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Voyager christens its new
Astrometrics Lab, which has mapping technology far more accurate
than their old system. It projects a course that will cut years
off their trip, taking them through Zahl territory, which a
species called the Krenim also lay claim to. The Zahl tell
Voyager not to worry about the Krenim, who once dominated the
region with deadly temporal weapons; the Zahl defeated them
years ago. Suddenly, Voyager's sensors detect a build-up of
temporal energy, and the ship is hit by a space-time shockwave.
The Zahl disappear, along with the crew's memory of them, and
they find themselves facing the powerful Krenim. Chronoton-based
Krenim torpedoes, which exist in a state of temporal flux,
penetrate Voyager's shields, badly damaging the ship.
In another part of the region,
Annorax, the Krenim captain of the ship that annihilated the
Zahl, evaluates his efforts and learns he has almost completely
restored the Krenim Imperium. But Annorax will not rest until
every colony is back. On Voyager, Janeway manages to destroy the
Krenim ship attacking her, but the damage is done. The ship is
incapable of continuing its journey. Seven of Nine finds an
active warhead lodged in the hull. Tuvok surmises it will
explode in minutes, but Seven is intent on learning its temporal
variance and using that knowledge to perfect shielding against
it. She makes a determination just before the torpedo blows up.
 Seven's new temporal shields hold against Krenim torpedoes. In
another part of space, Annorax fires his temporal weapon, and
the space-time continuum is again altered. This time, Voyager's
shields protect it from time disruption. Suddenly, they find
that the big Krenim warship they were battling has become a much
smaller ship. Annorax's weapon has caused the Krenim Imperium to
revert to a pre-warp state. Annorax realizes that Voyager's
temporal shields were responsible for throwing off his
calculations. He approaches Voyager and transports Chakotay and
Paris to his ship for study. He then unleashes a chronoton
energy beam to erase Voyager from history, but the starship is
able to escape, albeit with major structural damage. Janeway is
forced to evacuate the crew, but she and the senior staff stay
with the ship to rescue Chakotay and Paris, and hopefully
reunite with the escape pods ... |
