










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                        "The Drumhead" 
                          #40274-195 
                              
                          Written by 
                          Jeri Taylor 
                              
                          Directed by 
                        Jonathan Frakes 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 7, 1991

           STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/7/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 

                             CAST                               
                              
                PICARD             ADMIRAL NORAH SATIE
                RIKER              SABIN GENESTRA
                DATA               NELLEN TORE
                BEVERLY            LT. J'DDAN
                TROI               SIMON TARSES
                GEORDI             
                WORF               
                                   Non-Speaking
                                     STARFLEET SECURITY TEAM

           STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/7/91 - SETS
                
                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 
                           
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE       SMALLER SHIP
              MAIN ENGINEERING
              SICKBAY
              TRANSPORTER ROOM
              TURBOLIFT
              CORRIDOR
              INTERROGATION ROOM
              PICARD'S QUARTERS
              J'DAN'S QUARTERS
              ADMIRAL'S GUEST QUARTERS

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - 2/12/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                        "The Drumhead" 
                         
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                AMINO              uh-MEEN-oh
                CRUCES             CREW-ses
                DEOXYRIBOSE        dee-ox-ih-RYE-bose
                J'DAN              j'DAN
                SABIN              SAY-bin
                SATIE              sah-TEE

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                        "The Drumhead"                             
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 44769.2.
			For some weeks we have had a
			Klingon exo-biologist on board
			as part of a scientific exchange
			program. Unfortunately, we
			suspect that he may have been
			involved not only in a security
			breach but in the possible
			sabotage of our warp drive.

2    OMITTED

3    INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	as seen in "The Defector." RIKER and TROI are
	questioning; WORF stands by the door. In the hot seat
	is a young Klingon civilian, J'DAN. He is wearing a
	Starfleet communicator.

					RIKER
			What were you doing accessing
			the propulsion system files on
			Stardate 44758?

					J'DAN
			I didn't...

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      2.

3    CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			But you did... from computer
			Twelve-B-Nine on Deck Thirty-six.

	A short beat as J'Dan looks surprised.

					RIKER
			The computer logged in your
			identification from your
			communicator.

					J'DAN
			It must be a mistake.

					TROI
			J'Dan... we have confirmed
			reports that schematic drawings
			of our dilithium chamber fell
			into Romulan hands... one week
			later.

					J'DAN
			I know nothing about it.

					RIKER
			And you don't know anything about
			the explosion that disabled the
			warp drive at almost the same
			time?

					J'DAN
			No. I was not involved. You
			accuse me because I am Klingon.

	Troi shakes her head...

					TROI
			Our Chief Security Officer is
			Klingon, J'Dan -- that has
			nothing to do with it.

					J'DAN
			Send me home, then, if you are
			so distrusting.

					RIKER
			We've discussed that with the
			Klingon High Council. You'll be
			sent back... as soon as we've
			finished our investigation.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - TEASER     2A.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					J'DAN
			I have nothing more to say.

					RIKER
			Very well. Mister Worf... please
			accompany the Lieutenant to his
			quarters.

	Worf comes forward and J'Dan rises. They EXIT. Riker
	turns to Troi.

					RIKER
			What do you think?

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - TEASER      3.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

					TROI
			It's hard to tell. He is very
			closed... but...

	Troi is silent for a moment, tapping into her feelings.

					TROI
			He is hiding something.

4    INT. TURBOLIFT

	Worf and J'Dan ride in silence for a bit. J'Dan
	keeps sneaking looks at Worf, who stares straight
	ahead.

					J'DAN
			On the Klingon Home World... your
			name is not mentioned... it is
			as though you never existed.

	Worf shifts a little, impatiently, but makes no reply.

					J'DAN
			A terrible burden for a warrior
			to bear... to become nothing...
			without honor... without the
			chance for glory...

	The turbolift stops and the doors open. Worf exits
	and turns to glare at J'Dan until he follows.

5    INT. CORRIDOR

	The two proceed down a corridor.

					J'DAN
			I have friends... powerful
			friends... on the Home World.

	No answer.

					J'DAN
			I could talk to them... they might
			help to restore your name...

	Silence.

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - TEASER      4.

5    CONTINUED:

					J'DAN
			If you could just take me to a
			shuttlecraft...

	They have reached J'Dan's quarters. The doors open,
	Worf gestures to J'Dan to precede him. There is a
	hesitation, then they ENTER.

6    INT. J'DAN'S QUARTERS

					J'DAN
			It could be done without any one
			knowing --

	But suddenly, Worf has pulled some swift Klingon
	martial arts move and J'Dan is thrown back against
	the wall, with Worf pinning him solidly, nose-to-nose.

					WORF
			I do not know how you managed to
			transfer secret information to the
			Romulans... but I will find out.

					J'DAN
			Pahtak -- !

					WORF
			And when we inform the Klingon
			High Council, they will put you to
			a slow death.

	He holds J'Dan against the wall for a fierce instant,
	then releases him and EXITS.

7    CLOSE ON J'DAN

	as he follows Worf's exit with a vitriolic look.

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

8    EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE AND SMALLER SHIP (OPTICAL)

	A Federation craft hovers near the Enterprise.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Retired Admiral Norah Satie,
			whose investigation exposed the
			alien conspiracy against Starfleet
			Command three years ago, is
			arriving to assist in our
			investigation.

9    INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)

	PICARD and Riker watch as a group MATERIALIZES on the
	pad: SABIN GENESTRA, a Betazoid man; NELLEN TORE, a
	female assistant, and ADMIRAL NORAH SATIE, retired.
	She surveys the waiting group before her, finds Picard,
	and smiles radiantly. Norah Satie is middle-aged, a
	beautiful woman who has become more so with maturity.
	She is gracious, elegant, and decidedly feminine. Her
	smile is generous, bespeaking warmth and intelligence.
	She moves toward Picard, hand extended.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard...

	He takes her hand. The instinct is to kiss it -- she
	evinces that kind of courtly behavior. But of course
	that isn't Starfleet regulation, so Picard gives it a
	proper grasp.

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie. Welcome to the
			Enterprise.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I am delighted to be here.
				(gesturing)
			I've managed to acquire my former
			staff... My aide, Sabin Genestra,
			from Betazed, and my assistant,
			Nellen Tore, from Delb Two.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     6.

9    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			And my First Officer, Commander
			William Riker. May I show you
			to your quarters?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... if Starfleet Command
			is so concerned with your report
			that they brought me out of
			retirement... I think I should
			get right to work.

					PICARD
			Very well... Commander, will you
			see to the Admiral's Staff?

	Riker turns to the others as --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			First, I'd like to inspect the
			damage to your Engine Room.

	And she heads for the door with Picard close at her
	heels.

	10	INT. ENGINEERING - A LITTLE LATER

	DATA and GEORDI oversee a scene which finds the section
	isolation door between the dilithium chamber and the
	pool table area closed. Behind the door there are
	clouds of gas, and the hatch of the chamber has been
	blown off.

					GEORDI
			We still can't get in there,
			Captain. The radiation levels
			are dropping, but they're too high
			to raise the isolation door.

					PICARD
			How much longer will it be?

					DATA
			At the rate the levels have been
			decreasing, we will be able to
			gain entry in forty-nine hours.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     7.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			Maybe the Admiral would like to
			see the visual log of the
			explosion.

	Satie acknowledges. They move to a wall monitor and
	Geordi punches in commands.

					GEORDI
			This was logged four days ago...
			at oh-three hundred hours.

11   ANGLE - MONITOR (OPTICAL) - INTERCUTTING

	It is a video of the dilithium chamber... maybe a time
	code in the corner... MOS... they wait... wait... and
	then suddenly, the hatch to the chamber blows off and
	across the room.

					GEORDI
			At that point the emergency
			confinement field was activated
			and the isolation doors came
			down. No one was killed, but
			two of my people are in Sickbay
			with radiation burns.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Have you been able to make any
			preliminary assessments?

					DATA
			A slow-motion study of the
			explosion suggests that the
			articulation frame collapsed.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			The schematics that were stolen
			from the Enterprise... I believe
			some involved the articulation
			frame of the dilithium chamber...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     7A.

11   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(acknowledging)
			That is one reason we tend to
			suspect sabotage.

					DATA
			Other evidence lends credence to
			that theory, Captain. A review
			of the sensor logs indicates that
			every systems reading was well
			within normal parameters until
			fifty-two milliseconds before the
			explosion.

					GEORDI
			We haven't found anything that
			suggests there was a malfunction
			anywhere along the line.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     8.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

	Satie turns toward Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... I think I need
			a full briefing before we go any
			further.

	She looks through the isolation door at the grim
	evidence of destruction.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Commander Data... La Forge... I'll
			admit I'm glad I don't have to
			do your job... good luck.

12   INT. SICKBAY

	Worf ENTERS and approaches BEVERLY, who is examining
	a patient on a bio-bed. He is swathed in wraps which
	suggest burns. In the background is SIMON TARSES, a
	mild-looking humanoid working at a monitor.

					WORF
			Excuse me, Doctor...

					BEVERLY
			Yes, Lieutenant?

					WORF
			When you have a moment... I must
			ask you something...

	She turns to him.

					BEVERLY
			Good timing. I'm finished here...
			Mister Tarses... ?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     9.

12   CONTINUED:

	Tarses approaches from the monitor.

					BEVERLY
			Please enter these readings into
			Ensign Dagget's file.

					TARSES
			Yes, Doctor.

	He takes the tricorder and Beverly and Worf move off
	together.

					BEVERLY
			What is it, Worf?

	He shows her an object.

					WORF
			Did you issue this to J'Dan?

	Beverly takes the object, inspects it...

					BEVERLY
			Looks like a micro-replicating
			hyposyringe... but it's not
			Starfleet issue...

					WORF
			It was found... in his quarters.

					BEVERLY
			J'Dan has Ba'ltmasor Syndrome...
			he comes in regularly for
			treatments... but we use our
			own hyposprays. Is this one
			Klingon?

					WORF
			Yes. Do you know what this
			attachment is?

13   INSERT - HYPOSYRINGE

	Worf indicates a small connection on the syringe.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     10.

14   BACK TO SCENE

					BEVERLY
			No... it's nothing we use...

	Worf seems satisfied with that answer.

					WORF
			Thank you, Doctor.

					BEVERLY
				(a bit puzzled)
			I hope that helps.

					WORF
			You've told me exactly what I
			wanted to hear.

	And he EXITS, as Beverly looks after him, perplexed.

15   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Satie. The briefing has been continuing for
	some time.

					PICARD
			There are disturbing overtones...
			to the idea of a Klingon providing
			information to the Romulans...

	She keeps her eyes on Picard, revealing nothing.

					PICARD
			Are you... aware... of any other
			Romulan-Klingon connections that
			Starfleet Command might have
			encountered recently?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     11.

15   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(gently)
			I don't believe... what Starfleet
			Command knows or doesn't know is
			for me to reveal.

					PICARD
			This ship has had several
			encounters which might suggest
			a potential alliance between those
			two powers --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			We're aware of that, Captain.
			What we must concentrate on is
			the business at hand.

	The door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The doors open and Worf ENTERS, sees the Admiral,
	stops.

					WORF
			Excuse me, Captain, I didn't know
			--

					PICARD
			Please come in Mister Worf. I
			particularly want our guest to
			meet you... Admiral Satie...
			my head of security, Lieutenant
			Worf.

	Nods of acknowledgment.

					WORF
			Captain... I have been pursuing
			the investigation of Lieutenant
			J'Dan. I believe I know how
			he transferred information off
			the Enterprise.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Good work, Lieutenant.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     12.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(producing the syringe)
			This is J'Dan's. It is fitted
			with an optical reader...
			specially modified to read data
			from Starfleet isolinear chips.

	Satie takes the syringe and inspects it.

					WORF
			He can extract digital information
			from a computer... encode it in
			the form of amino-acid sequences,
			and transfer those sequences into
			a fluid in the syringe... Then
			he injects someone, perhaps even
			without their knowledge...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(suggesting a
				 conspiracy)
			Or perhaps with their knowledge...

					WORF
			The information would be carried
			in their bloodstream in the form
			of inert proteins.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(shakes her head with
				 realization)
			The body itself becomes a conveyor
			of top-secret files...

	She turns toward Worf, obviously impressed.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Lieutenant Worf... when we
			confront J'Dan, I want you to
			conduct the interrogation.

					WORF
			I would be honored.

	Worf nods to the two and EXITS. Satie turns to Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... I predict that officer
			will be extremely valuable in this
			investigation.

	Picard has no reason to doubt it.

      STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE 13-15.        

16   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - SEVERAL DAYS LATER

	Arranged to accommodate more questioners: Satie and
	Sabin, Picard and Worf. Off to one side sits Nellen,
	constantly taking notes. J'Dan is once again in the
	hot seat as Worf stands over him; they look like
	they've been at it a while.

					WORF
			I tracked the movements of each
			person who left the Enterprise
			since you've been here. I traced
			one Tarkanian diplomat as far as
			the Cruces system... where he
			disappeared and has not been seen
			since.

					J'DAN
			That proves nothing.

	Worf produces the syringe; J'Dan eyes it warily.

					WORF
			This was found in your quarters.

					J'DAN
			I take injections. Everyone knows
			that.

					WORF
			But your injections don't require
			an optical chip reader. This
			device --
				(points to it)
			-- has only one function: to
			transform computer information
			into biological sequences.

	Worf has nailed him. J'Dan knows it now. No reason
	to hold back now... he speaks with the fervor of a
	patriot:

					J'DAN
			The blood of all Klingons has
			become water... since the
			Federation alliance we have
			become a nation of mewling
			babies... The Romulans are
			strong... they are worthy
			allies... they do not turn
			Klingons into weaklings --
				(turns to Worf)
			-- like you...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT ONE     16.

16   CONTINUED:

	Satie rises, crosses to J'Dan.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			How did you damage the dilithium
			chamber?

					J'DAN
			I had nothing to do with that --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			No? You mean it was sheer
			coincidence that it was sabotaged
			after you gave the plans for its
			design to the Romulans?

					J'DAN
			I do not know. I had nothing to
			do with it.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You've admitted your crime. Why
			lie now?

					J'DAN
			I am not lying.

	She regards him calmly for a moment, then nods,
	finished, to Picard.

					PICARD
			You may have him confined, Mister
			Worf.

	Only too happy to do so, Worf leads J'Dan from the
	room. Satie approaches Sabin.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Sabin?

					SABIN
			I believe... he is telling the
			truth.

	A moment while they absorb this.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/12/91 - ACT ONE     17.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					SABIN
			He admits stealing the files...
			but not sabotaging the dilithium
			chamber. I get no sense that he
			is lying.

	Picard considers the ramifications of this statement.

					PICARD
			If you're right... someone else
			may be involved.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I think, Captain... that you have
			a bigger problem on your ship than
			one Klingon Exchange Officer.

	And as Picard considers the dire implications of that
	possibility --

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     18.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

17   INT. ENTERPRISE - ADMIRAL'S QUARTERS - LATER

	Picard with Norah. They have finished an informal
	supper; she rises and brings a tray of coffee things;
	during the next, she pours for them and twists a rind
	of lemon into her own. She looks lovely tonight...
	fragile and delicate, like a piece of porcelain. She
	is a woman who has the capacity to be both forceful
	and vulnerable.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I've seen this before. The
			spectre of conspiracy on a
			starship is a frightening one.

					PICARD
			It's hard for me to believe...
			but I am grateful for your
			presence, Admiral. If anyone in
			Starfleet can help us, it's you.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... I find myself
			changing my mind about you...

					PICARD
			In what way... ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			When Starfleet ordered me here...
			it was with the express command
			that we work together on this
			problem... as equals...
				(beat)
			My father taught me to avoid
			partnerships... most of them are
			woefully lop-sided.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT TWO     19.

17   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			That sounds like Judge Aaron
			Satie...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You knew my father?

					PICARD
			Through his writing. His judicial
			decisions were required reading
			at the Academy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			He was an extraordinary man.
			Every night at the dinner table...
			he'd pose a question for debate.
			My big brothers and I would
			wrangle it around, from one side
			and the other... my father would
			referee... he kept a stopwatch
			on us so we'd have to learn
			brevity... and he wouldn't let
			us leave until he thought we had
			completely explored the issue...

					PICARD
			I'm willing to wager you trounced
			your brothers in those debates...

	She laughs delightedly.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			More than once. Father would love
			it when I nailed one of them on
			some subtle point of logic...
				(beat, sobering)
			All that I am, I owe to him. He
			was... a giant...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     20.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			You must miss him very much.

	She looks quickly at him, his words striking at her
	rawest place. Unaccustomed tears threaten to sting
	her eyes, and she rises quickly, clearing the dishes,
	changing the subject.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I like your Mister Worf. Very
			direct, to the point. The two
			of you make a good combination.

	Having regained composure, she slips back into her
	seat, looks him in the eye.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... I've always preferred
			working alone.
				(smiles)
			That way, if something goes wrong,
			I don't have to look far for the
			cause.
				(beat)
			I resented your being assigned
			to me. But... I was wrong. We're
			going to make quite a team.

	The warmth of her smile is infectious. Picard returns
	it.

18   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Worf showing Sabin the ship's roster...

					WORF
			J'Dan did not make friends
			easily... there are not many to
			question...

					SABIN
				(studying the list)
			You've done a thorough job,
			Lieutenant.


     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT TWO     21.

18   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			I am strongly motivated in this
			matter.

					SABIN
				(nods thoughtfully)
			Yes. I can see that. And I don't
			mind telling you I'm surprised.
			Frankly, when I first heard about
			your father...

					WORF
				(stiffens)
			My father...

					SABIN
			...yes... There are some who
			believe he betrayed your people
			to the Romulans...

					WORF
			My father... what he did or did
			not do... is no one's concern but
			my own...

					SABIN
				(soothing)
			Of course. Of course. I only
			meant... before I saw you in
			action, I naturally considered
			you a possible security risk...
			but I want you to know you have
			the Admiral's and my complete
			confidence. You have nothing to
			prove to us.

	He means exactly the opposite of what he's saying.
	Sabin wants Worf to feel that he has to be even more
	'patriotic' than anyone by rooting out the enemy.

					WORF
			If there is a conspiracy on board,
			I promise you I will find it...

					SABIN
			Good. You know the ship, you know
			the personnel... you know exactly
			what we're up against... we're
			counting on you, Lieutenant.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     22.

18   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(acknowledges)
			I will arrange for the interviews
			to begin.

	He exits. Stay a beat on Sabin who nods to himself,
	pleased with the way that went.

19   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - SEVERAL DAYS LATER

	The same group -- Picard, Satie, Sabin, Worf -- are
	interviewing Beverly. Nellen is in the corner, taking
	notes.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     23.

19   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And how often did Lieutenant
			J'Dan come in for injections?

					BEVERLY
			About once a week.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you administer them yourself?

					BEVERLY
			No. One of my assistants did
			that...

					SABIN
			Did you ever hear him say
			anything... anything that might
			have seemed innocent at the
			time... that might now shed any
			light on this investigation?

					BEVERLY
			No, nothing. In fact, he rarely
			talked at all.

	Satie nods, that's all.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor Crusher, we
			appreciate your time. You are
			excused now. Mister Worf, will
			you bring in the next person?

	Beverly gets up, and Worf escorts her to the door; she
	EXITS, and Worf admits Simon Tarses.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT TWO     24.

19   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Please sit down, Mister Tarses.
			For the record, will you state
			your name and position?

					TARSES
			Simon Tarses, Crewman First Class,
			medical technician.

					PICARD
			I assure you this is an informal
			inquiry... we're not accusing you
			of anything. However, if you want
			counsel, it will be provided for
			you.

	Tarses sits, looking around nervously. It's clear he
	is pretty shook up about this.

					TARSES
			No, sir... I have nothing to hide.

					PICARD
			Very well. How long have you held
			your appointment on the
			Enterprise?

					TARSES
			Since... Stardate 43587.
			Eight-eight...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(studying a Padd)
			Mister Tarses... your records
			state that you were born on Mars
			Colony...

					TARSES
			That's right.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     25.

19   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Then you are human?

					TARSES
			Largely. My paternal grandfather
			was Vulcan.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, I see that here. Tell me...
			what is your relationship to the
			Klingon, J'Dan?

	Tarses looks uncomfortable at this question, and
	becomes more nervous.

					TARSES
			I... he... I mean, there's no
			relationship... he just came in
			for his injections...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you give him those injections?

					TARSES
			Sometimes. There were several
			of us, actually... I might have
			done it twice...

					SABIN
			Did you ever hear him make any
			comments that might, in
			retrospect, be suspicious?

					TARSES
			Not really. He hardly talked.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Did you ever see him outside
			Sickbay?

					TARSES
			Once or twice in Ten-Forward...
			with a group of people. I never
			had a conversation with him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Very well, Mister Tarses. I don't
			think there's need for more...
			Captain?

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT TWO     26.

19   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			You're excused, Crewman.

	A grateful Tarses gets up and EXITS.

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...

					SABIN
			Wait.

	All heads turn toward him.

					SABIN
			He's lying.

	Picard frowns, surprised; Satie leans forward,
	immediately responsive, looks curiously at Sabin.

					SABIN
			He's desperately frightened...
			he's covering something.

					PICARD
			It was clear he was frightened,
			but that's hardly an indication
			--

					SABIN
			It's more than that. He wasn't
			truthful. He's covering a lie...
			one so big it's overwhelming him.

	He turns toward Satie.

					SABIN
			I think we've found the man.

	Satie reacts with satisfaction, and Worf is pleased
	that they've uncovered the prey.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT TWO     27.

20   CLOSE ON PICARD

	But Picard doesn't share the feelings of conquest. He
	is clearly uncomfortable with what has just happened.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    28.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

21   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard and Satie.

					PICARD
			I'm not sure I can sanction any
			action against Mister Tarses based
			solely on Betazoid intuitions.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Sabin has uncanny instincts. I've
			learned to trust them.

					PICARD
			I must admit... that I'm a bit
			uneasy with this use of a
			Betazoid.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			You have a Betazoid counselor...
			surely you are aware of the
			advantages.

					PICARD
			There is a difference between a
			counselor... and an investigator.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Are you saying you never use your
			counselor during interrogations?

	Of course, he does. He is forced to think about this.

					PICARD
			I do... but I don't act on the
			basis of her instincts alone.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Nor do I.

					PICARD
			You're asking me to restrict
			Tarses' movements -- based on
			Sabin's "feeling."

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    29.

21   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If Counselor Troi suggested to
			you... that someone on the ship
			were dangerous... would you not
			act on that? Observe him... curb
			his activity?

	Picard confronts this. He's not sure he likes what he
	sees.

					PICARD
			I have to admit I probably would.
			And maybe I should re-evaluate
			that behavior.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Nonsense. Let's keep our
			priorities straight... the
			important thing is to uncover the
			conspiracy on this ship... and
			to prevent further damage. If
			Tarses is a possible saboteur,
			you cannot allow him access to
			the sensitive areas of the ship.
			And... I strongly suggest
			continuous surveillance.

	Picard paces, wrestles with this.

					PICARD
			If we had better evidence...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			We will have better evidence...
			Sabin and Worf are continuing to
			investigate... but if you don't
			act until then... it may be too
			late.

					PICARD
				(he's sure now)
			No. I won't treat a man as a
			criminal unless there is probable
			cause to do so.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And while you're being so
			generous... you give a saboteur
			the chance to strike again.
					(MORE)

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    30.

21   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE (Cont'd)
			Last time it was just a hatch
			cover... what if next time it's
			more serious? What if lives are
			lost? Can you afford not to act?

	But before Picard can respond --

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Engineering to Captain Picard...

					PICARD
			Yes, Mister La Forge...

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			Sir, could you come to Engineering
			right away? We've got something
			interesting to show you.

	Picard exchanges a quick glance with Satie.

					PICARD
			We'll be right there.

22   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi, Picard and Satie. The isolation door
	is now up, though the dilithium chamber hatch is still
	missing.

					GEORDI
			We finally got in here about six
			hours ago, and we've been going
			over it inch by inch ever since.

					DATA
			We have made micro-tomographic
			analyses of the dilithium
			chamber... the hatch mounting...
			the blast pattern from the
			explosion...

					GEORDI
			We did mass spectrometer readings
			of the residue for chemical
			content... sifted the debris for
			bomb fragments...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And what did you find?

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    31.

22   CONTINUED:

	Geordi picks up a tricorder and gestures them toward
	the crystal chamber housing.

					GEORDI
			See the frame for the hatch... ?
			It ruptured --
				(gestures)
			-- right there. And when we take
			a reading of that spot...

	He plays the tricorder over the spot, then shows the
	reading to Picard and Satie.

					GEORDI
			See?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(with a smile)
			I'm afraid I'm out of my element
			here, Commander. You'll have to
			interpret for me.

					PICARD
			There are sub-micron fractures
			in the metal casing...

					GEORDI
			That's right. A breakdown in the
			atomic cohesive structure.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes... ? And what caused them?

					DATA
			Those fractures suggest nothing
			more than simple neutron fatigue.
			I would speculate that when the
			engine was last inspected at
			McKinley station, the hatch casing
			was replaced with one which had
			an undetectable defect.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    32.

22   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			I think, sir, that the conclusion
			of our investigation must be that
			the explosion was not
			intentional.

					GEORDI
			That's the way I see it. This
			wasn't sabotage at all... it was
			nothing more than an accident.

	Picard is surprised, but relieved. However, Admiral
	Satie's reaction seems tinged with disappointment.

23   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard, Satie, Worf, and Sabin. And Nellen, of course.

					SABIN
			An accident? I find that hard
			to believe...

					PICARD
			If my men say there was no
			sabotage, you can be sure there
			was none.

	There is a little click of the Padd, or a shift on the
	chair by Nellen, and Picard shoots a glance toward her.
	She is getting on his nerves.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Let's keep our perspective,
			gentlemen. Just because there
			was no sabotage doesn't mean
			there's not a conspiracy on this
			ship. We do have a confessed spy.

					SABIN
			And he had confederates.

					PICARD
			Do we know that for sure?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course he did.

	She moves closer to Picard.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    33.

23   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Do you think J'Dan could have
			come on board the flagship of the
			Federation and done all that he
			did without help?

					PICARD
			It would be difficult... but not
			impossible...

					WORF
			We must continue to investigate
			Tarses. He was hiding something.

	Picard gives him a look... he realizes Worf is solidly
	behind Satie and Sabin in this.

					SABIN
			Captain Picard... Lieutenant Worf
			and I are working well together.
			I suggest we continue... if for
			no other purpose than to determine
			Tarses' innocence.

					PICARD
			I remind you all... that Tarses
			is innocent... until he is proven
			guilty.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(smoothly)
			Of course he is. What Sabin is
			saying is that he and Lieutenant
			Worf would like to establish
			Tarses' innocence
			unequivocally... for his own sake.

	Picard can certainly see the wisdom in this.

					PICARD
			Very well. But I hope we can put
			the matter to rest as quickly as
			possible.

24   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - A DAY LATER

	Picard ENTERS to find Satie, Sabin, and Worf already
	seated at the front table; Tarses in the witness' seat,
	and next to him sits Riker.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT THREE    34.

24   CONTINUED:

	To Picard's surprise, there is a small gathering of
	spectators in the rear of the room (which includes
	Beverly). He moves to his seat, addresses Satie
	quietly.

					PICARD
			You've opened the hearing to
			spectators?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(also sotto)
			It isn't good to have closed-door
			proceedings for too long... it
			invites rumor and speculation.

	Picard nods; this makes sense.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Besides... spies and saboteurs
			don't like the bright light of
			public inquiry. They're like
			roaches, scuttling for the dark
			corners...

	With this, she turns away and begins talking to Sabin.
	Picard is disquieted, and feeling more and more
	uncomfortable about the whole thing.

					PICARD
			This hearing is convened on
			Stardate 44740 as a continuing
			inquiry into the activities of
			Crewman Simon Tarses.
				(beat)
			Mister Tarses... for your own
			protection, I have assigned you
			counsel in the person of Commander
			William Riker.

					TARSES
			Begging your pardon, sir... I
			appreciate it, but... I don't need
			protection. I haven't done
			anything wrong.

	In the back of the room, Beverly stands.

					BEVERLY
			With the Captain's permission,
			I would like to make a statement.

	Satie is not too thrilled by this.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    35.

24   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			This is irregular. Let's stick
			to procedure, here.

					RIKER
			It's not irregular to have a
			statement read into the record.
			This is a hearing, not a trial.

					PICARD
			Doctor, you may come forward.

	Satie gives Picard a look, but controls her reaction
	to the rebuff. Beverly comes to the front of the room;
	she catches Tarses' eye for a brief moment, and smiles
	sympathetically at him.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you. I would like to go
			on record as saying that I have
			worked with Crewman Tarses for
			eighteen months. His work has
			been exemplary. He is a model
			of diligence and reliability.
			He is devoted to Starfleet and
			as far as I'm concerned, his
			loyalty is without question.
				(beat)
			There's no way this man is a
			traitor.

	She glances down at him and he looks up at her with
	gratitude.

					BEVERLY
			Thank you for letting me speak.

	She turns to go back to her seat, but --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Doctor Crusher...
				(she turns back)
			Did you ever observe Crewman
			Tarses with J'Dan...

	Beverly looks shocked by this question.

					BEVERLY
			Well, yes... he came in for
			injections --

   STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE   35A.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I mean outside Sickbay.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT THREE    36.

24   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I mean outside Sickbay.

					BEVERLY
				(after a beat)
			I think so... maybe in
			Ten-Forward...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And whom else did you observe at
			these occasions, Doctor?

	Now Beverly really hesitates. She doesn't like the
	course this questioning is taking.

					BEVERLY
			I don't see what relevance that
			has here -- it was an innocent
			social gathering...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If it was innocent, why would you
			hesitate to give us the names?

	This is enough for Picard.

					PICARD
			Thank you, Doctor Crusher. You
			are excused.

	Satie turns toward him, ticked, and they have another
	sotto conversation:

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie... if you have a
			case to make against Tarses, you
			had better make it. Or I am
			calling this off here and now.

	Her cheeks flame, but she turns toward Sabin, nods. It
	is like slipping the noose from a hungry panther.

					SABIN
			Mister Tarses. Isn't it true that
			you have had access to the
			biological supplies in Sickbay?

					TARSES
			That's part of my job, yes.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    37.

24   CONTINUED: (4)

					SABIN
			J'Dan used deoxyribose
			suspensions to carry the encoded
			files he stole. Isn't it true
			that one of your duties is to
			prepare those suspensions?

					TARSES
			Several technicians share that
			job...

					SABIN
			And isn't it true that your
			security clearance gives you
			access to all the stores and files
			in Sickbay -- access which you
			can exercise at any time?

					TARSES
			Because I have access doesn't mean
			I --

					SABIN
			What would you say if I told you
			there is evidence that the
			explosion in the engine room
			was caused by a corrosive
			chemical... one that is kept
			stored in Sickbay.

	Picard's head whips around to Satie, but she looks
	straight ahead.

					TARSES
			I had nothing to do with it --

					SABIN
			How can we believe you? How can
			we possibly believe someone whom
			we know... we know... to be a
			liar?

					RIKER
			I object, sir... There is no
			basis for calling Officer Tarses
			a liar.

					PICARD
				(angry)
			Agreed. Mister Sabin...

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT THREE    38.

24   CONTINUED: (5)

					SABIN
			Captain, there is a basis which
			will be clear in a moment.
			Mister Tarses, isn't it true that
			you deliberately and
			premeditatively lied when you
			filled out your personnel
			application and compounded that
			lie by repeating it to this
			committee?

	Tarses is ashen.

					TARSES
			What -- ?

					SABIN
			Isn't - it - true... that the
			paternal grandfather of whom you
			speak was not Vulcan... but was
			in fact a Romulan? That it is
			Romulan blood you carry... and
			a Romulan heritage that you honor?

	There is a buzz in the audience. Tarses, pale, stares
	at Sabin. Riker leans in and whispers in his ear.
	Tarses has to force his attention away from Sabin,
	concentrate on what Riker is saying.

					SABIN
			We're waiting, Mister Tarses.

	Tarses turns away from Riker, looks back at the table.

					TARSES
			On the advice of my counsel...
			I refuse to answer the question...
			in that... the answer... may
			serve... to incriminate me.

	He slumps, anguished, in his chair.

25   ON PICARD

	stunned by this development... and by the ugly turn he
	has seen take place in the conduct of this hearing.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

26   INT. CORRIDOR

	Picard exits a turbolift and almost immediately an
	Ensign, having exited the Observation Lounge, hurries
	along the corridor past him. Picard continues toward
	the Lounge when the doors open and another Ensign comes
	hurrying out and toward the turbolift. Picard pauses
	to look after him and right away another one comes out.
	Puzzled, Picard ENTERS the Observation Lounge.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard ENTERS to find Worf there, at the head of the
	table; several crew members stand near him, carrying
	Padds.

					WORF
			Ensign Bailey, you and Crewman
			Marcus will coordinate to track
			Tarses' movements for the last
			five years. Ensign Kellogg, I
			want a list of all his
			relatives... his known
			associates... especially old
			school friends...

	The crew persons are taking notes frantically.

					WORF
			And make arrangements to do an
			encephalographic polygraph scan...

					PICARD
			Mister Worf...

					WORF
			Yes, Captain?

					PICARD
			I need to speak with you.

	Worf hesitates, understands that he means "alone," and
	turns to the crew.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     40.

27   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			You are dismissed. Please get
			your reports to me as soon as
			possible.

	They disperse and Picard moves toward Worf.

					PICARD
			What is going on here?

					WORF
			Captain... I am conducting the
			investigation of Simon Tarses.

	Picard regards him solemnly, moves to the window.

					PICARD
			What has happened to us, Mister
			Worf?

					WORF
			Sir?

					PICARD
			I think... we're putting on a
			drumhead trial...

					WORF
			I don't understand...

					PICARD
			Five hundred years ago military
			officers would upend a drum on
			the battlefield... sit at it and
			dispense summary justice...
			decisions were quick...
			punishments severe... appeals
			denied. Those who came to a
			drumhead were doomed.

					WORF
			But... we know there is a traitor
			here. J'Dan has admitted his
			guilt.

					PICARD
			That's true. And he will stand
			for his crimes.

					WORF
			Tarses has all but done the same.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    41.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(a sharp look)
			How?

					WORF
			He refused to answer the
			question... about his Romulan
			grandfather.

					PICARD
			That is not a crime, Worf. Nor
			can we infer his guilt because
			he did not respond.

					WORF
			If a man is not afraid of the
			truth, he would answer.

					PICARD
			No. We must not let ourselves
			think that. The Seventh Guarantee
			is one of the most important
			rights granted by the Federation.
			We cannot use one of the
			fundamental principles of our
			Constitution and turn it against
			a citizen.

	Worf is struggling to understand.

					WORF
			Sir... the Federation does have
			enemies... we must seek them
			out...

					PICARD
			Yes... that's how it starts. But
			the road from legitimate suspicion
			to rampant paranoia is shorter
			than we might think. Something
			is wrong here, Worf... I don't
			like what we have become.

	Worf regards him, much more uncertain now as to his
	course.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR    42.

28   INT. PICARD'S QUARTERS

	Picard carries tea to a seated Simon Tarses, who is
	almost as uneasy about a visit to the Captain's
	quarters as he is about his predicament.

					PICARD
			Here you are, Mister Tarses...
			do you care for lemon?

					TARSES
			No, thank you, sir. This is fine.

	Picard settles into a chair opposite, smiles at Tarses.
	He wants to put the young man at ease.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    43.

28   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Tell me a little about yourself,
			Crewman... I know you were born
			on Mars Colony...

					TARSES
			Yes, sir... All my life I wanted
			to be in Starfleet. I went to
			the Academy's program for enlisted
			personnel... took training as a
			medical technician... served at
			several outposts... and the day
			I was posted to the Enterprise
			was the happiest day of my life.

					PICARD
			Did you ever consider applying
			to the Academy... going the whole
			route and becoming an officer?

					TARSES
			My parents wanted me to... and
			I thought about it... I used to
			sit under this big tree near the
			parade grounds...

					PICARD
			An elm tree? With a circular
			bench?

					TARSES
			That's the one...

					PICARD
			I spent many an hour there. It
			was my favorite spot to study.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/13/91 - ACT FOUR    44.

28   CONTINUED: (2)

					TARSES
			I used to sit... and watch the
			drills... and picture myself an
			officer. I knew it would make
			my mother happy...

					PICARD
			But you didn't do it.

					TARSES
			No... I was eighteen, and eager...
			the last thing I wanted to do was
			spend four years sitting in
			classrooms... I wanted to be out
			there... traveling the stars...
			I didn't want to wait for
			anything...

	He's lost himself for a moment, remembering his
	youthful eagerness... then, it catches up to him
	again... this nightmare that he's living now... he
	turns to Picard in distress.

					TARSES
			And now... it's done, isn't it?
			My career in Starfleet is
			finished...

					PICARD
			Not if you aren't guilty.

					TARSES
			It doesn't matter. I lied on my
			application... and that mistake
			will be with me for the rest of
			my life.

	He shakes his head, abject and defeated.

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     45.

28   CONTINUED: (3)

					TARSES
			I couldn't wait to get started...
			and now it's over...

	Picard regards him with sympathy... but there's little
	he can say to argue.

29   INT. CORRIDOR - A LITTLE LATER

	Satie and Nellen hurry along, the Admiral dictating and
	Nellen tapping furiously.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Mister Worf has found a brother
			who still lives on Mars Colony...
			contact someone there and have
			him interviewed...

	Picard hails them from behind.

					PICARD
			Admiral Satie...

	Satie turns her head and sees him, but keeps walking
	and completes her thought to Nellen.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			... and start a background check
			into all his friends from the
			Academy training program.

	Picard has now caught up to them.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, Captain?

	The three come to a halt in the corridor. Picard
	glances at Nellen, who is still tapping, but addresses
	Satie.

					PICARD
			I'd like to talk to you.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course.

	She stands, waiting.

					PICARD
			In private...

     STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/7/91 - ACT FOUR     46.

29   CONTINUED:
	Pointedly, he reaches out and takes Nellen's Padd.

					PICARD
			... and off the record.

	Satie is momentarily startled, but her aplomb is always
	at her fingertips.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Of course, Captain.
				(beat; smoothly)
			After all... you are my partner
			in this.

	And she turns and heads toward a turbolift; he follows.

30   INT. READY ROOM

	Satie is staring at Picard as though he had gone mad.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I cannot possibly believe you mean
			this.

					PICARD
			But I do. This must stop. It's
			gone too far... you lied to him
			about the Engine Room -- there
			was no volatile chemical found
			there...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			It's just a tactic... a way of
			applying pressure.

					PICARD
			We are hounding an innocent man.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			And how, may I ask, have you
			managed to determine that?

					PICARD
			I talked with him.

	A soft breath escapes her... short of a laugh but full
	of derision.

    STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT FOUR    47.

30   CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I see. And he told you he was
			a victim of circumstance...
			blameless and pure...

					PICARD
			No... he admits his mistake in
			falsifying his application... but
			that doesn't make him a traitor.

	She stares at him, smiling a bit, shaking her head in
	wonder.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Can you be so incredibly
			naive... ?

	She circles toward him, speaking gently, as though
	talking to a child.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain... do you know how I have
			spent the last four years?
			Traveling from planet to Starbase
			to planet...

	She moves away again, into her restless pacing.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I have no home... I live on
			starships and shuttlecraft... I
			haven't seen a family member in
			years... I have no friends.

	She turns back to him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			But I have a purpose. My father
			taught me... from the time I was
			a little girl still clutching a
			blanket... that the United
			Federation of Planets is the most
			remarkable institution ever
			conceived. It is my cause to make
			sure that this extraordinary union
			is preserved...

	She moves closer to him.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR       47A.

30   CONTINUED: (2)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I cannot imagine why you are
			suddenly trying to block this
			investigation... there have been
			others, in the past, who got in
			my way. They came to regret it.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR        48.

30   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD
				(not intimidated)
			The hearings on Simon Tarses must
			stop. If necessary, I will go
			to Starfleet Command.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain, I have news for you...
			I've been in constant contact with
			Starfleet Command. And the
			hearings aren't going to stop --
			they're going to be expanded.

	Picard is taken aback.

					PICARD
			What are you saying -- ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I am going to get to the heart
			of this conspiracy... if it means
			investigating every last person
			on this ship.
				(beat)
			And every hearing from now on
			will be held in the presence of
			Admiral Thomas Henry of Starfleet
			Security. I've requested that
			he be brought here at once...

					PICARD
			You never told me about this --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I report directly to Starfleet
			Command. I do not require your
			permission or your approval for
			my decisions.

					PICARD
			Admiral... what you're doing
			here... is unethical... it's
			immoral... and I will fight it.

	Her eyes all but crackle. She moves toward him.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Do what you must, Captain. And
			so will I.

	She turns and EXITS without another word. Picard is
	deeply unsettled by what has happened.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FOUR        49.

30A  EXT. SPACE - ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse speed.

30B  INT. BRIDGE - A LITTLE LATER

	Picard sits in his chair, lost in a brown study.

					DATA
			Captain, the warp engines are back
			on line. We are ready to
			commence restart sequences.

	No answer from Picard. Data turns around to him.

					DATA
			Sir?

					PICARD
				(snapping out of it)
			Yes... ? Oh... yes, Mister Data.
			Proceed.

	Riker leans toward him. Above, the turbolift door
	OPENS.

					PIKER
			Are you all right, Captain?

					PICARD
			Yes, of course. Just a bit --
			preoccupied.

	And now Nellen rounds the ramp and approaches Picard,
	hands him a Padd. He takes it, puzzled.

					NELLEN
			Admiral Satie has ordered you to
			report to the interrogation room
			at oh-nine-hundred hours tomorrow
			morning.
				(beat)
			You are to be questioned before
			the committee.

	Picard stares at her, stunned. Nellen gives nothing
	away... not a smirk or a twitch. But underneath, there
	is a palpable sense of triumph.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        50.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

31   INT. INTERROGATION ROOM

	Now, there are more people in the gallery, including a
	greying Starfleet Admiral. At the head table are only
	Satie and Sabin. Worf is in the audience. And, in
	the hot seat -- Picard.

					SABIN
			Your full name?

					PICARD
			Jean-Luc Picard.

					SABIN
			Rank and position?

					PICARD
			Captain, Federation Starship
			Enterprise.

					SABIN
			How long have you held that post?

					PICARD
			Over three years. Since Stardate
			41140.

					SABIN
			Very well.
				(turns to Satie)
			Admiral?

	But before she can begin questioning --

					PICARD
			If you don't mind... I would like
			to address the committee.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			If you have a statement, you'll
			get an opportunity to make it
			later --

					PICARD
			I believe that Chapter Four,
			Article Twelve of the Uniform Code
			of Justice grants me the right
			to make a statement before
			questioning begins...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        51.

31   CONTINUED:

	She stares icily at him, but knows he is right.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Very well.

	Picard rises and approaches the head table. His manner
	is soothing... clearly he's trying to calm things down,
	not inflame them.

					PICARD
			I am deeply concerned by what is
			happening here. It began when
			we apprehended a spy, a man who
			admitted his guilt and who will
			answer for his crime. But the
			hunt didn't stop there. Another
			man, Simon Tarses, was brought
			to trial -- and it was a trial,
			no matter what others may call
			it.

	He pauses, picking his way carefully through this mine
	field.

					PICARD
			Unfortunately, it was a trial
			based on insinuation and innuendo.
			Nothing substantive against
			Crewman Tarses was offered, much
			less proven.

	He walks toward Tarses, who sits in the audience.

					PICARD
			This man has a Romulan
			grandfather. For that, his career
			stands in ruins. Have we become
			so fearful? Have we become so
			cowardly that we must extinguish
			a man because he carries the blood
			of a current enemy?

	He paces back and forth in front of the table.

					PICARD
			I remind you... we are not
			descended from cowardly people.
			We come from those who were
			willing to think the unthinkable,
			speak the unspeakable...
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        52.

31   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
			... and to defend with passion
			ideas and causes which were, at
			the moment, unpopular.

	He moves toward Satie, a final, urgent plea.

					PICARD
			Admiral, let us not condemn Simon
			Tarses or anyone else on the basis
			of half-truth. I implore you...
			do not continue with this
			proceeding. End it here.

	He returns to his seat. The Starfleet Admiral waits
	with a grim, thoughtful look on his face. Sabin turns
	to Norah, who is looking down, fiddling with a Padd,
	making little notations, seemingly unaffected by
	Picard's words.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(beat; still looking
				 down, soft and calm)
			Captain Picard... do you believe
			in the Prime Directive?

					PICARD
			Of course.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			In fact, it is Starfleet General
			Order Number One, isn't it?

					PICARD
			Your point, Admiral... ?

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(now she looks at him)
			Would it surprise you to learn
			that you have violated the Prime
			Directive a total of nine times
			since you took command of the
			Enterprise?
				(without allowing him
				 to answer)
			I must say, Captain, it surprised
			the hell out of me.

					PICARD
			My reports to Starfleet document
			the circumstances in each of those
			instances --

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        53.

31   CONTINUED: (3)

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Yes, we're looking into those
			reports, Captain, very closely
			into those reports... after which
			I'm sure we'll have more questions
			for you about your so-called
			commitment to Starfleet's Prime
			Directive.

	She glances at the Starfleet Admiral for approval...
	she doesn't get it. He's waiting to see where this
	goes. He looks at her evenly as...

					SABIN
			Captain, could you explain just
			what happened on Stardate 44390?

					PICARD
			Excuse me?

					SABIN
			Let me refresh your memory. You
			were transporting a Vulcan
			ambassador... T'Pel...

					PICARD
			I was following orders to deliver
			the ambassador to a destination
			near the Neutral Zone, and --

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I don't think we need the
			preamble.

					SABIN
			In fact, she was not a Vulcan at
			all, was she? She was a Romulan
			spy.

					PICARD
			That's correct.

					SABIN
			A spy whom you delivered back
			into the hands of the enemy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Tell me, Captain... when the
			deception was revealed... and she
			stood proudly on the Bridge of
			a Romulan ship... did you make
			any effort to retrieve her?

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        54.

31   CONTINUED: (4)

					PICARD
			No.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			No? Even though you knew she
			carried Federation secrets she
			had been accumulating for years?

					PICARD
			There was no chance of getting
			her back. We were deep in Romulan
			space. The safety of my crew was
			my primary concern.

					WORF
				(rises to defend Picard)
			The Enterprise could have been
			captured by Romulans... Captain
			Picard did the only thing he could.

	Satie turns to him, stunned and furious at his
	perfidy.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Really, Lieutenant? And where
			were you while this traitor was
			on board the Enterprise? Where
			was ship's security?

					SABIN
			Wouldn't you say it is
			questionable judgment, Captain,
			to have a security officer whose
			father was a Romulan
			collaborator?

	Worf rises... begins to move toward the podium.

					PICARD
			Lieutenant?

	Worf stops, sits. Satie continues to glance at the
	Starfleet Admiral who looks increasingly uncomfortable
	and unconvinced by Satie's argument. She moves to
	her biggest gun...

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Captain Picard... have you fully
			recovered from your experience
			with the Borg?

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE        55.

31   CONTINUED: (5)

	Picard's eyes go cold.

					PICARD
			Yes. I am fully recovered.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			It must have been awful...
			actually becoming one of them...
			being forced to use your vast
			knowledge of Starfleet operations
			to aid the Borg...

	Picard has assumed a tight masque. Satie, carrying
	her Padd, moves in the general direction of the
	visiting Starfleet Admiral, playing to him but not
	being obvious about it.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			Just how many of our ships were
			destroyed?
				(checks Padd)
			...ah. I have it...
			thirty-nine... with the loss of
			life measured at nearly eleven
			thousand...

	She pauses to let this sink in. There is a stirring
	among the audience. She looks toward the Admiral,
	begins talking about Picard in the third person.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			One wonders how this man can sleep
			at night... having caused so much
			destruction...

32   CLOSE ON THE STARFLEET ADMIRAL

	He looks hard at Satie... uncomfortable... losing
	patience with this...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        56.

33   RESUME

	As Satie strikes back at Picard.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I question your actions,
			Captain... I question your
			choices... I question your
			loyalty...

	She glares at the Admiral, who looks down at the floor.
	He's finding this harder and harder to endure. There
	is a small silence, and Picard's voice fills it,
	speaking softly but in a tone that commands attention.

					PICARD
			There is a saying... which many
			of us have heard since we were
			school children... "With the first
			link, the chain is forged. The
			first speech censured, the first
			thought forbidden, the first
			freedom denied -- chains us all,
			irrevocably."

	Two bright spots have appeared on Norah Satie's cheeks.
	Her eyes burn into Picard.

					PICARD
			Those words were uttered by Judge
			Aaron Satie -- as wisdom and
			warning. The very first time any
			man's freedoms are trampled...
			we are all damaged.
				(beat)
			I fear... that today... on this
			starship... we are forging that
			chain.

33A  ON SATIE

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(outraged)
			How dare you -- you who consort
			with Romulans... invoke my
			father's name to support your
			traitorous arguments... It is
			an offense... to everything I hold
			dear... to hear those words used
			to subvert the United Federation
			of Planets.
					(MORE)

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE       56A.

33A  CONTINUED:

					ADMIRAL SATIE (Cont'd)
			My father was a great man... his
			name stands for principle, and
			integrity... you dirty that name
			by speaking it...

	The Admiral is now staring at her, dismayed by what
	she is saying.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(continuous)
			He loved the Federation...
			but you, Picard... corrupt it...
			you and those like you undermine
			our very way of life...

	The Admiral wants no more of this debacle. He rises
	and starts for the door.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
			I will expose you for what you
			are... I've brought down bigger
			men than you, Picard...

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/25/91 - ACT FIVE        57.

33A  CONTINUED: (2)

	The room is hushed. She turns around, sees all eyes
	on her. She now sees the Admiral's empty chair.
	She casts one glance at Picard, who holds her gaze
	coolly. She takes a breath, moves toward her table,
	sits.

					ADMIRAL SATIE
				(with dignity)
			I have nothing more to say.

	Silence.

					SABIN
			Perhaps... we should take a
			recess... until tomorrow.

	People begin rising and moving out of the room. In the
	midst of it all, Norah Satie sits like a prim
	sculpture, hands folded neatly on the table, back
	erect, eyes focused right in front of her. The room is
	a mass of movement and confusion, in the midst of which
	she is a rock in the stream, eddies swirling around
	her as she sits in perfect stillness at her table.

33B  OMITTED

34   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

35   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE

	Picard sits alone in the darkened room, staring out
	at the tableau of stars. Worf ENTERS, pauses,
	sensitive to Picard's somber mood.

					WORF
			Am I bothering you, sir?

					PICARD
			No... please, come in, Mister
			Worf.

	Worf approaches.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/15/91 - ACT FIVE        58.

35   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			It's over. Admiral Henry has
			called an end to any more hearings
			on this matter.

					PICARD
			That's good.

					WORF
			Admiral Satie... has left the
			Enterprise.

	Picard swivels his chair around to face Worf.

					PICARD
			We think we have come so far...
			the torture of heretics and the
			burning of witches is ancient
			history... and then... before you
			can blink an eye... it threatens
			to start all over again.

					WORF
			I believed her... I helped her...
			I didn't see what she was.

					PICARD
			Villains who wear black hats are
			easy to spot. Those who clothe
			themselves in good deeds are well
			camouflaged.

					WORF
			I think... after yesterday...
			people will not be as ready to
			trust her.

					PICARD
			Maybe. But it won't stop her.
			She -- someone like her -- will
			always be with us... waiting for
			the right climate to flourish...
			spreading disease in the name of
			liberty.
				(beat)
			Vigilance, Worf. That is the
			price we must continually pay.

         STAR TREK: "The Drumhead" - REV. 2/14/91 - ACT FIVE        59.

36   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	continues its patrol.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             
