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The Devore ships are assuming
a tactical formation.
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Bridge to Transporter Room.
Status?
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All set here, Captain.
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Pattern cohesion looks stable.
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Cargo Bay 1, report.
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The bay is clear.
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They're powering weapons.
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Why do they bother?
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They know we won't resist.
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Protocol, Mr. Paris.
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They're hailing.
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Gaharay vessel,
prepare to be inspected.
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Crew members are instructed
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to step away
from their stations.
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We know the drill.
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Side arms and scanning equipment
are to be set aside.
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Deviation from this
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or any other inspection
protocols will not be tolerated.
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All hands, this is the Captain.
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Prepare to be boarded
by Devore inspection teams.
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Give them your full cooperation.
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Let's get this over with.
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Their soldiers have materialized
on Decks 15, 1 1, 4 and 1.
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Captain Janeway,
report to your ready room.
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Good morning, Captain.
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l took the liberty
of playing this music
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throughout your ship.
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l thought it might help
your crew relax.
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Sometimes these inspections
can be stressful.
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How thoughtful.
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l've replicated some coffee.
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Black, as usual?
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Black.
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Prax here still refuses
to try it,
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but then, he's a man
of few pleasures.
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Captain,
please make yourself at home.
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Those cell cultures
are extremely fragile.
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Please...
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You've been routing power
through your transporter system.
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Why?
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lt's a routine diagnostic.
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We've been having trouble
with our imaging scanners.
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The problem is in the primary
energizing coils.
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Focus your efforts there.
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Thanks for the tip.
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Contaminated antimatter.
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This material could interfere
with our readings.
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A bionetic implant?
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An interlink node.
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lt permits communication
with other Borg drones.
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You are not a telepath.
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No.
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Remarkable.
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How old is this?
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About 600 years.
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My grandfather gave it
to me when l was a child.
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lt seems you have
a long-standing obsession
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with exploration, Captain.
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l, on the other hand,
have much more in common
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with this ancient soldier.
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He's from Earth's
classical period.
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lt produced some of our
greatest artists as well.
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Your culture has
many contradictions.
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Violence and beauty,
science and faith...
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all somehow mingled
harmoniously.
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Like the counterpoint
of this music.
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Mahler, Symphony #1.
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Am l correct?
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You're getting to know
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my musical database
better than l do.
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l've had time to review it
since our last encounter.
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Tell me, are all of your
inspections this personal?
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l'm just trying to get
to know you, Captain.
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There's no reason for us
to be adversaries.
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l could be your friend
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and, right now,
you could certainly use one.
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Really? Why is that?
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Your predicament.
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l don't expect it's been easy.
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Thousands of light-years
from home,
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navigating by strange stars,
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trespassing
in other people's space,
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ignoring their laws.
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We're just trying
to get back to Earth, lnspector.
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Through the Devore lmperium?
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lt's tough to avoid.
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Still, most people
make the effort.
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We don't exactly embrace
outsiders.
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''Gaharay. ''
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lt means ''strangers.''
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Which brings me to a matter
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that could threaten
our friendship.
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l've examined your crew manifest
from our last inspection.
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Commander Tuvok, Ensign Vorik--
Vulcans.
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Ensigns Suder and Jurot--
Betazoids.
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All telepaths...
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and yet for some reason,
you neglected to mention them.
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For a very simple reason.
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They're dead.
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Tuvok, Vorik and Jurot
died in a shuttle crash
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about two months ago.
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Suder was killed in a conflict
with a species called the Kazon.
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That's fortunate...
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for you, l mean.
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lf l'd found you
were harboring telepaths,
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l would have had to arrest you
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for breaking
our Cardinal Protocol.
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They were valued members
of my crew, lnspector,
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not criminals.
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Perhaps.
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Captain...
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do you trust me?
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Not for a second.
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Exactly.
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And why should you?
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Trust has to be earned.
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lt's gradual,
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and yet it's the foundation
of every relationship,
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professional and personal.
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lt's also a concept
alien to the telepathic races.
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Why take someone at their word
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when you can simply read
their mind?
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We've completed our inspection.
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There are no telepaths aboard.
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However, their sensor logs
indicate they deviated
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from their assigned
course on two occasions.
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ln both cases,
to avoid ion storms.
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lmperative 32, Codicil 626:
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''All gaharay vessels.
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''that deviate
from prescribed flight vectors
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will be impounded, their crews
detained and relocated.''
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Prax, it's clear
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the Captain didn't
intend to break protocol.
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l expect we can overlook
these infractions.
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Sir?
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Yes, sir.
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Captain, l'm a reasonable man
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and you've been cooperative,
but consider this a reminder.
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You have a long trip
through Devore space
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and good friends
can be an asset.
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l'll keep it in mind.
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The Devore vessels are
out of range.
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Bridge to Transporter Team.
You're clear.
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Cargo Bay 1 to Ensign Kim.
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Pattern enhancers are in place.
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lnitiating rematerialization
sequence.
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Harry, l'm routing maximum power
to the transporters.
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Got it.
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Align the confinement
beam to ten angstroms.
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00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:03,496
Energizing.
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00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,471
Ensign Kim, the confinement beam
is unstable.
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00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,134
We're trying to correct it now.
153
00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:12,507
What's the problem?
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00:10:12,578 --> 00:10:15,138
We're unable to consolidate
their patterns.
155
00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:17,273
They've been
in suspension too long.
156
00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:21,814
Harry, increase power
to the imaging scanners.
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00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:22,876
Aye, Captain.
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lt's working.
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Nice work, Harry.
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All our guests are present
and accounted for.
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Captain...
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They're gone... for now.
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Captain's Log, supplemental.
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00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:05,197
After weeks
of playing hide-and-seek
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with the Devore inspectors,
our goal is near--
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a transport vessel
that will take our passengers
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00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:13,736
to a wormhole leading
out of hostile territory.
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00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:16,941
Back to your old self again?
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00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:18,737
Each time we do this,
l feel as though l've left
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a few molecules behind
in your cargo bay.
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Well, l'll have someone
scan the room
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if it'll make you feel better.
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00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:24,939
Kir, we just received
an encoded message
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from the transport vessel.
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00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:28,117
They've changed the
rendezvous point again.
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l'm afraid so.
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00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:30,848
Did they send
the new coordinates?
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00:11:30,923 --> 00:11:32,322
We're still waiting for them.
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00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:34,450
Captain, we may have
another problem.
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00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:36,961
l just treated Tuvok
and two of the refugees
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for acute cellular degradation.
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00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:40,891
l've repaired
most of the damage,
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00:11:40,966 --> 00:11:42,957
but unfortunately,
the effect is cumulative.
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00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:43,967
Meaning?
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00:11:44,136 --> 00:11:46,866
lf we continue to go
into transporter suspension,
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some of us may not survive.
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00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:50,208
Bridge to Captain Janeway.
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00:11:50,276 --> 00:11:51,208
Go ahead.
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00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:52,539
We're receiving
another transmission.
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00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:53,578
Acknowledged.
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00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:58,309
The new coordinates are here
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within a Mutara-class nebula,
193
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2.36 light-years
from our current position.
194
00:12:02,321 --> 00:12:04,016
lt's definitely out of the way--
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00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,546
less chance
of being discovered--
196
00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:07,683
but it'll take
two more days to get there.
197
00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,660
Two days--
that increases the chances
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00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,697
that we'll run
into another inspection.
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00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:13,698
Given the frequency
of patrols in that area,
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00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:15,631
it's likely we'll be
stopped at least once.
201
00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,293
Just what the Doctor
didn't order.
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00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:19,303
Tuvok, Seven, l want you
to lay in a course
203
00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:21,601
that'll attract
as little attention as possible.
204
00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,835
We'll avoid their colonies,
space stations,
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00:12:23,909 --> 00:12:26,377
tourist attractions--
if they have any.
206
00:12:28,147 --> 00:12:31,344
The Ogre of Fire's castle
hovered over the forest
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00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:34,875
like a great, black spaceship,
turning day into night.
208
00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:38,355
Now, Flotter and Trevis
knew they had to find a way
209
00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:40,449
to keep the Ogre from
burning the forest down,
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00:12:40,526 --> 00:12:44,292
but his castle-- it was
higher than the tallest tree.
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00:12:44,363 --> 00:12:47,389
lt seemed hopeless
until they discovered...
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A door.
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00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:49,627
A door, right.
214
00:12:49,735 --> 00:12:53,171
A mysterious door,
right in the middle of a...
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00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:54,638
The clearing.
216
00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,106
You know, it's...
217
00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:58,405
it's not nice
to read people's thoughts
218
00:12:58,477 --> 00:13:00,274
when they're telling a story.
219
00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:02,075
l'm sorry.
220
00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:03,376
lt's all right.
221
00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,580
Why don't you all go play
by yourselves for a while?
222
00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:11,179
We'll finish the story later.
223
00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:15,423
How are they doing?
224
00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:16,893
Oh, fine, more or less.
225
00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,863
They don't understand
what all the fuss is about,
226
00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:21,900
but they're telepaths, Captain.
227
00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:24,435
lf the parents are
concerned or fearful,
228
00:13:24,503 --> 00:13:27,267
the children feel it, too.
229
00:13:27,339 --> 00:13:28,636
You did the right thing.
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00:13:28,707 --> 00:13:30,902
lf we hadn't taken them
off that freighter,
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00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:33,035
they'd be in a detention
center by now.
232
00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,842
Well, we're going to make sure
that doesn't happen.
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00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:37,940
ls the kitchen still open
234
00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:40,643
or are you just serving stories?
235
00:13:40,719 --> 00:13:43,017
For you, it's always open.
236
00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:47,218
Commander,
l'm detecting a vessel,
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300,000 kilometers and closing.
238
00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:50,122
The signature is Devore.
239
00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:52,494
Red Alert. Shields up.
240
00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:54,624
Bridge to Captain.
241
00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:55,724
More company, Commander?
242
00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:56,802
Looks like it.
243
00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,427
Get our visitors
to the cargo bay.
244
00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:00,232
Stand by
for transporter suspension.
245
00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:01,739
Aye, Captain.
246
00:14:01,807 --> 00:14:02,739
Neelix.
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00:14:02,808 --> 00:14:03,740
Right away.
248
00:14:03,809 --> 00:14:04,867
Come on, now.
249
00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,037
We're going to go
see your parents.
250
00:14:07,112 --> 00:14:08,511
Let's go.
251
00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:11,211
Report.
252
00:14:11,283 --> 00:14:13,877
lt's a scout ship.
One pilot; no other crew.
253
00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:16,784
The vessel hasn't raised shields
or charged weapons.
254
00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,221
lf this is another inspection,
255
00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:19,882
it's certainly
a different approach.
256
00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:21,117
We're being hailed.
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00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,683
Open a channel.
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00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:24,794
Captain.
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00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:26,422
lnspector.
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00:14:26,498 --> 00:14:27,692
lt's urgent that we speak.
261
00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:31,701
You know the way
to my ready room.
262
00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:41,104
lt's all right, Ensign.
263
00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,542
l submitted
to your previous inspections
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00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:47,677
because you outgunned me,
265
00:14:47,753 --> 00:14:49,687
but l don't see
any of your warships nearby.
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00:14:49,755 --> 00:14:51,552
l have no intention
of cooperating.
267
00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,092
l'm not here to search Voyager.
268
00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:56,184
Then what do you want,
inspector?
269
00:14:56,262 --> 00:14:58,287
Call me Kashyk, please.
270
00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:00,457
l never liked that title.
271
00:15:00,532 --> 00:15:03,023
ln fact, l've left it behind.
272
00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:04,831
Did somebody offer you
273
00:15:04,970 --> 00:15:07,734
a promotion, or are you
just having a bad day?
274
00:15:07,806 --> 00:15:11,469
l'm defecting,
and l need your help.
275
00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:13,238
Me?
276
00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:17,578
l've come to ask asylum--
safe passage out of Devore space
277
00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:20,983
before l end up
in a detention center myself.
278
00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:25,080
Now, why would l risk
the safety of my crew
279
00:15:25,157 --> 00:15:27,489
by harboring a defector?
280
00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,686
Because of what
l'm about to tell you.
281
00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:33,198
lf you continue
on your present course,
282
00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:36,234
you'll be intercepted
by a squadron of my warships.
283
00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:40,238
Voyager will be seized,
your crew imprisoned or worse.
284
00:15:40,306 --> 00:15:43,537
The nebula is a trap, Captain,
285
00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:47,045
to catch vessels
smuggling telepaths.
286
00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:50,081
You've inspected my ship
three times.
287
00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:53,915
You know we aren't smuggling
telepaths or anyone else.
288
00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:57,786
What l know is that you have
12 refugees aboard right now,
289
00:15:57,856 --> 00:16:00,984
that you rescued them
from a freighter three weeks ago
290
00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:02,960
and that you've
been concealing them
291
00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:05,155
in Cargo Bay 1,
using your transporters.
292
00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:06,390
l could have exposed them
293
00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:09,798
at any time, but l wanted them
to escape as much as you do.
294
00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,563
l can still protect them,
295
00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,661
but only if you
take me with you.
296
00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:17,367
My people know
about the wormhole.
297
00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:20,469
lt's only a matter of time
before they find it.
298
00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:26,274
You have no choice, Captain.
299
00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:29,116
l'm your only hope.
300
00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:44,926
This is our rendezvous point
inside this nebula.
301
00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:46,935
Unfortunately,
the transport vessel
302
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,270
we're supposed to meet
is no longer there.
303
00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:50,433
lnspector.
304
00:16:56,715 --> 00:16:58,046
A Devore warship.
305
00:16:58,117 --> 00:16:59,243
One of a dozen
306
00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:00,876
positioned
throughout the nebula--
307
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:02,487
all invisible to our sensors
308
00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:04,579
until Kashyk showed
me how to compensate
309
00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:06,283
for their refractive shielding.
310
00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:08,826
Your soldiers intercepted
the transport ship?
311
00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:10,121
Over a week ago.
312
00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:13,426
We were the ones who changed
the rendezvous coordinates.
313
00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:16,832
Two vessels carrying refugees
have already been seized.
314
00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:18,869
Voyager would have been next.
315
00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:20,198
All right, lnspector,
316
00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:22,535
you helped us avoid
this ambush. What now?
317
00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,235
We'll have to get
your passengers
318
00:17:24,309 --> 00:17:25,674
to the wormhole on our own.
319
00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:28,440
These are the schedules
and routes of our patrols,
320
00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:31,210
along with tactical
data on our shield
321
00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:33,217
and weapons configurations--
enough to ensure
322
00:17:33,285 --> 00:17:35,082
that you avoid
another inspection.
323
00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:36,678
How long before you're missed?
324
00:17:36,755 --> 00:17:38,313
Well, l took two weeks' leave.
325
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,551
Enough time, l hope,
to find the wormhole
326
00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:42,787
and get your passengers
safely through it,
327
00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:44,522
and myself, as well.
328
00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:45,722
Your data is useful,
329
00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:47,732
but it doesn't guarantee
our success.
330
00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:52,897
No. For that, you'll need
my guidance and some luck.
331
00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:55,565
l'll have to take this
up with the Brenari...
332
00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:58,165
see what they think
of their new benefactor.
333
00:17:58,277 --> 00:18:00,211
l'll let you know
what they decide.
334
00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:03,248
l'll have to insist
you remain under guard.
335
00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:06,216
-No hard feelings.
-No hard feelings.
336
00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:11,449
lt's unusual...
but not unheard of.
337
00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:13,821
There have been
sympathizers before.
338
00:18:13,892 --> 00:18:15,917
Kashyk may be telling the truth.
339
00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:17,393
Maybe you should
just read his thoughts.
340
00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:18,657
Devore soldiers undergo
341
00:18:18,730 --> 00:18:20,823
years of mental training
to prevent that.
342
00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:22,763
He might be telling the truth,
343
00:18:22,868 --> 00:18:25,837
but he also might be using us
to find the wormhole.
344
00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:28,771
So what do we do, throw
him in the brig?
345
00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,775
No.
346
00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:33,209
We take him up
on his offer to help,
347
00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:34,575
see how it plays out.
348
00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:36,773
But l want
'round-the-clock security.
349
00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:38,840
We need to watch
his every movement.
350
00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:41,044
That leaves us with
our next question:
351
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,111
How do we find the wormhole?
352
00:18:43,188 --> 00:18:44,655
l've given it some thought.
353
00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:46,486
There's a scientist named Torat.
354
00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:47,991
He's from a nearby system.
355
00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:51,223
He's rumored to know more
about the wormhole than anyone.
356
00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:54,265
He might help us... for a price.
357
00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:55,891
-A price?
-His species power
358
00:18:56,068 --> 00:18:58,628
their ships with a fluidic alloy
that's difficult to find.
359
00:18:58,737 --> 00:18:59,829
Perhaps we can replicate it.
360
00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,803
l have some data
on its composition.
361
00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:02,965
See what you can do.
362
00:19:03,041 --> 00:19:04,235
ln the meantime,
363
00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:06,277
we'll set a course
for Torat's planet,
364
00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,640
try to track him down.
365
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,922
Nervous?
366
00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:20,951
Let's just say...
367
00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:24,189
l'm not used to other people
deciding my fate.
368
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:33,195
Until today,
you were part of a government
369
00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:38,174
responsible for persecuting
thousands of innocent people.
370
00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,541
Why the sudden change of heart?
371
00:19:40,612 --> 00:19:42,375
There's nothing sudden about it.
372
00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:45,075
l've been looking
for a way to escape for years.
373
00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:47,141
Voyager was
the perfect opportunity.
374
00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:48,379
How so?
375
00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:50,216
Well, what are you suggesting...
376
00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:52,348
l ask a Brenari vessel
for assistance?
377
00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:54,153
They'd throw me out an airlock.
378
00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:56,319
Besides...
379
00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:59,853
you're something
of a humanitarian, Captain.
380
00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,559
l've read your database.
381
00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:04,193
l know all about
Starfleet philosophy,
382
00:20:04,303 --> 00:20:06,669
unless you left
those ideals behind
383
00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:08,228
in the Alpha Quadrant.
384
00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:11,901
l certainly don't grant asylum
to every person l meet,
385
00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:14,241
especially ones
who ransack my ship
386
00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:16,304
and terrorize my crew.
387
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:20,841
You're asking me to believe
you're someone else...
388
00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:26,050
and... that's a leap of
faith l'm not ready to make.
389
00:20:26,124 --> 00:20:28,285
You're turning me away.
390
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:29,554
No.
391
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:32,053
No.
392
00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:36,830
l'm going to give you safe
passage to the wormhole...
393
00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:39,699
in return for your help
in getting us there,
394
00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:42,296
but l'm also imposing
some restrictions.
395
00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:44,307
You'll have your own quarters,
396
00:20:44,376 --> 00:20:47,004
but limited access
to Voyager's systems,
397
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:50,640
and your whereabouts will
be monitored at all times.
398
00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:53,844
l'm used to being surrounded
by armed guards.
399
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,546
Makes me feel secure.
400
00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:59,487
Only this time,
they answer to me.
401
00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:02,891
Consider them a reminder
that Voyager is my ship.
402
00:21:02,995 --> 00:21:05,486
l don't think anyone
could doubt that.
403
00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:20,174
Captain's Log, supplemental.
404
00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:22,179
lt's taken us nearly two days,
405
00:21:22,247 --> 00:21:24,442
but we've managed
to locate Torat,
406
00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:27,576
the man who's supposedly
an expert on wormholes.
407
00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:29,746
Unfortunately,
he seems reluctant
408
00:21:29,821 --> 00:21:31,311
to share his expertise.
409
00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:32,857
He's trying to evade us.
410
00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:34,050
Hail him again.
411
00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,923
Mr. Torat doesn't
seem too trusting.
412
00:21:35,994 --> 00:21:38,485
Maybe he's been through
one inspection too many.
413
00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:39,928
No response.
414
00:21:39,998 --> 00:21:42,660
He's deactivated
his communications system.
415
00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:45,464
l think l can tap into his
computer, override the lockout.
416
00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:46,537
Do it.
417
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,906
Go away!
418
00:21:54,112 --> 00:21:55,739
This is Captain Kathryn Janeway
419
00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,782
of the Federation
Starship Voyager.
420
00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,248
We have no hostile intent.
421
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,115
Then why are you pursuing me?
422
00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:02,151
We'd just like to ask...
423
00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:04,587
Federations, lmperiums...
424
00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:07,318
Why do you people
feel such a need
425
00:22:07,392 --> 00:22:11,453
to align yourselves with
monolithic organizations, hmm?
426
00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:12,519
l'd be glad to discuss that
427
00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:14,565
and any other philosophical
issue you care to raise,
428
00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:16,999
if you would just
slow down and talk.
429
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,364
Sorry. Can't do that.
430
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:21,769
l'm late
for a very important conference!
431
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,104
This is a waste of time.
Disable his ship.
432
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:26,076
That's what we call
overkill, lnspector.
433
00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:27,907
Ensign, can we transport
at this range?
434
00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:30,243
Absolutely. Energizing.
435
00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:36,786
Welcome aboard.
436
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:39,085
Your reputation precedes you.
437
00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:46,826
20 centiliters of mercurium
isochromate-- no impurities--
438
00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:48,456
and this is just a sample.
439
00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:52,731
We've synthesized enough
to power your ship for a year.
440
00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:54,169
lt doesn't matter.
441
00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:57,367
l never heard of this...
wormhole you're looking for,
442
00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,966
or these so-called refugees.
443
00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:00,544
Well, they've heard of you.
444
00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:02,875
Well, no doubt--
my research is famous.
445
00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,382
Think of all the stars
you could research
446
00:23:05,450 --> 00:23:08,647
once you've infused your
propulsion system with this.
447
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,551
There's no point in bribing me.
448
00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:14,251
He's right. He couldn't
help us if he wanted to.
449
00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:15,725
What do you mean by that?
450
00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:19,286
l doubt you'd know a wormhole
from a dark matter inversion.
451
00:23:19,364 --> 00:23:21,628
Professor... Kashyk
is another expert
452
00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:24,260
l've retained to help
us with this matter.
453
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:25,495
l'm afraid he's not
454
00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:27,799
as impressed with your work
as l am.
455
00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:30,841
ln fact, he discouraged me
from seeking you out.
456
00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:34,345
Professor Kashyk?
Never heard of you.
457
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:35,607
Not surprising,
458
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,114
considering you toil
in scientific obscurity.
459
00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:40,708
Obscurity?!
460
00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:43,949
l-l've discovered over 60
astronomical phenomena!
461
00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:47,185
Not worth the sensors
they were recorded on.
462
00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:48,226
Oh...
463
00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:49,954
There's no need
to insult the man.
464
00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:53,587
Just because he doesn't know how
to find an interspatial flexure.
465
00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,132
lnterspatial flexure?
466
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,794
Why didn't you say so
in the first place?
467
00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:00,667
He said wormhole--
a layman's term
468
00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:03,708
that... that covers
any number of phenomena.
469
00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:06,243
l am familiar
with a certain anomaly
470
00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:10,839
that could be categorized
as an ''interspatial flexure.''
471
00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,111
Where is it?
472
00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,153
Actually,
a better question would be:
473
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,517
Where is it now?
474
00:24:16,588 --> 00:24:18,419
lt's really quite interesting.
475
00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:20,458
The aperture of the phenomenon--
476
00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:21,890
which l prefer to call
477
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,793
an intermittent
cyclical vortex-- is unfixed.
478
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:26,455
lt manifests infrequently,
479
00:24:26,531 --> 00:24:29,762
for only brief periods of time
and in varying locations.
480
00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:39,543
l can give you
the last four locations.
481
00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:42,341
Perhaps you can extrapolate
the next one...
482
00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:46,817
if you're as accomplished
a scientist as you claim to be.
483
00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:55,384
-Think.
-l'm thinking.
484
00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:57,052
Think harder.
Four wormhole appearances
485
00:24:57,128 --> 00:24:59,358
less than 20 light-years apart--
there's no pattern.
486
00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:00,864
Did you apply
a fractal coefficient?
487
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:01,898
Didn't work.
488
00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:02,831
Neutrino flux parameters?
489
00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:03,832
Mm-hmm.
490
00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:04,833
Statistical algorithms?
491
00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:06,265
Every one l could find.
492
00:25:06,371 --> 00:25:07,838
This wormhole defies analysis.
493
00:25:07,973 --> 00:25:09,065
Maybe Torat was right--
494
00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:10,641
we're just out of our league.
495
00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:12,232
lt's not like you to give up.
496
00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,276
Think harder.
497
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,108
How do you predict...
498
00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:17,080
a random occurrence?
499
00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:19,673
You follow your instincts.
500
00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:24,285
Captain?
501
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:28,022
Counterpoint.
502
00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:29,856
lt's in all great music.
503
00:25:29,928 --> 00:25:32,897
Parallel melodies
playing against one another.
504
00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:34,761
We've been looking
at the obvious--
505
00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,893
frequency, location, timing--
but each of those parameters
506
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,004
could have a counterpoint
in subspace.
507
00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:43,199
lf we could run an algorithm
based on subspace harmonics,
508
00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:44,832
it might reveal our pattern.
509
00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:47,741
Computer, run a subspatial
transkinetic analysis
510
00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:49,302
on the wormhole data.
511
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,814
Analysis in progress.
512
00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:52,509
This'll take a minute.
513
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,620
l'm going to miss this...
coffee of yours.
514
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,819
Well, l will give you
the recipe.
515
00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,295
Thank you.
516
00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:07,831
You don't sound
too happy about leaving.
517
00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:11,460
The Brenari aren't about
to embrace a former lnspector.
518
00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:14,539
l'll be feared,
hated for what l represent.
519
00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:16,869
Anxiety doesn't
become you, lnspector.
520
00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:18,203
Try to relax a little.
521
00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:20,574
l suppose you liked me better
in uniform.
522
00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:24,308
l haven't decided
whether l like you at all.
523
00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:36,617
We call them the Kolyan Kolyar--
lnfinite Spirals.
524
00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:38,162
Beautiful.
525
00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:42,359
As a boy, l spent years
gazing at these lights.
526
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,232
This is the last time
l'll ever see them.
527
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:47,897
We have something
similar back on Earth--
528
00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:49,268
the Aurora Borealis.
529
00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:51,434
Which you, too,
may never see again.
530
00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:55,036
l suppose we're both
refugees, in a way.
531
00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:58,742
l'm still counting
on getting this ship home.
532
00:26:58,817 --> 00:27:02,082
Are you sure you'll be
welcome when you do?
533
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:05,486
l came across something
else in your database--
534
00:27:05,523 --> 00:27:08,117
the ''Prime Directive.''
535
00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:10,320
The Federation's
''Cardinal Protocol.''
536
00:27:10,395 --> 00:27:11,384
lt seems
537
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,125
you violated it when you
rescued these telepaths.
538
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:17,362
Well, let's just say l usually
go with my instincts...
539
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,960
and sort it out later
at the Board of lnquiry.
540
00:27:20,071 --> 00:27:23,336
Those Admirals and l were
on a first-name basis, you know.
541
00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:25,342
Ah.
542
00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:28,538
You're risking a lot, too.
Why?
543
00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:33,211
Three months ago,
544
00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:36,447
my teams were inspecting
a plasma-refining vessel.
545
00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:38,421
We found a family of telepaths
546
00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,890
hiding in one
of the extraction tanks.
547
00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,359
There was a child...
very young.
548
00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:48,195
She'd been inside it for days,
barely able to breathe.
549
00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:52,600
When l lifted her out
and set her down on the deck...
550
00:27:52,704 --> 00:27:55,571
she thanked me.
551
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,609
l sent her to a relocation
center with the others,
552
00:27:58,710 --> 00:28:02,942
knowing full well
what would happen to her.
553
00:28:03,048 --> 00:28:06,506
After that, l could think
of nothing else,
554
00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:09,247
and when l couldn't
stand it any longer...
555
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:14,482
You're my deliverance, Captain.
556
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,584
Analysis complete.
557
00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:27,869
lt worked.
558
00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:31,203
lt looks like it'll appear
in about three days...
559
00:28:31,276 --> 00:28:33,744
less than eight light-years
from here.
560
00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:34,777
The Tehara system.
561
00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:35,778
ls that a problem?
562
00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:37,542
There's an automated
sensor array
563
00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:38,877
between here and Tehara.
564
00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:40,008
Can we go around it?
565
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:41,518
We'd never make it in time.
566
00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:43,884
We'll have to find a way
to avoid detection.
567
00:28:43,988 --> 00:28:46,456
Let's do it in the morning.
568
00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:49,118
We've done enough for tonight.
569
00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:55,027
Are you saying good-bye?
570
00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,092
There'll be other spirals.
571
00:28:58,169 --> 00:29:02,833
They've just never looked
quite so... beautiful before.
572
00:29:04,809 --> 00:29:07,277
Could be the company
l'm keeping.
573
00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:09,506
Or the polarization
axis of the windows.
574
00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,106
That must be it.
575
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:17,714
How often does this array
emit a scanning pulse?
576
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:18,813
Every 40 seconds.
577
00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:19,821
Range?
578
00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:21,425
Ten light-years.
579
00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:22,824
The pulse is designed
580
00:29:22,961 --> 00:29:25,953
to track warp fields
and impulse signatures.
581
00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:27,588
lf we lower our power output
582
00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:29,690
to beneath its
detection threshold...
583
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,668
We could drift past undetected.
584
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,135
lt's worth a try.
585
00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:40,033
Well, good night.
586
00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:41,772
Captain...
587
00:29:41,846 --> 00:29:43,006
why don't you...
588
00:29:44,082 --> 00:29:45,640
join me?
589
00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:48,345
l've been looking forward
to trying your replicator.
590
00:29:48,419 --> 00:29:50,580
Well, l'm sure that l can
come up with something
591
00:29:50,655 --> 00:29:51,713
to toast the evening.
592
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:53,690
We've accomplished
quite a bit today.
593
00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:55,487
l'm afraid
that won't be possible.
594
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,494
l had your replicator
taken off-line.
595
00:29:57,562 --> 00:30:00,690
ln case l decided
to replicate a weapon.
596
00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:02,733
A safety precaution,
you understand.
597
00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:05,235
Better than anyone.
598
00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:06,770
Sleep well.
599
00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:08,839
And you.
600
00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:15,678
As you were.
601
00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:27,849
15 seconds.
602
00:30:27,926 --> 00:30:31,726
Our power output is below
the detection threshold.
603
00:30:31,796 --> 00:30:33,024
Ten seconds.
604
00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:38,698
Five... four...
605
00:30:38,803 --> 00:30:39,963
three...
606
00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:41,196
two...
607
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,571
We weren't detected.
608
00:30:47,645 --> 00:30:49,340
Ten minutes
and we'll be out of range.
609
00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:52,281
Engineering to Bridge.
We've got a problem.
610
00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:54,716
That pulse triggered a variance
in the antimatter stream.
611
00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:56,879
lt's not much, but it'll
light us up like a beacon
612
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:57,979
when the next pulse hits.
613
00:30:58,056 --> 00:30:58,988
Options?
614
00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,149
l can't correct it in time.
615
00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:02,886
So that leaves shutting down
the core.
616
00:31:02,927 --> 00:31:03,859
Do it.
617
00:31:03,928 --> 00:31:04,792
The array has released
618
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:06,091
-another pulse.
-Time?
619
00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:07,256
28 seconds.
620
00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:08,822
Get down
to the plasma injectors.
621
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,232
Grab a tricorder
and monitor the antimatter flow.
622
00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,303
Aye, sir.
623
00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:16,271
20 seconds.
624
00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:17,774
B'Elanna...
625
00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:18,866
Almost there, Captain.
626
00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:20,604
l'm having a problem
with the injectors.
627
00:31:20,678 --> 00:31:22,270
15 seconds.
628
00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,241
Ten seconds.
629
00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:34,290
Four... three... two...
630
00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:39,929
We've been detected.
631
00:31:39,998 --> 00:31:41,625
The array's transmitting
an alert.
632
00:31:41,699 --> 00:31:43,098
Can we block it?
633
00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:43,792
Negative.
634
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,096
Stand down grey mode.
635
00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,795
B'Elanna, fire up the core.
636
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,429
We're getting out of here.
637
00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:50,302
Warships will be on their way,
638
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,502
but we can still
reach the wormhole.
639
00:31:52,577 --> 00:31:53,635
lf we can find it.
640
00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:55,804
Tom, how long
to the Tehara system?
641
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,780
1 1 hours at maximum warp.
642
00:31:57,849 --> 00:31:59,680
Engines are back on line.
643
00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:00,843
Engage.
644
00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,456
Using the model we developed,
645
00:32:07,525 --> 00:32:08,890
we were able to narrow
down the location
646
00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:11,086
of the wormhole's next
appearance to a radius
647
00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:12,527
of 200,000 kilometers.
648
00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:13,996
We can't determine
649
00:32:14,065 --> 00:32:16,260
its exact position
until we reach the system,
650
00:32:16,334 --> 00:32:18,564
but we know it will open
in roughly six hours.
651
00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,070
And will remain open
for two minutes at most.
652
00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:22,868
l've devised
a new shield modulation,
653
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,102
which should protect us
against their weapons.
654
00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:26,108
You're not planning
655
00:32:26,177 --> 00:32:27,872
to fight your way
to the wormhole?
656
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,208
lf l have to.
657
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,305
Bridge to Captain Janeway.
658
00:32:31,382 --> 00:32:32,406
Go ahead.
659
00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:34,417
Long-range sensors have
picked up two Devore warships
660
00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:35,952
heading right for us.
661
00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:37,076
Time to intercept?
662
00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:38,087
Six hours.
663
00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:39,521
Take the Bridge.
l'll be in Engineering.
664
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:40,557
Kashyk.
665
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,424
First, we'll check those
shield modifications.
666
00:32:44,495 --> 00:32:46,690
Then we'll see if we
can adjust our phasers
667
00:32:46,764 --> 00:32:48,356
to penetrate the Devore shields.
668
00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:50,867
lf torpedoes don't work,
l want an alternative.
669
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,403
Captain, we have to talk
670
00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:55,132
but not here.
671
00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:04,877
l'm going back
to rejoin the warships.
672
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:07,076
lt's the only way that l
can guarantee your safety.
673
00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,083
Kashyk...
674
00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:09,779
l'm still a ranking officer.
675
00:33:09,854 --> 00:33:12,379
l can take command
of the inspection teams,
676
00:33:12,457 --> 00:33:14,857
make sure the refugees
aren't discovered.
677
00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:16,257
You said yourself
they're suspicious.
678
00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:17,521
Return now and you
risk being caught.
679
00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:18,721
l can keep them off track
680
00:33:18,796 --> 00:33:21,196
long enough to get you
through that wormhole.
681
00:33:21,265 --> 00:33:22,323
lt's too dangerous.
682
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,594
Kathryn...
683
00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:25,396
You asked for safe passage
and l agreed,
684
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:27,596
under the condition
that you follow my orders.
685
00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:30,265
You may stand a chance
against one of our warships,
686
00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:31,342
but not against two.
687
00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:34,377
lf l stay, your best chance
of escape will be lost.
688
00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:40,915
l could confine you to quarters.
689
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:44,814
l was planning on asking you
to stay with us,
690
00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:46,857
once we got through
the wormhole.
691
00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:49,119
l wouldn't mind having
someone around
692
00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:52,253
who appreciates a bit
of Tchaikovsky now and then.
693
00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:55,629
Generous, but...
694
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:58,965
something tells me l wouldn't
fit in any better on Voyager.
695
00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:01,128
Well...
696
00:34:01,239 --> 00:34:03,730
you wouldn't be
the first wayward soul
697
00:34:03,841 --> 00:34:05,809
we've folded into our ranks.
698
00:34:08,946 --> 00:34:12,575
Your shuttle will be ready
for launch within the hour.
699
00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:22,819
Our course will put us
just outside the Teharan system
700
00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:24,418
by the time
the warships arrive.
701
00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:26,690
Your inspection teams
have to be off Voyager
702
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:28,095
before that wormhole opens.
703
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,862
Believe me, it'll be the
quickest inspection on record.
704
00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:32,026
l'll be on the Bridge.
705
00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:34,104
Your efforts have been
greatly appreciated.
706
00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:36,173
My pleasure.
707
00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:38,504
Live long and prosper.
708
00:34:38,576 --> 00:34:40,043
Thank you.
709
00:34:49,954 --> 00:34:52,445
Begin preignition sequence.
710
00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:57,987
l've made one adjustment
to your plan.
711
00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:00,860
After the inspection,
we're going to wait
712
00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:02,796
at the wormhole
for as long as we can...
713
00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:04,734
until it begins to collapse.
714
00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:07,498
l may not be able
to join you this time.
715
00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:09,368
Try.
716
00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:30,515
They're assuming
a tactical formation.
717
00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:31,555
Shields?
718
00:36:31,622 --> 00:36:33,112
No. We follow protocol.
719
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:34,988
Bridge to Transporter Room.
720
00:36:35,059 --> 00:36:36,287
Status?
721
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,521
Ready, Captain.
Pattern cohesion stable.
722
00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:39,722
Cargo Bay 1?
723
00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:40,729
Clear.
724
00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:41,765
They're hailing.
725
00:36:41,832 --> 00:36:43,265
On screen.
726
00:36:43,334 --> 00:36:45,165
Gaharay vessel,
prepare to be...
727
00:36:45,269 --> 00:36:47,897
We've been through
three inspections.
728
00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:49,768
Please explain
why another is necessary.
729
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,365
Crew members are instructed to
step away from their stations.
730
00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:56,242
Side arms and scanning equipment
are to be set aside.
731
00:36:56,314 --> 00:36:57,941
Deviation from this
or any other
732
00:36:58,015 --> 00:37:00,711
inspection protocols
will not be tolerated.
733
00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:02,615
All hands, this is the Captain.
734
00:37:02,653 --> 00:37:05,554
Prepare to be boarded
by Devore inspection teams.
735
00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:07,557
Give them
your usual warm welcome.
736
00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:10,253
Devore soldiers
have materialized
737
00:37:10,328 --> 00:37:12,922
on Decks 15, 12, 8, 4...
738
00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:14,794
And... 1.
739
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:20,197
Captain Janeway,
report to your ready room.
740
00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:26,741
Captain.
741
00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:28,870
Good to see you again.
742
00:37:28,946 --> 00:37:30,573
Likewise.
743
00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:00,811
Tchaikovsky.
744
00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:03,505
Of all the selections
in your database,
745
00:38:03,547 --> 00:38:05,913
this remains my favorite.
746
00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:07,712
Mine, too.
747
00:38:07,785 --> 00:38:10,276
l'm afraid Prax isn't impressed.
748
00:38:10,354 --> 00:38:13,585
He's solely concerned
with his work, aren't you, Prax?
749
00:38:13,658 --> 00:38:14,818
As you say, sir.
750
00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:17,393
Yes, he's curious why
you entered this sector.
751
00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:18,928
You're aware it's restricted.
752
00:38:18,996 --> 00:38:20,293
We were planning to study
753
00:38:20,364 --> 00:38:22,457
a supernova remnant
not far from here.
754
00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:24,626
You strayed a full light-year
from your course
755
00:38:24,735 --> 00:38:26,828
in order to observe
an astronomical phenomenon?
756
00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:28,369
We're explorers.
757
00:38:28,439 --> 00:38:29,371
Yes, l remember.
758
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:30,771
l also remember warning you
759
00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:32,672
about going
where you don't belong.
760
00:38:32,743 --> 00:38:37,544
Exploring can sometimes
be hard to resist, lnspector.
761
00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:40,140
Well, it's a romantic notion,
Captain,
762
00:38:40,217 --> 00:38:42,811
but one l can't allow you
to indulge.
763
00:38:42,887 --> 00:38:46,584
l'm afraid l'll have to ask you
to leave our space immediately.
764
00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,056
Prax, why don't you check
765
00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,525
on our teams, while l reiterate
766
00:38:50,594 --> 00:38:53,324
our protocols
for Captain Janeway.
767
00:38:58,102 --> 00:38:59,535
Do they suspect anything?
768
00:38:59,603 --> 00:39:00,763
Not yet,
769
00:39:00,871 --> 00:39:02,099
but our warships
770
00:39:02,206 --> 00:39:04,197
have been monitoring
Voyager's movements
771
00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:06,242
for the past few days,
and mine as well.
772
00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:07,777
l don't think we have much time.
773
00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:08,810
The Brenari?
774
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,710
They're in transporter
suspension.
775
00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:12,339
And the wormhole?
776
00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:13,940
We found it.
777
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:16,282
lt's 20,000 kilometers
off our port bow.
778
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,515
We've determined
that a photon torpedo,
779
00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:21,285
properly calibrated,
will force open the threshold
780
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,486
long enough for Voyager
to get through.
781
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:26,826
Congratulations, Captain.
782
00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:30,799
For awhile, l wasn't sure
if even you could find it.
783
00:39:30,901 --> 00:39:32,334
Prax.
784
00:39:35,473 --> 00:39:38,772
Go to Cargo Bay 1.
785
00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:40,105
You'll find
the transporter patterns
786
00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:41,735
for more than a dozen telepaths.
787
00:39:41,812 --> 00:39:43,211
Rematerialize them.
788
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,508
Yes, sir.
789
00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:47,844
lmpressive.
790
00:39:47,918 --> 00:39:50,751
You gave
a masterful performance.
791
00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:53,312
l'm the one who's impressed
792
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:56,883
with your selflessness,
your humanity.
793
00:39:57,027 --> 00:40:00,053
lt made all this so much easier.
794
00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:02,599
Oh, but what about
your selflessness?
795
00:40:02,666 --> 00:40:05,601
That touching story
about the little girl--
796
00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:07,637
was that a fabrication, too?
797
00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:09,502
Oh, that incident was real.
798
00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:11,040
What l didn't tell you
799
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:13,838
was that after wrestling
with my ethics,
800
00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,641
l realized that l'd
done the right thing
801
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:20,343
in order to protect my people
from a very real threat.
802
00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:21,908
Please.
803
00:40:28,025 --> 00:40:29,720
l insist.
804
00:40:58,155 --> 00:40:59,747
Captain...
805
00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:07,526
Access their forward
sensor array.
806
00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:10,158
You should find
neutrino emissions
807
00:41:10,267 --> 00:41:13,828
at roughly 20,000 kilometers
off the port bow.
808
00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:15,235
On screen.
809
00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:20,406
Target two photon torpedoes.
810
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:24,574
When the first one detonates,
the wormhole will open.
811
00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:28,049
Use the second one to
destabilize its subspace matrix.
812
00:41:28,118 --> 00:41:30,052
That will destroy it.
813
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,054
Prax, report.
814
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:34,556
l've isolated the bio-patterns.
815
00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:47,094
Fire.
816
00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:55,804
lt should have detonated.
817
00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:58,774
Those aren't neutrino emissions.
818
00:41:58,849 --> 00:42:00,680
They're antimatter
residue signatures.
819
00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,945
There's no wormhole here.
820
00:42:05,656 --> 00:42:07,715
You created false readings.
821
00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:11,158
That is the theme
for this evening, isn't it?
822
00:42:12,296 --> 00:42:15,060
Prax, do you have the telepaths?
823
00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,293
l have cargo containers...
824
00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,269
filled with vegetables.
825
00:42:25,776 --> 00:42:27,437
Return to the Bridge.
826
00:42:27,511 --> 00:42:29,274
Computer,
change music selection.
827
00:42:29,346 --> 00:42:31,940
Mahler's Symphony #1,
second movement.
828
00:42:32,049 --> 00:42:33,778
Maybe this will help you relax.
829
00:42:33,851 --> 00:42:37,343
lnspector, we've completed
our inventory of the vessel.
830
00:42:37,421 --> 00:42:39,355
Two of their shuttlecraft
are missing.
831
00:42:39,423 --> 00:42:40,890
They couldn't have gone far.
832
00:42:40,958 --> 00:42:43,392
Why didn't they appear
on our long-range scans?
833
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:44,757
Of course!
834
00:42:44,828 --> 00:42:47,092
Adjust their scanners
to compensate
835
00:42:47,164 --> 00:42:48,927
for refractive shielding.
836
00:42:48,999 --> 00:42:51,194
Well, you gave us
the specifications.
837
00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,065
Seemed a shame to waste them.
838
00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:56,003
We've located
the two shuttlecraft.
839
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:58,439
Range 20 million kilometers.
840
00:42:58,509 --> 00:43:00,704
Order our ships to pursue.
841
00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:02,005
Maximum speed!
842
00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:06,038
We're approaching
the coordinates.
843
00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:07,913
l'm firing the torpedo.
844
00:43:22,499 --> 00:43:24,194
The shuttles have disappeared
from sensors.
845
00:43:24,301 --> 00:43:25,461
We've scanned for a wormhole.
846
00:43:25,569 --> 00:43:28,561
lf there was one, it's gone.
847
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,638
l'll order Janeway
and her crew removed.
848
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:34,644
We'll confiscate the vessel,
849
00:43:34,712 --> 00:43:37,909
deliver them to the nearest
detention center.
850
00:43:37,982 --> 00:43:39,210
You're dismissed.
851
00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:41,943
lmperative 12, Codicil Six
requires...
852
00:43:42,086 --> 00:43:44,213
To hell with protocol, Prax!
853
00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:46,552
Do you think
either of us will benefit
854
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:48,683
from having this failure
on our records?
855
00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:52,718
As far as you're concerned,
this incident never occurred.
856
00:43:52,796 --> 00:43:56,288
Make sure your teams share
that understanding.
857
00:44:11,015 --> 00:44:13,745
Well played, Captain.
858
00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:16,684
lt seems l never did
earn your trust.
859
00:44:16,754 --> 00:44:19,052
l had to take a few precautions.
860
00:44:19,123 --> 00:44:20,215
You understand.
861
00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:22,554
Better than anyone.
862
00:44:22,626 --> 00:44:23,820
l never lied to you.
863
00:44:23,894 --> 00:44:26,328
My offer to take you with us
was genuine,
864
00:44:26,397 --> 00:44:27,864
and it would still stand
865
00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:30,331
if you'd kept
your part of the bargain.
866
00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:34,336
For what it's worth...
867
00:44:34,405 --> 00:44:37,897
you made a tempting offer.
868
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,844
The Bridge is yours.
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