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Personal log, stardate 48546.2.
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Our journey home is several weeks
old, and I notice in my crew and myself
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a subtle change as the reality
of our situation settles in.
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Here in the Delta Quadrant,
we are virtually the entire family of man.
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We are more than a crew. And I must
be more than a captain to these people.
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But I'm not sure exactly how to begin.
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A Starfleet captain is expected
to maintain a certain distance.
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Until now, I've always been
comfortable with that distance.
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Captain, I didn't realise
there was an inspection scheduled.
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Not an inspection, Lieutenant, a stroll.
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We should have the warp drive
running by 0900 hours.
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Recalibrating the reactant injectors
is all we have to do.
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Carry on.
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Maybe this is just how it works,
maybe the distance is necessary.
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Maybe they need me
to be larger than life.
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I only wish I felt larger than life.
Computer, delete last sentence.
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Gentlemen. As you were.
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So, has Neelix concocted
anything interesting this morning?
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There's an ancient Chinese curse:
"May you live in interesting times."
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Mealtime is always interesting
with Neelix in the kitchen.
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We shouldn't be too harsh.
He is conserving replicator energy.
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And I'm sure the stomach
problems will pass
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as soon as our systems
get used to his gourmet touch.
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Well, I'll see you at duty call.
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- We should've asked her to join us.
- Ensigns don't ask captains to sit down.
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- Why not?
- Because they don't.
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What's wrong with a little courtesy?
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Captains don't want courtesy.
They want respect.
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That's why they don't get chummy
with the lower ranks.
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Who else is she meant
to get chummy with?
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There aren't many other captains here.
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If she wants to sit with us, she'll ask us
to join her. That's the way it's done.
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I think you're working
from an old rulebook, Paris.
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Neelix?
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Captain!
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May I say,
you look beautiful this morning.
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- Is that a new colour lipstick?
- Oh!
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No, it's the same colour I always wear.
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Perhaps it's just the glow of the food
heater lamps, but you look wonderful.
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Not to suggest
you don't always look wonderful.
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- Do we have any coffee left?
- No, but we've something even better.
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I don't want it, I want coffee.
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It's made from a proteinaceous seed
I discovered...
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- I'll use a replicator ration for coffee.
- That would not be appropriate.
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- I beg your pardon?
- You need to set an example.
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- Thank you for reminding me.
- You're welcome.
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If you want the crew
to accept natural food alternatives
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to conserve our energy reserves,
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you need to encourage them
by your own choices, don't you?
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Fine. Give me your
"even better than coffee" substitute.
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- How about Takar loggerhead eggs?
- Just coffee.
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It's a richer blend than you're used to,
but you'll learn to love it.
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- Bridge to Janeway.
- On my way. Janeway out.
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Tomorrow maybe.
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Yes?
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- You didn't have to come to the bridge.
- Yes, I did.
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We've picked up a nebula
on long-range sensors.
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On screen.
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Magnify.
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It contains unusually high levels
of omicron particles.
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Are you thinking we could collect them
for an additional antimatter reserve?
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Precisely.
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Senior bridge officers, report for duty.
Commander, set a new course.
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There's coffee in that nebula.
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Exploring this nebula should raise
some spirits, don't you think?
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No way to go but up.
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You're closer to the crew than I am.
How bad is it?
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There's a period of mourning that
everyone's going through. It's natural.
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I'm worried about them.
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I wish we had a counsellor,
but our mission didn't require one.
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We talk to animals.
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It's a Native American tradition.
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- Animals?
- Our own counsellors.
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We believe an animal guide
accompanies us through life.
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It's what Carl Jung thought he invented
with his active imagination technique.
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- We've been doing it for centuries.
- Is there a different guide for everyone?
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- Actually, yes.
- Let me guess.
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Yours is a bear.
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- Why do you say that?
- You strike me as the bear type.
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Thank you. The bear is a very
powerful animal, it has great pokattah.
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But he's not my animal guide.
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The creature that guides us doesn't
define us, it just chooses to be with us.
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- OK. If not a bear, then what?
- I can't tell you that.
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It would offend it if I spoke its name.
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- But he guides you well?
- Actually, it's a female.
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But yes, she usually guides me
very well.
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Can one just choose an animal guide?
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- It's not that simple.
- Captain.
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- We're approaching the nebula.
- Slow to one-third impulse.
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I'd be glad to teach you
how to contact your animal guide.
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You've got a date.
Analysis, Mr Kim.
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Seven AU's in diameter. Sensors
reading gamma and thermal emissions.
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- Our shields can handle it.
- Mr Paris, any problems for navigation?
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I'm showing mostly hydrogen,
helium and hydroxyl radicals.
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Some local dust nodules.
I don't see them giving us trouble.
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Mr Tuvok, can you find us a rich
deposit of omicron particles in there?
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There is a significant concentration 64
million kilometres inside the perimeter.
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- Set coordinates.
- Aye, Captain.
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Engines at one-quarter impulse.
Engage.
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- I've never seen anything like it.
- Tuvok to Kim.
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That is a comment we'd prefer not to
hear from a senior officer on the bridge.
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- It makes the junior officers nervous.
- Yes, sir.
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Density has increased to 42%.
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- Cause?
- Not sure.
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We seem to be drawing
some interstellar dust toward us.
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Engineering, could our impulse engines
be attracting it?
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It's a good possibility, Captain.
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I'm showing the dust
with a return force ratio of 4:1.
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- Recommend we go to thrusters.
- Engage thrusters.
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- Ahead, slow.
- Density still increasing.
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- Up by 70% now.
- Mr Tuvok?
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The resistance
poses no danger to the hull.
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- How far to your omicron deposits?
- 12,400 kilometres.
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Maintain course and...
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Report!
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- We're at a dead stop.
- Shutting down thrusters.
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- We've encountered an energy barrier.
- Natural or artificial?
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We're not reading any directed energy
source. My guess is it's natural.
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- How far are we from the particles?
- Just over 7,000 kilometres.
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This energy barrier
may be related to those particles.
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Mr Kim, if you can get
a transporter beam through...
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The barrier's thoron emissions
would disrupt the beam.
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Can we take
the ship through the barrier?
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The barrier appears to be
only 50 metres deep.
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Four seconds at maximum thrust
should do it.
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All right. Maximum shields.
Engage full thrusters for four seconds.
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Acknowledged. Engaging thrusters.
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- What do you make of it, Mr Tuvok?
- I am unable to offer an identification.
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Kim to Tuvok. In other words,
you've never seen anything like it.
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I promise not to tell the junior officers.
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Captain, the breach we just made
when we penetrated the field...
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It just closed behind us.
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Kes!
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Now look what she's gotten us into!
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- Do all nebulas look like that?
- I wouldn't know.
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I'm smart enough to go around nebulas
when I encounter them.
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These people
are natural born explorers.
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These people are natural born idiots,
if you ask me.
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They don't appreciate what they have.
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This ship rivals any within 100
light years, and what do they do with it?
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"Let's see if we can't find some space
anomaly today that might rip it apart!"
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I don't think the Captain is an idiot.
She cares a lot about her crew.
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Then why introduce them to the spectre
of death at every opportunity?
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And I speak as a member of that crew.
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I wouldn't have asked you along
if I'd known...
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- I think it's wonderful.
- Wonderful?
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If I were Captain, I'd open every crack
in the universe and peek inside, too.
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I don't deny the romantic... quality
of this sort of casting about.
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I wouldn't exactly call it wonderful.
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Although, it's getting more wonderful
by the minute.
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I've never kissed anyone
inside a nebula before.
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What did I tell you?
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Red Alert.
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- They're penetrating our shields.
- Reverse the shield polarity.
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They appear to be made up
of a non-reactive material.
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- Are we under attack?
- No indication of directed fire.
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Torres to bridge.
These things are sticking to the hull.
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- I read a drain on our energy reserves.
- Why would we be losing energy?
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I'm not sure. They seem to be
drawing it right through the shield grid.
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We've lost 5% of our energy reserves.
Let's shut down non-essential systems.
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Reversing shield polarity hasn't helped.
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- Energy reserves down 8%.
- This is not what I had in mind.
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- Take us back through the barrier.
- Reversing course.
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- Full thrusters.
- Thrusters firing.
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We're not penetrating the barrier.
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Build-up of magnesite dust
along the barrier.
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- Engineering, I need more power.
- We can't go back to impulse, Captain.
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I can burn the aft thrusters
beyond recommended limits.
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- Proceed.
- Adding deuterium to rear thrusters.
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We have 38 photon torpedoes
at our disposal.
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- And no way to replace them.
- Aft thrusters at 105%...
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115%.
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Barrier still holding.
We need something else.
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- Give me a two-second phaser blast.
- Firing phasers.
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- The barrier is undamaged, Captain.
- Ready a photon.
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Mr Paris, assuming we breach it,
it's likely to close as fast as before.
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- I'll be riding the tail of our torpedo.
- Torpedo loaded.
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- Align coordinates with ship's heading.
- Done.
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Fire.
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50,000 km to the perimeter.
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I'm having trouble
navigating the energy currents.
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It's like a Toarian ice storm out there.
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- 35,000 km to perimeter.
- Energy reserves still falling.
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15,000 km.
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- We've cleared the central mass.
- Stand down Red Alert.
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Take us to 2,000 km off the perimeter
and hold position.
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Get a sample of that matter off the hull
for Torres to analyse.
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I'd like to know
what humbled the ship's defences.
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How much of our energy reserves
did we lose?
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11%, Captain.
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I'm just gonna have to give up coffee.
That's all there is to it.
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- Dark enough for ya?
- What?
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Get up, Harry.
Something you gotta see.
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See?
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How'd you get in here?
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You'd be surprised
the things you learn in prison.
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MacAllister.
James Mooney MacAllister.
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The guy never slept.
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He'd study until dawn. The only way
I could sleep was to wear a mask.
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- You could've changed roommates.
- Are you kidding?
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He got me through quantum chemistry.
Besides, I got used to wearing it.
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It reminds me of being in the womb.
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To be reminded of something,
you have to first...
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I remember being in my mother's womb.
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- Right.
- I do.
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So what is it you have to show me?
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Nothing that's gonna compare
to your mother's womb.
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Computer,
activate holodeck program Paris 3.
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Hey, it's Tom!
Welcome, Tom, welcome!
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- Hey, Tom!
- What do you think?
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- What is it, a French bistro?
- It's where I hung out at the Academy.
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I chose the Starfleet base at Marseilles
for my physical training.
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I always had a thing about the French.
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And the French always had a thing
about you, Monsieur Thomas.
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And with a name like Paris and a face
like that, how could anyone resist?
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- Sandrine, this is my friend Harry Kim.
- Enchantй.
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She owns the place.
It's been in her family 600 years.
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Tommy?
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It's about time. I've been waiting for you.
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This is Ricky.
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I include her in all my holoprograms.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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Your friend, the gigolo,
wouldn't leave me alone.
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It's what I do, Tom. Nothing personal.
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French father, Daliwakan mother.
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She just sits and waits for you, huh?
Like a little puppy dog?
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- I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Oh, really.
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I thought you liked your women
with a little bite?
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Everyone knows about your bite,
Sandrine.
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It's when you start sucking blood
they get scared.
231
00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,477
Monsieur,
can I get you something to drink?
232
00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:36,275
- Just a cup of tea.
- Harry, this is France.
233
00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:41,592
Break open a bottle of that '46
Saint Emilion you save behind the bar.
234
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:45,070
I don't like to drink this late at night.
I get heartburn.
235
00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:49,028
Harry, it's holographic wine.
It doesn't give you acid.
236
00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,317
- Try to get in the mood, huh?
- Sorry.
237
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,473
I learned a great deal at the Academy,
most of it right here.
238
00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,076
Oui, and most of it from me.
239
00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,710
I found this place after my pocket
was picked by the harbour.
240
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,075
Somebody picked your pocket?
On Earth?
241
00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,119
They just do it for tourists.
They give it back... most of the time.
242
00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,748
Nine ball in the corner pocket.
243
00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:15,996
You see that pool table, Harry?
244
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:21,154
The table at Sandrine's has always
attracted the world's greatest hustlers.
245
00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,118
I thought I'd program in
some of the great players.
246
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,840
Eight ball in the cross side.
247
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,511
Gaunt Gary, Ames Pool Hall,
New York City, 1953.
248
00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,673
They say that he hustled
the great Willie Mosconi himself.
249
00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,197
- Was he some famous billiard player?
- The game is pool, kid.
250
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,709
Pool.
Care to wager a fin on a game or two?
251
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,271
He's not ready for you yet, Gary.
Let me teach him a few tricks first.
252
00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,436
Watch out for him, kid.
253
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,639
He can swallow your wallet
without ever losing his smile.
254
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:08,510
- I'll keep it in mind. What's a fin?
- I'm not sure.
255
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,399
Some old kind
of Scandinavian currency.
256
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,075
Come on.
I'll rack 'em up, you pick out a cue.
257
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,879
Harry, this is my idea of home.
258
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,749
My little piece of Earth
out here in the Delta Quadrant.
259
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,836
You shrug it off, or you like to make
260
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,798
the rest of us think
you're shrugging it off.
261
00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:38,273
- But you miss it too, don't you?
- What?
262
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,476
Home.
263
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,876
Your shot, Harry.
264
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,992
Computer, activate Emergency
Medical Holographic Program.
265
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,072
Please state the nature
of the medical emergency.
266
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,233
- Why do you have to say that?
- I don't know my programmer's motives.
267
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,233
Perhaps he thought
I'd be summoned for important reasons.
268
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,358
Don't you think
you ought to change your program?
269
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,593
An interesting concept,
a hologram that programs himself.
270
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,116
What would I do with that ability?
Create a family? An army?
271
00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:43,717
I know some holographic programming.
I could probably reprogram you.
272
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,509
- That makes me feel confident.
- You have a lousy attitude.
273
00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,636
If you don't like it, there's a man
274
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,997
at the Holoprogramming
Centre you can write to.
275
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,596
His name is Zimmerman.
He looks a lot like me, actually.
276
00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,231
Not that I don't enjoy the repartee,
but was there a reason you stopped in?
277
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,517
- I need a second opinion on this.
- Who gave you the first?
278
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:08,434
I did. It's a sample of residue
we picked up in a nebula.
279
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,068
What were we doing in a nebula?
280
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,630
No, wait, don't tell me.
We were "investigating".
281
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,031
That's all we do.
Why pretend we're going home at all?
282
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,159
We're going to investigate every
millimetre of this quadrant.
283
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,392
It's isolinear.
No polycyclic structures but...
284
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,678
But this is what brought you to me,
isn't it?
285
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,311
- The nucleogenic peptide bonds.
- Is it some kind of phosopholipid fibre?
286
00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,836
And you were doing so well.
287
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,870
No, I suspect it's something
far more interesting than that.
288
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,198
Come in.
289
00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:51,316
Repair crews
have de-goussed the hull.
290
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,916
Good. Let's plan an 0700 departure.
291
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,392
- What's this?
- My medicine bundle.
292
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,869
I've never shown it to anyone before.
293
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,396
After what you said,
I thought I should to let you see it.
294
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,516
Will it help me find my animal guide?
295
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,717
Eventually you'll have to assemble
your own bundle.
296
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,839
But this will allow me to assist you
in your quest for a guide.
297
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,150
Now?
298
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,279
Now.
299
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,716
A blackbird's wing.
300
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,030
A stone from the river.
301
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:56,078
- An Akoonah.
- Akoonah?
302
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,596
My ancestors used psychoactive herbs
in their vision quests.
303
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,516
They're no longer necessary.
304
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,229
We have found more modern ways
to search for animal guides.
305
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,676
Place your hand on it.
306
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,796
And concentrate on the stone.
307
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,753
A-koo-che-moy-a.
308
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,549
We are far from the sacred places
of our grandfathers.
309
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,748
We are far from the bones of our people.
But perhaps there is one powerful being
310
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,072
who will embrace this woman
and give her the answers she seeks.
311
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:34,038
Allow your eyes to close.
312
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:38,511
Breathe to fuel the light in your belly.
313
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,673
And let it expand
until the light is everywhere.
314
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,917
Prepare yourself
to leave this room and this ship
315
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,073
and return to a place where you were
the most content and peaceful
316
00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,196
you have ever been.
317
00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,994
You can see all around you
and hear the sounds of this place.
318
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,870
I know this place. It's...
319
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,474
Do not discuss what you see,
320
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,154
or you will offend your animal guide.
321
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,756
As you continue to look around,
322
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,833
you will oecome aware of other life
that shares this place with you.
323
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,710
It will oe the first animal you see.
That is the one you will speak to.
324
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,314
Do you see an animal?
325
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,039
Yes.
326
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,310
Speak to it.
327
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,871
- What do I say?
- You know what you want to ask.
328
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:56,354
I'm sorry. I should've asked
for no interruptions. Come in.
329
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,835
The Commander was introducing me
to my animal guide.
330
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,197
I hope you have better luck with yours
than I had with mine.
331
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,432
B'Elanna tried to kill her animal guide.
332
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,355
Sorry to interrupt. We have a surprising
analysis of the matter left on the hull.
333
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,836
- It's organic.
- Microscopic life-forms in the nebula?
334
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,869
That's not what I mean. They're clearly
elements of a much larger life-form.
335
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,794
It appears, Captain, that this nebula
is not a nebula at all.
336
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,279
I'm curious, what are you looking for?
337
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,830
I need to know
if we did serious harm to this life-form.
338
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,231
You ran your ship through it,
fired phasers at it,
339
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,516
and blew a hole in it.
340
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,911
- I'd say it's a pretty good chance...
- Computer, mute audio.
341
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:57,596
- Isolate that concentration of omicron.
- That would be right here.
342
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,113
Mr Tuvok?
343
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,795
I'm afraid the concentration
is far lower than previously.
344
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,317
It seems many of the particles have
now moved outside the energy barrier.
345
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,994
Could they be leaking
from the breach we made?
346
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,515
That would be a logical conclusion.
347
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:18,198
All the phenomena we've encountered
may be its natural defence systems.
348
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:23,559
The way the barrier protected the
omicron suggests it was a vital organ.
349
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,030
So it seems clear
we've hurt an innocent life-form.
350
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,909
- How do we repair the harm done?
- Captain?
351
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,438
- Computer, resume audio.
- How kind of you.
352
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,309
It may interest you that the
analysis of the organic sample
353
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,756
suggests this life-form
has the capacity to regenerate.
354
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,514
The process may simply need
a helping hand.
355
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,035
Any ideas on stimulating regeneration?
356
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,159
- Lieutenant Torres has the answer.
- I do?
357
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,518
You observed that this life-form
has a nucleogenic structure.
358
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,756
If the life-form
has a nucleogenic structure...
359
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,879
...nucleonic radiation
ought to assist its healing process.
360
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,077
A nucleonic beam
along the edges of the breach
361
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,310
should promote regeneration.
362
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,674
Bravo.
363
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,596
Take us to Yellow Alert
364
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:21,389
and advise the crew
that we're going to re-enter the life-form.
365
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:26,759
Mr Kim, review all systems and see
if you can provide new safeguards.
366
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,435
Tuvok, your job is to find
some modification of the shields
367
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,388
that will hold off this life-form's
natural defence systems.
368
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,916
We begin at 1300 hours. Dismissed.
369
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,755
The bantan is a little on the spicy side.
370
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,673
Kes grows them
in the hydroponic garden.
371
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,752
Avoid the little pink things,
and you'll be fine.
372
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,469
All personnel report to stations.
Yellow Alert.
373
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,838
- Now what? Neelix to Chakotay.
- We're very busy. What is it?
374
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,355
I was just starting to serve...
375
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,318
Sorry.
That nebula is actually a life-form.
376
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,756
We're going back in
to repair the damage. Chakotay out.
377
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,469
Go back in! Hello?
Well, that's it! I've had it.
378
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,394
- Neelix.
- I'm going to the Captain about this.
379
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,511
Come in.
380
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,958
I understand that this nebula we've
discovered is some kind of monster.
381
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,634
Not a monster, but it is a life-form.
382
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,839
Excuse me if I sound crazy.
Someone may be playing a joke on me.
383
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,879
Are you planning to take us back
into the belly of this beast?
384
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,235
- No joke.
- Why?
385
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,109
Because we hurt it,
and we have to help it recover.
386
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,511
I did not come on board this ship
to be a veterinarian.
387
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,592
I thought you were a man
of unlimited talents.
388
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,194
I just reached my limit.
389
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,512
Kes and I will wait on board
my little vessel for you to return.
390
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,035
My crew is busy with this mission.
391
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,033
I can't spare them
to prepare your ship for launch.
392
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,272
And I won't drop you off
every time we hit a bump.
393
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,159
When we're done,
if you want to leave, you can.
394
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,788
But for now,
find a seat with a good view,
395
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:10,795
because... just like
Jonah and the whale, you're going in.
396
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,360
- Is that final?
- Dismissed.
397
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,317
That's a Starfleet expression
for "get out".
398
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,957
Jonah?
399
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,792
Whale?
400
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,673
- Approaching the perimeter.
- Disengage impulse engines.
401
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,156
Impulse engines off-line.
402
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,832
- Engage thrusters one-third.
- Thrusters engaged.
403
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,396
Red Alert.
404
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,753
Shields up,
adaptive harmonics operational.
405
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,354
Density is already double last time's.
406
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,478
- Hull pressure at dangerous levels.
- Mr Kim...
407
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:08,270
Releasing positive ions through the
nacelle should repel some of the dust.
408
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,671
- Without further harming the creature?
- I believe so.
409
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,636
Very well.
410
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,920
- Ion release confirmed.
- Ambient density is dropping.
411
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,949
- Hull pressure is decreasing also.
- Hold your course.
412
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,356
14,000 km to the breach.
413
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,519
- I can see it.
- Magnify.
414
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,799
- Engineering, ready nucleonic beam.
- Ready and awaiting your orders.
415
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:46,556
- Mr Paris, bring us into position.
- Coming about, 40 degrees.
416
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,397
Report!
417
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,071
We're being hit by some kind
of multi-polar charges.
418
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,152
- They're not like the first time.
- Shields 87%.
419
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,029
- Will they hold?
- The shields cannot compensate.
420
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,919
We've lost the rear driver coil assembly.
421
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,753
Inertial dampers are off-line.
I'm losing control.
422
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,631
Hold on!
423
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,995
Engineering,
emergency shutdown of all thrusters.
424
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,756
The only way to shut them all down
is to vent their deuterium into space.
425
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,435
- We can't afford to lose all that fuel.
- We have no choice. Do it.
426
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,750
Cutting thrusters.
427
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,312
Inertial dampers still off-line.
428
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,712
Reset IDF baseline
at 300 and reinitialise.
429
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,553
Field processors coming back on-line.
430
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,554
- Inertial damping restored.
- All stop. Damage report.
431
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,838
Electroplasma leaks on deck 14.
Repair crews are being dispatched.
432
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,551
- But we seem to be in one piece.
- The optical data network is down.
433
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,475
Yes, sir. I'll get right on it.
434
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,313
Fourteen injuries reported, Captain.
None serious.
435
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,155
Any idea where we are, Mr Paris?
436
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:14,192
70,000 km from our former position.
Deeper inside the creature than before.
437
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:19,150
- Let's hope it has slow digestion.
- Yes, ma'am.
438
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,836
We need to reach the wound without
causing a response. Suggestions?
439
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,675
It's leaving us alone now
we've cut all propulsion systems.
440
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,956
Maybe that's what cues it to respond.
441
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,317
We might be able to get back
without any engines.
442
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,598
- No engines?
- We've seen energy currents.
443
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:42,038
When we thought it was a nebula,
we thought they were random eddies.
444
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:47,149
But I'm wondering if they might be
some kind of circulatory system.
445
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,471
Mr Kim, do you read omicron particles
in these currents?
446
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,634
Affirmative, Captain.
447
00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,349
If the currents are distributing omicron
around the life-form,
448
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:04,115
the circulatory system
might pass right by that wound.
449
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,511
We could get in one of those
currents and surf back.
450
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,549
Use the reaction control thrusters
in drift mode only, Mr Paris.
451
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:19,637
We're on our way.
Speed, all of 200 kph.
452
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,116
Time for refreshment.
453
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:28,559
Ailis pвtй, Felada onion crisps,
stuffed Cardaway leaves.
454
00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:32,030
I appreciate the thought,
but this is hardly the time.
455
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:37,957
As morale officer on this ship, I insist
a break is both healthy and necessary.
456
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,874
Go on, Mr Vulcan.
It might even help you loosen up.
457
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,708
- Or not.
- When did you become morale officer?
458
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,431
A few minutes ago when I sensed
crew morale might be especially low.
459
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:56,230
- We were in free fall at the time.
- Cooking always helps Neelix unwind.
460
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,949
Yes. And after we stabilised,
I certainly needed to.
461
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,989
So I had a choice to either
come up here and say, "I told you so"...
462
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:11,910
...or try to do something constructive
to help out in my own humble manner.
463
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,517
Try the stuffed Cardaway leaves,
they're irresistible.
464
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:23,913
Now, as your new morale officer,
I thought we might sing a few songs.
465
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,877
Don't push it.
466
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,112
- Captain?
- Well done, Mr Paris.
467
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,477
Take us gently out of the current.
Stay in drift mode.
468
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,870
Aye, Captain.
469
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,874
- Torres, prepare your nucleonic beam.
- We're ready down here.
470
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:44,068
Let us give it two doses to start. Five
bursts at a two-second interval. Now.
471
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,591
Analysis.
472
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,196
Scanners are showing
the regeneration rate up only 0.04%.
473
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,432
I don't know
what we can accomplish like this.
474
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,319
The breach may
simply be too large to seal.
475
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,917
This is the Doctor. Please activate
the Emergency Medical channel.
476
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,038
I believe I may have a suggestion
that will help.
477
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,590
Since no one had the courtesy
to turn me off,
478
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,355
I've been able to observe
your progress, or lack of it.
479
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,114
I feel a slight change
of treatment is needed.
480
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,512
I've drawn on an ancient
medical technique known as a suture.
481
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,319
- Suture?
- Before laser technologies,
482
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,519
surgical fibre was used to stitch
a wound to allow it to heal naturally.
483
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,636
How does that help us?
484
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:39,511
Your energy systems are compatible
with its omicron particles, are they not?
485
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:44,390
Then it is very likely this vessel
could function as a suture.
486
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,028
With an energy conduit
across the wound,
487
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,919
the life-form can regenerate
more rapidly.
488
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,834
And how do we get into the wound
without getting trashed again?
489
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,753
That's your problem, not mine.
Doctor out.
490
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,156
That's like asking a dog not to bite you
while you treat it.
491
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,993
Do you like dogs, Mr Paris?
492
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:11,032
- Yes, I always had a dog.
- I like dogs, too.
493
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,192
When I had to clean out
a cut on my dog's leg,
494
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:19,388
I needed to create a little diversion first
to take her mind off it.
495
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:24,236
- Mr Kim, prepare a Class 4 microprobe.
- Aye, Captain.
496
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,868
If I gave you a short burst
from our thrusters,
497
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,237
could you manoeuvre
into the breach in 10 seconds?
498
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,913
I'd feel better if I had 20.
499
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:37,438
Once we launch that probe,
you might have ten, maybe even less.
500
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,989
- Ten sounds good.
- Mr Kim, status?
501
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,116
Microprobe is loaded and ready.
502
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:47,593
Set coordinates for launch at 160,
mark 70, cut power after 500 metres.
503
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,638
- I don't wanna hurt it again.
- Acknowledged.
504
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,839
Engineering, I'll need a one-second
burst from our aft thrusters.
505
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,232
Launch microprobe.
506
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,754
- Thrusters.
- Firing.
507
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:16,270
- Multi-polar charges, high frequency.
- Shields at 75% and holding.
508
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,274
Maintain position. Direct
two nucleonic beams, fore and aft,
509
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,396
parallel to the central axis of the ship.
510
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,233
Acknowledged. Beam engaged.
511
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,875
I'm showing a rapid growth pattern
along the wound.
512
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,953
Regenerative matter approaching from
both directions at 500 km per hour.
513
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:41,157
- Hold position.
- The shields are only designed for...
514
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,790
- I know. Hold position.
- Regenerative matter approaching.
515
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,238
- Range, 30 km, fore and aft.
- Engineering, ready full thrusters.
516
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,152
- Mr Paris...
- Just say when.
517
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:56,235
Regenerative matter at 20 km.
15... 10.
518
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,278
Disengage nucleonic beam.
Fire thrusters.
519
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,228
- Thrusters engaged.
- Now, Mr Paris.
520
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:14,432
40,000 km to the perimeter. 30,000.
521
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:19,116
The regeneration rate is up 40%.
Looks like it's closing that wound.
522
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,909
We've cleared the central mass.
523
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,269
Captain's log, supplemental.
524
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:38,468
Hoping to augment our energy
reserves, we depleted them by 20%.
525
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,952
As a result, we've set a new course
for a planet 14 light years away
526
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,999
that Neelix says might have
compatible energy sources.
527
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,311
It is out of our way, but circumstances
offer few alternatives.
528
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,550
So much for raising spirits.
529
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,475
Turning in for the night, Captain?
530
00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,315
Actually, I'm going to talk to an animal
and then turn in.
531
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,268
Something Chakotay taught me.
It's supposed to be quite therapeutic.
532
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,830
- You might want to ask him about it.
- I will.
533
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,950
- Captain?
- What is it, Ensign?
534
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:17,591
I don't mean to be out of place,
but you're welcome to join us.
535
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,751
Join you where?
536
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:27,435
Come on, Tommy, let's get outta here.
537
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,751
Easy, honey, I'm setting the Indian up
for the big hustle.
538
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,876
But he's beating you.
539
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,749
Yeah, that's exactly what
he's supposed to think, too.
540
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,957
As you were.
Well... this is remarkable.
541
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:49,357
Mr Kim tells me
this is your doing, Mr Paris?
542
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,752
Er, yeah.
It's just a little diversion, Captain.
543
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:58,675
One always knows when a woman
of good breeding enters the room.
544
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,910
Ma chйrie...
545
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:05,278
...may I request your
favourite song so that we may dance
546
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,876
before I take you
to my private felucca on the wharf
547
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,600
and make passionate love to you?
548
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,389
I'm sorry. If I knew you were coming...
549
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:20,634
You would've changed it,
and I would've missed all the fun.
550
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,110
I just don't know what the dolls
see in the gigolo, do you?
551
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,510
I got a different approach to women.
552
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:31,276
Treat a lady like a tramp
and a tramp like a lady. Never fails.
553
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,557
Paris, did you program this guy?
554
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:38,269
- Yeah. Why?
- He's a pig. And so are you.
555
00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:46,196
Almost never.
556
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,875
- Is this pool or billiards?
- Pool.
557
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:55,194
Right. Pool's the one with the pockets.
Would you mind if I gave it a try?
558
00:41:55,360 --> 00:42:00,036
Reculez-vous. Give the handsome
young woman some room.
559
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:05,194
- Tell me, does she have money?
- Commander Chakotay, your stick?
560
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,958
- It's called a cue, Captain.
- Cue.
561
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,795
All right. So what do we do?
Do I go first?
562
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,433
Solids.
563
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,831
I saw that coming a mile away,
didn't you?
564
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:38,269
Ah, you've got a lot to learn.
But then, I've got a lot to teach.
565
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,153
Eight ball in the side pocket.
566
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,393
A-koo-che-moy-a.
567
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,917
We are far from the sacred places
and the bones of our people.
568
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:52,516
But perhaps there is one being
who will embrace this crew
569
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,592
and give them the answer they seek.
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