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Episode 66
Part E

 

Later, Neelix comes up to the table where Chakotay and Tuvok are working, and hands over some components. Neelix: "I took a power cell and some relay circuits out of a food dispenser, and this little thing looks like some sort of capacitor." Tuvok: "It should do. If you can find another like this one, we'll be able to construct a second weapon." Chakotay: "You're assuming the first one will work." Tuvok: "Yes." Neelix: "I'll get on it right away. Maybe if I take apart the sonic shower assembly....." He leaves.

Chakotay: "I've got to give you credit, Tuvok, working on the fly with nothing but random parts, with no guide to follow. I never thought Vulcans had much of a knack for improvising." Tuvok: "Our circumstances seem to require a certain flexibility." Chakotay: "You could say that. This reminds me of those survival classes they put us through at the Academy - surprise tactical simulations, getting dropped off in the woods with no chance to prepare. They certainly taught you to live by your wits." Tuvok: "That was a lesson I had already learned. During the Rite of Tal'oth, I survived in the Vulcan desert for four months with a ritual blade as my only possession. After that, Starfleet training exercises seemed less of a challenge." Chakotay: "I guess so." Tuvok: "This weapon is complete. When Mr Neelix returns with a second capacitor, I'll 'improvise' another."

The next day, the Doctor, accompanied by Torres, walks around the compound looking carefully at every possible spot, hunting for another portal. Doctor: "Lieutenant, I haven't seen any sign of a portal. Frankly, I'm getting tired of this." Torres: "Holograms don't get tired. Keep looking." As he looks away, she physically turns his head back to the job.

Jarleth: "We've tried to get out of here for years. The closest I ever came was finding the portal between our two environments. I, I don't mean to be pessimistic but I don't think there is a way out." Janeway: "There must be. We just have to keep looking." Jarleth: "Well, I know it's too early for you to accept this, but life here isn't so bad. Er, once we stopped trying to escape, we actually began enjoying ourselves."

Torres: "Captain, we've found something." Janeway goes over to them. Doctor: "It's directly in front of me." He indicates where it is. Janeway: "Here?" Doctor: "Yes, right there. Well, if my scanning services are no longer required, I'll go back to my medical skills."

Jarleth activates his portal-opening device.

The portal opens.

Jarleth, Janeway, Torres, Paris and Tuvok go through the portal. They find themselves in a network of access corridors which linking the various prisoner habitats.

Janeway: "We can cover more ground if we split up. Tuvok and I will take this direction. You three go that way. We'll meet back here in twenty minutes."

Torres, Paris and Jarleth move cautiously through the corridors.
Jarleth is getting nervous. "I don't think we're supposed to be in here." Paris and Torres ignore his words.

Paris: "B'Elanna, over here." They open a door.

Through the door they see a jungle habitat.

Torres: "There's another one." They see another habitat. "Self-contained biospheres, every one of them different."

Janeway and Tuvok find a computer console. Janeway: "It's definitely some kind of control station. I can bring up information but I can't understand what it says." Tuvok: "If the Nyrians downloaded Voyager's cultural database, you may be able to tap into the translation algorithm."

She does so: "Oh, much better. The Federation habitat, population 148. At least they haven't detected that anyone's missing."

Janeway: "Here's another environment, and another. How many are there?" Tuvok: "Captain, there's data here for 94 different environments." Janeway: "They're holding thousands of prisoners. There's got to be something that'll tell us what the layout of this place is." Her input request is blocked. "Authorised access only."

Tuvok: "I'll try to bypass their security codes." He works the controls.

Janeway: "Good, I'm getting something." Data and schematics appear on the screen. "Incredible. Tuvok, we're on a ship." Tuvok: "We should attempt to locate the Bridge."

Janeway: "Well if there is one, I can't find it. There seems to be a more extensive control centre four decks above us. Maybe I can access it from here." She tries but: "More security lock-outs." Tuvok: "Then we may need to disable the entire security subroutine."

But when he tries to do so, a klaxon sounds. They have been discovered! Quickly they leave the control terminal.

Voyager's bridge. Taleen, on viewscreen: "There's been an unauthorised access at one of the terminals. Some of the lifeforms have escaped their habitat."

Dammar: "Find them and put them back." Taleen, on viewscreen: "We are attempting to do that now. However, if they resist, stronger measures may become necessary." Dammar ponders the problem. Eventually: "If they leave you no other alternative, you have the authorisation to use force." Taleen nods and ends contact.viewscreen off

Dammar: "How soon can we go to warp? I want to get back there." Rislan: "Just a few minutes."

Inside the prison colony control network.
Jarleth: "Let's go back."
Paris: "No, we've got to find the Captain and Tuvok. They might need our help."
Jarleth: "We have to help ourselves. This is our chance to get back into our own environments."
Torres: "If you want to go, then go. We're not leaving them behind."
They go on without him.

Nyrian soldiers comes around the corner and sees Jarleth. The officer him: "Don't move!"

Jarleth immediately raises his hands: "I surrender! I, I'm sorry! It wasn't my idea. They made me come along. They, er, went around that corner." He indicates. Nyrian officer to his troops: "Follow them."

Janeway and Tuvok have ventured back to the control station and have made progress in accessing the entire program. Tuvok: "They've just activated a translocator control. One lifeform was sent from an access tunnel to the biosphere adjacent to ours." Janeway: "That must have been Jarleth. This translocator is what the Nyrians used to get on our ship." Tuvok: "Then we should be able to use the same method to return to Voyager." Janeway: "Assuming we can figure out how to use it."

The Nyrians have managed to restore warp drive, and USS Voyager heads towards the Nyrian prison ship at high warp speed.

Voyager's bridge. Rislan: "We're getting an incoming transmission from the biosphere vessel, audio only." Taleen's signal crackles with interference: "Taleen to Dammar. Some of the lifeforms have accessed the control system. They have weapons. We need reinforcements!" Dammar: "We're on our way to you now." To Rislan: "Increase speed to maximum velocity, and take us close enough to translocate my entire security force at once." Rislan: "Yes, sir."

Torres and Paris are engaged in a running phaser battle with the Nyrians. They are using a weapon that Tuvok 'improvised'.

Paris: "Something's wrong with the phaser." Torres: "Power cells're probably running out. These aren't exactly Starfleet issue." Paris: "We've got to get out of these tunnels. There must be somewhere to hide in one of these habitats."

Torres: "Tom, I think I've found one." They make a run for it. The Nyrians, commanded by Taleen, close in.

Torres: "Here it is." It is the Argala ice world. Remember how we had to warm up the ship for the Nyrians?" They look at the icy habitat and even at the open doorway they can feel a chilly blast of air.

Paris: "This is the last place they'd want to follow us."

Nyrians see them. Taleen shouts: "Stop!" Torres and Paris dash into the habitat. "Follow them!" The Nyrian guards hesitate to enter such an inhospitable habitat. "That's an order." The Nyrian soldiers obey.