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Captain's log, stardate 48532.4.
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We're on our way to a rogue planetoid
which is a rich source of dilithium.
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This could go a long way toward
easing our power shortage.
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If we do find dilithium on this planetoid,
we'll need a refining facility.
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Lieutenant Torres wants to modify
the auxiliary impulse reactor.
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It could be converted
into a crude dilithium refinery.
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The impulse reactor?
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B'Elanna tries to find solutions
that ignore Starfleet procedures.
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- She thinks it can be done safely.
- I'm sure it can.
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I want reports on her progress
every step of the way.
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You won't join me for breakfast?
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I was thinking of having
eggs Benedict with asparagus,
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strawberries and cream...
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I said I was thinking about it.
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I'm actually having stewed tomatoes
with dehydrated eggs.
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Sounds delicious but I've already had
my vacuum-packed oatmeal.
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I'll see you on the bridge.
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- Enjoy it.
- What is going on?
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- Captain, you caught me by surprise.
- What are you doing?
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I know you and the other senior officers
have been disappointed with the rations
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so I'm using a few vegetables
from the hydroponics bay
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to whip up a little breakfast.
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You've turned this into a galley?
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I had to reroute
the mess hall power conduits
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and scrounge supplies from all over.
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But my specialty is making
something out of nothing.
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In a few days you'll swear
there's been a galley here for years.
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Careful. That one is spicy.
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- Who approved this?
- Well... no one.
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You might have asked me first.
This used to be my private dining room.
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Yours?
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If you had checked the directory
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you'd have noticed that this is
the Captain's private dining room.
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Then I'll guess you'll want me to move
all this stuff out of your way.
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Bridge to Captain Janeway.
We're approaching the rogue planetoid.
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On my way. Come with me.
We will deal with this later.
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Ensign Parsons,
would you keep an eye on things?
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Rotate the darvot fritters
until they turn a deep chartreuse.
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Remember, one to a customer.
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- What have you found?
- Definite dilithium signatures.
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The strongest readings are from
20 kilometres inside the planetoid.
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There are subterranean caves
with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere.
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It'll be easier if we can go in
without environmental suits.
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- How much dilithium is there?
- It's hard to get a precise reading.
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It could be anywhere
from 500 to 1,000 metric tons.
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Just as I said. I bet there are
a few dilithium engineers
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who'd give their spinal columns
to know where this planet is.
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Take an away team and
do a preliminary geological analysis.
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Get your dilithium refinery on-line.
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- It'll be ready to go in three days.
- Ensign Kim?
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- Where are you going?
- With you.
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I've been studying tricorder operations.
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I'm up-to-date on dilithium geophysics.
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I've been preparing
for this mission all week.
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- Very well, Mr Neelix.
- I think you'll find me extremely helpful.
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The first time I flew past this planet...
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Deck 4.
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There are several large deposits
in this vicinity.
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Let's split up and take geological scans.
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Keep your com channels open
and don't wander too far.
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Stay within 50 metres of this position.
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- Chakotay to Kim.
- Go ahead.
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I'm still picking up dilithium signatures
but there are no dilithium formations.
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- Have you found anything?
- I'm analysing the rock here.
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- There's no indication of dilithium.
- Keep looking.
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- Neelix to Commander Chakotay.
- Go ahead.
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I think I've found something -
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a large cavern approximately
20 metres from my position.
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- I'm reading a huge dilithium formation.
- Don't go any further.
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Stay within the search radius.
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- I'll be with you in a minute.
- But it's right here.
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I'm in the cavern now, Commander.
But... I don't understand this.
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Let me guess. Nothing there.
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Not so much as a sliver of dilithium,
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yet I should be surrounded by it.
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I've had enough of this.
We're heading back to the ship.
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- Rendezvous at the...
- Wait a minute.
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I'm getting unusual readings
from this rock face.
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Traces of organic energy.
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Looks like a bioelectrical signature.
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I think there's
something alive down here.
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It's about two metres into this rock face.
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Neelix, I said get back here.
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- Neelix, did you hear me?
- Just one minute, Commander.
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Hello?
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Is there someone there? Hello?
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I know there's somebody.
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Neelix, what's wrong?
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Neelix!
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- Kim!
- I'm on my way, sir.
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I think he's in shock. Chakotay to
Voyager. Beam us directly to sickbay.
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- Get the blood-gas infuser.
- The what?
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Equipment storage unit 2,
second shelf on the left. Now!
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Hold him still.
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- What's happening?
- He's going into a coma.
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This will keep his oxygen levels stable
for an hour, then he'll die.
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His lungs have been removed.
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- Then he was unconscious.
- How could organs be removed so fast?
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They used some kind of transporter
to beam the lungs out of his body.
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- What happened?
- Neelix was attacked.
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We don't know how it happened,
but someone has removed his lungs.
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- Did you find the lifesign he reported?
- No.
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I've analysed Neelix's sensor logs.
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There was a single class-3
humanoid organism.
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The infuser will keep him alive
for another 47 minutes.
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The only chance for survival
is to get his own lungs back.
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Can't we fit artificial lungs?
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His respiratory system is linked to
points along his spine. It's too complex.
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I may be able to reattach the organs
if we get them back.
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For now I'll have to search
for other options.
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I'm taking an away team
back to the planet.
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You're in charge. I want three armed
security detachments to come with us.
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Issue type-3 phasers.
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Did they teach you how to run
a respiratory series at the Academy?
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- No, I'm afraid they didn't.
- Fine. I'll run it myself.
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Get me a pulmonary scanner.
I have to ask you to leave.
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- I'm not leaving.
- OK. Just keep out of the way.
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This is where Neelix was
when he was attacked.
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He was scanning this rock face
when he detected the lifesign.
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He said there was a lifesign
two metres behind this wall.
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But my tricorder says there's
nothing but solid rock for 15 metres.
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Our tricorders aren't
giving us the real picture.
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Wait a minute.
The rock is warmer here.
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There's a two-degree differential.
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No natural geological phenomena
could create this heat.
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Let's make some heat of our own.
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- There was a force field in place.
- There's a chamber down here.
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Doc, I think
his cellular toxicity level is rising.
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Let's see if we can stabilise
those levels.
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Get me a cytoplasmic stimulator.
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- We don't have one.
- Then replicate one.
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The design schematics are
in the ship's medical database.
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The man drives a starship so someone
thinks he'd make a good medic.
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Can I survive with one lung?
What if I donated one to Neelix?
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No one aboard is a compatible match
for a Talaxian.
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We need a completely new way
to oxygenate his blood supply
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and relay neuro-electrical impulses.
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We can't produce
compatible artificial organs
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but maybe there's a way
to mimic their functions
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and give us control
of his respiratory system.
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Computer, is there an identification
matrix on Neelix?
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- Affirmative.
- Transfer it to console 4.
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- What are you doing?
- Getting specifications for his lungs.
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- You said we can't replicate them.
- We can't.
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But if I can reconfigure
my emitter array,
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I might be able to create
a pair of holographic lungs.
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Holographic lungs?
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We could control his pulmonary
functions to allow normal breathing.
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But a hologram
is just a projection of light.
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There's no real matter involved.
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Now...
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You hit me.
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The containment field that creates my
body can allow matter to pass through it
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or... be stopped.
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I can modulate the lungs that way,
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allowing oxygen to pass
to the bloodstream.
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What does this mean?
What are you going to do to him?
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- There's no time to explain.
- Well, make the time.
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I won't let you perform
any experimental surgery on him
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until I know what you're doing
and what the risks are.
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The risk is that it won't work,
and if it doesn't, he'll die.
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But it is his only chance for survival.
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If he does survive
he'll have to be held motionless.
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The lungs need to be perfectly aligned.
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There can't be any
body movement whatsoever.
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- For how long?
- The rest of his life.
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Unless we are able to retrieve
his original organs.
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He will never be able to leave this room.
The holo-lungs would disappear.
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Kes...
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I know it sounds pretty grim, but it's
better than losing him completely.
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This way, he'll still be alive.
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Maybe we can find
a better solution later.
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- What do you think Neelix would want?
- I'm not sure.
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But I do know that I want him to live.
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This room is the source
of the dilithium signature.
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The power systems
are running on a dilithium matrix.
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- So there are no dilithium deposits here.
- It would appear not.
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Are these organs?
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This looks like a storage facility.
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Yes. This appears to be
a biological repository.
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- Any sign of Neelix's lungs?
- Negative.
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But there is a Kazon liver.
I cannot identify the other organs here,
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but they look like pulmonary organs,
epidermal tissue, nerve fibre...
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Save the cataloguing. There was
a life-form in here ten minutes ago.
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Open it.
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One lifesign 20 metres ahead. Let's go.
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They have erected a force field.
We will not be able to disrupt it.
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Voyager to Captain Janeway.
An alien ship just left the planet.
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- Tractor them.
- They went into warp too quickly.
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Beam us back then lay in a course
for pursuit. Maximum warp.
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OK.
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The restraint is activated. He won't be
able to move more than two microns.
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One micron would be preferable
but it'll have to do.
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Initiating the holographic emitter array.
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His cellular toxicity is rising.
82%... 86%.
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Computer, activate programme
Neelix-1. Deactivate the infuser.
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- It's off-line.
- Here we go.
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90%... 95%.
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Toxicity returning to normal.
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Captain's log, supplemental.
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We are pursuing the alien ship.
They are not responding to hails.
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Our two ships are evenly matched
for speed.
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Holographic lungs?
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Yes. And they're working perfectly,
if I do say so myself.
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Try to breathe normally.
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- How long can I live like this?
- I don't know.
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This is an unprecedented procedure.
We will closely monitor your condition.
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When do I get out of this restraint?
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Unless Captain Janeway
retrieves your lungs,
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you'll have to stay
in the restraint indefinitely.
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Indefinitely?
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You mean I could be in here
the rest of my life?
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Yes.
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But we're trying to find
the aliens that did this.
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The Captain's doing
everything she can.
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Well, if I'm gonna be in here a while...
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now is as good a time as any to tell you.
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Your ceiling is hideous.
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- I didn't design the room.
- A bit of colour would help.
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Maybe a nice tapestry or a painting.
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- Could you dim the lights a little?
- I'm a doctor, not a decorator.
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Perhaps you would be willing
to accommodate his aesthetic needs.
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Some music would be nice. Or better
yet, are you programmed to sing?
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Janeway to Paris.
Please report to the bridge.
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I'm on my way.
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- You know where I am if you need me.
- Thanks for everything.
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Oh, fine. I have a little accident
and lose a pair of lungs.
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And the next thing I know, Paris
is swooping in like a Rectilian vulture.
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- What are you talking about?
- Didn't you hear the way he spoke?
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"I'll be on the bridge if you need me."
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- If you need me.
- Neelix...
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Why doesn't he pull the plug
on the holographic emitter?
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He could have you all to himself.
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00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,595
You're overreacting.
Tom's been very supportive.
235
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,070
Ah, so it's "Tom" now, is it?
236
00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,676
You have nothing to worry about.
We're just friends.
237
00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:19,709
It's not you I'm worried about. It's him.
238
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:25,318
He's just one big hormone
walking around the ship.
239
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,872
Don't you see
the way that he looks at you?
240
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:35,710
This is ridiculous.
I'm not going to argue with you
241
00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,919
about something that exists
only in your imagination.
242
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:46,357
I know you, Neelix.
And I know you're afraid.
243
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,711
I just want you to know that whatever
happens, I'll be here with you.
244
00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:00,232
Kes, I could be in here a very long time.
245
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,995
You need to go on with your life.
Don't worry about me.
246
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,434
Neelix...
247
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,513
- You should just let me die.
- Stop that!
248
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:16,994
- We'll get through this together.
- Visiting hours are over. He needs rest.
249
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,951
- When can I come back?
- 1700 hours. Not a minute before.
250
00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,680
I'll see you then.
251
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,835
I'm not going to kiss you.
I'm only adjusting the restraint.
252
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,754
I'll try to contain my disappointment.
253
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,316
We've completed
our diagnostic on the alien device.
254
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,436
It's more than a weapon.
255
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,434
It's a medical scanner
and surgical instrument.
256
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,876
It uses a neural resonator
to stun the victim
257
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,476
while it begins a micro-cellular analysis
of the body.
258
00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,871
This thing puts a tricorder to shame.
259
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,077
This teaches you all
about someone's anatomy,
260
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,356
right down to their DNA sequencing.
261
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,557
So these aliens
have developed a technology
262
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,315
to locate and extract organs
from other beings.
263
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,040
- Why?
- Captain.
264
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,228
The alien ship is approaching
a large asteroid.
265
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,915
- On screen.
- It's entered the asteroid.
266
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,039
- Hold position. Mr Kim?
- I can't scan the interior.
267
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,636
The surface stratum is made up
of a neutronium alloy.
268
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,759
- It doesn't look like a natural formation.
- Someone built it?
269
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,037
- It's possible.
- Any sign of defence systems?
270
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,237
- Negative.
- I've found where the ship entered.
271
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:49,520
- There's an open crater on the rim.
- Let's see it.
272
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,628
The ion trail from the alien ship
leads directly inside.
273
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,351
- How large is that crater?
- 200 metres in diameter.
274
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,752
Captain, consider carefully
what you're about to do.
275
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:10,118
- How do you know what that is?
- I could describe to you in detail
276
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,590
the psychological observations
I've made about you
277
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,594
which lead me to think
you will take us inside the asteroid.
278
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,036
But suffice it to say,
I know you quite well.
279
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,910
One of these days I'm going
to surprise you. But not today.
280
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,514
I've considered other options.
281
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,389
If Neelix has any chance of surviving,
we have to act fast.
282
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:37,190
- Red Alert. Mr Paris, lay in a course.
- Aye, Captain.
283
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:41,353
Mr Tuvok, maximum shields.
Phasers at the ready.
284
00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:01,078
Captain, I'm reducing power
to the aft thrusters only.
285
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,277
This passageway is getting
a little too narrow.
286
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,399
Use your discretion, Mr Paris.
Any sign of the vessel?
287
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:14,315
We're following the ion trail
but our sensor range is limited.
288
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,836
I'm only able to scan
500 metres ahead of us.
289
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,389
Are we being scanned or probed?
290
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,154
Not yet.
291
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,155
Doctor?
292
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:38,632
- Doctor, I require your assistance.
- What is it?
293
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,951
- Please! It's urgent!
- Yes?
294
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,435
- I have an itch.
- An itch.
295
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,518
Just above my left eyebrow.
296
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,636
A little higher.
297
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,112
- Oh, thank you.
- You're quite welcome.
298
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,113
- Don't leave!
- I'm not leaving.
299
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,159
- I'm simply going back to work.
- I can't see you over there.
300
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,912
- I feel alone.
- You are alone.
301
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:17,153
I'm a holographic projection.
One with a lot of work to do.
302
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,318
That's very amusing, Doctor.
303
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:28,749
But I'm really starting
to feel a little trapped in here.
304
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,632
A little claustrophobic maybe.
305
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,874
- I'm not sure what to do.
- Just lie there and be quiet.
306
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:43,433
I'm going to lie here
for the rest of my life, aren't I?
307
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,474
Just staring up at the ceiling.
308
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,512
I'm not sure I can take that.
309
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,036
I really need to get out of this restraint.
310
00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,755
Doctor, I want you
to let me out of this thing right now.
311
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:05,152
- You know that's impossible.
- I know what my rights are.
312
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,677
I want to be released
from this restraint immediately.
313
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,834
Immediately!
314
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,356
Mr Neelix, you are alive.
You are breathing.
315
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,991
That is more than most people
can say in your situation.
316
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:28,234
It is critical that you not subject yourself
to any additional stress.
317
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,914
- Calm down.
- Don't tell me to calm down!
318
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:36,154
You're not the one trapped in
a restraining field with holo... holo-lungs.
319
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:42,273
I don't think they're working.
I can't... can't get enough oxygen.
320
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,876
- There's something wrong.
- You're hyperventilating.
321
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,510
Try to take slow, natural breaths.
322
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,591
I can't...
323
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:57,117
I'm dying. Let me out of here.
324
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,874
Help me! Help me!
325
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,996
Help me!
326
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:25,269
- You're doing just fine, Mr Paris.
- Thanks, Captain.
327
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,671
Sensors detect a large chamber ahead.
328
00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,076
What the hell...?
329
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,949
We're seeing Voyager and
the alien ship reflecting off the walls.
330
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,834
Which ship is the real one?
331
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,834
I don't know.
The walls are emanating interference.
332
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,073
- I cannot scan them.
- It's like a hall of mirrors.
333
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,038
You never know
when you'll hit the glass.
334
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:01,159
I'm still picking up the alien's ion trail.
Maybe we should follow that.
335
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,232
They might have left a fake trail
to lure us in.
336
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,598
- It could lead us into a wall.
- That's a chance we'll have to take.
337
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:12,116
Extend the deflectors
to maximum range.
338
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:17,752
That will give us a margin of error.
Follow the ion train, Mr Paris. Slowly.
339
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,799
- Mr Kim, continue with scans.
- Aye, Captain.
340
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,279
- I'll try to reassure him.
- Good.
341
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:36,752
I'd like you to remain in sickbay
so you're here when he wakes up.
342
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,388
Of course.
343
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,835
- Are you all right?
- Me?
344
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,869
- You seem agitated.
- This situation is getting out of control.
345
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,270
You mean Neelix?
346
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:56,119
First there's no doctor
so I have to be on call 24 hours a day.
347
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,352
Then there are no nurses
so I have no assistance.
348
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,717
I thought Tom Paris
was assigned to you.
349
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,997
Like I said, no one to assist me.
350
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,392
And now I have a patient
with severe emotional problems
351
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,120
and there's no counsellor on board.
352
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,990
I am an Emergency Medical
supplement. A supplement. That's all.
353
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:25,190
I wasn't programmed for any of this.
It's just... unacceptable.
354
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,033
I don't know anything about holograms,
355
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:32,910
but you haven't been acceptable,
you've been remarkable.
356
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,198
I've only done
what the program allows me to.
357
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:42,593
Give yourself some credit.
You saved his life.
358
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,593
You did. Not some program.
359
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,670
- It may seem that way...
- That's exactly how it seems.
360
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,516
You're very... kind.
361
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:01,117
How does a real doctor learn
to deal with patients' emotions?
362
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,636
- From experience.
- Aren't you capable of learning?
363
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,633
I can accumulate
and process data, yes.
364
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,679
Then I guess you'll just have to learn.
365
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:14,796
Like the rest of us.
366
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,638
Have you considered a career
in medicine?
367
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,793
Neelix is regaining consciousness.
368
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,275
There's a minor fluctuation
in the warp core.
369
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,079
Compensate with the KLS stabiliser.
370
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,437
No effect.
The power loss is accelerating.
371
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:42,311
- What's going on?
- Some kind of power drain.
372
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,110
I can't localise it but we're losing
power at a rate of 7% per minute.
373
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:55,357
The power drain is in this chamber.
Some kind of dampening field.
374
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,308
- It's bleeding energy from the nacelles.
- Shut down the warp core.
375
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,630
Go to emergency power.
376
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,517
- No effect.
- Keep me informed. Bridge out.
377
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:07,750
What's the source of the field?
378
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,913
It appears to be
coming from 217, mark 015.
379
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,196
Distance, 547 metres.
380
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,069
What would happen
if we fired at the source?
381
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,073
The walls of this chamber
reflect energy.
382
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:26,189
The phaser beam would ricochet,
possibly impacting our ship.
383
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,477
- We won't try that.
- Maybe we should.
384
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,679
What would happen
if we reduced the power level
385
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,230
to a minimum setting
and sent out a continuous beam?
386
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:41,632
The phaser would reflect until it
encountered a non-reflective material.
387
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,759
A non-reflective material.
Like the real alien ship.
388
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,596
We could use the phasers like a
searchlight, scan until we find the ship.
389
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,116
- Exactly.
- Do it.
390
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:06,036
- Adjusting phaser azimuth.
- I think I've found the real ship.
391
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,751
On screen.
392
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,791
Bring us within transporter range
of that ship.
393
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,032
- Two lifesigns.
- They're powering engines.
394
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,749
Transporter room 3,
beam them aboard.
395
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,753
Security, meet me in transporter room 3.
396
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,474
You're on the starship Voyager.
397
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,952
I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway
of the United Federation of Planets.
398
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,591
I'm Dereth of the Vidiian Sodality.
399
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:04,756
You attacked one of our crew members
and you've lured us here. Why?
400
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:09,869
We're gathering replacement organs
and suitable bio matter.
401
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,919
It is the only way we have
to fight the phage.
402
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,152
A virus? Some kind of disease?
403
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:22,434
Yes. It attacked our people
over two millennia ago.
404
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,955
It consumes our bodies,
405
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:29,716
destroys our genetic codes
and cellular structures.
406
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:36,115
So you harvest the bodies of other
beings to replace your own tissues
407
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,078
as they're consumed by this phage?
408
00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:42,835
Our immuno-technology
cannot keep up.
409
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,755
The phage adapts.
It resists all attempts to destroy it.
410
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:53,995
Our society has been ravaged.
Thousands die each day.
411
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,835
There is no other way for us to survive.
412
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:06,112
I have a great... sympathy
for what your race has endured.
413
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:10,239
But you cannot keep the organs
you removed from my crew member.
414
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:13,995
We need them back immediately.
415
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:20,033
I'm afraid that isn't possible.
416
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:25,911
I have already biochemically altered
the air-breathing organs,
417
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:30,392
and grafted them into Motura's body.
418
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:34,269
They are a part of him now.
419
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,079
He is my honatta.
420
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:45,075
His task is to find the organs
I need for survival.
421
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:51,236
We... we try to extract them
from the dead...
422
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:55,712
But sometimes,
when the need is immediate,
423
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,714
more aggressive actions are required.
424
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:04,309
So now I'm left with
the same choice you made -
425
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,632
whether to commit murder
to save a life,
426
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,872
or to allow my own crewman to die,
427
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,032
while you breathe air through his lungs.
428
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:21,753
It must be impossible
for you to understand
429
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:28,359
how any civilised people
could come to this.
430
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:36,349
Before the phage began, we were
known as educators and explorers,
431
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,559
a people whose greatest achievements
were artistic.
432
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:44,508
I myself am a sculptor of note
on my world.
433
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:51,228
All I can say is that when
your entire existence is at stake...
434
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:55,837
You don't have to explain yourself,
Motura.
435
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:04,511
If the consequence of this act
is a death sentence...
436
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,636
so be it.
437
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,395
At least it will put an end
to my suffering.
438
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,672
I can't begin to understand
what your people have gone through.
439
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,310
They can ignore
the moral implications of this,
440
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,994
but I have no such luxury.
441
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,630
I don't have the freedom
to kill you to save another.
442
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:32,079
My culture finds that to be
a reprehensible, unacceptable act.
443
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:36,279
If we were closer to home,
I'd turn you over to my authorities.
444
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:41,195
But I don't even have that ability,
and I won't carry you forever in our brig.
445
00:37:43,240 --> 00:37:45,959
So I see no other alternative...
446
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,916
but to let you go.
447
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:56,870
And take a message to your people.
If I ever encounter your kind again,
448
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:03,957
I will do whatever is necessary to
protect my people from your harvesting.
449
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:08,193
Any aggressive actions
against this ship or its crew
450
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,432
will be met by the deadliest force.
451
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,795
Is that clear?
452
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,394
Quite.
453
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:24,876
Wait. I want to see
this crewman of yours.
454
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:29,795
- That can serve no useful purpose.
- Maybe it can.
455
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,351
Our technology
may be superior to theirs.
456
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,672
From what we've observed,
they are considerably superior.
457
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,916
She spared my life. Our lives.
458
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,959
We must see if there's
anything we can do to help him.
459
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,909
I'll take you to him.
460
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:09,118
His simulated organs are primitive.
461
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,629
It's amazing he is still alive.
462
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,750
This is set to scan only.
463
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,518
Proceed. Carefully.
464
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:51,871
Strange. According to my readings,
you are not here.
465
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,314
Believe me, I wish I weren't.
466
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:06,075
The rest of you are healthy. You are
compatible for organ transplant.
467
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:09,277
Wait. We've already considered this.
468
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,750
Talaxian physiology is different
from anyone else's.
469
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,753
His immune system
would reject their lungs.
470
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,595
Your surgical knowledge is inferior.
471
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,309
We will simply adapt
his immunogenicity.
472
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,631
It won't be a problem.
473
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,588
Which of you will donate a lung?
474
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,955
- Me.
- No.
475
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,271
It's too dangerous.
Let someone else do it.
476
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,558
I want to do it, Neelix.
I'm willing to take the risk.
477
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,554
You've done so much for me.
Let me give you something.
478
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,520
Just for once.
479
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,034
All right.
480
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,430
I'll look forward to
sampling your cooking.
481
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,398
You mean I can keep my kitchen?
482
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:11,031
Well, at least until we get
the replicators back on-line.
483
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,237
Thank you, Captain. And Captain?
484
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,999
I'll see you at breakfast.
485
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,436
Captain's log, supplemental.
486
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:29,593
The aliens have transplanted
one of Kes's lungs into Neelix.
487
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,673
I have allowed them to beam back
to their vessel.
488
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,195
We are resuming a course home.
489
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,872
It's all right.
The operation was a success.
490
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:55,238
Neelix is asleep and breathing
on his own. With your lung.
491
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,752
- I feel a little light-headed.
- That will pass.
492
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:03,515
You'll adapt to diminished lung capacity.
493
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:08,515
The Captain has given me permission
to train you as a medical assistant.
494
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:14,357
You'll be a back-up for Mr Paris.
Or possibly a replacement.
495
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:20,190
- That is, assuming you're interested.
- Of course I'm interested.
496
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:25,514
- When do we start?
- As soon as you've fully recovered.
497
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,629
Thank you, Doctor.
498
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:37,159
Thank you.
You've given me a lot to think about.
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