Stardate: 48921.3 Voyager is trapped by an encounter with space-born life forms, whose presence leads to strange effects on Kes. One effect is to push Kes into early Elogium, or the one period of time in their lives when Ocampans can give birth.
While Neelix considers the possibilities of fatherhood, Voyager must deal with a larger member of the life forms, which views the ship as competition for its mates.
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.