Scott and the Engineers in the Mess Hall

An hour passes. The three observe an exploding nebular, three moons, an asteroid field and a starfield that looks for all the world like Chakotay's tatoo.
"Scott." says the one on the left. "You are not the only one capable of producing dimension hopping phenomenon. We've managed to single out the quantum signature of both our universes. As soon as we can, we'll head back to one of them. Who says you're the only Scott running around with chaos energy?"

Ten minutes pass. Voyager streaks under a free floating planet, passes a derelict space station and plows through a minor ion storm.

"Thank you." Scott says. He quickly leaves the Mess Hall.

Scott's spirits seem to lift over the next few days. He and Samantha are seen laughing, kissing and enjoying life like two newleyweds should be.

Then three weeks later, Voyager encounters an enormous space station. It's mind boggling. To go around it would take three months.
Scott works the sensors and discovers a hole in the station. It'll take ten minutes to pass through and reach the other side but it's better then a three months delay.
A quick discussion happens among the bridge crew. Ensign Mulcahey thinks they should go around. Human Ensign Wildman thinks they should go on through. Torres votes to go. So does Chakotay and Kim. Paris has a hunch they should back off.
Scott is polled and says "Honestly, we should try and make contact with the inhabitants. I am positive some are on board."

1. The inhabitants contact them. Their intentions -are- peaceful but the method of contact cripples the ship, leaving only life support and basic systems running. The inhabitants are remorseful.

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