Stardate: 50537.2 Arrivng at a planet that contains a rare mineral that will greatly help with Voyager's warp coils, Torres begins to come up with an away team to examine the area. One of her engineers, the Vulcan Vorik, offers to go beyond the call of duty and join the mission, which Torres accepts.

Vorik then asks Torres to mate with him, as he is experiencing the pon farr. When Torres refuses him, Vorik must seek other means to quench his sexual desires.

Beaming down to the planet, for the long haul underground to retrieve the mineral, Torres begins to act aggressively, and then, in a tense moment, bites Paris. With the mission in jeopardy, the situation is further complicated when Chakotay, Tuvok, Paris, and Torres discover that they are not alone on the planet.