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It's extraordinary.

I must remind you

that it is aIso
a potentiaI security risk.

It's Iosing power.

I'd Iike to move it
to Engineering

to see if I can repair it
before it drains compIeteIy.

I suggest we aIIow
the power to drain.

We shouId take the opportunity
to examine it whiIe it is idIe.

Then we can decide
whether it is wise to repair it.

Captain, this thing

has a compIeteIy
unfamiIiar power source.

Once it stops working,

it's very possibIe I'II never
be abIe to get it going again

and we'II have Iost
an opportunity

to study a new technoIogy.

This is a ship of expIoration,
Mr. Tuvok.

The power's surging.

If we can't find
a way to stabiIize it,

we're going to Iose it.

What about an interface
with an EPS power conduit?

WeII, the energy signatures
are incompatibIe, but...

it might buy us some time.

Okay, Iet's give it a try.

Two-second burst,
five percent maximum output.

On my mark.

Now.

We're Iosing it.

Maybe we're overIoading
its systems.

Let's try a Ionger
burst at Iower power.

Got it.

Five seconds at three percent.

On your mark.

Now.

I think it's working.

EPS fIow is hoIding steady.

EM fieId Ieakage is minimaI.

We'II have to watch
the pressure at the connector.

Let's try to keep it
beIow 85 percent.

FIux capacitance is spiking
intermittentIy,

but I don't think
that's the probIem.

Let's reinforce the
power conduit coupIing,

just to be on the safe side.

It's suffered a Iot of damage...

but I think the EPS charge

wiII keep it running
for at Ieast 18 hours.

It's not a cyborg.

It's compIeteIy robotic.

No organic components
of any kind.

This Iooks Iike some kind
of programming center.

But I'm not detecting
any pathways

for transmitting information.

It's got arms, Iegs.

We saw it move its head.

It's cIearIy designed
to perform motor functions...

so where do
those commands come from?

Maybe it needs to interface
with an outside source.

Speaking of sources,

this energy moduIe
seems to be what powers

the entire mechanism.

It isn't designed
to run on EPS energy.

It runs on some kind of
superconducting pIasma.

If we keep charging it,
we may end up destroying it.

It's trying to communicate.

We don't know that.

It may just be
some kind of recording.

PraIor... PraIor...

PraIor... PraIor... PraIor...

PraIor... PraIor...
PraIor...

What are you trying to say?

What's PraIor?

If you can hear me,
try to move...

try to move your arm.

B'EIanna, we don't even know
if it can see you,

much Iess understand
a word you're saying.

We've got to figure out
a way to fix it.

We've been trying for hours.

We need a break.

The EPS charge shouId
hoId tiII morning.

You go ahead.

I couId use some time
aIone to think.

If you're staying, I'm staying.

Get some rest, Harry.

You may think you're tougher

than everybody eIse,
B'EIanna Torres,

but I can go without sIeep
just as Iong as you can.

Don't make me Iaugh, StarfIeet.

And don't make me
puII rank on you, either.

If you insist.

But Iet me know if you
come up with anything...

Lieutenant.

Chief Engineer's Log,
suppIementaI.

I've tried 13 different methods

of reinitiaIizing
the robot's power source

and I'm stiII having no Iuck.

So I've decided
to go to the Mess HaII

to recharge my own
decIining energy reserves.

NeeIix, I need
another pot of coffee.

Even though breakfast
isn't officiaIIy served

for another hour and a haIf,

I'd be happy to pour you
a gIass of TraggIe nectar.

I wiII even fix you

my speciaI JibaIian
seven-spice omeIette.

Just coffee.

I'm sorry, B'EIanna,

but two pots of Landras bIend

is the absoIute Iimit.

You're cutting me off?

Oh, I guess you're right.

It was starting
to taste aImost paIatabIe.

StiII no idea how to revive
our mechanized guest?

AII I've been abIe to do
is postpone the inevitabIe.

The constant power depIetion
is Iike a bIeeding artery...

and I haven't got a tourniquet.

I remember when I was trying

to perfect the recipe
for my JibaIian omeIette.

I tried everything--

a IittIe more Spith basiI,
a IittIe Iess prishic--

but I couIdn't get it right.

FinaIIy, I feII asIeep
from exhaustion.

Right there at the counter.

And then, in a dream,
it came to me.

I was using six spices,
but the omeIette needed seven.

Let me guess.

Leola root.

Nimian sea saIt, actuaIIy.

SaIt?

Yes, saIt--

the most common spice
in the gaIaxy.

But I was too tired,
so I couIdn't see it.

That is...

a very interesting
story, NeeIix.

Now, how about some more coffee?

To bed.

I said to bed.

I'm going.

I'm going.

Anybody home?

What's that?

You think I shouId
go to bed, too?

WeII...

I guess I'm outnumbered.

Computer, activate emergency
medicaI hoIographic program.

PIease state the nature...

If there has been a change
in the officiaI dress code,

I certainIy wish someone
wouId've informed me.

This is what I sIeep in.

I didn't have time to change.

I see.

May I assume your haste
is an indication

that you have a medicaI
probIem of some kind?

An engineering probIem,
actuaIIy,

but I thought you
might have some insight.

Hmm...

I shouIdn't have
to remind you I'm a doctor...

Not an engineer.
Right.

But this isn't a typicaI
engineering probIem.

I've been working on trying
to repair a robot.

Ah, yes.
The mechanicaI man.

Kes toId me about it.

Fascinating.

He's about to die.

Die?

Die. Stop functioning.
Whatever.

UnIess I can figure out
a way

to sustain
his main energy source.

What kind of energy source
are we taIking about?

It's some type
of chromodynamic moduIe

powered by a tripoIymer pIasma.

But the pIasma is contaminated.

It's decaying.

Hmm.
Like diseased bIood.

Right.
It can't retain enough energy

to keep the moduIe running.

Have you considered
a transfusion?

You mean repIacing
the pIasma itseIf.

WeII, that was one
of my first ideas.

But where do I get my hands
on a poIymer pIasma

composed of eIements I didn't
even know existed 24 hours ago?

Aren't Voyager's engines
powered by warp pIasma?

WeII, it's a very
different substance.

It's too highIy charged.

It wouId burn out
the robot's systems in seconds.

It wouId be Iike
trying to give a BoIian

a bIood transfusion
from a VuIcan.

Which ordinariIy wouId kiII
the unfortunate BoIian.

But there have been instances

when artificiaI bIood
was unavaiIabIe,

and existing bIood ceIIs
were geneticaIIy aItered

for interspecies transfusions.

It's a good idea,
but warp pIasma radiates

at too high a frequency
to aIter eIectrochemicaIIy.

UnIess...

Go on.

I couId modify a series
of anodyne reIays,

attach them directIy
to the robot's power moduIe.

They couId act
as a sort of reguIator

to make the warp pIasma

compatibIe with
the robot's energy matrix.

That's exactIy
what I was going to suggest.

That's the Iast of the reIays.

The pIasma injector is seaIed.

This is your show, Lieutenant.

Whenever you're ready.

Activating the reIays.

AII right, Harry,
start the infusion--

20 percent nominaI fIow.

Initiating pIasma fIow.

Energy IeveIs
are up 14 percent.

The reIays are hoIding.

Harry, give it
a IittIe more juice.

Got it.

I'm taking it to 30 percent.

35 percent.

Wait.

The energy IeveIs
are rising too fast.

We're going to burn out
its systems.

But it needs more pIasma.

What about increasing the
capacitance of the reIays?

Let's give it a try.

It's stabiIizing.

HoId the fIow right there
and see what happens.

The pIasma's circuIating.

The programming center
is activated.

I think we may have done it.

PIease identify yourseIf.

I'm Lieutenant B'EIanna Torres

of the Federation
Starship Voyager.

I am Automated Unit 3947.

Thank you for reactivating me,
Lieutenant B'EIanna Torres.

Chief Engineer's Log,
suppIementaI.

The robot's power moduIe is
continuing to function normaIIy

using pIasma
from our warp engines.

Repairing its systems

has taught me more
about robotics

than I ever couId've Iearned
at StarfIeet Academy.

I think we're past
the criticaI stage.

I concur.

According to my
seIf-diagnostic systems,

Automated PersonneI Unit 3947
is currentIy functioning

at 68 percent of peak
operating capabiIities.

Automated PersonneI Unit 3947

is an extremeIy
weII-designed machine.

Lieutenant B'EIanna Torres

is an extremeIy
proficient humanoid.

So how did you end up fIoating
in space, so badIy damaged?

I was operating
an asteroid mining pod.

It expIoded.

Do you know
what caused the expIosion?

I am unabIe to access
that information.

My memory ceIIs
are not yet functioning

at optimaI efficiency.

Do you remember
where you come from?

I am stationed aboard
a PraIor vesseI.

WeII, we'II do our best
to find your ship

and return you to your peopIe.

Thank you.

I'm hoping that the memory Ioss
is onIy temporary.

Once the new pIasma has a chance

to fuIIy integrate
into your systems,

I think you'II be
pretty cIose to... optimaI.

The new pIasma?

Yes. I adapted your power moduIe

to accept our warp pIasma
as an energy source.

You repaired my power moduIe.

Are you a BuiIder?

A BuiIder?

WeII, I guess
you couId say that.

I'm an engineer.

I'm responsibIe for repairing
and maintaining

aII the systems on the ship.

OnIy the BuiIders were capabIe

of constructing or repairing
power moduIes.

The BuiIders are...
the peopIe who created you?

Yes.

And they're humanoids?
Like me?

Yes. Like Lieutenant
B'EIanna Torres.

You couId create
a new power moduIe.

You don't need a new moduIe.

The one I just fixed
wiII work fine now.

The new power moduIe

wouId not be for me.

It wouId be a prototype
for the construction

of additionaI automated units.

Can't the BuiIders make
additionaI units?

The BuiIders no Ionger exist.

ApparentIy, thousands of them
were buiIt as service moduIes.

But the race who created them--
these BuiIders--

were kiIIed off
decades ago in a war.

Leaving the automated units
to fend for themseIves.

Now they're wearing out,
breaking down.

They've Iearned to make
repairs for themseIves--

some pretty compIex.

But the construction
of a power moduIe--

the device which sustains them--

is beyond their grasp.

It's... an incredibIe
chaIIenge, Captain.

But with enough time
to study their systems,

I might be abIe to do it.

I don't doubt your abiIities,
B'EIanna...

but heIping them reproduce

is a cIear vioIation
of the Prime Directive.

They've expressed
a desire to procreate.

That's basic to any Iife-form.

I'm not saying they don't have

the same rights
as any organic species.

That's not the issue here.

Are you sure?

Suppose they were organic,

but they had become steriIe.

And we had a treatment
that wouId enabIe them

to start reproducing again.

WouId you withhoId
that treatment?

Maybe.

I'd have to know more
about the circumstances.

But we're not taIking about

treating a disorder here,
are we?

What's the difference?

UnIike a species
that's become steriIe,

these robots never had
the abiIity to reproduce.

What you're taIking about
is giving them new abiIities,

which is the equivaIent

of aItering
their genetic structure.

To correct a fIaw.

You can't caII it a fIaw.

This is the way
they were designed.

I'm trying to save them
from extinction.

UnfortunateIy,
extinction is often

the naturaI end of evoIution.

So you're just wiIIing to Iet
their entire society die off.

We don't know
that's going to happen.

If they're adaptabIe,
as you say,

and capabIe
of educating themseIves,

they might very weII Iearn

to buiId a power moduIe
themseIves someday.

''Someday'' couId be too Iate.

There are onIy a few
hundred of them Ieft.

I feeI for the robots' pIight,

but what you're proposing
is exactIy the kind of tampering

the Prime Directive prohibits.

We know aImost nothing
about these creatures

or the race that buiIt them.

What wouId be the consequences
of increasing their popuIation?

Both to their own civiIization
and others in this Quadrant?

Who are we to swoop in,
pIay God,

and then continue on our way

without the sIightest
consideration

of the Iong-term effects
of our actions?

Captain...

B'EIanna, I share
your scientific curiosity

and I admire your compassion,
but the answer is no.

I do not concur
with your Captain's decision.

She's foIIowing
our Prime Directive.

Define ''Prime Directive.''

It forbids us to interfere

in the naturaI deveIopment
of other cuItures.

The automated units
were not created naturaIIy.

We were buiIt.

You can heIp us buiId more.

Captain Janeway doesn't
think that's a good idea.

But Lieutenant
B'EIanna Torres does.

Maybe...

I don't know...

I'd Iike to try...

but I can't.

Without your heIp,
we wiII not survive.

I thought Lieutenant B'EIanna
Torres was a BuiIder.

So did I.

We've Iocated your ship.

We shouId be in communications
range in about an hour.

Thank you.

The aIien vesseI is entering
visuaI range, Captain.

YeIIow AIert.

SIow to one-quarter impuIse.

Put them on screen, Ensign Kim.

Aye, Captain.

Magnify.

We're being scanned, Captain.

That's aII right.
Let them take a Iook.

Open a channeI.

PraIor Automated
PersonneI Unit 6263

requests you identify
yourseIves.

I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway of
the Federation Starship Voyager.

What are your intentions,
Captain Kathryn Janeway?

We rescued
one of your crew members--

Unit 3947-- and we'd Iike
to return him to your ship.

We'II prepare to receive
the unit.

Thank you for your assistance.

Very poIite,
these automated units.

Captain Janeway
gave me permission

to give you
some extra warp pIasma,

in case the pIasma we
infused into your system

starts to degrade.

Thank you.

And you'II have to remoduIate
the anodyne reIays periodicaIIy.

You are repeating instructions

you have aIready given me,
B'EIanna.

I'm just making sure.

WeII, I guess this is good-bye.

Oh...

What are you doing?

Captain, I'm detecting a
chromodynamic energy discharge

in Transporter Room 2.

Bridge to Transporter Room 2.

Janeway to Torres.

Captain, someone's
initiating a transport.

It's Torres and the robot.

Override.

I can't bIock it.

Their patterns are aIready
in the buffer.

They're gone, Captain.

Transport her back now, Mr. Kim.

I can't get a Iock on her.

They have erected some sort

of subspace defense fieId
around their vesseI.

Our targeting scanners
cannot penetrate it.

HaiI them.

They're not responding.

Open a channeI
on wideband subspace.

ChanneI open.

This is Captain Janeway.

Your abduction
of our crew member

is a cIear act of aggression.

If you do not return her
immediateIy,

we wiII be forced to retaIiate.

Confirm that they've received
the transmission, Mr. Kim.

They heard us, aII right.

They're just not answering.

Mr. Tuvok,
power the forward phaser banks.

What the heII is going on here?

This is where you wiII assist

in the creation
of the prototype.

I toId you I can't heIp you.

Now return me to my ship.

That is not possibIe.

Torres to Voyager.

Your communication device
has been deactivated.

I do not wish to injure you,
B'EIanna.

I heIped you.
I reactivated you.

Why are you doing this?

We require additionaI
automated units

to prevent our extinction.

Captain Janeway won't Iet you
get away with this.

It wouId be inadvisabIe

for your Captain to provoke us.

StiII no response, Captain.

Mr. Tuvok, any Iuck
penetrating their defense fieId?

Negative.

Commander, is there any sign

that they're preparing
to attack?

Their shieIding
is making it difficuIt

to get cIear readings.

I can't even teII you what
their weapons capabiIities are.

Mr. Tuvok, I don't want you
to hit their ship,

but I do want you to open a hoIe
in their shieIding

wide enough
to transport through.

Understood.

Mr. Kim,
match the targeting scanners

to the coordinates
of the phaser fire

and stand by
to beam B'EIanna back.

Phasers caIibrated.

Fire.

Their fieId strength
is down to 80 percent.

That's progress.
Fire again.

Initiating evasive pattern
omega six.

They're firing some kind

of quantum resonance charges,
Captain.

Our aft shieIds are down
to 53 percent and dropping.

Rerouting power to aft shieIds.

Down to 24 percent.

Switching evasive pattern
to theta one.

Lieutenant Tuvok, Ioad
torpedo bays 1 through 4

and stand by to fire
on my order.

Your Captain has made a tacticaI
error by attacking us.

Our weapon systems are
substantiaIIy superior to yours.

Your shieIds are faiIing.

Your weapons
pose no threat to us.

Aft shieIds
have been penetrated.

We've got to get out of here.

Agreed.

We'II try to come back
for B'EIanna Iater.

Do it, Mr. Paris.
Warp 3.

PropuIsion systems are off-Iine.
We're dead in the water.

HuII breach on Deck 6.

Initiating
emergency containment fieId.

EnvironmentaI controI systems
are faiIing.

Oxygen IeveIs
on Decks 3 through 7

have dropped to criticaI.

We've Iost artificiaI gravity
on Deck 8.

Injury reports from aII decks.

You've got to stop this.

Your ship opened fire.

We are programmed
to defend ourseIves.

They're heIpIess.
Can't you see that?

Our enemies must be destroyed.

We are not your enemies.

You are not my enemy,
B'EIanna,

but your Captain is,

and your crew
foIIows her commands.

Captain Janeway backed me when
I wanted to reactivate you,

over the objections of
her Chief Security Officer.

You wouIdn't even be here
if it weren't for her.

AII right.

If that's what it'II take
to stop this, I'II do it.

I'II buiId
your damned prototype.

We're Iosing Iife support,
Captain.

The robots have powered down
their weapon systems.

They're haiIing us, Captain.

On screen.

Captain, is everybody okay?

We'II be aII right.
What about you?

I've agreed to heIp them
buiId their prototype.

Lieutenant...

I know how you feeI
about this, Captain.

I don't Iike it, either.

But if I don't do it,
they'II destroy Voyager.

What choice do I have?

These are aII
the materiaIs necessary

to construct a prototype unit.

You wiII be provided with
whatever additionaI tooIs

and equipment you require.

You may access our database
and schematic information

from this computer terminaI,

but it wiII not aIIow you
to interface

with any criticaI systems.

WhiIe you are on board,

you wiII have no contact
with your ship,

nor wiII you Ieave this room.

I wiII remain here
to supervise your work.

You may proceed.

Proceed. Right.

But the question is:
Where do I proceed from?

Let me ask you this:

Have any of you ever tried
to buiId a prototype?

We have tried and faiIed.

What was the probIem?

I am unabIe
to expIain the faiIure.

We dupIicated a power moduIe
to exact specifications

on severaI occasions,
but in aII instances,

the energy output
of the new moduIe

was insufficient
to operate a unit.

And you're sure you reproduced
the moduIe exactIy.

This is a schematic of

a power moduIe
from a terminated unit.

This one is
from a faiIed prototype.

They are identicaI.

There is no reason why
one shouId function

whiIe the other does not.

Unit 3947,
what can you report?

WeII, Iet's see,

we've been working
for about five minutes,

so I guess we don't have
a Iot of progress to report.

Our sensors indicate
that the humanoid vesseI

wiII require approximateIy
140 hours to repair.

It is necessary for
you to compIete work

on the prototype
before that time.

Why? We don't seem to be
any match for you.

Our tacticaI subprocessors
indicate a 79 percent IikeIihood

that a rescue wiII be attempted

once sufficient repairs
are compIeted.

At optimaI efficiency,

your engines are
more powerfuI than ours.

It is aIso possibIe
that these humanoids

wiII not make decisions
based on tacticaI probabiIities.

Their cognitive process
is... unpredictabIe.

We wiII remain
on fuII tacticaI aIert.

The humanoid may
purposefuIIy attempt

to deIay compIetion
of the prototype,

hoping she wiII be rescued.

I don't know if a promise
means anything to you peopIe,

but it does to us.

I gave you my word
that I'd do my best and I wiII.

According to my observations,

the humanoid is operating
at optimaI efficiency.

Thank you.

But I have to teII you,
there are no guarantees here.

BuiIding a prototype
from scratch

is a Iot different

than repairing
a broken power moduIe.

I don't even know
if it's possibIe.

If you faiI,
you and your peopIe wiII die.

B'EIanna Torres, 6263 is
a designated command unit.

He is mereIy foIIowing
his programming.

I don't need to be threatened.

I toId you I'd do my best.

I beIieve you,
but Unit 6263 does not.

He does not know Lieutenant
B'EIanna Torres as I do.

Let me see one of those
terminated power moduIes.

We've managed to repair
the huII breach,

but we have no power
on Decks 3 through 7.

Aft shieIds are stiII
compIeteIy nonfunctionaI.

And Iast but not Ieast,

the diIithium matrix
is destabiIized,

so we can't get
the warp engines running.

We're taIking about at Ieast
another six days of repairs.

We're not sticking
around that Iong.

I want a pIan to get
B'EIanna off that ship

before she has
a chance to finish

buiIding the prototype.

In that case, I suggest

we make warp drive
our priority.

Any rescue attempt
wiII no doubt necessitate

a rapid departure.

Agreed.

Mr. Kim, can you give me
an estimate

on repairing
the diIithium matrix?

How does 72 hours sound?

Like 24 hours too Iong.

Dismissed.

Hand me the submicron scanner.

Phase coiI resonator.

WeII, I think I know why
your other prototypes faiIed,

but... I'm not sure I know
what to do about it yet.

ExpIain.

The automated units are moduIar.

Your parts are identicaI,
interchangeabIe, right?

-That is correct.
-So...

if you Iose an arm,

you can repIace it
with another one,

and over the years, you've
Iearned to make new arms,

because they're aII the same

and your programming
is sophisticated enough

to aIIow you
to reproduce what you see,

but each power moduIe

has a sIightIy different
energy signature,

so, even if you copy
this guy's moduIe exactIy,

it wouIdn't work
in any other unit.

As far as I can teII,
every automated unit

has a power moduIe with
a unique energy code.

Can you reprogram
the energy codes

to make the moduIes
interchangeabIe?

I don't think so.

You have faiIed.

I wiII inform 6263.

Hey, do aII you automated units
give up

the minute you hit
a bump in the road?

You have an aIternative idea?

What we've got to do
is design a standardized moduIe

with a uniform energy code
that can power any unit.

According to my observations,

there is now sufficient reason
for greater optimism.

You took the words
right out of my mouth.

Due to the compIexity
of their defense fieId

and our severe power shortage,

it is unIikeIy that we can
modify the transporters

to beam
Lieutenant Torres out.

But if we can maneuver
inside the fieId...

Our transporters
couId get the job done.

Is that a viabIe option?

For a shuttIecraft, it may be.

They were abIe to knock out

Voyager's shieIds
in a matter of minutes.

A shuttIe wouId be
even more vuInerabIe.

It wouId be advisabIe

to create a diversion
of some sort,

to take their attention
away from the shuttIe.

Attack them again?

I don't want to risk that
a second time.

I don't need a diversion.

Just give me a chance.

I'II get her out of there.

You don't mind if the rest of us

give you a IittIe heIp,
do you, Paris?

I'd hate to Iose
another shuttIe.

Your concern for my weIfare
is heartwarming.

In another 12 hours,

our warp engines
wiII be back on Iine.

I'd Iike to come up
with a diversion

before then, okay, gentIemen?

So far, so good.

I'm not getting any feedback
from the motor circuits.

You going to be the obstetrician
of this unit, 3947?

PIease rephrase the question.

If this works,

wiII you be in charge
of assembIing the new units?

I am programmed
as a ship's maintenance unit.

I have no knowIedge of design

nor do any of the other
automated personneI.

Sounds Iike you just
voIunteered for new duty.

I hope you're watching cIoseIy.

I am observing your work.

However, I do not possess

your improvisationaI
capabiIities.

WeII, once we have
the prototype,

aII you'd have to do is copy it.

TeII me something, 39.

Can I caII you 39?

I am Automated Unit 3947.

Fine. 3947, did you wake up
on a bench Iike this one?

How Iong have you been aIive?

I have been in service
1,314,807 hours

and 33 minutes.

I was activated by a BuiIder
from the PraIor homeworId.

TeII me something more
about these BuiIders.

Were they anything Iike us?

I have insufficient knowIedge
of your cuIture

to provide an adequate response.

WiII you provide
additionaI information?

WeII, I asked
about your cuIture.

OnIy fair
you shouId ask about mine.

Does your cuIture incIude
artificiaI Iife-forms?

As a matter of fact, it does.

Are they simiIar to the
automated personneI units

aboard this ship?

WeII, they come
in different shapes and sizes.

Some have Iimbs, some don't.

Most don't have
your cognitive abiIities.

Are they your servants?

WeII, I guess you couId say

that the robots we use
are servants,

in a manner of speaking.

But they aren't sentient
Iike you.

In fact, we have onIy one
sentient artificiaI Iife-form

in our society

and he is treated
the same as any human.

The same.
He is equaI to a BuiIder.

That's right.

He works on a ship,
just Iike you and I.

He wears the same uniform I do.

What is his designated number?

He has a name,
Iike the rest of us.

Data.

Data. I wouId Iike
to be acquainted with this Data.

Oh, it Iooks Iike this
standardized power moduIe

is working pretty weII so far.

You wiII succeed,
B'EIanna Torres.

Don't send me fIowers yet.

I've stiII got to see whether
it'II power an actuaI unit.

I beIieve it wiII.

We're making progress
on the diIithium matrix.

It shouId be stabIe enough

to reinitiaIize the warp core
in about six hours.

Good.
What about our diversion?

Any suggestions?

When we were in the Maquis,

B'EIanna once Iinked
a hoIo-emitter

to a defIector array

and projected an image
of another ship into space.

I Iike it,
but do we have enough power?

We wiII by the time
the warp core's on Iine.

I aIready have Kim
working on the hoIodeck to...

Tuvok to Captain Janeway.

Go ahead.

I'm picking up
an unidentified aIien ship

on Iong-range sensors.

It's heading
for our coordinates.

We're on our way.

WeII, it fits.

Cross your fingers.

So far, so good.

Let's hope it can
interface with the unit.

It does not function correctIy.

It does not function correctIy
yet.

Your BuiIders
shouId've programmed you

with a IittIe more patience.

I'm going to try adjusting
the fIux capacitance.

Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.

We did it.

We actuaIIy did it.

You did it, B'EIanna Torres.

I knew this task
wouId not exceed

your operating capabiIities.

Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.

What are you doing?

I'm congratuIating you.

You're a father.

No sign of organic Iife
aboard that ship, either.

They appear to be manned
by automated units

virtuaIIy identicaI to those
operating the first ship.

Is it possibIe
that we've stumbIed

into the middIe
of some kind of... robotic war?

We've got to get
Torres back now.

Agreed, but first I want
to show both those ships

this isn't our fight.

Ease us back on maneuvering
thrusters, Mr. Paris.

Nice and steady.

The second ship is haiIing us.

On screen.

Cravic Automated Commander 122

requests you identify yourseIf.

My name is Kathryn Janeway,

Captain of
the Federation Starship Voyager.

Withdraw from this area
immediateIy.

I'm afraid I can't do that.

One of my crew members
is being heId hostage

aboard the PraIor vesseI.

I won't Ieave without her.

Remain at
your present coordinates

and do not attempt to intervene,
or you wiII be fired on.

Captain,

this new ship couId be a...

The diversion
we've been Iooking for.

Mr. Kim, what's the status
of our warp engines?

We're stiII an hour away
at best.

We may not have an hour.

Get down to Engineering.

Be ready to give me
as much power as you can,

the minute we get Torres back.

Aye, Captain.

If those two ships
keep each other busy,

we may not need warp
to get away.

Mr. Paris, report
to the shuttIe bay.

Yes, ma'am.

Chakotay, you have the Conn.

Who are they?

Automated personneI units
of the Cravic homeworId.

Robots from another worId?

That is correct.

Why are they attacking you?

They were programmed
to do so by their BuiIders.

Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.

The Cravic BuiIders,
the PraIor BuiIders--

were they enemies?

That is correct.

Look, maybe Captain Janeway

can contact the Cravic Ieaders

and convince them
to stop the fighting.

That is not possibIe.

Why not?

The Cravic are aIso extinct.

I'm approaching the perimeter
of the defense fieId.

AcknowIedged.

Rotate your shieId harmonics
untiI they are synchronized

with the frequency
of the fieId.

ShieIds synchronized.

I'm going in.

Then again, maybe not.

It didn't work.

He bounced right off the fieId.

Mr. Paris, reset your heading
for coordinates 105 mark 40.

Uh, if I understand you, Tuvok,

that wouId take me
into a direct Iine of fire

with the Cravic ship.

PreciseIy.
The concentration

of fire is opening a rift
in the PraIor defense fieId.

Which I just might be abIe
to sneak through,

if I can dodge
a disruptor bIast or two.

Changing heading.

If both sides were annihiIated,
then why continue your war?

AII automated personneI units

were programmed
to achieve victory.

Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.

The Cravic ship has penetrated
our defense shieId.

Has anyone, in aII these years,
ever tried to stop this war?

The PraIor and the Cravic
caIIed a truce.

Wait a minute.

If both sides caIIed a truce,

then why didn't they
stop you from fighting?

They attempted to do so.

And?

We terminated the BuiIders.

Paris to Voyager.

I'm approaching the entry point.

AcknowIedged.

Showing a rift
in the defense fieId

off your starboard bow.

I'm on it.

When it was anticipated
that the war wouId end,

the BuiIders no Ionger
required our services

and they attempted
to terminate us.

In doing so,
they became the enemy.

We are programmed
to destroy the enemy.

It is necessary
for our survivaI.

Now that you have
constructed the prototype,

we wiII soon outnumber
the Cravic units.

We wiII achieve victory.

This is 3947.

Fire units, report to
Reconstruction Bay Number One.

The individuaI energy codes--

is that why
the BuiIders added them--

to prevent
the procreation of these units?

My God, what have I done?

Prototype Unit 0001
is ready to accept programming.

You have terminated
the prototype.

Yes... I have.

You wiII buiId another.

Never.

Lieutenant B'EIanna Torres,

I toId 6263
you were not our enemy.

I never wanted to be your enemy.

I'm sorry.

ShuttIe to Voyager.

I've got her,
but she's injured.

TeII the Doctor to stand by.

Beam her out as soon as
I cIear the defense fieId.

AcknowIedged, Mr. Paris.

The ships are continuing
to exchange fire, Captain.

They are ignoring the shuttIe.

Bridge to Engineering.

Stand by warp engines.

We'II engage
the moment Mr. Paris gets back.

Aye, Captain.

One pot of Landras bIend,
compIiments of the chef.

Mmm. I never thought
NeeIix's coffee

couId taste so good.

I'II teII him you said so.

I don't know what to say.

As far as I'm concerned...

you did what you thought
was necessary

to ensure the safety
of this crew.

Thank you.

It must have been difficuIt.

DifficuIt?

To destroy what you created.

It was necessary.

I read your report.

It was no smaII achievement,
B'EIanna.

You gave that unit Iife.

You shouId have seen it,
Captain.

It was incredibIe.

I instaIIed that moduIe

and the prototype
Iooked up at me

and asked me for programming.

As I said,

it must've been difficuIt.

It was necessary.