagine it.

You wanted to
ask me about something.

Mmm, yeah, I did.

Do you think it's possible
to redirect the phase-cannons

So they can fire
back onto the hull?

I suppose so. Why?

Well, I want to try
and blast off

Enough of that particulate,

So we can open up
the launch bay doors.

Is someone planning
on going somewhere?

All we need to do is build up
enough momentum

To get the ship
out of here, right?

Right.

Well, we've got
2 perfectly good engines

Sitting in the launch bay.

If we string
a couple of grappler lines

Between the shuttlepods
and the ship,

We can tow ourselves clear.

The shuttlepods don't generate
that kind of thrust.

We'd never build up
enough momentum

To get clear
of the field in time.

Leave that to me.

[Door beeps]

Can I come in?

Did you have a chance to
look at my calculations?

I reviewed them
thoroughly.

And?

A fusion overburn
has never been attempted

With a shuttlepod engine.

That doesn't mean
it won't work.

I agree.

Despite the risks, I believe
it's our best option.

So you're going to recommend
the plan to the captain?

I already have.

Was there something else?

You and trip used to spend
a lot of time here together.

I was instructing him
in the practice

Of vulcan neuro-pressure.

I remember.

We were
lying right there,

Working the neural nodes
on each other's feet,

Talking about
the warp engines.

How I was hoping
to modify them.

How commander tucker
was hoping to modify them.

Right.

Commander tucker.

You know, he was really
starting to enjoy

Those
sessions with you.

They were helping him sleep.

I'm not sure
that's the only reason.

What do you mean?

Was there ever anything
between you and trip?

If you're referring to
a romantic relationship, no.

The reason I ask is...

Well...

You're all I think about,
if you know what I mean.

And I'm not talking
about an adolescent crush.

That was, well,
that was 2 days ago.

This is much more serious,
the way I feel about you.

Anyway...

What's driving me crazy

Is I don't know
if these feelings are mine

Or his.

I can't answer that.

I didn't mean to make you
feel uncomfortable.

I'm not uncomfortable.

I just thought
I should tell you this,

While I still
had the chance.

[Door beeps]

Come in.

I want to pilot
one of the shuttlepods.

That's out
of the question.

It's my plan.
I think I should have a say

In how it's implemented.

This is
a dangerous procedure.

You've never flown
a shuttlepod before.

Yes, I have.

Trip has thousands of hours
of flying time,

And I have his memories.

I can't jeopardize this ship

On the strength
of those memories.

Mayweather and reed
will pilot the shuttlepods.

I want you to coordinate
from the bridge.

T'pol will assist you.

You're worried something
will happen to me, aren't you?

You want to make
sure I'm around

Because you need
part of my brain.

Yeah. That's part of it.

So your concern for my safety
is really about saving trip.

My main concern
is that this plan work.

If we don't make it
out of here
in the next 6 hours,

It won't matter
whether trip survives or not.

We'll all be dead.

(Sim)
I've realigned
the targeting scanners.

They're set
for close proximity.

Phase-cannons
are charged and ready.

Try the doors.

[Buzzing]

They're still frozen.

Archer to
shuttlepods 1 and 2.

(Archer)
you are clear to launch.

Acknowledged.

Shuttlepod 2, acknowledged.

Whenever you're ready.

Set the overburn ratio.

We'll start at 0.175.

Acknowledged.

0.175.

Prepare to initiate
on my mark.

Now.

1,000 Kilodynes.

Thrust vector holding steady.

Come on.

2,000 Kilodynes.

Engine temperature's rising.

I'm reading zero
forward momentum.

(Reed)
2,500 kilodynes.

Engine temperature
is nearing critical.

We're still not moving.

Come on.

Increase the overburn ratio
another 30%.

Captain?

Go ahead.

Increasing 30%.

[Beeping]

I've got
a temperature warning light.

[Beeping]

I'm reading 500 degrees
above critical.

Their systems
are overloading.

Sim...

A few more seconds.

They won't last
a few seconds.

Sorry, sim.

Archer to the shuttlepods.

[Rumbling]

We're moving.

0.62 kilometers
per hour.

12 Kilometers per hour
and accelerating.

How much do we need?

At this speed, we'll
emerge from the field

In 6.1 hours.

That's good enough.

Archer to
shuttlepods 1 and 2.

Come on home.

Well done.

Thanks, captain.

You wanted to see me?

There's been a development.

I'm listening.

Sim won't survive
the transplant.

You told me you can
remove the tissue

Without harming him.

That assessment was based
on simbiots grown

From lyssarrian d.n.a.

My tests on sim show
that human-based simbiots

Are not as resilient.

If I excise the quantity
of neural tissue I need

To save commander tucker,

Sim will die.

I'm sorry, captain.

Why not give up my life?

I've only got

Five, six days left anyway.

That isn't
how we see it.

Let me ask you something,
doc.

When you researched
lyssarrian larvae,

Did you come across
any references

To the velandran circle?

They were a group of
lyssarrian scientists

Who conducted

Illegal experiments
on simbiots.

They claimed to have
developed an enzyme

That stopped
the rapid aging process.

Is there
any truth to it?

Why do you think
he kept it a secret?

Doctor?

The enzyme is experimental

With very little
empirical evidence

To suggest that it works.

That's why
I didn't mention it.

There's not much evidence,
but it exists.

The fact is,

I may not have to
grow old and die in a week.

There's a chance

That I can live out
a normal lifespan.

I can't change
what happened to him

But maybe I can change
what's going to happen to me.

[Door beeps]

Come in.

How long have you
been staying here?

I was on my way
to my room last night,

But I came here instead.

These are
trip's quarters.

Which is where I belong.

I have his memories,

I have his feelings,
I have his body.

How am I not trip?

Commander tucker is
lying in sickbay.

Then what am i?

Just something
you grew in a lab?

Does that make it easier

For you to condemn me
to death?

If you refuse to
go through with this,

You'll be condemning
trip to death.

I didn't put him
in a coma.

No.

But you can save him.

In a way, I will,
by saving myself.

Phlox says
there's almost no chance

That the enzyme will work.

My life is at stake!

Any chance is worth taking!

But at what cost?

It'll take a day to
synthesize the enzyme.

By that time,
your neural tissue

Won't be compatible
with trip's anymore.

He'll die.

I know.

I can't let that happen.

So what are you going to do,
drag me down to sickbay,

Force me onto
a bio-bed at gunpoint?

If you truly have
all of trip's memories,

You know
the answer to that.

I don't have to tell you
what's at stake.

I must complete
this mission,

And to do that,
I need trip.

Trip.

I'll take whatever steps
necessary to save him.

Even if it means k*lling me.

Even if it means
k*lling you.

You're not a m*rder*r.

Don't make me one.

I was wondering

If there's anything
I could still do.

Maybe there's
a panel I could install,

Or something.

I've got a few hours to k*ll
before my operation.

You wish to spend
your last hours

In engineering?

Why not? The 2 things
I care about most

Are in this room.

If you'd like,

The a-3 injector port
needs replacing.

I'll get right on it.

[Beeping]

What's the problem?

Someone's rerouted
the launch bay controls.

We're shut out.

Archer to the launch bay.
Come in.

[Beeping]

Captain, I'm reading
one person in there.

I was all ready to do it.

What stopped you?

Where the hell
was I going to go?

We're nowhere near
any habitable planet.

Didn't really want to
spend the rest of my life

Floating around
in a shuttlepod

Which doesn't even
have any toilet facilities.

Can you imagine a lousier way
to spend your old age?

Cooped up in that thing?

Peeing in a bottle?

Actually,
I can imagine a worse fate.

(Archer)
what would that be?

Being stuck in there
with malcolm.

[Laughs]

[Sighs]
damn.

This is
a screwed up situation.

I can't argue
with you there.

A lifetime in 8 days.

It's not that
I'm scared of dying.

It's just that

I can't imagine
not being here tomorrow.

You want to know
what really stopped me?

What?

My sister.

And she was my sister
as much as trip's.

I believe that.

I don't want
what happened to her

To happen to anyone else.

That's why I gave the order
to create you.

Do me a favor
when this is over.

If commander tucker decides
to do any more modifications

To the engines,

Tell him to watch his ass.

[Intercom beeps]

Yes?

(Phlox)
we're ready for you.

On my way.

May I come in?

I just wanted to say

How much your absence
will affect the crew,

How much it will affect me.

I appreciate that.

All in all, I guess
I've had a pretty good life.

I couldn't have asked for
a better going away present.

I'm sorry I doubted you, doc.

No need to apologize.

Yes, there is.

You see, I don't just
remember trip's childhood.

I remember mine.

You made
a damned good father.

You were
a damned good son.

You said to me once

That commanding a starship
was what you were meant to do.

I guess this is
what I was meant to do.

Good luck, captain.

Thanks.

You owe me one.

(Archer)
we will never forget
what he did for us

And for the ship
he loved so much.

We will go forward
with renewed determination

To complete this mission,

So that his sacrifice
won't just have been

For the people
on this ship

But for all the citizens
of earth.