

All were murderers, and several are multiple offenders. He is taking them back to their homeworld for execution. Yediq replies that he did not want his prisoners to get away, despite the grave risk.

Later, Tuvok asks Yediq in the conference room why he did not use the escape pods. Fortunately Seven managed to disarm him, and his next target, The Doctor, simply allows Tuvok's phaser shot to go through him. Yediq, however, informs him he will not negotiate, making things worse. Tuvok walks in, and says once again he will not be harmed. The Doctor has the security officers put down their weapons, and begins negotiating with Iko. Those two are in sickbay, and one of them, Iko, holds Seven of Nine hostage with a scalpel. They are guarding eight very dangerous prisoners, two of whom did not appear with them. Tuvok assures him they will be returned to them when they leave. When the crew of the damaged ship is beamed aboard, one of the aliens, Yediq, is dismayed that he and his security officers do not have their weapons. Tuvok sends security teams to both locations. When Harry Kim detects eleven life signs, two weak ones, Captain Janeway has the weak ones beamed to sickbay, and the rest to cargo bay 1. USS Voyager responds to a distress call from a severely damaged ship.
