Patients . Is somebody sick . I cant answer that until ive examined them, now, can i . Examine who . Ensign kim and lieutenant paris. Is there anything i can do to help . Yes. You and your friends can vacate the premises. Right. Uh. You heard the doctor. This is an emergency evacuation. Move move move doctor. Yes. Thanks for your hospitality and if you ever need a place to stay s always open. Energizing. both gasping beam tom and harry to sick bay. What happened to them . As soon as we beamed aboard they started suffocating. Computer, erect a level seven force field around biobeds one and two. What are you doing . Filling the area inside the force field with the Atmospheric Gases from the planet. Try to breathe normally now. Easy, or youll hyperventilate. both gasping slowly, in and out. In. And out. Captains log, supplemental the doctor continues to investigate tom and harry whose condition seems as serious as it is strange. That stuff is in our blood . Im afraid so. From what i can tell, youve been bioformed. Bioformed . Think of it as the opposite of terraforming. In the same way we adapt the environment of a planet to suit our needs this planet. Has adapted you. Your bloodstream and began altering your physiology at the cellular level. I havent had time to analyze this substance but i hope to have answers soon. Id like to run a few tests of my own, if you dont mind. Of course. So, whats our prognosis, doc . Well. Youll be fine. As long as you keep breathing the planets gases. You mean we have to stay inside this force field . Im afraid its worse than that. Which means. If we leave. Well have nothing to breathe. Exactly. Either we find a way to treat your condition. Can the bioforming process be reversed . As it stands i dont know enough about the phenomenon to undo it. Ill send chakotay and seven back to the surface. Theyll gather as much information as they can. Belanna and i will start running tests. Let me go with the away team, captain. I know the terrain. I can help. Doctor . Right now, theyre better off out there than in here but one of you will have to remain so i can monitor your condition. Each square kilometer of this planetoid is less appealing than the last. I think its breathtaking. Breathtaking . Yes. Perhaps your recent experience has impaired your perceptions. No, i dont think so. I wasnt really seeing it before. The beauty. Would you care to point out an example . Look over there. What do you see . I see monochromatic geological formations dust, haze. What do you see, harry . To me, those geological formations are a dozen shades of red and gold. That dust its glowing the colors. Im sorry. I know its weird, but i feel connected to this place. Connected how . Im picking up humanoid life signs. Location . 100 meters this way. Janeway magnify factor ten. Deuterium, hydrogen sulfate, dichromates. Add a little sodium chloride and it would probably taste a lot like neelixs soup. We should be so lucky. Oh, whats this . Magnify factor 20. Captain . Thats a protein molecule. This fluid has organic properties. Let me see the sample thats been treated with reagents. Lets get you to sick bay. Wait. That might not be necessary. Janeway to bridge. Report. A large pool of the metallic compound is forming beneath the ship. We are sinking, captain. On my way. Get thrusters online. Were getting off this planet. Im not sure how, but theyre alive. Just barely. Tuvok to chakotay. Go ahead. The captain has ordered an emergency ascent. Ck to the ship. Understood. Five to beam back. Five . We found another paris and kim. I cant explain it. I think i can. Prepare for transport. Beam us directly to sick bay. No. I dont want to go back. Transporters are still acting up. We cant get individual locks. Were going to grab you in a wide beam as a group. Acknowledged. I belong here. Maybe so but until we know whats going on panting harry, no four of the away team are in sick bay, captain. Im trying to get a lock on the fifth. It is ensign kim or rather, one of the ensigns kim. The ship is continuing to sink. Then theres no time. Weve got to get back into orbit. Well worry about harry or whoever once were up. Bring antigrav thrusters online. Thrusters enabled. Uration. Dampers reconfigured. All stations report ready. Initiating ascent. I need power to the thrusters. We are being restrained by an electromagnetic force. Compensate. No effect. Decks 14 and 15 are submerged. Report. Thrusters are offline. Decks 13 through 15 are submerged. If we dont lift off soon, the hull will begin to corrode. Bridge to engineering. Ensign vorik here. I need thrusters online. Lieutenant torres has sent a team to thruster control. How long . At least a half an hour. , they wont be of much use if we sink any deeper. There must be some way to disperse it. Try a nadion burst from the phaser emitters. It may weaken the electromagnetic properties of the fluid. Aye, captain. Im on my way to sick bay to check on harry and tom. Youve got the bridge. Kept their vital functions going. Itll take time, but theyll recover. And him . Aside from his ability to breathe the rarified air on this planet hes the exact duplicate of mr. Paris. He even seems to share his memories not to mention his winning personality. Belanna and i discovered that the fluid has mimetic properties. Somehow, it reads the dna of whatever it comes in contact with and recreates it. Fascinating. Can you tell me who you are . Please. Just let me go back. Not until i find out why two of my crew have been duplicated. Captain, you have to believe me. I dont know any more than you do about this. Until he showed up, i thought i was tom paris. A little changed by my experience on the planet maybe but now i dont know who or what i am. All i know is that i have to get off this ship the nadion burst. Do it. groans what are you doing . Were receiving a hail. Its from ensign kim, the one on the surface. Put him through. Captain, please, stop what youre doing. If you really do have harry kims memories you know that im going to do whatever it takes to get this ship back in orbit. You cant do that. Why not . I. Im not sure i understand it myself. Me figure it out. Mr. Tuvok, im on my way to transporter room one. Erect a level seven force field around the platform. Fill it with atmosphere from the planet and then beam mr. Kim, or rather his duplicate, aboard. Aye, captain. Do you have a lock on him . Yes, maam. Release my vessel. We cant do that. We . The planet and i, were connected somehow. I cant explain it, captain. I only know that youve got to stop. And im willing to stop but ill say it again, release the ship. No. We need you. Janeway to tuvok. Fire. What are you . Stop. No. Ill fire again. Youre killing us. You leave me no choice. Its not fair. Its wrong. Janeway to tuvok. No no, no, no. Please. No more. Hold your fire, tuvok. Captain, we are continuing to submerge. Hold your fire. Acknowledged. I want some answers. Im trying to understand. This is hard for me as well. Alive . Yes. But not the planet. The silver blood. The compound that sampled harrys dna. And created you. Yes. But its never been conscious, never sentient before now. Before me and the other. Tom paris. Were the first. Dont you see . You showed us. When the compound came in contact with tom and harry it experienced awareness for the first time. Before, it was only instinct, sound and light and heat. But those two. Showed us thought. Im beginning to understand. And now you want more. You want to duplicate the rest of this crew and populate this planet. Youre trying so hard to reach home but this can be home. Not for me and not for my people. Do you understand why we cant stay here . I think so. Well, then release us. Die than be alone. We deserve life. This silver blood that created you. It duplicated harry without killing him. So you dont need our bodies. Release voyager. And ill speak to my crew. And if theyre willing ill let you duplicate the rest of us. Bridge to janeway. Weve stopped. Were no longer submerging. Understood. Were getting out of here, tuvok but first assemble the crew in cargo bay one and have the doctor meet me there. Captain . Its time to meet your new family. All stations report. Ready for liftoff. Tuvok condition blue, captain. Take us up, mr. Paris. [captioning sponsored by paramount television and upn previously on enterprise you, denobulan, come with us. A virus is spreading from planet to planet. Millions are already infected. What do you want with me . If this continues, the klingon species will cease to exist. Theres a job that needs doing, lieutenant. It may be the only way to save your friends life. You dont seriously expect me to help you create klingon augments. Take him. The malcolm reed i know would give his life before committing treason. There are some. Obligations that go beyond my loyalty to you. And this crew. Tpol to captain archer. Go ahead. The warp matrix has been compromised by a klingon subroutine. Its infiltrated our command protocols. Pressures increasing again. Take us to warp 5. 2. Ptions, travis. 5. 2. And now the conclusion. We have 47 minutes until our reactor breaches. What did the klingons do to it . They altered our engineering subroutines. If we go below warp five, the reactors going to explode. Ive just been talking with trip. Columbia can rendezvous with us in 30 minutes. He says he can restore the subroutines. He cant do that from columbia. Were going to bring him onboard. The transporter wont operate at warp, and dockings out of the question. Trip told me you have experience transferring personnel at warp speed. Training exercises, yes. And at warp speed one. Every move was rehearsed in simulators for weeks. We dont have weeks. Ing the calculations now. At warp five, well have to move within 50 meters of each other. Has anyone ever done this before . Travis can handle the flying. Can you get trip over here . Youll have to let me out of this brig. . Its been a long road . Getting from there to here . Its been a long time . But my time is finally near . And 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 . . Ive got faith to believe . I can do anything . 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. Commander tucker. Are you ready for this . As ready as ill ever be. Open a channel. Columbia to enterprise. This is archer. Were matching speed and trajectory as requested. Stand by, columbia. Archer to reed. Go ahead. Were in position. Have them start coming up on 100 meters. 90. 80 meters. This is the bridge all hands brace for warp field contact. Hold her steady, travis, or chefll know who to blame for the mess in the galley. Were at 50 meters and holding. Make sure everythings ready for trip in engineering. Archer to reed. Youre all clear. Understood. Nice shooting, malcolm. Tucker to captain hernandez. Go ahead. Im heading out. Quick as you can, commander. Like this. Eyes on the cable, commander. I need you back here in one piece. Youre doing fine, trip. N in the warp field. Take power from life support if you have to, but keep the field constant sir, im having Trouble Holding position. 52 meters. 55 dont mean to be a pest, but could someone tell me whats going on . Youre almost here, trip keep going engineering, report im rerouting power now, captain, stand by. The tethers at its limit hurry up tpol to the bridge. Its not working. The field is still fluctuating. Almost there trip permission to come aboard . Bridge. I have him. You all right, trip . Ill feel a lot better when this is over. Eres only one way to do this, captain. A cold start. I have to shut down the reactor and reset the algorithms. Once we bring the warp engine back online, the subroutines should be back to normal. But if we shut down the reactor. Thats why we need to move inside columbias warp field. They can sustain our speed while i reinitialize the engines. They wont be able to hold us for more than a minute or two. They dont have enough power. Ive got a shortcut in mind. Shortcut . Those subroutines would take hours to decrypt. Ill contact coluia. Whatre they here for . The captain and i have had a slight misunderstanding. How slight . These gentlemen are here to escort me back to the brig. Dont worry. Ill tell you all about it when were not quite so busy. Fancy meeting you here. Intermix pressure . 1527. Field variance . 87 millicochranes. Somebody hasnt been taking very good care of my engine. Speak with the klingons. What are you doing . You might want to take notes. Im about to perform a manual shutdown and restart in less than two minutes. Thats not possible. Watch me. Go ahead. Ive routed everything ive got to my warp field. Do me a favor, jonathan. Make this quick. Archer to trip. Ready when you are. Stand by everyone get away from the bulkheads its gonna get a little hot in here reactor shut down in five. Four. Tpol, prime the injectors. Jenkins, man the relays jenkins yes, sir columbia to enterprise. Youve got about 40 seconds. Understood. Nother minute, captain you dont have a minute get ready to initialize the matrix enterprise, were losing the field 15 seconds, trip almost there full power to containment fire up the antimatter stream archer ten seconds. Nine. Eight. Seven. Here we go four. Three. Two. Weve got warp power. Engineering to the bridge. The subroutines have been purged. Archer appreciate the house call, mr. Tucker. Any time. Id like to drop to impulse for a while, captain, enterprise to columbia. Thanks for the lift. Youre not getting away with my chief engineer that easily. Any plans for the next few days . Whatve you got in mind . Phlox. This will help. My apologies for the generals conduct. Its so crude. This is no way to treat a man of science. Then end it. Contact starfleet. My people need you, phlox. We have no healers with your abilities. No, no. Ive been reviewing your work. Its brilliant. You have discovered a weakness in the virus causing the plague. If we interrupt the transcription sequence here. Yes. Yes. That would stop the genetic effects of the virus in stage one. Es of appearance, some minor neural reordering, but no development of stagetwo characteristics, no enhanced strength or speed or endurance. But then general kvagh would not get his augments. He would never allow it. What if we dont tell him . A cure would save millions of innocent lives. What more honorable death could there be for a healer, klingon or denobulan . 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We ran his face and voiceprint through our database. His name is harris. He worked in starfleet security up till five years ago. After that, his file ends. Captain. Theres nothing more i can add. I wont accept that. You endangered every member of this crew. You answer to me. I thought i knew you, malcolm. Whatever hold this harris has on you, you could have come to me. Im under orders. Im your Commanding Officer if you dont tell me whats going on, ill go to starfleet. Whatever you think youve been trying to keep hidden, is going to come out. Is that what you want . Is that what you want . i cant tell you what i dont know. Send a message to harris. Has the house of phlox always been one of healers . There is no, uh, house of phlox. Denobulan family units are different from klingons. Ah, yes. Ive heard. Three wives for each husband. Three husbands for each wife. Actices must be very complex. Wondrously so. What about the house of antaak . We are a warrior caste. When i became a healer, my father disowned me. As a physician in the imperial fleet, youve served in the military. Not as well as i should have. Plague. All its victims. Its my fault. My failure is the reason youre here. The humans could not stop us. I am your superior. You will salute. Now. Report. Enterprise was destroyed. Starfleet will think it was her engines. One of you is missing. Your son was slow. The humans killed him. Did he die with honor . Report. Dr. Phlox has made excellent progress. Details. Ive identified the rna sequences that code. Details i can pass on to my superiors. I know where to look for the switch how long until you find it . An hour. One hour. What do you want . I have news for the high council. Explain. The denobulan is close to perfecting the augments genome. The council has shut down your project. If you sterilize this colony, the fleet will reach you in three days. If youre successful, by the time we enter orbit, quvat will be spared. growls its gonna be a while before everythings back to normal in engineering. Can kelby handle it . I could pull a little double duty to help him out. I can check with captain hernandez. Something else . What the hells going on with malcolm . Nothing i can get into right now. Fair enough. Guess id better get back to columbia. Are you enjoying your time aboard columbia . Sure. Why wouldnt i . You havent been experiencing any problems . Such as . Adjusting to new food, new routines. Trouble sleeping. I sleep just fine. How bout you . Fine. You sure about that . Your hour is up. Were getting the test results now. We are running out of time. General. I know the klingon fleet is on its way, and i understand what this project cost you. Personally. Antaak told me about your son. He died in combat for the empire. At least he was spared the final stage of this disease. May i, uh. Ask how he was infected . Command chose his unit for the augment experiment when we had exhausted our supply of prisoners. My son was a warrior. He asked for no special treatment, and i gave him none. No wonder youre all so weak. Physical strength isnt everything. You cant win wars without it. Being smart is more important. General sun tzu said that the greatest victories are those won without fighting. The great kahless said theres no victory without combat. Do you ever question why you fight . Soldiers dont question. They obey. What if your superiors are wrong . Theyre imprisoned. Or killed. Thats not how we do things in starfleet. Which is why the klingon empire will defeat you. Then how come youre in the same brig that im in . You said wed become stronger. This is what youve done to us. Uld be quarantined. Well remain here. If were going to die, well die together. As comrades. Be patient, lieutenant. The denobulan is working to stabilize the human dna. You will all be healthy again and stronger than any klingon. Will he restore our appearance . I dont know. How do you expect us to return home looking like this . We will be outcasts. Your heart is still klingon. Are you certain of that . During the battle with the starfleet ship i felt fear for the First Time Since i was a child. I wasnt alone. I could see it in the eyes of the others. Weve become like them. Weak. Cowardly. The empire will not turn its back on you. I get the feeling you miss phlox, too. Or maybe its just the stash of cheese hes got in sick bay. com beeps hold that thought. Harris captain archer, im told you have some questions for me. Hes safe. On a mission of great importance to starfleet. Phlox was kidnapped. Starfleet would never authorize that. Reread the charter, article 14, section 31. There are a few lines that make allowances for bending the rules during times of extraordinary threat. What threat . Take your pick. Earths got a lot of enemies. Klingons attacked my ship. Is that what were talking about . Us over the years. Dont be too hard on him. He was just following my orders. You put him in an impossible position. I can understand why you would feel that way, but this is bigger than one captain and one ship. Youre going to have to do better than that. All i can tell you is that if you interfere before phlox completes his assignment, the repercussions will affect entire worlds. One of these four strains has the genetic trigger that can neutralize the virus before it advances to its lethal stage. Which one . I dont know yet. Thats why i have to check each of them. How long will it take . A week. Your fleet can quarantine this world, hmm, while i complete my tests. Sterilization is not necessary. Fleet admiral krell will not extend his deadline. The only possible way to get results on krells schedule is to infect four healthy klingons the other three will be lethal. Ethically, its unthinkable. The ethics, doctor, are simple. Three lives to save millions. At first, it didnt seem like lying. What else would you call it . Covert operations. I was a young ensign. It was. Exciting. How do you feel about it now . Ght it was done. This is the first time that harris has contacted me since ive served on enterprise. He told me about the plague. He said they needed phlox to help the klingons find a cure. I was supposed to just slow us down. Did harris tell you about this . I had tpol take a closer look at our prisoners medical scans. Its human dna. T wrong. I didnt know. Harris claims hes doing this because starfleet needs a stable klingon empire. Do you believe him . I dont trust him. If the klingons needed our help, there are easier ways to get it. I wanted to tell you everything, captain. His. I dont have to put you back in the brig, but you have to choose where your loyalties lie. I wasnt told where phlox was taken, but starfleet intelligence believe that klingons