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Whatever she wants us for,
it better be good.

Bridge.

I had you right
where I wanted you.

What are you talking about?

I was ahead-- 19-7.

I was just lulling you
into a false sense of security.

Sure you were.

I'll win the next
couple of points,

then you'll start to tense up.

I do not tense up.

Easy, B'Elanna.

It's only hoverball.

You wanted to see us, Captain?

Yes, Commander.

We've picked up
an intriguing transmission.

I have a source on the signal.

A ship?

Negative.

It appears to be
a beacon of some kind.

A beacon?

We are being hailed

by someone using
a Federation signal.

How could someone
be transmitting

a Federation signal
from the Delta Quadrant?

Maybe Starfleet found a way
to get a probe here.

Maybe they're looking for us.

I'd like to believe that, too,

but let's not jump
to conclusions.

See if you can
authenticate the signal.

The carrier wave frequency

does correspond to standard
Starfleet security codes.

As of when?

According to the encryption key,

this particular code
was not scheduled

for implementation
until Stardate 48423.

That's a month after we left
Deep Space 9.

They must be looking for us.

Your optimism may be
premature, Mr. Kim.

Sorry, Captain.

But it's also infectious.

Mr. Paris,
lay in a course for the beacon.

Yes, ma'am.

We're approaching the beacon's
coordinates, Captain.

It's drifted inside
an ionized hydrogen cloud.

The cloud's interfering
with our sensor readings.

Can you get any information
from the beacon?

I'm afraid not.

Should I beam it aboard?

I'd advise against bringing it

on board before we've
gotten a look at it--

even if it is emitting
a Federation signal.

Agreed, and I don't want
to fly blindly

into a hydrogen cloud either.

Mr. Tuvok, tractor the probe
into sensor range.

Aye, Captain.

Targeting scanners locked.

Initiating tractor beam.

Report.

We are taking fire
from inside the cloud.

Source?

Unknown.

Battle stations.

A Kazon raider is closing
at 158 mark 9.

Hail them, Mr. Kim.

They're not responding, Captain.

Warp 3, Mr. Paris.
Get us out of here.

Aye...

Warp engines are off-line,
Captain.

Initiate evasive pattern
omega three.

Mr. Tuvok, return fire.

Aye, Captain.

Kazon ship is in pursuit.

An opening is forming
in the starboard shields,

72 centimeters in diameter.

See if you can close it,
Commander.

Try rotating
the shield harmonics.

They are continuously

matching their weapons frequency
to our shield frequency.

How the hell can they do that?

I don't know.

The diameter of the opening
has widened

to approximately two meters.

Set the shield harmonics
to rotate continuously.

Aye, Commander.

The diameter

of the opening is now
approximately four meters.

It's as if they know
our access codes.

Captain, I am picking up
a smaller vessel

emerging
from the hydrogen cloud.

It is heading directly

toward the opening
in our shields.

All hands, brace for impact.

Warning. Hull breach
on Deck 4, Cargo Bay 2.

Structural integrity is
at 50 percent and dropping.

The hull is starting to buckle.

We're losing life support
on Deck 4.

I am trying to initiate
an emergency containment field.

However, the collision

has caused a power failure
on Deck 4.

Rerouting power to compensate.

Containment field activated.

Warning. Intruder alert
in Cargo Bay 2.

Mr. Tuvok!

Tuvok to Security.

Meet me outside Cargo Bay 2.

Aye, sir.

Drop your weapons!

It's no use.

We're not going anywhere
with that shuttle

sticking out of our side.

It's totally destabilizing
our warp field.

Mr. Kim,

did you reroute power
to Transporter Room 2?

No, sir.

Bridge to Tuvok.

Tuvok here.

There may be intruders
in Transporter Room 2.

I'm on my way.

Tuvok to Bridge.

Go ahead.

The Kazon have beamed away,
Captain,

and they've taken one of our
transporter modules with them.

Can you lock on

to the module and beam it back?

Not at the moment.

As soon as the Kazon
dematerialized,

we lost all transporter power.

Mr. Chakotay, lock a tractor
beam on to their ship.

They're not leaving
with that module.

Aye, Captain.

The Kazon are powering
their warp engines, Captain.

Make it fast, Commander.

Engaging tractor beam.

I've got them, Captain.

The Kazon ship is hailing us.

Suddenly they want to talk.

On screen.

Captain Janeway.

First Maje Culluh
of the Kazon-Nistrim.

I remember you, Culluh.

That transporter module
you just stole

is specifically designed
for our ship.

You'll never be able
to integrate it

into your systems.

I've had some help
updating our technology

since we last met.

Seska?

That's right, Captain.

As you can see,
I'm in the process

of restoring
my Cardassian physiology.

Hello, Chakotay.

I should have known
you were involved.

Yes, you should have.

Just like I knew you'd try
to stop us with a tractor beam.

You've always been
so predictable.

Captain, their deflector shields
are creating a feedback loop.

It's neutralizing
the tractor emitter.

Attempting to compensate.

Good-bye, Chakotay.

Lovely to see you again.

It's too late.

They've gone to warp.

They modified the bow
to puncture our hull.

I've never seen the Kazon
do anything like this before.

Until now, the Kazon
have never had an advisor

with Cardassian, Maquis
and Starfleet

tactical experience.

The question is:
How do we dislodge it

without losing
structural integrity?

With power down,
our containment field's

already extremely unstable.

We'll have to reroute
additional power

to the containment field

and tow their shuttle out
with one of our own.

Then we can repair the breach.

The shields and the warp drive
will have to wait.

Warp drive isn't going
to do us much good

with this knife
stuck in our belly.

Get it out fast.

We don't want the Kazon

to put too much
distance between us.

Forgive me, Captain,

but are you sure
going after the Nistrim

is the wisest course of action?

After what they've
already done to us?

Let me make something
very clear.

The Nistrim are in possession
of Federation technology.

That is
an unacceptable situation.

Even though all they've stolen
is a small computer component?

That "small component"
has the potential

to cause vast problems
in this Quadrant.

You're our resident
expert on the Kazon.

What do you think the
other sects will do

when they realize the Nistrim
have transporter capabilities?

They'll try to get it for
themselves any way they can.

You're right.

It could alter the balance
of power among the sects.

Exactly, and it is our duty

to do everything we can,
no matter how dangerous

to stop that from happening.

You can count on me, Captain.

From the look
of these sensor readings,

Seska wants us
to come after her.

Commander?

I think Seska's leading us
into another trap.

She masterminded

a precision raid
that made us look

Iike first-year
Academy students,

but she left a warp trail
for us to follow.

After such
a flawless performance,

why would she suddenly make

that kind of mistake?

You think she wants more
than the transporter?

Are you suggesting
we don't follow her?

No, I agree
with everything you said

about preventing
the spread of our technology,

but conventional tactics
aren't going to work with Seska.

We'll need to come at her
with a few surprises of our own.

I'm open to suggestions.

Perhaps Commander Chakotay

could use
his intimate knowledge of Seska

to manipulate her

in much the same way
she manipulated us.

It can move people
great distances

in the blink of an eye, Haron,

but this "transporter"
is only the beginning.

Go on.

I'm listening.

There is a ship filled
with new technology.

Devices that can make food,
water--

even weapons--
appear out of thin air.

A computer system which uses
neural tissue that can react

twice as fast ours.

Very interesting, Culluh,

but what does all this
have to do with me?

That ship is on its way here.

Help us,
and we can divide the spoils.

The module Seska stole

contains a quantum
resonance oscillator.

So, we modify this coil scanner
to detect the oscillator.

Then we get close enough
to beam it back.

I'm betting Seska's
figured out a way

to shield the module
from our transporters.

We might have
to destroy it instead.

How do we do that?

We borrow a trick
from Seska's book.

Remember how we disabled
the computer core

on the Cardassian frigate
orbiting Bajor?

Seska modified
an antiproton beam

to penetrate
its shields and hull.

Exactly.

But if I remember correctly,

the beam was only effective
from an extremely close range.

How do we get near enough
to the Nistrim ship?

One thing at a time.

You're taking this all very
personally, aren't you?

Why shouldn't l?

You are not responsible
for what happened.

Oh, no?
I let her join the Maquis.

I took her into my confidence.

I even got...

intimately involved with her.

So you have
lousy taste in women.

Look, Chakotay,
she fooled us all.

She was my best friend--

or at least
that's what I thought.

Well, l, for one, am through
being manipulated by her.

Are you sure?

Because she's affecting you.

That's just where she wants you.

Don't tense up.

So now I'm getting advice

about controlling
my emotions from you.

Our sects have been
blood enemies for generations.

And yet, now you ask for my help
to defeat this Voyager.

Why not simply do it yourselves?

I'll tell you why.

Because the Nistrim are weak

and the Relora are strong.

Your grandfather's time
has passed, Culluh.

You've presided over the demise
of your own sect, whittled away

-your strength...
-Enough!

You may have ships
and soldiers,

but I have the technology.

And I congratulate you

on the daring and cunning
of your raid.

Now, why don't you give me
this transporter technology--

assuming it's authentic--

and let the Relora do
what we do best.

When we have defeated
the Voyager,

we will not forget
the Nistrim's assistance.

You think I'm a fool.

I won't hand this
technology over to you.

Then perhaps we
will have to take it.

Why don't we let the maje
go back to his ship

while we consider his offer?

Listen to your woman,
Culluh.

I'm picking up a gap

in the Nistrim's warp trail,
Captain.

All stop.
Let's take a look.

Captain, I've got
some floating debris

at bearing 319 mark 4.

On screen.

What is it?

I'm not sure yet.

Magnify.

I'm detecting a residual
transporter signature.

There is no doubt that this man
and his unfortunate companion

were beamed into space.

And according
to these readings,

they were alive
at the time, Captain.

It looks like Seska's
already adapted

the transporter module
into the Kazon systems

and started
experimenting with it.

Her early trials

appear to have been
less than successful.

I'm not so sure these men died
by accident, Captain.

You see this green band
he's wearing?

It means he was the First Maje
of the Kazon-Relora.

Relora?

Sworn enemies of the Nistrim.

It's conceivable
that Seska and Culluh

used the transporter
to execute these men.

Captain's Log, Stardate 49208.5.

I have convened a meeting
of the senior staff

to determine how we can get
close enough

to the Nistrim ship
to deploy the antiproton beam.

Where's Chakotay?

He was in Engineering

helping me modify
the coil scanner.

He said he'd be right up.

Janeway to Chakotay.

Computer, locate
Commander Chakotay.

Commander Chakotay
is not aboard the ship.

Computer, when will we intercept
the Kazon vessel?

Approximately 30 minutes.

What I want to know, Mr. Tuvok,

is how he was able to get
a shuttlecraft off this ship

without either of us
knowing about it.

Apparently, he was able to
override the lock-out command.

I guess Seska's not the only one

who knows how to compromise
our security systems.

I assure you, Captain,
it will not happen again.

See that it doesn't.

Did Chakotay leave any clue
about what he's up to?

I have accessed
his personal logs,

but there is no reference
to his leaving Voyager.

I guess he was in too big
a hurry to leave a note.

The coil scanner was right here.

He must have taken it with him.

Then I guess it's pretty
clear he's going after Seska.

Looks like that.

You were working
with him, Lieutenant.

Did he say anything to you?

Just that he felt responsible

for Seska,
and was determined to stop her,

but I never thought he
would try to do this alone.

How big a head start
does he have?

Approximately three hours.

Janeway to Conn.

Paris here, Captain.

Lay in a pursuit course

for Commander Chakotay's
shuttlecraft, maximum impulse.

Acknowledged.

And Mr. Tuvok,
I want a complete review

of all security protocols
on this ship by 2200 hours.

Aye, Captain.

You said the Relora
would join us.

I should never
have listened to you.

I was wrong.
I'm sorry.

Kazon sects do not
help one another.

Don't be so sure about that.

What did you do

to the two men
who refused your offer?

I killed them.

Yes, and by doing that,
you sent a message.

"The Kazon-Nistrim
are powerful again.

"First Maje Jal Culluh
has technology

"that no other sect possesses.

Join with him
or suffer the consequences."

Maybe the mistake was
to approach the Relora.

They're already strong.

But the transporter
may be enough

to convince
the Hobii to join me,

and perhaps the Mostral.

Yes,

and with a few more ships,
you can defeat Voyager.

And when you have
the rest of their technology,

the other sects
will have no choice

but to fall into line.

That's why I sent
a subspace message

to the Mostral
the Hobii and the Oglamar.

You did what?

I told them
about the transporter.

Asked them to help us
take Voyager.

You have gone too far.

I sent the messages
in your name.

I am the leader of this sect.

You are only a woman.

I'm sorry, Culluh.

You will address me as Maje!

Yes... Maje.

Please...

forgive me.

So...

how did the other sects
respond to my request?

They're on their way to join us.

I could do what no one has done

since Jal Sankur
united the sects

to overthrow the Trabe.

Yes, Maje.

I could have hundreds of ships

and thousands of soldiers
under my command.

Yes, Maje.

I could be the most
powerful Kazon in the Quadrant.

Yes, Maje.

Come in.

Do you have a minute, Captain?

It's about Chakotay.

That's not exactly
my favorite subject

right now, Lieutenant.

Well, I thought that
maybe I could explain...

Explain what?
Why my First Officer

publicly defied my authority

by commandeering a shuttle
without permission?

I know it was never
his intention to defy you.

He respects your authority.

But...?

But he's a very proud man,

and he's been...

embarrassed by Seska.

What Seska did,
she did to all of us.

Frankly, I find it

more than a little
self-indulgent of Chakotay

to assume this is all about him.

He never said it
to me directly, but...

I think he was
in love with her,

and then he found out
that everything he knew

about her was a lie.

You said that he publicly
defied your authority.

Can you imagine what
it must have been like

for someone
as private as Chakotay

to be publicly humiliated
by someone he loved?

And then, as if
that weren't enough,

she came back to taunt him

in front
of the entire Bridge crew.

I'm sure it was
very painful for him,

but what you're saying is

he's got a personal score
to settle.

That's only part of it.

I know Chakotay.

This is his way
of taking responsibility.

In his mind, he's trying
to protect the rest of us

from a dangerous situation
which he created.

Maybe, but that doesn't give him

the privilege of ignoring
this ship's chain of command.

I know that.

It's just that...

Chakotay would never tell you
any of this himself.

And assuming we get him
back in one piece,

you want to make sure

I take his personal feelings
into account

before I decide
how to discipline him.

I know that you're
well within your rights

to throw him into the brig,
but...

Well...

Chakotay is lucky to have
such a good friend.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't we deal
with getting him back

in one piece first.

We can worry about
the discipline later.

Thank you.

Computer, when will we enter

the Kazon vessel's
scanner range?

Approximately six minutes.

Reduce power
to maneuvering thrusters

and life support
to five percent.

Cut all power to other systems.

The Mostral should be here
in less than 20 hours.

The Hobii in 15.

Come look at this.

Intermittent EM readings?

I don't think so.

Computer,
initiate continuous scans

for the transporter oscillator.

Initiating scans.

Those aren't
normal fluctuations.

They're energy spikes
from maneuvering thrusters.

Probably a shuttle
running shadow maneuvers.

He knows our scanners

can't pinpoint
energy readings that low.

Who?

Maybe we can resonate

a coherent polaron pulse
off his hull.

Get a lock on him that way.

Initiate a continuous
stream of pulses

from the lateral deflectors.

Maje?

Come on, Seska.

Where did you hide that module?

There you are.

Open a channel.

To whom?

Just transmit
on wide-band subspace.

He'll hear me.

Come on, find it!

Hello, Chakotay.

Very clever maneuvering,

but I'm not about to let you
ruin all my hard work.

Deploy a spread
of photonic charges

centered on coordinates
124 by 217 --

20 percent nominal yield.

That won't be enough.

We want that shuttle intact.

Got you.

Computer, power
the antiproton generator.

Generator ready.

Target a concentrated beam
to these coordinates.

Beam targeted.

Initiate!

The generator is off-line.

Great.

Computer, launch the automated
message beacon.

Beacon launched.

Now take the inertial dampers
off-line.

He's lost control
of the shuttle.

We have him.

Lock the towing emitter
onto his vessel

and bring him
into the main hangar.

Culluh calling Seska.

This is Seska.

He's not here.

He must have transported aboard.

Find him!

I'm right here.

Activate the message beacon.

Lovely to see you again.

Captain, I'm detecting
a Federation beacon

at bearing 059 mark 72.

This one's definitely ours--
Starfleet issue.

All stop.

The beacon is transmitting
an automated message.

It is from Commander Chakotay.

On screen.

...to Voyager.

If this signal
has been activated,

it means that I have destroyed

the Nistrim's
transporter capabilities.

Captain, I apologize for acting
without authorization,

but I ask you
not to put the ship or crew

in further jeopardy
by attempting to rescue me.

It's unlikely
that I'm still alive.

Chakotay to Voyager.

If this signal
has been activated...

You can go.

I see the Nistrim
take orders from you now.

Let's just say I'm in a position
of some influence,

which is fortunate for you.

Culluh wanted
to execute you immediately,

but I convinced him that you'd
be a valuable prisoner

and that I should be the one
to interrogate you.

Lucky me.

Would you like a drink?

The Kazon word for this
is "enemy's blood."

It's not exactly fine cognac,

but I've developed
a taste for it.

Try some.

No, thanks.

You know, I've got
to hand it to you.

I thought all these months
answering to Janeway

would have made you soft,

but all you needed was
a little slap in the face

to get that Maquis heart
of yours beating again.

Here's to old times.

I have no interest
in reminiscing with you.

I destroyed
the transporter module.

The game's over.

What do I need with a single
transporter module

when I've got your shuttle
and all its technology

sitting in our hanger?

I think you'll find
that technology useless.

I wiped the computer core
before I transported.

I should have anticipated that.

So if you're going
to have me killed, just do it.

You're still the noble one,
aren't you?

Ready to die for your shipmates.

You know, Chakotay,

I may not have
the transporter anymore,

but I've got something better.

You.

Maybe that's
all I really wanted.

I've missed you.

You can't possibly believe
that you and I could still...

Don't flatter yourself.

It was never that good.

You might have been

an interesting diversion
now and then,

but I've always been
less interested in you

than in the information
you could provide me with.

First, you gave me
your Maquis secrets

and now I want
Voyager's command codes.

If you think I'm going
to give you those codes,

you don't know me
as well as you think you do.

Maybe not,
but for old time's sake,

I'll let you in
on a little secret.

There are half a dozen ships
from other Kazon sects

on their way here right now.

They're joining us
to help take Voyager.

Why are you telling me this?

I'm not a monster.

I still care about Torres
and some of the others.

I don't want to see
anybody get hurt.

I never did.

I'm touched.

These Kazon aren't as
reasonable as you and l.

I'm going to have to
use all my influence

to make sure they
don't kill you all.

But you've got to give me
something to work with.

Voyager's not coming.

I left them
explicit instructions

not to follow me.

So you can stop worrying
about people getting hurt.

They'll come.

They'd never leave
their First Officer

in the hands of the Kazon.

You may not give me
the command codes,

but when Culluh gets through
with you, you'll wish you had.

The message appears
to be authentic, Captain.

We've got to go get him.

Commander Chakotay has
expressly requested

that we not attempt to do so.

We don't have
to honor that request.

Captain?

If a rescue attempt forces
us to engage the Kazon,

there is always a
possibility that more

of our technology will
fall into their hands.

Kim to the Captain.

I'm picking up several vessels

converging
on the Nistrim's location.

My gut tells me

we should go after Chakotay...

but my better judgment,
tells me we should

honor his request.

I would never want you to ignore
your judgment, Captain,

but let me ask you this.

In your judgment,
how would the loss

of our First Officer
affect this crew?

What would it do
to the morale on this ship?

Maybe this is an instance

when your gut
is giving you better advice.

Janeway to Conn.

Paris here.

Resume a course

for Chakotay's shuttle.

Aye, Captain.

I'm losing patience, Federation.

Just tell him
what he needs to know.

She's quite a woman, isn't she?

Does she rub your shoulders

and tell you
you're the most exciting man

she's ever known?

That's what she
used to do for me.

What's the matter?

Didn't she tell you about us?

Stop playing games
and give me the command codes.

Flattery, devotion, sex...

I always thought
she had a lot to offer a man.

You talk too much, Federation,

but you're not telling me
what I need to know.

You're wrong, Culluh.

I'm telling you exactly
what you need to know.

She's using you.

I'm the one who's using her.

You've done an even better job
on him than you did on me.

You talk to me, not to her.

Then what's she doing here?

Watching you work?!

She used to like
to watch me work, too.

I don't believe a word
you're saying,

so you can stop trying
to distract me now

and start answering questions.

You know one thing
I especially liked?

The little mole on her stomach.

I guess you've seen it.

I'm through
wasting my strength on you.

Now give me the command codes.

I'll give you something better.

What?

Firsthand information.

Go ahead.

When Seska's through with you...

...she's going to kill you.

He's delirious.

He doesn't know
what he's saying.

Give him some time.

I'll be back in one hour.

For his sake,
he'd better be more cooperative.

Very clever ploy, Chakotay,

but you know I'm not a killer.

If I were, you'd have
been dead a long time ago.

I have located the Nistrim
vessel on long-range sensors.

Distance--.4 light-years.

However, they are not alone.

There are now at least
six other Kazon ships

in the immediate vicinity.

I didn't think Culluh
had that many ships.

They must belong to enemy sects.

That may be so,

but the ships have not powered
their weapon systems.

What do you make of it,
Neelix?

It's certainly unusual
for rival Kazon

sects to congregate peacefully.

Is it possible

the Nistrim have formed
an alliance with other sects?

I've never known the Kazon to do
anything like that before.

If the Nistrim have added
six ships to their force,

it would be tactically unwise
to engage them.

Then we'll just have
to find a way of getting

Chakotay out of there
without picking a fight.

We can transport him out.

We would have to slow down

once within transporter range,
giving the Kazon ample time

to open fire.

Not necessarily.

We could beam him out
at warp speed

without even slowing down.

The Kazon would never
be able to catch us.

That's difficult enough
when both ships

are traveling at warp.

The Kazon ship's
not even moving.

I can compensate for that.

How?

By synchronizing
the transporter's

annular confinement beam
to the warp core frequency.

Maybe, but at a relative speed

of two billion kilometers
per second,

it's pretty tough
to get a lock on somebody.

Ensign Kim is correct.

We would risk scrambling

his transporter signal
and killing him.

It would be a direct violation
of Starfleet safety protocols.

Do you have a better idea?

Trust me, Captain.

I can do it.

How can you be so sure?

Because I've done it before.

When you are a Maquis,

you don't always have the luxury
of following protocols.

Ah!

Jal Surat of the Mostral.

May I present
Jal Loran of the Hobii

and Jal Valek of the Oglamar?

We've met before...

in battle.

Please, Jal Surat, sit down.

Today is a day Kazon children
will remember for generations.

Today is the day we put aside
our differences

and join forces
to defeat Voyager.

Today is the day
that marks the end

of the supremacy
of the Relora and the Ogla

because, after today, we will
have the Federation technology

and the other sects
will run when they see us.

That's a fine speech, Culluh,
but what makes you think

Voyagerwon't use
this technology to defeat us?

Because I have
Voyager's command codes.

I have heard what you did

to the Relora maje
and his companion--

very impressive--

but before I make an enemy of
these Federations, I want proof

that you have
their command codes.

May I present
Commander Chakotay--

Voyager's First Officer.

60 seconds to transporter range,
Captain.

Bridge to Torres.
Have you located Chakotay?

I'm reading Kazon life signs,
but still no Chakotay.

Captain, I must remind you

that we have
no direct evidence

the Commander is still alive,
or if he is,

that he's still
aboard that ship.

I'm not conceding that yet.

Can you give me anything,
B'Elanna?

I'm picking up some kind
of localized dampening field.

It's blocking
our targeting scanners.

Maybe Seska's found a way
to hide Chakotay from us.

You may be right.

I've got to reinitialize
the targeting scanners

to match the relative phase
of the dampening field.

I've found him, Captain.

He's still alive.

Can you get him out of there?

The damping field is disrupting
our transporter signal.

I can't get a lock on him.

Red Alert.

Mr. Paris, take us out of warp.

It's Voyager.

Well, Culluh?

What are you waiting for?

Use the command codes
to disable them.

Bridge,
this is First Maje Culluh.

Lock weapons onto
the Federation ship and fire.

Mr. Paris, evasive
pattern delta four.

Mr. Tuvok, return fire.

Firing phasers.

Bridge to Torres.

Can you transport Chakotay?

I'm matching
the pattern buffer frequency

to the Kazon dampening field.

Make it fast.

I've got a lock.

Initiating transport.

Do you have him, B'Elanna?

I had him for a second,

but they've remodulated
the dampening field.

Can you compensate?

I'm trying,
but I need more time.

We'll try to hold them off,
but we don't have long.

Mr. Tuvok, phasers to maximum.

Let's give them
a little distraction.

Why are you allowing them
to continue firing?

It's taking longer
than I thought

to interface with their systems.

You must order your ships
to provide cover.

I hope you know
what you're doing.

The other Kazon vessels
have opened fire.

Mr. Paris, evasive
pattern omega two.

Aye, Captain.

Bridge to Torres.

You're going to have
to hurry it up down there.

We can't hold them off
much longer.

I'm doing the best I can.

We're losing patience, Culluh.

Where are you going?

To the Bridge.

I might have better luck

interfacing with Voyager's
systems from there.

I'll go with you.

You'll stay right here.

Aft shields down
to 23 percent, Captain.

Bridge to Torres.

Can you transport
Chakotay out or not?

They've put the dampening field
on some kind

of randomly fluctuating
modulation.

It'll take me at least an hour
to match the phase variances.

Shields at 16 percent.

Captain, we must retreat.

Lieutenant, just how localized
is that dampening field?

A little more than two meters

in diameter-- just enough
to isolate Chakotay. Why?

I think I've got an idea.

I don't think you ever
had those command codes.

I think you're a liar.

What does it matter?

If we work together,

we don't need the command codes
to beat them.

You're right.

We can beat them,

but we're going
to do it without you.

We're taking your ship.

Please stay where you are.

You will find
that our transporters

have rendered
your weapons useless.

I will make you very sorry
for this, Culluh.

Here are the terms, gentlemen.

The safe return of our First
Officer and shuttlecraft

in exchange for your freedom.

I presume you will find that
an acceptable arrangement.

Captain's Log, Stardate 4921 1.5.

Now that Commander Chakotay
has made a full recovery,

I'm faced
with the difficult task

of responding to his failure
to follow procedure.

Just tell me one thing.

What were you thinking?

About keeping our technology
out of Kazon hands.

I thought if I did it on my own,

I could keep the rest
of the crew out of danger.

That may be
a very noble sentiment,

but it wasn't
your decision to make.

Oh, Chakotay...

we've spent the last ten months
together on this ship.

I thought we had
an understanding.

Why did you choose
to ignore procedure?

Seska was my problem--

a problem I felt it
was my duty to solve.

So you had a...

personal score to settle.

I thought I was doing
the right thing.

Really?

Tell me this.

How do you expect me
to keep order

when the First Officer
takes it upon himself

to run off like some cowboy
because he decides

it's a good idea?

What you did was commendable.

The way you did it was not.

You set a terrible example,
and on a personal level,

you've made my job
more difficult.

If that's so, I regret it.

I'm putting you on report,

in case that means
anything anymore.

It means something to me,
Captain.

It means I've let you down

and for that, I'm truly sorry.

Bridge to ready room.

Go ahead, Mr. Tuvok.

I think you
and Commander Chakotay

should come in here.

On our way.

I have located an automated
message beacon, Captain.

Another one?

It is a message
to Commander Chakotay

from Seska.

Would you like Mr. Kim

to put it through
to your office?

No, I think I've spent enough
time alone with Seska.

Very well.

Put it on screen.

Hello, Chakotay.

Congratulations on your victory.

I look forward
to our next meeting.

Oh, and there's something
you should know.

While you were unconscious,

I took the liberty of extracting
a sample of your DNA.

I impregnated myself with it.

So, I guess more congratulations
are in order.

You're going to be a father.