Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
Caretaker (1995)
Ethan Phillips: Neelix
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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?
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Neelix : [experiencing transporter beaming for the first time] Astonishing! You federations are obviously an advanced culture.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
