EPISODE #142 "BASICS” (PART 1) Using Chakotay's son as a pawn, Seska lures Voyager into an explosive showdown with the Kazon. While Tuvok works to rehabilitate Ensign Suder, an unstable killer confined to his quarters, Chakotay receives a desperate subspace message from Seska. She's given birth to the child that was fathered with the DNA stolen from the First Officer, and she claims that her Kazon lover, Maje Culluh, is going to take her son away. Chakotay is torn. Seska is untrustworthy and could be trying to lead Voyager into a trap. But if it is truly his child, he owes it his help. They set out to find Seska, and en route, Voyager receives a distress call from a Kazon shuttle manned by Teirna, one of Seska's aides. The injured Kazon reports that Culluh has killed Seska. Teirna managed to survive by bribing a guard and stealing a shuttle. Voyager heads for the colony world where Culluh has sent Chakotay's son. The starship sustains several minor Kazon attacks, although none cause serious damage. Still, the fact that each of the attacks has focused on a certain section of the ship makes them suspicious. When Janeway tells Paris to alter their course, the ship is suddenly confronted with eight large Kazon vessels, clearly attempting to coerce them into a different direction. Unwilling to be manipulated, Janeway decides to intercept the lead Kazon vessel. Using some deception of its own, Voyager manages to send most of the vessels at different targets, leaving only the lead vessel to fight. But as the battle intensifies, Teirna deliberately triggers a massive explosion in his own body, sacrificing his life to damage the ship. The tactic also serves to destroy Voyager's decoy, and three of the previously distracted Kazon vessels return to attack. Paris quickly boards a shuttlecraft to seek help from a neighboring Talaxian colony, but the little ship is hit by Kazon fire, and Voyager loses contact. As Kazon intruders board the crippled starship, Janeway is forced to surrender. A victorious Culluh and Seska, who is still very much alive, take command while the Doctor secretly deactivates himself for twelve hours. The Kazon then strand the crew on a primitive planet and depart, unaware that there is still one crewmember aboard: Ensign Suder. CAST CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY KATE MULGREW COMMANDER CHAKOTAY ROBERT BELTRAN LIEUTENANT B'ELANNA TORRES ROXANN BIGGS-DAWSON KES JENNIFER LIEN LIEUTENANT TOM PARIS ROBERT DUNCAN MCNEILL NEELIX ETHAN PHILLIPS THE DOCTOR ROBERT PICARDO LIEUTENANT TUVOK TIM RUSS ENSIGN HARRY KIM GARRETT WANG SPECIAL GUEST STAR ENSIGN SUDER BRAD DOURIF GUEST STARS CULLUH ANTHONY DeLONGIS TEIRNA JOHN GEGENHUBER SESKA MARTHA HACKETT KOLOPAK HENRY DARROW Written by: MICHAEL PILLER Directed by: WINRICH KOLBE HIGHLIGHT LISTING STAR TREK: VOYAGER: "Basics” (Part I) -- Using Chakotay's son as a pawn, Seska lures Voyager into an explosive showdown with the Kazon. ADVERTISING HEADLINE KAZON AMBUSH! A mission to rescue Chakotay’s son snares the crew in a Kazon trap!