The USS Voyager's crew is elated to finally hear from loved ones after so many years. Miraculously, the ship begins receiving messages, transmitted across the vast distances over the same relay system, from relieved family and friends back home. Thanks to the success of The Doctor's previous mission, the USS Voyager has at last made contact with Starfleet Command by using a far-flung array of alien relay modules to communicate with Earth and let them know that they are, indeed, alive - although many light years away. On board, The Doctor discovers that the vessel is an experimental Starfleet prototype with secret advanced technology, including the emergency medical hologram EMH-2, an upgraded - though highly unstable - version of The Doctor's original program. After several message attempts fail, Seven of Nine rigs a network of transceivers that enable The Doctor to be transported to the ship to that he can let Starfleet know that the USS Voyager and her crew are still alive.
Ī Starfleet ship, the Prometheus, is detected in the Alpha Quadrant, thousands of light years away.
Only Chakotay, with his native knowledge of waking dreams, knows how to lead a counterattack. The crew of the USS Voyager is attacked by a species who occupy a parallel reality in the human dreamstate.