The Killing Game, Part II (episode)
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| "The Killing Game, Part II" | ||
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| VOY, Episode 4x19 Production number: 187 First aired: 4 March 1998 | ||
| ← | 86th of 168 produced in VOY | → |
| ← | 86th of 168 released in VOY | → |
| ← | 510th of 726 released in all | → |
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| Written By Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky Directed By Victor Lobl | ||
| 51715.2 (2374) | ||
| ← | Arc: The Killing Game (2 of 3) | → |
With half the Voyager crew trapped in a deadly simulation staged by the Hirogen, Captain Janeway must find a way to retake the ship.
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[edit] Summary
This is Part II of a two part episode. See Part I for the initial story.
As the holo-Nazis continue to pour out of the World War II simulation into the ship which itself has been turned into one huge holodeck, Captain Janeway and Seven fight their way to astrometrics. They use the sensors to find the location of the remaining crew members and the Hirogen. The neural interfaces are controlled out of sickbay and without disabling them, they cannot get the crew back. Sickbay, however, is heavily guarded and they need help. They realize that the only allies they have in the simulation are the French Resistance and Americans.
Harry Kim informs the Hirogen about the extent to which this simulation has gotten out of control. In order to stop it and bring it under control, he suggests they allow him to go to engineering and initiate a power-surge across the holo-emitter network. But the Hirogen does not allow him to do so out of fear that it would destroy both holodecks - he wants that technology preserved. Turanj suggests just killing the prey and moving on, but Karr wants to preserve the technology and not jeopardize the ship's resources.
In the World War II simulation, Miller and Davis (Chakotay and Tom Paris) as well as the members of the French Resistance try to make sense of the situation. They believe that all the technology they see is some sort of secret laboratory designed to make a secret weapon. Miller and Davis take charge and decide to disable it and use the cafe as the command post. Brigitte (B'Elanna Torres) is asked to help the Americans locate the weapons they have been hiding across town.
Crawling through the Jefferies tube, Janeway and Seven sneak back into the simulation to get assistance. Janeway persuades Captain Miller to attack "a generator" that powers the entire complex. With their help she will be able to set off some explosives. Right after they go through the "escape tunnel" – out of the holodeck and thus WWII simulation– the cafe is attacked by the Nazis.
The Doctor, meanwhile, is being forced to treat more and more wounded sent in by the Hirogen. But when he refuses to make a Hirogen, whose injuries are minor compared to someone with massive internal injuries, his priority, he gets deactivated. Turanj gives orders to ignore the wounded prey and tend only to their own.
In the Klingon simulation, Neelix is drunk and thoroughly enjoying his time when Janeway enters his program. While Captain Miller keeps them distracted and is quite confused, Janeway gets the Doctor running again, and learns from him that the only way to disable the neural interfaces is through the surgical console in sickbay. Since they don't have time, Janeway suggests they access the Jefferies tube that runs under that deck, set a few charges and just blow up the consoles. She and Captain Miller begin heading to the Jefferies tube under sickbay and the Doctor is left to keep the Klingons company.
When Janeway and Miller arrive at the Jefferies tube under engineering, they discover a level 9 force field around the console. She asks Miller to set the detonator for five minutes and makes her way to sickbay. She gets the Hirogen medic to leave with the threat of being killed, and disables the force field as enemy troops begin to converge on it. She narrowly escapes, and when the bomb goes off, everyone's neural interfaces are finally disabled.
The Germans, who have gotten into the chateau, hold Tuvok, B'Elanna, Tom, and Seven as hostages. One of the Nazis engages Torres in a conversation, provoking her and almost shooting Tom for coming to her defense when he hits her. In the meanwhile in the Klingon simulation, Neelix and the Doctor are forced to engage in yet another battle.
Janeway is brought into the ready room to see Karr. He tells her that her intend to seize the vessel was inventive but that it is over now. He asks her to help him shut down the simulations and repair the holodecks. Janeway, however, states that she'd rather destroy the ship than surrender it. He continues threatening her but in avail. He tells her that this is not merely a game but his attempt to create a future for his people for they are hunting themselves into extinction. He believes that Voyager's holodeck technology offers them an alternative, a new way of life, instead of scattering themselves across the quadrant in pursuit of prey, they could simulate the hunt and concentrate on building their civilization anew. He tells Janeway how much he admires the human race which has faced extinction many times, but still managed to avoid it. He admires humanity for its resilience. She finds his reasons noble, if his methods brutal, and agrees to give them the technology if he calls a cease-fire.
Unfortunately, that is easier said than done. When Turanj gets orders from Karr to call a seize-fire, he is rather upset. Additionally, the holographic Nazi refuses to let this end, believing that they are surrendering a battle they are winning, that they are "negotiating with inferior forms of life". Turanj agrees with his "we must be faithful to who we are" speech and manipulations, albeit in a different context, and attempts to attack the retreating Allied troops.
Meanwhile, The Doctor and Neelix are still in the Klingon simulation, watching the half-drunk Klingons eat. They realize that even in their half-drunken state, Klingons still make great warriors. They believe that they would make excellent warriors in the other simulation as well and would certainly be able to hold off the small band of Nazis attacking the Allies' position.
Just as the holodecks are about to be charged for the overload in order to put an end to these simulations, Turanj shows up and shoots Karr with a German rifle. He then tells Janeway, his prey, to run. With her injured leg she can't move as fast as he can. However, she finds an area where the holoemitters do not reach, gets him to move his weapon into it, and then knocks him down, seizing his weapon. Janeway asks him to tell his hunters to stand down, but he attacks her and she shoots him.
While Chakotay, Paris, Tuvok, Seven, Neelix, B'Elanna, the Doctor and the Klingons are in the WWII simulation engaged in a heated battle with the Nazis, the hologrid finally overloads, and the simulation ends.
- "Captain's log, stardate 51715.2. The damage to Voyager has been extreme. Both sides have taken heavy casualties, and it's clear that no-one is going to win this conflict. The fighting has reached a standstill and the remaining Hirogen have agreed to negotiate a truce."
Janeway, after lots of diplomacy, gives the remaining Hirogen an optronic data core they can use to create holodeck technology on their own vessels; she made a promise to their leader, she says, and she intends to keep that promise. She tells them to accept this "trophy" to create a new future for their own people. Somewhat reluctantly they accept and leave...
[edit] Memorable Quotes
"You don't know what's at stake here."
"I know what's at stake: your sick little game."
"This is not a game!"
- - The Alpha Hirogen and Captain Janeway
"We're about to enter some caves that run under the town."
"Caves?"
"We're going to meet our contact there. I should warn you. There are eccentric people who live in the caves, but don't be alarmed."
- - Captain Janeway to Commander Chakotay referring to Klingons
"San- roH t'patoH- cha!"
"I guess my French is a little rusty."
- - Neelix(Klingon) and Commander Chakotay to Captain Janeway
"I'll contact you when I've disabled the rest of the interfaces. In the meantime, stay here."
"With the Klingons?"
"Believe me, it's peaceful compared to Sainte Claire."
- - Captain Janeway and The Doctor
"So, what do you think, boy or girl?"
"It's a holographic projection."
"Unfortunately it's a very good projection. I feel twenty kilos heavier. It even kicks."
"I don’t recognize this simulation."
"I do. They're Nazis, totalitarian fanatics, bent on world conquest. The Borg of their day. No offense."
"None taken."
- - Tom Paris, Seven of Nine, and B'Elanna Torres, concerning her holocharacter's pregnancy
"Pardon me gentlemen, I wonder if I might have a word with you."
"They're Klingons, not kittens."
- - The Doctor and Neelix, as Neelix is trying to get the attention of the Klingons in the simulation
"You deceived me."
"Really?"
"I should have seen through your flirtations."
"If you say so."
"The thought of you carrying my child disgusts me."
"You're not the only one."
- - The SS officer and B'Elanna Torres
"What should we do?"
"Not having a cure for Klingon hangovers, I couldn't tell you..."
"The battle has begun! Our plan is to penetrate the enemy's position, cut his forces in half!"
"And what a good plan it is, best of luck with it!"
"You will lead us into battle great warrior!"
"Maybe I'll just watch from here, try to offer up some pointers as things develop."
"Lead the attack, or die here, by my hand."
"You heard the man. Run along. I'll re-attach any severed limbs, just don't misplace them."
- - Neelix, the Doctor, and Klingons, on Holodeck 2
"Keep it movin', keep it movin' get the lead outta your pants!
"Mid-twentieth-century American slang. "
"You got a problem with that sister?"
"You're enjoying this simulation. I find that peculiar given the circumstances"
"Loosen up baby doll, the war's almost over."
- - Tom Paris and Seven of Nine
"Funny, doesn't seem like your type."
- - Tom Paris, to B'Elanna Torres concerning the SS Officer
"Even half drunk, Klingons are among the best warriors in the galaxy."
- - The Doctor
"Sing or you will die."
"Then I'll die."
"Seven. You are a valued member of this crew. The logical response would be to grant his request."
"Logic is irrelevant. (to Hirogen) One day the Borg will assimilate your species; despite your arrogance. When that moment arrives, remember me."
- - Hirogen SS Officer, Seven of Nine, and Tuvok
"Accept this... trophy. You can use it to create a new future for your people. At the very least, you can hang it on your bulkhead."
- - The Captain giving the Hirogen holographic technology
[edit] Background Information
- This episode aired back-to-back with "The Killing Game" on its first airing. The producers had originally intended to air the two parts as a single, feature-length edition (and promotional trailers for the episodes advertised them as such) – however, these plans did not materialize, and each episode aired as a separate entity. A feature-length version was aired by the BBC on its first airing on 5 September 1999, and formed part of the UK VHS release Star Trek: Voyager - Movies.
- The Hirogen return in the 7th season episode "Flesh and Blood" where we learn the results of their usage of holographic technology.
- A map of Toulouse was used to represent the map of Sainte Claire.
- The module given to the Hirogen is the same pair of props used in TNG: "Ship in a Bottle" to contain the Moriarty program.
[edit] Video and DVD releases
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.10, catalogue number VHR 4631, 5 October 1998.
- In feature-length form, as part of the UK VHS collection Star Trek: Voyager - Movies: Volume 3 (with "Equinox"), 5 February 2001.
- As part of the VOY Season 4 DVD collection.
[edit] Links and references
[edit] Guest stars
- Danny Goldring as Karr
- Mark Metcalf as a Hirogen medic
- Mark Deakins as Turanj
- J. Paul Boehmer as a Kapitän
- Paul Eckstein as a Young Hirogen
- Peter Hendrixson as a Klingon
[edit] Uncredited co-stars
- David Keith Anderson as Ashmore
- Brian Hite (stunt actor)
[edit] References
Death Takes a Holiday; France; Grable, Betty; Hirogen; holodeck; hologrid; I'm No Angel; Karabiner 98k; Katrine; Klingon; Nazi; optronic data core; Sainte Claire; US Army; West, Mae; Second World War; US 29th Infantry Division
[edit] External link
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