Stardate: 48642.5. The Voyager crew are offered luxurious shore leave by the advanced and gregarious Sikarians, who have a device that could send Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home. However, Sikarian law strictly prohibits sharing their technology with others.

Stardate: Unknown. An alien woman who requests asylum on board Voyager claims that she was onboard the ship a month ago, and she fell in love with Chakotay.