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Hello?
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Anybody here?
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Neelix?
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Surprise!
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Happy birthday, my sweet.
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Happy birthday, Kes.
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Imagine, two years old today.
You don't look a day over one.
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- Why was everyone hiding?
- It's called a surprise party.
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- Sorry if we startled you.
- No, I liked it. It was very exhilarating.
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Now, how about a glass
of my special birthday punch?
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- <i>Garзon?</i>
- On the rocks or straight up?
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Doctor! I'm so glad you're here.
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My new bartender. Handsome, isn't he?
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I'm here in an official capacity, of
course. In case of a medical emergency.
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Surprises have caused hyperventilation,
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oesophageal spasms and
in extreme cases, even coronary arrest.
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One can never be too careful.
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I've completed the diagnostic.
All systems are operational.
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Very good, Ensign.
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- And I've recalibrated the relays.
- Acknowledged.
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Is there anything else
I can do for you, sir?
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I presume this notable impatience is due
to your desire to attend the festivities.
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Yes, sir.
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Your duty shift does not officially
terminate for another 34 minutes.
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However, I believe
the holodeck power conduits
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would benefit from an inspection.
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Yes, sir! I'll get right on it.
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All stop. Mr Kim.
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- What is that?
- Magnify.
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I'm afraid that holodeck inspection
will have to wait.
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Wait till you taste this cake.
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Seven layers of Jimbalian fudge,
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and the icing is made from pureed
<i>I'maki</i> nuts, Kes's favourite.
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Make a wish and blow out the candles.
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- What do I wish for?
- Anything your <i>petit coeur</i> desires.
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And with a figure like hers,
she'll probably get it, too.
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- OK, I wish for...
- Don't tell us!
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The wish has to be a secret
if it's going to come true.
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I hate to interrupt this tender moment,
but isn't it about time we shot a rack?
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In a minute.
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Birthday gifts are also an Earth tradition.
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Thank you, Tom. You didn't have to.
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Who am I to fly in the face of tradition?
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Tom, it's beautiful. It must have cost you
a week's worth of replicator rations.
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Two weeks' actually, but who's
counting? I'm just glad you like it.
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May I?
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That's lovely. You see, it's a locket.
You put little photographs in here.
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It keeps the people you love
close to your heart.
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Thank you.
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- Did you see that?
- See what?
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He... He...
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He did a lovely wrapping job.
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- Bridge to Janeway.
- Go ahead.
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Captain, we have encountered
an unusual phenomenon... phenomenon...
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...phenomenon...
phenomenon... phenomenon...
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phenomen... omen... omen...
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What is going on, Lieutenant?
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It might be a localised malfunction.
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My guess is... it's a problem
with the com system itself.
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Janeway to bridge...
Go and run a diagnostic.
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We have to cut your party short, Kes.
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- Stations, everyone. Let's move.
- But...
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- What about the Jimbalian fudge cake?
- Save me a slice, won't you?
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The space ahead of us
is literally changing shape.
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I think it's a spatial distortion wave.
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Is it responsible for the malfunction?
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I think so. It's generating EM radiation.
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If we don't move, it's going to
intercept us in less than 10 minutes.
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Acknowledged. Full reverse, Ensign.
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We can't go backwards either.
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The distortion has completely
surrounded us like a ring.
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- Then we will have to go through it.
- That might damage the ship.
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From what you have told me, the
distortion ring will make contact with us
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whether we pass through it or not.
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I prefer to minimise that contact.
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Shields at maximum. Warp 3. Engage.
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The distortion ring has collapsed
the warp field. Engines are off-line.
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- Inform the captain of our status.
- Yes, sir.
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I've been trying to report a problem
in the gym, but the com system's down.
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A spatial distortion
has knocked out several systems.
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Maybe that explains
why the gym got so cold.
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I didn't notice it at first. Then I realised
it was under ten degrees.
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The environmental controls
didn't respond to my commands.
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Engines are off-line.
I'll let the captain know.
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- Should I report to my duty station?
- Good idea.
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- Everybody should be on standby.
- I'll round up my security team.
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When we get to the bridge,
establish a com-link to engineering.
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I want to know exactly what's going on.
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- Where are we?
- Deck 4.
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The computer could be misreading
our voice commands.
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So it took us here instead of the bridge.
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We'd better
try setting the controls manually.
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Did you enjoy your first surprise party?
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- It was wonderful.
- I thought you'd like it.
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The cake, the presents.
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What was your favourite part?
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- I liked that all my friends were there.
- That was nice, wasn't it?
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And don't forget that beautiful necklace
Tom Paris gave you.
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- Do you really like it?
- Why wouldn't I?
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Paris obviously has excellent taste.
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- I was afraid you might be jealous.
- Who, me?
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- Don't be silly!
- Are you sure?
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You have seen the last of that
green-eyed pus hog called jealousy.
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I'm glad.
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Of course, Paris did replicate that locket,
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whereas I baked
the Jimbalian fudge cake from scratch.
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These aren't my quarters.
Did we take a wrong turn somewhere?
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I was just following you.
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- Is everything all right, Lieutenant?
- This isn't engineering.
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And have someone look at
the turbolift voice receptors.
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This is engineering. What's going on?
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It's more than a com system malfunction.
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Computer, bridge.
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- What are you doing here?
- I wish I knew.
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- I'm trying to get to the cargo bay.
- I'm trying to get to engineering.
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I can't find the cargo bay
or my security team.
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I've been wandering around
for ten minutes.
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At least I know I'm not crazy.
Unless we both are.
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No, something very strange is going on.
Kim said it was a spatial distortion.
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- Did he say what kind?
- No, he went to find the captain.
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The captain is on her way to the bridge.
But who knows if she can get there.
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- I'll keep trying to get to engineering.
- Good luck.
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The holodeck again?
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- This is infuriating.
- Stop playing games, <i>mon cheri.</i>
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I know why you keep coming back, even
though your bartending shift is over.
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- It's to see me.
- I am a doctor, not a bartender.
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Of course you are.
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Doc?
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- Ensign Kim. I was just...
- Playing doctor.
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Hi.
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The captain went to investigate
the phenomenon Mr Tuvok reported.
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So all of you heard his report?
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- Only a fraction of it.
- I'm sure Tuvok's filled them in by now.
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What are you doing on the holodeck,
besides playing doctor?
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I have been attempting
to transfer myself back to sickbay.
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But each time I try, I reappear here.
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- That's strange.
- And irritating.
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I can't seem to shut down
Mr Paris's holoprogram either.
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Computer,
end holodeck program Paris 3.
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Computer, arch.
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Maybe the computer's
not accepting voice commands.
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- I don't have time to help you.
- Wait just a minute.
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- Where are you going?
- Back to the bridge.
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I should be back in sickbay.
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The captain will be able
to do without you for a minute.
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I guess you're right.
I'll have a look at the holocontrols.
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Kyoto's quarters.
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Nicoletti.
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Hargrove.
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- Ayala.
- None of those are near my quarters.
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This is deck 8.
That's where your quarters are.
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But Hargrove and Ayala are on deck 7.
Nicoletti is on 4 and Kyoto is on 6.
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How do you know?
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I just remember.
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How?
Have you been in all their quarters?
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Of course not. The point is, those
quarters can't all be on the same deck.
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Well, see for yourself.
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This can't be.
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Perhaps your memory
isn't as reliable as you think.
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This is impossible.
I know Hargrove is on 7.
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- Why Hargrove?
- What?
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Why are you so sure about Hargrove's
quarters? What makes him so special?
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He's not special.
I just remember where his quarters are.
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This way. It has to be this way.
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Harry.
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Shouldn't you be in engineering?
What are you doing here?
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Just answer one question.
Where is here?
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- What?
- Where am I?
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Outside holodeck 2. Are you feeling OK?
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00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,273
I have been walking in circles for
20 minutes trying to get to engineering.
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00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,876
Kes, you have
many wonderful attributes.
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Your sense of direction
is not one of them, be...
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Oh, Harry, B'Elanna.
Maybe you can help us.
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00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:09,192
I know you'll find this hard to believe,
but we can't seem to find Kes's quarters.
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I don't suppose anyone here
knows the way to the bridge?
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Let me get this straight. This distortion
ring has completely immobilised us.
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We can't communicate
with any other part of the ship.
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No matter where we've tried to go -
the bridge, engineering, Kes's quarters -
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we've all eventually ended up here,
right back at deck 6.
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The bridge is on deck 1.
Engineering is on deck 11.
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- Deck 6 is halfway in between, right?
- So?
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So maybe this ring is pushing us all
to the centre of the ship.
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It's not just that we're being led back
here. Rooms are in the wrong place.
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Could this distortion ring
be changing the layout of the ship?
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There is another possibility.
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Exposure to some types of
EM radiation can cause hallucinations.
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Perhaps it's not the ship that's changed,
but rather your perception of it.
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00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,399
Unfortunately, without my medical
equipment there's no way to tell.
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We'll never figure it out sitting here.
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00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,828
We need more information -
sensor readings, computer analyses.
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00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,389
We must find a way back to the bridge.
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If we can't get back on foot or on the
turbolift, we can beam ourselves back.
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We'd have to get to a transporter room.
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Or to engineering, wherever that is.
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When we tried to go to the bridge,
the turbolift took us to engineering.
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Maybe it'll take us back there.
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It's worth a shot.
Lieutenant Paris, you're with Torres.
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00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,159
Maybe we can get to the bridge
through a Jefferies tube.
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00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,276
There should be an access conduit
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which leads directly
from this deck to deck 1.
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00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,910
I'd like to try to get to the bridge on foot.
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If the ship has been reconfigured, I can
get a picture of what it looks like as I go.
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00:17:12,120 --> 00:17:15,510
- What will keep you from getting lost?
- I'll get a tricorder,
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rig it to emit a photoplasmic trail.
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00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,953
Get tricorders
and set them on active scan.
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00:17:21,120 --> 00:17:23,509
Gather information
about what's happening.
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May Kes stay here with me?
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Besides helping stave off
the predatory advances of that woman,
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she may be able to help me
transfer myself back to sickbay.
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And I'll assist
Commander Chakotay, Captain.
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My tracking skills are legendary
throughout the quadrant.
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That all right with you, Commander?
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Mr Kim, I'm with you. Let's do it.
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Be careful.
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This is how you got there before?
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Relax, will you?
So far, we're right on schedule.
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The next stop should be...
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- <i>Voilа!</i> Engineering.
- Finally. Let's get to work.
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00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,834
We've got an emergency situation.
I don't have time to go into details.
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Remain at your posts until notified,
whether or not your duty shifts are over.
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00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,393
Prepare to configure transporter
systems for a site-to-site transport.
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I'll reset the pattern buffer controls.
You check the targeting scanners.
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Crewman!
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00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,869
There's an emergency situation aboard
ship. Just stay right where you are.
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That's an order.
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00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:52,590
I think you handled that very well,
Lieutenant.
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Commander, I would imagine you've had
some experience with women.
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- Some.
- Oh, come now.
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A... a... a... handsome man like you.
I bet women find you irresistible.
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00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,713
Neelix, what's this about?
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Erm... er...
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Have you...
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Have you... ever been jealous?
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- Of course.
- You have?
235
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,592
I imagine most people
who've been in love have been jealous.
236
00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,228
I see.
237
00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,358
It's a perfectly normal response.
238
00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,717
Then why is it so unpleasant?
239
00:19:55,240 --> 00:20:01,190
It's about the fear of losing someone we
love. There's no pain greater than that.
240
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:09,714
Neelix, are you afraid
you're going to lose Kes to someone?
241
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,598
No.
242
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,035
I mean, I don't think so.
243
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,953
At least I certainly hope not.
244
00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:21,079
I just can't seem to stop
these awful feelings.
245
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,358
Nothing makes us more vulnerable
than when we love someone.
246
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,080
We can be hurt very easily.
247
00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:33,234
But what you get when you love
someone is greater than what you risk.
248
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,949
Am I glad to see you.
Do you know what's going on?
249
00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:41,238
- Not exactly.
- I can't find the cargo bay.
250
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,393
- Have you seen anyone else?
- Some people roaming around like me.
251
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,791
I wound up in the mess hall.
There were people there.
252
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,670
Go back. Tell people to come with you
and stay in the mess hall.
253
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,674
When we figure out what's going on,
we'll let you know.
254
00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:09,159
- Gentlemen.
- Tuvok, what are you doing here?
255
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,233
That is an interesting question.
I am not certain how I arrived here.
256
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,834
- You're lost, too.
- Indeed.
257
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,552
When I received no word,
I came to look for you myself.
258
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,030
- Can you lead us back to the bridge?
- I do not believe so.
259
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:30,399
I've attempted to retrace my steps,
only to find myself here.
260
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,997
None of us can reach the bridge.
In fact, Neelix and I can't get off deck 6.
261
00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,357
Strange. I thought we were on deck 3.
262
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,754
What's our status?
263
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,754
The ring has penetrated our shields
and is in direct contact with the hull.
264
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,117
Then the distortions
may be reconfiguring the ship.
265
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,590
That would appear to be the case.
266
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,716
Neelix, let's go.
267
00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,670
Neelix?
268
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,439
We should have found
the hatch to the bridge ten minutes ago.
269
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:24,276
- I feel like we're crawling in circles.
- Not according to this tricorder.
270
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,236
- Odd.
- What is it?
271
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,119
A very faint electromagnetic reading.
272
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,714
Now it's gone.
273
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,997
- There it is from another direction.
- I'm getting it, too.
274
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,435
It jumps from place to place.
275
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,910
It could be evidence
of the ship's reconfiguration.
276
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,471
We'll have to compare this data
with readings the others get.
277
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,552
- Harry?
- Yes, ma'am.
278
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:54,555
You've been one of the bright spots
of this whole mission.
279
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,429
You've exceeded
any expectations I had of you.
280
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,991
Thank you, Captain. I... I appreciate that.
281
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:11,708
Wait a minute. Down there. I think
that's the conduit leading to the bridge.
282
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,395
Good work.
Maybe now we'll get some answers.
283
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,837
That's the hatch. This should let us out
in the cargo hold behind the bridge.
284
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,035
- It's not working.
- We better try it manually.
285
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,556
It's stuck.
286
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,712
Captain!
287
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,193
I can't get my arm out!
288
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,549
I think I'm OK.
289
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,669
There's an electromagnetic charge
on the other side of that hatch.
290
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,796
That must have been pulling you in.
291
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,157
Everything on the other side
is in a state of structural flux -
292
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,515
the walls, the atmosphere.
293
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,639
Those fluctuations match the readings
from the distortion ring.
294
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,952
This phenomenon isn't just occurring
in space. It's inside the ship as well.
295
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,669
We have to come up with a plan
for combating this.
296
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,877
- Captain, what's wrong?
- I don't know.
297
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,437
Oh!
298
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,636
- Oh, my eyes!
- Captain?
299
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:50,756
Captain!
300
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,595
Come on, pal. One lousy game.
Spot you six balls.
301
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,716
I'm not programmed to play games.
302
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:04,796
If he won't play pool and he won't
make love, he can mop the floor.
303
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,315
These hands are surgeon's hands,
304
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,557
created by sophisticated
computer imaging technology.
305
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,871
They do not play games,
and they do not mop floors.
306
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:19,239
- Then I will find a new bartender.
- I really wish you would.
307
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,719
Doctor!
308
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,952
Please tell me you've reinitialised
the holo-emitters.
309
00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:26,998
I did what you told me
but it didn't work.
310
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,720
I'm starting to get worried about Neelix.
311
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,998
Trust me, <i>cherie.</i> You are better
off
without him. All men are alike.
312
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,756
- In the end, they break your heart.
- Can I get some help here?
313
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:42,469
- What happened to her?
- Contact with the spatial distortions.
314
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,394
She seemed fine but then she started
to fade in and out of consciousness.
315
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:57,150
I believe we should go this way,
Commander.
316
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,595
What makes you say that?
317
00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,716
If we are trapped in a labyrinth,
318
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:07,000
it is logical to eliminate all routes
which do not lead to our destination.
319
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,435
The remaining route
will be the correct one.
320
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,556
Since we have been making right turns,
321
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,633
we should continue to do so until
certain this path is not the proper one.
322
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:19,952
- There's a flaw in your logic.
- How so, Commander?
323
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,793
You're assuming
there's a logical pattern,
324
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,394
but I haven't seen any evidence of that.
325
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,109
Even within chaotic systems,
there is a pattern.
326
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:34,035
By the time we figure that out, these
distortions may have overrun the ship.
327
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,318
- That is a possibility.
- One of us must get to the bridge.
328
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,871
You go your way and I'll go mine,
then one of us might be successful.
329
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,430
As you wish, Commander.
330
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,834
Tuvok, what does your logic tell you
331
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,834
about navigating a maze
that's constantly changing shape?
332
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,594
- Scanners check out.
- We're ready to try.
333
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,957
- Activate the pattern buffers.
- Pattern buffers activated.
334
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:18,430
Targeting the bridge coordinates.
Scanners locked.
335
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:23,913
Energise.
336
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,199
Would you mind moving your foot,
Tommy boy? It's blocking my shot.
337
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,237
Tell me you made it to the bridge
and you have a status report.
338
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,279
We locked onto the bridge coordinates,
but this is where we ended up.
339
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,716
- None of you had any luck?
- No one has reached the bridge
340
00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,634
and the captain is now unconscious.
341
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,916
That's not all. We lost Neelix too.
342
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,517
- Lost him?
- He turned a corner and he was gone.
343
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,798
The spatial distortions are changing
the configuration of the corridors.
344
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,390
- Kes must be worried sick.
- It isn't just Neelix who's missing.
345
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,516
Where's the rest of the crew?
346
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:23,800
They too must be trapped in other parts
of the ship, unable to find their way out.
347
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,190
What do we do now?
348
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,511
This wave is reconfiguring the ship.
349
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:34,071
We've got to try to reverse it.
If not, we may never get to the bridge.
350
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,677
How are we supposed to do that?
No matter where we go, we end up here.
351
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,960
Corridors are realigning. Rooms are in
the wrong place. What's the pattern?
352
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,556
We need a picture
of what the ship currently looks like.
353
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,030
Then we would have a chance
of getting where we want to go.
354
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,998
- Maybe we could make a map.
- Ensign?
355
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,674
In all the wandering we've been doing
356
00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,469
we've collected a lot of data
about the structural changes.
357
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,518
If we fed that into the central database,
358
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,468
we could extrapolate a schematic
of the ship as it's configured now.
359
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,596
What are we waiting for?
360
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,479
The computer
has analysed our data.
361
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,076
This ought to be close
to what it looks like now.
362
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,149
It's as if the ship
is being compressed and twisted.
363
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,312
It's more than just a distortion ring.
364
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:34,156
It looks like some sort of spatial
implosion that's slowly crushing us.
365
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,600
This part of the ship seems unaffected.
366
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,354
- That's deck 6 where we are.
- Correct.
367
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,876
However, the area
will not remain unaffected indefinitely.
368
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,792
How long?
369
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,030
Based on the rate of implosion thus far,
370
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,875
I estimate the ring will crush deck 6
in approximately 68 minutes.
371
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:11,032
Is this implosion ring some kind
of weapon? Are we under attack?
372
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,156
Who'd want to attack us and why?
373
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,312
There is no clear evidence
of an intelligence.
374
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:21,634
It may be a natural anomaly which does
not conform to the laws of physics.
375
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,475
It's a little late to be speculating
on who or what this thing is.
376
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,438
The important thing is
to find a way of stopping it.
377
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,478
B'Elanna's right.
We've got two options.
378
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:37,556
We get out of this implosion ring
or we find some way of reversing it.
379
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,790
Turn the implosion into an explosion.
380
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,669
I may be able to generate a shock pulse
strong enough to do that.
381
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,559
I'd have to raise the pressure
in the warp core.
382
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:51,271
A shock pulse of that magnitude would
create a subatomic particle shower.
383
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:56,514
Which could cause not only the ring
to explode, but Voyager along with it.
384
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:01,231
Not if I can tune the shock pulse
to the distortion frequency of the ring.
385
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,356
That will be difficult.
386
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:08,674
If we don't try, we'll get crushed anyway.
Personally, I'd rather go down fighting.
387
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,070
With the com system down,
388
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:15,279
we can't alert the rest of the crew
to a potentially lethal particle shower.
389
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,556
Do you have another suggestion?
390
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,235
It would be safer to attempt
to access the navigational array
391
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,995
and engage thrusters
to steer us out of the ring.
392
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,390
- Can't we try both?
- It's too dangerous
393
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,393
to work at the array
during a shock pulse.
394
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:36,156
Besides, there's no reason to expect
we'd have any navigational control.
395
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,675
B'Elanna, let's give your plan a shot.
You...
396
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:40,956
- Commander.
- Yes?
397
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,955
In my many years of experience
as Captain Janeway's tactical officer,
398
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,076
she often demonstrated a tendency...
399
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,755
The captain's not in any condition
to make decisions.
400
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,229
I'm in command. Is that understood?
401
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,316
- Yes, sir.
- Good.
402
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,789
Get down to engineering.
403
00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,077
Evacuate whoever's on duty,
then initiate the warp pulse.
404
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,276
Move it.
405
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,756
Dilithium matrix stable. Matter-antimatter
reactor is at 80% of critical.
406
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,990
Warp core pressure
at 36 mega pascals.
407
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:24,314
At 53 it'll trigger the shock pulse.
We should get out of here at 50!
408
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,110
OK. Pressure at 41 mega pascals.
There's a fracture in the dilithium matrix.
409
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,876
- Attempting to compensate.
- Fracture sealed. 44 mega pascals!
410
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,311
They must be close
to initiating the shock burst.
411
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,436
Everybody take cover.
412
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,952
47! 48! 49!
413
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,076
Let's move!
414
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:06,274
In spite of Tuvok's dire predictions,
we haven't blown the ship to pieces.
415
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,954
No, and radiation levels are acceptable.
416
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,192
Let's see if we dispersed
this implosion ring.
417
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,272
Hold it. There's a massive distortion
behind the door.
418
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:23,116
- I don't think it's just behind the door.
- The ring's engulfed engineering.
419
00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,476
Can I talk to her?
420
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,872
She may not hear you or be able
to understand you if she does.
421
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,876
Captain!
422
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,316
What's wrong with her?
423
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,836
The spatial distortions
have damaged her speech centre.
424
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,230
...her neural pathways.
425
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,392
Chakotay, it didn't work.
426
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,394
Instead of forcing the implosion outward,
the pulse draws it in faster.
427
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,438
- It made things worse?
- We only have a few minutes.
428
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,718
Paris, we have to get to the navigational
array and try Tuvok's plan.
429
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,158
- There's no longer time for that.
- Why not?
430
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,279
We're not going anywhere.
431
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,315
Is it possible to project
a stable holographic force field?
432
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,314
We've tried everything else.
Ready? Here we go.
433
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,158
The distortion is unaffected
by the force field.
434
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,390
We've got to generate a stable field.
435
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:09,076
This ring has passed through the shields,
crushed the hull, twisted the ship.
436
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,435
We'll never get enough power to stop it.
437
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,830
You're saying we're out of options?
438
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,834
Perhaps not. So far, we have been
unsuccessful in all our attempts
439
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,275
to explain or combat this phenomenon.
440
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:26,595
The space we are currently occupying
will implode in 3 minutes 17 seconds.
441
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,320
You said there was another option.
442
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,438
- We do nothing.
- Excuse me?
443
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,956
- Are you suggesting we let it crush us?
- Precisely.
444
00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:40,391
- I can't believe I'm hearing this.
- It sounds illogical.
445
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,996
When every
logical course of action is exhausted,
446
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,276
the only option remaining is inaction.
447
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,034
So we just let this thing kill us?
448
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,749
One attempt we made
to reverse the effect, the shock pulse,
449
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,876
only made our predicament worse.
450
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:59,511
If we continue improvising solutions,
our own efforts may ultimately kill us.
451
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:04,549
There is no evidence to suggest
that doing nothing will result in death.
452
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,715
Captain, please lie down!
453
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,872
What about the captain? She's dying.
454
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,316
We do not know that.
She is merely delirious.
455
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,469
Chakotay, don't you agree
we've got to keep trying?
456
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,679
Whatever this thing is, it's bigger
and more powerful than we are.
457
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:33,278
Maybe... Maybe this is one bear
we can't wrestle to the ground.
458
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,115
Maybe there's nothing we can do
but hope for the best.
459
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,877
Fine. Fine, Chakotay.
460
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,390
Have it your way.
461
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,113
- Commander Chakotay.
- Yes, Mr Tuvok?
462
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,795
Thank you
for endorsing my recommendation.
463
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,952
I may not get another chance
to say this.
464
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,112
Sometimes I find you
arrogant and irritating.
465
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,909
- But you're a hell of an officer.
- Thank you, sir.
466
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,036
And since we are speaking candidly,
467
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,909
I have not always
been partial to your methods, either.
468
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:29,631
It must have been tough to accept my
being elevated to first officer over you.
469
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,997
I have always respected
Captain Janeway's decisions.
470
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:38,553
However, that particular decision put me
in a position I am unaccustomed to.
471
00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:42,998
If that ever caused me to make things
more difficult for you, I apologise.
472
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,835
- Can I ask you a question?
- Fire away.
473
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,269
Are you afraid?
474
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:12,395
I chose this life. And I guess
I always knew it could come to this.
475
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:16,909
But yeah, I'm afraid.
476
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,879
- Me too.
- I should be with Neelix.
477
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,599
As much as he may annoy me at times,
478
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:36,074
Mr Neelix is one of the most resourceful
and resilient individuals I know.
479
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,869
If anyone can survive
this calamity, he can.
480
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,752
- Hi.
- Hi.
481
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:13,835
- What are you doing?
- I'm trying to contact my spirit guide.
482
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,476
- Why?
- Who knows what's gonna happen?
483
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,997
We might be in for another long journey.
484
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:29,394
I guess I could use a little spiritual
guidance myself right now.
485
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:35,157
- Mind if I join you?
- I thought you'd never ask.
486
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,748
Captain?
487
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:11,031
- I'm all right.
- You were delirious.
488
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:18,237
- It was... some sort of message.
- What was?
489
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,233
The spatial distortion.
490
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,637
It was... trying to communicate with us.
491
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,316
I want a full systems report
492
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:39,190
and every iota of information that was
recorded regarding that phenomenon.
493
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:44,639
The distortion ring's directly ahead.
It's moving away from us at 2,000 kph.
494
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,837
We've got a full crew complement.
No injuries reported.
495
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,879
- No damage to the hull or ship systems.
- Incredible.
496
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,110
You won't believe this, Captain.
497
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,796
20 million gigaquads of new information
have been input into the ship's computer.
498
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:04,080
- Where did it come from?
- I guess from the distortion ring.
499
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:08,074
- Somebody's trying to tell us something.
- That's not all.
500
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:10,754
Our database has been
copied and downloaded
501
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,876
into somebody else's system.
502
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,589
I guess they want to know
everything they can about us too.
503
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:21,117
Maybe it was their only way
of communicating with us.
504
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:27,069
Maybe they were just trying to say hello.
505
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,516
- Cake anyone?
- Neelix, what happened to you?
506
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,389
It's a long story.
I'll tell you all about it later.
507
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,189
Right now it's time to finish your party.
508
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,193
- I need a photograph of you.
- What for?
509
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,476
Even when we're separated,
510
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,952
I want to have you
where I can keep an eye on you.
511
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,714
Happy birthday, Kes.
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