Chakotay’s Cave

CHAKOTAY: 

From the look of these sensor readings, 

Seska wants us to come after her.

JANEWAY: 

Commander.

CHAKOTAY: 

I think Seska's leading us into another trap. 

She masterminded a precision raid 

that made us look like first year Academy students, 

but she left a warp trail for us to follow. 

After such a flawless performance, 

why would she suddenly made that kind of mistake?

JANEWAY: 

You think she wants more than the transporter. 

Are you suggesting we don't follow her?

CHAKOTAY: 

No, I agree with everything you said about preventing the spread of our technology. 

But conventional tactics aren't 

going to work with Seska. 

We'll need to come at her 

with a few surprises of our own.

JANEWAY: 

I'm open to suggestions.

TUVOK: 

Perhaps Commander Chakotay 

could use his intimate knowledge of Seska 

to manipulate her in much the same way 

She manipulated Us.

[Engineering]

TORRES: 

The module Seska stole contains 

a quantum resonance oscillator. 

So, we modify this coil scanner to detect the oscillator, 

then we get close enough to beam it back.

CHAKOTAY: 

I'm betting Seska's figured out a way 

to shield the module from our transporters. 

We might have to destroy it instead.

TORRES: 

How do we do that?

CHAKOTAY: 

We borrow a trick from Seska's book. 

Remember how we disabled the computer core on the Cardassian frigate orbiting Bajor?

TORRES:

Seska modified an anti-proton beam 

to penetrate its shields and hull.

CHAKOTAY: 

Exactly.

TORRES: 

But if I remember correctly, 

the beam was only effective from an extremely close range. 

How do we get near enough to the Nistrim ship?

CHAKOTAY: 

One thing at a time.

TORRES: 

You're taking this all very personally, aren't you?

CHAKOTAY: 

Why shouldn't I?

TORRES: 

You're not responsible for what happened.

CHAKOTAY: 

Oh no? I let her join the Maquis. 

I took her into my confidence. 

I even got intimately involved with her.

TORRES: 

So you have lousy taste in women. 

Look, Chakotay, she fooled us all. 

She was My Best Friend. 

Or at least, that's what I thought.

CHAKOTAY: 

Well, I for one, am through being manipulated by her.

TORRES: 

Are you sure? Because she's affecting you. 

That's just where she wants you. 

Don't tense up.

CHAKOTAY: 

So now I'm getting advice about 

controlling My Emotions from you.

[Ready room]

JANEWAY: 

Come in.

TORRES: 

Do you have a minute, Captain? 

It's about Chakotay.

JANEWAY: 

That's not exactly my favourite subject 

right now, Lieutenant.

TORRES: 

Well, I thought that maybe I could explain -

JANEWAY: 

Explain what? Why my First Officer 

publicly defied my authority by 

commandeering a shuttle 

without permission?

TORRES: 

I know it was never his intention to defy you. 

He respects Your Authority.

JANEWAY: 

But?

TORRES: 

But he's a very proud man. 

And he's been embarrassed by Seska. 

JANEWAY: 

What Seska did, she did to all of us. 

Frankly, I find it more than a little self-indulgent 

of Chakotay to assume this is all about him.

TORRES: 

He never said it to me directly but, 

I think he was in love with her. 

And then he found out that 

everything he knew about 

her was a lie. 

You said that he publicly 

defied Your Authority. 

Can you imagine what it 

must have been like for 

someone as private as Chakotay 

to be publicly humiliated 

by someone he loved? 

And then, as if that weren't enough, 

she came back to taunt him 

in front of the entire Bridge crew.

JANEWAY: 

I'm sure it was very painful for him. 

But what you're saying is, he's got 

a personal score to settle.

TORRES: 

That's only part of it. 

I know Chakotay. 

This is his way 

of Taking Responsibility. 

In His Mind, he's trying to protect The rest of Us 

from a dangerous situation which he created.

JANEWAY: 

Maybe. But that doesn't give him the privilege 

of ignoring this ship's chain of command.

TORRES: 

I know that. It's just that 

Chakotay would never 

tell you any of this himself.

JANEWAY: 

And, assuming we get him back in one piece, 

you want to make sure I take his personal feelings into account before I decide how to discipline him.

TORRES: 

I know that you're well within your rights 

to throw him into the brig, but, well —

JANEWAY: 

Chakotay is lucky to have 

such a good friend. 

I'll tell you what. 

Why don't we deal with getting him back 

in one piece first? 

We can worry about the discipline later.

TORRES: 

Thank you.

I am The Interface

Emergence is a Simple Idea -- 

The Universe is The Way it is, 

because it Grew That Way.

CHAKOTAY: 

It looks like the bio-mass dissolved 

right through The Borg hull. 

TUVOK: 

This Borg is attempting to assimilate it. 

KIM: 

Doesn't look like he's having much luck. 

CHAKOTAY: 

There's a chamber beyond this opening. 

Forty meters wide, high concentrations of antimatter particles. 

It looks like a warp propulsion system of some kind. 

KIM: 

It's A Ship? 

TUVOK: 

Starfleet has encountered species 

that use organic-based vessels. 

The Breen, for example. 

CHAKOTAY: 

There doesn't seem to be anybody on board. 

Chakotay to Voyager. 

JANEWAY [OC]: 

Go ahead, Commander. 

CHAKOTAY: 

Captain, we've found an entrance to the biomass. 

We think it may be a ship of some kind. 

Permission to go inside. 

JANEWAY [OC]: 

Granted. 

CHAKOTAY: 

Harry, that's a Borg distribution node. 

See if you can download their tactical database. 

It might contain a record of What Happened here. 

KIM: 

Aye, sir. 

CHAKOTAY: 

Tuvok.

[Alien Bioship]

(Lots of curves in stark contrast to The Borg angles.)

CHAKOTAY: 

They seem to be organic conduits. 

They're carrying electrodynamic fluid. 

TUVOK: 

Maybe an energy source. 

CHAKOTAY: 

Maybe. This looks like a binary matrix, 

but it's laced with neuropeptides. 

Could be their version of a computer core. 

Kim hears some clanging sounds 

and goes to investigate, 

then returns to his work.

TUVOK: 

This damage was caused by a Borg disrupter beam. 

The Wall appears to be regenerating itself. 

Commander! 

Tuvok discovers a Borg being 

absorbed by The Wall.

[TARDIS]

(The Doctor is on his knees.) 

Chinny : 

I'm shutting down. 

I need An Interface. 

Voice interface. 

Come on, emergency. 

HOLO-DOCTOR MK-III: 

Voice interface enabled. 

Chinny : 

Oh no, no, no, no, no. 

Give me someone I like. 

(Holo-Rose Tyler.)

Chinny : 

Oh, Thanks. Give me Guilt. 

(Holo-Martha Jones.) 

Chinny: 

Also, Guilt. 

(Holo-Donna Noble.) 

Chinny : 

More Guilt. Argh. 

Come on, there must be someone left 

in The Universe I haven't screwed up yet. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) : 

Voice interface enabled. 

Chinny : 

Oh. Oh, Amelia Pond...

Before I got it all wrong. 

My sweet little Amelia. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) : 

I am not Amelia Pond. 

I am a voice interface. 

Chinny : 

Hey, let's run away 

and have adventures. 

Come along, Pond. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) 

I am not Amelia Pond. 

I am a voice interface. 

Chinny : 

You are so Scottish. 

How am I doing? 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) : 

Your System has been contaminated by The Poison of The Judas Tree. 

You will be dead in 

thirty two minutes. 

Chinny: 

Okay. So, basically better regenerate, 

that's what you're saying.

 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

Regeneration disabled. 

You will be dead 

in thirty two minutes. 

Chinny :

Unless I'm cured, yeah? 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) : 

There is no cure. 

You will be dead 

in thirty two minutes.

Chinny: 

Why do you keep saying that? 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

Because you will be dead in thirty two minutes.  

Chinny: 

You see? There you go again. Basically skipping 

thirty one whole minutes 

when I'm absolutely fine. 

Scottish, that's all I'm saying.

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

 You will be fine for thirty one minutes. 

You will be dead in thirty two minutes. 

Chinny :

Scotland's never conquered anywhere, you know. 

Not even a Shetland. 

River needs me. 

She's only just beginning. 

I can't die now.

 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) : 

You will not die now. 

You will die in 

thirty two minutes.

Chinny :

I'm going out in the first round. Ringing any bells? 

Argh! Okay, need something 

for the pain now. 

Come on, Amelia. 

It's me. Please. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

I am not Amelia Pond. 

I am a voice interface. 

Chinny :

Amelia, listen to me. 

I can be brave for you, 

but you have got to tell me how. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

I am not Amelia Pond. 

I am a voice interface. 


Chinny : 

Amelia. Amelia, please. 

HOLO-AMELIA (Aged 8) :

Fish fingers and custard. 

Chinny :

What did you say? 

Fish fingers and custard? 

Oh, Amelia Pond. 

Fish fingers and custard. 

Fish fingers and custard!

Kazon Trophy Room

[Shuttlecraft]

(Kar wakes to find his hands tied behind his back.) 

KAR: 

What am I doing here?

CHAKOTAY: 

You're Welcome.

KAR: 

What?

CHAKOTAY: 

It's a human expression. 

You Thank Me 

for Saving Your Life, 

I say, “You're Welcome.” 

I accept your surrender. 

Look, I promise you, as soon as we get back to Voyager, 

we'll find a Kazon ship and hand you over to them.

KAR: 

You should've let me die.

CHAKOTAY: 

I'm not in the habit of 

Killing Children.

COMPUTER: 

Warning. 

Alien vessel approaching at 

zero two two mark eight.

CHAKOTAY: 

What's Your Name, son?

KAR: 

What?

CHAKOTAY: 

Your Name.

KAR: 

Why do you want to 

know My Name?

CHAKOTAY: 

I want to let them know 

you're on board.

KAR: 

I'm called Kar.

CHAKOTAY: 

Computer, open a channel. 

Kazon vessel, I have A Young Man on board you might know. 

He goes by the name of Kar. 

I'd say he's about thirteen. 

I'd like to arrange for his transfer before I return to My Ship. 

Computer, confirm channel is open.

COMPUTER: 

Confirmed. 

Transmission has been received.

CHAKOTAY: 

Talk to them. 

Tell them you're okay.

COMPUTER: 

Warning. 

Kazon vessel has engaged 

a tractor beam.

CHAKOTAY: 

Full reverse.

COMPUTER: 

Unable to comply. 

Tractor force exceeds available engine power.

CHAKOTAY: 

They're pulling us in.

KAR: 

Kill me. Please.

CHAKOTAY: 

Why are you so eager for me to kill you?

KAR: 

Because there are worse things 

than being killed by Your Enemy. 

(The tiny shuttlecraft is dragged into the massive Kazon ship.)

[Kazon trophy room]

(Chakotay and Kar are thrown into an area hung with skins and trophies.) 

CHAKOTAY: 

Look. If you check your long-range sensors, you'll find a big ship out there. 

It's called Voyager, and by now it's on its way to find me.

HALIZ: 

Kar, I told Razik you weren't ready.

CHAKOTAY: 

I have a fair idea why I'm here, 

but why are they doing this to you?

KAR: 

I was ready, Haliz, ready to Kill or Die. 

I felt the flames touch my skin.

HALIZ: 

Go back in, Kar.

KAR: 

It was this fool, this Federation, 

who doesn't even have the courage to kill his enemies. 

He pulled me out with that transporter we've heard about. 

Like the Nistrim and the Relora before you, you come into Our Space, 

showing off your uniforms and displaying the markings of your Federation with no respect, 

as if you own this part of space. 

But it belongs to us! 

I tried to kill him, Haliz. 

(Haliz knocks Kar down.) 

KAR: 

I want to see Razik. 

Tell Razik I demand to see him.

CHAKOTAY: 

Who's Razik? 

You tell this Razik that 

Federation Commander Chakotay 

demands to see him.

KAR: 

What are you doing?

CHAKOTAY: 

Razik is obviously Your Leader. 

I'm hoping if he's strong enough to be in command, 

he's wise enough to listen to reason.

(Kar shows Chakotay a piece of metal on display.) 

KAR: 

You see this? 

This is debris from a Nistrim frigate. 

The Man you are demanding to see destroyed it, 

killing more than one hundred in a single shot. 

Before that, His Name was only Ra. 

Now he is called Jal Razik. 

And this tunic belonged to a Relora warrior. 

He was killed by the bare hands of another Ogla, 

called only Hali. 

Now that man is called Jal Haliz, 

one of our greatest fighters. 

And this bracelet belonged to the man 

who killed My Brother, 

My Brother, Jal Kanal, 

who earned his Ogla name 

by dying bravely in battle. 

But I, I will never earn My Name 

in Life or in Death,

 and I have you to thank for that.

[Kazon trophy room]

RAZIK: 

Hello, Kar. I never thought I would see you like this.

KAR: 

It was not my fault. 

It was his technology! 

RAZIK: 

Don't make excuses, Kar. 

An Ogla has no room for excuses.

KAR: 

No. No excuses.

RAZIK: 

I forgive you. 

Know that in your heart.

KAR: 

No. Please.

(Razik kisses Kar, who bursts into tears.) 

RAZIK: 

You will eat at my right hand tonight. 

Why did you save him? 

It's a very ineffective way of waging war.

CHAKOTAY: 

I'm not at war with you.

RAZIK: 

I wish I could say the same.

CHAKOTAY: 

We're not familiar with this part of space. 

If I'd seen a map identifying this as Kazon-Ogla territory, 

I wouldn't have been anywhere near it.

RAZIK: 

Unfortunately, our territorial claims change every day. 

Maps do not serve us well. 

You did him a great disservice, you know.

CHAKOTAY: 

I guess if he had killed me, my uniform 

would've made you all a fine trophy.

RAZIK: 

Your uniform may yet decorate our wall. 

You may not think you're at war with us, 

Federation Commander Chakotay, 

but everything you are is a threat to us. 

The Kazon fought long and hard 

for their independence 

from uniforms like yours.

CHAKOTAY: 

Uniforms maybe, 

but not like mine.

RAZIK: 

Your uniforms, your laws, your technology. 

You are not welcome here. Get him something to eat. 

The execution is tonight.

[Kazon trophy room]

(Haliz brings other young Kazon with him.) 

CHAKOTAY: 

You get them involved young, Haliz.

HALIZ: 

As soon as they're old enough to protect 

their younger siblings.

CHAKOTAY: 

So they brought you here to see your first human. 

Take a good look. You won't see any hate in my eyes. 

I'm a gentle man from a gentle people 

who wish you no harm.

RAZIK: 

That's enough!

CHAKOTAY: 

I know you'd like them to hate me, Razik, 

but I want their first impression of humans to be a good one.

RAZIK: 

You've been brought here to learn 

what it means to be a Kazon male. 

You all know Kar. 

You've learned to fight together, haven't you? 

Kar was sent to kill this man 

to earn His Ogla Name. 

But Kar failed, 

and will not earn his name 

even in Death. 

Who would be willing to kill the human? 

(All the boys reach for the proffered weapon.) 

RAZIK: 

So much for first impressions, Federation. 

I'm proud of you. Each will get your chance someday. 

But that's not what we're here for today. 

We are here to learn 

the price of failure in battle. 

(Razik holds the weapon out to Chakotay.) 

RAZIK: 

Take it.

CHAKOTAY: 

What for?

RAZIK: 

So that you can kill Kar, 

as you should have done in battle.

CHAKOTAY: 

You want me to Kill A Child 

in front of other children? 

What would it accomplish?

RAZIK: 

It will teach these little boys an important lesson. 

And after you do that, you'll be free to go. 

You may think I want your friend Kar to die 

but you'd be wrong. 

I've seen too many Ogla die 

at the hands of Our Enemies. 

That is why they must learn 

there are no second chances in battle. 

That is why Kar must die.

CHAKOTAY: 

If I refuse? 

(No answer. The weapon drops to the floor. Chakotay bends to pick it up, attacks Razik and gets him on his knees with arms pinned behind his back. He holds the weapon to the leader's head.) 

CHAKOTAY: 

I'll be needing my shuttle back.

HALIZ: 

Do you really think you can escape us in that little vessel of yours?

CHAKOTAY: 

That's a chance I'm willing to take. 

What about you?

RAZIK: 

Let The Coward run. Prepare his shuttle.

CHAKOTAY: 

Want to come? There doesn't seem to be 

much of A Future for you here.

HALIZ: 

He'd rather die than run like a Calogan dog 

with you, Federation.

(So Kar hits him and takes his gun.)

KAR: 

If I stay here, 

I'll die without A Name. 

And Razik taught me 

only cowards die without A Name.

RAZIK: 

You won't find Your Name running after The Federation, Kar.

KAR: 

Maybe not, but that's a chance I'm willing to take. 

I'll show you how to disable the weapons systems.

Medicine

JANEWAY: 

Good. Let's plan an oh seven hundred departure. 

What's this?

CHAKOTAY: 

My Medicine Bundle. 

I've never showed it to anyone before. 

After what you said this morning, 

I thought it was important to let you see.

JANEWAY: 

Will it help me find my animal guide?

CHAKOTAY: 

Eventually you'll have to assemble 

your own medicine bundle, 

but this will allow me to assist you 

in your quest for a guide.

JANEWAY: 

Now? Now.

Chakotay goes up the step to the informal area by the window, 

puts his bundle on the low table and sits on the floor. 

It takes a moment for Janeway to take the hint and join him.

CHAKOTAY: 

A Blackbird's Wing. 

A Stone from The River. 

An akoonah.

JANEWAY: 

Akoonah?

CHAKOTAY: 

My ancestors used psychoactive herbs 

to assist their vision quests. 

Now they're no longer necessary. 

Our scientists have found 

more modern ways to facilitate 

The Search for Animal Guides. 

Place Your Hand on it 

and concentrate on The Stone. 

A-koo-chee-moy-a. 

We are far from The Sacred Places 

of Our Grandfathers. 

We are far from The Bones 

of Our People. 

But perhaps there is 

one Powerful Being 

who will embrace this woman 

and give her The Answers she seeks. 

Allow your eyes to close. 

Breath to fuel the light in your belly, 

and let it expand until the light is everywhere. 

Prepare yourself to leave This Room 

and This Ship, 

and return to a place where you were the most content 

and peaceful you have ever been. 

You can see all around you and hear the sounds of this place.

{Beach]

(A seabird calls.) 

JANEWAY: 

I know this place. It's -

CHAKOTAY [OC]: 

You must not discuss with me 

What You See, 

or you will offend  

Your Animal Guide. 

As you continue to look around, 

you will become aware of other life 

that shares this place with you. 

It will be the first animal you see. 

That is the one 

You Will Speak To. 

Do you see An Animal?

JANEWAY: 

Yes….!

CHAKOTAY [OC]: 

Speak to it.

JANEWAY: 

What do I say?

CHAKOTAY [OC]: 

You know what you want to ask.

Ride The Scorpion’s Back

“There's a story I heard as a child, a parable, and I never forgot it --

A Scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. 

Suddenly he saw A Fox. 

He asked The Fox to take him on his back across The River. The Fox said, “No. If I do that you'll sting me, and I'll drown.”

The Scorpion assured him, “If I did that, we'd both drown.”

So The Fox thought about it and finally agreed. So The Scorpion climbed up on his back, and The Fox began to swim. 

But halfway across The River, The Scorpion stung him. As The Poison filled his veins, The Fox turned to The Scorpion and said “WHY did you DO that? Now you'll drown too.”

“I couldn't help it,” said The Scorpion. “It's My Nature.”

CHAKOTAY: 

I'm going to end This Alliance Here and Now. 

We're going to drop The Borg off 

on the next uninhabited planet, 

give them the nanoprobes 

and take our chances alone. 

They can wait for a Borg ship to pick 

Them up and finish The Weapon. 

I'm in command now and I have to do what I think is best for This Crew. 

Tom, I want you to scan for the nearest uninhabited planet and set a course. 


PARIS: 

Aye, sir. 


TUVOK: 

I must caution you, Commander. 

The Borg may not go quietly.


CHAKOTAY: 

We'll see. Bring that female drone 

to the Ready room. Dismissed.

[Ready room]

CHAKOTAY: 

Once we've beamed you to the surface, 

we'll send down the nanoprobes 

and all our research.


SEVEN: 

Unacceptable. 

We don't have time for 
—

CHAKOTAY: 

This isn't open for discussion. 

I'm not turning This Ship around. 

You're getting What You Wanted. 

I suggest we part ways amicably.


SEVEN: 

There is another option. 

We could assimilate your vessel.


CHAKOTAY: 

If a single drone steps one millimetre out of that Cargo Bay, 

I'll decompress the entire deck. 

You won't pose much of A Threat floating in Space.


SEVEN: 

When Your Captain first approached Us, 

We suspected that an agreement 

with humans would prove 

impossible to maintain. 

You are erratic, conflicted, disorganised. 

Every decision is debated, every action questioned.

Every individual entitled to 

their own small opinion. 

You lack harmony, cohesion, greatness. 

It will be your undoing.


CHAKOTAY: 

Escort our guest back to the Cargo Bay.

[Sickbay]

(Chakotay briefs his comatose Captain.) 


CHAKOTAY: 

Well, I've made My Decision. 

If it were only a matter of going against the orders of my superior officer. 

You're more than just my Captain. 

You're my friend. 

I hope you'll understand.

[Cargo Bay Two]

BORG [OC]: 

Species 8472 has penetrated Matrix zero one zero, grid nineteen. 

Eight planets destroyed. 

Three hundred twelve vessels disabled. 

Four million, six hundred twenty one Borg eliminated. 

We must seize control of the Alpha Quadrant vessel, 

and take it into the alien realm. 


SEVEN: 

We understand. 


(Seven enters a Jefferies tube.)

[Bridge]

PARIS: 

Class H moon. 

Oxygen-argon atmosphere.


CHAKOTAY: 

It'll do. Take us out of warp 

and enter orbit.


PARIS: 

Aye, sir.


CHAKOTAY: 

Tuvok. Stand by to transport the Borg directly from the Cargo Bay. 

After they're on the surface, have security run a sweep of 
—

KIM: 

I'm reading power fluctuations in the deflector array.


CHAKOTAY: 

Cause?


KIM: 

It looks like The Borg 

have accessed deflector control. 

They're trying to realign the emitters.


CHAKOTAY: 

Shut them out.
KIM: They've bypassed security protocols.
(A green beam is emitted from the deflector dish.) 


TORRES: 

We're emitting a resonant graviton beam. 

It's creating another singularity.


CHAKOTAY: 

Reverse course.


PARIS: 

We're fighting intense gravimetric distortion. 

I can't break free. 


CHAKOTAY: 

Bridge to Cargo Bay Two : 

Stop what you're doing, 

or I'll depressurise that deck and blow you out into Space. 

This is your final warning. 

Do it! 


(Borg drones are expelled from Voyager. Seven manages to hang on in the Jefferies tube.) 


TUVOK: 

Decompression cycle complete.


KIM: 

I still don't have deflector control.


TUVOK: 

Commander, A Single Borg 

has Survived.


PARIS: 

We're being pulled in!
CHAKOTAY: Report.
TUVOK: We appear to have crossed an interdimensional rift.


PARIS: 

We've definitely left Our Galaxy. 

No stars, no planets.


CHAKOTAY: 

Let's see.


(The viewscreen shows a murky brown green expanse.) 


TORRES: 

I'm re-calibrating sensors. 

The entire region is filled with some kind of organic fluid. 

This isn't Space. It's matter.


SEVEN : 

Commander Chakotay. 

We have entered 

The Domain of Species 8472. 

Report to the Cargo Bay.


CHAKOTAY: 

Paris, repressurise Cargo Bay two. Tuvok.

[Cargo Bay Two]

SEVEN: 

Our entry into fluidic space has created a compression wave. 

They know We're Here. 

A fleet of bioships is already converging on our position. 

Time to intercept, three hours, 

seventeen minutes.


CHAKOTAY: 

You've been here before. 

How else could you know about fluidic space?


SEVEN: 

We must prepare This Ship for The Altercation. 

We will construct a complement 

of biomolecular warheads. 


CHAKOTAY: 

Why? Why were you here? 

You started This War, didn't you? 

What's the matter, Our Galaxy 

wasn't big enough for you? 

You had to conquer new territory? 

But this race fought back. 

A species as malevolent as your own.


SEVEN: 

Species 8472 was more resistant than we anticipated. 

Their technology is biogenically engineered. 

It is Superior to that of 

all species we have previously encountered.


TUVOK: 

Which is precisely what you wanted.


SEVEN: 

They are The Apex 

of Biological Evolution. 

Their assimilation would have greatly added to 

Our Own Perfection. 


TUVOK: 

So instead of assimilating these aliens you opened a door for them to our galaxy. 


SEVEN: 

There is only one course of action. 

Destroy Them first. 

My subspace link to The Collective 

has been weakened by 

the interdimensional rift. 

We cannot signal for help. 

We are alone. 

We must construct a compliment of biomolecular warheads and modify your weapons to launch them.


CHAKOTAY: 

I've got a better idea. 

Why don't you open that rift again 

and take us back?

SEVEN: 

If I did that, you will 

no longer cooperate.