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| wsTeleplayBy = [[Michael Taylor]] and [[Brannon Braga]] & [[Joe Menosky]]
 
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
=== Teaser ===
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===Teaser===
[[1484|Some time in the past]], the beauty of an enormous alien city is suddenly torn apart when [[torpedo]]es begin raining down on it, causing massive destruction everywhere. Below the chaos, a couple desperately tries to avoid falling debris and scramble into [[stasis pod]]s. They are set for five years, hoping that by then, the war will have ended.
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[[15th century|Some time in the past]], the beauty of an enormous alien city is suddenly torn apart when [[torpedo]]es begin raining down on it, causing massive destruction everywhere. Below the chaos, a couple desperately tries to avoid falling debris and scramble into [[stasis pod]]s. They are set for five years, hoping that by then, the war will have ended.
   
 
=== Act One ===
 
=== Act One ===
 
[[File:Turei.jpg|thumb|left|A Turei commander]]
 
[[File:Turei.jpg|thumb|left|A Turei commander]]
892 years later, the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}} is surprised when they find themselves pulled into a [[subspace corridor]] full of [[asteroid]]s, destroyed ships, and other debris. They sail along for five minutes before making contact with another vessel, belonging to the [[Turei]]. [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] states that they were pulled in by accident and are only looking for a way out. The Turei vessel assists ''Voyager'' by firing upon its [[shield generator]] which causes it to be thrown from the corridor. The Turei vessel also exits the corridor with ''Voyager''. The crew is amazed when [[Ensign]] [[Tom Paris]] reports that they have travelled over two hundred [[light year]]s since entering the corridor five minutes earlier. Janeway immediately asks the Turei vessel if they could negotiate passage through the subspace corridor, hoping to reach the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. However, not only do the Turei deny the request, but they demand that ''Voyager'' lowers its shields and prepare to be boarded - the Turei want to erase the evidence of the [[underspace corridor]] from ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[computer core]]. When Janeway refuses, the Turei open fire.
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892 years later, the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}} is surprised when they find themselves pulled into a [[subspace corridor]] full of [[asteroid]]s, destroyed ships, and other debris. They sail along for five minutes before making contact with another vessel, belonging to the [[Turei]]. [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] states that they were pulled in by accident and are only looking for a way out. The Turei vessel assists ''Voyager'' by firing upon its [[shield generator]] which causes it to be thrown from the corridor. The Turei vessel also exits the corridor with ''Voyager''. The crew is amazed when [[Ensign]] [[Tom Paris]] reports that they have traveled over two hundred [[light year]]s since entering the corridor five minutes earlier. Janeway immediately asks the Turei vessel if they could negotiate passage through the subspace corridor, hoping to reach the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. However, not only do the Turei deny the request, but they demand that ''Voyager'' lowers its shields and prepare to be boarded - the Turei want to erase the evidence of the [[underspace corridor]] from ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[computer core]]. When Janeway refuses, the Turei open fire.
   
To escape the firing ships, [[Seven of Nine]] identifies a nearby uninhabited [[planet]] with an atmosphere full of [[radiogenic particle]]s as an ideal hiding place, and Paris sets a course. ''Voyager'' enters the planet's atmosphere pursued by the attacking Turei ships, but as ''Voyager'' increases its descent vector the Turei retreat, unable to withstand the higher levels of radiation. When the [[viewscreen]] is activated the crew is surprised to see the remains of a metropolis situated on the surface - it then becomes apparent that the surface of the planet is suffering from a [[nuclear winter]], which [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]] confirms has lasted almost 900 years based on radioactive decay. ''Voyager'' lands in the middle of the city, and [[Tuvok]] reports that the [[radiation]] in the atmosphere is temporarily blocking ''Voyager'' from the Turei's [[sensor]]s but it will not be for long.
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To escape the firing ships, [[Seven of Nine]] identifies a nearby uninhabited [[planet]] with an atmosphere full of [[radiogenic particle]]s as an ideal hiding place, and Paris sets a course. ''Voyager'' enters the planet's atmosphere pursued by the attacking Turei ships, but as ''Voyager'' increases its descent vector the Turei retreat, unable to withstand the higher levels of radiation. When the [[viewscreen]] is activated the crew is surprised to see the remains of a metropolis situated on the surface - it then becomes apparent that the surface of the planet is suffering from a [[nuclear winter]], which [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]] confirms has lasted almost nine hundred years based on radioactive decay. ''Voyager'' lands in the middle of the city, and [[Tuvok]] reports that the [[radiation]] in the atmosphere is temporarily blocking ''Voyager'' from the Turei's [[sensor]]s but it will not be for long.
   
''Voyager'' lands in the center of the city and the Captain orders repairs begun. They then detect faint life signs underneath the city, and as they explore, they discover several stasis pods, some of which are still active. They [[beam]] down to an underground chamber that has been heavily reinforced in order to make it last indefinitely. As Janeway and Tuvok search a different part of the chamber, Seven examines the pods. Ignoring [[Starfleet]] procedure, [[Seven of Nine]] activates one of the stasis pods and awakens a man. The man is startled to hear that he was in stasis for nine hundred years. He asks to see his wife, [[Jisa]], but she did not survive the stasis.
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''Voyager'' lands in the center of the city and the captain orders repairs begun. They then detect faint [[life sign]]s underneath the city, and as they explore, they discover several stasis pods, some of which are still active. They [[beam]] down to an underground chamber that has been heavily reinforced in order to make it last indefinitely. As Janeway and Tuvok search a different part of the chamber, Seven examines the pods. Ignoring [[Starfleet]] procedure, [[Seven of Nine]] activates one of the stasis pods and awakens a man. The man is startled to hear that he was in stasis for nine hundred years. He asks to see his wife, [[Jisa]], but she did not survive the stasis.
   
 
=== Act Two ===
 
=== Act Two ===
The man awakes in ''Voyager'''s [[Sickbay]] where he is scanned by [[The Doctor]]. He identifies himself as [[Vaadwaur]], and recognizes Seven of Nine as [[Borg]] saying he's encountered them before. He indicates that the underspace corridors were previously held by the Vaadwaur, but it seems after centuries of inactivity they have been claimed by their rivals. There are thousands more stasis pods still active underground as well as preserved vehicles and [[fighter]]s. [[Gedrin]] expresses disappointment at his wife's lack of courage before entering stasis, the captain calls that "a bit heartless" but continues relations.
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The man awakes in ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[sickbay]] where he is scanned by [[The Doctor]]. He identifies himself as [[Vaadwaur]], and recognizes Seven of Nine as [[Borg]] saying he's encountered them before. He indicates that the underspace corridors were previously held by the Vaadwaur, but it seems after centuries of inactivity they have been claimed by their rivals. There are thousands more stasis pods still active underground as well as preserved vehicles and [[fighter]]s. [[Gedrin]] expresses disappointment at his wife's lack of courage before entering stasis, the captain calls that "a bit heartless" but continues relations.
[[File:Gedrin.jpg|thumb|Gedrin.]]
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[[File:Gedrin.jpg|thumb|Gedrin]]
When Gedrin meets [[Neelix]], he observes that he is [[Talax-ilzay]]. Neelix says that this was an ancient name of his people. He says that in his ancient tongue, the word ''vaadwaur'' means foolish. As Neelix attempts to apologize for calling the Vaadwaur foolish, a torpedo hits the city and [[red alert]] is activated.
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When Gedrin meets [[Neelix]], he observes that he is [[Talax-ilzay]]. Neelix says that this was an ancient name of his people. He says that in his [[Talaxian language|ancient tongue]], the word ''vaadwaur'' means foolish. As Neelix attempts to apologize for calling the Vaadwaur foolish, a [[torpedo]] hits the city and [[red alert]] is activated.
   
On the [[Bridge]], [[Chakotay]] reports that the Turei have found them. They cannot get an exact fix, but they can fire in the general area. Gedrin has a plan for a way to accurately target the Turei. If ''Voyager'' can uplink with a Vaadwaur Sentry satellite they will receive its [[sensor]] telemetry. Once they have access they return fire and disable the lead Turei ship. They cease their attack.
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On the [[bridge]], [[Chakotay]] reports that the Turei have found them. They cannot get an exact fix, but they can fire in the general area. Gedrin has a plan for a way to accurately target the Turei. If ''Voyager'' can uplink with a Vaadwaur sentry satellite they will receive its [[sensor]] telemetry. Once they have access they return fire and disable the lead Turei ship. They cease their attack.
   
''Voyager'' makes a deal with the Vaadwaur, the Vaadwaur get to escape and rebuild their civilization while ''Voyager'' can use the subspace corridors to get closer to [[Earth]]. Gedrin reveals a huge chamber filled with Vaadwaur fighters. Chakotay comments by saying "Dragon's Teeth." He says it is an ancient [[Greek]] myth: "''After a dragon was killed in a war, its teeth were spread out across the battlefield. They took root and warriors sprung from the ground to continue the fighting.''"
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''Voyager'' makes a deal with the Vaadwaur: the Vaadwaur get to escape and rebuild their civilization while ''Voyager'' can use the subspace corridors to get closer to [[Earth]]. Gedrin reveals a huge chamber filled with Vaadwaur fighters. Chakotay comments by saying "''dragon's teeth''." He says it is an ancient [[Greek]] myth: "''After a dragon was killed in a war, its teeth were spread out across the battlefield. They took root and warriors sprung from the ground to continue the fighting.''"
   
 
=== Act Three ===
 
=== Act Three ===
In [[Astrometrics]] the [[crew]] discusses their options with the Vaadwaur. They have memorized the subspace corridor layout, so they can plot ''Voyager'''s course, however there are eleven Turei ships in orbit. Morin is put in charge of reanimating the other Vaadwaur.
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In [[astrometrics]], the [[crew]] discusses their options with the Vaadwaur. They have memorized the subspace corridor layout, so they can plot ''Voyager''{{'}}s course, however there are eleven Turei ships in orbit. Morin is put in charge of reanimating the other Vaadwaur.
   
In her [[quarters]] [[Naomi Wildman]] plays with a doll sadly. Neelix enters to tuck her in. When he asks her about her experiences with the Vaadwaur children she says she doesn't like them. Apparently she witnessed them making fun of Neelix. He isn't very offended, but he doesn't continue telling her to play with them.
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In her [[quarters]], [[Naomi Wildman]] sadly plays with a doll. Neelix enters to tuck her in. When he asks her about her experiences with the Vaadwaur children she says she doesn't like them. Apparently she witnessed them making fun of Neelix. He isn't very offended, but he doesn't continue telling her to play with them.
   
 
Back in the underground chamber, [[B'Elanna Torres]] is helping the Vaadwaur make repairs. [[Morin]] says a [[Klingon]] phrase to her. It seems that they identify with the Klingon views of battle and honorable death. "''As children we are taught to fall asleep each night imagining a different way to die.''"
 
Back in the underground chamber, [[B'Elanna Torres]] is helping the Vaadwaur make repairs. [[Morin]] says a [[Klingon]] phrase to her. It seems that they identify with the Klingon views of battle and honorable death. "''As children we are taught to fall asleep each night imagining a different way to die.''"
   
Back in the [[mess hall]], Neelix reviews references to the word ''vaadwaur'' in [[Talaxian]] and other [[Delta Quadrant]] history. The earliest usages are in [[Eldaxon's Collected Folklore|''Eldaxon's Collected Folklore'']], Neelix begins to review the specifics. Meanwhile in Astrometrics, Seven and one of the Vaadwaur review possible planets to relocate the Vaadwaur to. He tells Seven, that the Borg only controlled a few systems 900 years ago.
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Back in the [[mess hall]], Neelix reviews references to the word ''vaadwaur'' in [[Talaxian]] and other [[Delta Quadrant]] history. The earliest usages are in ''[[Eldaxon's Collected Folklore]]'', Neelix begins to review the specifics. Meanwhile in astrometrics, Seven and one of the Vaadwaur review possible planets to relocate the Vaadwaur to. He tells Seven that the Borg only controlled a few systems nine hundred years ago.
   
In ''Voyager'''s [[Briefing room]], Tuvok reports a total of 21 Turei [[ship]]s on sensors. Tuvok's battle plan is pretty standard: ''Voyager'' will make a straightforward attack, while the Vaadwaur fighters make a surprise attack. [[Gaul]] requests [[photon torpedo]]es for their [[fighter]]s, but Janeway refuses because it goes against Starfleet protocols.
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In ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[briefing room]], Tuvok reports a total of twenty-one Turei [[ship]]s on sensors. Tuvok's battle plan is pretty standard: ''Voyager'' will make a straightforward attack, while the Vaadwaur fighters make a surprise attack. [[Gaul]] requests [[photon torpedo]]es for their [[fighter]]s, but Janeway refuses because it goes against Starfleet protocols.
   
 
Later in the Vaadwaur underground chamber, a few of them are discussing their plans. Unsatisfied with Captain Janeway's decisions, they plan to capture ''Voyager'' and use the ship's technology to rebuild their civilization and fight off the Turei. They plan to attack ''Voyager'' instead of the Turei.
 
Later in the Vaadwaur underground chamber, a few of them are discussing their plans. Unsatisfied with Captain Janeway's decisions, they plan to capture ''Voyager'' and use the ship's technology to rebuild their civilization and fight off the Turei. They plan to attack ''Voyager'' instead of the Turei.
   
 
=== Act Four ===
 
=== Act Four ===
In Astrometrics, Seven shows Gedrin a planet that may be suitable, but before they decide, Neelix summons her to [[cargo bay]] 2e. When she arrives, Neelix explains what he found while researching historical records that concern the Vaadwaur. The records describe a race who appeared out of nowhere, destroyed anything in its path, and then vanished - which could be explained by the Vaadwaur subspace corridors. Neelix convinces Seven to do additional research using her Borg knowledge.
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In astrometrics, Seven shows Gedrin a planet that may be suitable. Before they make their decision, however, Neelix summons Seven to [[Cargo Bay]] 2. When she arrives, Neelix explains what he found while researching historical records concerning the Vaadwaur. The records describe a race who appeared out of nowhere, destroyed everything in its path, and then vanished - which could be explained by the Vaadwaur subspace corridors. Neelix convinces Seven to do additional research, using her Borg knowledge.
   
 
Gedrin enters Captain Janeway's ready room, where she has called for him. She confronts Gedrin with the evidence uncovered by Neelix and Seven. "''If I were to take you at your word, the ancient Talaxians might call me Vaadwaur, foolish.''" Gedrin admits that his species did use the corridors to gain territory, but they were not a purely aggressive race. Although Janeway will go forward with the plan, she will not be as trusting as before.
 
Gedrin enters Captain Janeway's ready room, where she has called for him. She confronts Gedrin with the evidence uncovered by Neelix and Seven. "''If I were to take you at your word, the ancient Talaxians might call me Vaadwaur, foolish.''" Gedrin admits that his species did use the corridors to gain territory, but they were not a purely aggressive race. Although Janeway will go forward with the plan, she will not be as trusting as before.
   
On the Bridge, Janeway discusses the situation with Chakotay. They decide to alter the plan and she orders Ensign Kim to [[hail]] Gaul. She informs him that only ten of the Vaadwaur fighters will have their [[particle beam]]s remain active. Only ten will attack, so this should not be a problem, she explains. ''Voyager'' is ready for the ascent sequence, but the ship jolts when massive energy readings begin to emanate from the chamber. The Vaadwaur are launching the first wave of fighters -- seventeen ships. However, the ships are on an attack vector for ''Voyager''.
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On the Bridge, Janeway discusses the situation with Chakotay. They decide to alter the plan and she orders Ensign Kim to [[hail]] Gaul. She informs him that only ten of the Vaadwaur fighters will have their [[particle beam]]s remain active. Only ten will attack, so this should not be a problem, she explains. ''Voyager'' is ready for the ascent sequence, but the ship jolts when massive energy readings begin to emanate from the chamber. The Vaadwaur are launching the first wave of fighters – seventeen ships. The ships, however, are on an attack vector for ''Voyager''.
   
 
=== Act Five ===
 
=== Act Five ===
''Voyager'' begins to ascend from the surface, while firing a full spread of [[phaser]]s at the incoming fighters. They won't be able to jump to [[warp]] and escape until they are 280 [[kilometer]]s airborne. As ''Voyager'' continues to ascend, they disable some fighters, but thrusters and sensors are damaged. Janeway orders Kim to contact the Turei in [[orbit]]. They have been detecting the weapons fire, so they believe Janeway when she informs them of the Vaadwaur's presence. Now the Vaadwaur have another enemy to deal with.
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''Voyager'' begins to ascend from the surface while firing a full spread of [[phaser]]s at the incoming fighters. They won't be able to jump to [[warp]] and escape until they are 280 [[kilometer]]s above the surface. ''Voyager'' continues to ascend and the crew disables a number of the fighters, but ''Voyager''{{'}}s thrusters and sensors sustain damage. Janeway orders Kim to contact the Turei in [[orbit]]. Since the Turei already detected the weapons fire, they believe Janeway when she informs them of the Vaadwaur's presence. Now the Vaadwaur have another enemy to deal with.
   
When it begins to look hopeless, Gedrin offers to go to the surface to boost the signal to the satellite. He has seen the error in the aggressive ways of the Vaadwaur. Janeway allows him to leave, but she sends Tuvok with him. The Vaadwaur are taking mild damage, but it looks as if ''Voyager'' is heavily damaged. The Captain orders the crew to initiate emergency [[landing]] procedures.
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Just when the situation begins to look hopeless, Gedrin, realizing the error in the Vaadwaur's aggressive ways, offers to go to the surface and boost the signal to the satellite. Janeway allows him to leave, but sends Tuvok with him. The Vaadwaur inflict heavy damage on ''Voyager'', while taking little in return. Janeway orders the crew to initiate emergency [[landing]] procedures.
   
Suddenly, the tables turn, and the Vaadwaur are being bombarded by Turei torpedoes. Gedrin's work on the uplink has turned the tide, however, the uplink chamber with Gedrin and Tuvok in it is beginning to collapse. Gedrin tells Tuvok to save himself, as he gives his life to save ''Voyager''. The Captain comes up with a plan to take in particles from the radiogenic [[atmosphere]] in order to boost ''Voyager'''s dwindling power supply.
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Suddenly the tide turns, thanks to Gedrin's work on the uplink. Turei torpedoes pound the Vaadwaur. The uplink chamber with Gedrin and Tuvok inside, however, begins to collapse. Gedrin tells Tuvok to save himself, as he sacrifices his life to save ''Voyager''.
   
Thanks to the Captain's quick thinking, ''Voyager'' is able to go to warp and escape the conflict. Vaadwaur fighters are engaged in a violent battle with the Turei, however some of the fighters are able to escape into the subspace corridors. By Seven's astrometric readings about fifty Vaadwaur ships escaped into the corridors leading the Captain to surmise that they will likely encounter these ancient aggressors again.
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Janeway comes up with a plan to take in particles from the radiogenic [[atmosphere]] in order to boost ''Voyager''{{'}}s dwindling power supply. Thanks to her quick thinking, ''Voyager'' is able to go to warp and escape the conflict. While the Vaadwaur engage in a violent battle with the Turei, approximately fifty-three Vaadwaur fighters – according to Seven's astrometric readings – manage to escape into the subspace corridors. This leads the captain to surmise that ''Voyager'' and its crew will likely encounter these ancient aggressors again.
   
 
Seven expresses her guilt because she is essentially responsible for the Vaadwaur resurgence, but Janeway says she might have done the same thing.
 
Seven expresses her guilt because she is essentially responsible for the Vaadwaur resurgence, but Janeway says she might have done the same thing.
   
 
== Log Entries ==
 
== Log Entries ==
*''Captain's log, supplemental. We've revived nearly 200 of the Vaadwaur and we're moving forward with our unexpected alliance. ''
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*"''Captain's log, supplemental. We've revived nearly 200 of the Vaadwaur and we're moving forward with our unexpected alliance.''"
   
*''Captain's log, stardate 53167.9. After two days, there's been no sign of the Vaadwaur or the Turei. However, Seven of Nine has made an unsettling discovery. ''
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*"''Captain's log, stardate 53167.9. After two days, there's been no sign of the Vaadwaur or the Turei. However, Seven of Nine has made an unsettling discovery.''"
   
 
== Memorable quotes ==
 
== Memorable quotes ==
 
"''Can you find a way out?''"<br />
 
"''Can you find a way out?''"<br />
"''I don't now. There's hundreds of corridors. It's like a maze.''"<br />
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"''I don't know. There's hundreds of corridors. It's like a maze.''"<br />
 
"''Well, be a good rat and find us the cheese.''"<br />
 
"''Well, be a good rat and find us the cheese.''"<br />
 
: - '''Captain Janeway''' and '''Tom Paris'''
 
: - '''Captain Janeway''' and '''Tom Paris'''
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"''We don't know anything about this species - they could be hostile.''"<br />
 
"''We don't know anything about this species - they could be hostile.''"<br />
 
"''Most humanoid cultures are.''"<br />
 
"''Most humanoid cultures are.''"<br />
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: - '''Tuvok''' and '''Seven of Nine''', after Seven revives Gedrin from stasis
   
   
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"''I'd bring an umbrella.''"<br />''
 
"''I'd bring an umbrella.''"<br />''
 
: - '''Gedrin''' and '''Captain Janeway'''
 
: - '''Gedrin''' and '''Captain Janeway'''
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"''900 years is a long time to hold a grudge.''"
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"''I wanted to help revive a civilization, not start a war.''"
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: - '''Seven of Nine''', on the consequence of awakening the Vaadwaur
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"''I'm curious. Have you heard of us, the Vaadwaur?''"<br />
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"''Um, I'm afraid there aren't many records from that period. But 'vaadwaur' is a word in the Old Tongue; it means, er... 'foolish'.''"
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: - '''Gedrin''' and '''Neelix'''
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"''If we're going to be fighting side by side, I have to trust you. I need to be certain you don't have any ulterior motives.''"<br />
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"''Our only motive is survival.''"<br />
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"''If I were to take you at your word, the ancient Talaxians might call me 'vaadwaur' - foolish. That's what they came to call anyone who allowed themselves to be deceived by an enemy.''"
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: - '''Captain Janeway''' and '''Gedrin'''
   
 
== Background Information ==
 
== Background Information ==
* This episode was initially planned as a two-hour telemovie, but Braga and Menosky decided while writing Part One that it would work better as a single hour. By the time the compressed version of the script was finished, their opinions had turned around again - but it was too late to re-expand the story. (''Interview with [[Brannon Braga]], [[Star Trek Monthly issue 58]], {{y|1999}}'')
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* This episode was initially planned as a two-hour telemovie, but Braga and Menosky decided while writing part one that it would work better as a single hour. By the time the compressed version of the script was finished, their opinions had turned around again - but it was too late to re-expand the story. (''Interview with [[Brannon Braga]], [[Star Trek Monthly issue 58]], {{y|1999}}'')
* The visual effect for the subspace corridor was a redress of the [[quantum slipstream]] effect, except for a change in color and some added debris.
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* The visual effect for the subspace corridor was a redress of the [[quantum slipstream]] effect, except for a change in color and some added debris. {{incite}}
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* Janeway and Gedrin, while speaking in the ready room, are visually split by one of the rectangular lights, similar to the framing of a scene between Janeway and [[Tuvok]] in {{VOY|Caretaker}}, also directed by [[Winrich Kolbe]].
* Footage from this episode was later reused in the alternate opening theme for ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' used in the [[ENT Season 4|Season 4]] episodes {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}} and {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}.
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* Footage from this episode was later reused in the alternate opening theme for ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' used in the [[ENT Season 4|Season 4]] episodes {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}} and {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. Specifically, the attack on the Vaadwaur city in the teaser is reframed as a Terran ship firing on an alien world.
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* Although the final scene heavily implies the [[Vaadwaur]] would become a recurring antagonist to the crew, they would not appear again after this episode, apart from a brief encounter with a Vaadwaur ship in {{e|The Void}}.
   
 
=== Awards ===
 
=== Awards ===
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== Links and references ==
 
== Links and references ==
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=== Starring ===
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* [[Kate Mulgrew]] as [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]]
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=== Also starring ===
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* [[Robert Beltran]] as [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]]
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* [[Roxann Dawson]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[B'Elanna Torres]]
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* [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] as [[Ensign]] [[Tom Paris]]
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* [[Ethan Phillips]] as [[Neelix]]
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* [[Robert Picardo]] as [[The Doctor]]
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* [[Tim Russ]] as [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Tuvok]]
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* [[Jeri Ryan]] as [[Seven of Nine]]
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* [[Garrett Wang]] as [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]]
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=== Guest stars ===
 
=== Guest stars ===
 
*[[Jeff Allin]] as [[Gedrin]]
 
*[[Jeff Allin]] as [[Gedrin]]
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*[[Tarik Ergin]] as [[Ayala]]
 
*[[Tarik Ergin]] as [[Ayala]]
   
=== References ===
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===References===
[[1484]]; [[activation code]]; [[battalion]]; [[Betazoid]]; [[bio-pod]]; [[Borg]]; [[Borg Collective]]; [[cheese]]; [[conversion matrix]]; "[[The Demon with the Golden Voice]]"; [[Devore]]; [[Devore Imperium]]; [[dragon]]; [[dragon's teeth]]; ''[[Eldaxon's Collected Folklore]]''; [[G-type star]]; [[gamma radiation]]; [[geothermal energy]]; [[Greek myth]]; [[Grid 315]]; [[Grid 1421]]; [[isorem]]; [[Kahless]]; [[Klingonese]]; [[land vehicle]]; [[merchant]]; ''[[Mother Goose]]''; [[multifold]]; [[nebula]]; [[nuclear winter]]; [[Old Tongue]]; [[orbital bombardment]]; [[plasma bomb]]; [[particle cannon]]; [[parts per million]]; [[plasma charge]]; [[plasma manifold]]; [[power coupling]]; [[power relay]]; [[radiogenic decay]]; [[radiogenic particle]]; [[rat]]; [[reanimation sequence]]; [[resonance pulse]]; [[scientist]]; [[sentry satellite]]; [[shield harmonics]]; [[spatial intersect]]; [[stasis pod]]; [[subspace corridor]]; [[stratosphere]]; [[Talax-ilzay]]; [[Talaxia]]; [[Talaxian]]; "[[The Tale of the Bloody Hand]]"; "[[The Tale of the Boy Who Lost His Head]]"; "[[The Tale of the Deadly Stranger]]"; [[thermosphere]]; [[tritonium]]; [[trade route]]; [[Turei]]; [[Turei vessel]]; [[umbrella]]; [[underspace]]; [[Vaadwaur]]; [[Vaadwaur assault fighter]]; [[Vaadwaur]] [[sentry satellite]]; [[vulture]]; [[windstorm]]
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When Voyager seeks refuge from alien attackers on the surface of a devastated planet, they find a small group of people who have survived in suspended animation for almost nine hundred years.

Summary

Teaser

Some time in the past, the beauty of an enormous alien city is suddenly torn apart when torpedoes begin raining down on it, causing massive destruction everywhere. Below the chaos, a couple desperately tries to avoid falling debris and scramble into stasis pods. They are set for five years, hoping that by then, the war will have ended.

Act One

Turei

A Turei commander

892 years later, the crew of the USS Voyager is surprised when they find themselves pulled into a subspace corridor full of asteroids, destroyed ships, and other debris. They sail along for five minutes before making contact with another vessel, belonging to the Turei. Captain Janeway states that they were pulled in by accident and are only looking for a way out. The Turei vessel assists Voyager by firing upon its shield generator which causes it to be thrown from the corridor. The Turei vessel also exits the corridor with Voyager. The crew is amazed when Ensign Tom Paris reports that they have traveled over two hundred light years since entering the corridor five minutes earlier. Janeway immediately asks the Turei vessel if they could negotiate passage through the subspace corridor, hoping to reach the Alpha Quadrant. However, not only do the Turei deny the request, but they demand that Voyager lowers its shields and prepare to be boarded - the Turei want to erase the evidence of the underspace corridor from Voyager's computer core. When Janeway refuses, the Turei open fire.

To escape the firing ships, Seven of Nine identifies a nearby uninhabited planet with an atmosphere full of radiogenic particles as an ideal hiding place, and Paris sets a course. Voyager enters the planet's atmosphere pursued by the attacking Turei ships, but as Voyager increases its descent vector the Turei retreat, unable to withstand the higher levels of radiation. When the viewscreen is activated the crew is surprised to see the remains of a metropolis situated on the surface - it then becomes apparent that the surface of the planet is suffering from a nuclear winter, which Ensign Harry Kim confirms has lasted almost nine hundred years based on radioactive decay. Voyager lands in the middle of the city, and Tuvok reports that the radiation in the atmosphere is temporarily blocking Voyager from the Turei's sensors but it will not be for long.

Voyager lands in the center of the city and the captain orders repairs begun. They then detect faint life signs underneath the city, and as they explore, they discover several stasis pods, some of which are still active. They beam down to an underground chamber that has been heavily reinforced in order to make it last indefinitely. As Janeway and Tuvok search a different part of the chamber, Seven examines the pods. Ignoring Starfleet procedure, Seven of Nine activates one of the stasis pods and awakens a man. The man is startled to hear that he was in stasis for nine hundred years. He asks to see his wife, Jisa, but she did not survive the stasis.

Act Two

The man awakes in Voyager's sickbay where he is scanned by The Doctor. He identifies himself as Vaadwaur, and recognizes Seven of Nine as Borg saying he's encountered them before. He indicates that the underspace corridors were previously held by the Vaadwaur, but it seems after centuries of inactivity they have been claimed by their rivals. There are thousands more stasis pods still active underground as well as preserved vehicles and fighters. Gedrin expresses disappointment at his wife's lack of courage before entering stasis, the captain calls that "a bit heartless" but continues relations.

Gedrin

Gedrin

When Gedrin meets Neelix, he observes that he is Talax-ilzay. Neelix says that this was an ancient name of his people. He says that in his ancient tongue, the word vaadwaur means foolish. As Neelix attempts to apologize for calling the Vaadwaur foolish, a torpedo hits the city and red alert is activated.

On the bridge, Chakotay reports that the Turei have found them. They cannot get an exact fix, but they can fire in the general area. Gedrin has a plan for a way to accurately target the Turei. If Voyager can uplink with a Vaadwaur sentry satellite they will receive its sensor telemetry. Once they have access they return fire and disable the lead Turei ship. They cease their attack.

Voyager makes a deal with the Vaadwaur: the Vaadwaur get to escape and rebuild their civilization while Voyager can use the subspace corridors to get closer to Earth. Gedrin reveals a huge chamber filled with Vaadwaur fighters. Chakotay comments by saying "dragon's teeth." He says it is an ancient Greek myth: "After a dragon was killed in a war, its teeth were spread out across the battlefield. They took root and warriors sprung from the ground to continue the fighting."

Act Three

In astrometrics, the crew discusses their options with the Vaadwaur. They have memorized the subspace corridor layout, so they can plot Voyager's course, however there are eleven Turei ships in orbit. Morin is put in charge of reanimating the other Vaadwaur.

In her quarters, Naomi Wildman sadly plays with a doll. Neelix enters to tuck her in. When he asks her about her experiences with the Vaadwaur children she says she doesn't like them. Apparently she witnessed them making fun of Neelix. He isn't very offended, but he doesn't continue telling her to play with them.

Back in the underground chamber, B'Elanna Torres is helping the Vaadwaur make repairs. Morin says a Klingon phrase to her. It seems that they identify with the Klingon views of battle and honorable death. "As children we are taught to fall asleep each night imagining a different way to die."

Back in the mess hall, Neelix reviews references to the word vaadwaur in Talaxian and other Delta Quadrant history. The earliest usages are in Eldaxon's Collected Folklore, Neelix begins to review the specifics. Meanwhile in astrometrics, Seven and one of the Vaadwaur review possible planets to relocate the Vaadwaur to. He tells Seven that the Borg only controlled a few systems nine hundred years ago.

In Voyager's briefing room, Tuvok reports a total of twenty-one Turei ships on sensors. Tuvok's battle plan is pretty standard: Voyager will make a straightforward attack, while the Vaadwaur fighters make a surprise attack. Gaul requests photon torpedoes for their fighters, but Janeway refuses because it goes against Starfleet protocols.

Later in the Vaadwaur underground chamber, a few of them are discussing their plans. Unsatisfied with Captain Janeway's decisions, they plan to capture Voyager and use the ship's technology to rebuild their civilization and fight off the Turei. They plan to attack Voyager instead of the Turei.

Act Four

In astrometrics, Seven shows Gedrin a planet that may be suitable. Before they make their decision, however, Neelix summons Seven to Cargo Bay 2. When she arrives, Neelix explains what he found while researching historical records concerning the Vaadwaur. The records describe a race who appeared out of nowhere, destroyed everything in its path, and then vanished - which could be explained by the Vaadwaur subspace corridors. Neelix convinces Seven to do additional research, using her Borg knowledge.

Gedrin enters Captain Janeway's ready room, where she has called for him. She confronts Gedrin with the evidence uncovered by Neelix and Seven. "If I were to take you at your word, the ancient Talaxians might call me Vaadwaur, foolish." Gedrin admits that his species did use the corridors to gain territory, but they were not a purely aggressive race. Although Janeway will go forward with the plan, she will not be as trusting as before.

On the Bridge, Janeway discusses the situation with Chakotay. They decide to alter the plan and she orders Ensign Kim to hail Gaul. She informs him that only ten of the Vaadwaur fighters will have their particle beams remain active. Only ten will attack, so this should not be a problem, she explains. Voyager is ready for the ascent sequence, but the ship jolts when massive energy readings begin to emanate from the chamber. The Vaadwaur are launching the first wave of fighters – seventeen ships. The ships, however, are on an attack vector for Voyager.

Act Five

Voyager begins to ascend from the surface while firing a full spread of phasers at the incoming fighters. They won't be able to jump to warp and escape until they are 280 kilometers above the surface. Voyager continues to ascend and the crew disables a number of the fighters, but Voyager's thrusters and sensors sustain damage. Janeway orders Kim to contact the Turei in orbit. Since the Turei already detected the weapons fire, they believe Janeway when she informs them of the Vaadwaur's presence. Now the Vaadwaur have another enemy to deal with.

Just when the situation begins to look hopeless, Gedrin, realizing the error in the Vaadwaur's aggressive ways, offers to go to the surface and boost the signal to the satellite. Janeway allows him to leave, but sends Tuvok with him. The Vaadwaur inflict heavy damage on Voyager, while taking little in return. Janeway orders the crew to initiate emergency landing procedures.

Suddenly the tide turns, thanks to Gedrin's work on the uplink. Turei torpedoes pound the Vaadwaur. The uplink chamber with Gedrin and Tuvok inside, however, begins to collapse. Gedrin tells Tuvok to save himself, as he sacrifices his life to save Voyager.

Janeway comes up with a plan to take in particles from the radiogenic atmosphere in order to boost Voyager's dwindling power supply. Thanks to her quick thinking, Voyager is able to go to warp and escape the conflict. While the Vaadwaur engage in a violent battle with the Turei, approximately fifty-three Vaadwaur fighters – according to Seven's astrometric readings – manage to escape into the subspace corridors. This leads the captain to surmise that Voyager and its crew will likely encounter these ancient aggressors again.

Seven expresses her guilt because she is essentially responsible for the Vaadwaur resurgence, but Janeway says she might have done the same thing.

Log Entries

  • "Captain's log, supplemental. We've revived nearly 200 of the Vaadwaur and we're moving forward with our unexpected alliance."
  • "Captain's log, stardate 53167.9. After two days, there's been no sign of the Vaadwaur or the Turei. However, Seven of Nine has made an unsettling discovery."

Memorable quotes

"Can you find a way out?"
"I don't know. There's hundreds of corridors. It's like a maze."
"Well, be a good rat and find us the cheese."

- Captain Janeway and Tom Paris


"We don't know anything about this species - they could be hostile."
"Most humanoid cultures are."

- Tuvok and Seven of Nine, after Seven revives Gedrin from stasis


"When it rains, do you run from doorway to doorway, trying to stay dry, getting wet all the while? Or do you just accept the fact that it's raining and walk with dignity?"
"Rain's one thing. Plasma bombs are something else."
"But the principle is the same."
"I'd bring an umbrella."

- Gedrin and Captain Janeway


"900 years is a long time to hold a grudge."

- Janeway


"I wanted to help revive a civilization, not start a war."

- Seven of Nine, on the consequence of awakening the Vaadwaur


"I'm curious. Have you heard of us, the Vaadwaur?"
"Um, I'm afraid there aren't many records from that period. But 'vaadwaur' is a word in the Old Tongue; it means, er... 'foolish'."

- Gedrin and Neelix

"If we're going to be fighting side by side, I have to trust you. I need to be certain you don't have any ulterior motives."
"Our only motive is survival."
"If I were to take you at your word, the ancient Talaxians might call me 'vaadwaur' - foolish. That's what they came to call anyone who allowed themselves to be deceived by an enemy."

- Captain Janeway and Gedrin

Background Information

  • This episode was initially planned as a two-hour telemovie, but Braga and Menosky decided while writing part one that it would work better as a single hour. By the time the compressed version of the script was finished, their opinions had turned around again - but it was too late to re-expand the story. (Interview with Brannon Braga, Star Trek Monthly issue 58, 1999)
  • The visual effect for the subspace corridor was a redress of the quantum slipstream effect, except for a change in color and some added debris. (citation needededit)
  • Janeway and Gedrin, while speaking in the ready room, are visually split by one of the rectangular lights, similar to the framing of a scene between Janeway and Tuvok in VOY: "Caretaker", also directed by Winrich Kolbe.
  • Footage from this episode was later reused in the alternate opening theme for Star Trek: Enterprise used in the Season 4 episodes "In a Mirror, Darkly" and "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II". Specifically, the attack on the Vaadwaur city in the teaser is reframed as a Terran ship firing on an alien world.
  • Although the final scene heavily implies the Vaadwaur would become a recurring antagonist to the crew, they would not appear again after this episode, apart from a brief encounter with a Vaadwaur ship in "The Void".

Awards

  • This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series.

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References

1484; activation code; assimilation; battalion; Betazoid; bio-pod; Borg; Borg Collective; cheese; conversion matrix; Delta Quadrant; "The Demon with the Golden Voice"; Devore; Devore Imperium; dragon; dragon's teeth; Earth; Eldaxon's Collected Folklore; Federation; G-type star; gamma radiation; geothermal energy; Greek myth; Grid 315; Grid 1421; isorem; Kahless; kilometer; Klingons; Klingonese; land vehicle; maze; merchant; meter; Milky Way Galaxy; Mother Goose; multifold; nebula; nuclear winter; Old Tongue; orbital bombardment; particle cannon; parts per million; plasma bomb; plasma charge; plasma manifold; power coupling; power relay; radiogenic decay; radiogenic particle; rat; reanimation sequence; red alert; resonance pulse; scientist; sentry satellite; shield harmonics; spatial intersect; stasis pod; subspace corridor; stratosphere; Talax-ilzay; Talaxia; Talaxian; Talaxian language; "The Tale of the Bloody Hand"; "The Tale of the Boy Who Lost His Head"; "The Tale of the Deadly Stranger"; thermosphere; tritonium; trade route; Turei; Turei vessel; umbrella; underspace; Vaadwaur; Vaadwaur assault fighter; Vaadwaur sentry satellite; vulture; windstorm

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