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Repentance
Captain Janeway hails
a ship which has sent out a distress call. There are 11 life
signs aboard however the ship is leaking plasma. They are
beamed aboard moments before the ship is destroyed. It turns
out the ship is full of dangerous criminals who are being
taken to a planet to be executed.
One criminal seizes Seven
of Nine and threatens to cut her troath with a knife he
grabbed afer being beamed directly to sick bay. Seven breaks
free and the criminal grabs the
Doctor although, being a hologram he easily slips from
his grasp.
The head Nigean guard explains about the prison ship and
how they are all dangerous murders, most on several charges.
Janeway agrees to take the prisoners back to their homeworld
for their execution.
Tuvok converts a cargo
bay into temperory prison cells using bulkheads and forcefields
which the prisoners are held in. Neelix
brings food down to the cargo bay and although the head guard
says they do not deserve a meal, Federation protocal overrides
him and Neelix gives out the good.
The doctor makes his feelings about the death penelty clear
to Seven. Seven is objective however the Doctor beleives killing
is always wrong, "no matter who is doing it."
The prisoners are wrestless and Icho who starts to get angry
threatens the head guards children. The Nigean guards go in
to 'dicipline' him however the Federation guards soon put
a stop to the assault.
Captain Janeway is angry and bans the Nigean security guards
from going into the cargo bay until they arrive at the aliens
homeworld. She then puts Tuvok in charge of the prisoners
although the head guard warns that the men are very dangerous
and Tuvok may not be qualified to deal with them. Janeway
ignores him.
Icho is badly injoured after the assault and the Doctor convinces
Seven to use nanoprobes to save his life by forming new bio
paths. Seven beleives it is inefficent to save someones life
who is on their way to be killed but agrees anyway.
Neelix arrives in the cargo bay and learns the aliens only
usually get one meal per day at best. The prisoner tells him
that his race, the Bencarens, are always blaimed in this sector
and he was arrested because he was near the murder when it
happened though he is actually inocent. Neelix belevies him
although when he tells Tom
and B'Elanna about
it in the mess hall they say he is being a soft touch.
Icho gets stomach pains in sick bay. The Doctor suggests
that is is guilt however Icho beleives it is caused by the
nanoprobes inserted into him. He askes the Doctor to take
the nanoprobes out despite the fact he could die.
Icho asks Seven to stay and talk to him. He mentiones stars
and how he used to gaze at them as a child and the constellations
he found. Seven tells him she has catelogued many stars.
Back in the cargo bay Neelix is playing the Bencaren prisoner
at a game and discussing his sentence. He explains how the
family gets to pick the sentence and asks Neelix to transmit
a letter to his brother. Neelix agree's.
In sick bay Seven arrives to give Icho an astrometric log.
He says he wants to look at the stars as the data is just
'words and numbers.' Seven says she will bring him a star
chart after her next shift. Icho tells Seven he hurt people
and deserves to die.
The Doctor notices that before the nanoprobes, Icho's physological
equvielent of a conscience was disconnected however the nanoprobes
created new pathways and activated his conscience. The Doctor
and Seven suggest to the head guard that Icho's case be re-examined.
The head guard tries to stop it but Janeway asks him to help
Tuvok to write an appeal.
Icho does not want to appeal as he beleives he deserves to
die. Seven tells him about how she installed borg technology
on others after knowing how much it hurt her, and how she
feels bad about it. Icho askes to be put back in his cell.
Later when Neelix returns to the cells with another meal,
Icho requests that his food be given to another prisoner who
he took food from many times in the past. Neelix does as he
requests.
The family refuse to even look at the appeal for Icho's case
and Captain Janeway accepts this. Seven however is angry and
says she wants to give him the same chance that Captain Janeway
gave her when she was recused from the Borg. Janeway thinks
Seven is still trying to attone for her actions as a Borg.
Voyager is then attacked by an alien vessel. It knocks out
the power on decks 8 through 10 and the prisoners get out
of their sells and take out the star fleet security in the
cargo bay.
Tuvok leads a security team to stop the prisoners while the
alien ship attempts to beam the Bencaren aliens off Voyager.
Captain Janeway orders the ships transporters to be taken
out, a direct hit on them is scored and the ship retreats.
The head Nigean guard is taken hostage by 2 of the escaped
prisoners who demand a shuttle in 5 minutes to stop them killing
him. They retreat to the cargo bay and attempt to seal the
door.
One of the prisoners is about to kill him when Ich, who had
remained in his cell, claims the guard as his to kill. Icho
is about to shoot the guard when he flips the phaser round
and hands it to the Nigean who takes out the 2 escaped prisoners.
After this event the head Nigean guard uses his influence
to get the family to listen to Icho's appeal. Icho speaks
to them from Voyager's bridge. Meanwhile Neelix speaks to
the prisoner who he was friends with. Neelix tells him he
knows the letter sent to his brother causes the attack and
that he threatened to kill somebody when they broke out. The
prisoner asks Neelix do get the Doctor to cure him so he can
appeal but Neelix refuses to help him again.
Icho goes to astrometrics with Seven to look at constelations.
Seven offers to try and find Icho a place in Voyager's crew
although Icho has doubts about how useful he would be. Captain
Janeway arrives and tells Icho that the appeal has been denied
by the family.
Later Janeway goes to talk to Seven who has been working
solidly for the last 22 hours at least. Seven beleives she
should be punished for what she has done as a Borg. Janeway
tells her "they took 20 years of your life. I would say
that is punishment enough."
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