Now that the U.S.S. Voyager has established two-way communications with Starfleet, Captain Janeway receives her first official assignment in seven years: Locate and retrieve the Friendship 1, a probe launched from Earth in 2067 with a message of peace to other worlds. Contact was lost 130 years ago, but its known trajectory would place it in the Delta Quadrant near Voyager's current position. After five days of searching, the probe is detected on a planet darkened by a nuclear winter caused by antimatter radiation.

Josh Clark (Lt. Joe Carey)
Peter Dennis (Admiral Hendricks)
John Prosky (Otrin)
Ashely Ender (Yun)
Ken Land (Verin)
Bari Hochwald (Brin)
John Rosenfeld (Technician #1)
Wendy Speake (Technician #2)
David Ghilardi (Alien Lieutenant)

• With B'Elanna pregnant, Lt. Carey takes her spot on the away team and ends up being killed by Verin.