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In the midst of Paris' latest
holodeck installment of "The Adventures of Captain Proton,"
Voyager runs into a gravimetric force and stops. A layer of
subspace is acting as a sandbar and disrupting the ship's warp
field. When distortions appear in the holodeck, the crew
believes they are random fluctuations. However, while the
program runs unattended, two men claiming to be from the Fifth
Dimension beam down and are questioned by Doctor Chaotica. After
one of them transports back to the distortion, Chaotica vows to
destroy their dimension.
When weapons fire from the
holodeck creates power surges on Voyager, Paris and Tuvok
investigate the Captain Proton simulation. A battle has taken
place, and the scenario's robot tells them invaders from the
Fifth Dimension have entered through a portal. Suddenly,
photonic charges begin emanating from the distortions, and
Chaotica fires back with his death ray. As Paris and Tuvok
gather information from Proton's ship, they encounter one of the
men from the alternate universe.
Although they explain that Planet X is only a photonic
simulation with which he has intersected, Paris and Tuvok can't
convince the trans-dimensional alien that Chaotica's army of
evil is not reality. Paris suggests to Janeway that they help
the aliens defeat Chaotica so they will leave and Voyager can
resume course. Janeway will play the role of Arachnia, Queen of
the Spiderpeople, and charm her way into the villain's Fortress
of Doom. Once inside, she will deactivate the controls of the
death ray and his lightning shields, leaving Chaotica vulnerable
to Proton's "destructo beam."
Posing as the President of Earth, the Doctor convinces the alien
that Captain Proton needs his help. The alien agrees to cease
firing and return to his realm once Proton has defeated Chaotica.
Meanwhile, Janeway's Arachnia almost has Chaotica convinced to
lower his shields when he becomes suspicious, and she is forced
to pull a ray-gun on him. He confines her to a containment ring
and fires his death ray on Proton's approaching ship. On the
bridge, Torres realizes the power surges from the holodeck are
pulling Voyager deeper into subspace.
Arachnia has one weapon left — her irresistible pheromones. She
uses them to lure a guard into setting her free and then kills
all of Chaotica's men. Defenseless, the evil doctor must
deactivate his shields, allowing Proton to score a direct hit
with his destructo beam against the death ray and Chaotica.
Then, the distortions close, and Voyager is realigned with
normal space. Another chapter of "The Adventures of Captain
Proton" comes to an end ... or does it? |
