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Neelix
- Neelix: Let me guess: you were whisked away from somewhere else in the galaxy and brought here against your will.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: It sounds as though you've heard this story before.
- Neelix: Sadly yes - thousands of times. Well, hundreds of times. Maybe fifty of times.
- Neelix: [introducing himself] Neelix. And since you're not interested in my debris, I'm delighted to know you!
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Captain Kathryn Janeway, of the Federation starship Voyager.
- Neelix: A very impressive title. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds very impressive.
- Neelix: [taking a bath] I wanna thank you for your hospitality. I must admit, I haven't had access to a food rebel... uh, replicator before.
- Tuvok: I'd never have guessed.
- Neelix: And to immerse myself in water. Oh, do you know what joy this is? No one around here wastes water in this manner. A good sand scrub, that's the best that we can hope for.
- Neelix: Whatever you need is what I have to offer. You need a guide - I'm your guide. You need supplies - I know where to procure them. I have friends among races you don't even know exist. You need a cook? Oh, you haven't lived until you've tasted my Angla'bosque! It will be my job to anticipate your needs before you know you have them. And I anticipate your first need... will be me!
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: We'd appreciate any help you could give us in finding these Ocampa.
- Neelix: I-I-I really wish that I could help you, I-I do. But as you can see, there's just... there's so much debris for me to investigate today. You'd be surprised the things of value some people abandon.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Of course, we'd want to compensate you for your trouble.
- Neelix: Ah. Well, there's really very little that you could offer me. Unless...
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Yes?
- Neelix: U-Unless, of course, you had... water?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: If you help us find our missing crew members, you can have all the water you want.
- Neelix: Well, that... that sounds like a very reasonable arrangement.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Good. We'll beam you over and tow your ship into our shuttle bay. Mr. Tuvok, go to transporter room 2 and meet our guest.
- Neelix: Beam?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: We have a technology which can take you instantly from your ship to ours. It's quite harmless. May we?
- Neelix: [experiencing transporter beaming for the first time] Astonishing! You federations are obviously an advanced culture.
- Neelix: The Caretaker has been bringing ships here for months now.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The Caretaker?
- Neelix: That's what the Ocampa call him. They live on the fifth planet. Did he kidnap members of your crew?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: As a matter of fact, he did.
- Neelix: It's not the first time.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Do you know where he might have taken them?
- Neelix: Just that they're brought to the Ocampa. Nothing more.
- Kes: I never should have gone to the surface. I'm too curious. I'm told it's my worst failing.
- Neelix: No. No. It's a wonderful quality; your most endearing.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Would you be willing to take us underground to look for our missing crew?
- Kes: I'm afraid Jabin was right. There's no way to get down. The tunnel I came out of has been sealed.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: We don't need a tunnel. We have the ability to transport there directly.
- Jabin: How can we help someone so powerful they can create water out of thin air?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [indicating Neelix] This man led us here suggesting we might find a people called the Ocampa. Do you know where they are?
- Jabin: Ocampa?
- [pointing to Kes]
- Jabin: She is Ocampa. Why would you be interested in such worthless creatures? They live only nine years. They make poor servants. We caught her when she wandered to the surface.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: To the surface? You mean they live underground?
- Jabin: The entity in space that gives them food and power also gives them sole access to the only water on this world; two miles below the surface.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: This same entity has abducted two of our people. We believe they might be with the Ocampa.
- Jabin: There's no way to get to them. We tried. The entity has established some kind of subterranean barrier we cannot penetrate.
- Chakotay: But she got out.
- Jabin: Occasionally, some of them do find their way to the surface. We don't know how. But the Ocampa seal the tunnels afterwards.
- Neelix: Maybe she can help these good people find a way down.
- Jabin: [laughing] You'd be wasting your time. I've used every method of persuasion I know to get her to help us. She won't!
- Neelix: Then she's worthless to you. Let us trade you water for this scrawny little thing.
- Jabin: I'd be more interested in acquiring this technology that allows you to create water from thin air.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: That would be difficult. It's integrated into our ship's systems.
- Tuvok: Captain, our sensors did not pick up any indication of an underground civilization. The subterranean barrier Jabin described may be responsible. It might also block our transporter.
- Kes: There are breaches in the security barrier where it's begun to decay. That's how I got out.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Have the transporter room begin a sweep for any breaches we might be able to beam through.
- [Tuvok nods and leaves]
- Neelix: Kes can tell you where to go, but now that she's free, we're leaving this system together.
- Kes: Neelix, these people rescued me.
- Neelix: I rescued you.
- Kes: With their help. It would be wrong not to help them now.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Do you know this area of space well, Mr. Neelix?
- Neelix: I am famous for knowing it well. How may I be of service?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Do you know anything about the array that's sending energy pulses to the fifth planet?
- Neelix: I know enough to stay as far away from it as possible.