1 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:05,529 We are the Borg. 2 00:00:05,572 --> 00:00:07,734 Existence as you know it is over. 3 00:00:07,774 --> 00:00:09,503 We will add your biological 4 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:12,308 and technological distinctiveness to our own. 5 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:13,507 Resistance is... 6 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:12,430 The cardinal... is a thief. 7 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:15,868 I delivered two portraits of his mindless nephew 8 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:18,064 more than three months ago 9 00:02:18,105 --> 00:02:20,699 to be depicted in the heroic mode 10 00:02:20,741 --> 00:02:23,210 of an Hercules or an Achilles-- 11 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:25,405 so specified our contract. 12 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:26,879 I complied... 13 00:02:26,913 --> 00:02:29,211 making that young fool of a nephew 14 00:02:29,249 --> 00:02:32,583 look far more heroic than nature ever intended-- 15 00:02:32,619 --> 00:02:36,146 an act on my part far greater than anything accomplished 16 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:38,954 by Hercules or Achilles. 17 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:41,689 And what have I, the divine Leonardo da Vinci, 18 00:02:41,728 --> 00:02:43,196 received in payment? 19 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:45,756 The cardinal's eternal gratitude? 20 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:47,289 Esatto! 21 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,496 In other words, signorina... 22 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:51,265 less than nothing. 23 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:54,604 All the more reason why you should accept my proposal. 24 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:56,871 Money is beside the point, signo... 25 00:02:56,910 --> 00:02:58,105 Catarina, is it? 26 00:02:58,145 --> 00:02:59,340 Yes. 27 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:02,508 I'm only asking for a corner, one bench-- 28 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:04,449 a place to work on my own projects-- 29 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:06,612 paintings, sculptures. 30 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:11,113 Just being here in your company is inspiring to me. 31 00:03:11,158 --> 00:03:14,093 Flattery, Catarina, is also beside the point. 32 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:17,586 Besides, I prefer my solitude. 33 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:18,598 Scusami. 34 00:03:22,636 --> 00:03:24,126 Meraviglioso. 35 00:03:24,171 --> 00:03:25,969 What will you call it? 36 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:28,235 "The arm of Hephaestus." 37 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:30,266 The god of the forge. 38 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:32,438 Every blacksmith who has ever swung a hammer 39 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:35,107 will thank me for this creation. 40 00:03:35,148 --> 00:03:36,411 Someone once said... 41 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:38,680 "All invention is but an extension 42 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:40,517 of the body of man." 43 00:03:42,322 --> 00:03:43,756 Do not think 44 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:46,816 that just because I have enjoyed your visit today 45 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:49,124 that I am prepared to turn my workshop 46 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:50,357 into a traveler's inn. 47 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:53,995 Che cazzo! 48 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:55,160 Here-- let me help you. 49 00:03:55,202 --> 00:03:58,536 You will get your hands covered in goose grease. 50 00:03:58,572 --> 00:03:59,801 It's good for the skin. 51 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:05,204 Let us see if we can find his big brother. 52 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,714 Hopefully, he will be stronger. 53 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:23,790 This looks like a flying machine. 54 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:25,389 I thought that because my imagination 55 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:27,924 took flight so easily my body could do the same. 56 00:04:27,968 --> 00:04:29,299 I was wrong. 57 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:34,705 It's this... flapping approach. 58 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:36,732 You've designed your machine 59 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,803 to mimic the way a bat or a sparrow flies. 60 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:40,813 Yes, yes. 61 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:41,905 So? 62 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,746 So what if you based it... 63 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:47,846 on the hawk instead? 64 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:51,183 The hawk. 65 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:56,489 A creature that glides through the air. 66 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:58,328 Esatto. 67 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:05,432 We will design a new machine... 68 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:08,032 and, you, Catarina, will help me fly it. 69 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:09,872 I'll need someplace to work. 70 00:05:09,910 --> 00:05:11,344 A corner? 71 00:05:11,378 --> 00:05:12,937 One workbench? 72 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,947 That will be fine. 73 00:05:15,048 --> 00:05:15,947 Ten scudi a week 74 00:05:16,049 --> 00:05:17,915 and you provide your own materials. 75 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:19,419 Seven... 76 00:05:19,452 --> 00:05:22,080 and I might need to borrow a few things on occasion. 77 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:23,954 Then we have an agreement. 78 00:05:24,057 --> 00:05:25,149 Chakotay to Janeway. 79 00:05:25,192 --> 00:05:26,159 Go ahead. 80 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:27,752 Captain, we need you in Engineering. 81 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:29,455 There's something here you should see. 82 00:05:29,496 --> 00:05:31,294 On my way. 83 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,663 Computer, end program. 84 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:36,968 What have you got? 85 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:38,265 Some bad news. 86 00:05:38,305 --> 00:05:39,864 The long-range probe we sent out two months ago 87 00:05:39,906 --> 00:05:40,896 has stopped transmitting. 88 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:41,965 At first, I thought it was a problem 89 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,440 with the communications grid. 90 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:45,205 Then I cleared up the last few seconds of telemetry. 91 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:46,371 Take a look at this. 92 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:56,853 This could be it, Captain. 93 00:05:58,225 --> 00:05:59,351 Borg space. 94 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:03,695 We don't know exactly how many vessels are out there, 95 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:06,165 but their space appears to be vast. 96 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,896 It includes thousands of solar systems-- 97 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:10,630 all Borg. 98 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,435 We are, no doubt, entering the heart of their territory. 99 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:15,305 There's no going around it. 100 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:17,970 But there may be a way through it. 101 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,910 Before the probe was disabled, 102 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:25,816 it picked up a narrow corridor of space 103 00:06:25,852 --> 00:06:27,684 devoid of Borg activity. 104 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,951 We've nicknamed it "The Northwest Passage." 105 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:32,492 Unfortunately, the passage is filled 106 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:34,550 with intense gravimetric distortions 107 00:06:34,594 --> 00:06:37,620 probably caused by a string of quantum singularities. 108 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:39,655 Better to ride the rapids than face the hive. 109 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,428 Exactly. We're going to set a course 110 00:06:41,468 --> 00:06:44,335 for that corridor and go into full tactical alert. 111 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:45,861 Where do we stand with weapons? 112 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,738 I have reprogrammed the phaser banks 113 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:49,071 to a rotating modulation, 114 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:51,703 but I suspect the Borg will adapt quickly. 115 00:06:51,745 --> 00:06:53,679 We can use every edge. Ensign? 116 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,511 I've already configured the long-range sensors 117 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:57,414 to scan for transwarp signatures-- 118 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:58,849 an early-warning system. 119 00:06:58,885 --> 00:07:00,114 Good work. 120 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:01,882 Doctor, how are you coming on the medical front? 121 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:03,822 I've analyzed every square millimeter 122 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:06,383 of the Borg corpse we recovered three months ago. 123 00:07:06,426 --> 00:07:07,916 I'm closer to understanding 124 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:10,157 how their assimilation technology works 125 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:12,790 and I might be able to create some sort of medical defense. 126 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:13,924 Redouble your efforts. 127 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:15,433 This is your top priority. 128 00:07:15,468 --> 00:07:19,063 Neelix, I doubt we can resupply the ship any time soon. 129 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,129 No problem, sir. 130 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:21,937 I'm working on a plan to extend our food 131 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:23,339 and replicator rations. 132 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,071 We have to act fast. 133 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:28,872 The Borg have captured one of our probes. 134 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:30,212 They know we're out here. 135 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:34,710 We'll do everything in our power to avoid a direct confrontation, 136 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:36,848 but, if and when we do engage the Borg, 137 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:39,825 I'm confident that we'll be ready. 138 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:43,557 I have faith in each and every one of you. 139 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:46,655 Let's do it. 140 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:58,668 Coming through. 141 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:01,313 Open! 142 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:09,548 I want to cut down the time it takes to seal off the decks. 143 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:11,284 In case we take on some uninvited guests. 144 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:12,621 Exactly. And I want 145 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:14,787 to increase the magnitude of the force fields. 146 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,828 These injection tubules are the first step 147 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:20,663 in the Borg assimilation process. 148 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,861 Once inside the skin, 149 00:08:21,901 --> 00:08:24,063 they release a series of nanoprobes 150 00:08:24,104 --> 00:08:25,469 into the bloodstream. 151 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:26,939 Maybe we can develop some type 152 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,940 of protective shielding against them. 153 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,340 Unlikely. 154 00:08:30,377 --> 00:08:32,709 The tubules are capable of penetrating 155 00:08:32,746 --> 00:08:34,805 any known alloy or energy field-- 156 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,340 which means our battle must be waged 157 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:38,749 inside the body itself. 158 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:42,413 The first tissue 159 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:43,786 to be attacked by the nanoprobes 160 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:44,949 is the victim's blood. 161 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:46,857 Assimilation is almost instantaneous. 162 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:48,884 They take over the blood cell functions 163 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:50,157 like a virus. 164 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:52,096 Which suggests to me that we should try 165 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:53,600 to enhance the immune system-- 166 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:56,227 create an "assimilation antibody" as it were. 167 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:59,637 I doubt we can actually destroy the nanoprobes, 168 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:02,642 but we might be able to slow them down. 169 00:09:02,675 --> 00:09:05,007 Let's try a submicron 170 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:07,673 dissection on the probes we've collected so far, 171 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:10,149 see if we can discover the assimilation mechanism. 172 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:19,892 Kes, is something wrong? 173 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,262 Kes. 174 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:24,786 I saw Borg. 175 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:28,933 You've had a telepathic experience? 176 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:30,629 There were bodies... 177 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:32,934 dozens of them dead. 178 00:09:42,782 --> 00:09:43,943 How's Kes? 179 00:09:44,017 --> 00:09:46,315 Unsettled and uncertain. 180 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:47,820 Over the past two hours, 181 00:09:47,854 --> 00:09:50,289 she has experienced several telepathic visions 182 00:09:50,323 --> 00:09:53,554 about the death of Borg and the destruction of Voyager. 183 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:55,118 Some sort of premonitions? 184 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:56,356 Possibly. 185 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:58,626 We can't just ignore her intuition, 186 00:09:58,665 --> 00:10:01,293 but I see no reason to alter our plan. 187 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,802 Tuvok, I want you to keep an eye on her... 188 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:03,803 Captain... 189 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:05,134 long-range sensors are picking up 190 00:10:05,171 --> 00:10:06,696 transwarp signatures. 191 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:08,468 5.8 light-years distant... 192 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:09,976 closing from behind. 193 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:11,277 Red Alert. 194 00:10:11,411 --> 00:10:12,901 Evasive maneuvers. 195 00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:17,878 What's happening? 196 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:19,146 We've dropped out of warp. 197 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:21,176 Bridge to Engineering. What's going on down there? 198 00:10:21,221 --> 00:10:22,780 I'm not sure, Captain. 199 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:24,790 Some kind of subspace turbulence is preventing us 200 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:26,815 from creating a stable warp field. 201 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,521 Turbulence is increasing. 202 00:10:28,561 --> 00:10:30,188 I'm reading two Borg vessels. 203 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:31,720 Make that three. 204 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,732 Four. 205 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:35,825 No, five. 206 00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:39,732 15 Borg vessels. 207 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:42,400 Distance: 2.1 light-years and closing. 208 00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:43,603 Shields to maximum. 209 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:44,940 Stand by all weapons. 210 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:46,468 They're in visual range. 211 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:47,708 On screen. 212 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:53,412 My god. 213 00:11:03,897 --> 00:11:04,921 Captain... 214 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:09,467 I'm picking up a polaron beam. 215 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:11,231 We're being scanned. 216 00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:17,941 Think good thoughts. 217 00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:24,410 The last cube has rejoined the others. 218 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:34,760 Did we sustain any damage? 219 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,455 No. Shields held. 220 00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:38,521 Warp engines are coming back on line. 221 00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:40,556 All primary systems are stable. 222 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:41,863 Stand down Red Alert. 223 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:45,462 Harry... maintain a long-range sensor lock 224 00:11:45,505 --> 00:11:47,269 on that Borg armada. 225 00:11:47,307 --> 00:11:49,241 They seemed to be in quite a hurry, didn't they? 226 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:51,004 I'd like to know what they're up to. 227 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:52,305 Yes, ma'am. 228 00:11:52,345 --> 00:11:54,746 I'll take this near-miss as a good omen. 229 00:11:54,781 --> 00:11:57,250 Resume our course, Mr. Paris. 230 00:11:57,283 --> 00:12:00,014 If we needed any more evidence that we've entered Borg space, 231 00:12:00,119 --> 00:12:01,280 I think we just got it. 232 00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:03,050 I'll be in my ready room. 233 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:19,838 Yes. Come in. 234 00:12:22,442 --> 00:12:24,774 We've just completed the latest sensor sweep. 235 00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:25,869 So far, so good. 236 00:12:25,912 --> 00:12:28,574 The Northwest Passage is still clear of Borg activity. 237 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:30,640 I'd like to see a tactical update. 238 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,351 According to my calculations, 239 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:37,084 neither of us has eaten since last night. 240 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:39,319 Join me for dinner? 241 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:40,884 No, thanks. I'm not hungry. 242 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:42,554 I've got a lot of work to do. 243 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,495 I see. 244 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:46,760 I've been looking through the personal log entries 245 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,996 of all the Starfleet Captains who encountered the Borg. 246 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,662 I've gone over every engagement 247 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:53,934 from the moment Q flung the Enterprise 248 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:56,203 into the path of that first cube 249 00:12:56,242 --> 00:13:00,975 to the massacre at Wolf 359-- every battle, every skirmish, 250 00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:02,311 anything that might give me an insight 251 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:03,509 into the mind of the collective. 252 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:04,539 And? 253 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:07,952 In the words of Jean-Luc Picard... 254 00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:10,786 "In their collective state, 255 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:14,589 "the Borg are utterly without mercy... 256 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:16,425 "driven by one will alone-- 257 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:18,328 "the will to conquer. 258 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:22,528 They are beyond redemption, beyond reason." 259 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:25,594 And then there's Captain Amasov of the Endeavor. 260 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:30,906 "It is my opinion that the Borg are as close to pure evil 261 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:33,207 as any race we've ever encountered..." 262 00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:34,645 What's so funny? 263 00:13:34,681 --> 00:13:35,671 Uh, nothing. 264 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:36,807 You're smiling. 265 00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:38,840 Obviously, I've said something amusing. 266 00:13:38,885 --> 00:13:41,286 You sounded just like Amasov. 267 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,516 What? 268 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:44,182 Just now, while you were reading his log, 269 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,918 you were using his inflections. 270 00:13:45,958 --> 00:13:47,790 - I did not. - Yes, you were. 271 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,989 And before that, you were doing a pretty good Picard. 272 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:51,463 Was I? 273 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,625 It's nothing to be ashamed about-- 274 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,760 echoing the greats. 275 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:58,828 Ensign Hickman in Astrophysics does a passable Janeway. 276 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,808 If we manage to survive the next few days, 277 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,640 I'm going to have a little chat with Ensign Hickman. 278 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:06,805 Imitating the Captain, huh? 279 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,305 Surely that violates some kind of Starfleet protocol. 280 00:14:15,655 --> 00:14:17,749 This day was inevitable. 281 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:20,953 We all knew it and we've all tried 282 00:14:20,993 --> 00:14:24,293 to prepare ourselves for the challenge ahead. 283 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:29,399 But at what point is the risk too great? 284 00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,701 At what point do we come about 285 00:14:32,739 --> 00:14:34,798 and retreat to friendly territory? 286 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:36,969 Could the crew accept living out 287 00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:39,477 the rest of their lives in the Delta Quadrant? 288 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:40,980 I keep looking to all these Captains-- 289 00:14:41,013 --> 00:14:43,380 my comrades in arms. 290 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:45,578 But the truth is... 291 00:14:45,618 --> 00:14:47,382 I'm alone. 292 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:49,889 If that moment comes... 293 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:51,617 we'll face it together 294 00:14:51,657 --> 00:14:54,217 and we'll make the right decision. 295 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:56,820 You're not alone, Kathryn. 296 00:14:59,532 --> 00:15:02,900 Three years ago, I didn't even know your name. 297 00:15:02,935 --> 00:15:06,064 Today, I can't imagine a day without you. 298 00:15:06,105 --> 00:15:08,039 Captain Janeway to the Bridge. 299 00:15:14,213 --> 00:15:16,045 Gentlemen? 300 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:17,675 Something strange is going on. 301 00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:19,378 The power signatures of those Borg vessels 302 00:15:19,419 --> 00:15:20,386 have terminated. 303 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:21,387 All of them? 304 00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:22,684 They're dead in the water-- 305 00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:24,622 about 5.2 light-years from here. 306 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:25,624 Cause. 307 00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:26,625 Unknown. 308 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:29,390 Mr. Paris... 309 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:30,658 Captain. 310 00:15:30,696 --> 00:15:35,497 Set a course for their position-- warp 2. 311 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,703 We're approaching the ships. 312 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:43,106 Slow to impulse. 313 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:44,439 On screen. 314 00:15:52,718 --> 00:15:53,776 Life signs. 315 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:56,987 A few but they're erratic. 316 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,387 Captain, 317 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:01,917 I'm detecting two residual weapon signatures in the debris. 318 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:05,020 One is Borg. 319 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:08,295 The other is of unknown origin. 320 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:09,927 Who could do this to the Borg? 321 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:22,608 Someone more powerful than the Borg? 322 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:23,945 It's hard to imagine. 323 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:27,715 But they did it-- 16 cubes. 324 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:29,721 We might have just found our ticket 325 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:31,382 through Borg space-- an ally. 326 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,620 Let's not jump to conclusions. 327 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:36,526 Scan the vicinity for other vessels. 328 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,497 There are none. 329 00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:39,862 Hold on. 330 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:42,266 I'm picking up some sort of bio-readings. 331 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,599 They're coming from the outer hull of one of the Borg ships. 332 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:45,729 Let's see it. 333 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,836 Magnify, Mr. Kim. 334 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:53,946 It's definitely organic, 335 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,071 but our sensors can't penetrate its surface. 336 00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:57,605 Send a standard greeting. 337 00:16:58,885 --> 00:16:59,977 No response. 338 00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:02,077 This could be a space-dwelling organism 339 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:03,350 or a biological weapon. 340 00:17:03,389 --> 00:17:06,450 I'd like to know what kind of weapon could destroy the Borg. 341 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:08,358 Can we beam it away from the ship? 342 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:10,328 I can't get a lock on it. 343 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,455 Tractor beam? 344 00:17:12,632 --> 00:17:14,031 No effect. 345 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:16,296 Whatever that thing is, 346 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:18,394 it's impervious to our technology. 347 00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:20,405 Tuvok... 348 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:23,773 are you reading an atmosphere in the cube? 349 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:25,277 Affirmative. 350 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:26,904 Commander Chakotay. 351 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:32,045 I want you to take an away team inside. 352 00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:34,951 Try to get a short-range scan of the bio-mass. 353 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:37,854 There are still Borg life signs, but they're unstable. 354 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:40,382 We'll keep an open com-link and an active transporter lock, 355 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:41,655 and we will pull you out of there 356 00:17:41,694 --> 00:17:42,820 at the first sign of trouble. 357 00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:46,322 Tuvok, Harry... 358 00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:47,526 you're with me. 359 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,829 This way. 360 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,347 Lower your phasers. 361 00:18:38,384 --> 00:18:40,910 If we don't appear threatening, they should ignore us. 362 00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:43,888 Looks like they're a little preoccupied. 363 00:19:14,854 --> 00:19:17,255 The alien bio-readings are getting stronger. 364 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:18,654 We're close. 365 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:31,770 Commander? 366 00:19:38,044 --> 00:19:39,034 Curious. 367 00:19:39,078 --> 00:19:41,172 That's not the word I had in mind. 368 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:42,647 Those bodies are reminiscent 369 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:44,878 of one of the premonitions Kes described. 370 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,852 Didn't Kes say we were all going to die? 371 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:51,757 Let's keep moving. 372 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,416 It looks like the bio-mass 373 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:27,187 dissolved right through the Borg hull. 374 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:30,890 This Borg is attempting to assimilate it. 375 00:20:30,930 --> 00:20:33,661 Doesn't look like he's having much luck. 376 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:40,903 There's a chamber beyond this opening-- 377 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:42,101 40 meters wide, 378 00:20:42,141 --> 00:20:44,371 high concentrations of antimatter particles. 379 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:47,744 It looks like a warp propulsion system of some kind. 380 00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:49,179 It's a ship? 381 00:20:49,215 --> 00:20:50,910 Starfleet has encountered species 382 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:52,816 that use organic-based vessels-- 383 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:53,910 the Breen for example. 384 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:56,217 There doesn't seem to be anybody inside. 385 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,849 Chakotay to Voyager. 386 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:00,882 Go ahead, Commander. 387 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:04,294 Captain, we've found an entrance to the bio-mass. 388 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,424 We think it might be a ship of some kind. 389 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:07,955 Permission to go inside. 390 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,161 Granted. 391 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:12,694 Harry, that's a Borg distribution node. 392 00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:15,207 See if you can download their tactical database. 393 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,073 It might contain a record of what happened here. 394 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,167 Aye, sir. 395 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:19,302 Tuvok. 396 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:55,370 They seem to be organic conduits. 397 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:57,280 They're carrying electrodynamic fluid. 398 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,011 It may be an energy source. 399 00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:00,450 Maybe. 400 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:05,056 This looks like a binary matrix, 401 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:07,218 but it's laced with neuropeptides. 402 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:09,421 Could be their version of a computer core. 403 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:50,834 This damage was caused by a Borg disruptor beam. 404 00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,861 The wall appears to be regenerating itself. 405 00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:05,611 Commander. 406 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:35,241 Kes? 407 00:23:35,281 --> 00:23:36,248 Harry's in danger. 408 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:37,249 What do you see? 409 00:23:37,283 --> 00:23:38,250 Get them out of there! 410 00:23:38,284 --> 00:23:39,274 Sick Bay to Janeway. 411 00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:40,683 Commander! 412 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:47,258 There's something in here with us 413 00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:48,886 and it's not the Borg. 414 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:51,693 I can't localize it, but it's within 20 meters. 415 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:53,255 Perhaps the pilot has returned. 416 00:23:53,299 --> 00:23:55,461 Voyager to away team. 417 00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:56,525 Go ahead. 418 00:23:56,568 --> 00:23:58,536 Stand by for transport. 419 00:23:58,570 --> 00:23:59,662 We're getting you out of there. 420 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:00,672 Good idea. 421 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:01,673 Energize. 422 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:04,173 I can't get a lock on them. 423 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:05,540 What's the problem? 424 00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:06,942 It looks like bio-electric interference 425 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:08,343 from whatever's coming toward them. 426 00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:11,582 It's within seven meters. 427 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:13,415 Let's get out of here. 428 00:24:15,754 --> 00:24:17,518 Narrow the confinement beam. 429 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:19,547 No effect. 430 00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:22,060 I'm going to try a skeletal lock. 431 00:24:22,094 --> 00:24:23,220 A what? 432 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:24,730 1 think I can get a clean lock 433 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,595 on the minerals in their bone tissue. 434 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:29,226 I just came up with it, but I think it might work. 435 00:24:43,349 --> 00:24:45,818 The life-form's five meters away and closing. 436 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:47,148 From where? 437 00:24:59,598 --> 00:25:01,430 I've got them. 438 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:03,333 A skeletal lock, huh? 439 00:25:03,369 --> 00:25:05,736 We'll have to add that one to the transporter manual. 440 00:25:06,772 --> 00:25:08,103 Captain. 441 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:11,075 The bioship is powering up-- like it's charging 442 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:12,475 some kind of weapon. 443 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:18,677 Mr. Paris, get us out of here-- maximum warp. 444 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,842 The alien ship is not pursuing. 445 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,116 Kes? 446 00:25:53,152 --> 00:25:54,950 I could hear its thoughts. 447 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:56,477 The pilot of the bioship 448 00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,251 was trying to communicate with me. 449 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:02,083 They're a telepathic species. 450 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:04,494 I've been aware of them for some time now-- 451 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:05,827 the premonitions. 452 00:26:05,864 --> 00:26:08,196 Captain, it's not the Borg that we should be worried about. 453 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:09,200 It's them. 454 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,328 What did it say to you? 455 00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:13,429 It said... 456 00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:18,067 "The weak... 457 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:19,839 will perish." 458 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:31,851 Captain's Log, Stardate 50984.3. 459 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:33,289 It's been 12 hours 460 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:35,726 since our confrontation with the alien life-form. 461 00:26:35,761 --> 00:26:38,753 There's no sign that we're being pursued 462 00:26:38,797 --> 00:26:41,789 and we've had no further encounters with the Borg. 463 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:44,098 I've decided to hold our course. 464 00:26:44,136 --> 00:26:46,696 The Northwest Passage is only one day away 465 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,137 and I won't allow fear 466 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:50,835 to undermine this crew's sense of purpose... 467 00:26:50,876 --> 00:26:53,345 even if that fear is justified. 468 00:26:59,251 --> 00:27:00,946 The infection is spreading. 469 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:03,148 What began with a few stray cells 470 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:04,883 contaminating the chest wound 471 00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:07,358 is now infusing every system in his body. 472 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:10,453 It looks like he's being transformed in some way. 473 00:27:10,496 --> 00:27:12,021 Not exactly. 474 00:27:12,064 --> 00:27:14,533 The alien cells are consuming his body 475 00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:15,931 from the inside out. 476 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,629 In essence... 477 00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:20,661 Mr. Kim is being eaten alive. 478 00:27:20,706 --> 00:27:23,038 He's still conscious, Doctor? 479 00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,942 I tried giving him a sedative, but it was rejected immediately. 480 00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:27,705 In fact, every treatment I've tried 481 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:29,805 has been neutralized within seconds. 482 00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:37,818 These are alien cells. 483 00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:39,722 Each one contains 484 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,728 more than a hundred times the DNA of a human cell. 485 00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:45,958 It's the most densely coded life-form I've ever seen. 486 00:27:46,064 --> 00:27:48,396 Even I would need years to decipher it. 487 00:27:48,433 --> 00:27:51,960 They have an extraordinary immune response. 488 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:55,563 Anything that penetrates the cell membrane... 489 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:57,803 chemical... biological... 490 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,572 technological... 491 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,905 it's all instantly destroyed. 492 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:06,485 That's why the Borg can't assimilate them. 493 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:10,250 Resistance in this case is far from futile. 494 00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:13,589 Nevertheless, I believe Borg technology 495 00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:15,787 holds the key to saving Mr. Kim. 496 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,090 How so? 497 00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:19,621 I hope to unleash an army of modified 498 00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:21,724 Borg nanoprobes into his bloodstream 499 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,395 designed to target and eradicate the infection. 500 00:28:24,436 --> 00:28:27,804 As you know, I've been analyzing the nanoprobes. 501 00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:30,536 They're efficient little assimilators. 502 00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,601 One can't help but admire the workmanship. 503 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:34,942 But they're no match for the alien cells. 504 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:39,814 So I successfully dissected a nanoprobe 505 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:43,219 and managed to access its recoding mechanism. 506 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:44,416 I reprogrammed the probe 507 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:46,584 to emit the same electrochemical signatures 508 00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:48,218 as the alien cells. 509 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,319 That way, the probe can do its work 510 00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:52,091 without being detected. 511 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:53,222 Observe. 512 00:28:53,265 --> 00:28:56,792 The alien cells are completely oblivious to the probe 513 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,462 until it's too late. 514 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:01,598 Unfortunately, I've only created a few prototypes. 515 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,204 I'll need several days 516 00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:07,474 to modify enough nanoprobes to cure Ensign Kim. 517 00:29:07,512 --> 00:29:09,879 Does Harry have several days? 518 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:11,713 I wish I knew. 519 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:23,160 Fight it, Harry. 520 00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:25,687 That's an order. 521 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:31,536 We've analyzed the Borg's tactical database. 522 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:32,799 They refer to these new aliens 523 00:29:32,838 --> 00:29:35,671 as "Species 8472." 524 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:36,936 Over the past five months, 525 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:38,204 the Borg have been attacked by them 526 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:39,836 on at least a dozen occasions. 527 00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:41,607 Each time, the Borg were defeated swiftly. 528 00:29:41,647 --> 00:29:43,342 The collective has very little information 529 00:29:43,382 --> 00:29:44,679 about the species. 530 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:46,650 Is anything known about where they come from? 531 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,818 I'm afraid so. 532 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:55,089 Get the Captain. 533 00:29:57,362 --> 00:30:00,093 The Northwest Passage. 534 00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:03,625 It's clear of Borg activity for a very good reason. 535 00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:05,569 I'm detecting 133 bioships. 536 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:06,901 More are approaching. 537 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,497 From where? 538 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:11,271 They seem to be coming from a quantum singularity. 539 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,369 I'm localizing the gravimetric distortions. 540 00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:15,073 On screen. 541 00:30:20,085 --> 00:30:21,610 Kes? 542 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:22,984 Anything? 543 00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:24,386 Yes, I can hear them. 544 00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:31,126 They're in a place where they're all alone. 545 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,255 Nothing else lives there. 546 00:30:32,297 --> 00:30:34,356 Some kind of parallel universe? 547 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:35,662 I don't know. 548 00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:38,863 I feel malevolence... 549 00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:40,998 a cold hatred. 550 00:30:41,106 --> 00:30:43,700 The weak will perish. 551 00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,004 It's an invasion. 552 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:49,980 They intend on destroying everything. 553 00:30:50,015 --> 00:30:52,177 Tom, reverse course, maximum warp. 554 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:54,311 Take us five light-years out and hold position. 555 00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:55,320 Aye, Captain. 556 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,583 Maintain Red Alert. 557 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:58,680 Commander? 558 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,960 That moment we spoke about? It's here. 559 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:11,469 Any thoughts? 560 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:12,868 Just one. 561 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:14,633 Flying into that corridor would mean certain death. 562 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:15,868 Agreed. 563 00:31:15,907 --> 00:31:17,932 The Northwest Passage is no longer an option. 564 00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:22,209 So now the choice is between facing the Borg in their space 565 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:24,978 or finding a nice planet here in the Delta Quadrant 566 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:27,747 and giving up on ever getting home. 567 00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:30,084 We'd be turning around, but we wouldn't be giving up. 568 00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:32,819 We may find another way home. 569 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,753 I'm not ready to walk onto that Bridge 570 00:31:36,795 --> 00:31:38,229 and tell the crew we're quitting. 571 00:31:38,263 --> 00:31:39,890 I can't do it, Chakotay, not yet. 572 00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:41,990 There must be another alternative. 573 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:46,469 Kathryn, you haven't slept in two days. 574 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:49,566 Try getting some rest and clearing your head. 575 00:31:49,608 --> 00:31:51,474 We're safe for the moment. 576 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:54,036 We can tell the crew tomorrow if we have to. 577 00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:56,844 See you in the morning. 578 00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,638 Maestro? 579 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,444 Leonardo. 580 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:37,981 Catarina... 581 00:32:38,056 --> 00:32:39,251 buona sera. 582 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:40,918 Am I disturbing you? 583 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,155 What do you see? 584 00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:46,362 A wall 585 00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,492 with candlelight reflecting on it. 586 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:50,001 Why? 587 00:32:50,101 --> 00:32:52,468 What do you see? 588 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:55,674 A flock of starlings... 589 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,935 the leaves on an oak... 590 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,375 a horse's tail... 591 00:32:59,411 --> 00:33:02,506 a thief with a noose around his neck... 592 00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:06,116 Ah... 593 00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,415 and a wall... 594 00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:10,922 with the candlelight reflecting on it. 595 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,960 There are times, Catarina, 596 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:21,158 when I find myself transfixed by a shadow on the wall 597 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:24,225 or the splashing of water against a stone. 598 00:33:24,269 --> 00:33:27,967 I stare at it, the hours pass... 599 00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:31,805 the world around me drops away... 600 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:37,077 replaced by worlds being created and destroyed 601 00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:40,574 by my imagination-- 602 00:33:42,087 --> 00:33:45,455 a way to focus the mind. 603 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:49,290 Sit and tell me why you have come. 604 00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,536 There's a path before me-- 605 00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:02,336 the only way home. 606 00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:04,843 And on either side, 607 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:08,176 mortal enemies bent on destroying each other. 608 00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:10,944 If I attempt to pass through them, 609 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:13,474 I'll be destroyed as well. 610 00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:15,179 But if I turn around, 611 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:19,919 that would end all hope of ever getting home. 612 00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:23,656 And no matter how much I try to focus my mind, 613 00:34:23,695 --> 00:34:26,289 I can't see an alternative. 614 00:34:26,331 --> 00:34:33,237 When one's imagination cannot provide an answer, 615 00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:37,139 one must seek out a greater imagination. 616 00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:41,169 There are times when even I find myself 617 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:43,374 kneeling in prayer. 618 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:48,353 I must deliver a bronzetto to the monks at Santa Croce. 619 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:52,823 Come with me, Catarina, eh? 620 00:34:52,857 --> 00:34:55,986 We will awake the abbot, visit the chapel 621 00:34:56,061 --> 00:34:58,120 and appeal to God. 622 00:34:58,163 --> 00:35:01,531 Somehow I don't think that's going to work for me. 623 00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:14,078 But there is an alternative I hadn't considered. 624 00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:19,810 What if I made an appeal... 625 00:35:21,353 --> 00:35:23,082 to the devil? 626 00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:29,392 An alliance with the Borg? 627 00:35:29,427 --> 00:35:32,294 More like... an exchange. 628 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:35,664 We offer them a way to defeat their new enemy 629 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:40,399 and, in return, we get safe passage through their space. 630 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:41,803 In developing a treatment for Harry, 631 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,968 the Doctor has found a way to attack the aliens 632 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,669 at a microscopic level. 633 00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:47,804 It's still in the experimental stages, Captain. 634 00:35:47,846 --> 00:35:49,473 I've only made a few prototypes. 635 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:50,982 Nevertheless, if we teach the Borg 636 00:35:51,049 --> 00:35:52,642 how to modify their own nanoprobes, 637 00:35:52,684 --> 00:35:53,981 they'd have a blueprint 638 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:56,316 to create a weapon to fight the aliens. 639 00:35:56,354 --> 00:35:58,322 In theory, yes. 640 00:35:58,356 --> 00:36:01,189 B'Elanna, it's clear from the Borg database 641 00:36:01,226 --> 00:36:04,856 that they know practically nothing about Species 8472. 642 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:05,863 That's right. 643 00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:07,524 The Borg gain knowledge through assimilation. 644 00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:09,329 What they can't assimilate, they can't understand. 645 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:10,926 But we don't assimilate. 646 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:15,234 We investigate-- and in this case, that's given us an edge. 647 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:18,402 We've discovered something they need. 648 00:36:18,443 --> 00:36:21,936 But the Borg aren't exactly known for their diplomacy. 649 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,607 How can we expect them to cooperate with us? 650 00:36:24,649 --> 00:36:25,912 Normally, the answer would be no, 651 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,884 but if what I've learned from the aliens is true, 652 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:30,115 the Borg are losing this conflict. 653 00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:31,714 In one regard, the Borg are no different 654 00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:35,283 than we are-- they're trying to survive. 655 00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:37,818 I don't believe they're going to refuse an offer 656 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,330 that will help them do that. 657 00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:40,525 What makes you think the Borg 658 00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:42,727 won't attempt to take the information 659 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,667 by assimilating Voyager and its crew? 660 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:46,694 Because that won't get them anywhere. 661 00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:49,730 Doctor, you're the only one on board 662 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:52,072 with full knowledge of the nanoprobe modifications. 663 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,204 I want you to transfer all of that research 664 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:55,371 into your holo-matrix. 665 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:56,380 Certainly. 666 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:58,508 You're my guarantee. 667 00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:00,882 If the Borg threaten us in any way, 668 00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:03,047 we'll simply erase your program. 669 00:37:03,088 --> 00:37:04,852 But it won't come to that, Doctor. 670 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:08,086 It's in the collective's own interest to cooperate. 671 00:37:08,126 --> 00:37:11,562 Voyager is only one ship. 672 00:37:11,596 --> 00:37:14,156 Our safe passage is a small price to pay 673 00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:16,497 for what we're offering in exchange. 674 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:20,730 B'Elanna, assist the Doctor with his transfer. 675 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:21,739 Aye, Captain. 676 00:37:21,773 --> 00:37:22,934 Mr. Paris-- 677 00:37:23,041 --> 00:37:25,772 locate the nearest Borg vessel 678 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:27,710 and lay in a course. 679 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:29,373 They shouldn't be difficult to find. 680 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,075 Yes, ma'am. 681 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:33,873 Dismissed. 682 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,790 You were awfully quiet. 683 00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:46,191 I didn't want the others to hear this, 684 00:37:46,231 --> 00:37:48,757 but I think what you're proposing is too great a risk. 685 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,097 How so? 686 00:37:51,236 --> 00:37:54,206 There's a story I heard as a child, a parable, 687 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,264 and I never forgot it. 688 00:37:56,307 --> 00:37:59,743 A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river 689 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:02,372 wondering how to get to the other side. 690 00:38:02,413 --> 00:38:05,041 Suddenly, he saw a fox. 691 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:09,042 He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. 692 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:13,888 The fox said, "No, if I do that, you'll sting me 693 00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:17,225 and I'll drown." 694 00:38:17,262 --> 00:38:19,230 The scorpion assured him, 695 00:38:19,264 --> 00:38:22,393 "If I did that, we'd both drown." 696 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:26,631 So the fox thought about it and finally agreed. 697 00:38:26,671 --> 00:38:29,868 So the scorpion climbed up on his back 698 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:32,138 and the fox began to swim. 699 00:38:32,177 --> 00:38:34,669 But halfway across the river, 700 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:37,909 the scorpion stung him. 701 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,940 As the poison filled his veins, 702 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:43,443 the fox turned to the scorpion and said, "Why did you do that? 703 00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:45,957 Now, you'll drown, too." 704 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,719 "I couldn't help it," said the scorpion. 705 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,320 "It's my nature." 706 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:56,866 I understand the risk 707 00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:58,164 and I'm not proposing 708 00:38:58,203 --> 00:39:01,036 that we try to change the nature of the beast, 709 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:02,904 but this is a unique situation. 710 00:39:02,941 --> 00:39:05,808 To our knowledge, the Borg have never been so threatened. 711 00:39:05,844 --> 00:39:07,175 They're vulnerable. 712 00:39:07,212 --> 00:39:08,873 I think we can take advantage of that. 713 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:11,405 Even if we do somehow negotiate an exchange, 714 00:39:11,449 --> 00:39:13,543 how long will they keep up their end of the bargain? 715 00:39:13,585 --> 00:39:16,145 It could take months to get across Borg territory. 716 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,781 We'd be facing thousands of systems, 717 00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:20,291 millions of vessels. 718 00:39:20,325 --> 00:39:22,293 But only one collective 719 00:39:22,327 --> 00:39:23,624 and we've got them over a barrel. 720 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:25,925 We don't need to give them a single bit of information-- 721 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,429 not until we're safe. 722 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:28,694 We just need the courage 723 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:30,292 to see this through to the end. 724 00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:31,928 There are other kinds of courage-- 725 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:33,199 like the courage to accept 726 00:39:33,238 --> 00:39:35,502 that there are some situations beyond your control. 727 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:39,272 Not every problem has an immediate solution. 728 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:40,539 You're suggesting we turn around. 729 00:39:40,578 --> 00:39:42,876 Yes. We should get out of harm's way. 730 00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:44,348 Let them fight it out. 731 00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:45,907 In the meantime, there's still plenty 732 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,816 of Delta Quadrant left to explore. 733 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:49,820 We may find another way home. 734 00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:50,946 Or we might find something else. 735 00:39:51,022 --> 00:39:52,854 Six months, a year down the road, 736 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:55,724 after Species 8472 gets through with the Borg, 737 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,819 we could find ourselves right back in the line of fire. 738 00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,421 And we'll have missed the window of opportunity 739 00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:01,933 that exists right here, right now. 740 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:03,957 How much is our safety worth? 741 00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:05,366 What do you mean? 742 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:06,871 We'd be giving an advantage 743 00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:09,101 to a race guilty of murdering billions. 744 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:12,371 We'd be helping the Borg assimilate yet another species 745 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:14,708 just to get ourselves back home-- it's wrong! 746 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:15,975 Tell that to Harry Kim. 747 00:40:16,014 --> 00:40:18,483 He's barely alive thanks to that species. 748 00:40:18,516 --> 00:40:21,281 Maybe helping to assimilate them isn't such a bad idea. 749 00:40:21,319 --> 00:40:23,219 We could be doing the Delta Quadrant a favor. 750 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,780 I don't think you really believe that. 751 00:40:25,823 --> 00:40:28,258 I think you're struggling to justify your plan 752 00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:30,261 because your desire to get this crew home 753 00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:32,195 is blinding you to other options. 754 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:34,096 I know you, Kathryn. 755 00:40:34,132 --> 00:40:36,567 Sometimes... 756 00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:40,036 you don't know when to step back. 757 00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:42,972 Do you trust me, Chakotay? 758 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:43,872 That isn't the issue. 759 00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:45,205 Oh, but it is. 760 00:40:45,243 --> 00:40:48,008 Only yesterday, you were saying that we'd face this together, 761 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:49,309 that you'd be at my side. 762 00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:51,145 1 still have to tell you what I believe. 763 00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:52,951 I'm no good to you if I don't do that. 764 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:56,179 I appreciate your insights, but the time for debate is over. 765 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:57,949 I've made my decision. 766 00:40:57,989 --> 00:41:01,550 Now, do I have your support? 767 00:41:02,727 --> 00:41:04,286 You're the Captain. 768 00:41:04,329 --> 00:41:05,854 I'm the First Officer. 769 00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:07,592 I'll follow your orders, 770 00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:09,623 but that doesn't change my belief 771 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:11,761 that we're making a fatal mistake. 772 00:41:13,671 --> 00:41:16,732 Then I guess I am alone after all. 773 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,808 Dismissed. 774 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:37,360 There are three planets in this system. 775 00:41:37,395 --> 00:41:39,659 Inhabitants-- all Borg. 776 00:41:39,697 --> 00:41:41,256 A vessel is approaching. 777 00:41:41,299 --> 00:41:42,323 All stop. 778 00:41:42,367 --> 00:41:43,459 Shields up. 779 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:50,872 They are hailing us. 780 00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:53,002 Open a channel. 781 00:41:53,077 --> 00:41:54,670 We are the Borg. 782 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:56,737 You will be assimilated. 783 00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:58,715 Resistance is futile. 784 00:42:00,051 --> 00:42:01,883 They've locked on to us with a tractor beam. 785 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:03,580 Borg vessel. 786 00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:07,080 This is Captain Janeway of the Starship Voyager. 787 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:12,154 I have tactical information about Species 8472. 788 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:14,187 I want to negotiate. 789 00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:16,200 Negotiation is irrelevant. 790 00:42:16,234 --> 00:42:17,895 You will be assimilated. 791 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,803 Borg vessel, what you're 792 00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:27,834 receiving is a sample of the knowledge we possess. 793 00:42:27,879 --> 00:42:30,644 If you don't disengage your tractor beam immediately, 794 00:42:30,681 --> 00:42:32,979 I will have that data destroyed. 795 00:42:33,084 --> 00:42:36,679 You have ten seconds to comply. 796 00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:42,589 We know you're in danger of being defeated. 797 00:42:42,627 --> 00:42:46,222 You can't afford to risk losing this information. 798 00:42:46,264 --> 00:42:47,925 Disengage your trac... 799 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:53,534 State your demands. 800 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:59,201 I want safe passage through your space. 801 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,905 Once my ship is beyond Borg territory, 802 00:43:01,946 --> 00:43:04,040 I'll give you our research. 803 00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:06,107 Unacceptable. 804 00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:09,142 Our space is vast. 805 00:43:09,187 --> 00:43:12,452 Your passage would require too much time. 806 00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:14,788 We need the technology now. 807 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:18,361 If I give it to you now, 808 00:43:18,396 --> 00:43:20,592 you'll assimilate us. 809 00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:23,965 Species 8472 must be stopped. 810 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:27,504 Our survival is your survival. 811 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:30,405 Give us the technology. 812 00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:34,370 No. 813 00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:37,507 Safe passage first 814 00:43:37,548 --> 00:43:38,947 or no deal. 815 00:43:41,786 --> 00:43:44,255 State your proposal. 816 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:45,778 Let's work together. 817 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:47,917 Combine our resources. 818 00:43:47,959 --> 00:43:50,690 Even if we do give you the technology now, 819 00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:53,527 you're still going to need time to develop it. 820 00:43:53,564 --> 00:43:56,158 By working together, 821 00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:00,103 we can create a weapon more quickly. 822 00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:02,334 If you escort us through your space, 823 00:44:02,373 --> 00:44:04,341 we can perfect the weapon as we... 824 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:11,881 Where did that ship come from? 825 00:44:11,916 --> 00:44:14,942 A quantum singularity has appeared 20,000 kilometers away. 826 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:16,784 The bioship is heading directly toward the planet. 827 00:44:16,821 --> 00:44:18,289 The Borg shields are weakening. 828 00:44:18,322 --> 00:44:20,086 We might be able to break free of the tractor beam. 829 00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:21,614 Can you get a lock on the Captain? 830 00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:23,957 Not yet. 831 00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:25,586 Commander, there are nine more bioships 832 00:44:25,630 --> 00:44:26,961 coming out of the singularity. 833 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,287 What's going on?