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Even though World War II is being
waged throughout the ship, the Hirogen leader is unwilling to
destroy the holodeck technology. He insists that Janeway be
found and brought to him. Meanwhile, she and Seven of Nine
continue to pretend to be part of the simulation and gather with
the rest of the French Resistance — Tuvok, Torres and two
American soldiers, Chakotay and Paris. They concoct a plan that
will allow Janeway access to the neural interfacers in the ship,
which the rest of the crew still thinks is an advanced munitions
laboratory.
After she and Chakotay access a
Klingon simulation, Janeway summons the Doctor. The neural
interfacers are controlled from sickbay, so she plans to set
charges that will blow out the console. Since Voyager's safety
shields are off-line, the holographic charges will work. Once
Chakotay sets the explosive, Janeway overtakes the Hirogen
guard. She accesses the interfacers, but a Hirogen suddenly
breaks in. As she escapes, sickbay explodes, deactivating the
crew's devices.
When Janeway is brought to the Hirogen leader, he explains to
her his desire for the holodecks. If his species can hunt
holographic prey, they will not be scattered across the quadrant
and can work on rebuilding. Janeway offers to give him the
technology to build holodecks if he agrees to evacuate his
troops and restore Voyager. The leader orders his hunters to
call a cease-fire in the simulation, but one of the Nazi
soldiers talks a bloodthirsty Hirogen into ignoring his
superior.
As the battle still rages on, Neelix and the Doctor recruit
Klingons from their holodeck to help in the fighting. Meanwhile,
Janeway works with Kim to overload the holo-emitter network,
which will shut down the simulations. Suddenly, the Hirogen
officer storms in and kills his leader. Instead of shooting
Janeway right there, he tells her to run so he can hunt her.
With German troops surrounding them, Seven works to modify an
explosive, which will give off a photonic burst that disrupts
holographic activity in a small area. Just as the Nazis overtake
the simulated battle, Klingons attack. Waging her own war
against the Hirogen chasing her, Janeway comes across the damage
caused by Seven's explosive. She lures him into the area, and
his holographic gun disappears. Janeway then becomes the hunter,
killing him as the holo-emitters overload and the simulation
ends. A truce is negotiated with the remaining Hirogen, and they
leave with their own holodeck technology. |
