Voyager has recently sent its multispatial probe to survey a gas giant. When a Malon ship tries to steal the probe, Janeway orders that it be steered into a gas giant.

probe, in Malon tractor beam

Despite warnings, the Malon ship follows the probe and implodes due to the intense atmospheric pressure. Voyager cannot risk entering the gas giant and the crew develop Paris' design for a new technologically advanced shuttlecraft (the suggestion for one was made in the previous story [#96 Drone]). The new shuttlecraft, named the Delta Flyer, should be able to withstand the giant's atmosphere. Another Malon ship arrives and its captain warns off Voyager, saying he intends to salvage the probe (i.e. steal it). Seven secretly learns the Malon are building a shuttlecraft of their own that can also withstand the atmosphere. Suddenly the Malon fire on Voyager to create a distraction as they launch their new shuttle. Janeway is forced to launch the Delta Flyer ahead of schedule in an attempt to retrieve the probe first. When the Malon fire spatial charges at them, Seven's torpedo scores a direct hit, forcing them to retreat. Once Kim locks on a tractor beam to the probe, the Delta Flyer begins losing structural integrity. Just as the hull breaches, Torres jury-rigs an ad hoc device to trap the incoming gas in a containment field. The Delta Flyer returns to Voyager safely, with the multispatial probe.

the Malon fire at Voyager as a distraction while they (the Malon) launch their shuttlecraft

Voyager's multispatial probe, newly constructed, is seen for the first (and last) time. It is mentioned in [#123 Barge Of The Dead].

When the Malon vessel tries to take Voyager's multispatial probe, Tuvok instructs the probe to emit a polaron burst to disrupt their tractor beam. The probe gets stuck in a deep layer of liquid hydrogen and methane about ten kilometres below the outer atmosphere of a class-6 gas giant where its Borg shielding keeps it from being crushed.

It is possible to run very dangerous holodeck programs with the safety protocols off. The computer gives verbal warning whenever the order to disengage the safety protocols is given. (They are sometimes abbreviated in dialogue to "safeties" e.g. Kim in [#150 Repression] reports: "All systems were operating normally, safeties were online.")

Torres wears a skydiving suit.
(See PERSONAL LOG entry for [Extreme Risk] for Behind-the-scenes information.)

An EPS relay is seen close-up and separate from other circuitry.

Torres with the EPS relay (aboard the Delta Flyer)

the EPS relay incorporated in Torres' makeshift forcefield generator

Paris' preliminary design for the Delta Flyer includes ultra-aerodynamic contours, retractable nacelles, parametallic hull plating, and unimatrix shielding (based on Tuvok's design for the multispatial probe), and a Borg-inspired weapons system including photonic missiles. Kim suggests using isomagnetic EPS conduits in the plasma manifold to maximise power distribution. Torres designs a hull with titanium alloys. However, Seven suggests tetraburnium alloys instead. Kim later suggests reinforcing the hull with kellinite, though Tuvok claims the idea is flawed. Paris designs a panel with knobs and levers like those in his Captain Proton holoprogram.

designing the Delta Flyer

building the Delta Flyer

location of the transporter control circuitry - Torres is removing an EPS relay from it

and Delta Flyer Index.