Prey Line-by-Line

[Rocky6]

JANEWAY: Seven, what you call a threat, I call an opportunity to gain knowledge about this species. And in this case, maybe even show some compassion. There seems to be a wounded pilot over there.

 

[Oddish]

SEVEN: "Our experience with the Hirogen indicates that compassion would not be reciprocated."

 

[Orac]

Janeway: And all of my experience says we've got to take that chance anyway. Commander.

 

[Rocky6]

CHAKOTAY: Tuvok, Paris, you're with me.

 

[Athena28]

[Hirogen ship]

PARIS: Looks like there was a fight.

 

[Orac]

Chakotay: Search for the lifesigns.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

(Chakotay sees an alien skeleton hanging in a net, and the wall of trophies and weapons that should remind him of the Kazon. Then he comes upon a large, transparent, bubbling vat.)

TUVOK: Commander.

 

[Rocky6]

CHAKOTAY: I'm reading bones, muscle tissue, from at least nine different species. It's all being broken down by some sort of enzyme.

 

[May 20]

TUVOK: Perhaps this is their method of denaturating their prey.

 

[Rocky6]

CHAKOTAY: Either that or it's dinner.

 

[May 20]

PARIS: Looks like somebody lost their helmet. Urgh!
(Paris has discovered that the helmet is still occupied by the head of the Hunter, and dropped it.)
PARIS: Commander. I'm not picking up any weapon residuals. I'd say he was physically torn apart.

 

[Orac]

Chakotay: I'm picking up the lifesigns. This way.

 

[Rocky6]

CHAKOTAY: Massive internal bleeding. Let's get him to Sickbay.

 

[Orac]

Chakotay: The data we downloaded from the ship's computer included navigational records. Can you give us a map of this region?

 

[Oddish]

TUVOK: "The is the Hirogen vessel's flightpath over the past five years."

 

[May 20]

JANEWAY: They've certainly covered a lot of space.

 

[Rocky6]

TUVOK: This ship alone has visited over ninety star systems in the last year

 

[Orac]

Chakotay: I analysed some of their logs. From what I can tell, this is a hunting species. We saw the skeletal remains from dozens of alien races displayed like trophies. There was also evidence they may be using some of their victims for food. The entire culture seems to be based on the hunt. Social rituals, art, religious beliefs. They're nomadic. Their existence is driven by the pursuit of prey and it's carried them across huge distances.

 

[May 20]

TUVOK: There is no evidence of a home planet. Their ships travel alone or in small groups. On occasion, several will join forces in a multi-pronged attack.

 

[Rocky6]

CHAKOTAY: Like wolves.