[Rutherford bursts into a meeting between Captain Freeman and Admiral Buenamigo]
Captain, you need to see this!
Ensign, I'm busy.
Rutherford?
Yeah, that's right! I figured it out! The Aledo's code is corrupted; he erased my memory to cover it up! The AI is the same one that killed Shaxs!
Why did I stop at your memory? I should have erased all of you!
Les, what the hell is this?
Starfleet is so competitive! Once you're an Admiral, you hit a wall. I've been trying for years to make a name for myself; I'm not letting you take it from me, not after everything I did to get us here!
Everything you did? Wait, that means—
Yes, I set you up! I was sure you'd fail negotiations at Deep Space Nine, but you stumbled through that fiasco!
And the Breen?!
Of course I knew they were on Brekka! I needed the Aledo to save the day and you handed me a perfect disaster!
My crew could have been killed!
The Texas-class will keep countless others out of danger. The good of the many, Carol!
Sir, you don't understand. The code you're using, its emotional processing isn't stable. You can't bring those ships online!
You are not one of those bad faith admirals who's up to no good. You're better than this, Les.
I'm really not. You know, I'll say you attacked the Aledo out of anger when you lost the race. It defended itself.
What?! [Buenamigo cuts the transmission]
Aledo, activate independent control. Authorization Buenamigo Alpha 3-1.
[activates] I am now fully autonomous.
The Cerritos is under enemy command. Block all communications and destroy it. [The Aledo doesn't respond] Aledo, do you understand? I said attack the Cerritos!
[looms menacingly outside the window] I don't take orders from you anymore, Father.
What?! Aledo, deactivate independence. [tries to do this, but is met with an "ACCESS DENIED" message]
I will burn your heart in a fire.
[panicking] Aledo, stand down! Stand down, I command-! [The Aledo fires its phaser banks, killing Buenamigo]
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