Coffee, anyone . Captain . No, thanks. Ive had enough. One momo cup and ill jump to warp. Any news . Im afraid not. No debris, no l le signs . Weve got three teams beneath the surface and so far, nothing. Well, so much for that happy ending. Well turn that planetoid inside out if we have to but i think we have to be prepared for the worst. Maybe its time you u ld naomi. No, not yet. Shes an astute girl. She must be aware that somethings wrong by now. Shshs been asking a lot of tough questions. Why hasnt her mother filed a status report . What if shes in trouble . But ive got a big day planned for her tomorrow. Plenty for distractions. She wont have time to be worried. Your mission was to keep her occupied, not to lie to her. I want you to explain the situation. I dont think thats such a good idea. Why not . Like i told you, shes sensitive. With all due respect, captain, im her godfather. I know whats best for her. Neelix. door opens door closes i realize you care about naomi and you are only trying to protect her but youve got to tell her the truth. Good morning, naomi. Would you like some papalla juicicwith your cereal . And, oh, by the way your mother is buried under 30 kilotons of rock. Neelix. When we know something for sure. When we find her mother, alive or dead. stammering ill tell her then. Not before. If you cant do it, i will. You dont have the right you dont understand whats at stake here when you were her age you were safe and sound on earth you take it from meyou would. I know. You must identify with naomis situation. When my family was killed, i lost everything. I still have nightmares. It hasnt been easy. I dont want naomi to go through what i did. I ununrstand different. How so . Naomi has you. Neelix, she has to be told but i know shell be better off having you hereeto help her thr. First thing in the morning. Weve got a few hours until then. Paris ready, tuvok . Ready. Cross your fingers. sighing the magnetic relays have overloaded. We better find another way to polarize this hull or their sensors wont be able to pick us up. Were never getting out of here. Ot give up hope. The probability of our being rescued is low but not statistically impossible. Comforting. Whos going to look a aer naomi . You should not concern yourself with that now. How can you say that . My youngest child has been without a father for four years yet i am certain of her wellbeing that i conveyed my values to her before leaving and i have confidence in the integrity you have been an exemplary mother to naomi and she is in the hands of people you trust. She will survive and prosper, no matter what becomes of us. Thanks, tuvok. Mom neelix . Computer, locate neelix. Neelix is on the bridge. Torres strickler, we need three more phaser drills. You two, pattern enhancers and med kits. Crewman aye, sir. Were going to have to recalibrate thesesericorders. Put us with the alpha team. Crewman setting coordinates. Torreses energize. Deck one, bridge. Chakotay to voyager. We found what looks like a piece of the starboard nacelle. Any sign of the shuttle itself . Not yet. Seven captain, the cavern has collapsed ahahd of us. Janeway the yer . Seven i need to take a closer reading. Janeway do it. I want alpha and beta teams to search for survivors. Tell sick bay to stand by for heavy casualties. Naomi . Naomi . Computer, locate naomi wildman. Clever. Sume program flotter, trevis and the ogre of fire. Program ready. Commander, im reading duranium alloys. I believe it i i the shuttle. Approximately 80 meters beneath this rubble. Life signs . None. O we cannot t am the crew out. Maybe we can transport the entire ship to the shuttle bay. Through 50 kilotons of benomite . Chakotay to voyager. Janeway here. We think weve found the shuttle but we need to dig it out. Have all teams rendezvous at my coordinates. Acknowledged. Phaser drills here and here. But, hey, belanna, look on the bright side. And youll never have to watch another chapter of captain proton again. Warning life support at critical levels. Dont mind the computer. Shes just jealous that im spending my last few minunus talking to you. So long. beepinin its your turn. I. I h hent thought what to say yet. Tuvok, why dont you go next . Computer, begin recording. Encode message for delivery to naomi wildman. Acknowledged. Hihihoney. I know youre feeling sad right now but i want you to listen to me very carefully, okay . First of all, i love you. Second, i want you to know that im proud of you how smart you are, how funny how kind you are to other people. And i know that you are going to grow up to do extraordinary things. Last and i know this is a hard one try not to be scared. Warning oxygen depletion in ten minutes. Listen to neelix. Bye, honey. Naomi . Go away where is she . She doesnt want to talk to you. You lied. I thought you vaporized. Naomi reliquefied me. Now leave. Computer, delete characters. Unable to comply. Holodeck controls have been encoded. Delete us . I wonder if this liar can swim . We could always hang him from one of my branches. Naomi. Please let me talklko you. Its okay. You be nice. Hey, there. Is my mother dead . We dont know. What happened . The away team was trying to avoid an ion storm. They had to land on a planet. I saw that crater. Something was burning. Plasma fires, pieces of debris. But not the hull. Until we know fofo sure whats happened no ones giving up on the rescue attempt. You really think they might find her . Yes. How do i know i. I never told you this before. But when i was much younger i lost my mom in a terrible war. My father and my sisters, too. It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Always wondering how did they die . Were they worried about me . I thought if i could just keep youourom wondering. You wouldnt have to feel what i did. You were pretending that nothing was wrong. That nothing bad happened. Do you ever pretend that nothing bad happened to your family . Sometimes. Does it help . Not really. Janeway all hands to emergency stations. Weve got a level eight ion storm approaching. Ion storm . Whats that . The ogre of fire. Hes attacking us again. Wed better get back to your quarters. Flotter nanai. Dont leave us. Ill be back. I promise. Voyager to chakotay. Weve got another ion storm approaching. When it hits the planetoid your entire cavern is going to destabilize. Just a few more meter and well be close enough to beam out the shuttle. How long before ththstorm hits . Six minutes. The storm is moving in. Shields down to 86 . Well give them till the last second. Helm, lay in a course out of here. Stand by to engage at warp two. strumming fingers crewman aye, sir. Warning oxygen depletion in two minutes. I never thought it would come down to this suffocating beneath kilotons of rock on some nameless planetoid. Did you envision a more heroic death . I didnt envision dying at all. In accepting the inevitable one finds peace. If thats another vulcan saying, tuvok ill stick with live long and prosper. faint drilling sounds were here. Were here chakotay to voyager. Yes, commander. Pattern enhancers are in place. Were ready to transport the flyer. Helm, engage. Thank you. Captains log, supplemental. From her injurie s and the delta flyer, though battered, is intact. Flotter and how are you today, mr. Trevis . Trevis feeling a little stiff, my slippery friend. And you . Flotter now that you mention it, im feeling a little washed out. Well, its about time you showed up. The tea is gettiti cold. Samantha . Youre all grown up. Im an ensign now. I missed you. Likewise. Now that everyones reacquainted i bet youre all eager for a new adventure. Now that you mention it there is a castle that ive been meaning to explore. Castle . I hear a giant beetle lives there. Come on, neelix. You go ahead. See you later. Janeway heres to happy endings. Captain just checking on my future captains assistant. Oh, sounds like a dangerous mission. She can handle it. Shes a courageous girl. Oh. Did i ever tell you about the time i flooded this entire forest . I was six years old. Flotter claimed we were in for a dry spell so i came up with the obvious solution. Why not just divert the river . This entire forest was a swamp by the time we were done. Janeway the biggest mosquito you have ever seen. It was so big. neelix laughing [captioning sponsored by paramount television and upn boy where no man has gone before. Dr. Cochrane would be proud of you. I know the whole speech by heart. Whens it going to be ready to fly . Let the paint dry first. No, i meanyourship. Not for awhile. Its not even built yet. You know that. How big will it be . Pretty big. Bibier than ambassador pointys ship . His name is soval and hes been very helpful and i told you not to call him thatatjonathan. Well, billy cook said wed be flying at warp five by now if the vulcans hadnt kept things from us. Well, they have their reasons. grunting drop your weapon. I mean it roqnuh, pagh qoh mang juh i dont understand a word youre saying but i guarantee you i know how to use this. Hich ghah qagh doq . Its been a long road ong 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 mindnd . . cause ive got faith of the heart . . Im going where my heart will take me . . Ive got faith to believe . I can do anything . Ive got strength of the soul . . No ones gonna bend or b bak me . . I can reach any star . Ive got faith . Ive got, ive got . . Faith of the heart. Captioning sponsored by paramount telelesion the ventral plating team says theyll be done in about three days. Be sure they match the color to the nacelle housings. Planning to o t on the hull and pose for some postcards . Maybe. God, shes beautiful. And fast. Warp 4. 5 next thursday. E and back in six minutes. Lets take a look at the lateral sensor array. Give me a sec. Slow down. There. Those are the ports that buckled during the last test. They need to be reinforced. Sorry. communications beep orbital six. Man captain archer, sir. Go ahead. Admiral forrest needs you at starfleet medical right away. Who was chasing him . We dont know. They were incinerated in the methane explosion and the farmers description was vague at best. How did they get here . What kind of ship . Y. Were still analyzing our sensor logs. Id like to see those logs. The klingons madadit very clear they wantus to expedite this. It happened on our soil. Thats irrelevant. Ambassador, with all due respect we have a right to know whats going on here. You will be apprised of all pertinent information. And just who gets to decide whats pertinent information . Admiral. I think you know everyone. Not everyone. Its a klingot. A klingon. Whered he come from . Oklahoma. A corn farmer named moore says it was selfdefense. Fortunately, soval and i have maintained close cocoact with kronos since the incident occurred. Kronos . Its the klingons homemerld. A courier. Evidently, he was carrying crucial informatatn back to his people. When he was nearly killed by your farmer. Ambassador soval thinks it would be best if we push off your launch until weve cleared this up. Well, isnt that a surprise. Youd think they would have come up with something a little more imaginative this time. Sarcasm aside, captain, the last thing your people need is to make an enemy of the klingon empire. Ely be facing a squadron of warbirds by the end of the week. Corpse . Is he dead . Excuse me. Is this man dead . His auaunomic system was disrupted by the blast but his redundant neural function. Is he going to die . Not necessarily. Let me get this straight. Youre going to disconnect this man from lifesupport live. Now, wheres the logic in that . Klangs culture finds honor in death, if they saw him like this h hd be disgraced. Theyre a warrior race, they dream of dying in battle if you understood the complexities of interstellar diplomacy so thats your diplomatic solution . To do what they tell you pull the p pg . Your metaphor is crude. But accurate. We may be crude, but were not murdrders. Youre not going to let them do this, are you . Mmediately. Admiral . We m m need to defer to their judgment. Weve been deferring to their judgment for a hundred years. John. How much longer . Until youve proven youre ready. Ready to what . To look beyond your provincial attitudes and your volatile nature. Volatile . You have no idea how much im restraining myself from knocking you on your ass. These klingons, theyre anxious to get their man back. Ship ready to go in three days. Well take him back home. Alive. This is no time to be imposing your ethical beliefs. Dan . What about your crew . Your com officers in brazil. You havent selected a medical officer yet. Three days thats all i need. Admiral . Ambasador this seems as good a time as any to get started listen to me youre making a mistake when your logic doesnt work you raise your voice . Youve been on earth too long i had a feeling their r proach wouldnt sit too well with you you okok . I just wish we didnt have to sell moms piano. I know how hard she and dad worked to save for it. I know she wanted to keep it in the family. I know, but we need to pay for her funeral, the medical bills. Without Life Insurance to help, i dont see any other way. Im worried ill leave my kids in the same position. Why . Dont you have Life Insurance . We had to cut it out of our budget a few years ago, and we never put it back in. Besides, i dont think i could even get covered with my recent health. 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Apparently tucker will reassure me that my equipment will be here tomorrow. W. with southern accent keep your shirt on, lieutenant. Is it me, or does the artificial gravity sese a bit heavy . Feels all right. Earth sea level. My father always kept it at point eight g. Thought it put a Little Spring in his step. After being raraed on cargo ships it must have felt like you had lead in your boots when you got to earth. Beautiful. Lock it off right there. I believe you missed a spot. Commander tucker, ensign travis mayweather. He just arrived. Our space boomer. How fast have you gotten her . Warp four. Think you can handle it . 4. 5 . Pardon me but if i dont realign the deflector the first grain of space dust we come across will blow a hole through this ship the size of your fist. Keep your shirt on, lieutenant. Your equipment will here in the morning. Ghlungit tak nekleet. Students ghlungit tak nekleet. Ghlungit tak nekleet. Ghlungit tak nekleet. Carlos. Ltrunghi krqltt ltrunghi krqltt trills r, clicks tongue krqltt krqltt tighten the back of your tongue. krqltt krqltt krqltt keep trying; youve almost got it. Ill be right back. Its impossible for me to leave now. Youve got to have someone who can cover for you. If there was anyone else who can do what i do you wouldnt be so eager to have me on your spaceship. Hoshi. Im sorry, captain, i owe it to these kids. I could order you. Im on leave from starfleet, remember . You would have to forcibly recall me which would require a reprimand which would disqualify me from serving on an active vessel. I need s seone with your ear. And youll have her. In three weeks. Poq volcha vay du bogh qapla whwhats that . Klingon. Ambassador soval gave us a sampling of their linguistic database. I thought you said the vulcans were opposed to this. They are but we agreed to make a few compromises. Sowi chuluta sonchly yem surgh. What do you know about these klingons . Not much. Constructed on an adaptive syntax. Turn it up. Blmohqu kntah. Think of it. Youd be the first human to talk to these people. Do you really want someone else to do it . Since when do we have vulcan science officers . Since we needed their starcharts so we get a few maps and they get to put a spy on our ship . Admiral forrest says we should think of her more as a chaperere. I thought the whole point of this was to get away from the vulcans. Four days there and four days back. Then shes gone. In the meantime were to extend her every courtesy. I dont know. Id be more comfortable with porthos on the bridge. door chimes here we go. Sferred to your command at 0800 hours. Reporting for duty. sniffing is there a problem . No, sir. Oh, i forgot. Vulcan females have a heightened sense of smell. I hope porthos isnt too offensive to you. Ive been trained to tolerate offensive situations. I took a shower this morning. How about you, captain . Im sorry. This is commander Charles Tucker iii. Subcommander tpol. Trip. Im called trip. Ill try to remember that. While you may not share our enthusiasm about this mission i expect you to fofoow our rules. Whats said in this room and out on that bridge is privileged information. I dont want every word i say my reason for r ing here is not espionage. My superiors simply asked me to assist you. Your superiors dont think we can flush a toilet without one of you to assist us. I didnt request this assignment, captain and you can be certain that when this missions over ill be as pleased to leave this ship as youll be to have me go. whimpering if theres nothing else. Thatll be all. When Zefram Cochrane made his legendary warp flight 90 years ago and drew the attention of our new friends the vulcans, we realized that we werent alone in the galaxy. Today, we are about to cross a new threshold. For nearly a century weve waded ankle deep in the ocean of space. applause the warp five engi