Counterpoint ( episode ) " Voyager " smuggles telepathic refugees through Devore space . Summary . Teaser . " Voyager " is passing through Devore space , where telepathy is illegal and telepaths are sent to relocation centers . Devore warships are far larger and more powerful than " Voyager " , so the ship is subject to frequent and random inspections to check for telepaths , complete with rough treatment of the crew and their equipment . Knowing the drill , " Voyager " and its crew are once again standing by to be boarded by Devore inspection teams and Captain Kathryn Janeway asks everyone to give them their full cooperation . The lead Devore inspector Kashyk takes up residence in Captain Janeway ' s ready room and calls her in . He plays the second movement of Mahler ' s " First Symphony " throughout the ship to " relax " the crew and replicates Janeway some coffee . His assistant , Prax , leaves to conduct the inspection and Kashyk asks her to make herself " at home " . Act One . Throughout the ship , the crew has to endure humiliation at the hands of the Devore inspectors who are more than disrespectful . They drop one of The Doctor ' s cultures and probe every part of the ship . In engineering , Prax notices extra power in the transporter systems , but B ' Elanna Torres explains it ' s part of a diagnostic . In the cargo bay , Prax also sees that there is contaminated antimatter which would interfere with their scanning , but takes no action , instead , probing Seven of Nine about her implants , convincing himself she is not telepathic . In Janeway ' s ready room , Kashyk engages in small talk , expressing an interest in Human culture . He remarks on the contradictions he sees , such as violence and beauty or science and faith . He identifies with a soldier instead of artists . He turns to a gap in the crew manifest , namely , Tuvok , Jurot , Lon Suder and Vorik . Janeway responds they were all killed , which Kashyk finds convenient , but doesn ' t press the issue , preferring instead to present his argument that telepaths are dangerous and can ' t be trusted . Their conversation is interrupted by Prax , who reports no telepaths found , but he did find two course deviations that would normally result in the ship being impound ed , and their crews detained and relocated . Kashyk forgives it , taking Janeway ' s word that they were simply avoiding ion storm s . He says to the Captain that he is a reasonable man and , given their long journey home , she certainly could use a friend like him . The Devore ships then leave " Voyager " , after which Captain Janeway orders that twelve Brenari refugee s , along with Tuvok , Jurot and Vorik , all of whom are telepathic , be brought out of transporter suspension in cargo bay one , nearby the contaminated antimatter . Act Two . Janeway informs the passengers that the transport ship to pick them up is near , but the rendezvous coordinates have changed . The Doctor and Tuvok also inform her of a bigger problem : due to being placed in transporter suspension so frequently , some have shown evidence of cell degradation . The Doctor says that , if the transporter suspension continues to be used , more serious health problems could develop . Janeway turns to the new coordinates for the rendezvous , which , unfortunately , is a nebula another two days away . They ' ll have to find the best route they can . The Captain enters the mess hall to get an update from Neelix regarding the status of the refugee children he has been helping care for . Neelix is telling the children story when Janeway enters . Neelix dismisses the children so he and Janeway can talk in private . Neelix reassures the captain that she did the right thing by saving the refugees , but expresses mild concern at the stressful situation the children are dealing with . Janeway then asks if the kitchen is still open as she as is hungry and Neelix tells her , with affection , that the kitchen is " always open " to her . As the Captain and Neelix share a meal together , " Voyager " suddenly detects a Devore vessel . Believing that yet another inspection is in order , Janeway orders all telepaths to go into transporter suspension again . However , it turns out that this ship is piloted by one man alone : Kashyk . Kashyk is out of uniform and tells Janeway that he knows all about the telepathic refugees , the nebula rendezvous , and the wormhole that she plans to transport them to for their escape . Kashyk informs them the nebula is a Devore trap , and that they will eventually find the wormhole . He says that he is defecting and requests asylum on the ship in return for his assistance in avoiding Devore ships . He assures her that he is her only way out of Devore space as only he knows about the ambush . Act Three . She agrees to grant Kashyk safe passage out of Devore space if the Brenari are amenable . The Brenari leader , , agrees to cooperate . Kir points Janeway to a scientist , Torat , who can help them predict the next appearance of the wormhole . At this point , Janeway begins to cooperate with Kashyk . Torat is reluctant to help " Voyager " , so she introduces Kashyk as a fellow professor who doubts his work . To prove himself , and in exchange for mercurium isochromate , Torat provides the two with some data on the wormhole . Later , Janeway and Kashyk work to pinpoint the next appearance of the wormhole . They simply do not seem to be able to predict a random occurrence . After standard algorithm s fail , Janeway , considering the music that is playing in the background , the second movement of Tchaikovsky ' s " Symphony Number Four " , suggests that the pattern may be found in a subspace counterpoint : if they could run an algorithm based on subspace harmonic s , they could reveal the pattern . Following this approach , the computer analysis finally works , allowing the next occurrence of the wormhole to be predicted in the Tehara system . Kashyk and Janeway also get into a discussion about their homeworlds and principles and guiding philosophies when Janeway notes that Kashyk is taking considerable risk defecting from his own people and assisting these telepaths . She asks him why and Kashyk explains that three months ago when his team was inspecting a plasma refining vessel , they found a family of telepaths hiding in one of the extraction tanks . There was a child – very young – who had been inside it for days , barely able to breathe . When he lifted her out of the tank and sat her on the deck , she thanked him . He then sent her to the relocation center with the others knowing full well what would happen to her . After that , he could think of nothing else . And when he couldn ' t stand it any longer , he decided to leave . He tells Janeway that she is his deliverance . While finishing telling his story , they are interrupted by the computer voice that informs them that the analysis is complete . Janeway accompanies Kashyk back to his quarters who asks her to join him especially because he has been looking forward to trying their replicator . But Janeway tells him that this won ' t be possible as she had the replicator taken offline in case he decided to replicate a weapon . She wishes him a good night and leaves . Act Four . Unfortunately , though they are careful to keep their power output low to avoid detection , " Voyager " is soon detected by a Devore scanning array again . They warp away to the system , and , fortunately , Seven was able to more accurately locate the wormhole ' s location . Janeway plans to fight the ships with the new information about them she has obtained from Kashyk . Unfortunately , the ships will intercept them just as they arrive near the wormhole . On the way to engineering , Janeway puts together a plan to fight , but Kashyk tells her she will never survive against two of them and offers to take command of the impending inspection to ensure the refugees remain undetected . She is reluctant , as he could be detected himself , but still agrees . Kashyk promises to make the inspection very short , and Janeway promises to wait for him as long as she can by the wormhole . Right before his departure , they kiss passionately in the shuttle bay and she watches him leave . Act Five . The Devore inspectors soon board the ship . Janeway meets Kashyk in her ready room , who plays the second movement of Tchaikovsky ' s " Fourth Symphony " and demands that she cease altering her course and leave Devore space . After sending Prax away , he asks about the wormhole . She tells him it is 20 , 000 kilometer s off the port and that a photon torpedo properly calibrated will force open the threshold long enough for " Voyager " to get through . Kashyk congratulates her , ordering Prax to Cargo Bay One to capture the refugees and ordering two photon torpedo es to be fired to destroy the wormhole . Janeway , who finally recognizes the deception , tells him that he has given a masterful performance . Kashyk says that on the contrary , he is impressed with " her " selflessness and Humanity that made all this so much easier . She asks him whether his touching story about the little girl was a fabrication as well . He tells her that the story was real but what he didn ' t tell her was that after wrestling with his ethics he realized that he had done the right thing in order to protect his people from a very real threat . With armed guards he escorts her to the bridge and fires the torpedoes onto the wormhole to destroy it . However , he soon realizes that it is he who has been double crossed : the neutrino emissions indicating a wormhole off the port bow are actually antimatter residue signatures , and it is not refugees , but cargo containers filled with vegetable s that are suspended in the transporters in cargo bay one . Janeway changes the music to the second movement of Mahler ' s first symphony , while the refugees escape through the wormhole via shuttlecraft . Prax suggests that " Voyager " be impound ed and the crew sent to detention centers , but Kashyk angrily notes that neither of them can benefit from having this failure on their records . When they are alone on the bridge , Kashyk congratulates Janeway for having played this so well . She tells him that she had to take some precautions but that she never lied to him because her offer to take him with them was genuine , and it would still stand if he had kept his part of the bargain . Kashyk merely smiles at her and before leaving tells her that for what it was worth , she made a tempting offer . Memorable quotes . " " You created false readings ! " " " " That is the theme for this evening , isn ' t it ? " " " " Prax , do you have the telepaths " ? " " " I have cargo containers . . . filled with vegetables ! " " " " Federations , Imperiums . Why do you people feel such a need to align yourselves with monolithic organizations ? " " Links and references . 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