Stardate: 54704.5 Q pays a surprise visit to Voyager with his son, Q2. Q wants to leave his son on Voyager to learn more about humanity. However, Q2 with his omnipotent powers proves to be more mettlesome than his father, and soon drives the crew nuts.
Soon however, Q2 settles down and tries to fit in. In a twist, when Q returns he is not pleased with Q2's new attitude, and removes all of Q2's Q powers. Q2 rebels and decides to run away on the Delta Flyer. This action puts the entire crew, especially Icheb's, life at peril when an alien vessel attacks the fleeing Delta Flyer.
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.