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F A C E S
Episode 14

Part C

Tuvok: "Strange." Chakotay: "What is?"

Tuvok: "According to our last geological scan, this cave should continue straight ahead for another eight kilometres."

Kim: "This is solid granite, more than fifty metres." Chakotay: "If these caves were changing configuration while we were here we certainly would've felt it." Tuvok: "True, Commander, but I do not believe there has been any tectonic activity. I believe this wall is merely an illusion, a disguised forcefield."
Chakotay taps his combadge. combadge "Away team to Voyager.
Janeway, via comms: "Go ahead, Commander." Chakotay, via comms: "We've run into some type of forcefield, Captain. One minute we were reading an empty tunnel and the next we walked right into a solid wall of rock." Tuvok, via comms: "Captain, the energy configuration of the forcefield matrix is virtually identical to that used by the Vidiians."
Janeway: "Mr Ayala, scan for any alien vessels in the Sector." He starts doing so. To Chakotay via comms: "Commander, we know from past experience that our phasers can disrupt that forcefield. I want to find out what's in there." Chakotay, via comms: "Aye, Captain." Janeway, via comms: "But I don't want you taking any unnecessary risks. We'll be standing by to implement an emergency beam-out." Chakotay, via comms: "Acknowledged."
They fire phasers at the "rock" wall.
They fire phasers at the "rock" wall. Chakotay, via comms: "It's not working, Captain." Janeway, via comms: "Try reconfiguring your phaser to match the bandwidth modulation."
Kim hears a sound nearby. "Commander!"

There are two Vidiians with weapons read to fire!

Chakotay: "Three to beam up!" The away team dematerialises.

While Sulan is not in the laboratory, Klingon Torres struggles to free herself of the restraints. She stops when she hears him return. Sulan: "B'Elanna? How are you feeling today?" Klingon Torres: "I feel strong. It's very frustrating to be restrained like this." Sulan: "I sympathise." Klingon Torres: "I don't like being chained up like an animal." Sulan: "I'm sorry. I wish there was-" Klingon Torres: "I've been thinking about what you said. It's because of you that I am Klingon, and I do like this feeling. In a strange way, I suppose, I am grateful. Did you know that Klingon females are renowned in the Alpha Quadrant not only for their physical prowess but for their voracious sexual appetites as well. Why not let your creation out of her harness? Study her in action?" Sulan: "I wish it were possible, B'Elanna. But I'm afraid. I can't risk releasing you just yet. Forgive me." Klingon Torres: "For what?" Sulan: "Please. Don't condescend. I may have a grotesque appearance but I assure you my instincts are finely honed, and I do have feelings. Hard as it may be for you to imagine, B'Elanna, my people were once handsome and vigorous like yours. And with your help we will be again. Perhaps when that time comes I will not disgust you quite so much as I do now."

Vidiian guards stride into the prisoners' quarters. Talaxian: "They're coming to take us to the work detail. You can't let them see how sick you are. Human Tores: "Maybe if they think I'm too weak they'll leave me behind. I could try to get my hands on that console. Paris: "Or maybe they'll skip the preliminaries and take you straight to Organ Processing. Vidiian officer, indicating Durst. "You. Come with me." Durst: "What for?" Vidiian: "You asked to contact your ship. The Prefect wishes to discuss your request." Paris: "I'm the senior officer here. If your superiors want to talk with one of us, it should be me." hen the guards go for Durst anyway, Paris tries to protect him. "He's not going anywhere without me!" Human Torres: "Tom, don't. They'll kill you." A Vidiian threatens Paris with a weapon. "Stop!" Terrified, Human Torres flees as far away as possible from the guards and cowers by the wall. Durst: "It's ok, Tom. They're the ones with the guns, remember?" Paris to Human Torres: "What is it?" But she cries, trembling with fear and shock.

On Voyager's bridge there is a council of war. Janeway: "Now that the Vidiians know we're here, we have to be prepared for the possibility that they'll call in reinforcements." Kim: "So far long-range sensors haven't indicated any alien vessels near here." Tuvok: "However, it is a possibility that the same technology which disguises their forcefields cloaks their ships." Chakotay: "The other thing we have to consider is that the prisoners may be at greater risk now." Kim: "Captain, take a look at this. Using our tricorder data I've been able to scan the entire planet for a forcefield signature, and it looks like the field surrounds an area more than 600 kilometres in circumference." Janeway: "Is there any way to scan inside it?" Kim: "Every reconfiguration I've tried has failed." Janeway: "If it's the same kind of forcefield the Vidiians used the last time we ran into them, why didn't our phasers breach it?" Tuvok: "Apparently it has been adapted to repulse phaser fire." Janeway: "If the Vidiians can move in and out of there, so can we. Start setting up simulations. Find a way to get through that forcefield."

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