Lt. Paris and Ensign Kim are accused of being members of a terrorist group called 'Open Sky' and imprisoned; Nexis is asked to use his ship on a special mission to help them.

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.