| Ha: |
There's no response.
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| B: |
It's too soon. Remember we have no idea how long it takes to
reach the other side.
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| Ja: |
Are you reading anything, Mr.Tuvok?
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| Tu: |
Negative, Captain. There's nothing that would suggest a response.
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| Ch: |
Even if someone receives our signal, it might take them some time to figure
out how to return it.
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| Ja: |
You're right. Janeway to Kim, continue transmitting.
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| Ki: |
Aye, Captain. How long should we keep it up?
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| Ja: |
Until I tell you otherwise.
You have the bridge, Commander.
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| Tu: |
Captain.
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| Ja: |
Mr.Tuvok.
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| Tu: |
I'm getting something, Captain.
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| Ki: |
I'm getting it, too. A subspace signal relayed through the probe.
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| Tu: |
That signal's being transmitted exactly the same frequency and
amplitude as our signal.
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| Ha: |
It's a response.
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| Tu: |
Someone received our transmission and sent one back. And their
signal originated in the Alpha Quadrant.
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| Ja: |
Captain's log supplemental. Encouraged by his success in transmitting
a signal to the Alpha Quadrant, Mr.Kim is investigating the possibility
of establishing a voice link with whoever is at the other end of
the wormhole.
Come in. Kes. This is a surprise.
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| Ke: |
Am I interrupting?
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| Ja: |
Not at all. I was just going to have a cup of soup. Would you like
anything?
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| Ke: |
Ah, spinach juice with a touch of pear, please. Tom Paris introduced
me to it. It's very nutiritious.
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| Ja: |
I'm sure. Computer, one spinach juice with a touch of pear and
one cup of vegitable bouillon. What can I do for you?
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| Ke: |
If there were a member of the crew whose needs weren't being met, would
you want to know about it?
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| Ja: |
Of course, Kes. Do you and Neelix feel that your needs are being ignored?
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| Ke: |
Of course not. We're very happier. I'm referring to the doctor.
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| Ja: |
The doctor.
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| Ke: |
I don't understand why people treat him the way they do.
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| Ja: |
How do people treat him?
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| Ke: |
As though he doesn't exist, they talk about him while he's standing
right there. They ignore him, they insult him.
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| Ja: |
But as a matter of fact, I've been hearing the other side of
the coin. Many of the crew have complained that the doctor is brusque,
even rude--that he lacks any bedside manner. We've been talking about
reprogramming him.
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| Ke: |
You can do that? It doesn't seem right.
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| Ja: |
Kes, he is only a hologram.
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| Ke: |
He is your medical officer. He is alive.
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| Ja: |
No, he is not.
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| Ke: |
He is self-aware. He is communicative. He has the ability to learn.
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| Ja: |
Because he has been programmed to do that.
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| Ke: |
So, because he is a hologram. He doesn't have to be treated with
respect or any consideration at all?
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| Ja: |
Very well, I'll look into it.
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| Ke: |
Thank you, Captain.
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| Ki: |
OK. We'll be ready to go online in a couple minutes.
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| B: |
I'm still worried about the gravitational interference. I don't think
the covariant isolator will be effective with a the vocal transmission.
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| Ki: |
Let's try inverting narrow band filter.
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| Ja: |
Progress report, Ensign.
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| Ki: |
I think we're ready to give it a try. But there's pushing(?) to some pretty
heavy gravitationl interference. I can't guarantee the clarity of
the transmission.
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| Ja: |
Let's see what happens.
This is Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation Starship Voyager.
Do you read?
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| B: |
I'll narrow the filter band-pass some more. Try again, Captain.
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| Ja: |
This is Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation ship Voyager.
Is anyone recieving this communication?
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| Te: |
...vessel...
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| Ki: |
Narrow the band-pass a little more. Try again, Captain.
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| Ja: |
This is Janeway. Please repeat your last transmission.
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| Te: |
...cargo vessel...Qaudrant...your location...
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| Ja: |
Cargo vessel. We're still trying to clear up your last transmission.
Please repeat one more time.
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| Te: |
I am captain of the cargo vessel Talvath, location Alpha Quadrant,
sector 1385. What's your location?
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| Ja: |
We are in the Delta Quadrant. But since this quadrnat hasn't been
charted, I can't specify our exact location.
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| Te: |
Please confirm. You said Dlta Quadrant?
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| Ja: |
Correct.
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| Te: |
In a Federation Starship?
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| Ja: |
Yes. We were on the mission and we got pulled in this quadrant.
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| Te: |
Pulled in? How?
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| Ja: |
It's a complicated story. Please, if you would just try deconstracting
the phase shift of our hailing frequency, you could verify.
|
| Te: |
You are undoutedly still in the Alpha Quadrant. What are you coordinates?
|
| Ja: |
I assure you I am telling you the truth. We are in the Delta Quadrant,
70,000 light years from you.
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| Te: |
This is impossible. You are obviously lying. I am terminating the
communication.
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| Ja: |
No, no, wait.
Kim, hail him again.
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| Ki: |
No response, Captain.
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| Ch: |
Why would he have broken off transmission?
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| Tu: |
Perhaps I can offer an explanation. The comlink signature of his
transmission indicated the message originates from a Romulan ship.
Further, they're no known shipping lanes in the sector he identified.
Given the precise calibration of his signal, I would suggest that he is
in fact onboard a science vessel.
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| Pa: |
Why would he pretend to be a cargo captain?
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| Ch: |
If he is engaged in some kind of secret research, he might want to
conceal that fact.
|
| Tu: |
Precisely. When we claimed to be transmitting from in the Delta Quadrand
--an impossibility so far as he knows--he may have feared we are
federation spies.
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| B: |
Just our luck. We raise one ship from the Alpha Quadrant, and it
has to be Romulan.
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| Ja: |
That Romulan still has the ability to get a messages to Starfleet.
Mr.Kim, hail the Talvath repeatedly. Call me the minute
you re-establish the contact. Commnader, you have the bridge.
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| Ch: |
Aye, Captain.
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