Why is everybody trying to shoot me today . You know why im here. I dont know what youre talking about. Who are you . Im steth. What . Look at me. You did wear this body for nearly a year before you switched it with mine. I want it back. Bear with me for. For a second. We have more in common than you might think. This better be good, tom. I left vorik right in the middle of an e. P. S. Recalibration. sighs you can thank me later. So whats my big surprise . What would you say to 24 glorious hours on the famed fourth planet of the kendren system . You mean the planet where neelix is gathering food samples . Mmhmm. I ran a few scans and found the most incredible beach on one of the smaller continents. I replicated a picnic lunch for us. Voyagerisnt leaving orbit until tomorrow. Wed have an entire day. laughs we would need at least a week. Oh, i wish we could, but weve only got a day. Youre serious, arent you . Completely. Do you know how much trouble we would be in . What could janeway do, execute us . Tom, i am swamped. I cant get away for an hour, let alone 24. Belanna. I have responsibilities here. We both do. Responsibilities . I dont care tom, youre hurting me. Youre a real disappointment to me. I dont know what i ever saw in you. sighs seven. What brings you here at this hour . Did you forget . I did. I got so caught up with my reading i guess it slipped my mind. Sorry. The capillaries in your eyes are swollen, lieutenant and i see signs of vascular congestion in your cheeks. Are you intoxicated . No, not at all. I was just exploring the replicator trying some alien beverages. Only a few were alcoholic. You are not officially off duty for another 78 minutes. Break. Would you like to join me . I could replicate another trakian ale for you. That will not be necessary. Oh, relax, seven. Youre not on the borg cube anymore. We could finish our work on the shuttle tomorrow. That would be an inefficient use of our time. I will complete the work myself. sighs fine. Before i leave, i would like to know why you were reading the captains i wasnt. I saw the padd. It was unmistakably the captains logs. Youre wrong. Youre. Confused. You couldnt possibly have seen anything. You know i possess an eidetic memory. I require only seconds to commit what i see to memory. Would you like me to quote the passage you were reading . Im warning you stay out of my way. Dont interfere in things that dont concern you. If you bother me again, i will make things very unpleasant for you. Rm. Dont be foolish. door beeping enter. You wanted to see me, captain. Yes. I received a rather disturbing report from seven of nine regarding your conduct last night. She claims you were drinking on duty. scoffs shes mistaken, captain. Dont lie to me, tom. I checked the computers. You replicated five alcoholic beverages atened her. sighs im sorry, captain. Belanna and i had an argument. I was upset. And is that why you were reading my personal logs . I wasnt. Seven recited a passage id written word for word. She probably accessed those files herself. Captain, you cant take the word of a borg over mine. This has to stop, tom. Your conduct lately has been bizarre and ive heard far too many complaints from far too many people to dismiss it akotay, the doctor, seven of nine. Theyre all worried about you, and so am i. Youre right, captain. I need some rest. Ill go right to my quarters. Tom. As your captain and as your friend. I want you to report to sick bay for some tests. We have to find out if theres something physical thats causing this behavior. This is crazy. I dont need any help. Janeway security, i need you in the ready room now coughing are you hurt, captain . No. Take him to sick bay. Keep security with him. The coaxial drive will be online in a few minutes. Good. Ive just about overridden all the lockout commands. No offense, but id like to get out of your body as soon as possible. The alien seems capable of some sort of selective dna exchange. He absorbs new dna while depositing his current genetic material thats the last lockout command. Were set for coaxial warp. Lets findvoyager. Captains log supplemental. The doctor has treated mr. Paris phaser wounds but has been unable to wake him. The motive for his attack remains a mystery. Neurological scans yielded very little but i did find something very interesting in his blood analysis. There are traces of a second dna pattern in his nucleotide structure. Possibly the result of a genetic virus. Could this be the cause of his recent behavior . I dont know, but im running more scans to see how this might have affected his neurological functions. Chakotay captain, a vessel just emerged from coaxial space off our starboard bow. Hail them. Captain janeway. Oh, welcome back mr. Steth. I know this sounds crazy, captain but im not steth. Im tom paris. I beg your pardon. Were dealing with an alien whos some sort of identity thief. He traded places with me. Please beam us aboard. Der your request. End transmission. Hold him in a tractor beam until you hear from me. I have a feeling steth and his new friend are behind whatevers happened to tom. Captain . No time to explain. Ill be in sick bay. Commander, im reading an unauthorized shuttle launch. Its the captain. Shes in the shuttle toms been working on. Try hailing her. Shes not responding. Hail steths ship. Look, i dont know who you are but i want to know whats happening here. Whos on that shuttle . Captain janeway. No. Im betting the alien s body for hers. Youve got to let us out of this tractor beam. We can catch her with this ship. Chakotay. Its me. How do i know that . The other day in your office you told me id turned my life around. Well, give me the chance to prove it. Let me go after the shuttle. It is the only way we can get everybody back into the right body. Harry. Ghs 20,000 kilometers and closing. Has he detected us yet . Id say he has. Gentlemen, id advise you to reconsider this pursuit. Killing me will only keep you trapped in those bodies. Hes right. We cant risk killing him. Yeah, but nothings keeping him from killing us. Ot nearly as maneuverable as a shuttle. Shields are down. Im surprised youre so eager to reclaim your life onvoyager,tom. I was just as disappointed with it as you were. Then i guess we were both wrong. Its time to move on again. Oh, tom. Be sure to send my best regards to belanna. Hmm . chuckling hes charging the coaxial drive. Set the sensors to track him. Ont be able to follow him once he goes into coaxial warp. Were losing him the carburetor we added a polaric modulator to the coaxial drive. If i can target the modulator hit it with a chromoelectric pulse thatll disrupt his engines. Here goes. alarm blaring engines revving i hope you still have my box wrench, steth. Faulty carburetors can be a pain to fix. sighs captains log, stardate 51775. 2. While the alien intruder remains trapped in the body of his last victim the doctor has found a way to return tom, steth and me to our own bodies. Doctor, i cant thank you enough. Ctor my pleasure. There were times when i thought i would be stuck in that body forever. And believe me im just as happy to be back to the old tom paris. What do you plan to do now . Im going to take her back to bentha. I hope to find the person who belongs to that body. But who knows if thats the end of it . We have no idea how long she or he has been switching identities. It may take a while. But i will do whatever i can a Security Team will escort her to your ship and erect a force field to contain her. So this is where youve been hiding . A garage . This is a monument to hundreds and hundreds of hours. That i probably should have spent with you. Probably . Definitely. Its a lovely garage, tom but i still dont understand why you brought me here. Well, consider it a symbolic gesture. Its my less than subtle attempt to. Let you in. I see. To make it clear that i mean almost as much to you as a. A camaro. Its a mint condition 1969. Camareoh. [captioning sponsored by paramount television and upn groans neering. Engineering, respond this is the warship kumari calling imperial command. Weve been attacked by a tellarite vessel primary systems have failed request immediate. Computer alert. Warp containment breach in two minutes. Theyll pay for this. This is shran. All crew to the escape pods abandon ship. . Its been a long road . Getting from there to here . Its been a long time . But my time is finally near nd i will see my dream come alive at last . . I will touch the sky . And theyre not gonna hold me down no more . . No, theyre not gonna change my mind . . cause ive got faith of the heart . . Im going where my heart will take me . . Ive got faith to believe . Ive got strength of the soul . . No ones gonna bend or break me . . I can reach any star . Ive got faith . Ive got, ive got . . Ive got faith . Faith of the heart. The food on this ship isnt fit for animals that mangy pet of yours would probably taste better. You can either take me home or find a new chef its that simple. Oh, Something Else i want new quarters. Is that so. For one thing, my room is too small; there are plasma conduits running across the ceiling. Its noisy it keeps me up all night. Maybe youd sleep better in the cargo bay. What did you say to me . This is a starship, not a luxury liner. The accommodations, we can leave you behind in a shuttlepod. Maybe youll have better luck with whoever picks you up and if you dont like chefs food, dont eat it. From the looks of things, you should probably skip the Dessert Table while youre at it that was a nice touch. sighs laughing i cant believe im supposed to speak to their ambassador like that. Even if they have nothing to complain about . In that case, theyll just insult you. Whatever they say, you have to respond in kind. Otherwise, theyll take offense. wry laugh a species that actually thrives on arguing. They probably make good politicians. Thanks for the dry run. Sir. I wasnt kidding about porthos. You think hes mangy . No. But you might want to keep him out of sight. Delicacy. Captains starlog, november 12, 2154. Weve arrived in orbit of tellar prime. Starfleets ordered us to transport their ambassador to a neutral planet designated as babel, where earth mediators will try to settle a longstanding trade dispute between the tellarites and the andorians. Everything ready for our guests . Oh, just about. But my people are working triple shifts trying to finish that mud bath they wanted. Mud bath . apparently, the ambassador likes a good soak in the morning. Something i dont understand these tellarites have warp ships, so why do we have to take them to the conference . Babels on the far side of andorian space. They wont allow tellarite ships to pass through their territory. Now were a shuttle service. This trade dispute is a little more urgent. You people are even uglier than i remember. Captain jonathan archer. Welcome aboard. grunts ambassador gral. grunts im told this ship is the pride of starfleet. I find it small and unimpressive. Funny. I was about to say the same thing about you. Its far too cold in here. Were expected to stay on this ship for five days . tucker laughs so he says, well, im not really a pilot. laughs ah, you dont get it. Warm enough . The ambassador requested the temperature be increased. Again . Yeah, i like these people more than i thought i would. They dont hold anything back. Its refreshing, speaking your mind for a change. You dont feel free to speak your mind with the rest of us . Oh, you know what i mean. Why dont you change your uniform before you stink up the place. Ah, practicing your tellarite. I get it. 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Id say their reactor breached. Im detecting significant quantities of duranium alloy. This was most likely an andorian combat vessel. Escape pods. Multiple biosigns. Bring them into the launch bay. Tell phlox to stand by for casualties. Phlox this would be easier if youd take a few steps back. Siology. door opening how many of my crew did you rescue . Nineteen. Our complement was 86. Your distress call said you were attacked. snarling tellarites. We were escorting our ambassador to the trade conference in seconds; the tellarites crippled us with their next shot. Ive never seen one of their vessels maneuver like this one. While those barbarians have been talking peace, theyve obviously been improving their warships. Why would the tellarites agree to let earth mediate your dispute if they were planning this strike . Perhaps you should ask them. I suggest you scan for our data recorder. We seem to keep running into each other, captain. Its fortunate enterprise was close by. Its not a coincidence. Were carrying the tellarite delegation. Theyre aboard this ship . These arent the people who attacked you. They may know who did. Theyre on my ship. You better keep them away from us or there will be bloodshed. Ive analyzed these hull fragments. The damage is consistent with tellarite particle cannons. What about the black box . Maged, but i was able to reconstruct the last few seconds of sensor data. Tellarites. Set course for andoria, best speed. These accusations are absurd. Dorian sensor logs. Look them over yourself. Logs can be fabricated. You saw the debris field. For all we know, they destroyed the ship themselves. Andorian technology is more advanced than ours. One of our cruisers wouldnt stand a chance against two of theirs i want you to speak to your people. Find out what you can. I am not comfortable with so many andorians aboard. Contact your superiors. Have them transferred to another vessel. Lets get something straight. 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Your people tried to destroy this ship captain, i assure you, what happened does not represent the will or intent of my government. Admit the truth. The imperial guard never wanted this conference to take place. Theyve obviously taken matters into their own hands. Are you implying the imperial guards been disloyal . I dont have to imply anything. The facts speak for themselves. What . Its shield matrix had a completely different configuration. What is that supposed to prove . Several of our warships have been reported missing over the years. The tellarites could have taken one of them enhanced its systems. laughs hes suffering from paranoia, captain. Im not paranoid. Your people are trying to kill us ive had enough of your lies thats enough you want to fight, ill throw both of you in the brig. You can tear each other to pieces. What happened . Archer claims to be impartial, but its obvious hes inclined to believe the andorians. We may have made a mistake in trusting these humans. E prisoners on this ship. Have you stopped to consider archer may be conspiring with the andorians . Tpols found something youre going to want to see. Tpol we retrieved this from your ships data recorder. This is the power signature of the vessel that destroyed the kumari. This signature belongs theyre identical. That cant be correct. Examine the data yourself. Your sensors are unsophisticated. Theres been a mistake. Weve confirmed the data. What are you suggesting. That these two vessels are actually the same ship . I dont know what im suggesting, but we need to keep our minds open. Every accord weve made with them. They cant be trusted. Your desire for a peaceful resolution is blinding you from the truth commander, perhaps. Ive heard enough from you vulcans are expert liars. Perhaps your people are behind this. Youre speaking to my first officer. com beeps tucker to the bridge. Go ahead. Warp engines will be online in ten minutes. Well have hull plating back within an hour. Weve located the warp trail of the ship that attacked us. Were going to follow it. Some of my crew are in serious condition. They need attention from our physicians. Itll take four days to get to andoria. By then, that shipll be long gone. Something wrong with your meal . Do you think were moving too fast . Commander tucker believes its safe to maintain this warp factor. Thats not what i meant. Earths got a lot riding on the outcome of these talks. But im not sure we knew what we were getting into. These people have been feuding for over a century. Handle this. Although our relations have improved recently, its clear the andorians dont trust us. Aside from breathing oxygen, it doesnt seem to me that andorians and tellarites have a hell of a lot in common. The same has been said about humans and vulcans. Hoshi tells me you got a transmission from vulcan this morning. It was from koss. Our marriage has been officially dissolved. Im sorry to hear that. You have nothing to apologize for. com beeps reed bridge to captain archer. Archer. I believe weve found the andorian ship, sir. Were on our way. Report. Ive been unable to locate the malfunction. Then i suggest you double your efforts. This is enemy territory. We cant remain here any longer without. alarm sounds theres a vessel approaching. You said you found the andorians. I dont understand it, sir. The warp trail ends right here. Tpol their primary systems are offline. Hail them. No response. Biosigns are indeterminate. They appear to be subspace transceivers. Why would they need so many . Their hull is also lined with multispectral emitters. For what purpose . I prefer not to speculate. Find out who these people are. Take a team of macos with you. Their life supports offline. Bring trip along. See if he can get it working. Reed you two start down there. Tucker this whole sections depressurized. Reed lets hope the rest of this ship isnt as cramped. Tucker i cant read anything through these bulkheads. Reed stay alert