[Neelix's nightmare] (Music)
BORG-Neelix. [Assimilation chamber]
Neelix! Commander?
It's all right. You were unconscious, but I don't think you're injured.
I was dreaming you'd been assimilated. Your subconscious was jumping the gun,
but not by much. From the look of this room, I'd say we're in an assimilation chamber.
Where's Harry? He's not here.
Well, we've got to find him. We need to get our bearings first.
Figure out what's going on. We're in a Borg Cube and Harry's missing.
That's what's going on. Sir.
(There is a partly assimilated body on the surgical table.)
Nobody we know.
Some kind of botched assimilation? From the looks of it.
What are they waiting for? They've got three more potential drones here.
Stay calm. Calm? We're in a
chamber of horrors or haven't you noticed? We're not drones yet. If we keep our heads,
maybe we can find a way out. There's a forcefield around this room. Let's try to disable it.
[Bridge] (Music)
Their ion trail ends directly ahead. I'm detecting another vessel, bearing three zero,
mark one one two. It's a Borg Cube. Red alert. Alter course to
intercept. Adjust shields to rotating frequencies. Have they detected us?
Unclear. The vessel's holding position. As soon as we're within sensor range,
start scanning for the away team. On screen. Their propulsion system is offline.
The damage is not that severe. The drones should've repaired it by now.
Lucky for us they didn't, or we'd never have caught up with them. Any sign of our people?
Not yet. (Whumph!)
They are targeting our warp core. Shields are holding.
Return fire. Aim for their weapons array. Now they're going after our impulse engines.
That one was meant for our sensors. They can't seem to make up their minds.
Their attack strategy is erratic, inefficient. And finished. We've disabled their weapons.
That was too easy. (Music) Maybe they're in worse shape than we thought.
I'm picking up non-Borg life signs. One of them is definitely Talaxian. It looks as though they
haven't been assimilated yet. Try to get a transporter lock.
Their shields are interfering. (Music) Target their shield generator and fire.
Captain, I believe I can explain the unusual behaviour of these Borg.
There should be thousands of drones manning the vessel, but I'm picking up only five signatures.
BORG [OC]: We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
It doesn't sound like they've lost their confidence.
Their shield generators are too deep inside the vessel. Our weapons can't reach them.
Open a channel. Borg vessel, this is the starship Voyager.
You're holding our crewmen. We're willing to cease firing if you return them.
BORG [OC]: Negotiation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.
Not today, and not by you. Agree, or I'll resume firing.
They are scanning us. BORG [OC]:
We will return your crew members in exchange for specific technology.
Talk about unusual behaviour. The Borg negotiating? (Music)
What technology? BORG [OC]: Your navigational deflector.
Disengage it from your secondary hull. Mute audio. (Music)
If we surrender our deflector, we'll be dead in space. We won't be able to go to warp.
What would they want with it? When their communications array was damaged,
it severed their link to the Collective. They intend to adapt our deflector to regain it.
And call for reinforcements? (Music) That's the last thing we need. We'll have to stall them until
we can find another way out of this. (Janeway signals audio on.)
I'll consider the exchange, but first I want to be certain my crewmen are unharmed and alive.
BORG [OC]: You have scanned our vessel. Our scans were inconclusive. (Music) We want
to see them for ourselves. BORG [OC]:
You may transport one individual. Seven. (Music)