Voyager is attacked by a Kazon ship. Janeway notices that Kazon Raider is using different tactics than the others they have encountered. Later, Voyager answers a distress call from the planet Praja.

The Maquis ship is destroyed in a battle with the warlike Kazons. To prevent a Kazon aggression against a helpless world, Voyager destroys the space probe. Without the probe, it will take 75 years ...