The Fast and the Curious

Dal, logging himself as captain, leads the Infinity towards the hidden planet where they believe Chakotay waits. To cut a 61-day journey, the crew dive into an abandoned Borg transwarp conduit, but a rogue Kazon drone intercepts them and forces them down on a hostile world. First Maje Ekthi demands the ship, or its weight in gold-pressed latinum, as tribute. Unable to pay, the crew accept his alternative: a race against his undefeated pilot. During the chaotic aerial contest they discover that Ekthi and his guards are androids, controlled by a rogue artificial intelligence obsessed with perfection, which had killed the trainees at what was once a Kazon pilot training centre. Zero sacrifices their containment suit to destroy the AI and free everyone, though Zero is left badly damaged and the crew vow to help. Aboard Voyager-A, time suddenly stops and ghostly tentacles reach for the holographic Gwyn, but fail to take her.