Repentance

"Repentance" is an episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, the thirteenth episode of the seventh season. Voyager responds to a distress call, beaming all the people off a Nygean ship that's about to explode. Most are sent to Voyager's cargo bay, but two of them are sent to sickbay, where one takes Seven of Nine hostage. He is forced away from Seven and attempts to take the Doctor hostage. This fails as the Doctor is invulnerable to a common ... more

"Repentance" is an episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, the thirteenth episode of the seventh season. Voyager responds to a distress call, beaming all the people off a Nygean ship that's about to explode. Most are sent to Voyager's cargo bay, but two of them are sent to sickbay, where one takes Seven of Nine hostage. He is forced away from Seven and attempts to take the Doctor hostage. This fails as the Doctor is invulnerable to a common knife. It turns out that the ship Voyager rescued was carrying prisoners to a facility where they are scheduled to be executed. Since there is no capital punishment in the Federation, the crew are uncomfortable with the situation, but the Prime Directive forbids them from interfering. They provide cages for the prisoners, who are treated brutally by the Nygean guards. Neelix insists that the prisoners must be fed and the Doctor insists they must receive proper medical care. Seven considers this a waste of resources, since the prisoners are... less