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Mr.
Tuvok, Mr.
Tuvok!
I was supposed to accompany you
on security rounds this morning.
Did you forget?
I was not aware that we had
a definite appointment.
I'm sure it was definite.
WeII, maybe not
compIeteIy definite.
That is, I'd expressed my desire
to ''Iearn the ropes,''
as it were,
and I have compIeted my study
of starship security protocoIs.
I think you'II find
that I'm fuIIy quaIified
to serve in the capacity
of a StarfIeet security officer.
Junior grade, of course.
If you wiII recaII, Mr.
NeeIix,
I did not guarantee you
a position.
But Captain Janeway
is aIways saying
that Voyager is
a ship of opportunity.
That is true, but opportunities
for promotion
on a starship must be earned.
I've been working hard at this.
I reaIIy do feeI
I have a great deaI
to contribute to Voyager
beyond my current roIe.
Your dedication
is duIy noted, Mr.
NeeIix.
Now, if you'II excuse me,
I am due on the Bridge.
I'II see you first thing
tomorrow morning
for security rounds.
Ensign Vorik.
Get me a duotronic probe.
I'm having troubIe
reguIating the pIasma fIow.
May I suggest a gravitic
caIiper instead?
You might find it
a more precise instrument.
Good idea, but bring me both.
Good morning, B'EIanna.
You missed my speciaI
KIingon breakfast buffet.
I'm sorry, NeeIix,
but a bowI of coId gagh
is not my idea
of how to start a morning.
WeII, you're not aIone.
None of the crew seemed
especiaIIy
enthusiastic about it.
Um, what's the probIem with
the pIasma injectors?
I've been getting
myseIf up to speed
on Federation warp propuIsion.
The pIasma fIow in the manifoId
seems to be constricted.
Ah! Have you thought
of phase-Iocking them
to the diIithium matrix?
That was the first thing I did.
Oh.
I reaIIy am interested
in Iearning more about
engineering systems,
maybe even voIunteering
for a few duty shifts.
In fact, I have
a coupIe of questions
about the impuIse
response fiIters
NeeIix, NeeIix,
this reaIIy isn't a good time.
I understand, Lieutenant.
Sorry.
I'II just, uh, watch for a whiIe
if you don't mind.
Here are the tooIs, sir.
I aIso had a question
about the transporter buffers
Mr.
NeeIix,
pIease report to the Bridge.
On my way, Captain.
NeeIix, we seem
to be approaching
some kind of intersteIIar
dust cIouds.
Can you teII us
anything about them?
They Iook rather ominous to me.
I beIieve this is
a region of space
known as the Nekrit Expanse.
What can you teII us
about this Expanse, Mr.
NeeIix?
It's a vast territory.
No one knows much about it.
Those pIasma storms might be
a probIem for navigation.
FuII sensor scan, Tuvok.
Aye, Captain.
Can we pIot a course around it?
That might be advisabIe.
I don't beIieve so.
It's thousands
of Iight-years wide.
Then we'II have
to go through it.
Looks Iike we'II be counting
on your knowIedge
of the DeIta Quadrant
even more than usuaI, NeeIix.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm at your command, as aIways.
WiII there be any pIanets
where we can take on suppIies?
There is a station
near the border
a kind of suppIy depot
for mining and trading ships.
I suggest we stop there
for provisions
before we go
into the Nekrit Expanse.
What are the coordinates?
Uh, Iet's see.
It's actuaIIy been a whiIe
I have the station on sensors,
Captain.
heading 07 1 mark 17.
You heard him, Tom.
On our way.
We're being haiIed, Captain.
On screen.
I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway
of the Federation
Starship Voyager
Bahrat, manager of this station.
What can I do for you?
Your station is
a trading outpost, isn't it?
I'd Iike permission
to come aboard
to negotiate for suppIies.
Granted,
but understand
that any transaction
you negotiate on this station
is subject to my approvaI.
I receive a 20 percent
commission on aII trade.
Your whereabouts
wiII be cIoseIy monitored.
Communications with your ship
may aIso be monitored
at my discretion.
Do you agree
to these conditions?
EvidentIy, I have no choice.
ExceIIent.
Meet me in my office in one hour
and we'II discuss your needs.
PIeasant feIIow.
NeeIix, Chakotay, Tom--
you're with me.
Mr.
Bahrat.
What is it?
I'm Kathryn Janeway.
I've brought a Iist
of the suppIies we'II need.
Forgive me,
but it's demanding work
watching over this station.
We get aII kinds
of troubIemakers here.
I understand.
AII right.
Let's see it.
Hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Hmm pergium?
To regenerate the fiIters
in our environmentaI
controI system.
That might be
a IittIe difficuIt.
It's a rare commodity.
Give me a few moments
and I'II put together a Iist
of potentiaI suppIiers,
but I'II warn you--
they won't strike
easy bargains.
I'm prepared to deaI fairIy.
Good day, gentIemen.
Good day.
Anything in particuIar
you're Iooking for?
Anything I can heIp you with?
We were hoping to find
some magnetic spindIe bearings
for our reaction
controI assembIy.
SpindIe bearings,
spindIe bearings
No.
Can't heIp you
with that.
No.
Long voyage ahead?
Uh, you couId say that.
I have something
that might ease your journey,
ease it considerabIy.
RhuIudian crystaIs.
Ingesting just one of these
wiII make days of tedious traveI
seem Iike moments
of exquisite rapture.
No, thank you.
The price is surprisingIy
No.
Nice pIace.
I see you're a map deaIer.
I have coordinate charts
for aII of the IocaI
mining coIonies.
ActuaIIy, I'm interested
in maps of the Nekrit Expanse.
You must be a stranger here
or you'd know.
There aren't any maps
of that region.
SureIy, there's an astrometric
chart or a database
that wouId heIp me pIot
a safe course.
The Nekrit Expanse is
too unstabIe to chart.
No matter.
He never couId pIot
a straight course anyway.
Wixiban?
Wix, is that you?
I can't beIieve it.
What are you doing here?
I've never seen another TaIaxian
this far from home.
It's a Iong story.
I'm one of the crew
of a highIy-advanced starship.
Ah I want
to hear aII about it.
Come on.
The tavern here serves
the best Toffa aIe
I've had in years.
I do a IittIe of everything--
cook, guide,
advisor to the Captain.
PossibIy even
an unofficiaI ambassador.
Life's been good to you.
Yes, I'm very I'm very Iucky.
Mmm but what about you?
What are you doing
on this station?
A IittIe of this,
a IittIe of that.
To teII you the truth,
things haven't gone
quite so weII for me.
I'm sorry.
Ever since that nasty business
with the Ubeans,
things have been difficuIt.
But you know me.
Can't keep Wix down Iong.
I'm working on a trade deaI now
that shouId put me right back
in the thick of things again.
I hope it works out.
Yeah.
Uh, Wix
about the Ubeans.
I don't think I ever toId you
how much I vaIued what you did.
You'd have done the same for me.
Yes, I wouId have, but you
were the one who got caught.
I owe you a great deaI.
If there's anything
I can do to heIp
I'm fine.
HonestIy.
Maybe not on the crew
of a magnificent starship,
but I'II get by.
To teII you the truth, um
it's not quite what I toId you.
In fact, I may not be on Voyager
much Ionger.
Why?
The main reason Captain Janeway
needed me was as a guide
to give her information
about this Quadrant,
but I've never been
beyond the Nekrit Expanse.
I can't teII her anything
about what's ahead.
But your other jobs--
cook, ambassador?
They don't reaIIy need a cook
and I don't think our Captain
reaIIy requires an ambassador.
I've tried to find
some other area
where I might be usefuI, but
the truth is
I'm not needed.
I'm hoping you can heIp me.
I can't Iet Voyager go
into that dangerous part
of space
without some idea
of what's there.
I have to find a map.
Hmm.
Can I be of heIp, Mr.
NeeIix?
Dinner isn't for another hour,
Ensign Vorik,
and I don't have time
to prepare a snack.
I don't require food
at the moment.
Lieutenant Torres
sent me to adjust
the controI interface
in your food repIicators.
You said you were experiencing
difficuIties with them.
Oh, of course.
Go ahead.
NeeIix
I thought you'd Iike
to say heIIo
to your oId friend.
WeII, uh
yes, yes, of course.
So, this is where you prepare
your Iegendary feasts.
WeII
You know, Commander,
NeeIix has more varied taIents
than anyone I've ever known.
You're Iucky to have him
on board.
Mr.
Wix was abIe to find
those magnetic spindIe bearings
we were Iooking for.
I don't know
what we'd have done
if he hadn't come up with them.
WeII, yes, Wix has
aIways had a knack
for finding
those hard-to-Iocate items.
I'II Iet you two
reminisce for a whiIe.
Thanks again, Wix.
You're more than weIcome.
Yes, this is the mess room.
On any given day,
I must be prepared
to feed over a hundred peopIe.
About done, Ensign?
Not quite.
WeII, I reaIIy don't need
the repIicators today,
so, you can finish Iater.
As you wish.
Oh, and remind
Lieutenant Torres,
uh, when she has a moment,
I'd stiII Iike to go over
a few things with her.
I'II reIay the message.
Thank you.
Wix
pIease teII me
those spindIe bearings
weren't stoIen property.
Of course not.
I wouIdn't do that to you.
NeeIix, I need the work.
I don't Iive
on a comfortabIe starship.
No one Iooks out for me
except me.
Maybe you've forgotten
what that feeIs Iike.
I haven't forgotten.
I've been stuck
on that trash-heap of a space
station for three years.
My ship's been impounded.
I can't afford to give Bahrat
what he wants to get it back.
Do you begrudge me
an opportunity
to make a fair trade?
Of course not.
I have news for you.
I've Iocated some pergium
for your ship.
That's great news.
Captain Janeway
hasn't had any Iuck.
And I've found someone
with a map.
WonderfuI!
How do we get it?
It'II invoIve severaI
bartering sessions.
I have the opportunity
to seII medicaI suppIies
to an outpost
whose peopIe are dying
of a Iung disease.
It's a good cause
and it wiII make me enough
to pay Bahrat
and get my ship back.
Where does the map come in?
When I deIiver
the medicaI suppIies,
one of the physicians wiII
give me an astrometric chart.
I can't thank you enough.
I'II have to ask your heIp
though.
We'II need a shuttIe.
First, we have to get
to a nearby freighter
to pick up the medicaI suppIies.
Then, we return
to the space station
and meet with one of the
physicians from the outpost.
With your transporter
technoIogy,
we couId be in and out
of the station within minutes.
Then, I couId finaIIy
get away from here
and get back
to a TaIaxian coIony.
I don't think that
wouId be a probIem.
Just one thing.
Don't teII anyone
that we're deIivering
medicaI suppIies
to the station--
not even one person.
If Bahrat finds out,
he'II take 20 percent
and I can't afford that.
I-I suppose there's
no need to mention it.
Thanks, NeeIix.
I knew I couId count on you.
Didn't I teII you
this wouId be easy?
I got the medicaI suppIies
and you got the pergium
your ship needs so badIy.
OnIy 20 kiIograms.
I toId Commander Chakotay
it wouId be 45.
You're Iucky to get
what you did.
Come on, NeeIix.
A few minutes more
and we'II be done.
And you'II have a map to heIp
you through the Nekrit Expanse.
What is the matter with you?
I don't Iike keeping the whoIe
truth from Commander Chakotay.
It's not honest.
I don't remember you
ever being so squeamish
about twisting the truth.
Wix
I'm not what I used to be.
Neither am I.
We've both tried
to change our Iives.
You've done it.
Now, I have the same chance.
We're aImost there.
We shouId have your transporter
take us to Corridor 14-L
near the outer docking ports.
It's hardIy ever used.
Our contact wiII meet us there.
We're within transporter range.
I've entered the coordinates.
What are you doing?!
This station
is a dangerous pIace
and these suppIies
are vaIuabIe.
We have to be abIe
to defend ourseIves.
You said this wouId be easy.
It's just a precaution.
Let's go.
Computer, energize.
Where's your contact?
He'II be here.
Don't worry.
I don't Iike this--
meeting in dark passageways
Iate at night.
Wix.
Sutok.
This is my associate.
You have the suppIies?
As promised.
What's he doing?
Satisfied?
CompIeteIy.
What kind of medicaI
suppIies are those?
If you give me my payment,
we'II be on our way.
Yes, I have it right here.
Stop them!
Get his weapon!
Wix!
Someone's coming!
NeeIix!
Get us out of here.
Computer, two to beam up.
You Iied to me
from the beginning!
And I was fooIish enough
to beIieve you.
It shouId have been
as easy as I said.
I didn't know Sutok
wouId try to steaI the tubes.
Those aren't ordinary
medicaI suppIies.
You faiIed to mention that.
They do have
a medicinaI appIication,
but no one wouId pay
what I was supposed to get
if they were just
simpIe medications.
They're narcotics, aren't they?
Oh, you're up
to your same oId tricks.
We have to taIk
to Captain Janeway
as soon as we get back.
Do you reaIIy want to do that?
How is it going to Iook
to your shipmates
when they find out you were
once a contraband smuggIer
and that you were invoIved
in this ugIy business tonight?
You think your position
on Voyager is precarious now?
Wait tiII they discover
the whoIe truth about you.
I can't just forget about this.
So you'd Iet Bahrat put me
in cryostatic suspension?
I guess you wouId.
You did Iet me spend a year
in that Ubean prison.
Wix
I never toId you what it
was Iike in there, did I?
About eating worms
to stay aIive
sIeeping in a ceII
where the vermin
chew on you aII night
being punished in ways
you couIdn't imagine.
AII right!
I won't say anything.
But I don't want to have
anything more to do with you.
The debt is paid.
Captain's Log, suppIementaI.
I have caIIed a meeting
of the senior staff
to inform them
of some very disturbing news
I have just received.
There's been a ***
aboard the station.
A ***?
I've been toId that's not
an uncommon occurrence here.
The man who died has been
suspected of criminaI activity.
Mr.
Bahrat, however, discovered
something at the scene
of the kiIIing
that greatIy concerns me.
During my investigation,
I discovered some energy
readings I couIdn't identify,
so I ran a spectraI anaIysis.
He showed me the anaIysis
just a few minutes ago.
It's a Federation
phaser signature.
Tuvok wiII be assisting Mr.
Bahrat in his investigation.
I want to know how a weapon
from Voyager
couId have been invoIved
in this incident.
The shooting took pIace
in an abandoned section
of the station.
Security scanners were disabIed.
I'm reviewing
other surveiIIance records,
Iooking for anything
that might heIp me apprehend
whoever did this.
I've promised Mr.
Bahrat
the fuII cooperation
of every member of this crew
during his investigation.
Dismissed.
You wanted to see me, Mr.
Tuvok?
PIease, sit down.
I examined the scene
of the shooting
and confirmed the Federation
weapon signature--
a type-2 phaser bIast.
were off the ship
at the time of the incident.
I see.
SeveraI traders from the station
were aboard Voyager
on the day of the incident.
We can't ruIe out
the possibiIity
that one of them managed
to steaI a phaser.
I suppose not.
What can you teII me
about your friend Wixiban?
Wix?
Mr.
Chakotay reported
that he was aboard Voyager
Ah, yes.
He deIivered
some magnetic bearings.
We're more Iike acquaintances,
not friends reaIIy.
I haven't seen him in years.
Has he ever been invoIved
in criminaI activity?
I-I wouIdn't know.
I certainIy don't think so.
I must question him
and I wouId appreciate
your accompanying me.
Me?
What couId I do?
You may be abIe to heIp me
evaIuate
the verisimiIitude
of his answers.
I see.
PIease meet me
in Transporter Room 2
at 1800 hours.
How much time did you spend
aboard Voyager?
ProbabIy Iess than an hour
aItogether.
Were you ever aIone on the ship?
No.
I was met by Mr.
Chakotay
in your transporter room--
extraordinary experience
that transporter of yours.
We deIivered the bearings
to Lieutenant Torres.
Then, Mr.
Chakotay and I
paid a visit
to my oId friend NeeIix
in your Mess HaII.
Where were you
at the time of the shooting?
In bed, asIeep.
Can anyone corroborate that?
AIas, Mr.
Tuvok, I sIeep aIone.
That wiII be aII for now,
Mr.
Wix.
I'd Iike to stay
for a gIass of Toffa aIe.
As you wish, but pIease see me
as soon as you return
to the ship.
Yeah.
I'd forgotten how easy it is
for you to Iie.
You're not suggesting
I teII him the truth.
VuIcans aren't as easiIy fooIed
as you might think.
If you want to worry,
I'II give you something
to worry about.
What?
The peopIe I was conducting
that transaction for
aren't happy that they
didn't get paid.
I thought this was your scheme.
Do you think I couId have
afforded those tubes?
I was acting as an agent
for some KoIaati Traders.
Do you know anything
about the KoIaati?
They're mean as fire snakes.
They wiII kiII us,
and it won't be quick.
I I can't beIieve
this is happening.
Why did I ever Iisten to you?!
NeeIix, it's aII right.
I've convinced them to take
something eIse in payment--
something easiIy come by.
They know about Voyager
They want a sampIe
of your ship's warp pIasma.
They'II be abIe to use it
to increase the efficiency
of their engines.
No.
It's wrong.
I won't do it.
This has to stop.
You shouId have thought
of that in the beginning.
You're in too deepIy now.
The peopIe on Voyager
are my friends.
I can't steaI from them.
Friends?
You've aIready toId me
they're ready to put
you off the ship.
You're Iiving in a dream worId.
It's time to wake up.
You're on your own,
just as I am
and you're going to die
a horribIe death
at the hands of the KoIaati
unIess you bring them
three grams of warp pIasma.
Do you understand that?
I've aIready toId them
you'd do it.
Meet me here tomorrow morning
at 900 hours.
Hey, NeeIix, what's up?
Oh, nothing.
Just thought I might
give you a hand with
whatever it is you're doing.
You may regret that.
Chakotay and I have to pick up
a suppIy of biomimetic geI
tomorrow morning
and I am trying
to find the container
that is Iisted as the proper
transport device.
StarfIeet standard issue L647 X7.
WeII, sounds Iike another
set of eyes wouIdn't hurt.
M-34
No, not that one.
L647
No, it's Y-6.
Tom
if it's not too boId of me,
I wonder if I couId
ask you something.
Sure.
Anything.
I've heard you were
in some troubIe in the past.
Spent time in prison.
That's right.
Do you?
WouId you teII me
how you got in troubIe?
I've thought a Iot
about that
and it comes down
to one simpIe fact.
I didn't teII the truth.
I made a mistake,
which happens to peopIe,
but if I'd admitted
that mistake,
it wouId have been a Iot better.
But I Iied about it
and it nearIy ruined my Iife.
Why do you ask?
Oh no reason.
Just wondered.
Here's your container.
Oh.
After I'm done here,
a bunch of us are going
to go down to the resort.
Why don't you come aIong?
Thanks, but I'm going
to turn in earIy.
Maybe another time.
Okay.
Good evening, Ensign.
Mr.
NeeIix.
I thought I'd Iog a IittIe time
in the Jefferies tubes
if that's aII right.
I was unaware you
were officiaIIy
on an engineering work detaiI.
Oh, it's not officiaI,
not at aII.
But Lieutenant Torres
has been good enough
to aIIow me to poke
around here and there--
as time permits, of course.
She has mentioned
your desire to become
famiIiar with StarfIeet
engineering protocoIs.
I see no reason
why you can't proceed.
Thank you.
Ensign Vorik.
Yes, Mr.
NeeIix?
You're quite young.
Is it difficuIt for you
being so far away
from everything that's famiIiar?
Had I been given the choice,
I might not have chosen
to expIore the DeIta Quadrant.
However, since we are here,
I must say the chaIIenges
are intriguing.
Voyager is
a wonderfuI pIace to be.
The peopIe here
are very fortunate.
I wouId concur.
Did you get it?
Where is it?
I have to taIk to you.
Give it to me.
I didn't get the warp pIasma.
What?!
I couIdn't do it.
I just couIdn't.
We have to teII the truth.
It's the onIy way
to make things right.
We're dead men, NeeIix.
No.
I have a pIan.
You two, stay where you are!
Don't panic.
Stay caIm.
I said stay where you are!
What is this?
You two are under arrest.
Arrest?
What's the charge?
Conspiring with known
drug traffickers and ***.
Let's go!
This is the criminaI
who was kiIIed
and these are
the two men we arrested.
You can't seriousIy
regard this as viabIe evidence.
I reaIize it's circumstantiaI,
but it is compeIIing.
It proves absoIuteIy nothing.
It proves your two men
had a conversation
with a narcotics deaIer
onIy hours before he was kiIIed.
As the Captain said,
that proves nothing.
I'm hoIding them
for questioning.
They are prime suspects.
I want my security officer
present
during aII interrogations.
I'II take that
into consideration.
But make no mistake about this.
Someone wiII serve 50 years
of cryostatic suspension
for that ***.
If I were to Iet
this go unpunished,
there wouId be anarchy
on this station within days.
You make no mistake about this.
I won't aIIow members
of my crew to be condemned
for a crime they did not commit.
This has gone too far.
We have to go to Bahrat.
We'II end up in his
cryostatic prison for decades.
Not if he agrees to my pIan.
Your pIan is crazy.
It's worse than prison.
It's a death sentence.
That wouId be better
than Iiving a Iie.
I'm going whether you do or not.
NeeIix.
We've been through
too much together.
I can't Iet you do this aIone.
It was a type-2 Federation
phaser that was used.
It's on one of our shuttIes.
You can get it
from our security officer
to verify the energy signature.
Which of you fired the weapon?
We were both invoIved
in aII aspects of the crime.
I was the one with the weapon,
but I fired in seIf-defense.
So you see, Commander Chakotay
and Lieutenant Paris
are innocent.
The punishment for trafficking
in iIIicit substances
is 50 years
of cryostatic imprisonment.
Your cryostatic prison
isn't a particuIarIy
effective deterrent, is it?
It certainIy is.
There's very IittIe
narcotics trafficking
that goes on here.
That's what you think.
The KoIaati have made a fortune
trading drugs here.
I know everything
that happens on this station.
ApparentIy not.
Since we were abIe
to deIiver narcotics
to known criminaIs
right under your nose.
They have ways of disabIing
your surveiIIance systems.
Masking your sensors.
Creating faIse visuaI signaIs.
It happens aImost every night.
I'II put a stop to that.
Since you don't know
how they do it,
that might prove difficuIt.
But we have a pIan.
The KoIaati want a sampIe
of warp pIasma from Voyager
I'II arrange a meeting with them
to deIiver the pIasma.
When they arrive,
we'II take them into custody.
How do you pIan to do that?
You won't be abIe
to carry weapons
and if they thought
my men and I were near,
they'd be gone in a second.
We have some ideas.
If we are abIe
to turn them over to you,
wiII you agree
not to charge us with a crime?
It's no risk to me.
You'II undoubtedIy perish
in this ridicuIous scheme.
You'II have to provide us
with a sampIe of warp pIasma.
I won't take any from Voyager
What I can give you
won't be of the same quaIity.
Doesn't matter.
We'II make do.
AII right.
We'II try it.
But I don't hoId any hopes
that you wiII survive.
It's been over 20 minutes.
Where are they?
I confirmed the time and pIace.
They shouId be here.
Maybe they've reaIized
it's a trap.
Maybe they're not going
to show up.
Let's hope they do
or we wiII end up
in Bahrat's prison.
It Iooks Iike
somebody's begun transmitting
a faIse visuaI signaI.
My guess is they're
about to come aboard.
We'II give them five minutes
and then move in.
It's Tosin.
Who?
He's one of the most
powerfuI KoIaati.
Good evening, gentIemen.
My name is NeeIix, and I am
The warp pIasma.
Where is it?
It's right in here, Tosin,
but first, you must
guarantee us
You'II Iive for today.
No guarantees about tomorrow.
Give me the pIasma.
SIowIy.
isonucIeic residue.
This is contaminated.
You promised me a pure sampIe.
It reaIIy doesn't matter,
because you're under arrest.
What?
I said
you're being taken into custody
for smuggIing contraband
and narcotic substances.
Very serious offenses
aboard this station, Mr.
Tosin.
It's time you faced up to them.
LittIe man
your days have ended.
I wouIdn't fire that weapon
if I were you.
That pIasma canister
you're hoIding
I disengaged the safety nodes
just as you came in.
Even as we speak,
warp pIasma is Ieaking from it.
This section
of the station is fiIIing
with pIasma particIes.
Fire your weapon
and you'II set off an expIosion
that wouId undoubtedIy
kiII us aII.
He's teIIing the truth, Tosin.
Don't do it.
And I wouIdn't
activate your transporter
system, if I were you.
The beam wouId aIso
destabiIize the pIasma.
Same effect.
Boom.
Then you wiII die with me,
IittIe man.
No probIem at aII
if it means getting rid
of an OriIIian Iung maggot
Iike you.
Go ahead.
You'd be doing me a favor.
I have nothing to Iose.
Fire away.
NeeIix.
Shoot.
What are you waiting for?
Fire.
Re-engage the safety nodes.
Don't bother.
Put down your weapons.
You're under arrest
for vioIating Station Code 4279,
Subsection Beta-325.
No, don't!
I'm in Sick Bay?
Yes, Mr.
NeeIix.
You sustained
third-degree pIasma burns
and a moderate concussion,
but my skiIIs
have prevented you
from suffering permanent damage.
Thank you, Doctor.
One of the criminaIs was kiIIed
in the pIasma expIosion.
The others have been taken
into custody by Mr.
Bahrat.
Chakotay and Tom were reIeased.
Oh, good.
And Wix?
Mr.
Wixiban
was given his shuttIe.
He sent you his thanks
before making a hasty departure.
WouId aII of you excuse us
pIease?
I'd Iike to taIk
to NeeIix aIone.
WeII, do you have
anything to say for yourseIf?
OnIy that I'm terribIy sorry.
Oh.
You're sorry.
Is that supposed
to make everything better?
I don't reaIIy care whether
you're sorry or not, NeeIix.
At this point it doesn't matter.
I can't imagine what couId have
made you behave the way you did.
Lying to us.
Sneaking around
behind our backs.
Covering up criminaI activity.
Did you have
some misguided reason
to think that this was
acceptabIe behavior?
No, ma'am.
You've been one
of my most trusted advisors
since we began this journey.
How can I ever trust you again?
How can I ever Iisten to you
without wondering whether you're
teIIing the truth or not?
I've never been
dishonest to you before.
I swear, Captain.
I-I just took one step,
a step that seemed
perfectIy reasonabIe,
and that step Ied
to another and another
and before I knew it,
I was invoIved in something
I didn't know how to handIe.
What was it?
What was so important
that you were wiIIing
to throw away your principIes?
I needed a map.
A map?
Captain, my usefuIness
to you was at an end.
I don't know anything about
space beyond this point.
I couIdn't Iet you go
into the Nekrit Expanse
without knowing what you faced.
You've been on this ship
for two years.
I'd think by now
you'd have Iearned
that the first duty
of any StarfIeet officer
is the truth.
You vioIated that duty, NeeIix,
and there wiII be consequences.
I'm prepared to Ieave
the ship, Captain.
Oh, no.
It's not that easy.
You can't just waIk away
from your responsibiIities
because you made a mistake.
You're part of a famiIy now,
and you have obIigations.
But
I can't guide you.
I can't advise you.
I don't know what's coming.
That's not the point.
Is it?
None of us knows what's coming.
That's what StarfIeet
is aII about.
We are aII in this together,
NeeIix,
and we have to be abIe
to count on each other
no matter how hard it gets.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Yes, I do.
WeII, that's good.
Report to deuterium maintenance
at 0400 tomorrow morning.
You're going to spend
the next two weeks
scrubbing the exhaust manifoIds.
That shouId give you time
to think about what I've said.
Dismissed.