The Fight

Chakotay has taken up boxing on the holodeck, coached by a holographic Boothby, and loses badly to an alien opponent. Soon afterwards Voyager is trapped in chaotic space, a region where the laws of physics break down. Chakotay begins hallucinating: he sees boxing gloves, hears voices, and lashes out on the bridge. The Doctor finds that a dormant genetic disorder in his family, one which Chakotay has always feared, has been triggered. Visions of his grandfather draw him back into the boxing ring again and again. Chakotay comes to realise that aliens living in chaotic space are trying to talk to him, and that his mind has turned their contact into the boxing match he was already thinking about. Rather than resist, he steps back into the ring, faces the alien boxer, and receives the instructions he needs. He reconfigures the ship and leads Voyager out to safety.