• Original Air Date: 11/26/97
• Written by: Jimmy Diggs & Joe Menosky
• Teleplay written by: Joe Menosky
• Directed by: Jesus Salvador
• Guest Cast:
  • John Vargas (Tau)
  • Don Pugsley (alien visitor)
  • John Rhys-Davies (Leonardo da Vinci)

Small and nimble alien spacecraft attack the U.S.S. Voyager, using high energy transports to break through the ship's shields, scan its contents and pluck off valuable equipment. Janeway and Tuvok beam down to the pirates' homeworld in search of the ship's main computer. To their surprise, they find Janeway's holographic Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes an essential part of their plans to retrieve the goods and leads them to the pirate king, Tau.