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Stranded by the Kazon on a
desolate planet ravaged by earthquakes and vicious cave
creatures, the crew seeks food and shelter. At the same time,
Paris, who managed to flee Voyager in a shuttle before the Kazon
seized the ship, solicits help from the Talaxians.
On Voyager, the Doctor
surprises Seska when he reveals that her newborn baby isn't
Chakotay's child after all — he's Culluh's. After she leaves,
the Doctor discovers that he's not the only member of the crew
left on the ship; Ensign Suder, the violent sociopath whom Tuvok
has been attempting to rehabilitate, is still aboard. They join
forces against the Kazon, but as they plot strategy, Suder
expresses regret over the fact that he will probably need to
kill Kazon to wrest control of Voyager.
On the planet, Kes and Neelix are kidnapped by the primitive
humanoid natives. Chakotay and a rescue party free them, but
during their getaway, they're all forced to take cover in one of
the dangerous caves. They manage to elude the enormous eel-like
creature that lives inside, and seal off the opening as they
exit.
As Paris heads back to Voyager with reinforcements, he sends a
message to the Doctor, asking him to disable the secondary
phaser couplings. Suder has been sabotaging Voyager's systems
from within, using an old Maquis trick to avoid detection. But
former Maquis Seska figures out that there's a saboteur aboard
and confronts the Doctor. He claims that he's the only saboteur
and Seska disables his program before he can disable the back-up
couplings. That leaves Suder as the crew's last hope, and he
heroically disables the phasers before being killed by a Kazon.
Paris knocks out Voyager's main phasers, and when Culluh tries
to use the back-up system, Seska and many of the others on the
Bridge are mortally wounded. She dies as Paris and the Talaxians
board Voyager, and Culluh takes the baby with him when he
abandons the ship. Paris takes control of the starship and goes
back for the crew. Later, Tuvok offers a Vulcan prayer of peace
over Suder's body as Janeway sets a course for home. |
