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Come in.
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Seven of Nine's shipwide
efficiency analysis.
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Did we get a passing grade?
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Barely. She wants to present it
to the senior staff.
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Put her
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on the schedule.
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We'll be passing
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by a Class- T cluster
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in the next couple of days- -
gas giants,
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radiogenic sources.
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l'm not sure it's worth
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altering course.
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At the very least,
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we should send the Delta Flyer
for a look,
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and let's get a full range of
sensor scans as we get closer.
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We'll go to a level- 3
analysis of the cluster.
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Tom, get the Flyer ready
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and assemble an away team.
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Harry, start continuous scans.
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Kim to Seven of Nine.
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Proceed, Ensign.
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Any chance you can increase
radiogenic resolution
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in the long- range sensors?
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The Captain wants
to get a cleaner look
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at that cluster
coming up off starboard.
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Acknowledged.
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Take these specifications
to Lieutenant Torres.
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Right away.
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Deck 1 1.
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What's our Borg queen want now?
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We need to route at least
another five terawatts
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to the sensor array.
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Deck 15.
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Hello.
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Sorry to interrupt.
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l'm about to disprove
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Schlezholt's theory
of multiple big bangs.
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Of course, l had to demolish
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Wang's second postulate
to do it.
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Power transfer requisition.
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You're standing in the way
of cosmological history.
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The cosmos is
16 billion years old.
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lt can wait another few minutes.
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Schlezholt would thank you
for the reprieve.
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Captain's Log, Stardate 537 53.2.
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Long- range scans
of the T- cluster have indicated
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a number
of tantalizing anomalies.
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The away team should have
a field day.
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Who knows?
l may even join them myself.
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Billy...
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Mm...
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Billy, wake up.
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What do you want?
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l need help.
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Good night.
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Billy, don't you dare
go back to sleep.
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What's the problem?
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l'm in trouble.
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Go to sleep.
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Help me first.
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With what?
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This level- 3 sensor analysis.
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l've got four hours of subspace
infrared to interpret.
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Long- range scans
on that cluster up ahead?
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Yes.
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lt's too complicated
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to do over the com.
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Either we meet in the Mess Hall,
or we wait until tomorrow.
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l don't want to get dressed,
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and it can't wait
until tomorrow.
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Your only options.
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l've given operations
an efficiency rating of 7 6
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out of a possible 100.
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Not exactly flying colors.
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The crewmen you assign
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to the night shift
are frequently left
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with little to do once the
ship's course has been
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locked in.
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The devil finds work
for idle hands.
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Religious metaphors
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are irrelevant.
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Perhaps you should consider
assigning them additional tasks.
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What's this l'm guilty of:
''failure to utilize expertise''?
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Crewman Mortimer Harren.
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He has five advanced degrees
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in theoretical cosmology,
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but you've assigned him
to the... Plasma Relay Room.
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His talents could be put
to better use.
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B'Elanna?
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Believe me, l've tried.
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When l give him
more responsibility,
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he doesn't do the work.
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Harren wants to be
down on Deck 15.
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lt gives him more
time to repostulate
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the origins of the universe.
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As you can see,
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security is functioning
at near- perfect efficiency.
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However, Commander,
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if you arrange the phasers
in the weapons lockers
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so that the smaller rifles
were in front, they could be
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more easily removed
in the event of an emergency.
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l'll look into it.
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Crewman William Telfer.
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Billy. He certainly
ruined my score.
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He visits the Sick Bay
almost once a week
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complaining of illness.
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lnvariably, you examine him
and find nothing wrong.
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Mr. Telfer is a hypochondriac.
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l'd treat him for it,
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but he's afraid of medication.
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Have you tried counseling?
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He's afraid of that, too.
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All l can do is scan him
and offer him reassurance.
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Wasting your time
and medical resources.
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What about Astrometrics?
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Looks like you could use
some improvement
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yourself, Seven.
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You're correct, unfortunately.
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Tal Celes,
Sensor Analyst, grade- 3.
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Her work must be
constantly double- checked.
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She should be removed from
Astrometrics and reassigned
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elsewhere- - perhaps
to Engineering.
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Forget it. l've got my own
problems to fix, remember?
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That'll be all, Seven.
Thank you.
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Dismissed.
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Captain?
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They've never been
on an away mission.
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Mortimer Harren...
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William Telfer, Tal Celes- -
none of them.
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They get off the ship
whenever we have general leave.
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l mean a working away mission.
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Harren never volunteers,
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Celes can't get past
the proficiency requirements,
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and Telfer always seems
to get a note from his doctor.
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Something's got to be done
about this.
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What can we do?
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There are always a few
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who don't make it past
their first year on a starship.
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Normally, they're reassigned.
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But in our case, maybe we
should relieve them of duty
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and let them pursue
their own interests.
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lt certainly wouldn't hurt
general efficiency.
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They aren't drones, Chakotay.
We can't just deactivate them.
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ls the Delta Flyer ready?
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Flight- checked with provisions
for a 72- hour away mission.
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What have you got in mind,
Captain?
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Three people have slipped
through the cracks on my ship.
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That makes it my problem.
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The analytical aspects
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of the subspace infrared
algorithm are fourfold.
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Unfortunately, l have
a threefold brain.
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You just have
to break it down.
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Think of it
as four smaller algorithms.
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Okay. But what's the sequence?
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lt's...
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Zero- G ls Fun.
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As you were.
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Zeta particle derivation.
Gamma wave frequency.
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lon distribution.
Flow rate of positrons.
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Z.G.l.F.- - Zero- G ls Fun.
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That's how you remember
the sequence.
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Thank you, Captain.
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- l'll try.
- Good...
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because where we're headed,
you're going to need it.
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l'll be briefing you
this afternoon
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in Astrometrics.
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We'll leave first thing
in the morning.
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Deck 15.
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Captain on the deck!
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At ease.
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Junction Room 16?
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Over there, Captain.
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Of course.
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Crewman Mitchell,
how have you been?
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Uh, never better, ma'am.
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Yourself?
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Not bad. Not bad at all.
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Uh, to the left, ma'am.
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Thank you.
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Crewman Harren.
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Captain Janeway... are you lost?
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l was, for a minute.
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l'll be briefing you
this afternoon.
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Well, there's been a mistake.
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Excuse me?
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You have me assigned
to an away mission.
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l have my duties here.
l'd prefer not to leave my post.
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Ensign Culhane
will cover for you.
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The preflight schedule
is all there.
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lf this is charity, Captain,
l don't want it.
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l didn't ask you what you want.
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l'm taking the Delta Flyer
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on an astronomical
survey mission,
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and your expertise is needed.
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What do you know
about my expertise?
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As much as l need to.
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Well, then you might be
interested to know
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that l'm about to disprove
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Schlezholt's theory
of multiple big bangs.
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Really?
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Wang's second postulate has more
lives than a cat, doesn't it?
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Once you think
you've eliminated it,
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bam, it pops up again.
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l'll give you a hand,
if you'd like,
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when the away mission is over.
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Once we reach the cluster,
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we'll drop out of warp
and maintain
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one- quarter impulse
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on the sweep through
the protostars.
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l'll be piloting
the Delta Flyer.
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Celes, you're going
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to run an ongoing
sensor analysis,
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providing data for
your colleagues.
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Mr. Harren, you'll be looking
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at subspace particle decay
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for anything new we might learn
about star formation.
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And, Mr. Telfer,
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your job will be to
look for signs of life,
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a long shot in this environment.
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But if it's out there,
l'm sure you'll find it.
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You'll have the
rest of the evening
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to familiarize yourselves
with the mission.
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Excuse me, Captain.
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lf we find a planet,
we're not planning
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on exploring the surface,
are we?
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That's a stellar nursery.
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Any planets will be gas giants.
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They may have moons.
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Don't worry.
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We'll run a complete scan
for pathogens
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before we set foot anywhere,
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and the Delta Flyer
is fully equipped
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to deal with
medical emergencies.
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We'll be fine.
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Shuttle Bay 1, 0600 hours.
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Dismissed.
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Celes is unreliable.
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Her sensor analyses
will be full of errors.
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You could be putting
your lives at risk.
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Don't worry, Seven,
l'll check her work.
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This mission could be
better served
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with a more experienced crew.
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No...
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not this mission.
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Ever hear the tale
of the Good Shepherd?
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lf even one sheep strayed
into the wilderness,
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the shepherd left the
safety of the flock
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and went after it.
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So, you're intending
to rescue them?
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ln a manner of speaking.
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Maybe all it will take will be
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some personal attention
from their Captain,
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maybe something more,
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but l won't abandon
a member of this crew,
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no matter what their problems
might be.
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Poor guy...
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rotting away down on Deck 15,
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counting the years
till we get out
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of this godforsaken Quadrant.
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lt's a shame he doesn't have
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a superior officer who cares.
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lt's not my job
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to make everybody
who works for me happy.
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Some people just
don't want to fit in.
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l'll bet you haven't
said two words to him.
266
00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,618
Two words, exactly.
267
00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:53,123
We collided in the corridor
during a Borg attack.
268
00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:54,819
l said, ''Excuse me.''
269
00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:56,953
Since we were at Red Alert
270
00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:57,960
and about to be destroyed,
271
00:14:58,097 --> 00:14:59,359
l think it was
very considerate of me.
272
00:14:59,431 --> 00:15:00,455
Well, Mr. Considerate,
273
00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:01,658
why don't you go over there
274
00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:05,761
right now and offer
him some encouragement?
275
00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:07,771
His first away mission.
276
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,637
l'm sure he could use it.
277
00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:21,581
Brushing up
on the Delta Flyer specs?
278
00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:25,850
l'm not a mechanic.
279
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,984
Oh.
280
00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,927
Then, what are you doing?
281
00:15:40,005 --> 00:15:42,565
Very interesting.
282
00:15:42,675 --> 00:15:45,872
What do you find
most interesting about it?
283
00:15:48,247 --> 00:15:51,045
Your creative use
of the minus sign.
284
00:15:53,252 --> 00:15:55,618
l see you have
a, uh, appreciation
285
00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,588
for multivariate analysis.
286
00:15:57,656 --> 00:15:59,817
Maybe you missed
your calling.
287
00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:01,223
lt's a shame.
288
00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:03,852
l imagine it gets tedious
up at the helm.
289
00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,364
l enjoy the view.
290
00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:13,832
Well?
291
00:16:14,006 --> 00:16:18,204
l invited him over to watch
our television set tonight.
292
00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,404
You don't mind, do you?
293
00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:28,042
Celes, Celes...
294
00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:32,651
Respond. Celes, respond.
295
00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:37,461
You're not sick.
296
00:16:37,529 --> 00:16:39,121
Yes, l am.
297
00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:40,324
No, you're not.
298
00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:41,331
Really...
299
00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,332
l am.
300
00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:43,332
We have to sleep.
301
00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:45,699
l can't go on this mission.
302
00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:46,736
Yes, you can.
303
00:16:46,805 --> 00:16:47,737
No, l can't.
304
00:16:47,806 --> 00:16:48,830
- Yes.
- No.
305
00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:49,999
Bye.
306
00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:50,666
Wait.
307
00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:56,209
See?
308
00:16:56,281 --> 00:16:57,213
lt's nothing.
309
00:16:57,282 --> 00:16:58,214
lt's a fever.
310
00:16:58,283 --> 00:17:00,376
Your temperature is
.2 degrees above normal.
311
00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:01,817
That's right.
312
00:17:01,954 --> 00:17:03,012
A typical deviation
313
00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:05,147
easily prompted by
emotional stress.
314
00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:07,215
Or a multiphasic prion.
315
00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:09,487
You have not been infected
by a prion.
316
00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:10,493
They attach themselves
317
00:17:10,562 --> 00:17:12,257
to the mitochondrial walls,
and they just...
318
00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:13,298
l've already scanned you.
319
00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:15,265
You can barely see them.
320
00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:16,664
They aren't there.
321
00:17:16,769 --> 00:17:18,293
lf they migrate
to my cell membranes
322
00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:20,964
while l'm on the away mission,
they could rupture and l...
323
00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:24,270
Crewman, l am not giving
you a medical excuse...
324
00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:25,776
not this time.
325
00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:28,278
Try to get some sleep.
326
00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:30,975
You shouldn't even have
a medical tricorder.
327
00:17:32,017 --> 00:17:33,279
Believe me...
328
00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:36,048
you'll be so caught up in
the excitement of exploration,
329
00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:39,557
there won't be any time
for worrying about infections,
330
00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,593
mitochondrial
or otherwise.
331
00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:43,560
There's nothing like
an away mission
332
00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:46,757
to remind a person
of why we're out here.
333
00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:58,943
l'm going
to one- quarter impulse.
334
00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:01,036
Should l start
the sensor sweeps?
335
00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,580
We don't want to miss anything.
336
00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:05,048
Engine status?
337
00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,379
Within parameters.
338
00:18:06,452 --> 00:18:07,714
That wasn't us.
339
00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:09,219
Anything on sensors?
340
00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:12,780
.005 fluctuation in
the spatial continuum.
341
00:18:12,858 --> 00:18:15,326
lt looks like simple
background noise.
342
00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:18,728
l agree.
343
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:20,264
Anybody for lunch?
344
00:18:20,332 --> 00:18:22,061
Are you volunteering, William?
345
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:23,065
Yes, ma'am.
346
00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:24,100
l'll help.
347
00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:25,397
What would you like, Captain?
348
00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:26,436
Mortimer?
349
00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:29,668
Even my mother
didn't call me that.
350
00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:32,209
Well, then, Mr. Harren,
are you hungry?
351
00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:33,573
No.
352
00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:35,442
Thank you.
353
00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:37,379
l'll have the pasta soup.
354
00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:40,441
lt should be listed
under Neelix 651.
355
00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:42,111
Maybe l'll try that, too.
356
00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:43,882
l'm sure you'll like it.
357
00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:44,886
l'm sure l will.
358
00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:46,684
Thanks for the suggestion.
359
00:18:50,362 --> 00:18:51,852
l'd better get back there.
360
00:18:57,336 --> 00:19:00,134
Neelix 651, two servings.
361
00:19:01,773 --> 00:19:05,209
Neelix 651, two servings.
362
00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:07,871
What's wrong?
363
00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:12,182
The Captain checks
every single thing l do.
364
00:19:12,251 --> 00:19:15,220
Oh... that's
just standard procedure.
365
00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:16,652
Then, why isn't it
standard procedure
366
00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,155
for you or Harren?
367
00:19:18,223 --> 00:19:20,555
Maybe she's giving you
special attention.
368
00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:22,856
Yeah, because she
knows l need it.
369
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,996
l wish l could go
back to Voyager.
370
00:19:27,065 --> 00:19:29,829
Me, too.
371
00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:32,233
There's always the escape pods.
372
00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,771
Can you imagine?
373
00:19:36,141 --> 00:19:38,769
l understand you grew up
on Vico V.
374
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:41,278
No wonder you became
a cosmologist.
375
00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:44,372
Wildest sky in
the Alpha Quadrant.
376
00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:45,973
So they say.
l've never been there.
377
00:19:46,051 --> 00:19:47,313
Do you really believe
378
00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:49,183
that childhood environment
is more important
379
00:19:49,254 --> 00:19:51,017
than genetically driven
behavior patterns?
380
00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:54,149
Just making conversation.
381
00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:56,717
Conversation filled
with unspoken assumptions,
382
00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:58,194
which l don't agree with.
383
00:19:58,263 --> 00:19:59,890
l'm a product of
my nucleic acids.
384
00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:01,329
Where and how l was raised
385
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,662
are beside the point,
386
00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:05,032
so if you're trying
to understand me better,
387
00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:07,571
questions about my home planet
are irrelevant.
388
00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:10,403
All right, then.
389
00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:12,443
How's your 13th chromosome?
390
00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:16,413
Missing a couple of base pairs
in gene 178?
391
00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:21,310
l signed onto Voyager
because l needed a year
392
00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:22,944
of hands- on experience.
393
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,283
lt was a requirement for getting
394
00:20:24,356 --> 00:20:27,257
into the lnstitute of Cosmology
on Orion l.
395
00:20:27,326 --> 00:20:30,489
lf we hadn't gotten lost
in the Delta Quadrant,
396
00:20:30,562 --> 00:20:32,496
l'd be there right now.
397
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,794
Sorry to have delayed
your career plans,
398
00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:37,494
but all of us have had
our lives interrupted.
399
00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:39,833
That's the nature
of space exploration.
400
00:20:39,938 --> 00:20:40,962
lt's unpredictable.
401
00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:44,132
Which is why l don't
like space exploration.
402
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,679
Stumbling from star to star
like a- a drunken insect
403
00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,906
careening toward a light source
404
00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:52,780
is not my idea
of a dignified existence.
405
00:20:52,851 --> 00:20:55,342
Pure theory is all
that concerns me.
406
00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:58,184
Well, l'm not trying
to change that.
407
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,987
l'm simply trying to get
every member of my crew working
408
00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,321
to their full capacity.
409
00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:04,055
That includes you, Mr. Harren.
410
00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:06,893
You don't feel responsible,
Captain...
411
00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:08,830
for having three misfits
412
00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:09,832
aboard your ship?
413
00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:11,493
Well, if there's
anything l can do
414
00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:14,071
to help relieve your guilt...
415
00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,833
please let me know.
416
00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:19,138
l'll keep that in mind.
417
00:21:22,347 --> 00:21:25,441
Maybe l will join my
colleagues for lunch.
418
00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:28,975
All this exploration
has given me an appetite.
419
00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:42,961
Computer, identify the source
of that spatial fluctuation.
420
00:21:43,135 --> 00:21:44,397
Source unknown.
421
00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:51,008
Red Alert!
422
00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:52,543
Aft section, report!
423
00:21:53,578 --> 00:21:54,943
Report!
424
00:22:01,286 --> 00:22:03,083
Captain, are you all right?
425
00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:04,554
We need to get
propulsion back on line
426
00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:07,023
and figure out what hit us.
427
00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:08,286
What's out there?
428
00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,725
l don't know,
429
00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,285
but whatever it was,
it tore a plating section
430
00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:12,421
off the outer hull.
431
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:15,022
90 percent of our antimatter's
been neutralized.
432
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:16,328
The reaction's cold.
433
00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:17,993
So much for warp drive.
434
00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,764
l'm bringing
the impulse engines on line,
435
00:22:19,871 --> 00:22:21,896
but they've been damaged.
436
00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,840
We'll be able to do
one- eighth impulse, no more.
437
00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:26,707
That should get us
to the rendezvous point
438
00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:28,609
with Voyager in about ten years.
439
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,272
Think they'll wait for us?
440
00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:31,714
ls the subspace
441
00:22:31,783 --> 00:22:33,944
transmitter on line?
442
00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:35,747
Voyager, this is
the Delta Flyer.
443
00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:37,618
We've been hit
by an unknown phenomenon
444
00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:38,621
and taken heavy damage.
445
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:40,453
We require
immediate assistance.
446
00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,959
Repeat: we require
immediate assistance.
447
00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:46,122
Transmit that continuously
on all subspace frequencies.
448
00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:47,563
Anything on active scans?
449
00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:48,894
Not yet.
450
00:22:48,967 --> 00:22:50,400
lt was a dark- matter
protocomet.
451
00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:52,299
l read a paper
on that phenomenon once.
452
00:22:52,404 --> 00:22:53,393
Written by me.
453
00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:55,973
Well, enlighten us,
Mr. Harren.
454
00:22:56,074 --> 00:22:59,009
l hypothesized
that a tertiary product
455
00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:00,601
of stellar consolidation
would be
456
00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:03,078
a comet- like assemblage
of dark matter.
457
00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:05,049
lt would be attracted
to any source of antimatter
458
00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:06,982
and neutralize it
upon contact.
459
00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:09,885
So, one of these things detected
the antimatter in our warp core?
460
00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:12,116
The term ''detected'' suggests
a consciousness.
461
00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:14,283
This is a mindless
astrophysical phenomenon,
462
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,451
nothing more.
463
00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:17,495
We should eject
our remaining antimatter
464
00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:19,223
or we could suffer
another impact.
465
00:23:19,297 --> 00:23:20,229
l can't do that,
466
00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:22,823
not on the basis
of an unproven hypothesis.
467
00:23:22,901 --> 00:23:24,027
The forces involved
468
00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:25,728
are nontrivial- -
if we're hit again,
469
00:23:25,837 --> 00:23:27,702
we could lose
our entire outer hull.
470
00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:29,172
Eject the warp core,
471
00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,209
and we lose any hope
of getting warp drive back.
472
00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:32,241
l need more evidence,
473
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:34,175
and right now,
sensors aren't talking.
474
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,611
Maybe they are talking,
475
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,706
but somebody doesn't know
how to listen to them.
476
00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:39,614
You're out of line, crewman.
477
00:23:39,684 --> 00:23:40,946
This isn't the time
to be worried
478
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,280
about her feelings, Captain.
479
00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:43,286
We're in trouble.
480
00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,287
Captain, that hull plate- -
481
00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,620
it's less
than ten kilometers away.
482
00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:47,851
lmpact from a dark- matter body
483
00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:50,121
might've left a quantum
signature in the alloys.
484
00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:52,220
That's the evidence
we're looking for.
485
00:23:52,297 --> 00:23:53,525
Do we have transporters?
486
00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:54,963
Yes, l've locked on
to the plate.
487
00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:56,898
Beam it directly
to the aft section.
488
00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:58,333
Celes, you're with me.
489
00:23:58,437 --> 00:23:59,870
Continue the repairs.
490
00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:11,608
No sign of burns...
491
00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:13,742
or plasma residue.
492
00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:18,879
lt seems to have been
sheared off.
493
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:21,585
Download this
into the main computer.
494
00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:32,568
Captain, l'm sorry.
495
00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:33,763
For what?
496
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:36,102
l thought
that spatial fluctuation
497
00:24:36,174 --> 00:24:38,108
we ran into was
background noise.
498
00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:39,643
Some noise.
499
00:24:39,711 --> 00:24:41,770
l saw the same
sensor readings you did
500
00:24:41,847 --> 00:24:43,610
and came
to the same conclusion.
501
00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:46,242
You don't have to doubt
yourself all the time.
502
00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,081
Yes, l do, and you should, too.
503
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:51,122
You're right to always be
looking over my shoulder.
504
00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:54,056
We all make mistakes, even me.
505
00:24:54,125 --> 00:24:55,149
Every day?
506
00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:58,628
Every time you report for duty?
507
00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,221
On Voyager, it doesn't matter,
508
00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,197
because nothing l
do is that critical.
509
00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:04,828
Seven doesn't trust me
with anything important.
510
00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:07,200
The crew is protected
from my mistakes
511
00:25:07,272 --> 00:25:09,240
by the people around me, but...
512
00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:11,275
out here l could get us killed.
513
00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:14,504
You went through
Starfleet training courses.
514
00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:17,070
l had to cram for every exam.
515
00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:20,481
At the Academy, l was infamous
for my all- nighters.
516
00:25:20,552 --> 00:25:23,885
Every night?
Because that's what it took.
517
00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:26,048
That's the only way
l made it through.
518
00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:28,820
Not to mention
the sympathy votes.
519
00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:31,260
The conflict on Bajor
worked in my favor.
520
00:25:31,329 --> 00:25:32,853
The Federation was so eager
521
00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,125
to have Bajorans in Starfleet
522
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:37,259
that my instructors gave me
the benefit of the doubt.
523
00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:39,735
So did you, when you accepted
524
00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:40,896
my application.
525
00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:43,065
You showed evidence
of unconventional thinking.
526
00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:44,607
l liked that.
527
00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:48,203
Not everybody would've thought
to retrieve that hull plating.
528
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,248
Well, just don't trust me
with the analysis.
529
00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:51,714
l guarantee l'll get it wrong.
530
00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:53,842
Well, with that attitude,
l'm sure you will.
531
00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:56,911
This has nothing to do
with attitude, Captain.
532
00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:59,115
You and l are wired differently.
533
00:25:59,190 --> 00:26:01,249
To you,
this is nothing but data.
534
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:05,989
To me, it... it's a monster
with- with fangs and claws.
535
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:11,024
ln my nightmares,
l am chased by algorithms.
536
00:26:11,102 --> 00:26:13,832
My brain just wasn't built
to understand this.
537
00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:18,465
We can find you
another post on Voyager.
538
00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:22,240
There isn't another post
on Voyager, not for me...
539
00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:25,715
unless you need a waitress
in the Mess Hall.
540
00:26:25,784 --> 00:26:28,878
You know...
541
00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:30,717
there's more to duty
than the ability
542
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:33,223
to manipulate algorithms.
543
00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:35,555
Everybody on Voyager has showed
544
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:38,562
a courage far beyond
what l could've expected.
545
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:40,530
So have you.
546
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,396
lf we were still
in the Alpha Quadrant,
547
00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:45,402
would that be enough
to keep me on board?
548
00:26:47,005 --> 00:26:48,905
l can't answer that.
549
00:26:48,974 --> 00:26:52,239
l don't deserve to be
on your ship, Captain.
550
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:55,074
And l'm not really a part
of Voyager.
551
00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:57,307
l just live there.
552
00:27:03,888 --> 00:27:06,152
Pressure's increasing.
The EPS relays are fused.
553
00:27:06,224 --> 00:27:08,715
Cut the plasma flow.
554
00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:10,556
Cut the plasma...!
555
00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:17,526
l could've been killed.
What's wrong with you?
556
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:19,365
Everything.
557
00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,702
lf you want something
to fantasize about,
558
00:27:22,774 --> 00:27:24,708
try imagining how it'll feel
if our hull is breached
559
00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:26,437
and we die of vacuum exposure.
560
00:27:26,511 --> 00:27:27,876
Our blood will vaporize,
561
00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:30,277
and our cell membranes
will rupture.
562
00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,407
Surely you know the symptoms
better than l do.
563
00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:34,611
Let's not talk about
it, all right?
564
00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:36,244
Nothing disagrees with me
565
00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:38,881
more than having to put theories
into practical use,
566
00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:40,321
but there's no choice,
567
00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:42,451
so pay attention
to what we're doing here.
568
00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:44,893
You can check yourself
into Sick Bay when we get back.
569
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:46,793
And you can go back to Deck 15.
570
00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:49,390
That's right...
571
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,900
where l don't have
to rely on you
572
00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:53,402
or your intellectually
deficient friend.
573
00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:56,702
At least l have a friend.
574
00:27:59,744 --> 00:28:02,611
Don't you ever get
lonely down there?
575
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:05,410
ln the company
of my own thoughts?
576
00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,816
Never.
577
00:28:07,886 --> 00:28:10,184
l don't believe that.
578
00:28:10,255 --> 00:28:13,224
Spend some time with us
when we get back.
579
00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:15,350
You might enjoy yourself.
580
00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:18,692
A hypothesis
that would require testing.
581
00:28:18,763 --> 00:28:21,391
l'm a theoretician, remember?
582
00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:26,165
Captain's Log, Delta Flyer,
Stardate 537 64.3.
583
00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:28,705
We've been running
on minimal power for six hours.
584
00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:30,331
Still no response
to our distress call,
585
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:33,377
and no answers from
the computer on what hit us.
586
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:35,470
For now, it looks like
we're on our own.
587
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,243
Our scans of the hull fragment
were inconclusive.
588
00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:40,079
We found
some displaced positrons
589
00:28:40,151 --> 00:28:42,415
that could indicate
a dark- matter impact.
590
00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:44,682
But could've been caused
by something else?
591
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:45,723
Proof enough.
592
00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:47,223
Not enough for me.
593
00:28:47,292 --> 00:28:50,557
Not enough to jettison
the remaining antimatter.
594
00:28:50,628 --> 00:28:51,890
There's a gas giant
595
00:28:51,963 --> 00:28:54,431
only a few hours
from our current position.
596
00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:57,024
T- class, surrounded
by orbital rings,
597
00:28:57,135 --> 00:28:59,228
including one that's radiogenic.
598
00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:01,202
We could use those particles
599
00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:03,604
to reinitialize
our warp reaction.
600
00:29:03,641 --> 00:29:05,472
With ten percent of
our antimatter left,
601
00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:07,170
we'd only be able
to make warp 2,
602
00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,679
but it would be enough to
get us back on the road.
603
00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:11,078
Set a course.
604
00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:18,082
Another spatial fluctuation.
605
00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:19,453
Can you localize it?
606
00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:22,618
lt's somewhere within
the distance
607
00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:24,662
of 10,000 kilometers.
608
00:29:24,729 --> 00:29:27,823
Another one, closer,
about 7,000 kilometers.
609
00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:29,491
lt's being drawn
toward our antimatter.
610
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:30,659
Eject the core.
611
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:33,260
Open a channel.
All hailing frequencies.
612
00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:37,975
This is Captain Janeway of the
Federation Vessel Delta Flyer.
613
00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,875
We are on a mission
of peaceful exploration.
614
00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:43,743
Please identify yourself.
615
00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:48,083
No response.
616
00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,882
Of course not.
lt's a natural phenomenon.
617
00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,182
Captain, we only have
a few seconds.
618
00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:54,054
l'm firing a photon torpedo.
619
00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,888
There's enough antimatter
in the detonation chamber
620
00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:58,895
to draw that protocomet,
if that's what it is.
621
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,990
The torpedo's away.
622
00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,899
Distance: 1,000 kilometers.
623
00:30:06,037 --> 00:30:08,301
1,500.
624
00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:10,170
No spatial disruptions.
625
00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:14,370
Find the source of that sound.
626
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:27,488
Oh, no.
627
00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:31,861
That's not possible.
628
00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,057
Where is he?
629
00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:36,430
l can't locate
his bio- signature.
630
00:30:36,534 --> 00:30:37,831
He's not out there.
631
00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:40,302
He's not in space,
not in subspace.
632
00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:41,702
lt doesn't make sense.
633
00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:53,408
lnside... me...
634
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,052
Activate the transporter.
635
00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:06,290
Try to get a lock
on whatever's inside him.
636
00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:18,468
Tricorder isn't
picking up anything.
637
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:19,840
But l can feel it.
638
00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:21,276
l- l can't get a lock.
639
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:23,507
lt's like something's there,
but it's not there.
640
00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:24,980
Oh, it's there.
641
00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:29,184
Unfortunately, l have to agree.
642
00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:32,189
Obviously, whatever hit us
was no protocomet. l was wrong.
643
00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:33,849
Maybe you weren't, not entirely.
644
00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:35,085
Sensors can't scan it;
645
00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:37,423
transporters
can't lock on to it.
646
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:40,259
Maybe this is some kind
of dark- matter life- form.
647
00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:41,263
That's impossible.
648
00:31:41,332 --> 00:31:42,458
Molecules that complex
649
00:31:42,533 --> 00:31:44,091
would collapse
under their own weight.
650
00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:45,430
They could never support life.
651
00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:47,436
Might be time
to revise your theory.
652
00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:48,529
Where did they take you?
653
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,006
l don't know.
654
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,667
lt was dark.
655
00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:54,803
God, l could feel breathing
all around me.
656
00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:57,006
Did anyone try to communicate
with you?
657
00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:58,241
l couldn't see.
658
00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:01,649
l tried to say something,
but there wasn't enough air.
659
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:03,345
l tried to move,
660
00:32:03,388 --> 00:32:06,255
but something was pressing
down on me.
661
00:32:07,992 --> 00:32:09,983
The hypospray- - tetrovaline.
lt'll put me out.
662
00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:13,588
lf l sedate you, it could
lower your immune response,
663
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:15,530
and you need to stay conscious.
664
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:16,726
Do you understand?
665
00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,362
Billy...
666
00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:22,871
if it wanted to kill you,
it would've done it by now.
667
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:24,909
lt never would've
sent you back here.
668
00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:27,308
Maybe it was trying
to scan you or something.
669
00:32:27,378 --> 00:32:31,439
lf it wanted
to get to know me better...
670
00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:34,212
it should've just asked me out
for a drink.
671
00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:40,590
Celes.
672
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,829
Keep an eye on him.
673
00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:52,197
Harren.
674
00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:00,210
l'm setting a course
for those rings.
675
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:02,643
Shunt as much power as you can
to the impulse engines.
676
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,204
We never should've
left Voyager.
677
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:05,374
l've got news for you, crewman.
678
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:07,384
Voyager isn't exactly
a safe haven.
679
00:33:07,452 --> 00:33:09,044
We've been chased
across the Quadrant
680
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,213
by far worse
than whatever's out there- -
681
00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:15,225
the Vidiians,
Species 8472, the Borg- -
682
00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:18,490
but l guess if somebody's
hiding down on Deck 15,
683
00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:20,428
they may not be aware of it.
684
00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:22,591
l wasn't meant
to be an explorer.
685
00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,157
And l wasn't meant
to guide a ship
686
00:33:24,235 --> 00:33:25,395
across an unknown Quadrant.
687
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:27,937
Then we're both victims
of circumstance.
688
00:33:28,072 --> 00:33:30,040
Oh, l've seen things
l've never imagined,
689
00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:32,769
grown closer to people
than l ever thought possible.
690
00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,402
l wouldn't call myself a victim,
691
00:33:34,479 --> 00:33:37,175
and l wouldn't trade
the last six years for anything.
692
00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:38,374
Then you've been deluded
693
00:33:38,449 --> 00:33:40,212
by the inexhaustible
human capacity
694
00:33:40,284 --> 00:33:42,184
to avoid the truth.
695
00:33:42,253 --> 00:33:44,483
You're the one hiding, not me.
696
00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:48,218
l've got you three more
percentage points of impulse.
697
00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:49,281
l'll take it.
698
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:50,987
Setting a course.
699
00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:59,195
lsn't there any part of you
that feels a bond
700
00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:00,702
with the rest of us?
701
00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,796
When we escape
from the Borg or discover
702
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:03,841
a new type of star,
703
00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:06,307
don't you feel
some pride of accomplishment?
704
00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,436
When you're in the Mess Hall,
705
00:34:08,513 --> 00:34:10,981
alone at your table
in the corner,
706
00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,780
don't you see
the friendships around you
707
00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:18,219
and wish even for a microsecond
you were part of them?
708
00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:25,023
You don't know me at all.
709
00:34:25,096 --> 00:34:26,688
No, but l'd like to.
710
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:30,063
That was the whole point
of this mission.
711
00:34:31,936 --> 00:34:37,067
But l guess it hasn't
worked out like l planned.
712
00:34:37,141 --> 00:34:39,268
lncoming transmission.
713
00:34:39,343 --> 00:34:40,310
Source?
714
00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:41,935
lt's a Starfleet frequency.
715
00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:43,640
Must be Voyager.
716
00:34:44,715 --> 00:34:46,910
...the Delta Flyer.
...phenomenon...
717
00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:49,179
...hit by an...
...heavy damage.
718
00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:51,915
Repeat: require,
require immediate...
719
00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:54,787
immediate, immediate...
Flyer, Flyer, Flyer, Flyer...
720
00:34:54,859 --> 00:34:56,724
Subspace echo.
721
00:34:56,794 --> 00:35:00,696
Maybe not. There's a .005
deviation in the carrier wave.
722
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,323
That's the same degree
of spatial fluctuation
723
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,561
left by our pursuers.
724
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:08,105
They're sending
our distress signal back to us.
725
00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:11,039
Modified. They might
be trying to communicate.
726
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:12,474
...Delta Flyer, Flyer, Flyer.
727
00:35:12,543 --> 00:35:14,602
...hit by an unknown
phenomenon, unknown.
728
00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:15,873
They're taunting us.
729
00:35:16,013 --> 00:35:17,776
Not necessarily.
730
00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:19,510
Try to adjust the universal
translator for...
731
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:20,551
Captain!
732
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,886
He went right through
the force field.
733
00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:26,890
Billy, what are you doing?
734
00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:29,516
lt's activating
my motor neurons.
735
00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:31,152
l can't make it stop.
736
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:32,719
l'm sorry, Captain.
737
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:36,255
You've got to stop it.
738
00:35:38,202 --> 00:35:39,226
No.
739
00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:41,771
lt's okay, Billy, it's okay.
740
00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:43,568
lt's okay.
741
00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:47,936
lt's in here.
742
00:35:53,584 --> 00:35:55,074
lt's tapping into our systems.
743
00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:58,145
Wait. lt may be
trying to communicate.
744
00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:07,261
lt's into our
environmental controls.
745
00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:08,298
We've got to stop it.
746
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:09,892
Hold your fire!
747
00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:13,962
What the hell is wrong with you?
748
00:36:14,071 --> 00:36:15,766
lt was trying to kill us.
749
00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:17,135
- You don't know that.
- We were at risk.
750
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,300
l gave you a direct order.
751
00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:19,706
What if you were wrong?
752
00:36:19,777 --> 00:36:22,974
l could hear
its thoughts.
753
00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:25,038
Explain.
754
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,674
When it left me...
755
00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,584
l could hear
what it was thinking.
756
00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:32,316
''Do not belong.''
757
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,881
That's what it said:
''Do not belong.''
758
00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,857
We don't belong here.
759
00:36:36,928 --> 00:36:39,294
Or it didn't belong
in the Delta Flyer.
760
00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:42,730
Maybe that's why it was tapping
into the environmental controls.
761
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,597
lt was trying to survive
in a place
762
00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:46,135
it didn't belong.
763
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,034
That's speculation.
764
00:36:47,104 --> 00:36:49,436
Based on direct observation.
765
00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:51,270
You murdered an alien being
and destroyed
766
00:36:51,342 --> 00:36:54,800
any chance we had
to make first contact.
767
00:36:58,015 --> 00:37:00,074
We just lost
another section of hull.
768
00:37:00,184 --> 00:37:01,981
How far are we
from the gas giant?
769
00:37:02,019 --> 00:37:03,953
200,000 kilometers.
770
00:37:04,021 --> 00:37:06,080
l'm taking the Flyer
into the radiogenic ring.
771
00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:08,751
With any luck,
they won't follow.
772
00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:10,418
We can't survive in there
for more than a few minutes.
773
00:37:10,494 --> 00:37:13,327
That should be enough
to reinitialize the warp core.
774
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,482
Start continuous transport
of radiogenic particles
775
00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:35,246
directly into
the reaction chamber.
776
00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:38,049
When it's approaching
critical mass, let me know.
777
00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:40,989
Watch for any sign of pursuit.
778
00:37:41,058 --> 00:37:43,049
How are you doing?
779
00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:46,563
l always had this alarm
in my head,
780
00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:50,897
sort of an internal Red Alert.
781
00:37:51,035 --> 00:37:53,128
lt was like a warning system
782
00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:57,196
that would tell me
l was sick or dying...
783
00:37:57,308 --> 00:37:58,673
of something.
784
00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:04,739
Mitochondrial prions,
food poisoning, a head cold.
785
00:38:04,849 --> 00:38:07,283
lt was always there.
786
00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:09,149
And now it's not?
787
00:38:11,222 --> 00:38:14,157
lt's gone.
788
00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:16,386
l don't understand.
789
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:18,826
Maybe l do.
790
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,989
When l was a girl,
l was afraid of the ocean.
791
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:25,331
l liked to swim, but,
uh, in a pool or a pond,
792
00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,370
where l knew exactly
what was beneath me.
793
00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:28,666
But in the open water,
794
00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:31,264
with no way to know
what was down there...
795
00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:32,842
it scared me to death.
796
00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:35,845
lt wasn't until my first
year at the Academy,
797
00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:42,375
after l went through zero- G
training in the Coral Sea...
798
00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:44,921
that l finally got over it.
799
00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:50,550
l think you just came up
from your first deep dive.
800
00:38:50,761 --> 00:38:52,922
They're in pursuit.
801
00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:01,562
Three minutes,
20 seconds to intercept.
802
00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:04,369
We'll need twice that
to reinitialize warp reaction.
803
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,410
Get into the escape pods.
804
00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:08,069
Captain.
805
00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:09,908
Plot a course
away from the planet.
806
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:11,641
l'm going to fire
a phaser volley
807
00:39:11,716 --> 00:39:13,650
and hopefully set off
a chain reaction
808
00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:15,185
of the radiogenic particles.
809
00:39:15,252 --> 00:39:17,413
lt might be enough
to disable our friends.
810
00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:18,512
You'll be disabled, too.
811
00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:19,647
Not if l go to full thrusters
812
00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:21,214
and keep in front
of the shock wave.
813
00:39:22,793 --> 00:39:24,260
lf l don't make it,
814
00:39:24,328 --> 00:39:25,818
head for the L- Class moon
in the next system.
815
00:39:25,896 --> 00:39:27,830
You could survive there
for weeks if you have to- -
816
00:39:27,898 --> 00:39:30,833
enough time for Voyager
to pick up your distress signal.
817
00:39:30,935 --> 00:39:32,095
Now get moving.
818
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:33,500
No.
819
00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:35,663
You'll have a better chance
if we're with you.
820
00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:36,797
Go.
821
00:39:36,907 --> 00:39:38,636
We might not have
contributed much
822
00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:40,870
on Voyager, but what
we do here matters.
823
00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:41,877
We're the crew here,
824
00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:45,040
and the crew does not abandon
its captain.
825
00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:57,394
All right, it's your choice.
826
00:39:57,461 --> 00:40:00,521
Then l'll be going alone.
827
00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:03,192
Good luck.
828
00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:07,465
Charge phaser banks.
829
00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:11,166
Stand by to divert
all power to thrusters.
830
00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:14,073
Escape Pod 1 is occupied
and ready, Captain.
831
00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:16,613
Launch Pod 1.
832
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,272
Escape pod away.
833
00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:20,544
How close are our pursuers?
834
00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:21,744
65 seconds to intercept.
835
00:40:21,819 --> 00:40:23,047
Stand by to fire.
836
00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:26,619
Captain, the escape pod
is altering course.
837
00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:28,214
lt's heading for the aliens.
838
00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:29,919
Janeway to Harren.
839
00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:30,961
What are you doing?
840
00:40:31,061 --> 00:40:32,619
lf they have to deal with me,
841
00:40:32,696 --> 00:40:35,426
it should give you
a few more seconds to get away.
842
00:40:35,499 --> 00:40:36,796
That's my theory, anyway.
843
00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:39,062
Resume your escape course now.
844
00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:40,398
lt's too late for that.
845
00:40:40,504 --> 00:40:41,436
You made a mistake,
846
00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:43,336
Harren. Don't make another one.
847
00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:44,931
l'm done hiding, Captain.
848
00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:47,010
A few seconds of exposure
to real life...
849
00:40:47,144 --> 00:40:51,342
maybe l'll understand
what l've been missing.
850
00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:53,747
He closed the channel.
851
00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,012
Get a transporter
lock on that pod.
852
00:40:55,152 --> 00:40:58,417
l- l can't. We're out of range.
853
00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,320
More power to the thrusters.
854
00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:08,227
Celes.
855
00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:09,857
We're still not close enough.
856
00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:11,231
Thrusters at maximum.
857
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:17,899
Got him.
858
00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:19,940
Fire.
859
00:41:27,518 --> 00:41:28,951
Shock wave approaching.
860
00:41:29,019 --> 00:41:31,510
Contact in four... three...
861
00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:34,524
two... one.
862
00:41:36,427 --> 00:41:38,019
More or less.
863
00:41:57,448 --> 00:41:58,380
My crew...
864
00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:00,246
Easy.
865
00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:05,682
They're sleeping.
866
00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:07,451
No serious injuries.
867
00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,686
Everyone's all right...
868
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,421
though you gave us
a good scare for a while.
869
00:42:12,496 --> 00:42:14,464
We received your distress call.
870
00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:17,228
We found the Flyer
drifting above a gas giant.
871
00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:19,461
You were all unconscious.
872
00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:22,471
Any sign of...
873
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:25,407
another vessel or
some kind of entity?
874
00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:27,273
No.
875
00:42:30,915 --> 00:42:33,008
What happened?
876
00:42:34,985 --> 00:42:39,854
The Good Shepherd went
after some lost sheep
877
00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:44,258
and ran into a wolf.
878
00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:46,387
Did she find them?
879
00:42:57,074 --> 00:43:00,339
l think she did.
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