Stardate 48546.2: Voyager is running out of energy, and Janeway decides to take the ship into a nebula to harvest omicron particles. After breaking through an energy barrier the ship comes under attack by an unknown substance. Janeway orders to steer the ship clear. The substance, however, turns out to be organic and is part of a nucleogenic lifeform that was hurt when the ship penetrated its shell. Janeway decides to enter the nebula again to heal the "wound", using a nucleogenic beam. When the beam turns out insufficient, the Doctor suggests to suture the rupture, using the ship as a conduit for the nucleogenic energy. The surgical procedure succeeds. However, instead of replenishing the energy reserves Voyager ends up with 20% less energy.

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