Complete List Of Appearances Of The Borg In Star Trek

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The Borg are Star Trek's most feared and most loved adversaries they appear in a total twenty-one episodes in the Star Trek franchise in 'Enterprise,' 'The Next Generation' and 'Voyager,' every television incarnation other than the original series and 'Deep Space Nine.' They also appeared in the Star Trek movie 'First Contact.' Below is a complete list of the Borg's appearances in chronological order.

1. Enterprise - 'Regeneration' [S02E23]

Star Trek Enterprise - Regeneration

2. The Next Generation - 'Q Who' [S02E16]

Star Trek The Next Generation - Q Who

3. The Next Generation - 'The Best of Both Worlds' [S03E26 - S04E01]

Star Trek The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

4. The Next Generation - 'I, Borg' [S05E23]

Star Trek The Next Generation - I, Borg

5. The Next Generation - 'Descent' [S06E26 - S07E01]

Star Trek The Next Generation - Descent

6. Voyager - 'Unity' [S03E17]

Star Trek Voyager - Unity

7. Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek First Contact

8. Voyager - 'Scorpion' [S03E26 - S04E01]

Star Trek Voyager - Scorpion

9. Voyager - 'The Raven' [S04E06]

Star Trek Voyager - The Raven

10. Voyager - 'Drone' [S05E02]

Star Trek Voyager - Drone

11. Voyager - 'Dark Frontier' [S05E15 - S05E16]

Star Trek Voyager - Dark Frontier

12. Voyager - 'Survival Instinct' [S06E02]

Star Trek Voyager - Survival Instinct

13. Voyager - 'Collective' [S06E16]

Star Trek Voyager - Collective

14. Voyager - 'Child's Play' [S06E19]

Star Trek Voyager - Child's Play

15. Voyager - 'Unimatrix Zero' [S06E26 - S07E01]

Star Trek Voyager - Unimatrix Zero

16. Voyager - 'Imperfection' [S07E02]

Star Trek Voyager - Imperfection

17. Voyager - 'Endgame' [S07E25]

Star Trek Voyager - Endgame

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Seven of Nine stares

For a character who joined the main cast in the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager , Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) has since become a major icon in the Star Trek franchise. The former Borg drone has been compared to a "Spock"-type character for her outsider's perspective on human events or even a former cultist struggling to regain her individuality. Her form-fitting catsuit has also drawn criticism from some fans, who feel she was over-sexualized in her initial appearances.

While all of these perspectives offer insights into Seven's character, none of them paint a whole picture of a woman who first appears in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Scorpion, Part II," regains her humanity with the Voyager crew, and later evolves into a very different character on Star Trek: Picard. Seven has been a frightening cybernetic monster, a mother-figure, and even a vigilante action hero. She has striven to rediscover her humanity while helping others discover theirs, and has become the object of affection for many people (while struggling with relationships herself).

Clearly such a complex character has a rich history full of trauma and triumph. If you'd like to learn more about the woman who became so much more than just another Borg drone, here is Seven of Nine's entire timeline explained.

The exobiologists' daughter

While most people know her as Seven of Nine, Seven was born Annika Hansen in the year 2350 to exobiologists Magnus and Erin Hansen. In the Star Trek: Voyager season 5 episode "Dark Frontier," we learn that in 2356, Annika's parents took their young daughter on a deep space mission to study the cybernetic race of creatures known as the Borg.

Using the U.S.S. Raven , a small Starfleet vessel, the Hansens illegally cross the Romulan Neutral Zone in search of the Borg. They even follow a Borg cube through a transwarp corridor that takes them into the Delta Quadrant. By modifying their ship with special multi-adaptive shielding, the Hansens manage to remain undetected by the Borg and continue their studies. Annika's parents are also able to secretly beam aboard Borg cubes and even study unconscious drones up close and personal by transporting them onto their own vessel.

Unfortunately, the Hansens' recklessness finally catches up with them. A subspace particle storm disables their multi-adaptive shielding, allowing the Borg to detect them. In the season 4 episode "The Raven" we see the Borg eventually capture Annika and her parents, assimilating them into the Borg Collective. The U.S.S. Raven itself is damaged and left on a moon for eighteen years.

Growing up in Unimatrix Zero

While being assimilated by the Borg seemingly robs Annika of her childhood, we later learn that she receives a form of reprieve. In the Star Trek: Voyager season 6 episode "Unimatrix Zero," it's revealed that Annika is one of the rare people with a recessive genetic mutation that allows her to access the virtual Borg construct known as Unimatrix Zero. In contrast to the grim, mechanical world of the Borg, Unimatrix Zero is a very pleasant environment that resembles an idyllic garden.

Drones with the one-in-a-million mutation can enter this virtual reality whenever they regenerate or are kept in maturation chambers. Even better, the drones regain their lost memories and stolen individuality, allowing them to continue with some form of their lives. Annika gets to grow up in Unimatrix Zero over the next eighteen years during her regeneration cycles. She forms many friendships and even falls in love with a man named Axum.

Mercifully, the Borg drones forget everything they do in the real world whenever they come to Unimatrix Zero. This allows Annika to have a somewhat normal childhood and young adulthood without the emotional scars of her Borg activities.

Life as a Borg drone

In the real world, Annika's life as a Borg drone is anything but pleasant. After spending time in a Borg maturation chamber, Annika emerges rebuilt as a half-organic, half-mechanical being meant to assimilate other life forms into the Borg Collective. She is given the designation Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One and obeys the orders of the Borg Queen without question.

Over the next several years, Seven of Nine assists in the capture and assimilation of many alien species. As a member of the Borg Collective, she gains access to the knowledge of thousands of civilizations, making her smarter and more efficient. Unfortunately, she only uses this knowledge to continue assimilating other species.

In the Star Trek: Voyager season 6 episode "Survival Instinct," we learn that Seven of Nine had a chance to escape the Borg in the year 2368 when she and three other drones crash landed on a planet. This caused their link to the Collective to be severed and the drones to begin recovering their individuality.

However, this also caused Seven of Nine to revert back to the frightened child she was when she was first assimilated. Unwilling to become an individual after spending so much time in the Collective (and unable to access the personality she developed in Unimatrix Zero), Seven fused the drones into a miniature hive mind and let them be recaptured by the Borg.

Seven of Nine assists Voyager

In 2374, the Starfleet vessel U.S.S. Voyager attempts to make it through a section of Borg space in their efforts to return to the Alpha Quadrant after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Remarkably, they discover the Borg are battling an alien race known as Species 8472 which poses both a threat to the Borg Collective and the rest of the galaxy. Seeing an opportunity to protect her crew, Voyager's captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) forges an alliance with the Borg by offering them the technology to create weapons against Species 8472. In exchange, the Borg seemingly give Voyager safe passage through their space.

The Borg attempt to temporarily link Janeway and her second officer Tuvok (Tim Russ) to their hive mind, but Janeway refuses to allow the procedure. Instead, she suggests the Borg provide Voyager with a representative to speak for the Collective. The Borg agree and assign the role to Seven of Nine. Seven assists in the creation of some new photon torpedoes modified with Borg nanoprobes. However, once the Borg win their battle, Seven attempts to assimilate the Voyager crew into the Collective.

In response, Janeway's first officer Chakotay (Robert Beltran) uses a neuro-transmitter to link with Seven, unlocking some of her human memories. This distracts Seven long enough for the crew to knock her unconscious. In the aftermath, Seven of Nine's link to the Collective is permanently severed and her human biology begins reasserting itself.

Seven of Nine joins Voyager

No longer a Borg drone but now a traumatized woman unable to reassert her individuality, Seven of Nine demands that Voyager return her to the Borg to be reassimilated. In the season 4 episode "The Gift," Janeway refuses and points out that Seven's reawakening human organics are rejecting many of her Borg implants. While Voyager 's holographic Doctor (Robert Picardo) is able to save her by removing most of her cybernetic components, Seven feels violated. She misses the voice of the Collective and attempts, unsuccessfully, to contact the Borg.

Although Seven of Nine considers Voyager 's crew hypocritical for claiming they want to give Seven back her freedom but denying her the choice to return to the Borg, she realizes she can't exist as an individual without help. Deciding that interacting with Captain Janeway and the Voyager crew may be the only way she can adapt to her new status, she agrees to work with Voyager .

Unknown to the Voyager crew, severing Seven of Nine's link to the Collective also eliminates her ability to return to Unimatrix Zero. As a result, the Annika Hansen who got to grow up in the virtual construct is essentially erased, although aspects of her memory and personality still exist in Seven of Nine.

Regaining her humanity

To help Seven of Nine adjust to her new individuality, the Doctor further modifies her appearance. Although he cannot remove all of her cybernetic components, he reveals in "The Gift” that he has extracted 82% of the implants, granting her an almost complete human appearance. He also stimulates her hair follicles and designs a silver catsuit to help her skin regenerate. As a result, Seven of Nine is now a very beautiful woman, although her personality remains cold and robotic.

Seven also retains vast knowledge from her time in the Borg Collective, making her an invaluable resource. However, her interpersonal skills are poor and after a short stint in Engineering in the season 4 episode "Day of Honor," she asks to be assigned to Astrometrics, a lab for stellar cartography where she maps and catalogues interstellar bodies. This means Seven works largely in solitude. She also needs to regenerate in an alcove located in one of Voyager 's cargo bays, further emphasizing her isolation.

However, Seven also makes attempts to look out for her crewmates and grow as an individual. When Voyager 's guide Neelix (Ethan Phillips) is fatally injured in the season 4 episode "Mortal Coil," Seven shows the Doctor how to use nanoprobes from her blood to revive him. And where she once considered the Borg a superior form of life, she begins realizing how traumatizing their actions are to others — including herself — as she experiences flashbacks of her own assimilation in "The Raven."

Seven of Nine and Captain Janeway

As the person who chose to have Seven of Nine remain on Voyager , Janeway feels responsible for encouraging Seven to embrace her individuality. As Seven's captain, however, Janeway often has to set limits when Seven's willful choices go against Starfleet regulations. This causes Seven to frequently call out Janeway on her contradictory stance, setting up a unique dynamic between the two women .

In the season 4 episode "Prey," Captain Janeway orders Seven to help a wounded member of Species 8472 escape a deadly Hirogen hunter. Instead, Seven beams both the hunter and his prey — an enemy of the Borg — onto the Hirogen ship. While Seven claims her actions helped save Voyager, Janeway revokes many of Seven's privileges on the starship for the ex-Borg's insubordination. In response, Seven points out that although Janeway claims she wants Seven to be an individual, she also punishes her when Seven doesn't comply with Janeway's point of view.

Despite this tension, Seven develops a great deal of respect for Captain Janeway, who in turn learns to place more trust in Seven. She even gives Seven command of Voyager in the season 4 episode "One" when the rest of the crew must go into stasis. They may not always see eye-to-eye, but both are willing to see the other's point of view and support each other.

Seven of Nine and the Doctor

From the beginning, Voyager 's holographic Doctor functions as a Pygmalion to Seven's Galatea . Just as the mythical sculptor Pygmalion crafted Galatea, his ideal woman, from clay, the Doctor is responsible for physically restructuring Seven from a Borg drone into a functioning human woman. He also assists in Seven's emotional development, even encouraging her to date people in the season 5 episode "Someone to Watch Over Me." And like Pygmalion, the Doctor develops romantic feelings for Seven of Nine but is crushed when she doesn't reciprocate.

Seven remains the Doctor's greatest flame and appears in many of his daydreams in the season 6 episode "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy." He also bases a character after her for his holo novel in "Author, Author." And while Seven never falls in love with the Doctor, she does consider him a close friend and regularly accepts his guidance and support.

Despite their lack of a romantic relationship, the Doctor and Seven technically become closer than most couples when the Doctor temporarily takes over Seven's body in the season 7 episode "Body and Soul." Being able to eat and feel like an organic being proves intoxicating for the Doctor, although Seven isn't thrilled when he becomes sexually aroused while in her form. Nevertheless, she understands his longing for physical sensation and later describes a meal for him so he can enjoy it vicariously.

Seven of Nine and Tuvok

While Seven develops relationships with almost all of the bridge crew, her friendship with Lieutenant Commander Tuvok is particularly striking. As one of the few Vulcans aboard Voyager, Tuvok possesses an outsider's perspective similar to Seven's. Seven also respects Tuvok's logic and honesty, leading the two to have many conversations about human customs and interpersonal relationships.

Although Vulcans are known to suppress their emotions, Tuvok and Seven become friends after Tuvok helps Seven deal with her emotional trauma when she experiences flashbacks to her assimilation in "The Raven." Later episodes show them exchanging views on attitudes toward death and participating in research missions together.

In the two-part season 4 storyline "Year of Hell," Tuvok is blinded while attempting to protect Seven from a torpedo explosion. In response, Seven devotes herself to helping Tuvok with his daily tasks, even offering to help him shave. While these events are erased when Voyager resets the timeline, they show how Seven can form very powerful connections with people she respects.

Seven the den mother

Despite her aloof reputation, Seven forms several attachments with children aboard Voyager and finds herself falling into the role of surrogate mother more than once. Naomi Wildman (Scarlett Pomers), the first child born on Voyager , is initially scared of Seven but later bonds with her in the season 5 episode "Infinite Regress" when Seven manifests personalities from past Borg victims, including a girl Naomi's age. Seven ends up mentoring Naomi and lets her know she thinks of Naomi as family.

Seven actually has a "son" with the Doctor in the season 5 episode "Drone," when her nanoprobes interact with the Doctor's mobile emitter and a hapless ensign's DNA. The combination results in a benevolent drone who calls himself "One" and sees Seven as a mother figure. Seven develops an attachment to One and is greatly distressed when he chooses to sacrifice himself to save Voyager .

However, Seven's closest relationship is with Icheb (Manu Intiraymi), a young man genetically engineered by his parents to possess a virus capable of killing the Borg. Intentionally given to the Borg to be assimilated, Icheb and five other young drones are found and adopted by Voyager . Seven assists all of them with readjusting to life as individuals and develops a particularly strong bond with Icheb, who donates his cortical node to save her life in the season 7 episode "Imperfection." By the Star Trek: Picard episode "Stardust City Rag," Seven openly states she sees Icheb as her son .

Return to the Borg

If any episode truly emphasizes how far Seven has come from her time as a Borg drone, it's the season 5 two-part story "Dark Frontier." Taking place in 2375, a year after being separated from the Borg Collective, the story has Seven come face-to-face with the Borg Queen herself. In a chilling revelation, Seven learns she was deliberately granted freedom by the Collective to develop a perspective that would help the Borg create a virus for assimilating humanity. The Queen actually tries to force Seven to help build the weapon along with other drones.

In contrast to how she was presented originally, Seven refuses to re-assimilate into the Borg, preferring to retain her individuality. She also shows compassion for the species the Borg attempts to assimilate and begs for their freedom. She even identifies herself by her human name — Annika Hansen — and is horrified when she sees her father, still alive, as a Borg drone.

Return to Unimatrix Zero

Seven experiences another powerful reunion in the season 6 episode "Unimatrix Zero." In 2377, three years after her liberation from the Borg Collective, Annika Hansen's lover Axum manages to reconnect with her and allow her to re-enter Unimatrix Zero. However, Seven can't access her old memories at first and doesn't remember she once had an entire life in the virtual construct.

Over the course of the two-episode storyline, Seven's original Annika Hansen personality appears to resurface. She remembers the names of old friends, appears as a fully human woman, and becomes noticeably more relaxed than her Seven of Nine persona. Although Axum doesn't disclose their former relationship, Seven eventually pieces together her lost memories and realizes she's still in love with him.

Voyager manages to liberate the Borg inhabitants of Unimatrix Zero although the crew's efforts end up destroying the virtual sanctuary. Tragically, Axum reveals his drone form is stationed in a remote sector of the Beta Quadrant, making a real-life reunion impossible. In the end, Seven manages to salvage more of her Annika Hansen persona, but loses the people she grew up with.

Possible future and romance

Seven's newfound interest in exploring human emotion leads her to pursue a serious romance with Voyager 's first officer, Commander Chakotay. Initially, Seven only interacts with a holographic simulation of Chakotay in the season 7 episode "Human Error." When her attempts to experience strong emotion cause a Borg implant in her brain to hurt her, she chooses to have surgery to remove the implant in the series finale, "Endgame," and begin dating the real Chakotay.

At one point in "Endgame," an older Admiral Janeway from an alternate future travels to the present and informs Captain Janeway that the Chakotay and Seven of Nine of her reality married while serving on Voyager. However, Seven dies on an away mission and when Voyager returns to Earth in 2394, Chakotay dies shortly after. By traveling to her past, Admiral Janeway is able to bring Voyager home by the year 2377, erasing her own timeline.

On his Instagram ,  Star Trek: Picard  showrunner Michael Chabon stated that the Seven and Chakotay relationship likely ended by 2399. Regardless, Seven's choice to have her emotion-limiting Borg implant removed may have allowed her to explore a fuller range of emotions, explaining how her personality dramatically changed by the events of Star Trek: Picard.

Return to the Alpha Quadrant

Returning home to Earth may have been Voyager' s main mission, but the homecoming comes with some major downsides for Seven of Nine. Although the Voyager crew accept Seven as one of the family, other worlds are less welcoming. People hold many prejudices against the Borg for the planets and people they destroyed. This extends to "xBs" or people like Seven who were liberated from the Borg Collective and are struggling to regain their lost individuality.

Fortunately, the xBs gain an ally in Hugh (Jonathan del Arco) a former Borg drone who regained his individuality in the season 5  Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "I Borg." By 2399, Hugh becomes a Federation citizen and the executive director of a Romulan Borg Reclamation Project. In the Star Trek: Picard episode "The End is the Beginning," Hugh reveals that the xBs are now the most despised people in the galaxy. By working with the  Romulans , who seek to profit off the xBs by removing their implants and learning from the technology, Hugh hopes the xBs can be treated with more humanity during their recovery. While Seven knows of Hugh, she does not work with him.

Joining the Fenris Rangers

Seven of Nine joins a vigilante organization in the Romulan Neutral Zone known as the Fenris Rangers. Operating in the largely lawless Quris sector in the Beta Quadrant, the Fenris Rangers soon find themselves overrun when a power vacuum attracts many smugglers and warlords to their territory. Her experiences (and her newfound ability to process more emotion) radically alter Seven's personality. No longer the uptight professional she was aboard Voyager , Seven now adopts a more sarcastic and edgy persona. She also abandons her famous catsuits and starts dressing in leather jackets and sweaters.

Seven receives an additional traumatic experience when she loses her "son" Icheb  (Casey King). After successfully enrolling in and graduating from Starfleet Academy, Icheb becomes a lieutenant assigned to the science vessel U.S.S. Coleman by 2386 . He also assists Seven and the Fenris Rangers by participating in reconnaissance missions for them. Unfortunately, one of the Rangers –- a friend of Seven's named Bjayzl –- is secretly a black-market dealer in Borg parts who sees an opportunity to profit off Icheb.

After learning of Icheb through Seven, Bjayzl lures Icheb into an ambush and transports him to a facility where his implants are forcibly removed, leaving him in agonizing pain. Seven tracks down Icheb and kills the doctor torturing him, but she's forced to fatally shoot Icheb to end his suffering. The experience scars Seven who feels less hopeful about the universe from that point on.

Meeting Jean-Luc Picard

By 2399, Seven is still working with the Fenris Rangers. In the Star Trek: Picard episode "Absolute Candor," she helps the ship La Sirena in a battle with a Romulan Bird-of-Prey and is beamed aboard the La Sirena when her ship is destroyed. Seven ends up meeting retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), who was once assimilated into the Borg Collective himself. Now seeking to rescue Soji (Isa Briones), a synthetic woman from the Borg Reclamation Project, Picard asks for Seven's help in rescuing one of Soji's creators, Dr. Bruce Maddox (John Ales), who had been captured by Bjayzl (Necar Zadegan).

Seeing an opportunity to take her revenge on Bjayzl, Seven agrees to help Picard's crew. In the episode "Stardust City Rag," Seven lets herself be used as bait to draw out Bjayzl and helps Picard save Maddox. Shortly after, however, she beams down to Bjayzl's nightclub and vaporizes her former friend before shooting her way out through Bjayzl's security team.

Seven displays strong differences from her earlier persona. Where she once got drunk on a single glass of champagne in the Star Trek: Voyager season 5 episode "Timeless," by the time of Star Trek: Picard she downs an entire glass of bourbon in a single gulp. Despite her cavalier attitude, she admits she's still working on regaining her humanity "every damn day of my life."

The new Borg Queen

At the end of "Stardust City Rag," Seven leaves a communication chip with Picard, offering her help in case he ever needs a vigilante. In the episode "Broken Pieces," Picard's Romulan friend Elnor (Evan Evagora) uses the chip to contact Seven, who makes her way onto the Romulans' damaged Borg vessel — known as the Artifact — just in time to save his life. When the Romulans begin jettisoning the Borg drones into space and killing the xBs, Seven decides to save them by connecting herself to the drones in a mini-Collective, effectively transforming herself into a new Borg Queen.

The experience unnerves Seven, who fears she won't want to let the drones go once she re-experiences Borg life. However, she's able to resist temptation and disconnect everyone (including herself) from the new Collective once they take control of the Borg cube. Still realizing she has work to do, she directs the Artifact to follow Picard's crew to the planet Coppelius. She reunites with Picard and helps him contact Starfleet, but stays behind to help the xBs.

Joining a new crew

In the final scene of the Star Trek: Picard episode "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2," Seven of Nine apparently joins Picard's new crew aboard the La Sirena to wander the galaxy. She's also seen holding hands affectionately with Picard's former first officer, Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd). This, along with some hints about Seven's past relationship with Bjayzl, indicates that Seven of Nine may now identify herself as gay or bisexual.

Jeri Ryan has announced that she will return as Seven of Nine in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard. She also admited in her Twitter feed that she enjoys playing Seven more on Picard than she did on Voyager.  Seven's dramatic evolution from her original incarnation on Star Trek: Voyager to her present form on Star Trek: Picard indicates that this former Borg drone will continue to change in surprising ways as her story continues.

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Star trek voyager: a celebration–excellent chronicle of the seven-year series arrives for 25th anniversary.

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Review by C.J. Bunce

For a fan like me, Star Trek: Voyager was the definitive Star Trek series, the crew that most fully embraced Gene Roddenberry’s vision beyond the television series he created in 1966.  It featured a crew on a ship that explored like no crew before it, with only their available technology and their wits to survive.  Helmed by Kate Mulgrew’s personable yet tough Captain Kathryn Janeway, the crew would travel 70,000 light years home after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant.  The 25th anniversary of the launch of the series was 2020, and worthy of the celebration, authors Ben Robinson and Mark Wright have created the definitive behind the scenes account of the 1995-2001 series, Star Trek: Voyager–A Celebration , available now here at Amazon.

A few good books have been written about the series, including Paul Ruditis’s Star Trek: Voyager Companion .  Ruditis’s book was an episodic guide to every episode of the series from an in-universe story standpoint.  Star Trek: Voyager–A Celebration is a giant, 248-page, glossy, full-color, hardcover volume full of new interviews from the actors, writers, directors, and creative crew–a true look behind the scenes, including stories fans have never read before, and images from the production they probably haven’t seen before.  Like the spectacular look back at Star Trek: The Next Generation, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens’ The Continuing Mission (which I called one of the best Trek resources available here at borg back in 2012) this is the landmark book for its series that fans have been waiting for.  It’s the ultimate love letter to the series in the words of those who created it–reading these visionaries taking us back through the development of the show and the characters is a real treat.  I forgot how much I loved Bryan Fuller’s Star Trek, the scripts produced by Jeri Taylor, the late, great Michael Piller, the prolific Star Trek series writer Joe Menosky, and Brannon Braga. 

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The authors interviewed key cast members (and some guest stars, excepting only Kes actor Jennifer Lien), each looking back with specific memories and tales of their experiences, about being cast, the first season development, when their characters “came into their own” on the show, and how they worked with each other.  Each actor and character is featured in several pages of content, separated by an important episode highlighted in a two-page retrospective, followed by sections on the major production departments.   Rick Sternbach discusses development of concept art for the Voyager ship and development of the ship interior set designs, Robert Blackman discusses how he approached the costume design for this new setting after already working on Star Trek for more than a decade, Michael Westmore recounts his makeup for the show’s featured alien races and lead characters Neelix, B’Elanna Torres, and Kes, and Dan Curry recalls the workload producing the show’s visual effects (both practical and digital).  The authors engage in discussions featuring the changing writers room and directors, and Mike Okuda, Denise Okuda, and Doug Drexler discuss nuances behind some of their creations in the art department. 

Kate Mulgrew recounts how Mike Okuda’s book of Trek details for the staff, called the Okudabible, helped her immerse herself into the role of Janeway and the future world of Star Trek.  Brannon Braga recalls that he wanted the brilliant “Year of Hell” two-part story to be a serialized story that lasted an entire season, but the studio wasn’t ready for that commitment then.  The story featured Kurtwood Smith as Annorax, the Krenim leader who wouldn’t stop changing timelines via a powerful weapon, until he “undid” his wife’s death–and almost destroyed the entire Voyager crew in the process–one of the series’ finest stories.

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Another section of Star Trek: Voyager–A Celebration delves into the parallel success of Star Trek: First Contact, and how themes from that feature film were incorporated into the remaining seasons of Voyager to provide greater opportunities for storytelling.  One chapter reproduces production blueprints for the Klingon Barge of the Dead, another chapter covers designing the Delta Flyer, and another includes a list of some of the EMH’s best Dr. Bones McCoy-inspired sayings.  Also insightful is writer Nick Sagan describing The Twilight Zone episode “The After Hours” as inspiration for the episode “Course: Oblivion,” which he wrote with Bryan Fuller.  Braga recalls coming up with the Hirogen after watching Monday Night Football.  The book is full of great tidbits and trivia like this.

I was especially happy to read the biggest interview I’ve read in more than a decade with Robert Blackman, discussing the ever-changing workday for him and his costume shop, discussing actor reactions to his work, and how he had five Starfleet uniforms for the season for each crewman (there’s even a solo section on Jeri Ryan’s brief stint in that silver Seven of Nine catsuit).  I also loved seeing an interview with Star Trek: Voyager theme composer and soundtrack creator Jerry Chattaway.  

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The authors of Star Trek: Voyager–A Celebration provide a nifty analysis of how Voyager got home–how it specifically traversed 70,000 light years–via a Kes-powered “push” forward, unique spatial conditions, improvements in astrometrics, a wormhole, the quantum slipstreams, the transwarp conduit, the space catapult, and some help from our old supernatural frenemy Q.  A large survey includes pages of alien ship design concept artwork, and specific sections are devoted to The Borg, the Hirogen, Species 8472, and the Captain Proton holodeck program.  The book wraps with a description of every episode of the series’ seven seasons.

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The History of the Borg - Star Trek's Unstoppable Villains

From The Next Generation to Picard Season 3, the Borg are Star Trek's most insidious villains - born from equally epic behind-the-scenes battles.

Many of Star Trek 's most iconic species can be traced back to series creator Gene Roddenberry. However, the iconic and unstoppable Borg are the brainchild of one of his greatest on-set adversaries. Maurice Hurley was a new arrival on The Next Generation' s staff who didn’t see the future the same way Roddenberry did, but was bound to tell stories by his rules. Their conflict gave rise to characters who would help define the entire franchise.

When Roddenberry staffed The Next Generation , he brought many of the writers he worked with on The Original Series back. However, there was a new narrative edict. Starfleet in the 24th Century would've continued to evolve from Captain Kirk's era. He believed there would be no jealousy, tension or any interpersonal conflict within the crew. Roddenberry's lawyer Leonard Maizlish started acting as a de facto producer, allegedly responsible for hiring Hurley to enforce Roddenberry's strict rules. Yet the talented storyteller just didn't know what to do with no crime, conflict or any of the other storytelling staples he was used to from procedurals like Miami Vice and The Equalizer . In order to alleviate this problem in the second season, Hurley wanted to introduce a new kind of villain that couldn't be reasoned with or stopped.

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Star Trek's Borg Were Originally Going to Be Insects

The central problem between Roddenberry and Hurley was that the latter didn't believe in what he was supposed to sell the other writers. In the documentary Chaos on the Bridge , Hurley called Roddenberry's ideas of the future "wacky doodle." Since he thought they were bad rules, he could only guide them in constructing "bad" episodes. Sometimes writers would even pull an end run and take a story to Roddenberry that bent or broke his rules. Hurley claimed he would "go ballistic" arguing Roddenberry's ideas back at him. Still, he wasn't setting out to make bad Star Trek , so he thought of a solution: insects.

The Ferengi were introduced in Season 1 as the "new Klingons," but they failed to land in that way with the audience. Hurley thought of insects as an unrelenting natural force, and believed that would make a good basis for an alien species to menace the crew all season. Insects proved to be impossible to create on a regular basis, so he instead went with the idea of cybernetic and organic lifeforms -- cyborgs. He dropped the "cy" from the name, and The Next Generation had its most memorable villains. Hurley planned to seed Season 2 with hints to the Borg until revealing them during October sweeps for the first time. However, the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike necessitated a new plan.

Eventually, Hurley used the popular character of Q to bring the Borg into contact with the Enterprise -D in The Next Generation Season 2, Episode 16, "Q Who?". However, they became a looming threat out in the galaxy rather than a regular villain, as the costuming for the Borg proved to be as difficult as crafting believable insects. Hurley envisioned the aliens being mostly disinterested in organic life, only concerned with Starfleet technology. This changed when the villains returned to assimilate Captain Jean-Luc Picard at the end of Season 3. By that time, Hurley had happily moved on from Star Trek .

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The Borg Have Become Star Trek's Most Important Villain

Captain Picard and the Enterprise -D crew faced the Borg only nine times in 35 years, including in the film Star Trek: First Contac t and Picard Season 3. However, the Borg appeared in a whopping 23 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager -- in large part because of Seven of Nine, the former Borg turned Starfleet officer. The writers who succeeded Hurley worried that using the Borg too much would've curtailed their threat. Some fans did complain about the prevalence of the Borg in Voyager . Yet that allowed the Admiral Janeway from an alternate future to hobble the Borg Collective in Voyager 's series finale.

The Borg were mostly a thing of the past by the time Picard debuted, with a significant portion of the first season taking place on a "dead" Borg cube. By Season 2, the introduction of a new Borg Queen meant Picard had to again face a mini-collective. However, by then showrunner Terry Matalas and his crew of storytellers knew how to make Roddenberry's rules work. Hurley's unstoppable, unrelenting villains became provisional members of the Federation. Their collective was opt-in only, and their purpose was to stand by a tear in space-time that some future threat would emerge from. Picard could apparently negotiate peace with anyone.

Well, maybe not anyone . The Borg also made him and his son Jack Crusher time bomb for their last-ditch attack on Earth. When Picard faced the Borg Queen in the Picard series finale , he wasn't there to talk. The Borg were seemingly destroyed once and for all by the crew of the Enterprise -D. But Maurice Hurley's creations are too perfect to stay gone. He may not have known how to shape a season of Star Trek , but he inspired its most fascinating and enduring villain because of his frustration.

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One was the designation of a technologically advanced Borg drone who was created as a result of a transporter mishap and cloning aboard the USS Voyager in 2375 .

  • 1.2 Early life
  • 1.3 Individuality
  • 2 Memorable quotes
  • 3.1 Background information
  • 3.2 Apocrypha
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Life on Voyager [ ]

During the survey of a proto-nebula in the Delta Quadrant , the away team's shuttlecraft became ensnared in the gravimetric shear of a plasma surge, disabling the craft's propulsion systems . After receiving the shuttle's distress signal , Voyager carried out an emergency beam out to retrieve the crew comprising Tom Paris , B'Elanna Torres , Seven of Nine , and The Doctor .

Because of the effects of the proto-nebula , transporter operator Ensign Mulchaey initially experienced trouble establishing a good pattern lock . However, despite having to manually separate the individual patterns, he was able to re-materialize the team safely.

Unfortunately, The Doctor's mobile emitter , a piece of 29th century inspired technology , was heavily damaged during transport and some of Seven's nanoprobes were unknowingly incorporated into its circuitry. The emitter was taken to Voyager 's science lab for tests where it was subsequently assimilated by the nanoprobes and, in turn, began assimilating the lab.

When Mulchaey was sent to check up on the status of the emitter, he was assaulted with extraction tubules from the emitter. However, contrary to standard Borg assimilation procedures, Mulchaey himself was not assimilated into a drone . Instead, the tubules extracted a sample of DNA from the officer. Within the assimilated lab the Borg technology constructed a maturation chamber , where a Borg fetus grew out of the DNA sample. Within hours the fetus had matured into a fully grown Borg drone, a rate of development far out-pacing standard Borg maturation cycles, with the mobile emitter running his neocortex .

Early life [ ]

As a combined product of Borg and 29th century Federation technology, the new drone possessed several unique features and abilities. These included internal transporter nodes , multi-dimensional adaptability , reactive armor composed of the same poly-deutonic alloy as used in the mobile emitter, and a multi-spatial force field . In essence, it was a 29th century drone, immensely more powerful than a 24th century Borg.

Despite the risks of a drone assimilating her crew and the Borg Collective assimilating 29th century technology, Captain Kathryn Janeway decided to keep this particular drone alive in an attempt to have more help against the Borg, or at least learn more about them. She ordered Seven of Nine to take charge of the drone when it emerged from the maturation chamber and requested its designation and assignment. Seven sets about instructing it on various topics through a neural link. As this almost resulted in all of her knowledge taken by the drone, she used Borg data nodes. In short order One was able to assimilate 47 billion teraquads of information. Unsure what to call the drone, Seven refused to assign it a designation, stating that it was "irrelevant"; but Neelix disagreed, encouraging it to choose its own name. The drone became known as "One". As he learned more, the drone began to inquire about the Borg, and at one point even asked about joining the Collective.

Individuality [ ]

Under Captain Janeway's directions, Seven attempted to dissuade One from seeking further information about the Collective and warned him that joining the Collective would mean losing his individuality. However, One inadvertently alerted a Borg sphere with a second subspace transmitter shortly after his first was deactivated, and it was soon detected approaching Voyager 's position.

Faced with a confrontation, Janeway ordered Seven to show One the true nature of the Borg. Seven examined the data with One who, despite his desire to experience the hive mind , felt threatened by the Borg's destructive nature and their desire to destroy Voyager and assimilate its crew of individuals.

As the Borg sphere approached and began to tractor in Voyager , One made a decision to help the crew resist the attack. His advanced 29th century technology gave One an advantage and he modified the shields within moments to disengage the tractor. A modification of the phasers was not as successful, and One was forced to board the sphere directly, knowing he was superior and they would fail to capture him. Once he has beamed himself aboard the sphere, One was successful in warding off attacking drones and interfaced himself with the ship to control the its navigation . From there, he propelled the sphere into the same stellar phenomenon that led to his birth, destroying the vessel. One was fortunate to escape, using his personal shield around himself as he floated in space.

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One on his deathbed.

While his technological components were fine, his biological components were badly injured. The Doctor tried to treat One's injuries, but One refused to allow this, activating his personal force field; he knew the Borg would hunt Voyager to assimilate him for his technology, and One was a grave risk to the ship as long as he was alive. Seven displayed a closeness with One, much like a mother; when One died on the operating table, Seven was greatly saddened by his passing. Afterwards, the mobile emitter was retrieved for The Doctor. ( VOY : " Drone ")

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Terminate interface! You must comply... you are hurting me. " " ...I will comply "

" Seven of Nine tells me designation is irrelevant. " " I disagree. You should choose a name for yourself. Something that defines who you are. After all, there's only one of you. " " One "

" On the contrary. Our primary mission is to explore new forms of life. You may have been unexpected but, given time, I am sure you'll make a fine addition to the crew. After all, you've got my mobile emitter driving your neocortex, so you're bound to make a dazzling impression. That's called a joke. " " Joke. A verbal comment or gesture designed to provoke laughter. " " I see you've got your mother's sense of humor. "

" To date I've assimilated forty seven billion teraquads of information on a vast variety of subjects, including particle physics, comparative humanoid anatomy, warp field theory, and the culinary delights of the Delta Quadrant. "

" You must comply. " " I will not. " " You must comply. Please... you are hurting me. " " You will adapt. "

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Background information [ ].

One was played by recurring Star Trek guest actor J. Paul Boehmer , who later recalled that One was his favorite role on par with Mestral in " Carbon Creek ". " The most fun I've had working on Star Trek has been playing One and Mestral both, " he said in a StarTrek.com interview. " One because the Borg are such an interesting character-villain and also because he was a different Borg. He was not typical average mean guy Borg villain. He had to be matured and nurtured by the crew and really kind of claim who he was throughout the episode. So it left it open to a lot of possibility. It wasn't just this set way of being a Borg. It lent itself to some more humanity. And that was really exciting because Star Trek historically has expanded the envelope of so many things. And to see them expand the envelope of their own villain and what the possibilities there with this mean mean villain and have it be open to being something else was really exciting to be a part of that. " [1]

The creation of One's physical appearance involved multiple processes. " I had to go through the whole prosthetic routine [....] It was a four hour make-up session, " Boehmer remembered. " I had to get a body cast made [....] I was in the body cast for two hours. It was also a really long process of getting in and out of the suit I was wearing [....] The artists had four days to design and put together this costume. " Boehmer didn't find these processes arduous, instead referring to the prosthetic routine as "totally cool." He continued, " The guys were great [....] I was warned that [the costume] was going to be very claustrophobic and unbearable, but I loved it all. If I had to do it every week, I'm sure that it would lose its charm, but for the week that I did it, it was terrific fun [....] What [the artists who designed and built the costume] came up with is nothing short of amazing. I was totally blown away by that. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 46 , p. 71)

The costume also comprised a special neon eyepiece instead of blinking LEDs, a reduced number of tubes to reflect the advanced Borg technology, a different lighting system for his suit and a special Borg-type appliance that covered the right ear. A small two-inch neon light was used for the eye that had to be constructed large enough for the neon fixture and to accommodate the wires running from the appliance to the battery pack on Boehmer's back. ( Star Trek: Aliens and Artifacts , p. 163)

Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan said of Boehmer's performance, " The actor who we got to play the drone was a wonderful actor. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 28)

Authors Mark Jones and Lance Parkin wrote, " Boehmer is very good in what could be an unrewarding role. " ( Beyond the Final Frontier , p.321)

David A. McIntee wrote, " One is simply wonderful. [...] If only they could have kept him for a little longer. [...] The real revelation is J Paul Boehmer as the drone – he's stunning. [...] The expressions that cross his face when he assimilates the data node are almost worth the admission price alone. Though another 'innocent' regular would be a bad move, it's a shame they couldn't hang on to him for an arc of three or four episodes. " ( Delta Quadrant , p.256)

Apocrypha [ ]

In "Brief Candle", a short story in the Distant Shores anthology, it is revealed that One's remains were used to create the multi-spatial probe , explaining why the crew always went to great lengths to recover it as it was literally irreplaceable.

External link [ ]

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Star Trek: Voyager Set Up A Great Villain, Then Ruined Her

  • Seska could have been a great antagonist for Star Trek: Voyager, with compelling motivations and ties to the wider franchise.
  • However, her potential was ruined when she allied herself with the universally disliked Kazon in season 2.
  • The Kazon were a poorly set-up and ineffective villain for Voyager, and Seska's involvement with them ultimately dragged her down.

Star Trek: Voyager set up a great villain in early seasons, then ruined her thanks to an ill-advised story choice. As the only series in the Star Trek timeline set in the Delta Quadrant, Voyager had a challenge coming up with good villains. Previous Star Trek shows could rely on an established cast of aliens as bad guys, but Voyager had to create completely new villains for its crew . Eventually, Voyager did find a way to bring an established antagonist, the Borg, on as the series' main villain, but in early seasons the show struggled to make their antagonists work.

One villain that initially had potential, however, was the character of Seska (Martha Hackett). Like a good chunk of the USS Voyager's crew, Seska was a former Maquis who had joined Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and became a Starfleet officer after her Maquis Captain, Chakotay (Robert Beltran) decided to combine forces with Voyager when both ships were stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Initially disguised as a Bajoran, Seska was revealed to have been a Cardassian spy on Chakotay's crew and became a major antagonist for Voyager after her true identity was revealed.

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Seska could have been a great star trek villian - but voyager ruined her, seska's fate was sealed when she became attached to the kazon.

Seksa was an interesting villain, but her potential was ruined when Voyager chose to have her join forces with the Kazon in season 2. As a Cardassian spy, Seska had ties back to the wider Star Trek franchise, making her immediately more compelling than some of Voyager 's other attempts at creating good villains . Seska was also a master manipulator, and her vendetta against Captain Janeway for stranding everyone in the Delta Quadrant combined with her romantic obsession with Chakotay gave her convincing motivations. If Seska had been allowed to operate alone, she could have become one of Voyager 's greatest antagonists.

However, Seska allied herself with the Kazon after she left the ship, a decision that ruined any chance she had. The Kazon were one of Voyager 's earliest villains, introduced in the pilot episode and cropping up fairly consistently in seasons 1 and 2. However, the Kazon are almost universally hated, and Seska becoming tied to them meant that she was exposed to that dislike. Being wrapped up in a failing storyline meant that Seska ended up failing as a character , and any potential she had as a longer-term villain was lost when Voyager decided to scrap the Kazon for good.

What Went Wrong With Star Trek: Voyager’s Kazon Storyline

Like seska, the kazon never lived up to their potential.

Although the Kazon were created to be Star Trek: Voyager 's main antagonists, they were so unpopular that they had to be completely dropped from the show by the end of season 2. Aside from being poorly set up and derivative of other former Star Trek villains , like the Klingons, the Kazon were never a particularly formidable enemy for Voyager's crew and only managed to deal as much damage as they did with Seska's help . In the end, Seska's involvement with the Kazon was not enough to save them, and the Kazon ended up dragging Seska down with them.

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Kate Mulgrew and many more across the Star Trek universe will join the world's most immersive Star Trek experience!

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Star Trek: The Cruise announces it will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager next year during the 8th annual voyage of the world’s most immersive Star Trek experience.

Sailing from February 23 – March 2, 2025 from Miami to Costa Maya, Cozumel, and Belize City, the cruise will bring Voyager crew members Kate Mulgrew, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, and Roxann Dawson together, with additional stars from Voyager and the extended franchise also joining the cruise. The ultimate Star Trek event for fans, Star Trek: The Cruise VIII will take place aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas and feature Star Trek -themed shows, events, activities, and parties every day and night, along with extraordinary performances by iconic actors and opportunities to interact with them like nowhere else in the universe.

"We’ve been planning our Voyager celebration for quite some time and are thrilled to share the news with Star Trek fans," says Chris Hearing, Partner and Executive Director of Theme Cruises at Entertainment Cruise Productions. "It will be a truly special experience for our guests to see so many of Voyager ’s crew members on Star Trek: The Cruise VIII."

Under license by Paramount Consumer Products, Star Trek: The Cruise ’s weeklong Caribbean voyage offers unprecedented engagement with favorite Star Trek celebrities – more than any other event in the show’s universe – in addition to the following immersive Star Trek experiences:

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Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas offers guests luxury accommodations, gourmet dining, multiple pools and whirlpools, a FlowRider surf simulator, spa and fitness center, rock climbing wall, mini golf green and so much more.

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Star Trek: Picard’s Final Season Almost Had Even More Voyager and DS9 Cameos

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Speaking to Master Replicas Collectors Club members in a Zoom Q&A recently (via TrekMovie ), Picard showrunner and perpetual hoper-for-a-spinoff Terry Matalas revealed that Picard almost brought back several figures from across TNG’s sister series, Voyager and Deep Space Nine, at various points across the third season.

One prominent addition would’ve been the return of Scarlett Pomers’ Naomi Wildman—the Human/Ktarian child who became the first baby to be born aboard Voyager during its time in the Delta Quadrant, growing into a young acting ensign, regular confidant of Seven of Nine, and Captain Janeway’s assistant. According to Matalas, Naomi’s return would’ve been an important character beat for Seven, but the season’s 10-episode runtime necessitated the episode’s removal.

“There was an episode once the Titan was on the run and it needed to hide. And so we had this idea of Seven bringing them to sort of like space Tortuga, like spacedock for pirates where the Fenris Rangers were. And she gets help from an older Naomi Wildman who had also followed in her footsteps as a Fenris Ranger and was a badass. But Seven realizes she sort of created a monster because Naomi had become harder than she was,” Matalas explained. “And so it was it was a Seven/Naomi story. We broke the story and we had reached out to the actress who played Naomi. But it just didn’t feel—if you had 13 episodes, you were doing this for sure. But if you had 10, you’re like, ‘I need to get to LeVar [Burton].’ It’s time to get there.”

Further cut cameos would’ve come in the climax of the season, when the Federation—gathering Starfleet’s finest to celebrate Frontier Day—found itself under attack and taken over by a rogue Borg infection targeting the younger generations of Starfleet officers. But as they were mostly related to Star Trek: Voyager, the concurrently airing Star Trek: Prodigy’s narrative dealing with those legacy characters presented a potential conflict.

“Harry Kim appeared as the captain of the Voyager-B in the first draft of Frontier Day. But Prodigy was telling a lot of Voyager stories and we didn’t know if Harry was going to appear and we didn’t want to step on their toes,” Matalas continued. “But yeah, for me, I would have had as many as we could get. I would have made that Star Trek Avengers: Endgame. I would have made Frontier Day with many ships… I would have Kira [Nerys, Nana Visitor’s character from Deep Space Nine] there, even if all you get is a bridge shot. But all of that is very expensive. We were already way too ambitious.”

This also included Kate Mulgrew’s Kathryn Janeway, who also appears on Prodigy—in both a hologram of her captaincy days and in physical form as a current Starfleet Admiral—and almost appeared to set the stage promoting Seven to the new captain of the Titan, rechristened into the Enterprise-G. “It would have felt like if we had put Janeway in the in the finale, specifically in the last scene where [Seven of Nine] is promoted… it might have overwhelmed the scene and made it more about Janeway and less about Seven of Nine,” Matalas concluded.

It makes sense to remove a lot of these—especially given how much Picard was already doing weaving in the Next Generation cast at large already. Plus, as nice and nostalgic as it would’ve been, it would’ve detracted that this is at least a very specific goodbye to Picard and that very specific set of TNG characters. Well, that is until that movie Patrick Stewart keeps talking about comes out, I guess. Maybe we can get some cameos then.

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Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, May Have Gone Dark

The 46-year-old probe, which flew by Jupiter and Saturn in its youth and inspired earthlings with images of the planet as a “Pale Blue Dot,” hasn’t sent usable data from interstellar space in months.

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When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it was built to do and take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn. It did that — and much more.

Voyager 1 discovered active volcanoes, moons and planetary rings, proving along the way that Earth and all of humanity could be squished into a single pixel in a photograph, a “ pale blue dot, ” as the astronomer Carl Sagan called it. It stretched a four-year mission into the present day, embarking on the deepest journey ever into space.

Now, it may have bid its final farewell to that faraway dot.

Voyager 1 , the farthest man-made object in space, hasn’t sent coherent data to Earth since November. NASA has been trying to diagnose what the Voyager mission’s project manager, Suzanne Dodd, called the “most serious issue” the robotic probe has faced since she took the job in 2010.

The spacecraft encountered a glitch in one of its computers that has eliminated its ability to send engineering and science data back to Earth.

The loss of Voyager 1 would cap decades of scientific breakthroughs and signal the beginning of the end for a mission that has given shape to humanity’s most distant ambition and inspired generations to look to the skies.

“Scientifically, it’s a big loss,” Ms. Dodd said. “I think — emotionally — it’s maybe even a bigger loss.”

Voyager 1 is one half of the Voyager mission. It has a twin spacecraft, Voyager 2.

Launched in 1977, they were primarily built for a four-year trip to Jupiter and Saturn , expanding on earlier flybys by the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes.

The Voyager mission capitalized on a rare alignment of the outer planets — once every 175 years — allowing the probes to visit all four.

Using the gravity of each planet, the Voyager spacecraft could swing onto the next, according to NASA .

The mission to Jupiter and Saturn was a success.

The 1980s flybys yielded several new discoveries, including new insights about the so-called great red spot on Jupiter, the rings around Saturn and the many moons of each planet.

Voyager 2 also explored Uranus and Neptune , becoming in 1989 the only spacecraft to explore all four outer planets.

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Voyager 1, meanwhile, had set a course for deep space, using its camera to photograph the planets it was leaving behind along the way. Voyager 2 would later begin its own trek into deep space.

“Anybody who is interested in space is interested in the things Voyager discovered about the outer planets and their moons,” said Kate Howells, the public education specialist at the Planetary Society, an organization co-founded by Dr. Sagan to promote space exploration.

“But I think the pale blue dot was one of those things that was sort of more poetic and touching,” she added.

On Valentine’s Day 1990, Voyager 1, darting 3.7 billion miles away from the sun toward the outer reaches of the solar system, turned around and snapped a photo of Earth that Dr. Sagan and others understood to be a humbling self-portrait of humanity.

“It’s known the world over, and it does connect humanity to the stars,” Ms. Dodd said of the mission.

She added: “I’ve had many, many many people come up to me and say: ‘Wow, I love Voyager. It’s what got me excited about space. It’s what got me thinking about our place here on Earth and what that means.’”

Ms. Howells, 35, counts herself among those people.

About 10 years ago, to celebrate the beginning of her space career, Ms. Howells spent her first paycheck from the Planetary Society to get a Voyager tattoo.

Though spacecraft “all kind of look the same,” she said, more people recognize the tattoo than she anticipated.

“I think that speaks to how famous Voyager is,” she said.

The Voyagers made their mark on popular culture , inspiring a highly intelligent “Voyager 6” in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and references on “The X Files” and “The West Wing.”

Even as more advanced probes were launched from Earth, Voyager 1 continued to reliably enrich our understanding of space.

In 2012, it became the first man-made object to exit the heliosphere, the space around the solar system directly influenced by the sun. There is a technical debate among scientists around whether Voyager 1 has actually left the solar system, but, nonetheless, it became interstellar — traversing the space between stars.

That charted a new path for heliophysics, which looks at how the sun influences the space around it. In 2018, Voyager 2 followed its twin between the stars.

Before Voyager 1, scientific data on the sun’s gases and material came only from within the heliosphere’s confines, according to Dr. Jamie Rankin, Voyager’s deputy project scientist.

“And so now we can for the first time kind of connect the inside-out view from the outside-in,” Dr. Rankin said, “That’s a big part of it,” she added. “But the other half is simply that a lot of this material can’t be measured any other way than sending a spacecraft out there.”

Voyager 1 and 2 are the only such spacecraft. Before it went offline, Voyager 1 had been studying an anomalous disturbance in the magnetic field and plasma particles in interstellar space.

“Nothing else is getting launched to go out there,” Ms. Dodd said. “So that’s why we’re spending the time and being careful about trying to recover this spacecraft — because the science is so valuable.”

But recovery means getting under the hood of an aging spacecraft more than 15 billion miles away, equipped with the technology of yesteryear. It takes 45 hours to exchange information with the craft.

It has been repeated over the years that a smartphone has hundreds of thousands of times Voyager 1’s memory — and that the radio transmitter emits as many watts as a refrigerator lightbulb.

“There was one analogy given that is it’s like trying to figure out where your cursor is on your laptop screen when your laptop screen doesn’t work,” Ms. Dodd said.

Her team is still holding out hope, she said, especially as the tantalizing 50th launch anniversary in 2027 approaches. Voyager 1 has survived glitches before, though none as serious.

Voyager 2 is still operational, but aging. It has faced its own technical difficulties too.

NASA had already estimated that the nuclear-powered generators of both spacecrafts would likely die around 2025.

Even if the Voyager interstellar mission is near its end, the voyage still has far to go.

Voyager 1 and its twin, each 40,000 years away from the next closest star, will arguably remain on an indefinite mission.

“If Voyager should sometime in its distant future encounter beings from some other civilization in space, it bears a message,” Dr. Sagan said in a 1980 interview .

Each spacecraft carries a gold-plated phonograph record loaded with an array of sound recordings and images representing humanity’s richness, its diverse cultures and life on Earth.

“A gift across the cosmic ocean from one island of civilization to another,” Dr. Sagan said.

Orlando Mayorquin is a general assignment and breaking news reporter based in New York. More about Orlando Mayorquin

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Best star trek: voyager episode from each of the show's 7 seasons.

Standout episodes show the best of Captain Janeway and the USS Voyager crew throughout each of Star Trek: Voyager's 7 seasons in the Delta Quadrant.

  • Captain Janeway faced unique challenges in the Delta Quadrant with compassion, connection, and tough decisions.
  • Season 4 introduced Seven of Nine, enhancing Voyager's story with complex characters and fresh dynamics.
  • Voyager's best episodes showcased moral dilemmas, character development, and alliances with new alien species.

The best episodes from each of Star Trek: Voyager 's seven seasons represent the unique challenges faced by Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the USS Voyager crew as the only Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant. Compassion and connection were part of Voyager 's story from the jump , as a diminished Starfleet crew needed to join forces with Commander Chakotay's (Robert Beltran) Maquis crew in order to survive in a far-flung corner of the galaxy, populated with brand-new Star Trek aliens, like Talaxian chef Neelix (Ethan Phillips) and psychic Ocampa Kes (Jennifer Lien). Each week, Voyager encountered new moral dilemmas unique to the Delta Quadrant, but unmistakably Star Trek in nature.

Beginning in Star Trek: Voyager season 4, ex-Borg drone Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) reinvigorated the series , bringing not just sex appeal but also a complex, intelligent character who clashed with Captain Janeway's staunch Federation ideals. Seven and Voyager's holographic Doctor (Robert Picardo) were breakout stars, changing Voyager for the better, especially when paired as a comedic duo of unlikely friends. Star Trek: Voyager became stronger with story arcs featuring the Borg, the predatory Hirogen, and the USS Voyager's contact with the Alpha Quadrant. To review the very best of Star Trek: Voyager , however, we must start from the beginning.

Best Star Trek: Voyager Episode Of Each Main Character

7 star trek: voyager season 1's best - episode 7, "eye of the needle", "just our luck, we raise one ship from the alpha quadrant and it has to be romulan.".

Despite its tenuous footing, Star Trek: Voyager season 1 delivers a memorable episode that offers the USS Voyager crew an early chance to connect to the Alpha Quadrant when Ensign Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) discovers a new wormhole ... but the wormhole is only 30 centimeters wide. That's big enough for a communications signal, but there's a question of whether Telek R'Mor (Vaughn Armstrong), the Romulan scientist on the other side, is willing to deliver Voyager's message to Starfleet. The tenuous trust built on Janeway's desperation and R'Mor's curiosity is quintessential Star Trek , and the devastating final twist seals "Eye of the Needle" as Voyager season 1's best episode.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 1, episode 15, "Jetrel"

6 Star Trek: Voyager Season 2's Best - Episode 24, "Tuvix"

"i don't want to die.".

There is no greater dilemma in Star Trek: Voyager than the one in "Tuvix", which remains a hot debate nearly 30 years later. When symbiogenetic orchid samples muddle their transporter patterns, Neelix and Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ) are merged into a single being known as Tuvix (Tom Wright), who becomes beloved by most of Voyager's crew over several weeks. That makes it all the more difficult when the Doctor figures out how to bring Tuvok and Neelix back, but at the expense of Tuvix. Janeway's Tuvix decision is hard to watch, since there's no correct or easy answer no matter how you look at it, especially after the gut-wrenching pain of watching Tuvix plead for his continued existence.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 21, "Deadlock"

Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, episode 1 "Twovix" lampoons the Tuvix dilemma with Voyager references aplenty, highlighting the strength of "Tuvix" to stand the test of time.

5 Star Trek: Voyager Season 3's Best - Episode 26, "Scorpion, Part 1"

"'i couldn't help it,' said the scorpion, 'it's my nature'.".

Faced with the choice of settling down in the Delta Quadrant or forging ahead through Borg space, Captain Janeway decides to safeguard against the perils of the latter by allying with the Borg, even though Commander Chakotay is all but certain that the Borg will renege on their end of the agreement, as the eponymous scorpion. Janeway's third option isn't an easy one, but taking the deal proves just how determined Kathryn Janeway is to see her people home at any cost. The tense cliffhanger resolves at the start of Star Trek: Voyager season 4, kicking off the rivalry between Janeway and the Borg, and famously introducing Seven of Nine.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 22, "Real Life"

4 Star Trek: Voyager Season 4's Best - Episode 8 & 9 "Year of Hell"

"he's trying to erase us from history.".

Originally conceived as the backdrop for the entire season 4 of Star Trek: Voyager , "Year of Hell" pits the USS Voyager against Annorax of the Krenim Imperium (Kurtwood Smith), a dictator obsessed with restoring the glory of his former empire through temporal warfare. The Krenim are a formidable opponent with unique technologies essential to the central sci-fi conceit, but in the end, the strength of this war story is its focus on character psychology. The year-long cat and mouse game tests the tenacity of both major players, with Annorax and Captain Janeway evenly matched in their sheer determination, right until the very end reveals which of them is willing to risk more and win.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 23, "Living Witness"

10 Ways USS Voyager Changed In Star Trek’s Delta Quadrant

3 star trek: voyager season 5's best - episode 11, "latent image", "as difficult as it is to accept, the doctor is more like that replicator than he is like us.".

A slowly unraveling mystery reveals that the Doctor's program has been tampered with, and it's up to him to figure out not only who altered his memories, but why. The unsettling psychological puzzle falls into place bit by bit, raising questions about medical ethics, personal autonomy, and the true nature of the Doctor as a sentient hologram with an evolving program. "Latent Image" is a turning point in the Doctor's character arc , as the hard truth that emerges bends the Doctor's perception of himself towards greater compassion, and also affects how Captain Janeway, Seven of Nine, and the rest of Voyager's crew perceive the Doctor moving forward.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 5, episode 10 "Counterpoint"

2 Star Trek: Voyager Season 6's Best - Episode 12 "Blink of an Eye"

"how does this sound 'the weird planet where time moved very fast and so did the people who lived there,' by naomi wildman…".

The USS Voyager is stuck in orbit of an unnamed planet where time moves far more quickly relative to the rest of the universe. The crew is able to watch civilizations rise and fall at an accelerated rate, as the culture on the planet is heavily influenced by Voyager's presence for thousands of years -- but mere weeks to Voyager's crew. "Blink of an Eye" is a new angle on a Prime Directive story that centers the aliens affected by the "Skyship" , with a nod to how science fiction, and Star Trek in particular, shapes our own culture by inspiring us to reach for the stars.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 6, episode 4, "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy"

1 Star Trek: Voyager Season 7's Best - Episode 25 & 26 "Endgame"

"set a course… for home.".

Star Trek: Voyager season 7 is rife with solid episodes, but it's the finale that takes the honor of being the season's best. "Endgame" opens on the USS Voyager's return to Earth after decades of harrowing adventures, in which the crew faces devastating losses. With a new plan, Admiral Janeway ensures those losses never happen, comes home early, and deals with the looming Borg threat in one fell swoop , even if she has to break a few rules to do it. Kate Mulgrew's performances as both Captain and Admiral Janeway carry the Star Trek: Voyager finale through time and alternate realities to the series' logical -- and satisfying -- conclusion.

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Voyager season 7, episode 7, "Body and Soul"

While Star Trek: Voyager never received the same critical acclaim as its predecessors, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , the USS Voyager's journey back home to the Alpha Quadrant had significant high points . Throughout seven years, seemingly disparate episodes came together like beads on a string, threaded with themes of love, loss, grief, and family. Voyager's crew grew to care for each other, and often brought out the best in each other despite checkered pasts and uncertain bonds. In the end, it's the characters that made Star Trek: Voyager a comfortable show beloved by its fans, like the home we were looking for all along.

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