Stardate: 54827.7 When traveling to a conference on warp field dynamics, on a nearby planet, Chakotay and Seven of Nine do a little sight seeing in the shuttle. The shuttle is destroyed be a strange energy barrier, just after they are able to emergence beam down to the planet. As Chakotay is wounded, Seven goes alone in search of possible usable parts left over from the destroyed shuttle.
However, things get tense when Chakotay is found by the indigenous population of continent, who turn out to be in a primate state of society.
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.