They then attack "Voyager" stealing a shield generator and escape, kidnapping Seven of Nine along the way. "Voyager", unable to raise shields, suddenly finds itself under attack from the angry nucleogenic creatures. Seven has encrypted the codes accessing the "Equinox" warp controls, delaying their plan to murder another 63 aliens for fuel. After learning the Doctor in their sickbay is from "Voyager", and erasing his ethical sub-routines as they did with their EMH, they tell him to probe Seven's brain to obtain the codes, despite the fact this may permanently incapacitate her. During his examination, he sings "Oh My Darling, Clementine" with the partially unconscious Seven, much dismaying Ransom as it seems to make his probing go more slowly. Janeway starts taking the objective of stopping Ransom to extremes when she orders torpedoes to be fired on the "Equinox", nearly kills an Equinox crew member during an interrogation, tractor beams an Ankari ship, and relieves Chakotay from command when he questions her orders. Ransom starts to realize the error of his ways and orders the crew to return the "Equinox" to "Voyager", but the remaining crew, except for Ensign Marla Gilmore, attempt to mutiny against this. With Gilmore's help, Ransom transports part of the crew, as well as the Doctor and Seven, back to "Voyager", while the remaining mutineers are killed by the aliens. After transporting Gilmore to "Voyager", Ransom stays behind, sacrificing himself to the nucleogenic creatures while moving the ship far enough away from "Voyager" to protect it from the resulting explosion. As "Voyager" resumes its journey home, Janeway reinstates Chakotay to Commander and strips the five surviving "Equinox" crew members of their ranks while integrating them with "Voyager"s crew. Seven promises to help the Doctor secure his ethical sub-routines from being deleted in the future. In 2011, Cinema Blend rated this the best episode of "Star Trek Voyager". Gizmodo ranked the "Equinox" pair 23rd out of the top 100 "Star Trek" episodes in 2014. The Hollywood Reporter ranked Equinox 30th best out all "Star Trek" episodes in 2016, and it was ranked the second greatest "Star Trek:Voyager" episode behind the Season 4 two-parter "Year of Hell".