Stardate: 50074.3 Voyager discovers a pair of Ferengi masquerading as demigods to profit from a planetary culture still in its Bronze Age. They arrived through the Barzan Wormhole, which leads back to the Alpha Quadrant; however, its Delta Quadrant end is highly unstable and always moving. The crew must find a way to end this exploitation while trying to use the same wormhole to return home.

Kes is accidentally injured at a sacred shrine and Captain Janeway undergoes a arduous spiritual test in order to try and save her on the Nechani world.