3.8 future’s end (part 1)

Voyager is attacked by a small, highly advanced ship with a Starfleet signature – the pilot of the ship identifies himself as Captain Braxton and brusquely explains that Voyager must be destroyed to avert a catastrophe in the 29^th century – and starts firing. But before Voyager can be destroyed, both ships are pulled into a time rift. Voyager surfaces at Earth in 1996. Subsequent scans reveal that the ship that attacked them is there too. It crashed in 1966, and was discovered by Henry Starling (playing the Bill Gates role?), who has used the technology from the ship to drive computer technology and dominate the business world. He also plans to take the ship into the future to get more technology. A run-in with the captain of the ship, who is now a deranged street person, reveals some clues. Meanwhile, a young woman working at an observatory funded by Starling (and whose purpose was an early warning system in the case that someone from the future came looking for him) picks up warp emissions from Voyager, and sends a greeting message. Paris and Tuvok track her down and rescue her just before Starling’s associate phasers her for sending the message. Paris’ love of that century is enough for him to flirt, much to Tuvok’s disapproval. Meanwhile, Janeway and Chakotay break into and discover the ship in Starling’s headquarters, but Starling discovers them. Kim, who is captaining Voyager, makes a command decision to move close enough to beam them out of danger (transporter problems require this), which is the right thing to do – but it also puts Voyager on the late news, courtesy of some guy’s video camera. Janeway tries to upload and destroy Starling’s database; he replies by using advanced 29^th century technology to upload part of Voyager’s database – including the doctor, who is now at Starling’s headquarters!