stardate 50156.2. The Akritirians believe that Paris and Kim are members of the Open Sky terrorist group and are arrested and found guilty of planting a trilithium-based bomb. Janeway finds the guilty individuals and asks to trade them for her crew members, but the Akritirians refuse. Out of options, Neelix is asked to bring his ship out of storage for a special mission.

stardate 50252.3. The Doctor's memory circuits are rapidly degrading due to overloading. While the rest of the crew are trying to fend off the cluster of alien ships, Torres attempts to reinitialize The Doctor's program, as the rapidly failing Doctor becomes more and more disoriented.