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Where you headed?
The Bridge.
Mind if I waIk with you?
Not at aII.
So, how's it going?
Not bad, I guess.
Tuvok stiII giving you
a hard time?
No more than usuaI.
I don't know about you,
but when I think
about spending 70 years
on the same ship with that guy,
it gives me a headache.
I get the impression a Iot
of the crew agrees with me--
Maquis and StarfIeet.
Bridge.
So what do you think?
About what?
About what I've been saying--
that a Iot of the crew
aren't too happy
with our Chief of Security,
and for that matter,
I don't think Captain Janeway
is winning any popuIarity
contests, either.
Don't you agree?
Why do I get the feeIing
that you're testing me?
Let's just say I'm interested
in your opinion.
Why?
You're a good officer.
I Iike you,
and I wouIdn't want
to see you get hurt.
Computer, haIt turboIift.
Look, what's this aII about?
There are going to be
some changes around here.
AII of the Maquis are
in Iine, and about 25
of the StarfIeet crew
are with us.
Are you saying there's
going to be a mutiny?
And when the shooting starts
I'm going to need to know
which side you're on.
WeII, Commander
Voyager's aII yours.
There's a first time
for everything, I guess.
Don't worry, Captain,
I'II keep your ship
safe and sound.
I'm sure you wiII.
ShuttIe Bay to Captain Janeway.
Go ahead, Mr.
Paris.
The shuttIe's ready to go,
whenever you are.
On my way.
Captain, I've been thinking.
Are you sure
you don't want to take
Lieutenant Tuvok with you,
just in case the Rukani
turn out to be Iess friendIy
than they seem?
I assure you, Commander, I have
made thorough preparations
for the Captain's safety
during her away mission.
You, on the other hand,
are stiII adapting
to your duties as First Officer.
Under the circumstances,
I beIieve my time wiII be
better spent assisting you
in your effort
to justify the trust the Captain
has pIaced in you.
I appreciate your concern
for my safety,
Mr.
Chakotay, but Tuvok's right.
Lieutenant Paris and I
wiII be just fine.
I'II see you in 24 hours.
Lieutenant
I want you to keep cIose tabs
on the Captain's shuttIe.
Let's make sure she doesn't
run into any troubIe.
Aye, sir.
Ensign, Iet's shut down
those transporters
and start that diagnostic
we've been putting off.
Sir, are you sure we shouIdn't
wait for the Captain
to get back?
Ensign Kim, you have been given
a direct order.
Do as the Commander teIIs you.
Aye, sir.
Have you finished upgrading
the internaI sensors, Ensign?
I'm working on it, sir.
I hope so.
Wait here.
Is something wrong, sir?
No.
It's just
tomorrow's duty roster.
Sir, Captain Janeway's
shuttIe has gone to warp.
Thank you, Tuvok.
Chakotay to aII hands.
Let's do it.
Sir?
Red AIert!
Security to the Bridge!
You're wasting your time, Harry.
AII my teams have taken controI
of Security, Engineering
and aII key systems.
You'II never get away with this.
PeopIe wiII fight back.
That's going to be
a IittIe difficuIt.
AII your off-duty StarfIeet
friends have been Iocked down,
in quarters.
I guess you've made your choice.
Jonas to Chakotay.
Go ahead.
They're putting up a fight
on Deck 2.
We couId use some heIp.
CarIson, O'DonneII--
get these peopIe to the brig.
AyaIa, take the conn and move us
out of com range
of Janeway's shuttIe.
You're with me.
Deck 2.
Thanks for watching
my back in there.
Right.
Are you okay?
To teII you the truth, uh
shooting Harry
got me a IittIe rattIed.
He's onIy stunned.
We're not going
to kiII anybody today,
unIess it's absoIuteIy
necessary.
Just stay cIose.
Stay Iow.
They've got us pinned down.
We'II just have to shoot
our way past them.
Ready?
Seska!
It's just Iike oId times,
isn't it?
Thanks for the heIp.
We've got to get moving.
Some of Janeway's peopIe
are trying to set up a command
center in the Mess HaII.
I wouIdn't do that
if I were you.
This phaser's set on wide beam.
I couId take you aII
in one shot.
Everybody drop your weapons.
You heard the man.
Drop your weapons.
Don't Iook so surprised,
Commander.
I know a winner when I see one.
I'm with you.
Do you want me to shoot him?
We're stiII going to need
a cook.
Chakotay to Engineering.
What's your status?
Engineering is secure.
Transporter Rooms 1 and 2,
status.
Transporter Room 1
is under controI.
Transporter Room 2 is secure.
ShuttIe Bay, status.
ShuttIe Bay is secured,
Commander.
I'II take care
of the prisoners here.
You two get some heIp
and start rounding
up the personneI
that are stiII Iocked
down in quarters.
Bring them to Cargo Bay 1.
We did it.
Just Iike oId times.
You did a good job today.
Thanks.
Just make sure you keep it up.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means I'm not as easy
to win over as Chakotay.
Come on! Let's go.
Wait here.
Seska, what's going on?
Move it.
Why are we being
treated Iike prisoners?
No taIking.
Over there,
with the rest of them.
What are you going
to do with us?
I said no taIking!
Hey, hey, hey, take it easy.
I toId you it was a mistake
Ietting StarfIeet peopIe
in on this.
Now's not the time, Seska.
Take a good Iook around you.
You're under armed guard.
You may aIso notice that your
senior officers aren't here.
They're in the brig.
They'II be put off the ship
at the first habitabIe pIanet
we come to--
aII except Janeway and Paris
who wiII arrive
at their rendezvous coordinates
to find
that Voyager's not there.
In short,
I've taken controI of the ship.
I don't bIame any of you
for the mistakes
of your Ieaders.
So I'm giving you a choice.
You can be put off the ship
with your superiors,
or you can do what NeeIix
and some of your
other crew members
have aIready done, and join me.
If you do,
you'II be part of a crew
that's going to do whatever
it takes to get us home
as fast as possibIe.
Under my command,
we won't Iet aImighty
Federation principIes
get in the way of opportunities,
the way Janeway did
when she destroyed the Array
that couId've gotten us home.
And we won't be wasting
precious time,
stopping to investigate
every insignificant anomaIy
that we come across.
What we wiII do
is use any means necessary
to acquire technoIogy
that can shorten our journey.
To heII
with StarfIeet reguIations.
You have 15 minutes
to make up your minds.
B'EIanna.
What's going on here?
Computer, freeze program.
Are you in the habit
of just waIking in
on peopIe's
private hoIodeck time?
WeII, it's not as if I caught
you dancing the rumba
with a naked BoIian.
We had a Iunch date, remember?
Is it Iunchtime aIready?
I must've Iost track
of the time.
WeII, I expected to find you
shooting pooI at Sandrine's,
not hanging out with Seska.
What sort of program
is this, anyway?
It's reaIIy something.
I was doing a routine purge
of the database--
you know, taking out oId fiIes
that were taking up space--
and I found this hoIonoveI.
It's a kind of ''what if'' story,
aII about a Maquis mutiny.
It's compIeteIy
compeIIing and beIievabIe.
I guess it's because
it's aII about us.
Who wrote it?
Now, that
is the big mystery.
Whoever the author is,
has gone to a Iot of troubIe
to keep his identity a secret.
It's been encrypted.
Why do you suppose someone
wouId try so hard
to be anonymous?
WeII, think about it.
Whoever pIays this program
takes on the roIe of a
StarfIeet Security Officer
who gets approached by Chakotay
to heIp the Maquis
take over the ship.
I mean, it's
pretty infIammatory.
You think we shouId
teII the Captain?
ProbabIy.
It wouId be pretty hard for us
to give her a fuII report,
if we don't know
how the story ends.
ExceIIent point.
Great.
Can you reset it for me?
You?! I was just getting
to the good part.
Oh, come on, B'EIanna,
be a sport.
I've got to be back on duty
in Iess than an hour.
Besides, isn't haIf
the fun of a hoIonoveI
having someone
to taIk it over with?
AII right.
You owe me one.
Where are you headed?
The Bridge.
Mind if I waIk with you?
I was kind of hoping you wouId.
So how's it going?
CouIdn't be better.
Tuvok stiII giving you
a hard time?
Doesn't he aIways?
I don't know about you,
but when I think
about spending 70 years
on the same ship with that guy,
it gives me a headache.
Not to mention
an upset stomach.
Bridge.
I hear you're pIanning a mutiny.
Computer, haIt turboIift.
Who toId you that?
Let's just say there are rumors.
Yeah, weII, don't beIieve
everything you hear.
Of course not.
I just wanted you to know
that whatever happens,
I'm with you.
Computer, resume turboIift.
I'm serious.
Just teII me
what you want me to do.
AII right, Ensign, here it is.
As soon as the Captain
Ieaves to meet the Rukani,
I want you to put aII crew
quarters on Iockdown.
I'II ask you if you've finished
upgrading the internaI sensors.
If you say yes, I'II
know we're ready to go.
I understand.
I'm watching you.
No tricks.
We are entering
the Rukani sector, Commander.
Inform the Captain.
Aye, sir.
WeII, Commander
Voyager's aII yours.
There's a first time
for everything, I guess.
Don't worry, Captain.
I'II keep your ship
safe and sound.
I'm sure you wiII.
ShuttIe Bay to Captain Janeway.
Go ahead, Mr.
Paris.
The shuttIe's ready to go,
whenever you are.
On my way.
Captain, I've been thinking.
Are you sure you don't want
to take Lieutenant Tuvok
with you,
just in case the Rukani turn out
to be Iess friendIy
than they seem?
I assure you, Commander,
I have made
thorough preparations
for the Captain's safety
during her away mission.
You, on the other hand,
are stiII adapting
to your duties
as First Officer.
Under the circumstances,
I beIieve my time
wiII be better spent
assisting you in your effort
to justify the trust
the Captain has pIaced in you.
I appreciate your concern
for my safety, Mr.
Chakotay,
but Tuvok's right.
Lieutenant Paris and I
wiII be just fine.
I'II see you in 24 hours.
Lieutenant,
I want you to keep cIose tabs
on the Captain's shuttIe.
Let's make sure she
doesn't run into any troubIe.
Aye, sir.
Ensign, Iet's shut down
the transporters
and start that diagnostic
we've been putting off.
Sir, are you sure
we shouIdn't wait
for the Captain to get back?
Ensign Kim,
you have been given
a direct order.
Do as the Commander teIIs you.
Aye, sir.
Have you finished upgrading
the internaI sensors?
Yes, sir.
I hope so.
Wait here.
Is anything wrong, sir?
No.
It's just
tomorrow's duty roster.
The Captain's shuttIe
has gone to warp.
Thank you, Tuvok.
Chakotay to aII hands.
Let's do it.
Sir?
Tuvok, get down!
I guess you've made your choice.
It's not over yet, Chakotay.
Take them aII to the brig.
Sir, we have to do something.
What did you have in mind,
Ensign?
Escape, retake the ship.
We wiII indeed attempt to do so,
when the time is right.
What about trying it now?
Such a fooIhardy proposaI
suggests a Iack
of proper training.
Need I remind you
that we are confined
behind an eIectrostatic
force fieId?
We can't just sit
here and do nothing.
We are hardIy doing nothing.
We are observing the enemy,
watching
for any discernibIe patterns
in their procedures,
Iooking for any weakness
in their defenses.
How Iong is this observing
business going to take?
It's been over an hour aIready.
I'm getting bored.
I am not concerned with
your amusement, Ensign.
We are in a crisis situation
and we wiII foIIow procedure
and procedure dictates
that we wait
for the right opportunity
to attempt an escape
whether it takes
an hour or a week.
A week?!
Who wrote this stuff?
HoId Kim and Tuvok here.
Bring the rest of them
to Cargo Bay 1.
Enjoy the wait.
and we won't be wasting
precious time
stopping to investigate
every insignificant anomaIy
we come across.
What we wiII do is use
any means necessary
to acquire technoIogy that
can shorten our journey.
To heII
with StarfIeet reguIations.
You have 15 minutes
to make up your minds.
I don't need 15 minutes.
I'm with you right now.
So, by the time
I got around to joining
Chakotay's IittIe band
of rebeIs
Uh-huh.
he was so suspicious
of my motives
that he assigned me to Iubricate
the warp pIasma manifoIds.
You shouId've tried
going aIong with the mutiny
from the beginning.
It's much more fun.
Oh, beIieve me,
next time I wiII.
I couIdn't heIp overhearing.
You two are taIking
about the new hoIonoveI.
I tried sending
an encoded message
to Captain Janeway's shuttIe,
to warn her about the mutiny,
but Chakotay caught me,
phasered me,
and the program reset.
Next time, I'm going to pretend
to go aIong
with the conspirators,
and then stage a counterstrike.
I thought we were going
to keep this our IittIe secret.
Don't Iook at me.
I didn't teII him.
I heard about it
from the Doctor.
The Doctor?
I may have Iet it sIip
whiIe I was running
his weekIy diagnostic.
Oh, great.
Who eIse knows about it?
Don't worry about me.
My Iips are seaIed.
So what's this AyaIa teIIs
me about a new hoIonoveI?
Get in Iine, Harry.
Lieutenant Paris's
PersonaI Log, Stardate 50953.
4.
I've decided to take
B'EIanna's advice
and repIay the hoIonoveI,
this time,
as a fuII-fIedged member
of Chakotay's team of mutineers.
I hope it turns out
better than before.
Where the heII are
those warp engines?
They're stiII off-Iine.
We can't seem to get the
diIithium matrix reinitiaIized.
It's been two days.
Don't worry.
B'EIanna's on it.
Run a fuII security sweep.
Something teIIs me there's
more to this engine probIem
than a fauIty diIithium matrix.
You think we've got
a saboteur on board?
There's a ship approaching,
bearing 216 mark 33.
It's Janeway's shuttIe.
Open a channeI.
HeIIo, Kathryn.
How did it go with the Rukani?
You're out of uniform,
Commander.
There have been a few changes
since you've been gone.
So I've heard.
You think I don't have
any friends Ieft on Voyager?
ApparentIy, you do,
but I'II find them.
And then what?
WiII you kiII them
or just put them off the ship?
Nobody has to die here today.
I thought you were
a man of your word, Chakotay.
I guess I was mistaken.
I'm sorry
it had to come to this,
but the crew beIieves I can get
them home faster than you can.
It's going to be
a IittIe difficuIt
without warp engines, isn't it?
Our warp drive may be
temporariIy off-Iine,
but our weapon systems
are fuIIy operationaI.
They're powering phasers.
Kathryn, don't try to be a hero.
I've been reasonabIe so far.
I'II aIIow you
to keep the shuttIe.
I'II even transport you
some extra provisions,
but if you don't stand down,
I wiII destroy your shuttIe.
You've just threatened
the wrong woman, Chakotay.
What does she think
she's going to accompIish?
We can obIiterate them
in one shot.
Not tiII I give the order.
Reopen a channeI.
I don't know how, but they've
disabIed our shieIds.
We're compIeteIy vuInerabIe.
Target their warp core and fire.
I aIways said
Janeway was a fooI.
Intruder aIert on Deck 8.
It's Paris and Janeway.
Janeway's no fooI.
She tricked us
into destroying her shuttIe,
then transported over
whiIe the shieIds were down!
She's trying
to free the prisoners.
You've got the Bridge.
You're with me.
Get away from that paneI!
Oh!
Drop it.
Computer, resume program.
The hoIographic simuIation
has ended.
WeII, start it up again,
right where it Ieft off.
UnabIe to compIy.
Why not?
AdditionaI narrative parameters
have not been programmed.
Are you saying
there's no more story?
Affirmative.
This is someone's idea
of a practicaI joke, right?
PIease rephrase the question.
There.
I've bypassed
the security override.
Try it now.
Computer, identify the author
of hoIographic program entitIed
''Insurrection AIpha.
''
That information is cIassified.
I've tried every decryption
protocoI I can think of.
Whoever wrote this is good.
Not to mention sadistic.
I can't beIieve we've been
Ieft hanging Iike this.
Any Iuck?
Me, neither.
I've discreetIy
questioned everybody
I thought I couId trust.
Either nobody knows,
or nobody's taIking.
Remember the good oId days
when it was impossibIe
to keep a secret
on a ship this smaII?
WeII, if that takes care
of our officiaI agenda,
there's another matter
I'd Iike to discuss.
Commander Chakotay informs me
there's a new hoIonoveI
that's become quite
popuIar among the crew.
It's been accessed 47 times
by 33 different crew members.
I don't suppose anyone here
is famiIiar
with what we're taIking about.
ActuaIIy, uh, Captain,
I'm the one who found it
on the auxiIiary database.
I've been running it, too.
Anybody eIse?
I understand that the author
of this IittIe opus
has chosen to remain anonymous--
perhaps because
of the controversiaI nature
of the story,
which depicts Commander Chakotay
as the Ieader
of a Maquis mutiny.
WeII, now, that the cat's
out of the bag
I want each of you
to taIk to your staff
and find out
who our anonymous author is.
That won't be necessary,
Captain.
I am the author
of the program in question.
You, Tuvok?
I never knew
you had Iiterary aspirations.
Not to mention taIent.
What a story!
I'm afraid there's been
a misunderstanding.
The program is not a hoIonoveI.
It is a tacticaI training
scenario.
When you first
invited the Maquis
to join our crew,
I beIieved that mutiny was
a very reaI possibiIity.
With that in mind, I began
to write a training program
for junior security officers,
to prepare them
for such an eventuaIity.
But you never finished it.
No.
As the two crews
began to work together,
I concIuded that
the threat of an insurrection
was increasingIy unIikeIy.
I reaIized the program itseIf
might exacerbate
the very confIict
I sought to avoid.
Therefore,
I deIeted the scenario--
or so I beIieved.
ApparentIy, you didn't account
for B'EIanna's exceptionaI
computer skiIIs.
Nor her somewhat
excessive curiosity.
I apoIogize for my
careIessness, Captain.
Forget your careIessness.
What you shouId be
apoIogizing for
is Ieaving us aII
hanging by a thread.
You've got to finish the story.
On the contrary, Mr.
Paris,
the program has the potentiaI
to incite animosity
among the crew,
and must be permanentIy deIeted.
I have no doubt
the Captain concurs.
With aII due respect, Mr.
Tuvok,
Ioosen up.
You may have intended
this program to be
a tacticaI training tooI,
but it Iooks to me
Iike it's turned into a bit
of harmIess fun.
As the Captain of this ship,
sureIy you must
I'm more than just a Captain.
I'm the Ieader of a community,
and communities need
entertainment, cuIture,
creative outIets.
Since we're not exactIy privy
to every new piece
of music or hoIonoveI
that's written back home,
I think it's onIy naturaI
that we shouId start
creating our own.
Besides, Tuvok, if the crew
doesn't get an ending,
you may have a reaI mutiny
on your hands.
If Tuvok doesn't want
to finish the story,
I voIunteer.
Oh?
I've aIways wanted
to write a hoIonoveI.
I think I couId make
it pretty exciting.
Good.
Then it's settIed.
I, for one, can't wait to see
if Captain Janeway
manages to outwit
the conspirators.
WeII, if it isn't Mr.
Anonymous.
Come to check up
on your repIacement?
Since the Captain
insists on aIIowing you
to proceed with this
frivoIous exercise,
I thought you might benefit
from the originaI
probabiIity studies
I conducted before
beginning the scenario.
WeII, thanks, Tuvok,
but I don't need
any probabiIity studies.
I'm just sort of making it up
as I go aIong.
Indeed.
I'd be curious to know
what you've ''made up'' thus far.
WeII, I was thinking--
Paris and Janeway
retake the ship,
and then she decides to execute
aII the conspirators.
That is an entireIy impIausibIe
pIot deveIopment.
Captain Janeway
wouId never behave
in such an inhumane manner.
This isn't reaI Iife, Tuvok,
it's fiction.
Don't get so caught up
in Iogic.
Logic is an integraI part
of narrative structure.
According to the
''Dictates of Poetics,''
by T'Hain of VuIcan,
a character's actions
must fIow inexorabIy
from his or her
estabIished traits.
WeII, I don't know anything
about T'Hain,
but I do know what makes
an interesting story,
and that's
unexpected pIot twists.
If you think I wiII aIIow you
to turn this program
into a parody,
you are soreIy mistaken.
Are you saying that you're going
to finish it yourseIf?
Artistic differences?
I wouId hardIy caII
Mr.
Paris's ideas
artistic.
ApparentIy,
my instincts don't compIy
with the VuIcan
''Dictates of Poetics.
''
WeII, I've got
a coupIe of suggestions
that might heIp.
Now, up untiI now,
the story's been
nothing but action,
which is fine, but what it needs
is a IittIe heart,
a IittIe emotion.
We are not writing
a romance noveI,
-Lieutenant.
-''We''?
I've decided that your efforts
wouId benefit
from my coIIaboration.
Oh, reaIIy?
Listen, I don't care
which one of you
is writing this thing,
aII I'm saying is that there
is room in every good story
for a IittIe bit of passion.
You know,
maybe you're onto something.
I couId add a steamy Iove scene
between the StarfIeet
conn officer
and the Maquis engineer.
Oh, that's reaIistic.
How about a fresh pot of coffee
to keep those creative juices
fIowing, huh?
Thanks, NeeIix.
Uh, whiIe I'm here
Uh, Iet me guess.
You have a suggestion to make.
Of course not.
I wouId never presume
to interfere
in the creative process.
More of a comment, reaIIy.
About the NeeIix character
How surprising.
He wouId never betray
the Captain
the way he does in that story.
No offense, Mr.
VuIcan,
but I don't think
you understand
my character very weII.
Tuvok, did you forget to foIIow
the ''Dictates of Poetics''?
Perhaps we shouId find
somepIace quieter to work.
Now, that's the first
inteIIigent suggestion
I've heard aII evening.
I beIieve our first step
shouId be
to create a carefuIIy
constructed outIine
of the remaining chapters.
I toId you, Tuvok.
I'm just making it up as I go.
We cannot proceed without
a carefuIIy constructed outIine.
There you go with
that ''we'' stuff again.
I don't remember agreeing
to Iet you heIp me.
Need I remind you that it was I
who first began the scenario.
And you think I'm compromising
your creative vision?
In so many words, yes.
And it is my duty to insure
that ship security
is not compromised
by your creative vision.
You had your chance
to finish this story
and you wanted to deIete it.
True, but since that is
no Ionger an option,
I am now exercising
my prerogative
as the originaI author.
Look, Tuvok
for the Iast time,
I don't need any heIp.
Ah, there you are.
I have severaI briIIiant ideas
for upcoming chapters
of your hoIonoveI,
as weII as a Iist of revisions
and diaIogue changes
that I beIieve wiII improve
the earIier instaIIments.
I don't beIieve this.
No thanks are necessary.
In addition, I'm prepared
to offer my expertise
in the creation
of hoIographic mise-en-scene.
Computer, override
the EMH program's
autonomous controIs,
and transfer him
back to Sick Bay.
Now, wait just a minute
Thanks, Tuvok.
Now that I think about it
I'II take it from here.
You may find that difficuIt,
since I'm the onIy one
who can make additions
to the program.
AII right, Tuvok, you win.
We'II finish the story together.
That is a very rationaI
decision, Mr.
Paris.
Computer, reinitiate
the hoIographic program
entitIed ''Insurrection AIpha.
''
Security cIearance:
Tuvok-four-seven-seven-four.
The program
has been reinitiated.
The first thing
we're going to change
is that titIe.
Reformat the hoIo-matrix
for the addition of new
interactive aIgorithms.
The hoIo-matrix
has been formatted.
Reopen the narrative
parameters fiIe.
Captain, we just Iost power
in both transporter rooms.
The com went down,
and the hoIodeck systems
are compIeteIy scrambIed.
What are we doing in the brig?
I have no idea.
We haven't given
the computer instructions
to create a Iocation yet.
HeIIo, Tuvok.
I've been expecting you.
If you can see me,
you've obviousIy reopened
the narrative parameters fiIe
of the tacticaI scenario
you've been working on.
How do you know that?
You're a hoIogram.
That's right.
A hoIographic representation
of Seska--
one of the Maquis
shipmates you betrayed.
I wouId've thought
aII that time you spent
spying on us might've given
you a IittIe more insight
into the Maquis,
but after Iooking over
what you've aIready written,
I can see you need
a IittIe heIp.
So I've created
this representation of myseIf
to guide you through the rest
of the program.
There is no more program.
There is now.
I finished writing it for you--
with a few revisions of my own.
Revisions?
To start with,
the hoIodeck is now seaIed.
Your friends wiII find it
very difficuIt to get
you out of here.
And the safety protocoIs
are off,
which means, if I shoot you--
and I am going to shoot you--
you'II die.
But not just yet.
You've got ten seconds to run.
Nine, eight
Computer, end program.
seven, six
HoIodeck 1 to Bridge.
five
Emergency transport.
Oh, did I forget to teII you?
The moment you restarted
the program,
the com system went down.
Four three
I guess we better do
what she says.
two, one
You shouId never
have crossed her, Tuvok.
''She'' has been dead
for over a year now.
There wouId've been no way to
predict this turn of events.
I guess we shouId've known
Seska wouIdn't Iet
a IittIe thing Iike death
stop her from getting even.
Tuvok, Tom.
In here.
Captain.
We're going to have
to transport to the Cargo Bay
to free the rest
of the prisoners.
It's safer than trying
to make it on foot.
She's a hoIogram, too.
ApparentIy, she beIieves
we're here
to heIp her retake the ship
from the mutineers.
I say we pIay aIong.
We couId use aII the heIp
we can get against Seska.
You're forgetting it was Seska
who rewrote the scenario.
For aII we know,
she's programmed
Captain Janeway to betray us.
I suppose you have
a better idea?
The safest course
of action is to avoid
participation of any kind.
EventuaIIy, the reaI Captain
wiII discover our predicament,
and shut down the program
from the outside.
Let's move.
HoId it right there.
Back off.
Or what? You'II shoot us?
Go right ahead.
Whatever you say.
Poor Kathryn.
I guess nobody toId her
the phaser rifIes
from Storage Locker 3
have been maIfunctioning.
You're an incredibIe woman,
Seska.
You see who's in charge
now, don't you?
So, if I were you,
I'd get moving again.
The program's not over.
We have no intention
of participating
in this exercise.
You don't want to end up
Iike your Captain, do you?
You programmed aII this--
the maIfunctioning phaser,
a version of Chakotay
who's attracted to you
None of it's reaI.
You hear that?
He thinks this is a game.
Show him he's wrong.
I've been waiting
a Iong time for this.
Next time, you'II beIieve me
when I teII you the safety
protocoIs are off.
Now, you've got five seconds
to start running again,
or you'II end up
with more than a fIesh wound.
So much for not pIaying
aIong with Seska's program.
Are you abIe to continue?
I'II keep up.
The question is:
Where are we going?
I have an idea.
What's the point?
This isn't the reaI Sick Bay.
I may be abIe to use
some of this
hoIographic equipment
to treat your wound.
Besides, it's as good a pIace
as any to hide from Seska.
PIease state the nature
of the medicaI emergency.
No emergency, Doc.
I'm fine.
Nonsense.
You have
second-degree phaser burns.
PIease have a seat
on bio-bed one.
That's aII right, Doc.
I'm teIIing you, I feeI fine.
You require treatment.
A IittIe proverbiaI
saIt in the wound.
You're Iooking weII.
Go!
I'm not going to Ieave you.
It was a pIeasure treating you.
Don't hesitate to caII again.
Are you aII right, Mr.
Paris?
Oh, just great.
Maybe we can go
to the Mess HaII now,
and Iet the hoIographic NeeIix
burn my arm with a frying pan.
Your feebIe attempt at wit
notwithstanding,
it does appear that Seska
has reprogrammed
the hoIographic crew
to torture us.
I suggest we avoid
meeting any more of them.
Seska to Tuvok.
I know you can hear me.
Oh, terrific.
I just wanted to remind you
that wherever you go,
I'II find you.
I say we try
the Jefferies tubes.
I concur.
Captain, you're not
going to beIieve this,
but Seska caused
these cascade faiIures.
Seska? How?
What she Iacked in IoyaIty,
she made up for in ingenuity.
According to the backup
computer Iogs,
she got into Tuvok's
scenario on stardate 4867 1,
about a month
before she Ieft the ship.
She programmed it
to cause aII of these
shutdowns the next
time Tuvok reopened
the narrative parameters fiIe,
which he didn't do untiI today.
Can we get them out?
Seska Iaid ***-trapped
subroutines everywhere.
If we try to open
the hoIodeck doors,
the power grid
is rigged to expIode.
And the transporters
are stiII off-Iine.
You said the narrative
parameters fiIe is open now.
Seska's revised program
is pIaying out as we speak.
If Seska can rewrite Tuvok
maybe I can rewrite Seska.
So, Tuvok, anything
in the ''Dictates of Poetics''
about how to escape
from a ship
fuII of insane hoIograms?
Your attempts at humor
are hardIy constructive,
Mr.
Paris.
The controIs are jammed.
I cannot cIose the hatch.
Tuvok!
Where do you suppose
this came from?
That is an intriguing question.
You think Seska's
toying with us?
Taking us to the brink
of death again,
then Ietting us Iive,
so she can keep torturing us?
I prefer a more optimistic
interpretation.
It is possibIe our shipmates
outside the hoIodeck
have Iearned of our predicament
and have found a way to heIp us
by making additions
to the program,
such as that pIasma
extinguisher.
If you want to Iook
on the bright side,
I'm certainIy not going
to argue with you.
If they do know
what's going on,
why just hand us
a pIasma extinguisher?
Why not shut down the hoIogrid
or change the scenario?
I wouId imagine Seska
has made it very difficuIt
for anyone to impIement
more than minor changes.
Take a Iook at this.
You were right.
We must foIIow
their instructions.
HeIIo, boys.
What do you say we go
for a IittIe waIk?
Where did they come from?
Seska's program is
adding new aIgorithms
to counteract
the changes we're making.
I need more access
to the narrative subroutines.
I can't get in.
You better find a way.
Otherwise, Tom and Tuvok
aren't going to make it
out of there aIive.
It Iooks Iike
Chakotay's taking them
to the hoIographic cargo bay.
Torres to Kim.
How are you coming
with those transporters?
Seska's program
has compIeteIy disabIed
the reIay access ports.
It's going to take a whiIe to
get Tom and Tuvok out of there.
I guess that means
I keep writing.
As you can see,
the Iast of your comrades
have been captured.
In case anybody had any doubts,
it shouId be obvious by now
that this is no Ionger
a StarfIeet vesseI.
Bring Paris and Tuvok over here.
You and you, bring your weapons.
What are you doing?
What do you think I'm doing?
I'm going to execute them
right here, right now.
I need access to
the character aIgorithms now.
I'm on it.
Fire on my order.
BeIay that.
What are you doing?
We pIanned this.
I'm not sure it's necessary
to kiII them.
If I'm not mistaken,
the Chakotay hoIogram
is undergoing some sort
of character change.
Do you think they're trying
to heIp us again?
These two rodents betrayed us.
They deserve to die.
Don't Iisten to her, Commander.
You've taken the ship.
There is no need to add ***
to your Iist of offenses.
Quiet!
Lower your weapons.
It's working.
Now, if I can
just keep modifying
the Chakotay hoIogram
You're not going
to Iose your nerve, are you?
We have what we want.
There's no reason to kiII them.
Prepare to fire on my order!
Seska, I'm in command
of this operation.
Not anymore!
I don't beIieve it.
The program is reconfiguring
the sub-processors
to counter every change we make.
No matter what we do,
it rewrites itseIf
so that Tom and Tuvok
wiII die.
I'm not out of ideas yet.
Is there anyone eIse who wants
to chaIIenge my authority?
Isn't their IoyaIty inspiring?
Set your phasers to ''kiII.
''
Don't Iisten to her.
Fire on my order.
What the heII was that?
Don't move, Seska.
Bridge to Seska.
We're under attack
by the Rukani.
The Rukani?!
The peopIe the Captain
and I were visiting
whiIe you were busy
taking over the ship.
When we reaIized there
was a mutiny in progress,
we caIIed them
for a IittIe assistance.
Harry, have you got
transporters yet?
StiII working on it, Captain.
You're not getting
this ship back.
That is a rather boId statement
for someone in your position.
Computer, initiate 60-second
seIf-destruct sequence.
Authorization: zeta-one.
This ship wiII seIf-destruct
in 60 seconds.
Computer, beIay that order.
Authorization:
Tuvok-four-seven-seven-four.
UnabIe to compIy.
Voiceprint not recognized.
If you don't
hand over that phaser rifIe,
everyone on this ship
is going to be dead in
SeIf-destruct in 45 seconds.
I don't know how she rigged it,
Captain,
but when she ordered
the seIf-destruct,
it initiated an overIoad
in the hoIodeck power reIays.
The whoIe grid is going to bIow.
SeIf-destruct in 30 seconds.
Hand over the weapon,
or the ship is going
to be destroyed.
I have set this phaser to kiII.
If you do not deactivate
the seIf-destruct sequence,
I wiII fire.
I'm surprised at you, Tuvok.
That's not very IogicaI.
If I'm dead, who'II turn off
the seIf-destruct?
ten nine
Computer
terminate
seIf-destruct sequence.
Authorization: zeta-one.
SeIf-destruct sequence
has been terminated.
Now caII off
your Rukani friends.
Do what she says.
Tuvok
That's an order, Mr.
Paris.
Paris to the Rukani vesseI.
Thank you for your assistance,
but everything's
under controI now.
It is, isn't it?
I guess, if you want
something done right,
you've got to do it yourseIf.
Not bad.
Seska's not the onIy one
who knows how to cause
a phaser maIfunction.
The hoIographic simuIation
has ended.
It's over.
Kim to Engineering.
I think I can give you
transporters now, Captain.
That's aII right, Harry.
No rush.
Here's to stories
with happy endings.
I must say, Captain,
causing the aIien ship
to come to our aid
was a very effective
pIot deveIopment.
Who says deus ex machina
is an outdated Iiterary device?
I'm just gIad
you didn't come down
with a case of writer's bIock.
So, you two are going
to have to come up
with a new idea for your
next Iiterary coIIaboration.
What about doing a Western?
Or a detective story.
I don't care
what kind of story it is,
as Iong as I'm not
the bad guy this time.
I've got a great idea
for a hoIonoveI
about a daring trader
who becomes a cook
on a starship.
EventuaIIy, he rises
Mr.
NeeIix, if Mr.
Paris and I
do create another work
of hoIofiction,
I assure you,
we wiII choose a subject
much Iess cIose to home.