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Tanis (born 2358 ) was an Ocampa male, who was elected by his ancestors to live with the Caretaker 's mate, Suspiria . Tanis lived until he was fourteen years old, exceptionally old for an Ocampa, whose average life span was only nine years. He believed his longevity was owed to Suspiria's nurturing. Tanis' father lived to be twenty.

However, Tanis himself lacked compassion that the Caretaker's Ocampa had displayed, and he thus regarded the crew of USS Voyager , with their lack of psychic powers, as little more than pets. Tanis urged Kes to leave Voyager and live on an Ocampa space station, where he could teach her how to use her psychic abilities and she could live with her own kind. When Neelix tried to intervene, Tanis attacked him. Tanis was ordered to deliver Voyager to Suspiria, who wanted revenge on the crew, as she believed they had killed her mate. Kes became aware of the plot and attacked Tanis with her psychic powers, which also disabled Suspiria. When Suspiria returned to her home of Exosia , Tanis followed her there. ( VOY : " Cold Fire ")

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Tuvok is helping Kes develop her Psychic Powers , allowing her to hear Neelix's thoughts before her amusement severs the connection. Tuvok promises to help her control her emotional "outbursts" in the future. Kes arrives late to her shift at Sick Bay, where suddenly the crystalized remains of the Caretaker begin making a high-pitched sound. Torres investigates and discovers that the crystal is resonating with an outside source of sporocystian energy, leading Janeway to suspect that it's picking up signals of the Caretaker's wayward mate. Torres hooks the crystal up to some machinery to use as a compass, and they set off in search of the entity. On the way, Janeway agrees to Tuvok's suggestion that they work on developing a toxin to subdue the entity in case she becomes hostile.

The ship arrives at a Space Station that looks very similar to the Caretaker's array, though much smaller. Kim notes that the station is filled with Ocampa. But as the ship draws closer, they're fired upon. The station's commander, Tanis, orders the ship to go away, but Janeway introduces him to Kes, a fellow Ocampa, and Tanis agrees to meet with them on Voyager. Onboard, Tanis tells Janeway that Voyager has developed a reputation as a "ship of death," and that they're believed to have killed the Caretaker. Janeway denies all of this. He also reveals that his people's own caretaker, Suspiria, has helped them evolve, increasing their lifespan and psychic abilities. He invites Kes to join them, and Janeway urgers her to think it over. After Tanis returns to his station, however, he telepathically promises to deliver Voyager to Suspiria.

Tanis agrees to take Voyager to Suspiria's location. On the way, he teaches Kes how to move objects and raise their temperatures with her abilities. She demonstrates these abilities to Tuvok but becomes unable to shut them off , nearly burning Tuvok alive. But Kes continues learning from Tanis, who unlocks her ability to summon a huge firestorm that burns all of her plants. He tells her that soon she will evolve beyond her crewmates and be able to join Suspiria in a realm of pure thought.

Suspiria arrives on the ship looking like a little girl, and it turns out that she's on a mission to avenge her mate. She starts to destabilize the ship. Kes figures out what's happening and fights Tanis off using her new psychic powers. The captain uses Tuvok's anti-sporocystian weapon to stun Suspiria and lock her behind a forcefield. However, to Suspiria's surprise, Janeway grants mercy to her and Tanis, allowing them to leave unharmed. When they've gone, Janeway vows to seek out Suspiria in the future and convince her to take the ship home. Without Tanis, Kes's psychic abilities have greatly diminished, and she returns to Tuvok for training. She regrets the dark impulses that made her lose control of her abilities, but Tuvok assures her that everyone has these impulses, and Kes simply needs to learn to control them.

This episode contains examples of the following tropes:

• Aborted Arc : Suspira never appears again after this episode, ending any involvement by the Caretaker and his species in Voyager's efforts to get home.
• Arc Number : The ship is 47 hours from the location of Suspiria, a recurring number throughout the Star Trek franchise.
• Attack Hello : The Array greets our heroes by shooting at Voyager.
• Beware the Nice Ones : Kes. When he hurts Neelix, she turns her newly heightened psychic abilities against Tanis, and he's utterly unable to defend himself against her.
• Blood from Every Orifice : Tanis when Kes starts getting pissed off .
• Book Ends : The episode starts and ends with Tuvok instructing Kes.
• The remains of the Caretaker that the crew retrieved in the pilot episode.
• Tuvok's anti-sporocystian toxin gets used before the episode is done.
• Creepy Child : Suspiria appears in the form of a weeping human girl-child, but quickly turns nasty.
• Cult : Although the episode doesn't get into it explicitly, the way Tanis describes life on Suspiria's station has all the hallmarks of a cult. He promises Kes that she can unlock her latent potential and live longer. He gives her an intense sensory experience and entices her to destroy something she loves, while trying to isolate her from her friends by telling her that she's better than them. And sufficiently advanced Ocampa get to go to "Exosia" where they experience communion with Suspiria in thought and energy.
• Easily Forgiven : Rather than castigate Kes for nearly getting him killed, Tuvok advises her to treat the incident as a learning experience and remains committed to instructing her because the incident certainly demonstrates that she needs to practice her control. He even forestalls her apology by saying that guilt is not a particularly useful emotion.
• Evil Feels Good : Kes receives a taste of this when her new mentor shows her new heights of her power and she ends up burning all the plants in the hydrobay. She confesses later to Tuvok that this power felt good, even though she knew there was something bad about it.
• Evil Sounds Deep : Suspiria's child-avatar when she starts getting nasty (courtesy of a voice-over by Majel Barrett ).
• Failure Is the Only Option : It's only season 2, which means the crew is not going to succeed in persuading Suspiria to yeet them back to the Alpha Quadrant.
• Hero with Bad Publicity : A later episode reveals that the Kazon have been damaging Voyager 's reputation to prevent them gaining allies. Tanis: Captain, are you aware of how your ship is regarded? That when Voyager appears people fear destruction . Other Ocampan: Your ship is known as a ship of death . Janeway: (incredulous) What? Tanis: You've established quite a reputation. You killed the Caretaker , declared war on the Kazon , raided planets for their resources... Chakotay: None of that is true. We've never attacked anyone except in self-defense. Tuvok: And we did not kill the Caretaker. He died of natural causes.
• Innocent Flower Girl : Inverted when Kes burns up all her flowers... and likes it.
• It's a Long Story Tanis: What would an Ocampa be doing on an alien starship? Kes: It's a long story. But I'd like to know what an Ocampa is doing on an alien space station. Tanis: That is also a long story.
• Layman's Terms Torres: We've placed the remains in a hexiprismatic field, Captain. The next time it responds to sporocystian energy, the field should give us a heading to the source. Janeway: You're using the remains like a compass.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast : It should be no surprise that the entity is malevolent upon hearing that her name is "Suspiria."
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain : Tanis gives Kes the powers needed to interrupt Suspiria long enough for Janeway to grab the anti-sporocystian weapon.
• Oh, Crap! : Kes is initially happy to sense Suspiria, but is then horrified to sense her malevolence.
• Power Incontinence : Kes suffers a terrifying instance of this when she accidentally starts boiling Tuvok's blood while trying to push her abilities.
• Pragmatic Hero : A minor but important example; Tuvok notes that the Caretaker was a powerful entity who could have easily done them great harm if he'd been so inclined, and so is given permission to study the Caretaker's remains and devise a weapon that could be used against Suspiria if she proves to be hostile.
• Previously on… : Majel Barrett reminds us of events in "Caretaker" ten months ago.
• Pstandard Psychic Pstance : Tanis making contact with Suspiria.
• Psychic Powers : Telepathy & Telekinesis
• Rain of Blood : Janeway is trying to communicate with Suspiria when she feels blood drip onto her shoulder. She looks up and sees Tuvok and B'Elanna suspended above her head .
• Revenge Myopia : Suspiria believes that Voyager killed her mate , and isn't interested in listening to Janeway telling her otherwise.
• Screaming Woman : On seeing Tuvok in convulsions, Kes delivers a terrified shriek.
• Space Station : A smaller Array houses the Ocampa colony.
• Starfish Alien : Suspiria is a "sporocystian lifeform".
• Status Quo Is God : In the end, the ship is right back to square one, and Kes's psychic abilities have returned more or less to where they started.
• They Were Holding You Back : Tanis urges Kes to abandon the crew to whatever fate Suspiria has in mind for them. He doesn't know Kes very well.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend : When Tanis assaults Neelix, Kes snaps and attacks him, taking him out of the fight quite easily.
• What Measure Is a Non-Super? : Tanis is only interested in Kes, and even though the crew's behavior doesn't match their "ship of death" reputation, has no interest in the possibility that Suspiria might be wrong in judging them guilty of killing the Caretaker.
• What Happened to the Mouse? : We never see Suspiria again.
• You Are Not Alone
• You Leave Him Alone! : Neelix yells this when Kes' new mentor is pushing the distressed girl to come with them and not worry about the fate of the crew. It doesn't work, but seeing him thrown backwards causes Kes to get dangerous.
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Jennifer lien’s 6 best star trek: voyager episodes as kes.

The best of Jennifer Lien's Star Trek: Voyager episodes as Kes center on her empathy, compassion, and growing telepathic powers.

• Kes brings joy and optimism to the crew of the USS Voyager, showcasing her empathetic nature and strength as a character.
• Kes faces difficult decisions and personal growth throughout the series, including her relationship with Neelix and the development of her telepathic powers.
• Despite her short time on Voyager, Kes leaves a lasting impact, providing an optimistic perspective and reminding the crew of the potential of exploration and unity.

In Star Trek: Voyager , Kes (Jennifer Lien) brings a sense of joy and wonder to the USS Voyager's crew with her optimistic empathy, which her best episodes focus on. On Ocampan from the Delta Quadrant, Kes joins the crew with Neelix (Ethan Phillips), and together the pair create an ebullient contrast to the combined Starfleet and Maquis crew stranded in the Delta Quadrant. While Neelix works on morale and food, Kes becomes an empathetic voice of reason, particularly for The Doctor (Robert Picardo). Later episodes see Kes develop her telepathic powers under the tutelage of Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ), and break up with Neelix in a great turn for character development for both Neelix and Kes.

Kes is written out after Star Trek: Voyager season 3 , so she never has a chance to reach her full potential as a character. Early reports surrounding Kes's departure claimed the Ocampan was a difficult character to write for due to her short lifespan and lack of development. More recently, executive producer Jeri Taylor cited actress Jennifer Lien's struggles with mental health as a major contributing factor to writing Kes off of Voyager . While Kes wasn't on Voyager very long, she did feature in some episodes that featured her strength as a character.

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6 season 2, episode 4, "elogium".

Kes' relationship with Neelix is tested when a biological anomaly attached to the USS Voyager causes Kes to prematurely enter the Ocampan form of puberty, called the elogium. The couple must decide whether they will have a child, because Ocampan biology dictates it must be now or never. It's an unusual episode that sets the stage for the plethora of weird things on Star Trek: Voyager , but beyond that, its focus on Kes as a character highlights her devotion to Neelix as a partner, which plays out over the course of Voyager 's first few seasons as Kes creates other friendships, and values them just as much.

5 Season 1, Episode 1

"caretaker".

Star Trek: Voyager 's premiere takes time to establish the Ocampa as a new Star Trek alien society on Voyager , as well as Kes' place within Ocampan society. Kes is introduced as one of the rare Ocampa who wants to explore beyond the Caretaker's underground city and believes that they can survive without the Caretaker, despite the dangers above, like the violent Kazon and the arid landscape itself. Between Kes's adolescent wanderlust, and the help Kes and boyfriend Neelix can contribute to Voyager's crew as guides, it's no surprise Kes leaves her home to spend her short life among the stars.

4 Season 6, Episode 23

"fury".

An aged Kes returns to Voyager with a vengeance, believing that she was abandoned instead of leaving to forge her own path three years prior. The intervening years haven't been kind, so Kes time travels back to Star Trek: Voyager season 1 to convince her younger self to return to the Ocampa homeworld, where she will never have to learn about her power. It's the younger Kes, however, who reminds the elder that she joined the crew of her own free will, and truly wants to explore space and the potential of her telepathic powers. It's a great reminder of the optimism that characterized Kes early on, as her youthful outlook intervenes with her future.

"Fury" marks the last time Kes is seen in any Star Trek episode.

3 Season 4, Episode 2

"the gift".

Kes's farewell episode comes early in Star Trek: Voyager season 4, and features Kes's telepathic Ocampa powers , which now include psychokinesis, and are growing stronger at an alarming rate. Kes's ability to see and manipulate matter beyond the subatomic level distresses both her mentor Tuvok and ex-boyfriend Neelix, since her lack of control endangers the structure of Voyager itself and its crew. Rather than put others in danger, Kes elects to leave Voyager to discover what she is capable of on her own, and leaves them with the titular parting gift: 9.5 thousand light years shaved off their journey home.

2 Season 2, Episode 10

"cold fire".

When Voyager suspects another Caretaker might be able to send them home, they discover an Ocampa colony led by the long-lived Tanis (Gary Graham). Kes is eager to learn from Tanis, who explains the secret to unlocking Kes's telepathic power lies beyond Vulcan mentor Lt. Tuvok's strict exercises, in the "cold fire" of pure emotion, but his lessons prove dangerous when Kes embraces them. There's a dark implication that Kes could be a real threat if she were to go rogue , but Kes's true nature prevails in the mercy shown to Suspiria, the vengeful Caretaker mate overseeing these Ocampa.

1 Season 3, Episode 21

"before & after".

Kes begins the episode on her deathbed, as a grandmother infected by chroniton radiation, with no memory of her life, until she's jolted backwards in time. With each step back through her personal history, Kes takes her memories of the future with her into the past, which helps the Doctor piece together the treatment that saves her life. It's a neat sci-fi premise with Kes's brief lifespan increasing the stakes, and her inquisitive determination pushing the plot forward, and the glimpse of Kes's potential family with Lt. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) in the abandoned future puts an interesting twist on their friendship as it stands in Voyager season 3.

Voyager's year-long battle with the Krenim that Kes briefly experiences eventually happens in Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episodes 8 & 9, "Year of Hell".

Kes may not have featured in many episodes of Star Trek: Voyager , thanks to her time on the series being cut short, but the best Kes episodes still showcased her inherent goodness as a positive trait, rather than pure naïveté. With her open heart and ready willingness to believe in the best of others, Kes's best episodes show how Kes provides a much-needed optimistic perspective to Voyager's crew at a time when they could have found themselves hopeless, stranded in the Delta Quadrant without an easy way back home.

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Remembering Gary Graham, 1950 – 2024

StarTrek.com honors the late actor and his contributions to the Star Trek universe.

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StarTrek.com is saddened to learn of the passing of actor Gary Graham, who played the Vulcan ambassador Soval across all four seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise . Graham passed away on January 22, 2024, at the age of 73.

Graham was born June 6, 1950, in Long Beach, CA. He made his acting debut with the movie Lost on Paradise Island in 1975. He would go on to land a series of television roles on Eight is Enough , Starsky and Hutch , Knots Landing , The Dukes of Hazard , and Moonlighting , before his big break, co-starring on the television series, Alien Nation , along with its five subsequent TV movies, as Detective Matthew Sikes.

Fans of Star Trek knew him best as Star Trek: Enterprise 's Soval, the Vulcan ambassador to Earth, who causes problems for both Admiral Forrest and Captain Archer with his unfavorable attitude towards humans. Soval would go on to object to giving Archer command of the Enterprise NX-01, and later blame him for the destruction of the P'Jem monastery.

Prior to Enterprise , Graham appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Cold Fire" as Tanis, an Ocampan community leader whose ancestors elected to live with the Caretaker's mate, Suspiria. His presence in the Star Trek fandom would continue with appearances at conventions and two Star Trek fan films.

His love for genre media continued when Graham served as an associate producer for The Jace Hall Show , a comedy online series that combined exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from game developers with one-of-a-kind interviews with actors, musicians, and athletes talking about their favorite video games.

In addition to his acting pursuits, Graham was a full-fledged paramedic during his time on Alien Nation . He was also in the bands The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.

Please join StarTrek.com in extending our condolences to Graham's family, friends, and countless fans all over the world.

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Gary Graham Played More Star Trek Characters Than You May Have Realized

On the morning of January 23, 2024, actor Gary Graham, star of the "Alien Nation" TV series, the cult classic "Robot Jox," and multiple-time "Star Trek" supporting player, passed away at the age of 74. Graham had a prolific acting career, appearing in single episodes of many of the hottest TV shows of his day, including "Starsky & Hutch," "The Incredible Hulk," Knots Landing," "CHiPs," "T.J. Hooker," "Hunter," "M.A.N.T.I.S.," "Diagnosis Murder," "Ally McBeal," "JAG," and "Nip/Tuck." He had an easy demeanor, allowing him to play comedic affable characters just as well as intense, serious ones.

Trekkies likely know Graham best for playing Soval on "Star Trek: Enterprise." Soval was the snippy Vulcan ambassador who oversaw Earth's very, very slow transition from post-war ruin to a thriving society ready for space exploration. In the timeline of "Star Trek," humanity discovers warp-speed flight while the world is recovering from nuclear devastation. On the very first Earth warp flight, humans attracted the attention of some passing Vulcans who landed to say hello. Vulcans then began visiting Earth regularly, helping the planet recover and ensuring we were prepared for long-range space missions. This process took a century. Soval was there at the start of "Enterprise" to express his continued concern for humans' inability to traverse the heavens confidently.

Soval appeared in 11 episodes of "Enterprise," eventually admiring humans' tenacity and adaptability on their first space flight. Graham played Soval as an insufferable killjoy, eager to point out flaws in humans and criticize their abilities to do just about anything. When he softened, it meant a lot.

But that wasn't the first time Graham was on "Star Trek," nor was it his last. Indeed, Graham became one of the more prolific participants in "Star Trek" fan films in the extensive Trekkie filmmaker community.

In the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Cold Fire" (November 13, 1995), Captain Janeway locates a second Caretaker, a powerful alien that could return the stranded U.S.S. Voyager to Earth. The Caretaker is surrounded by a society of Ocampa, the same species as the Voyager's guest Kes (Jennifer Lien). The leader of the Ocampa is Tanis, played by Gary Graham. Tanis explains to Kes that Ocampans all have powerful psychic powers that they merely need to hone and strengthen. Kes tries out a few of her psychic powers, but doesn't quite have a handle on them: she accidentally sets fire to the Voyager's hydroponics bay and boils the blood of security chief Tuvok (Tim Russ).

Eventually, the Caretaker alien (represented by Lindsay Ridgeway) reveals that she is distrustful of the Voyager crew due to incorrect rumors in this part of the galaxy. Kes will have to use her newfound psychic powers to attack Tanis, allowing the Voyager to escape.

Graham played a somewhat archetypal character for "Star Trek," in that he played a seemingly benevolent alien who had a secret, insidious agenda. Because "Star Trek" tends to remember its guest stars and offer them additional jobs in the future, Graham was called six years later when "Enterprise" debuted.

The actor said at conventions that he was considered for the role of Benjamin Sisko (before the showrunners of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" decided that the character should be Black) and for the role of Captain Janeway (before the showrunners of "Star Trek: Voyager" decided the character should be a woman). Given Graham's history of sci-fi, these are easy claims to believe.

The hoary world of Star Trek fan films

After "Enterprise," however, Graham continued to show up in non-canonical "Star Trek" films. It should be noted that the realm of "Star Trek" fan films is an enormous community unto itself, and several filmmakers have gotten central "Star Trek" actors to reprise their roles. James Cawley and Jack Marshall launched the 2004 series "Star Trek: New Voyages," a 10-episode series that claimed to be the fifth and final season of the original "Star Trek." George Takei, Walter Koenig, Grace Lee Whitney, and Denise Crosby appeared on the show, although new actors played most of the classic "Trek" characters.

Graham appeared in a non-sanctioned 2006 "Trek" fan film "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men," playing a character named Ragnar. "Of Gods and Men" was not backed by Paramount but secured the participation of a dozen known "Trek" actors, as well as a few of the performers from "New Voyages." "Of Gods and Men" starred Koenig, Nichols, and Whitney, as well as Ethan Phillips, Cirroc Lofton , Alan Ruck, Chase Masterson, Garrett Wang, William Wellman, Jr., J.G. Hertzler, and Tim Russ (who also directed). "Of Gods and Men" is not canonical, but it feels like more than a fan film.

Graham's character, Ragnar, was the shape-shifting right-hand man of Captain John Harriman (Ruck), the commander of a ship called the Conqueror in a violent alternate timeline.

"Of Gods and Men" spun off into a separate fan-made movie called "Star Trek: Renegades" in 2015. Graham reappeared as Ragnar and he was joined by Russ, Koenig, and Lofton, as well as other newly participating "Trek" actors like Robert Picardo and Manu Intraymi.

These "Trek" fan films are only dubiously legal, so finding them may be hard. But I think they oughtta count, dangit.

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A pair of ferengi negotiators, arridor and kol, star trek: voyager season 3, episode 5 "false profits".

The USS Voyager encounters a pair of Ferengi negotiators, Arridor (Dan Shor) and Kol (Leslie Jordan), who claim to be the prophesied Great Sages of the Takarians, a society with Bronze Age level technology. The Ferengi have no Prime Directive to deter them from interfering with the Takarians' development , so they're performing "miracles" with a standard replicator to reap the monetary benefits of the Takarians' worship. Voyager's crew know the Ferengi reputation well enough to know they're no Sages, so they must figure out how to put a stop to Arridor and Kol's grift.

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Star Trek: Voyager Season 3, Episode 23 "Distant Origin"

"Distant Origin" opens on Forra Gegen (Henry Woronicz), a scientist who discovers that his people, the Voth, share certain genetic similarities with the humans aboard the USS Voyager. While this confirms Gegen's theory that the Voth are the descendants of a species brought to their homeworld millions of years ago , religious leader Minister Odala (Concetta Tomei) refuses to accept the truth. Even with Commander Chakotay present as a living specimen of humanity, Odala pushes Gegen to recant, because Gegen's theory goes against the Voth Doctrine that keeps Odala in power.

After meeting Gegen's assistant, Tova Veer (Christopher Liam Moore), Janeway and the Doctor use the holodeck as a research guide to extrapolate how hadrosaurs might look in the 24th century if they'd been able to evolve into a humanoid form with comparable intelligence. The result resembles Veer, so Janeway and the Doctor conclude, like Gegen, that the Voth evolved from hadrosaurs into a highly advanced species on Earth , then fled to the Delta Quadrant in spacefaring vessels instead of being wiped out with the other dinosaurs.

The Friendship One Probe

Star trek: voyager season 7, episode 21 "friendship one".

By Star Trek: Voyager season 7 , the USS Voyager is in regular contact with Starfleet Command, and Starfleet gives Voyager a mission to retrieve a 21st-century Earth probe, Friendship One . The probe proves difficult to find, but once discovered on an alien planet suffering devastating climate collapse, the implications of Friendship One's launch become clear. Besides the irreversible damage to the planet's climate, the inhabitants are all suffering from radiation sickness, and bear understandable hostility towards Earth, because the aliens believe humans orchestrated their destruction with the Friendship One probe.

The United Earth Space Probe Agency was one of the early names for the organization the USS Enterprise belongs to in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Charlie X".

Friendship One was launched in 2067 by the United Earth Space Probe Agency with the intention of making friends with whomever found it, as the name implies. Although Friendship One, the 400-year-old Earth probe, traveled for centuries carrying messages of peace, musical recordings, and ways to translate languages, the people who discovered Friendship One in the Delta Quadrant took a greater interest in the antimatter it used to travel across space. Without the proper knowledge of its use, antimatter proved devastating to the planet and its people, resulting in death and disease for generations.

Dreadnought, a Cardassian Missile

Star trek: voyager season 2, episode 17 "dreadnought".

The USS Voyager discovers a dangerously powerful, self-guided Cardassian missile in the Delta Quadrant, which Lt. B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) recognizes as one nicknamed "Dreadnought" . When B'Elanna was with the Maquis, Torres had actually reprogrammed the missile herself, with the intention of turning the Cardassians' own weapon against them. Without a Cardassian target in sight, the artificially intelligent Cardassian Dreadnought targets a heavily-populated Class-M planet , Rakosa V. B'Elanna determines she must be the one to keep Dreadnought from hurting anyone else, and boards the missile to convince it to stand down.

While no concrete reason is given for exactly how the Dreadnought wound up in the Delta Quadrant, its last known location in the Alpha Quadrant was the Badlands, the same rough patch of space where Voyager and the Val Jean, Chakotay's Maquis raider, fatefully met. Because of this, Torres theorizes that Dreadnought arrived in the Delta Quadrant the same way that Voyager and the Val Jean did , courtesy of the Caretaker.

Star Trek: Voyagers BElanna Is More Klingon Than TNGs Worf Ever Was

A klingon d-7 class cruiser, complete with klingons, star trek: voyager, season 7, episode 14 "prophecy".

The USS Voyager certainly never expected to find a Klingon ship in the Delta Quadrant, but more surprising is the fact that the crew of the Klingon D-7 Class Cruiser believes their savior, the prophesied kuvah'magh, is aboard Voyager . Janeway assures the Klingon captain, Kohlar (Wren T. Brown), that the Federation and Klingon Empire have been allies for the past 80 years, and offers Voyager's own half-Klingon, Lt. B'Elanna Torres, as proof their societies are working together now. The kuvah'magh is Torres' unborn daughter, who does save the Klingons, but not the way they expected.

Centuries ago, Kohlar's great-grandfather set off on a quest to find the kuvah'magh, and the Klingon D-7 Cruiser became a generation ship that is now crewed by the descendants of its original crew . The quest begun by Kohlar's great-grandfather brought Kohlar and his crew to the Delta Quadrant after four generations of searching. Whether B'Elanna's child is actually the kuvah'magh or not, Kohlar desperately wants the baby to be their savior, so that his people may finally rest.

Amelia Earhart

Star trek: voyager season 2, episode 1 "the 37s".

The discovery of a 1936 Ford truck, seemingly disconnected from any parent vehicle, leads the USS Voyager to a nearby Class-L planet, where they find eight humans who have been in cryo-stasis since they were abducted by aliens in the 1930s. Among them are one of Janeway's personal heroes, legendary American aviator Amelia Earhart (Sharon Lawrence) , who disappeared without a trace while attempting to fly around the world, and Earhart's navigator, Fred Noonan (David Graf). Earhart and the other preserved humans are known by the planet's inhabitants as "The 37s", and revered as sacred.

Originally thought to be aliens, the natives of the unnamed planet are the descendants of humans. A species called the Briori abducted the natives' ancestors, along with Earhart and the other 37s, from Earth centuries earlier , and took them to the Delta Quadrant. Once held as slaves, the humans who weren't in stasis revolted to free themselves from the Briori, and developed a thriving, Earth-like civilization in the Delta Quadrant. Voyager's crew consider staying with the humans in their little slice of home, while Janeway also offers a ride back to Earth to anyone who wants it, including Amelia Earhart.

The USS Equinox

Star trek: voyager season 5, episode 26 & season 6, episode 1 "equinox".

The crew of the USS Voyager believe they're the only Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant until they find the USS Equinox, five years into their journey home. Captain Rudolph Ransom (John Savage) and the Equinox crew have had a harder time in the Delta Quadrant than Voyager, with more damage, fewer starting resources, and fewer opportunities to make friends along the way. Ransom's survival tactics include sacrificing innocent nucleogenic life forms for a more efficient form of fuel, which Janeway finds hard to stomach, and decides that Ransom needs to be held accountable for defying Federation ideals, regardless of how badly the Equinox is damaged.

Although Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) suggests that the Equinox might be in the Delta Quadrant on a rescue mission to find Voyager, the USS Equinox's specs don't fit the profile of a starship that would be assigned to a long-range mission. The explanation of how the Equinox arrived in the Delta Quadrant in the first place seems fairly simple, because Captain Ransom tells Janeway that the Equinox was also abducted by the Caretaker , just like Voyager, but the Equinox has only been in the Delta Quadrant for 2 years, and Janeway destroyed the Caretaker's array 5 years earlier.

Seven of Nine

Debuts in star trek: voyager season 4, episode 1 "scorpion, part 2".

When Captain Kathryn Janeway allies with the Borg in order to secure safe passage across Borg space, Janeway refuses the cursory assimilation that the Borg want to use to communicate with Janeway and Voyager's crew, and instead requests a speaker for the Borg, citing the existence of Locutus (Patrick Stewart) as precedent. Seven of Nine , Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01, is selected as the Borg drone to act as liaison between the Collective and Voyager, likely because Seven of Nine had once been a member of Species 5168, like most of Voyager's crew -- in other words, human.

Voyager season 5, episodes 15 & 16, "Dark Frontier" provides even more detail of the Hansens' fateful journey.

After Seven's link with the Collective is severed, more information about Seven's human origin comes to light. In Voyager season 4, episode 6 "The Raven", when Voyager nears the Hansens' ship, the USS Raven, memories of Seven's early life surface, revealing that Seven had been six-year-old human Annika Hansen , the daughter of Magnus Hansen (Kirk Baily) and Erin Hansen (Laura Stepp), Federation scientists who were studying the Borg when they were assimilated. Voyager season 5, episodes 15 & 16, "Dark Frontier" provides even more detail of the Hansens' fateful journey, showing the Raven arriving in the Delta Quadrant by following a Borg Cube through a transwarp conduit.

10 Ways USS Voyager Changed In Star Treks Delta Quadrant

Star Trek: Voyager links back to the greater Star Trek universe with people and starships from the Alpha Quadrant. Connections to the familiar were especially important early on, because Voyager 's place in the Star Trek franchise was established and aided by the legitimacy these finds offered. Later, when the USS Voyager used the Hirogen communications array to communicate with Starfleet Command, links back to the Alpha Quadrant were plentiful again, not only to prove that the USS Voyager was closer to home, but to help Star Trek: Voyager maintain connections to Star Trek and carry the franchise in its final years.

Star Trek: Voyager is available to stream on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Voyager

Cast Jennifer Lien, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Robert Duncan McNeill, Roxann Dawson, Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Michael Piller, Rick Berman

Showrunner Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Rating TV-PG