THE VOYAGER CONSPIRACY
Episode 129
Part E

Flashbacks are given in this style.

 

Below 3 pictures: Janeway beams onto the Delta Flyer.

She heads toward Seven who is at the helm when she suddenly hits a forcefield. Seven: "Captain. You came here hoping to stop me. You'll fail."

Janeway, compelled by the forcefield to stay standing several feet away from Seven: "Turn this ship around, that's an order." Seven: "Your orders are irrelevant. I'm no longer under your command." Janeway: "There is no conspiracy. There is no Maquis rebellion. The Federation isn't planning to invade the Delta quadrant." Seven, trying to suppress her emotional distress: "I realise that, because I finally uncovered your true objective." Janeway: "And what's that?"

flashback - Erin and Magnus Hansen....

Seven: "Me. Stardate 32611, the Federation sends my parents to study the Borg Collective."

flashback - ....look at a Borg cube on their starship Raven's viewscreen

Seven: "They know my family will be assimilated."

flashback - Annika Hansen (later known as Seven of Nine) watches her parents

Seven: "That was their intention."

Stardate 48317, Voyager is sent to the Delta Quadrant with orders to retrieve me."

flashback - Janeway inside a Borg cube, negotiating with the Borg

Seven: "When they reach Borg space Captain Janeway negotiates an alliance with the Collective in exchange for information regarding species 8472. They agree to give her Seven of Nine."

flashback - Seven of Nine, newly severed from the Borg Collective, in Sickbay after the Doctor has removed some of her implants at Janeway's orders

Seven: "Stardate 51030, Janeway extracts the implants from my body to remove any knowledge I have of her agreement with the Borg. Stardate 53329, Captain Janeway finalises plans to use the Catapult to deliver Seven of Nine to the Alpha Quadrant, where Starfleet will dissect and analyse the drone to gather tactical data to fight the Borg."

Seven ponders Janeway's words then lowers the forcefield

Seven: "I won't allow you to complete your mission. If necessary I'll destroy the Catapult, and myself." Janeway speaks calmly, reassuringly. "You're right, Seven, there is a conspiracy here but I believe it's a conspiracy of one. I've got a theory of my own. Your modified alcove threw your synaptic patterns into chaos and your mind can't make sense of all the information, so you're generating theory after theory in an attempt to bring order to that chaos." Seven: "Your reasoning is flawed. My alcove is functioning perfectly." Janeway: "What about you? You're not a drone any more, you can't always predict how Borg technology will affect you. You should be in Sickbay, not behind that forcefield. Let me help you." Seven: "No, I don't believe you." Janeway: "Of course you don't. Anything I say gets woven into your paranoid conspiracies. But you should believe me, Seven, because I've never lied to you, and I'm not lying to you now. You have to put your doubts aside and trust me." She imitates Seven's style of conveying data in the hope that Seven will accept the information more readily. "Stardate 51030, Seven of Nine is severed from the hive mind. The Captain tells her not to resist, that she'll learn to accept her humanity. Seven complies, and slowly begins to embrace her individuality. Does she regret that decision? Stardate 51652, the Captain encourages Seven to develop her social skills. Seven insists it's a waste of time, but after further requests she pursues it and begins to develop her first human friendships. Did Janeway lead her astray? Stardate 52840, the Captain orders Seven to study her parents' journals. Seven claims they're irrelevant, but eventually she reads them and rediscovers part of her own past. Stardate 52841, for the first time, Seven tells the Captain 'thank you'." Seven: "It was stardate 52842, 0600 in the Messhall. We had just finished breakfast." Janeway: "My mistake. Stardate today, Janeway beams aboard the Delta Flyer. She reminds Seven of the bond that's grown between them. Seven lowers the forcefield and she decides to come home. All I'm asking is that you trust me again."

Seven does so, and lowers the forcefield. Janeway comes forward and sits with her.

Janeway taps her combadge. "Delta Flyer to Voyager. Two to beam out."

Janeway: "Captain's Log, supplemental. After further testing, we activated the Catapult and were hurtled across thirty sectors of space. In less than an hour, we cut three years off our journey. I'm happy to say the Doctor has repaired Seven of Nine's cortical processor and she's returned to duty."

Naomi enters Cargo Bay 2. She is carrying a pile of PADDs and puts them down on Seven's work console. Naomi, pleased with herself: "Guess who assimilated three books and ten reports in two days?" Seven: "Naomi Wildman."

Naomi: "That's correct. Are you taking your new alcove apart?"
Seven: "Yes."
Naomi: "Why?"
Seven: "My attempt to download Voyager's database failed."
Naomi: "Maybe you can fix it."
Seven: "The alcove functioned within expected parameters. Unfortunately, I did not." She turns to Naomi. "Three books and ten reports is impressive, but quantity is less relevant than quality. You must be able to interpret the data and enjoy the process."

Seven: "Regardless, you require activities other than assimilating books and reports, a game of kadiskot for example." Naomi beams. "When?"

Seven: "Go to the Messhall and set up the board. I'll join you when I'm finished." Naomi leaves excitedly while Seven starts to finish her work. Soon the cortical processing subunit will be no more.

Janeway and Chakotay are sharing their weekly dinner. Janeway collects a flask of coffee from the replica.

Janeway: "I heard the strangest rumour today. Apparently, the Captain and First Officer almost came to blows." Chakotay: "Mutiny?" Janeway: "First Officer walked the plank, so I heard."

Chakotay: "I don't believe a word of it." Janeway: "Me neither."

Chakotay: "Seven was malfunctioning. We don't have that excuse."

Janeway: "You're right. We've been through too much to stop trusting each other." Chakotay, deadpan: "You didn't poison the coffee did you?"

Janeway: "Not any more than I usually do."

Chakotay smiles.