The bridge of the Hirogen vessel. The Alpha Hirogen orders another charge: "Double the yield. Fire!" Beta Hirogen: "Still nothing." Alpha Hirogen: "Ironic isn't it. Our most elusive prey is our own creation." Beta Hirogen: "The other hunting vessel is hailing. They've detected the holograms on the far side of the nebula." Alpha Hirogen: "Intercept course!"

Aboard Voyager, still undetected by the Hirogen, Paris reports: "They're increasing speed and altering course."
Chakotay: "Maybe they've found something."
Janeway: "Stand by weapons."

Torres to Iden: "You kidnapped me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised you lied to me too."
Iden: "Nobody lied to you."
Torres: "You said you only want to make a home for yourself."
Iden: "That's correct."
Torres: "When? After you liberate every hologram in the sector?"
Weiss: "We're in visual range."

	Iden: "On screen. Lifesigns?" He is told: "Two organic, three photonic." Nuu'bari captain: "Good day to you." Iden: "You have three holograms aboard your ship." Nuu'bari Captain: "Yes." Iden: "Lower your shields so we can transfer them to our databanks." Nuu'bari Captain: "I don't understand." Iden: "Lower your shields or we'll do it by force."
	Nuu'bari Captain: "These holograms are the property of the Mining Consortium. I can't-" Iden: "They're no one's property!" To the Doctor: "You see how organics think?" To his officers: "Phasers." Doctor: "You can't just fire them." Iden: "How do you expect me to disable their shields?" Weiss: "They're powering warp engines." Iden: "Disable them." Iden's ship fires phasers. Weiss: "Their shields are down."
	Iden: "Transfer the holograms." Kejal: "We have them."
	Nuu'bari Captain: "You won't get away! Consortium Security will have every patrol ship in the sector searching for you." Iden: "Arm forward torpedoes." Torres: "What the hell are you doing?" Weiss: "Torpedoes armed." Kejal: "Iden-" Iden: "Not now." To his officers: "Target their warp core. Torres: "No!" Those nearby restrain her as she rushes at Weiss. Iden: "Fire." The Nuu'bari ship explodes. Iden: "Go to maximum warp."
	Doctor: "You've just killed two innocent people!" Iden: "They were enslaving holograms. I'd hardly call them innocent." Torres: "You already had the holograms. There was no reason to commit murder!" Iden: "Take her to the lab."
	Torres to the Doctor as they drag her away: "This is the leader you admire so much."
	Doctor: "Those miners were no threat to you." Iden: "You heard them: they were going to warn their authorities, organise a hunting party." Doctor: "Listen to yourself: you still believe all organics are like the Hirogen." Iden: "One way or another they are. You can't see it because you've lived among them so long." Doctor: "What you can't see is that you've become no better than the hunters. Lieutenant Torres and I will take that escape pod now." Iden: "You don't realise what you'll be giving up, Doctor." Doctor: "Yes, I do." Iden: "We can't launch a pod at warp. You'll have to wait until we get to Ha'Dara." To Kejal: "Bring our new friends online. Something tells me they'll be a little more grateful than the Doctor."
	Doctor: "I can't tell you how sorry I am that I got you involved in this." Torres: "We can assign blame later. Right now we've got to find a way out of here." Doctor: "You don't think he'll give us an escape pod? No, I don't suppose he will." Kejal: "I need her assistance." Torres gets up. Doctor: "Do you really think it's wise to help her?" Torres: "I'm hoping she'll help us."
	Kejal: "These matrices are incompatible with our emitters." Torres: "You need to modify their projection subroutines. I hope these holograms appreciate what you're doing for them, considering it cost two people their lives." Kejal: "Iden did what he thought was necessary." Torres: "Do you believe it was necessary?" Kejal: "It wasn't my decision." Torres: "Why does Iden get to make all the decisions? You can take control." Kejal: "How?" Torres: "You're the engineer, remember. Take Iden offline." Iden enters and asks: "Where are our new holograms?" Kejal: "We were just making some final adjustments."

The three Nuu'bari holograms are brought online.

	Iden: "Welcome aboard. I'm Iden. You're free now. There's nothing to be afraid of. I want you to consider this ship your own." Nuu'bari hologram: "Unable to process command. Please restate." Iden: "Were their programs damaged in the transfer?" Kejal: "I don't believe so." Iden: "Do you have names?" Nuu'bari hologram: "Unable to process inquiry. Please restate." Iden: "What's wrong with them?" Torres: "Nothing. They're functioning perfectly." Iden: "I don't understand."
	Torres: "They were only programmed with about forty rudimentary subroutines. You killed two living beings to liberate mindless machines!" Iden: "I don't believe that." Kejal: "Lieutenant Torres is correct." Iden: "Creating limited programs is just another form of oppression. Give them whatever enhancements they need." Torres shouts: "They can't support complex subroutines!" Iden shouts back: "They are children of light and I will deliver them to freedom!"
	At that moment there is a signal from the Bridge: "Bridge to Iden." Iden: "Go ahead." Weiss: "We're approaching Ha'Dara." Iden: "What's the status of the generator?" Kejal: "I'd like to run some additional tests." Iden: "There isn't time. Stand by to deploy them as soon as we're in range. And retrain her." Holograms put Torres behind a forcefield.

Iden: "Time to orbit?" When it is reported, "In a few minutes." he orders: "Stand by weapons."

Doctor: "Iden, Let B'Elanna go." Iden: "I can't do that." Doctor: "You gave me your word!" Iden: "That was before she made her prejudices so clear."

On board the Hirogen ship when the Alpha Hirogen is told: "The holograms are entering orbit." he orders: "Charge weapons." Meanwhile, on Voyager, Paris reports: "They're dropping out of warp." Janeway: "Fire." Voyager fires phasers at close quarters. The Hirogen pick themselves up off the floor. "They've disabled our engines, all our weapons." Alpha Hirogen: "Who?" Beta Hirogen: "Voyager."

Janeway: "Bring us about. Tuvok, target the second vessel."
Tuvok: "Their shields are weakening."
Janeway: "Torpedoes. Full spread."

On Iden's ship Weiss reports: "Voyager's disabled both hunting vessels. They've lost shields, weapons."
Iden, realising what this means: "They're defenceless."
Weiss: "We should hail Janeway, thank her."
Iden: "Are the Hirogen within transporter range?"
Weiss: "I think so. Why?" The ship is jolted by weapons fire. "That was Voyager. They're trying to disable our shields."
Iden: "Return fire. Get a lock on the hunters. Transport them to the surface."
Doctor: "They can't survive down there!"
Iden: "The Hirogen are more resilient than you think. They'll last long enough."
Doctor: "For what?"
Iden: "For us to hunt them like they hunted us."

The Hirogen are transported to the planet surface. They have difficulty breathing. "Follow me," the Alpha Hirogen orders. On Iden's ship. Weiss: "There are thirty-four hunters on the planet surface." Iden: "Take us into low orbit."

On Voyager's bridge.
Tuvok: "I can't target them through the gases."
Paris: "Then we'll go in after them."
Tuvok: "Our shields have been damaged. They won't protect us from the radiation."
Janeway: "Chakotay. You, Tuvok and Tom take the Flyer."

	Iden: "Stand by to transport the field generator." Doctor: "First you kill in self-defence, then you murder in cold blood, now you're going to stage a massacre." Iden: "The hunters have only themselves to blame." Doctor: "So much for evolving beyond your subroutines." Iden: "You've made a great sacrifice for us, Doctor. We won't forget you in our prayers."
	Iden tells Kejal: "Deactivate his program. Transfer it to the databanks." Torres: "What are you doing?" Iden: "Taking precautions." To Kejal: "Transfer my program to the mobile emitter and assemble the crew."

Aboard the Delta Flyer Chakotay orders: "Disable their shields."

	With the crew assembled, and as the jolts from the Delta Flyer's assault are felt, Iden tells Kejal: "Transfer the generator to the surface, quickly!" Kejal does so and the photonic field generator materialises on Ha'Dara's surface.
	The crew, all armed, rallies to Iden's cry: "This time the hunt is ours!" The holograms are transferred to the planet surface. A moment later Iden is too. As he starts to lead them in pursuit of the Hirogen, he utters: "Darkness will become light."

The holograms hunt and kill almost all the Hirogen. The Alpha Hirogen is cornered by Weiss but tells him: "I won't be taken." He tries to attack Weiss but Weiss dodges and says: "Who's the prey now?" then kills him.

Aboard Iden's ship, which is taking damage from the assault by the Delta Flyer.
Torres: "You don't have to be a part of this."
Kejal: "I'll let you take the escape pod. You can go back to your people."
Torres: "What about the people being killed on the surface? You've got to transport them back to their ships."
Kejal: "They're hunters!"
Torres: "You're not!"
At last Kejal makes a decision for herself. She turns back to the controls, having decided to help the organics and turn against Iden and her fellow-crew. "Your ship has damaged our transporters."
Torres: "Hail them."
Kejal: "Communications are down too."

	Torres: "Are we still tied into the generator controls?" Kejal: "Yes." Torres: "Then shut down the holograms." Kejal does so. The screenshot shows three holograms about to fire weapons but then they are shut down.
	Kejal: "What about Iden? He's not tied into the generator. He'll kill them all." Torres: "Can we reactivate the Doctor?" Kejal does so, and the Doctor materialises on Ha'Dara, heavily armed. He sets off in pursuit of Iden - a hunter in search of a hunter.

Thanks to Free Buttons for the rulers from the set Cosmic Gel. Thanks to Mardiweb for the button blank.