Workforce ( episode ) Most of the " Voyager " crew is kidnapped and forced to labor in a massive industrial work force . Summary . Teaser . At a large industrial complex , workers are going about their everyday jobs . Kathryn Janeway asks a worker where she can find the supervisor , to which he replies by pointing the supervisor out to her . When she reaches the supervisor , he asks for her authorization and licenses . Janeway gives them to him . He inspects them , discovering that Janeway has a level 6 in thermal dynamics and quantum fusion , which impresses him . He states that he is lucky to have her working for him , but embarrasses her by informing her that she is late . Janeway apologizes , saying that she boarded the wrong transport , ending up in the atmosphere filtration facility , and promises that she won ' t be late again . The supervisor sympathizes , saying that it is easy for newcomers to get disoriented , and that even he gets lost on occasion . He then goes on to inform Janeway of her designated job , which is to monitor the primary reactor coil s , which process more than 8 , 000 metric ton s of tylium per second at 94 % thermal efficiency . The supervisor asks that if she has any problems that she inform him . Act One . A worker delivers some specifications to Janeway , which she then inputs into the computer . However , the computer sounds an alarm , stating that Janeway has committed Input Error 415 and Command Code Violation 2308 . Janeway whispers to the computer , saying that if it stops the alarm then she promises to never violate it again . The computer continues , but just as she finishes whispering , a hand appears and inputs something into her control panel . This stops the alarm . He states that she almost started a core overload . He comments on Janeway ' s " unique " way of communicating to the computer . She states that it is an old habit . The man introduces himself as Jaffen , and says that he works close by . Seven of Nine interrupts , telling Jaffen and Janeway ( employee 1326 and 8584 ) that labor protocols dictate that fraternizing is not permitted during work hours . Jaffen asks for her number , or name , and she introduces herself as Annika Hansen , the station ' s new efficiency monitor . She tells Jaffen to get back to his station , but Janeway interrupts , informing Annika that Jaffen was just assisting her with an input error , and that they were almost finished . Annika leaves , and Jaffen asks Janeway if she would like to go out for a meal , but Janeway rejects the offer , stating that she has little time to socialize with her new job . Tom Paris is talking to a bar manager about working in a bar . She is not very willing to hire him at first , and tells him that the power distribution plant is always looking for workers . Paris replies by saying that he did work there before , but didn ' t like it . The manager is slightly suspicious , stating that they treat their employees well . The manager asks how long he worked there , and after some convincing , he reveals that he was only there for approximately half a day , by which the manager is shocked . Paris says that he doesn ' t belong behind a console , and that he heard workers talking about her great bar . She is surprised that he was terminated during a labor shortage , and asks him why , to which he replies that he had a disagreement with the new efficiency monitor . After some convincing , and begging , she hires him , and tells him to get to work . Jaffen shares a humorous anecdote with some colleagues , about how a man was trying to insult him about his father , with the punchline being that he was Norvalen , and so doesn ' t have a father . Tuvok , laughing heartily , turns around and starts analyzing the joke . Janeway enters the bar , and Jaffen asks her why she is here , when earlier she said she had little time to socialize . She says she is reviewing manuals while eating , not socializing . Jaffen joins her . Jaffen and Janeway walk home together after a long night out reviewing manuals . Janeway tells him about her home planet , Earth , describing it as overpopulated , polluted , and with few jobs . Jaffen invites her to his home , but Janeway refuses , saying that she must get to sleep . An alarm in Janeway ' s workplace sounds briefly . She tells Jaffen that it wasn ' t her , but Jaffen tells her that it is not an overload , but just time for inoculations , courtesy of the employer . Janeway asks what they are for , and Jaffen tells her that it is to protect against ambient radiation . Janeway was unaware of that problem , but doesn ' t question it . As Tuvok is about to be inoculated , he backs away from the hypospray , apologizing and telling the nurse that he is afraid of injections . While being injected , he flashes back to a traumatic experience . Two guards are restraining him , while he is unwillingly injected by a Quarren doctor . He returns back to work , confused and disturbed . Act Two . Ensign Kim is ill after being infected with alien parasites , after drinking falah nectar , a delicacy . Kim is angry at Neelix for making him drink it , and asks why he didn ' t make Commander Chakotay drink it . Neelix explains that Chakotay is a vegetarian ; Kim is dismayed to realize the drink was made from meat ( " more like a meat byproduct , " notes Neelix ) . Neelix gives him a remedy , Leola bark tea , to help stop his queasy stomach , but as it smells really bad Kim decides to wait to see The Doctor . Chakotay summons the two to the bridge of the " Delta Flyer II " , and tells them that they are at the rendezvous coordinates , but there is no sign of " Voyager " , and they are not responding to hails . He orders them to start scanning on all frequencies . Meanwhile , in a nebula , The Doctor is having problems repairing " Voyager " s systems . As he stands , his uniform is clearly command red instead of science blue . He commands the computer to reinitialize the subspace transponder , to which it replies that the main computer is failing . He tells it to switch to backup processors , which stabilizes the main computer . The Doctor reorders the computer to reinitialize the subspace transponder , but there is insufficient power . The Doctor tells the computer to reroute power from the replicator system , but the computer is unable to do so because the relays to the transponder have been fused . Extremely aggravated by the computer ' s apparent difficulty , he asks the computer what he can do . He asks if the relays can be bypassed , but they cannot , so he decides that he must replace them . Just as he is about to do so , the intruder alert activates , detecting two humanoids in the bridge ; identification is not possible as sensor resolution is below 20 % . The Doctor goes to the bridge , and finds two humanoids in environmental suit s . He orders them stop their activities and to turn around , but quickly identifies them as Harry Kim and Chakotay . He greets them warmly , and apologizes for the lack of life support , but he wasn ' t expecting anyone soon . Chakotay asks what happened , and The Doctor informs them that about twelve hours after the " Delta Flyer " left on its away mission , things started to go wrong . " Voyager " hit some sort of subspace mine , and The Doctor was forced to quickly transfer his program to the mobile emitter due to a systems failure in sickbay . After a few minutes , he was inundated with casualties of tetryon radiation poisoning . The captain asked him if he could treat his patients , to which he answered that he could only stabilize them , since they were still being exposed to the radiation . The captain ordered the patients and the crew to the escape pod s , but ordered The Doctor to stay . Janeway then activated the ECH , engaging the emergency command subroutines in The Doctor ' s program and transferring all command codes to him . She said that he should vent the radiation from the ship , and that until he could , the crew would abandon the ship and the contaminated area around it , and head for the nearest habitable planet , attempting to compensate for professional medical care with med - kits , or the goodwill of nearby ships . As the ECH was about to start repairs , " Voyager " was locked onto with a tractor beam by an alien ship . The ECH hailed the ship , identifying himself and the ship , and told its captain to release " Voyager " . The captain refused to do so , and so The Doctor told " Voyager " to fire phaser s at the alien ship ' s tractor emitter . The emitter was successfully destroyed and " Voyager " was released . Just as " Voyager " was about to escape at warp , its warp engines were disabled . The Doctor managed to disable the alien ship ' s engines with a phaser beam , avoiding pursuit . Another two incoming ships were detected , but The Doctor managed to evade them , hid in the nebula , and vented the radiation . Harry Kim comments on how hard it was to pick up his homing signal , and The Doctor says that he had to encrypt it because of the increasing number of ships he detected every time he attempted to leave the nebula . The Doctor says that he has no idea who the aliens were , but he does know that their weapons signatures match those of the mine , telling him that the mine was deployed by the aliens as a part of a trap . The rest of the crew has not been heard from since . Act Three . Tuvok is watching Kathryn Janeway work from afar . He flashes back again . This time , Janeway has just been rescued from her escape pod and is being treated by a Quarren doctor . He gives her an anti - radiation serum , and then starts to operate on her . Tuvok , who is in the same room as Janeway , lying on a sickbed , sees what the doctor is doing and asks why he is doing it . The doctor says that Janeway is suffering from Dysphoria Syndrome , which he assures Tuvok is perfectly treatable . Tuvok does not accept this explanation , and attempts to stop him from operating , but the Quarren doctor orders two guards to restrain him , and then sedates Tuvok . Back in the present , Tuvok walks up to Janeway , telling her that he believes they know each other . Janeway recognizes him as Tuvok , whom she met at the shift briefing a week ago . Tuvok talks about knowing her from before then , from the hospital , but Janeway does not know what he is talking about , and assumes that he is talking about someone else . Tuvok is , however , relentless , and asks her to try to remember the hospital , at which point , Jaffen interrupts and asks if something is wrong . Afraid that he may be deemed insane , or perhaps genuinely wrong , Tuvok stops persisting and apologizes . Jaffen asks Janeway if she would like to have dinner together again , but Janeway so far has not been impressed with his cooking skills . She compromises , and agrees to have dinner , as long as she can cook this time . Tom Paris asks B ' Elanna Torres , a customer in the bar , if she would like anything else , to which she replies no . Paris states that he hasn ' t seen Torres in the bar before , and she comments that he obviously isn ' t very observant , as she has been going there the same time every day for the two previous weeks . Paris explains to her that this is because he usually works nights . Torres replies that she does too , and Paris adds that she works at the Power Distribution facility , showing that he is observant . The bar manager summons Paris , and he replies that he will be there shortly . Paris , continuing his conversation with Torres , says that she should come back in on her next night off , as it is more fun when there is a crowd . Torres says that she doesn ' t like crowds . Paris then asks if she would like to go for a walk by the lake . Torres dislikes the idea , and Paris asks her why , stating that he is a very interesting conversationalist . As he says this , Torres stands up , displaying the fact that she is pregnant . She asks Paris if he would still like to go out with her . Paris asks if she is married , and she replies that she is not . Torres walks out , unhindered by Paris . The Doctor manages to restore power to the secondary propulsion systems , when Harry Kim summons him to the astrometrics lab . The Doctor asks if he has had any luck in finding the crew . Kim informs him that he has scanned ships and planets in 83 systems , with no sign of Human s , Bolian s , or Vulcan s . The Doctor suggests that Kim increase the sensor range by tying them in with the main deflector , but Kim informs him that he has already done that . As The Doctor is about to give another suggestion , Kim interrupts him , and says that the reason he summoned him was to stop his queasiness , caused by the falah nectar . The Doctor says that he treated him days ago , but Kim tells him that whatever he did hasn ' t quite worked . On the bridge , The Doctor informs Chakotay of his completed duties : repairing the deuterium injector s , restoring the secondary propulsion systems and soothing Harry Kim ' s upset tummy . Chakotay congratulates him , and then asks him to repair the ruptured plasma relays on deck 10 , which The Doctor is reluctant to do . Chakotay asks him why , and the ECH says that he is the Emergency " Command " Hologram and therefore should be in the " command " center of " Voyager " , the bridge . Chakotay tells The Doctor that they must prioritize . Harry Kim interrupts , informing them that he has found the crew on an M - class planet that is within a three - day journey at maximum warp . Chakotay goes to visit astrometrics , giving The Doctor the command center . Back on Quarra , Janeway is cooking dinner for Jaffen , saying that her food is only burnt on the outside , and that after cutting off the charred bits , it should taste fine . She adds that his cooking console ( food replicator ) is a little temperamental , and Jaffen wittingly asks if she tried talking to it . Jaffen gently lets down Janeway , telling her that her food is not that good . Janeway says that they should go out for food , but neither of them are hungry , and so stay in . Act Four . An official tells Chakotay that after interviewing some of his so - called crewmembers , none of them remember a Chakotay or a " Voyager " . Chakotay asks if he can talk to the crewmembers himself , but the official states that the workers are protected by the laws on Quarra , apparently from unscrupulous individuals attempting to acquire skilled laborers . After some resistance , Chakotay ceases his attempt at negotiation , and asks Harry Kim to take " Voyager " out of orbit of Quarra . The Doctor says that they can ' t just leave them there , and Chakotay says that they won ' t , but that he wants the Quarrens to think they are . Back on Quarra , Janeway and Jaffen are starting to realize their affection for one another . Paris and Torres are also forming a friendship , based around Torres ' unborn baby . Torres says that she isn ' t looking for a romantic relationship , so Paris instead becomes her friend . Neelix informs Chakotay and The Doctor that the eight captains that have left Quarra in the previous two weeks knew nothing about the previous " Voyager " crew , but all of the captains asked him if he was looking for employment , because of an apparent labor shortage in the system . Chakotay adds that the official said that most of the crew had jobs in the main power facility , and asks Neelix if he can find a job for them in the same facility . After The Doctor adds that reentering orbit may arouse suspicion , it is decided that they should take Neelix ' s ship instead . The Doctor also adds that Chakotay may be recognized , but Chakotay finds a way around that problem too : reconstructive surgery . After some surgery to disguise his face , Neelix says that Chakotay should have posed as a Talaxian , as he thinks they would have made a striking pair , but apparently whiskers make him itch . Chakotay asks how the interview went , and Neelix says that they have been eagerly employed . Harry Kim hands a subdermal transponder to The Doctor , which he injects under Neelix ' s hand , allowing " Voyager " to keep an open comm link to him , which will also allow them to transport him through the shield grid if an emergency arises . Chakotay order Ensign Kim to hold position at maximum transporter range , and The Doctor questions Chakotay why he is leaving Kim in charge , because " " an Emergency Command Hologram programmed with over 2 , 000 , 000 tactical subroutines outranks an ensign " " , to which Kim replies that " " with a few words to the computer , this ensign can delete those subroutines " " . After some more quibbling , Chakotay orders the two of them to " " work it out " " . Chakotay and Neelix depart for their new jobs on Quarra . Meanwhile , on Quarra , the efficiency monitor , Annika Hansen , confronts employee 8583 , Tuvok , asking him why he has neglected to report for his last three inoculations . After refusing to respond , she orders him to report to the infirmary . Tuvok , barely able to speak and sweating , says to Annika " Seven of Nine " . She is confused , and Tuvok says that it is her designation . She is about to state her employee designation , but before she can finish , Tuvok initiates a Vulcan mind meld . Annika screams and struggles , and just before the guards can pull Tuvok away from her , she has a vision of herself stepping out of an alcove just after regeneration . Tuvok is dragged off , shouting : " " I don ' t believe you are who you think you are . WE DON ' T BELONG HERE ! WE DON ' T BELONG HERE ! THIS ISN ' T RIGHT ! WE DON ' T BELONG HERE ! " " Act Five . Neelix and Chakotay have started their first day of work at the main power facility on Quarra . The supervisor is not astounded by Chakotay ' s level 3 aptitude in microkinetics , and says he could work on it , but very impressed by his level 5 in thermionic conversion . The supervisor adds that they lost a thermioncs specialist the previous day . The supervisor is referring to Tuvok , but Chakotay is blind to this . As they walk , Chakotay notices at least one female crewman , but as she looks back at him , it ' s clear she doesn ' t recognize him . The supervisor describes the thermionic converters to Chakotay , stating that they run under rotating frequencies , and so have to be closely monitored , and that Chakotay must report his readings to the controller at regular intervals . However , Chakotay is distracted by Janeway returning to her station , and after realizing that Chakotay isn ' t listening , asks him why he isn ' t . Chakotay excuses himself by saying he ' s just excited to be there . Once the supervisor leaves him to his duties , he goes over to Janeway . He whispers to her , and says that it is Chakotay . However , he realizes that Janeway either doesn ' t know him , or is trying to remain undercover , and so starts to pretend that he is genuinely a new worker in the power facility . He says that the supervisor suggested that if he have any problems then he should speak to her . Janeway asks what he said his name was , and he says it was Chakotay , but that was only his nickname , and his real name was Amal Kotay . Janeway says that she is happy to help in anyway she can . Meanwhile , in the infirmary , Tuvok is about to be sedated , to be operated again . Kadan , a doctor in the infirmary , tries to convince him that he is experiencing a relapse of Dysphoria Syndrome . Tuvok struggles , but it is all in vain , as he is sedated and operated upon . In the bar , Paris and Neelix are discussing how lucky Paris was to find this job after losing his position at the power plant . Torres is at the other side of the room talking to the expectant parents that Paris found for her to talk to . Paris is very distracted by this , but continues to talk about how losing that job was the best thing that ever happened to him . He says that there were too many rules and regulations , which Neelix describes like working on a starship . Paris asks if he has ever done that , and Neelix boasts that he used to be the captain of a cargo vessel . Neelix questions Paris as to if he has worked on a starship , but Paris says that space travel makes him sick . Neelix asks if he knows most of the customers , and Paris states that he knows a lot of them , and describes the bar as a great place to work ; Neelix answers that it certainly looks that way . Just as he offers to put in a good word for Neelix to his boss for a job , Chakotay walks in . Neelix introduces him to Paris using his alias , Amal Kotay , and introduces Chakotay to " his new friend , Tom Paris " . Neelix reports to Chakotay that he has been assigned to the primary fusion chamber , where Ensigns Celes and Mulchaey were also assigned to work . He adds that none of them recognized him . Chakotay , expressing a similar experience , bets that they all really love their jobs . Neelix states that it is like " " they ' ve all been programmed to be happy " " on Quarra . Chakotay states that it is a safe bet that none of them will go willingly . Janeway and Jaffen enter and she invites Chakotay and his friend ( Neelix ) to join them . Chakotay accepts , but Jaffen says to Janeway that he was thinking of eating alone tonight . Chakotay accepts this , and as she walks out , Janeway expresses to Jaffen that what he just did was rude . Jaffen excuses himself , saying that he wanted to talk to her about something . As Torres is about to leave , Tom runs up to her , and asks if he can walk her to the transport . Torres says that she will be fine , and Paris adds that he isn ' t worried that she won ' t be fine . Torres reassures him , saying that the baby will be fine too . She gives him a warm smile as she leaves . Jaffen awkwardly asks Janeway if she would like to move in with him . After some awkward discussion , she agrees . Torres , walking home alone , starts cautiously looking around ; Neelix is stalking her . She looks around instead of watching where she ' s going and runs into Chakotay , who is walking the other way . After some quick apologies , he calls her by her name , as if she is someone who he met a long time ago , and she is surprised . Torres asks him how he knew her name , and he insinuates that they are old friends . She makes up an excuse about work and tries to leave . Chakotay grabs her and stops her from leaving , and tells Torres that he won ' t harm her . She manages to loosen his grip , but Neelix comes up behind her and grabs her . She struggles and screams for security to help ; Chakotay hails Kim on " Voyager " and orders him to beam Neelix and Torres up to sickbay as The Doctor head there himself . As the two are being transported , two Quarren security officers arrive and attempt to stop Chakotay . The security officers chase Chakotay down the street . Chakotay requests an emergency transport , but Harry Kim reports that " Voyager " is under attack by two Quarren vessels and he had to raise the shields . In sickbay , The Doctor is trying to sedate Torres while Neelix holds her still . After a moment of struggling , the sedative takes effect . The officers continue to chase Chakotay , but he eventually reaches a dead - end , standing on an open platform surrounded by a force field with security guards on their way and nowhere to go . TO BE CONTINUED . . . Memorable quotes . " " Maybe all those command subroutines are compromising your medical abilities . " " " " Maybe all that sarcasm is compromising your natural charm . " " " " I ' ve repaired the deuterium injectors , brought secondary propulsion back online , and soothed Ensign Kim ' s upset tummy . " " " " Good work . " " " " Strange man . " " " " And a terrible joke teller . " " " " A sick worker is not an efficient worker . " " " " I still think you should have posed as a Talaxian , we would have made a striking pair . " " " " Whiskers make me itch . " " " " Seven of Nine . " " " " What ? " " " " Seven of Nine . Your designation . " " " " My employee number is 8586 . Take your hands off me ! Call security ! " " " " I don ' t believe you are who you think you are ! We don ' t belong here ! We don ' t belong here ! This isn ' t right ! We don ' t belong here ! " " Links and references . References . 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