Janeway: He has been adamant about protecting his ship. I thought it was simply a Captain's pride. I want to take a closer look at that lab. If we close off those EPS conduits, how long will it take to vent the radiation?
Janeway: I don't want to wait that long. Send the Doctor. He'll be immune to its effects. Tell him to look for anything out of the ordinary. Monitor his progress from Astrometrics.
[Equinox Research lab] EMH: I'm in. I've found the multiphasic chamber. There's some kind of organic mass inside. It appears to be a member of the alien species. [Astrometrics lab] EMH [OC]: But it's cell structures have vitrified. [Equinox Research lab] EMH: This is more that just a stasis chamber, it's some kind of matter conversion technology. Hold on, there's a control port here. Hmm.
EMH [OC]: The chamber contains a polaron grid [Equinox Research lab] EMH: and a submolecular resequencer. It looks like it was designed to convert the alien cell structures into some kind of crystalline compound.
[Equinox Research lab] EMH: I've a feeling there's a lot here they didn't specify. I've accessed their research logs. They're encrypted, but judging by the file headings they've performed this procedure dozens of times. More of the alien compound, but it's been biochemically altered. They've extracted the base proteins. It's molecular structure is most unusual. {g'nite}
EMH: It appears to store a great deal of [Equinox Research lab] EMH: nucleogenic energy. I'm no engineer, but I'd say they were trying to convert this material into a source of power.
(Burke smiles at a female crewmember) RANSOM: Once we get back to Earth, there'll be plenty of women. Status?
Burke: Ready on all fronts. The transport enhancers are in place and Noah's created a subroutine to mask Voyager's internal sensors.