Robert Blackman

A transporter malfunctions and fuses Lt. Tuvok and Neelix into one dysfunctional being. Then, Tuvok tries to comprehend the thought processes of a psychopathic killer and gets his own mind twisted in the process. Then Janeway's resolve is tested and we learn how far she's willing to go to protect her ship and crew.

The skipper of the fourth U.S.S. Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard who is sent to investigate a massacre at a science outpost. The only survivor is Dr. Soran, who perpetrated the event to cover up his invention: a bomb he lauched into a nearby sun, exploding it. As Soran escapes with Klingon cronies, Picard learns that Soran's plan is to summon a heavenly energy ribbon called the Nexus. Attempting to stop Soran, Picard ends up inside the Nexus, where...