 Eventually, the crew discover the war being waged between Chaotica and the fifth dimension and must defeat him by playing out their roles as the fictional Captain Proton (Tom Paris), his sidekick Buster Kincaid (Harry Kim) the President of Earth (the , who is himself a photonic being), and Arachnia, Queen of the Spider People - a campy space queen who is destined to be Chaotica's bride.Paris asks Captain Janeway to take on the role of femme fatale Queen Arachnia.Mortified, she refuses such an indignity, but reluctantly agrees in order to help "Voyager" out of its predicament.