they're bringing their remaining transwarp coils on-line. pursuit course. target their propulsion system. welcome home. [captioning sponsored by ramount television and united paramount network (voice pre-echoing): this wasn't part of our agreement. (voice pre-echoing): you failed in your last mission. the klingon empire is intact. you knew there would be consequences. please, i won't disappoint you again. we'll restore it but only if you succeed in your next mission. but... you're disabling me. proceed with the extraction. (high-pitched whine) (whimpering) ? it's been a long road ? getting from there to here ? it's been a long time ? and i will see my dream come alive at last ? ? i will touch the sky ? and they're not gonna hold me down no more ? ? no, they're not gonna change my mind ? ? 'cause i've got faith of the heart ? ? i'm going where my heart will take me ? ? i've got faith to believe ? i can do anything ? i've got strength of the soul ? ? no one's gonna bebe or break me ? ? i can reach any star ? i've got faith ?i've got, i've got? ? i've got fait

prepare for transwarp. transwarp in four two... a vessel entered the conduit with us just before it closed. they're targeting our engines. maintain course. direct hit on the port nacelle. we're venting plasma. rerouting emergency power. it's not enough. i'll need 30 teradynes at least or we'll lose transwarp. how long to the rendezvous coordinates? life suppor 2.4 minutes, but we'll drop out of transwarp in less than one. t. captain? i'd rather suffocate than vaporize. do it. (alarm beeping) i'm picking up transwarp signatures. r port bow. battle stations. we're 20 seconds from normal space. the borg vessel? still in pursuit, closing rapidly. 15 seconds. they're trying to lock on with a tractotobeam. remodulate shields. threshold in eight seven, six... they're locking on. hields. it's being deflected. three, two... they're through. voyagertodelta flyer. report. janeway: we've got seven, but there's a borg vessel right behind us. b'elanna, target the threshold. photon torpedoes, full spread. commander? it should destabilize the matt

scan for residual transwarp signatures. understood. why choose this moment to rejoin the collective? maybe she'd been planning it all along. she's had any number of opportunities to leave before now. but never direct access to a borg vessel. "i will betray you." that's what she said two years ago when you disconnected her from the hive. two days ago, she told me most of the debris, but before we vaporize it i'd like to melt down the larger fragments and extract the polytrinic compounds. makes sense. that leaves just one item: seven of nine's alcove. it requires a lot of power-- over 30 megawatts. should i deactivate it? no, leave it alone. janeway: computer, run a transpectral analysis on all subspace fluctuations. (door beeping) yes? a member of the crew has requested an appointment with the captain. i informed her that you were occupied, but she was insistent. whatever it is, i'm sure commander chakotay request granted. send her in. permission to submit a proposal for your review. proposal? it's a rescue operation for seven of nine.

long-range sensors picked up a transwarp conduit. a ship is approaching. time to intercept? approximately three hours. the borg? yes. i wish to meet them. i think it's time you showed our drone what the borg are all about. the borg have assimilated thousands of species. correct. what becomes of those species? their neural pathways are restructured e." their bodies are augmented with cybernetic technology. they become "drones." i wish to experience the hive mind. if you did that, you'd no longer be unique. the borg would destroy your individuality. and that is... undesirable. very. the borg are the most destructive force we've ever encountered. they've assimilated billions of individuals against their will. you were assimilated. my link to the collective was severed. when you were in the collective you assimilated others. yes. you call the borg destructive. seven of nine is not. that's because she's regained her individuality. but if the borg had the chance they'd take it away from her again. they'd assimilate everyone on voyager. the collective would become even more destruc

it's similar to the transwarp drive used by the borg. as a result, my expertise will be crucial to the mission's success. voyager's crew is counting on that success but i find myself ambivalent so i am executing my assignment, nothing more. janeway: despite my apprehension, i can't help but wonder what i'll be doing in three months' time-- still guiding voyager through the delta quadrant seven: if we do return to sector 001 will i adapt to human civilization a single borg among billions of individuals? initiate emergency shutdown on my mark. now. quantum field strength down to 90 percent. it's leveling off at 75. we need to dampen the field by at least 50 percent. try reversing the quantum field polarities. 70 percent. 55... 49 percent. we did it. we've got our safety net. one step closer to home. thank you. you two run the analysis. i'll be on the bridge with arturis. our resident genius said he'd help me figure out how to use the control sequencers. lieutenant, you seem eager to return to earth. "eager." i wouldn't go that far. you wer