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RESOLUTIONS
Episode 41

Part A

On a pleasant uninhabited planet of the Delta Quadrant, Janeway and Chakotay are in stasis.

Stasis ends and an audio alert sounds. Chakotay wakes. So does Janeway. She looks at him and indicates that they should get out of the stasis chambers.

Chakotay and Janeway get out of the stasis chambers.

	The Doctor contacts them via comms. "Sickbay to the Captain. It's the Doctor speaking." Janeway, via comms: "You've brought us out of stasis. I assume you've had news." Doctor, via comms: "Yes. Our sensors show your vital signs are normal. How're you feeling?"
	Janeway, via comms: "We're fine. How long were we in stasis?" Doctor, via comms: "A total of 17 days." Janeway, via comms: "That long."
	Doctor, via comms: "I wanted to exhaust every possibility of finding a cure." Janeway, via comms: "And?" Doctor, via comms: "I regret to inform you that I have been unsuccessful. I have not been able to develop a counter-agent for the virus and I have no other options to explore."
	Chakotay, via comms: "What about keeping us in stasis aboard Voyager?" Doctor, via comms: "Something in the planet's environment is shielding you from the effects of the virus. If you leave, you risk a recurrence of the disease that would undoubtably prove fatal. The only option I can think of at the moment is contacting the Vidiians. They have sophisticated medical technology. It's possible they might be able to help."
	Janeway, via comms: "We'll take it under advisement, Doctor. Thank you for your efforts. Janeway out." To Chakotay: "What do you think?"

	Chakotay: "It's risky. The Vidiians have never showed any willingness to help us. It's more likely they'd attack Voyager and try to harvest body parts from the crew."
	Janeway: "Agreed. I just want to make sure we're not overlooking a possible alternative." Chakotay: "Could we live with ourselves, knowing we'd put Voyager into that kind of danger?"

	Janeway taps her combadge. combadge "Janeway to Tuvok." Tuvok, via comms: "I'm here, Captain." Janeway, via comms: "You must be aware of the Doctor's report." Tuvok, via comms: "Yes."
	Janeway, via comms: "I'm turning over command of the ship to you on a permanent basis. Your orders are to resume a course for the Alpha Quadrant. And regardless of the Doctor's suggestion, you are not to make contact with the Vidiians." Tuvok, via comms: "I understand." Janeway, via comms: "I'll prepare a message for the crew."

In Voyager's Briefing Room there is a senior staff meeting. Tuvok has briefed them about the situation regarding Janeway and Chakotay. Torres: "So we're just going to abandon them on this planet?" Tuvok: "Those were Captain Janeway's express orders." Paris: "But you're captain now. You can rescind them." Tuvok: "To what end?"

	Torres: "I can't believe we haven't been able to find a cure for an insect bite." Kes: "The Doctor hasn't deactivated himself for a month. He's tried everything, researched every database, attempted the most drastic research. You can't fault him."
	Neelix: "I can tell you, the morale of the crew is going to suffer if we leave them behind."
	Tuvok: "Not if, Mr Neelix, when we leave them behind. The decision has been made. We will of course provide them with everything they'll need for their survival and comfort. I am arranging for a modular shelter to be transported to the surface. They'll have all the technology they need: weapons, tricorders, a replicator..."

	Torres: "You talk as though it were a camping trip. They have to spend the rest of their lives down there."
	Tuvok: "That is not a certainty. Captain Janeway intends to continue researching the virus. She is an able scientist and may eventually be able to effect a cure. They have a type-9 shuttlecraft at their disposal if it becomes possible for them to leave the planet."
	Paris: "Type-9 shuttlecraft have a top speed of warp 4. It won't take them more than oh about 700 years to reach home." Tuvok: "I'm not certain what it is you expect me to do, Lieutenant." Paris: "I guess, clearly something you can't do, which is to feel as rotten about this as we do."
	Tuvok: "You are correct that I am unable to experience that emotion, and frankly I fail to see what the benefit would be. If there is nothing more, you are all dismissed." One by one they leave, but Kim remains behind, deep in thought.

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