| Do: |
What are you doing?
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| Tu: |
I am reconfiguring the sensor relays on the ship. This will only take
a minute.
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| Do: |
Must you do it now? I'm in the middle of the treatment.
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| Tu: |
I am sorry, Doctor. Captain's orders. How is she?
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| Do: |
No irreparable damage. In fact, her injuries are quite different from
Commander Chakotey's. Her bio-neuro energies're completely intact. And
I'm curious about the contusions on her neck and shoulder. They're not
consistent with the energy discharge. They look more like wound sustained
in the physical struggle.
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| To: |
Odd. There was no physical struggle that I can recall.
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| Do: |
I just don't understand it. The only thing these injuries come fast(?)
resembling is extreme trauma to the trapezius nerve bundle. It's still
her neuro-fibers have been ruptured.
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| Ja: |
Come in.
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| To: |
Lieutenant Torres and I would be ready to initiate a magneton scan in
approximately 2 hours. You should be aware that would be a high intensity
burst. It would cause dizziness and disorientation in all crew members
including myself for several seconds.
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| Ja: |
Make a ship wide announcement before you initiate a scan.
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| To: |
Aye Captain. There is another matter of some concern. It appears that
Kess's injuries were not caused by energy discharge. The doctor has found
the evidence that she was physically assaulted.
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| Ja: |
Assaulted. But, you weren't physically assaulted.
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| To: |
That is correct.
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| Ja: |
Is it possible that you infected her wounds?
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| To: |
Me?
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| Ja: |
Maybe you were inhabited by the alien at that moment.
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| To: |
It is possible. Perhaps, we should have the doctor run a neurological
scan to see if I show memory disruption.
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| Ja: |
Agreed. Janeway to Sickbay. Computer, activate emergency medical
holographic system.
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| Co: |
Unable to comply. The EMH program has been disabled.
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| Ja: |
Disabled? By whom?
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| Co: |
Unknown.
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| Ja: |
The doctor's initialization routine has been locked out. It's
encrypted. I can't reactivate the program.
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| To: |
It appears the lockout originated somewhere above deck 4.
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| Ja: |
Why would someone deactivate the doctor?
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| To: |
The doctor does hold the command codes to Voyager.
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| Ja: |
Yes. But, once he is deactivated, the codes automatically revert back
to me.
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| To: |
If we assumed the alien could not take over the holographic doctor,
then logically it would try to force the command codes back into a
humanoid host.
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| Ja: |
Me. It's too dangerous for one person to retain the command codes at
this point. I suggest we divide my command protocols into two code
groupings.
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| To: |
A sensible precaution.
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| Ja: |
You would be the reasonable choice to hold the second grouping. It
isn't any such thing reasonable choice right now. The alien could occupy
either one of us at any time.
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| Tu: |
But, presumably not both of us at the same time.
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| Ja: |
I'll tell the bridge crew the plan. We'll all have to act to check
balances for each other. I want you all to be aware of something that
has happened. Something I must assume was due to the alien. The doctor has
been deactivated and we can't get him back on line. I have decided to
divide my command protocols.
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| Tu: |
Captain? Stun her. She's the alien.
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