Stardate: 49485.2 Starting his one morale booster series aboard Voyager, Neelix begins his foray into journalism. One of his first assignments begins when he learns from a Talaxian friend that a Talaxian freighter is set to rendezvous with Voyager to pick up a passenger. Neelix investigation leads to a meeting with Captain Janeway and Lieutenant Tuvok, who inform Neelix that a disgruntled Tom Paris is leaving the ship.
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.