Stardate: 50348.1 A ship carrying three passengers is on the verge of explosion. Acting quickly, Voyager is able to beam the three crew to sickbay. Sadly, only two survive. Not long after, Kes begins to act weird to those closest to her. When an envoy from the crew's planet arrives, Kes grabs a phaser and shoots the envoy. Then, along with the two survivors, Kes, who has been taken over by the consciousness of the passenger who had died, confiscates a shuttle and heads to for the three crewmate's homeworld. Their goal: To seize control of the government and put the person inhabiting Kes' body back in authority.
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.