Stardate not given: Neelix is increasingly jealous of Tom, who spends much time with Kes. Their conflict culminates in a fight involving hair pasta and sauce in the mess hall and is only stopped when Captain Janeway calls from her ready room. Janeway wants the two to take a shuttle to a Class-M planet that has a volatile atmosphere ("Planet Hell") but where she hopes to find rich food supplies. During their descent into the atmosphere Neelix and Paris lose contact with Voyager and crash onto the surface. They seek refuge in a nearby cave whose entrance they seal off because the vapors in the planet's atmosphere are harmful. In the meantime, Voyager is attacked by an unknown alien starship that remains in a position closer to the planet in a way to protect something on the surface. Inside the cave, Paris and Neelix witness the birth of a reptohumanoid alien. They decide to take care of the hatchling whose condition is deteriorating. Tom recognizes that the hatchling needs to breathe the vapors outside the cave. Using a transport window of just a couple of minutes, Tom and Neelix are beamed up to Voyager just as an adult reptohumamoid appears to tend to the baby.

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