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Janeway: "Welcome aboard."

Admiral Janeway: "It's good to be back."

Janeway: "Fresh coffee."

Janeway: "Would you like a cup?"

Admiral Janeway: "No, I gave it up years ago."

Admiral Janeway: "I only drink tea now."

Admiral Janeway: "I told the curator at the museum that if he wanted to make the ready room more authentic, he should always keep a steaming pot of coffee on the desk."

Janeway: "Voyager's in a museum?"

Admiral Janeway: "Voyager is a museum..."

Admiral Janeway: "On the grounds of the presidio."

Admiral Janeway: "On a clear morning, you can see alcatraz from here."

Janeway: "You made it back to earth."

Admiral Janeway: "Unfortunately, our favorite cup took a bit of a beating along the way."

Admiral Janeway: "It was damaged during a battle with the fen domar."

Janeway: "Who?"

Admiral Janeway: "You'll run into them in a few years."

Janeway: "You know what?"

Janeway: "I shouldn't be listening to details about the future."

Admiral Janeway: "Oh, the almighty temporal prime directive."

Admiral Janeway: "Take my advice."

Admiral Janeway: "It's less of a headache if you just ignore it."

Janeway: "You've obviously decided to or you wouldn't be here."

Admiral Janeway: "A lot's happened to me since I was you."

Janeway: "Well, I'm still me and this is still my ship so no more talk about what's going to happen until I decide otherwise."

Janeway: "Understood?"

Admiral Janeway: "All right."

Admiral Janeway: "Let's talk about the past."

Admiral Janeway: "Three days ago, you detected elevated neutrino emissions in a nebula in grid 986."

Admiral Janeway: "You thought it might be a way home."

Admiral Janeway: "You were right."

Admiral Janeway: "I've come to tell you to take Voyager back to that nebula."

Janeway: "It was crawling with Borg."

Admiral Janeway: "I've brought technology that'll get us past them."

Admiral Janeway: "Oh, I don't blame you for being skeptical but if you can't trust yourself, who can you trust?"

Janeway: "For the sake of argument let's say I believe everything you're telling me."

Janeway: "The future you come from sounds pretty good."

Janeway: "Voyager's home, I'm an admiral."

Janeway: "There are ways to defend against the Borg."

Janeway: "My ready room even gets preserved for posterity."

Janeway: "So, why would you want to tamper with such a rosy timeline?"

Admiral Janeway: "To answer that I'd have to tell you more than you want to know but suffice it to say if you don't do what I'm suggesting it's going to take you another 16 years to get this ship home and there are going to be casualties along the way."

Admiral Janeway: "I know exactly what you're thinking."

Janeway: "You've also become a telepath?"

Admiral Janeway: "I used to be you, remember?"

Admiral Janeway: "You're asking yourself 'is she really who she says she is or is this some sort of deception?' for all you know I could be a member of species 8472 in disguise."

Admiral Janeway: "Have your people examine my shuttle."

Admiral Janeway: "Tell them to take a close look at the weapons systems and the armor technology."

Admiral Janeway: "In the meantime, the Doctor can confirm my identity."

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Doctor: "my scans of the admiral's cerebral cortex turned up something interesting."

Janeway: "What is it?"

Doctor: "I'm not sure--I've never seen this kind of implant before."

Janeway: "Alien technology?"

Doctor: "The microcircuitry has a Starfleet signature."

Admiral Janeway: "Of course it does."

Doctor (clears throat): admiral?"

Admiral Janeway: "You invented it--12 years ago from my perspective."

Doctor: "I'm sorry, admiral, I didn't realize..."

Admiral Janeway: "What?"

Admiral Janeway: "That I was eavesdropping?"

Admiral Janeway: "I may be old, but my hearing's still excellent thanks to your exemplary care over the years."

Doctor: "So, this..."

Doctor: "Implant I'm going to invent--what does it do?"

Admiral Janeway: "It's a synaptic transceiver."

Admiral Janeway: "It allows me to pilot a vessel equipped with a neural interface."

Doctor: "Fascinating."

Doctor: "Tell me, what other extraordinary breakthroughs am I going to make?"

Janeway: "Doctor."

Doctor: "Sorry, Captain but you can't blame a hologram for being curious."

Janeway: "Just finish your report."

Doctor: "Yes, ma'am."

Doctor: "My scans indicate that the two of you are genetically identical."

Doctor: "The admiral is you, approximately 26 years from now."

Admiral Janeway: "Hello, Seven."

Seven Of Nine: "The technology aboard the admiral's ship is impressive."

Seven Of Nine: "Much of it appears to have been designed to defend against the Borg."

Janeway: "Could we install these systems on Voyager?"

Seven Of Nine: "The stealth technology is incompatible but I believe we can adapt the armor and weapons."

Admiral Janeway: "Well, Captain?"

Janeway: "Do it."

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Janeway: "Captain's personal log, stardate 54973.4: we've begun outfitting Voyager with admiral Janeway's upgrades."

Janeway: "As soon as the major modifications are complete we'll reverse course and head back to the nebula."

Janeway: "Though I've certainly had some strange experiences in my career, nothing quite compares to the sight of my future self briefing my officers on technology that hasn't been invented yet."

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Computer: "begin regeneration cycle."

Borg Queen: "Seven of Nine tertiary adjunct of unimatrix zero one."

Borg Queen: "It's been too long."

Seven Of Nine: "What do you want?"

Borg Queen: "Do I need a reason to visit a friend?"

Seven Of Nine: "We're not friends."

Borg Queen: "No..."

Borg Queen: "We're more than that."

Borg Queen: "We're family."

Borg Queen: "And while we're on the subject of old friends--I see that Voyager has just got a visitor and she's come from the future."

Borg Queen: "Tell me why."

Seven Of Nine: "You may be able to communicate with me while I'm regenerating but I'm no longer a drone--I don't answer to you."

Borg Queen: "I've extrapolated Voyager's trajectory."

Borg Queen: "I know that you're returning to the nebula."

Borg Queen: "I suggest you alter course."

Seven Of Nine: "Why should we comply?"

Borg Queen: "You've always been my favorite, Seven in spite of your obvious imperfections."

Borg Queen: "I know how much you care for the Voyager crew so I've left them alone."

Borg Queen: "Imagine..."

Borg Queen: "How you'd feel if I were forced to assimilate them."

Seven Of Nine: "Voyager is no threat to the collective."

Seven Of Nine: "We simply want to return to the alpha quadrant."

Borg Queen: "I've no objection to that but if you try to enter my nebula again..."

Borg Queen: "I'll destroy you."

(gasping in pain)

Computer: "warning: regeneration cycle incomplete."

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Doctor: "Her cortical node was exposed to a low-energy em surge."

Doctor: "It could have been much worse."

Seven Of Nine: "It was the Borg queen."

Seven Of Nine: "She wanted to make sure I'd be able to deliver a message."

Seven Of Nine: "She said she'd assimilate Voyager if we attempted to reenter the nebula."

Janeway: "Why is it so important to her?"

Admiral Janeway: "That doesn't matter."

Admiral Janeway: "She's not going to be able to make good on her threat."

Janeway: "I wish I shared your confidence."

Admiral Janeway: "You would if you'd had as much experience with the queen as I've had."

Janeway: "It was one thing to attempt this when we thought it was a secret but if the Borg are monitoring us..."

Admiral Janeway: "There's no guarantee they won't try to assimilate Voyager even if we don't go back into the nebula."

Doctor: "Is that supposed to be reassuring?"

Admiral Janeway: "I'm not saying the Borg aren't dangerous but from my perspective they're 30 years behind the times."

Janeway: "We shouldn't push our luck."

Admiral Janeway: "Luck's not going to have anything to do with it."

Admiral Janeway: "I know, you don't want to hear too much about the future but let's just say I ran into the Borg a few more times before I made it home."

Admiral Janeway: "If I hadn't developed technology and tactics that could defeat them I wouldn't be standing here today."

Janeway: "We'll maintain course for the nebula but we'll stay at red alert and I want continuous scans for Borg activity."

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Chakotay: "I heard what happened."

Chakotay: "Are you all right?"

Seven Of Nine: "I'm fine."

Chakotay: "Because if you need time to rest..."

Chakotay: "I am in charge of the duty roster."

Seven Of Nine: "It would be inappropriate to allow our personal relationship to affect your command decisions."

Chakotay: "You're right."

Chakotay: "This is a time to keep things professional."

Chakotay: "Report."

Seven Of Nine: "There's no sign of Borg activity within a ten- light-year radius."

Chakotay: "That's good news, Crewman."

Seven Of Nine: "Yes, sir but we shouldn't underestimate the collective."

Chakotay: "The admiral seems confident we can make it past them."

Seven Of Nine: "Captain Janeway is more cautious."

Chakotay: "Our chances would be good with one Kathryn Janeway on the bridge but with two..."

Chakotay: "I'd bet on this ship any day."

Chakotay: "If we do make it back to earth what are your plans?"

Seven Of Nine: "I assume Starfleet will want to debrief me."

Seven Of Nine: "And then, I suppose, I'll attempt to find a useful position somewhere."

Seven Of Nine: "You?"

Chakotay: "I don't know yet, either."

Chakotay: "But wherever I end up, I'm going to make sure it's in transporter range of you."

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B'Elanna Torres: "I don't want this whole system crashing because of one faulty relay--install new ones."

Technic: "Yes, ma'am."

B'Elanna Torres: "And I need an update on the inductor capacitance."

Tom Paris: "B'Elanna."

B'Elanna Torres: "Shouldn't you be on the bridge?"

Tom Paris: "Is there something wrong with a pilot requesting a systems report from the chief engineer?"

B'Elanna Torres: "The last report I got said the com system was working perfectly."

Tom Paris: (chuckles): okay, you caught me."

Tom Paris: "I'm checking up on you."

B'Elanna Torres: "I'm fine."

Tom Paris: "Your back?"

B'Elanna Torres: "I'm ignoring it."

Tom Paris: "Well, I would offer to give you a massage but then, everybody would want one."

B'Elanna Torres: "You know, for a Starfleet flyboy you're pretty sweet."

Tom Paris: "So, how's it going?"

B'Elanna Torres: "This armor technology that the admiral brought--it's incredible."

B'Elanna Torres: "I hate to sound like Harry but we might actually make it this time."

Tom Paris: "Well, you don't seem too happy about that."

B'Elanna Torres: "Oh, I'm happy."

B'Elanna Torres: "It's just that I'd actually gotten used to the idea of raising our daughter on Voyager and now, I might end up delivering her at Starfleet medical instead of Sickbay."

Tom Paris: "That wouldn't be so bad, would it?"

B'Elanna Torres: "Not as long as you're with me."

B'Elanna Torres: "And I want the Doctor."

B'Elanna Torres: "I don't want some stranger."

Tom Paris: "You would have to take him off-line to keep him away."

B'Elanna Torres:"If we do make it home..."

B'Elanna Torres: "Where do you think we'll live?"

Tom Paris: "Well, we could always stay with my parents for a while."

Tom Paris: "You're right, bad idea."

B'Elanna Torres: "Of course, it probably doesn't matter to you, anyway."

B'Elanna Torres: "You flyboys are all the same."

B'Elanna Torres: "You'll probably take the first piloting assignment that comes along and leave me home to change the diapers."

Tom Paris: "Not a chance."

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Janeway: "Bridge to engineering."

B'Elanna Torres: "go ahead, Captain."

Janeway: "Deploy armor."

B'Elanna Torres: "Yes, ma'am."

Tuvok: "Armor integrity at 97 percent."

Janeway: "Tuvok?"

Tuvok: "Integrity holding at 90 percent."

Janeway: "Maintain course."

Admiral Janeway: "They're looking for ways to adapt."

(alarm sounds)

Tuvok: "Port armor integrity down to 50 percent."

Tuvok: "40 percent."

Janeway: "Mr. Paris, attack pattern alpha one."

Janeway: "Target the lead cube and fire transphasic torpedoes."

Janeway: "Target the second cube."

Chakotay: "Distance to the center?"

Seven Of Nine: "Less than 100,000 kilometers."

Janeway: "What the hell is it?"

Admiral Janeway: "Mr. Paris, alter course to enter the aperture at coordinates 346 by 42."

Janeway: "Belay that."

Janeway: "I asked you a question."

Janeway: "What is it?"

Admiral Janeway: "The road home."

Seven Of Nine: "it's more than that."

Seven Of Nine: "It's a transwarp hub."

Janeway: "You once told me there were only six of them in the galaxy."

Seven Of Nine: "That's correct."

Janeway: "You knew this was here but you didn't tell me about it."

Janeway: "Why?"

Admiral Janeway: "I'll answer all your questions once we're back in the alpha quadrant."

Janeway: "Take us out of the nebula."

Tom Paris: "Captain?"

Janeway: "You heard me."

Admiral Janeway: "I gave you an order, Lieutenant."

Admiral Janeway: "Proceed to the aperture."

Janeway: "This is my bridge, admiral and I'll have you removed, if necessary."

Janeway: "Take us out."

Tom Paris: "Aye, Captain."

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Seven Of Nine: "this hub connects with thousands of transwarp conduits with end points in all four quadrants."

Seven Of Nine: "It allows the collective to deploy vessels almost anywhere in the galaxy within minutes."

Tuvok: "Of all the Borg's tactical advantages this could be the most significant."

Chakotay: "It's no wonder the queen didn't want us in that nebula."

Janeway: "So, how do we destroy it?"

Seven Of Nine: "structure is supported by a series of interspatial manifolds."

Seven Of Nine: "If we could disable enough of them theoretically, the hub would collapse."

Admiral Janeway: "This is a waste of time."

Admiral Janeway: "The shielding for those manifolds is regulated from the central plexus by the queen herself."

Admiral Janeway: "You might be able to damage one of them maybe two, but by the time you moved onto the third, she'd adapt."

Janeway: "There may be a way to bring them down simultaneously."

Admiral Janeway: "From where, inside the hub?"

Admiral Janeway: "Voyager would be crushed like a bug."

Chakotay: "What about taking the conduit back to the alpha quadrant and then destroying the structure from the other side?"

Admiral Janeway: "This hub is here."

Admiral Janeway: "There's nothing in the alpha quadrant but exit apertures."

Admiral Janeway: "While you're all standing around dreaming up fantasy tactical scenarios the queen is studying her scans of our armor and weapons and she's probably got the entire collective working on a way to counter them."

Admiral Janeway: "So, take the ship back into that nebula and go home before it's too late."

Janeway: "Find a way to destroy that hub."

Janeway: "Let's take a walk."

Janeway: "I want to know why you didn't tell me about this."

Admiral Janeway: "Because I remember how stubborn and self-righteous I used to be."

Admiral Janeway: "I figured you might try to do something stupid."

Janeway: "We have an opportunity to deal a crippling blow to the Borg."

Janeway: "It could save millions of lives."

Admiral Janeway: "I didn't spend the last ten years looking for a way to get this crew home earlier so you could throw it all away on some intergalactic goodwill mission."

Janeway: "I think we should go back to Sickbay."

Admiral Janeway: "Why, so you can have me sedated?"

Janeway: "So I can have the Doctor reconfirm your identity."

Janeway: "I refuse to believe I'll ever become as cynical as you."

Admiral Janeway: "Am I the only one experiencing déja vu here?"

Janeway: "What are you talking about?"

Admiral Janeway: "Seven years ago you had the chance to use the caretaker's array to get Voyager home."

Admiral Janeway: "Instead, you destroyed it."

Janeway: "I did what I knew was right."

Admiral Janeway: "You chose to put the lives of strangers ahead of the lives of your crew."

Admiral Janeway: "You can't make the same mistake again."

Janeway: "You got Voyager home which means I will, too."

Janeway: "If it takes a few more years then that's..."

Admiral Janeway: "Seven of Nine is going to die."

Janeway: "What?"

Admiral Janeway: "Three years from now."

Admiral Janeway: "She'll be injured on an away mission."

Admiral Janeway: "She'll make it back to Voyager and die in the arms of her husband."

Janeway: "Husband?"

Admiral Janeway: "Chakotay."

Admiral Janeway: "He'll never be the same after Seven's death and neither will you."

Janeway: "I know what's going to happen."

Janeway: "I can avoid it."

Janeway: "Seven isn't the only one."

Admiral Janeway: "Between this day and the day I got Voyager home I lost 22 crew members."

Admiral Janeway: "And then, of course, there's Tuvok."

Janeway: "What about him?"

Admiral Janeway: "You're forgetting the temporal prime directive, Captain."

Janeway: "The hell with it."

Admiral Janeway: "Fine."

Admiral Janeway: "Tuvok has a degenerative neurological condition that he hasn't told you about."

Admiral Janeway: "There's a cure in the alpha quadrant but if he doesn't get it in time..."

Admiral Janeway: "Even if you alter Voyager's route limit your contact with alien species you're going to lose people but I'm offering you a chance to get all of them home safe and sound, today."

Admiral Janeway: "Are you really going to walk away from that?"

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Tuvok: "Your concern is appreciated, Captain, but premature."

Tuvok: "It will be several years before the symptoms become serious."

Tuvok: "Until then, the Doctor can manage my condition with medication."

Janeway: "Is it true, what the admiral said that there's a cure in the alpha quadrant?"

Tuvok: "It is called a fal-tor-voh and it requires a mind meld with another vulcan."

Janeway: "What about the other vulcans on Voyager?"

Tuvok: "None of them are compatible."

Janeway: "But members of your family are."

Janeway: "If you knew that returning to the alpha quadrant was your only chance for recovery..."

Janeway: "Why didn't you object when I asked you to help find a way to destroy the hub?"

Tuvok: "My sense of logic isn't impaired yet."

Tuvok: "If we succeed, millions of lives will be saved."

Janeway: "What about your life?"

Tuvok: "To quote ambassador spock: 'the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.'"

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Seven Of Nine: "I appreciate your candor, admiral."

Seven Of Nine: "But Captain Janeway is my commanding officer."

Seven Of Nine: "I won't disobey her."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm not asking you to."

Admiral Janeway: "I simply want you to tell her that, in your opinion destroying the hub is too risky, the cost too high."

Seven Of Nine: "I can't do that."

Admiral Janeway: "The consequences I mentioned?"

Seven Of Nine: "Now that I know about those consequences they are no longer a certainty."

Seven Of Nine: "But even if they were my death would be a small price to pay for the destruction of the transwarp network."

Admiral Janeway: "I have known you for a long time, Seven longer than you've known yourself."

Admiral Janeway: "You are thinking that collapsing the network is an opportunity to atone for atrocities you participated in while you were a drone."

Admiral Janeway: "It's time to let go of the past and start thinking about your future."

Seven Of Nine: "My future is insignificant compared to the lives of the people we'd be saving."

Admiral Janeway: "You're being selfish."

Seven Of Nine: "Selfish?"

Seven Of Nine: "I'm talking about helping others."

Admiral Janeway: "Strangers..."

Admiral Janeway: "In a hypothetical scenario."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm talking about real life your colleagues, your friends..."

Admiral Janeway: "People who love you."

Admiral Janeway: "Imagine the impact your death would have on them."

Seven Of Nine: "Excuse me, admiral."

Seven Of Nine: "I have work to complete."

(sighs)

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Tuvok: "once inside, we'd fire a spread of transphasic torpedoes."

Seven Of Nine: "They'd be programmed to detonate simultaneously."

Tuvok: "If the torpedoes penetrate the shielding the conduits should begin to collapse in a cascade reaction."

Tuvok: "In order to avoid the shock wave, we'd have less than ten seconds to exit the hub."

Janeway: "A long time ago, I made a decision that stranded this crew in the Delta Quadrant."

Janeway: "I don't regret that decision but I didn't know all of you then and Voyager was just a Starship."

Janeway: "It's much more than that now."

Janeway: "It's become our home."

Janeway: "I know I could order you to carry out this plan for a second, but I'm not you know the crewmen who work under you and you know what your own hearts are telling you."

Janeway: "So we're not going to attempt this unless everyone in this room agrees."

Janeway: "No one will think less of you if you don't."

Harry Kim: "Captain."

Janeway: "Go ahead, Harry."

Harry Kim: "I think it's safe to say that no one on this crew has been more..."

Harry Kim: "Obsessed with getting home than I have."

Harry Kim: "But..."

Harry Kim: "When I think about everything we've been through together maybe it's not the destination that matters maybe it's not the destination that matters maybe it's the journey and if that journey takes a little longer so we can do something we all believe in I can't think of anyplace I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with."

Tom Paris: "To the journey."

All: "Here, here."

All: "to the journey."

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Admiral Janeway: "coffee."

Admiral Janeway: "Black."

Janeway: "I thought you'd gave it up."

Admiral Janeway: "I've decided to revive a few of my old habits."

Janeway: "Oh?"

Janeway: "What else besides the coffee?"

Admiral Janeway: "Oh, well..."

Admiral Janeway: "I used to be much more idealistic."

Admiral Janeway: "I took a lot of risks."

Admiral Janeway: "I'd been so determined to get this crew home for so many years..."

Admiral Janeway: "That I think I forgot how much they loved being together and how loyal they were to you."

Admiral Janeway: "It's taken me a few days to realize it..."

Admiral Janeway: "That this is your ship your crew, not mine."

Admiral Janeway: "I was wrong to lie to you to think I could talk you out of something you'd set your mind to."

Janeway: "You were only trying to do what you thought was right for all of us."

Admiral Janeway: "Well, you've changed my mind about that."

Admiral Janeway: "And I'd like to help you carry out your mission."

Admiral Janeway: "Maybe together we can increase our odds."

Janeway: "Maybe we can do more than that."

Janeway: "There's got to be a way to have our cake and eat it, too."

Admiral Janeway: "We can't destroy the hub and get Voyager home."

Janeway: "Are you absolutely sure about that?"

Admiral Janeway: "There might be a way."

Admiral Janeway: "I considered it once, but it seemed too risky."

Janeway: "That was before you decided to revive your old habits."

Admiral Janeway: "I don't know why I ever gave this up."

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Admiral Janeway: "It's about time."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm not getting any younger, you know."

Janeway: "You're sure you want to do this?"

Admiral Janeway: "No..."

Admiral Janeway: "But Voyager isn't big enough for both of us."

Janeway: "Good luck, admiral."

Admiral Janeway: "You, too."

Admiral Janeway: "Captain..."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm glad I got to know you again."

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Chakotay: "Any word from the admiral?"

Seven Of Nine: "We lost contact as soon as she entered the hub."

Chakotay: "Did the Borg give her any trouble?"

Seven Of Nine: "Her vessel was scanned by several cubes but none approached her..."

Seven Of Nine: "Sir."

Chakotay: "Are we keeping things professional again today?"

Seven Of Nine: "Yes, Commander."

Chakotay: "You're not joking, are you?"

Seven Of Nine: "No."

Chakotay: "What's wrong?"

Seven Of Nine: "Nothing."

Seven Of Nine: "I'm just..."

Seven Of Nine: "Busy."

Chakotay: "I think I've gotten to know you a little better than that."

Seven Of Nine: "I'd prefer it if you didn't speak to me as though we're on intimate terms."

Chakotay: "We are on intimate terms."

Seven Of Nine: "Not anymore."

Chakotay: "What the hell is going on?"

Seven Of Nine: "I've decided to alter the parameters of our relationship."

Chakotay: "You mind telling me why?"

Seven Of Nine: "We both have dangerous occupations."

Seven Of Nine: "It's possible one of us could be seriously injured or worse."

Seven Of Nine: "I believe it's best to avoid emotional attachments."

Chakotay: "Maybe you can just flip some Borg switch and shut down your emotions, but I can't."

Seven Of Nine: "I suggest you try."

Seven Of Nine: "It will make things less difficult for you if any harm should come to me."

Chakotay: "Why are you suddenly so concerned about that?"

Chakotay: "Is there something I should know?"

Seven Of Nine: "The admiral suggested..."

Seven Of Nine: "That your feelings for me will cause you pain in the future."

Seven Of Nine: "I can't allow that to happen."

Chakotay: "Seven..."

Chakotay: "Any relationship involves risk and nobody can guarantee what's going to happen tomorrow..."

Chakotay: "Not even an admiral from the future."

Chakotay: "The only certainty is how we feel about each other here and now."

Chakotay: "If you think I'm going to let you end this because of what might happen..."

Chakotay: "Then you need to get to know me a little better."

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(groans loudly)

B'Elanna Torres: "Oh, if you tell me to relax one more time I'm going to rip your holographic head off!"

Doctor: "I hope you don't intend to kiss your baby with that mouth."

(yells)

Tom Paris: "Tell me this isn't another false alarm."

Doctor: "This isn't another false alarm."

Tom Paris: "I can't believe it."

B'Elanna Torres: "Oh, believe it."

Tom Paris: "I might actually win."

B'Elanna Torres: "What?"

Tom Paris: "The baby pool."

Tom Paris: "I picked today, 1500 hours."

B'Elanna Torres: "I'm so glad I could accommodate you."

Doctor: "Don't celebrate yet."

Doctor: "Klingon labor sometimes lasts several days."

(yells loudly)

Doctor: "Of course I'm sure that won't be the case here."

Janeway: "Lieutenant Paris we're ready to get underway."

Tom Paris: "Captain, I'm afraid..."

B'Elanna Torres: "Go."

Tom Paris: "But..."

B'Elanna Torres: "No 'buts,' flyboy."

B'Elanna Torres: "If this mission is going to succeed we need our best pilot at the helm."

B'Elanna Torres: "Don't worry..."

B'Elanna Torres: "The Doctor will be here with me."

Janeway: "is there a problem, Mr. Paris?"

Tom Paris: "On my way, Captain."

B'Elanna Torres: "Let's get this show on the road."

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Borg: "Voyager has altered course."

Borg: "Current position, spatial grid 362."

Borg: "Trajectory, 112 mark five."

Admiral Janeway: "I don't know how you do it."

Admiral Janeway: "All those voices talking at once."

Admiral Janeway: "You must get terrible headaches."

Admiral Janeway: "If you're calling drones to assimilate me, don't bother."

Borg Queen: "I don't need drones to assimilate you."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm not actually here, your majesty."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm in your mind."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm using a synaptic interface."

Admiral Janeway: "If I were you, I wouldn't waste my time trying to trace the signal."

Admiral Janeway: "For the moment, it's beyond your abilities."

Borg Queen: "What do you want?"

Admiral Janeway: "To make a deal."

Admiral Janeway: "Captain Janeway thinks I'm here to help her destroy your transwarp network."

Borg Queen: "That's beyond your abilities."

Admiral Janeway: "I know that and I tried to explain it to my naive younger self but she wouldn't listen."

Admiral Janeway: "She's determined to bring down that hub."

Borg Queen: "She'll fail."

Admiral Janeway: "Yes."

Admiral Janeway: "But she has weapons that I brought from the future."

Admiral Janeway: "I believe you're familiar with them."

Borg Queen: "Transphasic torpedoes."

Borg Queen: "We will adapt."

Admiral Janeway: "Eventually but not before Voyager does a great deal of damage."

Admiral Janeway: "I'm willing to tell you how to adapt to those weapons now."

Admiral Janeway: "In exchange..."

Borg Queen: "For what?"

Admiral Janeway: "To send a cube to tractor Voyager..."

Admiral Janeway: "And drag them back to the alpha quadrant."

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Borg Queen: "You're asking me to believe that the incorruptible Kathryn Janeway would betray her own crew?"

Admiral Janeway: "Not betray them."

Admiral Janeway: "Save them from themselves."

Admiral Janeway: "I brought technology to help Voyager get home."

Admiral Janeway: "But the Captain's arrogant..."

Admiral Janeway: "Self-righteous."

Admiral Janeway: "And her officers are so blinded by loyalty that they're prepared to sacrifice their lives just to deal a crippling blow to the Borg."

Borg Queen: "But you'd never try to harm us."

Admiral Janeway: "I've become a pragmatist in my old age."

Admiral Janeway: "All I want is to get that crew back to their families."

Borg Queen: "You wish to ensure the well-being of your collective."

Borg Queen: "I can appreciate that."

Borg Queen: "I'll help you."

Borg Queen: "But it'll cost more than you're offering."

Admiral Janeway: "What do you want?"

Borg Queen: "Your vessel and its database."

Admiral Janeway: "I told you, I'll show you how to adapt to their torpedoes."

Borg Queen: "Insufficient."

Admiral Janeway: "If I let you assimilate technology from the future there's no telling how events would be altered."

Borg Queen: "You're willing to alter the future by getting Voyager home now."

Admiral Janeway: "Oh, yes, but there's a difference."

Borg Queen: "Do what all good pragmatists do, admiral."

Borg Queen: "Compromise."

Admiral Janeway: "All right."

Admiral Janeway: "I'll give you the shuttle..."

Admiral Janeway: "After Voyager arrives safely in the alpha quadrant."

Borg Queen: "You've already lied to your younger self."

Borg Queen: "How do I know you're not lying to me?"

Admiral Janeway: "I guess you'll just have to trust me."

Borg Queen: "That won't be necessary."

Borg Queen: "You underestimate me, admiral."

Borg Queen: "While we've been talking my drones have triangulated your signal."

Admiral Janeway: "Computer, deactivate the interface."

Admiral Janeway: "Deploy armor."

Borg Queen: "Very clever."

Borg Queen: "Hiding right on my doorstep."

Borg Queen: "Were you planning to attack us from inside the unicomplex?"

Borg Queen: "Not feeling talkative?"

(moans)

Borg Queen: "You and I don't need words to understand each other."

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Janeway: "Take us in."

Tom Paris: "Aye, Captain."

Borg: "Voyager has entered aperture 823."

Borg: "Access transwarp corridor zero-nine."

Borg: "Redirect vessels to intercept..."

Borg: "Nine!"

Borg: "New corridor, nine."

Borg: "Voyager..."

Borg: "Zero..."

Borg: "Nine..."

Borg: "Transwarp..."

Borg: "Intercept..."

(indistinct communications)

Admiral Janeway: "Must be something you assimilated."

Borg Queen: "What have you done?"

Admiral Janeway: "I thought we didn't need words to understand each other."

Borg Queen: "You've infected us..."

Borg Queen: "With an neurolytic pathogen."

Admiral Janeway: "Just enough..."

Admiral Janeway: "To bring chaos to order."

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Seven Of Nine: "The admiral succeeded, Captain."

Seven Of Nine: "The conduit's shielding is destabilizing."

Janeway: "Now, Mr. Tuvok."

Borg Queen: "Voyager will be destroyed."

Admiral Janeway: "they're ahead of the shock wave."

Admiral Janeway: "They'll survive."

Admiral Janeway: "Captain Janeway and I made sure of that."

Admiral Janeway: "It's you who underestimated us."

(groans)

Borg Queen: "Sphere six-three-four."

Borg Queen: "They can still hear my thoughts."

Borg Queen: "I may have assimilated your pathogen..."

Borg Queen: "...but I also assimilated your armor technology."

(groans)

Borg Queen: "Captain Janeway is about to die."

Borg Queen: "If she has no future you will never exist and nothing that you've done here today will happen."

(moans)

Admiral Paris: "what the hell is it?"

Barclay: "A transwarp aperture."

Barclay: "It's less than a light-year from earth."

Starfleet Admiral: "How many Borg vessels?"

Barclay: "We can't get a clear reading but the graviton emissions are off the scale."

Admiral Paris: "I want every ship in range to converge on those coordinates, now."

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Tuvok: "Aft armor is down to six percent."

Harry Kim: "Hull breaches on decks six through 12."

Tom Paris: "I can't stay ahead of them, Captain."

Tuvok: "The armor is failing."

Chakotay: "Where's the nearest aperture?"

Seven Of Nine: "Approximately 30 seconds ahead but it leads back to the Delta Quadrant."

Janeway: "Mr. Paris, prepare to adjust your heading."

Tom Paris: "Yes, ma'am."

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Starfleet Admiral: "We've got 18 ships in position."

Starfleet Admiral: "Nine more on the way."

Admiral Paris: "Open a channel."

Starfleet Admiral: "Open, sir."

Admiral Paris: "This is admiral Paris."

Admiral Paris: "Use all necessary force."

Admiral Paris: "I repeat, all necessary force."

Barclay: "Sir, there's a vessel coming through."

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Janeway: "Mr. Paris, what's our position?"

Tom Paris: "Right where we expect it to be."

Seven Of Nine: "The transwarp network has been obliterated, Captain."

Janeway: "We'll celebrate later."

Janeway: "Mr. Tuvok?"

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Admiral Paris: "Cease fire!"

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Janeway: "We did it."

Harry Kim: "We're being hailed."

Janeway: "On screen."

Janeway: "Sorry to surprise you."

Janeway: "Next time, we'll call ahead."

Admiral Paris: "Welcome back."

Janeway: "It's good to be here."

Admiral Paris: "How did you...?"

Janeway: "It'll all be in my report, sir."

Admiral Paris: "I look forward to it."

Janeway: "Thanks for your help, admiral Janeway."

Doctor: "Sickbay to the bridge."

(baby gurgling and crying)

Doctor: "Doctor to Lieutenant Paris."

Doctor: "There's someone here who'd like to say hello."

(baby gurgling)

Janeway: "You'd better get down there, tom."

Tom Paris: "Yes, ma'am."

Janeway: "Mr. Chakotay?"

Janeway: "The helm."

Chakotay: "Aye, Captain."

Janeway: "Set a course..."

Janeway: "For home."

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