Friendship One ( episode ) Starfleet Command sends " Voyager " on a special mission to retrieve a 21st century Earth probe which is believed lost in the Delta Quadrant . Summary . Teaser . A small craft of some kind flies by at impulse speeds , as " Friendship 1 " can be read on its hull . In a small control room on an alien planet , two people are desperately working to identify the craft . It begins transmitting a musical composition , " The Four Seasons " . They try to locate its position , as they realize it has just begun entering their atmosphere . Act One . In astrometrics , Captain Janeway is talking to Starfleet Admiral Hendricks about the various species of of the Delta Quadrant , particulary the Voth . He instructs her to retrieve the " Friendship 1 " probe , which Starfleet believes to be in the Delta Quadrant . She convenes a meeting in the briefing room with her senior officers . They discuss the probe ' s programming , and intent . On the bridge , Harry Kim reports that there are no signs of " Friendship 1 " in the current search grid . Kim requests to move the search to grid 310 as he has compensated for several solar winds and local anomalies that would have adjusted the probe ' s trajectory in the quadrant . They locate a titanium signal in the northern subcontinent of a planet in that grid , just 2 light - years away . In astrometrics , they are unable to localize the probe as there is a large amount of antimatter radiation . Captain Janeway sends an away team to retrieve the probe . She assigns Chakotay , Tom Paris , Harry Kim , Joseph Carey , and Neelix . They must all get inoculation s in sickbay first . B ' Elanna Torres wants to go on the trip as well , but Paris talks her out of it because she is six months pregnant and she and the baby would be breathing a toxic atmosphere . Torres only agrees if Paris agrees to carry the next baby . On the " Delta Flyer II " , the away team is headed through the upper atmosphere of the planet , where they encounter severe turbulence . When they come through the cloud deck , they notice the planet was inhabited at one point , but it looked as though it was in the midst of a nuclear winter . As the ship sets down , a man in a suit scans the ship from rocks in the distance . Act Two . On the planet , the away team are in EVA suits . Chakotay and Kim discover antimatter missile silos , while inside a cave Paris , Neelix , and Carey find remnants of the probe . Neelix hears something , but Carey can ' t read any life sign s on his tricorder . Just then , Paris , Neelix and Carey are ambushed and captured by the planet ' s natives . Chakotay and Kim return to the " Flyer " , where Kim is attacked by one of the natives who was searching the ship . After he stuns the intruder , the " Flyer " comes under attack from antimatter weapons . Chakotay has no choice but to fly the ship back to " Voyager " , leaving their three crewmates behind . Paris , Neelix and Carey are taken prisoner and injured by the native until their leader tells them to stop . The leader then ask who they are , what they have , and why they are here . Paris tells them that they are from " Voyager " and that they came to retrieve the probe . The leader responds they should have come sooner , that it would have spared his people the suffering . Janeway is receiving an update from Chakotay when Tuvok contacts her from the bridge . Tuvok says that they are receiving a subspace transmission from the surface . A man named Verin tells a confused Janeway that she will pay for what Earth did to the planet ' s people . Verin wants Janeway to take him and his people off the planet to a new home or he will kill the away team . He gives Janeway three hours to begin the evacuation . Act Three . Janeway tells Tuvok to scan for M - class planets , as just an option . Janeway and Chakotay head to sickbay where they talk to the native they stunned on the " Delta Flyer " . The man , Otrin , a scientist , says that he was attempting to get information from the " Flyer " s computers that could undo the damage Earth caused . Janeway asks the scientist to explain how they are responsible for his world ' s destruction . The scientist says that a containment failure in their antimatter power grid destroyed their planet . But until the Friendship One probe arrived , the natives had never conceived of antimatter . His feeling was that Earth ' s intent was to have their planet adapt to using antimatter technology in the hopes that their civilization would destroy itself . Otrin thinks " Voyager " is there to conquer their planet . Janeway assures him that " Voyager " is not here to conquer his world . Back on the planet , Carey is feared to have a concussion and Paris asks to treat him . A pregnant woman refuses to allow Paris to use his equipment . During the ensuing conversation , Paris deduces that she is pregnant and tells her how his wife is expecting a baby girl . Paris also finds that the woman has had two boys and a girl , but they were all stillborn . Paris says that the best doctor in the quadrant is on " Voyager " , but she stops talking to him . In astrometrics , Janeway learns the nearest M - class planet is 132 light years away . This would take seventeen trips and nearly three years to complete the relocation of the nearly 5 , 500 people on the planet . Janeway won ' t stop her trip back to Earth for that long . Tuvok states that the only other option may be to rescue the hostages by force . Janeway doesn ' t want to reinforce the thought that Human s are violent unless it ' s absolutely necessary . Meanwhile , Seven of Nine helps to treat the native scientist by extracting nanoprobe s from her bloodstream . Back on the planet , a girl talks to Neelix and Paris . They want to give the girl a toy they found on the planet . Verin hears the toy and snatches it away , thinking it is a weapon . He tells the child to stay away because they ' re dangerous . Neelix attempts to negotiate with Verin , asking if he can talk to Janeway on his behalf . He shares that his home , the moon Rinax , was destroyed by the metreon cascade and his family was killed . Verin replies , " " I ' m sorry about what happened to your family . But don ' t compare your life to mine " , " and sends Neelix back to holding . Janeway attempts to further negotiate with Verin . He discusses an alternative to relocating the entire planet ' s population . She suggests working together with the Otrin to have a shorter - term solution as flying to the other planet was too far . Verin still doesn ' t believe Janeway , as she hasn ' t given him any reason to trust her . She offers to send a supply of food and medicine in exchange for a hostage . Verin agrees and allows Carey to set up the transport enhancers to transport him off the planet , but before the transporter locks on , Verin tells Carey that he ' s sorry and shoots him with a disruptor , killing him . Act Four . Captain Janeway holds her ground on the bridge , telling Verin that killing one of her crewmen will not make them any more receptive to their demands . When Verin threatens to kill the others , Captain Janeway agrees to transport their people , but says she requires time because the transporters weren ' t designed to handle large groups . Verin gives her one hour , and ends the transmission . Janeway calls Chakotay to her ready room to begin a plan , immediately . Back in sickbay , the first phase of Otrin ' s nanoprobe treatment is working . Seven tells Otrin that the group on the planet need a change in leadership that is more open - minded . The pregnant woman on the planet begins having early contractions . Paris offers to help , and she gives birth to a boy . He isn ' t breathing . Paris revives him using a cortical stimulator . Meanwhile , The " Delta Flyer " returns to rescue the crew . Verin thinks Tuvok has been captured , but his captor is actually The Doctor . The Doctor hands Tuvok his phaser , and then he stuns everyone with weapons in the room , surprising Neelix and Paris ( The Doctor had been dressed as a native but being a hologram protected him from the effects of the radiation and allowed him to play the part . ) Tuvok and The Doctor rescue Neelix and Paris . Before they beam up , Paris convinces the mother to take her son to " Voyager " because he won ' t survive for very long in the atmosphere . Act Five . The baby is safe in sickbay . Janeway decides to transport him back to the planet along with a set of food and medical supplies . Neelix and Paris plead with Janeway to help the people on the planet to make up for what their ancestors on Earth did . In engineering , Otrin performs a successful experiment to remove the antimatter radiation . Janeway offers a plan to use photon torpedo es to eliminate the radiation in the atmosphere . " Voyager " will be put at extreme risk because it will require low - altitude detonations of the torpedoes and the reaction would expand exponentially . Janeway orders shield modifications to help the ship survive . The procedure begins , and massive atmospheric explosions rock the surface . Back underground , Verin is becoming increasingly paranoid that the explosions from the photon torpedo explosions in the atmosphere will destroy the remaining survivors , rather than clear the pollution , and brings the antimatter warheads on - line to fight back . Otrin attempts to persuade Verin to let " Voyager " help , but Verin pushes him aside and continues to set the antimatter weapons . That is , until the once - pregnant woman draws an energy rifle on him . Shocked , Verin asks , " What are you doing ? " . The woman replies , " I won ' t let you ruin our only chance for survival . " He asks if she would kill him just to stop him . The reasoning of the woman is clear : " To save my child , yes . " Verin orders to take her weapon away , but one by one , the survivors start to reject Verin ' s leadership . Trying to recover the leadership that is quickly slipping through his fingers , he claims " I ' ve kept you alive ! " ALL OF YOU ! " " But Otrin counters that survival isn ' t enough to live anymore . Verin tries in vain to regain his leadership , but fails , and the entire group stands behind Otrin in defiance . However , the best news to the group arrives when a child comes in telling everyone to hurry outside . With Verin under guard , the group goes outside the cave to find the sky clearing . Chakotay enters Carey ' s quarters , and finds Captain Janeway looking at a ship - in - a - bottle model of " Voyager " . Carey only had one nacelle to go before finishing it . Chakotay and Janeway then have a debate about the moral implications of the launchers of " Friendship 1 " . The benefits of exploration don ' t justify the loss of lives – whether it ' s millions or just one . Memorable quotes . " " The Voth , the Kobali , the Vaadwaur . You ' ve made first contact with more species than any captain since James Kirk . " " " " Well , it helps being the only Starfleet ship within thirty thousand light years . " " " " An inoculation a day keeps the radiation away . " " " " Any bets on this one ? " " " " My money ' s on B ' Elanna . " " " " I ' m sorry , Mr . Carey . " " " " From the first time you spoke up in my classroom , I knew you ' d go far . " " " " A little farther than I expected , professor . " " " " Even if I believed you , Verin never would . " " " " Then your people may need a change of leadership ; Someone more open to new ideas . " " " " I ' m not a leader . " " " " But you ' re a scientist ; someone who can see a problem and envision a solution . The same definition could apply to a leader . " " " " When infiltrating a planet with a toxic environment , it helps to be a hologram . " " " " When I first met them , I thought they were arrogant and self - righteous . " " " " I suppose you ' re going to tell me you ' ve changed your mind . " " " " Well , not completely . " " " " It ' s beautiful . " " Links and references . References . 20 million years ago ; 2063 ; 2067 ; 2248 ; Alpha Quadrant ; antimatter ; antimatter missile ; antimatter radiation ; assimilation ; atmospheric processor ; Brin ' s stillborn ; Brin ' s son ; cardio - stimulator ; circuit analyzer ; ; computer chip ; concussion ; data core ; " Delta Flyer II " ; Delta Quadrant ; dinosaur ; disulfide ; Earth ; environmental suit ; Federation ; fetal resonance scan ; " Friendship 1 " ; gas giant ; genocide ; gravimetric shear ; Grid 295 ; Grid 310 ; hadrosaur ; holo - camera ; ionic interference ; inoculation ; isolytic reaction ; isorem ; kilometer ; ; Klingon ; Kobali ; lesion ; lung ; magnesite ; meter ; metreon cascade ; metronome ; millijoule ; Missile silo ; model ; nanoprobe ; Neelix ' cousin ; nuclear winter ; nucleonic particle ; Otrin ' s homeworld ; Otrin ' s species ; Otrin ' s wife ; particle scanner ; photon torpedo ; probe ; radiation poisoning ; reverse engineering ; ship in a bottle ; solar wind ; Starfleet Corps of Engineers ; stillborn ; stratosphere ; thermal eddy ; titanium ; transceiver ; translation matrix ; transport enhancer ; tricorder ; troposphere ; United Earth Space Probe Agency ; Vaadwaur ; Vivaldi ; Voth Unused references . Alixia ; Aurellian beef stew ; Ferengi ; latinum ; ; Tefler ; Tongo ; Uxal