1 00:00:02,035 --> 00:00:04,094 Last time on Star Trek: Voyager... 2 00:00:04,137 --> 00:00:05,571 My god. 3 00:00:08,108 --> 00:00:10,975 We don't know exactly how many vessels are out there, 4 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:13,479 but their space appears to be vast. 5 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:16,211 It includes thousands of solar systems-- 6 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:17,945 all Borg. 7 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:20,317 We are, no doubt, entering the heart of their territory. 8 00:00:20,354 --> 00:00:22,152 Captain, I'm detecting 9 00:00:22,189 --> 00:00:24,556 two residual weapon signatures in the debris. 10 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:25,854 One is Borg. 11 00:00:25,893 --> 00:00:28,919 The other is of unknown origin. 12 00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:31,624 I'd like to know what kind of weapon could destroy the Borg. 13 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:38,463 They refer to these new aliens as "Species 8472." 14 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:40,473 Captain, it's not the Borg that we should be worried about. 15 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:41,736 It's them. 16 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:45,370 The alien cells are consuming his body from the inside out. 17 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:47,141 In developing a treatment for Harry, 18 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:49,478 the Doctor has found a way to attack the aliens 19 00:00:49,516 --> 00:00:50,677 at a microscopic level. 20 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:52,515 An alliance with the Borg? 21 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:55,386 More like... an exchange. 22 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:58,619 We offer them a way to defeat their new enemy 23 00:00:58,659 --> 00:01:01,526 and, in return, we get safe passage 24 00:01:01,562 --> 00:01:03,121 through their space. 25 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:07,396 State your demands. 26 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:19,645 Can you get a lock on the Captain? 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,079 Not yet. 28 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:28,580 And now, the conclusion. 29 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:32,919 Report. 30 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,826 The Borg shields are off-line. 31 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,351 I've got a lock on Captain Janeway. 32 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:38,455 Get her out of there and break us free of the cube. 33 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:39,624 Stand by all weapons. 34 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:42,424 I'm trying to energize. 35 00:01:43,503 --> 00:01:45,232 The Borg are scattering the beam. 36 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:46,364 Compensate. 37 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:49,972 No effect. 38 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,409 We're being hailed. 39 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:52,742 On screen. 40 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:55,714 Commander, cut the transporter beam. 41 00:01:55,749 --> 00:01:57,217 Captain? 42 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:58,513 Do it. 43 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:02,786 I have reached an agreement with the collective. 44 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:07,522 We're going to help them design a weapon against Species 8472. 45 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:09,962 In exchange, they've granted us 46 00:02:09,997 --> 00:02:12,193 safe passage through their space. 47 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:13,563 Cube is altering course. 48 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,432 They're heading toward the Alpha Quadrant. 49 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:16,903 That's part of the plan. 50 00:02:16,937 --> 00:02:19,201 We'll work on the weapon en route. 51 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,729 Once we're across their territory, 52 00:02:20,774 --> 00:02:22,970 we'll give them the nanoprobes. 53 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:25,535 They appear to be holding up their end of the bargain. 54 00:02:25,579 --> 00:02:26,978 I suggest we do the same. 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,072 How do you propose we begin this "collaboration"? 56 00:02:30,117 --> 00:02:32,609 I'm going to work here on the cube. 57 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:34,985 They have technology that'll make the job go faster. 58 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:36,456 I want to take advantage of it. 59 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:38,356 It's not necessary for you to stay there. 60 00:02:38,392 --> 00:02:39,860 We can set up a com-link with the Borg... 61 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:40,860 It's part of the deal. 62 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,589 I work here. 63 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:45,055 All right. 64 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:47,734 As long as we're cooperating... 65 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:52,397 maybe the Borg would be willing to disengage their tractor beam. 66 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:54,373 We can match their course without a leash. 67 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:55,739 I'll propose it. 68 00:02:55,776 --> 00:02:57,642 Mr. Tuvok, transport to my coordinates. 69 00:02:57,678 --> 00:02:59,476 Understood. 70 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:01,003 We're going to make this work, Commander. 71 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:02,174 Janeway out. 72 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,048 You heard the Captain. 73 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:10,605 I've replicated nearly ten million Borg nanoprobes, 74 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:12,942 each of them reprogrammed to my specifications, 75 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:15,607 each capable of targeting the alien tissue. 76 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,382 Assimilating it? 77 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:20,284 Just momentarily. 78 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,119 The Borg technology will denaturate within seconds 79 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:24,715 taking the alien tissue along with it. 80 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:32,663 Mr. Kim, I'm about to inject your carotid artery. 81 00:05:32,699 --> 00:05:34,326 You'll feel a tingling sensation. 82 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:35,562 Don't be alarmed. 83 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,220 Nice to see you again, Ensign. 84 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:01,591 It's working. 85 00:06:01,628 --> 00:06:02,891 Prepare another dose of nanoprobes. 86 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:04,021 Yes, Doctor. 87 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:05,725 Good work. 88 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:07,392 Let me know when he's back on his feet. 89 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:09,732 Commander, I must tell you, 90 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:11,931 I have my doubts about this alliance. 91 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:13,667 You may have convinced the Borg 92 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,641 the nanoprobes can defeat their enemy, 93 00:06:15,675 --> 00:06:16,699 but a medical treatment 94 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:18,302 is a long way from a weapon of war. 95 00:06:18,345 --> 00:06:19,710 We'll leave that to the Captain. 96 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:22,408 This situation is unpredictable, 97 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,042 so we're going to stay at full Red Alert. 98 00:06:24,084 --> 00:06:25,950 Keep all information about the nanoprobes 99 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,679 stored in your holo-matrix. 100 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,120 Don't worry. I'll delete myself 101 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:30,520 at the first sign of trouble. 102 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:33,390 Well... maybe not the first sign. 103 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,366 We've just received word. 104 00:06:44,404 --> 00:06:45,565 Tuvok beamed to the cube. 105 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:46,731 He's joined the Captain. 106 00:06:46,773 --> 00:06:48,798 Keep a transporter lock on both of them. 107 00:06:48,842 --> 00:06:49,809 I'll try, but the Borg 108 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:51,368 are already regenerating their shields. 109 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:52,879 Try matching their shield frequencies. 110 00:06:52,913 --> 00:06:53,880 It won't work. 111 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:55,143 They'll be able to adapt too quickly. 112 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:56,979 I don't want to hear what we can't do, Lieutenant! 113 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:58,246 Just find a way to get our people 114 00:06:58,285 --> 00:06:59,343 out of there if we have to. 115 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:00,717 Aye, sir. 116 00:07:02,656 --> 00:07:05,023 They've released their tractor beam. 117 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:08,119 Match their course and speed. 118 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:10,892 I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but... 119 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:12,956 looks like the Borg are cooperating. 120 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:50,530 Kes, Kes! 121 00:07:50,570 --> 00:07:51,332 Kes! 122 00:07:51,371 --> 00:07:53,100 What's wrong? 123 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,665 They're watching us. 124 00:08:00,747 --> 00:08:02,647 May I ask where we're being taken? 125 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:04,912 Grid nine-two of subjunction 12-- 126 00:08:04,985 --> 00:08:05,918 our very own workspace. 127 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:07,283 It's near the center of the cube. 128 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,618 These are my tricorder readings of the bioship we examined. 129 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,648 I believe you will find them most revealing. 130 00:08:12,692 --> 00:08:14,751 Have you compared this to the Doctor's analysis 131 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:17,024 of the alien tissue? 132 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:19,896 Yes. Many of the cellular structures are identical. 133 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:21,901 The aliens and their ships are made of the same 134 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:23,266 organic material. 135 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:24,395 Apparently so. 136 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:32,401 You have entered grid nine-two of subjunction 12. 137 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:33,776 Proceed. 138 00:08:35,582 --> 00:08:36,913 All right. 139 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:41,050 We've analyzed one of the alien vessels 140 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:45,081 and it appears to be constructed of organic material 141 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,719 vulnerable to the modified nanoprobes. 142 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:51,093 I suggest we begin thinking 143 00:08:51,131 --> 00:08:53,498 about a large-scale delivery system-- 144 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:54,796 a way to infect their ships 145 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:56,427 and destroy them at the microsc... 146 00:08:57,437 --> 00:08:59,098 We will begin. 147 00:08:59,139 --> 00:09:00,971 What are you doing? 148 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:04,102 A neuro-transceiver is required for maximum communication. 149 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:06,806 We will work as one mind. 150 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:08,473 No, that wasn't the agreement. 151 00:09:08,515 --> 00:09:10,108 The neural link is temporary. 152 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:12,414 You will not be damaged. 153 00:09:12,452 --> 00:09:13,613 I don't care. 154 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,519 I prefer to communicate verbally, thank you. 155 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:18,525 Your primitive communication is inefficient. 156 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:19,923 On the contrary... 157 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:23,327 we work better with our individuality intact. 158 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,889 Surely, we've proven that to you by now. 159 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:28,924 Irrelevant. You must comply. 160 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:30,332 We "must" do nothing. 161 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:33,704 Tell your drone to remove the transceiver. 162 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:41,944 What about choosing a representative-- 163 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:45,382 a single Borg we can work with and talk to directly? 164 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:46,544 Elaborate. 165 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,179 You've done it before 166 00:09:48,221 --> 00:09:51,122 when you transformed Jean-Luc Picard into Locutus. 167 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:53,558 We will not be assimilated. 168 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:56,619 Choose a representative, or the deal's off! 169 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:33,463 I speak for the Borg. 170 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:39,503 I'm Captain Janeway. 171 00:10:39,539 --> 00:10:40,938 This is Lieutenant Tuvok. 172 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:43,102 We are aware of your designations. 173 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:45,168 What's your designation? 174 00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:47,009 Seven of Nine, 175 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,981 Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One. 176 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:52,883 But you may call me Seven of Nine. 177 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:58,355 You are proposing a large-scale weapon. 178 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,688 We concur. 179 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:01,125 I thought you might. 180 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:04,961 We could encase the nanoprobes in some of our photon torpedoes 181 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:07,933 in essence, turn them into biomolecular warheads. 182 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:10,595 Your torpedoes are inadequate. 183 00:11:10,637 --> 00:11:13,470 They lack the necessary range and dispersive force. 184 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:15,304 Do you have a better idea? 185 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,601 We are Borg. 186 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:22,313 I take that as a "yes." 187 00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:35,151 A multikinetic neutronic mine-- 188 00:11:35,195 --> 00:11:37,493 five million isoton yield. 189 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:38,497 An explosion that size 190 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:40,295 could affect an entire star system. 191 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:41,926 Correct. 192 00:11:41,968 --> 00:11:44,835 The shock wave will disperse the nanoprobes over a radius 193 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:45,861 of five light-years. 194 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:48,897 That's somewhat larger than I had in mind. 195 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:51,570 You're proposing a weapon of mass destruction. 196 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:53,238 We are. 197 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:55,008 Well, I'm not. 198 00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:57,015 You'd be endangering innocent worlds. 199 00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:58,914 It would be efficient. 200 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:01,421 We would need approximately 50 trillion nanoprobes 201 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:02,853 to arm this mine. 202 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:03,947 It would take the Doctor 203 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:05,787 several weeks to replicate that amount. 204 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,691 You are losing this conflict. 205 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,957 Are you willing to risk further delay? 206 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:13,761 Right now, your enemy believes it is invulnerable. 207 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:17,759 If we create smaller weapons using our torpedoes, 208 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:20,603 and destroy a few of their bioships 209 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:21,971 it may deter them, 210 00:12:22,008 --> 00:12:24,102 convince them to give up this war. 211 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:27,135 You are individuals. 212 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:31,014 You are small and you think in small terms. 213 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:41,286 But the present situation requires 214 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:43,022 that we consider your plan. 215 00:12:49,535 --> 00:12:51,936 Voyager's weapons inventory. 216 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:56,169 Photon torpedo complement-- 32, class-6 warhead. 217 00:12:56,209 --> 00:12:58,678 Explosive yield-- 200 isotons. 218 00:12:58,711 --> 00:13:00,679 How did you obtain this information? 219 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:03,916 We are Borg. 220 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:07,316 Naturally. 221 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:25,637 Commander, we have some disturbing news. 222 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,106 At this point, I'm getting used to it. 223 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:29,472 Her telepathic visions are increasing, 224 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:31,603 both in frequency and intensity. 225 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,237 It feels different this time. 226 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:39,309 It's almost like... they're right here in the room. 227 00:13:39,352 --> 00:13:40,979 There it is again. 228 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,489 I'm trying to block them out... 229 00:13:43,523 --> 00:13:45,514 but I can't. 230 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:51,127 Every time she has a vision, specific regions 231 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:52,256 of her cerebral cortex 232 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:54,164 go into a state of hyper-stimulation-- 233 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,601 memory engrams, perceptual centers. 234 00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:58,798 I can't be sure, but I think there's more going on here 235 00:13:58,838 --> 00:13:59,964 than just a simple "hello." 236 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:05,133 Enhance this grid. 237 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,203 I want to take a closer look at the detonator. 238 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:13,548 We must analyze the bioship. 239 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,781 Your data. 240 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:33,270 You're human, aren't you? 241 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:35,968 This body was assimilated 18 years ago. 242 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,272 It ceased to be human at that time. 243 00:14:38,311 --> 00:14:40,245 I'm curious. What was your name before...? 244 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:43,010 Do not engage us in further irrelevant discourse. 245 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:47,483 We are being hailed by your vessel. 246 00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:53,587 Commander, what is it? 247 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:54,923 It's Kes. 248 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:55,928 The Doctor believes 249 00:14:55,962 --> 00:14:57,623 that the aliens are accessing her memory. 250 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:58,630 If that's true, 251 00:14:58,664 --> 00:15:01,099 they may already know what we're planning. 252 00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:03,501 I've ordered long-range scans for bioships. 253 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:04,503 Nothing so far. 254 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:07,632 We should alter course, try to throw them off. 255 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:08,663 Agreed. 256 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:14,346 Our course and heading have been changed. 257 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:17,941 Match them and keep me apprised of any changes in Kes. 258 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:19,040 Chakotay out. 259 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:22,946 We now require one of your photon torpedoes 260 00:15:22,989 --> 00:15:24,115 and the nanoprobes. 261 00:15:24,157 --> 00:15:25,591 One step at a time. 262 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:28,117 We're not safely across your territory yet. 263 00:15:28,161 --> 00:15:32,120 We must construct and test a prototype now. 264 00:15:32,165 --> 00:15:33,428 The risk of attack has increased. 265 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:34,433 Irrelevant. 266 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:35,764 We have an agreement. 267 00:15:35,802 --> 00:15:37,964 You're asking me to give up my only guarantee 268 00:15:38,004 --> 00:15:39,472 that you won't assimilate us. 269 00:15:39,505 --> 00:15:40,700 I won't risk it. 270 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:44,404 Are you willing to risk a direct confrontation with us? 271 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:49,973 If we transport 500 drones onto your vessel, 272 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:52,986 do you believe you could offer sufficient resistance? 273 00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:55,144 We'd die trying. 274 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,858 That won't be necessary. 275 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:01,382 We must construct a launching system 276 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:03,054 to accommodate this design. 277 00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:09,900 Glad you could join us, Mr. Kim. 278 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:12,462 Harry, welcome back. 279 00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:14,405 Thanks. Reporting for duty, sir. 280 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,238 The Doctor gave me a clean bill of health. 281 00:16:16,275 --> 00:16:17,936 Did I miss anything? 282 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:20,240 Not too much. 283 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:21,371 Take your station, Ensign. 284 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:30,150 You've still got a tendril up your nose. 285 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:34,487 Commander, I'm picking up gravimetric distortions. 286 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:35,961 12,000 kilometers aft. 287 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,724 It's a singularity. 288 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:43,766 We are under attack. 289 00:16:47,807 --> 00:16:48,933 They're charging weapons. 290 00:16:48,975 --> 00:16:50,204 Shields. 291 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:51,369 Keep a lock on the away team. 292 00:16:53,045 --> 00:16:54,979 Direct hit to our secondary hull. 293 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:57,206 Transporters are off-line. 294 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,740 Shields and weapons are down. 295 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:06,314 Voyager has taken heavy damage. 296 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,260 We cannot let the nanoprobes be destroyed. 297 00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:12,629 We're being targeted. 298 00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:13,723 Brace for impact. 299 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:37,555 The cube? 300 00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:40,287 Destroyed... and it took the bioship with it. 301 00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:42,920 Tuvok to Chakotay. 302 00:17:42,962 --> 00:17:44,589 Go ahead, Tuvok. Where are you? 303 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:46,325 I'm in Cargo Bay 2... 304 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,798 along with the Captain... 305 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:53,203 and a number of Borg. 306 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:56,800 We were beamed over just before impact. 307 00:17:56,842 --> 00:17:58,970 We require assistance. 308 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:03,016 Tuvok? Tuvok? 309 00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:04,915 Secure that deck. 310 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:06,782 Security team to Cargo Bay 2. 311 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,844 Paris, you have the Bridge. 312 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:41,110 Lower your weapons. 313 00:18:44,824 --> 00:18:47,521 We are here with your Captain's consent. 314 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,793 It was necessary to sacrifice our vessel to protect yours. 315 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:01,007 We have an alliance, do we not? 316 00:19:06,412 --> 00:19:07,743 For now, they're contained. 317 00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:09,214 They've assimilated Cargo Bay 2 318 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:11,910 and are drawing energy from the secondary power couplings. 319 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,713 But they've gone no further? 320 00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:15,915 Not yet. I've sealed off Decks 9 321 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,821 through 13 and posted security details at every access point. 322 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:21,759 I suggest we increase security around Sick Bay as well. 323 00:19:21,794 --> 00:19:22,784 Already done. 324 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:24,626 How far did you get on the weapon? 325 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,189 We are ready to construct a prototype. 326 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:28,223 You're fit to return back to duty, Lieutenant. 327 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:31,735 And you, Kes? 328 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:32,738 Oh, I'm all right. 329 00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:34,638 The visions have stopped for now. 330 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:43,249 The plasma burns to her thoracic region I can treat 331 00:19:43,282 --> 00:19:45,410 and I've already stopped the internal bleeding, 332 00:19:45,451 --> 00:19:47,943 but her neural injuries are going to require some... 333 00:19:47,987 --> 00:19:49,352 creative thinking. 334 00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:50,878 Before we beamed out, 335 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:53,858 an alien energy discharge struck very near the Captain. 336 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,327 Well, it appears to have disrupted 337 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,386 all her neuroelectrical pathways. 338 00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:58,659 I'l have to induce a coma 339 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,530 to protect her higher brain functions, 340 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:04,059 but I must tell you, unless I can repair the damage... 341 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:06,595 she may never regain consciousness. 342 00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:09,799 Make sure those Borg stay put. 343 00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:11,640 I want tactical updates every 20 minutes. 344 00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:12,803 Aye, sir. 345 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:14,313 Shall I resume working with them? 346 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:15,871 Stand by for now. 347 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:18,316 The Captain wishes to speak with you. 348 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,818 Please keep it brief. 349 00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:31,288 The Doctor... 350 00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:34,527 explained my condition. 351 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:37,195 You are in command. 352 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,034 I understand. 353 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,240 They'll push you... 354 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:44,504 they'll threaten you, 355 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:47,569 but they need you. 356 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:50,241 They need this alliance. 357 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:57,422 You have to make this work. 358 00:20:57,456 --> 00:21:03,691 I want you to make this work. 359 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:07,825 Get this crew home. 360 00:21:10,369 --> 00:21:11,564 I must begin. 361 00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:00,485 Where is your Captain? 362 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,816 I must speak with her. 363 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:03,822 In our medical bay, recovering. 364 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,621 You'll be dealing with me now. 365 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:09,287 Circumstances have changed. 366 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,523 I'd say so. 367 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:14,090 The loss of our vessel requires that we modify our agreement. 368 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:16,761 I've been giving that some thought. 369 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,794 I'm willing to let you stay on board. 370 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,171 We'll continue to work with you on the weapon. 371 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:24,802 Once we're safely out of Borg territory, 372 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:28,838 we'll give you the nanoprobes, shake hands and part company. 373 00:22:30,049 --> 00:22:32,074 Insufficient. 374 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,176 Our latest tactical projections indicate 375 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:36,279 that the war will be lost by then. 376 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:41,619 The nearest Borg vessel is 40 light-years away. 377 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:44,994 You will reverse course and take us to it. 378 00:22:45,064 --> 00:22:47,761 Even at maximum warp, that's a five-day journey-- 379 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,199 in the wrong direction. 380 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:51,499 We're supposed to be heading out of Borg space 381 00:22:51,537 --> 00:22:52,936 not deeper into it. 382 00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:54,462 There is no alternative. 383 00:22:54,506 --> 00:22:55,473 Look... 384 00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:57,669 I'll honor the original agreement, 385 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,269 but I'm not turning this ship around. 386 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,836 It's too dangerous. 387 00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:07,312 Denying our request is also dangerous. 388 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:10,550 I'll think about it. 389 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:12,114 Think quickly. 390 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:21,630 A five-day trip back into the heart of Borg territory-- 391 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,965 it's too risky. 392 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:26,266 With those drones and the nanoprobes on board, 393 00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:29,104 we might as well have a bull's-eye painted on our hull. 394 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:32,634 We're a prime target for Species 8472. 395 00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:34,442 We'd never survive another attack. 396 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,642 What is the alternative? 397 00:23:36,682 --> 00:23:39,708 I'm going to end this alliance, here and now. 398 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:42,915 We're going to drop the Borg off on the next uninhabited planet, 399 00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:45,686 give them the nanoprobes and take our chances alone. 400 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:47,556 They can wait for a Borg ship to pick them up 401 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:48,856 and finish the weapon. 402 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,259 I'm in command now and I 403 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:52,663 have to do what I think is best for this crew. 404 00:23:52,698 --> 00:23:53,790 Tom, I want you to scan 405 00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:56,324 for the nearest uninhabited planet and set a course. 406 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:57,335 Aye, sir. 407 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,497 I must caution you, Commander. 408 00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:01,563 The Borg may not go quietly. 409 00:24:01,607 --> 00:24:02,938 We'll see. 410 00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:05,569 Bring that female drone to the ready room. 411 00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:06,772 Dismissed. 412 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:12,111 Once we've beamed you to the surface, 413 00:24:12,151 --> 00:24:14,381 we'll send down the nanoprobes and all our research. 414 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:15,751 Unacceptable. 415 00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:16,949 We don't have time... 416 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:18,512 This isn't open for discussion. 417 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,389 I'm not turning this ship around. 418 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:23,526 You're getting what you wanted. 419 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:25,758 I suggest we part ways amicably. 420 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:29,328 There is another option. 421 00:24:29,368 --> 00:24:30,699 We could assimilate your vessel. 422 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:31,703 If a single drone 423 00:24:31,737 --> 00:24:33,933 steps one millimeter out of that cargo bay, 424 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,840 I'll decompress the entire deck. 425 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,537 You won't pose much of a threat floating in space. 426 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,975 When your Captain first approached us, 427 00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:46,485 we suspected that an agreement with humans would prove 428 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:48,748 impossible to maintain. 429 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:53,953 You are erratic, conflicted, disorganized. 430 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:57,657 Every decision is debated, every action questioned, 431 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:03,157 every individual entitled to their own small opinion. 432 00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:06,661 You lack harmony, cohesion... 433 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:08,605 greatness. 434 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,644 It will be your undoing. 435 00:25:15,581 --> 00:25:18,710 Escort our guest back to the cargo bay. 436 00:25:48,647 --> 00:25:51,139 Well, I've made my decision. 437 00:25:51,183 --> 00:25:52,617 If it were only a matter 438 00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:55,882 of going against the orders of my superior officer... 439 00:25:57,990 --> 00:26:01,426 You're more than just my Captain. 440 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:03,622 You're my friend. 441 00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:08,029 I hope you'll understand. 442 00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:36,190 Species 8472 has penetrated matrix 010, grid 19. 443 00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:39,289 Eight planets destroyed. 444 00:26:39,331 --> 00:26:41,959 312 vessels disabled. 445 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,528 4,000,621 Borg eliminated. 446 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:49,507 We must seize control of the Alpha Quadrant vessel 447 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:51,669 and take it into the alien realm. 448 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:53,542 We understand. 449 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,484 Class-H moon, oxygen-argon atmosphere. 450 00:27:09,528 --> 00:27:10,620 It'll do. 451 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:11,891 Take us out of warp, and enter orbit. 452 00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:12,920 Aye, sir. 453 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:15,126 Tuvok... stand by to transport the Borg 454 00:27:15,167 --> 00:27:16,760 directly from the cargo bay. 455 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,896 After they're on the surface, have security run a sweep of... 456 00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:21,736 I'm reading power fluctuations in the deflector array. 457 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:23,070 Cause? 458 00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:24,940 It looks like the Borg have accessed deflector control. 459 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:26,341 They're trying to realign the emitters. 460 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:27,607 Shut them out. 461 00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:33,345 They've bypassed security protocols. 462 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:43,387 They're emitting a resonant graviton beam. 463 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:45,920 It's creating another singularity! 464 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:46,954 Reverse course. 465 00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:51,093 We're fighting intense gravimetric distortion. 466 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,900 I can't break free! 467 00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:55,464 Bridge to Cargo Bay 2. 468 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,736 Stop what you're doing, 469 00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:59,506 or I'll depressurize that deck and blow you out into space. 470 00:27:59,545 --> 00:28:01,479 This is your final warning. 471 00:28:04,216 --> 00:28:05,206 Do it. 472 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:30,073 Decompression cycle complete. 473 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:35,406 I still don't have deflector control. 474 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:38,041 Commander, a single Borg has survived. 475 00:28:44,089 --> 00:28:46,057 We're being pulled in! 476 00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,700 Report. 477 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,935 We appear to have crossed an interdimensional rift. 478 00:29:03,976 --> 00:29:05,705 We've definitely left our galaxy. 479 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,838 No stars, no planets. 480 00:29:07,879 --> 00:29:09,278 Let's see. 481 00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:14,245 I'm recalibrating sensors. 482 00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:19,916 The entire region is filled with... 483 00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:22,222 with some kind of organic fluid. 484 00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:25,161 This isn't space. 485 00:29:25,197 --> 00:29:27,131 It's matter. 486 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,257 Commander Chakotay. 487 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:33,932 We have entered the domain of Species 8472. 488 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:36,804 Report to the cargo bay. 489 00:29:36,842 --> 00:29:40,801 Paris, repressurize Cargo Bay 2. 490 00:29:40,846 --> 00:29:42,177 Tuvok. 491 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:53,413 Our entry into fluidic space has created a compression wave. 492 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:55,290 They know we're here. 493 00:29:55,327 --> 00:29:58,957 A fleet of bioships is already converging on our position. 494 00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:02,126 Time to intercept: three hours, 17 minutes. 495 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:05,569 You've been here before. 496 00:30:05,604 --> 00:30:07,333 How else could you know about fluidic space? 497 00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:09,841 We must prepare this vessel for the altercation. 498 00:30:09,875 --> 00:30:11,741 We will construct a complement of biomolecular war... 499 00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:15,407 Why? Why were you here? 500 00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:22,778 You started this war... didn't you? 501 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,089 What's the matter? 502 00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:27,148 Our galaxy wasn't big enough for you? 503 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,160 You had to conquer new territory? 504 00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:31,720 But this race fought back-- 505 00:30:31,763 --> 00:30:34,255 a species as malevolent as your own. 506 00:30:36,368 --> 00:30:41,636 Species 8472 was more resistant than we anticipated. 507 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,335 Their technology is biogenically engineered. 508 00:30:44,376 --> 00:30:46,868 It is superior to that of all other species 509 00:30:46,912 --> 00:30:48,243 we have previously encountered. 510 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,977 Which is precisely what you wanted. 511 00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:53,849 They are the apex of biological evolution. 512 00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:56,479 Their assimilation would have greatly added 513 00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:57,886 to our own perfection. 514 00:30:57,923 --> 00:31:00,119 So, instead of assimilating these aliens, 515 00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:02,889 you opened a door for them to our galaxy. 516 00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:07,558 There is only one course of action. 517 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:09,829 Destroy them first. 518 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:11,859 My subspace link to the collective 519 00:31:11,903 --> 00:31:14,736 has been weakened by the interdimensional rift. 520 00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:16,798 We cannot signal for help. 521 00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:18,139 We are alone. 522 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:22,374 We must construct a complement of biomolecular warheads 523 00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:24,075 and modify your weapons to launch them. 524 00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,880 I've got a better idea. 525 00:31:25,917 --> 00:31:28,318 Why don't you open up that rift again 526 00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:29,980 and take us back? 527 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:33,615 If I do that, you will no longer cooperate. 528 00:31:33,658 --> 00:31:34,989 Doctor to Chakotay. 529 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:36,151 Go ahead. 530 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:37,992 Report to Sick Bay at once. 531 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,758 On my way. 532 00:31:46,004 --> 00:31:46,994 Captain? 533 00:31:47,105 --> 00:31:49,938 Ah, as you can see, 534 00:31:49,975 --> 00:31:52,205 I've repaired her neural damage. 535 00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:55,680 Ensign Kim, the Captain-- I'm two for two. 536 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,648 Doctor, if you'll excuse us for a moment. 537 00:31:57,682 --> 00:31:59,116 Hmm? 538 00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:00,778 Eh? 539 00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:04,221 Oh. Gladly. 540 00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,020 Computer, deactivate EMH program. 541 00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:10,959 The Doctor brought me up to speed, 542 00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:15,260 but he couldn't tell me what I really wanted to know. 543 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:17,894 Why? 544 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:20,405 The collective ordered me to reverse course, 545 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,965 travel 40 light-years back the way we came. 546 00:32:23,041 --> 00:32:23,974 What would you have done? 547 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:25,510 I probably would have reversed course-- 548 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,239 maintained the alliance as long as possible. 549 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:29,373 In my mind, the alliance was already over. 550 00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:30,381 You never trusted me. 551 00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:31,974 You never believed this would work. 552 00:32:32,017 --> 00:32:33,815 You were just waiting for an opportunity 553 00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:34,978 to circumvent my orders. 554 00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:36,681 Trust had nothing to do with it. 555 00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:38,120 I made a tactical decision. 556 00:32:38,156 --> 00:32:39,419 And so did I. 557 00:32:39,458 --> 00:32:41,620 They've been taking advantage of us from day one. 558 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,492 We made concessions, so did they. 559 00:32:43,528 --> 00:32:44,689 They lied. 560 00:32:44,729 --> 00:32:48,131 The Borg started the war with Species 8472. 561 00:32:51,870 --> 00:32:54,532 We've only got one Borg left to worry about. 562 00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:55,699 We should try to disable her 563 00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:57,230 and get back to the Delta Quadrant. 564 00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:59,937 We might be able to duplicate the deflector protocols 565 00:32:59,978 --> 00:33:01,639 they used to open a singularity. 566 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,115 No. 567 00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:07,119 I won't be caught tinkering with the deflector 568 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:08,813 when those aliens attack. 569 00:33:08,854 --> 00:33:11,050 There is no other way out of this, Chakotay. 570 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:12,488 It's too late for opinions. 571 00:33:12,524 --> 00:33:13,855 It's too late for discussion. 572 00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:15,951 It's time to make the call, and I'm making it. 573 00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:19,463 We fight the aliens, in full cooperation with the Borg. 574 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:22,195 I was linked to a collective once, remember? 575 00:33:22,234 --> 00:33:24,794 I had a neuro-transceiver embedded in my spine. 576 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:26,497 I know who we're dealing with. 577 00:33:26,538 --> 00:33:28,632 We've got to get rid of that last Borg 578 00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,198 and take our chances alone. 579 00:33:30,242 --> 00:33:33,007 It won't work. 580 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:36,178 This isn't working, either. 581 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:37,409 There are two wars going on-- 582 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:38,678 the one out there 583 00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:42,153 and the one in here, and... we're losing both of them. 584 00:33:44,055 --> 00:33:45,716 "It will be your undoing." 585 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,020 What? 586 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:53,696 Our conflicted nature, our individuality. 587 00:33:53,732 --> 00:33:55,791 Seven of Nine said that we lacked 588 00:33:55,834 --> 00:33:57,825 the cohesion of a collective mind. 589 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,735 That one day, it would divide us 590 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:01,500 and destroy us. 591 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:04,566 And here we are, proving her point. 592 00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:07,738 I'll tell you when we lost control of this situation, 593 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:10,510 when we made our mistake. 594 00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:13,280 It was the moment we turned away from each other. 595 00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:15,719 We don't have to stop being individuals to get through this. 596 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,883 We just have to stop fighting each other. 597 00:34:31,136 --> 00:34:32,501 Captain Janeway. 598 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:35,234 I've relieved Mr. Chakotay of his duties 599 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,672 and confined him to the brig. 600 00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:38,506 I'm back in command. 601 00:34:41,012 --> 00:34:43,879 And you understand the situation? 602 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,212 Completely. 603 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:47,617 Tuvok, give her the nanoprobes. 604 00:34:47,652 --> 00:34:48,642 Work with her. 605 00:34:48,687 --> 00:34:50,849 Build as many warheads as you can 606 00:34:50,889 --> 00:34:52,948 and start modifying our weapon systems. 607 00:34:52,991 --> 00:34:56,484 I suggest we think about enhancing our defenses as well. 608 00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:57,962 If we're going to fight this battle, 609 00:34:57,996 --> 00:34:59,657 I intend to win it. 610 00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:01,097 We are in agreement. 611 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,258 Good. 612 00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:05,400 This is the plan. 613 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:08,702 We engage the enemy here, in their space. 614 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:10,469 We show them what they're up against. 615 00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:12,272 If they have any sense of self-preservation, 616 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:13,505 they'll back off, 617 00:35:13,545 --> 00:35:15,843 pull their ships out of the Delta Quadrant. 618 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,575 That's provided the weapons are effective. 619 00:35:17,616 --> 00:35:18,742 If they aren't... 620 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:21,309 it's been nice working with you. 621 00:35:23,822 --> 00:35:25,290 We've got to get this ship armed and ready 622 00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,587 in under two hours. 623 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:30,452 We're going to war. 624 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:54,310 Borg modifications are complete. 625 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:56,377 Bring them on line. 626 00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:03,554 Torpedo launch tubes active. 627 00:36:03,595 --> 00:36:05,063 Hull armor engaged. 628 00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:06,564 Shield enhancements stable. 629 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:08,464 Biomolecular weapons are ready. 630 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:12,801 13 standard photon torpedoes and one class-10 armed 631 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,601 with a high-yield warhead. 632 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,074 All hands, this is the Captain. 633 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:18,439 Ready your stations, 634 00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:21,070 seal all emergency bulkheads, and prepare 635 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:22,102 to engage the enemy. 636 00:36:22,147 --> 00:36:23,672 Stand by for my orders. 637 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:32,758 Four bioships have just entered sensor range. 638 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:33,952 Battle stations. 639 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:37,458 I've got a visual. 640 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:39,293 On screen. 641 00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:50,307 I can hear them. 642 00:36:50,341 --> 00:36:51,934 They want to talk through me. 643 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:56,545 They say we've contaminated their realm. 644 00:36:56,581 --> 00:36:57,980 Tell them we had no choice. 645 00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:00,177 We were only trying to defend ourselves. 646 00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:07,515 They say our galaxy is impure. 647 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:12,895 Its proximity is a threat to their... genetic integrity. 648 00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:15,662 Tell them we have a weapon, a devastating weapon 649 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,600 that can destroy them at the cellular level. 650 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:20,070 If they don't stop their attacks on the Delta Quadrant, 651 00:37:20,105 --> 00:37:21,300 we'll be forced to use it. 652 00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:28,135 They said, "Your galaxy will be purged." 653 00:37:44,562 --> 00:37:46,553 Shields and weapons are off-line! 654 00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,532 Rerouting emergency power to the launchers. 655 00:37:48,566 --> 00:37:50,261 They're coming around for another assault! 656 00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:51,393 I've lost thrusters! 657 00:37:51,436 --> 00:37:53,871 Biomolecular warheads are charged and ready. 658 00:37:53,905 --> 00:37:55,498 Fire. 659 00:38:03,548 --> 00:38:06,245 Direct hit on all four vessels. 660 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:07,513 No effect. 661 00:38:08,453 --> 00:38:09,852 They're charging weapons. 662 00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:26,931 The nanoprobes were successful, if not prompt. 663 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:29,303 All four ships have been destroyed. 664 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:32,139 I think we've made our point. 665 00:38:32,177 --> 00:38:34,373 Now open a singularity and get us out of here. 666 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,558 Captain. 667 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:56,961 Kes, are you still in contact? 668 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,935 Yes. 669 00:38:58,970 --> 00:39:00,563 Tell them if they continue their attack, 670 00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:01,766 we'll use the weapon again. 671 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,304 They're not responding. 672 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,573 Evasive maneuvers. 673 00:39:07,612 --> 00:39:08,670 Aye, Captain. 674 00:39:10,148 --> 00:39:11,081 They're in pursuit. 675 00:39:11,115 --> 00:39:12,913 Prepare to fire the high-yield warhead. 676 00:39:12,951 --> 00:39:14,419 Aft torpedo bay. 677 00:39:21,993 --> 00:39:23,085 Ready, Captain. 678 00:39:23,127 --> 00:39:24,117 Do it. 679 00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:36,804 13 bioships have been destroyed. 680 00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:38,935 The others are in retreat. 681 00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:42,345 I have regained full contact with the collective. 682 00:39:44,649 --> 00:39:46,048 What are they saying? 683 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,787 All remaining bioships in the Delta Quadrant 684 00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:53,848 are returning to their realm. 685 00:39:54,859 --> 00:39:56,827 The Borg have prevailed. 686 00:39:56,861 --> 00:40:00,365 With a little help from us. 687 00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:03,160 Now, it's time you fulfilled your end of the agreement. 688 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:06,728 Tell the collective we expect safe passage from here on out. 689 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,170 We'll give you a shuttlecraft. 690 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:10,504 You can head for the nearest Borg ship. 691 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,203 Unacceptable. 692 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:15,372 This alliance is terminated. 693 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:19,247 Your ship and its crew will adapt to service us. 694 00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:25,818 Resistance is futile. 695 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:30,750 Captain, she's tapping into helm control. 696 00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:32,729 She's trying to access our coordinates. 697 00:40:32,764 --> 00:40:34,892 Shut her out. 698 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:35,923 I can't. 699 00:40:35,967 --> 00:40:36,991 Bridge to Chakotay. 700 00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:38,264 Scorpion. 701 00:40:44,575 --> 00:40:47,567 Seven of Nine, stop what you're doing. 702 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:51,344 You're human, a human individual. 703 00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:53,976 Our minds are linked. We are one. 704 00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:55,782 I can hear your thoughts. 705 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,255 His link is stable, but it won't be for long. 706 00:40:58,289 --> 00:40:59,415 You must hurry. 707 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,757 Just a few more seconds. 708 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,762 I can see your memories. 709 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:08,399 You remember being human. 710 00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:10,800 We are Borg. 711 00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:13,566 I see a young girl. 712 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:16,936 A family. 713 00:41:19,544 --> 00:41:20,636 Irrelevant. 714 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:23,113 Your appeal to my humanity is pointless. 715 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,911 Almost there, Chakotay. 716 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,075 You've got to keep her distracted 717 00:41:26,117 --> 00:41:27,278 if we're going to make this work. 718 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,787 Listen to your human side... 719 00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,414 to yourself... 720 00:41:31,456 --> 00:41:32,423 the little girl. 721 00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:36,590 Seven of Nine... Annika. 722 00:41:36,627 --> 00:41:38,391 He's losing the link! 723 00:41:38,429 --> 00:41:40,158 Initiating power surge... 724 00:41:40,198 --> 00:41:41,996 now! 725 00:42:00,852 --> 00:42:03,412 Her connection to the collective is severed. 726 00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:04,979 Get her to Sick Bay. 727 00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:07,582 Bridge to Doctor. 728 00:42:07,625 --> 00:42:08,751 Report. 729 00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:13,723 Commander Chakotay's going to be all right, 730 00:42:13,765 --> 00:42:16,132 although he may wake up with a bit of a headache. 731 00:42:16,167 --> 00:42:18,829 Tom, plot a course out of Borg space-- 732 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:20,395 maximum warp. 733 00:42:20,438 --> 00:42:22,031 Yes, ma'am. 734 00:42:23,741 --> 00:42:28,542 Captain's Log, Stardate 51003.7. 735 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:32,106 Three days, and no sign of Borg or bioships. 736 00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:33,879 We appear to be out of danger, 737 00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:36,250 but the entire crew is on edge 738 00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:37,755 and so am I. 739 00:42:37,789 --> 00:42:40,759 Not even the calm of Master da Vinci's workshop 740 00:42:40,792 --> 00:42:42,521 is enough to ease my mind. 741 00:42:56,274 --> 00:42:57,469 Am I interrupting? 742 00:42:57,508 --> 00:42:58,669 Not at all. 743 00:42:58,709 --> 00:43:00,700 I'm just finishing up my log. 744 00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:02,213 The old-fashioned way. 745 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:03,941 I wanted to get as far away 746 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:06,609 from bio-implants and fluidic space and... 747 00:43:06,651 --> 00:43:10,349 and this feels more human somehow. 748 00:43:10,388 --> 00:43:11,947 I hate to spoil the mood, 749 00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:13,251 but you might want to take a look 750 00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:14,315 at this Engineering report. 751 00:43:14,358 --> 00:43:15,484 It'll take at least two weeks 752 00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:18,359 to remove the Borg technology from our systems. 753 00:43:18,396 --> 00:43:19,830 B'Elanna did note 754 00:43:19,864 --> 00:43:22,834 that the power couplings on Deck 8 work better 755 00:43:22,867 --> 00:43:24,392 with the Borg improvements. 756 00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:26,199 Leave them. 757 00:43:26,237 --> 00:43:27,398 How is our passenger? 758 00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:29,167 The Doctor says she's stabilizing. 759 00:43:29,207 --> 00:43:31,699 Her human cells are starting to regenerate. 760 00:43:31,742 --> 00:43:35,178 I wonder what's left under all that Borg technology... 761 00:43:35,213 --> 00:43:37,614 if she can ever become human again. 762 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:39,275 You plan to keep her on board? 763 00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:40,978 We pulled the plug. 764 00:43:41,085 --> 00:43:43,577 We're responsible for what happens to her now. 765 00:43:45,756 --> 00:43:48,418 She was assimilated at a very young age. 766 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,985 The collective's all she knows. 767 00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:53,792 She might not want to stay. 768 00:43:53,831 --> 00:43:55,697 I think she might. 769 00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:59,067 We have something the Borg could never offer. 770 00:44:01,139 --> 00:44:03,073 Friendship. 771 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:07,237 I want you to know that disobeying your orders 772 00:44:07,278 --> 00:44:09,940 was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do. 773 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:12,211 I understand. 774 00:44:12,250 --> 00:44:15,083 And I respect the decision you made, 775 00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:17,178 even though I disagree with it. 776 00:44:17,221 --> 00:44:19,690 What's important is that, in the end, 777 00:44:19,724 --> 00:44:21,818 we got through this, together. 778 00:44:21,859 --> 00:44:24,328 I don't ever want that to change. 779 00:44:24,362 --> 00:44:26,262 Agreed. 780 00:44:26,297 --> 00:44:28,391 Good. 781 00:44:28,432 --> 00:44:29,456 Well... 782 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,128 I think it's time we get back to our Bridge. 783 00:44:32,170 --> 00:44:33,535 No argument there.