• Production Code: STVOY510
• Original Air Date: 12/16/98
• Teleplay by: Michael Taylor
• Directed by: Les Landau
• Guest Cast:
  • Mark Harelik as Kashyk
  • Randy Oglesby as Kir
  • Patrick McCormack as Prax
  • Alexander Enberg as Vorik
  • Randy Lowell as Torat
  • Jake Sakson as Adar

As the U.S.S. Voyager rescues two families of telepathic alien refugees from the Devore Imperium, they are intercepted by a Devore squadron and boarded by inspectors searching for the defectors. Soon Kashyk, the lead Devore officer pleads with Janeway to grant him asylum.