As this episode opens the crew of Voyager are trying to help the Nezu destroy asteroids before they can hit their planet. The asteroid they shoot at disintegrates and some fragments slam into the surface; luckily in a lightly habited area. Soon after a Nezu geologist who claims that he has evidence that the asteroids are not natural contacts them but the signal fails before he can give his evidence. Tuvok, Neelix and one of the Nezu representatives take a shuttle to the surface but crash after passing through turbulence. They survive the crash and are met by the geologist; he will only give the evidence to the Nezu ambassador though. The shuttle can't fly but nearby there is an orbital tether, basically an elevator from the surface to an orbital station. It needs some repairs but they manage to get it working. Unfortunately one of the oxygen tanks is not working so they have to hope there is enough in the other. If that wasn't enough to worry about one of their number dies and Tuvok believes he was murdered meaning there is a killer on board. Before dying the man said he had to get something from the roof. Tuvok believes he was just delusional but Neelix refuses to go any further till somebody goes out and sees what is there. While outside Tuvok is attacked and his assailant thinks he has thrown him off the craft but in fact he is clinging on, Neelix manages to left Tuvok back in and in the ensuing fight the murderer is thrown out and falls to his death. It is good that Tuvok did examine the roof as he finds data on a ship that is attacking Voyager; they get back just in time to defeat the attacking ship.
This was a pretty good episode; the relationship between Neelix and Tuvok is interesting as they are quite antagonistic although when it comes to the crunch they work well together to overcome their dilemmas. Some of the action seemed like something out of an old Saturday morning serial, such as where we see Tuvok thrown off the elevator only to discover he managed to grab onto the side, but that just added to the charm of the episode.
This was a pretty good episode; the relationship between Neelix and Tuvok is interesting as they are quite antagonistic although when it comes to the crunch they work well together to overcome their dilemmas. Some of the action seemed like something out of an old Saturday morning serial, such as where we see Tuvok thrown off the elevator only to discover he managed to grab onto the side, but that just added to the charm of the episode.