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It's extraordinary.
2
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I must remind you that it is also
a potential security risk.
3
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I'd like to see if I can repair it
before the power drains completely.
4
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I suggest we allow the power to drain.
We should examine it while it is idle.
5
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Then we can decide
whether to repair it.
6
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This thing has a completely
unfamiliar power source.
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Once it stops working
I may never get it going again
8
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and we'll have lost a chance
to study a new technology.
9
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This is a ship of exploration, Mr Tuvok.
10
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The power is surging.
11
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We have to find a way to stabilise it,
or we'll lose it.
12
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What about an interface
with an EPS power conduit?
13
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The energy signatures are incompatible
but it might buy us some time.
14
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Let's give it a try.
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Two-second burst,
5% maximum output.
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On my mark... Now.
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- We're losing it.
- Maybe we're overloading its systems.
18
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- Try a longer burst at lower power.
- Got it.
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Five seconds at 3%. On your mark.
20
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Now.
21
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I think it's working.
EPS flow is holding steady.
22
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- EM field leakage is minimal.
- Watch the pressure on the connector.
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Let's try to keep it below 85%.
24
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Flux capacitance is spiking
intermittently but I think it's OK.
25
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Reinforce the power
on the coupling to make sure.
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It's suffered a lot of damage
27
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but I think the EPS charge
will keep it running for 18 hours.
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It's not a cyborg. It's completely robotic.
29
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No organic components of any kind.
30
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This looks like a programming centre.
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I can't find any pathways
for transmitting information.
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It's got arms. Legs.
33
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We saw it move its head.
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It's designed to perform motor functions.
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Where do the commands come from?
36
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Maybe it needs to interface
with an outside source.
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Speaking of sources,
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this energy module seems to power
the entire mechanism.
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It isn't designed to run on EPS energy.
40
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It runs on some kind
of super-conducting plasma.
41
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If we keep charging it,
we may end up destroying it.
42
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- It's trying to communicate.
- It may just be a recording.
43
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Pralor! Pralor!
44
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Pralor! Pralor! Pralor! Pralor!
45
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What are you trying to say?
What's "Pralor"?
46
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If you can hear me,
try to move your arm.
47
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B'Elanna, we don't even know
if it can see you,
48
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much less understand
a word you're saying.
49
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- We've got to fix it.
- We've been trying for hours.
50
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We need a break.
The EPS charge should hold.
51
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You go ahead.
I could use some time alone to think.
52
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- If you're staying, I'm staying.
- Get some rest, Harry.
53
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You may think you're tougher
than everybody else,
54
00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,031
but I can go without sleep, too.
55
00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,760
Don't make me laugh, Starfleet.
56
00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,117
And don't make me
pull rank on you, either.
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If you insist.
58
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But let me know if you come up
with anything... Lieutenant.
59
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Chief engineer's log,
supplemental.
60
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I've tried 13 methods of reinitialising
the robot's power source, without luck.
61
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I've decided to go to the mess hall
to recharge my own energy reserves.
62
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Neelix, I need another pot of coffee.
63
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Breakfast isn't officially served
for another hour
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00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,235
but I'll pour you
a glass of Traggle nectar.
65
00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,190
I'll even fix you my special
Jibalian seven-spice omelette.
66
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Just coffee.
67
00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,068
Sorry, but two pots of Landras blend
is the absolute limit.
68
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You're cutting me off?
69
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I guess you're right.
It was starting to taste almost palatable.
70
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Still no idea how to revive
our mechanised guest?
71
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I've only managed
to postpone the inevitable.
72
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The constant power depletion
is like a bleeding artery.
73
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And I haven't got a tourniquet.
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I remember when I was trying to perfect
the recipe for my Jibalian omelette.
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I tried a little more Spith basil, a little
less <i>prishic,</i> but I couldn't get
it right.
76
00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,959
Finally, I fell asleep from exhaustion,
right at the counter.
77
00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,318
And then, in a dream, it came to me.
78
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I was using six spices
but the omelette needed seven.
79
00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,357
Let me guess. <i>Leola</i> root.
80
00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,514
- Nimian sea salt, actually.
- Salt?
81
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The most common spice in the galaxy.
But I was too tired, so I couldn't see it.
82
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That is... a very interesting story, Neelix.
83
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- Now how about some more coffee?
- To bed.
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- I said, to bed.
- I'm going.
85
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I'm going.
86
00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,835
Anybody home?
87
00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:13,034
What's that?
You think I should go to bed, too?
88
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Well... I guess I'm outnumbered.
89
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Computer, activate Emergency Medical
Holographic program.
90
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Please state the nature...
91
00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,034
I wish someone had informed me
of the change in the dress code.
92
00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:04,839
I didn't have time to change.
93
00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,994
I see. May I assume your haste
indicates you have a medical problem?
94
00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,392
An engineering problem
but you might have some insight.
95
00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:17,836
- You should know I'm a doctor.
- Not an engineer.
96
00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,833
But this isn't a typical
engineering problem.
97
00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,833
I've been trying to repair a robot.
98
00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,879
The mechanical man.
Kes told me about it. Fascinating.
99
00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,430
He's about to die...
stop functioning... whatever...
100
00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,512
unless I can sustain
his main energy source.
101
00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,148
What kind of energy source?
102
00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,399
A chromodynamic module
powered by a tripolymer plasma.
103
00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,472
But the plasma is contaminated.
It's decaying.
104
00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:46,676
Like diseased blood.
105
00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,798
It can't retain enough energy
to run the module.
106
00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,556
- Have you considered a transfusion?
- You mean replacing the plasma?
107
00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,915
That was one of my first ideas.
108
00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:02,279
But where do I get a plasma made
of elements I didn't know existed?
109
00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,115
Aren't Voyager's engines
powered by warp plasma?
110
00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,675
It's a very different substance.
It's too highly charged.
111
00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,308
It would burn out the robot's systems.
112
00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:22,199
It would be like giving a Bolian
a blood transfusion from a Vulcan.
113
00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,875
Which ordinarily would kill
the unfortunate Bolian.
114
00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,315
But if artificial blood is unavailable,
115
00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,314
blood cells can be altered
for interspecies transfusions.
116
00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:37,315
It's a good idea but you can't alter
warp plasma electrochemically.
117
00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,471
- Unless...
- Go on.
118
00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,712
I could modify a series
of anodyne relays,
119
00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,236
attach them directly
to the robot's power module.
120
00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:55,155
They could make the warp plasma
compatible with the energy matrix.
121
00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,589
That's what I was going to suggest.
122
00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:05,278
- That's the last of the relays.
- Plasma injector is sealed.
123
00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,399
This is your show.
Whenever you're ready.
124
00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,515
Activating the relays.
125
00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,117
Harry, start the infusion.
20% nominal flow.
126
00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,430
Initiating plasma flow.
127
00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,479
- Energy levels are up 14%.
- The relays are holding.
128
00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:32,316
- Give it a little more juice.
- Got it. I'm taking it to 30%.
129
00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,630
35%.
130
00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,588
Wait. The energy levels
are rising too fast.
131
00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:44,995
- But it needs more plasma.
- Increase the relays' capacitance?
132
00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:51,231
It's stabilising. Hold the flow right there
and see what happens.
133
00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,476
The plasma is circulating.
134
00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,313
The programming centre is activated.
I think we may have done it.
135
00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,552
Please identify yourself.
136
00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:08,555
I'm Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
of the Federation starship Voyager.
137
00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,314
I'm Automated Unit 3947.
138
00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,029
Thank you for reactivating me,
Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres.
139
00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,995
Chief engineer's log,
supplemental.
140
00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,915
The robot's power module
is continuing to function normally.
141
00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,833
Repairing it has taught me
more about robotics
142
00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,468
than I ever learned
at Starfleet Academy.
143
00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,552
- I think we're past the critical stage.
- I concur.
144
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,191
According to my self-diagnostic systems,
Automated Personnel Unit 3947
145
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,956
is functioning at 68%
of peak operating capabilities.
146
00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:57,433
Automated Personnel Unit 3947
is an extremely well-designed machine.
147
00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:01,957
Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
is an extremely proficient humanoid.
148
00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,950
How did you end up floating
in space, so badly damaged?
149
00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,669
I was operating an asteroid mining pod.
It exploded.
150
00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,197
- What caused the explosion?
- I cannot access that information.
151
00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,035
My memory cells are not functioning
at optimal efficiency.
152
00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:24,638
- Do you remember where you're from?
- I am stationed aboard a Pralor vessel.
153
00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:29,874
We'll do our best to find your ship
and return you to your people.
154
00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,998
I hope the memory loss is temporary.
155
00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:40,677
Once the new plasma integrates into
your systems, you'll be close to optimal.
156
00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,037
- New plasma?
- I adapted your power module.
157
00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,629
It will accept our warp plasma as energy.
158
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,078
You repaired my power module.
Are you a Builder?
159
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,073
A Builder?
I guess you could say that.
160
00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:01,155
I'm an engineer. I repair and maintain
all the systems on the ship.
161
00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,552
Only the Builders could construct
or repair power modules.
162
00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,429
The Builders are
the people who created you?
163
00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,478
- Yes.
- And they're humanoids like me?
164
00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,200
Yes. Like Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres.
165
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,839
You could create a new power module.
166
00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,913
You don't need a new module.
The one I fixed will work fine.
167
00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,036
It would not be for me.
168
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,795
It would be a prototype
for additional Automated Units.
169
00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:39,954
- Can't the Builders make them?
- The Builders no longer exist.
170
00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,076
Thousands of them were built
as service modules.
171
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:56,950
But the race who created them,
the Builders, were killed off in a war.
172
00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,477
- Leaving the Automated Units alone.
- Now they're wearing out.
173
00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,393
They've learned to make repairs
to themselves
174
00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,475
but the construction of a power module,
the device which sustains them,
175
00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:15,192
is beyond their grasp.
It's an incredible challenge, Captain.
176
00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,478
But with enough time,
I might be able to do it.
177
00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,359
I don't doubt your abilities, B'Elanna.
178
00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,429
But helping them reproduce is a clear
violation of the Prime Directive.
179
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,354
The desire to procreate
is basic to any life-form.
180
00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,990
I'm not saying they don't have
the same rights as other species.
181
00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:40,950
Suppose they were organic
but they had become sterile,
182
00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,908
and we had a treatment that would
enable them to reproduce.
183
00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:50,871
- Would you withhold that treatment?
- Maybe. I'd have to know more about it.
184
00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,316
But we're not talking about
treating a disorder here.
185
00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,436
What's the difference?
186
00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,388
Unlike a species that's become sterile,
these robots could never reproduce.
187
00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,755
You want to give them new abilities,
188
00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,559
which is like altering
their genetic structure.
189
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,872
- To correct a flaw.
- This is the way they were designed.
190
00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:14,750
- I want to save them from extinction.
- It's the natural end of evolution.
191
00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,309
You'd let their society die off?
192
00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,871
That may not happen. If they're
adaptable and capable of learning,
193
00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,077
they might build
a power module themselves some day.
194
00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,472
Some day could be too late.
There are only a few hundred left.
195
00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,476
I feel for the robots' plight.
196
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,599
But this is the kind of tampering
the Prime Directive prohibits.
197
00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,752
We know almost nothing
about these creatures.
198
00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,832
What would be
the consequences of this,
199
00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,639
to their own civilisation and others?
200
00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:51,670
Who are we to play God without
considering the long-term effects?
201
00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,991
B'Elanna,
I share your scientific curiosity.
202
00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,596
And I admire your compassion.
But the answer is no.
203
00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:10,713
- I do not concur with her decision.
- She's following our Prime Directive.
204
00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,678
Define "Prime Directive".
205
00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:18,789
It forbids us to interfere in the natural
development of other cultures.
206
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,077
The Automated Units
were not created naturally.
207
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,471
We were built.
You can help us build more.
208
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:31,391
- The Captain thinks that's a bad idea.
- But B'Elanna Torres doesn't.
209
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,269
Maybe. I don't know.
210
00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,509
I'd like to try. But I can't.
211
00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,358
Without your help, we will not survive.
212
00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,309
I thought Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
was a Builder.
213
00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,755
So did I.
214
00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:08,076
We've located your ship. We'll be in
communications range in an hour.
215
00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:10,037
Thank you.
216
00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:17,591
The alien vessel
is entering visual range.
217
00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,151
Yellow Alert. Slow to one quarter
impulse. Put them on screen.
218
00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,390
Magnify.
219
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,758
- We're being scanned.
- Let them take a look. Open a channel.
220
00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:37,356
Pralor Automated Personnel Unit 6263
requests you identify yourselves.
221
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,274
I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway
of the Federation starship Voyager.
222
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,910
What are your intentions,
Captain Kathryn Janeway?
223
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,870
We rescued one of your crew members
and we'd like to return him to you.
224
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:55,273
We'll prepare to receive the Unit.
Thank you for your assistance.
225
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,591
Very polite, these Automated Units.
226
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:05,789
Captain Janeway said I could
give you some warp plasma
227
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,748
in case the plasma we infused
into your system degrades.
228
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,911
Thank you.
229
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,992
Remodulate
the anodyne relays periodically.
230
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:20,518
- You are repeating instructions.
- I'm just making sure.
231
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,314
I guess this is goodbye.
232
00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,190
What are you doing?
233
00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:39,311
There's a chromodynamic
energy discharge in transporter room 2.
234
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,950
Bridge to transporter room 2.
Janeway to Torres.
235
00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,714
Someone's initiating a transport.
236
00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,755
- It's Torres and the robot.
- Override.
237
00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,435
I can't. Their patterns
are already in the buffer.
238
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,315
They're gone, Captain.
239
00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,753
- Transport her back now, Mr Kim.
- I can't get a lock on her.
240
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,798
There is a defence field
around their vessel.
241
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,111
- Our scanners cannot penetrate it.
- Hail them.
242
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,590
- They're not responding.
- Open a channel on wideband.
243
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,593
- Channel open.
- This is Captain Janeway.
244
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,832
This abduction
is a clear act of aggression.
245
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:41,790
If you do not return her immediately,
we will be forced to retaliate.
246
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,190
Have they've received
the transmission?
247
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,397
They heard us.
They're just not answering.
248
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,316
Mr Tuvok,
power the forward phaser banks.
249
00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:03,634
- What the hell is going on here?
- You'll assist in creating the prototype.
250
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,758
I told you I can't help you.
251
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,878
- Now return me to my ship.
- That is not possible.
252
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,511
- Torres to Voyager.
- The device has been deactivated.
253
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:21,996
- I do not wish to injure you, B'Elanna.
- I helped you. Why are you doing this?
254
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,197
We require additional Automated Units.
255
00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:28,557
- You won't get away with this.
- It would be inadvisable to provoke us.
256
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,749
- Still no response.
- Have you penetrated their defences?
257
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,708
- Negative.
- Are they preparing to attack?
258
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,476
I can't get clear readings. I don't even
know their weapons capabilities.
259
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,392
Mr Tuvok, don't hit their ship,
260
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,838
but open a hole in their shielding
wide enough to transport through.
261
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,629
Match the scanners
to the coordinates of the phaser fire
262
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,756
and stand by to beam B'Elanna back.
263
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,195
- Phasers calibrated.
- Fire.
264
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,876
- Their field strength is down to 80%.
- That's progress. Fire again.
265
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,388
Initiating evasive pattern Omega 6.
266
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,474
They're firing
quantum resonance charges.
267
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,714
- Our aft shields are down to 53%.
- Rerouting power to aft shields.
268
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,630
- Down to 24%.
- Switching evasive pattern to Theta 1.
269
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,157
Load torpedo bays 1 through 4
and stand by to fire on my order.
270
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,993
Your Captain has made an error
by attacking us.
271
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,232
Our weapons are
substantially superior to yours.
272
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,757
Your shields are failing.
Your weapons pose no threat to us.
273
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,117
- Aft shields have been penetrated.
- We must get out.
274
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:59,798
Agreed. We'll come back for B'Elanna.
Do it, Mr Paris. Warp 3.
275
00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:03,032
Propulsion systems are off-line.
276
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:09,751
- Hull breach on deck 6.
- Initiating emergency containment field.
277
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,948
Environmental control is failing. Oxygen
levels on decks 3 through 7 are critical.
278
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:19,557
- We've lost artificial gravity on deck 8.
- Injuries on all decks.
279
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,439
- Stop this.
- Your ship opened fire.
280
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,910
- We must defend ourselves.
- They're helpless!
281
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:31,392
- Our enemies must be destroyed.
- We are not your enemies.
282
00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,350
You are not my enemy but your Captain
is, and your crew follows her commands.
283
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:41,310
She backed me when I wanted to
reactive you, over security objections.
284
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,119
You wouldn't be here
if it weren't for her.
285
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,435
All right. If that's what it'll take
to stop this, I'll do it.
286
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,795
I'll build your damned prototype.
287
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,474
We're losing life support, Captain.
288
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,113
They've powered down their weapons.
289
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,238
- They're hailing us, Captain.
- On screen.
290
00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:08,874
- Is everybody OK?
- We'll be all right. What about you?
291
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,798
I've agreed to help them
build their prototype.
292
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,071
- Lieutenant...
- I know. I don't like it either.
293
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:22,119
But if I don't do it,
they'll destroy Voyager.
294
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,149
What choice do I have?
295
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,313
These are the materials
necessary to construct a prototype Unit.
296
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,950
You will be provided with
whatever else you require.
297
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,352
You may access our database
from this computer terminal,
298
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,637
but you may not interface
with critical systems.
299
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:58,669
You will have no contact with your
ship, nor will you leave this room.
300
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:01,559
I will remain here
to supervise your work.
301
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,676
You may proceed.
302
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,155
Proceed. Right.
303
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,839
But where do I proceed from?
304
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,355
Let me ask you this.
305
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,718
Have any of you
ever tried to build a prototype?
306
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,030
We have tried and failed.
307
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,476
- What was the problem?
- I am unable to explain.
308
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,349
We duplicated an exact power module
on several occasions.
309
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:35,116
But the energy output of the new module
was insufficient to operate a Unit.
310
00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,158
You're sure you reproduced
the module exactly?
311
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,029
This is a schematic of a power module
from a terminated Unit.
312
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,909
This one is from a failed prototype.
They are identical.
313
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,390
There is no reason
why one shouldn't function.
314
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,791
Unit 3947, what can you report?
315
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:58,034
We've been working for five minutes
so we don't have a lot to report.
316
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:04,116
The humanoid vessel will require
approximately 140 hours to repair.
317
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,154
You must complete work
on the prototype before that time.
318
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,198
Why? We don't seem to be
any match for you.
319
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,670
Our tactical subprocessors
indicate a 79% likelihood
320
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,071
that a rescue will be attempted
once repairs are completed.
321
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,869
Your engines
are more powerful than ours.
322
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,750
And these humanoids may not base
decisions on tactical probabilities.
323
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,753
Their cognitive process
is unpredictable.
324
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,469
We will remain on full tactical alert.
325
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:39,715
The humanoid may delay completion
of the prototype, hoping for rescue.
326
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,236
Promises mean something to us.
327
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,870
I gave you my word
that I'd do my best, and I will.
328
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,999
The humanoid is operating
at optimal efficiency.
329
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,870
Thank you. But I have to tell you,
there are no guarantees here.
330
00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,272
Building a prototype is different
to repairing a power module.
331
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,719
- I don't know if it's possible.
- If you fail, you will all die.
332
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,279
B'Elanna Torres,
6263 is a designated command Unit.
333
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:18,879
- He's merely following his programming.
- I don't need to be threatened.
334
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:25,711
- I told you I'd do my best.
- I believe you. But Unit 6263 does not.
335
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,077
He does not know
Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres as I do.
336
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,715
Let me see one of those terminated
power modules.
337
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:38,670
We have no power
on decks 3 through 7.
338
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,035
Aft shields are non-functional.
339
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:46,320
And the dilithium matrix is destabilised
so we can't run the warp engines.
340
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,598
- We need another six days.
- We're not staying that long.
341
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,992
I want to get B'Elanna off that ship
before she finishes the prototype.
342
00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:00,712
Then warp drive is our priority. Rescue
will necessitate a rapid departure.
343
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,873
Agreed. Can you give me an estimate
on repairing the dilithium matrix?
344
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:08,635
- How does 72 hours sound?
- Like 24 hours too long.
345
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,756
Dismissed.
346
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,793
Hand me the sub-micron scanner.
347
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,638
Phase coil resonator.
348
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:29,314
I know why your other prototypes failed
but I'm not sure what to do about it yet.
349
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,040
- Explain.
- Automated Units are modular.
350
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:38,673
Your parts are interchangeable.
So if you lose an arm...
351
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,360
you can replace it with another one.
352
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,593
And you've learned to make new arms
because they're all the same.
353
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,719
Your programming allows you
to reproduce what you see.
354
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:56,796
But each power module has
a slightly different energy signature.
355
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,952
So even if you copy
this guy's module exactly,
356
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,351
it wouldn't work in any other Unit.
357
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,036
Every Automated Unit has a power
module with a unique energy code.
358
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,149
Can you reprogram the energy codes
to make the modules interchangeable?
359
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:19,236
- I don't think so.
- You have failed. I will inform 6263.
360
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:23,279
Do you all give up the minute
you hit a bump in the road?
361
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,238
You have an alternative idea?
362
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,234
We've got to design
a standardised module
363
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,949
with a uniform energy code
that can power any Unit.
364
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,955
There is now sufficient reason
for greater optimism.
365
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,192
You took the words
right out of my mouth.
366
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,349
Due to their defence field
and our power shortage,
367
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,035
we cannot modify the transporters
to beam Lieutenant Torres out.
368
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:58,034
- But from inside the field...
- Our transporters could do it.
369
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,237
- Is that viable?
- For a shuttlecraft.
370
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,188
A shuttle would be even more
vulnerable than Voyager.
371
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,672
We could create a diversion
to distract them from the shuttle.
372
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,274
- Attack them again?
- I won't risk that.
373
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,069
I don't need a diversion.
I'll get her out of there.
374
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,835
Can we help?
I'd hate to lose another shuttle.
375
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,470
Your concern for my welfare
is heart-warming.
376
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:29,351
In 12 hours our warp engines will be
back on-line. I want a diversion by then.
377
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:45,999
So far so good. I'm not getting any
feedback from the motor circuits.
378
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,197
You're going to be the obstetrician
of this Unit?
379
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,113
Please rephrase the question.
380
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,829
If this works,
will you assemble the new Units?
381
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,309
I am a ship's maintenance Unit.
382
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,677
I have no knowledge of design,
nor do any of the others.
383
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,593
You've just volunteered for new duty.
384
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,513
- I hope you're watching.
- I am observing.
385
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,195
But I do not possess
your improvisational capabilities.
386
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:16,309
Once we have the prototype,
all you'd have to do is copy it.
387
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,311
Tell me something, 39...
Can I call you 39?
388
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:28,271
- I am Automated Unit 3947.
- Fine, 3947.
389
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,319
Did you wake up on a bench like this?
How long have you been alive?
390
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:37,759
I have been in service
1,314,807 hours and 33 minutes.
391
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,754
I was activated by a Builder
from the Pralor Homeworld.
392
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,674
Tell me more about these Builders.
Were they like us?
393
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,914
I have insufficient knowledge of your
culture to know. Provide information.
394
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:54,356
Only fair you should ask
about my culture.
395
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,035
Does your culture include
artificial life-forms?
396
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,430
As a matter of fact, it does.
397
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,990
Are they similar to
the Automated Personnel Units?
398
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,869
They come in
different shapes and sizes.
399
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,272
- Most don't have cognitive abilities.
- Are they your servants?
400
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:19,551
I guess you could say they're
servants, in a manner of speaking.
401
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,359
But they aren't sentient like you.
402
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,638
In fact, we have only one
sentient artificial life-form
403
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,030
and he is treated the same
as any human.
404
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,875
The same? He is equal to a Builder?
405
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:37,033
That's right.
He works on a ship just like you and I.
406
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,955
- He wears the same uniform I do.
- What is his designated number?
407
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,918
He has a name like the rest of us.
408
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:50,111
- Data.
- I would like to meet this Data.
409
00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,030
This standardised power module
is working pretty well.
410
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,113
- You will succeed.
- Don't send me flowers yet.
411
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,317
I've got to see
whether it will power a Unit.
412
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,311
I believe it will.
413
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:15,875
We're making progress on the dilithium
matrix. It'll be ready in six hours.
414
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,235
What about our diversion?
415
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:24,077
In the Maquis, B'Elanna once linked
a holo-emitter to a deflector array
416
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:26,674
and projected an image
of a ship into space.
417
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,230
I like it. But do we have enough power?
418
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,631
We will by the time
the warp core's on-line. I have...
419
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,268
- Tuvok to Captain Janeway.
- Go ahead.
420
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:41,798
An unidentified alien ship on long-range
sensors is heading for our coordinates.
421
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,916
We're on our way.
422
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:51,400
It fits. Cross your fingers.
423
00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:01,919
So far so good.
Let's hope it can interface with the Unit.
424
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,640
- It does not function correctly.
- It does not function correctly yet.
425
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,315
The Builders should have programmed
you with more patience.
426
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,870
I'm going to try adjusting
the flux capacitance...
427
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:33,070
Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.
428
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,475
We did it.
429
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,909
- We actually did it!
- You did it, B'Elanna Torres.
430
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,516
I knew this task would not
exceed your capabilities.
431
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:49,708
Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.
432
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,632
- What are you doing?
- Congratulating you.
433
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,950
You're a father!
434
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,873
No sign of organic life
aboard that ship either.
435
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,511
They're manned by Automated Units
like those operating the first ship.
436
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:18,198
Have we stumbled into the middle
of some kind of robotic war?
437
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,268
We've got to get Torres back.
438
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,398
Yes, but I want to show them
this isn't our fight.
439
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,950
Ease us back
on manoeuvring thrusters.
440
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,680
- The second ship is hailing us.
- On screen.
441
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,990
Cravic Automated Commander 122
requests you identify yourself.
442
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,948
I am Kathryn Janeway
of the Federation starship Voyager.
443
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,874
- Withdraw from this area immediately.
- I can't do that.
444
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:53,670
One of my crew members is being held
hostage aboard the Pralor vessel.
445
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:59,437
Remain at your present coordinates
and do not attempt to intervene.
446
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,353
- This new ship could be...
- The diversion we've wanted.
447
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,829
What's the status of our warp engines?
448
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,390
- We're still an hour away.
- We may not have an hour.
449
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:15,509
Get down to engineering. Be ready to
give me as much power as you can.
450
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,434
If those two ships keep each other
busy, we may not need warp.
451
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,230
Mr Paris, report to the shuttle bay.
Chakotay, you have the conn.
452
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,634
- Who are they?
- Cravic Automated Personnel Units.
453
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,236
Robots from another world?
Why are they attacking you?
454
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,516
They were programmed to do so.
455
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,992
Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.
456
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,709
Were the Cravic Builders
and the Pralor Builders enemies?
457
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,871
That is correct.
458
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,113
Captain Janeway could convince
the Cravic leaders to stop the fighting.
459
00:37:55,280 --> 00:38:00,354
That is not possible.
The Cravic are also extinct.
460
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:13,076
I'm approaching the perimeter
of the defence field.
461
00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:17,074
Synchronise your shield harmonics
with the field.
462
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,353
Shields synchronised. I'm going in.
463
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,916
Then again, maybe not.
464
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,071
He bounced right off the field.
465
00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:31,836
Mr Paris, reset your heading
for coordinates 105, mark 40.
466
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,994
That would take me into
a direct line of fire with a Cravic ship.
467
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,869
Precisely. The fire is opening a rift
in the Pralor defence field.
468
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:45,352
Which I might be able to sneak
through if I can dodge disruptor blasts.
469
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,193
Changing heading.
470
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,477
If both sides were annihilated,
why continue your war?
471
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,108
We were programmed
to achieve victory.
472
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:58,353
Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.
473
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:02,877
- They have penetrated our defences.
- Has anyone tried to stop this war?
474
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,554
The Pralor and the Cravic
called a truce.
475
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:09,315
Then why didn't they
stop you from fighting?
476
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,835
- They attempted to do so.
- And?
477
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,434
We terminated the Builders.
478
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,074
I'm approaching the entry point.
479
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:26,518
Showing a rift in the defence field
off your starboard bow.
480
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,671
I'm on it.
481
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,039
When the war was ending,
the Builders no longer required us.
482
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,954
They attempted to terminate us,
so they became the enemy.
483
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:46,238
We must destroy the enemy.
It is necessary for our survival.
484
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,313
With the prototype, we will soon
outnumber the Cravic Units.
485
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,755
We will achieve victory.
486
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:58,349
This is 3947. Fire units report
to reconstruction bay 1.
487
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,074
The individual energy codes -
is that why the Builders added them?
488
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:06,277
To prevent
the procreation of these Units?
489
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,670
My God, what have I done?
490
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,997
Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.
491
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:41,034
- You have terminated the prototype!
- Yes. I have.
492
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,237
- You will build another.
- Never.
493
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:48,951
Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres,
I told 6263 you were not our enemy.
494
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,271
I never wanted to be your enemy.
495
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,590
I'm sorry.
496
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,754
Voyager,
I've got her but she's injured.
497
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,754
Tell the Doctor to stand by. Beam her
out when I clear the defence field.
498
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,959
- Acknowledged.
- The ships are still exchanging fire.
499
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,509
They are ignoring the shuttle.
500
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:19,912
Bridge to engineering.
Stand by warp engines.
501
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,630
One pot of Landras blend,
compliments of the chef.
502
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:34,920
- Neelix's coffee tastes so good.
- I'll tell him you said so.
503
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,911
I don't know what to say.
504
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,919
As far as I'm concerned,
505
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,868
you did what you thought was
necessary to ensure our safety.
506
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,035
Thank you.
507
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,909
- It must have been difficult.
- Difficult?
508
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,275
To destroy what you created.
509
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,235
It was necessary.
510
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:11,430
I've read your report. It was
no small achievement, B'Elanna.
511
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,068
You gave that Unit life.
512
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:21,829
You should have seen it, Captain.
It was incredible.
513
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:29,355
I installed that module
and the prototype looked up at me
514
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,193
and asked me for programming.
515
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:40,038
As I said, it must have been difficult.
516
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:45,870
It was necessary.
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