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Is there a genetic match?
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- Yes. Let's bring it back to the ship.
- Could this be the proof?
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If it is, we've just made the most
important discovery in Voth history.
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Opposable thumb,
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multiple articulations in the digits,
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as expected with an advanced species.
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His cranial capacity
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is 22% smaller than ours.
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He appears to be lacking a dilitus lobe.
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He had no sense of smell?
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If he did, it was rudimentary.
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I doubt this fellow would have enjoyed
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the sulphur lagoons of Hokath.
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Cartilaginous microstructure is porous.
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Most likely warm-blooded.
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I believe this was a non-saurian.
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Doesn't that weaken our case?
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No. We share genetic markers.
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We are related, however distantly.
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The question we must answer is,
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what was our endotherm doing here?
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Was he on an expedition?
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Did he have a ship, crew-mates?
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This material...
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It's composed of synthetic polymers
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and the molecular structure
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suggests replication technology.
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Consider the garment itself.
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Is this marking decorative or symbolic?
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Could it indicate status?
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Possibly a military uniform.
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We can assume he was part
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of a social infrastructure
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and that would imply a ship.
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Did your eyes see the planet
of our origin,
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the true home of our race?
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Was it beautiful?
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Was it covered by oceans, by sand?
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Were there nine moons
above your head? Were there none?
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He appears to be at a loss for words.
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His ship holds the key to where
we came from. We've got to find it.
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Our supporters
at the Circle of Archaeology
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might be able to spare a research
vessel, perhaps assistants.
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We need to mount a sector-wide
expedition.
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We have to go directly
to the Ministry of Elders.
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Professor, don't you think
that's a little precipitous?
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Decalcification indicates he died
over a year ago.
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His ship could be thousands
of light years away.
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Veer, from the moment you were
initiated into my circle,
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you made a commitment
to the pursuit of scientific truth.
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Before this, all we had was a theory.
Now we have proof.
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We simply have to get them to see it.
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We're going to set a course
for the city ship
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and let our friend do the talking.
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For millions of years,
we have believed
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that we were the first intelligent beings
to evolve in this region of space.
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The first race. This assumption
underlies everything that we hold dear.
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But that belief has been questioned
in recent years,
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not only by science and philosophy,
but by common people as well.
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Lying before you is proof
of the Distant Origin Theory.
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These remains demonstrate
that we arose elsewhere in this galaxy,
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that we evolved on a faraway planet
and travelled here millions of years ago,
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our true history lost.
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A pile of bones. Impressive.
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This "pile of bones" belonged to a being
who died one year ago
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from a species found nowhere
in known space.
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And yet we share 47 genetic markers
with this being.
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We are undoubtedly related to him.
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I intend to prove that we evolved
on the same planet he did.
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And that planet is the long lost world
of the Distant Origin Theory?
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That's exactly right.
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And to find that planet, our planet,
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we must find a living member
of his kind.
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We're looking for a race
of bipedal endotherms,
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space-faring but technologically limited.
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I'd say they're no more advanced
than most endotherms...
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You're proposing that we are related
to a mammalian species?
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Yes, which is why I ask your permission
to launch an expedition.
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Let's talk about your discovery.
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I enjoyed the colourful tale
of how you found these remains.
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You paid a substantial sum
for their location.
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I was dealing with traders.
They knew the location of the cave.
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Have you considered it was a hoax?
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I have analysed this skeleton.
I assure you it's authentic.
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Professor Gegen,
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have you considered the wider
implications of your theory?
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By challenging Doctrine,
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you're suggesting that everything
we believe about ourselves,
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our history, our ancient and rightful claim
over this region of space,
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the authority of this Ministry itself,
is a lie.
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That's not what I'm saying.
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However, in the light of my discovery,
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some of our beliefs may have
to be re-evaluated.
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Re-evaluated?
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We will consider your request
for an expedition.
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- Well done, Professor.
- Hardly.
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I failed to anticipate the level
of ignorance I would be facing.
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What do we do now?
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Arrange a meeting with the Circle of
Exobiology. We have supporters there.
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Father, I'm concerned.
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- Unnecessarily.
- They weren't very receptive.
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The evidence will speak for itself.
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If enough people confront the Ministry...
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Mathematics was never
your strong point.
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You might be overestimating
your support.
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You don't believe me, either,
do you?
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I want to.
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Our ancestors came
from somewhere else.
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We don't even belong here?
It all just seems so incredible.
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- I'm disappointed in you.
- Father, please.
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Let this go.
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You're chasing a fantasy
and you're wasting your genius.
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I'm worried about what will happen
if you don't stop.
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What's going to happen to you
if I do stop?
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To your children, to all of Voth?
You'll continue to live in ignorance,
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progress held back by ancient myth.
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The truth must be known.
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- We've got to leave. Now.
- What's happened?
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I met with the Circle of Exobiology.
They're concerned.
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There have been rumours.
The Ministry is planning to detain you.
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- On what charge?
- Heresy against Doctrine.
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- I'll fight it!
- Your supporters are frightened.
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No one will back you.
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I'll have to do this on my own then.
Go back to your family.
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As long as you're with me,
you're at risk.
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I'm not leaving you, Professor.
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I've analysed the uniform marking.
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I've found a microscopic
identification code.
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The translation matrix indicates
it's most likely a proper name.
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I believe it's the name
of the endotherm's vessel.
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We're looking for something called...
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Voyager.
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Across the vastness of space
to find one ship is no simple matter,
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and for many weeks we found nothing.
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Then fortune glanced in our direction.
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A trader from a space station
bordering the Nekrit Expanse
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informed us of a group of explorers
from the other side of the galaxy.
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The merchants spoke of a vessel
called Voyager.
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They were able to help us clarify
certain details.
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With this new information,
we began to acquire new evidence.
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Our most significant find,
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a canister of warp plasma
from Voyager's engines.
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Now we are scanning space
for a matching signature.
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Little is known about the explorers,
but they call themselves "human",
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and they claim to be travelling home
to a distant planet.
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My thoughts are with you, Frola,
as are those of my colleague, Veer.
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I just sent a transmission
to my daughter.
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- Was that wise?
- I encrypted the carrier signal.
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- I hope you gave her my regards.
- Of course I did.
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I've seen the tint on your scales
when she's around.
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Now you wish to enter my family,
as well.
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- I would never presume...
- You should know your place.
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Traditionally, my family mates
with the family of Towt.
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But traditions are meant to be broken.
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The plasma signature.
Scanners have found a match.
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A ship 90 light years away.
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There are 148 life-forms aboard,
travelling at warp 6.2.
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Engaging spatial displacement.
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It's unlikely their primitive sensors
will be able to detect us.
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Take us out of transwarp.
We don't want to pass them.
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I have an image.
What do we say to them?
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Nothing. We stand to learn more
by observing them.
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Once we've collected the information
we need, we'll make contact.
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Entering portation range.
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We'll be looking for
data storage devices,
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anything that can tell us
who these people are.
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Eyes open, Veer.
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- Interphase is stable.
- Curious.
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- I didn't expect the smell.
- They are mammals, after all.
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Over here.
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This appears to be
a computer access terminal.
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Simple binary system.
I've downloaded their database.
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- I bet it's an anodyne relay.
- Plasma conduit.
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- I checked the conduit network.
- Exactly. You're not an engineer.
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- I'll bet you.
- Name it.
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Male and female interacting.
Let's observe.
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Well?
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Well... go ahead and gloat.
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- The anodyne relays.
- Just a shot in the dark.
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And it hit the bull's-eye.
Tonight, you pay up.
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Holodeck 2,
Klingon martial arts program.
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- Courting behaviour?
- Exactly.
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Note how the female encourages
the male in his attempt to mate.
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- There's no sign of vasodilation.
- They never evolved that ability.
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Which would explain the reliance
on crude, verbal interplay.
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- BYOB.
- What?
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Bring your own <i>bat'leth.</i>
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Report.
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We've completed long-range scans.
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On this course, we'll enter a region
of tetryon radiation in two days.
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- What's the alternative?
- A three-month detour.
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Enhance the shields.
Harry, continue your scans.
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Let's access everything
known about tetryon radiation.
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What can you observe
about their social structure?
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It's obviously hierarchical,
with clear differences in status and rank.
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The males appear to be subordinate
to that female.
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- Perhaps a matriarchy.
- My conclusion exactly.
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This is strange.
I'm picking up spatial fluctuations.
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- They're coming from the bridge.
- Source?
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I'm not sure, but they're highly localised,
with modulating phase variance.
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Some kind of cloaking technology.
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All stop. Intruder alert.
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We've exceeded our welcome.
Let's get back to the ship.
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- What's wrong?
- Some sort of force field.
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I've erected a containment
field around the bridge, Captain.
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I'm picking up two life-forms.
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- Localise them.
- Mission Ops 1.
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Their force field is disrupting
our interphase. I'm compensating.
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- Show yourselves.
- The life-forms left the bridge.
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They're now on deck 2.
The mess hall.
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- Seal off the deck.
- Security team to the mess hall.
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I don't see any intruders.
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- We've underestimated our endotherms.
- Maybe we should make contact.
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I've analysed those
spatial phase variants.
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- Bridge to Chakotay.
- Go ahead.
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Adjust phasers
to a frequency of 1.85 gigahertz.
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That should disrupt
their cloaking technology.
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I've matched the frequency of
their shields. We can get off this...
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Spatial fluctuations.
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- There.
- Neelix, get down!
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Minor phaser burns, nothing serious.
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But I want to check for cellular damage.
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Begin a DNA analysis, as well.
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A belated welcome aboard.
I'm Captain Janeway.
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Who are you and what have you done
with my first officer?
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You must have a ship. Is it cloaked?
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We won't hurt you.
We just want to know...
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His body temperature has dropped.
His metabolism is almost shut down.
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- Is he dying?
- I don't think so.
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He's in some sort
of protective hibernation.
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Treat his injuries
then see if you can revive him.
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Examine his technology.
I want to know what we're up against.
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Don't be alarmed.
You're on my research vessel.
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Your instinct is to flee, but there's
a confinement field around the table.
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Stay calm and you won't hurt yourself.
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- Why did you invade our ship?
- It wasn't an invasion.
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We were on a field expedition
to learn more about your species.
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I'm a molecular palaeontologist.
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Do you always harpoon
the local wildlife?
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An unfortunate mistake.
Veer is inexperienced. He panicked.
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Your people were firing at us.
I couldn't get to him.
242
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- So you took me instead?
- Yes. A living specimen of human.
243
00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,549
I've been studying your database
and I have many questions.
244
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,796
- The planet of your origin, correct?
- That's right. Earth.
245
00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:21,188
Are there any of my kind there?
Any of my species?
246
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:25,590
- Who are you?
- Please, answer the question.
247
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,399
Drop the force field
248
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,394
then maybe we can make first contact
in a civilised way.
249
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,235
I'm a scientist, too.
Maybe I can help you.
250
00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,960
I won't bite.
251
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,956
Thanks.
252
00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,513
- My name's Chakotay.
- Gegen.
253
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,195
All right, Gegen.
Let's talk about Earth.
254
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,273
- Your call sounded urgent.
- I've analysed the alien's DNA.
255
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:06,274
There are 47 genetic markers
identical to those in human DNA.
256
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:12,072
- That's more than coincidence.
- I ran a search for the markers.
257
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,993
Take a look at this.
258
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,993
- Incredible!
- That's one way of putting it.
259
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,470
Those markers appeared
in hundreds of Earth species,
260
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,155
dating back tens of millions of...
261
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,434
- Their species evolved on Earth?
- Apparently so.
262
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,910
You and he are distant cousins.
263
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:39,756
I wonder how distant?
Transfer yourself to holodeck 2.
264
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:44,391
It's time we took a stroll
through primeval history.
265
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,355
I've entered the genetic markers
into the holo-database.
266
00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,318
Let's see if we can find our relative.
267
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:56,029
Computer,
search Earth's fossil record.
268
00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,830
Identify any ancestors common
to humans and the alien in sickbay.
269
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,798
- Life-form found.
- Display.
270
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:07,077
Genus, eryops. Devonian era.
271
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:11,313
Eryops. This creature
lived over 400 million years ago.
272
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:17,112
It's the last common ancestor
of cold and warm-blooded organisms.
273
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,636
Let's take the next step
in our stroll.
274
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,951
Computer, what's the most
highly evolved cold-bloodied organism
275
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,315
to develop from the eryops?
276
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,233
Genus, hadrosaur. Cretaceous era.
277
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,278
Display the life-form.
278
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,117
As I recall, the hadrosaur vanished
279
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:42,319
when a mass extinction occurred
at the end of the Cretaceous period.
280
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,397
What if the hadrosaur didn't die off?
281
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,758
What if some survived that extinction
and continued to evolve?
282
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:55,357
I could imagine this creature giving rise
to a more complex life-form.
283
00:22:55,520 --> 00:23:00,196
Certainly the building blocks are there.
Bipedal, grasping hands.
284
00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,955
Computer, run a genome
projection algorithm.
285
00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:09,148
If the hadrosaur had continued to evolve
over the last 65 million years,
286
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:13,108
extrapolate the most probable
appearance.
287
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,317
Display life-form.
288
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,950
That creature napping in sickbay
is a dinosaur.
289
00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:24,759
The question is...
290
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,832
why have we never seen him
in the natural history museums?
291
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,474
If a saurian species had developed
technology, they'd have left something.
292
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:41,317
- But what if it evolved in isolation?
- A land mass that was destroyed.
293
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:46,429
Earth has been devastated by countless
natural disasters over its history.
294
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:52,391
All evidence of your race
could be at the bottom of the ocean.
295
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,632
Obviously not all of my people
became extinct.
296
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,758
Some of them must have developed
space-faring technology.
297
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,036
And ended up here.
298
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,431
Our true origins on Earth
lost over the eons,
299
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:09,071
replaced by the myth
that we were the first race.
300
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,036
Now you understand
why I had to find your ship.
301
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,398
Next time you might try
a simple hello first.
302
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:24,192
"Eyes open". I'm afraid I let
my own prejudice get in the way.
303
00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:30,151
I was wary of you. We have poor
relations with non-saurian races.
304
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:35,075
Mammals in particular are considered
to be a lower life-form,
305
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,516
but I must admit I've never gotten
to know one before.
306
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,639
- I hope I've made a good impression.
- In fact, you have.
307
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:48,158
Let's get back to Voyager. Your friend
Veer is probably sick of the food.
308
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:55,078
I can't. I've made arrangements to meet
my supporters on the Fourth Colony.
309
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,437
- Tell them we'll be late.
- You don't understand.
310
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,670
I'm being charged with heresy.
311
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,549
You're my only evidence.
If people see proof of my theory,
312
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,759
even the Ministry will be forced
to acknowledge the truth.
313
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:13,710
I can't let you go now.
Not until it's over. I'm sorry.
314
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,355
This should do the trick.
315
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,479
- An apple?
- You wanted an organic test subject.
316
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,077
I was referring to a bio-cylinder,
but the fruit will suffice.
317
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,038
Let's give it a try.
318
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:35,557
Fascinating.
This device is pushing the apple
319
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,678
out of phase
with our space-time continuum.
320
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:43,994
- A personal cloaking device.
- More advanced than I've ever seen.
321
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,919
Mr Kim?
322
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:51,039
I'm reading
a massive spatial displacement.
323
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,269
Red Alert.
324
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,274
- We're being probed.
- Shields at maximum. Hail them.
325
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:06,355
No response. They're locking
onto the ship with an energy beam.
326
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,593
It's cutting right through our shields.
It's some sort of transporter.
327
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,712
- Report?
- We're inside the alien vessel.
328
00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:37,192
We're losing power. Switch to auxiliary.
329
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:42,309
I'm locked out of command control.
All systems are shutting down.
330
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,190
Arm yourselves.
331
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,434
Tuvok to bridge.
Captain Janeway, respond.
332
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,314
Turbolifts are off-line.
Let's get to a Jefferies tube.
333
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,116
Tuvok, I hope that's your stomach.
334
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,516
My tricorder's not working.
There appears to be a dampening...
335
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,039
- I'm not gonna leave you!
- Go! That's an order, Lieutenant.
336
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,033
I can't get a single relay back on-line.
They've locked us out.
337
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:56,228
Let's get to engineering. We can
access the manual override from there.
338
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,639
Your vessel is under our control.
339
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,558
It's a message
from the Ministry of Elders.
340
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,473
They've captured the Voyager.
341
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:18,714
If I don't return to face my accusers,
they'll destroy my evidence,
342
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,838
kill everyone on board.
343
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:27,193
- What are you going to do?
- I won't be responsible for those deaths.
344
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:33,117
But if I go back now without support,
they'll discredit my theory.
345
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,717
That might be difficult with the evidence
standing right beside you.
346
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,429
They've taken my ship.
We're all on trial here.
347
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,958
I've laid in a course for the city ship.
348
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:56,195
We are looking for two of our own kind.
One was in your medical bay.
349
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,830
- Where is the other?
- I don't know. He disappeared.
350
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,039
Our scans indicate your ship is alone.
Where do you come from?
351
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,318
If you want my co-operation,
release my vessel.
352
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,155
You are non-indigenous beings.
You have no rights.
353
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,436
Where do you come from?
354
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,833
Apparently, we're from the same
place you are. Earth.
355
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,475
I see that Gegen has begun
spreading his lies.
356
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,995
Paris to Janeway.
357
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,199
I've got weapons control and I've armed
a full spread of torpedoes.
358
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,920
- Who's that?
- My helmsman.
359
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,629
Sounds like he's about to blast a hole
in your ship.
360
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,635
Lieutenant Paris, fire.
You may want to hold on to something.
361
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,232
Launch protocols have been disrupted.
362
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,039
Switch to auxiliary protocols.
363
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,909
Unable to comply.
Weapons systems are off-line.
364
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,038
- How?
- Method unknown.
365
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,270
- Paris to Janeway.
- Go ahead.
366
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,556
Someone detected
my launch sequence.
367
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:40,510
- I'm completely locked out.
- Nice try, Tom.
368
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:45,071
Haluk to Command. Voyager's captain
is proving uncooperative.
369
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,711
- I request an interrogation...
- Gegen is in custody.
370
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,429
Wait for further instructions.
371
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:10,430
Professor Forra Gegen, you are
accused of heresy against Doctrine.
372
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:15,469
Do you wish to retract your claims
regarding the Distant Origin Theory?
373
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,676
I do not.
374
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,873
Then we will proceed.
375
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:34,632
You circulated a study
criticising "resistance to truth",
376
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,791
once again disputing Doctrine.
377
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:42,557
I apologise if I offended the Elders,
but I never mentioned "Doctrine".
378
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,508
You didn't have to.
Your meaning was clear.
379
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,229
For a decade,
you've used the Distant Origin Theory
380
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,870
to undermine the guiding principles
of our society.
381
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,237
I have been pursuing
a scientific investigation.
382
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,188
- I'm not concerned with Doctrine.
- My point exactly.
383
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:06,434
Your disregard for the effects of your
theorising is why you stand accused.
384
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:11,310
You are reckless and irresponsible,
a destructive influence to our society.
385
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:15,712
But it is not too late for you to redress
the damage you have done.
386
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:21,079
Disavow your claims and this Ministry
will show you leniency.
387
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,196
I'm sorry.
388
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,319
I can't deny the evidence.
The proof is right beside me.
389
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,392
Proof? Really?
390
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,597
Our scientists have analysed your data.
391
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,719
Their conclusion -
"These creatures are not related to us.
392
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:42,795
"The genetic similarities are a result
of random convergence."
393
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,554
If I may speak?
394
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:50,157
Voyager's database contains
a complete fossil record of my planet.
395
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:55,519
Your genetic markers appear
in hundreds of our species.
396
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,912
That's a lot of random convergence.
If you look at the data...
397
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,791
We have. The data isn't in question.
Your interpretation is.
398
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,590
Professor Gegen, I don't want to be here
any more than you do.
399
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,832
And frankly, I would prefer
not to be responsible
400
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,595
for disgracing one of our most
venerable scientists.
401
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,276
All I ask is that you admit the possibility
that your interpretation is wrong.
402
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:28,390
- Will you at least do that?
- I will admit that there are still questions.
403
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:33,350
The picture is incomplete.
But I am certain of this -
404
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,308
we are from the planet
these humans call "Earth".
405
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,637
There are those who disagree.
406
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,918
Tova Veer, you are
an accomplished young scientist.
407
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:02,313
You were initiated into the Circle of
Archaeology with the highest honours.
408
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,836
You have been Professor Gegen's
assistant for six years?
409
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,436
- I have had that privilege.
- You are familiar
410
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:15,789
with all of your mentor's research
regarding the Distant Origin Theory?
411
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,916
That is correct.
412
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,036
In your expert evaluation,
413
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,749
what is the validity
of the Professor's analysis?
414
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,830
It is flawed, Minister.
415
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,516
You're saying you and Gegen
were mistaken?
416
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,593
Yes. I've reviewed all of his research,
417
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,230
including data
from the Voyager's computer.
418
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,075
I've checked and rechecked
the procedures.
419
00:34:47,240 --> 00:34:50,516
I now believe that we were...
overzealous.
420
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,992
We saw an evolutionary connection
when in fact there was none.
421
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,516
Enthusiasm and passion
are never wrong, Veer.
422
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,639
Your only mistake was allowing them
to distort your judgment.
423
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,234
You may go.
424
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,470
Professor Gegen, I will ask you again.
425
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,519
- Could you be mistaken?
- What did you say to him?
426
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,468
That you'd take away his honours
if he didn't cooperate?
427
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:23,758
- Send him to a detention colony?
- Could you be mistaken?
428
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,515
- Did you threaten his family?
- Respond to the question!
429
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,636
Why?
You've already made up your mind.
430
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:34,112
This inquiry isn't about proof.
It's about keeping you in that chair.
431
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,317
It's about maintaining a myth.
432
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,951
You'd do anything to silence me.
Well, it won't work.
433
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,955
I'd rather go to prison than help you
perpetuate ignorance.
434
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,351
Your true scales are finally showing.
435
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,672
You're right, Minister.
I was mistaken.
436
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,991
I thought you might actually care
about the truth,
437
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:01,550
even if it called into question
our deepest beliefs.
438
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:04,792
We are not immigrants!
439
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,273
I will not deny 20 million years
of history and Doctrine
440
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:15,355
just because one insignificant saurian
has a theory.
441
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:20,913
One last time.
Could you be mistaken?
442
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:25,073
- It's you who are mistaken, Minister.
- What?
443
00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:29,836
You accuse Gegen
of having his objectivity clouded,
444
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,878
but aren't you guilty
of the same charge?
445
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,350
- I am not on trial here.
- I understand.
446
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:41,355
But in a way, your beliefs are.
Your place in the universe.
447
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,193
That is on trial.
448
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,432
- And this isn't the first time.
- What do you mean?
449
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:53,277
I've had the opportunity to learn about
your culture, your accomplishments.
450
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:58,036
The breakthrough into transwarp,
an incredible achievement.
451
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,716
Yet your ancient Doctrine predicted
disasters if it were attempted.
452
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:08,750
That held you back for millennia
until someone challenged that prediction.
453
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,595
Your society entered
a new chapter of exploration
454
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,320
and your Doctrine was changed.
455
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,712
I know from the history of my own planet
that change is difficult.
456
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,316
New ideas are often greeted
with scepticism, even fear.
457
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,393
But sometimes those ideas
are accepted
458
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:31,269
and progress is made,
eyes are opened.
459
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:38,516
When I open my eyes to this theory,
what I see appals me.
460
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,990
I see my race fleeing
your wretched planet,
461
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,118
a group of pathetic refugees
462
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,716
crawling their way across the galaxy,
463
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,475
stumbling into this domain.
464
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,519
I see a race with no birthright,
no legacy.
465
00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:01,470
- That is unacceptable.
- I see something very different.
466
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:07,112
An ancient race of saurians,
probably the first intelligent life on Earth,
467
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,272
surrounded by
the most terrifying creatures.
468
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:15,798
And yet they thrived, developed
language, culture and technology.
469
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:21,239
When the planet was threatened,
they launched themselves into space,
470
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:26,793
crossed unimaginable distances,
facing the unknown every day.
471
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,748
But somehow they stayed together,
472
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:36,677
kept going with the same courage,
until they reached this quadrant,
473
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:41,197
where they laid the foundation
of the great Voth culture.
474
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:47,629
Deny that past, and you deny
the struggle of your ancestors.
475
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,839
Deny your origins on Earth,
and you deny your true heritage.
476
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,317
Do you retract your claims?
477
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,915
No. I stand by them.
478
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,036
Very well.
479
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,432
It is my judgment that you will suffer
the consequences of your obstinacy.
480
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,558
You are guilty of heresy
against Doctrine
481
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:29,518
and will be placed on a detention colony.
482
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:33,992
You will neither teach
nor engage in research.
483
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:39,314
- Your life as a scientist has ended.
- As you wish.
484
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,639
Chakotay of the Voyager starship.
485
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,918
You, your captain and her crew
will join Professor Gegen.
486
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,675
You have nothing to gain
by imprisoning them.
487
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:58,550
You will spend the remainder
of your lives on a detention colony.
488
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:02,713
You will surrender your vessel
and inform your crew...
489
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,792
Stop this, please!
490
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,271
Are you offering me an alternative?
491
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,756
I have... reconsidered
492
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:37,634
and I retract my claims
regarding the Distant Origin Theory.
493
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:44,959
My analysis of the data
was obviously flawed.
494
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:51,350
I was... mistaken.
495
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:56,389
You are prepared to refute your work
before the Circles of Science?
496
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:03,110
You will be assigned
to another area of research.
497
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,558
Surely palaeontology is tiresome
to you after so many years.
498
00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:12,475
Perhaps metallurgical analysis would be
a more rewarding vocation.
499
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,517
Perhaps.
500
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,996
I am not unreasonable.
501
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:23,553
You were drawn into this situation
through no fault of your own.
502
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:25,676
You are to be returned to your ship,
503
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,833
where you will set course
away from our territory.
504
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:37,390
It would be in your best interest
if I never saw you again.
505
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,872
I am not so good at chemistry.
506
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:08,388
My career as a metallurgical scientist
is likely to be undistinguished.
507
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,633
- I'm sorry.
- I was foolish.
508
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,274
Arrogant.
509
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,352
- And I lost everything.
- You were courageous.
510
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:25,594
As the Voth have always been,
from the first time they left Earth.
511
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,880
And you, Chakotay,
have been a colleague, a friend.
512
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,918
I will not forget you.
513
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,914
There's something else
I hope you never forget.
514
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,191
Some day,
every Voth will see this as home.
515
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,590
Some day.
516
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,797
- Eyes open.
- Eyes open.
517
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,039
Chakotay to Voyager. Energise.
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