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Voyager's crew is surprised when
sensors pick up a transmission from someone using a Federation
signal. Janeway lays in a course toward the signal, but when
they arrive, they're attacked by a Kazon vessel, which seems to
know how to penetrate Voyager's shields. Intruders manage to
gain access to the starship, steal a transporter module and beam
away to their own ship. Janeway informs the Kazon leader, Culluh,
that the module is useless without Federation know-how, but
Culluh reveals his trump card: he's joined forces with Seska, a
former crewmember and Cardassian spy.
The implications of Seska's
alliance with Culluh are clear — the Kazon now have an adviser
with Starfleet, Maquis and Cardassian tactical experience.
Culluh plans to use the stolen module to persuade rival sects to
help him conquer the Federation ship. Chakotay tells Torres he
feels responsible for Seska's actions because he recruited her
into the Maquis, and later he decides to leave Voyager to go
after the device on his own.
Chakotay is able to beam undetected from the cockpit of his
shuttlecraft to the Kazon bridge. There, he destroys the stolen
module but is quickly captured and tortured for Voyager's
command codes, which he refuses to reveal.
When Voyager arrives on the scene, the Kazon Majes he's gathered
order Culluh to use the command codes to obliterate the
starship, but it soon becomes obvious that he doesn't have them.
Seska's quick thinking prevents Voyager from beaming Chakotay
off the Kazon ship, so Janeway transports the Kazon Majes
instead. They agree to release Chakotay and his shuttlecraft in
return for their freedom. Later Chakotay is stunned when Seska
informs him that while he was unconscious, she extracted some of
his DNA and impregnated herself with his child.
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