Stardate 53753.2: During Seven's shipwide efficiency check Janeway discovers that three inefficient crew members have never been on an away mission. Mortimer Harren is rather interested in cosmology than in his job, Tal Celes feels incompetent and uncertain about everything she's doing, and Billy Telfer is a hypochondriac. Janeway takes them on a mission to a cluster of protostars where the Flyer is damaged by an unknown phenomenon that turns out a threat by an alien lifeform. Janeway needs all her persuasive power to encourage the three to overcome their problems and work as one crew to their rescue.

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