Voyager enters an area of space that is devoid of stars. The crew is told that it might be two years before they make it to the other side. As time in the void drags on, the crew becomes more and more despondent, and Capt. Janeway secrets herself away in her ready room.
When the ship losses power, and is attacked and boarded, Voyager is rescued by another race's ship. The Malon ship that rescued Voyager has an amazing proposal for the crew. If they turnover the boarding party alien whom they captured during the attack, the Malon will take Voyager through a spatial vortex that they know about, that will take them all the way across the void.
However, the crew learns that the Malon are using the void as a dumping ground, and poisoning the territory of the attacking aliens. The crew must decide if they should destroy the spatial vortex, or take the easy way out.
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.