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The Doctor is disappointed because
he wanted to travel with the Away Team to an unknown planet. He
therefore files a formal complaint with Captain Janeway
regarding poor treatment by the crew. He also requests to be
made Emergency Command Hologram, or the new Captain, in the
event of a catastrophic emergency. However, Janeway tells him
that it just isn't possible.
In one of his daydreams, the
Voyager crew is sitting in a meeting when Torres begins to rub
her foot up the Doctor's leg. In the next daydream sequence, the
Doctor walks into a party celebrating his promotion as Emergency
Command Hologram.
In the meantime, an alien vessel tries to access Voyager's
internal sensors. However, they are unable to get past its
security encryption. One of the aliens named Phlox discovers
that the Doctor is a computer program and he is able to watch
everything that the Doctor is experiencing on Voyager, including
his daydreams. Phlox discovers that Voyager is a lost vessel
that is not from the Delta Quadrant.
In the Doctor's next dream, Voyager is attacked by Borg. Tuvok
and Chakotay begin to sprout Borg implants and Captain Janeway
is killed by the attack. The Doctor immediately takes control
and tells the computer to activate the Emergency Command
Hologram. The Doctor's uniform magically changes to a command
style. The new Captain orders the release of his imaginary
"photonic cannon," which destroys the Borg sphere.
Phlox still doesn't know that what he is witnessing is only
taking place in the Doctor's imagination. The aliens think that
Captain Janeway was killed in the attack and that the hologram
is now in command of the vessel. They begin to plan their
attack.
The Doctor tells Kim, Seven of Nine and Torres that he is having
cognitive projections or daydreams. However, because his
algorithms are malfunctioning, he is daydreaming whether he
wants to or not. As a result, he is randomly jumping from one
daydream to the next.
The crew is able to watch what the Doctor is experiencing.
Captain Janeway is amazed when she sees the Doctor take command
of Voyager. Meanwhile, Phlox realizes that he was only watching
the Doctor's daydreams. He is afraid to tell his superiors
because they don't tolerate mistakes very easily. Because Phlox
feels that he has gotten to know the Doctor, he decides to
transmit a simulacrum of himself into the Doctor's program and
warn Voyager of the alien attack.
In return for warning Voyager of the attack, Phlox asks the
Doctor to pose as the Captain in order to trick his commanders.
When Voyager is hailed by the alien vessel, Captain Janeway
tells the Doctor what to say by remote. Just as the alien vessel
orders a type-four assault, the Doctor instructs Chakotay to
activate Voyager's phony "photonic cannon." Phlox reminds his
commanders how the "photonic cannon" easily destroyed the Borg.
As a result, the alien vessel retreats. |
