"Blink of an Eye" VOY Line-by-line

[May 20]

TECHNICIAN: What if they're all dead?

 

[sekundant]

ASTRONOMER: If you truly believe that, why did you join this project?

 

[May 20]

TECHNICIAN: I doubt everything, remember? Even my own doubts. I hope someone is up there.

 

[mattman8907]

ASTRONOMER: So do I.

 

[May 20]

TECHNICIAN: If they won't respond to mathematics, perhaps we should try a more personal approach. Here, say hello.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

ASTRONOMER: How could they possibly speak our language?

 

[May 20]

TECHNICIAN: There's only one way to find out.

 

[Athena28]

ASTRONOMER: What, what should I say?

 

[May 20]

TECHNICIAN: Oh, glad to meet you. Where are you from? Please stop shaking our planet.

 

[sekundant]

[Astrometrics lab]

SEVEN: An ultra high frequency signal is being transmitted from the surface. The modulation is unfamiliar. Its Doppler component is

 

[retroenzo]

CHAKOTAY: Any signal from the surface will be accelerated. When it reached our time frame, the frequency would be thousands of times higher than normal.

 

[May 20]

SEVEN: I will attempt to slow it down.

 

[sekundant]

CHAKOTAY: Again. Amplitude modulation. It's a radio transmission.

 

[retroenzo]

SEVEN: It's a numerical sequence.

 

[May 20]

CHAKOTAY: Prime numbers. They're sending a list of prime numbers.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

SEVEN: Followed by a sequence of mathematical constants, and what appears to be a vocal modulation.

 

[Zander]

CHAKOTAY: Slow it down again. A little more.

 

[sekundant]

ASTRONOMER [OC]: Good friends in the Sky Ship. I call you that, hoping, at least, you're not enemies.

 

[Athena28]

^[Briefing room]

ASTRONOMER: There's nothing on our world that resembles your technology, so we assume you came here from a nearby planet or a distant star. Our ancient mythology describes your arrival centuries ago, coinciding with the tremors that continually shake our planet and destroy so many of our accomplishments. I hope that was never your intention, but the result is the same. Respond if you can. Or if you wish, come down from your Sky Ship and visit us.

PARIS: Well, we've got to let them know we're not doing it on purpose.

 

[retroenzo]

TUVOK: Inadvisable. The Prime Directive still applies. This transmission was made with primitive radio technology. They are not a warp capable civilisation.