• Production Code: STV501
• Original Air Date: 10/14/98
• Written by: Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
• Directed by: David Livingston
• Guest Cast:
  • Ken Magee as Emck
  • Steve Dennis as Night Alien
  • Martin Rayner as Dr. Chaotica

The crew of the USS Voyager is unsettled as a secluded and conflicted Captain Janeway reflects on the decision she's made along the mission and the consequences those judgements have had for them all. But soon the team of the USS Voyager encounters two never before seen alien species - a nocturnal alien and its foe, the Malon - and knows that one will not survive without their intervention. Knowing that coming to their aid makes a detour through dark, desolate space necessary, the captain alone must once again determine her crew's fate.