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During a survey mission, Chakotay
comes under fire and makes an emergency beam-out from his
shuttle. He arrives on a planet whose inhabitants are locked in
war, and is taken in by the Vori, a humanoid group that is
fighting against the vicious Kradin. While searching for the
remains of his vessel, Chakotay and a young Vori soldier battle
two Kradin, and the Vori is killed.
After rejoining the Vori
soldiers, Chakotay and the others set out to meet a larger group
of soldiers, but on the way, learn their fellow Vori contingent
has been massacred. Suddenly, the Kradin are upon them, and
several soldiers are killed in the barrage of gunfire. Chakotay
is wounded, but he gets away, fleeing into the night. At last,
he comes upon a settlement of Vori and collapses.
Back on Voyager, the crew learns pieces of Chakotay's shuttle
were found in the middle of a war zone. They are unable to
contact him, but are promised by one of the planet's ambassadors
that their friend will be located and returned. When Chakotay
revives in the settlement, the residents tell him he can find
communications equipment at the "Re-Stock Unit," which is some
distance away. The next morning, he sets out to find it, but the
sight of enemy aircraft brings him back. He returns to find the
Kradin taking the people by force. Learning that the Vori elders
will be exterminated, Chakotay tries to fight the enemy, but is
outnumbered. Meanwhile, Janeway meets with the Kradin
ambassador, who sends down a commando unit to accompany Tuvok in
searching for Chakotay.
Left to die by the Kradin, Chakotay is grateful when a Vori
leader comes back to free him. The two join in battle against
the Kradin but Chakotay is shocked when one of the enemy calls
him by name. Although he looks like a Kradin to Chakotay, the
alien assures him that he is actually Tuvok! Tuvok explains that
the Vori have been using mind-control techniques to get Chakotay
to help fight their war. His encounters with the soldiers and
the civilians in the settlement were Vori simulations training
him to hate the Kradin. Although faced with the probability that
the Vori are no better than the Kradin, Chakotay realizes that
it will be harder to stop hating than it was to start. |
