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When a strange symbol appears on
Voyager's computer screens, Janeway begins giving orders without
explanation. She is carrying out a highly classified mission
called the Omega Directive, and Seven of Nine is the only other
person who knows what it means. Voyager's sensors have detected
the Omega molecule, which is a highly unstable phenomenon.
Janeway's orders as a Starfleet Captain are to destroy it, but
Seven believes its power should be harnessed. The Borg believe
it represents perfection. She agrees to help Janeway carry out
the Directive so she can study the molecule more closely.
When Chakotay convinces the
Captain she needs the resources of her crew, Janeway briefs the
senior staff on the Directive. The Omega molecule is the most
powerful substance known to exist and could create a subspace
rupture that would make warp travel impossible. The crew sets a
course for the molecules, knowing that this mission must
succeed, or they will never make it out of the Delta Quadrant.
Seven begins working on a harmonic resonance chamber, which
should stabilize the Omega molecule, while Janeway leads a
rescue mission. She has found a planet where researchers were
working to create a molecule when an explosion left them exposed
to radiation. Before being beamed to sickbay, the senior
researcher tells Janeway one of the Omega molecules survived in
the primary test chamber. When Seven questions him later, he
pleads with her not to destroy Omega, saying that the discovery
of the phenomenon is the lifeblood of his people.
Once she breaks into the test chamber, Janeway finds enough
Omega to wipe out half of the Delta Quadrant. To destroy it with
Seven's harmonic resonance technology, the molecules must be
transported to Voyager. Yearning to understand Omega's
perfection, Seven no longer believes it should be destroyed.
After the molecules are safely beamed into containment, the crew
takes off with several alien ships in pursuit.
In an open area of space, Janeway prepares to jettison the
chamber containing the molecules and then destroy it with a
torpedo. Seven manages to neutralize almost half of the
molecules, and just before the chamber launches, she witnesses
them stabilize spontaneously. Once the torpedo is fired, Voyager
escapes at maximum warp, leaving behind no trace of Omega.
Janeway has successfully carried out her Directive, and Seven
has had her first spiritual experience. |
