Stardate: 54274.7 - While Voyager stops for major maintenance on an uninhabited planet, Harry Kim, Seven, and Neelix use the Delta Flyer to search for dilithium when they come across a war between two alien races, the Kraylor and the Annari. After receiving a distress call from a damaged Kraylor ship claiming to be on a humanitarian mission, Harry accepts his first chance at commanding a vessel of his own. However, power goes to his head as captain of the crippled alien ship under attack. Finding the ship has an uninspiring name, he renames it the Nightingale. Meanwhile, on Voyager, Icheb believes B'Elanna Torres has become attracted to him.

The Doctor commits treason to help a rebel band of holograms but becomes disillusioned when the leader abducts a Voyager crew member.