Port. Tuvok im detecting thousands of integrated substructures trillions of lifeforms. All borg. Paris theres a cube coming up fast off our port bow. Janeway did they detect us . I dont believe so. Any sign of our sphere . Yes, maam. Its ion signature leads directly to that. Whatever it is. Janeway take us in, mr. Paris. Minimum thrusters. Begin scanning for seven, tuvok. Aye, captain. I have a task for you. Were planning to deploy a new mode of assimilation designed for highly resistant species. I want you to program the nanoprobes. Your technology has changed since i left the collective. My knowledge is insufficient. Species 5618. Human. Belowaverage cranial capacity. Minimal redundant systems. Limited regenerative abilities. Our previous attempts to assimilate them were all direct assaults. They failed so weve created a more surreptitious strategy. You intend to detonate a biogenic charge in earths atmosphere. It would infect all lifeforms with nanoprobe viruses. Dual. By the time they realized what was happening half their population would be drones. Inefficient. The virus would take years to proliferate. Weve waited this long. Interface with the central alcove. Begin programming the nanoprobes. Be sure to enhance the viral sequencers. This is no different. To you, perhaps. Part of me is still human. I will not assist in their destruction. We all originated from lesser species. I myself came from species 125 but thats irrelevant now. We are borg. I am an individual. Youre only repeating their words. You sound like a mindless automaton. Comply or we will turn you into a drone. Proceed if you wish. Youre torn between your desire to be one with us and your loyalty to them. Its time for you to complete your task. Remorse, compassion will be irrelevant once humanity is assimilated. Forgetvoyager. They were never your collective. I am annika hansen, human. I remember annika. Does she remember us . She wasnt afraid. You . You attacked us. You murdered my family we did no such thing. We gave them perfection. Papa . Your familys here. Be one with us again. Janeway seven of nine, were searching for you. Try to hang on. What did you say . Nothing. Our transmissions being deflected. By whom . Im not certain. Ive isolated sevens position. She is inside a large infrastructure approximately 600 kilometers away. Shes close. Her com signal originated within this spatial grid but we cant detect her vessel. He knows why. Your father designed the technology captain janeways using multiadaptive shielding your perfect defense against the borg but we assimilated that knowledge, didnt we . We will adapt easily. The cube has altered course. Its heading straight for us. Janeway theyve detected us. Remodulate the shield, evasive maneuvers. It flew right past us. We wont fool their sensors much longer. Can you get a lock on her . Not at this distance. Take us to within transporter range. We have their ship a federation shuttlecraft three lifeforms, one hologram. If youve captured their vessel, youve assimilated them by now. I would sense their presence in the collective. Captain janeway is eluding you. The chamber is too heavily shielded. I cant get a lock on her. Can we beam into one of these adjoining corridors . I believe so. Time for the biodampeners. Tom, hold our position. Target that chamber with full weapons. Stand by to fire on my command. Maam, wont you be down there . This way. Try to locate the shield matrix. Tuvok . I can disable the force field but it will take several minutes. Do it. Tuvok, give me the subdermal probe. Th its not too late. As you wish. alarm beeping theyve isolated our shields again. Three vessels are converging. You underestimate them. Its time for a more aggressive approach. I thought they couldnt see usu. They cant. Theyre firing blind. Wake him. Its transmitting. Ive got it. Field modulation is 324. 95. Proceed. Its offline. Youll be detected. Then id better hurry. Youve got to disable the shield matrix around that chamber. Its no use. Theyve locked on to our shield modulators. Theyre adapapng the second we change frequencies. We are the borg. You will be assimilated. You have failed them. No. We believed you would be an asset to us. We were wrong. You are weak. Janeway dont listen to her, seven. Shes irrelevant. Call them off or ill destroy you. Your weapons are useless. Dont be so sure. My tactical officer is disabling the e ields around this room. Tom, status. Weve targeted the chamber, captain. Let her go, or ill give the order to fire. Better than being one of you. Spread. Fire on my command. Captain, theyve disengaged the tractor. Hold your fire. Beam us out of here. A dispersal l eld just activated around the chamber youre in. I cant get a lock. Seven, shuttdow. Dont listen to her. Shes poisoned your thoughts long enough. Im giving you an order. One order, one voice. Insignificant. Tom, energize. Shes adapting. You will assist the collective as drones. Assimilate them. Captain, target the power node directly above this alcove. It will disrupt her command interface. Our thoughts are one. Welcome back. Three vessels closing fast. Weapons are down. Bring the coil online. Prepare for transwarp. Transwarp in four two. A vessel entered the conduit with us just before it closed. Theyre targeting our engines. Maintain course. Direct hit on the port nacelle. Were venting plasma. Rerouting emergency power. Its not enough. Ill need 30 teradynes at least or well lose transwarp. How long to the rendezvous coordinates . Life suppor 2. 4 minutes, but well drop out of transwarp in less than one. T. Captain . Id rather suffocate than vaporize. Do it. alarm beeping im picking up transwarp signatures. R port bow. Battle stations. Were 20 seconds from normal space. The borg vessel . Still in pursuit, closing rapidly. 15 seconds. Theyre trying to lock on with a tractotobeam. Remodulate shields. Threshold in eight seven, six. Theyre locking on. Hields. Its being deflected. Three, two. Theyre through. Voyagertodelta flyer. Report. Janeway weve got seven, but theres a borg vessel right behind us. Belanna, target the threshold. Photon torpedoes, full spread. Commander . It should destabilize the matter stream and implode the conduit for at least a lightyear. Torpedoes locked. Voyager,report. We collapsed the conduit. No sign of borg activity. Clear us for docking. Were coming home. Commander, im picking up borg signatures lots of them. Source . The conduit. I thought you collapsed it. So did i. Stand by weapons. Captain shields. Got compan y. Here they come. We got another 20,000 lightyears out of the transwarp coil before it gave out. I figure were a good 15 years closer to home. I see you picked up some bad habits. Captain . The doctor told you to regenerate for at least two days. Youre violating a direct medical command. Ted. Borg tactical data . During my time at unimatrix one i acquired a vast amount of knowledge. It may prove useful in our future encounters with the borg. I am downloading it intovoyagersdatabase. The borg believed i was unique they were obviously mistaken. How so . I betrayed the crew ofvoyager threatened you with assimilation. I did not expect you to return for me. Looks like you still have a few things to learn. Time to regenerate. When i am finished. No. Now. Thats an order. [captioning sponsored by paramount television United Paramount Network and the Kellogg Company echo two is away, sir. A clean launch. Its made contact with echo one. How long before we get subspace online . Id like to send a few test transmissions ibrate amplifiers. An hour. My guess is we have a lot of people on board waiting to call home. console beeps a vessel is dropping out of warp, captain. 12 kilometers dead ahead. Put it up. Look familiar . I dont t cognize the configuration. The starship enterprise. What can we do for you . My name is jonathan archer. Were on a mission of exploraraon for the planet earth. Hoshi . The channels open, sir. Do you need assistance . If you dont want to talk, thats fine but. You dropped in on us. Was it something i said . Did you get anything on sensors . No. No. What . No readings at all. . 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 . . 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 . O ones gonna bend or break me . . I can reach any star . Ive got faith . Ive got, ive got . . Ive gogofaith e heart. Are there inhabited systems nearby . None. Why fly right up to us just to give us the silent treatment . Maybe they got our signal but it didnt make any sense to them. Translator is far from perfect. Tpol i wouldnt take offense. Not every species has motives that can be understood in human terms. Maybe they checked us out and decided we werent very interesting. Us . Not interesting . At least, the people back home want to talk to us. Hoshi sir . whispering i tracked them down. It took me all week. Where are they . Kota baharu. Its in malaysia. What time is it there . A little after 9 00 at nightht that shouldnt be too late. Lets break in that new amplifier. Is he all right . Hes fine. Is he in some kind of trouble . No, sir. Malcolms doing a great job. Im sure you know its his birthday in a couple of days. Yes. Yes, it is. September 2nd. We havent seen our son on his birthday for quite a few years. He called from San Francisco to let us know hed been assigned to enterprise but we havent heard from him since. Man what are malcolms duties on your ship, captain . Hes my armory officer. Well, his grandfather would be pleased. He was an ordinance officer himself in the royal navy. It must be in malcolms blood. The reeds have been navy men for generations. Until malcolm decided to join starfleet. I suppose the ocean wasnt big enough for him. Hes a long way from home in any case, mr. Reed. Id like to do something for his birthday. Captain, malcolms never been comfortable making requests. Im not sure i understand. He always ate whatever was put in front of him. Are you saying he doesnt have a favorite food . Not that hes ever told me. Well. If you happen to think of anything you can always contact me through starfleet. Give malcolm our best. I will. Safe journey, captain. Howd it go . Could have gone better. I want you to find out what he likes to eat. Dont let malcolm know. Me, sir . Maybe this is more chefs area. Were talking about a delicate assignment, hoshi. It needs your finesse. Sir, im running a diagnostic on our subspace transceiver arary. Get some help if you need it but make this a top priority. Thats an order. Yes, sir. Where were you at dinner . I ate in my quarters now that w wgot the amplifier working i wanted to answer a few letters. You missed tpols latest bout with chopsticks. Damn. Dinner and a show. chuckles i thought you were going to upgrade this. That is the upgrade. Well, if you want, i can change the color. Oh, and duval got promoted. Theyre giving him the shenandoah. Duval got his own command . Thank god were 100 lightyears away. And i got a letter from natalie. The natalie . From pensacola . Yep. Natalie from pensacola. Looks like weve got a charge imbalance in this manifold. Ill get right on it. Trip . They say longdistance relationships never work. Well, this is about as longdistance as you can get. You okay . E oh, yeah, i just. Let me ask you something. Do you spend much time with malcolm . I was in the armory yesterday for a few hours swapping out some power relays. You talk about anything interesting . Power relays. I talked to his parents this morning. Really . Yeah. Stay here. If i asked your parents whatatou like to eat would they be able to tell me . Are you kidding . My mom would givv you her recipe for panfried catfish, and wouldnt let you go till you promised not to screw it up. chuckles malcolms parents didnt know what his favorite food was. Thth didnt even know he was an armory officer. Thats strange. It madadme think. We dont know that much about malcolm, do we . communications beeps tpol bridge to the captain. Go ahead. I guess we werent so uninteresting after all. They dropped out of warp 5050kilometers, dead ahead. I had to reverse engines to keep from banging into them. Lets try this again. Welcome back. I was hoping wed have an opppptunity to meet again. The primary mission of my ship is to make peaceful contact with other species. If theres anything we can do to assure you of our intentions. Well. Me. Im picking up somethinin can you translate it . I dont think its a language. loud screeching tonene were being scanned. Hull plating . Reed its offline hard about everybody okok . Damage reports are coming in, sir. No ones beeeehurt. What the hell was that about . Captain . When they fired their weapon they dropped their shielding for about two seconds. I was able to take some scans. What did you get . Biosigns. At least 15, maybe more. Its a good thing theyre gone. I doubt very much ououtorpedoes couldve penetrated their shielding. Stay on longrange scanners. If they come anywhere near us, i want to know. Tpol. That supportrtrames bent. Well need to reinforcrcit. How bad is it . If that last shot had been about a halfmeter higher wed be looking at stars. Hold it a minute. There were 13 people working in this section captain, includingngours truly. If that bulkhead had blown. Did your people run into as many hostile aliens whwh they first went into deep space . It was a different time. How so . To handle some of the threats were coming up against. Its time we do something about that. What are you suggesting . Enterprise was fitted with phase cannon ports. But since we left spacedock a few weeks ahead of schedule the cannons were never installed. I think its time they were. We should head back to earth. Just give us two weeks, captain. I know we can do it. Most of the stuff we need is already on the ship. The armory team at jupiter station is trained for this kind of work. If were going to do this as good as they are. Lets do it right. I know that, trip. But we have other systems that could use overhauls. Look at the bright side. Youve got a chance to say goodbye to natalie. Sir . With your permission we could at least begin the work. Get a few things started for jupiter station. Itll cut down the time what you can. Yes, captain . If youre age 5075, massmutual makes it easy to get quality Life Insurance coverage, at a cost that can fit your budget. Call massmutual today and ask about guaranteed acceptance Life Insurance. 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We all signed up for this trip because we wanted to do something be easy no one had ever done before or safe but were not here to take foolish risks. The captain and the rest of the crew to keep enterprise ready for anything. Reed and once we get these phase cannons online. Well have a lot more firepower to do just that. So what are yoyo standing around for . He once told me that he loved to eat octopus especially the little suction cups but i think he was pulling my leg. Can i talk to him . We really would like to keep this a surprise. Oh, right. The dinner. I remember one time this was at least ten years ago he went for a whole week without eating. Got by on nothing really . But water and a little apple juice. Why . Some sort of survival training. Or was it a contest . When he started eating again do you remember the first thing he wanted . He was so weak he could barely get out of bed. For two days all he had was protein concentrate. When you two were growing up he never said, hey, lets go out for pizza or, boy, id love some indian food. . Not that i remember. Malcolm isnt the easiest person to get to know. Im figuring that out. When we were training in San Francisco there was a little restaurant on the embarcadero he liked to go to. They had a specialty, some kind of fish, i think. Halibut . Uh, swordfish . No. Mahimahi . Scallops . I had sea bass. Great and malcolm . I dont remember. Try. Please. Maureen. Waitress. Is that a fish . chuckling thats why malcolm wanted to go there. Hehead a thing for her. I think he hates fish. Thanks. So hows your secret mission coming . Ive talked to his sister his best friend his uncle archie, his two spinster aunts. The most anyone seems to know about his eating habits is that he. Occasionally eats. Ensign if you want to know something about mr. Reed clearing throat anyone sitting here . Uh, no. Please. sighs this is the first chance ive had to eat all day. groans tell me about it. I havent set foot outside the armory since 0700. Hows your ravioli . Uh, its fine. Nothing like a nice plate of pasta. Mmhmm. You know, i used to love to cook but i never get a chance to anymore the way that chef protects the galley. One of these nights i should fix something myself. Youd love my eneniladas. Enchiladas . If you d dt like them, i can fix something else. Whats your favorite food . Uh. I appreciate the offer, but it. It really isnt necessary. Arent you getting a little tired of having to eat whatever chef happens to serve . No, hes a fine cook. Dont get me wrong hes terrific. Its just that dinner in the mess hall can. Lack a certain personal touch. Ive got a hot plate in my quarters. Thats. Very flattering and. Im just not sure it would be. Appropriate. What do you mean . Well, um. We work together, d, uh serving on the same ship. What does that have to do with. . Oh. laughing no, i didnt, i didnttean to um. Imply anything other than just making dinner, lieutenant. Then. Its my mistake, ensign. No, its my fault. I shouldnt have. Yeah, illill just. No, please, finish your dinner. No, no, no, no. Dead astern, 8,000 meters. Let me guess. Our shadow . Closing to 7,000. 6,000. Polarize the hull plating. Reed to bridge. Armomo, report. Get to your stations. Move. Warp drive is offline. Main power is down. Tactical systems are down. Why dont you save time and tell me what isnt down . The outer doors in launch bay two are opening. Seal them. I cant. Archer to sick b b. Phlox here, captain. Report to e deck, section seven. This is an emergency. On my way. Security to captain archer. Go ahead. The aliens are gone, sir. Theyve launched their shuttle. Bridge, report tpol the alien vessel has gone to warp. That last shot damaged our port nacelle. [narratohat if you had a medical emergency away from home . My chest hurts, i cant breathe. 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A couple of days. What about impmpse power . Thats the good news. It should be back online in a few minutes. Ill take all the good news i can get. Keep me posted, doctor. There are no vulcan ships within scanning range. Mayweather sir, we could try to contact the vulcan high command. Theyre only two days away at warp six. Im sure theyd give us a hand. Im sure they would. sighs i cant raise vulcan. Its funny, i ran a diagnostic after the attack. Thats because it isnt there. What . Therers nothing but debris at the coordinates where we deployed the amplifier. What about echo one . Destroyed as well. The stabilizer on cannon port two checks out o oy, sir. Port two or port one . Port one, sir. Sorry. Get it right and d art on those beam emitters. Sir. Targeting scans will be online in an hour. We should be aligning them by now not installing them. You were a little hard on eddie. Everyones busting their tailsl. crackling ah you okay . Yeah groaning im fine. I told them to depolarize these relays