CHAPTER FOUR:
"Once upon a time there was a large starship known as USS Voyager. She had been sent on a mission for the Federation to find a missing Marquis ship, but she is transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker before her mission was completed."
"There were a large number of casualties, and the Captain was saddened. She had lost many friends. After being beamed aboard the mysterious array that had transported the ship, Janeway and her crew were captured by the Caretaker - only to be returned in three days. All except a young ensign by the name of Harry Kim."
"Three crew from the missing Marquis ship were also onboard the array - Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres and the Vulcan Tuvok. So the Captain contacted the Marquis, to see if they had the missing crewman. But they did not. One of their crew was also missing - the half Klingon B'Elanna Torres."
"So Chakotay, Tuvok and Lt. Ayala of the Marquis beamed aboard Voyager to join the Captain in her search for the missing crewmen. They were armed and ready to fight, although Captain Janeway told them weapons were not needed. Then she greeted Tuvok as the Starfleet officer he was, and Chakotay felt betrayed."
"But he did not show the anger he felt until he saw his former crewman Tom Paris. He demanded to know what price it took this time, remembering a former betrayal. But Janeway stood up for him, asking Chakotay to treat a member of her crew as he would expect her to treat his."
"So Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Tom Paris and Tuvok returned to the array - this time armed with compression phaser rifles. But the Caretaker refused to release the missing crew, and sent them back to Voyager."
"Meanwhile Kim and Torres had found themselves in a hospital on the Ocampa planet, and the Ocampa revealed to them who the Caretaker was. But they were also told the had a disease that could not be cured, and they couldn't leave."
"Voyager and the Marquis ship came into the planets orbit. Joining them, they had a Talaxian named Neelix who they had encountered in a debris field. They beamed down to the planet surface, where they encountered the Kazon. They paid the debts of Neelix, but were told they could not have the female Ocampa captive."
"But Janeway could not leave the captive behind, so they distracted the Kazon and beamed her aboard Voyager. Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Neelix and the Ocampa known as Kes returned to the planet in Ocampa City. There they were told by an elder that they must follow the Caretaker's path, but Kes told them she would help."
"But as they searched for the crewmen who had escaped for the hospital, they realize that the Caretaker is dying. Janeway was worried, and wondered how they would get home if the Caretaker died."
"Kes, Neelix and Tom Paris found Kim and Torres, and managed to get to the planet surface, despite the problem of the irradiated planet's crusts. But before they could be beamed up, Paris heard that Chakotay had run into trouble."
"Paris returned to rescue Chakotay, who had a broken leg, and managed to drag him free of the broken stairs before they collapsed. They pair joked together, and Chakotay was grateful that Paris had saved his life."
"The crew all returned to Voyager, where they were healed by the EMH in sickbay. But two Kazon ships were heading to the array, and they all left the sickbay to attend their separate tasks. The Marquis returned to their ship, and both ships headed toward the array. The Kazon were after the Caretaker technology but did not want anyone else to get it, so they attacked Voyager and the Marquis."
"Captain Janeway returned to the array, and found the dying Caretaker. The Caretaker revealed that it was his technology that caused the Ocampa world to heat up and he was left to take care of the Ocampa. Janeway suggests that he leave the Ocampa to 'grow up', but he rejected the idea."
"Meanwhile, in the battle, Chakotay noticed that Voyagers weapons array has been hit, and they were in trouble. So he ordered his crew to beam aboard Voyager, and set his ship on collision course with one of the Kazon vessels. Chakotay was beamed out of his Marquis raider a second before it hits the Kazon ship, and destroys it. But unfortunately, it plunged into the array."
"Aboard the array, the Caretaker told Janeway the array must be destroyed to protect the Ocampa from the Kazon. He could not do it because the self-destruct system had been damaged. And then Janeway made one of the hardest decisions of her life. She ordered Tuvok not to operate the controls to send the Marquis and Voyager back home, and destroys the array instead."
"And as a result, Voyager lost a way home, and the crew made an enemy of the Kazon. But Janeway believed she did the right thing. She invited the Marquis to join her crew, including B'Elanna as Chief Engineer, Chakotay as First Officer and Tom Paris as pilot."
"She spoke to her united crew, and said, 'We're alone, in an uncharted part of the galaxy. We've already made some friends here, and some enemies. We have no idea of the dangers we're going to face, but one thing is clear, both crews are going to have to work together if we're to survive. That's why Commander Chakotay and I have agreed that this should be one crew, a Starfleet crew.'
'And as the only Starfleet vessel assigned to the Delta Quadrant we'll continue to follow our directive: to seek out new worlds and to explore space.'
'But our primary goal is clear. Even at maximum speeds it would take 75 years to reach the Federation. But I'm not willing to settle for that. There's another entity like the Caretaker out there somewhere who has the ability to get us there a lot faster, and we'll be looking for wormholes, spatial rifts or new technologies to help us. Somewhere along this journey, we'll find a way back.'
'Mr. Paris set a course, for home.' "
"And so Captain Kathryn Janeway vowed she would somehow find a way home for her crew, and became more than a Captain to us. She became our protector and our guide. We never forgot what she did for us."
"Once upon a time there was a large starship known as USS Voyager. She had been sent on a mission for the Federation to find a missing Marquis ship, but she is transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker before her mission was completed."
"There were a large number of casualties, and the Captain was saddened. She had lost many friends. After being beamed aboard the mysterious array that had transported the ship, Janeway and her crew were captured by the Caretaker - only to be returned in three days. All except a young ensign by the name of Harry Kim."
"Three crew from the missing Marquis ship were also onboard the array - Chakotay, B'Elanna Torres and the Vulcan Tuvok. So the Captain contacted the Marquis, to see if they had the missing crewman. But they did not. One of their crew was also missing - the half Klingon B'Elanna Torres."
"So Chakotay, Tuvok and Lt. Ayala of the Marquis beamed aboard Voyager to join the Captain in her search for the missing crewmen. They were armed and ready to fight, although Captain Janeway told them weapons were not needed. Then she greeted Tuvok as the Starfleet officer he was, and Chakotay felt betrayed."
"But he did not show the anger he felt until he saw his former crewman Tom Paris. He demanded to know what price it took this time, remembering a former betrayal. But Janeway stood up for him, asking Chakotay to treat a member of her crew as he would expect her to treat his."
"So Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Tom Paris and Tuvok returned to the array - this time armed with compression phaser rifles. But the Caretaker refused to release the missing crew, and sent them back to Voyager."
"Meanwhile Kim and Torres had found themselves in a hospital on the Ocampa planet, and the Ocampa revealed to them who the Caretaker was. But they were also told the had a disease that could not be cured, and they couldn't leave."
"Voyager and the Marquis ship came into the planets orbit. Joining them, they had a Talaxian named Neelix who they had encountered in a debris field. They beamed down to the planet surface, where they encountered the Kazon. They paid the debts of Neelix, but were told they could not have the female Ocampa captive."
"But Janeway could not leave the captive behind, so they distracted the Kazon and beamed her aboard Voyager. Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Tuvok, Neelix and the Ocampa known as Kes returned to the planet in Ocampa City. There they were told by an elder that they must follow the Caretaker's path, but Kes told them she would help."
"But as they searched for the crewmen who had escaped for the hospital, they realize that the Caretaker is dying. Janeway was worried, and wondered how they would get home if the Caretaker died."
"Kes, Neelix and Tom Paris found Kim and Torres, and managed to get to the planet surface, despite the problem of the irradiated planet's crusts. But before they could be beamed up, Paris heard that Chakotay had run into trouble."
"Paris returned to rescue Chakotay, who had a broken leg, and managed to drag him free of the broken stairs before they collapsed. They pair joked together, and Chakotay was grateful that Paris had saved his life."
"The crew all returned to Voyager, where they were healed by the EMH in sickbay. But two Kazon ships were heading to the array, and they all left the sickbay to attend their separate tasks. The Marquis returned to their ship, and both ships headed toward the array. The Kazon were after the Caretaker technology but did not want anyone else to get it, so they attacked Voyager and the Marquis."
"Captain Janeway returned to the array, and found the dying Caretaker. The Caretaker revealed that it was his technology that caused the Ocampa world to heat up and he was left to take care of the Ocampa. Janeway suggests that he leave the Ocampa to 'grow up', but he rejected the idea."
"Meanwhile, in the battle, Chakotay noticed that Voyagers weapons array has been hit, and they were in trouble. So he ordered his crew to beam aboard Voyager, and set his ship on collision course with one of the Kazon vessels. Chakotay was beamed out of his Marquis raider a second before it hits the Kazon ship, and destroys it. But unfortunately, it plunged into the array."
"Aboard the array, the Caretaker told Janeway the array must be destroyed to protect the Ocampa from the Kazon. He could not do it because the self-destruct system had been damaged. And then Janeway made one of the hardest decisions of her life. She ordered Tuvok not to operate the controls to send the Marquis and Voyager back home, and destroys the array instead."
"And as a result, Voyager lost a way home, and the crew made an enemy of the Kazon. But Janeway believed she did the right thing. She invited the Marquis to join her crew, including B'Elanna as Chief Engineer, Chakotay as First Officer and Tom Paris as pilot."
"She spoke to her united crew, and said, 'We're alone, in an uncharted part of the galaxy. We've already made some friends here, and some enemies. We have no idea of the dangers we're going to face, but one thing is clear, both crews are going to have to work together if we're to survive. That's why Commander Chakotay and I have agreed that this should be one crew, a Starfleet crew.'
'And as the only Starfleet vessel assigned to the Delta Quadrant we'll continue to follow our directive: to seek out new worlds and to explore space.'
'But our primary goal is clear. Even at maximum speeds it would take 75 years to reach the Federation. But I'm not willing to settle for that. There's another entity like the Caretaker out there somewhere who has the ability to get us there a lot faster, and we'll be looking for wormholes, spatial rifts or new technologies to help us. Somewhere along this journey, we'll find a way back.'
'Mr. Paris set a course, for home.' "
"And so Captain Kathryn Janeway vowed she would somehow find a way home for her crew, and became more than a Captain to us. She became our protector and our guide. We never forgot what she did for us."