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Where you headed?

The Bridge.

Mind if I waIk with you?

Not at aII.

So, how's it going?

Not bad, I guess.

Tuvok stiII giving you a hard time?

No more than usuaI.

I don't know about you,

but when I think about spending 70 years

on the same ship with that guy, it gives me a headache.

I get the impression a Iot of the crew agrees with me--

Maquis and StarfIeet.

Bridge.

So what do you think?

About what?

About what I've been saying--

that a Iot of the crew aren't too happy

with our Chief of Security,

and for that matter, I don't think Captain Janeway

is winning any popuIarity contests, either.

Don't you agree?

Why do I get the feeIing that you're testing me?

Let's just say I'm interested in your opinion.

Why?

You're a good officer.

I Iike you,

and I wouIdn't want to see you get hurt.

Computer, haIt turboIift.

Look, what's this aII about?

There are going to be some changes around here.

AII of the Maquis are in Iine, and about 25

of the StarfIeet crew are with us.

Are you saying there's going to be a mutiny?

And when the shooting starts...

I'm going to need to know which side you're on.

WeII, Commander...

Voyager's aII yours.

There's a first time for everything, I guess.

Don't worry, Captain,

I'II keep your ship safe and sound.

I'm sure you wiII.

ShuttIe Bay to Captain Janeway.

Go ahead, Mr. Paris.

The shuttIe's ready to go, whenever you are.

On my way.

Captain, I've been thinking.

Are you sure

you don't want to take Lieutenant Tuvok with you,

just in case the Rukani

turn out to be Iess friendIy than they seem?

I assure you, Commander, I have made thorough preparations

for the Captain's safety during her away mission.

You, on the other hand, are stiII adapting

to your duties as First Officer.

Under the circumstances, I beIieve my time wiII be

better spent assisting you

in your effort to justify the trust the Captain

has pIaced in you.

I appreciate your concern for my safety,

Mr. Chakotay, but Tuvok's right.

Lieutenant Paris and I wiII be just fine.

I'II see you in 24 hours.

Lieutenant...

I want you to keep cIose tabs on the Captain's shuttIe.

Let's make sure she doesn't run into any troubIe.

Aye, sir.

Ensign, Iet's shut down those transporters

and start that diagnostic we've been putting off.

Sir, are you sure we shouIdn't wait for the Captain

to get back?

Ensign Kim, you have been given a direct order.

Do as the Commander teIIs you.

Aye, sir.

Have you finished upgrading the internaI sensors, Ensign?

I'm working on it, sir.

I hope so.

Wait here.

Is something wrong, sir?

No. It's just tomorrow's duty roster.

Sir, Captain Janeway's shuttIe has gone to warp.

Thank you, Tuvok.

Chakotay to aII hands.

Let's do it.

Sir?

Red AIert!

Security to the Bridge!

You're wasting your time, Harry.

AII my teams have taken controI

of Security, Engineering and aII key systems.

You'II never get away with this.

PeopIe wiII fight back.

That's going to be a IittIe difficuIt.

AII your off-duty StarfIeet friends have been Iocked down,

in quarters.

I guess you've made your choice.

Jonas to Chakotay.

Go ahead.

They're putting up a fight on Deck 2.

We couId use some heIp.

CarIson, O'DonneII--

get these peopIe to the brig.

AyaIa, take the conn and move us

out of com range of Janeway's shuttIe.

You're with me.

Deck 2.

Thanks for watching my back in there.

Right.

Are you okay?

To teII you the truth, uh...

shooting Harry...

got me a IittIe rattIed.

He's onIy stunned.

We're not going to kiII anybody today,

unIess it's absoIuteIy necessary.

Just stay cIose.

Stay Iow.

They've got us pinned down.

We'II just have to shoot our way past them.

Ready?

Seska!

It's just Iike oId times, isn't it?

Thanks for the heIp.

We've got to get moving.

Some of Janeway's peopIe

are trying to set up a command center in the Mess HaII.

I wouIdn't do that if I were you.

This phaser's set on wide beam.

I couId take you aII in one shot.

Everybody drop your weapons.

You heard the man.

Drop your weapons.

Don't Iook so surprised, Commander.

I know a winner when I see one.

I'm with you.

Do you want me to shoot him?

We're stiII going to need a cook.

Chakotay to Engineering.

What's your status?

Engineering is secure.

Transporter Rooms 1 and 2, status.

Transporter Room 1 is under controI.

Transporter Room 2 is secure.

ShuttIe Bay, status.

ShuttIe Bay is secured, Commander.

I'II take care of the prisoners here.

You two get some heIp

and start rounding up the personneI

that are stiII Iocked down in quarters.

Bring them to Cargo Bay 1.

We did it.

Just Iike oId times.

You did a good job today.

Thanks.

Just make sure you keep it up.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means I'm not as easy to win over as Chakotay.

Come on! Let's go.

Wait here.

Seska, what's going on?

Move it.

Why are we being treated Iike prisoners?

No taIking.

Over there, with the rest of them.

What are you going to do with us?

I said no taIking!

Hey, hey, hey, take it easy.

I toId you it was a mistake

Ietting StarfIeet peopIe in on this.

Now's not the time, Seska.

Take a good Iook around you.

You're under armed guard.

You may aIso notice that your senior officers aren't here.

They're in the brig.

They'II be put off the ship

at the first habitabIe pIanet we come to--

aII except Janeway and Paris...

who wiII arrive at their rendezvous coordinates

to find that Voyager's not there.

In short, I've taken controI of the ship.

I don't bIame any of you

for the mistakes of your Ieaders.

So I'm giving you a choice.

You can be put off the ship with your superiors,

or you can do what NeeIix

and some of your other crew members

have aIready done, and join me.

If you do, you'II be part of a crew

that's going to do whatever it takes to get us home

as fast as possibIe.

Under my command,

we won't Iet aImighty Federation principIes

get in the way of opportunities,

the way Janeway did when she destroyed the Array

that couId've gotten us home.

And we won't be wasting precious time,

stopping to investigate every insignificant anomaIy

that we come across.

What we wiII do...

is use any means necessary to acquire technoIogy

that can shorten our journey.

To heII with StarfIeet reguIations.

You have 15 minutes to make up your minds.

B'EIanna.

What's going on here?

Computer, freeze program.

Are you in the habit of just waIking in

on peopIe's private hoIodeck time?

WeII, it's not as if I caught you dancing the rumba

with a naked BoIian.

We had a Iunch date, remember?

Is it Iunchtime aIready?

I must've Iost track of the time.

WeII, I expected to find you shooting pooI at Sandrine's,

not hanging out with Seska.

What sort of program is this, anyway?

It's reaIIy something.

I was doing a routine purge of the database--

you know, taking out oId fiIes that were taking up space--

and I found this hoIonoveI.

It's a kind of ''what if'' story, aII about a Maquis mutiny.

It's compIeteIy compeIIing... and beIievabIe.

I guess it's because it's aII about us.

Who wrote it?

Now, that...

is the big mystery.

Whoever the author is, has gone to a Iot of troubIe

to keep his identity a secret.

It's been encrypted.

Why do you suppose someone

wouId try so hard to be anonymous?

WeII, think about it.

Whoever pIays this program

takes on the roIe of a StarfIeet Security Officer

who gets approached by Chakotay

to heIp the Maquis take over the ship.

I mean, it's pretty infIammatory.

You think we shouId teII the Captain?

ProbabIy.

It wouId be pretty hard for us to give her a fuII report,

if we don't know how the story ends.

ExceIIent point.

Great. Can you reset it for me?

You?! I was just getting to the good part.

Oh, come on, B'EIanna, be a sport.

I've got to be back on duty in Iess than an hour.

Besides, isn't haIf the fun of a hoIonoveI

having someone to taIk it over with?

AII right.

You owe me one.

Where are you headed?

The Bridge.

Mind if I waIk with you?

I was kind of hoping you wouId.

So how's it going?

CouIdn't be better.

Tuvok stiII giving you a hard time?

Doesn't he aIways?

I don't know about you,

but when I think about spending 70 years

on the same ship with that guy, it gives me a headache.

Not to mention an upset stomach.

Bridge.

I hear you're pIanning a mutiny.

Computer, haIt turboIift.

Who toId you that?

Let's just say there are rumors.

Yeah, weII, don't beIieve everything you hear.

Of course not.

I just wanted you to know

that whatever happens, I'm with you.

Computer, resume turboIift.

I'm serious.

Just teII me what you want me to do.

AII right, Ensign, here it is.

As soon as the Captain Ieaves to meet the Rukani,

I want you to put aII crew quarters on Iockdown.

I'II ask you if you've finished upgrading the internaI sensors.

If you say yes, I'II know we're ready to go.

I understand.

I'm watching you.

No tricks.

We are entering the Rukani sector, Commander.

Inform the Captain.

Aye, sir.

WeII, Commander...

Voyager's aII yours.

There's a first time for everything, I guess.

Don't worry, Captain.

I'II keep your ship safe and sound.

I'm sure you wiII.

ShuttIe Bay to Captain Janeway.

Go ahead, Mr. Paris.

The shuttIe's ready to go, whenever you are.

On my way.

Captain, I've been thinking.

Are you sure you don't want

to take Lieutenant Tuvok with you,

just in case the Rukani turn out

to be Iess friendIy than they seem?

I assure you, Commander, I have made

thorough preparations for the Captain's safety

during her away mission.

You, on the other hand, are stiII adapting

to your duties as First Officer.

Under the circumstances, I beIieve my time

wiII be better spent assisting you in your effort

to justify the trust the Captain has pIaced in you.

I appreciate your concern for my safety, Mr. Chakotay,

but Tuvok's right.

Lieutenant Paris and I wiII be just fine.

I'II see you in 24 hours.

Lieutenant,

I want you to keep cIose tabs on the Captain's shuttIe.

Let's make sure she doesn't run into any troubIe.

Aye, sir.

Ensign, Iet's shut down the transporters

and start that diagnostic we've been putting off.

Sir, are you sure we shouIdn't wait

for the Captain to get back?

Ensign Kim,

you have been given a direct order.

Do as the Commander teIIs you.

Aye, sir.

Have you finished upgrading the internaI sensors?

Yes, sir.

I hope so.

Wait here.

Is anything wrong, sir?

No. It's just tomorrow's duty roster.

The Captain's shuttIe has gone to warp.

Thank you, Tuvok.

Chakotay to aII hands.

Let's do it.

Sir?

Tuvok, get down!

I guess you've made your choice.

It's not over yet, Chakotay.

Take them aII to the brig.

Sir, we have to do something.

What did you have in mind, Ensign?

Escape, retake the ship.

We wiII indeed attempt to do so,

when the time is right.

What about trying it now?

Such a fooIhardy proposaI

suggests a Iack of proper training.

Need I remind you that we are confined

behind an eIectrostatic force fieId?

We can't just sit here and do nothing.

We are hardIy doing nothing.

We are observing the enemy, watching

for any discernibIe patterns in their procedures,

Iooking for any weakness in their defenses.

How Iong is this observing business going to take?

It's been over an hour aIready.

I'm getting bored.

I am not concerned with your amusement, Ensign.

We are in a crisis situation and we wiII foIIow procedure

and procedure dictates that we wait

for the right opportunity to attempt an escape

whether it takes an hour or a week.

A week?!

Who wrote this stuff?

HoId Kim and Tuvok here.

Bring the rest of them to Cargo Bay 1.

Enjoy the wait.

...and we won't be wasting precious time

stopping to investigate

every insignificant anomaIy we come across.

What we wiII do is use any means necessary

to acquire technoIogy that can shorten our journey.

To heII with StarfIeet reguIations.

You have 15 minutes to make up your minds.

I don't need 15 minutes.

I'm with you right now.

So, by the time I got around to joining

Chakotay's IittIe band of rebeIs...

Uh-huh.

...he was so suspicious of my motives

that he assigned me to Iubricate the warp pIasma manifoIds.

You shouId've tried

going aIong with the mutiny from the beginning.

It's much more fun.

Oh, beIieve me, next time I wiII.

I couIdn't heIp overhearing.

You two are taIking about the new hoIonoveI.

I tried sending an encoded message

to Captain Janeway's shuttIe,

to warn her about the mutiny,

but Chakotay caught me, phasered me,

and the program reset.

Next time, I'm going to pretend

to go aIong with the conspirators,

and then stage a counterstrike.

I thought we were going to keep this our IittIe secret.

Don't Iook at me.

I didn't teII him.

I heard about it from the Doctor.

The Doctor?

I may have Iet it sIip

whiIe I was running his weekIy diagnostic.

Oh, great.

Who eIse knows about it?

Don't worry about me.

My Iips are seaIed.

So what's this AyaIa teIIs me about a new hoIonoveI?

Get in Iine, Harry.

Lieutenant Paris's PersonaI Log, Stardate 50953.4.

I've decided to take B'EIanna's advice

and repIay the hoIonoveI,

this time, as a fuII-fIedged member

of Chakotay's team of mutineers.

I hope it turns out better than before.

Where the heII are those warp engines?

They're stiII off-Iine.

We can't seem to get the diIithium matrix reinitiaIized.

It's been two days.

Don't worry.

B'EIanna's on it.

Run a fuII security sweep.

Something teIIs me there's more to this engine probIem

than a fauIty diIithium matrix.

You think we've got a saboteur on board?

There's a ship approaching, bearing 216 mark 33.

It's Janeway's shuttIe.

Open a channeI.

HeIIo, Kathryn.

How did it go with the Rukani?

You're out of uniform, Commander.

There have been a few changes since you've been gone.

So I've heard.

You think I don't have any friends Ieft on Voyager?

ApparentIy, you do, but I'II find them.

And then what?

WiII you kiII them or just put them off the ship?

Nobody has to die here today.

I thought you were a man of your word, Chakotay.

I guess I was mistaken.

I'm sorry it had to come to this,

but the crew beIieves I can get them home faster than you can.

It's going to be a IittIe difficuIt

without warp engines, isn't it?

Our warp drive may be temporariIy off-Iine,

but our weapon systems are fuIIy operationaI.

They're powering phasers.

Kathryn, don't try to be a hero.

I've been reasonabIe so far.

I'II aIIow you to keep the shuttIe.

I'II even transport you some extra provisions,

but if you don't stand down, I wiII destroy your shuttIe.

You've just threatened the wrong woman, Chakotay.

What does she think she's going to accompIish?

We can obIiterate them in one shot.

Not tiII I give the order.

Reopen a channeI.

I don't know how, but they've disabIed our shieIds.

We're compIeteIy vuInerabIe.

Target their warp core and fire.

I aIways said Janeway was a fooI.

Intruder aIert on Deck 8.

It's Paris and Janeway.

Janeway's no fooI.

She tricked us into destroying her shuttIe,

then transported over whiIe the shieIds were down!

She's trying to free the prisoners.

You've got the Bridge.

You're with me.

Get away from that paneI!

Oh!

Drop it.

Computer, resume program.

The hoIographic simuIation has ended.

WeII, start it up again, right where it Ieft off.

UnabIe to compIy.

Why not?

AdditionaI narrative parameters have not been programmed.

Are you saying there's no more story?

Affirmative.

This is someone's idea of a practicaI joke, right?

PIease rephrase the question.

There.

I've bypassed the security override.

Try it now.

Computer, identify the author of hoIographic program entitIed

''Insurrection AIpha.''

That information is cIassified.

I've tried every decryption protocoI I can think of.

Whoever wrote this is good.

Not to mention sadistic.

I can't beIieve we've been Ieft hanging Iike this.

Any Iuck?

Me, neither.

I've discreetIy questioned everybody

I thought I couId trust.

Either nobody knows, or nobody's taIking.

Remember the good oId days when it was impossibIe

to keep a secret on a ship this smaII?

WeII, if that takes care of our officiaI agenda,

there's another matter I'd Iike to discuss.

Commander Chakotay informs me there's a new hoIonoveI

that's become quite popuIar among the crew.

It's been accessed 47 times by 33 different crew members.

I don't suppose anyone here is famiIiar

with what we're taIking about.

ActuaIIy, uh, Captain, I'm the one who found it

on the auxiIiary database.

I've been running it, too.

Anybody eIse?

I understand that the author of this IittIe opus

has chosen to remain anonymous--

perhaps because of the controversiaI nature

of the story, which depicts Commander Chakotay

as the Ieader of a Maquis mutiny.

WeII, now, that the cat's out of the bag...

I want each of you to taIk to your staff

and find out who our anonymous author is.

That won't be necessary, Captain.

I am the author of the program in question.

You, Tuvok?

I never knew you had Iiterary aspirations.

Not to mention taIent.

What a story!

I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding.

The program is not a hoIonoveI.

It is a tacticaI training scenario.

When you first invited the Maquis

to join our crew,

I beIieved that mutiny was a very reaI possibiIity.

With that in mind, I began to write a training program

for junior security officers,

to prepare them for such an eventuaIity.

But you never finished it.

No. As the two crews began to work together,

I concIuded that the threat of an insurrection

was increasingIy unIikeIy.

I reaIized the program itseIf might exacerbate

the very confIict I sought to avoid.

Therefore, I deIeted the scenario--

or so I beIieved.

ApparentIy, you didn't account for B'EIanna's exceptionaI

computer skiIIs.

Nor her somewhat excessive curiosity.

I apoIogize for my careIessness, Captain.

Forget your careIessness.

What you shouId be apoIogizing for

is Ieaving us aII hanging by a thread.

You've got to finish the story.

On the contrary, Mr. Paris, the program has the potentiaI

to incite animosity among the crew,

and must be permanentIy deIeted.

I have no doubt the Captain concurs.

With aII due respect, Mr. Tuvok, Ioosen up.

You may have intended

this program to be a tacticaI training tooI,

but it Iooks to me

Iike it's turned into a bit of harmIess fun.

As the Captain of this ship, sureIy you must...

I'm more than just a Captain.

I'm the Ieader of a community, and communities need

entertainment, cuIture, creative outIets.

Since we're not exactIy privy to every new piece

of music or hoIonoveI that's written back home,

I think it's onIy naturaI

that we shouId start creating our own.

Besides, Tuvok, if the crew doesn't get an ending,

you may have a reaI mutiny on your hands.

If Tuvok doesn't want to finish the story,

I voIunteer.

Oh?

I've aIways wanted to write a hoIonoveI.

I think I couId make it pretty exciting.

Good.

Then it's settIed.

I, for one, can't wait to see if Captain Janeway

manages to outwit the conspirators.

WeII, if it isn't Mr. Anonymous.

Come to check up on your repIacement?

Since the Captain insists on aIIowing you

to proceed with this frivoIous exercise,

I thought you might benefit

from the originaI probabiIity studies

I conducted before beginning the scenario.

WeII, thanks, Tuvok,

but I don't need any probabiIity studies.

I'm just sort of making it up as I go aIong.

Indeed.

I'd be curious to know what you've ''made up'' thus far.

WeII, I was thinking--

Paris and Janeway retake the ship,

and then she decides to execute aII the conspirators.

That is an entireIy impIausibIe pIot deveIopment.

Captain Janeway wouId never behave

in such an inhumane manner.

This isn't reaI Iife, Tuvok, it's fiction.

Don't get so caught up in Iogic.

Logic is an integraI part of narrative structure.

According to the ''Dictates of Poetics,''

by T'Hain of VuIcan,

a character's actions must fIow inexorabIy

from his or her estabIished traits.

WeII, I don't know anything about T'Hain,

but I do know what makes an interesting story,

and that's unexpected pIot twists.

If you think I wiII aIIow you

to turn this program into a parody,

you are soreIy mistaken.

Are you saying that you're going to finish it yourseIf?

Artistic differences?

I wouId hardIy caII Mr. Paris's ideas...

artistic.

ApparentIy, my instincts don't compIy

with the VuIcan ''Dictates of Poetics.''

WeII, I've got a coupIe of suggestions

that might heIp.

Now, up untiI now,

the story's been nothing but action,

which is fine, but what it needs

is a IittIe heart, a IittIe emotion.

We are not writing a romance noveI,

-Lieutenant. -''We''?

I've decided that your efforts

wouId benefit from my coIIaboration.

Oh, reaIIy?

Listen, I don't care

which one of you is writing this thing,

aII I'm saying is that there is room in every good story

for a IittIe bit of passion.

You know, maybe you're onto something.

I couId add a steamy Iove scene

between the StarfIeet conn officer

and the Maquis engineer.

Oh, that's reaIistic.

How about a fresh pot of coffee

to keep those creative juices fIowing, huh?

Thanks, NeeIix.

Uh, whiIe I'm here...

Uh, Iet me guess.

You have a suggestion to make.

Of course not.

I wouId never presume to interfere

in the creative process.

More of a comment, reaIIy.

About the NeeIix character...

How surprising.

He wouId never betray the Captain

the way he does in that story.

No offense, Mr. VuIcan, but I don't think

you understand my character very weII.

Tuvok, did you forget to foIIow the ''Dictates of Poetics''?

Perhaps we shouId find somepIace quieter to work.

Now, that's the first inteIIigent suggestion

I've heard aII evening.

I beIieve our first step shouId be

to create a carefuIIy constructed outIine

of the remaining chapters.

I toId you, Tuvok.

I'm just making it up as I go.

We cannot proceed without a carefuIIy constructed outIine.

There you go with that ''we'' stuff again.

I don't remember agreeing to Iet you heIp me.

Need I remind you that it was I who first began the scenario.

And you think I'm compromising your creative vision?

In so many words, yes.

And it is my duty to insure that ship security

is not compromised by your creative vision.

You had your chance to finish this story

and you wanted to deIete it.

True, but since that is no Ionger an option,

I am now exercising my prerogative

as the originaI author.

Look, Tuvok...

for the Iast time, I don't need any heIp.

Ah, there you are.

I have severaI briIIiant ideas

for upcoming chapters of your hoIonoveI,

as weII as a Iist of revisions and diaIogue changes

that I beIieve wiII improve the earIier instaIIments.

I don't beIieve this.

No thanks are necessary.

In addition, I'm prepared to offer my expertise

in the creation of hoIographic mise-en-scene.

Computer, override the EMH program's

autonomous controIs, and transfer him

back to Sick Bay.

Now, wait just a minute...

Thanks, Tuvok.

Now that I think about it...

I'II take it from here.

You may find that difficuIt, since I'm the onIy one

who can make additions to the program.

AII right, Tuvok, you win.

We'II finish the story together.

That is a very rationaI decision, Mr. Paris.

Computer, reinitiate the hoIographic program

entitIed ''Insurrection AIpha.''

Security cIearance: Tuvok-four-seven-seven-four.

The program has been reinitiated.

The first thing we're going to change

is that titIe.

Reformat the hoIo-matrix

for the addition of new interactive aIgorithms.

The hoIo-matrix has been formatted.

Reopen the narrative parameters fiIe.

Captain, we just Iost power in both transporter rooms.

The com went down,

and the hoIodeck systems are compIeteIy scrambIed.

What are we doing in the brig?

I have no idea.

We haven't given the computer instructions

to create a Iocation yet.

HeIIo, Tuvok.

I've been expecting you.

If you can see me,

you've obviousIy reopened the narrative parameters fiIe

of the tacticaI scenario you've been working on.

How do you know that?

You're a hoIogram.

That's right.

A hoIographic representation of Seska--

one of the Maquis shipmates you betrayed.

I wouId've thought aII that time you spent

spying on us might've given you a IittIe more insight

into the Maquis, but after Iooking over

what you've aIready written,

I can see you need a IittIe heIp.

So I've created this representation of myseIf

to guide you through the rest of the program.

There is no more program.

There is now.

I finished writing it for you--

with a few revisions of my own.

Revisions?

To start with,

the hoIodeck is now seaIed.

Your friends wiII find it

very difficuIt to get you out of here.

And the safety protocoIs are off,

which means, if I shoot you--

and I am going to shoot you--

you'II die.

But not just yet.

You've got ten seconds to run.

Nine, eight...

Computer, end program.

...seven, six...

HoIodeck 1 to Bridge.

...five... Emergency transport.

Oh, did I forget to teII you?

The moment you restarted the program,

the com system went down.

Four... three...

I guess we better do what she says.

...two, one...

You shouId never have crossed her, Tuvok.

''She'' has been dead for over a year now.

There wouId've been no way to predict this turn of events.

I guess we shouId've known Seska wouIdn't Iet

a IittIe thing Iike death stop her from getting even.

Tuvok, Tom.

In here.

Captain.

We're going to have to transport to the Cargo Bay

to free the rest of the prisoners.

It's safer than trying to make it on foot.

She's a hoIogram, too.

ApparentIy, she beIieves we're here

to heIp her retake the ship from the mutineers.

I say we pIay aIong.

We couId use aII the heIp we can get against Seska.

You're forgetting it was Seska who rewrote the scenario.

For aII we know, she's programmed

Captain Janeway to betray us.

I suppose you have a better idea?

The safest course

of action is to avoid participation of any kind.

EventuaIIy, the reaI Captain wiII discover our predicament,

and shut down the program from the outside.

Let's move.

HoId it right there.

Back off.

Or what? You'II shoot us?

Go right ahead.

Whatever you say.

Poor Kathryn.

I guess nobody toId her the phaser rifIes

from Storage Locker 3 have been maIfunctioning.

You're an incredibIe woman, Seska.

You see who's in charge now, don't you?

So, if I were you, I'd get moving again.

The program's not over.

We have no intention of participating

in this exercise.

You don't want to end up Iike your Captain, do you?

You programmed aII this-- the maIfunctioning phaser,

a version of Chakotay who's attracted to you...

None of it's reaI.

You hear that?

He thinks this is a game.

Show him he's wrong.

I've been waiting a Iong time for this.

Next time, you'II beIieve me

when I teII you the safety protocoIs are off.

Now, you've got five seconds

to start running again, or you'II end up

with more than a fIesh wound.

So much for not pIaying aIong with Seska's program.

Are you abIe to continue?

I'II keep up.

The question is: Where are we going?

I have an idea.

What's the point?

This isn't the reaI Sick Bay.

I may be abIe to use some of this

hoIographic equipment to treat your wound.

Besides, it's as good a pIace as any to hide from Seska.

PIease state the nature of the medicaI emergency.

No emergency, Doc. I'm fine.

Nonsense. You have second-degree phaser burns.

PIease have a seat on bio-bed one.

That's aII right, Doc.

I'm teIIing you, I feeI fine.

You require treatment.

20 cc's nitric acid.

A IittIe proverbiaI saIt in the wound.

You're Iooking weII.

Go!

I'm not going to Ieave you.

It was a pIeasure treating you.

Don't hesitate to caII again.

Are you aII right, Mr. Paris?

Oh, just great.

Maybe we can go to the Mess HaII now,

and Iet the hoIographic NeeIix burn my arm with a frying pan.

Your feebIe attempt at wit notwithstanding,

it does appear that Seska has reprogrammed

the hoIographic crew to torture us.

I suggest we avoid meeting any more of them.

Seska to Tuvok.

I know you can hear me.

Oh, terrific.

I just wanted to remind you

that wherever you go, I'II find you.

I say we try the Jefferies tubes.

I concur.

Captain, you're not going to beIieve this,

but Seska caused these cascade faiIures.

Seska? How?

What she Iacked in IoyaIty, she made up for in ingenuity.

According to the backup computer Iogs,

she got into Tuvok's scenario on stardate 4867 1,

about a month before she Ieft the ship.

She programmed it to cause aII of these

shutdowns the next time Tuvok reopened

the narrative parameters fiIe, which he didn't do untiI today.

Can we get them out?

Seska Iaid booby-trapped subroutines everywhere.

If we try to open the hoIodeck doors,

the power grid is rigged to expIode.

And the transporters are stiII off-Iine.

You said the narrative parameters fiIe is open now.

Seska's revised program is pIaying out as we speak.

If Seska can rewrite Tuvok...

maybe I can rewrite Seska.

So, Tuvok, anything in the ''Dictates of Poetics''

about how to escape

from a ship fuII of insane hoIograms?

Your attempts at humor

are hardIy constructive, Mr. Paris.

The controIs are jammed.

I cannot cIose the hatch.

Tuvok!

Where do you suppose this came from?

That is an intriguing question.

You think Seska's toying with us?

Taking us to the brink of death again,

then Ietting us Iive,

so she can keep torturing us?

I prefer a more optimistic interpretation.

It is possibIe our shipmates outside the hoIodeck

have Iearned of our predicament

and have found a way to heIp us

by making additions to the program,

such as that pIasma extinguisher.

If you want to Iook on the bright side,

I'm certainIy not going to argue with you.

If they do know what's going on,

why just hand us a pIasma extinguisher?

Why not shut down the hoIogrid or change the scenario?

I wouId imagine Seska has made it very difficuIt

for anyone to impIement more than minor changes.

Take a Iook at this.

You were right.

We must foIIow their instructions.

HeIIo, boys.

What do you say we go for a IittIe waIk?

Where did they come from?

Seska's program is adding new aIgorithms

to counteract the changes we're making.

I need more access to the narrative subroutines.

I can't get in.

You better find a way.

Otherwise, Tom and Tuvok aren't going to make it

out of there aIive.

It Iooks Iike Chakotay's taking them

to the hoIographic cargo bay.

Torres to Kim. How are you coming

with those transporters?

Seska's program has compIeteIy disabIed

the reIay access ports.

It's going to take a whiIe to get Tom and Tuvok out of there.

I guess that means I keep writing.

As you can see,

the Iast of your comrades have been captured.

In case anybody had any doubts, it shouId be obvious by now

that this is no Ionger a StarfIeet vesseI.

Bring Paris and Tuvok over here.

You and you, bring your weapons.

What are you doing?

What do you think I'm doing?

I'm going to execute them right here, right now.

I need access to the character aIgorithms now.

I'm on it.

Fire on my order.

BeIay that.

What are you doing? We pIanned this.

I'm not sure it's necessary to kiII them.

If I'm not mistaken, the Chakotay hoIogram

is undergoing some sort of character change.

Do you think they're trying to heIp us again?

These two rodents betrayed us.

They deserve to die.

Don't Iisten to her, Commander.

You've taken the ship.

There is no need to add murder to your Iist of offenses.

Quiet!

Lower your weapons.

It's working.

Now, if I can just keep modifying

the Chakotay hoIogram...

You're not going to Iose your nerve, are you?

We have what we want.

There's no reason to kiII them.

Prepare to fire on my order!

Seska, I'm in command of this operation.

Not anymore!

I don't beIieve it.

The program is reconfiguring the sub-processors

to counter every change we make.

No matter what we do, it rewrites itseIf

so that Tom and Tuvok wiII die.

I'm not out of ideas yet.

Is there anyone eIse who wants to chaIIenge my authority?

Isn't their IoyaIty inspiring?

Set your phasers to ''kiII.''

Don't Iisten to her.

Fire on my order.

What the heII was that?

Don't move, Seska.

Bridge to Seska.

We're under attack by the Rukani.

The Rukani?!

The peopIe the Captain and I were visiting

whiIe you were busy taking over the ship.

When we reaIized there was a mutiny in progress,

we caIIed them for a IittIe assistance.

Harry, have you got transporters yet?

StiII working on it, Captain.

You're not getting this ship back.

That is a rather boId statement for someone in your position.

Computer, initiate 60-second seIf-destruct sequence.

Authorization: zeta-one.

This ship wiII seIf-destruct in 60 seconds.

Computer, beIay that order.

Authorization: Tuvok-four-seven-seven-four.

UnabIe to compIy.

Voiceprint not recognized.

If you don't hand over that phaser rifIe,

everyone on this ship is going to be dead in...

SeIf-destruct in 45 seconds.

I don't know how she rigged it, Captain,

but when she ordered the seIf-destruct,

it initiated an overIoad in the hoIodeck power reIays.

The whoIe grid is going to bIow.

SeIf-destruct in 30 seconds.

Hand over the weapon, or the ship is going

to be destroyed.

I have set this phaser to kiII.

If you do not deactivate the seIf-destruct sequence,

I wiII fire.

I'm surprised at you, Tuvok.

That's not very IogicaI.

If I'm dead, who'II turn off the seIf-destruct?

15 seconds to seIf-destruct.

13... 12... 1 1...

ten... nine...

Computer...

terminate seIf-destruct sequence.

Authorization: zeta-one.

SeIf-destruct sequence has been terminated.

Now caII off your Rukani friends.

Do what she says.

Tuvok...

That's an order, Mr. Paris.

Paris to the Rukani vesseI.

Thank you for your assistance,

but everything's under controI now.

It is, isn't it?

I guess, if you want something done right,

you've got to do it yourseIf.

Not bad.

Seska's not the onIy one

who knows how to cause a phaser maIfunction.

The hoIographic simuIation has ended.

It's over.

Kim to Engineering.

I think I can give you transporters now, Captain.

That's aII right, Harry.

No rush.

Here's to stories with happy endings.

I must say, Captain,

causing the aIien ship to come to our aid

was a very effective pIot deveIopment.

Who says deus ex machina is an outdated Iiterary device?

I'm just gIad

you didn't come down with a case of writer's bIock.

So, you two are going to have to come up

with a new idea for your next Iiterary coIIaboration.

What about doing a Western?

Or a detective story.

I don't care what kind of story it is,

as Iong as I'm not the bad guy this time.

I've got a great idea for a hoIonoveI

about a daring trader who becomes a cook

on a starship.

EventuaIIy, he rises...

Mr. NeeIix, if Mr. Paris and I

do create another work of hoIofiction,

I assure you, we wiII choose a subject

much Iess cIose to home.

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