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Captain's Log, Stardate 48693.2.

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We've altered course
to investigate

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some unusually intense
photonic activity

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in a nearby protostar.

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Lieutenant Torres and l
are beaming aboard samples

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for further analysis.

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Containment field is active.

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We're ready for transport.

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Energize.

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That's strange.

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Both containers
should have been filled.

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Here's the problem.

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A slight breach
in the annular confinement beam.

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l'm aborting transport.

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Okay, let's try that again.

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Energizing.

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All right.

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l'll get a complete
phase spectrum analysis

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on this as soon as possible.

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lf this photonic matter
works as well as l think,

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it could boost the efficiency

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of our power converters
15 percent.

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l'd say more like 20.

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How long will it take to finish
the preliminary analysis?

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Um, six hours, maybe more.

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l'd like to get it
sooner than that.

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l believe Ensign Kim
is off duty.

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Could you use his help?

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Can you convince him to
give up his free time?

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l think l might be able to.

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Janeway to Kim.

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That's odd.

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Computer, locate Ensign Kim.

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Unable to comply.

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Ensign Kim
is not aboard the ship.

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Sensor logs show no record

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of any unauthorized
transporter activity,

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and all shuttlecraft
are accounted for.

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lf Ensign Kim left the ship,

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he did not do so
by conventional means.

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His last shift ended
four hours ago,

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and he was scheduled for time

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on Holodeck 2
when he went off duty.

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No one has seen him since.

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Scan the holodeck.

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What's the matter?

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There is significant
interference in the holodeck.

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l cannot obtain a clear scan.

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ls it a system malfunction?

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l do not believe so.

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Commander.

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The holodeck
is definitely active.

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There appears to be
a program in progress.

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Can you shut it down?

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The manual overrides
are not functioning.

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l cannot terminate the program.

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All right, let's go in.

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Computer, identify program.

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The program in progress
is a holonovel based

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on the epic Earth poem Beowulf.

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Beowulf?.

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An ancient English epic
set in sixth century Denmark,

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if l remember correctly.

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lt's about a hero named Beowulf

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who fights a creature
that's terrorizing a kingdom

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and murdering its subjects.

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Monsters and swordplay,
that sort of thing.

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l'm not detecting
any life signs,

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but there is still
considerable interference.

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l can't determine the source.

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Speak as a friend

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or stand challenged.

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Computer, delete character.

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The holodeck command systems
must not be functioning either.

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We must also consider
the possibility

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that the safety programs
are malfunctioning as well.

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l'm am Freya, shield-maiden,

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daughter of King Hrothgar.

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l hold this guard post

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against any intruders
who would bear us harm.

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So declare yourselves.

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l will hear your answer

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before you march any further
through this land.

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We have no desire to trespass.

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However, we are
on an urgent mission,

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so if you would allow us
to continue,

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we would appreciate it.

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What land do you call home?

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Your faces tell me
you are not men of the Danes.

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Are you...

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kinsmen of Beowulf?

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Yes.
We are Beowulf's kinsmen.

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My name is Chakotay,
and this is Tuvok.

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Have you seen Beowulf?

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Yes.

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He was like no other.

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Hair straight and raven black,
eyes bright with fierce fire,

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the burning gaze of a hero.

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Grandiloquence notwithstanding,

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that would qualify
as a description of Mr. Kim.

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How did you know he was Beowulf?

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This is Harry's holonovel.

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lt'd make sense
that he'd be playing the hero.

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She might be able
to help us figure out

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what happened to him.

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A reasonable assumption.

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Your kinsman was
a truly noble warrior.

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lt is right you should
avenge his death.

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Yes, but first,

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we'd like to know more
about how Beowulf died.

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Of course.

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Come.
l will take you to the king.

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Hail, Lord Hrothgar.

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l bring new friends,

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Chakotay and Tuvok,
kinsmen of Beowulf,

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who come to avenge his death.

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Greet them well.

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l would bid you welcome
to my hall,

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but the days of glad tidings
are gone from this place.

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We grieve with you
for your kinsman.

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We had hoped that a warrior
of Beowulf's strength and renown

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would be able to deliver us
from our curse.

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Could you tell us exactly
what happened to him?

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He met with the same fate
as did 30 of our own warriors.

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Grendel.

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That's the monster
who's been attacking you.

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Repelled by light and laughter,

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the beast waits
until we slumber.

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Then, bereft of remorse,

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Grendel comes in murderous rage
to my hall

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to take my people,

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and there is nothing
anyone can do to stop it.

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lf you are wise,

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you will forego your vengeance
and return home.

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Death lives here now.

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My Lord is fatigued.

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lt is time to retire.

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We would like
more information about Beowulf.

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Would it be possible
to examine his body?

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The body of Beowulf is gone.

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Dragged down to Grendel's
foul lair, no doubt.

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The beast leaves no traces.

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Did anyone actually
see the battle?

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No. Beowulf chose
to face Grendel alone.

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Then l think we'd like to see
this Grendel for ourselves.

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To what purpose?

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To raise false hopes
in our king again

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as did your kinsman?

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Leave us alone in our misery.

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Unferth!

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These men are our guests.

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You will show them
the hospitality they deserve.

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They deserve nothing!

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lf their Beowulf was truly
the champion he claimed to be,

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then Grendel would be dead,
his head mounted on a spear.

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lnstead, we spend yet
another night in terror.

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lf you would allow us

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to assist you, perhaps we could
help alleviate your terror.

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Your names mean nothing to me.

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There are no songs of your deeds

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nor stories of the battles
you have fought.

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Who are you to believe
you can slay Grendel?

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We have no intention
of slaying anyone.

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We simply wish to examine
the creature.

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Grendel might not wish
to be examined...

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without a fight.

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And if you would fight Grendel,

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then you will first
prove your worth to me.

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Defend yourselves.

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You are able warriors.

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You may stand sentry tonight.

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You are brave men.

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l hope to see you again,
fate permitting.

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Chakotay to Janeway.

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Go ahead.

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Captain, we haven't found
any definite signs of Harry,

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but we've encountered
several holodeck characters

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who claim to know
what happened to him.

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Mr. Kim was running a holonovel
based on the poem Beowulf.

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According
to the holo-characters,

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he attempted to battle
a creature of some kind

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and was killed in the process.

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Killed?

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Since the safety programs
are malfunctioning,

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we must consider
the possibility.

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But...
you haven't found a body?

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No. lf we shut down the program,
we'd know if he's here or not.

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Run a diagnostic

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on the holodeck's
imaging control systems.

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lf they're not working,
try to repair them.

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And relay your tricorder
scans to the Bridge.

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l'd like to analyze
your readings.

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Aye, Captain.
Chakotay out.

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The primary imaging matrix
should be here

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behind this wooden panel.

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l will attempt to locate
the auxiliary matrix.

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This ancient Earth culture
seems fascinated with monsters.

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Every culture has its demons.

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They embody the darkest emotions
of its people.

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Giving them physical form
in heroic literature

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is a way of exploring
those feelings.

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The Vok'sha of Rakella Prime

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believe that hate is a beast
which lives inside the stomach.

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Their greatest mythical hero

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is a man who ate stones
for 23 days

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to kill the beast,
and became a saint.

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Such fables are necessary
only in cultures

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which unduly emphasize
emotional behavior.

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l would point out

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there are no demons
in Vulcan literature.

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That might account
for its popularity.

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Bridge to Chakotay.

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Chakotay here.

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Commander, we've analyzed
your tricorder data.

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A deep-level scan shows minute
quantities of photonic energy.

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How could it be in the holodeck?

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We think it happened
when we beamed aboard

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the samples from the protostar.

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There was a breach in the
annular confinement beam,

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and photonic energy
must have leaked

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into the transporter system.

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And from there
into other ship systems as well.

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We've already found some
in the replicators.

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That raises an uncomfortable
possibility, Captain.

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lf the holodeck's conversion
nodes were contaminated,

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Ensign Kim may have
inadvertently undergone

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the process
of matter conversion.

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You're saying he might have
been converted into energy?

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We have to consider it
a possibility.

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After all, the holodecks
are basically an outgrowth

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of transporter technology.

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Changing energy into matter
and back again.

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Every time a program is run.

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Except it's not supposed
to convert people.

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Hold on, Captain.

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Something's coming.

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lt is an object approximately
one meter in diameter.

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l think Grendel
may be paying us a visit.

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Captain, the holo-characters
told us

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Kim was killed by Grendel.

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An examination of this part of
the program might be advisable.

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Proceed.

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Captain, l'm picking up signs
of matter/energy conversion.

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Emergency transport.

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Get them out of there now.

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l can't get a lock.

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Commander Chakotay, report.

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Mr. Tuvok?

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Captain, l've lost
their life signs.

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They're gone.

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This is a scan of the holodeck

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just before we lost contact
with Chakotay and Tuvok.

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The readings are pretty garbled,

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but l'm still inclined to think
that there is a malfunction

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in the holodeck's
matter conversion nodes.

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Photonic energy leaking
into the subsystems

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could certainly
damage the nodes,

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and it might have created
a defect in the program

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that occurs
when Grendel shows up.

260
00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:56,726
A defect that dematerialized
our people.

261
00:13:56,802 --> 00:13:58,599
l'm not willing
to accept the fact

262
00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:00,536
that Harry and the others
are gone for good.

263
00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:04,338
Their molecular patterns
might still be there.

264
00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:07,777
And if they are, we might be
able to rematerialize them.

265
00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:11,908
The only thing we can do is
go back into the holodeck.

266
00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:14,680
Study this... energy surge.

267
00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:15,879
Find out what exactly happened.

268
00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:17,047
Anyone who goes back in there

269
00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:18,487
might wind up
just like the others.

270
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,020
Maybe not anyone.

271
00:14:22,094 --> 00:14:23,118
Me?

272
00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:25,629
A hologram can't be
converted into energy.

273
00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:26,892
lt already is energy.

274
00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:28,558
You're the perfect choice.

275
00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:31,933
How do you intend to transfer me
out of Sick Bay?

276
00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,971
We'll have to modify
your data stream protocols

277
00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,337
and imaging systems,
but the fact that you're going

278
00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:37,602
to the holodeck
simplifies things.

279
00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:40,201
The projection systems
are already in place there.

280
00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:41,871
And we're going
to give you complete control

281
00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:44,108
over your magnetic
containment field.

282
00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:45,980
You'll be able
to make yourself solid,

283
00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,882
or let matter pass
through you at will.

284
00:14:47,953 --> 00:14:49,978
Nothing on the holodeck
will be able to touch you--

285
00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:51,420
unless you want it to.

286
00:14:54,326 --> 00:14:55,418
l see.

287
00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:57,291
Think of this as your first
away mission, Doctor.

288
00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:59,160
Think of this as your first
away mission, Doctor.

289
00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:01,426
l can understand
your hesitation,

290
00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:03,865
but there are three
lives at stake,

291
00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:05,234
and you have the best chance

292
00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:07,101
of anyone on this ship
to save them.

293
00:15:08,974 --> 00:15:10,874
Do you understand that?

294
00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:12,433
Yes.

295
00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:14,376
Good.

296
00:15:14,446 --> 00:15:16,710
Your job is to find
the photonic energy surge

297
00:15:16,782 --> 00:15:17,908
and scan it closely.

298
00:15:17,983 --> 00:15:19,780
We need all the data we can get.

299
00:15:19,852 --> 00:15:21,114
You'll have to interact

300
00:15:21,186 --> 00:15:23,654
with the characters
in the holonovel,

301
00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:26,486
so make sure you're familiar
with the Beowulf story.

302
00:15:26,558 --> 00:15:30,324
Your circuit modifications
will be finished in three hours.

303
00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:32,728
Yes, Captain.

304
00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:48,636
Computer, access full text
of ancient Earth epic Beowulf

305
00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:51,410
including historical annotation
and cultural references.

306
00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:54,543
Data compilation in progress.

307
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,552
Doctor?

308
00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,452
Ah, Kes.
Come in.

309
00:15:57,523 --> 00:15:59,718
l don't know
how long l'll be gone,

310
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:03,057
but my absence is no reason
to suspend your studies.

311
00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:05,494
How are you doing
with the protein synthesis text?

312
00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:07,192
l finished it yesterday.

313
00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:08,733
Good. Then you may
as well start learning

314
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,200
how to operate
the base-pair sequencer.

315
00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:12,829
You'll find the manual
in the technical data base.

316
00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:16,865
Was there something else?

317
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:18,409
There's something bothering you.

318
00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:19,569
Not at all.

319
00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:20,669
Now if you'll excuse me,

320
00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:22,543
l have a great deal
of preparation to do.

321
00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:24,741
You're nervous about
this mission, aren't you?

322
00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,079
Nervous?

323
00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:31,218
l can perform emergency surgery
without getting nervous.

324
00:16:31,290 --> 00:16:33,918
l can make life-or-death
decisions about patients

325
00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,483
without getting nervous.

326
00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:37,529
What makes you think
l'm nervous?

327
00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:39,723
Those things
are familiar to you.

328
00:16:39,798 --> 00:16:42,858
You've been programmed
to do them, but...

329
00:16:42,935 --> 00:16:48,840
this is different, isn't it?

330
00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:58,813
l can describe every detail
of every piece of equipment

331
00:16:58,884 --> 00:17:01,785
in this Sick Bay-- from bio-bed
to neurostimulator--

332
00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:09,260
but l've never even seen a sky
or a forest,

333
00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:13,059
let alone Vikings and monsters.

334
00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:16,966
l can't afford to fail.

335
00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:20,767
But l don't know what to expect
in that holodeck.

336
00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,272
You've been telling me that you

337
00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:24,832
deserve to be treated
like a member of the crew.

338
00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:26,878
Well, here's your chance.

339
00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:29,641
And l can tell you

340
00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:31,910
that none of the crew
knows exactly what to expect

341
00:17:32,017 --> 00:17:34,178
when they go on an away mission.

342
00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:41,090
Doctor, have you chosen
a name for yourself yet?

343
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,921
l have narrowed the list
to three possibilities.

344
00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:49,058
Then let me suggest
you choose one before you go.

345
00:17:51,036 --> 00:17:54,096
lt might help you feel more
like a Starfleet officer.

346
00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:58,674
Hmm.

347
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:00,905
You may be right.

348
00:18:00,979 --> 00:18:02,469
l'll give it some thought.

349
00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:04,977
And Kes...

350
00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:09,853
thank you.

351
00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:11,980
Good luck.

352
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:22,099
Paris to Janeway.

353
00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:23,691
We're ready
for the transfer, Captain.

354
00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:25,361
Good. Go ahead.

355
00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,405
How about you, Doctor?

356
00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:28,906
You ready?

357
00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:30,566
Of course.

358
00:18:30,642 --> 00:18:34,134
l've already transported
a tricorder onto the holodeck.

359
00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:37,910
Engaging transfer circuits...
now.

360
00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,368
ls everything all right, Doctor?

361
00:18:57,436 --> 00:19:01,031
Yes. There were no problems
with the transfer.

362
00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:03,438
l'm on my way.

363
00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:16,251
Speak as a friend

364
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:18,983
or stand challenged.

365
00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:19,989
l am...

366
00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:22,219
Yes, you're Freya,
the king's daughter.

367
00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:24,524
A female warrior
known as a shield-maiden.

368
00:19:24,596 --> 00:19:28,032
We have never met,
and yet you know my name?

369
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,830
Are you a sorcerer?

370
00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:33,599
No.

371
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:37,574
lt's simply that...
your reputation precedes you.

372
00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:39,440
A warrior of your skill...

373
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:42,139
you're quite famous
where l come from.

374
00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,816
l did not know
that word of my deeds

375
00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:47,613
has carried to other lands.

376
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:49,210
Tell me what you have heard.

377
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:54,516
Well... your battle with...

378
00:19:54,593 --> 00:19:56,254
Scyld the Gar-Dane?

379
00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:57,420
...is practically legend.

380
00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:58,588
An incredible story.

381
00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,928
l burned his hall to the ground.

382
00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:03,297
There was nothing left
but ashes!

383
00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:04,460
Charming.

384
00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:05,594
And did you hear of my campaign

385
00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,366
against the heatho-bards
to the south?

386
00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:08,929
l fought them for...

387
00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:10,769
l'd be delighted
to hear all about it,

388
00:20:10,842 --> 00:20:12,673
but l'm on an urgent
mission of my own.

389
00:20:12,744 --> 00:20:14,268
l'm looking for Grendel.

390
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:19,578
Only a warrior would seek
that which others flee.

391
00:20:19,651 --> 00:20:21,175
What is your name?

392
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,278
l'm glad you asked.

393
00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:25,823
My name is... Schweitzer.

394
00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:27,984
Dr. Schweitzer.

395
00:20:28,093 --> 00:20:29,856
''Schweitzer.''

396
00:20:29,928 --> 00:20:33,864
A hero's name.

397
00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:36,366
Come, l will take you
to the king.

398
00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:37,424
Hmm.

399
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:41,462
The hall is not far from here.

400
00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:47,642
Look-- fortune is with us.

401
00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,910
Atuta-- a most powerful plant.

402
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,951
What exactly do you
intend to do with it?

403
00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:56,044
We brew the atuta into a broth,
which we drink before battle.

404
00:20:56,121 --> 00:20:57,884
lt brings on
the spirit of the bear,

405
00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,789
and gives us strength
to swing our swords.

406
00:21:00,859 --> 00:21:02,724
lt's more likely to bring on
profuse sweating,

407
00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:04,694
convulsions, and acute delirium.

408
00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:07,197
This is an Amanita muscaria--

409
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,097
a fungus common
to subartic climates,

410
00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,192
and, let me assure you,
quite poisonous.

411
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:14,637
Yes, but those it does not kill,
it makes strong.

412
00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:16,697
A most hearty plant.

413
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:18,743
Are you a master of herb-lore?

414
00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:21,108
Well, in a way, l suppose l am.

415
00:21:21,179 --> 00:21:24,842
You are truly a man of many
talents, Lord Schweitzer.

416
00:21:24,916 --> 00:21:26,975
Your people must
value you greatly.

417
00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:29,076
You would think so.

418
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:33,091
Hail, Lord Hrothgar!

419
00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:35,649
l bring a new friend,
Schweitzer,

420
00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:37,422
who has come to destroy Grendel.

421
00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:39,964
Greet him well.

422
00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,865
l would bid you welcome
to my hall,

423
00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:47,132
but the days of glad tidings
are gone from this place.

424
00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:49,696
l'm sorry to hear that,

425
00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:51,538
but with your permission,
sir, l'd like to stay

426
00:21:51,610 --> 00:21:53,373
here tonight,
and wait for Grendel.

427
00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,310
To what purpose?

428
00:21:55,380 --> 00:21:58,816
To raise false hopes again,

429
00:21:58,884 --> 00:22:01,011
as have others before you?

430
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,883
Leave us alone in our misery.

431
00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:06,117
l'm afraid l can't do that.

432
00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:07,658
l have a mission.

433
00:22:07,726 --> 00:22:09,921
Your name means nothing to me.

434
00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,429
There are no songs
of your deeds

435
00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:15,466
nor stories of the battles
you have fought.

436
00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:18,435
Who are you to believe
you can slay Grendel?

437
00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:21,666
l'm simply a... warrior.

438
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:23,537
l'm only concerned with Grendel.

439
00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:25,098
l have no quarrel with you.

440
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,337
lndeed you do,

441
00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:28,436
and if you will fight Grendel,

442
00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:33,450
then you will first
prove your worth to me.

443
00:22:33,518 --> 00:22:36,510
Defend yourself!

444
00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,053
Fate be with you.

445
00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:58,268
lf this is your best,
then you should thank me.

446
00:22:58,343 --> 00:23:01,904
Grendel would destroy you
with far greater ease than l.

447
00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:05,112
This is absurd.

448
00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:11,652
So be it.

449
00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:19,927
You might want to put
some ice on that.

450
00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:21,397
lt'll take down the swelling.

451
00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:24,934
Our time of deliverance
is at hand.

452
00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:28,029
We have been given
a new champion--

453
00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:30,336
one whom weapons cannot hurt.

454
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,434
The one who will destroy Grendel

455
00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:33,944
and end our suffering.

456
00:23:34,012 --> 00:23:36,242
All hail the hero!

457
00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:39,909
-All hail Schweitzer!
-All hail Schweitzer!

458
00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:42,579
Schweitzer! Schweitzer!

459
00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:44,747
Schweitzer!
Schweitzer!

460
00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:46,723
Schweitzer! Schweitzer!

461
00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:48,851
Schweitzer!
Schweitzer!

462
00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:50,895
Schweitzer! Schweitzer!

463
00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:52,429
Schweitzer!
Schweitzer!

464
00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:59,567
Eat, eat.

465
00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:01,265
What is it?

466
00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:02,533
Elk.

467
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:06,169
When l built this hall,
the forest ran thick with them,

468
00:24:06,244 --> 00:24:09,907
but today, game's more scarce.

469
00:24:09,981 --> 00:24:11,380
Enjoy it, Lord Schweitzer.

470
00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:13,941
lt is a great delicacy
in our land.

471
00:24:25,363 --> 00:24:28,025
Hmm. lt's quite good.

472
00:24:28,099 --> 00:24:31,557
We rarely hear stories
of other lands.

473
00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:34,537
Honor us with
a tale of your home

474
00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:36,164
to gladden our hearts.

475
00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:38,505
l'm not much of a storyteller.

476
00:24:38,577 --> 00:24:40,511
Please...

477
00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:41,603
indulge us.

478
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,808
Yes, tell us a tale
of your prowess in battle.

479
00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:48,284
Well, there was the time

480
00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:50,651
l managed to stop the spread
of Parinisti measles

481
00:24:50,722 --> 00:24:52,781
before it became epidemic.

482
00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:55,383
For a while,
things were touch and go.

483
00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:57,860
Six people came down with it.

484
00:24:57,929 --> 00:24:59,191
Fortunately, l was able

485
00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:02,062
to isolate the endoplasmic virus
and replicate it

486
00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,896
in order to form an antibody.

487
00:25:03,935 --> 00:25:07,268
Even then, it wasn't altogether

488
00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:10,365
clear l could create
an effective vaccine.

489
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,909
But l worked at it
for 7 4 hours straight,

490
00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,106
and managed to create
an inoculation

491
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,375
that successfully protected
the crew.

492
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:19,314
You'll excuse me, my Lord,

493
00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:22,615
if l take leave of this...
folly.

494
00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:27,391
A truly unique tale.

495
00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,324
Come, Lord Schweitzer.

496
00:25:29,394 --> 00:25:31,521
Allow me to show you my home.

497
00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:37,458
lf you are in need of anything,
please do not hesitate to ask.

498
00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,299
All l need is to find Grendel.

499
00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:42,534
You are a true champion--
always ready for the fight.

500
00:25:42,607 --> 00:25:44,268
Ah, perhaps you
would like some mead

501
00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:45,809
to fortify yourself for battle?

502
00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:47,572
No, thank you.
l'm fine.

503
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,581
Away. You're disturbing
Lord Schweitzer!

504
00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:56,087
lt was with that weapon
l made my first kill.

505
00:25:56,154 --> 00:25:58,122
l was 1 1 years old.

506
00:25:58,189 --> 00:26:01,647
You killed someone
when you were 1 1?

507
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:04,058
Well, it's a poor weapon,
l agree,

508
00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:05,824
but a token of my youth.

509
00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:08,627
You must have similar trophies
from your own childhood.

510
00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:14,304
l... don't remember much
about my childhood.

511
00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:15,532
Well, l am certain

512
00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:18,098
you distinguished yourself
in battle many times

513
00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:19,734
and did honor to your father.

514
00:26:19,811 --> 00:26:22,803
My Lord, it grows late.

515
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,815
lt is time to retire.

516
00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:27,408
Always with you
it is time to sleep.

517
00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:29,214
Perhaps you have forgotten

518
00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:32,484
that the work of a warrior
is battle, not rest!

519
00:26:32,557 --> 00:26:35,151
You would do well to learn
from Lord Schweitzer.

520
00:26:37,929 --> 00:26:40,295
This was
a beautiful hall once...

521
00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:42,299
before Grendel.

522
00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:45,461
You will make it so again.

523
00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:48,506
You have our thanks.

524
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:52,040
l appreciate your faith
in me, Sire.

525
00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:58,649
Come, my lord.

526
00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:02,954
You may have deceived
them with your tricks,

527
00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:08,357
but the king is old
and desperate for hope,

528
00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:10,291
and the rest are just fools!

529
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,990
You have nothing
to worry about, Unferth.

530
00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:15,191
Once l'm done with Grendel,
l'll be leaving.

531
00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:16,733
We shall see.

532
00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:18,496
The morning will prove

533
00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:21,596
if your deeds are
as strong as your words.

534
00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:33,380
The nights here are cold.

535
00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:35,885
l wanted to make certain
you were comfortable.

536
00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:38,752
l appreciate your concern.

537
00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:46,991
l thought everyone
had gone to sleep.

538
00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:54,636
Sleep does not come
easily in this place.

539
00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:57,266
Not anymore.

540
00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,741
l was taught the world
would end in winter.

541
00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:04,781
First, there would
be a desperate cold,

542
00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:08,081
followed by a demon who
would devour the sun.

543
00:28:09,587 --> 00:28:13,250
lt has been long
since we felt summer,

544
00:28:13,324 --> 00:28:16,020
and a demon does walk
these halls.

545
00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:19,861
Freya...

546
00:28:19,931 --> 00:28:22,422
your world
isn't coming to an end.

547
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,434
Perhaps not,

548
00:28:24,502 --> 00:28:26,970
but it has changed.

549
00:28:27,038 --> 00:28:30,337
Every night the monster comes,

550
00:28:30,408 --> 00:28:32,535
and every day
our numbers are lessened,

551
00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,134
and no one will speak of it.

552
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:37,113
No one speaks of the fear
that he will be next.

553
00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:41,482
But each meal becomes
quieter than the last,

554
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:45,455
and after a time,
we barely speak at all.

555
00:28:45,523 --> 00:28:49,516
Do you know what it is
to be alone among many,

556
00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,926
and unable to speak your fears?

557
00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:56,329
l think l do.

558
00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:58,733
How do you survive?

559
00:28:58,803 --> 00:29:01,397
l'm still learning how.

560
00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:05,537
l'm sure
that's not very helpful.

561
00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:08,973
Sometimes l believe

562
00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:12,210
l can see the moment
of my own death.

563
00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:15,844
lt comes in battle, l think,

564
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,219
my sword raised high.

565
00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:25,251
lt is said that fate
often spares a doomed warrior,

566
00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:27,457
if his courage can prevail.

567
00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:30,763
But there have been days

568
00:29:30,835 --> 00:29:33,030
when l felt my own courage
falter...

569
00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:35,629
and then you came.

570
00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,608
l'm glad l could help.

571
00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:40,541
Perhaps l can help you.

572
00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:47,813
Before combat, it is most
important to stay warm.

573
00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:50,650
Well, you've done
an excellent job

574
00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:52,383
with the fire, l'm sure l'll...

575
00:30:04,135 --> 00:30:08,231
Fire is not the only heat,
Lord Schweitzer.

576
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:11,275
You know where l sleep.

577
00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:35,593
Holodeck to Bridge.

578
00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:37,134
We're monitoring you.

579
00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:41,434
Captain, l'm picking up
readings of photonic energy.

580
00:30:47,111 --> 00:30:48,510
Captain, it's right
in front of me.

581
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:52,539
lt's some kind of...
photonic energy formation.

582
00:30:57,121 --> 00:30:58,315
Emergency!

583
00:30:58,389 --> 00:30:59,583
Get me out of here!

584
00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:00,715
Now!

585
00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:03,123
Sick Bay, emergency transfer.

586
00:31:03,161 --> 00:31:04,788
l'm on it.

587
00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,132
Sick Bay, report.

588
00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:15,764
Uh... l have him, Captain...

589
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,034
more or less.

590
00:31:18,843 --> 00:31:21,277
l think you better come
take a look at this.

591
00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:41,495
How does it feel?

592
00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:43,090
Just like the old one, actually.

593
00:31:43,167 --> 00:31:45,226
Apparently, contact
with photonic energy

594
00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:47,203
disrupted
your magnetic cohesion,

595
00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:48,204
but we're still not sure

596
00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:49,570
if that's what happened
to the others.

597
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,802
Captain, take a look at this.

598
00:31:51,876 --> 00:31:53,673
The readings
from the Doctor's tricorder

599
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,771
when the energy surge
made contact with him.

600
00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:59,715
They're showing
a synaptic pattern.

601
00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:00,978
l wouldn't expect to see

602
00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:03,053
something like this
in photonic energy.

603
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,281
ls this the first time

604
00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:05,913
those patterns
have shown up like this?

605
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:07,116
Yes, but it's the first time

606
00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:09,921
we've had clear readings
from a moment of contact.

607
00:32:09,994 --> 00:32:13,896
l wonder if l could produce
these same patterns

608
00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:15,626
in the samples
we have in Engineering.

609
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:16,928
lf you can, you might be able

610
00:32:17,001 --> 00:32:19,561
to get more information
about how photonic energy

611
00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:20,831
damaged the holodeck systems.

612
00:32:20,905 --> 00:32:22,099
l'm on it.

613
00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:23,504
l'll give you a hand.

614
00:32:27,645 --> 00:32:29,340
Okay...

615
00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:31,644
l've initiated
a polarization field.

616
00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:33,980
l'm introducing it
into the container.

617
00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:35,713
We're getting a reaction.

618
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,779
lt's producing a synaptic
pattern all right--

619
00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:40,756
highly complex.

620
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:42,782
What's that?

621
00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:49,433
Whatever it is, it's cutting
through the bulkheads.

622
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:50,990
Let's get a containment field
around it.

623
00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:53,333
lt's heading
for Deck 14, Section C-5.

624
00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:55,895
Okay, now l've got
a containment field blocking it.

625
00:32:57,075 --> 00:32:59,771
Whoa.
lt's changing direction.

626
00:32:59,844 --> 00:33:01,869
lt's like it's avoiding
the containment field.

627
00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:03,571
Let's give it another try.

628
00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:06,208
Now it's blocked on three sides.

629
00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:07,581
lt's changing course.

630
00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:08,846
Heading for the open side.

631
00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:14,086
Are you thinking
what l'm thinking?

632
00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:15,887
Those synaptic patterns...

633
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,259
could be some sort
of neural net.

634
00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:21,924
We may be dealing
with a life-form.

635
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,467
Bridge to Engineering.

636
00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:24,728
Torres here.

637
00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:27,771
We're detecting an energy mass
moving through the ship.

638
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,501
Right. lt broke through
the sample container.

639
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:33,976
Captain, it's showing
the properties of a life-form.

640
00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:36,513
A life-form?

641
00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:38,276
lt seems to have a neural net,

642
00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:40,874
and it's demonstrating
signs of intelligent behavior.

643
00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:42,579
lt's cutting it's way
through the ship.

644
00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:44,143
Heading for the outer hull.

645
00:33:44,222 --> 00:33:46,315
lt'll breach
in about 15 seconds.

646
00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:48,325
Are there any critical systems
in its path?

647
00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:49,325
Negative.

648
00:33:49,394 --> 00:33:50,520
Then let it go.

649
00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:52,893
Be ready to seal the hull breach
with a force field.

650
00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:55,990
l'll have a damage control team
standing by for repairs.

651
00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:58,160
And let's track it on sensors
when it gets out.

652
00:33:58,236 --> 00:34:00,534
Captain,
it's penetrating the outer hull.

653
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:02,902
Force field is in place.

654
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:06,410
l'm showing the energy form
100 meters off our port side.

655
00:34:06,477 --> 00:34:08,468
Let's get it on screen.

656
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:17,844
What was that?

657
00:34:24,128 --> 00:34:27,120
lt appears to be some kind
of photonic lattice.

658
00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:29,393
And it seems pretty clear
that the energy form

659
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:31,094
was trying to get back to it.

660
00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:34,696
As though it's...
a shelter of some kind.

661
00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:36,933
Or maybe
a transportation device--

662
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:39,475
their equivalent of a ship.

663
00:34:39,544 --> 00:34:42,536
At any rate,
we had sensor contact

664
00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:45,173
for a few seconds,
and we picked up

665
00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:48,980
three distinct bioelectrical
patterns inside it.

666
00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:50,179
Bioelectrical?

667
00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:52,154
What are you suggesting,
Captain?

668
00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:54,316
We have three missing crewmen.

669
00:34:54,392 --> 00:34:55,984
Our best guess has been

670
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:57,925
that they were somehow
converted into energy

671
00:34:57,995 --> 00:34:59,326
while they were on the holodeck.

672
00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:01,558
We find no sign of them
on this ship.

673
00:35:01,666 --> 00:35:05,261
Then we pick up three discrete
patterns in that lattice,

674
00:35:05,303 --> 00:35:07,965
three patterns that don't match
anything else in the lattice

675
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:10,837
and which have
biological components.

676
00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:13,638
l don't think it's a stretch
to hypothesize

677
00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:15,110
that those are our crew members,

678
00:35:15,179 --> 00:35:18,808
converted into a kind
of photonic energy.

679
00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:20,917
But what are they
doing over there?

680
00:35:20,985 --> 00:35:22,452
How did they get there?

681
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:23,919
We have good evidence now

682
00:35:23,988 --> 00:35:27,924
that there are photonic beings
that live in that protostar--

683
00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:30,358
life-forms
that have intelligence.

684
00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:31,656
We didn't know that

685
00:35:31,729 --> 00:35:34,129
when we beamed those
energy samples on board.

686
00:35:34,198 --> 00:35:36,325
We had no idea
that what we were doing,

687
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,927
in essence, was capturing
those life-forms.

688
00:35:40,037 --> 00:35:42,130
We locked them
in a containment field,

689
00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:44,731
and began to experiment on them.

690
00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:46,970
lf my people were
taken like that...

691
00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:51,112
l know
what my response would be.

692
00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:54,310
l would do whatever was
necessary to get them back.

693
00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:56,478
Then you think
they have simply...

694
00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:57,953
retaliated against us?

695
00:35:58,022 --> 00:35:59,546
Yes.

696
00:35:59,624 --> 00:36:03,424
These beings can manifest
themselves on the holodeck

697
00:36:03,528 --> 00:36:05,553
in the matrix
of a holo-character.

698
00:36:05,596 --> 00:36:06,858
That's how they were able
to take

699
00:36:06,964 --> 00:36:09,125
our crew members hostage.

700
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,758
Captain, if you're
right about this,

701
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,395
then we should return
the remaining life-form.

702
00:36:13,471 --> 00:36:16,304
A gesture--
to show we mean well.

703
00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:17,864
lt's certainly worth a try.

704
00:36:17,975 --> 00:36:20,603
lf l took the life-form
onto the holodeck

705
00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,873
and release it to Grendel,

706
00:36:22,947 --> 00:36:25,279
maybe they'll understand
and release our people.

707
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:28,443
Ordinarily, officers go
through intensive training

708
00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:29,645
before they're put

709
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:32,280
into a First Contact
situation...

710
00:36:32,356 --> 00:36:35,587
but you're the only one
who can do this safely.

711
00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,924
l'd like to finish
what l started, Captain.

712
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,326
l can do this.

713
00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:41,297
l agree.

714
00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:43,731
Make arrangements
to transfer the life-form

715
00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:47,134
to a container,
so the Doctor can carry it.

716
00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:51,131
But, remember...

717
00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:53,439
if you're holding the container,

718
00:36:53,511 --> 00:36:56,105
you'll have to stay
in solid form.

719
00:36:56,180 --> 00:36:58,978
l understand.

720
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,085
Freya?

721
00:37:06,791 --> 00:37:08,019
Freya!

722
00:37:13,831 --> 00:37:15,992
Lord Schweitzer!

723
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,968
We thought the Grendel
had taken you.

724
00:37:19,036 --> 00:37:21,231
Not... entirely.

725
00:37:21,305 --> 00:37:24,035
How did you survive?

726
00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:26,872
That would be difficult
to explain,

727
00:37:26,944 --> 00:37:30,243
but that's not
important right now.

728
00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:33,909
This is a talisman
to destroy Grendel...

729
00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:35,542
You lie!

730
00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:38,180
No man could survive
an encounter with Grendel

731
00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:40,724
unless he were
in league with the beast.

732
00:37:40,791 --> 00:37:44,625
You have brought that talisman
to destroy us all.

733
00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:45,627
That is not true.

734
00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:47,129
He has returned to help us.

735
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,256
No!

736
00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:51,358
You speak his lies now.

737
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:52,868
He has bewitched you.

738
00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:57,465
Unferth, l need to get
this talisman to the hall.

739
00:37:57,541 --> 00:37:59,202
Then that gives me reason enough

740
00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:02,178
to make sure
it never gets there.

741
00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:11,781
No! Please!

742
00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:13,790
You don't know
what you're doing.

743
00:38:27,171 --> 00:38:29,571
Prepare to die, demon.

744
00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:41,678
Freya...

745
00:38:45,623 --> 00:38:47,284
My Lord...

746
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,723
my time has come.

747
00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:53,525
Freya, l'm sorry.

748
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,692
There's nothing l can do.

749
00:38:57,768 --> 00:39:01,169
lt is a good death.

750
00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:05,405
Take my sword.

751
00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:08,707
Stop Unferth and Grendel.

752
00:39:10,648 --> 00:39:12,411
l won't forget you.

753
00:39:13,751 --> 00:39:16,413
Then l die happily...

754
00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:20,617
with your name on my lips.

755
00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:24,457
Farewell...

756
00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:26,655
Schweitzer.

757
00:39:50,821 --> 00:39:52,846
Here, Sire.

758
00:39:58,062 --> 00:39:59,120
My Lord...

759
00:39:59,196 --> 00:40:01,926
you know me as a true warrior.

760
00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:03,591
You know l am
the one hope you have

761
00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,134
to rid your kingdom of Grendel.

762
00:40:05,202 --> 00:40:08,296
That talisman will aid me
in my conquest.

763
00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:09,634
l must have it.

764
00:40:09,707 --> 00:40:11,402
Do not listen to him.

765
00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:14,467
He has already killed Freya.

766
00:40:32,863 --> 00:40:34,728
Stop him, my Lord!

767
00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:36,824
He is a madman!

768
00:40:36,901 --> 00:40:39,665
The only reason you won't die

769
00:40:39,737 --> 00:40:44,265
is that l've taken an oath
to do no harm.

770
00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:04,157
Grendel...

771
00:41:04,228 --> 00:41:05,593
l'm ready for you.

772
00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:22,612
l don't know if you
can understand me--

773
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,978
but watch.

774
00:41:25,082 --> 00:41:27,141
l'm setting this one free.

775
00:41:37,361 --> 00:41:40,489
There's no need
for any more of this.

776
00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:42,589
Please...

777
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:46,534
we ask you to return our crew.

778
00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:55,005
Captain, the photonic lattice
has reappeared.

779
00:41:55,112 --> 00:41:57,046
Scan it. All sensors.

780
00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:59,945
l'm reading a massive
particle surge on our holodeck.

781
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:02,611
The lattice is gone again.

782
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,950
Holodeck to Bridge.

783
00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:06,148
Go ahead, Doctor.

784
00:42:06,223 --> 00:42:07,349
What is it?

785
00:42:07,424 --> 00:42:09,289
We have them back, Captain--

786
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,021
all three of them.

787
00:42:11,095 --> 00:42:12,756
Good work, Doctor.

788
00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,092
Yeah. Good work.

789
00:42:14,164 --> 00:42:17,895
Would you mind
telling me where l was?

790
00:42:17,968 --> 00:42:22,735
Captain's Log, Stardate 487 10.5.

791
00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:24,831
Since the return
of our missing crewmen,

792
00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,137
we've been unable to locate

793
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:29,202
any further traces
of the photonic aliens.

794
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:30,269
l don't know if the being

795
00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:33,805
understood language
or just my behavior.

796
00:42:33,884 --> 00:42:36,409
lt would have been
interesting to pursue

797
00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:37,954
the relationship further.

798
00:42:38,022 --> 00:42:40,752
lt's one of the most exciting
aspects of space exploration--

799
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:44,282
meeting new species,
establishing communication,

800
00:42:44,361 --> 00:42:47,125
sharing differences
and similarities.

801
00:42:47,197 --> 00:42:49,358
l'm sorry none of that
happened this time.

802
00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:51,094
But it did.

803
00:42:51,168 --> 00:42:54,001
lt just didn't happen
in very predictable ways.

804
00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:56,665
But if you think about it,

805
00:42:56,740 --> 00:43:00,073
we entered into conflict,
communicated,

806
00:43:00,144 --> 00:43:03,409
and eventually established
a peace treaty with them.

807
00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:09,648
l'm placing a special
commendation in the logs.

808
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:12,917
For exemplary performance
by the Chief Medical Officer

809
00:43:13,023 --> 00:43:15,514
during his first away mission.

810
00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:21,094
Thank you.

811
00:43:21,165 --> 00:43:23,725
l'd like to cite you by name.

812
00:43:23,801 --> 00:43:26,201
Kes tells me you've chosen one.

813
00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:27,669
ls that true?

814
00:43:27,738 --> 00:43:29,137
l had...

815
00:43:29,206 --> 00:43:31,401
but l'm not sure
l want to keep it.

816
00:43:31,475 --> 00:43:34,035
The last time l heard
that name spoken

817
00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:36,773
was a... painful one.

818
00:43:36,847 --> 00:43:38,940
l don't think
l want to be reminded.

819
00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:40,846
Sounds like you had
quite an adventure

820
00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:43,284
on that holodeck, Doctor.

821
00:43:43,354 --> 00:43:45,948
Yes, l would say so.

822
00:43:46,991 --> 00:43:48,618
Well...

823
00:43:48,692 --> 00:43:53,789
something tells me
you haven't had your last one.

824
00:43:59,436 --> 00:44:01,904
Something tells me
the same thing.



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