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U.S.S. Voyager activates an automated message from members of the
Kohl settlement, who, years earlier, survived an environmental catastrophe
by submitting themselves into artificial hibernation. When the crew
transports the Kohl's hibernation pods on board, they find humanoids
in deep stasis with suppressed metabolic activity -- but with active
minds and complex sensory systems controlled by a computer.
In an effort to help the Kohl people,
Torres and Kim equip two pods with Starfleet technology and submit
themselves into stasis. With their mental and physical activities
closely monitored, they enter the environment created by the computer
attached to the Kohl pods. Once there, Torres and Kim find that
the humanoid's dreadful fears about recovery and survival have
caused their computer program to manifest a devious, omnipotent
clown - the idealization of their fear - and a cast of other nightmarish
characters. Then, the clown holds Torres and Kim hostage while
making increasingly unreasonable demands of Janeway.
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