stardate 51386.4. Small and nimble alien spacecraft attack the U.S.S. Voyager, using high energy transports to break through the ship's shields, plucking any equipment they found valuable-one of which included the stealing of Voyager's main computer. Janeway and Tuvok beam down to the pirates' homeworld in search of it.

stardate 51449.2. When Neelix is asked by Chakotay to join him and Paris on a shuttle mission, Neelix is all too glad to accompany them and help with their mission, but the assignment proves to be fatal for him. Seven of Nine is brought in an attempt to bring Neelix back to life through the injection of nanoprobes.