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Caretaker Part I
[ Episode Guide ]

In the 24th Century, a renegade band of freedom fighters known as the Maquis are operating outside Federation law. When one of its ships disappears in "The Badlands" with undercover Starfleet Security Officer Tuvok aboard, the Vulcan's new starship, the U.S.S. Voyager and his Captain, Kathryn Janeway, are dispatched to retrieve him. Captain Janeway recruits a Starfleet washout and Maquis prisoner, Tom Paris, to help on the mission. Before Voyager departs Deep Space 9, Paris rescues a fresh Academy graduate, the starship's Ops Officer Harry Kim, from some of Quark's salesmanship. The two of them become friends, even with warnings to Kim that Paris caused the death of fellow crewmembers and then lied to cover it up. Shortly after Janeway leaves last-minute instructions about her pregnant dog with her fiance Mark, her ship encounters a bizarre phenomenon in "The Badlands" that sweeps it some 70,000 light years away to the Delta Quadrant. The catapult effect is costly: First Officer Cavit, Conn Officer Stadi and several others are killed, including the Chief Engineer and Chief Medical Officer. When the Chief Medical Officer dies an Emergency Medical Hologram Doctor materializes to care for the wounded. The Voyager's survivors then realize the Maquis ship is also there. The alien behind their appearance in the Delta Quadrant was know as "The Caretaker."