| Ja: |
What's happening?
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| Pa: |
The warp core's been ejected.
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| Tu: |
No. No. We must continue.
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| To: |
Torres to Bridge. Captain. I think I was just taken over by the
alien. One second I was working on the plasma relays, and the next
thing I knew I was ejecting the warp core.
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| Ja: |
Acknowledged, Lieutenant. Stand by.
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| Pa: |
I don't get it. If the alien's in Tuvok, how could he(?) be down in the
engineering at the same time?
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| Ki: |
I don't know.
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| ?: |
Unless there are two aliens.
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| Pa: |
Two?
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| Ja: |
Wait a minute. Lieutenant Torres isn't authorized to eject the warp
core on her own. That requires the command code authorization.
Computer. Who authorized the ejection of the warp core?
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| Co: |
The authorization was entered by Commander Chakotay.
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| Ja: |
Chakotay.
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| Ki: |
How's that possible?
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| Ja: |
The alien and Tuvok want us in that nebula. But there's another
presence that is trying to keep us out. It doesn't make sense unless he's
Chakotay. And he knows we would be in danger if we go in there.
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| Ki: |
But he's in sickbay. He's brain dead.
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| Ja: |
Maybe not. Maybe his neuro-energy was displaced somehow and he's able
to move from person to person.
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| ?: |
Tuvok's engaged emergency thrusters. We're moving in again, Captain.
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| Ja: |
The magneton scan identified the entity before it left the ship.
It was tri-ionic based energy being.
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| Ki: |
Looks like he's joined his friends outside.
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| ?: |
Shields are holding. But they won't last long on this rate.
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| Pa: |
And electromagnetic radiations blind our sensors. I can't find the
way out.
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| Ja: |
Come about. Maybe if we reverse course, we can just back track.
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| Pa: |
Yes, ma'am.
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| Ki: |
I don't know if that work, Captain. Tuvok was navigating a
complicated course. We could be going deeper into the nebula.
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| Ja: |
Mr. Kim. Maybe you can reconstruct Tuvok's navigational logs.
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| Ki: |
I'm on it, Captain.
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| ?: |
Shields status 65%, Captain. The energy beam's starting to penetrate
our defences.
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