Caretaker: Not enough time! When he died, Voyager's best chance of getting home died with him, but he revealed one hopeful possibility.
Caretaker: There is another like me. She left hundreds of years ago, but she's out there, somewhere.
Tuvok: Open yourself to the impressions around you. The thoughts, the minds that are on this ship. What do you hear?
Kes: Voices. So many voices.
Tuvok: I believe you are sensing the thoughts of various crewmembers on board.
Kes: What should I do?
Tuvok: See if you can isolate one of the voices. Imagine you are listening to a symphony and focusing on a single instrument.
Kes: It's working.
Tuvok: Try to maintain your emotional equanimity. You should not be concerned with success or failure.
Neelix: way too much now. Don't touch the sideburns.
Kes: It's Neelix! I can hear Neelix's thoughts.
Tuvok: That is not unexpected. You have an emotional attachment to him which may have drawn your focus.
Neelix: My scalp itches. Maybe I should tell him about that shampoo of his.
Kes: I think he's getting a haircut.
Neelix: Oh no! He's trimmed the ear hairs. I told him the ear hairs were the perfect length! Not the ear hairs!
Tuvok: If you are to succeed in honing your telepathic abilities, you must learn to control these emotional outbursts.
Kes: Outburst? It was a giggle.
Tuvok: Tomorrow I will teach you a Vulcan mind control technique that will help you inhibit your giggles.
Kes: Thanks, Tuvok.
Tuvok: You may go.
Emh: You're late.
Kes: Sorry. My lesson with Lieutenant Tuvok went on a little long today.
Emh: Today, yesterday and the day before. You'd think a Vulcan would be more attuned to punctuality.
Kes: I'll try to keep a closer eye on the time from now on.
Emh: So, how was school today?
Kes: Wonderful. Tuvok helped me with a sensory focus exercise. We worked on my pre-cognitive skills and I learned how to self-induce a hypergogic mental state.
Emh: Sounds stimulating.
Kes: He says I'm making excellent progress.
Emh: I had no doubt that you would. But I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't let these mind studies interfere with your
Kes: What's that?
Emh: I don't know. (They walk through to another area, the Medical lab?, where the EMH opens a cupboard to reveal the Caretaker's desiccated remains are rattling in their clear container. Then it stops. A little later, Janeway has arrived with Torres and Tuvok.)
Janeway: Life signs.
Emh: Apparently so. But before I could analyze them, the life signs simply ceased.
Torres: I'm scanning the remains on all biospectral frequencies. It's completely inert. Dead.
Janeway: Well, somehow I find it hard to believe this rock suddenly came to life for several seconds.
Tuvok: I concur. However, dead or alive, these are the remains of an alien entity we never fully understood. It may be prudent to place it in a level three biohazard containment field.
Janeway: Agreed. But first I want to take a look at
Torres: I'm picking up life signs. They're sporocystian.
Janeway: The Caretaker was a sporocystian life form.
Torres: But according to my readings, the life signs aren't coming from the remains. The remains are simply resonating in response to an external energy source. Some other lifeform.
Emh: Where?
Janeway: Let's find out. Janeway to Bridge. Mister Kim, begin scans for a sporocystian life form.
Kim: Aye Captain. Stand by. I've got it, Captain. A Sporocystian energy burst approximately ten light years distant. I can't get a precise fix on it's location.
Torres: The lifesigns are gone.
Janeway: These remains could be responding to the Caretaker's mate.
Torres: If that's true, maybe we could use them to track her down.
Tuvok: And if we can find her she might have the ability to send us home.
Torres: Torres to Janeway.
Janeway: Go ahead.
Torres: We've placed the remains in a hexiprismatic field, Captain. The next time it responds to sporocystian energy, the field
Torres: Should give us a heading to the source.
Janeway: You're using the remains like a compass.
Torres: Exactly.
Janeway: Good work.
Janeway: Keep us appraised. Janeway out.
Tuvok: Captain, the Caretaker was a being of considerable power, and although his intent was not hostile, we were essentially at his mercy. I do not care to repeat that experience.
Janeway: And if we are about to meet his mate, you'd like it to be on more even ground.
Tuvok: Precisely. I have studied the Doctor's biochemical analysis of the Caretaker remains and I believe it is possible to create a sporocystian toxin, something which might debilitate the life form.
Janeway: Sounds like a sensible precaution. Get on it.
Paris: I'm picking up sporocystian energy.
Chakotay: Chakotay to Engineering. We're picking up life signs. Is your compass working?
Torres: Stand by.
Torres: Activate the field. I can't get a bearing on the source. Try increasing the spatial resolution.
Kim: Spatial resolution at maximum.
Torres: The life signs are fading and I still can't get a lock on the coordinates.
Kim: Boosting the signal gain.
Torres: We've got it, Captain.
Torres: Bearing two seven two mark one nine.
Janeway: Acknowledged. Mister Paris, set a course and engage at maximum warp.
Paris: Aye, Captain.
Paris: Captain, we're picking up an artificial structure on long range sensors. It appears to be a space station of some kind.
Janeway: Slow to impulse and put it on screen.
Chakotay: That looks a lot like the Caretaker's array.
Kim: The configuration is similar. So is the surface composition, but it's only about one tenth the size.
Janeway: Are there any sporocystian life forms on board?
Kim: No, but I am picking up over two thousand carbon based life forms. They appear to be. Wait a second. Confirming. Captain, they're Ocampa.
Paris: We're approaching the station, Captain.
Janeway: All stop. Hail them, Mister Tuvok.
Tuvok: No response. I am reading an energy surge from the station, possible weapons.
Chakotay: Shields!
Chakotay: Definitely weapons.
Kim: Shields are holding.
Tuvok: Incoming message from the array.
Janeway: Let's hear it.
Tanis: You're not wanted here.
Janeway: We pose no threat to you. I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway
Tanis: You have been warned.
Kes: They are Ocampa?
Janeway: That's right. There appears to be an entire colony. And according to our sensors, the station is at least three hundred years old.
Chakotay: Kes, is there any Ocampa history about people who left your planet, or were captured by aliens and taken away?
Kes: No. The idea that there could be Ocampa anywhere but on the homeworld is something no one ever considered. I thought I was the only one.
Janeway: Since you're definitely the only one on Voyager, I want you to act as an intermediary.
Kes: Gladly. What should I do?
Janeway: The first step is to arrange a meeting. Let's see if we can get that far. Hail the array.
Tanis: This is becoming tiresome, Captain. If you force us to take further aggressive action
Janeway: I have someone here who wishes to speak with you.
Kes: My name is Kes. I'm an Ocampa.
Tanis: This is some kind of trick.
Kes: I assure you, it's not a trick.
Tanis: What would an Ocampa be doing on an alien starship?
Kes: It's a long story. But I'd like to know what an Ocampa is doing on an alien space station.
Tanis: That is also a long story.
Kes: Then I suggest we meet and tell each other our stories. May we come aboard your station?
Tanis: No. But I'm willing to come to your ship.
Janeway: Our readings indicated a sporocystian life form in this area. We've been looking for that life form for months.
Ocampa: Why? To destroy it?
Janeway: No, on the contrary. We believe it has the technology that could send us home.
Tanis: Captain, are you aware of how your ship is regarded? That when Voyager appears people fear destruction.
Ocampa: Your ship is known as a ship of death.
Janeway: What?
Tanis: You've established quite a reputation. You killed the Caretaker, declared war on the Kazon, raided planets for their resources
Chakotay: None of that is true. We never attacked anyone except in self defense.
Tuvok: And we did not kill the Caretaker. He died of natural causes.
Janeway: Mister Tanis, please try to understand. We only want to find the entity we've been looking for.
Tanis: I want to talk to you alone.
Janeway: Our sensors tell us she is somewhere in this region. Can you help us help us find her?
Kes: Captain, I'd like to speak to Tanis alone, if I may.
Janeway: Very well.
Tanis: Why should I believe any of this?
Kes: These are kind people, Tanis. They saved my life at great risk to themselves when they didn't have to. They wouldn't lie to you.
Tanis: I will admit these people are hardly what I expected. But more unexpected was finding you here, Kes. I had no idea any Ocampa had left the homeworld so recently.
Kes: I have about a thousand questions to ask you.
Tanis: I know. And I'm going to try to answer them. Is this where you spend your time?
Kes: You mean in this room? No. This is where the Bridge officers usually meet.
Tanis: I want to see where you live. I want to see the place that is special to you.
Tanis: You did all this?
Kes: I had a little help, but yes, most of it is my work.
Tanis: You've done well. Bringing something so beautiful into a place so sterile.
Kes: Sterile? Voyager?
Tanis: Look around you, Kes. This is a cold and barren place.
Kes: There are over one hundred and fifty people on board. I'd hardly call that barren.
Tanis: There are people, but there's so little life here. Part of me weeps to see you in this place. You're so isolated. Corridors, bulkheads, all cutting you off from the world around you.
Kes: You live on a space station. How is it any different?
Tanis: Oh, I assure you, it's very different. You're very young, aren't you.
Kes: Two years.
Tanis: Would it surprise you to know I am fourteen years old?
Kes: That's not possible! The oldest Ocampa only live to be nine.
Tanis: You know so little about your own people. There's so much for you to learn about yourself, about the galaxy. Being here on this ship is holding you back.
Kes: These people are helping me. I'm a member of the crew.
Tanis: I suppose we were like you once. Innocent, naïve. But when Suspiria brought us here three hundred years ago, she began to teach us how we could become stronger than we ever could have on the homeworld.
Kes: Suspiria. Is that your Caretaker?
Tanis: We don't think of her as a Caretaker. Her species is actually called the Nacene.
Kes: Then you do know her. Where is she?
Tanis: Nearby. But she's so different from the entity you knew. He was only interested in maintaining the status quo. He kept our people servile and weak. Suspiria taught us to develop our psychokinetic skills that had lain dormant for so long. We have abilities far beyond anything you can imagine.
Kes: Like what?
Tanis: We can enhance life. And that's only the beginning, Kes. I have to return to the station. We'll talk again.
Janeway: Sounds like you've established a dialogue with Tanis. It's an excellent beginning. Good work.
Kes: Thank you, Captain.
Janeway: Kes, is there something wrong?
Kes: Not exactly. I'm just a little overwhelmed. I always believed that my people had the potential to be more than what they were, that our mental abilities could be somehow heightened. And now I've met someone who's realized that potential, and I don't know whether to be excited or frightened.
Tuvok: A non-emotional response would be more useful.
Janeway: But since you're not a Vulcan, I'd say a mixture of the two emotions would be appropriate. It's an exciting moment, Kes, and I'm very happy for you. But just remember, we know very little about these Ocampa. Be cautious in your dealings with Tanis.
Kes: I will, but I just have a good feeling about him.
Tanis: I've met with the Ocampa girl. She has potential.
Suspiria: I don't care about the girl. She's yours. Bring me the ship.
Neelix: This is delicious. Mister Tanis, is it true you're fourteen years old?
Tanis: Yes, that's quite common with my people here. Suspiria helped us develop a technology to extend the Ocampa life span three generations ago. My father lived to be twenty years.
Neelix: Would that technology work for Kes?
Tanis: Possibly.
Janeway: Where does Suspiria live? On another array?
Tanis: Oh, nothing so corporeal as that. She exists as pure sporocystian energy. She only assumes physical form when we need to communicate with her.
Chakotay: Does she occupy our space-time continuum?
Tanis: I don't know. All I know is, when we need her, she comes. I'll take you to the meeting place. I'm sure all your questions will be answered then. You'll enjoy meeting her, Kes, as well as the other Ocampa here.
Kes: I'd love to visit the station.
Tanis: Visit? Why not stay with us?
Kes: Stay?
Tanis: Yes. I think you could learn a lot from us, we from you. We haven't been in contact with the Ocampa home world for hundreds of years. we'd be fascinated to hear about our distant cousins.
Kes: That sounds wonderful, but
Janeway: Kes, you certainly don't have to decide something this important right now. Give it some thought.
Tanis: She's absolutely right. There's no rush.
Kes: I appreciate that. I am curious about your mental abilities. They're so much greater than mine.
Tuvok: Do not underestimate your own potential, Kes. Your mental abilities are rapidly maturing.
Tanis: I might be able to help you. No offense to Mister Tuvok, but I am more familiar with the Ocampa mind.
Kes: I would appreciate any insight you could give me.
Tanis: Oh, good. Maybe later this evening.
Tuvok: It is a highly reactive sporocystian toxin.
Emh: I ran a micro-cellular analysis of the Caretaker's remains and discovered a critical enzyme in his cellular structure.
Tuvok: The energy in this cylinder is formulated to break down that enzyme. It would result in temporary paralysis.
Janeway: Mister Tanis says she's harmless.
Tuvok: It is my hope we only have to use it as a precautionary measure.
Janeway: Very well. Proceed.
Tanis: In your mind, visualize your hand. Reach out with that hand and grab the tea cup. Reach out with the fingers of your mind. Grasp it. Do you have it?
Kes: I can feel the handle, and the texture of the metal, but I can't move it.
Tanis: Don't try to move it. Just take a drink from it.
Tanis: See? You can do it.
Kes: I don't understand. I didn't try to move it.
Tanis: No, you just tried to drink from it. And what would you do if you wanted to take a drink?
Kes: I'd reach out and pick it up.
Tanis: That's right. But you wouldn't be thinking about picking it up, you'd simply do it, and that's what you just learned. Focus on the goal, not the task. When you wanted the tea, it came to you.
Neelix: Ahem, excuse me.
Tanis: We're not finished. I know you're tired, but I want you to try one more thing. It's cold. Wouldn't it taste better if it were hot? See past the liquid, not with your eyes, with your mind. What your eyes show you is only the surface of reality. Look deeper. There is no liquid, there is no cup. There is only a collection of molecules, atoms, moving, vibrating.
Kes: I see them. They're barely moving.
Tanis: That's because they're cold. How would you heat them up?
Kes: With a fire.
Tanis: That's right. With the fire of your mind.
Kes: How do I do that?
Tanis: Focus on the goal, not the task. Don't think about creating a fire, just use it.
Kes: Oh, I see it now. it's so simple.
Tanis: That's right. But that's enough for tonight. Tomorrow, I'll take you to the next level. Until then, goodnight.
Neelix: May I say something now?
Kes: Of course, Neelix.
Neelix: I'm so proud of you. I knew you could do it. This is a whole new beginning for you, Kes.
Kes: I know, I know. What if I did go?
Neelix: Go?
Kes: To the Ocampa array. If I decided to live with Tanis and the others, would you go with me?
Neelix: I'd go anywhere with you.
Janeway: Captain's log, supplemental. We've arrived at what Tanis calls the meeting place, the region of space where Suspiria exists.
Kim: Nothing on sensors, Captain.
Tanis: Captain, may I access your communications equipment?
Janeway: Of course.
Tanis: I've sent out a subspace carrier wave. Suspiria should respond within the next forty seven hours. I'll be in my quarters.
Janeway: We'll let you know when she makes her appearance.
Tanis: That won't be necessary. I'll know when she's here.
Kes: Tanis has shown me the next level. The psychokinetic manipulation of matter.
Tuvok: That is a large step for someone whose mental abilities are still undiskiplined. Nevertheless, I am intrigued.
Kes: May I?
Tuvok: Please.
Kes: He showed me how to use the fire in my mind.
Tuvok: Fascinating. However, I would advise caution in exploring this ability until you have mastered the
Kes: I have to stop the fire. How do I stop the fire? Tuvok, Tuvok! Tell me what to do! Tuvok!
Emh: Lieutenant, can you hear me?
Tuvok: What happened?
Emh: Your cell membranes went through hyperthermic induction. The temperature of your blood rose by thirty seven degrees in a matter of seconds. You were in shock and I resuscitated you. I'm restricting you to light duty for the next three days. Try and get some rest.
Tuvok: That will not be necessary, Doctor. My Vulcan healing techniques do not require an extended period of convalescence.
Emh: Vulcans make the worst patients. Fine. But if you're feeling any nausea or dizziness I'm expecting you to report to Sickbay at once.
Tuvok: Of course.
Kes: Tuvok, I'm so
Tuvok: You are probably feeling the emotion known as remorse, possibly guilt. I advise you to look on this incident as a learning experience.
Kes: It's not that easy. I almost killed you.
Tuvok: That is correct. But you did not. Try to remember that. I will see you tomorrow at fifteen hundred hours, assuming you wish to continue your training.
Kes: You still want to teach me?
Tuvok: If this experience proves anything, it is that you need further instruction, and I would regret not continuing as your instructor.
Kes: Thanks, Tuvok.
Tanis: How's the Vulcan? Is he going to recover?
Kes: You heard?
Tanis: In a manner of speaking. I was aware of what happened.
Kes: He's going to be all right, no thanks to me. Tanis, I've been thinking. I don't know if I'm ready for this.
Tanis: What's wrong?
Kes: If I can't control my abilities, there might be another accident.
Tanis: I'm afraid it isn't going to get any easier, Kes. You're already starting to manifest abilities far beyond anything you've ever imagined. Soon you'll be so far beyond the other beings on this ship that you'll look at them as they look at pets.
Kes: They're not pets. They're people, they're my friends.
Tanis: And I'm sure you care for them very much. I'm sure they're wonderful people. They certainly seem that way to me but, it's time that you began to accept how different you are from them. The people on this ship, they live their lives trapped inside their primitive skulls, depending on flesh and bone to tell them what the universe is like. They don't know what it is to see beyond the physical. Touch it. This is how they know the universe. They touch the flower, their nerve impulses travel up their arm to the brain, and in their mind they sense the moisture of the petals, the texture of the leaves, the sharpness of the thorns, and think they know what it feels like. But they don't. Now touch it. Reach out with your thoughts. Feel it for the very first time. Think of nothing but the flower. It's the only object in the universe. Know it. Know it in a way only an Ocampa can. Can you see it?
Kes: Yes. It's more than seeing. It's more than touching. I know this flower.
Tanis: You can do more. Reach out. Feel all the life in this room.
Kes: Yes, I can feel it. I know them all. They're so beautiful!
Tanis: They can be more beautiful. Bring the fire!
Tanis: How did it feel?
Kes: They're dead. They're all dead. Amazing.
Tanis: You felt life. You embraced its essence with your mind, and then you transformed it. There's nothing else like it in the universe.
Kes: I killed those plants. Just like I almost killed Tuvok. But I don't want to hurt anybody.
Tanis: Of course you don't. That's not the point. Help people, hurt them, give life, kill, it's all the same. Once you see beyond the physical, you see the universe as it truly is. Now you know why you can't stay with these people, why you have to come with me. Come back to the station. We'll care for you. We'll train you.
Kes: Oh, I don't know. I still need some more time to think about it.
Tanis: Take all the time you want. But when you meet Suspiria, I think you'll decide to join us.
Kes: Why?
Tanis: Because Suspiria is your future. She's part of us, and we're a part of her. All the Ocampa here are connected in a way that can't be put into words. And if you develop your abilities far enough, Suspiria will invite you to go with her to Exotia.
Kes: Exotia?
Tanis: A place the humanoids on this ship call a subspace layer. A place of pure thought, pure energy. A place of the mind. Think about it, Kes. When you're ready, Suspiria will embrace you. Goodnight.
Torres: Torres to Bridge.
Torres: The Caretaker's remains are resonating
Torres: Again. It's definitely reacting to a sporocystian lifeform. And from what I can tell, that lifeform is right on top of us.
Janeway: Acknowledged.
Kim: Captain, there's a subspace rupture forming directly ahead.
Janeway: Yellow alert. Janeway to Tanis. Will you please come to the Bridge? I believe we've made contact with Suspiria.
Tanis: I know. I'm on my way.
Torres: I think we should run a biospectral analysis. Some of these readings are pretty strange. And get me the sensor logs on that subspace rupture out there.
Kim: Captain, I'm picking up some strange readings in Engineering. Some kind of plasmatic energy field is forming.
Janeway: Janeway to Torres. We're picking up some odd plasmatic readings down there. Can you confirm? Janeway to Torres.
Tuvok: Security, meet me in main Engineering.
Security: Aye, sir.
Tanis: It's time to go.
Kes: Go? Where?
Tanis: Back to the Ocampa station. Everyone's waiting for you, Kes. The connection has been made. You're part of us now. Your future has already begun.
Tuvok: Tuvok to Bridge.
Janeway: Go ahead.
Tuvok: I believe the female Caretaker is here.
Janeway: Commander, you have the Bridge.
Tanis: Can't you feel the connection? Your people are calling to you. Listen to them.
Kes: Yes, I can hear them. All of them.
Tanis: And can you hear Suspiria?
Janeway: Tuvok?
Janeway: Who are you?
Suspiria: Suspiria.
Janeway: I've been looking forward to meeting you.
Suspiria: Why?
Janeway: Because I had the opportunity to talk to your companion before he died.
Suspiria: Yes, I know.
Kes: I can feel her presence. She's powerful, turbulent. She's upset. She's angry!
Tanis: Kes.
Kes: She wants to destroy the ship!
Tanis: Kes, listen to me. There's nothing to worry about.
Neelix: Am I interrupting?
Janeway: He told us that you were curious and went off to explore the galaxy. We're explorers too, but your friend brought us to this quadrant against our will, and we haven't been able to find a way back.
Suspiria: Is that why you killed him?
Janeway: We didn't kill him.
Suspiria: You destroyed the Array and you took his remains.
Janeway: I assure you
Suspiria: No!
Suspiria: You killed him, and now I will kill you.
Suspiria: Now you will know what frail, small creatures you truly are.
Chakotay: What's going on?
Paris: I don't know. It's like the entire molecular structure of the ship is coming apart.
Chakotay: Red alert. Bridge to Janeway. Bridge to Janeway.
Kim: We're losing hull integrity.
Chakotay: Increase power to structural reinforcement.
Paris: Aye, sir.
Tanis: Forget these people. You're beyond them.
Kes: No.
Neelix: Leave her alone, Tanis!
Tanis: Remember how you felt in the Airponics bay? You've never felt that way in your entire life, have you?
Kes: Get away from me!
Tanis: That was only the beginning, Kes.
Neelix: I said, leave her alone!
Kes: Neelix!
Tanis: Leave him! Leave him, Kes. He's nothing compared to you. Nothing! You have to trust.
Kes: Oh, Neelix.
Tanis: Suspiria!
Suspiria: So, now you kill me as you did my mate.
Janeway: No. I told you we didn't kill him. Please try to understand. We don't want to hurt you. We don't want to hurt anyone. We just want to get home.
Janeway: Tuvok, release the forcefield.
Tuvok: Captain.
Janeway: Do it.
Suspiria: You'd show me mercy after what I did to you?
Janeway: Yes, I would.
Tanis: Take me with you, please.
Tuvok: It appears she has descended into subspace.
Janeway: Can you track her position?
Tuvok: Negative. The rupture has been sealed. She is gone, Captain.
Janeway: Captain's log, supplemental. We've resumed our course back to the Alpha quadrant but the female Caretaker is still out there with the power to send us home, and I will use all my power to find her and convince her to do just that.
Kes: I looked at the tea and I tried to make it boil, but nothing happened. Without Tanis's help, I just can't do it.
Tuvok: Nevertheless, your psychokinetic abilities are still a part of you. They might resurface one day.
Kes: To be honest, I never want to see that part of myself again.
Tuvok: To which part are you referring?
Kes: To the part of me which got pleasure from destroying those plants in the Airponics bay. To the part of me that was tempted to go with Tanis. I never realized I had such dark impulses.
Tuvok: Without the darkness, how would we recognize the light? Do not fear your negative thoughts. They are part of you. They are a part of every living being, even Vulcans.
Kes: You?
Tuvok: The Vulcan heart was forged out of barbarism and violence. We learned to control it, but it is still part of us. To pretend it does not exist is to create an opportunity for it to escape. Let us begin. Open yourself to the impressions around you. The thoughts, the minds that are on this ship.


Chakotay: Whatever she wants us for, it better be good. Bridge. I had you right where I wanted you.
Torres: What are you talking about? I was ahead, nineteen seven.
Chakotay: I was just lulling you into a false sense of security.
Torres: Sure you were.
Chakotay: I'll win the next couple of points, then you'll start to tense up.
Torres: I do not tense up.
Chakotay: Easy, B'Elanna. It's only hoverball.
Chakotay: You wanted to see us, Captain?
Janeway: Yes, Commander. We've picked up an intriguing transmission.
Tuvok: I have a source on the signal.
Janeway: A ship?
Tuvok: Negative. It appears to be a beacon of some kind.
Chakotay: A beacon?
Tuvok: We are being hailed by someone using a Federation signal.
Torres: How could someone be transmitting a Federation signal from the Delta quadrant?
Paris: Maybe Starfleet found a way to get a probe here. Maybe they're looking for us.
Janeway: I'd like to believe that too, but let's not jump to conclusions.
Chakotay: See if you can authenticate the signal.
Tuvok: The carrier wave frequency does correspond to standard Starfleet security codes.
Janeway: As of when?
Tuvok: According to the encryption key, this particular code was not scheduled for implementation until stardate 48423.
Kim: That's a month after we left Deep Space Nine. They must be looking for us.
Janeway: Your optimism may be premature, Mister Kim.
Kim: Sorry, Captain.
Janeway: But it's also infectious. Mister Paris, lay in a course for the beacon.
Paris: Yes, ma'am.
Paris: We're approaching the beacon's coordinates, Captain.
Kim: It's drifted inside an ionized hydrogen cloud. The cloud's interfering with our sensor readings.
Janeway: Can you get any information from the beacon?
Kim: I'm afraid not. Should I beam it aboard?
Chakotay: I'd advise against bringing it on board before we've gotten a look at it, even if it is emitting a Federation signal.
Janeway: Agreed. And I don't want to fly blindly into a hydrogen cloud, either. Mister Tuvok, tractor the probe into sensor range.
Tuvok: Aye, Captain. Targeting scanners locked. Initiating tractor beam.
Janeway: Report.
Tuvok: We are taking fire from inside the cloud.
Janeway: Source?
Tuvok: Unknown.
Janeway: Battle stations.
Tuvok: A Kazon raider is closing at one five eight mark nine.
Janeway: Hail them, Mister Kim.
Kim: They're not responding, Captain.
Janeway: Warp three, Mister Paris. Get us out of here.
Paris: Aye. Warp engines are offline, Captain.
Janeway: Initiate evasive pattern omega three. Mister Tuvok, return fire.
Tuvok: Aye, Captain.
Kim: Kazon ship is in pursuit.
Tuvok: An opening is forming in the starboard shields, seventy two centimeters in diameter.
Janeway: See if you can close it, Commander. Try rotating the shield harmonics.
Tuvok: They are continuously matching their weapons frequency to our shield frequency.
Janeway: How the hell can they do that?
Chakotay: I don't know.
Tuvok: The diameter of the opening has widened to approximately two meters.
Chakotay: Set the shield harmonics to rotate continuously.
Tuvok: Aye, Commander. Diameter of the opening is now approximately four meters.
Chakotay: It's as if they know our access codes.
Tuvok: Captain, I am picking up a smaller vessel emerging from the hydrogen cloud. It is heading directly toward the opening in our shields.
Janeway: All hands, brace for impact.
Computer: Warning. Hull breach on deck four, Cargo bay two.
Tuvok: Structural integrity is at fifty percent and dropping. The hull is starting to buckle.
Janeway: We are losing life support on deck four.
Tuvok: I am trying to initiate an emergency containment field. However, the collision has caused a power failure on deck four.
Kim: Rerouting power to compensate.
Tuvok: Containment field activated.
Computer: Warning. Intruder alert in Cargo Bay two.
Janeway: Mister Tuvok.
Tuvok: Tuvok to Security. Meet me outside Cargo Bay two.
Security: Aye, sir.
Tuvok: Drop your weapons.
Paris: It's no use. We're not going anywhere with that shuttle sticking out of our side. It's totally destabilizing our warp field.
Chakotay: Mister Kim, did you reroute power to Transporter room two?
Kim: No, sir.
Chakotay: Bridge to Tuvok.
Tuvok: Tuvok here.
Chakotay: There may be intruders in Transporter Room two.
Tuvok: I'm on my way.
Tuvok: Tuvok to Bridge.
Janeway: Go ahead.
Tuvok: The Kazon have beamed away, Captain, and they've taken one of our transporter modules with them.
Janeway: Can you lock onto the module and beam it back?
Tuvok: Not at the moment. As soon as the Kazon dematerialized
Tuvok: We lost all transporter power.
Janeway: Mister Chakotay, lock a tractor beam onto their ship. They're not leaving with that module.
Chakotay: Aye, Captain.
Kim: The Kazon are powering their warp engines, Captain.
Janeway: Make it fast, Commander.
Chakotay: Engaging tractor beam. I've got them, Captain.
Kim: The Kazon ship is hailing us.
Janeway: Suddenly they want to talk. On screen.
Culluh: Captain Janeway, First Maje Culluh of the Kazon-Nistrim.
Janeway: I remember you, Culluh. That transporter module you just stole was specifically designed for our ship. You'll never be able to integrate it into your systems.
Culluh: I've had some help updating our technology since we last met.
Janeway: Seska.
Seska: That's right, Captain. As you can see, I'm in the process of restoring my Cardassian physiology. Hello, Chakotay.
Chakotay: I should have known you were involved.
Seska: Yes, you should have. Just like I knew you'd try to stop us with a tractor beam. You've always been so predictable.
Kim: Captain, their deflector shields are creative a feedback loop. It's neutralizing the tractor emitter.
Chakotay: Attempting to compensate.
Seska: Goodbye, Chakotay. Lovely to see you again.
Kim: It's too late. They've gone to warp.
Torres: They modified the bow to puncture our hull.
Neelix: I've never seen the Kazon do anything like this before.
Tuvok: Until now, the Kazon have never had an advisor with Cardassian, Maquis and Starfleet tactical experience.
Kim: The question is, how do we dislodge it without losing structural integrity? With power down, our containment fields are already extremely unstable.
Torres: We'll have to reroute additional power to the containment field and tow their shuttle out with one of our own. Then we can repair the breach. The shields and the warp drive will have to wait.
Janeway: Warp drive isn't going to do us much good with this knife stuck in our belly. Get it out fast. We don't want the Kazon to put too much distance between us.
Neelix: Forgive me, Captain, but are you sure going after the Nistrim is the wisest course of action after what they've already done to us?
Janeway: Let me make something very clear. The Nistrim are in possession of Federation technology. That is an unacceptable situation.
Neelix: Even though all they've stolen is a small computer component?
Janeway: That small component has the potential to cause vast problems in this quadrant. You're our resident expert on the Kazon. What do you think the other sects will do when they realize the Nistrim have transporter capabilities?
Neelix: They'll try to get it for themselves any way they can. You're right. It could alter the balance of power among the sects.
Janeway: Exactly. And it is our duty to do everything we can, no matter how dangerous, to stop that from happening.
Neelix: You can count on me, Captain.
Chakotay: From the look of these sensor readings, Seska wants us to come after her.
Janeway: Commander.
Chakotay: I think Seska's leading us into another trap. She masterminded a precision raid that made us look like first year Academy students, but she left a warp trail for us to follow. After such a flawless performance, why would she suddenly made that kind of mistake?
Janeway: You think she wants more than the transporter. Are you suggesting we don't follow her?
Chakotay: No, I agree with everything you said about preventing the spread of our technology. But conventional tactics aren't going to work with Seska. We'll need to come at her with a few surprises of our own.
Janeway: I'm open to suggestions.
Tuvok: Perhaps Commander Chakotay could use his intimate knowledge of Seska to manipulate her in much the same way she manipulated us.
Culluh: It can move people great distances in the blink of an eye, Haron. But this transporter is only the beginning.
Haron: Go on, I'm listening.
Culluh: There is a ship filled with new technology. Devices that can make food, water, even weapons appear out of thin air. A computer system which uses neural tissue that can react twice as fast as ours.
Haron: Very interesting, Culluh, but what does all this have to do with me?
Culluh: That ship is on its way here. Help us and we can divide the spoils.
Torres: The module Seska stole contains a quantum resonance oscillator. So, we modify this coil scanner to detect the oscillator, then we get close enough to beam it back.
Chakotay: I'm betting Seska's figured out a way to shield the module from our transporters. We might have to destroy it instead.
Torres: How do we do that?
Chakotay: We borrow a trick from Seska's book. Remember how we disabled the computer core on the Cardassian frigate orbiting Bajor?
Torres: Seska modified an anti-proton beam to penetrate its shields and hull.
Chakotay: Exactly.
Torres: But if I remember correctly, the beam was only effective from an extremely close range. How do we get near enough to the Nistrim ship?
Chakotay: One thing at a time.
Torres: You're taking this all very personally, aren't you?
Chakotay: Why shouldn't I?
Torres: You're not responsible for what happened.
Chakotay: Oh no? I let her join the Maquis. I took her into my confidence. I even got intimately involved with her.
Torres: So you have lousy taste in women. Look, Chakotay, she fooled us all. She was my best friend. Or at least, that's what I thought.
Chakotay: Well, I for one, am through being manipulated by her.
Torres: Are you sure? Because she's affecting you. That's just where she wants you. Don't tense up.
Chakotay: So now I'm getting advice about controlling my emotions from you.
Haron: Our sects have been blood enemies for generations, and yet now you ask for my help to defeat this Voyager. Why not simply do it yourselves? I'll tell you why. Because the Nistrim are weak and the Relora are strong. Your grandfather's time has passed, Culluh. You've presided over the demise of your own sect, whittled away your strength
Culluh: Enough! You may have ships and soldiers, but I have the technology.
Haron: And I congratulate you on the daring and cunning of your raid. Now, why don't you give me this transporter technology, assuming it's authentic, and let the Relora do what we do best? When we have defeated the Voyager, we will not forget the Nistrim's assistance.
Culluh: You think I'm a fool? I won't hand this technology over to you.
Haron: Then perhaps we will have to take it.
Seska: Why don't we let the Maje go back to his ship while we consider his offer.
Haron: Listen to your woman, Culluh.
Paris: Picking up a gap in the Nistrim's warp trail, Captain.
Janeway: All stop. Let's take a look.
Kim: Captain, I've got some floating debris at bearing three one nine mark four.
Janeway: On screen. What is it?
Kim: I'm not sure yet.
Janeway: Magnify.
Emh: I'm detecting a residual transporter signature. There is no doubt that this man and his unfortunate companion were beamed into space.
Kes: And according to these readings, they were alive at the time, Captain.
Janeway: It looks like Seska's already adapted the transporter module into the Kazon's systems and started experimenting with it.
Emh: Her early trials appear to have been less than successful.
Neelix: I'm not so sure these men died by accident, Captain. You see this green band he's wearing? It means he was the First Maje of the Kazon-Relora.
Janeway: Relora?
Neelix: Sworn enemies of the Nistrim. It's conceivable that Seska and Culluh used the transporter to execute these men. Captain's log, stardate 49208.5. I have convened a meeting of the senior staff to determine how we can get close enough to the Nistrim ship to deploy the anti-proton beam.
Janeway: Where's Chakotay?
Torres: He was in Engineering helping me modify the coil scanner. He said he'd be right up.
Janeway: Janeway to Chakotay. Computer, locate Commander Chakotay.
Computer: Commander Chakotay is not aboard the ship.
Chakotay: Computer, when will we intercept the Kazon vessel?
Computer: Approximately thirty minutes.
Janeway: What I want to know, Mister Tuvok, is how he was able to get a shuttlecraft off this ship without either of us knowing about it.
Tuvok: Apparently he was able to override the lockout command.
Janeway: I guess Seska's not the only one who knows how to compromise our security systems.
Tuvok: I assure you, Captain, it will not happen again.
Janeway: See that it doesn't. Did Chakotay leave any clue about what he's up to?
Tuvok: I have accessed his personal logs, but there is no reference to his leaving Voyager.
Janeway: I guess he was in too big a hurry to leave a note.
Torres: The coil scanner was right here. He must've taken it with him.
Janeway: Then I guess it's pretty clear he's going after Seska.
Torres: Looks like that.
Janeway: You were working with him, Lieutenant. Did he say anything to you?
Torres: Just that he thought he felt responsible for Seska and was determined to stop her. But I never thought he would try to do this alone.
Janeway: How big a head start does he have?
Tuvok: Approximately three hours.
Janeway: Janeway to conn.
Paris: Paris here, Captain.
Janeway: Lay in a pursuit course for Commander Chakotay's shuttlecraft. Maximum impulse.
Paris: Acknowledged.
Janeway: And Mister Tuvok, I want a complete review of all security protocols on this ship by twenty two hundred hours.
Tuvok: Aye, Captain.
Culluh: You said the Relora would join us. I should never have listened to you.
Seska: I was wrong. I'm sorry.
Culluh: Kazon sects do not help one another.
Seska: Don't be so sure about that. What did you do to the two men who refused your offer?
Culluh: I killed them.
Seska: Yes. And by doing that, you sent a message. The Kazon-Nistrim are powerful again. First Maje Jal Culluh has technology that no other sect possesses. Join with him, or suffer the consequences.
Culluh: Maybe the mistake was to approach the Relora. They're already strong. But the transporter may be enough to convince the Hobii to join me. And perhaps the Mostral.
Seska: Yes. And with a few more ships, you can defeat Voyager. And when you have the rest of their technology, the other sects will have no choice but to fall into line. That's why I sent a subspace message to the Mostral, the Hobii and the Oglamar.
Culluh: You did what?
Seska: I told them about the transporter, asked them to help us take Voyager.
Culluh: You have gone too far.
Seska: I sent the messages in your name.
Culluh: I am the leader of this sect. You are only a woman.
Seska: I'm sorry, Culluh.
Culluh: You'll address me as Maje.
Seska: Yes. Maje. Please, forgive me.
Culluh: So, how did the other sects respond to my request?
Seska: They're on their way to join us.
Culluh: I could do what no one has done since Jal Sankur united the sects to overthrow the Trabe.
Seska: Yes, Maje.
Culluh: I could have hundreds of ships and thousands of soldiers under my command.
Seska: Yes, Maje.
Culluh: I could be the most powerful Kazon in the quadrant.
Seska: Yes, Maje.
Janeway: Come in.
Torres: Do you have a minute, Captain? It's about Chakotay.
Janeway: That's not exactly my favorite subject right now, Lieutenant.
Torres: Well, I thought that maybe I could explain
Janeway: Explain what? Why my First Officer publicly defied my authority by commandeering a shuttle without permission?
Torres: I know it was never his intention to defy you. He respects your authority.
Janeway: But?
Torres: But he's a very proud man. And he's been embarrassed by Seska.
Janeway: What Seska did, she did to all of us. Frankly, I find it more than a little self-indulgent of Chakotay to assume this is all about him.
Torres: He never said it to me directly but, I think he was in love with her. And then he found out that everything he knew about her was a lie. You said that he publicly defied your authority. Can you imagine what it must have been like for someone as private as Chakotay to be publicly humiliated by someone he loved? And then, as if that weren't enough, she came back to taunt him in front of the entire Bridge crew.
Janeway: I'm sure it was very painful for him. But what you're saying is, he's got a personal score to settle.
Torres: That's only part of it. I know Chakotay. This is his way of taking responsibility. In his mind, he's trying to protect the rest of us from a dangerous situation which he created.
Janeway: Maybe. But that doesn't give him the privilege of ignoring this ship's chain of command.
Torres: I know that. It's just that Chakotay would never tell you any of this himself.
Janeway: And, assuming we get him back in one piece, you want to make sure I take his personal feelings into account before I decide how to diskipline him.
Torres: I know that you're well within your rights to throw him into the brig, but, well
Janeway: Chakotay is lucky to have such a good friend. I'll tell you what. Why don't we deal with getting him back in one piece first? We can worry about the diskipline later.
Torres: Thank you.
Chakotay: Computer, when will we enter the Kazon vessel scanner range?
Computer: Approximately six minutes.
Chakotay: Reduce power to maneuvering thrusters, and life support to five percent. Cut all power to other systems.
Seska: The Mostral should be here in less than twenty hours. The Hobii in fifteen.
Culluh: Come look at this. Intermittent EM readings?
Seska: I don't think so.
Chakotay: Computer, initiate continuous scans for the transporter oscillator.
Computer: Initiating scans.
Seska: Those aren't normal fluctuations. They're energy spikes from maneuvering thrusters. Probably a shuttle running shadow maneuvers. He knows our scanners can't pinpoint energy readings that low.
Culluh: Who?
Seska: Maybe we can resonate a coherent polaron pulse off his hull. Get a lock on him that way. Initiate a continuous stream of pulses from the lateral deflectors.
Kazon Crewman: Maje?
Chakotay: Come on, Seska. Where did you hide that module?
Seska: There you are. Open a channel.
Culluh: To whom?
Seska: Just transmit on wideband subspace. He'll hear me.
Chakotay: Come on, find it!
Seska: Hello Chakotay. Very clever maneuvering, but I'm not about to let you ruin all my hard work.
Seska: Deploy a spread of photonic charges centerd on coordinates one two four by two one seven. Twenty percent nominal yield.
Culluh: That won't be enough.
Seska: We want that shuttle intact.
Chakotay: Gotcha! Computer, power the anti-proton generator.
Computer: Generator ready.
Chakotay: Target a concentrated beam to these coordinates.
Computer: Beam targeted.
Chakotay: Initiate.
Computer: The generator is offline.
Chakotay: Great. Computer, launch the automated message beacon.
Computer: Beacon launched.
Chakotay: Now take the inertial dampers offline.
Seska: He's lost control of the shuttle. We have him.
Culluh: Lock the towing emitter onto his vessel and bring him into the main hangar.
Culluh: Culluh calling Seska.
Seska: This is Seska.
Culluh: He's not here.
Seska: He must've transported aboard. Find him!
Chakotay: I'm right here.
Chakotay: Activate the message beacon. Lovely to see you again.
Tuvok: Captain, I'm detecting a Federation beacon at bearing zero five seven mark seven two.
Kim: This one's definitely ours, Starfleet issue.
Janeway: All stop.
Tuvok: The beacon is transmitting an automated message. It is from Commander Chakotay.
Janeway: On screen.
Chakotay: To Voyager. If this signal has been activated, it means that I have destroyed the Nistrim's transporter capabilities. Captain, I apologize for acting without authorisation, but I ask you not to put the ship or crew in further jeopardy by attempting to rescue me. It's unlikely that I'm still alive. Chakotay to Voyager. If this signal has been activated
Seska: You can go.
Chakotay: I see the Nistrim take orders from you now.
Seska: Let's just say I'm in a position of some influence. Which is fortunate for you. Culluh wanted to execute you immediately, but I convinced him that you'd be a valuable prisoner, and that I should be the one to interrogate you.
Chakotay: Lucky me.
Seska: Would you like a drink? The Kazon word for this is enemy's blood. It's not exactly fine cognac, but I've developed a taste for it. Try some.
Chakotay: No, thanks.
Seska: You know, I've got to hand it to you. I thought all these months answering to Janeway would have made you soft, but all you needed was a little slap in the face to get that Maquis heart of yours beating again. Here's to old times.
Chakotay: I have no interest in reminiscing with you. I destroyed the transporter module. The game's over.
Seska: What do I need with a single transporter module when I've got your shuttle and all its technology sitting in our hangar?
Chakotay: I think you'll find that technology useless. I wiped the computer core before I transported.
Seska: I should have anticipated that.
Chakotay: So if you're going to have me killed, just do it.
Seska: You're still the noble one, aren't you? Ready to die for your shipmates. You know, Chakotay, I may not have the transporter anymore, but I've got something better. You. Maybe that's all I really wanted. I've missed you.
Chakotay: You can't possibly believe that you and I could still
Seska: Don't flatter yourself. It was never that good. You might have been an interesting diversion now and then, but I've always been less interested in you than in the information you could provide me with. First you gave me your Maquis secrets, and now I want Voyager's command codes.
Chakotay: If you think I'm going to give you those codes, you don't know me as well as you think you do.
Seska: Maybe not. But for old time's sake, I'll let you in on a little secret. There are half a dozen ships from other Kazon sects on the way here right now. They're joining us to help take Voyager.
Chakotay: Why are you telling me this?
Seska: I'm not a monster. I still care about Torres and some of the others. I don't want to see anybody get hurt. I never did.
Chakotay: I'm touched.
Seska: These Kazon aren't as reasonable as you and I. I'm going to have to use all of my influence to make sure they don't kill you all. But you've got to give me something to work with.
Chakotay: Voyager's not coming. I left them explicit instructions not to follow me, so you can stop worrying about people getting hurt.
Seska: They'll come. They'd never leave their First Officer in the hands of the Kazon. You may not give me the command codes, but when Culluh gets through with you, you'll wish you had.
Tuvok: The message appears to be authentic, Captain.
Torres: We've got to go get him.
Tuvok: Commander Chakotay has expressly requested that we not attempt to do so.
Torres: We don't have to honor that request. Captain?
Tuvok: If a rescue attempt forces us to engage the Kazon, there is always a possibility that more of our technology will fall into their hands.
Kim: Kim to the Captain. I'm picking up several vessels converging on the Nistrim's location.
Janeway: My gut tells me we should go after Chakotay. But my better judgment tells me we should honor his request.
Torres: I would never want you to ignore your judgment, Captain, but let me ask you this. In your judgment, how would the loss of our First Officer affect this crew? What would it do to the morale on this ship? Maybe this is an instance when your gut is giving you better advice.
Janeway: Janeway to conn.
Paris: Paris here.
Janeway: Resume a course for Chakotay's shuttle.
Paris: Aye, Captain.
Culluh: I'm losing patience, Federation.
Seska: Just tell him what he needs to know.
Chakotay: She's quite a woman, isn't she? Does she rub your shoulders and tell you you're the most exciting man she's ever known? That's what she used to do for me. What's a matter? Didn't she tell you about us?
Culluh: Stop playing games and give me the command codes.
Chakotay: Flattery, devotion, sex. I always thought she had a lot to offer a man.
Culluh: You talk too much, Federation, but you're not telling me what I need to know.
Chakotay: You're wrong, Culluh. I'm telling you exactly what you need to know. She's using you.
Culluh: I'm the one who's using her.
Chakotay: You've done an even better job on him than you did on me.
Culluh: You talk to me, not to her.
Chakotay: Then what's she doing here? Watching you work? She used to like to watch me work, too.
Culluh: I don't believe a word you're saying, so you can stop trying to distract me now and start answering questions.
Chakotay: You know one thing I especially liked? The little mole on her stomach. I guess you've seen it.
Culluh: I'm through wasting my strength on you.
Culluh: Now, give me the command codes.
Chakotay: I'll give you something better.
Culluh: What?
Chakotay: First hand information.
Culluh: Go ahead.
Chakotay: When Seska's through with you, she's going to kill you.
Seska: He's delirious. He doesn't know what he's saying. Give him some time.
Culluh: I'll be back in one hour. For his sake, he better be more cooperative.
Seska: Very clever ploy, Chakotay. But you know I'm not a killer. If I were, you'd have been dead a long time ago.
Tuvok: I have located the Nistrim vessel on long-range sensors. Distance, point four light years. However, they are not alone. There are now at least six other Kazon ships in the immediate vicinity.
Janeway: I didn't think Culluh had that many ships.
Neelix: They must belong to enemy sects.
Tuvok: That may be so, but the ships have not powered their weapons systems.
Janeway: What do you make of it, Neelix?
Neelix: It's certainly unusual for rival Kazon sects to congregate peacefully.
Janeway: Is it possible the Nistrim have formed an alliance with other sects?
Neelix: I've never known the Kazon to do anything like that before.
Tuvok: If the Nistrim have added six ships to their force, it would be tactically unwise to engage them.
Janeway: Then we'll just have to find a way of getting Chakotay out of there without picking a fight.
Torres: We can transport him out.
Tuvok: We would have to slow down once within transporter range, giving the Kazon ample time to open fire.
Torres: Not necessarily. We could beam him out at warp speed without even slowing down. The Kazon would never be able to catch us.
Kim: That's difficult enough when both ships are traveling at warp. The Kazon ship's not even moving.
Torres: I can compensate for that.
Janeway: How?
Torres: By synchronizing the transporter's annular confinement beam to the warp core frequency.
Kim: Maybe, but at a relative speed of two billion kilometers per second, it's pretty tough to get a lock on somebody.
Tuvok: Ensign Kim is correct. We would risk scrambling his transporter signal and killing him. It would be a direct violation of Starfleet's safety protocols.
Torres: Do you have a better idea? Trust me, Captain. I can do it.
Janeway: How can you be so sure?
Torres: Because I've done it before. When you're a Maquis, you don't always have the luxury of following protocols.
Culluh: Ah, Jal Surat of the Mostral. May I present Jal Loran of the Hobii, and Jal Valek of the Oglamar.
Surat: We've met before, in battle.
Culluh: Please, Jal Surat, sit down. Today is the day Kazon children will remember for generations. Today is the day we put aside our differences and join forces to defeat Voyager. Today is the day that marks the end of the supremacy of the Relora and the Ogla, because after today, we will have the Federation technology. And the other sects will run when they see us.
Surat: That's a fine speech, Culluh, but what makes you think Voyager won't use this technology to defeat us?
Culluh: Because I have Voyager's command codes.
Surat: I have heard what you did to the Relora Maje and his companion. Very impressive. But before I make an enemy of these Federations, I want proof that you have their command codes.
Culluh: May I present Commander Chakotay, Voyager's First Officer.
Paris: Sixty seconds to transporter range, Captain.
Janeway: Bridge to Torres. Have you located Chakotay?
Torres: I'm reading Kazon life signs but still no Chakotay.
Tuvok: Captain, I must remind you that we have no direct evidence the Commander is still alive or if he is, that he is still aboard that ship.
Janeway: I'm not conceding that yet. Can you give me anything, B'Elanna?
Torres: I'm picking up some kind of localized dampening field. It's blocking our targeting scanners.
Janeway: Maybe Seska's found a way to hide Chakotay from us.
Torres: You may be right. I've got reinitialize the targeting scanners to much the relative phase of the dampening field. I've found him, Captain.
Torres: He's still alive.
Janeway: Can you get him out of there?
Torres: The dampening field is disrupting
Torres: Our transporter signal. I can't get a lock on him.
Janeway: Red alert. Mister Paris, take us out of warp.
Seska: It's Voyager.
Surat: Well, Culluh, what are you waiting for? Use the command codes to disable them.
Culluh: Bridge, this is First Maje Culluh. Lock weapons onto the Federation ship and fire.
Janeway: Mister Paris, evasive pattern Delta four. Mister Tuvok, return fire.
Tuvok: Firing phasers.
Janeway: Bridge to Torres. Can you transport Chakotay?
Torres: I'm matching the pattern buffer frequency to the Kazon dampening field.
Janeway: Make it fast.
Torres: I've got a lock. Initiating transport.
Janeway: Do you have him, B'Elanna?
Torres: I had him for a second, but they've remodulated the dampening field.
Janeway: Can you compensate?
Torres: I'm trying, but I need more time.
Janeway: We'll try to hold them off, but we don't have long. Mister Tuvok, phasers to maximum. Let's give them a little distraction.
Surat: Why are you allowing them to continue firing?
Culluh: It's taking longer than I thought to interface with their systems. You must order your ships to provide cover.
Surat: I hope you know what you're doing.
Tuvok: The other Kazon vessels have opened fire.
Janeway: Mister Paris, evasive pattern omega two.
Paris: Aye, Captain.
Janeway: Bridge to Torres. You're going to have to hurry it up down there.
Janeway: We can't hold them off much longer.
Torres: I'm doing the best I can.
Surat: We're losing patience, Culluh.
Culluh: Where are you going?
Seska: To the bridge. I might have better luck interfacing with Voyager's systems from there.
Culluh: I'll go with you.
Surat: You'll stay right here.
Tuvok: Aft shields down to twenty three percent, Captain.
Janeway: Bridge to Torres. Can you transport Chakotay out or not?
Torres: They've put the dampening field on some kind of randomly fluctuating modulation. It'll take me at least an hour to match the phase variances.
Tuvok: Shields to sixteen percent. Captain, we must retreat.
Janeway: Lieutenant, just how localized is that dampening field?
Torres: A little more than
Torres: Two meters in diameter. Just enough to isolate Chakotay. Why?
Janeway: I think I've got an idea.
Surat: I don't think you ever had those command codes. I think you're a liar!
Culluh: What does it matter? If we work together, we don't need the command codes to beat them.
Surat: You're right. We can beat them. But we're going to do it without you. We're taking your ship.
Tuvok: Please stay where you are. You will find that our transporters have rendered your weapons useless.
Surat: I will make you very sorry for this, Culluh.
Tuvok: Here are the terms, gentlemen. The safe return of our First Officer and shuttlecraft in exchange for your freedom. I presume you will find that an acceptable arrangement. Captain's log, stardate 49211.5. Now that Commander Chakotay has made a full recovery, I'm faced with the difficult task of responding to his failure to follow procedure.
Janeway: Just tell me one thing. What were you thinking?
Chakotay: About keeping our technology out of Kazon hands. I thought if I did it on my own, I could keep the rest of the crew out of danger.
Janeway: That may be a very noble sentiment, but it wasn't your decision to make. Oh, Chakotay. We've spent the last ten months together on this ship. I thought we had an understanding. Why did you choose to ignore procedure?
Chakotay: Seska was my problem, a problem I felt it was my duty to solve.
Janeway: So you had a personal score to settle.
Chakotay: I thought I was doing the right thing.
Janeway: Really? Tell me this. How do you expect me to keep order when the First Officer takes it upon himself to run off like some cowboy because he decides it's a good idea? What you did was commendable. The way you did it was not. You set a terrible example. And on a personal level, you've made my job more difficult.
Chakotay: If that's so, I regret it.
Janeway: I'm putting you on report, in case that means anything anymore.
Chakotay: It means something to me, Captain. It means I've let you down, and for that I'm truly sorry.
Tuvok: Bridge to Ready room.
Janeway: Go ahead, Mister Tuvok.
Tuvok: I think you and Commander Chakotay should come in here.
Janeway: On our way.
Tuvok: I have located an automated message beacon, Captain.
Janeway: Another one?
Tuvok: It is a message to Commander Chakotay from Seska.
Janeway: Would you like Mister Kim to put it through to your office?
Chakotay: No. I think I've spent enough time alone with Seska.
Janeway: Very well. Put it on screen.
Seska: Hello, Chakotay. Congratulations on your victory. I look forward to our next meeting. Oh, and there's something you should know. While you were unconscious, I took the liberty of extracting a sample of your DNA. I impregnated myself with it. So, I guess more congratulations are in order. You're going to be a father.


Janeway: We need this completely filled. We don't have time to haggle over price.
Neelix: Understood.
Tuvok: Captain.
Janeway: Janeway to Voy
Guard: Get up.
Caylem: Get away from her!
Kim: Commander, any word on that tellerium?
Chakotay: Not yet. How bad is it?
Kim: The anti-matter reaction rate is down to twelve percent. If it drops below nine, the plasma injectors will lock up and we'll never be able to re-initialize the nacelles.
Chakotay: Options?
Kim: If we're going to reduce our power demands even further, we're going to have to drop the shields.
Chakotay: I don't want to leave the ship defenseless this close to a hostile planet.
Kim: All other systems are already offline. Life support is at minimal. You asked for options? That's our last one.
Chakotay: All right, power down the shields.
Kim: That helped. It's only a matter of time. There's nothing more we can do without the tellerium.
Neelix: Neelix to Voyager.
Chakotay: Yes, Neelix.
Neelix: The rest of the away team is gone, Commander. They've been taken by the Mokra. What do you want me to do?
Chakotay: Did you get the tellerium?
Neelix: Yes, I have it.
Chakotay: Then we need you here. Prepare to beam directly to Engineering.
Kim: Re-routing emergency power to Transporter room two and energizing.
Chakotay: Chakotay to away team. Captain, can you hear me?
Kim: Unlock the control conduit.
Chakotay: Tuvok, Torres, please respond.
Kim: Keep an eye on the flow rate.
Crewman: Yes, sir. Rate's holding steady.
Kim: Reaction rate has stabilized at thirteen percent. Up to fifteen, eighteen.
Neelix: It worked then. We're all right.
Kim: Maybe. Once the rate is up to normal, we'll try getting the warp drive back online. Then we'll see if there was any damage.
Chakotay: Begin rerouting power back to all key systems. What happened down there?
Neelix: I don't know exactly. I went in the shop, completed the trade, then I heard weapons fire on the street. By the time I got out there the Captain and the others were gone.
Chakotay: Are you sure it was the Mokra?
Neelix: I spoke to witnesses on the street. They said it was quite a fight.
Chakotay: Any idea how the Mokra knew you were down there?
Neelix: Someone must have told them we were coming. The Mokra have informants everywhere.
Chakotay: Could your contact be one of them?
Neelix: I don't think I would have made it back here with the tellerium if he had been. Besides, he's involved with the Alsaurian resistance movement. He would never help the Mokra.
Chakotay: They've probably got the resistance movement under surveillance.
Kim: Commander, I think we're ready to give the engines a try. I'm opening the plasma injectors. Warp engines are back online. All systems normal.
Chakotay: Good work, Mister Kim. Mister Neelix, you're with me. I think it's time we contacted the Mokra.
Chakotay: Mister Paris, set a new course. Bring us out from behind the moon and establish a standard orbit around the planet. Slowly. We don't want to look aggressive.
Paris: Yes, sir.
Chakotay: What kind of response can we expect when they see us?
Neelix: The Mokra are paranoid and hostile. They have no use for diplomacy. I wouldn't be surprised if they started shooting at us immediately.
Paris: We'll be in full view of the planet in a few seconds. Orbital sensor net has picked us up. They're scanning the ship. We're being hailed.
Chakotay: On screen.
Augris: I am third magistrate Augris of the Mokra Order.
Chakotay: Commander Chakotay of the Federation starship Voyager.
Augris: May I assume you're seeking permission to conduct business with us?
Chakotay: No. Some of my crewmembers have already been to the surface. We've lost contact with them.
Augris: I see. You must have been unaware of our regulations. I'll transfer a complete copy for future reference.
Chakotay: I have reason to believe they're being detained.
Augris: Detained? That's possible. I'll look into it for you. I'll contact you shortly.
Chakotay: Thank you.
Neelix: He's not like any Mokra I've ever met. I can't believe he'll really help us.
Chakotay: If there's any chance for a diplomatic solution, we have to pursue it. In the meantime, I want continuous scans of the surface. Standard search pattern.
Tuvok: I advise caution.
Torres: There's a control circuit there. I can see it. If only we knew that Neelix made it back to the ship with the tellerium, then at least this would be worth it.
Tuvok: I regret I have no such reassurance to offer you.
Torres: We don't even know what happened to the Captain. She might have been killed out there on the street.
Tuvok: That is possible. It is also possible that she is safely returned to Voyager. We have insufficient evidence to dismiss either conclusion.
Torres: I guess that's the Vulcan way of telling me to hope for the best.
Caylem: Look who's awake. Just rest. You must be thirsty. Maybe hungry for a little something? What shall I make? What can I make? What? What?
Janeway: Where am I?
Caylem: Oh, it hasn't been that long. I wish I had some. This will do. Drink.
Janeway: Thank you.
Caylem: I'll fix you some soup. Now, just lie down.
Janeway: You're very kind but I have
Caylem: You're safe now.
Janeway: I really can't
Caylem: Shush. Don't worry. Everything's all right now. My little girl is home.
Janeway: I'm very grateful for everything you've done for me.
Caylem: But you know there's nothing I wouldn't do for my sweet Ralkana.
Janeway: My name is Kathryn Janeway.
Caylem: Kathryn? That's an unusual name. Very pretty. I like it.
Janeway: I am a starship Captain. It is very important that I contact my ship.
Caylem: Wonderful. Captain Kathryn of a glorious starship. Then what happens? Go on, I'm listening. I love your stories.
Janeway: It's not a story, it's a request. May I use your communications equipment?
Caylem: Communications. Oh, we're not supposed to have any of that. The Mokra don't allow it.
Janeway: They can't have control of everything. Surely there's someone who has an illegal transmitter.
Caylem: I know what you'd like. Some talsa root soup.
Janeway: Can you at least tell me what happened to the other people I was with on the street.
Caylem: You really should be more careful out there. Those Mokra will pick a fight for no reason. I don't want you getting hurt again. But I saw the way you handled that ugly one. I couldn't have done any better. I was so proud of you, Ralkana.
Janeway: My two friends. Did the Mokra take them?
Caylem: I'm afraid so.
Janeway: Where would they have been taken. A detention center?
Caylem: The prison.
Janeway: All right. How do I get there?
Caylem: The soup. I'm forgetting the soup.
Janeway: I appreciate your hospitality, but I can't stay here. I've got to get to that prison.
Caylem: You're right. The time has come. Now that we're together again, we can't wait another day. My beautiful and brave girl. The Mokra won't stand a chance against us.
Janeway: You're very kind to offer, but I didn't mean we'd be going together.
Caylem: You must eat and rest to get your strength back. We'll leave soon enough. We don't want to keep her waiting any longer than we have to.
Janeway: Keep who waiting?
Caylem: She must miss you so terribly. It's hard to bear thinking of her alone in that dark cell. It's been difficult for all of us. Don't worry, we'll get her out. You'll see your mother again.
Augris: Our world has come under attack before. You can understand our concern at finding strangers who arrive secretly from a hidden ship.
Chakotay: I assure you we have no hostile intentions.
Augris: I believe you, but some of my colleagues are cautious about dealing with disreputable ships.
Neelix: What does that mean?
Augris: It seems you've been making more enemies than friends since you arrived from the Alpha quadrant, is it? Some think even that story is a lie.
Chakotay: But not you.
Augris: Of course not. I'm here to help.
Chakotay: Then I'd like to talk to my crewmembers.
Augris: I'm afraid that will be difficult in the current climate of mistrust. Perhaps if you could tell us more about what brought you here, who you've been dealing with.
Chakotay: I'll consider that, after I talk to my crewmembers.
Augris: You're not making it very easy for me to help you. Let me see what I can arrange. It may take some time. Commander.
Chakotay: Talk to your contacts again. I want an alternative to sitting here waiting for him to get back to us.
Tuvok: Your question is based on a faulty assumption. I cannot answer it.
Augris: You can't deny being in contact with the Resistance.
Tuvok: I deny that we are intending to supply them with weapons.
Augris: These lies are useless. We know that you are helping the subversives. I want names.
Tuvok: I have none to give you.
Torres: We told you already. We don't know anything about the Resistance.
Augris: I've heard that many times, from many people. Take him.
Tuvok: Lieutenant, stop! That will not help either of us.
Augris: He's right.
Janeway: I see soldiers out there. What's happening?
Caylem: They're everywhere, searching the whole area.
Janeway: I don't want to cause trouble for you. I'll go as soon as it's dark.
Caylem: You've always been a troublemaker, ever since you could walk. I've never seen such a wilful child, but that's what I love most about you. Your spirit. Now, don't worry. When they come through here, we'll be gone already. Your mother will want some of her things. Ah, a pretty dress to wear.
Janeway: They're only looking for me. You don't have to get any more involved that you already are.
Caylem: Why, if my precious girl is involved, then I am involved too.
Caylem: Do you remember this? She always used to wear it on special occasions. I think today would count as one. You know what I think she would like even more is to see you wear it.
Janeway: I couldn't possibly take it.
Caylem: Be careful. This won't heal if you move around too much.
Janeway: If you want to help, tell me about that prison. What kind of security do they have? Are there forcefields, detection grids, physical barriers?
Caylem: Yes. All of it.
Janeway: What about guards?
Caylem: Lots of guards. The Mokra make a big show of it, always bragging about how no one has ever escaped.
Janeway: Listen to me. I can't bring you to the prison with me. It's too dangerous.
Caylem: I'm not afraid.
Janeway: And that could get both of us killed. You have to stay here.
Caylem: If I stay here I can't bring the letters.
Janeway: Letters? To the prison?
Caylem: Letters. Don't you remember how we used to write to her together? Here they are. I still write them every week since she's been gone. I've always known that one day I'd be able to give them to her. I've never forgotten.
Janeway: These are all to your wife? How long has it been?
Caylem: My last letter. My last letter's not, it's not here. Oh. I wrote it three days ago, but it's not. I can't let her think I've stopped writing, that I gave up hope only days before. I'll write it again. My hand, my hand shakes sometimes. You write it so it looks nice.
Janeway: I'm very sorry. I have to go before the soldiers come.
Caylem: The last one. The last one was about. My memory isn't very good. Oh, I remember. I went walking in the morning. It was very cold. Tell her I wore my sweater. She worries about that sort of thing, and, and I what? And I saw that they had torn down that old building where you and the other children used to play. And tell her it rained for two and a half days. I don't know if she can see the sky where they're keeping her. And there was more. There was something about a friend. I, why can't I remember? I wanted to tell her!
Janeway: It's all right. She'll understand.
Caylem: Yes. Yes, you're right. She will. Please let me come with you.
Janeway: I'm sorry, that's not possible.
Guard: Check this one here.
Janeway: Is there another way out?
Caylem: There.
Guard: Open up there! Open the door, open the door now! Break it down!
Caylem: This is a waste of time. We don't need him anyway.
Janeway: I need him. If he's a member of the Resistance he may be able to help me contact my ship.
Caylem: Monster!
Caylem: He's the one. He took your mother. We have to
Janeway: They want a fight. Don't give them one.
Man: I've done nothing. I've done nothing. Please. Please.
Augris: You look like a helpful citizen, so tell me. You might have seen some strangers who were in the market place earlier today?
Man: No, sir. No, sir, I've seen no one. Please.
Augris: You! I'm looking for someone. A woman.
Darod: I haven't seen any woman.
Augris: There are two right over here. You see them, don't you?
Darod: Yes.
Augris: Maybe we should discuss this elsewhere.
Janeway: Caylem!
Caylem: Good morning! I seem to have lost my hat. It's about this big.
Caylem: Have you seen my hat?
Augris: Run along, old man.
Caylem: Without my hat?
Augris: There you go.
Caylem: It's all right now. They've gone.
Neelix: The prison is in the north east corner of the city. My sources tell me it's surrounded by metaphasic shields.
Chakotay: Can you find a way to beam through them? The Mokra aren't familiar with transporter technology.
Kim: There is a periodic fluctuation in the shield's energy pattern. I'm working on a way to take advantage of it.
Neelix: There's only one problem with that. If the Mokra detect us breaking through their shields, we'll be surrounded by soldiers in seconds.
Paris: If we could beam in close enough to where the away team is being held, we might be able to get in and out of there before the Mokra had a chance to react.
Kim: We can't locate the away team from here. The detention level is subterranean and the rock is too dense for our sensors to penetrate. You'll have to look for them after you beam into the prison.
Chakotay: Too dangerous. We can't risk beaming in. We have to find another way that the Mokra won't detect. Sounds like a challenge for you, Mister Kim.
Darod: You'd be welcome to use our transmitter if we still had one. The Mokra confiscated it this morning.
Janeway: Then I'll have to find my crew members myself. I know two of them were arrested. What about Neelix?
Darod: He stayed inside with me then got transported up to your ship.
Janeway: Good. What can you tell me about the prison.
Caylem: I know about the prison.
Janeway: We need all the information we can get. I have to reach my crew.
Darod: Don't you think there are people in there I'd like to get out? Any sane person would tell you it's impossible.
Caylem: Spoken like a coward.
Darod: I've heard about you, old man. You're the coward.
Janeway: Enough.
Darod: What are you doing with this lunatic? Has he been telling you stories of his brave deeds? They're just fantasies. Taking him along on this rescue mission of yours is just suicide.
Janeway: He's already saved me from the Mokra once, and he saved you from those soldiers today.
Darod: All right, stay with him. Go up to the prison. Get yourself killed.
Janeway: I won't get killed if you tell me what you know.
Darod: There are access tunnels on the north side. They'll get you in a little closer, but they're guarded.
Janeway: I'll need weapons.
Darod: They're not free.
Janeway: I don't have anything to trade.
Darod: That's worth some weapons.
Janeway: I can't.
Caylem: Yes, you can. If it'll help to bring her back to us.
Janeway: Thank you.
Darod: I can have someone meet you on the street in three hours to make the trade. He'll be wearing a blue vest. Watch for him.
Janeway: We will. Thank you.
Darod: I'd wish you luck, but what you'll need is a miracle.
Janeway: He's more than three hours late. We have to consider the possibility that he's been arrested.
Caylem: You mustn't believe what he told you about me.
Janeway: I don't believe it. You're not a coward.
Caylem: I had to keep my little girl safe. It was just too dangerous to get involved. Can you understand? Your mother wouldn't listen. She wanted to fight. She was always so passionate about what she believed in. She didn't care about the risk.
Janeway: You were proud of her.
Caylem: I didn't want to loose her. I didn't want you to grow up without a mother. I tried so hard to change her mind, and finally she changed mine. She convinced me to go with her. I said I would meet her by the river. She was leading a raid against a Mokra supply center. I said I would meet her, but I didn't. I couldn't. I was too afraid. She was still waiting for me when they arrested her. I could never tell you about this. I knew you would hate me. I couldn't bear that. Please, Ralkana, if you can ever forgive me.
Man: All right, I'll be right there.
Caylem: What is it?
Janeway: A blue vest.
Caylem: Then it's time to go.
Caylem: What happened?
Janeway: He was wearing military boots, like the Mokra. It was a trap.
Caylem: A trap. And you saw it, my clever girl. We'll be all right. We have each other. That's we'll need.
Janeway: It's not that simple. We can't just walk into the prison without weapons.
Janeway: Maybe we'll have to try a different strategy.
Augris: We don't have to ask your friend any more questions, if you give us the answers.
Torres: I told you I don't.
Torres: I'm sorry. I guess I always assumed that Vulcans didn't feel pain like the rest of us. That you were able to block it out somehow. Until I heard. Was that you I heard?
Tuvok: Vulcans are capable of suppressing certain levels of physical pain. Beyond that we must simply endure the experience.
Torres: How can you say that so calmly? You must feel some anger at what they did to you, some desire to fight back.
Tuvok: Under the circumstances, physical resistance is ineffective. We are fighting back by refusing to give them any information.
Guard: Get down there.
Guard: Three more hours. There's nothing going on around here. Wake me if the Lieutenant shows up, will you?
Guard: You girls aren't supposed to come down here any more.
Janeway: Do you want me to leave?
Guard: I didn't say that.
Janeway: Then I won't.
Guard: If my Lieutenant saw you here I'd be in trouble.
Janeway: Nobody will see us back here. It's dark. Private.
Caylem: I like the strategy.
Caylem: We're ready to go.
Janeway: No, you're not coming with me.
Caylem: Of course I am. We settled this. You told that man, Darod, how I saved you from the Mokra!
Janeway: You did save me. Now I'm returning the favor.
Janeway: I promise I'll try to find your wife.
Caylem: Wait! Ralkana! No!
Kim: I've been studying their orbital sensor net. It surrounds the entire planet. This is the most sophisticated system I've ever seen. It monitors everything we do. There's no way of disabling it from orbit.
Chakotay: So much for a surprise attack.
Kim: We may still be able to surprise them, even if they do see us coming. We can modify the main deflector to send out dozens of radion beams which should penetrate the prison shields. One of them will carry our transporter signal but the sensor net won't be able to distinguish which one, so the Mokra won't know the exact location we're beaming to.
Chakotay: And they won't know where to concentrate their defenses.
Kim: That's the best head start I can give you.
Chakotay: Then it'll have to do. How long will it take to modify the deflector?
Kim: I can do it right now.
Chakotay: Chakotay to Paris. Is the rescue team ready?
Paris: Standing by.
Chakotay: Prepare for transport.
Kim: Deflector ready, Commander.
Chakotay: Initiate the radion beams.
Kim: Sending out the first volley. It's working. They're getting through the shields.
Chakotay: Begin the transport.
Kim: Transporter room two, synchronize your confinement beams to That came from the surface.
Chakotay: Maximum shields. Damage report.
Kim: Shields at ninety percent. It's a precision hit right to the source of the beams. Main deflector is now offline. We're being hailed from the surface.
Chakotay: On screen.
Augris: Your attempt to penetrate our defenses is a hostile act against the Mokra Order. There are now eighty five phased ion cannons targeted at your ship. If you don't withdraw from Mokra space in two minutes, we will open fire.
Kim: Commander.
Chakotay: Give me some good news, Mister Kim.
Kim: There's a disruption in the shields around the prison.
Chakotay: That qualifies. Good work.
Kim: Wish I could take credit for it, but it's coming from inside the prison.
Chakotay: Can we get through?
Kim: Yes, but the Mokra will detect our transport.
Paris: Sounds like they have other things to worry about right now. That disruption might not be accidental. Someone might be trying to get out.
Chakotay: That's a big assumption.
Paris: Even if our people didn't cause the problem, you know they'd take advantage of it. This is our best chance to find them.
Chakotay: In about thirty seconds the Mokra are going to open fire. I don't know how long we're going to be able to wait for you.
Paris: Understood.
Janeway: Darod. I'm looking for my people.
Darod: Back this way. I'll show you.
Janeway: Don't move!
Caylem: There you are.
Janeway: What are you doing here?
Caylem: I would do everything in my power to protect my only child.
Kim: There's a phased ion charge coming at us from the planet.
Chakotay: Full power to the shields.
Kim: Shields at sixty percent. Minor damage on deck fourteen. They're firing again.
Chakotay: Modulate the shield frequencies. Try to throw off their sensors.
Kim: No effect. Direct hit to the port nacelle.
Chakotay: Redirect all warp power to the shields.
Kim: Two more coming in.
Tuvok: Captain.
Janeway: We've got to get you back to the ship. You're hurt.
Caylem: Ralkana, the other cells are this way. We must find your mother.
Janeway: Follow this passageway until it dead ends, then you'll see a smaller passageway.
Torres: Captain, what are you doing?
Janeway: There's one more person I have to find.
Darod: Guards!
Augris: After all that time I spent looking for you, all I had to do was wait here.
Kim: Shields down to twenty three percent.
Chakotay: We've got to get out of their weapons range. Scan one more time for the away team.
Kim: There's no sign of them.
Chakotay: Prepare to break orbit.
Kim: Wait! Set a course bearing two one nine mark four seven.
Chakotay: Where are you taking us, Mister Kim?
Kim: There's a large magnetic storm over the northern magnetic pole. It's giving our sensors some trouble, it should do same for theirs.
Chakotay: A blind spot?
Kim: Exactly. If we maintain our position directly above the storm, their sensor net may not be able to keep an accurate lock on our position.
Chakotay: How long do you thing this'll work.
Kim: The storm's already dissipating. A few more minutes?
Chakotay: I'll take every second I can get.
Augris: I must say I'm impressed, Caylem. You never made it this far before. Every so often he goes on one of his missions to rescue his wife. She's been dead for twelve years.
Caylem: Lies! Lies! Lies!
Augris: Sometimes he gets all the way up to the front gate. We send him on his way and allow him to serve as a reminder of just how futile it is to challenge us. I thought you'd learnt that lesson when you lost your daughter. She made it as far as the tunnels before she was shot.
Caylem: No.
Augris: So much tragedy for one man to bear. And now your foolishness has condemned another innocent woman. Take the others back for questioning. I'll interrogate this one myself.
Caylem: No! I won't let you hurt her!
Janeway: Caylem!
Caylem: Ralkana? He said you'd been shot.
Janeway: He was lying to you, Father. I'm all right.
Caylem: And your mother?
Janeway: She's fine. She was so happy to get your letters. She wanted me to tell you something. She forgives you. We both do.
Caylem: My sweet girl.
Paris: Captain.
Janeway: I'm coming.
Darod: No one will forget what he did here today. I'll make sure of that.
Chakotay: Chakotay to transporter room two. Do we have them?
Janeway: We're all back, Commander. Take us out of here.
Chakotay: Gladly. Lieutenant, you heard her.
Kim: The warp drive is functioning normally and we'll have the main deflector back online tomorrow.
Janeway: Yes. Thank you, Mister Kim.
Kim: Captain, are you all right?
Janeway: I'm fine.