Jhet ' leya Jhet ' leya was the daughter of Q ' ret , and had one sister , Tynsiya . She was formerly known as Human Starfleet officer Lyndsay Ballard . In 2374 the remains of Lyndsay Ballard were found drifting in space by the Kobali , a Delta Quadrant species . After re - animating her , they told her that she was dead , but she refused to believe it until they showed her a scan of her corpse lying inside a torpedo casing . In the coming months they changed her Human form into a Kobali form by altering her DNA . When the transformation was complete , she was given the Kobali name " Jhet ' leya " and placed in a Kobali family to help her acclimate . Although raised from the dead and transformed to Kobali , she still possessed some memories of her former Starfleet life and wanted to contact . However , the Kobali told her that they were part of her " kyn ' steya " , her past life , and that she would need to forget all of them , but she couldn ' t . It took two years before her Kobali family trusted her enough that she felt she could risk an escape attempt . In mid - 2375 she stole a Kobali shuttle and went to search for " Voyager " . In 2376 , after fighting off an attack by two Kobali ships , she made contact with " Voyager " via Mezoti in astrometrics . After Mezoti accidentally closed the channel on her , she hailed " Voyager " again and spoke with the now Lieutenant Commander Tuvok . She rendezvoused with " Voyager " and told Captain Janeway that she was Lyndsay Ballard and wanted to return to " Voyager " . After some deliberation , Janeway decided to let her come aboard , beam ing her to sickbay where The Doctor could examine her . During a lengthy conversation between her , Harry Kim , and Captain Janeway , she tried to prove who she was , but eventually it was The Doctor who found traces of Human DNA which matched the genetic samples of the deceased Lyndsay Ballard . Due to the presented evidence , Captain Janeway decided to accept her explanation as true and welcomed her back on " Voyager " . After the senior staff welcomed her back , Kim escorted her to her quarters where Neelix and Tom Paris had already brought Lyndsay ' s personal effects . She told Kim that she had made a list of things to do when she got back to " Voyager " and that hearing him play was # 26 on her list . Some other points were # 6 , taste a Jibelian berry salad , # 16 , dazzle Lieutenant B ' Elanna Torres , # 27 , show up on time for a duty shift , and # 32 , make Tuvok laugh . While Kim and Ballard were reminiscing on the past , they were interrupted by The Doctor , who told them that Ballard ' s Human form could not be brought back because her DNA had been altered too much . Fortunately , her appearance could be restored using inaprovaline , although only for short periods of time . When she resumed her assignment in main engineering , she showed up on time and , by solving an alignment error in the dilithium matrix , even dazzled Lieutenant Torres , though she could not prevent herself from speaking Kobali while solving the problem . By the time that Kim visited her in sickbay , The Doctor had restored her Human appearance . Captain Janeway invited her to a dinner date , which went horribly wrong when she started babbling to the captain and insulted her pot roast . She later had a nightmare where her colleagues question her coming back to " Voyager " . When asking Kim for advice , she somehow knew that the Kobali had found her . When the Kobali ship contacted " Voyager " , Jhet ' leya ' s father Q ' ret asked to speak to her . He was startled by her Human appearance and asked why she left the Kobali . When she explained that she belonged on " Voyager " , Q ' ret told them that during the re - animation and transition to Kobali residual memories of a former life might remain . He told her that she was his daughter , and that the moment the remains of Lyndsay Ballard where found they acted according to Kobali customs . The remains were used to create Jhet ' leya ; Lyndsay Ballard died three years ago . When Q ' ret asked her what he should say to her sister Tynsiya , she responds , " " tell her that her sister is dead , " " and left the room . When Captain Janeway told Q ' ret to leave , he warned that he ' d be back for her , despite the fact that his ship wasn ' t nearly a match for " Voyager " . When Kim found Ballard in the mess hall having a midnight snack , she was considering what Q ' ret had said . When Kim asked about her Human father , Professor Ballard , she couldn ' t even remember him . When they left the mess she doubled over as her Kobali appearance started to reassert itself . The Doctor confirmed that he could not maintain her Human appearance without increasing the daily dose of inaprovaline , which she couldn ' t handle , and she started yelling at him in Kobali before storming out of sickbay . Later Kim told her that he wanted her to stop the treatment , and that he didn ' t care if she looked Kobali , but she no longer believed she was doing the right thing . She said that she didn ' t belong on " Voyager " , and that the feeling was with her since she returned . She decided to return to the Kobali , and explained to Kim that Lyndsay Ballard , the girl he was in love with , died three years ago . She could no longer deny this . Q ' ret was joined by two other Kobali ships and began to attack " Voyager " , nearly defeating it , as Ballard and Kim went to the bridge . She yelled that she did not want to stay , as she did not belong on " Voyager " . She agreed to go with the Kobali if the attack would cease . Kim was reluctant , but she told him that at least they now had the time to say goodbye . When The Doctor stopped his treatment , her Kobali appearance returned and she was ready to leave her old life behind . Before stepping onto the transporter pad , she told Kim that at least she took care of all the important things on her list . ( ) Appendices . Background information . Jhet ' leya was played by Kim Rhodes . Apocrypha . Jhet ' leya reappears in the " Star Trek Online : Delta Rising " mission " Dust to Dust " , with Rhodes providing the voice work . In the mission she has had the corpse of the " original " Harry Kim , ejected into space from a hull breach in , recovered and converted into a Kobali whom she adopts and names Keten .