1 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:11,745 Heart, heart, heart... 2 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,780 just one more heart. 3 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:15,713 You might as well be showing us 4 00:00:15,782 --> 00:00:17,250 your hand, Neelix. 5 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:20,719 This is a game of strategy, deception. 6 00:00:20,787 --> 00:00:22,414 Never let the opponents know your hand. 7 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:24,082 Right. 8 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,818 Right. 9 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,329 Ten. 10 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:35,334 I see your ten and raise you 20. 11 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,134 Neelix? 12 00:00:38,205 --> 00:00:40,572 I'm thinking... 13 00:00:42,676 --> 00:00:45,839 20... another 20. 14 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,109 If I didn't know any better, 15 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:50,149 I'd say we're being hustled. 16 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:51,150 Ensign... 17 00:00:51,218 --> 00:00:52,310 Oh, I'm not buying 18 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:53,683 the innocent Talaxian routine. 19 00:00:53,754 --> 00:00:54,983 I don't know what you're talking about. 20 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:57,490 I've-I've... This is the first time I've played... 21 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:58,491 What is it called? 22 00:00:58,559 --> 00:00:59,993 Poker. 23 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,289 Look, why don't we make things 24 00:01:01,361 --> 00:01:02,419 a little more interesting? 25 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:04,487 Forget the chips. 26 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,499 Let's bet on tomorrow's work detail, all right? 27 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:09,127 Whoever wins this hand gets the morning off. 28 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:10,499 I'm in. 29 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:11,197 I'm in. 30 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,500 Sounds good to me. 31 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:15,097 What have you got? 32 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:16,665 Two pair. 33 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:19,303 Does... does that beat a flush? 34 00:01:19,379 --> 00:01:21,143 I knew you were bluffing. 35 00:01:21,214 --> 00:01:23,808 That beats me. Tom? 36 00:01:28,522 --> 00:01:30,490 Battle stations! 37 00:01:32,693 --> 00:01:35,162 And I had a full house. 38 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:30,935 I can't shake ‘em. 39 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:33,308 Return fire. 40 00:03:33,380 --> 00:03:35,576 Why didn't our sensors detect them? 41 00:03:35,649 --> 00:03:37,276 It looks like they used a dispersal field 42 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:39,614 to mask their approach. 43 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:41,245 Warp drive? 44 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:45,087 No luck. Too much damage to the plasma injectors. 45 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:47,889 Harry, get down there and see what you can do. 46 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:55,528 Shields down 18 percent. 47 00:03:55,602 --> 00:03:56,763 Harry, status? 48 00:03:56,837 --> 00:03:59,329 I need time to clear the injectors. 49 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:03,200 Sir, the cube's power output is fluctuating. 50 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:05,244 Then we're still in the game. 51 00:04:05,312 --> 00:04:06,871 Bring us about. 52 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:09,211 Target their propulsion matrix. 53 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:12,274 We've lost phasers. 54 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:14,980 Arm photon torpedoes. Fire when ready. 55 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:20,652 We knocked out their main propulsion system. 56 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:22,161 Good. 57 00:04:22,229 --> 00:04:24,197 Now get us out of here, Tom. 58 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,797 They've got us in a tractor beam. 59 00:04:27,868 --> 00:04:28,926 Harry, 60 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,764 we need warp power now. 61 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:32,931 We lost two more relays. I can't! 62 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,403 Harry? 63 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:39,946 Harry?! 64 00:04:42,883 --> 00:04:43,941 Engines are off-line. 65 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:45,575 We are the Borg. 66 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:48,144 Your biological and technological distinctiveness 67 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:49,746 will be added to our own. 68 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:51,484 Resistance is futile. 69 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,913 Neelix. 70 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,745 Neelix! 71 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:18,251 Commander? 72 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,285 It's all right. 73 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:20,513 You were unconscious, 74 00:05:20,587 --> 00:05:22,248 but I don't think you're injured. 75 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:24,586 I was dreaming you'd been assimilated. 76 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,592 Your subconscious was jumping the gun, 77 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:28,424 but not by much. 78 00:05:28,495 --> 00:05:30,259 From the look of this room, 79 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:33,766 I'd say we're in an assimilation chamber. 80 00:05:33,834 --> 00:05:35,427 Where's Harry? 81 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:36,936 He's not here. 82 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,596 Well, we've got to find him. 83 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,766 We need to get our bearings first, 84 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:42,104 figure out what's going on. 85 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:44,269 We're in a Borg cube, and Harry's missing. 86 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:45,607 That's what's going on. 87 00:05:45,679 --> 00:05:47,078 Sir... 88 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,013 Nobody we know. 89 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,557 Some kind of botched assimilation? 90 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,561 From the looks of it. 91 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:04,119 What are they waiting for? 92 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:07,167 They've got three more potential drones here! 93 00:06:07,234 --> 00:06:08,224 Stay calm. 94 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:09,564 Calm? We're in the chamber of horrors, 95 00:06:09,636 --> 00:06:10,728 or haven't you noticed? 96 00:06:10,804 --> 00:06:11,896 We're not drones yet. 97 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:15,067 If we keep our heads, maybe we can find a way out. 98 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:17,906 There's a force field around this room. 99 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:20,948 Let's try to disable it. 100 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:29,251 Their ion trail ends directly ahead. 101 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:33,919 I'm detecting another vessel, bearing 30 mark 112. 102 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:35,587 It's a Borg cube. 103 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:36,925 Red Alert. 104 00:06:36,997 --> 00:06:38,590 Alter course to intercept. 105 00:06:38,665 --> 00:06:40,599 Adjust shields to rotating frequencies. 106 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:42,101 Have they detected us? 107 00:06:42,168 --> 00:06:44,262 Unclear. The vessel's holding position. 108 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:45,930 As soon as we're within sensor range, 109 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,838 start scanning for the away team. 110 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,933 On screen. 111 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,671 Their propulsion system is off-line. 112 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:54,441 The damage is not that severe. 113 00:06:54,514 --> 00:06:56,778 The drones should've repaired it by now. 114 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,113 Lucky for us they didn't, 115 00:06:58,184 --> 00:06:59,811 or we'd never have caught up with them. 116 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:00,819 Any sign of our people? 117 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:03,117 Not yet. 118 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:05,556 They are targeting our warp core. 119 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:07,286 Shields are holding. 120 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,885 Return fire. Aim for their weapons array. 121 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:13,299 Now they're going after our impulse engines. 122 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,032 That one was meant for our sensors. 123 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:18,036 They can't seem to make up 124 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:19,230 their minds. 125 00:07:19,306 --> 00:07:21,900 Their attack strategy is erratic, inefficient. 126 00:07:21,975 --> 00:07:24,000 And finished. 127 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:25,806 We've disabled their weapons. 128 00:07:25,879 --> 00:07:28,177 That was too easy. 129 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:30,512 Maybe they're in worse shape than we thought. 130 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:32,551 I'm picking up non-Borg life signs. 131 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:34,587 One of them is definitely Talaxian. 132 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:37,316 It looks as though they haven't been assimilated yet. 133 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:39,757 Try to get a transporter lock. 134 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,419 Their shields are interfering. 135 00:07:41,494 --> 00:07:43,758 Target their shield generator and fire. 136 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:46,390 Captain, I believe I can explain the unusual behavior 137 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,093 of these Borg. 138 00:07:48,168 --> 00:07:51,433 There should be thousands of drones manning the vessel, 139 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,905 but I'm picking up only five signatures. 140 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:56,841 We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. 141 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:59,277 Resistance is futile. 142 00:07:59,346 --> 00:08:01,542 It doesn't sound like they've lost their confidence. 143 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:04,083 Their shield generators are too deep inside the vessel. 144 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:05,743 Our weapons can't reach them. 145 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:08,447 Open a channel. 146 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:13,885 Borg vessel, this is the Starship Voyager. 147 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,588 You're holding our crewmen. 148 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:19,894 We're willing to cease firing if you return them. 149 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,900 Negotiation is irrelevant. 150 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:24,437 You will be assimilated. 151 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,905 Not today and not by you. 152 00:08:26,973 --> 00:08:29,704 Agree, or I'll resume firing. 153 00:08:29,776 --> 00:08:31,210 They are scanning us. 154 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,914 We will return your crew members 155 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,747 in exchange for specific technology. 156 00:08:38,818 --> 00:08:41,310 Talk about unusual behavior. The Borg negotiating? 157 00:08:41,388 --> 00:08:44,551 What technology? 158 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,251 Your navigational deflector. 159 00:08:46,326 --> 00:08:48,420 Disengage it from your secondary hull. 160 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:49,826 Mute audio. 161 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:53,093 If we surrender our deflector, we'll be dead in space. 162 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,531 We won't be able to go to warp. 163 00:08:54,601 --> 00:08:55,762 What would they want with it? 164 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:57,826 When their communications array was damaged, 165 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:00,134 it severed their link to the collective. 166 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:02,868 They intend to adapt our deflector to regain it. 167 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:06,206 And call for reinforcements? That's the last thing we need. 168 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,713 We'll have to stall them 169 00:09:07,781 --> 00:09:10,478 until we can find another way out of this. 170 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:16,219 I'll consider the exchange, but first I want to be certain 171 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:17,814 my crewmen are unharmed and alive. 172 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:20,883 You have scanned our vessel. 173 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:23,052 Our scans were inconclusive. 174 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:25,257 We want to see them for ourselves. 175 00:09:27,333 --> 00:09:30,826 You may transport one individual. 176 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:34,638 Seven. 177 00:10:07,507 --> 00:10:12,638 Proceed to Grid 63, Subjunction 01. 178 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:00,723 State your designation. 179 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:06,925 Seven of Nine. 180 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,264 These drones have not fully matured. 181 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:10,359 Where are the others? 182 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:12,370 There are no others. 183 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:14,600 The drones aboard this vessel were... 184 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,438 deactivated. 185 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:18,637 We are the Borg. 186 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,917 Seven of Nine-- 187 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:27,282 a Borg designation. 188 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:28,616 She's like us. 189 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:30,281 Not like us. 190 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,721 She's damaged. 191 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:34,726 Her infrastructure has been removed. 192 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,228 We could fix her. 193 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:38,594 You will add to our perfection. 194 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:40,793 You are neonatal drones. 195 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,631 You should still be in maturation chambers. 196 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,136 We've matured long enough. 197 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:46,969 Doubtful. Your thoracic nodes haven't formed yet. 198 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:49,132 You're incomplete. 199 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:51,075 You'll continue to malfunction. 200 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:54,774 You must return to your maturation chambers. 201 00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:56,372 Comply. 202 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:57,848 Don't listen to her. 203 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,442 We tried to go back in. 204 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:00,987 The chambers were off-line. 205 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:03,283 What happened to the adult drones? 206 00:12:03,356 --> 00:12:04,585 We don't know. 207 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:05,590 Irrelevant. 208 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,422 Don't tell her anything. 209 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:12,658 This vessel has been severely damaged. 210 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,598 You won't be able to repair it alone. 211 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:15,930 I can help you, 212 00:12:16,002 --> 00:12:18,699 but first you must release the hostages. 213 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:20,899 That wasn't the agreement. 214 00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:22,203 I've modified the agreement. 215 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:24,141 I didn't realize I'd be dealing with children. 216 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:25,644 Your behavior is erratic. 217 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:26,941 I can't be certain that you... 218 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,481 No modifications. 219 00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:33,816 We show you the hostages; you give us the deflector. 220 00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:35,513 Comply. 221 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,320 Comply. 222 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:47,299 Take me to them. 223 00:12:54,307 --> 00:12:57,368 If she tries to resist... 224 00:12:57,443 --> 00:13:00,003 assimilate her. 225 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:14,259 Do you have a designation? 226 00:13:14,327 --> 00:13:16,091 Second. 227 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:17,425 You were the second 228 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:18,760 to emerge from the chambers. 229 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:20,925 No, the first. 230 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,435 I could not establish order. 231 00:13:23,503 --> 00:13:27,940 I became second... and he became first. 232 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:30,942 So you've established a chain of command-- 233 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:31,942 a hierarchy. 234 00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:33,705 We're a collective. 235 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:35,942 A collective of five on a vessel 236 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:38,484 normally run by 5,000. 237 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:40,849 What makes you think you'll survive? 238 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,185 When we reestablish our link with the Borg, 239 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:46,419 they will come for us. 240 00:13:57,770 --> 00:14:01,001 Commander, we've got company. 241 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:07,112 I wish to see if they're injured. 242 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,085 - Seven? - Don't let their appearance 243 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:16,485 fool you. They are in control of this vessel 244 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:18,320 and all of its armaments. 245 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:19,586 Are you injured? 246 00:14:19,659 --> 00:14:21,627 Nothing serious. 247 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:26,695 The previous tenant. 248 00:14:26,766 --> 00:14:30,225 We were trying to perfect our assimilation techniques. 249 00:14:30,303 --> 00:14:31,737 You failed. 250 00:14:31,804 --> 00:14:33,568 One of these captives was attempting 251 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:35,630 to disconnect the security field. 252 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:36,732 Actually, I was 253 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:37,503 just trying to... 254 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,579 That was unnecessary. 255 00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:43,115 He is not permanently damaged. 256 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:45,651 He learned his lesson. 257 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:52,952 The Borg are prepared 258 00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:55,323 to negotiate for your release. 259 00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:57,454 1 will return for you. 260 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:00,798 Give my regards to Harry. 261 00:15:12,712 --> 00:15:14,305 The deflector array. 262 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:15,313 I'm not authorized 263 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:16,906 to give you technology. 264 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:19,542 I must report back to Captain Janeway. 265 00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:23,920 Agreed. 266 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,219 I also need to take an adult drone 267 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:28,590 and a datanode back to Voyager for analysis. 268 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:29,924 Why? 269 00:15:30,029 --> 00:15:31,588 Something happened on this vessel 270 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:32,927 that none of us understand. 271 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:36,367 If it happens again, it could endanger all of you. 272 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,369 No sign of Harry yet, but there are parts 273 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:48,346 of the cube that we still can't scan. 274 00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:49,779 Could the drones be holding him 275 00:15:49,849 --> 00:15:50,941 in another location? 276 00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:52,949 Unlikely. Seven said they didn't seem 277 00:15:53,019 --> 00:15:54,612 to be aware of his presence. 278 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:56,246 If he ejected in an escape pod, 279 00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:58,416 we would have detected his beacon by now. 280 00:15:58,491 --> 00:15:59,959 Try to activate his combadge. 281 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:02,288 Match the carrier wave to a Borg interlink frequency. 282 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:03,760 They shouldn't detect it. 283 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:05,264 Aye, Captain. 284 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:09,530 What have we learned from our friend here? 285 00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:13,266 The bigger they come, the harder they fall. 286 00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:17,936 Behold the David that slew our Goliath. 287 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:21,306 A pathogen? 288 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:22,677 A spaceborne virus that adapted 289 00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:23,806 to Borg physiology. 290 00:16:23,883 --> 00:16:24,907 It's inert now, 291 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:26,213 but in its virulent state, 292 00:16:26,285 --> 00:16:28,219 it attacked the drones and killed them. 293 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:30,415 Why weren't the juveniles infected? 294 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:31,582 The maturation chamber is designed 295 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:32,920 to protect developing drones. 296 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,424 Malfunctions caused 297 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,723 by the deaths of the adults 298 00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:38,093 lead several of the chambers to open prematurely. 299 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:41,065 Does this pathogen only target the Borg? 300 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:43,693 The Borg and other cybernetic organisms 301 00:16:43,769 --> 00:16:44,702 it encounters. 302 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:46,431 You're not thinking of using it 303 00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:47,769 as a biological weapon. 304 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,399 If we can revive the pathogen 305 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:52,240 and reintroduce it, we could neutralize the drones 306 00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:53,938 without harming the away team. 307 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:57,108 Neutralize? You mean "murder," don't you? 308 00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:58,275 Captain, they're children. 309 00:16:58,351 --> 00:17:00,615 Need I remind you that these "children" 310 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:02,381 have committed murder themselves 311 00:17:02,455 --> 00:17:05,049 in their futile attempts to assimilate others. 312 00:17:05,124 --> 00:17:06,057 Seven... 313 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:08,219 tell me something. 314 00:17:08,294 --> 00:17:10,126 You saw them, 315 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,288 talked to them. 316 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,560 Do you think they'll kill the hostages 317 00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:15,260 if we don't give them what they want? 318 00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:20,269 Yes. 319 00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:25,337 I want that pathogen as an option, Doctor, 320 00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:27,903 but I won't consider using it until I've seen 321 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,607 these drones for myself. 322 00:17:29,682 --> 00:17:31,548 Think you can arrange that? 323 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:33,949 Then you're with me. 324 00:18:08,354 --> 00:18:12,154 Computer, identify the source of this com signal. 325 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:15,216 Starship Voyager. 326 00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:18,730 I need to respond on the same carrier wave. 327 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:22,928 That procedure will require significant modifications. 328 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:29,267 Well, don't worry. I'm way ahead of you. 329 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:49,528 Why are you here? 330 00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,292 I wanted to make a new proposal. 331 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:55,357 We've already negotiated. 332 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:59,804 You've seen the hostages. 333 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:02,341 Now give us the deflector as agreed. 334 00:19:02,408 --> 00:19:04,638 Maybe it's hard for you to accept, 335 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:07,475 but you don't have to rejoin the hive. 336 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:09,105 Our Doctor can remove 337 00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:11,206 your implants, you can come with us. 338 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,218 You were individuals yourselves not long ago-- 339 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:16,345 children with families. 340 00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:19,323 You were abducted and assimilated. 341 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,562 I recognize your species. 342 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:26,189 You're Brunali. 343 00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:29,460 And you're Norcadian. 344 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,435 Do you remember your world? 345 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:33,905 A Theta-Class planetoid. 346 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,202 Population: 260 million. 347 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:38,539 Binary suns. 348 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:41,308 And what did it look like when those suns set each night? 349 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:42,609 Can you remember that? 350 00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:43,740 Irrelevant! 351 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:45,648 The deflector, now. 352 00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:46,913 We need more time. 353 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,817 That deflector array is essential to our... 354 00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:49,650 No. 355 00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:53,319 Give it to us. 356 00:19:53,392 --> 00:19:54,882 Or what? You'll assimilate me? 357 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,792 That won't solve your problem. 358 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:59,194 I can't give you Voyager's deflector, 359 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:00,733 but maybe we can repair 360 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,894 your technology. 361 00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:04,902 Clarify. 362 00:20:04,970 --> 00:20:09,271 Seven knows a good deal about Borg systems. 363 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,435 You have two hours. 364 00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:13,444 I don't know the extent of the damage. 365 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:14,843 It could take longer. 366 00:20:14,914 --> 00:20:17,315 Two hours... 367 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,750 or your hostages die. 368 00:20:25,691 --> 00:20:28,683 Don't come back here, Captain. 369 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,473 I bought us another two hours. 370 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:51,880 The pathogen? 371 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:53,214 It should be ready by then. 372 00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:55,447 Did you see the away team? 373 00:20:55,521 --> 00:20:56,545 I'm afraid not. 374 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:59,319 But Seven assured me our people haven't been harmed. 375 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:00,984 I can't believe we're negotiating 376 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,289 with adolescent drones. 377 00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:03,886 They're not exactly drones. 378 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:05,556 Mature Borg are predictable. 379 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:07,690 They'll ignore you or assimilate you, 380 00:21:07,767 --> 00:21:10,202 but these... juveniles, they're unstable. 381 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,033 They are contemptuous of authority, 382 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:13,868 convinced that they are superior-- 383 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:17,671 typical adolescent behavior for any species. 384 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:19,837 It's a transmission... 385 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:21,346 from the cube. 386 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:22,244 Seven? 387 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:23,281 No. 388 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:24,942 It's Harry. 389 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,644 I'm clearing it up now. 390 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,717 Delta Flyer to Voyager. Respond. 391 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,315 We're receiving you, Ensign. 392 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:33,324 Where are you? 393 00:21:33,392 --> 00:21:34,587 Still in the Flyer. 394 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,129 It's locked up in some kind of hangar bay 395 00:21:37,196 --> 00:21:38,891 along with two alien ships. 396 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:40,693 I've isolated his coordinates. 397 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:42,393 How close is he 398 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,129 to their shield generator? 399 00:21:44,203 --> 00:21:45,398 Roughly 800 meters. 400 00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:47,769 Harry, are there any plasma charges 401 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,103 aboard the Flyer? 402 00:21:49,175 --> 00:21:50,472 Yes, ma'am. 403 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:51,908 In that case, how do you feel 404 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,445 about going for a little walk? 405 00:21:53,512 --> 00:21:54,980 I could use the exercise. 406 00:21:55,114 --> 00:21:57,913 Tuvok will guide you to the shield generator. 407 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:01,510 If you destroy it, you won't have to make the trip back. 408 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:02,986 Understood. 409 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:17,298 I have the technology you've requested. 410 00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:19,531 Thank you. 411 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,943 You were a drone for 18 years. 412 00:22:27,646 --> 00:22:29,375 Correct. 413 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:31,644 I accessed your datafile. 414 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:33,742 Why? 415 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:37,187 I thought it might be relevant. 416 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:40,850 What else did you learn? 417 00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:43,896 You were assimilated as a juvenile, like us. 418 00:22:43,963 --> 00:22:45,829 My parents were scientists 419 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:47,627 studying the Borg. 420 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,964 They took me with them. 421 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:52,299 My childhood was short. 422 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,634 Childhood? 423 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:57,267 The years between birth and physical maturity, 424 00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:58,936 when humanoids adapt 425 00:22:59,011 --> 00:23:01,639 to their roles as individuals. 426 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,911 Perhaps you have memory of yours. 427 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:06,279 I don't know. 428 00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:08,252 What about your parents? 429 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,017 Do you remember them? 430 00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:13,558 No. 431 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:15,788 No memories. 432 00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:18,694 Your subvocal processor is malfunctioning. 433 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:20,425 I can repair it for you. 434 00:23:22,368 --> 00:23:24,200 It's a slight adjustment. 435 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:28,870 It won't be painful. 436 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,471 The first told me 437 00:23:34,546 --> 00:23:36,708 my malfunction could not be repaired, 438 00:23:36,782 --> 00:23:39,376 until we reconnected with the collective. 439 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:47,724 This color... 440 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,820 My mother's hair... 441 00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:53,524 was this color. 442 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,397 I thought we agreed-- 443 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,697 no irrelevant discussions. 444 00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,864 What is the punishment 445 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:01,737 for disobeying the protocols? 446 00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,241 Deactivation. 447 00:24:03,309 --> 00:24:06,904 I engaged him in this discussion. 448 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:09,846 Return to your station. 449 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:33,365 I found some unsettling information. 450 00:24:33,439 --> 00:24:36,306 I examined their communication records. 451 00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:37,342 The collective did receive 452 00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:38,877 the drones' initial distress call. 453 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:42,278 How long before they arrive? 454 00:24:42,348 --> 00:24:44,373 A vessel was not dispatched. 455 00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:45,645 The collective declared 456 00:24:45,718 --> 00:24:47,311 the neonatal drones irrelevant 457 00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:49,514 and severed their link to the hive permanently. 458 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:52,421 They see them as damaged, unworthy of reassimilation. 459 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:53,481 Precisely. 460 00:24:53,559 --> 00:24:55,220 Are the drones aware of this? 461 00:24:55,294 --> 00:24:57,558 No. They don't have the ability 462 00:24:57,629 --> 00:25:00,223 to decrypt the message. 463 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:02,631 Once they learn they've been rejected by the hive, 464 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:04,692 they won't need our deflector. 465 00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:06,761 They might be willing to release the hostages. 466 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:08,830 Normally when drones learn they're irrelevant, 467 00:25:08,907 --> 00:25:10,898 they deactivate themselves. 468 00:25:11,043 --> 00:25:13,102 But these neonatal drones are unpredictable. 469 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:16,773 They may not adhere to Borg protocols. 470 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:20,852 There is another option. 471 00:25:23,122 --> 00:25:25,887 We could invite them to Voyager. 472 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:28,689 When they realize they have no place else to go... 473 00:25:28,761 --> 00:25:29,922 If you're suggesting 474 00:25:30,062 --> 00:25:32,087 transforming them into individuals, 475 00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:33,723 that would be extremely difficult. 476 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:36,769 You turned out pretty well, Seven. 477 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:40,669 That's because I was prepared before you encountered me. 478 00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:42,264 What do you mean? 479 00:25:42,341 --> 00:25:46,539 When I was first captured by the Borg, 480 00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:49,274 I was young and frightened. 481 00:25:49,348 --> 00:25:52,943 I watched my parents assimilated. 482 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,680 Then I was placed in a maturation chamber, 483 00:25:55,754 --> 00:25:58,086 and the hive mind began to restructure 484 00:25:58,157 --> 00:26:02,025 my synaptic pathways, purge my individuality. 485 00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:04,825 When I emerged five years later, 486 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,264 the turmoil of my forced assimilation 487 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:10,131 had been replaced with order. 488 00:26:10,202 --> 00:26:13,433 You may not be aware of this, Captain, 489 00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:17,908 but that order continues to be a source of strength for me. 490 00:26:17,976 --> 00:26:21,139 I could not have regained my humanity without it. 491 00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:24,376 I appreciate your insights. 492 00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:28,584 But just because they didn't have the benefit 493 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:30,383 of your Borg upbringing, 494 00:26:30,456 --> 00:26:32,925 doesn't mean we're going to turn our backs on them. 495 00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,356 There has to be another way. 496 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:37,953 Not all drones can be saved, Captain. 497 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:42,932 Continue the repairs aboard the Borg cube. 498 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:46,733 We'll hold onto this information for now. 499 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:48,034 Yes, Captain. 500 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:51,133 They do have one thing going for them. 501 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:55,341 You. 502 00:26:55,414 --> 00:26:57,212 If there's anyone who can reach them, 503 00:26:57,282 --> 00:26:59,182 it's you. 504 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:12,354 Three of hearts on a transwarp conduit. 505 00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:13,592 Ensign? 506 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:16,635 King of clubs... 507 00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:18,466 on a power coupling. 508 00:27:18,537 --> 00:27:20,505 I'm marking my route 509 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:23,564 with playing cards in case I have to come back this same way. 510 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,906 You shouldn't distract yourself, Mr. Kim. 511 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:27,912 I need a little distraction. 512 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:32,076 This hike is bringing up some bad memories. 513 00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:35,451 An earlier visit to a Borg cube? 514 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:37,751 Nope, haunted house my parents took me to 515 00:27:37,823 --> 00:27:39,188 when I was six. 516 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:42,956 Borg vessels may be forbidding, but they are not haunted. 517 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,056 Tuvok? 518 00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:48,497 Turn left, Ensign. 519 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,468 Nine of diamonds on a data node. 520 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,407 The resonance field collapsed. 521 00:27:57,476 --> 00:27:59,808 It'll take an hour to reinitialize. 522 00:27:59,878 --> 00:28:01,277 These delays are intentional. 523 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,872 I'm working as efficiently as I can. 524 00:28:03,949 --> 00:28:06,919 Examine my work for yourself if you have doubts. 525 00:28:08,654 --> 00:28:10,383 This data's flawed. 526 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,890 More likely it's your understanding 527 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,754 of quadric field theory that's flawed. 528 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:16,851 Ignore her. 529 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,260 She's trying to divide us. 530 00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:20,298 They rely on you. 531 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:22,766 Yet you lack the skills necessary to ensure 532 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:23,892 their survival. 533 00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:26,300 We've managed so far. 534 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,100 We're Borg. 535 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:29,732 You've forgotten what that means. 536 00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:32,539 The unity of the collective... 537 00:28:32,611 --> 00:28:34,602 common goals... 538 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:35,909 the quest for perfection... 539 00:28:35,981 --> 00:28:38,382 I have not forgotten. 540 00:28:38,450 --> 00:28:39,918 But you don't need to remain drones 541 00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,077 to experience those things. 542 00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:45,823 Come back with me to Voyager. 543 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:48,921 38 minutes. 544 00:28:49,027 --> 00:28:51,655 You're wasting time. 545 00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:58,332 Another maturation chamber is malfunctioning. 546 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:10,139 Its autonomic nervous system is failing. 547 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:11,478 It's Borg. 548 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:13,484 It will adapt. 549 00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:15,680 It's not adapting. 550 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:16,721 Let Seven help. 551 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,892 We can modulate the stasis field to stabilize its functions 552 00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:30,502 at least temporarily. 553 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:31,832 Assist me. 554 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:33,564 The field is degrading. 555 00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:35,368 We need to transport it 556 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,839 into an incubation pod-- quickly. 557 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,775 Why is it doing that? 558 00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:17,508 It's respiratory system is impaired. 559 00:30:17,582 --> 00:30:19,778 And this incubation pod is malfunctioning. 560 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,785 We must transport this infant to Voyager. 561 00:30:21,853 --> 00:30:22,843 No. 562 00:30:22,921 --> 00:30:25,583 The drone is part of our collective. 563 00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:29,627 Not if it dies. 564 00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:42,640 Tetryon levels are rising. I'm getting closer. 565 00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:44,836 The shield generator should be directly ahead. 566 00:30:48,313 --> 00:30:49,439 I see it. 567 00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,753 The first charge is in place. 568 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:03,286 Tuvok? 569 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:21,308 Hello? 570 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,747 You left these. 571 00:31:29,588 --> 00:31:31,488 I like her. 572 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:32,921 She looks like Seven of Nine. 573 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:35,426 Is Seven your friend? 574 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,485 You know, she's my friend, too. 575 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:38,893 Maybe someday... 576 00:31:38,964 --> 00:31:41,365 Your weapon won't work here. 577 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,424 Dampening field. 578 00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:47,971 How long has it been since you lost contact? 579 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:48,972 Four or five minutes. 580 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,074 His bio-signs? 581 00:31:50,142 --> 00:31:51,632 Doctor to the Captain. 582 00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,439 Please report to Sick Bay immediately. 583 00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:54,479 On my way. 584 00:31:54,546 --> 00:31:56,344 Keep looking for him. 585 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:58,978 What's the emergency? 586 00:31:59,117 --> 00:32:01,347 I thought you should see for yourself. 587 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:03,514 Somebody left a bundle on our doorstep. 588 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:04,714 I turned around 589 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:07,020 and there she was, lying on a bio-bed. 590 00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:09,254 Seven must have beamed her here. 591 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:10,260 A good thing, too. 592 00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:11,818 A few more minutes 593 00:32:11,897 --> 00:32:15,561 and I wouldn't have been able to do anything for her. 594 00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:17,898 It's hard to believe she could grow up 595 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:20,597 to be a drone. 596 00:32:27,078 --> 00:32:29,979 Hold her for a moment while I take some readings. 597 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:42,025 Oh. I guess she just wanted to be held. 598 00:32:45,931 --> 00:32:47,330 Oh. 599 00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:51,192 The pathogen. 600 00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:53,795 I finished synthesizing it. 601 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:56,364 Start working with Tuvok on a way to deploy 602 00:32:56,441 --> 00:32:58,170 the virus. 603 00:32:58,243 --> 00:33:00,405 Captain, you don't seriously plan to use it. 604 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,447 If I have to. 605 00:33:05,484 --> 00:33:07,578 Let's just hope your brothers and sisters 606 00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:10,121 don't force my hand. 607 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:13,485 You complain of delays, 608 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:15,526 then you interrupt my work. 609 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,858 Can you identify this? 610 00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:21,060 It's a plasma charge. 611 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,898 You tried to deceive us. 612 00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:37,881 Nanoprobes were injected into his bloodstream. 613 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,281 He won't survive without medical attention. 614 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:42,218 Call your Captain. 615 00:33:42,287 --> 00:33:44,085 Tell her to give us the deflector. 616 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:45,452 That won't be necessary. 617 00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,322 I only need a few more minutes to repair... 618 00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:48,951 No more delays. 619 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:52,120 No more deceptions. 620 00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,164 The deflector. 621 00:33:57,636 --> 00:34:00,401 Resistance is futile. 622 00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:07,070 Comply. 623 00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:09,739 Return Harry Kim; then we'll talk. 624 00:34:09,814 --> 00:34:11,282 We've talked enough. 625 00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:13,545 Your requests are irrelevant. 626 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:16,485 Comply, or we'll assimilate the others. 627 00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:23,692 It'll take us at least an hour to dismantle the deflector 628 00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:24,752 and transfer the components... 629 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:25,762 Now. 630 00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:28,197 I can't give it to you now. 631 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:31,099 It's complex technology that's part of our ship. 632 00:34:31,169 --> 00:34:32,659 We can't simply remove it, 633 00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:34,671 and no amount of threats from you 634 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,798 is going to change that. 635 00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:42,142 They've locked a tractor beam onto the deflector. 636 00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:43,612 They're trying to tear it off. 637 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:44,808 Hull stress is increasing. 638 00:34:44,883 --> 00:34:46,180 Breaches on Decks 10 and 11. 639 00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:50,154 Increase shield strength and randomize the harmonics. 640 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,722 They're adapting. 641 00:35:00,699 --> 00:35:02,428 Even with Voyager's deflector, 642 00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:04,491 your efforts to return to the hive 643 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:05,695 will fail. 644 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:07,704 They'll come for us. 645 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,740 No, they won't. 646 00:35:11,176 --> 00:35:13,406 The Borg received your message, 647 00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:15,207 but chose to ignore it. 648 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,772 They consider you irrelevant. 649 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:19,442 Irrelevant? 650 00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:20,916 We are damaged. 651 00:35:21,019 --> 00:35:22,851 They don't want us. 652 00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:24,548 Ignore her. 653 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,148 It's another lie. 654 00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:29,888 Their reply is in data grid 426. 655 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,759 Use decryption protocol theta-3. 656 00:35:31,830 --> 00:35:33,559 Return to your station. 657 00:35:45,910 --> 00:35:48,538 It's another deception. 658 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:51,310 She's manipulating us. 659 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,943 The transmission is authentic. 660 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:59,221 It's a mistake. 661 00:35:59,290 --> 00:36:01,782 The collective does not tolerate imperfection. 662 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,488 Then we'll assimilate more species... 663 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,792 prove we're worthy. 664 00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:12,366 Hull stress is reaching critical levels. 665 00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:14,735 Reroute all emergency power to structural integrity. 666 00:36:14,806 --> 00:36:17,605 That'll buy us another minute at most. 667 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,906 Captain, I found a fluctuation 668 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:21,911 in their shield grid near a plasma duct. 669 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,505 It's too intermittent to beam out the hostages, 670 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:27,051 but we could use it to deploy the pathogen. 671 00:36:31,356 --> 00:36:32,721 Captain... 672 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,088 Not yet. 673 00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:35,524 There is no alternative. 674 00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:37,220 There's always an alternative. 675 00:36:37,295 --> 00:36:38,729 We just need to find it. 676 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:43,434 Their tractor beam draws power 677 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:45,560 from the same grid as their shield matrix. 678 00:36:47,105 --> 00:36:48,266 If we use the deflector 679 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:50,398 to send a feedback pulse along the beam, 680 00:36:50,475 --> 00:36:52,534 it could disrupt their shields. Do it. 681 00:36:52,610 --> 00:36:55,272 Rerouting more plasma. 682 00:36:55,346 --> 00:36:56,279 If this doesn't work, 683 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:57,906 it'll do more damage to us than the cube. 684 00:36:57,982 --> 00:36:58,949 It'll work. 685 00:36:59,017 --> 00:36:59,950 Prepare to fire. 686 00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:05,752 You have no future with the Borg... 687 00:37:05,824 --> 00:37:07,485 but you do with Voyager-- 688 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:10,494 a chance to reclaim your real lives. 689 00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:13,327 What do you know about real lives? 690 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:17,267 Does he speak for all of you? 691 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:20,134 You should make your decisions yourself, 692 00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:21,297 as individuals. 693 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:28,211 They are sending a feedback pulse 694 00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:29,769 through our tractor beam. 695 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:32,340 It's overloading our shield matrix. 696 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,385 Adapt! 697 00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:40,691 Their tractor beam 698 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:41,692 is fluctuating. 699 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,091 Their shields are dropping. 700 00:37:43,161 --> 00:37:44,856 I've got a partial lock on the away team. 701 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,761 Boosting the confinement beam. 702 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:48,128 I've got three of them. 703 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:49,826 Confirmed. 704 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:52,802 Chakotay, Paris and Neelix are in Transporter Room 2. 705 00:37:52,871 --> 00:37:54,270 What about Seven and Harry? 706 00:37:54,339 --> 00:37:55,738 They must be in a section 707 00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:56,774 that's still shielded. 708 00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:58,707 Amplify the feedback pulse. 709 00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:04,575 The other captives are gone. 710 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:07,708 The shields around this chamber are failing. 711 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:09,379 Instructions. 712 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:16,925 Lower your shields. 713 00:38:21,566 --> 00:38:23,432 Lower the shields! 714 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,096 No! 715 00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:43,048 Leave her alone. 716 00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:45,249 Get back to your station. 717 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:47,917 Do what I say. 718 00:38:48,026 --> 00:38:49,357 What you say? 719 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:51,418 I thought we were a collective. 720 00:38:51,496 --> 00:38:53,430 One mind, one voice. 721 00:38:53,498 --> 00:38:56,331 I protected you... 722 00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:58,392 gave you order. 723 00:38:58,469 --> 00:38:59,402 Your order. 724 00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:01,632 Your rules. 725 00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:04,505 Their feedback pulse is overloading 726 00:39:04,576 --> 00:39:06,169 the induction grids. 727 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,246 This vessel will be destroyed. 728 00:39:12,317 --> 00:39:13,648 We must evacuate. 729 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:14,776 No! 730 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:16,446 Assist me! 731 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:32,497 You're damaged. Lie still. 732 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:35,369 We have to resist. 733 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,466 The collective will come for us. 734 00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:43,614 His cortical implants are depolarizing. 735 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:47,147 I can't help him. 736 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:54,290 We'll find a new home. 737 00:39:54,359 --> 00:39:56,327 You'll see. 738 00:39:57,829 --> 00:40:00,059 W-we are Borg. 739 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:04,893 Yes. 740 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,801 We are Borg. 741 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,020 Lower the shields. 742 00:40:39,604 --> 00:40:41,197 Captain's Log, supplemental. 743 00:40:41,272 --> 00:40:42,967 Harry is recovering in Sick Bay, 744 00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:45,135 and the rest of the away team is safe and sound. 745 00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:46,335 As for the drones, 746 00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:48,277 the Doctor's removed most of their implants, 747 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:51,213 leaving us with four very troubled children. 748 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,215 We've sent out calls 749 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,978 to any Brunali and Norcadian ships 750 00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:55,610 that might be in the vicinity, 751 00:40:55,687 --> 00:40:57,451 but we haven't gotten any responses so far, 752 00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:58,990 and we're still trying to figure out 753 00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:00,923 where the other two came from. 754 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:02,551 It may take a while. 755 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:04,061 They could use the time. 756 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:06,062 They have a great deal to learn. 757 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:08,428 It might help if they had someone around 758 00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:10,433 who knew what they're up against. 759 00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:14,165 I've never been responsible for children. 760 00:41:14,238 --> 00:41:16,707 Mr. Neelix would be a wiser choice. 761 00:41:16,774 --> 00:41:17,832 From what I've seen, 762 00:41:17,909 --> 00:41:20,276 you're the one they've established a bond with. 763 00:41:20,345 --> 00:41:22,404 They'll be looking to you for guidance. 764 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,616 Perhaps I could... 765 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:27,378 help them avoid some of the obstacles 766 00:41:27,452 --> 00:41:28,817 I've encountered. 767 00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:38,861 Do we have to regenerate now? 768 00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,364 Yes. 769 00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:42,559 But first... 770 00:41:42,633 --> 00:41:44,294 I was able to salvage 771 00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:46,360 your assimilation profiles. 772 00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:48,462 They include your names and some limited 773 00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:49,768 biographical data. 774 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:51,969 Icheb. 775 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:54,238 My name was Icheb. 776 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:56,542 Your name is Icheb. 777 00:41:56,614 --> 00:41:58,912 I remember now. 778 00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:01,452 It was my father's second name. 779 00:42:02,553 --> 00:42:05,921 My designation is Mezoti. 780 00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:09,387 It-it's a pretty name. 781 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:11,690 Yes, itis... 782 00:42:11,763 --> 00:42:13,629 and it's all yours. 783 00:42:18,169 --> 00:42:19,330 Azan 784 00:42:19,404 --> 00:42:20,929 and Rebi... 785 00:42:21,072 --> 00:42:23,336 I'll tell you more about them tomorrow. 786 00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:34,984 Computer, decrease ambient lighting by 60 percent. 787 00:42:38,790 --> 00:42:39,985 Good night. 788 00:42:47,765 --> 00:42:49,426 Sweet dreams.