Stardate: 49337.4 Janeway takes Chakotay's advice and tries to form an alliance with one or more Kazon factions, in order to smooth their way through the system. Neelix gets captured in the process, but then meets one of the leaders of the Trabe. The Trabe had once enslaved the Kazon, but now they fight the Kazon for their survival.
Janeway seeks the Trabe's help in forming her alliance with some of the Kazon factions. However, the Trabe appear to have their own agenda.
While chasing a renegade Maquis ship in the Badlands, the USS Voyager and the Maquis ship they are chasing are pulled into a vortex, which sends them instantly to the Delta Quadrant. However, after the destruction of the device that transported them to the Delta Quadrant, the crew of Voyager and the crew of the Maquis ship must join together to fight their way back to their home in the Alpha quadrant, which is many years away. They will meet many foes and many obstacles along the way, but they will also bond as a crew, between those of the Maquis and those of Starfleet.