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A natural disaster turns out to be a very artificial bit of outer space treachery in this episode of the sci-fi television series tar Trek: Voyager. A steady shower of asteroids has been raining down upon the home planet of the Ness, and the crew of the Voyager have offered to help them find a solution to this disastrous barrage. However, their attempts to vaporize the asteroids have not gone well, and they send a research time to the planet while the Ness ambassador is brought aboard the Voyager. r. Vat (om Towles), a scientist working on the asteroid project, needs to reach the Voyager to speak with the ambassador, but when the crew attempts to arrange transportation to the ship, they discover he attempted to leave on his own; r. Vatm seems confused and out of sorts, and soon dies after drinking water which turned out to be poisoned. Amidst all the confusion, it is learned that the asteroid shower was not a natural occurrence, but the handiwork of one of the Nezu's enemies. Star Trek: Voyager 160: Rise first aired on February 26, 1997