Stardate 54827.7: Chakotay's and Seven's shuttle crashes into an isolated region on the planet Ledos, home to the primitive Ventu. The two try to avoid contact with the indigenous population, but are soon discovered by the Ventu who treat Chakotay's injury and help Seven find the shuttle's deflector. The Ventu habitat is surrounded by an energy barrier, built by unknown advanced aliens to prevent cultural contamination by the Ledosians. After Seven and Chakotay have been beamed up together with the shuttle debris through a deflector modification, the Ledosians demand to study the Ventu, but Janeway decides to seal the barrier again.

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