Scientific Method Line-By-Line

[sekundant]

TUVOK: I'ill attempt to modify the internal sensors to detect the aliens.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

JANEWAY: Good. Keep me informed.

(Tuvok and Seven leave.)

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: Who are you? And what the hell are you doing to my crew?

 

[May 20]

ALZEN: My team has been observing you and conducting tests.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: Tests? I'd call them mutilations.

 

[sekundant]

ALZEN: I can understand why you're angry. I don't like causing people to suffer, but sometimes it's a necessary part of my work.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: What kind of work is that?

 

[May 20]

ALZEN: Medical research. We're scientists, like you.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: From where I stand you're a hostile invasion force. I want to know how long you've been here and exactly what you've been doing to us.

 

[sekundant]

ALZEN: I can't answer those questions. It's a breach of protocol for me to be speaking to you at all.

 

[Catarina]

Janeway: Oh how convenient. That way you don't have to face your victims.

(Did I get it? I tried from memory this time)

 

[JanewayRulz!]

(You got it)

ALZEN: Captain, please. You're exaggerating the situation. Our techniques are as benign as we can make them.



(For people without Catarina's memory http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/406.htm )

 

[May 20]

JANEWAY: What I've been through for the last few days certainly hasn't felt benign.

 

[Athena28]

ALZEN: Please understand that there's a purpose to our actions. The data we gather from you may help us cure physical and psychological disorders that afflict millions. Isn't that worth some discomfort?

 

[Kertrats47]

JANEWAY: I'm sure you'd see things differently if your people were the ones being subjected to these "experiments."

 

[May 20]

ALZEN: Just as your perspective would change if your people were the ones to live longer and healthier lives as a result. Don't forget, we've been observing you, Captain. I know the most important thing to you is the welfare of your crew. You'd even kill to protect them.

 

[Kertrats47]

JANEWAY: If necessary.

 

[May 20]

ALZEN: Of course you would. You take care of your own, just as we do. We're really more similar than you care to admit.

 

[Kertrats47]

JANEWAY: That's where you're wrong.
(Janeway lowers the forcefield and steps into the cell.)
JANEWAY: What you're doing isn't self-defense: it's the exploitation of another species for your own benefit. My people decided a long time ago that that was unacceptable, even in the name of scientific progress.

 

[May 20]

ALZEN: You're a remarkably strong-willed individual. I've been very impressed by your self-control over the past several weeks. We've been increasing your dopamine levels, stimulating various aggressive impulses to test your behavioural restraints. There's been a great difference of opinion about how much more strain you can bear.