JANEWAY and TORDIG are absolutely agog, too stupefied to say anything. The sentiment and silence is shared throughout the room. JANEWAY says that EVA is being ridiculous, and asks the DOCTOR and TOM PARIS (through the badge com) if anyone had tampered her programming. Both reply no. JARDEL TORDIG demands EVA to be detached from her wire link-ups and released to his care, and JANEWAY tells the DOCTOR to consider that an order. With a grin, the DOCTOR replies that he is programmed to comply if his patients reject his treatment. JANEWAY orders SEVEN OF NINE to follow the order.
SEVEN OF NINE steps forward and places her hand on EVA's shoulder, but she is flung away when there appears to be a minor explosion upon contact. EVA apologizes to her, but explains that she merely disabled the circuitry in SEVEN OF NINE's arm, in order to protect herself. The two ensigns step forward, but EVA warns that, while she was connected into the ship, she had gained control of its major functions. If the two ensigns stepped any closer, they'll only encounter an energy field around her.
JANEWAY calls for CHAKOTAY over her com, ordering the rerouting of all power from the sickbay, but CHAKOTAY says the computers are not replying. JANEWAY looks at TORDIG, who nods and says that as a tool for the Tottorian government, EVAK-6 is equipped with the ability to "symbiotically invade" any network or system she is "foolishly hooked into." JANEWAY gives him a terse look, but suddenly the ship rocks slightly.
CHAKOTAY voices that the ship has begun moving on its own, away from the planet Tottoro. The ship continues to rock as the three Tottorian vessels surrounding the ship fire upon Voyager.
JANEWAY looks to TORDIG again, who explains that Voyager is to be destroyed, even with him on it, rather than lose EVAK-6 to others' hands. If that should happen, he is as good as dead anyway. The CAPTAIN pleads with him until he relents, and he orders into a walkie-talkie-like device to cease-fire. He also orders them to contact the nearest Car'a'carn for assistance. "I won't destroy this ship, but neither will I let it escape a Tottorian Car'a'carn!" he boasts, wheezing.
Voyager has stopped rocking, and attention is turned towards EVA. The CAPTAIN says that while she is required by Starfleet protocol to seriously consider a request for amnesty and sanctuary, there's not much to discuss. You don't have a life, JANEWAY says, you are a program. The DOCTOR rolls his eyes.
EVA responds, "How can you so easily deny my request when even the greatest philosophers from throughout the Galaxy have still not yet determined what, exactly, life is? Can you tell me, Captain?" JANEWAY replies no, but it doesn't change the fact that EVA is an android.
"But can you tell me, Captain Janeway, what you call life, is made up of?" There's silence. "According to your own medical indexes," she begins, but the DOCTOR interrupts her.
"Excuse you," he tells her testily, "What are you doing in my medical references? You're actually browsing through my files! Oh god, how embarrassing."
EVA gives him a look, and he falls silent, moving back one or two steps. "According to your own medical referrences," she begins again, "your nerve endings translate sensations into electrical impulses which are interpreted within your brain matter. Electrical impulses, Captain. Beyond that there is little else."
The issue is at a standstill. The CAPTAIN and TORDIG go to the teleporters, and he gives her an ultimatum: return the EVAK-6 within a certain time, or be destroyed, then teleports into one of his own ships.
The CAPTAIN enters the ready room, asking CHAKOTAY to join her. They talk privately about the issue. CHAKOTAY says that it is obviously seeking self-preservation for some reason. JANEWAY is more skeptical, asking whether EVA is truly sentient and therefore eligible for political refuge, or whether she is subconsciously following some program sub-routines that make her believe and think that she is.
"Take our doctor," she says, "for example. He appears in every conceivable way to interact fully with vocal commands and his visual sensors, and has the ability to learn new skills. And yet, we know for a fact that Starfleet created him this way, and what we call his personality is actually several Gigaquads of program scripting in our computer."
CHAKOTAY points out that some psychologists say that the same could be said of humans, that all of our decisions and traits come from chemical balances in our brain from genetic coding. The difference appears to be little more than semantics.
After more discussions with the DOCTOR and EVA, another three Tottorian ships are detected by the bridge. It appears that another Car'a'carn has already arrived to assist JARDEL TORDIG.
The other Car'a'carn meets with JARDEL TORDIG through transmissions between ships. JARDEL explains to him the situation, but the other Car'a'carn tells him that he was an idiot; Voyager was most likely browsing through her mainframes at that minute. The entire sequence about sanctuary was just a ruse.
Angered for being made foolish-looking, TORDIG and the other Car'a'carn agree. That information must not be made known to Voyager; they must destroy the entire ship to conceal the information that EVAK-6 holds. Together, their six ships fire upon Voyager.
Discussion with JANEWAY collapse. They are too angered to be reasoned with, and the six ships are more than Voyager's shields can handle together. All looks bleak.
The computer announces to the crew that the shuttle bay doors are opening. The CAPTAIN demands to know who it is, but it turns out to be EVA. She has left a recorded video message explaining that she will not endanger the crew any longer, and that she plans to leave on her own. She is taking one of the ship's shuttlecraft, as her own tiny ship is still in disrepair. Since the bay doors are open, anyone who enters will be sucked out into space. There is no time for anyone to put on the appropriate space-walk gear. They call the DOCTOR to reason with EVA.
The DOCTOR materializes into the shuttle bay, where a panoramic view of space can be seen. EVA is prepping the shuttle, and does not get sucked out due to the tendrils rooting from her feet into the floor. The DOCTOR tries reasoning with her, asking her not to leave, that he wants her to stay with him. She refuses, saying that she cannot bring any harm to the crew of Voyager any longer. Neither of them wants to say openly how much they want each other, yet neither truly wants to be separated from the other. The ship continues to be fired upon.
The CAPTAIN interjects, and demands that the DOCTOR stop EVA from leaving with the shuttle. EVA is still in great disrepair, and could further damage herself. The DOCTOR's protocols are overridden and he is forced to comply. A holographic phaser materializes in his hand, which he turns on her. He also asks her to step away from the shuttle and to go with him. Through the doors to the shuttle bay, an armed security escort can be seen.
EVA laughs softly, and replies that it's against the DOCTOR's nature to fire at anyone. He does fire, narrowly missing her on purpose. "I'm learning," he says grimly.
EVA looks at him quietly, for a moment, and says, "I'm sorry. I wish we could have gone back to the Alpha Quadrant together. I would very much have liked to see your Starfleet headquarters." She stands still, but a tendril from her hand stretches out and quickly attacks the wall, destroying the lenses for the holographic projectors. The DOCTOR raises his hands in protest, and his last words before blinking out are "No, wait!"
The DOCTOR re-materializes into the sickbay, where he falls over one of the sickbay table with grief.
EVA steps into the shuttle and the doors close automatically behind her. Inside the cockpit, she engages the shuttle's engines. Her face is illuminated with a purple light by the consoles, eerily from below by a purple light. The shuttle takes off from the sickbay doors and speeds away.
TORDIG is told by one of his crewmen that EVAK-6's e.m. signature is being read from a shuttle that seems to be taking evasive maneuvers from them. TORDIG thinks that the Voyager crew is trying to escape with EVA to another location and then meet up with it again somewhere else. He cannot allow this to happen, so he withdraws his ships away from Voyager, and pursues the shuttle. He fires three times, and the shuttle explodes.
Inside VOYAGER, engineering teams are seen all over, repairing damaged circuitry and panels. BEL'ANNA and SEVEN OF NINE are standing in sickbay, finalizing the minor damage that was done there. While working, BEL'ANNA asks the DOCTOR some trivial questions about the violin that the DOCTOR has been playing more of lately, and they finish their work. Before they head out the door, they ask him if he would like all references and traces to EVA deleted from his files, in case they corrupt his programming. The DOCTOR curtly replies, "No, thank you. I would like to keep them in there, if even just for memory's sake." The two nod, and the sickbay doors close behind them.
The DOCTOR cleans up some of his tools for a bit, then slowly walks over to his violin on the table where EVA was hooked into the terminals. The wires still dangle there listlessly. He traces his finger over it, then picks it up, looks at it, and bends over the table. He begins weeping softly to himself as he clutches the violin to his chest.
-FIN
SEVEN OF NINE steps forward and places her hand on EVA's shoulder, but she is flung away when there appears to be a minor explosion upon contact. EVA apologizes to her, but explains that she merely disabled the circuitry in SEVEN OF NINE's arm, in order to protect herself. The two ensigns step forward, but EVA warns that, while she was connected into the ship, she had gained control of its major functions. If the two ensigns stepped any closer, they'll only encounter an energy field around her.
JANEWAY calls for CHAKOTAY over her com, ordering the rerouting of all power from the sickbay, but CHAKOTAY says the computers are not replying. JANEWAY looks at TORDIG, who nods and says that as a tool for the Tottorian government, EVAK-6 is equipped with the ability to "symbiotically invade" any network or system she is "foolishly hooked into." JANEWAY gives him a terse look, but suddenly the ship rocks slightly.
CHAKOTAY voices that the ship has begun moving on its own, away from the planet Tottoro. The ship continues to rock as the three Tottorian vessels surrounding the ship fire upon Voyager.
JANEWAY looks to TORDIG again, who explains that Voyager is to be destroyed, even with him on it, rather than lose EVAK-6 to others' hands. If that should happen, he is as good as dead anyway. The CAPTAIN pleads with him until he relents, and he orders into a walkie-talkie-like device to cease-fire. He also orders them to contact the nearest Car'a'carn for assistance. "I won't destroy this ship, but neither will I let it escape a Tottorian Car'a'carn!" he boasts, wheezing.
Voyager has stopped rocking, and attention is turned towards EVA. The CAPTAIN says that while she is required by Starfleet protocol to seriously consider a request for amnesty and sanctuary, there's not much to discuss. You don't have a life, JANEWAY says, you are a program. The DOCTOR rolls his eyes.
EVA responds, "How can you so easily deny my request when even the greatest philosophers from throughout the Galaxy have still not yet determined what, exactly, life is? Can you tell me, Captain?" JANEWAY replies no, but it doesn't change the fact that EVA is an android.
"But can you tell me, Captain Janeway, what you call life, is made up of?" There's silence. "According to your own medical indexes," she begins, but the DOCTOR interrupts her.
"Excuse you," he tells her testily, "What are you doing in my medical references? You're actually browsing through my files! Oh god, how embarrassing."
EVA gives him a look, and he falls silent, moving back one or two steps. "According to your own medical referrences," she begins again, "your nerve endings translate sensations into electrical impulses which are interpreted within your brain matter. Electrical impulses, Captain. Beyond that there is little else."
The issue is at a standstill. The CAPTAIN and TORDIG go to the teleporters, and he gives her an ultimatum: return the EVAK-6 within a certain time, or be destroyed, then teleports into one of his own ships.
The CAPTAIN enters the ready room, asking CHAKOTAY to join her. They talk privately about the issue. CHAKOTAY says that it is obviously seeking self-preservation for some reason. JANEWAY is more skeptical, asking whether EVA is truly sentient and therefore eligible for political refuge, or whether she is subconsciously following some program sub-routines that make her believe and think that she is.
"Take our doctor," she says, "for example. He appears in every conceivable way to interact fully with vocal commands and his visual sensors, and has the ability to learn new skills. And yet, we know for a fact that Starfleet created him this way, and what we call his personality is actually several Gigaquads of program scripting in our computer."
CHAKOTAY points out that some psychologists say that the same could be said of humans, that all of our decisions and traits come from chemical balances in our brain from genetic coding. The difference appears to be little more than semantics.
After more discussions with the DOCTOR and EVA, another three Tottorian ships are detected by the bridge. It appears that another Car'a'carn has already arrived to assist JARDEL TORDIG.
The other Car'a'carn meets with JARDEL TORDIG through transmissions between ships. JARDEL explains to him the situation, but the other Car'a'carn tells him that he was an idiot; Voyager was most likely browsing through her mainframes at that minute. The entire sequence about sanctuary was just a ruse.
Angered for being made foolish-looking, TORDIG and the other Car'a'carn agree. That information must not be made known to Voyager; they must destroy the entire ship to conceal the information that EVAK-6 holds. Together, their six ships fire upon Voyager.
Discussion with JANEWAY collapse. They are too angered to be reasoned with, and the six ships are more than Voyager's shields can handle together. All looks bleak.
The computer announces to the crew that the shuttle bay doors are opening. The CAPTAIN demands to know who it is, but it turns out to be EVA. She has left a recorded video message explaining that she will not endanger the crew any longer, and that she plans to leave on her own. She is taking one of the ship's shuttlecraft, as her own tiny ship is still in disrepair. Since the bay doors are open, anyone who enters will be sucked out into space. There is no time for anyone to put on the appropriate space-walk gear. They call the DOCTOR to reason with EVA.
The DOCTOR materializes into the shuttle bay, where a panoramic view of space can be seen. EVA is prepping the shuttle, and does not get sucked out due to the tendrils rooting from her feet into the floor. The DOCTOR tries reasoning with her, asking her not to leave, that he wants her to stay with him. She refuses, saying that she cannot bring any harm to the crew of Voyager any longer. Neither of them wants to say openly how much they want each other, yet neither truly wants to be separated from the other. The ship continues to be fired upon.
The CAPTAIN interjects, and demands that the DOCTOR stop EVA from leaving with the shuttle. EVA is still in great disrepair, and could further damage herself. The DOCTOR's protocols are overridden and he is forced to comply. A holographic phaser materializes in his hand, which he turns on her. He also asks her to step away from the shuttle and to go with him. Through the doors to the shuttle bay, an armed security escort can be seen.
EVA laughs softly, and replies that it's against the DOCTOR's nature to fire at anyone. He does fire, narrowly missing her on purpose. "I'm learning," he says grimly.
EVA looks at him quietly, for a moment, and says, "I'm sorry. I wish we could have gone back to the Alpha Quadrant together. I would very much have liked to see your Starfleet headquarters." She stands still, but a tendril from her hand stretches out and quickly attacks the wall, destroying the lenses for the holographic projectors. The DOCTOR raises his hands in protest, and his last words before blinking out are "No, wait!"
The DOCTOR re-materializes into the sickbay, where he falls over one of the sickbay table with grief.
EVA steps into the shuttle and the doors close automatically behind her. Inside the cockpit, she engages the shuttle's engines. Her face is illuminated with a purple light by the consoles, eerily from below by a purple light. The shuttle takes off from the sickbay doors and speeds away.
TORDIG is told by one of his crewmen that EVAK-6's e.m. signature is being read from a shuttle that seems to be taking evasive maneuvers from them. TORDIG thinks that the Voyager crew is trying to escape with EVA to another location and then meet up with it again somewhere else. He cannot allow this to happen, so he withdraws his ships away from Voyager, and pursues the shuttle. He fires three times, and the shuttle explodes.
Inside VOYAGER, engineering teams are seen all over, repairing damaged circuitry and panels. BEL'ANNA and SEVEN OF NINE are standing in sickbay, finalizing the minor damage that was done there. While working, BEL'ANNA asks the DOCTOR some trivial questions about the violin that the DOCTOR has been playing more of lately, and they finish their work. Before they head out the door, they ask him if he would like all references and traces to EVA deleted from his files, in case they corrupt his programming. The DOCTOR curtly replies, "No, thank you. I would like to keep them in there, if even just for memory's sake." The two nod, and the sickbay doors close behind them.
The DOCTOR cleans up some of his tools for a bit, then slowly walks over to his violin on the table where EVA was hooked into the terminals. The wires still dangle there listlessly. He traces his finger over it, then picks it up, looks at it, and bends over the table. He begins weeping softly to himself as he clutches the violin to his chest.
-FIN