Stardate: 50384.2 The crew of Voyager watches a once in a lifetime event of a supernova. With the conclusion of the explosion, a tired Janeway returns to her quarters to find Q waiting for her with a request to have a child with him. Janeway refuses, but Q will not go away. Fortunately, the matter of a Q-human child is put on hold when Q's significant other arrives on the scene. Moments later, several more supernovae are witnessed.

Unfortunately, the crew learns this is all related to a schism in the Continuum caused by the suicide of Q in " Death Wish", and the desire by some Q for individual freedoms. Now, the crew becomes ensnared in the Continuum's civil war.