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Captain's log, stardate 48734.2.
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Sometimes it's a good idea to get away
from being a captain for a while.
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So I'm participating in a new holonovel.
The setting is ancient England.
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The drawing room is in here.
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Bridget, take Mrs Davenport's cape
and tell Lord Burleigh she's here.
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- There's tea.
- That would be lovely. Thank you.
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Tea is usually served
at 5:30 and dinner's at 8:30.
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His lordship doesn't appreciate
being kept waiting.
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I'll be sure to be prompt.
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Let's make something clear,
Mrs Davenport.
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My job is to make sure
that this household runs smoothly.
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I have been with Lord Burleigh
for nearly 20 years
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because this household runs smoothly.
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He has come to trust me
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and I will not brook any behaviour
that might jeopardise that trust.
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So you will be expected to follow
the rules I have set down.
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Mrs Templeton, I have no wish to do
anything to disrupt this household.
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But let me make something
perfectly clear.
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I have been hired by Lord Burleigh.
It's his orders I will follow, not yours.
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You would be wise
not to make an enemy of me.
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I can make sure we have
another governess by next week.
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I suggest we try to get along,
Mrs Templeton.
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Surely there's room here for both of us.
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One lump or two?
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Two, please.
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Lord Burleigh will be here directly.
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- Forgive me. I've startled you.
- I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in.
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Mrs Davenport, I'll come to the point.
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I am not an easy man to live with.
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Since my wife died,
I'm told I'm even worse.
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- She was a buffer for me.
- I understand.
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The children are the ones
who've suffered.
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I've not been much of a father
and I can't be a mother.
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I'm not asking you to be a mother,
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but they'll respond
to a woman's sensibilities.
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- You might fill a void in their lives.
- I'll certainly try, your grace.
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Young Henry is sometimes stubborn
and little Beatrice misses her mother.
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I hope they won't
make things difficult for you.
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One thing, above all, I must demand.
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Never, under any circumstances,
go onto the fourth floor. Is that clear?
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- Bridge to Captain Janeway.
- Go ahead, Mr Kim.
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Commander Chakotay and Mr Tuvok's
shuttlecraft is on sensors,
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but they're not responding to our hails.
The shuttle's been badly damaged.
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- Lifesigns?
- Two, but they're very faint.
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Beam them to sickbay
as soon as they're in range.
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Aye, Captain.
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They've taken a blast to the head by
an energy discharge. Cardiostimulator.
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Mr Tuvok has concussion,
but I can handle it.
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The bio-neural energy has been
extracted from the Commander's brain.
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Extracted?
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Someone drained the energy from
every axon right down to the synapses.
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I can keep him breathing,
but there's nothing else I can do.
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He's braindead.
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The attack lasted seconds,
but was effective.
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- We are fortunate to be alive.
- What happened, Lieutenant?
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We completed our trade mission
and were on course to rendezvous
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when we encountered
a dark-matter nebula.
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As we began a routine analysis, an
unidentified ship attacked our shuttle.
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- Any idea why?
- They would not respond to our hails.
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We were hit by an energy discharge
which penetrated our shields.
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Commander Chakotay
lost consciousness immediately
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and I had barely activated
the autopilot before I was overcome.
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And the alien ship?
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The last image I saw was the ship
flying back into the nebula,
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but the details are difficult to remember.
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Can you tell me about
the energy discharge?
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Its modulation or phase distribution?
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There wasn't time for analysis.
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However, the shuttle's sensors
may have recorded information.
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I will download the sensor logs.
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Why would someone want to extract
his bio-neural energy?
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I don't know, but if I'm to have
any hope of reviving him,
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I must know how his neurons
were depleted.
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It would be a great help
if I could examine the weapon.
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We're going back to find
the ship that attacked you.
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Janeway to bridge.
Prepare a new course.
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Mr Tuvok will provide the coordinates.
We'll keep you posted, Doctor.
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The energy discharge
overloaded the computer.
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- All sensor data have been erased.
- Torres is in sickbay.
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Tell her
to go over those damaged sensor logs
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to see if she can reconstruct
any of the data.
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This makes it more difficult.
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I've been using long-range
sensors to analyse the nebula.
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It's sending out
electromagnetic radiation.
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We won't be able to scan inside it.
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You know, it sounds to me
like a perfect hiding place.
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- I agree.
- I don't like the idea of going in blind.
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I'll reconfigure the sensors
to a multiphasic bandwidth.
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- Is there a problem?
- I've lost all contact with the nebula.
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I don't understand.
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Wait a minute. We've altered course.
Mr Paris?
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Our new heading is 121, mark 6.
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We've completely come about,
Captain, but it wasn't me.
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Check the navigational computer.
Who ordered the course change?
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According to this, the command
was issued from the conn.
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It wasn't me. The helm controls are
working perfectly. No malfunctions.
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Transfer control to your station
and reset our course.
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Course laid in.
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Mr Paris, I want you to run
a full diagnostic on the conn station.
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- See if you can isolate the problem.
- Aye, Captain.
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You might have asked before adorning
my sickbay with animal remains.
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It's a medicine wheel,
a talisman used by Chakotay's tribe.
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He once... showed me how it works.
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If anything happened to him,
I was to perform a healing ritual.
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The wheel represents both the universe
outside and inside our minds.
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They believe each is a reflection
of the other.
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When a person is sleeping,
or on a vision quest,
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it's said that his soul
is walking the wheel.
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But if he's in a coma or near death,
it means that he's gotten lost.
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These stones are signposts...
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...to help point the way back.
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Not exactly standard
medical procedure, I know, but...
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You've placed the Coyote Stone at the
crossroads of the fifth and sixth realms,
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which would divert the commander's
soul, his consciousness,
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into the Mountains of the Antelope
Women, an extremely attractive locale.
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He might not want to leave.
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How do you know about this?
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It's my business to know treatments,
including psycho-spiritual beliefs.
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Unfortunately, in this case,
the medicine wheel won't be much help.
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There's just not enough
of his mind left to work with.
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Find your way home, Commander.
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Hello?
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Is someone here?
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It's like sensing some kind of presence,
as if someone else were here.
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Your telepathic senses again.
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Is this like last week
when you went into sickbay
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and you knew Lieutenant Hargrove had
been there, only he'd left hours before?
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It's not the same. That was like...
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...like hearing faint music
from a faraway place.
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When I was in my quarters just now...
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...it was almost tangible.
I felt like someone was in the room.
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- Who was it?
- I don't know.
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A presence. That's all I can say.
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Warp engines
still within normal parameters.
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We just changed course again.
Mr Kim?
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- Our new heading is 121 mark 6.
- Get us back on course.
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The helm's not responding.
I'm locked out.
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- The command station was blocked.
- From where?
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Lockout originated on Deck 12,
Section B7, navigational control.
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See if you can re-establish control.
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I checked every ODN junction
and I can't find a problem.
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It seems
we've developed a new problem.
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- Helm control re-established.
- Get us back to the nebula.
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Janeway to Torres.
Who's in the navigational control?
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No one. I was there this morning
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and Lieutenant Paris
was there a few minutes ago.
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- That's not true.
- Are you certain, B'Elanna?
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Positive.
I saw him leave five minutes ago.
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Janeway out. Explanation, Mr Paris.
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I passed by on my way back
from the Jefferies tube, but that's all.
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Am I being accused of something?
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We are following
a line of deductive reasoning.
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Both deviations were issued from
locations where you were working.
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I'm telling you, I didn't do it!
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Well, I'm willing
to rule out mutiny for the time being.
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I believe you, but there is the possibility
you are having memory problems.
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Go down to sickbay.
Have the doctor check you out.
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- All right.
- Lieutenant Durst.
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Neurotransmitters at normal.
Synaptic functions stable.
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Hold still.
This is an extremely sensitive scan.
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What I wouldn't give to see
good old Doc Brown.
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- What?
- Doc Brown.
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Lollipops in the waiting room,
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no holocomic books
more than six months old, house calls.
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I caught a bad cold
when I was nine years old.
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He whipped up a pot of garlic soup
and brought it over.
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- Your report?
- I still have tests to perform,
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but other than his irritating lapses
into nostalgia, I see nothing wrong.
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You'll have to round up
another suspect.
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On the contrary. I ran a forensic sweep
of the navigational control.
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I found traces of your DNA
on the console.
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That's impossible.
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The cellular residue you left
is less than 12 hours old.
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Do you still maintain your innocence?
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I don't know what to think.
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Perhaps my biomolecular scan
will reveal something.
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Keep me informed, Doctor.
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I found the ion trail
of the ship that attacked us.
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It leads into the dark matter nebula.
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This is the nebula
and this is the ion trail.
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- Their flight path is erratic.
- These planetoids inside the nebula,
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they may be generating
a dangerous gravitational effect.
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The chances are they're taking
the only safe way through.
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I recommend we follow
their exact flight path.
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Agreed. Lay in a course to the...
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We're dropping to impulse power.
I'm reading a massive energy drain.
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- And the warp core is shutting down.
- Engineering, report.
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Lieutenant Torres, please respond.
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Mr Kim, take the bridge.
Tuvok, you're with me.
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- Torres, what's going on?
- Captain?
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You've initiated
an emergency warp core shutdown.
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Too late. It'll take two hours
to regenerate the dilithium matrix.
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Get the rest of the systems
back on-line.
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Apparently,
you've crashed the main computer,
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Iocked out the bridge
and stopped this ship cold.
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- Do you want to tell me why?
- I don't know what you're talking about.
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What the hell is going on here?
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I found something
and you're not going to like it.
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This is Mr Paris's memory engram
for the last 24 hours.
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It has a very consistent and distinctive
modulation, except at 13:50 hours.
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For 1 minute 47 seconds,
a different memory pattern appeared.
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It is the exact moment he presumably
tampered with navigational control.
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It gets worse. In addition to that,
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there is another disruption
at 12:02 hours,
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the moment he allegedly entered
the new course.
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I found an identical disruption
in Lieutenant Torres's pattern
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at the moment
she shut down warp power.
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This is a neuroelectrical signature,
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what I believe is another brain wave
superimposed on their own.
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- Another brain wave? Whose?
- I don't know.
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It has an unusual energy signature,
one I've never seen.
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Doctor, what are you saying?
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One possible explanation and the only
one I can think of at the moment
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is that an unknown alien entity
momentarily took control of their minds.
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Intruder alert.
Security personnel, go to Condition 4.
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It is possible the intruder
returned with us in the shuttlecraft.
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If we're right
and there is an alien here...
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...it seems intent on preventing us
going back to the nebula.
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What's more, it seems to have the
ability to jump from person to person.
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If that's true,
it could be in any one of us,
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controlling our actions,
without us realising.
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Well, except for me.
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That's true.
So far, it's only affected organic beings.
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If it could control the computer directly,
it probably would have done it already.
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Which means... the doctor is the only
person we can trust at this moment.
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Doctor, until we have eliminated
this alien presence,
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I can't take the risk that it could
take over any of the senior officers.
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I'd like to transfer all command codes
to you until further notice.
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What would that mean?
That I am in command?
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No, but you will act as a failsafe.
231
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If you feel at any time that any one of us
are under the influence of the alien,
232
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,633
you can countermand our orders
and take control of the ship.
233
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,756
Do you feel up to it?
234
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,277
Of course. I make
life-and-death decisions every day.
235
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,317
I feel better already.
236
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,916
Computer, transfer all command codes
to the Doctor.
237
00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,117
Authorisation, Janeway 841 alpha 65.
238
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,953
Command code transfer complete.
239
00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:14,430
Let's get the warp core
on-line ahead of schedule.
240
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,349
Captain, I heard what's happened.
I think you're right.
241
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,195
There is an alien presence.
I've been sensing something.
242
00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:26,079
I can't describe it,
but something is here.
243
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,596
- Do you know where?
- No, just that it's on the ship.
244
00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,991
Kes's telepathic abilities
are undisciplined.
245
00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,232
If I could initiate
a Vulcan mind-meld with her,
246
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,188
I'll help her focus
those abilities to detect the alien.
247
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:45,354
- I'm willing to do that.
- Very well. Proceed, Mr Tuvok.
248
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,073
The captain wants
to seal off critical areas.
249
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,232
Secure the access hatch
of Jefferies tube A-17.
250
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,914
What exactly are we securing against?
251
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,470
We're not sure.
We think it's a noncorporeal alien.
252
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,030
Noncorporeal?
That means it can move through...
253
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,510
Medical emergency.
Deck 7. Section 13 Alpha.
254
00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:22,316
Captain's log, supplemental.
255
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,076
Mr Tuvok and Kes were both hit
by an unidentified energy discharge.
256
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,153
Tuvok was not badly hurt,
but Kes is in a coma.
257
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,880
It was like the shuttlecraft attack.
258
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,113
An energy discharge came
through the bulkhead and hit us.
259
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,431
We didn't pick up a discharge
on the sensors.
260
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,398
Perhaps it is beyond
our sensor bandwidth.
261
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,870
Perhaps, but that discharge
came from somewhere.
262
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,318
The most thorough scanning device
we have is a magneton scanner.
263
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,596
We could search
centimetre by centimetre,
264
00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,799
but that wouldn't do much good.
This alien could be anywhere.
265
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:03,954
What if we could perform a magneton
scan on the entire ship all at once?
266
00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:07,829
- What do you suggest?
- A magneton flash scan.
267
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,437
We could reconfigure every
sensor array to emit a single burst.
268
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,309
It might illuminate anomalous energy.
Harry, what do you think?
269
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,799
- Whoa. What did I do?
- Stay where you are, Mr Kim.
270
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,309
I see nothing unusual,
but that doesn't mean anything.
271
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,392
Mr Kim, what were you doing just now?
272
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,276
I was just thinking.
273
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:45,075
I was remembering an old study
I saw about magneton scanners.
274
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:48,834
I guess my mind
started to wander a bit.
275
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,717
I'm very disturbed
by what just happened.
276
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:59,478
We have no idea what occurs when
someone is occupied by this alien.
277
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,791
If we point a finger
when someone gets distracted,
278
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,509
it won't be long before paranoia
sweeps the ship.
279
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:11,310
Tuvok, B'Elanna, I want you to get
started on that magneton flash scan.
280
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,233
It's worth a try. Dismissed.
281
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:23,593
And that's not all. Ensign Parsons
ordered his pejuta cold.
282
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,355
- So?
- He always drinks it hot. With lemon.
283
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,274
But not today.
Today it's cold pejuta, hold the lemon.
284
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:36,036
A man changing his drink order doesn't
mean he's possessed by an alien.
285
00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,431
Nevertheless,
don't you think you should scan him,
286
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,717
or dissect him, or something,
just to make sure?
287
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:47,036
I could examine every crew member
you've mentioned
288
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,156
and it wouldn't do any good.
289
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,154
From what we can tell, the alien
jumps from person to person.
290
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,995
It sounds to me like
you're defending Ensign Parsons.
291
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,234
I'm not defending him. I'm just pointing
out you're acting a little paranoid.
292
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,188
In fact, one could say
you're acting a little too paranoid.
293
00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,477
Are you suggesting
that I could possibly...
294
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,953
I can assure you, not even an alien
could make me do anything to hurt Kes.
295
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:21,558
All I'm suggesting, Mr Neelix,
is that paranoia will aggravate
296
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,713
your already precarious
emotional condition. Try to relax.
297
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,037
I don't think Kes
has any permanent damage.
298
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,158
I'll let you know
the moment I revive her.
299
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,638
I'll be back as soon as you wake.
Don't worry. You're in good hands.
300
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,918
Thank you, Doctor.
301
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,996
- What are you doing?
- Reconfiguring the sensor relays.
302
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,879
- I will only be a minute.
- Must you do it now?
303
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:59,670
- I'm in the middle of a treatment.
- I am sorry, Doctor. Captain's orders.
304
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,434
- How is she?
- No irreparable damage.
305
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,036
Her injuries are different
from Commander Chakotay's.
306
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,873
Her bio-neural energy is intact.
307
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,032
I'm curious about the contusions
on her neck.
308
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,033
They're not consistent
with an energy discharge.
309
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,476
They look like wounds
from a physical struggle.
310
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,076
Odd. There was no physical struggle
that I can recall.
311
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,196
I just don't understand it.
312
00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:30,354
These injuries resemble an extreme
trauma to the trapezius nerve bundle.
313
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,069
It's as though her nerve fibres
have been ruptured.
314
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,236
Come in.
315
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,276
Lieutenant Torres and I will initiate
the magneton scan in two hours.
316
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,954
It will be a high-intensity burst.
317
00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:53,399
It will cause dizziness in all crew,
including myself, for several seconds.
318
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,279
Make an announcement
before you initiate it.
319
00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,877
Aye, Captain. And there is
another matter of some concern.
320
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:04,828
Kes's injuries were not
caused by an energy discharge.
321
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,630
The Doctor has evidence
that she was physically assaulted.
322
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,196
Assaulted?
323
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,590
- But you weren't physically assaulted.
- That is correct.
324
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,832
Is it possible
that you inflicted her wounds?
325
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,278
- Me?
- Maybe you were inhabited by the alien.
326
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,594
It is possible. The Doctor
could run a neurological scan
327
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,751
to see if I show memory disruption.
328
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,229
Agreed. Janeway to sickbay.
329
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,111
Activate Emergency Medical
Holographic System.
330
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,432
Unable to comply.
The EMH program has been disabled.
331
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,556
Disabled? By whom?
332
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,676
Unknown.
333
00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:00,470
The Doctor's initialisation routine
has been locked out. It's encrypted.
334
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,756
I can't reactivate the program.
335
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,276
It appears
the lockout originated above Deck 4.
336
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,670
Why would someone
deactivate the Doctor?
337
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,309
He holds Voyager's command codes.
338
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:16,996
Yes, but once he was deactivated,
the codes reverted back to me.
339
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,870
If we assume the alien
could not take over the Doctor,
340
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:27,989
then it would try to force the command
codes back into a humanoid host.
341
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:33,998
Me.
342
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,751
It's too dangerous for one person
to retain the command codes.
343
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,196
I suggest we divide them
into two code groupings.
344
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,316
A sensible precaution.
345
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,234
You are the reasonable choice
to hold the second grouping,
346
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,473
if there's such a thing
as a reasonable choice right now.
347
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,919
The alien could occupy
either one of us at any time.
348
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,197
But presumably,
not both of us at the same time.
349
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,433
I'll tell the bridge crew.
We'll all act as checks and balances.
350
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,956
I want you all to be aware of something
351
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,156
I must assume was due to the alien.
352
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,390
The Doctor has been deactivated
353
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:22,270
and we can't get him back.
I'm dividing my command protocols.
354
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,076
Captain?
355
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,030
Stun her! She's the alien!
356
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,315
- That should do it, Captain.
- Thank you. I feel better already.
357
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,199
- Any luck getting the Doctor back?
- Not yet.
358
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,874
Someone put up
one hell of a roadblock.
359
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:16,555
I have to break through
at least six levels of encryption.
360
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,837
- How long will it take?
- Two or three hours.
361
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,276
Torres to Janeway.
Can you come to engineering?
362
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,238
- There's something you should see.
- On my way.
363
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:31,428
Mr Paris, you're our temporary medic.
Ensign, I need you on the bridge.
364
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,078
I tried to reconstruct
the sensor logs from the shuttlecraft.
365
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,755
I didn't have any luck
until I ran a parity trace scan.
366
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,799
The sensor logs weren't
destroyed by an energy discharge.
367
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:50,270
Someone erased them
and overloaded the sensor matrix
368
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,989
to make it look like
they'd been damaged. It gets worse.
369
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:59,188
There was enough information left
for me to reconstruct what happened.
370
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,316
They were near a nebula
371
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,598
and there was an energy discharge,
but there was no other ship.
372
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,716
- No ship?
- I'm certain of it.
373
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,997
The energy discharge
came from the nebula itself.
374
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,754
- Why would Tuvok lie?
- Was he under the alien's influence?
375
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,037
Bridge to Janeway.
We're approaching the nebula.
376
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,397
How long until
the magneton flash scan is ready?
377
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,678
The sensor arrays are charging now.
15, maybe 20 minutes.
378
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,957
When it's ready,
transfer control to the bridge.
379
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,875
In the meantime, let's take a look
at what it is we're not supposed to see.
380
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:53,430
Mr Tuvok, can you locate the ion trail
of the alien ship that attacked you?
381
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,556
I believe so.
382
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,069
Mr Kim, lay in that course.
383
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,190
Shields are at maximum.
384
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,555
All preparations
for entering are complete.
385
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:11,919
I've finished the Doctor's bioanalysis
on Kes before he was deactivated.
386
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,790
I think he was on to something.
If I'm interpreting his data correctly,
387
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:21,238
the bruises on her neck were
the result of a Vulcan neck pinch.
388
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,718
Lieutenant?
389
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,510
I have no memory of injuring Kes.
Perhaps I was occupied by the alien.
390
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,398
Perhaps so.
391
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,633
But then... why does it
keep attacking you?
392
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,669
In three separate instances now,
it's assaulted you.
393
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,195
I am the chief of security.
It may see me as a threat.
394
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,114
So far you've posed no greater threat
than anyone else.
395
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,430
And yet it keeps going after you.
396
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,837
Captain, you are having a typically
human response to circumstances
397
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,073
which are inexplicable,
commonly known as paranoia.
398
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,958
Maybe,
399
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,352
but paranoia's not keeping me
from picking up this ion trail.
400
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,274
- What bandwidth are you on?
- I'm using a multiphasic scan.
401
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,557
If you examine the alpha K-band,
you will see it.
402
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,749
Yes. Here it is.
A very interesting ion trail.
403
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,993
There's no sign of
any subspace distortions in its wake.
404
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:34,677
According to these readings,
it's a ship without engines.
405
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:42,473
You're lying, Tuvok. There is
no alien ship and there never was.
406
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,760
We're not going into the nebula until we
get answers. Mr Kim, reverse course...
407
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:53,119
Belay that order. The alien has been
keeping us from entering the nebula.
408
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:57,512
I suspect she has been occupied.
I am relieving her of command.
409
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,513
Proceed into the nebula,
one-half impulse.
410
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,636
Don't do it, Harry.
411
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,796
Now, Ensign.
412
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,033
No, sir. I won't do it.
413
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,034
This phaser is on wide-beam dispersal
and set to kill.
414
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,316
I am taking command of this bridge.
415
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,597
I must ask you to stand together
where I can see you.
416
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,274
Step away from the console, Ensign.
417
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,792
Captain, we're entering the nebula.
418
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:50,079
Captain, I'm picking up energy pulses in
the nebula coherent with the biomatrix.
419
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:53,357
- Life-forms.
- And they're heading this way.
420
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,115
Those beings out there,
are they your people?
421
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,750
We are the Komar. This is our domain.
422
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,718
- What is it?
- The warp core's been ejected.
423
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,429
No. We must continue.
424
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,916
Torres to Bridge. Captain, I think
I was just taken over by the alien.
425
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:43,153
I was working the plasma relays
and then I ejected the warp core.
426
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,074
- Acknowledged, Lieutenant. Stand by.
- I don't get it.
427
00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:51,074
If the alien's in Tuvok,
how could it be down in engineering?
428
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,196
I don't know.
429
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,510
Unless there are two aliens.
430
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,516
Two?
431
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:05,953
Wait a minute. Lieutenant Torres
isn't authorised to eject the warp core.
432
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,317
That requires
a command code authorisation.
433
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,916
Computer, who authorised
the ejection of the warp core?
434
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,914
Authorisation was
entered by Commander Chakotay.
435
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,558
- Chakotay.
- How is that possible?
436
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:27,598
The alien in Tuvok
wants us in that nebula,
437
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,593
but another presence
is trying to keep us out.
438
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,638
It doesn't make sense,
unless it's Chakotay
439
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:36,314
and he knows we'll be in danger.
440
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,029
- But he's in sickbay. He's braindead.
- Maybe not.
441
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,317
Maybe his neural energy
was displaced somehow
442
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,233
and he's able to move
from person to person.
443
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:53,470
Tuvok's engaged emergency thrusters.
We're moving again, Captain.
444
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,671
You brought us here for what?
To extract our neural energy?
445
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:08,796
Very perceptive, Captain.
446
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,476
The neural energy of your crew will
sustain my people for years to come.
447
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,596
You don't have to do this.
448
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,991
Maybe we can help you find
another source of energy.
449
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,913
We're under attack.
We're being bombarded.
450
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:55,233
The magneton scan identified the entity.
It was a trianic-based energy being.
451
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,118
Looks like he's joined
his friends outside.
452
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,874
Shields are holding, but they won't last.
453
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,715
The radiation is blinding our sensors.
I can't find a way out.
454
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,519
If we reverse course,
we can backtrack.
455
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,558
- Yes, ma'am.
- I don't know if that'll work.
456
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:15,838
Tuvok's course was complicated.
We're going into the nebula.
457
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,719
Reconstruct Tuvok's navigational logs.
458
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,836
I'm on it, Captain.
459
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,396
Shields down to 65%!
They are penetrating our defences.
460
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,834
I'm having no luck.
Tuvok deleted the navigational logs.
461
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,150
He made sure we wouldn't get out.
462
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,356
- Neelix to Bridge.
- Go ahead.
463
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,798
Captain, I can't be sure, but I think
I was just taken over by the alien.
464
00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:01,996
I've done something strange.
465
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:06,438
I've rearranged the stones
on the medicine wheel.
466
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,592
Maybe Chakotay's
trying to tell us something.
467
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:15,118
Mr Kim, activate sickbay Visual
Relay 16 and put it on the viewscreen.
468
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,236
Aye, Captain.
469
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,117
What is it? What does it mean?
470
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:28,068
- Is it a code, a message?
- Or a map?
471
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:32,358
Overlay a star map of the nebula
on the current viewscreen image.
472
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,068
The stones are in the same position
as those planetoids.
473
00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:42,232
Chakotay must be using them
to point a way out.
474
00:39:43,240 --> 00:39:49,475
Mr Kim, lay in a course taking us along
a line connecting the three planetoids.
475
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,596
Engage.
476
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,714
Shields failing.
The aliens are penetrating the hull.
477
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,316
- Mr Kim, report.
- We're passing the third planetoid.
478
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,040
Dark matter thinning.
Normal space ahead.
479
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,113
Transfer all power to the thrusters,
including life-support.
480
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,149
We've cleared the nebula.
Main power coming back on-line.
481
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,471
Shields at full strength.
Hull integrity normal.
482
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,710
The aliens are not pursuing.
483
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:36,596
Captain's log, stardate 48735.9.
484
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:41,436
We have returned to where we ejected
the warp core and retrieved it.
485
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:46,628
Now we're hoping the doctor can
reintegrate Chakotay's consciousness.
486
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,872
- Did it work?
- It appears so.
487
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,076
Commander.
488
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,316
Can you hear me?
489
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:06,793
Yes.
490
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:11,598
I'm a little dizzy,
but I think I'm all here.
491
00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:17,959
How did you reintegrate
his consciousness?
492
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,588
It involved three neural transceivers,
493
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,719
two cortical stimulators
and 50 gigaquads of computer memory.
494
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,908
I would take you through the process,
but it would take ten hours to explain.
495
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,674
Needless to say, it was remarkable.
496
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:38,391
I would write a paper if there were
a forum in which to publish it.
497
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,676
What happened, Commander?
498
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,509
After the attack on the shuttle...
499
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:56,111
...I had the sensation
of floating above my own body.
500
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,236
I thought I was dead.
501
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,552
When the shuttle returned to Voyager,
you were still disembodied?
502
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,676
Yes.
503
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,796
I couldn't speak.
504
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,916
I couldn't touch anything.
505
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:15,597
But then I found if I concentrated on
someone who was in the room with me,
506
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,593
I could share their consciousness.
507
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,877
At first, I could only do little things.
508
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,589
Push buttons, work a console.
509
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,912
As time went on,
it became easier to do more.
510
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,517
- Sorry to knock you around, Tuvok.
- No apology is necessary.
511
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:42,836
Good job, Commander.
512
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,956
And welcome back.
513
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:49,389
To be honest, I feel like I never left.
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