• written by Nicholas Corea
• directed by Jonathan Frakes ( William Riker )
• music by Dennis McCarthy

Stardate not given: The crew beams aboard a damaged robot of humanoid design and B'Ellana takes up its repair as a challenge. When she manages to repair its power module, the robot asks her to produce more power modules so that more robots can be created. When Janeway objects, the robots kidnap Torres and threaten to destroy Voyager unless she cooperates. But the Praelor turn out not to be the only robots in the quadrant.

Guest Cast: Rick Worthy (3947/Cravic 122), Hugh Hodgin (6263/Prototype)