










                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                     "Unification Part II" 
                          #40275-207 
                              
                           Story by 
                 Rick Berman & Michael Piller 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                        Michael Piller 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                      REVISED FINAL DRAFT

                        AUGUST 30, 1991


     STAR TREK: "Unification Part II" - REV. 9/5/91 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 

                             CAST                               
                              
      PICARD                          SPOCK
      RIKER                           Romulans
      DATA                              NERAL
      BEVERLY                           PARDEK
      TROI                              SELA
      GEORDI                            D'TAN
      WORF                              ROMULAN #1
                                        ROMULAN #2
      Non-Speaking                      ROMULAN COMPUTER VOICE
        SUPERNUMERARIES                 FEMALE ROMULAN COM VOICE
        MEMBERS OF ROMULAN UNDERGROUND
        N.D. ROMULAN PEDESTRIANS      Klingons & Other Aliens
        OLD ROMULAN WOMAN IN CAFE       K'VADA (Klingon)
        ROMULAN ARMED GUARDS            AMARIE (alien woman)
        MISC. "PIANO BAR" ALIENS        OMAG (fat Ferengi)
        KLINGON CONN OFFICER               
        KLINGON TACTICAL OFFICER
        OMAG'S WOMEN
              

       STAR TREK: "Unification Part II" - 8/30/91 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 
                        
                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              MAIN BRIDGE
                                       SURPLUS YARD
          
                                       QUAYLOR TWO
          
                                       KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
          
                                       ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
            QUAYLOR TWO                ROMULAN STREETS
              PIANO BAR
                                       ROMULAN WARBIRD
            ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY
              ROMULAN OFFICE           THREE VULCAN SHIPS
              VARIOUS CAVES/CAVERN
          
            KLINGON BIRD OF PREY
              BRIDGE
              QUARTERS

   STAR TREK: "Unification II" - REV. 9/5/91 - PRONUNCIATION 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                     "Unification Part II" 
                        
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

               AKTUH - MAYLOTA         AHK-tuh may-LOW-tah
               ANDORIAN                an-DOOR-ee-an
               BARDAKIAN               bar-DACK-ee-an
               BAROLIAN                bah-ROLL-ee-an
               CIPHER                  SIGH-fur
               D'TAN                   duh-TAN
               DULISIAN                duh-LISS-ee-an
               ENCRYPTION              in-KRIP-shun
               GALORNDON CORE          gal-OHRN-dan core
               JOLAN TRUE              JOE-lan true
               KATAH                   kah-TAH
               K'VADA                  kuh-VAH-duh
               MELOR FAMAGAL           MAY-lohr FAHM-ah-gal
               NERAL                   nuh-RAHL
               PARDEK                  PAHR-dek
               P'TAH JOL GINUOL        pit-AH johl gin-WAHL
               QUALOR TWO              KWAY-lohr 2
               UHLAN                   OOH-lan

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - TEASER   1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                     "Unification Part II"                          
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. ROMULAN CAVES

	Spock and Picard face each other as before. Data,
	Pardek, Romulan #1, and the other abductor witness the
	confrontation... Spock is not pleased to see anyone
	from Starfleet. With building conflict --

					SPOCK
			What are you doing on Romulus?

					PICARD
			That was to be my question for
			you, sir.

					SPOCK
			It is no concern of Starfleet's.

					PICARD
			On the contrary, Starfleet is most
			concerned. You are in a position
			to compromise the security of the
			Federation...

					SPOCK
			You may assure your superiors that
			I am on a personal mission, of
			peace, and will advise them when
			appropriate.

					PICARD
			That will not be satisfactory.

					SPOCK
			You cannot remain, Captain.

					PICARD
			And I cannot return without a full
			explanation.
				(beat)
			Ambassador, with the greatest
			respect for all you've achieved
			on behalf of the Federation, this
			sort of cowboy diplomacy is not
			easily tolerated any more...

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - TEASER   2.

1    CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			"Cowboy diplomacy"... ?

					PICARD
			If you wish to undertake a mission
			with potential repercussions to
			the Federation, it is appropriate
			to discuss it with the Federation.
			I am here as their representative.
			You will have to discuss it with
			me.

	Spock frowns with frustration, moves away from
	Picard... A thoughtful beat.

					SPOCK
			This is precisely what I wanted
			to avoid.

	A beat. Picard moves away from the confrontation...

					PICARD
			I also have the responsibility
			of bearing some unhappy news.

	Spock turns back...

					SPOCK
			Sarek is dead.

	Picard acknowledges... after a very long beat... in
	a softer voice...

					SPOCK
			Walk with me, Captain Picard.

	Picard exchanges a brief glance with Data telling him
	to stay behind... follows Spock out of the chamber...

2    INT. OTHER CAVERN

	Picard and Spock walk silently for a beat...

					SPOCK
			I know of your mind meld with my
			father... that enabled him to
			complete his last mission.

					PICARD
			It was an honor. He was a great
			man.

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - TEASER   3.

2    CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			He was a great representative of
			the Vulcan people and of the
			Federation.

	And that is meant as a qualifier, not a compliment...

					PICARD
			I was with him before coming here.
			He expressed his pride in you,
			his love...

					SPOCK
			Emotional disarray is a symptom
			of the illness from which he
			suffered.

					PICARD
			No, the feelings were in his
			heart, Spock. He shared them
			with me. I know.

	Spock looks at Picard a moment... uncomfortable with
	the emotional context of this, he moves into business.

					SPOCK
			Sarek would no more approve of
			my coming to Romulus than you do,
			Captain.

	He takes a dramatic beat to organize his thoughts...

					SPOCK
			For some time, I have been aware
			of a growing movement here...
			of people who seek to learn the
			ideals of the Vulcan philosophy.
			They have been declared enemies
			of the state. But there are a
			few in the Romulan hierarchy like
			Pardek who are sympathetic. He
			asked me to come now because he
			believes it may be time to take
			the first step toward
			reunification.

	Picard reacts to this extraordinary revelation...

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - TEASER   4.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Reunification... After so many
			centuries... so many fundamental
			differences that have evolved
			between your peoples...

					SPOCK
				(agrees)
			It would seem unlikely to succeed.
			But I cannot ignore the potential
			rewards that a union between our
			worlds would bring.

					PICARD
			What is this "first step" that
			Pardek suggests... ?

					SPOCK
			There is a new Proconsul of the
			Romulan Senate. He is young and
			idealistic. He has promised many
			reforms. Pardek believes he may
			be receptive to discussing
			reunification.

	Picard takes a moment to digest it all.

					PICARD
			Why would you not bring something
			this important to the attention
			of your own people or the
			Federation?

	Spock takes a beat to consider his response, it raises
	unhappy memories.

					SPOCK
			A personal decision, Captain.
				(beat)
			Perhaps you are aware that I
			played a small role in the first
			overture to peace with the
			Klingons...

					PICARD
			History is aware of the role you
			played, Ambassador.

					SPOCK
			Not entirely. It was I who asked
			Kirk to lead that peace mission.
					(MORE)

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - TEASER   5.

2    CONTINUED: (3)

					SPOCK (cont'd)
			And I who had to accept the
			responsibility for the
			consequences to him and his crew.
				(beat)
			Quite simply, I am unwilling to
			risk anyone's life but my own on
			this occasion. I would ask you
			to respect my wishes and leave.

	Picard considers this a moment.

					PICARD
			Ambassador, your logic escapes
			me. If I didn't know better, I
			would say your judgment had been
			influenced by emotion.

					SPOCK
			You speak as my father would if
			he were here, Picard...

					PICARD
			I speak as a Starfleet officer
			and I cannot ignore the risks to
			you...

					SPOCK
			I was involved with... "cowboy
			diplomacy", as you describe it,
			Captain, long before you were
			born.

					PICARD
			Nevertheless, sir, I am not
			prepared to leave until your
			affairs are completed.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			In your own way, you are as
			stubborn as another Captain of
			the Enterprise I once knew.

					PICARD
			Then, sir, I am in good company.

	As Spock reluctantly acknowledges and accepts Picard's
	continued presence with a nod...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE   6.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

3    INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Data, still in disguise, has just returned from the
	surface... Captain K'VADA reacts to the news with
	irritation... the Conn and Tactical Officers observe.

					K'VADA
			We have more important things to
			attend to than acting as your
			nursemaids.

					DATA
			Captain Picard regrets that he
			must detain you but it is
			necessary for a while longer.
			In addition, I will be requiring
			access to your ship's computer...

					K'VADA
				(reacts, suspicious)
			Access to our computer... for what
			purpose?

					DATA
			I am going to attempt to penetrate
			the Romulan Central Information
			Net...

					K'VADA
			Don't bother. We've been trying
			for years.

					DATA
			I have unique skills that may
			permit me to succeed.

					K'VADA
			I cannot reveal classified Klingon
			entry codes to Starfleet...

					DATA
			Your entry codes can be easily
			reconfigured after we depart.
			And Captain Picard has authorized
			me to share with you any
			information we obtain from the
			Romulan data banks...

	The Klingon frowns, grunts -- "Fine... "

   STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE   7.

3    CONTINUED:

					K'VADA
			Anything else?

					DATA
			We will also need to communicate
			with the Enterprise in sector
			two-thirteen.

					K'VADA
			You do and the Romulans will
			instantly know our coordinates.

					DATA
			Using conventional means, that
			would be true; however I propose
			that we piggy-back our signal on
			Romulan subspace transmissions...

					K'VADA
			"Piggy-back"?

					DATA
			A Human metaphor, pardon me. We
			would use a Romulan signal as a
			carrier for own own, thus
			disguising its origin.

					K'VADA
			It won't work.

					DATA
			I believe it will. During the
			last hour, I have conducted a
			systematic review of the entire
			Romulan subspace grid and compared
			my findings with the
			specifications of your
			transmission array. It would
			appear they are compatible.

	The Klingon studies him for a long, dry beat, finally
	grunts an approval.

					DATA
			Thank you for your cooperation.

	Data EXITS... a beat as K'Vada muses and then hits a
	panel...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE  7A.

3    CONTINUED: (2)

					K'VADA
			Captain's notation. Recommend
			we study the potential for a
			Klingon artificial life entity.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT ONE  8.

3    CONTINUED: (3)

	And we stay for a beat as that thought lingers on his
	face and...

4    EXT. ROMULAN STREET

	A Romulan child of twelve (D'TAN) as he runs onto the
	street out of breath, carrying a single flower...
	pauses looks around...

4A   ANGLE - THE STREET

	... colorless, bleak... pedestrians only... this is a
	poor neighborhood, life here is a struggle... a line of
	people wait to get into a general store... a small cafe
	has a few customers...

4B   D'TAN

	sees the one he's looking for... moves to the line,
	hands the flower to a man (ROMULAN#1); the man reacts,
	glances around, gets out of line... follow him to...

4C   THE CAFE

	Dark, austere, a row of silent people stand at counters
	eating silently... finding, in the shadows, Spock and
	Picard, standing alone, dressed as Romulans... he moves
	to them, puts the flower in a glass of water and
	places it in front of them on the table...

					ROMULAN#1
			Allow me to brighten your table.
				(makes eye contact with
				 Spock)
			Jolan True.

	He moves on. Spock understands the signal. They
	speak in hushed tones...

					SPOCK
			The Senate has adjourned. Pardek
			will be here shortly...

					PICARD
			Just how widespread is this
			movement?

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT ONE  8A.

4C   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			There are groups in every
			populated area. I have personally
			spoken with members from four
			provinces.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT ONE  9.

4C   CONTINUED:

	He stops as an OLD GRIM WOMAN delivers their soup...
	she looks hard at the flower, at these strangers...
	a silent moment... then she leaves...

					SPOCK
			It has become a serious concern
			to the Romulan leadership.

					PICARD
			Serious enough for the leaders
			to suddenly embrace a Vulcan
			peace initiative? I have a
			difficult time accepting that.

					SPOCK
			I sense you have a closed mind,
			Captain. Closed minds have kept
			these two worlds apart for
			centuries.

	Picard reacts with curiosity to this conflict...
	because Spock has really brought something of his
	own to the table...

					SPOCK
				(continuing)
			In the Federation, we have learned
			from experience to view the
			Romulans with distrust. We can
			either choose to live with that
			enmity or seek an opportunity to
			change it. I choose the latter...

					PICARD
			I will be the first to cheer when
			the Neutral Zone is abolished,
			sir. I only wonder if this
			movement is strong enough to
			reshape the entire Romulan
			political landscape.

	Spock takes a beat... nodding to the flower on the
	table...

					SPOCK
			One can begin to reshape the
			landscape with a single flower,
			Captain.

	But he's not at peace as he says it, experiencing
	additional conflicts within himself...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT ONE  10.

4D   ANGLE - D'TAN

	coming to the table carrying an old, worn out book...

					D'TAN
			Jolan True, Mister Spock... look
			what I've brought you...

					SPOCK
			This is my friend, D'Tan... he
			is very curious about Vulcan...

					PICARD
			Hello, D'Tan...

					SPOCK
				(re: book)
			It is very old. Where did you
			get this?

					D'TAN
			They read from it at the
			meetings... it tells the story
			of the Vulcan separation...

					PARDEK (o.c.)
			You should not bring that out
			here, D'Tan. You've been told
			many times...

4E   ANGLE

	to include Pardek...

					D'TAN
			I just wanted to show it to Mister
			Spock...

					PARDEK
			Off with you... we will see you
			later tonight...

					D'TAN
				(to Spock)
			Will you tell us more stories
			about Vulcan?

					SPOCK
			Yes...

	D'Tan smiles... runs away...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT ONE  11.

4E   CONTINUED:

					D'TAN
			Jolan True.

	Pardek glances over and sees the grim old woman looking
	hard at them from the back of the cafe...

					PARDEK
			Perhaps this is not such a good
			place to talk...

	Picard and Spock rise and follow Pardek...

4F   MOVING DOWN THE STREET

					PARDEK
			So, what do you think of your
			enemy, Captain Picard?

					PICARD
			These people are no one's enemy,
			Senator.

					PARDEK
				(smiles, acknowledges)
			Many of my colleagues fear what
			they have to say. But I have
			learned to listen carefully.
			Children like D'Tan are our
			future. Old men like me will not
			be able to hold on to ancient
			prejudice and hostility. These
			young people won't allow it.
				(beat)
			Now that they've met their first
			real Vulcan, it has only inspired
			them more. I'm sure that is
			evident to you, Spock...

					SPOCK
				(acknowledges)
			I did not anticipate such a
			passionate response to my arrival.

					PARDEK
			Romulans are a passionate people,
			Spock. The Vulcans will learn
			to appreciate that quality in us.

					SPOCK
			If we are successful.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT ONE  12.

4F   CONTINUED:

					PARDEK
			We will know soon. The Proconsul
			has agreed to meet with you.

	Off Spock and Picard's reaction...

5
thru	OMITTED
9

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/12/91 - ACT TWO  13.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

10   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At the surplus yard. In orbit of Qualor Two.

					RIKER (V.O.)
			First Officer's log, stardate
			45245.8. The Enterprise remains
			at Qualor Two as we continue to
			investigate the theft of a surplus
			Vulcan ship and materiel.

11   INT. QUALOR TWO PIANO BAR

	Close on an alien woman (AMARIE) at a keyboard... she
	must have been quite a looker once, but her best years
	are clearly behind her now. There's a bored, routine
	quality to her playing... aside from the fact that she
	has four arms. In one hand, she holds, not a
	cigarette, but a salt stick that she sucks on. She has
	a tip jar that has a few gold coins in it...

					RIKER (V.O.)
			The trail has led us to the former
			wife of a deceased smuggler.

	The bar itself is dark and private, a place where quiet
	liaisons can be safely arranged. It's a slow night. A
	couple of alien hookers wait for trade to pick up...
	some very strange faces stay mysteriously in the
	shadows of tables in the back... Amarie looks up to see
	Riker sitting down at the piano bar...

					AMARIE
			A new face.

					RIKER
			Same one I've always had.

					AMARIE
			What would you like to hear?

					RIKER
			Know the blues?

					AMARIE
			Look at me, Mister. What do you
			think?
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT TWO  14.

11   CONTINUED:

					AMARIE (cont'd)
				(Riker grins)
			Seven different shades of them.
			How about some Andorian blues?

	She goes into a bluesy riff... She licks some of her
	salt stick with a spare hand. Offers one from a pack
	to Riker from another hand...

					AMARIE
			Suck salt?

					RIKER
			Never cared for it.

					AMARIE
			Good for you. Nasty habit. So
			who are you looking for?

					RIKER
			Who says I'm looking for anybody?

					AMARIE
			Your face. Your uniform. In a
			place like this.

					RIKER
			Okay. I'm looking for you.

					AMARIE
			You just made my day.

					RIKER
			I have to ask you about your
			husband.

					AMARIE
			Well, it was nice while it lasted.
			Which husband?

					RIKER
			The dead one, I'm afraid.

	She keeps playing... never misses a beat.

					AMARIE
			You must be from the Enterprise.
			You destroyed his ship.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT TWO  15.

11   CONTINUED: (2)

					RIKER
				(acknowledges with
				 regret)
			He fired first.

					AMARIE
			He always did.

					RIKER
			He was involved in some pretty
			bad business. And he took the
			evidence with him.

					AMARIE
			His one endearing quality -- he
			always cleaned up after himself.
				(beat)
			What do you want from me?

					RIKER
			I was hoping you might know his
			business partners.

					AMARIE
			Why should I help you?

					RIKER
			To be honest, I can't think of
			a good reason.

					AMARIE
				(a beat)
			Well, you did kill my ex-husband.
			That's not a bad start. Why don't
			you drop a few coins in the jar.
			I'll see what I remember.

					RIKER
			I don't carry money.

					AMARIE
			You don't offer much do you... ?

	Riker studies her a long beat, thinking what he might
	offer her... then...

					RIKER
			Slide over.

					AMARIE
			Huh?

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  16.

11   CONTINUED: (3)

	Riker gets up, sits next to her at the piano... she
	reacts...

					AMARIE
			Just what I need -- another set
			of hands.

					RIKER
			You know this one?

	He begins to play some blues...

					RIKER
			Early 20th century, from a place
			on Earth called Memphis...
				(off her reaction)
			... maybe I could teach you a new
			lick or two...

					AMARIE
				(remarkable)
			You already have.

					RIKER
			So, whattaya say?

	She takes a second to decide, then shrugs
	"what-the-hell"...

					AMARIE
			Gonna be around a few days?

					RIKER
			I can be.

					AMARIE
			Sooner or later, a man named Omag
			will come by for a song. Always
			wants to hear the same thing --
			"Melor Famagal." He's an arms
			trader. A fat Ferengi.

	Off Riker's reaction...

12   EXT. ROMULUS CAPITOL CITY - DAY - ESTABLISHING
	MATTE SHOT - (OPTICAL)

	It is bright. It is clean. It is metal and chrome
	and glass organized into high rises of various dynamic
	shapes.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  17.

13   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	A stateliness, suggesting great power. Very clean
	lines, orderly, spacious... a Romulan chime at the
	door... an off-camera voice:

					NERAL (O.C.)
			Enter.

	Pardek comes in with Spock. Moving to find an
	energetic, handsome man in his late forties, a Romulan
	Bobby Kennedy... he is at a station... rising and
	coming forward to greet his guests.

					PARDEK
				(greeting)
			Proconsul...

					NERAL
			Yes... Pardek... come in...

					PARDEK
			Ambassador Spock of Vulcan...

					SPOCK
			Proconsul.

					NERAL
			Please. I've never liked titles
			since I was a lowly uhlan in the
			Romulan guard... I am Neral...
			now, how is it again, Pardek's
			tried to show me...

	He holds up a hand in the traditional Vulcan greeting.
	Spock returns it.

					SPOCK
			I am honored.

					NERAL
			Good.

					PARDEK
			Permit me to withdraw.

					NERAL
			Will we see you and your wife
			tommorrow at the state dinner?

					PARDEK
			We're looking forward to it.

	Pardek smiles and withdraws.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  18.

13   CONTINUED:

					NERAL
			It's been years since old Pardek
			was invited to an official
			function. He's far too attached
			to the "common man" for most
			peoples' comfort.

					SPOCK
			That is their loss. I've always
			found Pardek to have a unique
			insight into many issues.

	They sit.

					NERAL
			Let me tell you something, Spock.
			We're going to start something
			here, you and I, that will redraw
			the face of the quadrant.

					SPOCK
				(reacts)
			You are prepared to support
			reunification?

					NERAL
			I believe it must eventually come.
			Our two worlds need each other.

					SPOCK
			Forgive me. But I did not expect
			to hear a Romulan Proconsul speak
			like a member of your
			underground.

					NERAL
			I want you to know exactly where
			I stand.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			Do you believe you can gain the
			support of the full Senate?

					NERAL
			Things are not what they once were
			in the Senate. The old leaders
			have lost the respect of the
			people.

					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT TWO  18A.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					NERAL (cont'd)
			Involvement in the Klingon War...
			endless confrontations with the
			Federation...
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 8/30/91 - ACT TWO  19.

13   CONTINUED: (2)

					NERAL (cont'd)
			They're tired of it. Times are
			changing. Leaders who refuse to
			change with them... will no
			longer be leaders.
				(he rises)
			Spock, I am prepared to publicly
			endorse the opening of talks
			between our peoples... How do
			you think the Vulcan people will
			respond to that?

	A public announcement. This is astounding.

					SPOCK
			They will be... cautious. There
			are generations of distrust to
			overcome.

					NERAL
			But surely with a man of your
			influence leading the way...

	He is interrupted by a com voice --

					FEMALE COM VOICE
			Proconsul, the Senate has been
			recalled into session...

	Neral frowns at the interruption...

					NERAL
			Very well.
				(rising, to Spock)
			Can we meet again tommorrow?

					SPOCK
			As you wish.

					NERAL
			Good. Jolan True, Spock. Oh...
				(remembering)
			Live long and prosper.

	Spock bows, EXITS. After a beat, a side door opens and
	SELA ENTERS, thoughtfully looking at the door Spock
	just left through... Neral looks at her, she nods,
	satisfied at the way the meeting went.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT TWO  20.

14   INT. CAVES

	Spock and Picard are sitting with members of the
	underground... Pardek at one side... D'Tan on the
	other... They are reacting to Spock's report of the
	meeting...

					ROMULAN#1
			It's everything we could have
			hoped for...

	General murmurs of excitement and joy...

					SPOCK
				(skeptical)
			It is more than we could have
			hoped for.

	That stops the excitement. Picard looks at Spock,
	concurs...

					PARDEK
			But if Neral is ready to publicly
			endorse reunification...

					PICARD
			I can't imagine that one rises
			to the position of Senate
			Proconsul without the support of
			the Romulan traditionalists.

					PARDEK
			That's true.

					PICARD
			Then, how can he turn his back
			on them so easily? How can he
			endorse reunification when it is
			considered subversive?

					ROMULAN#1
			Because he's not afraid of
			them... because he knows we will
			support him...

					SPOCK
			Captain Picard is correct. It
			is not logical for the Proconsul
			to endorse reunification at this
			time.

	Clamor... disappointment... objections...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  21.

14   CONTINUED:

					ROMULAN#2
			Why would Neral lie?

					PICARD
			Perhaps they are hoping to use
			this to expose members of your
			movement...

					ROMULAN#2
			No, this is our chance for
			acceptance. Finally, to be heard.

					ROMULAN#1
			I believe it is the Federation
			that fears an alliance between
			Romulus and Vulcan.

	Louder clamor... yells of anger...

					PICARD
			That is not true...

	After a beat, Spock rises... a silence falls.

					SPOCK
			I came here to determine the
			potential for reunification.
			In spite of what has occurred,
			I intend to continue my efforts!
			I intend to meet with the
			Proconsul as planned.

	The crowd is pleased... but Picard gives Spock a
	concerned look that is ignored as Spock EXITS the
	chamber. After a beat, Picard follows him...

15   INT. LARGER CAVERN - CONTINUOUS

	Picard and Spock alone... Picard is angry...

					PICARD
			You let their emotions sway you...

					SPOCK
			On the contrary, I am pursuing
			the most logical course...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  22.

15   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			You are as skeptical as I am...
			is it logical to ignore your own
			good sense... ?

					SPOCK
			I fear the influence of Sarek has
			colored your attitudes, Captain.
			Toward reunification. And perhaps
			toward me.

	Picard reacts...

					PICARD
			That is the second time you have
			accused me of speaking with
			another man's voice.
				(beat)
			Yes, he will always be a part of
			me. His experiences. His spirit.
			But I speak with my own voice,
			Spock. Not his.

	Spock studies him...

					SPOCK
			Curious.
				(off Picard's reaction)
			That I should hear him so clearly
			now that he is dead.

	Spock moves away from Picard, thoughtfully...

					SPOCK
			It is possible that I have brought
			my arguments with Sarek to you,
			Captain. If so, I apologize.

					PICARD
			Is it so important for you to win
			one last argument with him?

					SPOCK
				(considering that
				 possibility)
			No, it is not.
				(beat, with irony)
			Although it is true that I will
			miss... the arguments. It was,
			finally, all that we had.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT TWO  23.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(compassionate)
			Your fight with Sarek is over.
			And you have none with me.

	Spock looks deep inside to find a way to explain
	this... and in a way he looks at Picard in this
	situation as a surrogate for his father, trying one
	last time to find a context for their relationship.

					SPOCK
			I always had a different vision
			than my father... an ability to
			see beyond pure logic. He
			considered it... weak. But I
			have discovered it to be a source
			of extraordinary strength.
				(beat)
			Sarek would find this mission
			of reunification a fool's
			errand... But somehow I think
			it is not. Logic cannot explain
			why... but I know I must continue
			to pursue this...

					PICARD
			Even if it leads you into a
			Romulan trap...

					SPOCK
			If the Romulans do have an
			ulterior motive, it would be in
			the interests of all concerned
			to determine what it is.

	Picard cannot deny it.

					SPOCK
			So I will play the role they would
			have me play.

	Off Picard's reluctant acknolwedgment...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 24.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

16   INT. KLINGON QUARTERS

	Small and dark... a single bed. Data, wearing his
	Starfleet uniform, is working on a computer... as the
	door opens and Picard and Spock ENTER... Spock
	immediately reacts...

					PICARD
			Have you had any success, Mister
			Data?

					DATA
			Negative, Captain. The Romulan
			Information Net employs a
			progressive encryption lock...
			I have been unable to penetrate
			their security measures.

					SPOCK
			May I assist you, Commander? I've
			had some experience in these
			matters.

					DATA
			By all means, Ambassador.

	Spock sits in a chair next to Data, begins to work on
	the panels of the computer...

					SPOCK
				(re: the monitor)
			The Romulans have incorporated
			a forty-three part cipher key into
			their entry sequence...

					DATA
			Yessir, the twenty-ninth is the
			only one I cannot bypass...

	Spock continues on the panels... Picard realizes he is
	useless in this situation and there's something he's
	been wanting to do...

					PICARD
			I think I'll take this opportunity
			to remove my ears...

	He EXITS.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 25.

16   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			He intrigues me, this Picard.

					DATA
			In what manner?

					SPOCK
			He is remarkably analytical and
			dispassionate for a Human. I
			understand why my father would
			choose to mind meld with him.
			There's almost a Vulcan quality
			to the man.

					DATA
			Interesting. I have never
			considered that. And Captain
			Picard has been a role model in
			my quest to be more Human.

					SPOCK
			To be more Human?

					DATA
			Yes, Ambassador.

	Spock raises an eyebrow...

					SPOCK
			Fascinating.
				(off Data's reaction)
			You have an efficient intellect,
			superior physical skills and no
			emotional impediments. There are
			Vulcans who aspire all their
			lives to achieve what you were
			given by design.

	Data considers this a moment and then...

					DATA
			You are half Human...

					SPOCK
			Yes.

					DATA
			And yet you have chosen a Vulcan
			way of life...

					SPOCK
			I have.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/6/91 - ACT THREE 26.

16   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			In effect, you have abandoned what
			I have sought all my life.

	Data's innocent remark strikes close to home for Spock;
	what he sees on the monitor allows him to avoid a
	response for a moment at least.

					SPOCK
				(re: monitor)
			I believe I have isolated the
			twenty-ninth cipher access code...
			I'll attempt to access the
			proconsul's files...

	He presses a few panels, stops... the computer beeps...

					DATA
			Ambassador, may I ask a personal
			question?

					SPOCK
			Please.

					DATA
			As you examine your life, do you
			find you have missed your
			humanity?

	The computer beeps. Spock pauses, before he begins to
	work the panels.

					SPOCK
			I have no regrets.

					DATA
			"No regrets." That is a Human
			expression.

					SPOCK
				(beat)
			Fascinating.

	As he begins again to work the panels, on Data's
	reaction...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 27.

17   OMITTED

18   INT. QUALOR-TWO PIANO BAR

	Amarie still at the piano, Worf sitting at the piano
	bar beside her... again, the room is lightly
	populated...

					WORF
			Do you know any Klingon opera?

					AMARIE
			I don't get a lot of requests for
			it.

					WORF
			Surely, you must know at least
			one theme from "Aktuh and
			Maylota".

					AMARIE
			I may be a little rusty...

	She begins to play, a pleased expression grows on
	Worf's face... and after a beat, he cannot restrain
	himself, he begins to hum... and finally breaks into
	full voice...

					WORF
			MAYLOTA... MAAAY-LOT-A...

					OMAG (o.c.)
			What is that dreadful noise? It
			sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn
			moose...

	Worf reacts, turns to see his offender --

19   ANGLE

	to see the fattest Ferengi we've ever seen... on his
	arms, two gorgeous women in skintight dresses...

					OMAG
			You know what I want to hear.

	As he sits in a booth...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 27A.

20   RESUME WORF

	as he exchanges a glance with Amarie who acknowledges,
	this is the guy... she begins to play a rhapsody... he
	hits his combadge...

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 28.

20   CONTINUED:

					WORF
				(quietly)
			Worf to Enterprise.

21   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker in command...

					RIKER
			Go ahead.

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			A fat Ferengi has just entered
			the establishment.

	Already on the move...

					RIKER
			Is that "Melor Famagal" I hear?

					WORF'S COM VOICE
			It is.

					RIKER
			I'm on my way.

	He's out.

									TIME CUT TO:

22   INT. PIANO BAR -- THE FERENGI

	A colorful array of food is spread across the table in
	front of him... drinks and champagne... as he bangs on
	the table top with his shoe... mouth full of food...

					OMAG
			Where is the waiter? Is there
			no waiter in this sorry place?

23   REVERSE ANGLE

	as Riker approaches the table, Worf behind him...

					RIKER
			Is there a problem?

					OMAG
			Yes. I need more napkins.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT THREE 29.

23   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Use your sleeve.

					OMAG
			What did you say?

					RIKER
				(re: one of the
				 girls)
			Or use her sleeve, I don't care.

	The Ferengi's eyes narrow...

					OMAG
			Who are you?

					RIKER
			Commander William Riker, the
			U.S.S. Enterprise.

					OMAG
			Am I supposed to stand up and
			salute?

	Laughs at the women. They laugh.

					RIKER
			We're investigating the
			disappearance of a Vulcan ship...

					OMAG
			You've got the wrong Ferengi...
			I never trade in Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			We know you were involved...

					OMAG
			Who would want a Vulcan ship...
			Vulcans are pacifists... I deal
			in warships... can somebody get
			me a napkin... ?

	Nobody does.

					RIKER
			Who would want a Vulcan ship?

					OMAG
			Hypothetically speaking?

					RIKER
			Hypothetically speaking.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 30.

23   CONTINUED: (2)

					OMAG
			I never learned to speak
			hypothetical.

	Laughs. The women laugh. Riker takes a beat, then
	casually lifts up the table and all the food and drinks
	slide down, falling over the Ferengi... the women
	shriek... the music stops... the Ferengi rises in a
	rage...

					OMAG
			Are you crazy?

	Riker grabs the Ferengi by the lapels and raises him
	off his feet to eye level.

					RIKER
				(calmly)
			Let me explain what's going to
			happen if you don't tell me about
			that Vulcan ship. Your passage
			rights through this sector will
			be revoked. But more than that,
			I'll be very unhappy.

	The Ferengi looks at him with loathing and fear...

					OMAG
			I delivered it to a Barolian
			freighter...

					RIKER
			At what coordinates?

					OMAG
			I don't remember.

	Riker tightens his grip...

					OMAG
			Ow... watch it... you're
			stretching my neck...

					RIKER
			Coordinates?

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT THREE 31.

23   CONTINUED: (3)

					OMAG
			At Galorndon Core. Near the
			Neutral Zone. That's all I know.
			I swear it.

	Riker throws him back into his seat, nods to the
	women...

					RIKER
			Enjoy your dinner.

	He smiles at Amarie and as he starts to leave... he
	picks up a napkin off a near-by table...

24   ANGLE - ON THE FERENGI

	his hands and clothes covered with stains... as the
	napkin is thrown on his lap and we...

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  32.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

25   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	As before.

26   INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE (OPTICAL)

	Riker, Worf, Troi. The Klingon bridge is on the
	viewscreen... Picard, in his Starfleet uniform,
	stands, Data is at a computer work station... K'Vada
	observes... another Klingon is at a tactical station...

					RIKER
			As soon as I heard this Barolian
			ship was at Galorndon Core, I
			started to think Romulans...

	Picard muses, trying to figure out the connection...

					PICARD
			And the Romulans are suddenly very
			interested in bonding with the
			Vulcans... Spock has been meeting
			with the new Senate Proconsul
			about reunification...

	Riker reacts...

					RIKER
			Reunification... ?

					PICARD
			The Proconsul says he is prepared
			to endorse peace talks...

					RIKER
			And Spock?

					PICARD
			The Ambassador is skeptical but
			he cares a great deal about
			reunification. As long as there's
			a chance of success, he will
			pursue it.

					TROI
			I'm afraid I don't see where a
			stolen Vulcan ship fits into all
			this...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  33.

26   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Neither do I, Counselor.
				(beat)
			How soon can you be at Galorndon
			Core, Number One... ?

					RIKER
				(presses some panels,
				 checking)
			Little over eight hours.

					PICARD
			It may be a wild goose chase, but
			I don't think we have a choice,
			do you?

					RIKER
			Agreed.

	The signal begins to break up.

					DATA
			We're losing our Romulan carrier
			wave, sir...

					PICARD
			We'll advise you further when you
			get there, Number One. Picard
			out.

	The signal goes completely and the starfield returns to
	the viewscreen.

					RIKER
				(to conn)
			Ensign, set a course to Galordon
			Core, take us to warp eight.

26A  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	shoots into warp and out of view.

26B  INT. KLINGON BRIDGE

	Data has been working the computer...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  34.

26B  CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Captain, the Romulan subspace logs
			identify a transmission from the
			Romulan surface to a Barolian ship
			near Galorndon Core twelve hours
			ago.

					K'VADA
			Galorndon Core is along the
			Barolian trade route... They
			trade a great deal with the
			Romulans... it's probably just
			routine...

					DATA
			This would not appear to be
			routine. I have been able to
			trace the source of the
			transmission. It incorporates
			the code prefix of Romulan
			intelligence.

					PICARD
			Can you access it, Data?

	Data works the panels, reacts curiously...

					DATA
			It appears to be a short sequence
			of numbers. One four zero zero.

					PICARD
			Nothing else?

					DATA
			Nossir.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			I want to advise the Ambassador
			immediately... Mister Data, you
			will accompany me to the
			surface...

	Data follows Picard as he addresses the Klingon Captain
	on the move...

					PICARD
			Captain, maintain an emergency
			transport schedule at our beam-in
			coordinates...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FOUR  35.

26B  CONTINUED: (2)

					K'VADA
			I do not take orders from you,
			Picard.

	Picard doesn't have time for any more of this Klingon
	attitude, stops, explodes.

					PICARD
			P'tah Jol Ginquol! Katah! You
			will lock on those coordinates
			at sixty minute intervals after
			our arrival.

	The Klingon blinks with surprise at Picard's
	aggression.

27   OMITTED

28   ANGLE

	As they move to the door...

					DATA
				(to Picard)
			That was not very Vulcan of you,
			sir.

	Picard reacts curiously, and as they EXIT...

28A  EXT. ROMULAN STREET

	Spock ENTERS the street... D'Tan runs over to greet
	him...

					D'TAN
			Mister Spock... I've been looking
			for you...

					SPOCK
			I have been meeting with the
			Proconsul, D'Tan...

					D'TAN
			Does he still speak of
			reunification?

					SPOCK
				(with concern)
			He speaks of nothing else.

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR 35A.

28A  CONTINUED:

	They move to a table at the cafe. The boy pulls out
	some marble-sized toys of varied shapes... alien
	symbols are marked on each one...

					D'TAN
			Have you ever seen any of these?

	He lays them in Spock's palm...

28B  INSERT - THE TOYS

					SPOCK
				(examines them)
			The syllabic nucleus of the Vulcan
			language...

					D'TAN
			They were my toys when I was
			small...

28C  RESUME

					SPOCK
			Your parents wanted you to learn
			the Vulcan language?

					D'TAN
				(acknowledges)
			As did their parents before them.
			To prepare for the day when we
			will live again with our Vulcan
			cousins.

	Spock studies the boy... and sees in his eyes a steady
	and firm belief in this prophesy.

28D  ANGLE - ROMULAN#1

	moves to the table...

					ROMULAN#1
			Your Federation friends have
			returned. They must see you
			immediately. I've told Pardek...
			he will meet you at the cave...

	As he moves on, Spock rises, puts his hand in D'Tan's
	as he returns the toys to the boy...

									TIME CUT TO:

 STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR 35B.

29   INT. CAVES

	Pardek, Spock, Picard, Data (neither of them in
	disguise)...

					PICARD
			The only communication that was
			sent were the numbers one-four-
			zero-zero.

					PARDEK
			What does it mean?

					SPOCK
			It means that the Proconsul has
			apparently been attempting to
			deceive me.
					(MORE)

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FOUR  36.

29   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK (cont'd)
			For what purpose I cannot say yet.
			But his conversations with me have
			obviously been part of a greater
			plan involving the stolen Vulcan
			ship.

					DATA
			How do you know that, Ambassador?

					SPOCK
			The time the Proconsul has set
			for the subspace announcement of
			our peace initiative is fourteen
			hundred hours tomorrow. One four
			zero zero.

					PARDEK
			But why would they need a Vulcan
			ship... ?

					SELA (o.c.)
			That will become clear very
			shortly...

	Data and Picard react, turn to see --

30   SELA

	at one entrance with one Romulan armed guard...

31   PICARD AND DATA

	reach for their phasers... but...

32   MORE ROMULAN GUARDS

	ENTER from all sides... surround them... Picard and
	Data drop their weapons...

					SELA
			Captain Picard, welcome to
			Romulus. I trust you've enjoyed
			your visit. And this is the
			android I have come to respect
			in battle...

					DATA
			Lieutenant Commander Data.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FOUR  37.

32   CONTINUED:

					PARDEK
				(to Spock)
			How could they know of this
			location? Someone betrayed us...

					SPOCK
			Yes. You did.

					PARDEK
				(aghast)
			Spock, we've been friends for
			eighty years...

					SPOCK
			It is the only logical conclusion.
			You invited me to Romulus. You
			arranged the meeting with the
			Proconsul. And you knew that
			Picard and Data had returned to
			the surface with new information.

	Pardek tries to maintain an innocent front, but Sela
	decides it's not worth the bother.

					SELA
				(grins)
			The great Spock. Very well.
			Senator Pardek, your service to
			the Romulan people is noted and
			appreciated.

	Pardek ends the act, nods, acknowledges, shares a
	glance with Spock... all's fair in war, nothing
	personal... without discomfort --

					PARDEK
			Jolan True, Spock.

	And EXITS...

					SELA
				(to Spock)
			Do not be distressed. Your dream
			of reunification is not dead.
			It will only take a slightly
			different form... the Romulan
			conquest of Vulcan.

	And as she nods to the guards and they take them away...

33
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36

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  38.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

38   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Coming out of warp... entering orbit of Galorndon
	Core...

39   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Riker, Worf, Troi, Geordi at an aft station.

					RIKER
			Any signs of life, Mister La
			Forge?

					GEORDI
			Negative, Commander.

					TROI
			The Romulans could have a cloaked
			base on the surface...

					RIKER
				(acknowledges)
			Or anywhere else along the Neutral
			Zone.

					WORF
			Sir, a coded subspace signal from
			Romulus... it's the Captain...

	Riker moves to Worf's console... reads the message to
	himself once, frowns.

					TROI
			What...

					RIKER
			"Maintain position at Galorndon
			Core. Diplomatic initiative
			appears to be succeeding. Will
			advise soon."

	He finds this very suspicious, glances at Worf...

					WORF
			The message did employ the proper
			code sequence, Commander.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  39.

39   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
				(with concern)
			Yeah. I'm sure it did.

	And on Riker's concerned face...

40   EXT. ROMULUS - DAY - ESTABLISHING - MATTE SHOT
	(OPTICAL)

41   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	Sela sits behind the desk working panels on a PADD as
	Picard, Spock, and Data are led in by guards... she
	doesn't look up...

					SELA
			Come in, gentlemen. Take a seat,
			please.

	They are escorted to chairs... she looks at the guards
	and nods, they're excused... they exit.

					SELA
			Excuse me, I'm just finishing up
			a speech. For you, Mister Spock.
			I rather enjoy writing. I don't
			get to do it often in this job...

					DATA
			Perhaps you would be happier in
			another job.

	She ignores him, moves around the desk to Spock...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  40.

41   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			Please feel free to change any
			words that you wish... I've tried
			to make it sound Vulcan, a lot
			of unnecessarily long words...

	She hands him the PADD. Spock glances at it.

					SELA
			In a few hours, you will deliver
			this statement alongside our
			Senate Proconsul... It will
			announce to the Vulcan people that
			a peace envoy is on its way from
			Romulus... we will transmit it
			on all Federation subspace
			frequencies...

	Picard begins to put it together...

					PICARD
			A "peace" envoy in a stolen Vulcan
			ship...

					SELA
			Actually, three Vulcan ships,
			Captain... The Enterprise is only
			aware of the one we stole from
			Qualor Two. We've been following
			their investigation. It has
			forced us to make some minor
			changes. Including a message that
			was sent in your name, ordering
			them to stay where they are.

					PICARD
			The moment those Vulcan ships
			appear in the Neutral Zone, the
			Enterprise will move to
			intercept...

					SELA
			In that event, the Enterprise
			will be given more important
			matters to attend to. In the
			meantime, Ambassador Spock will
			be telling his people to welcome
			the peace envoy. And when they do,
			our forces will seize control
			before anyone realizes what has
			happened.

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE  41.

41   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Can you possibly believe that
			the Federation will not
			immediately intervene?

					SELA
			Of course it will. And we're
			fully prepared for it. But we'll
			be there. Entrenched. And it
			will be very difficult to get us
			out once we are. A new Vulcan
			government will be formed that
			will embrace their Romulan
			cousins. Reunification will
			become a fact of life.

					SPOCK
			I will not read this or any other
			statement.

					SELA
			If you do not, you will die; all
			of you will die.

					SPOCK
			It is logical to conclude that
			you will kill us in any event.
			Therefore, I choose not to
			cooperate.

	Sela shakes her head.

					SELA
			I hate Vulcans. I hate the logic.
			I hate the arrogance. Very
			well...

	She hits a panel...

					SELA
				(to com)
			Computer, holographic program
			Spock One...

42   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	they turn to see the image of Spock standing behind
	them...

  STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE  42.

42   CONTINUED:

					SELA
			By taking advantage of holographic
			sampling during the last several
			days, we have created a
			programmable Spock...
				(to com)
			Run program!

42A  THE HOLO SPOCK (OPTICAL)

	comes to life...

					HOLO SPOCK
			This is Ambassador Spock of
			Vulcan. By now, Federation
			sensors are tracking three Vulcan
			ships crossing the Neutral Zone.
			These ships carry the future of
			the Vulcan and Romulan people.
			Our long conflict is finally
			over...

					SELA
			Freeze.

	The program freezes.

					SELA
			We would have preferred an
			interactive Spock who could have
			responded to questions, but this
			will have to suffice...

					PICARD
			This will hardly convince anyone.

					SELA
			I don't need to convince them.
			Just to confuse them long enough
			for us to reach Vulcan.
				(to com)
			End program.

	The hologram disappears.

					SELA
			If you will excuse me, it is time
			to send the ships on their
			journey...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE      43.

42A  CONTINUED:

	And she EXITS. They immediately begin to examine the
	room for escape potential...

					PICARD
			Suggestions?

					SPOCK
			Commander Data, are they still
			unaware that we have access to
			their computers?

					DATA
			I believe so, sir.

					SPOCK
			Then perhaps you and I can find
			a way to create a diversion...

	As they move to the computer station...

43   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Still in orbit of Galorndon Core.

44   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Commander, sensors are picking
			up three vessels crossing the
			neutral zone... Vulcan ships...

					TROI
				(reacts)
			Vulcan...

	Riker moves to the aft science station...

44A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	A grid on the science station monitor showing the
	neutral zone... three blips move in formation...

					RIKER
			What's their heading, Mister
			Worf... ?

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE      44.

44A  CONTINUED:

					WORF
			One-four-three mark zero one
			two...

					GEORDI
				(checking sensors)
			That would put them on a course
			to Vulcan... they don't seem to
			be in any hurry... they're only
			moving at warp one, Commander...

					RIKER
			Worf, signal them on subspace...
			request their status... Geordi,
			see if you can tell if one of them
			is the ship we've been looking
			for.

	Worf and Geordi work at their respective stations...

					WORF
			They say they're escorting a peace
			envoy from Romulus to Vulcan,
			sir... They request that we
			monitor Federation subspace
			channels. Ambassador Spock will
			be making an announcement
			shortly...

					TROI
			Perhaps his reunification talks
			were successful...

	Riker frowns with suspicion, turns to La Forge...

					RIKER
			Geordi?

					GEORDI
			None of the transponder
			signatures match up to the
			missing ship, Commander. They
			might have been altered... I'll
			keep checking...

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Set a course to intercept...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      45.

44A  CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
			Sir, the captain's orders were
			to maintain...

					RIKER
			I know the captain's orders,
			Lieutenant. Engage.

44B  EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	Moves away at warp.

45   EXT. ROMULUS - MATTE SHOT - DAY (OPTICAL)

46   INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	At the door as Sela and two armed guards ENTER, react
	as they move inside and they move past the camera and
	we follow them to see that the room is empty...

46A  ANGLE - SELA (OPTICAL)

	reacts...

					SELA
			Impossible... there's no way they
			could have gotten out of this
			room...

					HOLO RIKER (o.c.)
			That's far enough...

	They turn to see, and camera widens to reveal, Riker
	and three Starfleet officers with phasers raised...

					HOLO RIKER
			Hold it right there. Drop your
			weapons.

	Sela moves casually toward the desk --

					SELA
			How did you get in here?

					HOLO RIKER
			Drop your weapons.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      46.

46A  CONTINUED:

	But Sela doesn't drop her disruptor... instead she
	drops to her knees using the desk as cover and fires...
	The guards immediately follow suit but the bursts just
	pass right through the Starfleet officers...

					HOLO RIKER
			Drop your weapons.

					SELA
			Cease fire.
				(reacts, disgusted)
			Holograms...

	And as they react, it all happens very quickly --

47
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54

55   ANGLE - GUARD #1 (OPTICAL)

	near a wall... behind him, a hand comes through the
	wall and now Spock emerges and puts him out with a
	nerve pinch... picks up his phaser... meanwhile --

56
thru	OMITTED
57

57A  PICARD (OPTICAL)

	comes through the wall behind Guard #2, puts him down
	with a quick punch.

58   SELA

	reacts, raises her disruptor at Picard, but Spock moves
	up beside her, aims the disruptor he took from the
	guard...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      47.

58   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			I'm afraid I don't know too much
			about Romulan disruptor
			settings...

	Sela answers by dropping her phaser... Spock glances at
	Picard...

					SPOCK
			"Cowboy diplomacy".

					PICARD
				(calling to o.c.)
			Well done, Mister Data...
			although I believe you parted
			Commander Riker's hair on the
			wrong side.

58A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	As the program disappears... Riker and the men go...
	as well as the phoney walls, revealing Data working the
	computer...

					DATA
			I will be more observant in the
			future, sir.

					SELA
			It doesn't matter what you do now.
			Spock's announcement will be made
			in minutes. Our forces will be
			on Vulcan before you can alert
			anyone...

	On reactions...

59   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	At warp.

60   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before... Beverly ENTERS from the turbolift...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/4/91 - ACT FIVE     47A.

60   CONTINUED:

					BEVERLY
			We've just received a priority
			one distress call from the colony
			on Dulisian Four... a massive
			failure of the environmental
			support system. They're going
			to require evacuation.

	Riker turns and asks himself what to do for a beat...
	he has nothing but a hunch about the Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			Worf, other ships in the vicinity
			of Dulisian Four...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/5/91 - ACT FIVE      48.

60   CONTINUED: (2)

					WORF
				(checking)
			One, sir... a Rutian
			archaeological vessel...

					BEVERLY
			I'm sure it's not equipped to
			handle something of this scale,
			Will...

61   ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	Riker moves to the aft station where the monitors
	follow the progress of the Vulcan ships...

					RIKER
			Geordi, anything more on the
			Vulcan ships... ?

					GEORDI
			I've checked every sensor display
			backwards and forwards... if the
			Romulans altered them, they didn't
			leave any fingerprints... I can't
			tie any of them to the surplus
			yard.

					WORF
			The Vulcan ships have entered
			Federation space... maintaining
			low warp, sir...

	A beat. Riker clearly has no choice.

					RIKER
				(beat)
			Lay in a new course for Dulisian
			Four...

					WORF
			Incoming Message from Romulus...
			on all subspace channels.

					RIKER
			On screen.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/6/91 - ACT FIVE      49.

62   OMITTED

62A  ANGLE (OPTICAL)

	to include the viewscreen. Spock appears.

					SPOCK
			This is Ambassador Spock of
			Vulcan. By now, Federation
			sensors are tracking three Vulcan
			ships crossing the Neutral Zone.
			These ships carry a Romulan
			invasion force and must be
			stopped. I repeat these ships.

	The Spock image is suddenly scrambled...

					RIKER
			Doctor, contact Dulisian Four...
			and confirm that distress call.
			I have a feeling it may prove
			to be a false alarm.

	She EXITS quickly...

					RIKER
			How long will it take to intercept
			those Vulcan ships, Mister Worf?

					WORF
			Fourteen minutes, sir...

62B  INT. ROMULAN OFFICE - DAY

	Spock has just completed his announcement, moving away
	from a "broadcast" alcove... Data is at the computer...
	Picard still holds the phaser on Sela...

					DATA
			Communication lines have been
			terminated at the transmitter...
			I am quite certain the message
			was sent prior to the
			interruption...

					PICARD
			Well done, Mister Data...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      50.

62B  CONTINUED:

					SELA
			You'll never get out of this
			building.

					DATA
			I disagree, Commander. After
			studying the design of this
			structure, I have determined that
			our best route of escape would
			be the underground exit to the
			east of this wing... I have
			disconnected certain security
			scanners to assist us.

	He rises... as they prepare to exit...

					DATA
			I am afraid we cannot permit you
			to warn your guards.

	And he pinches her with a Spock pinch... and she goes
	down.

					SPOCK
				(reacts)
			Impressive.

	And they're out.

63   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	coming out of warp.

64   OMITTED

65   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	As before.

					WORF
			Vulcan defense vessels are also
			responding... the Romulan force
			is retreating toward the Neutral
			Zone...

					RIKER
			Uh Uh. They're not taking those
			Vulcan ships home with them...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/10/91 - ACT FIVE     51.

65   CONTINUED:

					WORF
			Visual range, Commander...

					RIKER
			On screen.

					GEORDI
				(reacting off sensors)
			A Romulan warbird. Decloaking
			alongside the Vulcan ships.

					RIKER
			Red alert...

66   ANGLE ON THE VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)

	Shows a Romulan warbird DECLOAKING next to three
	smaller Vulcan ships.

					RIKER
			Advise the warbird to withdraw
			from Federation space and leave
			the Vulcan ships where they are...

					WORF
			The warbird is powering up its
			forward disruptor array...

					RIKER
			Ready phasers.

	The Warbird fires and the Vulcan ships explode one at a
	time... then the Warbird recloaks.

67   OMITTED

68   INT. MAIN BRIDGE

	Reactions. Geordi at a science monitor, reading
	sensors...

					GEORDI
			There were over two thousand
			Romulan troops on those ships.

					TROI
			They destroyed their own invasion
			force.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      52.

68   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Rather than let them be taken
			prisoner.
				(softly)
			Stand down red alert. Mister
			Worf, advise the Klingon ship to
			signal us as soon as Captain
			Picard and Data are safely aboard.

					WORF
			Aye, sir...

69   OMITTED

70   INT. NEW CAVES

	D'Tan leads in Picard, Data and Spock...

					D'TAN
			This way... Pardek never saw these
			caves... It's safe, they won't
			find us here...

	In the cavern, a dozen or more of the underground
	members are meeting... They acknowledge the arrival...

					PICARD
			What will you do now... ?

					ROMULAN#2
			What we've always done. Continue
			to teach. Pass on the ideals to
			a new generation. Work for the
			day when new thoughts may be
			spoken aloud.

	Spock studies these people, muses, coming to an
	understanding of what he must do...

					PICARD
			The Federation will welcome that
			day.

					DATA
			Captain, we will need to reach
			our transport site in fourteen
			minutes.

	Picard acknowledges, and as they begin to move away from
	the others, Spock takes Picard aside...

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      53.

70   CONTINUED:

					SPOCK
			I will not be coming with you.

					PICARD
				(reacts)
			Ambassador...

					SPOCK
			The reason for my coming here has
			never been more clear, Captain.
			The union of the Romulan and
			Vulcan peoples will not be
			achieved by politics. Or by
			diplomacy. But it will be
			achieved. The answer has been
			here in front of us all the time.
			An inexorable evolution toward
			a Vulcan philosophy has already
			begun: Like the first Vulcans,
			these people are struggling to
			find a new enlightenment. It may
			take decades, centuries for them
			to reach it... but they will...
			and I must help...

	Picard studies him a long beat...

					PICARD
			I have learned it is useless to
			argue with you once your mind is
			set.

					SPOCK
			Not at all, Captain. I have in
			fact found our arguments quite
			useful. Almost as useful as those
			I had with my father.

					PICARD
				(beat)
			Would you be surprised to learn
			that he found them equally
			valuable?

	Spock studies Picard with an intensity, slowly reaches
	out...

					SPOCK
			Ironically, Captain, you may have
			known Sarek better than his own
			son did... my father and I never
			chose to meld.

      STAR TREK: "Unification" Pt. II - REV. 9/9/91 - ACT FIVE      54.

70   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
			Then, I would offer you the chance
			to touch what he shared with
			me...

71   DATA

	turns, reacts as he sees this happening...

72   SPOCK'S HAND

	touches Picard's head... and they meld... a symbolic
	unification of one generation and another.

73   SPOCK

	looks into Picard's eyes... and...

74   PICARD

	smiles a warm familial smile as we...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END                             

