Stardate: 51082.4 Chakotay comes under fire while on away mission and has to emergency beam out to the nearby planet. There he finds the inhabitants are at war, and he is forced to join a side in the conflict. Although Chakotay thinks he has joined the right side, all it not as it appears.
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.