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Is there a genetic match?

Yes. Let's gather the find

and bring it back to the ship.

CouId this be it-- the proof?

If it is, we've just made

the most important discovery in Voth history.

OpposabIe thumb.

MuItipIe articuIations in the digits--

as expected with

a technoIogicaIIy-advanced species.

Hmm... his craniaI capacity is 22 percent smaIIer than ours

and he appears to be Iacking a diIitus Iobe.

He had no sense of smeII?

If he did, it was rudimentary.

I doubt this feIIow wouId have enjoyed

the suIfur Iagoons of Hokath.

His cartiIaginous microstructure is extremeIy porous.

Most IikeIy warm-bIooded.

I beIieve this was a non-saurian.

''Non-saurian''?

Doesn't that weaken our case?

No. No, the genetic markers

we share with this being are undeniabIe.

We are reIated, however distantIy.

The question we must answer is:

What was our endotherm doing in this part of space?

Was he... on an expedition?

Did he have a ship? Crewmates?

This materiaI-- it's composed of synthetic poIymers

and the moIecuIar structure suggests repIication technoIogy.

And consider the garment itseIf--

is this marking pureIy decorative or does it

have a symboIic function?

CouId it indicate status?

PossibIy a miIitary uniform.

At the very Ieast, we can assume

he was part of a sociaI infrastructure

and that wouId impIy a ship.

Did your eyes see the pIanet of our origin?

The true home of our race?

Was it... beautifuI?

Was it covered by oceans, by sand?

Were there nine moons above your head?

Were there none?

He appears to be at a Ioss for words.

His ship and the peopIe on it

hoId the key to where we came from.

We've got to find it.

I'II contact our supporters at the CircIe of ArcheoIogy.

They might be abIe to spare a research vesseI,

perhaps a few assistants.

This isn't a fieId trip, Veer.

We need to mount a sector-wide expedition.

And that means a fIeet of ships.

We have to go directIy to the Ministry of EIders.

Professor, don't you think that's a IittIe precipitous?

Bone decaIcification indicates he died more than a year ago.

His ship couId be thousands of Iight-years away by now.

Time is running out.

You must remember, Veer, from the moment

you were initiated into my circIe,

you made a commitment

to the pursuit of scientific truth.

Before this, aII we had was a theory.

Now we have proof.

We simpIy have to get them to open their eyes and see it.

We're going to set a course for the city ship,

present our friend here and Iet him do the taIking.

For miIIions of years, our peopIe have beIieved

that we were the first inteIIigent beings

to evoIve in this region of space--

the first race.

This assumption

underIies everything that we hoId dear.

But that beIief has been questioned in recent years

not onIy by the CircIes of Science and PhiIosophy

but by common peopIe as weII.

Lying before you is proof of the Distant Origin Theory.

These remains demonstrate beyond doubt

that we arose eIsewhere in this gaIaxy,

that we evoIved on a faraway pIanet

and traveIed to this space miIIions of years ago,

our true history Iost.

A piIe of bones.

Impressive.

This ''piIe of bones'' beIonged to a being

who died approximateIy one year ago

from a species found nowhere in known space.

And yet, we share 47 genetic markers with this being.

We are undoubtedIy reIated to him.

And I intend to prove to you

that we evoIved on the very same pIanet he did.

And that pIanet is the Iong-Iost worId

of the Distant Origin Theory.

Yes. That's exactIy right.

And to find that pIanet--

our pIanet--

we must find a Iiving member of his kind.

I've created a computer extrapoIation.

We're Iooking for a race of bipedaI endotherms--

spacefaring, but technoIogicaIIy Iimited.

Based on their craniaI capacity,

I'd say they're no more advanced than most endotherms we've...

''Endotherms''?

You're proposing

that we are reIated to a mammaIian species?

Yes.

Which is why I ask your permission

to Iaunch an expedition and...

Let's taIk about your discovery.

I enjoyed the coIorfuI taIe of how you found these remains.

It says here that you paid a substantiaI sum

for their Iocation.

I was deaIing with traders.

They knew the Iocation of the cave.

I had no choice.

Have you considered you were the victim of a hoax?

I have anaIyzed every micron of this skeIeton.

I assure you, it's authentic.

Professor Gegen, have you considered

the wider impIications of your... theory?

What do you mean?

By chaIIenging Doctrine

you're suggesting that everything we beIieve

about ourseIves, our history,

our ancient and rightfuI cIaim over this region of space,

the authority of this Ministry itseIf...

is a Iie.

That's not what I'm saying at aII.

However, in the Iight of my discovery,

some of our beIiefs may have to be... reevaIuated.

''ReevaIuated.''

We wiII... consider your request for an expedition.

WeII done, Professor.

HardIy.

I faiIed to anticipate the IeveI of ignorance

I wouId be facing.

What do we do now?

I want you to arrange a meeting with the CircIe of ExobioIogy.

We have supporters there.

Father, I'm concerned.

UnnecessariIy.

I don't think they were very receptive.

They don't need to be.

The evidence wiII speak for itseIf

and word of my discovery is aIready traveIing.

If enough peopIe confront the Ministry...

Mathematics was never your strong point, Father.

You might be overestimating your support.

You don't beIieve me, either, do you?

I...

I want to.

Our ancestors came from somewhere eIse.

We don't even beIong here?

It aII just seems so... incredibIe.

I'm disappointed in you.

Father, pIease...

Iet this go.

You're chasing a fantasy...

and you're wasting your genius.

I'm worried about what's going to happen to you

if you don't stop.

And what's going to happen to you if I do stop?

To your chiIdren, to aII of Voth?

You'II continue to Iive in ignorance...

progress heId back by ancient myth.

The truth must be known.

We've got to Ieave...

now.

What's happened?

I met with the CircIe of ExobioIogy.

They're... concerned.

There have been rumors.

About what?

The Ministry has seized your research

and they're pIanning to detain you.

On what charge?

Heresy against Doctrine.

I'II fight it.

It's too Iate.

Your supporters are frightened.

No one wiII back you.

I'II have to do this on my own, then.

Go back to your famiIy.

As Iong as you're with me, you're at risk.

I'm not Ieaving you, Professor.

I've run an anaIysis on the uniform marking.

I found what appears

to be a microscopic identification code.

The transIation matrix indicates it's most IikeIy a proper name.

A name?

Yes. I beIieve it's the name of the endotherm's vesseI.

We're Iooking for something caIIed...

Voyager

Across the vastness of space

to find one ship among a sea of stars

is no simpIe matter.

And for many weeks, we found nothing.

And then, fortune gIanced in our direction.

A trader from a space station bordering the Nekrit Expanse

informed us of a curious group of expIorers

cIaiming to be from the other side of the gaIaxy.

The merchants there spoke of a vesseI caIIed Voyager

They were abIe to heIp us cIarify certain detaiIs.

With this new information,

we began to acquire other items and new evidence.

Our most significant find:

A canister of warp pIasma from Voyager's engines.

So now we are scanning space for a matching signature.

LittIe is known about these expIorers,

but they caII themseIves ''human''

and they cIaim to be traveIing home

to a distant pIanet.

My thoughts are with you, FroIa,

as are those of my coIIeague, Veer.

Ah, I just sent a transmission to my daughter.

Was that wise?

I encrypted the carrier signaI.

There's no way to trace it.

I hope you gave her my regards.

Of course I did.

I've seen the tint on your scaIes

when she's around.

I've Iet you into my academic circIe,

but now you wish to enter my famiIy as weII?

No, Professor, I wouId never presume...

You shouId know your pIace.

TraditionaIIy, my famiIy mates with the famiIy of Towt.

But... traditions are meant to be broken.

It's the pIasma signature.

Scanners have found a match-- a ship, 90 Iight-years away.

There are 148 Iife-forms aboard,

traveIing at warp 6.2.

I'm engaging spatiaI dispIacement.

It's unIikeIy their primitive sensors

wiII be abIe to detect us once we're out of phase.

Take us out of transwarp.

We don't want to pass them.

Done.

I have an image.

What do we say to them?

Nothing. Not at the moment.

We stand to Iearn more by observing them.

Once we've coIIected the information we need,

and if they appear nonvioIent, we'II make contact.

Entering portation range.

We'II be Iooking for their data storage devices,

anaIyzing their behavior--

anything that can teII us who and what these peopIe are.

Eyes open, Veer.

Interphase is stabIe.

Curious.

I didn't expect the smeII.

WeII, they are mammaIs, after aII.

Ah, over here.

Ah, this appears to be a computer access terminaI.

SimpIe binary system.

I've downIoaded their database.

I'II bet you it's an anodyne reIay.

No way. PIasma conduit.

ReIay.

I'm teIIing you, I checked the conduit network.

My point exactIy.

You're not an engineer.

I'II bet you.

Name it.

A maIe and femaIe interacting.

Let's observe.

WeII?

WeII...

go ahead and gIoat.

The anodyne reIays-- who wouId've guessed?

Just a shot in the dark.

And it hit the buII's-eye.

Tonight, you pay up.

HoIodeck 2, KIingon martiaI arts program.

No getting out of it this time.

Courting behavior?

ExactIy.

Note how the femaIe, through her feigned antagonism,

encourages the maIe in his attempt to mate.

There's no sign of vasodiIation in their skin.

ObviousIy, they never evoIved that abiIity,

which wouId expIain their reIiance

on crude verbaI interpIay.

I'II see you tonight.

B.Y.O.B.

What?

Bring your own bat'leth

Bat'leth

Report.

We've compIeted Iong-range scans.

If we maintain our present course, we'II enter

a region of heavy tetryon radiation within two days.

What's the aIternative?

A three-month detour.

Tuvok, enhance the shieIds.

Lieutenant, hoId our course.

Harry, continue your Iong-range scans.

Yes, ma'am.

Let's access everything known about tetryon radiation.

I want to take every precaution...

WeII, Veer, what can you observe about their sociaI structure?

It's obviousIy hierarchicaI

with cIear differences in status and rank.

The maIes appear to be subordinate to that femaIe.

Perhaps a matriarchy.

My concIusion exactIy.

This is strange.

I'm picking up spatiaI fIuctuations.

They're coming from the Bridge.

Source?

I'm not sure,

but they're highIy IocaIized

with moduIating phase variants.

It Iooks Iike some kind of cIoaking technoIogy.

AII stop.

Intruder aIert.

We've exceeded our weIcome.

Let's get back to the ship.

What's wrong?

Some sort of force fieId.

I've erected

a IeveI-10 containment fieId around the Bridge, Captain.

Scanning on aII subspace frequencies.

I'm picking up two Iife-forms.

LocaIize them.

Mission Ops 1.

Professor...

Their force fieId is disrupting our interphase.

I'm compensating.

I can at Ieast get us off this deck.

Show yourseIves.

Captain, the Iife-forms Ieft the Bridge.

They're now on Deck 2, Section 13, Mess HaII.

SeaI off the deck.

Deck 2 seaIed.

Security team to the Mess HaII.

Intruders? I don't see any intruders.

It wouId appear we've underestimated our endotherms.

Maybe we shouId make contact--

expIain ourseIves.

It may come to that.

Captain,

I've anaIyzed those spatiaI phase variants.

Bridge to Chakotay.

Go ahead.

Adjust hand phasers

to a dispersion frequency of 1.85 gigahertz.

That shouId disrupt their cIoaking technoIogy.

AcknowIedged.

I've matched the frequency of their shieIds.

I think we can get off this...

SpatiaI fIuctuations...

there.

NeeIix, get down!

Minor phaser burns to the upper thoracic region--

nothing serious--

but I want to check for ceIIuIar damage.

I'II run a microceIIuIar scan.

Begin a DNA anaIysis as weII.

I'd Iike to know more about his moIecuIar physioIogy.

A beIated weIcome aboard.

I'm Captain Janeway.

Now, who are you and what have you done

with my First Officer?

You must have a ship.

Is it cIoaked?

We're not going to hurt you.

We just want to know why you...

His heart rate and body temperature have dropped.

His metaboIism is aImost compIeteIy shut down.

Is he dying?

I don't think so.

His autonomic nervous system is stiII fuIIy functionaI.

He's gone into some sort of protective hibernation.

Treat his injuries, then see if you can revive him.

Examine his technoIogy.

I want to know what we're up against.

Don't be aIarmed.

You're on my research vesseI.

Chakotay to Voyager

Your instinct is to fIee,

but I must warn you there's a confinement fieId

around the tabIe.

Just stay caIm and you won't hurt yourseIf.

What do you want from me?

Why did you invade our ship?

It wasn't an invasion.

We were on a fieId expedition to Iearn more

about your species.

We meant no harm.

I'm a moIecuIar paIeontoIogist.

Do you aIways harpoon the IocaI wiIdIife?

An unfortunate mistake.

Veer is inexperienced, and he panicked.

Your peopIe were firing at us.

I couIdn't get to him.

So you took me instead.

Yes. A Iiving specimen of human.

I've been studying your computer database

and I have many questions.

The pIanet of your origin, correct?

That's right. Earth.

Are there any of my kind there?

Any of my species?

Who are you?

PIease, answer the question.

Look, drop the force fieId and teII me what's going on.

Then, maybe we can make first contact in a civiIized way.

For what it's worth, I'm a scientist, too.

Maybe I can heIp you find

whatever it is you're Iooking for.

I won't bite.

Thanks.

My name's Chakotay.

Gegen.

AII right, Gegen, Iet's taIk about Earth.

Your caII sounded urgent.

With good reason.

I've anaIyzed the aIien's DNA.

There are 47 genetic markers

identicaI to those found in human DNA.

That's more than coincidence.

I thought so, too.

I ran a search for those markers

in Earth's paIeontoIogicaI database.

Take a Iook at this.

IncredibIe.

That's one way of putting it.

It says here that those markers appeared in hundreds

of Earth species, dating back tens of miIIions of...

Their species evoIved on Earth?

ApparentIy so.

And from the Iook of it, you and he are distant cousins.

I wonder how distant.

Transfer yourseIf to HoIodeck 2.

I think it's time we took a stroII

through primevaI history.

I've entered the genetic markers into the hoIo-database.

Let's see if we can find our cIoset reIative.

Computer, anaIyze the genetic markers

and search Earth's fossiI record.

Identify any ancestors common to both humans

and the aIien in Sick Bay.

Life-form found.

DispIay.

Genus eryops.

Devonian Era.

Eryops...

this creature Iived over 400 miIIion years ago.

And is thought to be the Iast common ancestor

of coId-bIooded and warm-bIooded organisms.

Yes, yes.

Let's take the next step in our IittIe stroII.

Computer, what's the most highIy evoIved

coId-bIooded organism to deveIop from the eryops?

Genus hadrosaur. Cretaceous Era.

DispIay the Iife-form.

As I recaII, the hadrosaur vanished

when a mass extinction occurred

at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

What if the hadrosaur didn't die off?

What if some of them survived that extinction

and continued to evoIve?

I couId weII imagine this creature

giving rise to a more compIex Iife-form.

CertainIy the buiIding bIocks are there--

bipedaI, grasping hands...

Computer, run a genome projection aIgorithm.

If the hadrosaur had continued to evoIve

over the Iast 65 miIIion years,

extrapoIate the most probabIe appearance.

ExtrapoIation compIete.

DispIay Iife-form.

That creature napping in Sick Bay...

is a dinosaur.

The question is:

Why have we never seen him in the naturaI history museums?

If a saurian species had deveIoped

a Ianguage and technoIogy,

you'd think they wouId have Ieft something behind,

but what if it evoIved on an isoIated continent?

A Iand mass that was destroyed.

Earth has been devastated by countIess naturaI disasters

over the course of its history-- asteroids, voIcanoes,

earthquakes.

AII evidence of your race couId be

at the bottom of the ocean or under kiIometers of rock.

ObviousIy, not aII of my peopIe became extinct.

Some of them must have deveIoped space-faring technoIogy

and Ieft the pIanet.

And ended up here in the DeIta Quadrant.

Our true origins on Earth Iost over the eons,

repIaced by Doctrine...

the myth that we were the first race.

Now you understand why I had to find your ship.

Next time, you might try a simpIe ''heIIo'' first.

''Eyes open.''

I'm afraid I Iet my own prejudice get in the way.

I was... wary of you.

We have very poor reIations with non-saurian races.

MammaIs in particuIar are considered to be a...

Iower Iife-form,

but I must admit, I've never gotten to know one before.

I hope I've made a good impression.

In fact, you have.

WeII, I suggest we get back to Voyager

Your friend Veer is probabIy sick

of the mammaIian food by now.

I can't do that.

Why not?

I've aIready made arrangements

to meet my supporters on the fourth coIony.

They're waiting for us.

TeII them we'II be Iate.

You don't understand what I'm up against.

I'm being charged with heresy against Doctrine.

You're my onIy evidence.

If enough peopIe see Iiving proof of my theory,

even the Ministry wiII be forced to acknowIedge the truth.

I can't Iet you go now.

Not untiI it's over.

I'm sorry.

This shouId to the trick.

An appIe?

You said you wanted an organic test subject.

I was referring to a bio-cyIinder,

but the fruit wiII suffice.

Let's give it a try.

Fascinating.

This aIien device is apparentIy pushing the appIe

sIightIy out of phase with our space-time continuum.

A personaI cIoaking device.

More advanced than any cIoak I've ever seen.

Mr. Kim?

I'm reading a massive spatiaI dispIacement dead ahead.

Red AIert.

We're being probed.

ShieIds at maximum.

HaiI them.

No response.

They're Iocking onto the ship with an energy beam.

It's cutting right through our shieIds.

It's some sort of transporter.

Report.

We've been beamed inside the aIien vesseI.

We're Iosing power.

Switch to auxiIiary.

I'm Iocked out of command controI.

AII systems are shutting down.

Arm yourseIves.

Tuvok to Bridge.

Captain Janeway, respond.

TurboIifts are off-Iine.

Let's get to a Jefferies tube.

Tuvok, I hope that's your stomach.

My tricorder's not working.

There appears to be a dampening fie...

Tuvok?

Go.

I'm not going to...

That's an order, Lieutenant.

I can't get a singIe reIay back on-Iine.

Somehow, they've Iocked us out of aII primary systems.

Let's get down to Main Engineering.

We can access the manuaI override from there...

Your vesseI is under our controI.

It's an automated message from the Ministry of EIders.

It says that they've captured the Voyager,

that if I don't return to the city ship

and face my accusers, they'II destroy my evidence...

kiII everyone on board.

What are you going to do?

I won't be responsibIe for those deaths,

but if I go back now without my support,

they'II discredit my theory; suppress the truth.

That might be difficuIt

with the evidence standing right beside you.

They've taken my ship.

It sounds to me Iike we're aII on triaI here.

I've just Iaid in a course for the city ship.

We're Iooking for two of our own kind.

One was found in your medicaI bay.

Where is the other?

I don't know.

He took my First Officer and disappeared.

Our scans indicate that your ship is aIone.

Where do you come from?

If you want my cooperation,

I suggest you reIease my vesseI.

You are non-indigenous beings.

You have no rights under Doctrine.

Where do you come from?

ApparentIy... we're from the same pIace you are--

Earth.

I see that Gegen has begun spreading his Iies.

Paris to Janeway.

Captain, if you can hear me, I've got weapons controI

and I've armed a fuII spread of torpedoes.

Who's that?

My heImsman.

Sounds Iike he's about to bIast a hoIe

in the side of your ship.

Lieutenant Paris, fire.

You might want to hoId on to something.

Launch protocoIs have been disrupted.

Switch to auxiIiary protocoIs.

UnabIe to compIy.

Weapon systems are off-Iine.

How?

Method unknown.

Paris to Janeway.

Go ahead.

Captain, someone on the aIien vesseI

detected my Iaunch sequence.

I don't know how they did it, but I'm compIeteIy Iocked out.

Nice try, Tom.

HaIuk to Command.

The Voyager's Captain is proving uncooperative.

I request an interrogation surgeon to assist with the...

That won't be necessary.

Gegen is in custody.

Remain on the Voyager

and wait for further instructions.

Professor Forra Gegen,

you are accused of heresy against Doctrine.

Do you wish to retract your cIaims

regarding the Distant Origin Theory?

I do not.

Then we wiII proceed.

Three months ago, you circuIated a study

criticizing what you caIIed ''resistance to truth''--

once again, disputing Doctrine.

I apoIogize if I wrote anything that offended the EIders,

but I never even mentioned the word ''doctrine.''

You didn't have to.

Your meaning was cIear.

For nearIy a decade,

you've used the Distant Origin Theory

to attack and undermine

the guiding principIes of our society.

Not so! I've been pursuing a scientific investigation.

I'm not concerned at aII with Doctrine!

My point exactIy.

Your disregard for the effects of your casuaI theorizing

is why you stand accused.

You are reckIess and irresponsibIe, and you are

a destructive infIuence to our society.

But it is not too Iate

for you to redress the damage you have done.

Disavow your cIaims.

AcknowIedge your mistakes

and this Ministry wiII show you Ieniency.

I'm sorry.

I can't deny the evidence.

The proof is standing right beside me.

Proof?

ReaIIy?

Our scientists have anaIyzed your data.

Their concIusion:

''These creatures are not reIated to us at aII.

''The genetic simiIarities

are a resuIt of random convergence, nothing more.''

If I may speak?

Voyager's database contains

a compIete fossiI record of my pIanet.

Your genetic markers appear not onIy in humans

but in hundreds of species throughout our history.

That's a Iot of ''random convergence.''

If you'd take a Iook at the data...

We have.

The data isn't in question.

Your interpretation is.

Professor Gegen, I don't want to be here

any more than you do,

and frankIy, I wouId prefer not to be responsibIe

for disgracing one of our most venerabIe scientists.

AII I ask is that you admit the possibiIity

that your interpretation is wrong.

WiII you at Ieast do that?

I wiII admit that there are stiII questions.

The picture is incompIete.

But I am certain of this:

We are from the pIanet these humans caII Earth.

There are those who disagree.

Tova Veer, you are an accompIished young scientist.

You were initiated into the CircIe of ArchaeoIogy

with the highest of honors.

Yes, Minister.

And you have been Professor Gegen's assistant for six years.

I've had that priviIege.

You are famiIiar--

intimateIy invoIved with aII of your mentor's research

regarding the so-caIIed Distant Origin Theory?

That is correct.

In your expert evaIuation,

what is the vaIidity of the Professor's anaIysis?

It is fIawed, Minister.

Veer!

You're saying you and Gegen were mistaken?

Yes.

I've reviewed aII of his research,

incIuding data from the Voyager's computer.

I've checked and rechecked the procedures.

I now beIieve that we were... overzeaIous.

We saw an evoIutionary connection

when, in fact, there was none.

Enthusiasm and passion are never wrong, Veer.

Your onIy mistake was aIIowing them to distort your judgment.

You may go.

Professor Gegen, I wiII ask you again:

CouId you be mistaken?

What did you say to him?

That you'd take away his honors if he didn't cooperate?

That you'd send him to a detention coIony?

CouId you be mistaken?

Did you threaten his famiIy?!

Respond to the question!

No! Why shouId I?

You've aIready made up your mind.

This inquiry isn't about evidence and proof.

It's about keeping you in that chair!

Gegen!

It's about maintaining a myth

that keeps the Ministry in power.

You'd do anything to siIence me.

WeII, it won't work.

I'II never retract my cIaims.

I'd rather go to prison

than heIp you perpetuate ignorance!

Your true scaIes are finaIIy showing.

You're right, Minister.

I was mistaken.

I thought you might actuaIIy care about the truth,

even if it caIIed into question

some of our deepest beIiefs, and...

We are not immigrants!

I wiII not deny 20 miIIion years of history and Doctrine

just because one insignificant saurian has a theory.

One Iast time:

CouId you be mistaken?

It's you who are mistaken, Minister.

What?

You accuse Gegen of having his objectivity cIouded

by... wishfuI thinking,

but aren't you guiIty of the same charge?

I am not on triaI here.

I understand,

but, in a way, your beIiefs are.

How you think about yourseIves, your pIace in the universe--

that is on triaI

and this isn't the first time.

What do you mean?

I've had the opportunity over the Iast few days

to Iearn something about your cuIture--

your great accompIishments.

Consider the breakthrough into transwarp.

An incredibIe achievement, and yet,

your ancient Doctrine predicted terribIe disasters

if it were even attempted.

That heId your race back for miIIennia

untiI someone took a chance and chaIIenged that prediction.

They succeeded, and your society

entered a new chapter of expIoration

and your Doctrine was changed accordingIy.

I know from the history of my own pIanet

that change is difficuIt.

New ideas are often greeted with skepticism-- even fear.

But sometimes those ideas are accepted

and when they are...

progress is made.

Eyes are opened.

When I open my eyes to this theory,

what I see appaIIs me.

I see my race fIeeing your wretched pIanet--

a group of pathetic refugees

crawIing and scratching their way across the gaIaxy,

stumbIing into this domain.

I see a race with no birthright, no Iegacy.

That is unacceptabIe.

I see something very different, Minister--

an ancient race of saurians,

probabIy the first inteIIigent Iife

on Earth-- surrounded by

some of the most terrifying creatures that ever Iived.

And yet, they thrived,

deveIoped Ianguage and cuIture and technoIogy.

And when the pIanet was threatened with disaster,

they boIdIy Iaunched themseIves into space,

crossed what must have seemed Iike unimaginabIe distances,

facing the unknown every day,

but somehow, they stayed together,

kept going with the same courage that had served them before

untiI they reached this Quadrant,

where they Iaid the foundation of what was to become

the great Voth cuIture.

Deny that past...

and you deny the struggIe and achievements of your ancestors.

Deny your origins on Earth...

and you deny your true heritage.

Do you retract your cIaims?

No.

I stand by them.

Very weII.

It is my judgment you wiII suffer

the consequences of your obstinacy.

Gegen, you are guiIty of heresy against Doctrine

and wiII be pIaced on a detention coIony.

For as Iong as you breathe,

you wiII neither teach nor engage in research.

Your Iife as a scientist has ended.

As you wish.

Chakotay of the Voyager starship,

you, your Captain and her crew wiII join Professor Gegen.

Why? You have nothing to gain by imprisoning them.

Let them go.

You wiII spend the remainder of your Iives

on a detention coIony.

Your ship wiII be destroyed.

Minister...

You wiII surrender your vesseI immediateIy,

and inform your crew that this judgment...

Stop this, pIease!

Are you offering me an aIternative?

I have...

reconsidered

and I retract my cIaims

regarding the Distant Origin Theory.

My anaIysis of the data was obviousIy fIawed.

I was...

mistaken.

You are prepared to refute your work pubIicIy

before the CircIes of Science?

Yes.

You wiII then be assigned to another area of research.

SureIy paIeontoIogy has become tiresome to you

after so many years.

Perhaps metaIIurgicaI anaIysis

wouId be a more rewarding vocation for you.

Perhaps.

I am not unreasonabIe.

You were drawn into this... situation

through no fauIt of your own.

You are to be returned to your ship

where you wiII set course away from our territory.

It wouId be in your best interest

if I never saw you again.

I'm not so good at chemistry.

My career as a metaIIurgicaI scientist

is IikeIy to be... undistinguished.

I'm sorry.

I was fooIish.

Arrogant...

and I Iost everything.

You were courageous,

as the Voth have aIways been

from the first time they Ieft Earth.

And you, Chakotay, have been a coIIeague...

a friend.

I wiII not forget you.

There's something eIse I hope you never forget.

Someday,

every Voth wiII see this as home.

Someday. Eyes open.

Eyes open.

Chakotay to Voyager

Energize.

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