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DAMAGE REPORT!

SHIELDS AT 60%.

OUR FUEL LINE HAS RUPTURED. ATTEMPTING TO COMPENSATE.

DAMN IT! WE'RE BARELY MAINTAINING IMPULSE.

I CAN'T GET ANY MORE OUT OF IT.

BE CREATIVE.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE CREATIVE

WITH A 39-YEAR-OLD REBUILT ENGINE?

Maquis ship, this is Gul Evek of the Cardassian Fourth Order.

Cut your engines and prepare to surrender, or we will de...

INITIATING EVASIVE PATTERN OMEGA. MARK.

SHIELDS AT 50%.

I NEED MORE POWER TO MAKE IT

TO THE BADLANDS.

TAKE THE WEAPONS OFF-LINE.

WE'LL TRANSFER ALL POWER TO THE ENGINES.

CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'D QUESTION THAT AT THIS TIME.

WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

WE'RE NOT MAKING A DENT

IN THEIR SHIELDS ANYWAY.

YOU WANTED CREATIVE.

TUVOK, SHUT DOWN ALL THE PHASER BANKS.

ANOTHER 30 SECONDS AT FULL IMPULSE,

I'LL GET US INTO THE BADLANDS.

PHASERS OFF-LINE.

THROW THE LAST PHOTONS AT THEM

THEN GIVE ME THE POWER

FROM THE TORPEDO SYSTEMS.

ACKNOWLEDGED. FIRING PHOTONS.

ARE YOU READING ANY PLASMA STORMS AHEAD?

ONE. COORDINATES 1-7-1 MARK 4-3.

THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.

PLASMA STORM DENSITY INCREASING BY 14%.

TWENTY...

TWENTY-FIVE...

HOLD ON!

CARDASSIAN SHIP NOT SLOWING. THEY'RE FOLLOWING US IN.

GUL EVEK MUST FEEL DARING TODAY.

Tuvok: THEY'VE BEEN HIT.

THEY'RE SENDING OUT A DISTRESS SIGNAL

ON CARDASSIAN FREQUENCIES.

CAN YOU PLOT A COURSE THROUGH THESE FIELDS?

STORM ACTIVITY IS WIDESPREAD IN THIS VICINITY.

I CAN PLOT A COURSE, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE

AN INDIRECT ROUTE.

WE CAN USE THE TIME TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS.

WHAT WAS THAT? CURIOUS...

WE PASSED THROUGH SOME KIND

OF COHERENT TETRION BEAM.

SOURCE? UNKNOWN.

A MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT WAVE IS MOVING TOWARD US.

ANOTHER STORM?

NOT A PLASMA PHENOMENON.

AT CURRENT SPEEDS

IT WILL INTERCEPT US IN 30 SECONDS.

ANYTHING LEFT IN THOSE IMPULSE GENERATORS, B'ELANNA?

WE'LL FIND OUT.

STILL EXCEEDING OUR SPEED.

MAXIMUM POWER.

WAVE IS ACCELERATING.

IT WILL INTERCEPT US

IN EIGHT SECONDS.

FIVE.

Woman: TOM PARIS?

KATHRYN JANEWAY.

I SERVED WITH YOUR FATHER ON THE AL-BATANI.

I WONDER IF WE COULD GO SOMEWHERE AND TALK?

ABOUT WHAT?

ABOUT A JOB WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO FOR US.

I'M ALREADY DOING A JOB...

FOR THE FEDERATION.

THE REHAB COMMISSION IS VERY PLEASED WITH YOUR WORK.

THEY'VE GIVEN ME THEIR APPROVAL TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH YOU.

WELL, THEN I GUESS I'M YOURS.

YOUR FATHER TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL.

I WAS HIS SCIENCE OFFICER DURING THE ARIAS EXPEDITION.

YOU MUST BE GOOD.

MY FATHER ONLY ACCEPTS

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.

I'M LEAVING ON A MISSION

TO FIND A MAQUIS SHIP THAT DISAPPEARED

IN THE BADLANDS A WEEK AGO.

I WOULDN'T, IF I WERE YOU.

REALLY?

I'VE NEVER SEEN A FEDERATION STARSHIP

THAT COULD MANEUVER THROUGH THE PLASMA STORMS.

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN VOYAGER.

WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME ALONG.

YOU'D LIKE ME TO LEAD YOU TO MY FORMER COLLEAGUES.

I WAS ONLY WITH THE MAQUIS A FEW WEEKS

BEFORE I WAS CAPTURED, CAPTAIN.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE MOST OF THEIR HIDING PLACES ARE.

YOU KNOW THE TERRITORY

BETTER THAN ANYONE WE'VE GOT.

WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT

ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MAQUIS SHIP?

MY CHIEF OF SECURITY WAS ON BOARD-- UNDERCOVER.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO REPORT IN TWICE

DURING THE LAST SIX DAYS.

HE DIDN'T.

MAYBE IT'S JUST YOUR CHIEF OF SECURITY

WHO'S DISAPPEARED.

MAYBE.

THAT SHIP

WAS UNDER THE COMMAND

OF ANOTHER FORMER

STARFLEET OFFICER

NAMED CHAKOTAY.

I UNDERSTAND YOU KNEW HIM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE TWO OF YOU DIDN'T GET ALONG TOO WELL, I'M TOLD.

CHAKOTAY WILL TELL YOU HE LEFT STARFLEET ON PRINCIPLE--

TO DEFEND HIS HOME COLONY FROM THE CARDASSIANS.

I, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS FORCED TO RESIGN.

HE CONSIDERED ME A MERCENARY--

WILLING TO FIGHT FOR ANYONE WHO'D PAY MY BAR BILLS.

THE TROUBLE IS

HE WAS RIGHT.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM HELPING YOU

TRACK DOWN MY "FRIENDS" IN THE MAQUIS, CAPTAIN.

ALL I NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU IS WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

YOU HELP US FIND THAT SHIP

WE HELP YOU AT YOUR NEXT OUTMATE REVIEW.

UH-HUH.

YOU'D BE A STARFLEET OBSERVER DURING THE MISSION.

OBSERVER?

OH, HELL. I'M THE BEST PILOT YOU COULD HAVE.

YOU'LL BE AN OBSERVER.

WHEN IT'S OVER, YOU'RE CUT LOOSE.

STORY OF MY LIFE.

STADI, YOU'RE CHANGING MY MIND ABOUT BETAZOIDS.

GOOD.

OH, THAT WASN'T A COMPLIMENT.

UNTIL TODAY, I ALWAYS CONSIDERED

YOUR PEOPLE WARM AND SENSUAL.

I CAN BE WARM AND SENSUAL.

JUST NOT TO ME.

DO YOU ALWAYS FLY AT WOMEN AT WARP SPEED, MR. PARIS?

ONLY WHEN THEY'RE IN VISUAL RANGE.

THAT'S OUR SHIP.

THAT'S VOYAGER.

INTREPID CLASS--

SUSTAINABLE CRUISE VELOCITY

OF WARP FACTOR 9.975.

15 DECKS, CREW COMPLEMENT OF 141

BIO-NEURAL CIRCUITRY.

BIO-NEURAL?

SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL

CIRCUITRY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY GEL PACKS

THAT CONTAIN BIO-NEURAL CELLS.

THEY ORGANIZE INFORMATION MORE EFFICIENTLY

SPEED UP RESPONSE TIME.

IF I MAY SAY SO, IT'S BEEN MY SPECIAL PLEASURE

TO SEE MANY NEW OFFICERS LIKE YOURSELF

COME THROUGH THESE PORTALS.

YOUR PARENTS MUST BE VERY PROUD, MY BOY.

YOU KNOW, ON AN OCCASION LIKE THIS...

I'M REALLY NOT INTERESTED.

INTERESTED?

YOU WERE ABOUT TO TRY TO SELL ME SOMETHING.

I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST

YOUR PARENTS MIGHT APPRECIATE A MEMENTO.

AND YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE SEVERAL TO CHOOSE FROM.

I DO CARRY A SELECT LINE

OF UNIQUE ARTIFACTS AND GEMSTONES

INDIGENOUS TO THIS REGION.

QUITE RECENTLY

I ACQUIRED THESE LOBI CRYSTALS

FROM A VERY STRANGE CREATURE CALLED A MORN.

WE WERE WARNED ABOUT THE FERENGI AT THE ACADEMY.

WARNED ABOUT FERENGI, WERE YOU?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SLURS ABOUT MY PEOPLE AT STARFLEET ACADEMY.

WHAT I MEANT WAS... HERE I AM, TRYING TO BE

A CORDIAL HOST, KNOWING HOW MUCH

A YOUNG OFFICER'S PARENTS WOULD APPRECIATE

A TOKEN OF HIS LOVE ON THE EVE OF A DANGEROUS MISSION

AND WHAT DO I GET FOR MY TROUBLE?

SCURRILOUS INSULTS.

WELL, SOMEBODY'S

GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?

MY... NAME?

YOU HAVE ONE, I PRESUME?

KIM, HARRY KIM, BUT I...

AND WHO WAS IT AT THE ACADEMY WHO WARNED YOU ABOUT FERENGI?

I THINK A MEMENTO FOR MY PARENTS WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

REALLY? ONE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PENDANT FOR MY MOTHER.

OR CUFFLINKS FOR YOUR FATHER.

CUFFLINKS. GREAT IDEA.

THEY'RE NOT FOR SALE.

NOW, INFORM YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER

THAT THE FEDERATION COUNCIL CAN EXPECT AN OFFICIAL QUERY...

HOW MUCH FOR THE ENTIRE TRAY?

CASH OR CREDIT?

DAZZLING, AREN'T THEY?

AS BRIGHT AS A KOLADAN DIAMOND.

BRIGHTER.

AND YOU CAN FIND THEM ON ANY PLANET IN THIS SYSTEM.

THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION.

THERE'S A SHOP AT THE VOLNAR COLONY

THAT SELLS A DOZEN ASSORTED SHAPES

FOR ONE CARDASSIAN LEK.

HOW MUCH YOU SELLING THESE FOR?

WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO NEGOTIATE THE PRICE.

THANKS.

DIDN'T THEY WARN YOU ABOUT FERENGI

AT THE ACADEMY?

RUN A LEVEL THREE DIAGNOSTIC JUST TO BE SURE.

CAN I HELP YOU?

TOM PARIS, REPORTING ON BOARD.

OH, YES.

THE OBSERVER.

Paris: THAT'S ME.

AS A MATTER OF FACT

I SEEM TO BE OBSERVING

SOME KIND OF PROBLEM RIGHT NOW...

DOCTOR.

I WAS A SURGEON AT THE HOSPITAL ON CALDIK PRIME

THE SAME TIME YOU WERE STATIONED THERE.

WE NEVER ACTUALLY MET.

YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE ARRIVED

FROM YOUR LAST POSTING, MR. PARIS.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER.

THE CAPTAIN ASKED IF YOU WERE ON BOARD.

YOU SHOULD CHECK IN.

I HAVEN'T PAID MY RESPECTS

TO THE CAPTAIN YET EITHER.

WELL, MR. KIM, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING

FOR A NEW OPERATIONS OFFICER TO DO.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

IT'S A LONG STORY

AND I'M TIRED OF TELLING IT.

I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL TELL YOU BEFORE LONG.

Man: The doctor called, and I was right.

SHE'S PREGNANT?

Puppies are due in seven weeks.

OH, TAKE HER HOME WITH YOU.

With me?

I just got the rugs cleaned.

I CAN'T LEAVE HER IN A KENNEL WHILE I...

Is this another "love me, love my dog" demand?

YES.

How could I ever refuse you?

THANKS, HONEY.

When are you leaving?

AS SOON AS I APPROVE THESE STATUS REPORTS.

All right, then I won't bother you anymore.

HEY...

YOU NEVER BOTHER ME.

EXCEPT THE WAY I LOVE TO BE BOTHERED.

UNDERSTAND?

I'll remember that.

SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS.

OH, MARK, GO BY MY HOUSE AND PICK UP THE DOGGY BED.

SHE'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

I already did.

An hour ago.

( door chimes )

COME IN.

GENTLEMEN, WELCOME ABOARD VOYAGER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. KIM...

AT EASE BEFORE YOU SPRAIN SOMETHING.

ENSIGN, DESPITE STARFLEET PROTOCOL

I DON'T LIKE BEING ADDRESSED AS "SIR."

I'M SORRY... MA'AM.

"MA'AM" IS ACCEPTABLE IN A CRUNCH.

BUT I PREFER "CAPTAIN."

WE'RE GETTING READY TO LEAVE.

LET ME SHOW YOU TO THE BRIDGE.

DID YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING HERE, MR. PARIS?

NONE AT ALL, CAPTAIN.

Janeway: MY FIRST OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CAVIT.

ENSIGN KIM, MR. PARIS.

WELCOME ABOARD.

Janeway: ENSIGN KIM

THIS IS YOUR STATION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE OVER?

YES, MA'AM.

IT'S NOT CRUNCH TIME YET, MR. KIM.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN.

LIEUTENANT STADI, LAY IN THE COURSE

AND CLEAR OUR DEPARTURE WITH OPERATIONS.

COURSE ENTERED, OPS HAS CLEARED US.

READY THRUSTERS.

THRUSTERS READY.

INITIATE LAUNCHING SEQUENCE.

Stadi: SEQUENCE UNDERWAY.

ENGAGE.

TOMATO SOUP.

There are 14 varieties of tomato soup available from this replicator-- with rice, with vegetables, Bolian-style, with pasta...

PLAIN.

Specify hot or chilled.

HOT!

HOT, PLAIN TOMATO SOUP.

THERE, YOU SEE?

I TOLD YOU IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG.

IS IT TRUE?

WAS THE ACCIDENT MY FAULT?

YES-- PILOT ERROR-- BUT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO ADMIT IT.

UGH! 14 VARIETIES AND THEY CAN'T GET PLAIN TOMATO SOUP RIGHT.

THEY SAID YOU FALSIFIED REPORTS.

THAT'S RIGHT. WHY?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I LIED.

BUT THEN YOU CAME FORWARD AND ADMITTED IT WAS YOUR FAULT?

I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, HARRY.

ALL I HAD TO DO WAS KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT

AND I WAS HOME FREE, BUT I COULDN'T.

THE GHOSTS OF THOSE THREE DEAD OFFICERS

CAME TO ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

AND TAUGHT ME THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.

SO I CONFESSED--

WORST MISTAKE I EVER MADE BUT NOT MY LAST.

AFTER THEY CASHIERED ME OUT OF STARFLEET

I WENT OUT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT AND FOUND THE MAQUIS

AND ON MY FIRST ASSIGNMENT, I WAS CAUGHT.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY TOUGH FOR YOU

BEING THE SON OF AN ADMIRAL.

FRANKLY, I THINK IT WAS TOUGHER ON MY FATHER THAN IT WAS ON ME.

LOOK, I KNOW THOSE GUYS TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM ME

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU OUGHT TO LISTEN TO THEM.

I'M NOT EXACTLY A GOOD-LUCK CHARM.

I DON'T NEED ANYONE TO CHOOSE MY FRIENDS FOR ME.

Janeway to Paris.

GO AHEAD.

Report to the Bridge.

We're approaching the Badlands.

Man: PLASMA STORMS WERE MEASURED AT LEVELS THREE AND FOUR.

THE CARDASSIANS GAVE US THE LAST KNOWN HEADING

OF THE MAQUIS SHIP, AND WE HAVE CHARTS

OF THE PLASMA STORM ACTIVITY THE DAY IT DISAPPEARED.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPROXIMATE ITS COURSE.

I'D GUESS THEY WERE HEADING

TO ONE OF THE PLANETOIDS IN THE TERIKOF BELT.

THE PLASMA STORMS WOULD HAVE FORCED

THEM IN THIS DIRECTION.

Janeway: ADJUST OUR COURSE TO MATCH.

THE CARDASSIANS CLAIM THEY FORCED

THE MAQUIS SHIP INTO A PLASMA STORM

WHERE IT WAS DESTROYED, BUT THERE'S NO DEBRIS.

A PLASMA STORM MIGHT NOT LEAVE ANY DEBRIS.

WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP

A RESONANCE TRACE FROM THE WARP CORE.

CAPTAIN, I'M READING

A COHERENT TETRION BEAM SCANNING US.

ORIGIN, MR. KIM?

NOT SURE. THERE'S ALSO A DISPLACEMENT WAVE

MOVING TOWARD US.

Janeway: ON SCREEN.

ANALYSIS.

SOME KIND OF POLARIZED MAGNETIC VARIATION.

WE MIGHT DISPERSE IT WITH A GRAVITON PARTICLE FIELD.

DO IT. RED ALERT.

MOVE US AWAY FROM IT, LIEUTENANT.

NEW HEADING 4-1 MARK 1-8-0.

INITIATING GRAVITON FIELD.

GRAVITON FIELD HAD NO EFFECT.

FULL IMPULSE.

Kim: THE WAVE WILL INTERCEPT US

IN 12 SECONDS.

CAN WE GO TO WARP?

NOT UNTIL WE CLEAR THE PLASMA FIELD.

Kim: FIVE SECONDS.

BRACE FOR IMPACT.

THREE...

( Paris groans )

REPORT.

HULL BREACH, DECK 14. COM LINES TO ENGINEERING ARE DOWN.

TRYING TO REESTABLISH.

REPAIR CREWS, SEAL OFF HULL BREACH ON DECK 14.

Aye, Captain.

Crewman: CASUALTY REPORTS COMING IN.

SICK BAY IS NOT RESPONDING.

BRIDGE TO SICK BAY.

DOCTOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

PARIS, HOW'S STADI?

SHE'S DEAD.

SOMETHING'S OUT THERE.

I NEED A BETTER DESCRIPTION THAN THAT, MR. KIM.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M READING.

CAN YOU GET THE VIEWSCREEN OPERATIONAL?

I'M TRYING.

CAPTAIN

IF THESE SENSORS ARE WORKING

WE'RE OVER 70,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM WHERE WE WERE.

WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GALAXY.

I'M NOT READING ANY LIFE SIGNS

ON THE MAQUIS SHIP.

WHAT ABOUT ON THAT... THAT ARRAY?

OUR SENSORS CAN'T PENETRATE IT.

ANY IDEA WHAT THOSE PULSES ARE?

MASSIVE BURSTS OF RADIANT ENERGY.

DIRECTED TOWARD A NEARBY G-TYPE STAR SYSTEM.

TRY HAILING THE ARRAY.

Engineering to bridge.

We have severe damage. The Chief's dead.

Possibility of a warp core breach.

SECURE ALL SYSTEMS. I'M ON MY WAY.

NO RESPONSE FROM THE ARRAY.

ENSIGN, GET DOWN TO SICK BAY.

MR. ROLLINS, THE BRIDGE IS YOURS.

HARRY, WAIT FOR ME.

THEY MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONSOLE

WHEN IT EXPLODED.

Warning. Warp core micro-fracture.

Breach imminent.

WHAT'S THE WARP CORE PRESSURE?

MAN: 2100 KILOPASCALS.

LOCK DOWN THE MAGNETIC CONSTRICTORS.

IF WE LOCK THEM DOWN AT THESE PRESSURE LEVELS

WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REINITIALIZE

THE DILITHIUM REACTION.

Warning. Warp core microfracture.

WE'VE GOT TO GET

THE REACTION RATE DOWN BEFORE WE TRY TO SEAL IT.

COMPUTER, INITIATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL HOLOGRAPHIC PROGRAM.

STATE THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

MULTIPLE INJURIES.

STATUS OF DOCTOR? HE'S DEAD.

.4cc's OF TRIANOLINE.

TRIANOLINE?

WE LOST OUR NURSE TOO.

HOW SOON ARE REPLACEMENT MEDICAL PERSONNEL EXPECTED?

THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.

WE'RE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM REPLACEMENTS.

TRICORDER.

MEDICAL TRICORDER.

( sighs )

A REPLACEMENT MUST BE REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I AM PROGRAMMED

ONLY AS A SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENT.

WE MAY BE STUCK WITH YOU FOR A WHILE.

NO NEED FOR CONCERN.

I AM CAPABLE OF TREATING ANY INJURY OR DISEASE.

NO CONCUSSION. YOU'LL BE FINE.

CLEAN HIM UP.

UNLOCK THE MAGNETIC CONSTRICTORS.

Man: CONSTRICTORS ON-LINE.

PRESSURE?

2,500 KILOPASCALS AND HOLDING.

Bridge to Janeway. We're being scanned by the array, Captain.

It penetrated our shields.

WHAT KIND OF SCAN?

BRIDGE?

JANEWAY TO BRIDGE. RESPOND.

INITIATE EMERGENCY LOCK OFF.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.

YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR STATION.

THIS IS THE EMERGENCY HOLOGRAPHIC DOCTOR SPEAKING.

I GAVE NO PERMISSION

FOR ANYONE TO BE TRANSPORTED OUT OF SICK BAY.

HELLO.

SICK BAY TO BRIDGE.

I BELIEVE SOMEONE HAS FAILED TO TERMINATE MY PROGRAM.

PLEASE RESPOND.

COME UP HERE.

COME ON NOW.

I HAVE A PITCHER

OF LEMONADE AND SOME SUGAR COOKIES.

CAPTAIN.

DON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES, MR. PARIS.

WE'VE ONLY TRANSPORTED 100 KILOMETERS.

WE'RE INSIDE THE ARRAY.

Kim: THERE'S NO INDICATION OF STABLE MATTER.

THIS MUST BE SOME KIND OF HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION.

OH, YOU POOR THINGS. YOU MUST BE TIRED.

SIT DOWN AND REST A WHILE.

HAVE A COLD DRINK.

NO, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS KATHRYN JANEWAY

CAPTAIN OF THE FEDERATION

STARSHIP VOYAGER.

JUST MAKE YOURSELVES RIGHT AT HOME.

THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

WHY, HERE THEY ARE.

WE'RE REAL GLAD YOU DROPPED BY.

NOW WE CAN GET STARTED.

YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO THE WELCOMING BEE!

LET'S HAVE SOME MUSIC!

( laughing )

( playing country music )

( playing banjo music )

THE CREW'S SCATTERED AROUND THIS FARM, CAPTAIN

BUT THEY'RE ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.

MOVE AROUND. SCAN THE AREA. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT BE A HOLOGRAPHIC GENERATOR.

HAVE SOME NICE FRESH CORN ON THE COB.

FRESH CORN ON THE COB.

CORN ON THE COB?

CORN ON THE COB?

CAN YOU TELL ME WHY WE'RE HERE?

WE DON'T MEAN YOU ANY HARM.

I'M SORRY IF WE'VE PUT YOU OUT.

JUST PUT YOUR FEET UP

AND GET COMFORTABLE WHILE YOU WAIT.

WAIT FOR WHAT?

ISN'T ANYBODY HUNGRY?

MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME.

I'M SORRY IF WE PUT YOU OUT.

LET ME SHOW YOU AROUND.

THE ROOT CELLAR'S RIGHT OVER THERE.

WHAT'S DOWN THERE?

POTATOES, ONIONS.

BUT IT'S REAL PRIVATE.

PARIS, SHE'S ONLY

A HOLOGRAM.

NO REASON TO BE RUDE.

WHOA. WHAT?

SPOROCYSTIAN LIFE SIGNS.

WHAT'S IN THE BARN?

OH, NOTHING BUT A BIG OL' PILE OF HAY.

LET'S GO SEE THE DUCK POND.

IT'S JUST A DARK SMELLY BARN.

HEY, DO Y'ALL WANT SOME DEVILED EGGS?

SEE? NOTHING BUT HAY.

THERE'S A LIFE-FORM HERE. JUST ONE.

WHERE?

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

I'M ALSO READING SOME KIND

OF MATRIX PROCESSING DEVICE.

MAYBE THE HOLOGRAPHIC GENERATOR.

PARIS.

HUMANOID LIFE SIGNS OVER HERE.

I'M READING A VULCAN AND SEVERAL HUMANS.

I'M NOT READY FOR YOU YET!

( dog barking )

PARIS TO JANEWAY.

JANEWAY HERE.

PARIS?

COME ON.

VERY WELL.

SINCE NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE FOR ANY CORN,

WE'LL HAVE TO PROCEED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

( moaning )

( screaming )

JANEWAY TO BRIDGE. ANYBODY THERE?

Yes, Captain, we're here.

HOW LONG WERE WE OVER THERE?

ALMOST THREE DAYS.

Three days.

CAPTAIN, THE MAQUIS SHIP IS POWERING UP ITS ENGINES.

TRACTOR THEM. ALL SENIOR OFFICERS REPORT to the bridge immediately.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED?

COMPUTER, LOCATE ENSIGN KIM.

Ensign Kim is not on board.

PARIS TO JANEWAY.

Go ahead.

Kim didn't come back with us.

ACKNOWLEDGED.

COMPUTER, HOW MANY CREWMEN ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR?

One: Ensign Harry Kim.

HAIL THE MAQUIS.

COMMANDER CHAKOTAY

MY NAME IS CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY.

How do you know my name?

WE WERE ON A MISSION TO FIND YOU

WHEN WE WERE BROUGHT HERE BY THE ARRAY.

ONE OF OUR CREWMEN IS MISSING.

WAS HE TRANSPORTED TO YOUR SHIP BY ACCIDENT?

No. A member of our crew is missing too.

B'Elanna Torres, my engineer.

COMMANDER, YOU AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY AND SOLVE IT TOGETHER

DON'T YOU?

Three of us will transport to your ship.

THEY'RE POWERING DOWN THEIR ENGINES

DROPPING THEIR SHIELDS.

WATCH OUT, CAPTAIN. THEY'RE ARMED.

PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS.

YOU WON'T NEED THOSE HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, MR. TUVOK.

I MUST INFORM YOU

THAT I WAS ASSIGNED TO INFILTRATE YOUR CREW, SIR.

I AM CAPTAIN JANEWAY'S CHIEF OF SECURITY.

WERE YOU GOING TO DELIVER US

INTO THEIR WAITING HANDS, VULCAN?

MY MISSION WAS TO ACCUMULATE INFORMATION

ON MAQUIS ACTIVITIES

AND THEN DELIVER YOU INTO THEIR "WAITING HANDS."

THAT IS CORRECT.

I SEE YOU HAD HELP.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, CHAKOTAY.

AT LEAST THE VULCAN

WAS DOING HIS DUTY AS A STARFLEET OFFICER

BUT YOU...

YOU BETRAYED US FOR WHAT?

FREEDOM FROM PRISON? LATINUM?

WHAT WAS YOUR PRICE THIS TIME?

YOU ARE SPEAKING TO A MEMBER OF MY CREW.

I EXPECT YOU TO TREAT HIM WITH THE SAME RESPECT

AS YOU WOULD HAVE ME TREAT A MEMBER OF YOURS.

Janeway: NOW, WE HAVE A LOT TO ACCOMPLISH

AND I SUGGEST WE ALL CONCENTRATE

ON FINDING OUR PEOPLE AND GETTING OURSELVES HOME.

BASED ON MY INITIAL RECONNAISSANCE, I AM CONVINCED

WE ARE DEALING WITH A SINGLE ENTITY IN THE ARRAY.

I WOULD SUGGEST HE SCANNED OUR COMPUTERS

IN ORDER TO SELECT A COMFORTABLE HOLOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT.

IN EFFECT, A WAITING ROOM

TO PACIFY US PRIOR TO BIOMETRIC ASSESSMENT.

AN EXAMINATION?

IT IS THE MOST LOGICAL EXPLANATION.

WHY ELSE WOULD HE HAVE RELEASED US UNHARMED?

NOT ALL OF US WERE.

BREAK OUT THE COMPRESSION PHASER RIFLES.

MEET US IN TRANSPORTER ROOM TWO.

WE'RE GOING BACK.

MR. TUVOK, WHILE CHAKOTAY AND I ARE LOOKING

FOR TORRES AND KIM

YOUR JOB IS TO FIND OUT AS MUCH ABOUT THIS ARRAY

AS YOU CAN.

IT BROUGHT US HERE.

WE HAVE TO ASSUME IT CAN SEND US HOME.

AGREED?

MR. ROLLINS,

MAINTAIN RED ALERT.

KEEP US ON CONSTANT TRANSPORTER LOCKS.

CAPTAIN.

I'D LIKE TO GO WITH YOU.

IF THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH CHAKOTAY...

IT DOESN'T. I JUST...

I'D HATE TO SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN TO HARRY.

COME ON.

THERE ARE NO HUMANOID LIFE-FORMS INDICATED, CAPTAIN.

KIM AND TORRES

ARE NOT WITHIN TRICORDER RANGE.

HE CAN TELL US WHERE THEY ARE.

MAINTAIN YOUR COM LINK.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYONE ELSE.

( softly strumming banjo )

OH, WHY HAVE YOU COME BACK?

YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT I NEED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AND I DON'T CARE.

I JUST WANT OUR PEOPLE BACK

AND I WANT US ALL TO BE SENT HOME.

WELL, NOW, AREN'T YOU CONTENTIOUS

FOR A MINOR BIPEDAL SPECIES.

THIS MINOR BIPEDAL SPECIES

DOESN'T TAKE KINDLY TO BEING ABDUCTED.

IT WAS NECESSARY.

WHERE ARE OUR PEOPLE?

THEY'RE NOT HERE.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT I NEED.

THEY MIGHT.

NO. YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THEM.

WE WON'T DO THAT.

WE ARE THEIR COMMANDING OFFICERS.

WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR SAFETY.

THAT MAY BE A CONCEPT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

OH, NO. I DO UNDERSTAND

BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE.

THERE JUST IS NOT ENOUGH TIME LEFT.

LEFT FOR WHAT?

I MUST HONOR A DEBT THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAID

BUT MY SEARCH HAS NOT BEEN GOING WELL.

TELL US WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

MAYBE WE CAN HELP YOU FIND IT.

YOU?

( laughs )

I'VE SEARCHED THE GALAXY

WITH METHODS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION.

NO. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

YOU'VE TAKEN US 70,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM OUR HOME.

WE HAVE NO WAY BACK UNLESS YOU SEND US

AND WE WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT THE OTHERS

BUT SENDING YOU BACK IS TERRIBLY COMPLICATED.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

I DON'T HAVE TIME.

NOT ENOUGH TIME!

HE'S REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

WHAT AM I DOING HERE?

WHERE AM I?

PLEASE DON'T TRY TO MOVE YET.

YOU'RE VERY ILL.

ILL? NO, NO. THERE'S SOME MISTAKE. I'M NOT...

NO!

( grunting )

( groaning )

CAPTAIN'S LOG. STARDATE 48315.6.

WE'VE TRACED THE ENERGY PULSES FROM THE ARRAY

TO THE FIFTH PLANET OF THE NEIGHBORING SYSTEM

AND BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN SOME FASHION

TO TRANSPORT KIM AND TORRES TO THE PLANET'S SURFACE.

( sighs )

( door chimes )

COME IN.

CAPTAIN, I'VE OBSERVED SOMETHING PECULIAR

ABOUT THE PULSES.

THEY'RE GETTING FASTER.

FASTER.

THE INTERVAL BETWEEN EACH PULSE

HAS DECREASED BY .47 SECONDS

SINCE WE ARRIVED.

I CAN OFFER NO EXPLANATION.

THAT'S ONLY ONE OF THE MYSTERIES

WE'RE DEALING WITH.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S VIRTUALLY A DESERT.

NOT ONE OCEAN. NOT ONE RIVER.

IT HAS ALL THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS

OF AN M-CLASS PLANET, EXCEPT...

THERE ARE NO NUCLEOGENIC PARTICLES

IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

THAT WOULD MEAN THE PLANET IS INCAPABLE

OF PRODUCING RAIN.

I'VE STUDIED THOUSANDS OF M-CLASS PLANETS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ATMOSPHERE WITHOUT NUCLEOGENICS.

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN

SOME KIND OF EXTRAORDINARY ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER.

AS SOON AS REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE...

WE'LL SET A COURSE FOR THE FIFTH PLANET.

CAPTAIN.

YOU REQUIRE SLEEP.

KIM'S MOTHER CALLED ME JUST AFTER HE LEFT EARTH.

DELIGHTFUL WOMAN.

HE'S HER ONLY SON.

HE'D LEFT HIS CLARINET BEHIND.

SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF SHE HAD TIME

TO SEND IT.

I HAD TO TELL HER NO.

DO YOU KNOW HE PLAYED THE CLARINET

IN THE JUILLIARD YOUTH SYMPHONY?

I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MR. KIM.

I BARELY KNEW HIM.

I NEVER SEEM TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW ANY OF THEM.

I HAVE TO, UM...

I HAVE TO TAKE MORE TIME TO DO THAT.

IT'S A FINE CREW AND I'VE GOT TO GET THEM HOME.

THE CREW WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM THE LEADERSHIP

OF AN EXHAUSTED CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE RIGHT AS USUAL.

I'VE MISSED YOUR COUNSEL, TUVOK.

I AM GRATIFIED THAT YOU CAME AFTER ME

SO I CAN OFFER IT ONCE AGAIN.

I SPOKE TO YOUR FAMILY BEFORE I LEFT.

ARE THEY WELL?

WELL, BUT WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ACCURATE PERCEPTION, CAPTAIN.

VULCANS DO NOT WORRY.

THEY... MISS YOU.

AS I DO THEM.

I'LL GET YOU BACK TO THEM.

THAT'S A PROMISE, TUVOK.

CAPTAIN'S LOG, SUPPLEMENTAL:

VOYAGER AND THE MAQUIS SHIP HAVE ENTERED A DEBRIS FIELD

WHERE SENSORS HAVE DETECTED A SMALL VESSEL.

ONE HUMANOID LIFE-FORM IS ON BOARD.

HAIL THEM.

( clanging and clattering )

Whoever you are, I found this waste zone first.

WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS DEBRIS, MISTER...?

Neelix.

And since you're not interested in my "debris" well, I'm delighted to know you.

CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY

OF THE FEDERATION STARSHIP VOYAGER.

A very impressive title.

I have no idea what it means but it sounds very impressive.

DO YOU KNOW THIS AREA OF SPACE WELL, MR. NEELIX?

I am famous for knowing it well.

How may I be of service?

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ARRAY

THAT'S SENDING ENERGY PULSES TO THE FIFTH PLANET?

I know enough to stay as far away from it as possible.

Wait, let me guess.

You were whisked away from somewhere else in the galaxy and brought here against your will.

SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU'VE HEARD THIS STORY BEFORE.

Sadly, yes, thousands of times.

Well, hundreds of times.

Maybe 50 times.

But the caretaker has been bringing ships here for months now.

THE CARETAKER?

That's what the Ocampa call him.

They live on the fifth planet.

Did he kidnap members of your crew?

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE DID.

It's not the first time.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE'S TAKEN THEM?

Just that they're brought to the Ocampa.

Nothing more.

WE'D APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD GIVE US

IN FINDING THESE OCAMPA.

I-I-I really wish that I could help you, I do.

But as you can see there's just so much debris for me to investigate today.

You'd be surprised the things of value some people abandon.

OF COURSE, WE'D COMPENSATE YOU FOR YOUR TROUBLE.

Well, there's really very little that you could offer me.

Unless...

YES?

Unless, of course you had...

...water?

IF YOU HELP US FIND OUR MISSING CREW MEMBERS

YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE WATER YOU WANT.

Well, that... that sounds like a very reasonable arrangement.

GOOD. WE'LL BEAM YOU OVER

AND TOW YOUR SHIP INTO OUR SHUTTLE BAY.

MR. TUVOK, GO TO TRANSPORTER ROOM TWO AND MEET OUR GUEST.

Beam?

WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY

WHICH CAN TAKE YOU INSTANTLY FROM YOUR SHIP TO OURS.

IT'S QUITE HARMLESS.

MAY WE?

ENERGIZE.

ASTONISHING!

YOU FEDERATIONS

ARE OBVIOUSLY AN ADVANCED CULTURE.

THE FEDERATION IS MADE UP OF MANY CULTURES.

I AM VULCAN.

NEELIX.

GOOD TO MEET YOU.

INTERESTING.

WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY...

( laughing )

WHAT EXACTLY

DOES ALL THIS...

ALL THIS DO?

I ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM

HAS A SPECIFIC FUNCTION.

HOWEVER, IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO EXPLAIN IT ALL.

I SUGGEST WE PROCEED TO YOUR QUARTERS.

OH.

PERHAPS YOU WOULD CARE FOR A BATH.

A WHAT?

HMM...

IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY. WHO ARE YOU?

MY NAME IS KIM-- HARRY KIM.

I'M AN ENSIGN ON THE STARSHIP VOYAGER.

I WAS KIDNAPPED FROM THE ARRAY

JUST LIKE YOU WERE.

WHAT WAS STARFLEET DOING AT THAT ARRAY?

WE WERE LOOKING FOR YOU, ACTUALLY.

WE'RE IN THE BADLANDS, THEN...

YOU MEAN YOU WERE TRYING TO CAPTURE US.

YEAH... CONSIDER YOURSELF CAPTURED.

OH, I KNOW I HAVE A PHASER HERE SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T FIND THIS AMUSING, STARFLEET.

Kim: THERE'S NO POINT.

IT'S LOCKED.

HEY, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US?

WHAT ARE THESE THINGS GROWING ON US?

DO YOU WANT THEM TO SEDATE YOU AGAIN?

( panting )

YOU'RE RIGHT, STARFLEET.

IT'S THE KLINGON HALF OF ME.

IT'S JUST IT'S HARD TO CONTROL IT SOMETIMES.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MAQUIS?

B'ELANNA.

B'ELANNA TORRES.

I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER.

I KNOW HOW FRIGHTENING ALL THIS MUST BE FOR BOTH OF YOU.

I'VE BROUGHT SOME CLOTHES

IF YOU CARE TO CHANGE.

WHY ARE YOU HOLDING US HERE?

YOU ARE NOT PRISONERS.

IN FACT, WE CONSIDER YOU HONORED GUESTS.

THE CARETAKER HAS SENT YOU TO US.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT VIOLENT

YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE YOUR QUARTERS.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?

WHAT ARE THESE THINGS?

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.

WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN ME ON THE COURTYARD FOR A MEAL?

OUR FOOD DISPENSERS ARE RIGHT THIS WAY.

WE'RE UNDERGROUND.

Ocampa Doctor: OUR SOCIETY IS SUBTERRANEAN.

WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 500 GENERATIONS.

BEFORE THAT, YOU LIVED ON THE SURFACE?

UNTIL THE WARMING BEGAN.

THE WARMING?

WHEN OUR SURFACE TURNED INTO A DESERT

AND THE CARETAKER CAME TO PROTECT US.

OUR ANCIENT JOURNALS TELL US HE OPENED

A DEEP CHASM IN THE GROUND

AND LED OUR ANCESTORS TO THIS PLACE.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS PROVIDED FOR ALL OUR NEEDS.

OH, PLEASE FORGIVE THEM.

THEY KNOW YOU'VE COME FROM THE CARETAKER.

NONE OF US HAS EVER SEEN HIM.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

DOES THE CARETAKER PROVIDE YOUR MEALS TOO?

IN FACT, HE DOES.

HE DESIGNED

AND BUILT THIS ENTIRE CITY FOR US AFTER THE WARMING.

THE FOOD PROCESSORS DISPENSE NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

EVERY 4.1 INTERVALS.

IT MAY NOT OFFER THE EXOTIC TASTE

SOME OF OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE CRAVE THESE DAYS

BUT IT MEETS OUR NEEDS.

Kim: IS THIS HOW THE CARETAKER COMMUNICATES WITH YOU?

Doctor: HE NEVER COMMUNICATES DIRECTLY.

WE TRY TO INTERPRET HIS WISHES AS BEST WE CAN.

HOW HAVE YOU INTERPRETED THE CARETAKER'S REASON

FOR SENDING US HERE?

WE BELIEVE HE SEPARATED YOU

FROM YOUR OWN SPECIES FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

THEIR PROTECTION?

FROM YOUR ILLNESS.

PERHAPS HE IS TRYING TO PREVENT A PLAGUE.

WE WEREN'T SICK UNTIL WE MET YOUR CARETAKER.

FROM TIME TO TIME, HE ASKS US TO CARE FOR PEOPLE

WITH THIS DISEASE.

IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS-- LIKE US?

YES.

WHERE ARE THEY?

YOUR CONDITION IS SERIOUS.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO TREAT IT.

I'M AFRAID THE OTHERS DID NOT RECOVER.

( Neelix singing )

( hits shrill note )

SIR...

Neelix: AH, HELLO, MR. VULCAN. COME IN. COME IN.

PLEASE, I CAN HARDLY SEE YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.

I MUST ADMIT, I HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS

TO A FOOD REPLOR... UH, REPLICATOR BEFORE.

I'D NEVER HAVE GUESSED.

AND TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN WATER...

OH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT JOY THIS IS?

( spits and coughs )

NO ONE AROUND HERE WASTES WATER IN THIS MANNER.

A GOOD SAND SCRUB--

THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN HOPE FOR.

( laughing )

I'M PLEASED YOU'RE ENJOYING YOURSELF,

BUT WE'RE IN ORBIT OF THE FIFTH PLANET.

WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

OH, UH, COULD YOU HAND ME THE, UH... TOWEL?

IF YOU WILL SCAN THE LARGE SOUTHERN CONTINENT

YOU'LL FIND A RANGE OF EXTINCT VOLCANOES.

FOLLOW THE FOOTHILLS NORTH

UNTIL YOU DISCOVER A DRY RIVER BED.

YOU'LL FIND AN ENCAMPMENT THERE.

DO YOU BELIEVE

OUR PEOPLE MIGHT BE AT THIS LOCATION?

IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE... MAYBE...

PERHAPS NOT, BUT WE'LL FIND THEM.

WE'LL NEED SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF WATER TO BRING FOR BARTER.

DO THESE, UH, REPLICATORS MAKE CLOTHING, AS WELL?

YES.

WILL IT MAKE ME A UNIFORM LIKE YOURS?

NO...

IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL NOT.

HMM...

( wind blowing )

( aliens yelling ): DYE-BOH! DYE-BOH!

Paris: WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO LIVE IN A PLACE

LIKE THIS?

THE RICH CORMALINE DEPOSITS ARE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND.

THE OCAMPA USE IT FOR BARTER?

NOT THE OCAMPA, THE KAZON-OGLA.

THE KAZON-OGLA? WHO ARE THE KAZON-OGLA?

THEY ARE.

KAZON SECTS CONTROL THIS PART OF THE QUADRANT.

SOME HAVE FOOD, SOME HAVE ORE, SOME HAVE WATER.

THEY ALL TRADE, AND KILL EACH OTHER FOR IT.

YOU SAID THE OCAMPA HAD OUR PEOPLE.

MY FRIENDS! IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

WAIT! YES, IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK WITH YOU!

I MUST SPEAK WITH YOUR MAJE, THE EVER WISE JABIN.

( grunting )

IT'S VERY AMUSING.

VERY AMUSING.

I... I ENJOY A JOKE

AS MUCH AS THE NEXT MAN.

JABIN! MY OLD FRIEND!

W-WATER... WATER, JABIN.

I HAVE WATER... TO REPLACE ALL THAT I BORROWED.

SHOW THEM, MR. PARIS.

THEIR SHIP HAS TECHNOLOGY

THAT MAKES WATER OUT OF THIN AIR!

YOU HAVE MORE?

JANEWAY TO VOYAGER. ENERGIZE.

THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM IF YOU CAN HELP US.

HOW CAN WE HELP SOMEONE THAT CAN CREATE WATER OUT OF THIN AIR?

THIS MAN LED US HERE

SUGGESTING WE MIGHT FIND A PEOPLE CALLED THE OCAMPA.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?

OCAMPA?

SHE IS OCAMPA.

WHY WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SUCH

WORTHLESS CREATURES?

THEY LIVE ONLY NINE YEARS.

THEY MAKE POOR SERVANTS.

WE CAUGHT HER WHEN SHE WANDERED

TO THE SURFACE.

YOU MEAN THEY LIVE UNDERGROUND?

THE ENTITY IN SPACE THAT GIVES THEM FOOD AND POWER GIVES THEM

SOLE ACCESS TO THIS WORLD'S ONLY WATER--

TWO MILES BELOW THE SURFACE.

THIS SAME ENTITY ABDUCTED TWO OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE BELIEVE THEY MIGHT BE WITH THE OCAMPA.

THERE'S NO WAY TO GET TO THEM. WE TRIED.

THE ENTITY ESTABLISHED A SUBTERRANEAN BARRIER

WE CANNOT PENETRATE.

BUT SHE GOT OUT.

OCCASIONALLY, SOME OF THEM DO FIND THEIR WAY TO THE SURFACE.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW.

THE OCAMPA SEAL THE TUNNELS AFTERWARDS.

MAYBE SHE CAN HELP THESE GOOD PEOPLE FIND A WAY DOWN.

YOU'D BE WASTING YOUR TIME.

I'VE USED EVERY METHOD OF PERSUASION I KNOW

TO GET HER TO HELP US.

SHE WON'T!

THEN SHE'S WORTHLESS TO YOU.

LET US TRADE YOU WATER FOR THIS SCRAWNY LITTLE THING.

I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THIS TECHNOLOGY

THAT ALLOWS YOU

TO CREATE WATER FROM THIN AIR.

THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.

IT'S INTEGRATED

INTO OUR SHIP'S SYSTEMS.

TELL THEM TO DROP THEIR WEAPONS.

DROP THEM, MY FRIENDS, OR HE DIES IN AN INSTANT.

DO IT!

DO IT!

Neelix: STEP ASIDE.

COME ON!

I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU GET US OUT OF HERE.

SIX TO BEAM UP.

MY DEAREST, DIDN'T I PROMISE I'D SAVE YOU?

Kim: LOOK. I'M SURE CAPTAIN JANEWAY

IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO FIND US.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK ANY OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE?

SHOULD I CALL FOR SOME HELP?

NO.

ARE YOU IN PAIN?

ARE YOU WATCHING US?

I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T PRISONERS.

I WASN'T WATCHING YOU.

I WAS COMING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL HELP. IT'S A MEDICINE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BROKEN FROM TRADITION

AND LEFT THE CITY.

THE COLONY GROWS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE MOSS THAT GROWS

ON CERTAIN FRUIT TREES HAS HEALING PROPERTIES.

I'M SORRY FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THIS

BUT THE ONLY WAY WE'LL SURVIVE

IS IF WE GET TO THE SURFACE AND FIND OUR OWN PEOPLE.

THE ELDERS WOULD SAY THAT'S AGAINST THE CARETAKER'S WISHES.

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

THE CARETAKER'S BEEN BEHAVING STRANGELY

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS--

ABDUCTING PEOPLE, INCREASING THE POWER SUPPLY.

POWER SUPPLY?

HE'S TRIPLED THE ENERGY HE SENDS US.

WE HAVE ENOUGH TO RUN THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS.

NOBODY KNOWS WHY?

WHEN WE ASK, WE'RE TOLD TO TRUST THE CARETAKER'S DECISIONS.

ONE PERSON DID GET TO THE SURFACE.

WE NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.

HOW?

THE TUNNELS THAT BROUGHT US HERE STILL EXIST.

BREACHES IN SECURITY BARRIER

HAVE APPEARED, LARGE ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH

BUT IT STILL REQUIRES DIGGING

THROUGH METERS OF ROCK TO GET OUT.

CAN YOU GET US TOOLS TO DIG WITH?

IT WOULD TAKE DAYS, MAYBE EVEN WEEKS TO BREAK THROUGH.

YOU HAVE TO REST.

CONSERVE YOUR STRENGTH.

PLEASE... IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE.

Tuvok: IF YOU HAD TOLD US WHAT YOU HAD PLANNED,

WE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED YOUR IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR.

IRRATIONAL? WE GOT OUT OF THERE, DIDN'T WE?

EXCUSE ME. DON'T BLAME NEELIX.

THIS IS A SICK BAY

NOT A CONFERENCE ROOM.

EVERYONE, EXCEPT MY PATIENT, IS TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

COMPUTER, END MEDICAL HOLOGRAPHIC PROGRAM.

I NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE SURFACE.

I'M TOO CURIOUS.

I'M TOLD IT'S MY WORST FAILING.

NO. NO. IT'S A WONDERFUL QUALITY--

YOU'RE MOST ENDEARING.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE US UNDERGROUND

TO LOOK FOR OUR MISSING CREW?

JABIN WAS RIGHT. THERE'S NO WAY DOWN.

THE TUNNEL I CAME OUT HAS BEEN SEALED.

WE DON'T NEED A TUNNEL.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSPORT THERE DIRECTLY.

CAPTAIN, OUR SENSORS DID NOT PICK UP ANY INDICATION

OF AN UNDERGROUND CIVILIZATION.

THE SUBTERRANEAN BARRIER JABIN DESCRIBED

MAY BE RESPONSIBLE.

IT MIGHT ALSO BLOCK OUR TRANSPORTER.

THERE ARE BREACHES

IN THE SECURITY BARRIER WHERE

IT'S BEGUN TO DECAY.

THAT'S HOW I GOT OUT.

HAVE THE TRANSPORTER ROOM BEGIN A SWEEP

FOR ANY BREACHES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEAM THROUGH.

KES CAN TELL YOU WHERE TO GO

BUT NOW THAT SHE'S FREE

WE'RE LEAVING THIS SYSTEM TOGETHER.

NEELIX,

THESE PEOPLE RESCUED ME.

I RESCUED YOU.

WITH THEIR HELP.

IT WOULD BE WRONG

NOT TO HELP THEM NOW.

CAPTAIN, THE PULSES FROM THE ARRAY CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE.

THE INTERVALS BETWEEN THEM

HAVE DECREASED ANOTHER .8 SECONDS.

KES.

HELLO, DAGGIN.

WE THOUGHT WE'D NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

HOW DID YOU GET BACK?

THESE PEOPLE RESCUED ME.

I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM FIND TWO OF THEIR CREW.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE ALIENS ARE KEPT-- THE ONES

THE CARETAKER SENDS HERE?

THE CENTRAL CLINIC.

CAN YOU TAKE US THERE?

NO, SHE CANNOT.

THEY CAN'T SPEAK TELEPATHICALLY.

PLEASE TALK ALOUD.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE RUDE

BUT YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE.

WE'LL BE GLAD TO LEAVE ONCE WE FIND OUR CREWMEN.

THAT WON'T BE POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT INTERFERE

WITH THE CARETAKER'S WISHES.

MAYBE YOU CAN'T, BUT WE CAN.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE OCAMPA

HAVE BEEN DEPENDENT ON THE CARETAKER FOR SO LONG

WE CAN'T EVEN THINK FOR OURSELVES ANYMORE.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WE WERE ONCE A PEOPLE

WHO HAD FULL COMMAND OF OUR MINDS' ABILITIES.

THE STORIES OF OUR ANCESTORS COGNITIVE ABILITIES

ARE APOCRYPHAL--

AT THE VERY LEAST EXAGGERATED.

WE LOST THOSE ABILITIES BECAUSE WE STOPPED USING THEM.

WE SHOULD NOT DWELL ON WHAT'S BEEN LOST

BUT ON ALL THAT'S BEEN GAINED.

WE'VE GAINED A TALENT FOR DEPENDENCE

FOR SIMPLY TAKING WHAT WE'RE GIVEN.

I'M HELPING THEM WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

AND I THINK MY FRIENDS WILL JOIN ME.

YOU DEFIED THE CARETAKER BY GOING TO THE SURFACE, KES.

LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE.

FOLLOW THE PATH HE HAS SET FOR US.

I'VE LEARNED VERY WELL, TOSCAT. I SAW THE SUNLIGHT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT OUR CARETAKER

WOULD FORBID US TO OPEN OUR EYES

AND SEE THE SKY.

COME WITH ME. WE'LL FIND YOUR PEOPLE.

COME ON.

( metallic clanging )

DON'T LET IT BEAT YOU, STARFLEET. COME ON.

I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'LL REST A MINUTE.

MAYBE I'D DO BETTER IF I HAD KLINGON BLOOD IN ME.

TRUST ME. IT'S MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S WORTH.

YOU KNOW, I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE GETTING READY FOR STARFLEET

AND ON MY VERY FIRST MISSION

I'M GOING TO DIE.

WE'RE NOT FINISHED YET.

I KNOW A FEW THINGS

THAT OLD SNEEZY DIDN'T TEACH IN HIS SURVIVAL COURSE.

SNEEZY?

COMMANDER ZAKARIAN.

REMEMBER?

HE MUST HAVE BEEN ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING.

YOU WENT TO THE ACADEMY.

I ACTUALLY MADE IT INTO THE SECOND YEAR

BEFORE WE MUTUALLY AGREED THAT IT WASN'T THE PLACE FOR ME.

YOU KNOW,

I NEVER REALLY LIKED ZAKARIAN.

( electronic pulses )

SHH. LISTEN.

THEY'RE GETTING FASTER.

( electronic pulses become louder and louder )

( pulses stop )

AWAY TEAM TO VOYAGER.

Rollins: Voyager here.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ARRAY?

IT'S NO LONGER SENDING OUT PULSES, CAPTAIN

AND IT APPEARS TO BE REALIGNING ITS POSITION.

Keep me informed. Janeway out.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AT THE CLINIC FOR HOURS.

WE CAN SEARCH THE CITY. ASK IF ANYONE'S SEEN THEM.

IF THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO THE SURFACE,

HOW WOULD THEY GO? PROBABLY THE SAME WAY I DID--

UP ONE OF THE ANCIENT TUNNELS.

MR. PARIS, YOU AND NEELIX GO WITH HER

AND START CHECKING THEM OUT.

WE NEED TO TALK TO EVERY DOCTOR AND NURSE

SEE WHAT THEY CAN TELL US ABOUT TORRES AND KIM.

Rollins: Voyager to Janeway.

GO AHEAD.

CAPTAIN, THE ARRAY IS FIRING SOME KIND OF WEAPON

AT THE SURFACE.

IT SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO SEAL THE ENERGY CONDUITS.

Understood. Keep a channel open.

IF THE ARRAY IS THE OCAMPA'S SOLE SOURCE OF ENERGY,

WHY WOULD THE CARETAKER SEAL THE CONDUITS?

HE WOULD SEAL THEM

IF HE NO LONGER INTENDED TO USE THEM

TO PROTECT THE OCAMPA FROM THEIR ENEMIES.

CAPTAIN, THERE IS NOW ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO FORM

A REASONABLE HYPOTHESIS.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CARETAKER IS DYING.

EXPLAIN.

FIRST, HE INCREASES THE ENERGY SUPPLY TO PROVIDE A SURPLUS

TO LAST FIVE YEARS, THEN SEALS THE CONDUITS.

THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION IS

HE NO LONGER INTENDS TO CONTINUE AS CARETAKER.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S DYING. HE COULD BE LEAVING.

NOT AFTER A MILLENNIUM OF PROVIDING FOR THESE PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE CARETAKER OWES SOMETHING TO THE OCAMPA.

I BELIEVE THE DEBT THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAID

IS VERY LIKELY A DEBT TO THEM.

IN ADDITION, THERE WERE HIS FREQUENT REFERENCES

TO RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I THINK HE KNEW HIS DEATH WAS IMMINENT.

IF HE DIES, HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET HOME?

THEY'RE IN THIS ONE.

HARRY?

PARIS TO JANEWAY.

Go ahead.

THEY'RE IN ONE OF THE TUNNELS, CAPTAIN.

I CAN'T SEE THEM, BUT THEY'RE UP THERE.

WE'RE GOING AFTER THEM.

CALL FOR TRANSPORT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM.

WE'LL MEET YOU ON THE SHIP.

JANEWAY TO VOYAGER. Rollins: Voyager here.

THREE TO BEAM UP.

Rollins: Stand by.

CAPTAIN, I CAN'T GET A LOCK ON YOU.

The Array's weapon fire has irradiated the planet's crust.

THE TRANSPORT SENSORS CAN'T FIND THE BREACHES

IN THE SECURITY BARRIER.

COME ON. THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER WAY OUT OF HERE.

Janeway to Paris.

GO AHEAD.

The transporters aren't working.

You'll have to find a breach in the security barrier when you get to the top.

UNDERSTOOD.

We're a few minutes behind you.

Janeway out.

I SEE THEM.

IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH.

HOW COULD I LET DOWN THE ONLY FRIEND I GOT?

FRIEND? WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M YOUR FRIEND?

PARIS TO JANEWAY. WE FOUND THEM, CAPTAIN.

DON'T WAIT FOR US.

GET THEM TO SAFETY.

DON'T WORRY. I KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE BARRIER.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TOUCH IT.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT'LL BURN YOUR SKIN OFF.

Janeway: THEY'RE NOT FAR AHEAD OF US. KEEP GOING.

I THINK WE'VE REACHED THE TOP.

NEELIX, GET OUT YOUR PHASER.

Paris: VOYAGER, CAN YOU GET A LOCK ON US NOW?

Affirmative, but I'm reading only five signals.

THE OTHERS ARE...

GET DOWN!

PARIS TO JANEWAY.

CHAKOTAY, TUVOK,

DO YOU READ?

VOYAGER, PREPARE TO TRANSPORT

EVERYONE IN THIS GROUP EXCEPT ME.

YOU'RE NOT THINKING

OF GOING BACK THERE.

WELL...

THE FOOL NEEDS COMPANY.

TAKE CARE OF THEM, DEAREST.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

VOYAGER, MAKE THAT THREE TO BEAM UP.

LOCK IN ON THE OTHER COMBADGE

AND ENERGIZE.

( screams )

MY LEG IS BROKEN.

I CAN'T MOVE.

HOLD ON.

NEELIX, HELP ME WITH TUVOK.

I'LL GET CHAKOTAY.

( groaning )

GET OUT OF HERE, PARIS

BEFORE THE WHOLE THING COMES DOWN.

I INTEND TO...

AS SOON AS I GET YOU UP.

THOSE STAIRS WILL COLLAPSE.

WE'LL BOTH DIE.

YEAH?

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND

IF I SAVE YOUR BUTT, YOUR LIFE BELONGS TO ME.

ISN'T THAT SOME KIND OF INDIAN CUSTOM?

WRONG TRIBE.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

YOU'D RATHER DIE

THEN LET ME BE THE ONE TO RESCUE YOU?

FINE. BE A FOOL.

IF I HAVE TO DIE, AT LEAST I'LL HAVE THE PLEASURE

OF WATCHING YOU GO WITH ME.

Paris: ISN'T THERE SOME INDIAN TRICK

WHERE YOU CAN TURN YOURSELF INTO A BIRD

AND FLY US OUT OF HERE?

YOU'RE TOO HEAVY.

Rollins: Bridge to Janeway.

GO AHEAD.

Two Kazon ships are approaching the Array.

SET A COURSE. I'M ON MY WAY.

WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO OUR SHIP.

I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO REST.

I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES.

IS THE CREW ALWAYS THIS DIFFICULT?

I DON'T KNOW, DOC.

IT'S MY FIRST MISSION.

( deep sigh )

DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF THE PROGRAM

WHEN THEY LEAVE?

BRING THE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ON-LINE.

Tuvok: POWERING UP PHASER BANKS AND PHOTON SYSTEMS.

RED ALERT.

Tuvok: THE LEAD KAZON SHIP

IS HAILING US, CAPTAIN.

ON SCREEN.

Jabin: Have you come to investigate the entity's strange behavior too?

ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS GETTING HOME.

WE'RE TRANSPORTING TO THE ARRAY

TO TRY TO ARRANGE IT.

I'm afraid I cannot permit that.

WE HAVE NO DISPUTE WITH YOU.

I have a dispute with anyone who would challenge us.

WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF CHALLENGING YOU.

I have no intention of letting anyone with your technological knowledge board the Array.

CAN WE DISCUSS THIS LIKE CIVILIZED...?

Tuvok: THEY'RE POWERING UP THEIR WEAPONS.

I GUESS WE CAN'T.

SHIELDS ARE HOLDING.

FIRE PHASERS.

EVASIVE PATTERN DELTA FOUR.

Janeway to Chakotay.

Tuvok and I are beaming to the Array.

Can you hold off the Kazon?

I THINK SO, CAPTAIN.

GOOD.

MR. PARIS, TAKE THE CONN.

YES, MA'AM.

Janeway: MAINTAIN TRANSPORTER LOCKS, ENSIGN.

EMERGENCY BEAM OUT STATUS. AYE, CAPTAIN.

THE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

IS BEHIND THIS WALL, CAPTAIN.

( banjo strumming )

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

( chuckling )

WELL... YOU'RE NOTHING IF NOT PERSISTENT.

WE NEED YOU TO SEND US BACK WHERE WE CAME FROM.

OH... THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE.

I BARELY HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH TO COMPLETE MY WORK.

YOU'RE SEALING THE CONDUITS BEFORE YOU DIE.

IF I DON'T, THE KAZON WILL STEAL THE WATER.

BUT IN A FEW YEARS

WHEN THE OCAMPA'S ENERGY RUNS OUT

IT WON'T MATTER.

THEY'LL BE FORCED TO COME TO THE SURFACE

AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.

SOMETHING YOU DID TURNED THEIR PLANET INTO A DESERT

DIDN'T IT?

THAT WAS THE DEBT

THAT COULD NEVER BE REPAID.

WELL, WE'RE EXPLORERS FROM ANOTHER GALAXY

BUT WE HAD NO IDEA THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY

WOULD BE SO DESTRUCTIVE TO THEIR ATMOSPHERE.

TWO OF US WERE CHOSEN

TO STAY BEHIND AND CARE FOR THEM.

THERE'S ANOTHER LIKE YOU HERE?

( chuckles )

NOT ANYMORE.

NO, NO. SHE...

SHE WENT OFF TO LOOK FOR MORE INTERESTING PLACES.

WHY WERE YOU BRINGING SHIPS HERE

INFECTING PEOPLE WITH A FATAL ILLNESS?

OH, THEY...

THEY DIDN'T DIE OF AN ILLNESS.

THEY DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE INCOMPATIBLE.

"INCOMPATIBLE"?

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING THE GALAXY

FOR A COMPATIBLE BIO-MOLECULAR PATTERN.

IN SOME INDIVIDUALS

I FOUND CELLULAR STRUCTURES

THAT WERE SIMILAR, BUT...

YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROCREATE?

I NEEDED SOMEONE TO REPLACE ME

SOMEONE WHO'D UNDERSTAND

THE ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR THE OCAMPA.

ONLY MY OFFSPRING COULD DO THAT.

DID YOU EVER CONSIDER

ALLOWING THE OCAMPA TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES?

THEY'RE CHILDREN.

CHILDREN HAVE TO GROW UP.

WE'RE EXPLORERS TOO.

MOST OF THE SPECIES WE'VE ENCOUNTERED

HAVE OVERCOME ALL KINDS OF ADVERSITY

WITHOUT A CARETAKER.

IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF SURVIVING ON THEIR OWN

THAT HELPS THEM TO EVOLVE.

MAYBE YOUR CHILDREN WILL DO BETTER THAN YOU THINK.

Kim: Voyager to Janeway.

GO AHEAD. We've got problems here.

KAZON GOT SOME BACKUP.

We need more time.

CAN YOU HOLD THEM OFF FOR ANOTHER FEW MINUTES?

We'll do our best.

THEIR WEAPONS ARRAY HAS BEEN HIT.

THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.

NEITHER OF US HAS ENOUGH FIREPOWER TO STOP THAT SHIP.

I'M SETTING A COLLISION COURSE,

BUT THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM IS DISABLED.

I'LL HAVE TO PILOT THE SHIP MANUALLY.

GET THE CREW READY TO BEAM TO VOYAGER

AND DROP SHIELDS FOR TRANSPORT.

PARIS, MY CREW IS COMING OVER.

TELL ONE OF YOUR CRACKERJACK STARFLEET TRANSPORTER CHIEFS

TO KEEP A LOCK ON ME.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND TAKE SOME HEAT OFF YOUR TAIL.

Acknowledged.

BUT DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND THIS MAKES US EVEN, CHAKOTAY.

YOUR LIFE IS STILL MINE.

Paris out.

I'M GETTING YOU OUT OF THERE, CHAKOTAY.

Chakotay: Not yet!

Paris: YOU'RE BREAKING UP!

Stand by to transport.

WAIT!

NOW!

Paris: Transporter Room Two, do you have him?

THEY'VE GOT ME.

CAPTAIN, I CAN ACCESS THE SYSTEM

TO SEND US BACK TO FEDERATION SPACE

BUT IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO ACTIVATE.

UNLESS YOU HELP US.

OH, I WISH I COULD,

BUT I HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT.

SO I HAVE INITIATED A SELF-DESTRUCT PROGRAM.

IF YOU DESTROY THE ARRAY

WE'LL HAVE NO WAY TO GET HOME.

THE OCAMPA'S ENEMIES CANNOT BE ALLOWED

TO CONTROL THIS INSTALLATION.

IN MINUTES, IT WILL BE DESTROYED.

YOU HAVE TO GO.

GO NOW!

Tuvok: THE CARETAKER.

VOYAGER, REPORT.

Paris: A Kazon vessel

JUST COLLIDED WITH THE ARRAY, CAPTAIN.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

Affirmative.

STAND BY.

( voice faltering ): The termination program has been damaged.

The Kazon must not gain control of this installation.

SHALL I ACTIVATE THE PROGRAM TO GET US BACK?

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OCAMPA AFTER WE'RE GONE?

CAPTAIN, ANY ACTION WE TAKE TO PROTECT THE OCAMPA

WOULD AFFECT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THIS SYSTEM.

THE PRIME DIRECTIVE WOULD SEEM TO APPLY.

WOULD IT?

WE NEVER ASKED TO BE INVOLVED, TUVOK...

BUT WE ARE.

WE ARE.

MR. TUVOK, READY THE TRICOBALT DEVICES.

Tuvok: AYE, CAPTAIN.

OPEN A CHANNEL TO THE KAZON.

Kim: CHANNEL OPEN.

I have called for additional ships.

I'M CALLING TO WARN YOU TO MOVE YOUR VESSELS TO A SAFE DISTANCE.

I INTEND TO DESTROY THE ARRAY.

You can't do that.

Janeway: I CAN AND I WILL.

END TRANSMISSION.

THEY'RE INCREASING FIRE, CAPTAIN.

SHIELDS ARE HOLDING.

MOVE US 400 KILOMETERS FROM THE ARRAY, MR. PARIS.

Torres: THAT ARRAY IS THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE TO GET HOME.

I'M AWARE EVERYONE HAS FAMILIES AT HOME.

SO DO I, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO TRADE THE LIVES OF THE OCAMPA

FOR OUR CONVENIENCE.

WE'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY HOME.

WHAT OTHER WAY HOME IS THERE?

WHO IS SHE TO BE MAKING THESE DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US?

SHE'S THE CAPTAIN.

THE TRICOBALT DEVICE

IS READY.

Paris: WE'RE IN POSITION.

FIRE.

THE LEAD KAZON SHIP IS HAILING US.

ON SCREEN.

You have made an enemy today.

Tuvok: THEY ARE WITHDRAWING, CAPTAIN.

( door chimes )

COME IN.

YOU ASKED TO SEE ME, CAPTAIN?

MR. PARIS...

YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

I'VE INVITED CHAKOTAY

AND THE OTHER MAQUIS TO BECOME PART OF THIS CREW.

IT SEEMED THE ONLY REASONABLE THING TO DO.

WILL YOU PROVIDE A BODYGUARD FOR ME, CAPTAIN?

IT SEEMS YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.

I DO?

MR. CHAKOTAY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HIS LIFE BELONGING TO YOU.

HE'LL BE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

FOR YOUR SAFETY.

I THINK I'M GOING TO ENJOY THIS.

DON'T BE SO SURE.

HE'LL ALSO BE MY FIRST OFFICER.

EVERYONE ABOARD THIS SHIP WILL REPORT TO HIM

INCLUDING THE LIEUTENANT ASSIGNED TO CONN.

ME?

I'VE ENTERED INTO THE SHIP'S LOG ON THIS DATE

THAT I'M GRANTING A FIELD COMMISSION OF LIEUTENANT

TO THOMAS EUGENE PARIS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

YOU'VE EARNED THIS, TOM.

I'M ONLY SORRY YOUR FATHER WON'T KNOW.

OH, HE'LL KNOW...

WHEN WE GET BACK.

CAPTAIN, WE WERE JUST COMING TO SEE YOU.

WE'VE SUPPLIED YOUR SHIP WITH WATER, NEELIX.

IT'S READY TO GO.

WELL, YOU SEE

THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS.

WE'D LIKE TO GO WITH YOU.

I'M SORRY. THIS ISN'T A PASSENGER SHIP.

Kes: OF COURSE NOT.

WE WON'T BE PASSENGERS.

WE'LL BE VALUABLE COLLEAGUES.

"COLLEAGUES"?

WHATEVER YOU NEED IS WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER.

YOU NEED A GUIDE, I'M YOUR GUIDE.

YOU NEED SUPPLIES, I KNOW WHERE TO PROCURE THEM.

I HAVE FRIENDS AMONG RACES

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW EXIST.

YOU NEED A COOK? YOU HAVEN'T LIVED

UNTIL YOU'VE TASTED MY ANGLA'BOSQUE.

IT WILL BE MY JOB TO ANTICIPATE YOUR NEEDS

BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THEM

AND I ANTICIPATE YOUR FIRST NEED

WILL BE ME.

Kes: CAPTAIN, WE BOTH

WANT VERY MUCH TO BE A PART OF YOUR JOURNEY.

WE'RE ALONE IN AN UNCHARTED PART OF THE GALAXY.

WE'VE ALREADY MADE SOME FRIENDS HERE

AND SOME ENEMIES.

WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE DANGERS WE'RE GOING TO FACE.

BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR.

BOTH CREWS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER

IF WE'RE TO SURVIVE.

THAT'S WHY COMMANDER CHAKOTAY AND I HAVE AGREED

THAT THIS SHOULD BE ONE CREW--

A STARFLEET CREW.

AND AS THE ONLY STARFLEET VESSEL ASSIGNED TO THE DELTA QUADRANT

WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR DIRECTIVE

TO SEEK OUT NEW WORLDS AND EXPLORE SPACE.

BUT OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS CLEAR.

EVEN AT MAXIMUM SPEEDS,

IT WOULD TAKE 75 YEARS TO REACH THE FEDERATION

BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO SETTLE FOR THAT.

THERE'S ANOTHER ENTITY LIKE THE CARETAKER

OUT THERE SOMEWHERE

WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO GET US THERE A LOT FASTER.

WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR HER,

AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR WORMHOLES, SPATIAL RIFTS

OR NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP US.

SOMEWHERE, ALONG THIS JOURNEY,

WE'LL FIND A WAY BACK.

MR. PARIS, SET A COURSE...

FOR HOME.

AYE, CAPTAIN.