Having returned from a two-week away mission of scanning planets and gathering dilithium ore, Chakotay, Tom Paris, Harry Kim and Neelix begin experiencing strange visions: Tom dreams he is engaged in an alien battle whilst Harry has an anxiety attack during routine maintenance. Meanwhile, Chakotay suffers from violent dreams about being in battle and Neelix has a battle hallucination and takes Naomi hostage in the mess hall.

The Doctor's tests show they are reacting to what seem to be real memories, not delusions. As Captain Janeway asks them to retrace their mission, they begin having flashbacks of their roles in a military force whose orders are to temporarily evacuate a group of colonists called the Nakan. (No reason is given for the evacuation.) Commander Saavedra wants no bloodshed but fears that a few of the colonists will resist leaving their homes. In fact a small group of the colonists do begin firing weapons. Chakotay and the others panic in the ensuing chaos and shoot back; Harry kills two people he finds hiding in a cave. In the end 82 Nakan civilians are dead.

Trying to piece together the puzzle, Janeway orders Voyager into the system the away team was scanning and joins Seven of Nine in reviewing the Delta Flyer's sensor logs. As soon as the Captain sees Tarakis, the second planet encountered by the away team, she also begins having flashbacks of the massacre. She remembers pleading with Saavedra to admit their mistake, but he continues to vaporize the evidence of the colonists' bodies. When she wakes up later in sickbay, Janeway learns that other crewmembers have also begun experiencing the battle memories.

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