Time and Again

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Time and Again

Thrown back in time, Janeway races to prevent a catastrophe without alerting its millions of victims.

Summary[]

While traveling through theDelta Quadrant, theUSSVoyager is suddenly hit by a huge shockwave.Kes has a confusing dream of a planet being destroyed. They immediately set out to investigate the source of the shockwave, and find a decimatedplanet, where a cataclysmic explosion had recently vanquished all life.CaptainJaneway leads anaway team down to the surface, and soon discover that the explosion has shatteredsubspace. Suddenly, Captain Janeway andLieutenantTom Paris are suddenly absorbed into a subspace fracture and arrive at the same location on the day before the explosion.

AsCommanderChakotay and the crew ofVoyager attempt to retrieve the missing officers, Janeway and Paris decide not to warn the inhabitants as it would be a violation of thePrime Directive. In an attempt to find their own way back, the two officer visit the localpolaric ion power station, the site of the explosion, and become embroiled in a protest against the local authorities.

The protesters rescue Janeway and Paris, but later hold them prisoner, believing them to be government spies who are trying to stop their attempt to sabotage the power station. Despite it being a violation of the Prime Directive, Janeway warns them that their actions will destroy the planet, the protesters leave to execute their plan, taking Janeway and Paris along as hostages.

Meanwhile, Kes' psychic abilities allow theVoyager crew to locate the area that Janeway and Paris were when they died. With a polaric beam device the team use it to punch through subspace at the site of the power station to rescue the two officers. In the past, Janeway realises that it was the polaric beam which caused the disaster instead of the protesters, and she uses herphaser to reverse the polaric beam.

Following her actions, time is reset to before the adventure, but this time although Kes has the same dream the planet is not destroyed by a polaric explosion, andVoyager continues on her way to theAlpha Quadrant.

References[]

Characters[]

Ayala •Chakotay •The Doctor •Fitzpatrick (Crewman) •Kathryn Janeway •Kes •Latika •Harry Kim •Pe'Nar Makull •Neelix •Tom Paris •Ny Terla •B'Elanna Torres •Tuvok

Referenced only

Owen Paris

Locations[]

Delta Quadrant •Markov Province •Markov-Kalto

Referenced only

Chaltok IV •Kalto Province

Starships and vehicles[]

USSVoyager (Intrepid-class)

Races and cultures[]

Hologram •Human •Klingon •Makull's species •Ocampa •Talaxian •Vulcan

Referenced only

Romulan

States and organizations[]

Starfleet

Other references[]

confection bar •Drakina forest dweller •Kelada •polaric ion energy •Polaric Test Ban Treaty •red dwarf •Stellar Cartography department •subspace •subspace beacon •subspace fracture •temporal fracture •transtator

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Timeline[]

External link[]

• "Time and Again" article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.