Shortly after Earth developed warp technology a probe was launched in to space which in a spirit of friendship contained details of various useful technology as well as cultural details about Earth, this probe was last heard from as it headed into the Delta Quadrant. In their first official mission for almost seven years Voyager is asked to retrieve the probe as it is believed to be near them. When they locate it on an apparently uninhabited planet an away team is dispatched to retrieve it. They find the planet is a radioactive wasteland but isn't as uninhabited as they thought; taken prisoner they are told that Earth is to blame for the suffering as the conditions result from the locals' attempts to use the technology used in the probe. The leader of the local populations tells Janeway that if she wants to get her people back she must find a new planet for them all to live on and transport them there. When asked to give a crew member back as a sign of good faith one is returned... dead having been executed just before transporting. While three of the away team are captured Chakotay and Harry capture a prisoner of their own and one Voyager he is treated for his radiation sickness and discusses an alternate solution to the problem.
This was a good episode which showed how something done with the best of motives can have terrible unforeseen consequences. It also mirrored classic episodes from the original series where a group of regular characters would be joined on an away mission my a character we'd never seen before who's job was to die to show just what sort of danger they were up against, it is just a shame he wasn't wearing a red shirt!
This was a good episode which showed how something done with the best of motives can have terrible unforeseen consequences. It also mirrored classic episodes from the original series where a group of regular characters would be joined on an away mission my a character we'd never seen before who's job was to die to show just what sort of danger they were up against, it is just a shame he wasn't wearing a red shirt!