1 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,346 Ensign Kim. 2 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:19,250 I require your assistance in Jefferies Tube 37-Alpha. 3 00:00:19,286 --> 00:00:20,378 Well, can it wait? 4 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:21,649 I just got off duty. 5 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:22,655 It is urgent. 6 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:23,850 Hmm. 7 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,686 Bridge to Commander Tuvok. 8 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:34,826 Tuvok here. 9 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,166 You're needed on the Bridge, sir. 10 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:38,865 On my way. 11 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:51,207 Computer, lights on. 12 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:54,551 Neelix? 13 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:59,390 Is anybody here? 14 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:01,451 Voyager to Lieutenant Paris. 15 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:02,621 Paris here. 16 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:04,495 How's it going out there, Tom? 17 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:07,466 One more orbit and I should have all the data we need. 18 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:09,367 Good work. See you when you get back. 19 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:10,802 Chakotay out. 20 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:14,973 Crewman. Ensign. 21 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,304 Sir. 22 00:01:16,343 --> 00:01:17,674 Hello, sir. 23 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,131 It looks to me 24 00:01:44,171 --> 00:01:46,833 like you aligned the power couplings perfectly. 25 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:48,034 1 did. 26 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:51,002 If you're so sure, 27 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:53,342 then why'd you need me to look at them? 28 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:55,007 1 did not. 29 00:01:56,550 --> 00:01:58,279 Then what's this all about? 30 00:01:58,318 --> 00:02:01,219 I've learned from observing Lieutenants Torres and Paris 31 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:03,416 that humans sometimes require a pretext 32 00:02:03,457 --> 00:02:05,448 for being intimate with one another. 33 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:08,617 Intimate? 34 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:12,655 Resistance is futile. 35 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:21,797 Paris to Voyager. 36 00:02:21,842 --> 00:02:22,968 Voyager here. 37 00:02:23,010 --> 00:02:25,342 My primary warp manifold just ruptured. 38 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:26,778 I've lost helm control. 39 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:28,281 Auxiliary power is off-line. 40 00:02:28,315 --> 00:02:29,805 Thrusters won't respond. 41 00:02:29,850 --> 00:02:30,976 Say again, Tom. 42 00:02:31,018 --> 00:02:32,645 Your signal's breaking up. 43 00:02:32,686 --> 00:02:33,915 My orbit's decaying. 44 00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:35,718 I don't think I can hold it. 45 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:36,814 Repeat that, Tom. 46 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:38,985 I need an emergency beam-out! 47 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:41,961 Voyager to Lieutenant Paris. Come in! 48 00:02:45,032 --> 00:02:46,193 Neelix? 49 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:50,994 What can I do for you, Captain? 50 00:02:51,038 --> 00:02:52,597 Where is everybody? 51 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,006 Didn't you see them when you came in? 52 00:02:55,042 --> 00:02:56,009 No. 53 00:02:56,043 --> 00:02:57,374 Take a look. 54 00:03:08,155 --> 00:03:09,987 Computer, activate lights. 55 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:20,322 Lieutenant Commander Tuvok reporting for duty. 56 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:24,701 Is something wrong? 57 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:26,968 I think you forgot something, Tuvok. 58 00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:41,178 It appears that, in my haste to report to the Bridge, 59 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,815 I neglected to put on my uniform. 60 00:03:56,103 --> 00:03:57,628 What happened to them? 61 00:03:57,671 --> 00:03:58,638 They died. 62 00:03:58,672 --> 00:03:59,833 Why? 63 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:02,467 You didn't get them home in time. 64 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:51,135 Hello. 65 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,576 Good morning. 66 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:55,578 Sleep well? 67 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:58,485 Not really. 68 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,816 What are you doing here? 69 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:03,915 I just thought I'd stop by and ask you 70 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,459 why you didn't meet me for breakfast. 71 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,517 Breakfast... 72 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,925 What time is it? 73 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:10,155 7:40. 74 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:13,325 And we were supposed to meet at 0700. 75 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:14,492 I was there-- 76 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:17,128 right after I got off the night shift. 77 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:18,797 I waited... and I waited 78 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:20,806 and I called you on the com. 79 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,740 l... uh... Il didn't hear you. 80 00:07:22,776 --> 00:07:24,938 I was having this wild nightmare. 81 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,479 I was out like a light. 82 00:07:26,513 --> 00:07:29,073 I'm sorry. I'll get dressed right now. 83 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:30,105 You don't have time. 84 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:32,380 You're due on the Bridge at 0800, 85 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:33,648 and I've got to get some sleep. 86 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:34,654 Oh, I hate this! 87 00:07:34,688 --> 00:07:37,316 We never see each other. 88 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:41,661 I'm off Friday night. 89 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,194 Great. 90 00:07:43,229 --> 00:07:44,856 Let's go skiing. 91 00:07:44,898 --> 00:07:47,458 How about Saint Moritz? 92 00:07:47,500 --> 00:07:49,161 We went skiing last time. 93 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:50,465 And you loved it. 94 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:52,437 You're getting really good, you know. 95 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,964 I just thought maybe we could run a program 96 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:58,136 where the wind chill factor wasn't 30 below zero... 97 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:00,374 like... Fiji 98 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:01,471 or Samoa. 99 00:08:01,514 --> 00:08:03,312 Oh. There's nothing to do there. 100 00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:07,480 And you can be warm while you're not doing it. 101 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,148 How about a compromise? 102 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:11,453 um... 103 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,152 spring skiing in Chile? 104 00:08:13,193 --> 00:08:14,285 Much warmer. 105 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:17,262 A compromise... 106 00:08:17,297 --> 00:08:20,631 How about Tahiti? 107 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,533 Hmm. Tahiti. 108 00:08:24,537 --> 00:08:26,904 As long as I can go waterskiing, fine. 109 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:28,203 You're on. 110 00:08:33,213 --> 00:08:34,510 Now, go get dressed, 111 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:37,676 so you'll at least have time to stop for some coffee. 112 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:39,845 I'll see you Friday night. 113 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:48,960 Morning, Tom. 114 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:49,961 Mm. 115 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,087 What will it be? 116 00:08:51,131 --> 00:08:52,621 Scrambled, sunny-side up, over easy? 117 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:54,292 Just a cup of coffee. 118 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:55,301 Are you sure? 119 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:56,530 Breakfast is the most important meal 120 00:08:56,569 --> 00:08:57,536 of the day, you know. 121 00:08:57,570 --> 00:08:58,662 Neelix! 122 00:08:58,705 --> 00:08:59,831 Right. 123 00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:11,250 Uh... 124 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,376 Neelix... 125 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,786 did you have a rough night or something? 126 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:16,186 Why do you ask? 127 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:19,453 Because you just poured me a steaming cup of cooking oil. 128 00:09:23,196 --> 00:09:24,322 Actually, I did have 129 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:26,560 a little trouble sleeping last night. 130 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:27,691 Nightmares. 131 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:28,701 Oh. 132 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,635 Me, too. 133 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:32,729 Must have been those three full moons 134 00:09:32,772 --> 00:09:33,933 we passed yesterday. 135 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:35,634 Well, a few sips of my coffee 136 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:37,939 should clear the fuzz out of your brain. 137 00:09:38,011 --> 00:09:40,571 Maybe you should pour yourself a cup while you're at it. 138 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:55,121 Seem to be a little shorthanded today. 139 00:09:55,161 --> 00:09:56,959 Tom and Harry are both late. 140 00:09:57,030 --> 00:09:58,691 I was going to give them another five minutes, 141 00:09:58,731 --> 00:10:00,256 but I'll call them now, if you'd like. 142 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:00,960 That's all right. 143 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:02,502 I'm a little late myself, aren't 1? 144 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:04,526 I wasn't going to mention it. 145 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:06,335 Burning the midnight oil? 146 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:07,965 Actually, I went to bed early for a change, 147 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:10,669 but I had a nightmare and I could not get back to sleep. 148 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:12,678 I had a bad dream last night, too. 149 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:15,443 You tell me yours and I'll tell you mine. 150 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,314 Sorry I'm late, Captain. 151 00:10:19,586 --> 00:10:21,645 Well? 152 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:23,850 I was in the forest with my father. 153 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:27,918 We were hunting deer, which was odd, 154 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:30,521 because that was something I always refused to do. 155 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:31,826 We cornered the animal. 156 00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:34,891 I looked to my father to see if he was going to kill it, 157 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,732 but he wasn't my father anymore. 158 00:10:36,769 --> 00:10:38,498 He was a vicious-looking alien. 159 00:10:38,538 --> 00:10:41,098 There was an alien in my dream, too. 160 00:10:41,141 --> 00:10:44,372 And it wasn't from any race I've seen before. 161 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:45,809 He had... 162 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:49,713 sharp ridges on his forehead and on the front of his neck. 163 00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:51,683 That's what mine looked like. 164 00:10:51,718 --> 00:10:54,153 I don't mean to be eavesdropping, but... 165 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:56,155 I had a nightmare last night, too, 166 00:10:56,189 --> 00:10:58,624 and I'm pretty sure I saw the same guy. 167 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,184 Tuvok? 168 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:02,524 By any chance 169 00:11:02,562 --> 00:11:04,860 did you have a bad dream last night? 170 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:08,698 I did have a somewhat unsettling dream, yes. 171 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:11,466 It involved an alien with ridges 172 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:13,336 on his face and neck. 173 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:17,139 I'd say this sounds like more than a coincidence. 174 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,975 Let's get the rest of the senior staff together 175 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:20,307 and come up with some answers. 176 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:21,507 Which reminds me, where's Harry? 177 00:11:21,548 --> 00:11:23,744 Bridge to Ensign Kim. 178 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:27,445 Computer, locate Ensign Kim. 179 00:11:27,487 --> 00:11:29,615 Ensign Kim is in his quarters. 180 00:11:29,656 --> 00:11:31,090 Tuvok. 181 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:38,398 Deck 6. 182 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:39,899 I've got a hunch 183 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:42,903 Harry's dreaming about our new alien friend. 184 00:11:42,936 --> 00:11:45,462 That would be consistent with the experiences 185 00:11:45,505 --> 00:11:46,995 the rest of us have had. 186 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:48,768 Tell me more about your dream. 187 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:50,867 Where exactly did you see the alien? 188 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,571 As a matter of fact, it was here in the turbolift. 189 00:11:52,612 --> 00:11:53,875 What happened? 190 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:55,938 The alien simply stared at me 191 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:58,280 as if scrutinizing my appearance. 192 00:11:58,318 --> 00:12:00,013 That's what happened in my dream. 193 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,077 What did you do? 194 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,851 I returned to my quarters. 195 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:05,722 Did the alien follow you? 196 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:08,125 He did. 197 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,424 And then? 198 00:12:09,462 --> 00:12:11,760 He watched me. 199 00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,129 Doing what? 200 00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:16,102 Getting dressed. 201 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,872 Getting dressed? 202 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:22,102 Yes. 203 00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:26,601 I don't suppose I should ask why you were undressed. 204 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,978 I would prefer that you didn't. 205 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,562 Harry? 206 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:45,758 Harry? 207 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:47,994 Computer, open door 105-2. 208 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:51,231 Security clearance: Tuvok-zeta-nine. 209 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:01,643 Harry? 210 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,247 Harry, wake up. 211 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:19,599 Are they comatose? 212 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:20,929 Not exactly. 213 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:24,164 They all appear to be in a hyper-REM state. 214 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:26,365 I've tried every conventional method of waking them-- 215 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:28,374 from drugs to direct cortical stimulation-- 216 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:29,534 but nothing works. 217 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:31,805 Do you have any idea what's causing this? 218 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:35,872 Scans haven't detected any viral or bacterial agents. 219 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:38,941 No cranial trauma, no neural disorders. 220 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:41,044 They're simply... asleep. 221 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:50,556 I'd say it's a pretty good bet 222 00:13:50,596 --> 00:13:53,998 this is somehow related to the alien from our dreams. 223 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,001 Any progress in identifying him? 224 00:13:56,069 --> 00:13:57,867 Not yet, but I've got everyone working on it. 225 00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:00,236 In the meantime, what's your recommendation? 226 00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:02,207 Large doses of animazine. 227 00:14:02,241 --> 00:14:04,141 I thought you said drugs weren't working. 228 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,077 Not for them. For everybody else. 229 00:14:06,112 --> 00:14:08,274 Until I can determine what's happening 230 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:11,181 I'd suggest the rest of you avoid going to sleep. 231 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:19,852 I'd say his ridges were a little more pronounced. 232 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:22,691 Computer, increase facial ridge height 233 00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:24,857 by four centimeters. 234 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,161 That's closer. 235 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,294 I think his eyes were wider apart. 236 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,100 Computer, increase the space between the eyes 237 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,505 by three centimeters. 238 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:38,033 Increase skin color and texture. 239 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:41,243 That's him. 240 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,079 Has anybody seen this species before? 241 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,211 While you were awake, I mean. 242 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:47,276 Seven? 243 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,881 He doesn't resemble any species assimilated by the Borg. 244 00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:53,483 So is he just a figment of our imagination? 245 00:14:53,526 --> 00:14:56,894 If he is, we've all been imagining the exact same thing. 246 00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:58,260 One possible explanation 247 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:01,062 is that he's attempting to make telepathic contact. 248 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,068 He's doing more than making contact. 249 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:05,571 We've got six crew members who can't wake up. 250 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,937 For all we know, it's some sort of attack. 251 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,303 From where? 252 00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:11,777 Astrometric scans haven't revealed any ships 253 00:15:11,811 --> 00:15:13,040 in this vicinity 254 00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,275 or planets capable of sustaining humanoid life. 255 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:18,113 So where do we look? 256 00:15:18,151 --> 00:15:19,277 In our dreams. 257 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:23,619 That's the only place any of us have seen him, right? 258 00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:25,124 So, if we want to communicate with him-- 259 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:26,125 find out what he wants-- 260 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:27,320 we'll have to do it on his terms. 261 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,829 How do you propose we do that? 262 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,559 Lucid dreaming. 263 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:33,963 What's that? 264 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:35,797 It's a technique 265 00:15:35,835 --> 00:15:37,970 which allows you to take control of your dream. 266 00:15:38,104 --> 00:15:39,367 That happened to me once. 267 00:15:39,405 --> 00:15:41,305 I dreamt I was falling 268 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,502 and suddenly I realized that I was dreaming 269 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:46,843 and I could fly, land... do whatever I wanted. 270 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:48,847 I was in complete control of the dream. 271 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:50,246 What happened to you by accident 272 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:51,808 is something some people can do by design. 273 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:53,945 I've been able to have a lucid dream 274 00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:56,648 by using the same technology I use for a vision quest. 275 00:15:56,689 --> 00:16:00,091 I may be able to use it to communicate with this alien. 276 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:01,651 Maybe so. 277 00:16:01,694 --> 00:16:04,322 But how do we know you'd be able to wake up again? 278 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:06,593 It's kind of like self-hypnosis. 279 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:09,124 Before I go to sleep, I choose a visual cue-- 280 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:11,364 something to let me know I'm dreaming-- 281 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:12,394 Earth's moon, say. 282 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:13,928 Once I see it, I can wake myself 283 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,202 by tapping the back of my hand three times. 284 00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:17,835 Perhaps you are capable 285 00:16:17,877 --> 00:16:20,107 of doing this under normal circumstances, 286 00:16:20,146 --> 00:16:22,308 but these were hardly conventional dreams 287 00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:23,315 we experienced. 288 00:16:23,349 --> 00:16:24,578 I don't see any other way 289 00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:26,915 of finding out what our friend here is after, 290 00:16:26,953 --> 00:16:29,285 or how we can wake up Harry and the others. 291 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,620 Besides, we can't stay awake forever. 292 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:36,628 You'll do this in Sick Bay under the Doctor's supervision. 293 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,061 The rest of you keep scanning the region. 294 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:40,532 Analyze this ship from stem to stern. 295 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:43,194 Wherever he is, find him. 296 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:44,226 Come on. 297 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,172 Normally, I consider a good night's sleep 298 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,336 an important part of any health regimen, 299 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:53,971 but in this case, I can't recommend it. 300 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:56,174 I respect your medical opinion, Doctor. 301 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:58,081 But at this point, we're out of options. 302 00:16:59,285 --> 00:17:01,549 This will regulate your hypothalamus. 303 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:04,613 But in all probability, 1 won't be able to wake you. 304 00:17:04,657 --> 00:17:05,783 You'll be on your own. 305 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:07,224 I understand. 306 00:17:09,896 --> 00:17:11,227 Ready? 307 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,759 Pleasant dreams. 308 00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:21,497 Ah-koo-chee-moya. 309 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:25,444 Far from the sacred places of my grandfathers, 310 00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:28,311 far from the bones of my people, 311 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:30,873 I seek to sleep, 312 00:17:30,917 --> 00:17:34,285 to meet the one who has visited us in our dreams. 313 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:06,744 I know this is a dream-- my dream. 314 00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:07,803 I'm in control. 315 00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:08,814 You're mistaken. 316 00:19:08,848 --> 00:19:10,213 Am I? 317 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,717 This is more than a dream. 318 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:13,116 It's my reality 319 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,847 and you're no different than the others. 320 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:15,877 "The others?" 321 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:17,616 The waking species. 322 00:19:17,657 --> 00:19:19,523 For centuries, you've come and found us 323 00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:21,117 in a state that you call "sleep" 324 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,152 and tried to destroy us, but not anymore. 325 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:26,460 Now we are in control. 326 00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:30,163 One by one, you will fall asleep and enter our reality, 327 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:32,296 where it is you who will be destroyed. 328 00:19:34,306 --> 00:19:35,933 We didn't attack you. 329 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:37,271 We didn't even know you existed 330 00:19:37,309 --> 00:19:39,073 until we started seeing you in our dreams. 331 00:19:39,111 --> 00:19:43,139 Tell me how I can wake my crew and I promise we'll leave. 332 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:45,480 As long as you're asleep, you're no threat to us. 333 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:48,112 I can wake myself anytime I want, 334 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:50,953 and if I do... 335 00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:52,321 I'm going to start looking for you 336 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:53,883 in the waking world-- 337 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:55,485 find where you're sleeping. 338 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,257 You wouldn't want that. 339 00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:00,960 Leave our space. 340 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:03,695 Once you're beyond it, your people will awaken. 341 00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:05,101 Just tell me how far we need to go. 342 00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:07,606 There's a six-planet system less than a parsec away. 343 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,234 It marks the nearest border of our space. 344 00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:12,335 We can be past it in one day. 345 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:13,971 Then wake yourself... 346 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,846 and pray you never dream of us again. 347 00:20:22,488 --> 00:20:23,649 Congratulations, Commander. 348 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:24,656 You're awake. 349 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:26,852 Chakotay. 350 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,758 I'm fine. 351 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:30,990 The alien-- did you see him? 352 00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:33,124 And? 353 00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:34,132 Well, it was certainly 354 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:35,930 one of the most interesting away missions 355 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:36,935 I've ever been on. 356 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,267 I'll tell you about it on the way to the Bridge. 357 00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:51,210 Tuvok, scan for a six-planet system. 358 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:53,014 It should be less than a parsec from here. 359 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:56,749 I have it, Captain, at coordinates 139 mark 42. 360 00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:59,258 Tom, lay in a course. 361 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:00,588 Aye, Captain. 362 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:02,820 Course laid in. 363 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,421 Do you mind if I ask where we're heading? 364 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:06,158 Past the aliens' territory. 365 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:08,565 Once we're clear of it, Harry and the others should wake up. 366 00:21:08,601 --> 00:21:10,933 And the rest of us can finally get some sleep. 367 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:13,064 One step at a time, Tom. 368 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:16,768 From what the alien told me, 369 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:18,607 it sounds like they have corporeal form, 370 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,476 but they communicate through their dreams. 371 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:22,607 For them, it's as real as the waking world. 372 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:24,446 Extraordinary. 373 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,178 It reminds me of the Australian Aborigines. 374 00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:27,413 They believed the dream world 375 00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:29,478 was no more or less real than the waking world. 376 00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:31,581 In fact, their creation mythology says 377 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,787 their ancestors actually dreamed the universe into existence. 378 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:35,988 That's mythology. 379 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:37,859 This seems to be fact. 380 00:21:39,632 --> 00:21:40,997 I wonder... 381 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:42,227 do they ever wake up? 382 00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:43,997 How did they evolve this way? 383 00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:45,561 We may never know. 384 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:48,767 Sometimes first contact is last contact. 385 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:01,643 We're approaching the border of the aliens' space. 386 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,849 Commander Tuvok, inform the Doctor. 387 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:05,857 Aye, Captain. 388 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,254 Wake up, Ensign. 389 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,168 What's going on? 390 00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:17,328 You were napping. 391 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:20,639 In Sick Bay? 392 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,767 We had to move you here when we couldn't wake you. 393 00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:26,612 Whew. 394 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:27,771 How long? 395 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:28,871 17 hours. 396 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:30,814 I take it you experienced nightmares 397 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:32,215 like the rest of the crew. 398 00:22:32,251 --> 00:22:34,310 Oh, I had nightmares, all right. 399 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,185 Tell me about them. 400 00:22:36,222 --> 00:22:37,815 Well... 401 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:41,725 I was, uh, in the corridor... 402 00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:46,826 Captain Janeway asked me to bring you the results 403 00:22:46,866 --> 00:22:47,992 of our astrometric scans. 404 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:49,330 She thought they might be helpful 405 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,700 in determining the precise cause of the crew's somnolence. 406 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:53,000 Thank you. 407 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,233 Ensign Kim, now that you're awake, 408 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:56,901 I require your assistance in Jefferies Tube 21-Beta. 409 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,007 Is something wrong? 410 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:04,380 No. I, um... 411 00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:06,885 I'm still feeling a little groggy. 412 00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:09,047 Then, I'll wait until you are fully recovered. 413 00:23:10,489 --> 00:23:11,615 Now, then, Ensign, 414 00:23:11,657 --> 00:23:13,887 you were telling me about your nightmare. 415 00:23:16,829 --> 00:23:18,126 You know what, Doc? Um... 416 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:25,161 I'm... famished. 417 00:23:26,205 --> 00:23:28,503 Haven't eaten in at least 17 hours, right? 418 00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:30,167 Very well. 419 00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:33,235 Go eat, get some clothes on and report back in an hour. 420 00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:35,179 I'll see you later. 421 00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:36,409 You too, Seven. 422 00:23:39,518 --> 00:23:42,249 And the next thing I knew, I was being boiled alive 423 00:23:42,288 --> 00:23:44,757 in a pot of my own /eola root stew. 424 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,554 Talk about a nightmare. 425 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,617 Well, it was perfectly seasoned. 426 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:55,727 Well, if it isn't Sleeping Beauty. 427 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,327 I do look well-rested, don't I? 428 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:58,803 Is everyone awake now? 429 00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:01,397 The Doc checked us all out and says we're fine. 430 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,498 Have a seat. 431 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:05,101 We were just trading dream stories. 432 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:06,305 Tell us yours. 433 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:08,143 Oh. It was... 434 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,171 nothing very interesting. 435 00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:11,580 Just the usual... 436 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:12,948 You know, uh... 437 00:24:13,052 --> 00:24:14,417 Who was she, Harry? 438 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:19,346 The woman of my dreams. 439 00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:26,489 What I'd like to know is what Tuvok dreamt about. 440 00:24:26,532 --> 00:24:28,261 Yes, Commander, tell us. 441 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,234 What do Vulcans dream? 442 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:32,465 Aren't you supposed to have horrible nightmares? 443 00:24:32,504 --> 00:24:35,906 I wonder what a Vulcan nightmare would be like? 444 00:24:35,941 --> 00:24:38,842 Alone, exiled on a planet 445 00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:41,903 where the only form of communication... 446 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:43,381 is laughter. 447 00:24:46,352 --> 00:24:47,444 Oh, come on, Tuvok. 448 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:51,423 1 won't dignify this inquisition with a response. 449 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,749 Red Alert. 450 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:56,989 All hands to battle stations. 451 00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:58,895 They're coming around for another pass. 452 00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:00,899 Auxiliary power to the shields. 453 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:05,698 Return fire. 454 00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:10,804 No damage to the alien ship. 455 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:12,242 Our phasers can't penetrate their shields. 456 00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:13,938 Arm photon torpedoes. 457 00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:15,105 We seem to have a knack 458 00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:16,876 for provoking strangers these days. 459 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:19,942 Shields are off-line. 460 00:25:20,052 --> 00:25:20,985 Fire. 461 00:25:23,789 --> 00:25:25,484 I've lost power to the torpedo launchers. 462 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,923 What's happening? 463 00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:29,758 Power is being drained from all systems. 464 00:25:29,795 --> 00:25:31,160 We're being hailed. 465 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,096 On screen. 466 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:34,327 Captain. 467 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:35,390 Ensign Kim. 468 00:25:35,434 --> 00:25:36,902 Commander Chakotay. 469 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:41,031 I'm glad to see you all up and about. 470 00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:47,976 Janeway to Engineering. 471 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:50,607 We need auxiliary power to the engines now. 472 00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:52,617 I think you'll find that impossible. 473 00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:53,846 B'Elanna, report. 474 00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:54,910 There's a localized 475 00:25:54,953 --> 00:25:56,512 dampening field around the ship, Captain. 476 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:59,286 I can't give you engines, weapons, shields... 477 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:00,792 Everything you told me was a lie. 478 00:26:00,826 --> 00:26:03,591 This was all an elaborate trap to get Voyager here. 479 00:26:03,629 --> 00:26:07,497 It appears you're learning more about my people after all. 480 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,059 Prepare to surrender your ship. 481 00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:13,402 Captain, three more alien vessels are approaching. 482 00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:15,373 They are powering weapons. 483 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,638 You've gone to so much trouble to commandeer this ship. 484 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,203 I don't think you're going to destroy it. 485 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:23,112 I won't need to. 486 00:26:28,854 --> 00:26:30,879 Janeway to the crew. We're under attack. 487 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:33,187 Implement defense procedure omega. 488 00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:34,386 It's no use. 489 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:35,951 We've taken every deck. 490 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:38,326 The ship is ours. 491 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,246 Captain. 492 00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,452 All the time I thought I was negotiating, 493 00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:06,458 they were just setting us up to fly right into their web. 494 00:27:06,492 --> 00:27:07,926 You couldn't have known it was a trick. 495 00:27:08,026 --> 00:27:09,118 I don't understand. 496 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:11,095 They exist in dreams and reality? 497 00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:12,461 Apparently, entering our dreams 498 00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:13,932 was their way to learn about us... 499 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,934 perhaps to probe our weaknesses. 500 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:17,834 Not to mention lure us into an ambush. 501 00:27:17,870 --> 00:27:19,497 We need to retake the ship. 502 00:27:19,538 --> 00:27:21,267 That means getting out of this cargo bay. 503 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:23,172 I checked the Jefferies tubes. They're sealed. 504 00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:24,869 Maybe we can open them manually. 505 00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:26,275 That's not going to be easy. 506 00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:27,437 They've got people everywhere. 507 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,607 We'll have to create a diversion. 508 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:30,945 Any ideas? 509 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,849 I have one, Captain. 510 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,814 What the hell are you doing?! 511 00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:40,757 Creating a diversion. 512 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:45,491 Ensign Kim, it is your fault we have been captured. 513 00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:49,200 I suggest you fight back. 514 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,096 Tom... 515 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:56,835 try to get into a Jefferies tube. 516 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:58,570 You two work on the power grid. 517 00:27:58,610 --> 00:27:59,805 I'll deal with this. 518 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:02,547 Stop, stop! 519 00:28:02,581 --> 00:28:03,673 What's going on here? 520 00:28:03,715 --> 00:28:05,046 These are my people. I'll handle them. 521 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,414 Ensign, that's enough. Move! 522 00:28:25,404 --> 00:28:26,701 What's wrong? 523 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:27,864 I'm still asleep. 524 00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:29,897 What are you talking about? 525 00:28:32,611 --> 00:28:33,510 Chakotay! 526 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,319 Commander Chakotay, you're awake. 527 00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:46,791 Am I? 528 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,224 Are you sure? 529 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:49,352 Of course you are. 530 00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:57,124 What are you looking for? 531 00:28:57,169 --> 00:28:58,136 The moon. 532 00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:59,160 What? 533 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,174 I don't see it. 534 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:08,907 Where's the Captain? 535 00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:10,175 Asleep-- 536 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:11,740 along with the rest of the crew. 537 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:12,773 All of them? 538 00:29:12,818 --> 00:29:13,785 Except me. 539 00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:15,218 No rest for the never-weary. 540 00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:16,483 What happened? 541 00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:18,922 As soon as you entered your lucid dream, 542 00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:20,925 they all began falling asleep one by one. 543 00:29:20,959 --> 00:29:23,326 I've been trying every method I can think of to revive them, 544 00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:24,454 but nothing works. 545 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,260 It's been 39 hours. 546 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,062 I've been asleep for almost two days? 547 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:29,761 If I can't wake them soon, 548 00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:32,361 I'm going to have to start feeding them intravenously. 549 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:35,101 They let me think I was awake, but I was still dreaming. 550 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:36,301 You weren't the only one. 551 00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:38,207 Look at this. 552 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:39,938 What is it? 553 00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:41,946 A neurogenic field created by heightened 554 00:29:42,047 --> 00:29:43,481 electrical activity in the brain. 555 00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,210 It's been occurring in all 556 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:47,810 the sleeping crew members-- and that's not all. 557 00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:51,118 This is Ensign Kim's brain wave pattern, indicating 558 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:53,420 that he's dreaming in a hyper-REM state. 559 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,519 This is Crewman Foster's pattern. 560 00:29:56,561 --> 00:29:58,325 They're identical. 561 00:29:58,363 --> 00:30:03,358 Lieutenant Torres, Captain Janeway, Commander Tuvok... 562 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:05,962 I don't know what it means. 563 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:08,666 I think I do. 564 00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:11,870 Not only are they dreaming, 565 00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:14,470 they're all having the same dream. 566 00:30:20,385 --> 00:30:21,352 It wasn't just my dream. 567 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:22,353 It was a communal dream. 568 00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:23,786 Everyone's REM patterns are identical. 569 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,517 They're experiencing the same images, 570 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:27,491 each from his or her own point of view. 571 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:29,358 Yes. I saw the rest of the crew-- 572 00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:30,520 interacted with them. 573 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:33,725 We were all working together to fight off an alien attack. 574 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:34,789 Which wasn't real. 575 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,096 Oh, we're under attack, all right. 576 00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:37,329 Commander? 577 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:38,427 Maybe this is the way 578 00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:40,131 these aliens fight their enemies. 579 00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,436 They exist somewhere in our reality 580 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:43,532 as physical beings, 581 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:47,011 but they must be asleep, unable to defend themselves 582 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:48,877 against what they call "waking species." 583 00:30:48,914 --> 00:30:51,781 We'll never defeat them in their dream reality, 584 00:30:51,817 --> 00:30:54,286 but if we can find them, find where they're sleeping, 585 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:55,411 we'll have the advantage. 586 00:30:55,454 --> 00:30:56,512 But we've been scanning 587 00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:57,716 for life-forms since this started 588 00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:58,814 and we haven't found anything. 589 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,053 Maybe we've been looking in the wrong place. 590 00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:04,063 I'm betting a species that spends its time sleeping 591 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:05,393 isn't going to be hanging around 592 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:07,455 where conventional scans can locate them. 593 00:31:07,499 --> 00:31:08,830 So, how do we find them? 594 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,835 This neurogenic field you mentioned-- 595 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,736 anyone in a hyper-REM state would be producing one. 596 00:31:13,772 --> 00:31:14,796 In theory, yes. 597 00:31:16,108 --> 00:31:18,202 So if we scan for other neurogenic fields, 598 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,836 it might lead us to the sleeping aliens. 599 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,210 If you need me, I'll be on the Bridge. 600 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:35,458 Time for a little energy boost, Commander. 601 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,155 We don't want you drifting back to sleep. 602 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,924 Sorry about the mess, 603 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:40,830 but this is what happens when my repeated requests 604 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:43,528 for a larger Sick Bay fall on deaf ears. 605 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,666 What is it? 606 00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:54,111 Scanners have detected a neurogenic field 607 00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:56,137 emanating from beneath the surface of a planet 608 00:31:56,181 --> 00:31:57,945 less than a light-year from here. 609 00:31:57,983 --> 00:32:01,510 Excuse me, Tom, but I've got to change our course. 610 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,250 Still dreaming? 611 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,956 How is that possible? 612 00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:13,553 I don't know, but that's what Chakotay said 613 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:14,827 right before he vanished. 614 00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:16,129 That doesn't make any sense. 615 00:32:16,168 --> 00:32:18,637 He was wide awake right here with us. 616 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:20,695 He said something about still being asleep 617 00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:22,798 and then he started tapping the back of his hand 618 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:25,208 like he said he would to wake up from his lucid dream. 619 00:32:25,243 --> 00:32:27,439 And then he disappeared. 620 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,947 The question is: Where did he go? 621 00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:34,782 The aliens must have transported him somewhere. 622 00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:36,788 Or perhaps he did wake up. 623 00:32:36,822 --> 00:32:37,880 Tuvok? 624 00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:41,291 It's possible he was dreaming all of this. 625 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:43,727 Wait a minute. 626 00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:46,754 If Chakotay was dreaming and he woke up, 627 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,391 what are we doing here? 628 00:32:48,433 --> 00:32:50,765 Perhaps we are dreaming as well. 629 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:52,634 Now I'm lost. 630 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,298 You're not the only one. 631 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:56,899 Consider that we all experienced nightmares 632 00:32:56,942 --> 00:32:58,501 about an alien whose people 633 00:32:58,543 --> 00:33:01,069 apparently live out their lives in a dream state. 634 00:33:01,112 --> 00:33:04,275 Perhaps we are in that state this very moment. 635 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:05,249 That's ridiculous. 636 00:33:05,283 --> 00:33:06,273 We're not asleep. 637 00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:07,285 Wait. 638 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:08,286 When you dream, 639 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,220 you're rarely aware that you're sleeping. 640 00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:12,349 I can understand how we could mistake dreaming 641 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,950 for reality, but that doesn't explain 642 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:17,121 how we're all interacting with one another. 643 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:18,721 Maybe we're not. 644 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:19,924 Not what? 645 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:21,626 Interacting with one another. 646 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:24,863 Maybe this is all one person's dream-- 647 00:33:24,903 --> 00:33:26,371 if, for example, mine-- 648 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:27,496 and none of you are really here. 649 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:29,974 Trust me, Neelix, I wish I weren't, but I'm here. 650 00:33:30,041 --> 00:33:31,770 Collective unconsciousness. 651 00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:34,541 Seven, come here. 652 00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:39,646 The Borg share a collective consciousness. 653 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,379 These aliens may have somehow induced 654 00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:43,217 a state of collective unconsciousness. 655 00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:47,522 You mean... we're all sharing the same dream? 656 00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:49,254 It is possible. 657 00:33:49,294 --> 00:33:52,161 This is all fascinating speculation, 658 00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,995 but unless we have proof to the contrary, 659 00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:55,999 we have to treat this like an invasion. 660 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,298 I managed to open a Jefferies tube hatch. 661 00:33:58,336 --> 00:33:59,633 Good work. 662 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:01,070 Neelix, Seven, Kim, 663 00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:03,097 do what you can to distract the guards. 664 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,700 We're going to find a way to retake the ship. 665 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:14,949 Looks like a complete power drain. 666 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:17,683 Their dampening field has shut down the warp core. 667 00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:18,689 Which begs the question 668 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:20,452 of what they intend to do with an unpowered ship. 669 00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:23,723 Tuvok, grab some phaser rifles from the weapons locker. 670 00:34:25,263 --> 00:34:26,560 Something tells me that when we try 671 00:34:26,598 --> 00:34:27,793 to disable the dampening field, 672 00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:29,357 we're going to get the aliens' attention. 673 00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:32,962 It looks like they're using harmonic inversion technology. 674 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:35,733 If I can isolate the containment frequency, 675 00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:38,141 I may be able to get main power back on line. 676 00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:44,978 That was easy. 677 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,415 Warning. Warp core breach in 60 seconds. 678 00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:48,851 Maybe a little too easy. 679 00:34:48,887 --> 00:34:49,945 I don't understand. 680 00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:50,955 Can you eject the core? 681 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,514 I'm trying. 682 00:34:52,557 --> 00:34:54,116 It's not working. 683 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,491 Warp core breach in 50 seconds. 684 00:34:58,563 --> 00:34:59,997 We've got to get out of here. 685 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,727 I'm trying to put a containment field around Engineering. 686 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,031 Warp core breach in 40 seconds. 687 00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:07,061 Got it! Let's move! 688 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:11,303 I don't understand why you couldn't eject the core! 689 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:13,368 Warp core breach in 30 seconds. 690 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:15,880 Something's not right. 691 00:35:15,914 --> 00:35:17,245 Captain, we must hurry! 692 00:35:17,282 --> 00:35:18,807 I'm going back in there. 693 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:19,874 You'll be killed! 694 00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:20,908 Warp core breach... 695 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,545 I think I'm onto something. You two go! 696 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:23,247 Captain! 697 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:24,687 That's an order! 698 00:35:26,024 --> 00:35:27,958 Warp core breach in ten seconds. 699 00:35:28,026 --> 00:35:31,553 Nine, eight, seven, six... 700 00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:37,194 five, four, three, two, one. 701 00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:52,149 Either I've become impervious to antimatter explosions... 702 00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:54,447 or we're still dreaming. 703 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:02,419 A warp core explosion should have destroyed the ship. 704 00:36:02,460 --> 00:36:05,395 If I were awake, or if any of this were real, 705 00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:06,920 which it obviously isn't. 706 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,557 Things just weren't adding up-- 707 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,434 Chakotay's disappearance, the warp core failing to eject. 708 00:36:12,470 --> 00:36:14,097 And as Chakotay said 709 00:36:14,139 --> 00:36:17,404 "lucid dreaming is about taking control" 710 00:36:17,442 --> 00:36:19,308 so I... took a chance. 711 00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:21,335 Surely, there must have been a less extreme method 712 00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:22,540 of testing your assumptions. 713 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:25,845 As Captain, you shouldn't be taking chances with your life. 714 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:27,943 I'm touched by your concern, Tuvok. 715 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,852 Now that we know this is a dream... 716 00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:32,721 what do we do? 717 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:35,556 I suggest we find a way to regain consciousness. 718 00:36:41,733 --> 00:36:43,758 Captain, how did you wake yourself? 719 00:36:43,802 --> 00:36:44,894 The same way you did. 720 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:45,960 The others? 721 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,529 They should all be starting to wake up. 722 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:49,904 Rise and shine, Mr. Paris. 723 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:52,774 We need to get as far away from their planet as possible. 724 00:36:52,811 --> 00:36:53,937 Agreed. 725 00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,969 I'll make the necessary course correction. 726 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:01,052 What is it? 727 00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:04,912 This isn't real. 728 00:37:05,023 --> 00:37:06,787 Of course it is. 729 00:37:08,193 --> 00:37:09,558 See? 730 00:37:09,594 --> 00:37:11,187 No. 731 00:37:17,001 --> 00:37:17,934 Doctor? 732 00:37:18,002 --> 00:37:19,936 He's paranoid-- disoriented. 733 00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:21,233 I suspect much of the crew 734 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:23,604 will suffer similar symptoms when they awake. 735 00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:26,577 Try to relax, Commander. 736 00:37:26,611 --> 00:37:27,578 I'm going to sedate you. 737 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,512 No! I need to wake up, not sleep! 738 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:30,946 I'm here to help you. 739 00:37:31,015 --> 00:37:33,074 No! 740 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:36,414 It's all right, Commander. 741 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,047 You're awake again. 742 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,693 What happened? 743 00:37:43,728 --> 00:37:45,127 You dozed off. 744 00:37:45,163 --> 00:37:47,598 I couldn't wake myself like I did before. 745 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:49,225 Our proximity to the neurogenic field 746 00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,292 is making it more difficult to stay conscious. 747 00:37:51,336 --> 00:37:53,304 I need to get down there and find a way to neutralize it. 748 00:37:53,338 --> 00:37:54,430 Not so fast. 749 00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:56,907 This is a highly potent animazine derivative. 750 00:37:56,941 --> 00:37:58,568 If you feel yourself falling asleep again, 751 00:37:58,610 --> 00:37:59,907 you must use it. 752 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:03,312 And, Commander, I suggest we keep an open com line. 753 00:38:03,348 --> 00:38:05,146 I may need to provide you with a verbal splash 754 00:38:05,183 --> 00:38:06,912 of cold water every now and then. 755 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:15,625 It's not working. 756 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:17,651 It's safe to assume that Chakotay and the Doctor 757 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:20,130 are making every effort to wake us from our sleep. 758 00:38:20,165 --> 00:38:22,156 We have to let the rest of the crew know what's happening-- 759 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,725 that as long as they know they're in a dream, 760 00:38:23,768 --> 00:38:24,929 they can't be harmed. 761 00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,630 And if the aliens try to stop us? 762 00:38:26,671 --> 00:38:28,935 Then we turn this dreamworld of theirs... 763 00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:30,998 into a nightmare. 764 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:47,056 Okay, Doctor... 765 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:48,320 I'm in. 766 00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:49,986 Acknowledged, Commander. 767 00:39:25,964 --> 00:39:27,090 Stand aside. 768 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:29,725 Your weapons are useless against us. 769 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:31,201 You're not fooling anyone. 770 00:39:31,236 --> 00:39:32,897 We know this is a dream. 771 00:39:32,937 --> 00:39:34,701 You're confused. 772 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:38,232 Actually, I'm finally seeing things clearly. 773 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:40,335 Shoot them. 774 00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:45,778 Now, stand aside. 775 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:53,859 All of you, listen closely. 776 00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:56,953 What we have to do is stay in control of the dream. 777 00:39:56,995 --> 00:39:58,963 If we can do that, 778 00:39:59,063 --> 00:40:01,293 the aliens shouldn't be able to hurt us. 779 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:07,102 You sound very sure of yourself, Captain. 780 00:40:07,138 --> 00:40:09,869 Why shouldn't I be? 781 00:40:09,908 --> 00:40:11,672 Have you thought about what's happening 782 00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:13,302 to your bodies in the waking world? 783 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:15,747 How long do you think they'll survive 784 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,245 without nourishment? 785 00:40:17,282 --> 00:40:18,613 Without physical activity? 786 00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:22,746 Your bodies are withering away as we speak. 787 00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,619 You can't stop it. 788 00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:26,954 Don't be so sure. 789 00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:28,650 It's some kind of transmitter. 790 00:40:28,693 --> 00:40:30,991 It looks like they use it to amplify 791 00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:32,392 the neurogenic field. 792 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:33,989 Can you turn it off? 793 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:35,862 I tried knocking it out with my phaser, 794 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,834 but there's some kind of force field. 795 00:40:41,472 --> 00:40:42,837 Commander? 796 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:44,501 I'm sorry. 797 00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:46,010 I'm having trouble concentrating. 798 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,908 Time for your medicine. 799 00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:01,826 Doctor, this animazine-- it's pretty powerful. 800 00:41:01,859 --> 00:41:04,760 Yes. And I suggest you take it immediately. 801 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:07,094 These aliens... 802 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:09,759 they look pretty frail. 803 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:10,962 That's fascinating, Commander. 804 00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:12,993 Now please inject yourself. 805 00:41:15,673 --> 00:41:17,732 They probably wouldn't have the same tolerance 806 00:41:17,775 --> 00:41:18,970 for stimulants that we do. 807 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,569 What are you getting at? 808 00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:22,340 The animazine might be capable 809 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:23,779 of waking up one of these aliens. 810 00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:25,510 Commander, I'd be happy to discuss 811 00:41:25,550 --> 00:41:26,984 comparative pharmacology with you 812 00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:29,554 after you administer your injection. 813 00:41:29,587 --> 00:41:32,215 Actually... I think I'm going to give it 814 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:33,985 to one of my sleepy friends here. 815 00:41:34,058 --> 00:41:36,083 What would that accomplish? 816 00:41:36,127 --> 00:41:37,526 If I can wake him up, 817 00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:40,998 I might be able to get him to deactivate this generator. 818 00:41:41,099 --> 00:41:42,931 There's not enough animazine for two doses. 819 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:45,163 If you fall asleep again, there's no way I can revive you. 820 00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:49,000 Doctor, I want you to go to the Bridge. 821 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,633 Commander... 822 00:41:50,675 --> 00:41:52,165 I'm giving you an order! 823 00:41:52,210 --> 00:41:54,201 Go to the Bridge and target my com signal 824 00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:55,337 with a photon torpedo. 825 00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:56,404 You're delirious. 826 00:41:56,447 --> 00:41:58,211 You're asking me to incinerate you. 827 00:41:58,249 --> 00:41:59,774 Not just me... 828 00:41:59,817 --> 00:42:02,616 these aliens... 829 00:42:02,653 --> 00:42:04,883 and their transmitter, too. 830 00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:06,151 But only if you don't hear from me 831 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:07,658 in five minutes. Understood? 832 00:42:07,692 --> 00:42:08,659 Commander... 833 00:42:08,693 --> 00:42:10,388 Understood?! 834 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:13,558 Aye, sir. 835 00:42:25,443 --> 00:42:26,740 Tell me how to deactivate 836 00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:29,577 this transmitter, or I start shooting. 837 00:42:29,614 --> 00:42:30,945 What happened? 838 00:42:30,982 --> 00:42:33,679 Looks like he woke up. 839 00:42:35,486 --> 00:42:37,352 I'll give you five seconds. 840 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:40,187 Four... 841 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:41,453 three... 842 00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:43,017 two... 843 00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,793 Chakotay. 844 00:42:51,202 --> 00:42:53,671 Who's going to help you now, Captain? 845 00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:56,537 I found the cavern and your people. 846 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,770 I'm there right now in the waking world. 847 00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,403 And it's all going to be destroyed 848 00:43:00,445 --> 00:43:01,606 in less than two minutes 849 00:43:01,646 --> 00:43:03,808 unless you deactivate that transmitter. 850 00:43:03,848 --> 00:43:07,876 If you are there, you'll be killed, too. 851 00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:09,887 I think you're lying. 852 00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:12,447 Oh, believe me, if I don't contact my ship, 853 00:43:12,490 --> 00:43:15,425 you and I are both going to die in our sleep. 854 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:26,059 Chief Medical Officer's Log, Stardate 51471.3. 855 00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:28,072 With the neurogenic field neutralized, 856 00:43:28,106 --> 00:43:31,167 I've been successful in reviving the entire crew. 857 00:43:31,209 --> 00:43:33,576 Unfortunately, the experience has produced 858 00:43:33,611 --> 00:43:36,080 a troubling side effect for many of them-- 859 00:43:36,114 --> 00:43:38,173 acute insomnia. 860 00:43:58,903 --> 00:44:00,132 Computer, lights on. 861 00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,900 Sorry, Commander. 862 00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:06,569 I didn't mean to frighten you. 863 00:44:06,611 --> 00:44:08,306 You're not starting breakfast this early, are you? 864 00:44:08,346 --> 00:44:10,872 Just rearranging the supply cabinets. 865 00:44:10,915 --> 00:44:12,781 I couldn't sleep. 866 00:44:12,817 --> 00:44:14,046 Neither could I. 867 00:44:14,085 --> 00:44:16,645 How about a soothing cup of tea? 868 00:44:16,687 --> 00:44:17,848 Sounds good. 869 00:44:19,123 --> 00:44:20,215 I know it's silly, 870 00:44:20,258 --> 00:44:23,091 but every time I'm about to doze off, 871 00:44:23,127 --> 00:44:24,322 I... become terrified 872 00:44:24,362 --> 00:44:26,353 that I won't be able to wake again. 873 00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:29,861 You, too? 874 00:44:29,901 --> 00:44:33,098 We just finished a little late- night hoverball on the holodeck. 875 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:34,605 Three games in a row. 876 00:44:34,639 --> 00:44:36,198 We were hoping it would wear us out. 877 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:40,143 You know, I could learn to enjoy these late-night get-togethers. 878 00:44:40,178 --> 00:44:42,374 Speak for yourself. 879 00:44:42,413 --> 00:44:44,575 1 would kill for a good night's sleep. 880 00:44:49,220 --> 00:44:51,552 Neelix, I think it's time for breakfast.