The crew of the Protostar is on an underwater mission to save an aquathawn, an endangered marine species, from hunters. Gwyn, who pilots the submarine, is unobservant for a moment because she has a vision of her father saying "it is a weapon", so they all end up in the mouth of the "whale". Janeway, however, manages to beam the aquathawn aboard, together with the submarine, and sets course for the relocation of the animal. The Protostar crew prepares for a visit of a Starfleet relay station to return the ship and ask for asylum. They are greeted by a lone Denobulan officer named Barniss Frex. The bioscanner doesn't recognize Gwyn, but when Dal walks through, an alert "Report to Starfleet Command" sounds. In the station's sickbay, Zero prepares a chamber for Gwyn to regain her lost memories. But as Frex transfers the collected data from the Protostar, the station goes haywire. Gwyn is locked in the chamber and can be freed in the nick of time. Things get worse as the phasers target the station itself. Frex takes the last escape pod and leaves the Protostar crew behind. They have no other choice but to take spacesuits and jump in the direction of the orbiting Protostar, with the help of quick calculations by Rok-Tahk. They narrowly miss the ship, but Janeway activates the tractor beam and pulls them in. Gwyn now remembers that her father constructed the ship to destroy the Federation. In the meantime, the real Janeway and her crew have arrived at Tars Lamora where they find the Diviner in stasis...

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