"Basics" Line-by-Line!

Kim: Exactly. This is how we'd appear to the enemy's sensors. If we generate decoy images like these, the Kazon will think ships are coming toward us. We can create as many as we want.

 

JANEWAY: That's a good start, Harry. It should distract them for a while. But what else can we do if we're eventually intercepted by a superior force?

 

The Doctor: (over comm) if you don't mind, I do have something to add.

Kim switches the input back to the Doctor.

The Doctor: Thank you. Captain, I hesitate to offer suggestions in a field of endeavor that is not within my usual area of expertise.

 

JANEWAY: Please, doctor, your suggestions on any subject are always welcome.

 

The Doctor: Really? In that case, you can expect several more on a variety of matters in the near future. Right now, may I suggest that we also consider attempting to create an actual holographic illusion of friendly ships.

 

TORRES: With all due respect, Doctor, we can't even figure out how to project you into this room. How are we supposed to create holographic ships in space?

 

The Doctor: I would humbly submit that my program is far more sophisticated than your run of the mill hologram. In fact, projecting the illusions of a large 3 dimensional object has been a trick of magicians for centuries.

 

PARIS: We'll just do it with mirrors.

 

The Doctor: Mister Paris' predictable attempts at humor notwithstanding, that is precisely what I would suggest. Installing holo emitters along the hull with parabolic mirrors to enlarge the images as they are reflected into space.

 

KIM: We're going to use up a lot of our power reserves trying to pull it off.

 

Chakotay: If these ships can fool the Kazon, it's worth it.

 

TUVOK: But can they? If the Kazon scan the holograms, they will immediately realise there are no life signs on board, no power signatures.

 

Janeway: Okay, maybe we can't fool them for long. But maybe it'll be long enough. It's an advantage and we'll need every advantage we can get on this mission. Work with the Doctor on it, B'Elanna. Mister Kim, cut power on all systems to minimum requirements. I don't want to show up on any Kazon long range scanners. Mister Paris, locate the warp signature form Culluh's ship and set a course to follow, Warp 2.

 

PARIS: Aye, Captain.

 

Janeway: Dismissed.

 

CHAKOTAY: Uh, excuse me, but there is one more thing. Thank you.

[Bridge]

CHAKOTAY: It's not Culluh's ship. Looks more like a shuttle.

 

Janeway: Slow to Impulse. Set an intercept course. Have they indicated the nature of the distress?

 

KIM: Just a signal, Captain. No response to our hails.

 

Janeway: Lets go to Red Alert.

 

KIM: Visual range.