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Badly damaged, the U.S.S. Voyager
takes refuge in a nebula, as a skeleton crew attempts to repair
the ship. On Annorax's ship, Chakotay and Paris are summoned to
meet with him. He has a proposal for them. He'll send Voyager
back in time, restoring it to its original state, if they fill
him in on the extent of Voyager's presence in Krenim space so he
can complete calculations that will allow him to restore the
Krenim Imperium. Paris balks at helping Annorax, but Chakotay
believes the chance to continue their voyage home may be worth
the risk of trusting Annorax.
As Chakotay helps Annorax chart
Voyager's journey, Annorax shares a story about a mistake he
made after he first created his time-weapon ship. He destroyed
the Krenim's greatest enemy, but in the process, he also
destroyed an important antibody in the Krenim genetic structure,
and 50 million Krenim died of disease as a result. He has been
trying to undo his mistake ever since.
Paris finds a weakness in the Krenim ship that could be
exploited, but Chakotay refuses to go against Annorax. However,
when Annorax eradicates another species in order to partially
restore the Krenim timeline, Chakotay is dismayed to see him
turn once again to destruction as an answer to his problems.
Chakotay takes Annorax to task for the destruction of innocent
lives and Annorax reveals the driving force behind his actions.
His wife died as a result of his time incursions, and he hopes
to undo her death.
Chakotay and Paris secretly contact Voyager, giving Janeway
their coordinates. She arranges a coalition with other species,
which will attack when Paris takes the temporal core off-line.
The remaining members of Voyager's crew disperse to prepare the
other ships for battle, but Janeway stays with Voyager.
Chakotay and Paris take the temporal core off-line, making the
ship vulnerable to traditional weapons. Annorax orders his men
to fire at the approaching vessels and soon the coalition is
almost destroyed. Janeway does a kamikaze run at the Krenim ship
and the impact destabilizes the core, causing a temporal
incursion within Annorax's ship. With the destruction of the
Krenim vessel, the timeline is restored, Voyager never makes its
fateful entry into Krenim space, and Annorax is at last reunited
with his beloved wife.
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