Telepathic alien refugees from the Devore Imperium are picked up by Voyager, but the ship is intercepted and boarded by a Devore squadron intent on capturing the defectors. Soon Kashyk, the lead Devore officer pleads with Janeway to grant him asylum.

Mark Harelik (Inspector Kashyk)
Randy Oglesby (Kir)
J. Patrick McCormack (Prax)
Alexander Enberg (Ensign Vorik)
Randy Lowell (Torat)
Jake Sakson (Adar)

• The working title for this episode was "Refugee."
  
• Voyager has had 4 telepaths on board: The Vulcans Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok and Ensign Vorik; Betazoid Ensign Jurot (who has never appeared on-screen); and Betazoid crewman Lon Suder, who was killed by the Kazon in the episode "Basics, Part II".)
  
• Vorik appears in this episode, but doesn't actually have any speaking lines.
  
• Voyager gives up two of its shuttles to the telepathic refugees.