JANEWAY: Mister Paris, get us out of here. Maximum warp!
"Scorpion" Line-by-Line
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PARIS: The alien ship is not pursuing.
KES: I could hear its thoughts. The pilot of the bio-ship was trying to communicate with me. They're a telepathic species. I've been aware of them for some time now. The premonitions. Captain, it's not the Borg that we should be worried about, it's them.
JANEWAY: What did it say to you?
KES: It said, the weak will perish.
Captains Log Stardate 50984.3 It's been 12 hours since our confrontation with the Alien Life Form. There's no sign we're being pursued and we've had no further encounters with The Borg. I've decided to hold our course. The Northwest passage is only one day away and I won't allow fear to undermine this crew's sense of purpose. Even if that fear is justified.
EMH: The infection is spreading. What began with a few stray cells contaminating the chest wound is now infusing every system in his body.
EMH: Not exactly. The alien cells are consuming his body from the inside out. In essence, Mister Kim is being eaten alive.
JANEWAY: He's still conscious, Doctor
EMH: I tried giving him a sedative, but it was rejected immediately. In fact, every treatment I've tried has been neutralised within seconds. These are alien cells. Each one contains more than a hundred times the DNA of a human cell. It's the most densely coded life form I've ever seen. Even I would need years to decipher it.
EMH: Resistance in this case is far from futile. Nevertheless, I believe Borg technology holds the key to saving Mister Kim.
EMH: I hope to unleash an army of modified Borg nanoprobes into his bloodstream, designed to target and eradicate the infection. As you know, I've been analysing the nanoprobes. They're efficient little assimilators, one can't help but admire the workmanship, but they're no match for the alien cells. So I successfully dissected a nanoprobe and managed to access its re-coding mechanism. I reprogrammed the probe to emit the same electrochemical signatures as the alien cells. That way, the probe can do its work without being detected. Observe. The alien cells are completely oblivious to the probe until it's too late. Unfortunately, I've only created a few prototypes. I'll need several days to modify enough nanoprobes to cure Ensign Kim.
EMH: I wish I knew.
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