"Time meant nothing to him. An instant was the same as eternity; both were merely subjective measures of his isolation and his madness, which began the moment he was cast out of creation and had been taking its toll ever since. His exile had just begun, and it lasted forever." (Q Space)(1)
"Fair is fair, there is there, and here is nowhere, nowhere, no hope." (Q Space)(1)
Professor Faal, a Betazed scientist, was returning to Betazed on the Enterprise. The barrier of our galaxy causes insanity, brain damage and even death. Professor Faal was discussing going outside the known galaxy at a briefing.
"Exploring the unknown always contains an element of danger."
"The Fundamental mission of life has always been to extend the limits of our knowledge of the universe, exploring new and uncharted territories."
Barkley delivered the heart of the Experiment and wound up making a fool of himself. Milo, Filos son, missed him desperately, was stuck babysitting his sister. Councilor Troi sent Ensign Wildman to take Milo and his sister to the Holodecks Faal is hiding something Troi believes. Faal hadn't mentioned his children at all while working in engineering with Laforge. Geordi lost his mother two years ago, she hasn't been found yet.
"When you can do anything, nothing is more boring than simply doing it. Getting there isn't half the fun, it's the whole enchilada."(Q 38)
Q's wife and child appeared in the mess hall.
Baby q was playing with what seemed like a planet in the form of a ball. Q put the ball his son was playing with back in the Solar System it belonged in Q transported Picard back on the Bridge. Q froze Data for some time in mid sentence. Baby q was in the holdeck playpen. Baby q went to the ceiling.
Troi and the doctor came. Q tumbled down.
When they went above Warp 5 damaged the Fabric of space-time. Q turned on the EMH and was asking him for candy. Beverly turned it off and gave him a lollipop. The baby’s mom appeared and scared Beverly.
The Enterprise was under attack by the Calmerians a gaseous species. Q abducted Picard. They got the probe back that they used to study the energy field. They couldn’t get out of the attack by the Calmerians. Q was guiding Picard through the birth of the Solar System and Q in his youth.
The youthful Q reminded Picard of Wesley Krusher. Q in his youth slung an energy band which killed Kirk. Picard was in a white emptiness that seemed to last forever.
"Sometimes poetry is the only suitable response to what the universe holds before us.” (Picard 166)
The Enterprise had no idea why the Calmerians were attacking them. The Calmerians were forcing the Enterprise into battle. Data was attempting to adapt the Universal Translator so they could communicate. They might have to go from the barrier because of the Calmerians.
They were retreating from the Barrier because the Calmerians however Faal was begging them to stay on course for the barrier. Picard was in Tagus 3 before the ruins one of the foremost archaeological mysteries within the Alpha Quadrant the oldest humanoid civilization in the Galaxy. 18000 years before human history began.
On Tagus III there were Imortru, a humanoid silvery skinned alien race who flew. They dived in the water. They were playing with their lives at stake. Q was witnessing that as one of their own
"The human mind was never designed with time travel in mind." (Picard 211)
"Merely maintaining the Fundamental stability of the multiverse isn't enough for me. ((Q Space)213)
The Calmerians were engaging the Enterprise in a conflict. Enterprise fought back. Q and Picard were at The Guardian of Forever. Both saw Ripples within time.
"Entrust the future to the fickle whims of chance." (Q Space)233
Q thrust Picard into the Guardian. On the Enterprise Data got the translator to interpret the Calamarans. Q and Picard were on a planet of freezing temperatures probably billions of years before present day. Q meets a younger version of himself 0.
"There's always someplace else no matter how far you've been. Some unknown territory beyond the horizon, across the gulf, or hidden beneath a hundred familiar layers of what's real and what's every day. Time has to be someplace other or why else do we roam? We might as well just plant ourselves in one cozy cosmos or another and never budge. ((Q Space)247)
"You can make your own rules, take your own chances. You and me, we're not the kind to play it safe. What's the good of living forever if you never take a risk? 0 260
Q damaged the Guardian of forever by pulling 0 through it.
“It’s a truism with humanity that those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. Perhaps in your case reliving your history is the only way we can both learn from it.” (Picard-265)
