Basics , Part I ( episode ) On a mission to rescue Chakotay ' s son from Maje Culluh , " Voyager " is captured by the Kazon - Nistrim in a sneak attack . ( " Season finale " ) Summary . Teaser . Lieutenant Tuvok visits Lon Suder in his quarters to find that the confined sociopath has created a new hybrid species of orchid . He wants to name it the Tuvok orchid in honor of the assistance the Vulcan has given him . He also has a plan to develop the airponics vegetable garden , which Tuvok promises to mention to Captain Kathryn Janeway . As the two of them begin Suder ' s therapy session , the bridge receives a hail from an unmanned Kazon buoy . It is Seska , a former member of Commander Chakotay ' s Maquis crew who turned out to be a spy . In a distorted recording , she says that she has given birth to Chakotay ' s son , which infuriated Maje Culluh of the Kazon - Nistrim , and the boy is in danger of becoming a slave . She begs Chakotay to help her as she is assaulted and the transmission ends . Act One . Troubled by the message and unsure of what to do , Chakotay talks privately with Janeway in her ready room . Although they both know that Seska is capable of conceiving such a plan to lure " Voyager " into a Kazon trap , Seska claimed previously that she impregnated herself with Chakotay ' s DNA and the baby in the message looked part Human . Janeway assures Chakotay that the crew is behind him if he wants to mount a rescue mission but he goes to his quarters to consider it . There he experiences a vision quest and sees his father , who reminds him of how the white men rape d women from their tribe and the people embraced the children as their own nevertheless . His father gently insists the boy is a part of Chakotay and is therefore his responsibility . At this , Chakotay ' s vision quest ends . Janeway holds a meeting of the senior staff in the briefing room , where they come up with several ways to fight off a Kazon attack in the event of a trap . Neelix suggests requesting help from a Talaxian colony on Prema II , although they will be out of communications range by the time they reach Kazon space , while Ensign Harry Kim comes up with an echo - displacement method to make it seem like they have reinforcements . The Doctor has a more extreme idea : using the holoemitter s to create literal holographic starship s . Kim and Lieutenant B ' Elanna Torres are skeptical since this plan will take up a lot of " Voyager " s power reserves and the Kazon will realize they ' re holograms upon scanning them but they decide that they need to take any advantage available to them . " Voyager " follows the warp trail leading away from the buoy and finds a lone Kazon shuttle , the life support system of which has been destroyed . Inside is Tierna , one of Seska ' s aides , who claims Seska is dead . Act Two . Tierna explains Seska was killed for trying to manipulate the Maje and that he would be , too , had he not bribed one of the guards who was ordered to execute him . Chakotay remains suspicious , even though the evidence seems to corroborate Tierna ' s story and the Kazon appears reluctant to help them return to Kazon - Nistrim space . The Doctor notes , however , that he has detected that Tierna has polycythemia , which he cannot find the cause for . However , when Tierna , under duress , gives them Culluh ' s command code for the Kazon defense net , allowing them to see the location of the Kazon ships they need to avoid , even Chakotay seems convinced . The only problem with their route is that the area is inhabited by Kazon factions loyal to no one , who will attack anyone . " Voyager " is impervious to the first such attack , so as they pass out of contact range with the Talaxian colony , Janeway meets with Suder to talk about his proposal . She seems optimistic and promises to discuss it with Kes , but to Suder ' s dismay does not agree immediately . He reminds her that he only wants to do something for the ship , however his intensity leaves Janeway feeling uneasy and she excuses herself . Suder is left upset that he has likely ruined his chances . Act Three . Successive engagements with the rogue Kazon continue to target the same area on the starboard side of the ship , eventually taking out the secondary command processor s , a nonessential but suspicious target . Meanwhile , in sickbay , The Doctor still cannot determine why Tierna ' s polycythemia still lingers and the Kazon proves evasive when questioned about it by the hologram . While leaving , Tierna is confronted by Chakotay in sickbay ' s doorway about why the Kazon seem to all be attacking the secondary command processors . When Chakotay says he sees pride in Tierna ' s eyes , the same kind he saw while the Kazon man punched him in the face months ago , the first officer tells him it scares the hell out of him . " " You must scare easily , Federation , " " Tierna sneers . At this , Chakotay grabs him and pushes Tierna up against sickbay ' s door frame . He demands to know why " Voyager " s starboard ventral is constantly being fired upon and asks if he believes that it may be some kind of attack pattern . Tierna claims he does not know what the motive could be , and The Doctor demands Chakotay end the confrontation , just as red alert is sounded . Chakotay leaves to go to the bridge . The Kazon are yet again attacking " Voyager " s starboard ventral . Janeway orders that Paris keep the ship ' s starboard ventral out of the line of fire during the attack and has Tuvok fire phaser s continuously . The Kazon eventually withdraw and Chakotay orders to stand down from red alert . Chakotay wonders why the various factions of Kazon , loyal to no one , would keep firing on a non - essential area of " Voyager " . Jameway cannot determine why either and heeds Chakotay ' s words that they cannot wait and see what the Kazon have in store for them . Janeway then orders the ship be turned back . Just as " Voyager " reverses course , eight Kazon attack cruiser s head toward them . There appears to be an obvious escape left open to them , so rather than evasive maneuvers , Janeway opts to charge at the lead ship while implementing Kim ' s deflector trick . Act Four . It works , diverting half of the ships away from " Voyager " , and they manage to destroy at least one Kazon ship with the added diversion from The Doctor ' s holographic ships . A humorous accident during the implementation of his idea accidentally projects him into space for a moment , making him very indignant towards Torres . Meanwhile , alone in his quarters , Tierna takes off his entire toenail ( apparently artificial ) to reveal some kind of needle . Sticking himself with it , he gets a pained look on his face as his body expands exponentially . He explodes , blowing a hole in Suder ' s wall , rupturing a plasma conduit and damaging several of " Voyager " s systems in the process . As the holographic ships disappear and the crew desperately attempts to get " Voyager " functional , the Kazon ships concentrate their firepower on it and close in . Lieutenant Tom Paris offers to take a shuttle to head back and ask the Talaxians for help . Janeway agrees , and Chakotay takes the conn . Immediately after Paris departs , however , the shuttle is immediately fired upon and " Voyager " quickly loses contact with him . The Kazon begin to board the ship through the shuttlebay , at which point Janeway realizes the futility of the situation and activates the auto - destruct sequence . However , the sequence fails to initiate ; it cannot do so without the secondary command processors . At that point , a group of Kazon storm the bridge . A brief phaser fight ensues which kills two crewmembers but Janeway stops it , knowing it to be futile . With that , the Kazon - Nistrim complete their takeover of " Voyager " . Act Five . With the bridge crew all held under guard , Janeway demands to speak with Maje Culluh , who gladly enters – accompanied by Seska and her child . Under the impression that Chakotay had raped Seska , Culluh has decided to raise the boy as his own . Seska and the Kazon round up the crew and take them to an empty cargo bay , however The Doctor deactivates himself using medical holographic recall and sets himself to reactivate in twelve hours before he ' s discovered and Suder is missed when a Kazon soldier checks his damaged quarters . The rest of the crew are held until " Voyager " reaches an M - class planet , where the Starfleet officers are unloaded and stripped of their combadge s . The Kazon note that two crew members ( Paris and Suder ) and a shuttle are missing , however Culluh claims that the shuttle was destroyed when it tried to leave the area ( although Seska demands he confirm the destruction in case ) . " " A fitting end for a people who would not share their technology , " " Culluh gloats as he holds Janeway ' s combadge in his hand . " " Let ' s see if you manage to survive . . . without it . " " The crew immediately divides up to start looking for food , water and anything else that is going to help them survive . During the search , they spot a couple of primitive humanoids watching them from afar not knowing that there is a large serpent - like creature living in a nearby cave . Suddenly the crew ' s attention is diverted back to " Voyager " which is preparing to take - off . As the ship shudders , The Doctor reactivates while Suder hides in a Jefferies tube . As " Voyager " takes off with Culluh and Seska on the bridge reveling in their victory , Janeway and the crew are left behind with nothing but their wits to protect them . TO BE CONTINUED . . . Memorable quotes . " " Unable to initiate self - destruct sequence due to damage to secondary command processors . " " " " Help ! Man overboard ! " " " " I ' ve never seen you so troubled , Chakotay . " " " " Time to intercept ? " " " " Three minutes , ten seconds – give or take a photon torpedo . " " " " Why is it so dark in here ? Somebody turn on the lights ! Order the repair crews to begin work immediately ! I want to leave for the Hanon system as soon as possible . " " " " What ' s in the Hanon system ? " " " " Your new home . Take them to a cargo bay . And have the whole crew brought there . Check all quarters . " " " " You ! Come on , move ! Keep moving ! " " " " This is outrageous ! " " " " Shut up ! " " " " Why would these factions of Kazon loyal to no one all have the same agenda ? And why would that agenda focus on a non - essential area of the ship ? " " " " I don ' t know . But it feels like we ' re being pecked to death by ducks . " " " " A fitting end for a people who would not share their technology . Let ' s see if you manage to survive without it . " " " " Do you really think we ' re going to be rescued , Captain ? " " " " You ' re the morale officer , Neelix . You tell me . " " " " Help is on the way ! " " Links and references . References . Alpha Quadrant ; alpha search pattern ; autonomic response analysis ; auxiliary power ; Betazoid ; bronchial tissue ; Cardassian echelon ; cavalry ; Ce Acatl ; Chakotay ' s tribe ; Chakotay ' s tribe children ; Chakotay ' s tribe victims ; Class 2 shuttle ; class M ; coach ; command code ; concussion ; confined to quarters ; containment field generator ; decathlon ; decathlon coach ; defense net ; deflector grid ; Delta Quadrant ; dispersal pattern ; disruptor ; driver coil ; duck ; echo displacement ; Federation ; floriculture ; fracture ; Gema IV ( Gema system ) ; gene splicing ; Hanon IV ( Hanon system ) ; hip ; holodeck ; holoemitter ; inflammation ; inherited trait ; Kazon - Halik ; Kazon - Nistrim ; Kazon carrier vessel ; Kazon raider ; Kazon shuttle ; kilometer ; " leola " root ; " leola " root soup ; magic ; nest ; nitrogen tetroxide ; nitrogen ; Paxim ; parabolic mirror ; plasma conduit ; poison ; polycythemia ; Prema II ; pulmozine ; rape ; red alert ; secondary command processor ; security access code ; self - destruct ; spinal cord ; subspace frequency ; Talaxian ; ; team leader ; Tenarus Cluster ; Tierna ' s shuttle ; Tuvok orchid ; warp trail ; water