 Temporarily shielded from the nucleogenic alien attack, Janeway orders that first priority is to find the Equinox, stop Ransom and recover Seven of Nine. Chakotay disagrees but obeys. Voyager finds Equinox and captures a few of it s crew members before they escape again. Chakotay stops Janeway within seconds of sacrificing the Equinox crewman and Janeway relieves him of duty. Meanwhile, the Equinox EMH posing as Voyager s doctor keeps in contact with Ransom. The Doctor, on-board the Equinox with ethical subroutines disabled, performs surgery on Seven that will extract information but destroy her brain. Ransom has a change of heart and decides to surrender to Janeway. In disagreement, his crew stages mutiny. Janeway finds the Ankari and makes contact with the aliens and agrees to give them the Equinox in exchange for Voyager s safety.