Unnamed Nechani A list of unnamed Nechani . Guide . The guide helped Captain Kathryn Janeway during a purification ritual that she undertook to help save Kes ' life . Kes had been struck down by an energy beam in the Nechisti shrine . The guide would lead Janeway through a series of challenges , that would culminate in Janeway being bitten by a nesset that caused her to fall into a coma . During this trance , the guide would inform Janeway that she had what she needed to save Kes : that she must trust herself and her faith . ( ) Magistrate . The magistrate was a government al official on the Nechani homeworld . During a tour that he was conducting for members of the " Voyager " crew , Kes wandered into a sacred shrine and was hit by an energy beam that placed her in a coma near death . When questioned , the magistrate explained that he did not know what happened , that the monk s were the only ones that understood the spirits . He believed that Kes was being punished . He told Janeway that he could do nothing to help her , since the Nechani had a strict policy of separation of spiritual and secular matters . He did give as much information that he could , explaining that the monks go through a cleansing that allows them to enter the shrine . Afterward , Neelix explained that he had found an old Nechani story where a king ' s son was struck by the beam , and the king went through a ritual of spirituality and the spirits saved his son . Janeway requested that she go through the ritual , and the magistrate contacted the Nechisti Council , which allowed her to do so . ( ) Old man 1 . This old man was one of three elders that Captain Janeway met in 2373 , when she began a Nechani ritual , preparing herself to enter an energy field that had placed Kes in a coma . At their first meeting , He was rude to Janeway . When she asked how long he had been there , and if he had tried to open the door in the room , he replied that she was too impatient , and that the door was locked . Later , after going through the ritual , and not being able to cure Kes , Janeway encountered him again . He told her that she had an adventure for nothing , that she should kill Kes , that she should take her into the energy field , and that she was too rational and must believe in faith . Finally , he told Janeway that if she goes into the field and doesn ' t believe in the spirits , she and Kes both would die . Janeway took her into the field and Kes was cured . ( ) Old man 2 . This old man was one of three elders that Captain Janeway met when she began a Nechani ritual to prepare herself to enter an energy field that had placed Kes in a coma . During Janeway ' s first contact with this old man , she was beginning the ritual of purification that she hoped would heal Kes . He told her she was welcome to wait with him . After the ritual did not cure Kes , Janeway met him again . He told her that she must embrace faith , and forget her science . She trusted in science , so she should be able to trust faith . He told her to take Kes into the shrine and trust the spirits . ( ) Old woman . The old woman was one of three elders that Captain Janeway met when she began a Nechani ritual to prepare herself to enter an energy field that had placed Kes in a coma . Janeway was attempting to discover the secret of the energy field so the The Doctor could help Kes recover . The old woman told Janeway that she was also waiting for the ritual to begin and that she had been there for as long as she could remember . After Janeway had gone through the ritual and Kes ' condition does not improve , Janeway returned to the planet where she met the three elders . They chided Janeway for having no faith and for using technology to try and cure Kes . Janeway , with new - found faith , carried Kes into the shrine . The energy field did not harm them , and Kes ultimately recovered . ( )