Translated: Planéta Démon
Label: S04E24
Category: VOY - Voyager
Premiere: 06.05.1998
Dubbing: Yes
Year: 2374
Stardate: Unknown
in VOY 91 of 168
in Star Trek 520 of 918
Description:
Stardate not given: Voyager runs out of deuterium in open space. Janeway orders to shut down many of the ship's systems to save energy, but Seven insists on keeping the astrometric lab online. She finds a source of deuterium on a nearby planetoid. Although it is a Class-Y or "Demon-class" planetoid with a very hostile environment, she can convince the captain to alter course because it is the only chance of refueling the ship. After an attempt to beam up deuterium has failed and the transporters are offline, Harry and Tom take a shuttle to the surface. Harry is dragged into a puddle of a silvery liquid he investigates, and the sealing of his spacesuit fails. Tom's spacesuit fails too, and the two are about to suffocate. Janeway decides to land the ship to rescue the two officers. Chakotay and Seven find Harry and Tom, who are alive and well - without their spacesuits! Aboard Voyager, the two are not able to breathe the normal air any longer. They have been "bioformed" to survive on the planet, which they feel connected to. Some time later another Tom and Harry are found on the surface - unconscious and still in their spacesuits. The two other individuals are duplicates created by the biomimetic fluid, the "Silver Blood". The Silver Blood is a lifeform that experiences sentience for the first time after duplicating the two officers. Now the fluid begins to submerge Voyager in an attempt to keep the ship and thereby the company from leaving. Janeway arranges a deal that the Silver Blood releases the ship under the condition that the rest of the crew permits to be duplicated as well.