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    task of investigating the signal.</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    (with a grin)<br>
    And of course we've accepted.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    Am I so transparent?</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    You've got that look in your eye.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    (a little uncomfortable)<br>
    Oh?</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    The lure of a mystery.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    A lost Earth colony. That is an<br>
    exciting idea.</p>
  <p> RIKER<br>
    They may not have survived.</p>
  <p> PICARD<br>
    They'