Voyager - Kazon conflict The Voyager - Kazon conflict was a two - year period from 2371 - 2373 during which the was attacked multiple times by the Kazon - Nistrim sect , although other sects were involved to a degree . The conflict began after " Voyager " destroyed the Caretaker ' s array shortly after " Voyager " s arrival in the Delta Quadrant , denying the Kazon its advanced technology . The Caretaker . By 2371 , the Caretaker had been pulling in ships from all over the galaxy hoping to find a suitable mate so his offspring could take over his role of caring for the Ocampa n people following his death . Two vessels that had recently been pulled into the region were the Federation starship USS " Voyager " , commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway , and the Maquis raider " Val Jean " , commanded by Chakotay . Following his genetic testing on the " Voyager " and " Val Jean " crew , he sent two of their crewmembers to the Ocampan homeworld to be treated for an illness contracted during the testing . While searching for their missing crewmembers , the " Val Jean " and " Voyager " came across a Talaxian by the name of Neelix . He offered to assist the crews find their missing people in exchange for water to pay back to the Kazon - Ogla . When the two crews and Neelix beam ed down to the barren Ocampan surface , they were taken by the Kazon and spoke to their maje , Jabin . Although Captain Janeway appeared to be making progress in negotiating with Jabin , Neelix proceeded to take him hostage ; he then took his girlfriend , Kes , and fired his phaser at the water containers beamed down by " Voyager " , allowing them to escape while the Kazon were distracted . After the missing crewmembers were recovered , " Voyager " and the " Val Jean " proceeded to the Caretaker ' s array to negotiate passage back to the Alpha Quadrant . By the time they arrived , multiple Kazon ships were already arriving at the array to investigate the entity ' s " strange behavior . " With no intention of allowing anyone to beam over to the array , the Kazon attacked " Voyager " and the " Val Jean . " During the battle , a large Kazon carrier vessel arrived and began inflicting serious damage to " Voyager " . Chakotay had his crew transported to " Voyager " with the intention of " taking some heat " off the vessel ' s tail . Chakotay rammed the " Val Jean " into the Kazon vessel , beaming out a split second before the impact that destroyed his ship and crippled the large Kazon starship . Meanwhile , on board the array , the Caretaker himself was near death . He attempted to activate a self - destruct sequence , but the damaged Kazon carrier vessel collided with the array , severely damaging the station and rendering the self - destruct sequence inactive . His final words before his death were to Captain Janeway , who had managed to beam over with Lieutenant Tuvok , stating that the installation must be destroyed to prevent the Kazon from using the technology to harm the Ocampa . Although Tuvok believed that destroying the array would violate the Prime Directive , Janeway reasoned that the " Voyager " crew was " already involved " in the situation and made the decision to destroy the array . Upon returning to " Voyager " , Janeway had Tuvok arm the tricobalt device s necessary to destroy the array . " Voyager " fired two devices at a yield of 20 , 000 teracochranes , obliterating the array and leaving no debris . Jabin hailed " Voyager " immediately afterward , informing Janeway that she had made an enemy that day . The remaining Kazon ships then immediately withdrew . ( ) Seska defects to the Nistrim . Upon the destruction of the " Val Jean " , the Maquis crew were invited to join the crew of " Voyager " for the seventy - year journey home . One of these crewmembers , Seska , joined as an ensign in the engineering department . Unknown to the " Voyager " crew , Seska was actually a Cardassian spy assigned to infiltrate Chakotay ' s crew and report on Maquis activities , just as Tuvok was for the Federation . Unfortunately , Seska strongly disagreed with Captain Janeway ' s decision to destroy the array , and began secret negotiations with the Kazon - Nistrim . Her first act was to deliver a replicator to the Kazon , although their lack of knowledge about the technology caused severe damage to one of their ships and the deaths of the crew . When " Voyager " found the replicator , the crew suspected that someone had given the technology to the Kazon , and an investigation exposed Seska . Upon her discovery , Seska spoke of her dislike for Janeway and her decision to strand " Voyager " in the Delta Quadrant . She then immediately beamed to a nearby Kazon vessel and disappeared . ( ) Frequent attacks and treason . With Seska supplying information about " Voyager " and training them in Cardassian battle tactics , the Kazon were able to raid " Voyager " and steal a transporter module in 2372 . Although Commander Chakotay was able to destroy the module a brief time later , he was captured and interrogated by the Kazon . Before " Voyager " was able to rescue him , Seska took a sample of his DNA and impregnated herself with it . ( ) A later Kazon attack , the fourth in a two - week period of time , took the life of a former Maquis , Kurt Bendera , who was popular with many of the Maquis on board including Chakotay , B ' Elanna Torres , and Ensign Hogan . Feeling that Starfleet ' s policies were not working with the Kazon , Chakotay suggested a new approach : making a deal . A summit was arranged to discuss the possibility of an alliance with some of the Kazon sects . " Voyager " would offer to defend any allied ships from attack and provide emergency aid to ships and outposts in exchange for the cessation of hostilities . Unfortunately , the talks were cut short by an attack by the Trabe , the race who had formerly oppressed the Kazon . The Trabe had hoped to wipe out the Kazon leadership and throw the sects into chaos , but was stopped by " Voyager " . Unfortunately hostilities between the vessel and the Kazon continued . ( ) Sometime in 2372 , Michael Jonas began feeding information about " Voyager " to the Kazon . Although Lieutenant Tuvok was able to detect that someone had contacted the Nistrim , he was unable to pinpoint who it was and where it was coming from . A plan was concocted between himself , Captain Janeway , and Lieutenant Tom Paris to have Paris start behaving like a malcontent in order to make the impression that he wanted to leave the ship . The plan was successful , with Paris getting into fights with both Chakotay and Lieutenant Rollins to curb any suspicion of his true intentions . Upon leaving " Voyager " , Paris was captured by the Kazon as planned . After examining the Kazon computer , he discovered Michael Jonas ' treason and quickly made his escape back to " Voyager " with the news . Meanwhile , back on " Voyager " Neelix had discovered Jonas ' betrayal by his own methods , and was able to kill him during a fight in engineering . ( ) Final confrontation . By the end of 2372 , Seska had given birth to her child . She contacted " Voyager " and pleaded desperately for help as Maje Culluh had realized that the child was not his and planned on raising him to be a slave . Although realizing the possibility of Kazon deception , the " Voyager " crew rallied behind Chakotay and his responsibility to his son . Holographic projector s were installed on " Voyager " s hull to give the illusion of friendly ships to draw enemy fire away from " Voyager " , and the ship was within close range of a Talaxian colony willing to provide aid in the event of an ambush . Unfortunately , despite the crew ' s best efforts , " Voyager " was captured by Kazon forces in the ensuing ambush . Lieutenant Tom Paris managed to escape the combat zone in a shuttle and went back to the Talaxian colony to get help , but not before the " Voyager " crew was marooned on Hanon IV . On " Voyager " , The Doctor and Lon Suder , a recovering sociopathic Betazoid , remained on board . The Doctor was tied into the sickbay systems at the time and unable to join the crew on Hanon , and Suder had successfully remained hidden during the Kazon attack . Together they managed to sabotage " Voyager " s backup phaser coupling s as well as other systems on board . The Doctor also uncovered that Seska ' s child was in fact Culluh ' s and not Chakotay ' s . Paris and the Talaxian fleet managed to intercept " Voyager " and disable the vessel , with The Doctor and Suder ' s sabotage playing a key role in securing the vessel . Seska and Suder were killed during the final battle , but Culluh ( with his son ) and several Kazon soldiers escaped " Voyager " in escape pod s . Paris then proceeded to pick up the " Voyager " crew on Hanon IV . ( ) Aftermath . " Voyager " left Kazon space in early 2373 following " Voyager " s recapture . Given the immense distance between the Federation and the Kazon Collective , the repercussions for the Kazon following the conflict with " Voyager " may never be known . " Voyager " herself suffered heavy damage at the hands of the Kazon during the conflict , and lost at least half a dozen crewmembers . Fortunately , the damage done to " Voyager " did not hinder its ability to return to the Alpha Quadrant in 2378 .