2.17 deadlock

Attempting to avoid a convoy of Vidiian ships, Voyager ducks into a cloud, and suddenly is pelted with proton bursts that destroy parts of the hull and leave Harry Kim and Ensign Wildman’s stegosaurus-headed baby dead. Kes disappears into thin air. She’s gone to another version of Voyager, an unharmed copy, that split apart in the cloud (but, like a Siamese twin joined at the hip, is still sharing the same anti-matter with its clone) and is emitting proton bursts to keep from being destroyed. On the healthy Voyager, Ensign Wildman’s baby was delivered successfully and Harry Kim is just fine. Janeway of healthy Voyager 1 contacts Janeway of unhealthy Voyager 2 (and goes through the rift to talk to her) and together they share screen time as they try to solve the problem, with no success (although there are some funny references to ‘My Be’Lanna says…" and "Well, my Be’Lanna says…". Unable to merge the ships, Janeway from Voyager 2 considers giving the self-destruct order, but just as she is about to do so, healthy Voyager 1 is attacked and boarded by hundreds of Vidiians, who begin to kill and take organs from the crew, including Paris, Kes, and others. Janeway gives the self-destruct order, but first she orders Kim to go through the rift with Ensign Wildman’s baby. In a daring rescue, Kim succeeds, and makes it through, just before Janeway 1 welcomes the Vidiians to the bridge – as it is about to blow up. A great story, with some real excitement, and a great look at how the crew would deal with death and sacrifice.

I have a nit about the fate of the surviving Voyager 2. At the beginning of the episode, there were 20 Vidiian ships in the area. At the end of the episode, a Vidiian ship had boarded Voyager 1 and presumably sent a message to the fleet about what it was doing. Voyager 2 is still very damaged. what are the odds that it can avoid or fight off the other Vidiians with no weapons, shields, or warp capability?