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Sorry!
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Ensign Baytart
doesn't appreciate music.
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The fluid conduits running
through the walls conduct sound.
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You'd think they would've...
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The ship was built for combat, not music.
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Nobody figured we'd take long trips.
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- Where am I supposed to practise?
- How about the cargo bay?
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- Bad acoustics.
- We could get Baytart transferred.
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We couldn't do that. Could we?
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Tell your mother that's why you didn't
practice while you were gone.
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Look, I'm trying to prepare
for an important performance.
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Are we scheduled to rendezvous with the
Delta Quadrant Symphony Orchestra?
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No. Susan Nicoletti and I
are working on an orchestral program.
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Lieutenant Nicoletti? The one I've been
chasing for six months?
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- Cold hands? Cold heart?
- Not when she plays the oboe.
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Chakotay to all senior officers.
Please report to the bridge.
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You know, Harry, I've always wanted
to learn how to play the drums.
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I am picking up non-functional
communication satellites.
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Take us in closer.
Scan the surface.
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This used to be a major trading spot.
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- How long ago?
- I'm not sure. If I had to guess...
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A major solar flare occurred here
19 years ago.
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...l'd say about 19 years, more or less.
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- Looks like a glacial freeze.
- Caused by a solar flare
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that radically changed
the weather patterns.
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They were hit by magnetic storms
and radiation.
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- Those glaciers are receding.
- The biosphere is recovering.
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- Did anyone survive?
- I'm scanning the settlement.
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There's advanced technology,
warp reactors, subspace transmitters...
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but no lifesigns.
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Maybe they evacuated the planet.
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Evacuation would have been prevented
by the atmospheric disturbances.
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- What was the estimated population?
- Approximately 400,000.
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I'm picking up something
from the surface.
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I think we're being hailed.
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You said there weren't any lifesigns.
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There aren't. I scanned the surface.
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It must be an automated signal.
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Let's hear it.
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I'm Viorsa, The Kohl settlement planner.
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Your sensors activated this message.
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You must be aware of the catastrophic
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disaster that has destroyed our home.
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A few of us have survived
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in a state of artificial hibernation,
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programmed to end in 15 years
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from the date this was recorded.
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When the eco-recovery has begun,
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we will attempt to rebuild our settlement.
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Please don't interrupt our timetable.
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That should have ended four years ago.
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Looks like they didn't make it.
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Wouldn't your scans have picked up
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suppressed metabolic activity?
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I would think so. Unless...
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Checking below the surface.
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Nothing one kilometre down.
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Two kilometres. Wait a minute.
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I think I've got something.
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2.3 kilometres down.
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Faint biosignatures. Three humanoids.
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Can you detect a malfunction
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explaining why they didn't wake up?
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No. But there are two more
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humanoids who are dead.
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Are there any security systems?
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I don't want to set anything off.
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No weapons of any kind, Captain.
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It's safe to transport the pods here.
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If that is your intent.
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It is. Beam them to cargo bay 1.
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Mr Kim, you're with me. Janeway to Kes.
Bring your medkit to cargo bay 1.
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Two humanoids are dead,
three in deep stasis.
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Lifesigns apparently stable.
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Our messenger.
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Did the system break down?
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Not that I can see. I'm not reading
any failures in the hibernation pods.
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The circuitry
all seems to be functioning.
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Their brains are interconnected
in a complex sensory system
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controlled by this computer.
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- Captain, their minds are active.
- What do you mean?
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The readings suggest they're dreaming.
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But there's interactivity
with the computer.
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It's scanning their brain functions
and sending data back.
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Could it be generating
an artificial environment?
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Artificial environment?
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Years ago, Starfleet used a technology
to assist deep space travel.
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They kept the body in stasis,
but provided a mental landscape
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to keep the mind active and alert.
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A good way to wait out a disaster.
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It's as good a theory as any.
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So what went wrong?
Why are they still in there?
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The system should have brought them
out of hibernation four years ago.
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However, it wasn't left entirely
to the computer.
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The programmers wanted the people
to decide when it was safe to come out.
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A subroutine periodically displayed
atmospheric conditions to them.
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They should have realised that
the biosphere had recovered.
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Yes. This subroutine
has remained available to them
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since it was activated four years ago.
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- It's an escape hatch.
- Perhaps it has malfunctioned.
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No. That's what's so odd about this.
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As far as I can tell, it's working perfectly.
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- Then why don't they get out?
- I don't know.
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- Maybe they like it.
- I don't think so.
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- Doctor?
- The victims died from heart failure.
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- And there was prior neural trauma.
- What does that mean?
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It could be evidence of extreme fear.
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Maybe it was caused by the panic
of a heart attack.
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Readings suggest
an extended period of mental stress.
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We ought to get them out.
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Surely you're not suggesting
we unplug them?
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Why not?
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Because the three brains survival
has depended upon careful monitoring
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by a computer for 19 years.
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The Doc is right.
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I don't know how to disconnect them
without causing damage.
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- I don't know the system well enough.
- They know the system.
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- Let's ask them how to proceed.
- How?
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Implant a com-link in their brains?
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We have a means of communication.
The two unoccupied pods.
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We could add backup life support using
our own computer and technology.
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If that is the only way to help them,
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- I don't see any alternative.
- Neither do I.
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I'll be monitoring
your mental and physical functions.
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If we detect any unusual activity,
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you'll be transferred onto life support
and resuscitated.
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We've tapped into
the system's recall program.
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I'll give you five minutes
then bring you back.
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- Consider this a test run.
- Understood.
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Inducing primary stasis.
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Autonomic nervous system
link is secure.
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They're connecting to the system.
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- We made it.
- How do you feel?
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Normal.
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They must be computer-generated.
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- I don't see our people.
- Neither do I.
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Excuse me.
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We're trying to find some friends.
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That shouldn't be difficult.
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We're all friends here.
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- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.
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- I didn't mean to bump into you.
- You're new.
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Yes, we are.
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- Where are you from?
- Another town.
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There aren't any other towns.
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We're not getting very far.
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Perhaps I can help you.
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- You are looking for friends?
- That's right. Three of them.
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- And when you find these friends?
- We want to talk to them.
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Why talk when we can dance?
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- Let's get out of here.
- You got it.
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You.
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- Take him.
- Harry!
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Stop!
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They're aliens and they won't be alone.
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Kill them and their shipmates
will shut down the program.
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Let him go.
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We knew this would happen some day,
that a ship would find us.
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It was only a matter of time.
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Only a matter of time. Yes.
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Who knows
what kind of people they are,
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or what will happen
to this world if you hurt them?
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I do. I know.
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Bring them here.
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You're like me.
Little of this and little of that.
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My, what a temper.
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That's from your mother's side.
Yes, you see? I know everything.
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This is my world. My festival.
And you're here without an invitation.
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- What is this? Who is he?
- You will talk to me.
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I speak for them.
And I speak for you now.
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You don't understand or accept that yet.
But you will.
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Are you a life-form
or some kind of computer virus?
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Perhaps I'll be a virus today.
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This one's got a mind full of technical
and operational thoughts and ideas.
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- Harry knows viruses.
- Stop this.
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I know you came here to get them
and take them away.
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But if you do that, we'll all disappear.
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Disappear. Because you're characters
created by this program.
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Once their minds stop interacting with
the system, you won't exist anymore.
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See? The technical mind at work.
It seeks diagnostics, data analysis.
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Here's some more data
for your mind to analyse.
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Yes, I am merely what has been created
and is being created by his brain,
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his brain, her brain,
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and now yours and yours.
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What's this doing here now?
This is your work!
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That's our wake-up call. It's been
a real pleasure but we're leaving.
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Come on.
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If you leave, one of them will die.
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One of them will die.
Try it and see. If you leave... he dies.
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He can do it.
He's killed two of our colleagues.
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- How?
- I cut off their heads.
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- But none of this is real.
- As real as a nightmare.
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The two we found dead
both suffered heart attacks.
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Now what might cause a heart attack?
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Unmanageable stress, perhaps?
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Unmanageable fear?
The fear of losing a head, perhaps?
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You scared them to death.
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- What's taking so long?
- There's no interruption in brainwaves.
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Recall is functioning,
the window is open for them.
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The norepinephrine levels are rising.
They're well above baseline.
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These levels indicate abnormal stress.
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I'm going to try to bring them out
with our backup systems.
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Initiating resuscitation.
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The body temperature is rising.
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What happened?
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The bodies are returning to stasis.
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Someone is terminating the recall
command from inside the system.
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Very wise of you,
my technically-minded fellow.
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Now get rid of it. It's ruining the party.
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- That would be a mistake.
- A mistake if you refuse.
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- You'd be missing an opportunity.
- Trying to get the better of me?
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Trying to trick me?
I know everything you know.
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I know how much you miss Libby,
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how you can never hit G sharp
in the Mozart concerto.
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I know you're trying to defeat me.
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Fine. So you know. You'll also know that
what I'm about to tell you is the truth.
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- You'd be smart to let one of us go.
- Would I?
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Send the outside world a message.
Tell them your demands.
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- I have only one demand. To exist.
- Then let us tell them.
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Otherwise our people might shut down
the whole system.
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They won't let us stay in here for long.
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How did this happen?
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The system was designed
to respond to our thoughts
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and adjust the environment
to our wishes.
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- Who wished him up?
- It happened without us realising.
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All of us had fears about survival.
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We never anticipated the computer
would manifest them.
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Our only hope was that
someone like you would find us.
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It's as though he can read our minds.
He knows what we're thinking.
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He's generated by the system our brains
are monitored by, so in a way, he can.
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But there is a delay
before he knows what we're thinking.
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It takes a few minutes
for our brain activity to be processed.
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We've come to a decision.
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You leave. You stay.
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Tell Captain Janeway
that if we die, they die.
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Including you, dear Harry.
You become my best friend as of today.
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She would never kill you, would she?
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No. She's like a dear old mother to you.
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GO!
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Someone's activated recall.
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Captain, it's Lieutenant Torres.
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She should regain consciousness
in twelve minutes.
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At least we'll get the answers
to a few questions.
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Let's start with the obvious question -
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if they're demanding to exist,
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can we find a way to let them exist
in this artificial world of theirs?
247
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,389
Not unless you leave one person
in stasis permanently.
248
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,516
I concur.
249
00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,992
The computer uses feedback from
the brains to create the environment.
250
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,516
Is there a way to speed up
resuscitation?
251
00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:01,434
More than a few minutes
would risk serious brain damage.
252
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,194
Ten minutes would be
the best we could do.
253
00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:06,749
All the hostages could be killed.
254
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:12,836
Then our first order of business
is to reduce the number of hostages.
255
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,993
All we have to do now
is decide how to negotiate with...
256
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,549
an emotion.
257
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,157
With a manifestation... of fear.
258
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,711
Fear is the most primitive, the most
primordial, of biological responses.
259
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,429
The ability to recognise danger,
to fight it or run away from it -
260
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,751
that's what fear gives us.
261
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,878
But when fear holds you a hostage...
262
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,075
how do you make it let go?
263
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,959
Maybe we should try
to make them laugh.
264
00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:56,558
A good joke just...
seems to make a fear dissolve.
265
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,676
It does in me, anyway.
266
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,789
I think something more responsive
to the clown's demand.
267
00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:12,229
Maybe you can modify the system so
it can run without bioneural interaction.
268
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,597
How do we negotiate without
sending in another hostage?
269
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:20,595
Good question. We have to come up
with a safer method of communication.
270
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,834
I regret very much
what has happened to you.
271
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,071
You came to help.
You didn't deserve this.
272
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,997
I regret so many things.
273
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:48,834
Look, we don't have time for regret.
274
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,595
My people are working on a way
to get us out of here.
275
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,796
We have to help them if we can.
276
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,509
You leave hope behind
after a few months of this.
277
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,514
Why does he do it?
278
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,673
We're his canvas. His blocks of marble.
279
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,117
With us, he practises his ghastly art.
280
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,193
Thinking about escape, are we, Harry?
Naughty, naughty.
281
00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:23,990
I don't like those thoughts.
We'll have to do something about them.
282
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,549
He can't help thinking about getting out.
283
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,439
He can!
You don't think about it anymore.
284
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,869
Oh, but he's new. And you're old.
285
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,157
New and old. Old and new.
286
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:41,916
Then the answer is
to simply make you old, Harry.
287
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,471
Are you afraid of growing
old, Harry? Is that what you fear?
288
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,668
- Being cared for by nurses?
- Time for your medicine.
289
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,959
You don't like being helpless, do you?
290
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,395
You like to take care of yourself.
291
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:08,350
Yes, I know how you hate to feel
like the baby on the crew.
292
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,799
What's the matter, Harry?
Does my costume frighten you?
293
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:26,235
Look at little Harry fly.
294
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,358
There he goes!
295
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,476
All right, that's enough.
296
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:49,680
This is not reality. It's an illusion.
297
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,879
When your only reality is an illusion,
then illusion is a reality.
298
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:03,113
Like the man said, the only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.
299
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,840
I thought we were going to be friends.
300
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,596
Didn't want to do this.
301
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:13,550
I didn't want to bring this up
but I know what really scares you.
302
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,349
You were nine and your parents
took you to that colony -
303
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,830
the radiation disaster
humanitarian mission -
304
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,072
you visited a hospital, remember?
305
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,797
You wandered off by yourself,
where you weren't supposed to be...
306
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,996
The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.
307
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:39,110
You saw people and things you weren't
supposed to see. Sick and dying.
308
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:43,159
The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.
309
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,754
The only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.
310
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,549
And how about,
"There's no place like home".
311
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:55,956
Try clicking your heels together.
Oh, but your legs are restrained.
312
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:59,078
Just like that little girl
on the operating table.
313
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,748
The doctor called for a scalpel.
314
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:08,238
She looked at you,
her face filled with fear.
315
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,597
Fear. Fear.
316
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,598
Fear. Do you remember?
317
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,470
Excuse me,
you're not holding that properly.
318
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,030
Correct positioning
of the index finger is necessary.
319
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,914
- Who are you?
- Captain Janeway's representative.
320
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,196
I'm here to negotiate with you.
321
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,750
- Are you well?
- Starting to feel better.
322
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,471
You're different. I don't know anything
about you. You're not on the system.
323
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,155
I'll tell you all about myself
some other time.
324
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,312
I am here by a miracle of technology.
325
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,835
Let's get down to the issues, shall we?
326
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,117
How can I negotiate
if I don't know what you're thinking?
327
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,238
I have a very trustworthy face.
328
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:02,190
My captain will give you what you
ask for if you release all the hostages.
329
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:04,590
Release the hostages?
330
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,951
We would provide input
from a simulated brain.
331
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:11,271
Simulated brain? Simulated?
332
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,955
- I myself...
- It won't work. Tell him, Harry.
333
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,714
- I don't know that.
- LIAR!
334
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,235
Viorsa, get over here.
335
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,993
- Tell him.
- It might require a recalibration of...
336
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,994
LIAR! After all this time do you think
I can't tell when you lie?
337
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,238
- The simulated brain...
- Would leave me at your mercy.
338
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,595
No! They're staying.
339
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,709
The captain will risk the hostages' lives
rather than leave them with you.
340
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,916
Who is she to tell me what to do?
341
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,117
She's the one
with the off switch in her hand.
342
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:53,832
- She'd never kill Harry.
- I'd rather die than stay here with you.
343
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,594
- She knows that.
- I won't let them go.
344
00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,594
- A compromise. Let some of them go.
- No.
345
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,593
You only need one to survive.
346
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,116
And if that one gets sick and dies?
No, I need them all.
347
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:12,673
Now go away. And tell Captain Janeway
I'm disappointed. I expected more.
348
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,673
- If we could just...
- Go away.
349
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,797
- I'll be back.
- Go away.
350
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,791
I'm sorry I don't live up to his
expectations. What do you think of him?
351
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,669
Unstable. Unpredictable.
All you'd expect from fear.
352
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:42,437
The longer this continues, the more likely
it is that he will harm the hostages.
353
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,672
I agree. And I can't allow that to happen.
354
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,879
We'll have to mount a rescue mission.
355
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,471
If we do simply disconnect
the hostages...
356
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,428
- There would be brain damage.
- How much? Could you repair it?
357
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,991
Possibly, yes. Would Mr Kim
still be able to hold his clarinet?
358
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,311
Possibly.
The brain is an interesting organ.
359
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,472
Could we use a simulated brain
without the clown noticing?
360
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:18,191
He'd notice. He was very smart
to reject a simulated brain.
361
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:23,832
It wouldn't be the same. Artificial
intelligence can't replace brain functions.
362
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,560
I'll choose not to take that personally.
363
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:32,272
Mr Viorsa said there would be a way
to make a simulated brain function.
364
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:37,230
He suggested it would take
a recalibration of the optronic pathways.
365
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:44,637
But the optronic pathways have nothing
to do with the neural interface.
366
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,759
- It doesn't make sense.
- Then why did he say it?
367
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,151
How do the optronic pathways function
in this system?
368
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,835
They control the basic elements
of the environment,
369
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,959
access databanks that were
programmed when the system was new.
370
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,357
If we interrupt the optronic pathways,
371
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:12,356
we could disassemble that entire world
and its characters.
372
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,909
If we can't remove the hostages
from the environment,
373
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,596
then we remove the environment
from the hostages.
374
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,911
How did Viorsa communicate this
without the clown knowing?
375
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:28,516
Perhaps the clown's attention
was divided.
376
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,355
And you're going to continue
to distract him.
377
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,114
How long will this take?
378
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:40,354
I'm not sure how many pathways there
are. And I'll have to do it manually.
379
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,670
You'll only have a few minutes.
380
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:48,790
Once fear knows what we're up to,
it'll be a race against time to save them.
381
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,599
- Bravo.
- Go away.
382
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,309
- I want to be alone.
- You're ruining the festival.
383
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,153
Don't be a poop.
384
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,074
- I'm feeling sorry for myself.
- Don't take it out on us.
385
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,312
Take it out on them.
386
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,711
You people. You wonderful people.
387
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:14,000
My friends. You do know
how to make a man feel better.
388
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,118
OK, then. What shall we play?
389
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,874
The insect game!
390
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:28,673
You again? You ruined my mood.
You and your sweet captain.
391
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:34,631
- My "sweet captain" has a new offer.
- No simulated brains.
392
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,633
The captain will give you
a cloaking device.
393
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,793
I already have a cloaking device.
Thank you anyway.
394
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:46,795
The device would shield you
from detection by any other visitors.
395
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:03,236
There are 40 pathways to disable
but I can do it in two minutes.
396
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,755
Good. Let's get started.
397
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:10,311
We will return your computer system
to the locale where we found it.
398
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:16,237
With the help of Mr Kim it will be easy
to install the cloaking device,
399
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,198
which will ensure your safety
in the future.
400
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,636
- Harry, is this possible?
- Yes.
401
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,110
I don't know if I believe you.
I don't know yet.
402
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,477
But I'll know soon. You can't fool me.
403
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,313
What does she want in return?
And don't say the hostages.
404
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,075
The captain's primary concern
is the hostages.
405
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:51,030
She's so warm and noble. I'd love her
to come to one of my parties.
406
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,679
What if I promised
to take good care of them?
407
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:03,118
We could be more than friends.
We could be colleagues.
408
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,430
I'm really not such a bad fella.
409
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:10,469
- What's happening?
- You tricked me! It's an attack!
410
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,996
It's an attack! Red Alert!
411
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,359
You told them how it could be done!
412
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,954
Take him.
413
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,194
No! Please, no!
414
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,512
- 22.
- More than halfway there.
415
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,309
Viorsa's norepinephrine levels
are rising sharply.
416
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:48,600
No, please! I didn't do anything!
417
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:53,996
What is it?
418
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:59,029
Some kind of protection device.
I'm locked out. I'll have to disable it.
419
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:31,590
- His norepinephrine levels are critical.
- Just ten more pathways.
420
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,353
He's dead. Massive heart failure.
421
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,270
This one is approaching critical.
422
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,591
You're next!
423
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,755
Restore the entire program.
424
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:18,154
- We lost.
- We've won!
425
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:24,156
Start the music! Celebration!
426
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,709
Celebration!
427
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:34,033
Your decision saved the lives
of the other hostages.
428
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,875
- You should take comfort from that.
- I don't.
429
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:45,351
Have I misjudged him somehow?
Is there another way to reach him?
430
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:51,196
Isn't there more to fear
than a simple demand to exist?
431
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,354
Why do people enjoy dangerous sports?
432
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,990
Or holodeck adventures
with the safety off?
433
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:04,711
Why do children still
ride on roller coasters?
434
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,440
Fear can provide pleasure.
435
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:12,549
To seek fear is to seek the boundaries
of one's sensory experience.
436
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:19,273
But what does fear seek...
at the end of the ride?
437
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,719
We will have to punish you
for your captain's trick.
438
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:37,589
To the winner go the spoils
and you are the spoils.
439
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,036
We'll talk later. For now, enjoy yourself.
440
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,714
- You know how to end a party.
- I don't get out much.
441
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,599
- I bet.
- The captain has an ultimatum.
442
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:55,515
Ultimatum?
She would give me an ultimatum?
443
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,433
Did Napoleon give an ultimatum
after Waterloo?
444
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,070
Did Chulak of Romulus give an ultimatum
after Galorndon Core?
445
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,232
We won. We give the ultimatums.
446
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,632
The captain will shut down the system
in one minute if you don't agree.
447
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,349
And scramble my guests' brains?
I don't think so.
448
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:22,358
52 seconds. She will risk brain damage
to the hostages to end this now.
449
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,233
- What are her terms?
- 43 seconds.
450
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,870
She will allow you to keep one person.
451
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,349
One?! Never. I won't agree.
452
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,273
You have 30 seconds
to avoid termination.
453
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,556
I need more time to think.
454
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:40,598
- Let me keep two.
- 20 seconds.
455
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:46,073
There is another provision. The hostage
you may keep is Captain Janeway.
456
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,559
She would choose to be with me?
457
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:54,589
- Your time is up. Your answer, please?
- Yes.
458
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,753
Captain, this is the Doctor.
I've returned to sickbay.
459
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,992
Please turn to your Emergency Medical
Holographic channel.
460
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,310
- Did he accept?
- Yes, Captain.
461
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:06,550
Good work, Doctor.
462
00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,030
Would you like me to supervise
the evacuation of the hostages?
463
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,876
You can help with the preparations
at this end. Janeway out.
464
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,909
Initiate the recall subroutine
and prepare to begin resuscitation.
465
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,518
Sparkling. I want everything sparkling
for her arrival.
466
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:37,150
Harry, not so fast. They can't have you
until I have her. No more tricks.
467
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:50,954
She's coming. I can feel the system
beginning to scan her brain.
468
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,991
This is such an extraordinary gesture
she's making. I am so moved.
469
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:05,316
- You don't believe it, do you?
- She would sacrifice herself for us.
470
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,993
"Sacrifice herself"?
471
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,393
You can be so cruel, Harry.
You don't appreciate my hospitality.
472
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:29,676
You're here. You're actually here.
I don't believe it.
473
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:33,071
The arrangement was that the others
would be released.
474
00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:37,074
How could you be so sure
I would keep my word?
475
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:41,518
I've known fear.
It's a very healthy thing most of the time.
476
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:47,232
You warn us of danger, remind us of
our limits, protect us from carelessness.
477
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,517
I've learned to trust fear.
478
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,628
Finally, someone who appreciates me!
Am I blushing?
479
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,712
- Let them go.
- Yes, of course.
480
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,872
You may depart. Farewell, my friends.
481
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:06,192
Do come back and visit.
I'll always be here.
482
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,637
- Recall activated.
- Body temperatures are rising.
483
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:17,999
Initiating backup systems. They should
regain consciousness in ten minutes.
484
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,038
We'll get you out of here, Captain.
I promise.
485
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,033
That won't be necessary, but thank you.
486
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,188
I can't wait to get to know you,
to make you a part of me.
487
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:36,036
I understand it takes a few minutes
before you know my thoughts.
488
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,510
- Is that true?
- An eternity of anticipation.
489
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,150
- Then what happens?
- Then the fun begins.
490
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,916
All systems functioning.
Resuscitation entering final warming.
491
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:52,198
Biofunctions returning to normal.
Their own hearts are taking over.
492
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,715
They don't need supplemental
life support.
493
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,874
- Will you be honest with me?
- Fear is the most honest emotion.
494
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,876
You want this to end as much as I do,
don't you?
495
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,033
Don't even think about leaving.
I'm not going to let you go.
496
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,272
Not after all this. Mirror?
497
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,431
- Aren't we a beautiful couple, Captain?
- I'm not Captain Janeway.
498
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,513
- Could have fooled me.
- I'm afraid I did.
499
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,912
- Pardon?
- I'm a holographic image of the captain.
500
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:30,868
I was sent here by the same technique
they used to send their doctor.
501
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,589
I've been programmed to respond
as Janeway would.
502
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:39,072
But I feel you. You're on the system.
503
00:41:39,240 --> 00:41:44,712
She is on the system, yes.
But not in stasis.
504
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:49,078
The crew modified the pods so Janeway
could be connected to the system
505
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,674
without entering this environment.
506
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:56,834
You are able to sense her brain
activity without putting her in jeopardy.
507
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:01,670
You will be able to confirm this when
you become aware of her thoughts.
508
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,713
We both know that fear only exists
for one purpose.
509
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,429
- To be conquered.
- She tricked me.
510
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:31,276
Did she? Or was part of you
actually hoping to be defeated?
511
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,908
Isn't that why you allowed her here?
512
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:38,039
Because you sensed
she had the power to subdue you.
513
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:43,479
No. She lied.
It was very un-Starfleet of her.
514
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:48,236
Starfleet captains don't
easily succumb to fear.
515
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:55,955
What will become of us... of me?
516
00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:01,240
Like all fear, you eventually vanish.
517
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,756
- I'm afraid.
- I know.
518
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,111
Drat.
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