"The Voyager Conspiracy" Line by Line

[Enterprise1981]

(Enter Torres and Seven of Nine)

TORRES: Captain, I need permission to shut down the sensor grid. Seven thinks a couple of insects are disrupting the power flow.

 

[Athena28]

SEVEN: A mating pair of photonic fleas, to be more accurate, and possibly their offspring.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: And how did you arrive at this theory?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

SEVEN: Last night, I downloaded six months of ship status reports into my new cortical subunit while I was regenerating.

 

[Athena28]

PARIS: Learn while you sleep. I tried that once, gave me a headache.

 

[BlueStuff]

JANEWAY: Go on.

 

[Athena28]

SEVEN: Eight weeks ago, an away team encountered a Kartelan freighter carrying supplies from sector four nine two, a territory that included a former Talaxian colony. Mister Neelix used the opportunity to acquire twelve kilograms of amber spice, a delicacy among his people.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: Go on.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

TORRES: What does that have to do with the sensor grid?

 

[Enterprise1981]

SEVEN: On the same day Ensign Kim was repairing a replicator in the Mess hall.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

KIM: I remember that. Neelix told me to stick around and try something he was cooking.

 

[Athena28]

SEVEN: No doubt made with the amber spice which contained the larvae of the photonic fleas.

 

[Enterprise1981]

TORRES: How could you possibly know that?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

SEVEN: Because I also downloaded data regarding their life cycles. The larvae flew out of the spice jar in search of their primary source of nourishment, plasma particles. The conduits within the nearby sensor grid contain an unlimited supply of these particles. Ensign Kim had unwittingly given the creatures access by exposing the grid. The now mature creatures periodically tap into the conduit for nourishment. When they do, the sensor emitters momentarily lose their resolution.

 

[Enterprise1981]

TUVOK: A logical, though highly speculative, analysis.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Jefferies tube]

Janeway, Torres and Seven are investigating Seven's theory in the Jefferies tube junction.

They find said fleas.

JANEWAY: Let's find a more suitable home for them.

 

[Admiral Shran]

[Bridge]

KIM: I'm picking up graviton fluctuations.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: Take us out of warp. On screen.

 

[BlueStuff]

PARIS: Anybody want to hazard a guess?

 

[Enterprise1981]

TUVOK: They are hailing us.