Stardate 54474.6: Voyager rescues the crew and eight "passengers" of a Nygean prisoner ship, all of which are condemned to death because of capital crimes. While Joleg, an overall kind and pleasant person, who is a member of the Benkarans, a discriminated species, doesn't seem to belong there, Iko shows violence without any reason. When Iko, however, gets beaten up by the guards, the Doctor performs a surgery that not only saves his life but inadvertently activates synapses in his brain that were missing until then, thereby causing his violence in the first place. Iko now feels sorry for all he has done, and when Joleg and his comrades try to escape, he helps the guards to recapture them. Seven and the Doctor plead for Iko's life, but it is in vain, since the family of his victim does not agree on releasing him.

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