"Caretaker" Line-by-Line

[Alienesse]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: Neelix. And since you're not interested in my debris, well, I'm delighted to know you.

 

[BlueStuff]

JANEWAY: Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship Voyager.

 

[Alienesse]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: A very impressive title. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds very impressive.

 

[BlueStuff]

JANEWAY: Do you know this area of space well, Mister Neelix?

 

[Alienesse]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: I am famous for knowing it well. How may I be of service?

 

[BlueStuff]

JANEWAY: Do you know anything about the array that's sending energy pulses to the fifth planet?

 

[Alienesse]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: I know enough to stay as far away from it as possible. Wait. Let me guess. You were whisked away from somewhere else in the galaxy, and brought here against your will.

 

[BlueStuff]

JANEWAY: Sounds as though you've heard this story before.

 

[Alienesse]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: Sadly, yes. Thousands of times. Well, hundreds of times. Maybe fifty times. But the Caretaker has been bringing ships here for months now.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: The Caretaker?

 

[BlueStuff]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: That's what the Ocampa call him. They live on the fifth planet. Did he kidnap members of your crew?

 

[Alienesse]

JANEWAY: As a matter of fact, he did.

 

[BlueStuff]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: It's not the first time.

 

[Alienesse]

JANEWAY: Do you know where he might have taken them?

 

[BlueStuff]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: Just that they're brought to the Ocampa. Nothing more.

 

[Alienesse]

JANEWAY: We'd appreciate any help you could give us in finding these Ocampa.

 

[BlueStuff]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: I really wish that I could help you, I do, but as you can see, there's just there's so much debris for me to investigate today. You'd be surprised the things of value some people abandon.

 

[Alienesse]

JANEWAY: Of course, we'd want to compensate you for your trouble.

 

[BlueStuff]

NEELIX [on viewscreen]: Well, there's really very little that you could offer me. Unless..

 

[Alienesse]

JANEWAY: Yes?