A surprising discovery is made in a most unexpected place - a spaceborne artificial environment which perfectly recreates the grounds and facilities of Starfleet Academy, complete with such beloved faces as Boothby the groundskeeper. When Chakotay and Tuvok bring one of the Stafleet officers from the 'Academy' back to Voyager, however, they discover that this isolated outpost of humans is, in fact, a staging and training area for Species 8472's eventual invasion of the planet Earth.
