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ENDGAME Episodes 171 and 172

PART J

ENDGAME : Episodes 171 and 172 : portrayed in several parts

USS Voyager and Admiral Janeway's shuttlecraft.

Admiral Janeway beams in.

Admiral Janeway beams aboard.
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Captain Janeway: "Welcome aboard."
Admiral Janeway: "It's good to be back."

Admiral Janeway and Captain Janeway enter the Ready Room. The Admiral notices the thermos flask and two mugs.
Admiral Janeway: "Fresh coffee."
Captain Janeway: "Would you like a cup?"
Admiral Janeway: "No, I gave it up years ago. I only drink tea. I told the curator at the museum that if he wanted to make the Ready Room more authentic, he should always keep a steaming pot of coffee on the desk."

Captain Janeway: "Voyager's in a museum?"
Admiral Janeway: "Voyager is a museum, on the grounds of the Presidio. On a clear morning, you can see Alcatraz from here."
Captain Janeway: "You made it back to Earth."

Admiral Janeway: "Unfortunately, our favourite cup took a bit of a beating along the way. It was damaged during a battle with the Fen Domar."
Captain Janeway: "Who?"
Admiral Janeway: "You'll run into them in a few years."
Captain Janeway: "You know what? I shouldn't be listening to details about the future."

Admiral Janeway: "The almighty Temporal Prime Directive. Take my advice. It's less of a headache if you just ignore it."

Captain Janeway: "You've obviously decided to or you wouldn't be here."
Admiral Janeway: "A lot's happened to me since I was you."
Captain Janeway: "Well, I'm still me and this is still my ship. So no more talk about what's going to happen until I decide otherwise. Understood?"

Admiral Janeway: "Alright. Let's talk about the past. Three days ago you detected elevated neutrino emissions in a nebula in grid nine-eight-six. You thought it might be a way home. You were right. I've come to tell you to take Voyager back to that nebula."
Captain Janeway: "It was crawling with Borg!"
Admiral Janeway: "I've brought technology that will get us past them. I don't blame you for being sceptical. But if you can't trust yourself, who can you trust?"
Captain Janeway: "For the sake of argument, let's say I believe everything you're telling me. The future you come from sounds pretty good. Voyager's home, I'm an admiral, there are ways to defend against the Borg, my Ready Room even gets preserved for posterity."
Admiral Janeway: "So why would you want to tamper with such a rosy time line? To answer that, I'd have to tell you more than you want to know. But suffice it to say, if you don't do what I'm suggesting, it's going to take you another sixteen years to get this ship home and there are going to be casualties along the way. I know exactly what you're thinking."

Captain Janeway: "You've also become a telepath?"
Admiral Janeway: "I used to be you, remember? You're asking yourself, is she really who she says she is or is this some sort of deception? For all you know, I could be a member of Species 8472 in disguise. Have your people examine my shuttle. Tell them to take a close look at the weapons systems and the armour technology. In the meantime, the Doctor can confirm my identity."

Sickbay.
Doctor: "My scans of the admiral's cerebral cortex turned up something interesting."
Captain Janeway: "What is it?"
Doctor: "I'm not sure. I've never seen this kind of implant before."

Captain Janeway: "Alien technology?"
Doctor: "The mirco-circuitry has a Starfleet signature."

An animated schematic on the Doctor's monitor of Admiral Janeway's neural transceiver.
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Admiral Janeway: "Of course it does."
Doctor: "Admiral?"
Admiral Janeway: "You invented it, twelve years ago from my perspective."
Doctor: "I'm sorry, Admiral, I didn't realise."
Admiral Janeway: "What, that I was eavesdropping? I may be old but my hearing is excellent, thanks to your exemplary care over the years."
Doctor: "So this implant I'm going to invent - what does it do?"
Admiral Janeway: "It's a synaptic transceiver that allows me to pilot a vessel equipped with a neural interface."

Doctor: "Fascinating. Tell me, what other extraordinary breakthroughs am I going to make?"

Captain Janeway: "Doctor."
Doctor: "Sorry, Captain, but you can't blame a hologram for being curious."
Captain Janeway: "Just finish your report."

Doctor: "Yes, ma'am. My scans indicate the two of you are genetically identical. The admiral is you, approximately 26 years from now."

Seven enters. Admiral Janeway rises and says, "Hello, Seven." Seven acknowledges but does not reply.

Seven reports to Captain Janeway: "The technology aboard the admiral's ship is impressive." She hands a PADD containing the details to Captain Janeway. "Much of it appears to have been designed to defend against the Borg."
Captain Janeway: "Could we install these systems on Voyager?"
Seven: "The stealth technology is incompatible, but I believe we can adapt the armour and weapons."
Admiral Janeway: "Well, Captain?"
Captain Janeway: "Do it."

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	Admiral Janeway and Captain Janeway enter the Ready Room. The Admiral notices the thermos flask and two mugs. Admiral Janeway: "Fresh coffee." Captain Janeway: "Would you like a cup?" Admiral Janeway: "No, I gave it up years ago. I only drink tea. I told the curator at the museum that if he wanted to make the Ready Room more authentic, he should always keep a steaming pot of coffee on the desk."
	Captain Janeway: "Voyager's in a museum?" Admiral Janeway: "Voyager is a museum, on the grounds of the Presidio. On a clear morning, you can see Alcatraz from here." Captain Janeway: "You made it back to Earth."
	Admiral Janeway: "Unfortunately, our favourite cup took a bit of a beating along the way. It was damaged during a battle with the Fen Domar." Captain Janeway: "Who?" Admiral Janeway: "You'll run into them in a few years." Captain Janeway: "You know what? I shouldn't be listening to details about the future."
	Admiral Janeway: "The almighty Temporal Prime Directive. Take my advice. It's less of a headache if you just ignore it."
	Captain Janeway: "You've obviously decided to or you wouldn't be here." Admiral Janeway: "A lot's happened to me since I was you." Captain Janeway: "Well, I'm still me and this is still my ship. So no more talk about what's going to happen until I decide otherwise. Understood?"
	Admiral Janeway: "Alright. Let's talk about the past. Three days ago you detected elevated neutrino emissions in a nebula in grid nine-eight-six. You thought it might be a way home. You were right. I've come to tell you to take Voyager back to that nebula." Captain Janeway: "It was crawling with Borg!" Admiral Janeway: "I've brought technology that will get us past them. I don't blame you for being sceptical. But if you can't trust yourself, who can you trust?" Captain Janeway: "For the sake of argument, let's say I believe everything you're telling me. The future you come from sounds pretty good. Voyager's home, I'm an admiral, there are ways to defend against the Borg, my Ready Room even gets preserved for posterity." Admiral Janeway: "So why would you want to tamper with such a rosy time line? To answer that, I'd have to tell you more than you want to know. But suffice it to say, if you don't do what I'm suggesting, it's going to take you another sixteen years to get this ship home and there are going to be casualties along the way. I know exactly what you're thinking."