Production Number: 156 (STV313)
Original air date: 1/08/97

Written by: Andre Bormanis (Teleplay);
Ronald Wilkerson and Jean Louise Matthias (Story)
Directed by: Jesús Salvador Treviño

When the starship Voyager crew transports to a heavily secured space station to trade for supplies, Neelix meets up with Wixiban, an old Talaxian acquaintance who dupes him into using Federation shuttlecraft to traffic narcotic substances. When Wixiban murders one of his drug buyers, Paris and Chakotay are implicated while a guilt-ridden Neelix returns to the ship.

Guest Stars:

• James Nardini as Wixiban
• Carlos Carrasco as Bahrat
• Alexander Enberg as Vorik
• Steve Kehela as Sutok
• James Horan as Tosin