Stardate not given: The Dauntless crew notices the sudden appearance of the Protostar, but no one can contact Admiral Janeway. She is unconscious, while the Vindicator resumes her role as the Starfleet officer Asencia and returns to the bridge. The Protostar goes to warp again, upon which Commander Tysees gives the order to follow and to merge the warp fields, so there would be no escape. When the Dauntless begins to fire, Dal attempts to form a telepathic link with Admiral Janeway, with the help of Zero. The unexpected effect is that the two switch bodies. Dal wakes up as "Admiral Janeway" on the Dauntless. He struggles to play the role and raises suspicion among the crew. Janeway, on the other hand, finds herself in Dal's body on the Protostar. She learns the reason why the crew runs away and never answers her hails. There is no way she could disable the Living Construct, but she manages to restore the hologram that was modeled after her. Zero muses that the phaser beam created a direct link between Dal and Janeway, which led to the body switch. In order to create a similar situation, they suggest a spacewalk so Dal and Janeway can touch each other again. By means of charades, the crew of the Protostar communicate this plan to Dal, who is watching them from a window on the Dauntless. Dr. Noum has Janeway aka Dal fastened to a biobed in sickbay, but the Diviner releases him, saying that he owes her his life but that he would still pursue his plan. In the warp bubble between the two ships, Dal-Janeway and Janeway-Dal try to touch each other, with Murf serving as a "bungee cord". But the distance is too great. Janeway in Dal's body takes a phaser and fires, thereby creating the required connection and reverting the change. As the Protostar arrives in Federation territory and is welcomed by a whole fleet, Admiral Janeway wakes up in her body, but she is in the brig of her ship...

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