1 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,834 Ares IV to Kumagawa. How was the sunrise from down there? 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,915 Beautiful. There was a little green mixed in today. 3 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:19,198 - It was spectacular. - I'm sorry I missed it. 4 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,751 - Next time. - Any luck drilling through that lava? 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,756 Roger. We broke through the iron oxide barrier. We're down to eight metres. 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,833 We should have some samples today. 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,709 On to important matters. Received an uplink from Houston. 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,998 - The Yankees won game five. - You owe me 20 bucks. 9 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:41,994 There's still game six. It's not just us making history today. 10 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:45,710 - Bokai broke DiMaggio's record. - I don't believe it. 11 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,520 I'd say Houston's manipulating the stats. 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,433 Too many Kings fans at Mission Control. 13 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,911 How else do you explain Bokai beating out the Yankee Clipper? 14 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,957 Commander. We lost you for a second. 15 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,273 The ride got a little bumpy. Stand by. Picking up some turbulence. 16 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,558 - At your altitude? - Checking LIDAR. 17 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,798 - What the hell? - John, what's going on? 18 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,272 There's an object closing on my position, azimuth 121.6. 19 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,751 It's huge. It's over 1,000 metres across. 20 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,038 How could something that big appear from nowhere? 21 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,592 I don't know, but I'm getting out of its way. Firing thrusters. 22 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,197 - It's probably a solar flare. - Let's hope so. 23 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,757 It's no solar flare. 24 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,557 Come in. 25 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,837 Come in! 26 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,437 Chakotay to the bridge. 27 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,557 This is transporter room 2. 28 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,313 I want the bridge. 29 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,756 Your signal was routed here. 30 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,877 Can you patch me through? 31 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,758 Pardon me. 32 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,831 Patch you through where? Where? 33 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,149 Neelix? 34 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:11,958 Commander? 35 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,600 You're changing the computer core? 36 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,513 I've enhanced the command sequencers. 37 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,957 You're wreaking havoc with our secondary systems. 38 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,910 - Insignificant malfunctions. - I didn't authorise any modifications. 39 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,674 The computer core needed to be improved. 40 00:05:04,840 --> 00:05:07,639 I appreciate your initiative, but it's not up to you. 41 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,997 I've explained the value of these enhancements, 42 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,470 but Lieutenant Torres ignored me. 43 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:18,350 - A demonstration might be persuasive. - I doubt this will change her mind. 44 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,751 Clearly Voyager is not yet ready for assimilation. 45 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,477 A joke. The Doctor suggested I defuse tense situations with humour. 46 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:29,994 Good idea. 47 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,915 How about getting these systems back up, so I can get back to my book? 48 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:41,160 We're experiencing a shipwide power drain. 49 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,278 This is unrelated to my modifications. 50 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,560 Senior officers to the bridge. 51 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:58,078 It's two in the morning. This better be more than turbulence. 52 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,676 Level 9 gravimetric distortions closing on our position. 53 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:05,470 - They're emanating from subspace. - On screen. 54 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,669 Shields. 55 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,556 - It's heading toward us. - Evasive manoeuvres. 56 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,919 - Captain? - 30 million terajoules of energy. 57 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,277 It's following us. I can't outrun it at impulse. 58 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:38,037 - Go to warp. - It's disrupting our warp field. 59 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,397 If it gets closer it will rip off the hull's plating. 60 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,953 I recognise this phenomenon. Its Borg designation is spatial anomaly 521. 61 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,431 It's attracted to electromagnetic energy. 62 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,433 We must cut power and reverse shield polarity. 63 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,557 Do it. 64 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:03,917 That was close. 65 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:09,955 I recognise this anomaly too. It's called a graviton ellipse. 66 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:15,274 It travels through subspace, emerging occasionally without warning. 67 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,315 Ellipses have only been observed a handful of times. 68 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,477 Ares IV. 69 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,793 - Commander? - An early Mars mission. 70 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:32,477 The module and its pilot were engulfed by this phenomenon in 2032. 71 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:38,192 I read about that. Two astronauts were stranded on the surface for weeks. 72 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:43,833 No one's got this close to a graviton ellipse and lived. This is remarkable. 73 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,073 Go to Yellow Alert. Keep power output at minimum levels. 74 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,551 - Match its course but keep a distance. - Aye, Captain. 75 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,917 Let's launch a probe to see what makes it tick. 76 00:07:55,080 --> 00:08:00,951 Make it fast. We don't know when our visitor will burrow back into subspace. 77 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,351 I'm receiving telemetry from the probe. 78 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:21,236 It's in a stable core in the anomaly. Gravimetric forces are negligible. 79 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,756 - The eye of the storm. - An apt metaphor. 80 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,914 Computer, run a multispectral analysis of the anomaly's core. 81 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,549 Analysis in progress. 82 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,156 The Borg had shields to penetrate the gravimetric currents 83 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,314 and dissipate the anomaly from within. Perhaps we should continue. 84 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:44,839 It would be short-sighted to destroy it. We should study the phenomenon. 85 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,517 I didn't realise you shared this crew's penchant for exploration? 86 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,637 I am a Starfleet officer. 87 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,874 When risks outweigh potential gain, exploration is illogical. 88 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,236 We can't predict what we might find. 89 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,756 One must allow for the unexpected discovery. 90 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,309 Core analysis complete. 91 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,030 There are more than 2.8 billion compounds in the core. 92 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,510 Fascinating. 93 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:19,390 The computer has isolated synthetic alloys native to sector 001. 94 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:24,475 Titanium and polymer composites. They date back to the 21st Century. 95 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,712 They were used in Earth's early spacecraft. 96 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,716 Chakotay mentioned a space capsule consumed by a graviton ellipse. 97 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,431 These alloys are consistent with the hull of that capsule. 98 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,796 An unexpected discovery, indeed. 99 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:57,754 She was 46 metres, 92 metric tons, powered by a third generation ion drive, 100 00:09:57,920 --> 00:09:59,877 with a transpectral imager. 101 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,429 Ares IV was piloted by John Kelly. 102 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,071 His ground team, Rose Kumagawa and Andrei Novakovich, 103 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,838 were close to mission completion when Kelly reported an object on his position. 104 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,516 Then he disappeared off NASA's LIDAR scopes. 105 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:20,560 That incident almost derailed the Mars program. 106 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,439 Man's first encounter with an anomaly. 107 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,037 Seven, you said the Borg worked on entering a graviton ellipse. 108 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,717 - Shield enhancements. - We could apply them to the Flyer. 109 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,874 - Do you intend to find the module? - What's left of it. 110 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:41,989 We have less than 16 hours before the anomaly goes back into subspace. 111 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:47,394 Then let's work quickly. Harry, B'Elanna, help Seven modify the Flyer's shields. 112 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:53,158 Tom, review the Ares IV mission. It might tell us about this anomaly. 113 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,200 - We're going to need a mission leader. - I volunteer. 114 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,910 I thought you might. Let's do it. 115 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,030 Something on your mind, Seven? 116 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,989 The anomaly is as dangerous now as it was 300 years ago. 117 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:16,155 The Delta Flyer's more advanced than Ares IV. We'll take every precaution. 118 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,436 That may not be enough. 119 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,956 I appreciate your concern, but this is my call. 120 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,398 Searching for the module seems more sentimental than scientific. 121 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:30,633 I can't argue with that. If scientific knowledge was all we were after, 122 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,475 the Federation would have built a fleet of probes, not starships. 123 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:39,316 Exploration is about seeing things. In this case, we're exploring the past. 124 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,553 How will this enhance your appreciation of history? 125 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:45,791 By making us part of it. 126 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,237 In the same way that excavating the obelisks of Vulcan, 127 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:55,430 or finding the Shroud of Kahless made those explorers part of their history. 128 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,480 Here's the crux of it. 129 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,998 As a Borg, you didn't study the past, you ingested it. 130 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,994 You never developed an appreciation for history. 131 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,471 This is an opportunity to do some exploring of your own. 132 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:18,273 - Is that an order to join this mission? - An encouragement to volunteer. 133 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,150 That's no solar flare. 134 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,437 John, can you describe it? 135 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:35,471 - It's 1,000 metres wide, bright... - Your transmission's breaking up. 136 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:39,918 Its electromagnetic radiation is interfering with systems. 137 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,549 I can't get away from it. 138 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:48,839 Activating the transpectral imager. I'll record as much data as I can. 139 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,310 It's on top of me. I'll transmit all I can... 140 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,430 That's all she wrote. 141 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:04,197 NASA received Kelly's last telemetry at 0922 hours, October 19th, 2032. 142 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,637 I thought I was the Mars buff. You know more about Ares IV than me. 143 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:15,113 Mars missions paved the way for space exploration. Kelly was one of my heroes. 144 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,556 Mine too. 145 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,476 That's dedication. His life is about to end, but he's taking readings. 146 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,553 They were made of sterner stuff than us. 147 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,314 - Do you think we have it easy? - Are you kidding? 148 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,872 Warp drive, shields, transporters. We travel in luxury. 149 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,353 Kelly and Kumagawa, Armstrong and Glenn - they were the real pioneers. 150 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,037 - Am I interrupting? - We're just admiring a fellow explorer. 151 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,955 Hero worship, the glorification of an individual's accomplishments. 152 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,396 You didn't have many role models? 153 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,359 Personal accomplishments are irrelevant. 154 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,150 Modifications to the Delta Flyer are complete. We're ready. 155 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:57,719 We? 156 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:03,080 You'll need someone familiar with Borg technology. I'm volunteering. 157 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,835 - You don't sound too happy about it. - I'm not. 158 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:12,279 - But this mission needs my expertise. - In that case, welcome aboard. 159 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,393 I've prepared an inoculant to counter gravimetric radiation. 160 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:20,996 A hologram would simply adjust its mobile emitter. 161 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,154 - That's what I did on Arakis Prime. - I don't recall that. 162 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,950 This was before you came aboard. An enchanting planet! 163 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,750 Crystalline glaciers, magnesium vapour atmosphere. 164 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,754 I had to stop my scans just to admire the beauty of it, 165 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,072 to smell the roses, to coin a phrase. 166 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,313 - An inefficient use of your time. - Perhaps. 167 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,474 We're all finished here, except for one thing. 168 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,071 Could you record some images inside the ellipse? 169 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:58,952 - For those of us not lucky enough to go. - You envy my participation on this? 170 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,317 - There isn't a crewman who doesn't. - Why? 171 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:07,395 I can only tell you how I felt when I materialised on Arakis Prime. 172 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,077 I left my footprints in the magnesite dust and thought, 173 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,279 "One small step for a hologram, one giant leap for mankind." 174 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,159 To coin a phrase. 175 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:24,750 I know the sentiment isn't original, but the fact is I was exhilarated. 176 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,834 Chakotay to Seven of Nine, report to shuttlebay 2. 177 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,957 Good luck. 178 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:49,679 We're approaching the perimeter in five, four, three, two, 179 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,433 one. 180 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:56,795 We're within 2,000 km. Gravimetric interference increasing. 181 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,477 It's nothing compared to them. They're really getting knocked around. 182 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,838 - Shields weakening but holding. - Keep the tractor beam on just in case. 183 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,038 They're approaching the anomaly's core. 184 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,919 - We've lost sensor contact. - Harry? 185 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,071 The com-link is still active. 186 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,712 - Gravimetric sheer increasing. - Diminished turbulence ahead. 187 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,396 Full thrusters, Tom. Punch us through. 188 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,195 Chakotay to Voyager. 189 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,277 We're in. 190 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,833 - I wish you could see it. It's incredible. - We're all ears. 191 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:50,235 It's calm. No gravimetric distortions. The EM activity creates a luminescence. 192 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,314 - Tom called it mood lighting. - B'Elanna, it's romantic. 193 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,232 I'll take your word for it. 194 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,914 We detected asteroid fragments, 195 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:03,119 matter from every quadrant of the galaxy. 196 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,591 We should call it the kitchen sink anomaly. 197 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,515 The chemical interactions have created a primitive atmosphere. 198 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,990 Nothing you'd want to breathe. 199 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,519 - What do you make of it, Seven? - Well, I suppose it's intriguing. 200 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,639 Some of the matter is extra-dimensional in origin. 201 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,680 - This anomaly has got around. - Any sign of the command module? 202 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,150 Picking up traces of the hull, 203 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,917 but our sensor readings are being refracted by all the debris in here. 204 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:40,031 That was a gravimetric surge caused by the anomaly altering its course. 205 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,034 - We had a big jolt out here. - We didn't feel a thing. 206 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,558 You have 5 hours 36 minutes before the anomaly returns to subspace. 207 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,189 - Get a move on. - Understood. 208 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:55,035 It's difficult isolating the debris from the module. 209 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,398 I'll lay in a search pattern. It may take a couple of hours. 210 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:04,634 Seven and I can take samples to get an idea of where the anomaly's been. 211 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,634 We should focus on our objective and returning to Voyager. 212 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,430 We're not here just for the module. We're here to explore. 213 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,674 - I am familiar with our mission. - In that case, let's get started. 214 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:32,518 The fossilised microbes in this ore seem to have had metallic membranes. 215 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:39,279 We've speculated about metallic life-forms, but never discovered one. 216 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,080 You're excited by this discovery? 217 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:49,196 This is billions of years older than Earth, a time when the galaxy was forming. 218 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,795 - Here. - Commander? 219 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,917 Take it. 220 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:01,000 You're holding a piece of history. Maybe even the beginnings of life. 221 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,232 - Unlikely. - More likely than you think. 222 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,791 This anomaly is as old as anything we've encountered. 223 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:13,956 - I could spend my life studying it. - Leave Voyager without a first officer? 224 00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,077 They'd manage. 225 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,359 Palaeontology was my first love. It's why I joined Starfleet. 226 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:25,230 - Why didn't you pursue it? - My sense of responsibility. 227 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,994 First the Maquis, then Voyager. 228 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,835 What I wanted always seemed to take a back seat. 229 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:36,795 What did you want to be before you were assimilated? 230 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,157 I was assimilated as a child. 231 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,678 I knew I wanted to be a palaeontologist when I was six. 232 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,314 A ballerina. 233 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,635 - Maybe it's not too late. - It was a juvenile fantasy. 234 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,920 - Those are the ones that stick with you. - Heads up. We're getting close. 235 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:07,591 I've isolated the module, bearing 39, mark 15. 236 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,876 There. 237 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,638 - It's intact. - I read hull breaches and corrosion. 238 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,916 But it's pretty well-preserved. 239 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:26,156 I wasn't expecting a fragment this big. We can't just stow it in the aft section. 240 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,880 We'll use a tractor beam to tow it back. 241 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,949 The anomaly made a course change - 0.003 degrees. 242 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:38,557 - Something must be attracting it. - There's nothing on the sensors. 243 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,112 - It enjoys being unpredictable. - It likes electromagnetic energy. 244 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:48,719 What could generate an EM field but still not show up on sensors? 245 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,351 - An energy burst from a pulsar... - Dark-matter. 246 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:58,469 Realign the sensor array to scan for EM fluctuations. 247 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,599 I've got a disturbance, three million kilometres away. 248 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,719 - A dark-matter asteroid. - The anomaly's heading for it. 249 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,520 - Time to impact? - Four minutes. 250 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,196 We can't say how the impact will affect the anomaly. 251 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:17,115 - It won't be a nudge. - Delta Flyer, we've got a problem. 252 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,238 The anomaly's headed for a dark-matter asteroid. 253 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,357 We've located the Mars orbiter. 254 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,353 - We're adapting a tractor beam. - Get out of there. 255 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,399 - Captain. - Now! 256 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,916 - Is the tractor beam ready? - Just about, sir. 257 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,675 - Lock onto the module and take us out. - We don't have time. 258 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:37,956 - I gave you an order. - Commander. 259 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,590 We're not leaving without that module. 260 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,271 Tom! 261 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,558 Both the anomaly and asteroid are accelerating. 262 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,396 - They're like magnets. - At this rate, it'll impact in 56 seconds. 263 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,200 Chakotay, you've got less than a minute. 264 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:05,593 - The module's slowing us down. - Maintain tractor lock. 265 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,071 - How long until we clear the anomaly? - 40 seconds. 266 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,277 We can do it. 267 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,599 - 30 seconds to impact and not clear. - Chakotay, status? 268 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,797 We're on our way. 269 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,117 20 seconds. 270 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,992 - Gravimetric distortions increasing. - The Flyer? 271 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,595 I've lost the signal. 272 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,960 - How badly is he damaged? - Concussion and internal injuries. 273 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,714 - We need to get him back. - Not possible. 274 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:10,795 - Communication and propulsion off-line. - He's stable. I'll give you a hand. 275 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,715 We can repair the shields, but the engines are unsalvageable. 276 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,269 - It can't be that bad. - It's worse. 277 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:22,719 The anomaly is returning to subspace. We have less than two hours. 278 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:43,520 - He's regaining consciousness. - Easy. Easy, lie still. 279 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,674 - Feels like ten rounds with an Andorian. - More like 20. 280 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,990 You were hit with a plasma discharge. 281 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,436 The gravimetric surge from the asteroid 282 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,195 caught us at the anomaly's edge and tossed us back inside. 283 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,829 The command module? 284 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,437 - It's adrift 300 metres off our bow. - Then we can still salvage it. 285 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,958 We can't get engine or shields on-line, not to mention a tractor beam. 286 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,509 - We'll be lucky to get out. - I can help. 287 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,469 You're in worse shape than this ship. Lie in the bed. 288 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:22,797 - Another gravimetric surge. - I'll try and reinforce the integrity field. 289 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:31,236 - Draw power from auxiliary life support. - The system was damaged. 290 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,313 - What about the secondary relays? - Off-line. 291 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,110 Try re-routing the phaser couplings. 292 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,999 We did that while you were unconscious. 293 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,119 - Then bring me up to date. - There's no time. Recuperate. 294 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,239 - The situation's under control. - It doesn't look like it. 295 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,712 I'm still in command of this mission. I want to know what's going on. 296 00:24:53,880 --> 00:25:00,070 We were ordered by the captain to leave the anomaly, but you disobeyed. 297 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,359 Due to your obsession with the module, we're trapped with it. 298 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,115 - We probably won't survive without... - Point taken. 299 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,875 Now, why don't you continue, without the attitude? 300 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:19,196 An inventory of the damaged systems. Read it for yourself. 301 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,557 I made a mistake. 302 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:31,237 - I put the mission at risk. - You put our lives at risk. 303 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,434 Well, if we don't make it out, 304 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,958 someone's bound to come looking for us in a few hundred years. 305 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,473 Diffusing a tense situation with humour, remember? 306 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,518 Voyager to Delta Flyer. 307 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:58,153 - They're using a probe to transmit. - Chakotay, please respond. 308 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,234 - Captain, we can hear you. - I'm matching their frequency. 309 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,951 - Voyager, this is the Delta Flyer. - Are you all right? What's your status? 310 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,909 We've sustained heavy damage, Captain, but we're alive. 311 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,720 It's good to hear your voice. 312 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,119 We could install shielding on a class-2 shuttle and take it in. 313 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:25,356 It took hours to make the modifications to the Flyer. We've only got 82 minutes. 314 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:30,310 A modified tractor beam might cut through gravimetric interference. 315 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,676 You'll never get it to the core. 316 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,516 - Work on it anyway. - All the energy conduits are fused? 317 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,956 We can't get power to primary systems. 318 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:44,432 If the replicators were working we could whip up a plasma manifold. 319 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,513 - What about an old manifold? - Excuse me? 320 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,354 The command module may be three centuries old, 321 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:55,549 but the power distribution system isn't that different from the Flyer's. 322 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,396 Right here. This control panel in the main cockpit. 323 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,676 It was an called an ion distributor. 324 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,593 It could channel warp plasma. 325 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,151 We'd have to obtain the object before we can adapt it. 326 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,029 Do you have enough power to beam one of you to the module? 327 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,271 - Yes. I'll go. - Not so fast, Tom. 328 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,320 If a gravimetric surge hits, we need you at the helm. 329 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,792 - Seven. - An encouragement to volunteer again? 330 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,190 You read my mind. 331 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,678 Come on... just a little closer. 332 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,316 I got us within transporter range. Ready? 333 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,437 Stand by. 334 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,113 Ironic. 335 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,193 You're doing what I've always dreamt of. 336 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:05,480 Remember, when you set foot in that module, you'll step into history. 337 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,474 - History is irrelevant. - Irrelevant? 338 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,070 Do me a favour. 339 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,950 When you're over there, download whatever you can from their database. 340 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:24,593 And also, take a minute to look around, so you can tell us what it was like. 341 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,070 There may not be time. 342 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,438 - But I'll try. - Good luck. 343 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,716 - What's it like in there? - Dark. 344 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,874 The ambient temperature is minus 260 degrees. 345 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,837 There are fractures in the aft bulkheads. 346 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,674 - Is the cockpit intact? - Yes. 347 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,636 I've brought the main computer on-line. 348 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:36,398 I've lost contact with the team on the surface. I can't get a fix on my position. 349 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:41,475 - What was that? - An active data file with log entries. 350 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,519 - Can you play them for us? - I believe so. 351 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,557 Consider it my last request. 352 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,314 And I can't get a fix on my position. 353 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,115 But I'm alive and the CM seems to be intact. 354 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,994 - I'm inside this whatever it is... - Could you hear that, Chakotay? 355 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:16,234 It's amazing. Everyone assumed he was killed instantly. 356 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,270 ...got myself into. It's very calm, like in the eye of a hurricane. 357 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,911 It's spooky, but if there's a way in there must be a way out. 358 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,790 I'm firing up the transpectral imager before I start an engine burn. 359 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,520 Collect as much data as I can. 360 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,036 Jeannie, I may not bring you back the Mars rock, 361 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,750 but I promise, I'll do everything I can to get home. 362 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,871 Ares IV, mission record, October 23rd. 363 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,556 I feel like Jonah. How long was he in that whale? 364 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:55,317 Three days? I've got him beat by a day or two already. 365 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,036 EM interference is disrupting communications and LIDAR. 366 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,512 I can't see the stars. I can't get a fix on my position. 367 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:13,949 If this thing is moving as fast as it was, I could be a long way from Mars by now. 368 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,909 The imagers have been cataloguing the matter in here. 369 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,310 But a lot of it defies analysis. 370 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,474 We're going to need to make room on the periodic table. 371 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,873 Where the hell am I? 372 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,113 Power levels have dropped another 15% since my last systems check. 373 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,712 I think I just saw another spacecraft. 374 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:10,159 Either that, or all this dehydrated food has gone to my head. 375 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,951 I got it! The hull's made of a kind of alloy. 376 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,830 I can't make head nor tail of it. I shouldn't have been so dismissive. 377 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,598 I gave Kumagawa a hard time when she claimed she saw a UFO over the Gulf. 378 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,833 I told her it was a meteor or another piece of MIR. 379 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,516 I guess I owe you an apology, Rose. 380 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:46,595 Ares IV mission record, October 25th. 381 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,510 This has been nice to visit, but I'm ready to come home. 382 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,239 I prepped the ion drive, 383 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,631 channelled power from thruster reserves to the main tank. 384 00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:00,351 I have enough fuel for one last engine burn. 385 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,670 Wish me luck. 386 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,917 Ignition sequence. 387 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:23,029 Five, four, three, two... 388 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,472 I'm losing pitch control! 389 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,439 Gyros aren't responding. 390 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,592 Power failure. I've got to abort. I'm not going to make it! 391 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,274 All systems go. 392 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,558 Watch me, Dad. I'm flying. 393 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:57,076 Poooooogh! 394 00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,199 Bad landing. Call the MedEvac team. 395 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,037 Paris to Seven, status? 396 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,670 I've located the device, but it's fused to the hull. 397 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:12,550 - Make it quick. We've got 15 minutes. - Understood. 398 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,275 All systems go. 399 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,831 Watch me, Dad. I'm flying. 400 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,992 Poooooogh! 401 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,516 Bad landing. Call the MedEvac team. 402 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:37,030 John Kelly's first flight. Not exactly A-OK. 403 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,157 Remember that, Dad? 404 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:45,077 I jumped off the roof with a parachute made out of blankets. 405 00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:48,870 I guess I didn't calculate the aerodynamics. 406 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:53,318 Of course, I was only six. 407 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,155 I guess this is John Kelly's last flight. 408 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:02,156 This time, I can't blame it on pilot error. 409 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,550 This time, no regrets. 410 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:11,393 What I've seen proves we were right to come out here. 411 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,517 We're not alone. 412 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,717 I know that now. 413 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,913 The module's losing power. 414 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,595 I'm taking life support off-line. 415 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:30,395 Re-routing whatever's left to the imager. 416 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:35,555 Keep it running as long as possible. 417 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:38,109 Mission Control... 418 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,759 Dad... 419 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,877 Whoever finds this... 420 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,640 Do me a favour. 421 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,954 Take all the data I've collected. 422 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,509 Put it to good use. 423 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,958 I hope you don't look at this as a failure. 424 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,476 I don't. 425 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,598 Actually, I do have one regret. 426 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,594 I never found out who won the World Series. 427 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,517 I'm tired. 428 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,955 And I can't... 429 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,436 - Paris to Seven, how's it going? - I have a distributor. 430 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,515 - I'm downloading Kelly's database. - Hurry. We're running out of time. 431 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,033 Lock onto my bio-signature and combadge. 432 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,157 - Seven? - Energise. 433 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,631 - Delta Flyer, report. - We're integrating the distributors. 434 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,111 - How long do they have? - Four minutes. 435 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,830 - Try bypassing the power couplings. - No effect. 436 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,675 Resequence the ion modulators. See if that does it. 437 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:49,991 - Power conversion in progress. - We have propulsion, shields. 438 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,949 - Plasma flow is still fluctuating. - Stay on top of it. 439 00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:00,150 Paris to Voyager. Open the shuttlebay doors we're coming home. 440 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,473 - Acknowledged. - Laying in an escape trajectory. 441 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,078 - The ellipse is returning to subspace. - The Flyer? 442 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:16,518 They're approaching the perimeter. 2,000 metres... 1,800... 443 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,956 The anomaly's submerging. 444 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,636 - Are we in tractor range? - Not yet. 445 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,950 Take us closer. Do it. 446 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,919 - They're still out of reach. - Closer. 447 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,550 - We'll be pulled in with them. - Just a few more metres. 448 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,670 - We're too close. - I've got a lock. 449 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,036 Reverse thrusters. Full impulse. 450 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,715 Captain's log, stardate 53301.2. 451 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,714 The away team collected 60 teraquads of data on the anomaly. 452 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,954 Before we analyse them, we've decided to pay our respects to an old colleague. 453 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:16,713 Space. 454 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,080 Literally, it means "nothing". 455 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,073 A vacuum between stars and planets. 456 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,595 But it also means everything. 457 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,479 It's what connects all our worlds. 458 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:33,077 Vulcan, Kronos, Talax, Earth. 459 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:40,671 Centuries ago, mankind sent its first wave of explorers into that void. 460 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:46,233 Astronauts like Mr Kelly. They paved the way for the first colonies, 461 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,917 the first starships, for those of us who've made space our home. 462 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:58,029 We commend the spirit and bravery of Lieutenant John Mark Kelly 463 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,556 as we commit his body to space. 464 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,437 He will not be forgotten. 465 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,678 Captain. 466 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,440 I did not know this individual. 467 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,674 Had I encountered him as a Borg, I would have found his technology 468 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,434 unworthy of assimilation. 469 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,678 But we are more alike than one might think. 470 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:32,153 In a sense, his desire to explore was not unlike a quest for perfection. 471 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:38,635 His contribution helped secure humanity's future, and in a way, my own. 472 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:47,759 The Yankees... in six games. 473 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,400 All hands, attention. 474 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,120 Honour guard.