Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Warlord (1996)

Robert Beltran: Cmdr. Chakotay

Quotes 

• Demmas : [Demmas, the son of the Autarch, paces up and down in the Observation Lounge during a staff meeting]  I'm sure they really wanted to kill my father! He's the one they invited up to your ship. Nori and Adin are known to be political extremists.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : How could Kes be involved?

  Demmas : I may be able to explain that.

  [to the Doctor] 

  Demmas : You mentioned that she was with the third patient when he died?

  The Doctor : That's right. Why?

  Demmas : I believe your crewmember has been inhabited by the consciousness of a very dangerous man, named Tieran.

  Neelix : [concerned]  Who is that? What does he want with Kes?

  Demmas : Oh, I know exactly what he wants: To overthrow my family's government and reinstate himself as the Autarch.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : He has held the title before?

  Demmas : Tieran ruled Ilari over two centuries ago. He was a war hero, a brilliant military leader. He brought security and stability during a difficult time in our history, but in peacetime he began to treat his own subjects as enemies. He became convinced everyone was a potential traitor.

  Commander Chakotay : At some point your people must have rebelled.

  Demmas : They did, led by one of my ancestors. They laid siege to the Imperial Hall for over a year and the city around it was burned to the ground, but Tieran was finally defeated.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : And yet you believe that he, or at least his consciousness, has survived?

  Demmas : During his reign, he became obsessed with his own mortality. He spent most of his time, and Ilari's resources, searching for ways to overcome death. Somehow, he's discovered a way to transfer his own mind into someone else's body, as he's done with Kes.

  Neelix : So he's been controlling her?

  Demmas : Yes. Completely.

  Neelix : But she... HE knew things about Kes's life. He acted enough like Kes to fool us all.

  [hopeful] 

  Neelix : The real Kes must still be in there somewhere.

  Demmas : Tieran may have access to her memories and her feelings, but the Kes you know... is lost. I'm very sorry.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm not prepared to accept that yet.

  [to the Doctor] 

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Examine the body of the man who died. We need more information about how the transfer works if we want to get Kes back.

  Demmas : That's certainly worth exploring, Captain, but our priority must be to stop Tieran - by force if necessary. Voyager is a powerful ship.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : You may be considering force, but my only intention is to rescue Kes and remove Tieran's consciousness. That should suit both our interests.

  Demmas : You don't understand what's at stake here, Captain. You must help me to defend my people.