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This is...
...to the USS Voyager.
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lf you are receiving
this message...
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please...it carefully.
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We have...
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This is Starfleet...
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...receiving this message...
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This is Starfleet Command...
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...this message, study...
carefully.
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We have...
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What happened?
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l'm not sure.
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The transmission just...
stopped.
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Locate the source.
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See if you can get it back.
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lt looks like...
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Captain,
the transmission was sent
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along the same network
of alien relay stations
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we used to send the Doctor
to the Alpha Quadrant.
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Starfleet Command must be
using them just like we did.
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Harry, can you clear
the interference
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from that message?
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Yes, ma'am.
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They said they wouldn't stop
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until they found
a way to get us home.
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Nonetheless, we can't assume
they've been able
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to devise a plan this quickly.
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They're communicating with us.
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That's a big step.
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Okay, l've reprocessed
everything we received.
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l've cleared out
most of the interference.
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Here it is.
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This is Starfleet Command
to the USS Voyager.
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lf you are receiving
this message,
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please study it carefully.
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We have information...
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That's all we got.
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lt looks like the bulk
of the transmission
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is lodged in one
of the relay stations.
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Can you tell which one?
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lt's about 3. 8
light- years from us
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on a heading of 27 4 mark 13.
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Set a course, Tom.
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Last time we used one
of those stations,
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the people who built
it weren't too happy.
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We'll deal with that
if we have to,
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but l'm not going to lose
this opportunity.
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We're going to find out what
the rest of that message says.
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This is...Command
to the USS Voyager.
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lf you are
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receiving this message,
please study it carefully...
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Who sent this message?
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Unknown.
lt comes from across the galaxy.
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Locate the ship receiving it.
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lt's on a course
to one of our modules.
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lntercept.
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Maybe they've figured out
a way to get us home.
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How could they get us home
from 60, 000 light- years away?
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Who knows
what technological advances
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Starfleet has come up with
since we've been gone?
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They might have developed
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a whole new way
of traveling through space.
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Since it was technology
that brought us
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to the Delta Quadrant
in the first place,
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it's a reasonable assumption
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technology
could bring us back again.
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Starfleet found
a stable wormhole
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to the Gamma Quadrant.
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Maybe they've discovered
one that leads here.
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This kind of speculation can be
intriguing, but be careful
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about setting yourselves up
to be disappointed.
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l'm just happy my folks
know l'm alive.
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l imagine there were
quite a few celebrations
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when people got the news.
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Probably, but l can see
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where it might make things
more difficult for some.
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l'd guess a lot of people
had given up on us--
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done their mourning,
gone on with their lives--
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found some kind of resolution.
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Now they get word
that we're alive,
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but so far away that we
might as well be dead.
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Some people might feel that way,
but not my mom and dad.
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At the very least, we know
the relay stations extend
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almost all the way
to the Alpha Quadrant.
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lf Starfleet has found a way to
use them to transmit messages,
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we'll be able to stay
in constant contact
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with people at home.
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That has to be comforting.
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Sure it is, but l think
it's more comforting
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to think that Starfleet
is going to get us home.
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lf no one objects, that's
what l'm going to do.
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You were supposed to report
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to Sick Bay this morning
for your weekly checkup.
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Where have you been?
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Here, doing my job.
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And just what is
this pressing task?
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l'm trying to retrieve
more of the message
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transmitted
from Starfleet Command.
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Hmm. Your devotion
to duty is admirable,
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but you must remember
that your implants
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have to be monitored
regularly.
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l'm fine.
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No, you're not.
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l'm detecting reduced levels
of erythrocytes in your blood.
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How long has it been
since you regenerated?
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58 hours.
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Well, that explains it.
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We've discussed this before,
Seven.
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You must regenerate
in your alcove
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for at least three hours a day.
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l have gone
as long as 200 hours
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without regenerating.
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That was when you were a Borg.
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You seem to forget you're
a good deal more human now.
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l assure you,
l have not forgotten.
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Another one.
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l beg your pardon?
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l've retrieved
another word of text.
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That makes six.
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Six words in 58 hours?
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Wouldn't it be
more efficient just to wait
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until we arrive
at the relay station?
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This message is important
to the Captain.
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l'm aware of that.
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ln fact, if it weren't
for me, this transmission
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wouldn't have been possible
in the first place.
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l was the one
who risked my matrix
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in order to go
to the Alpha Quadrant.
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lf we ever get home,
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l expect l'll become
quite the hero.
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"Emergency Medical Hologram
instrumental
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in the return of Voyager crew."
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Has a nice ring to it,
don't you think?
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On the other hand,
it is entirely possible
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that your program
will be deleted
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and you'll be upgraded
to conform
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to the most recent standards.
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Unlikely.
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l've accomplished things
no EMH ever has.
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ln fact, most likely
l'll become
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an object of intense
study and discussion--
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possibly even veneration.
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What's that?
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Report.
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We're encountering some kind
of gravimetric forces.
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Source?
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Looks like it's coming
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from the relay station
we're heading for.
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That station is still
two light- years away.
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How could it project
a gravimetric field this far?
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lt would have to have
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an incredibly powerful
energy source.
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l've compensated
for the disturbance.
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We should be all right--
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at least until we get closer.
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l'm detecting a ship, Captain.
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800, 000 kilometers
off the port bow.
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On screen.
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lt's adrift.
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No propulsion systems,
no weapons, no life support.
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l'm picking up
one male humanoid aboard.
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He's dead.
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As soon as we're close enough,
beam the body to Sick Bay.
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l want to know how he died.
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What's happened to him?
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He appears to have suffered
a complete osteotomy.
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He's been gutted.
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Apparently, some kind of
surgical procedure was used
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to remove the entire skeleton,
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as well as the musculature,
the ligaments and tendons,
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and the internal organs.
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How long ago did this happen?
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lt's difficult to say.
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Somewhere between
a week and a month.
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l've seen this before.
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The Borg encountered
a small ship of Species 517 4.
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They were also destroyed
in this fashion.
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Did you ever determine
who did it and why?
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No, it was irrelevant.
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Return the body to his ship.
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His people may be able
to retrieve him.
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Very well.
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When we get closer
to the station,
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we can use the data processors
in Astrometrics
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to download the message.
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Yes, Captain.
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Captain's Log, Stardate 51501. 4.
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After two days at high warp,
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we're close enough
to the relay station
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to see it on long- range
visual sensors.
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Not exactly what l expected.
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lt looks ancient.
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Radiometric decay ratios
indicate
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it's at least 100, 000 years old.
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Scan for life- forms.
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Negative, sir.
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Looks like there's nobody home.
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Well, that's good news.
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Here we go again.
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The gravimetric field.
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Commander, if my sensors
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are right,
that station is using
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a quantum singularity
as a power source.
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A black hole?
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lt's a tiny one, probably
about a centimeter in diameter,
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but it's putting out almost
four terawatts of energy.
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Then someone has managed
to contain a singularity,
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construct a space station
around it and tap its power.
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That's fascinating.
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Can we take this ship
any closer?
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l wouldn't recommend it.
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Voyager would take a beating
from the gravimetric eddies.
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All right, Tom, back us off.
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Aye, sir.
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Bridge to Janeway.
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Go ahead.
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We're as close as we're
going to be able to get.
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Okay. We'll see if we can
download the message from here.
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The datastream degraded
during transmission.
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Elements have been
dislocated, rearranged.
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lt's going to require some time
to decompress the message
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and rearrange it
in the proper sequence.
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Don't worry about the sequence.
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Get it out in bits and pieces
if you have to.
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We can put it together later.
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l've accessed a block of data.
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l'm downloading the text.
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"How much we miss you...
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"We talk about you often...
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wondering about your...day."
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lt sounds awfully personal
from Starfleet Command.
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"The children have grown
so much you wouldn't..."
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These are letters.
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These are letters from home.
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You'll be the official
mail carrier, Neelix.
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We'll get you the letters
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as quickly as we
can download them.
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A task l'm happy
to perform, Captain.
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l can tell you, l've never
seen the crew this excited.
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This is as close
as they've come
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to their families
in almost four years.
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l promise to treat these
like gemstones.
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By the time you've
delivered them,
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we should have more.
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00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:09,724
Captain.
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00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:11,429
l've discovered something odd.
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There seems to be more
here than just letters.
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What do you mean?
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There's a latent datastream
buried under the message.
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lt's heavily encrypted.
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Encrypted?
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lt appears to contain
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a large block of text
and what may be maps.
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Can you retrieve any of it?
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Not immediately.
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When more of the letters
have been cleared out,
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l should be able to access
the coded message.
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Well...l might just hope
that it contains a plan
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for bringing us back
to the Alpha Quadrant.
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l'm curious, Seven.
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What do you think
about all this?
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Messages, the possibility
of getting home?
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00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:53,345
lt lacks any emotional
resonance for me.
263
00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:54,845
l've never even been to Earth.
264
00:11:56,315 --> 00:11:58,510
You realize
you may have family there.
265
00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,551
That had not occurred to me.
266
00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:05,454
You could have cousins,
grandparents...
267
00:12:07,293 --> 00:12:10,194
There might be more emotional
resonance than you think.
268
00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:20,496
l am happy to announce
269
00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:23,371
that l have the first
letters from home.
270
00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:24,602
Who are they for, Neelix?
271
00:12:24,677 --> 00:12:27,976
Uh, this one is addressed
to Commander Chakotay.
272
00:12:32,384 --> 00:12:34,147
Who's it from, Commander?
273
00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,882
An old friend...
274
00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:38,821
the person who recruited
me into the Maquis.
275
00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:45,157
Maybe l'll read this
in private.
276
00:12:45,231 --> 00:12:46,892
Tom, you have the Bridge.
277
00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:50,292
Neelix, wait a minute.
278
00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:52,997
Aren't there any more?
279
00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:54,663
No. No more
for the Bridge crew.
280
00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:56,765
Not yet.
281
00:12:56,842 --> 00:12:58,867
Be patient.
282
00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:03,214
Come in.
283
00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:05,147
Good news, Mr. Vulcan.
284
00:13:05,217 --> 00:13:06,741
This one's for you.
285
00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:07,877
Thank you, Mr. Neelix.
286
00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:09,284
You can put it on the desk.
287
00:13:14,393 --> 00:13:15,860
Was there something more?
288
00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:18,226
Aren't you going to read it?
289
00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:20,288
Of course.
290
00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:23,597
l- l mean, aren't you
going to read it now?
291
00:13:23,669 --> 00:13:25,830
l'm finishing my weekly
tactical review.
292
00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:27,873
When it's completed
l'll read the message.
293
00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,100
You're going to wait
294
00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:31,666
until you've finished
the tactical review?
295
00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,712
Do you have
any reason to believe
296
00:13:33,779 --> 00:13:36,646
the content of the message
will change during that time?
297
00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:37,875
Well, that's not the point.
298
00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,349
lt's a letter from your family.
299
00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,181
Don't you want to know
what it says?
300
00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:43,483
l fully intend to find out
what it says.
301
00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:46,489
lt has some important news.
302
00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,958
You mean you've read it?
303
00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:52,862
Well, only the first few lines.
304
00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:54,365
When l was seeing
who it was addressed to,
305
00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:57,231
l...l couldn't help it.
306
00:13:57,303 --> 00:13:58,930
l- l...would you like me
to read it to you?
307
00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:01,400
Very well.
308
00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,645
"My husband, we have
been given the news
309
00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:09,146
"that you are alive.
310
00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:10,239
"Your children and l
311
00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:12,477
"have asked the priests
at the Temple of Aymonk
312
00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:14,917
to say prayers
for your safe return."
313
00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:15,851
That's very sweet.
314
00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:16,853
Amonak.
315
00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:17,854
Pardon?
316
00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:19,447
The Temple of Amonak--
317
00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:21,550
one of the most sacred
on Vulcan.
318
00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,458
Amonak. Of course.
319
00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:25,087
"The most significant news
320
00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:27,257
"is the fact
that your first son, Sek,
321
00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:28,891
"has gone through the Pon farr.
322
00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:31,027
"He mated and has
become a father.
323
00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:33,833
"You are now the grandfather
of a healthy female
324
00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:36,500
who they have named T'Meni,
after your mother."
325
00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:38,975
You're a grandfather!
326
00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:40,340
lsn't that wonderful?
327
00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:41,970
Congratulations!
328
00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:43,605
What should we call you now?
329
00:14:43,682 --> 00:14:45,650
Grandpa? Gramps?
330
00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,709
l think Commander Tuvok
will suffice.
331
00:14:47,786 --> 00:14:49,447
Thank you, Mr. Neelix.
332
00:14:49,521 --> 00:14:51,921
l'll read the rest to myself.
333
00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,788
Just as long as you
read it right away.
334
00:14:53,859 --> 00:14:55,451
No procrastinating.
335
00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:57,688
Who knows what else
might be in that letter?
336
00:15:29,194 --> 00:15:31,025
ls that a letter to you,
Captain?
337
00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:34,395
Yes. Seven just downloaded it.
338
00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:36,457
l'll be in my ready room.
339
00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:37,832
Yes, ma'am.
340
00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,422
Have you gotten a letter yet?
341
00:16:37,496 --> 00:16:39,361
Don't expect one.
342
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,468
Do you remember Sveta?
343
00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:46,268
Of course.
344
00:16:46,338 --> 00:16:48,272
l got one from her.
345
00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:50,365
Why would she be writing you?
346
00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:01,746
Chakotay, what is it?
347
00:17:04,623 --> 00:17:07,091
Something terrible has happened.
348
00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:09,992
l read that letter for an hour
before l could accept it.
349
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:12,326
Now l have to tell
everyone else...
350
00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:14,059
and l'm not sure how to do it.
351
00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:20,504
lt's over, B'Elanna.
352
00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,597
There are no more Maquis.
353
00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:25,908
What are you saying?
354
00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:27,206
There are thousands of us.
355
00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:28,712
All wiped out.
356
00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:30,715
lt seems the Cardassians
have an ally...
357
00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:32,580
a species
from the Gamma Quadrant
358
00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:34,983
who supplied them
with ships and weapons.
359
00:17:36,488 --> 00:17:38,115
Atara?
360
00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:40,517
Roberto?
361
00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:44,921
Everyone except us is dead?
362
00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:47,124
Just about.
363
00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:49,929
Sveta and a few lucky ones
are in prison.
364
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:53,263
No...
365
00:17:53,338 --> 00:17:54,168
B'Elanna...
366
00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:56,639
Don't!
Don't try to console me.
367
00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:58,573
l don't want to be comforted.
368
00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:01,010
Those were our friends...
369
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,014
good people willing to put
their lives on the line
370
00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,208
for something they believed in
371
00:18:04,283 --> 00:18:05,978
and now you're telling
me that they are gone...
372
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:07,040
that they are slaughtered.
373
00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:08,143
Those are the risks we all took.
374
00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:09,152
We knew where it could lead.
375
00:18:09,221 --> 00:18:11,052
lt's not right and you know it.
376
00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:14,286
l will make someone pay,
l swear l will.
377
00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:21,764
lf we ever get back.
378
00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:41,550
Tom...l heard there are
379
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,212
at least 30 more letters
that have been downloaded.
380
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,255
Oh, yeah?
381
00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,621
Neelix is supposed
to be on his way here now.
382
00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:49,320
What do you suppose
this is, anyway?
383
00:18:49,394 --> 00:18:51,157
What what is?
384
00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,925
This mystery dish.
385
00:18:52,998 --> 00:18:54,863
lt tastes vaguely like chicken,
386
00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:57,527
but it has the consistency
of corn husks.
387
00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:59,093
ls that all
you can think about--
388
00:18:59,171 --> 00:19:00,297
what you're eating?
389
00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:04,136
Well, l don't like guessing
at what l put in my stomach.
390
00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:06,974
Tom...we're getting
letters from home.
391
00:19:07,045 --> 00:19:08,410
Doesn't that mean
anything to you?
392
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,414
Not particularly.
393
00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:12,507
l don't believe you.
394
00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:14,552
You know, it's really
not that bad.
395
00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,451
Here he comes.
396
00:19:16,522 --> 00:19:17,580
Good news.
397
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:20,887
Seven has been able
to download some more letters.
398
00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:24,562
This one is for Susan Nicoletti.
399
00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,564
- ls she here?
- Oh, yes.
400
00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:27,189
Fitzpatrick.
401
00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:28,164
Right here.
402
00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:29,996
Thank you.
403
00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:33,838
Ah, Kyoto.
404
00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:36,341
Golwat.
405
00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:41,574
Thank you.
406
00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:42,739
Ashmore.
407
00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:45,576
- Dorado.
- l'm here.
408
00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:47,380
There's not going
to be one for me.
409
00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:49,420
He's not done yet.
Hang on.
410
00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:50,455
And finally...
411
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:52,983
Parsons.
412
00:19:56,261 --> 00:19:57,626
l'm sorry if your name
413
00:19:57,696 --> 00:20:01,154
hasn't come up,
but Seven is still working.
414
00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:04,259
Neelix, l thought you
had over 30 letters.
415
00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:06,327
30?
Where did you hear that?
416
00:20:06,405 --> 00:20:08,464
That's what was going around.
417
00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:12,169
Don't pay any attention
to rumors.
418
00:20:14,913 --> 00:20:16,244
Right.
419
00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,987
Aren't you going
to eat your lunch?
420
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,317
l'm not hungry.
421
00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:29,226
You shouldn't get
your hopes up, Harry.
422
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,592
No hopes, no disappointments.
423
00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:35,733
l'm not you.
424
00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:42,873
Come in.
425
00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:46,004
Captain, l'm beginning
to have trouble
426
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,170
accessing the datastream.
427
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,339
The longer it remains
lodged in the relay station,
428
00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:50,711
the more it degrades.
429
00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:52,181
lf we could get near enough,
430
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:54,719
we could try to stabilize
the containment field,
431
00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:57,880
but l can't risk taking
the ship in any closer.
432
00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,618
A shuttle could withstand
the gravimetric eddies
433
00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:01,852
more easily than Voyager.
434
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:02,894
l'd like to try it.
435
00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:06,357
l'd want Commander Tuvok
to go with you.
436
00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:07,796
For what reason?
437
00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:10,858
lt isn't my custom
to send an away team of one.
438
00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:13,568
As you wish.
439
00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,348
Hi.
440
00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:25,815
Hi. l thought Seven
was working in here.
441
00:21:25,884 --> 00:21:26,851
She's gone with Tuvok
442
00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:28,977
to shore up the station's
confinement field.
443
00:21:29,054 --> 00:21:30,919
l've taken over for her.
444
00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,616
Disappointed?
445
00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,354
Of course not.
446
00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:37,827
Would you stop that?
447
00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:39,796
l've told you,
there's nothing between us.
448
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,423
l know there's nothing
between you.
449
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:42,990
lt's purely
a one- way attraction.
450
00:21:43,068 --> 00:21:44,592
Very funny.
451
00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:46,661
Harry, you might as well
wear a big sign
452
00:21:46,738 --> 00:21:48,000
that says,"l'm in love."
453
00:21:48,106 --> 00:21:49,471
Everyone sees it.
454
00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:52,772
Look, l'll admit
that for a while...
455
00:21:52,844 --> 00:21:54,436
Well, she's
a very attractive woman,
456
00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:55,707
but l've gotten over that.
457
00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,612
Okay.
458
00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:59,480
Fine. Believe whatever you want.
459
00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:02,384
lf you didn't come
down here to see her,
460
00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:03,852
why did you?
461
00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:05,550
l wanted to know...
462
00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:09,317
if l'd gotten a letter yet.
463
00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:19,760
Sorry. l haven't
seen anything so far.
464
00:22:22,741 --> 00:22:26,336
Do you think...there's going
to be one for everybody?
465
00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,536
l'm sure
that Starfleet contacted
466
00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:31,639
the families and friends
of everyone on this ship.
467
00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:33,617
They know how important
that would be.
468
00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:35,118
l hope so.
469
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:37,917
Harry...you'll get one.
470
00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:40,048
Try to be patient.
471
00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:52,963
Commander, am l correct
in assuming
472
00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:55,199
that Vulcans are
incapable of lying?
473
00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:57,173
We are capable of telling lies.
474
00:22:57,242 --> 00:23:00,871
However, l have never found it
prudent or necessary to do so.
475
00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:02,413
You have never lied?
476
00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:05,177
Only under orders
from a superior officer.
477
00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:07,548
Then l must ask you something.
478
00:23:07,619 --> 00:23:08,916
ls it the Captain's custom
479
00:23:08,987 --> 00:23:11,353
to send at least two people
on an away mission?
480
00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:13,015
lt's not only her custom,
481
00:23:13,091 --> 00:23:15,525
it's recommended
Starfleet protocol.
482
00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:18,062
l see.
483
00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:21,258
ls there a purpose
to your question?
484
00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:24,928
l am wondering if the Captain
still doesn't trust me--
485
00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:27,369
if she feels
l require supervision.
486
00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:30,408
l am not certain
how the Captain regards you,
487
00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:32,306
but her decision
to have me accompany you
488
00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:33,867
on this mission
shouldn't be taken
489
00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:36,004
as evidence
of any particular attitude.
490
00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:41,978
l believe we are close enough
to emit a polaron pulse.
491
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,954
Bring the main deflector
on line.
492
00:23:45,023 --> 00:23:46,547
Ready.
493
00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:54,963
The variance in the containment
field is now at. 29.
494
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:57,228
That should prevent further
degradation of the signal.
495
00:23:57,302 --> 00:24:00,294
Let me ask you a question,
Seven.
496
00:24:00,372 --> 00:24:03,136
ls the Captain's opinion
important to you?
497
00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:06,439
My understanding
of the hierarchy on Voyager
498
00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:07,603
is that the Captain's opinion
499
00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,340
is important to every
member of the crew.
500
00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:12,749
What's happened?
501
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,012
We've just been scanned
502
00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:16,019
by a subnucleonic beam
of some kind.
503
00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:18,453
The navigational sensors
have been disrupted.
504
00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:19,922
We must get Voyager to send out
505
00:24:19,991 --> 00:24:21,788
a directional beacon
to guide us back.
506
00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:22,918
Tuvok to Voyager.
507
00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:24,723
Voyager, please respond.
508
00:24:24,796 --> 00:24:26,855
Commander, we've lost
other systems as well.
509
00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:29,924
We have no communications,
no warp engines...
510
00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,662
and no weapons.
511
00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:33,670
l suspect this was
done intentionally
512
00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:35,706
by the ship
that's approaching rapidly
513
00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:36,798
off our port stern.
514
00:24:51,122 --> 00:24:54,683
They're at 50, 000 kilometers
and closing.
515
00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:56,693
Our shields
are losing integrity.
516
00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:59,286
l'll try to get at least
one phaser array back on line.
517
00:24:59,364 --> 00:25:01,025
Commander, one more hit
518
00:25:01,132 --> 00:25:02,531
and we'll be susceptible
to a hull breach.
519
00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:04,762
That ship is larger than ours.
520
00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:06,531
lf we lure it
closer to the station,
521
00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:08,539
it will be far more vulnerable
522
00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:10,598
to the gravitational eddies
than we are.
523
00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:17,708
A tractor beam.
524
00:25:17,782 --> 00:25:18,908
We're being pulled
toward the ship.
525
00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:20,712
l'll try to disrupt it.
526
00:25:20,785 --> 00:25:22,514
Unsuccessful.
527
00:25:22,587 --> 00:25:23,986
Launching a distress beacon.
528
00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:37,191
Torres to the Bridge.
529
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:38,463
Go ahead.
530
00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:40,630
Captain, could Lieutenant Paris
come down here?
531
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:43,469
l think l've got something
he'd want to see.
532
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,407
He's on his way.
533
00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:52,383
lt's a letter for you.
534
00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:53,576
lt's coming through right now.
535
00:25:53,652 --> 00:25:54,846
For me?
536
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,785
lt's right here.
537
00:25:59,090 --> 00:26:00,580
Who's it from?
538
00:26:00,692 --> 00:26:01,716
l can't tell yet.
539
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,218
Maybe it's from the rehab colony
540
00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:07,561
telling me
l've violated probation.
541
00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:09,998
Why are you acting like this?
542
00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:12,662
l just want to know
who the letter's from, okay?
543
00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:15,729
We should know in a minute.
544
00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:19,200
l'll be on the Bridge.
545
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:20,301
What, you're not going to wait?
546
00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:21,845
l'm on duty.
547
00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:23,881
Voyager is hanging in space.
548
00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:25,348
There's not a lot to do
at the helm.
549
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,681
l just thought
that l should be at my post.
550
00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:30,050
You may be able to fool
someone else with that ploy,
551
00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:31,452
but you're talking to me, Tom.
552
00:26:33,725 --> 00:26:36,125
Just download the letter, okay?
553
00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:39,289
A little more has come in.
554
00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:41,332
lt's from Starfleet.
555
00:26:41,399 --> 00:26:46,029
From...an Admiral Owen.
556
00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:47,401
Do you know him?
557
00:26:49,808 --> 00:26:51,867
Admiral Owen Paris.
558
00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:55,343
That's my father.
559
00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:57,608
That's wonderful.
560
00:26:57,682 --> 00:27:00,412
Yeah, maybe.
561
00:27:05,557 --> 00:27:10,153
l...l don't know
exactly why, but...
562
00:27:10,228 --> 00:27:14,221
the more everybody gets excited
about these letters from home,
563
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:16,790
the more l don't want
any part of it.
564
00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:20,665
Maybe because...
565
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:26,771
what l have on Voyager...
566
00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:29,871
is so much better than anything
l ever had back there.
567
00:27:31,616 --> 00:27:34,084
l just don't want the reminder.
568
00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:37,553
You're not the same person
you were four years ago.
569
00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:39,453
What makes you think he is?
570
00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:42,921
No. You don't know him.
571
00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,154
At least give him a chance.
572
00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:45,355
He's obviously reaching out.
573
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:47,455
When he forms an opinion
about something,
574
00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:49,864
nothing can change his mind.
575
00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:52,325
Fine.
576
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,975
Excuse me if l can't feel
terribly sorry for you.
577
00:27:59,044 --> 00:28:02,946
l learned this morning that
a lot of my friends are dead
578
00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:05,881
and l've gone
from being so angry
579
00:28:05,917 --> 00:28:08,044
that l wanted to kill someone...
580
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,418
to crying for an hour.
581
00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:13,354
And now l'm just trying to...
582
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,791
to accept it and move on.
583
00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:20,456
B'Elanna...that's awful.
584
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,990
Oh, l am so sorry.
585
00:28:25,603 --> 00:28:27,161
And here l am
going on about something
586
00:28:27,238 --> 00:28:28,569
that doesn't even matter
anymore.
587
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,608
No, no. l'm sorry.
588
00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:33,166
lt obviously does.
589
00:28:33,244 --> 00:28:35,804
You care what he thinks
about you.
590
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:38,508
Yeah.
591
00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,181
Yeah, l guess l still do.
592
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:51,022
l'll let you know
when l get the whole letter.
593
00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:02,296
Come in.
594
00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:05,001
Looks like Tuvok and Seven
pulled it off.
595
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:07,601
The containment field
has stabilized quite a bit.
596
00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:09,146
B'Elanna says
she's downloading the letters
597
00:29:09,214 --> 00:29:10,146
much more easily now.
598
00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:11,147
That's good news.
599
00:29:11,216 --> 00:29:12,342
They don't have the shuttle
on sensors yet,
600
00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:13,850
but they should be back soon.
601
00:29:13,952 --> 00:29:15,977
l've learned
a few interesting things
602
00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:17,783
about that relay station.
603
00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:20,848
lt's generating as much energy
604
00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:23,792
every minute as a typical
star puts out in a year.
605
00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:24,851
What's amazing to me
606
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,954
is that someone
100, 000 years ago
607
00:29:27,031 --> 00:29:28,965
was harvesting
microsingularities.
608
00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:31,695
lf nobody shows up to protest,
609
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,203
l'd like to stay here
for a while--
610
00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:35,330
try to find the answers
to some of these questions.
611
00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:37,237
This is the kind
of archeological puzzle
612
00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:39,708
that's always fascinated me.
613
00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:40,767
Want a cup?
614
00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:42,506
No, thanks.
615
00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,780
You haven't mentioned
your letter.
616
00:29:49,854 --> 00:29:51,219
Who was it from?
617
00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:53,918
lt was from Mark...
618
00:29:53,992 --> 00:29:56,483
the man l was engaged to.
619
00:29:56,561 --> 00:29:58,893
He told me
about the litter of puppies
620
00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:01,932
my dog had--
how he found homes for them,
621
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,401
how devastated he was
when Voyager was lost...
622
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:08,030
how he held out hopes
we were alive
623
00:30:08,106 --> 00:30:09,698
longer than most people did...
624
00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:13,073
until he realized that he
was clinging to a fantasy.
625
00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:16,739
So he began living
his life again--
626
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:21,445
meeting people,
letting go of the past.
627
00:30:24,722 --> 00:30:25,984
About four months ago,
628
00:30:26,057 --> 00:30:28,423
he married a woman
who works with him.
629
00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,018
He's very happy.
630
00:30:33,898 --> 00:30:35,627
And how do you feel about that?
631
00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,866
Well, l knew he'd eventually
move on with his life...
632
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:45,670
but there was such
a finality to that letter.
633
00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,267
Kim to the Captain.
634
00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:48,403
Can you come to the Bridge?
635
00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:55,953
What is it?
636
00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:57,044
We picked up
637
00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:59,385
an automated distress signal
from Tuvok's shuttle.
638
00:30:59,457 --> 00:31:01,448
Sensors show
there's no one on board.
639
00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:13,861
Seven.
640
00:32:17,702 --> 00:32:18,964
Seven of Nine.
641
00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:28,974
Where are we?
642
00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:32,346
l assume
we're on the alien ship.
643
00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:36,379
This is most uncomfortable.
644
00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:41,986
Have you seen anyone?
645
00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:43,560
No.
646
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,721
lf we can reach
one of those blades,
647
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,994
perhaps we can
cut through these bindings.
648
00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:55,137
You were pathetic prey.
649
00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:57,841
Easily taken.
650
00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:59,877
The hunt was not satisfying.
651
00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:04,240
l want information.
652
00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,909
Why do you violate our property?
653
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:11,183
l could snap your puny neck
with one twist.
654
00:33:13,891 --> 00:33:16,086
Hardly worth taking.
655
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,092
Answer me.
656
00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:18,924
Why do you use our modules?
657
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,055
We're trying to retrieve
658
00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:21,928
important messages
from our home.
659
00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:24,934
Return us to our ship
and we'll be on our way
660
00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:26,435
without trespassing again.
661
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,335
l took you in a fair hunt.
662
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:30,897
l claim the relics
of the chase.
663
00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:44,854
Are the others on your ship
664
00:33:44,922 --> 00:33:47,413
able to put up more
of a fight than you?
665
00:33:47,492 --> 00:33:49,585
You will find our Captain
a formidable opponent
666
00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,992
and our ship heavily armed.
667
00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:56,329
Good. Strong prey makes
for a better hunt.
668
00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:57,993
Release us now
and you'll be safe.
669
00:33:58,069 --> 00:34:01,163
Otherwise, we will destroy you.
670
00:34:02,407 --> 00:34:05,399
Pitiful relics.
671
00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:07,501
They are the first
of their kind.
672
00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:09,478
l will be envied.
673
00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:11,174
l've located their ship.
674
00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:13,581
lt's 4, 000 ketrics
from the module.
675
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:15,642
We'll be there within the hour.
676
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,881
Go to stalking mode.
677
00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:21,324
Why do you hesitate?
678
00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:23,053
The rest of the group
is on its way.
679
00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:25,891
l wanted to claim
this prey for myself.
680
00:34:25,963 --> 00:34:27,692
We may not be able
to take them alone.
681
00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:30,325
We need the strength
of the others.
682
00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:31,925
l won't share prey
with the others.
683
00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:35,062
These two must be
the only relics!
684
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:36,663
Prepare them!
685
00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:40,937
Captain.
686
00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:42,774
lt's tricky to scan
through the interference,
687
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:44,781
but l think
l'm detecting a ship.
688
00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,339
What kind of ship?
689
00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,544
Let me reconfigure
the sensor array.
690
00:34:48,619 --> 00:34:50,678
lt's Hirogen
691
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:52,814
and Tuvok and Seven
are on it.
692
00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:56,315
Hail them.
693
00:34:57,662 --> 00:34:59,323
On screen.
694
00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:01,627
l'm Captain Janeway
of the Starship Voyager.
695
00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,893
You have two
of my crew on board.
696
00:35:03,968 --> 00:35:06,698
Disconnect your link
to our module
697
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:08,830
and leave this space.
698
00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:10,271
Not without my people.
699
00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:12,206
They are my relics.
700
00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:14,608
l'm prepared to offer
you something
701
00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:15,873
for their safe return.
702
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,847
Surely we can come
to an agreement.
703
00:35:17,915 --> 00:35:22,352
lf the rest of my group arrives,
you will be taken as well.
704
00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:25,321
l'm giving you a chance to run.
705
00:35:25,389 --> 00:35:27,118
We don't run.
706
00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:28,920
Captain, l've got three
more ships on sensors
707
00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:31,154
coming toward us at high warp.
708
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:32,253
Don't be foolish.
709
00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:34,628
Leave now and save yourselves.
710
00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:37,133
Give me my people
and we'll do just that.
711
00:35:37,201 --> 00:35:38,691
They're mine!
712
00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:40,737
Then get ready for a fight.
713
00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:42,102
Red Alert.
714
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:50,808
Are they prepared?
715
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,646
Yes.
But now is not the time for it.
716
00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:55,481
We should wait
until the others arrive
717
00:35:55,553 --> 00:35:56,542
and take the ship.
718
00:35:56,621 --> 00:35:58,521
l want to make the first kill.
719
00:35:58,589 --> 00:35:59,988
You will verify it.
720
00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:02,356
lf there is a battle,
we must join it.
721
00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:04,826
The others can wage the battle.
722
00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:08,059
Perhaps you are more interested
in collecting relics.
723
00:36:08,132 --> 00:36:11,192
Perhaps your judgment
is clouded.
724
00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:13,203
Don't question me again.
725
00:36:13,271 --> 00:36:15,102
We do it now.
726
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,607
l suggest you think carefully
about your decision.
727
00:36:17,675 --> 00:36:21,702
lf you kill us, our Captain will
hunt you down and show no mercy.
728
00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:23,747
l'm not concerned.
729
00:36:23,814 --> 00:36:25,145
Lower the harness.
730
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:31,053
A long, coiled intestine--
731
00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:33,113
an interesting trophy.
732
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,682
What possible use could you
make of my intestines?
733
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,285
Unusual relics are prized.
734
00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:42,924
Yours will make me envied by men
and pursued by women.
735
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,594
You are a crude species.
736
00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:48,036
Only your size
makes you formidable.
737
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:53,804
Your insults are as pitiful
as your efforts to escape.
738
00:36:56,847 --> 00:36:58,542
This one first.
739
00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:02,074
l want the female to witness
what will happen to her.
740
00:37:02,186 --> 00:37:03,244
Their bone structure
741
00:37:03,287 --> 00:37:05,482
makes cutting
through the back difficult.
742
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,080
This will take time.
743
00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:13,492
Bridge to Torres.
744
00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:14,496
Torres here, Captain.
745
00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:15,497
How much longer?
746
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,056
l'm getting it out
piece by piece.
747
00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:18,328
At least another half hour.
748
00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:20,165
How are you coming?
749
00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:22,729
That ship has some kind
of monotanium armor plating.
750
00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:24,365
lt's scattering
the targeting beam.
751
00:37:24,442 --> 00:37:25,909
The other three ships
are closing.
752
00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,102
They're within
6, 000 kilometers.
753
00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,578
Captain, those ships
have massive weapons.
754
00:37:29,647 --> 00:37:31,171
They've definitely
got us outgunned.
755
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:32,443
Harry, let me see those ships
756
00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:33,813
in relation
to the relay station.
757
00:37:33,884 --> 00:37:35,078
Yes, ma'am.
758
00:37:35,152 --> 00:37:37,712
Maybe we can use that quantum
singularity to our advantage.
759
00:37:37,788 --> 00:37:38,914
How?
760
00:37:39,023 --> 00:37:40,752
lf we can boost the effect
of the singularity--
761
00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:42,793
increase the gravitational pull,
762
00:37:42,860 --> 00:37:43,792
we might be able to stop them.
763
00:37:43,861 --> 00:37:46,022
The pull would increase
if we could weaken
764
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:47,359
the station's containment field.
765
00:37:47,431 --> 00:37:48,830
An antithoron burst might do it.
766
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:50,924
lf we're not careful,
we might be pulled in as well.
767
00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:51,934
Don't worry.
768
00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,265
We're going to be ready for it.
769
00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:57,273
Harry, create a low- level
warp field around Voyager--
770
00:37:57,341 --> 00:37:58,603
sublight energy level.
771
00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:01,110
That should help counteract
the gravitational pull.
772
00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:02,179
lf the field is too strong,
773
00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:04,204
we won't be able to beam
Tuvok and Seven aboard.
774
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:05,715
Then you'll have to find
the right balance,
775
00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:06,807
won't you, Harry?
776
00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:07,942
Yes, ma'am.
777
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:09,111
On my mark,
778
00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:12,747
direct a level- 8 antithoron
burst toward the station.
779
00:38:12,823 --> 00:38:15,383
Have thrusters ready
for full reverse, Mr. Paris.
780
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:16,619
Understood.
781
00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:18,787
l've established
a low- level warp field, Captain.
782
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,057
Antithoron system is on line.
783
00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,826
l'm ready with thrusters.
784
00:38:21,899 --> 00:38:22,888
Do it.
785
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,097
lt's working.
786
00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:29,901
Try the transporter lock
again, Harry.
787
00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:34,035
Stabilize the ship!
788
00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:39,541
l can't. The gravity well
is pulling us in!
789
00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:53,292
That vessel is weakening
the module's containment field.
790
00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:54,763
Ready weapons.
791
00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,265
Signal the others to attack.
792
00:38:58,102 --> 00:38:59,160
Torres to the Bridge.
793
00:38:59,236 --> 00:39:00,100
Janeway here.
794
00:39:00,204 --> 00:39:01,671
The antithoron burst
collapsed the signal.
795
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:04,072
l've gotten as much of the
message as l'm going to get.
796
00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:05,130
Acknowledged.
797
00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:06,176
Hail those ships.
798
00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:07,369
Channel open.
799
00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:09,072
This is Captain Janeway.
800
00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:12,013
Agree to retreat, and we'll
restore the containment field.
801
00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:13,311
Captain, they're firing!
802
00:39:14,885 --> 00:39:17,979
Their weapons are destabilizing
the containment field!
803
00:39:18,055 --> 00:39:19,852
This is Janeway.
Stop firing.
804
00:39:19,924 --> 00:39:22,518
You're putting yourselves
in grave dan...
805
00:39:22,593 --> 00:39:23,685
The field is going!
806
00:39:23,761 --> 00:39:25,524
The singularity
is about to be exposed!
807
00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:34,401
Captain, the ship
with Tuvok and Seven
808
00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:35,700
is still being pulled in.
809
00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:36,762
Get a tractor beam on it.
810
00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:38,399
l have Tuvok and Seven targeted,
811
00:39:38,476 --> 00:39:40,068
but if we try
to transport them now,
812
00:39:40,144 --> 00:39:41,873
the gravity well could
scatter their patterns.
813
00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:42,911
The tractor beam is weakening.
814
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:43,912
We're going to lose them!
815
00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:44,913
Harry, we have to risk it.
816
00:39:44,982 --> 00:39:46,609
Activating the transporter.
817
00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:50,913
Full reverse! lncrease
power to the engines!
818
00:39:51,021 --> 00:39:53,182
No response.
819
00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,189
Do you have them?
820
00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:55,247
Not yet.
821
00:39:55,326 --> 00:39:56,258
Their patterns are distorting.
822
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:57,589
Narrow the annular
confinement beam.
823
00:39:57,661 --> 00:39:58,855
Tractor beam's
almost gone, Captain.
824
00:39:58,929 --> 00:39:59,918
We're losing this tug- of- war.
825
00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:02,021
Reroute all secondary power
to the tractor emitters.
826
00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:03,464
The tractor beam collapsed.
827
00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:05,229
That ship is headed
into the black hole.
828
00:40:05,302 --> 00:40:06,701
l'm realigning
the pattern buffer.
829
00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,295
l've got one more shot at it.
830
00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:18,073
l got them!
They're in Transporter Room 2.
831
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,081
l need more power!
832
00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,276
We're being pulled in!
833
00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:22,842
Transfer all available power
to the engines.
834
00:40:24,021 --> 00:40:25,079
lt's not enough!
835
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:26,418
Shut down life support.
836
00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:27,752
Structural integrity is failing.
837
00:40:27,825 --> 00:40:28,792
The hull is starting to buckle.
838
00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:29,826
We're going in!
839
00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:32,692
Open the antimatter injectors
to 120 percent.
840
00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:33,991
Captain, that could
breach the core.
841
00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:35,759
So will that black hole.
Now, just do it.
842
00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:36,857
Yes, ma'am.
843
00:40:41,872 --> 00:40:42,964
We're free.
844
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,871
Resume course.
845
00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:46,967
l'll be in Astrometrics.
846
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:51,513
Captain, look at this.
847
00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,675
The energy released
from the singularity
848
00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:56,379
created a massive discharge
along the relay network.
849
00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,513
lt disabled every one
of the stations.
850
00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,454
How much of the message
were you able to get?
851
00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:02,617
l got most
of the encrypted Starfleet text
852
00:41:02,660 --> 00:41:04,218
and a few more personal letters.
853
00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:06,354
How soon can we see
what Starfleet had to say?
854
00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:07,829
Oh, it'll take
some time to decode.
855
00:41:07,898 --> 00:41:10,196
Harry should
probably work on it.
856
00:41:12,436 --> 00:41:15,735
Well, if you'll excuse me,
l have a few letters to deliver.
857
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:16,773
Neelix can do that.
858
00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:17,933
No need.
859
00:41:18,008 --> 00:41:20,568
Anyway, there's one
that l want to do personally.
860
00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:29,711
Good news, Harry.
861
00:41:29,787 --> 00:41:31,846
l got this at the last minute.
862
00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:35,820
lt's from my folks.
863
00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:36,860
Thanks.
864
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:44,992
l'm sorry, Tom.
865
00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:47,435
l wasn't able
to download yours in time.
866
00:41:50,207 --> 00:41:52,607
Just when l was getting eager
to read it.
867
00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:55,201
You could assume
that he said he loves you...
868
00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,475
and that he's proud of you.
869
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:03,445
l think l will.
870
00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:07,848
Captain's Log, supplemental.
871
00:42:07,925 --> 00:42:09,517
Seven of Nine
and Commander Tuvok
872
00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:11,356
suffered no serious
physical damage
873
00:42:11,428 --> 00:42:13,658
after their encounter
on the alien ship.
874
00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:15,926
l've been eager to hear
Tuvok's impressions
875
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,934
of the species
who took them hostage.
876
00:42:18,002 --> 00:42:19,765
l learned
very little about them,
877
00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:22,704
but l believe we should consider
them extremely dangerous.
878
00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:25,503
They seem to lack
any moral center.
879
00:42:25,576 --> 00:42:27,043
Do you know
why the relay network
880
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:28,271
was so important to them?
881
00:42:28,345 --> 00:42:32,372
No. l assume they used it
for communications, as we did.
882
00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:34,542
Well, they won't be
using it anymore.
883
00:42:34,618 --> 00:42:37,348
They won't be pleased
about that, Captain.
884
00:42:37,421 --> 00:42:39,218
l doubt we've seen
the last of them.
885
00:42:40,257 --> 00:42:41,246
Come in.
886
00:42:44,261 --> 00:42:46,593
lf you'll excuse me.
887
00:42:46,664 --> 00:42:47,790
Commander.
888
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:51,096
Repair teams have inspected
the ship from stem to stern.
889
00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:54,433
Except for some maintenance
that's needed on the warp coils,
890
00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:55,563
everything seems fine.
891
00:42:55,639 --> 00:42:56,799
l suppose so.
892
00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:57,841
Want some coffee?
893
00:42:57,908 --> 00:42:59,136
Thanks.
894
00:42:59,209 --> 00:43:00,107
Cream and sugar?
895
00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:01,177
Two sugars.
896
00:43:01,211 --> 00:43:02,838
Oh...two sugars?
897
00:43:02,913 --> 00:43:04,744
You know, you drink
too much of that stuff.
898
00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:05,747
Really?
899
00:43:05,816 --> 00:43:06,748
lf l'm not mistaken,
900
00:43:06,817 --> 00:43:07,909
that's your third cup
this morning.
901
00:43:07,985 --> 00:43:09,646
Fourth.
And on a day like today,
902
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:11,381
it won't be my last.
903
00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:15,516
Coffee: the finest organic
suspension ever devised.
904
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:17,026
lt's gotten me
through the worst
905
00:43:17,094 --> 00:43:18,186
of the last three years.
906
00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:20,856
l beat the Borg with it.
907
00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:25,163
Oh, l'm sure Voyager
will be fine.
908
00:43:25,235 --> 00:43:28,898
But l'm worried that the crew
might be a different story.
909
00:43:28,973 --> 00:43:31,271
l think they were
hoping mail call
910
00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:33,902
would become a regular part
of their day.
911
00:43:33,978 --> 00:43:36,105
Neelix is putting together
an impromptu party.
912
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:37,647
He thought it might
cheer them up.
913
00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:38,977
Good idea.
When will it be?
914
00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:40,209
As soon as he can
get people together.
915
00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:41,410
Leave it to Neelix to come up
916
00:43:41,485 --> 00:43:43,043
with the right idea
at the right time.
917
00:43:45,055 --> 00:43:46,852
How are you doing?
918
00:43:46,924 --> 00:43:48,357
Me? l'm fine.
919
00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:49,949
You'd say that if you just had
920
00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:52,154
your legs torn off
by a Trayken beast.
921
00:43:52,229 --> 00:43:54,925
Look what you've been through
in the last few days.
922
00:43:54,999 --> 00:43:56,796
We finally make
a connection with home
923
00:43:56,867 --> 00:43:58,596
and then it's
ripped away from us.
924
00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:00,193
We manage to make another enemy
925
00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:01,771
who's going to try
and hunt us down
926
00:44:01,805 --> 00:44:05,070
and destroy us,
and on top of that...
927
00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:07,042
lt's all right.
You can say it.
928
00:44:07,111 --> 00:44:10,808
On top of all that,
l got a"Dear John" letter.
929
00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:15,074
lt wasn't really a surprise.
930
00:44:15,152 --> 00:44:18,553
l guess l didn't really
expect him to wait for me
931
00:44:18,622 --> 00:44:20,749
considering the circumstances.
932
00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:23,384
But it made me realize
that l was using him
933
00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:25,291
as a safety net, you know--
934
00:44:25,362 --> 00:44:28,354
as a way to avoid becoming
involved with someone else.
935
00:44:28,432 --> 00:44:30,525
You don't have that safety net
anymore.
936
00:44:30,601 --> 00:44:32,398
That's right.
937
00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:35,267
But then again,
my life is far from uneventful
938
00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,170
here in the Delta Quadrant.
939
00:44:37,241 --> 00:44:39,232
lt's not like l would
have had a chance
940
00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:40,708
to pursue a relationship,
941
00:44:40,778 --> 00:44:43,212
even if l had realized
l was alone.
942
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,907
You're hardly alone.
943
00:44:44,982 --> 00:44:49,214
And to my way of thinking,
there's still plenty of time.
944
00:44:49,286 --> 00:44:51,686
Plenty of time.
945
00:44:51,755 --> 00:44:54,918
Neelix to the ready room.
The party's about to begin
946
00:44:54,992 --> 00:44:56,254
and there are
only two people missing.
947
00:44:56,326 --> 00:44:58,556
We're on our way.
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