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The 37's
00:00:00( majestic theme playing )
00:00:07Rust?
00:00:08That's right, Captain.
00:00:10High levels of ferric oxide-- corroded iron particles.
00:00:13Would you mind telling me how iron could rust in space without oxygen?
00:00:18I wish I could.
00:00:19Mr. Paris, alter our course to follow that trail of rust.
00:00:24One-quarter impulse.
00:00:25Aye, Captain.
00:00:28( majestic theme playing )
00:00:35Captain, look at this.
00:00:37I'm picking up traces of complex hydrocarbons in the rust-- benzene, ethylene, acetylene...
00:00:44That sounds like gasoline.
00:00:46Gasoline?
00:00:47It's a liquid fuel that was used centuries ago on Earth.
00:00:50They burned it to drive internal combustion engines.
00:00:53How did it get out here?
00:00:54I'm detecting a small object. It appears to be the source of the rust and hydrocarbons.
00:00:59Put it on screen.
00:01:02JANEWAY: Magnify.
00:01:13( majestic theme playing )
00:02:57TUVOK: Apparently, it is a ground vehicle from mid-20th-century Earth.
00:03:00Whew! It's a 1936 Ford, actually.
00:03:05Mr. Paris?
00:03:06That was the manufacturing date: 1936.
00:03:10Ford was the name of the company that built it.
00:03:12Antique vehicles are a hobby of mine.
00:03:15( grunts )
00:03:20( whistles )
00:03:21Internal combustion engine, a reciprocating piston cylinder design.
00:03:26Fuel source was a refined petroleum.
00:03:28Gasoline.
00:03:30So, is this an early hover car?
00:03:32No, you're about a century too early for that.
00:03:35This is about one step ahead of the horse-drawn carriage.
00:03:39Traces of potassium nitrate, ammonium and methane back here.
00:03:43I think you'll find that's manure.
00:03:46( sniffing )
00:03:47Horse manure, if I'm not mistaken.
00:03:50Judging from the mud on the wheels and the alfalfa seedlings stuck in the metal frame,
00:03:57I'd say this vehicle belonged to a farmer, or, at least, someone who lived in a rural area.
00:04:02But the question is: How did it get here?
00:04:05I doubt there are many 20th-century farmers driving around the Delta Quadrant.
00:04:09There are no signs of any wormholes or temporal anomalies in this region of space.
00:04:13Let's run a metallurgical analysis of the vehicle.
00:04:18There's still oil in the crankcase, water in the radiator.
00:04:22I wonder if the battery's still charged.
00:04:25Now, let's see.
00:04:27This is before voice-command activation, so there should be something in here called a key.
00:04:34Key...
00:04:35What are you doing?
00:04:37Trying to bring this beauty back to life.
00:04:40Now, where are the keys?
00:04:42Aha! Here they are.
00:04:44Okay, choke out, clutch in, give her a little gas, turn the key, and step on the starter.
00:04:56( starter grinding )
00:04:58( engine rumbling )
00:05:00( backfiring )
00:05:06( sighs )
00:05:09Sorry.
00:05:13Next time... you might give us a little warning, Mr. Paris.
00:05:18Aye, Captain.
00:05:21I suggest we increase the ventilation in the cargo bay before we are asphyxiated.
00:05:26What's that?
00:05:28That is an amplitude modulation receiving device.
00:05:32AM radio.
00:05:34I'm not sure we'll pick up much out here.
00:05:37( static hissing )
00:05:38( beep )
00:05:40Whoa. What was that?
00:05:44( short and long beeps )
00:05:46What is that?
00:05:48It's too regular to be random interference.
00:05:50I'm running the signal through the ship's database.
00:05:54It's an ancient Earth distress call known as an SOS.
00:06:02I've located the source of the SOS signal.
00:06:04It's coming from a planet in a star system bearing 310 mark 215.
00:06:08Mr. Paris, lay in a course.
00:06:10Aye, Captain.
00:06:11Why didn't we pick up this signal earlier?
00:06:13This isn't one of the standard frequencies we monitor.
00:06:15Messages on this channel only travel at the speed of light-- too slow for interstellar communications.
00:06:21Course laid in, Captain.
00:06:23Warp 6.
00:06:24Engage.
00:06:25( majestic theme playing )
00:06:31CREWMAN: I'll run a diagnostic check, sir.
00:06:33Mm-hmm.
00:06:37Bring us out of warp. Full scan, Mr. Kim.
00:06:39The SOS signal is coming from the third planet.
00:06:42It's Class-L-- oxygen-argon atmosphere.
00:06:45Any life signs?
00:06:46There's a great deal of trinimbic interference in the upper atmosphere.
00:06:50I can't get a clear reading of the surface.
00:06:52Can you pinpoint the coordinates of the distress call?
00:06:54Yes, here it is.
00:06:56It's coming from a continent in the northern hemisphere.
00:06:58We won't be able to transport through this kind of interference.
00:07:01I might be able to take an away team in a shuttlecraft.
00:07:03That would not be wise, Commander, as the atmosphere is charged with trinimbic turbulence.
00:07:07A shuttlecraft could not safely navigate the currents.
00:07:11We could land the ship.
00:07:15Are you sure that's necessary?
00:07:18Someone on this planet is sending out a distress call.
00:07:21If that someone is as old as the truck in the cargo bay, they're long-dead by now.
00:07:25This might be an automated distress call.
00:07:27Possibly.
00:07:29But something brought that truck halfway across the galaxy, and that something might be down on that planet.
00:07:35And if it brought the truck here, it might be able to take us home, too.
00:07:38I'd say it's worth a look.
00:07:41Mr. Paris, prepare the ship for landing.
00:07:46Captain, I think I should tell you,
00:07:48I've never actually landed a starship before.
00:07:52That's all right, Lieutenant, neither have I.
00:07:55Bridge to Engineering.
00:07:57We're going to land the ship, Ms. Torres.
00:07:58Take the warp core off-line, vent all plasma from the nacelles, and stand by to engage atmospheric thrusters.
00:08:04Aye, Captain.
00:08:05This is Lieutenant Tuvok to all decks.
00:08:07We are preparing to land the ship.
00:08:09Go to Blue Alert and report to Code Blue stations.
00:08:12I've plotted a descent course.
00:08:14How close do you want to land to the distress coordinates?
00:08:16No closer than two kilometers.
00:08:18Okay.
00:08:20Atmospheric controls at standby.
00:08:22Landing mechanisms on line.
00:08:24Inertial dampers at maximum.
00:08:26TUVOK: All decks report Condition Blue, Captain.
00:08:32Put her down, Mr. Paris.
00:08:36( suspenseful theme playing )
00:08:45JANEWAY: Status.
00:08:46We're on the glide trajectory.
00:08:48Altitude-- 100 kilometers.
00:08:51Speed-- 10,000 kph.
00:08:54Encountering some trinimbic turbulence. Compensating.
00:09:05We have an EM discharge in the lateral relays.
00:09:08I'm rerouting the ODN conduit.
00:09:11Another EM discharge.
00:09:13I think we're all right, though.
00:09:1420 kilometers to the landing site.
00:09:17We should be able to see it now.
00:09:21JANEWAY: Extend landing struts.
00:09:23Prepare to release inertial dampers and adjust them to match the planet's gravity.
00:09:32Landing struts down and locked.
00:09:34Standing by environmental controls.
00:09:36Here we go.
00:09:48Disengaging engines, securing thruster exhaust.
00:09:54We're down.
00:09:56Not bad...for a beginner.
00:10:08JANEWAY: Nice day.
00:10:10KIM: I've locked on to the distress signal.
00:10:12It's 1.5 kilometers on a bearing of 246.
00:10:15Wait a second. I've got something else.
00:10:17There's a high concentration of trianium particles, bearing 225-- a little over a kilometer away.
00:10:23Looks like some kind of power source.
00:10:24Two teams.
00:10:26Chakotay, yours investigates the power source.
00:10:28Tuvok, Kim, you're with me.
00:10:40My God.
00:11:02TUVOK: The metal is an aluminum alloy.
00:11:04It appears to be an ancient Earth aircraft.
00:11:07KIM: The SOS call is coming from inside.
00:11:25I've found the AM transmitter.
00:11:27From what I can tell, it's sending out an automated SOS.
00:11:30What about the power source?
00:11:31Somehow I find it hard to believe the battery on this aircraft has been running for 400 years.
00:11:36I don't recognize the power signature.
00:11:42Hold on, Captain.
00:11:44I found what appears to be an alien fusion-based generator.
00:11:48It's hooked up to the AM transmitter.
00:11:51( on communicator ): Chakotay to Janeway.
00:11:55Go ahead, Commander.
00:11:56We've located the source of the trianium readings.
00:11:59It appears to be some sort of mine shaft.
00:12:01I'd like to bring out another security detachment before we go inside.
00:12:04Good idea. I'll join you. Janeway out.
00:12:07I want the two of you to analyze the alien generator, then see what you can find out about this SOS call.
00:12:24TORRES: I'm picking up something directly ahead.
00:12:26Some kind of power signature.
00:12:28Fusion-based.
00:12:53TORRES: This looks like some kind of cryostasis chamber.
00:12:57How many bodies are there?
00:12:59Eight.
00:13:00And the equipment is still functioning.
00:13:16He's human.
00:13:20And from the clothes,
00:13:22I'd say he's from the same era as the vehicle we found.
00:13:26TORRES: His life sign readings are minimal, but...he's alive.
00:13:34Captain, according to these readings, there are five other cryostasis chambers nearby.
00:13:41No life signs in any of them.
00:13:43This appears to be the only one with people inside.
00:13:47There's another male over here.
00:13:54This one's a female.
00:13:57She's wearing some sort of leather jacket.
00:14:02And a pair of gold wings.
00:14:05Wait.
00:14:06There's a name tag here.
00:14:08I think it's "A, period...
00:14:10"E-a... r-h-a-r-t."
00:14:18"Earhart."
00:14:21( whispering ): A.... Earhart.
00:14:25( suspenseful theme playing )
00:14:28Amelia Earhart.
00:14:34Who's Amelia Earhart?
00:14:36She was one of the first female pilots in Earth history.
00:14:39In the mid-20th century, she became quite famous for flying across the Atlantic Ocean.
00:14:43In 1937, she attempted to fly around the world.
00:14:48According to the records of the time, on July 2, 1937,
00:14:52Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, took off from New Guinea, and they were headed east around the equator.
00:14:59But somewhere in the South Seas, they vanished, and their disappearance became one of the most celebrated mysteries of the 20th century.
00:15:06Why didn't they think she'd just crashed?
00:15:08That was the most commonly held theory.
00:15:11However, numerous searches of the area failed to produce the wreckage of an aircraft, so people began to speculate.
00:15:17Some thought she'd been shot down and captured by the Japanese navy.
00:15:21Others thought that she and Noonan had flown off together on some sort of romantic adventure.
00:15:25Of course, the most ridiculed notion was that she had been... abducted by aliens.
00:15:32Well, it certainly looks like that's what happened.
00:15:35From what we can tell, all eight of the people in that stasis chamber were taken from Earth in the 1930s and brought here.
00:15:41The question is: Why?
00:15:42And where are the aliens who did this?
00:15:44Scans of the region show no alien life signs.
00:15:47Continue the scans.
00:15:48They may not be here now, but once they detect our presence, they might return.
00:15:53In the meantime, we'll have to get some answers on our own.
00:15:56Have you had any luck tapping into the computer system in the cryo-chamber?
00:15:59Not as of yet.
00:16:01We are having difficulty decoding the operating system.
00:16:04There's one way we could find out what happened.
00:16:06We could wake those people up and ask them.
00:16:09I've had the same thought myself.
00:16:11Is that wise?
00:16:13We don't know how these people are going to react when they wake up in an alien world in the 24th century.
00:16:18JANEWAY: True, but I'm not willing to just leave them in stasis for another 400 years.
00:16:23And if we can find out how they were brought here, we might be able to use that method to get home.
00:16:28We'll just have to be very careful how we handle this.
00:16:31I suggest that only human crew members be present when we revive them.
00:16:35Agreed.
00:16:36Mr. Kim, I want a complete analysis of those cryostasis tubes.
00:16:39Find a way to deactivate them safely.
00:16:41Aye, Captain.
00:16:43Commander, apprise the Doctor of our situation.
00:16:46Tell him to instruct Kes in the proper procedure for reviving someone from cryostasis.
00:16:51She could be made to look human easily enough.
00:16:54In the meantime,
00:16:55I suggest we all brush up on ancient Earth.
00:16:58We're about to meet a bit of our history.
00:17:10We're ready, Captain.
00:17:12All the cryo-tubes are linked by a common power source so we've decided to revive everyone simultaneously.
00:17:19Proceed.
00:17:25The power's off-line.
00:17:28Deactivate locking mechanisms.
00:17:30( suspenseful theme playing )
00:17:52Captain, this one's armed with some kind of weapon.
00:17:54Disarm him, just to be on the safe side.
00:18:45( gentle theme playing )
00:18:54I know this must be very strange for you.
00:18:56No...who are you?
00:18:58What is going on here?
00:18:59I demand you release me immediately.
00:19:00Please, if you'll just listen for a moment,
00:19:02I'll try to explain.
00:19:04You are all speaking Japanese.
00:19:06Sounds to me like you're speaking English.
00:19:08It's because of a device we have-- a universal translator.
00:19:12It allows us to talk to each other, even though our languages aren't the same.
00:19:16Who are you people?
00:19:17Look, just let us go home. We won't tell anybody.
00:19:19The hell we won't!
00:19:21I'm going to let the world know what you people have done.
00:19:24Do you know who you've kidnapped here?
00:19:26Amelia Earhart.
00:19:27I'm her navigator.
00:19:29This is going to be headline news.
00:19:31You people are in trouble.
00:19:33Fred...let her talk.
00:19:37What I have to tell you is going to sound hard to believe, even preposterous.
00:19:42We think you were abducted from Earth...in the 1930s, and brought millions of miles through space to a planet on the other side of the galaxy.
00:19:52You were put into a... a kind of deep sleep for a very long time.
00:19:57It's not the 1930s anymore.
00:20:00The year is 2371-- over 400 years from the time you were abducted.
00:20:06You must think we are awfully gullible.
00:20:08JANEWAY: Tell me, what's the last thing you remember before waking up here?
00:20:13We were over the Pacific, running low on gas.
00:20:19We were looking for an atoll to set down.
00:20:21We... tried to send out an SOS and... suddenly there was this... huge light in back of us, and the plane... stopped dead... and then it started moving backward toward the light.
00:20:42I must've blacked out, I... and I w-woke up here, just now.
00:20:47That's just the way it was with me.
00:20:48I was in my truck, heading into town.
00:20:49I was just about to get onto the blacktop when this big light come down from the sky-- just about blinded me.
00:20:56Next thing I know, the whole truck was lifted up off the ground.
00:21:00I believe what happened was that you were abducted by aliens.
00:21:06And if we can find out how they got you here, we might all be able to get back to Earth.
00:21:10I want some real answers now.
00:21:14I assure you, I am telling the truth.
00:21:16You-- come on down here and get those, uh, funny-looking guns of theirs.
00:21:24You-- get over there with the others.
00:21:27( suspenseful theme playing )
00:21:30What is this? It's a medical device.
00:21:32I'm just trying to make sure that everyone is all right.
00:21:36Now, how do we get out of here?
00:21:39( on communicator ): Chakotay to away team.
00:21:41Janeway here.
00:21:42Captain, I'm picking up some energy displacements on the surface.
00:21:46I think it may be alien humanoids.
00:21:47It looks like they're using some kind of deflection system to trick our sensors.
00:21:51I think you'd better get up here.
00:21:52Who's that talking?
00:21:53That's Commander Chakotay, on our ship.
00:21:56Commander, huh?
00:21:58Okay.
00:21:59Now hear this, Commander.
00:22:00There's a gun pointed at the lady's head right now, so you call Washington and you tell them we're holding your people prisoner and they're not going anywhere until I personally talk to J. Edgar Hoover.
00:22:11You've got one hour.
00:22:13Captain?
00:22:15It seems we're being held hostage, Commander.
00:22:18I suggest you pay attention to what the gentleman says.
00:22:21I understand.
00:22:22Chakotay out.
00:22:23All security personnel report to the cargo bay immediately.
00:22:29( suspenseful theme playing )
00:22:36The compass isn't working.
00:22:38I know what we've told you sounds hard to believe, but there was a time when no one believed that a woman could fly across the Atlantic.
00:22:44Now, people are able to travel between the stars.
00:22:48The galaxy is full of many different species.
00:22:51For instance, this young woman isn't human.
00:22:58She's an Ocampa.
00:23:03I've been on expeditions all over the world, and I've seen people do all kinds of strange things to their bodies.
00:23:09That doesn't mean that Martians have invaded Earth.
00:23:12Actually, it was the other way around.
00:23:13Mars was colonized by people from Earth in 2103.
00:23:17NOONAN: That's enough!
00:23:19All of you just go over there and sit down and keep quiet!
00:23:26( suspenseful theme playing )
00:23:40The trinimbic interference has affected the transporter's targeting scanners.
00:23:44We can't beam into the chamber, so we'll have to go on foot.
00:23:48We will deploy throughout the caves, sealing off any exit from the chamber.
00:23:51Let's go.
00:23:53Now is probably not the best time for that, Fred.
00:23:57Just a little pick-me-up.
00:24:01He's had a few nips from that flask, Captain.
00:24:04We could probably rush him, get the gun.
00:24:06Let me try to talk to Earhart first.
00:24:08She seems reasonable.
00:24:10Maybe I can get through to her.
00:24:16Miss Earhart?
00:24:26I want you to know you've always been an inspiration to me.
00:24:31Because of you, generations of women have become pilots.
00:24:36Generations?
00:24:40What's your name?
00:24:41Kathryn Janeway.
00:24:43I heard the Commander call you Captain.
00:24:46What exactly do you captain?
00:24:48The Federation Starship Voyager.
00:24:51Starship?
00:24:53Ha, ha. That supposed to mean it flies through space?
00:24:56That's right.
00:24:57That isn't possible.
00:24:58Only in books-- H.G. Wells, Jules Verne.
00:25:00Maybe if you saw it, you'd think otherwise.
00:25:03Saw it?
00:25:05Where is it?
00:25:07On the surface.
00:25:08We're actually about 100 meters underground now.
00:25:11If you'd come with me to see Voyager, you'd realize that what we're telling you is true.
00:25:16And risk a trap.
00:25:18No, you could have hundreds of reinforcements up there.
00:25:20I assure you, we have no interest in harming you.
00:25:22We took you out of stasis to help you.
00:25:25Put yourself in my shoes, Captain.
00:25:28If you were me, would you believe your story?
00:25:32Maybe not.
00:25:33Let me tell you some of what happened after you disappeared over the Pacific.
00:25:39No trace of you or your plane was ever found, in spite of a massive search.
00:25:42Over the years, there was a lot of speculation about your flight, including the rumor that it was financed by the government, and may have been part of an operation to gather information about the Japanese.
00:25:54Where did you hear that?
00:25:56It's somewhat common knowledge.
00:25:58You see, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, drawing the United States into a massive world war.
00:26:05In retrospect, your journey was seen in a different light-- perhaps as part of an intelligence mission devised by a government deeply concerned about Japanese war plans.
00:26:15No one was supposed to know about that.
00:26:18Maybe not in 1937.
00:26:20Now, it's part of history.
00:26:23NOONAN: Hey, I got an idea.
00:26:27Why don't we stick them in these things-- put them to sleep like we were?
00:26:32No fuss, no trouble.
00:26:34Mr. Noonan, that will accomplish nothing.
00:26:37Please, let us take you to our ship.
00:26:41You'll see that everything we've told you is true.
00:26:44Show me how to operate this thing.
00:26:46Hey, last time I looked, you were working for me... and I think we should listen to these people.
00:26:51They just may be telling the truth.
00:26:56What's the harm in seeing if maybe they do have this starship?
00:27:00It beats being cooped up in here trying to figure out what happened.
00:27:04( sighs heavily )
00:27:05How about it?
00:27:07Anyone want to come along?
00:27:12Hey, I wouldn't mind taking a look.
00:27:14Anyone else?
00:27:16You're not leaving me behind.
00:27:18Kes and I will stay with the others, Captain.
00:27:20It'll take about ten minutes to get to the surface.
00:27:22Stay close to us.
00:27:24Mr. Kim.
00:27:26( suspenseful theme playing )
00:27:32What is it?
00:27:34I am reading energy displacements again-- possibly alien life signs-- 200 meters ahead.
00:27:59They may be up there.
00:28:01Take cover!
00:28:02Get down!
00:28:03( shouting )
00:28:07( dramatic theme swelling )
00:28:15( suspenseful theme playing )
00:28:17This way.
00:28:18( distant weapons fire )
00:28:21What's all that racket?
00:28:24Take cover!
00:28:25I told you it was a trick!
00:28:26Aah! Unh!
00:28:29Fred!
00:28:31( dramatic theme playing )
00:28:33( grunting )
00:28:40Janeway to Chakotay.
00:28:41( on communicator ): I'm here, Captain.
00:28:43We're pinned down.
00:28:44I can see you from here.
00:28:46Lay down phaser fire.
00:28:47I'm going to circle around to your left.
00:28:49Try to come at them from the rear.
00:28:51Right!
00:28:56( dramatic theme continues playing )
00:29:01Chakotay to Voyager.
00:29:03Torres here, Commander.
00:29:04Can you give us some help down here?
00:29:05I don't think so.
00:29:07The targeting scanners are still useless.
00:29:09I can't risk laying down weapons fire if I don't know where it's going.
00:29:12Keeping trying to get them on line!
00:29:14Aye, Commander.
00:29:23( grunts )
00:29:24Hold your fire.
00:29:26Drop your weapons.
00:29:28Turn around slowly.
00:29:32You're not Briori.
00:29:34No, I'm human.
00:29:37Human?
00:29:47We're human.
00:29:51You're working for the Briori.
00:29:53They have ships like yours.
00:29:54I'll answer any questions you have, but first, we must take care of our wounded.
00:29:57Can we agree to end this?
00:29:59Yes.
00:30:00( man moans )
00:30:02I'm Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager.
00:30:07John Evansville.
00:30:09This is my colleague, Karyn Berlin.
00:30:18Severe trauma to the thoracic cavity, lacerated carotid artery.
00:30:23He's not going to make it.
00:30:24I wouldn't be so sure of that.
00:30:25Vascular regenerator.
00:30:33Hmm... he's not responding to the treatment.
00:30:39The alcohol level in his blood is so high, it's inhibiting the repair to his circulatory system.
00:30:45Attempting to compensate.
00:30:49I told you your drinking'd kill you one day.
00:30:55She's right, Doc.
00:30:57Just let me die in peace.
00:31:04There's just one thing I want to say to you first...
00:31:08...even though it's 400 years late.
00:31:13Amelia...
00:31:15I love you.
00:31:19Fred... you never said anything.
00:31:24You're married-- or you were.
00:31:28I guess he's dead now.
00:31:32I just wanted you to know before... before I met my Maker.
00:31:37There. That should do it.
00:31:40Do what?
00:31:41You're healed.
00:31:46You mean, I'm not going to die?
00:31:49Aside from a hangover, you're going to be fine.
00:31:53Oh, Amelia, you, uh...
00:31:57...you got to forget what I just told you.
00:32:01Promise me.
00:32:02Fred, I already have.
00:32:06Oh...
00:32:09You've taken the 37's.
00:32:10Why?
00:32:12I'm afraid I don't understand.
00:32:13You went into the shrine.
00:32:16You stole the 37's from the sacred altars and you disturbed the radio signal that we have been so careful to preserve.
00:32:23Captain, I think he's talking about Earhart and the others.
00:32:26Tell me more about the 37's.
00:32:28Are you one of them?
00:32:30I'm one of their descendants.
00:32:31The 37's were brought here over 15 generations ago by the Briori.
00:32:38Who are the Briori?
00:32:39They're an alien race.
00:32:41They abducted over 300 people from Earth in the year 1937.
00:32:45Brought them over here, turned them into slaves.
00:32:48But those slaves revolted, killed the Briori, took their weapons and their technology and survived.
00:32:57And now, there are over 100,000 of us.
00:33:01( wry laugh )
00:33:02The Briori never came back.
00:33:04Now, you answer me.
00:33:06Why did you steal the remaining 37's from the shrine?
00:33:10We didn't steal them, we simply revived them.
00:33:13Revived them? They're dead.
00:33:15No, they were simply in a state of what we call "cryostasis."
00:33:20That's a form of sleep that appears very much like death.
00:33:26Do you mean they're alive?
00:33:28Yes.
00:33:31My people have come to regard the 37's as monuments to our ancestors.
00:33:37Nobody has even entered their shrine for generations.
00:33:40Mr. Evansville, we were hoping to find the ship that brought your ancestors here-- possibly use it to get back to Earth a little faster.
00:33:50I'm sorry.
00:33:52The Briori ship was destroyed in the slave revolt.
00:33:56There's nothing left.
00:33:59( suspenseful theme playing )
00:34:01Captain...
00:34:03I'm sorry to hear about your long journey home.
00:34:06But you should know that life on this planet is good.
00:34:10We live in three beautiful cities only 50 miles from here.
00:34:15Oh, I'd like to see your cities.
00:34:17And I'd like to show them to you.
00:34:22How fast?
00:34:24Warp 9.9.
00:34:26In your terms, that's about four billion miles a second.
00:34:35Think I could take her out for a spin?
00:34:37Well, uh...ha.
00:34:40Mr. Evansville has offered to take us on a tour of the settlements.
00:34:44He's extended the invitation to the entire crew.
00:34:47And the 37's, of course.
00:34:52You...?
00:34:54You're a 37?
00:34:55( gentle theme playing )
00:34:59I guess you could call me that.
00:35:07It would be an honor to show you our cities.
00:35:15JANEWAY: Captain's Log, Stardate 48975.1.
00:35:19Evansville wasn't exaggerating when he said they have
00:35:22a lot to be proud of here.
00:35:24It was an amazing experience,
00:35:26but it's left me a little disturbed.
00:35:30( door chimes )
00:35:32Come in.
00:35:35Here's the damage report you asked for.
00:35:37Thank you.
00:35:41Is something wrong, Captain?
00:35:42You've seemed a little distracted ever since we came back from the cities.
00:35:47Weren't you impressed?
00:35:49A little too impressed.
00:35:52What do you mean?
00:35:53JANEWAY: There's a thriving sophisticated culture on this planet-- of human beings.
00:35:58In some ways, walking around those cities was...almost like being back on Earth.
00:36:08It was a little eerie.
00:36:11It reminded me of home, too.
00:36:13Evansville has offered to let any of our crew stay.
00:36:16What will you do about that?
00:36:20Maybe this is one of those decisions that the Captain has to make for the entire ship.
00:36:24You may have a problem if a lot of people want to stay.
00:36:26I know that. But at the same time, I can't take a vote every time there's a major decision to be made.
00:36:32And yet... we're a long way from Starfleet.
00:36:38And a lot of the rules and regulations
00:36:40I've learned to uphold seem distant, as well.
00:36:46Am I the only one who is so intent on getting home?
00:36:50Is it just me?
00:36:52Am I leading the crew on a forlorn mission, with...no real hope of success?
00:36:59You're not alone.
00:37:00I want to get home, too.
00:37:03And there's not a day that goes by when I don't hear someone mention Earth.
00:37:07The people here have built a new Earth.
00:37:10We could stay, help them build a human civilization in the Delta Quadrant.
00:37:16Isn't that an exciting prospect?
00:37:18Shouldn't we be grateful for the opportunity they're giving us?
00:37:23It is a tempting prospect.
00:37:26But when I hold it up against the prospect of seeing the sunrise over the Arizona desert or swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on a summer's day, there's just no comparison.
00:37:39I want to go home.
00:37:41We have 152 men and women on this ship.
00:37:45What happens if half of them decide to stay on the planet?
00:37:49Could we operate Voyager with 75 crew members?
00:37:52I doubt it. In fact, I don't think we could operate the ship with fewer than 100.
00:37:57If too many of the crew choose to stay behind... we could all be stranded here.
00:38:03( sighs )
00:38:06Tell all hands to prepare for an announcement from the Captain at 1400 hours.
00:38:12They deserve to make the choice for themselves.
00:38:16Aye, Captain.
00:38:17( majestic theme builds and swells )
00:38:21( door opens and closes )
00:38:30( gentle theme playing )
00:38:35Here we are.
00:38:37My research on 20th century Earth is a little thin, but I've done what I can.
00:38:42Pot roast, green beans and something called... Jell...O.
00:38:48You know how to make Jell-O?
00:38:50I even put in fruit cocktail.
00:38:52NOONAN: You don't say.
00:38:54MAN: I don't know about the rest of you, but I've made up my mind.
00:38:57There is land here that goes begging, and I could have a big farm, just like
00:39:03I always dreamed.
00:39:04And for you, rice, with a little fish.
00:39:07I even replicated some ginger for seasoning.
00:39:12Very nice. Thank you.
00:39:15Yeah, I have to admit-- life here looks a lot better than what we left on Earth.
00:39:20It's a paradise by comparison.
00:39:22And there are many Japanese here.
00:39:24I could be very happy.
00:39:27We all could.
00:39:29Right?
00:39:31( sighs )
00:39:33I'm just not sure, I...
00:39:36What about you, Mr. Neelix?
00:39:38Have you made your decision?
00:39:41Oh, yes, indeed.
00:39:42I'm staying right here with Captain Janeway.
00:39:45She'd be lost without me.
00:39:47She's come to depend on me a great deal.
00:39:50What about the rest of the crew?
00:39:51You think many of them will stay here?
00:39:53Oh, I don't think so.
00:39:56At least, not many.
00:39:57Uh, well, that is, there's a good chance...
00:40:01Well, now that you ask, I honestly don't know.
00:40:04You? You'd stay here on the planet?
00:40:07I didn't say I was going to.
00:40:09I just said I could understand why people would want to.
00:40:13The people here remind me of home.
00:40:16I haven't felt like that since I left Earth.
00:40:19But-- But you're Starfleet.
00:40:22You've always wanted a life in space.
00:40:24I know, but...my whole life?
00:40:28On a starship, day after day, with no end in sight?
00:40:32That's not exactly what I had in mind.
00:40:34You're not the first person I've heard talk like this.
00:40:37A lot of people are thinking about staying.
00:40:40What about you?
00:40:42Don't you have some of those feelings?
00:40:45I'd be lying if I said I didn't.
00:40:50( gentle theme playing )
00:40:56Captain.
00:40:58I was told I'd find you here.
00:40:59Am I intruding?
00:41:00Not at all. Please join me.
00:41:03I wanted you to know that the group you brought out of stasis-- we've all decided to stay here on the planet.
00:41:12( sighs )
00:41:14I understand.
00:41:16I must admit, the thought of traveling through space-- maybe even learning to fly this ship-- was very appealing to me.
00:41:25And I'd looked forward to getting to know you better.
00:41:28I suspect we have a lot in common.
00:41:33At first, I didn't know what to do.
00:41:36We talked about it for quite some time.
00:41:39Finally, I realized the people here on this planet are part of us.
00:41:45We're their ancestors, in a way.
00:41:48Well, it made us feel close to them.
00:41:52The remarkable thing about the humans on this planet is that they evolved very much like the people on Earth.
00:41:58Tens of thousands of light-years apart, both civilizations managed to create a world they could be proud of-- one where war and poverty simply don't exist.
00:42:09I certainly can't blame you for wanting to be part of it, any more than I can blame members of my crew if they make the same decision.
00:42:19When will you find out?
00:42:20In half an hour.
00:42:22Anyone who wants to stay behind is to report to the cargo bay at 1500 hours.
00:42:30I expect Jarvin will stay on the planet.
00:42:32In fact, I'd bet on it.
00:42:33Why Jarvin?
00:42:35He's been more uncomfortable about being on a Starfleet ship than most of the Maquis.
00:42:39And he's gotten involved with a young woman in Quantum Mechanics.
00:42:42I think they'd like to settle down, raise a family.
00:42:45The person I expect to see is Baxter.
00:42:47Baxter? Walter Baxter?
00:42:49He's adventurous, a risk-taker.
00:42:51I can see him wanting to take on the challenge of building a new life on this planet.
00:42:55I'd hate to lose Baxter.
00:42:57He's a good man.
00:42:58I'd hate to lose Jarvin.
00:43:01I don't want to lose anyone.
00:43:04We've all been through so much together, it just wouldn't seem right.
00:43:08But I couldn't blame anyone-- anyone-- for staying behind.
00:43:17I'm not sure I want to go in.
00:43:23No matter what happens, we'll make it.
00:43:26Remember that.
00:43:28( suspenseful theme playing )
00:43:38( majestic theme playing )
00:43:53TUVOK: Captain on the Bridge.
00:44:18All stations, prepare for departure.
00:44:21Condition Blue, Mr. Tuvok.
00:44:23Ms. Torres, antigrav thrusters on line.
00:44:25Thrusters enabled.
00:44:27Mr. Paris, inertial dampers to flight configuration.
00:44:30Impulse drive to standby.
00:44:32Yes, ma'am.
00:44:36KIM: All stations report ready, Captain.
00:44:39Then let's do it.
00:44:41Take us up.
00:44:43( dramatic theme playing )
00:44:59( majestic theme playing )