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The Krenim are a technologically-advanced humanoid species from the Delta Quadrant , first encountered by the Federation starship USS Voyager in 2374. The Krenim government is called the Krenim Imperium. At 98% restoration the Krenin Imperium of 2374 was composed of over 200 star systems, 900 planets and thousands of warp-capable vessels.

In an alternate timeline, Voyager traversed Krenim space, enduring constant Krenim attacks in what the crew eventually termed "The Year of Hell". A large number of the crew was killed, including Captain Kathryn Janeway, B'Elanna Torres, and Joseph Carey. During one of the Krenim attacks, Kes was exposed to chroniton radiation which leaked through the hull from a chroniton torpedo fragment. Much later in 2379, The Doctor 's attempt to extend her short Ocampan life span using a bio-temporal chamber activated the dormant chronitons inside her body, causing her to travel randomly backwards in time to various points in her own life. The Doctor of 2373 was able to purge the chronitons using anti-chronitons, synchronizing Kes to the year 2373. While she was in 2373, Kes warned Janeway of the Krenim danger.

According to the Krenim officer known as Annorax, their greatest adversary was a race known as the Rilnar . Unbeknownst to the Krenim, however, the Rilnar had introduced a crucial antibody into the Krenim genome which prevented certain diseases from affecting the Krenim. In at least one alternate timeline, Annorax wiped out the Rilnar civilization without realizing the existence of the antibody and an epidemic swept across the Krenim homeworld, killing 50 million people in the first year alone.

In a number of separate alternate timelines in 2374, Voyager attempted to enter Krenim territory. Initially, they encountered only a small, poorly armed Krenim ship. In this timeline, the region was dominated by the Zahl , who had ended the Krenim domination of the region a generation previously. This timeline was changed when the Krenim temporal weapon ship erased the Zahl civilization, removing the entire species from history. In this new timeline, the Krenim Imperium was near the height of its power, and launched a series of devastating attacks on Voyager much like the "Year of Hell" of Kes's possible future.

Eventually, Voyager developed temporal shields to defend against the Krenim, which in turn perturbed the temporal calculations made by the weapon ship. Thus, the elimination of the Garenor species, intended to further restore the Imperium, instead created a third alternate timeline where the Krenim regressed to a pre-warp society. The temporal shields protected Voyager from the changes to the timeline, and its crew was able to see the changes the Krenim had made. Eventually Voyager created an alliance with the Mawasi and the Nihydron to attack the weapon ship. The damage they dealt to the weapon ship caused it to erase itself from the timeline, undoing all of the damage it had done.

In this restored timeline, Voyager encountered a Krenim warship in 2374. Its commandant warned Captain Janeway that the region of space they were passing through was in dispute and that they should avoid it if possible. He wished them good journey and the two ships went their separate ways.

Members of this species had been assimilated by the Borg by 2375.

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When Voyager approached Krenim space , they were advised to avoid passing through the area because of political unrest in the area. Captain Kathryn Janeway followed the advice and took Voyager around Krenim space and the Voyager crew learned little about Krenim society, apart from the fact that they were fond of candy bars . ( VOY episode : " Year of Hell "; Star Trek reference : Cookbook )

By 2375, members of this species had been assimilated by the Borg . ( VOY episode : " Infinite Regress ")

Year of Hell [ ]

In 2373 of a alternate timeline , Voyager encountered the Krenim when one of their ships attacked Voyager . Several members of Voyager 's crew, including Captain Janeway were killed. However, the timeline was erased when the Doctor was able to help his nurse, Kes , by placing her in a bio-temporal chamber . Kes was able to provide Janeway with future knowledge of the Krenim and their chroniton torpedoes . ( VOY episode : " Before and After ")

In 2374 of another timeline, a Krenim temporal cientist , Annorax , used the KIS Kyana Prime 's temporal weapon to erase species such as the Zahl in order to restore both Imperium and Kyana Prime . Due to Annorax's temporal incursions, Voyager was severely damaged by the Krenim's' ships. Despite the Krenim's constant attack, Voyager was able to develop temporal shields to withstand the chroniton torpedoes. However, Annorax attempted to erase Voyager but could not find Voyager . The Kyana Prime was subsequently destroyed, its existence erased, and restored the timeline. ( VOY episode : " Year of Hell ")

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Appendices [ ], connections [ ], references and notes [ ].

• ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module : All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook

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• Krenim article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
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10 new aliens star trek: voyager introduced ranked.

Captain Janeway holds an impressive record of First Contact missions in Voyager introducing some memorable new alien species into Star Trek canon.

• Star Trek: Voyager introduced countless new alien species in the Delta Quadrant, some friendly and some enemies, expanding the Star Trek canon.
• The Kazon, Hirogen, Vidiians, and Species 8472 were some of the unique challenges Captain Janeway and her crew faced in their seven years in the Delta Quadrant.
• The Talaxians, Ocampans, Kobali, Voth, Nacene, Krenim, and Vidiians each had their own fascinating cultures and backstories, adding depth to the Star Trek: Voyager universe.

Star Trek: Voyager 's exploration of the Delta Quadrant vastly expanded the Star Trek canon by introducing countless new aliens. Due to their unique circumstances, the USS Voyager and Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) conducted nearly as many First Contact missions as Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) of the USS Enterprise. Many of the alien races that Voyager encountered were friendly species who wanted to help the travelers on their treacherous journey through the Delta Quadrant. However, they also made a great many enemies during their seven years in this isolated region of space.

As well as Star Trek: Voyager 's regular fights with the Borg , the show introduced new threats such as the Hirogen, Vidiians, Kazon, and Species 8472. Each of these alien races provided unique challenges for Captain Janeway and her crew, due to their advanced technology or inability to communicate. As always with Star Trek , many of the alien species that Voyager encountered were variations on a prosthetic theme without the fascinating culture to back them up. However, there were 10 notable alien species that were friend and foe to the crew of the USS Voyager.

10 Talaxians

The Talaxians had quite a dark backstory given the slightly cartoonish similarity between Neelix (Ethan Phillips) and Snarf from Thundercats . Neelix was the USS Voyager's cook, guide, and eventually Talaxian ambassador to the Federation. His jovial character and desire to help people defined his character and that of his fellow Talaxians, which was a testament to them given their brutal history. In the episode "Jetrel" it was revealed that the Talaxians suffered genocide at the hands of the Haakonian Order who used a devastating weapon to kill 300 thousand of them. The devastation forced Talaxians like Neelix to seek a life elsewhere as an intergalactic freelancer.

The Ocampans were unwittingly responsible for the USS Voyager becoming stranded in the Delta Quadrant to begin with. When their Nacene Caretaker (Basil Langton) realized he could no longer look after their planet, he began seeking out replacements by abducting starships like the Valjean and Voyager. A race of telepaths with potentially major mental powers, the most notable Ocampan was Star Trek: Voyager 's Kes (Jennifer Lien) whose mental abilities grew so powerful that she appeared to transcend into a being of pure energy. It's possible that Kes' evolution in the Voyager episode "Fury" is the fate of all Ocampans, given their rapid aging and average life span of nine years.

The first major antagonists created for Star Trek: Voyager , the Kazon failed to make a lasting impression despite a bulk of seasons 1 and 2 being devoted to the new species. Their backstory of subjugation by the Trabe, and the orchestrated civil war was fascinating, but the elaborate sect structure was too convoluted. Ultimately, the Kazon were never intellectual equals to the Voyager crew, which made it difficult for them to pose a serious threat beyond aggression and brute force. Although they did manage to hijack the Voyager and maroon the crew on Hanon IV in the season 2 finale, this was likely thanks to the cold and calculating mind of Cardassian villain Seska (Martha Hackett).

The Kobali were essentially alien bodysnatchers who reproduced by essentially recycling humanoid corpses via highly advanced DNA alteration. In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Ashes to Ashes", the crew encountered Jhet'lya (Kim Rhodes) who was a Kobali created from the corpse of Ensign Lyndsay Ballard. Jhet'lya retained Lyndsay's memories and wanted to return to Voyager, but this proved incredibly difficult for everyone involved. Kobali returning to their old lives is forbidden, which is why Voyager comes under attack from two Kobali ships until Lyndsay Ballard agrees to leave her old life behind. They're a fascinating culture that opens up discussions about how the dead are treated, which is why it's disappointing that the Kobali haven't returned.

The Voth was one of Star Trek: Voyager 's many one-shot aliens that were too fascinating not to make a return. In the episode "Distant Origin", a Voth scientist discovers evidence that his people originated on Earth when he comes into contact with the USS Voyager. However, his government refuses to accept his scientific findings, instead favoring the overriding religious doctrine of their culture. It's a classic Star Trek tale of rationalism versus religion, but it's made even more fascinating by the concept of Earth-based dinosaurs evolving the ability to travel among the stars. It's an intriguing concept that always felt like it deserved more examination in future episodes of Voyager .

One of Star Trek: Voyager 's stranger aliens, the Nacene were a non-humanoid species who could navigate subspace and had vastly superior technology. It was the Nacene Caretaker who stranded Voyager in the Delta Quadrant but he died before he was able to return them home. Janeway and Voyager later encountered another Nacene, Suspiria (voiced by Majel Barrett), who believed that the crew was responsible for the death of her mate. Eventually proving themselves to Suspiria by showing mercy, Voyager was allowed to continue their journey in peace, though Suspiria did not use her powers to send them home.

Star Trek: Voyager 's Hirogen aliens were a species of nomads that purely lived for the hunt. They opened up some fascinating discussions about the ethics of hunting and the moral dilemma of respecting a culture while also pushing for a more enlightened approach. One solution to stop the Hirogen from harming innocent aliens as part of their hunts was to give them the holodeck technology possessed by Voyager. However, this had its own moral implications as Janeway was effectively sanctioning the creation of holograms purely for the purpose of being slaughtered. It was a fascinating discussion of the difficult moral sacrifices made when respecting cultural practices that are deemed "regressive".

One of Star Trek: Voyager 's most powerful enemies was the Krenim, whose fearsome temporal weaponry was responsible for the deaths of multiple Voyager crew members. Krenim scientist Annorax (Kurtwood Smith) invented a weapon that could remove rival alien species from existence. He used this to dispatch his enemies and restore the Krenim Imperium to power, attracting the attention of the Voyager crew. When Voyager attempted to protect the Garenor from Annorax's weapon, he tried to wipe Voyager from existence but thankfully failed to do so. When Janeway succeeded in reversing the timeline, the USS Voyager plotted a course around Krenim space, avoiding their "Year of Hell" fate.

The Vidiians were a terrifying concept for Star Trek: Voyager villains, as they engaged in illegal organ harvesting to stave off the devastating effects of the Phage virus. These patchwork people replaced diseased organs with those of other species to prolong their lives. Voyager first encountered the Vidiians when they stole Neelix's lungs in the episode "Phage". They were also responsible for splitting B'Elanna Torres' Klingon side and her Human side into two separate beings. They also helped Voyager at times too, as the Vidiian scientist Danara Pel (Susan Diol) formed a close bond with the EMH Doctor (Robert Picardo) later helping him cure Janeway and Chakotay of a terminal illness.

1 Species 8472

The terrifying Species 8472 aliens were introduced as a threat who were superior to the Borg, but they had hidden depths. Star Trek 's first purely CGI aliens, Species 8472 were groundbreaking and stalked the corridors like the xenomorphs from Aliens . Although it was revealed that they were effectively a peaceful species acting in self-defense, they were no less terrifying a foe for Voyager to face. So terrifying were they that they forced Captain Janeway to make her biggest Star Trek: Voyager mistake - an alliance with the Borg Collective.

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5 Great Kes Moments From Star Trek: Voyager

The Voyager nurse fit a lot of action into her short life.

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As Voyager ’s young nurse, Kes had the odds stacked against her from the get-go. For some fans, while the idea of a species with a nine-year lifespan was creative and intriguing, there was something that felt a little icky about Neelix and Kes’ relationship as she was technically just two years old.

But, ultimately, Voyager was a show that did it’s darndest to do right by all its women characters —led by the powerful example of Kate Mulgrew — and during her three-and-change seasons on Voyager , Kes had some strong and memorable episodes. Let’s take a look at the five best ones, in chronological (air) order.

“Eye of the Needle”

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This episode was really about the discovery of a Romulan guarded wormhole that led to the Alpha Quadrant, but the B-story made it a big one for Kes and the Doctor.

Long before the mobile emitter, and long before he was included in briefings, the Doctor was stuck in Sickbay with a crew that viewed him as a piece of equipment. He was left on for hours with nothing to do, turned off when he was in the middle of researching treatments, spoken about as if he wasn’t in the room, and treated with disdain by the crew members he cared for. And Kes was the only one to notice. Not only did she notice, she lobbied Captain Janeway on his behalf, tapping into one of Star Trek ’s biggest themes: who counts as a person?

Janeway was initially resistant, but Kes was convincing, and in the end, Janeway gave the Doctor autonomy over his program and asked what else he needed to perform his very essential duties. And Kes also convinced the Doctor himself that he didn’t have to just accept things as they were, that he was entitled to expect better.

At the same time, we learned that Kes has an eidetic memory and an aptitude for medical science. Two years old? Pshaw.

Another B-story for Kes, but also an important one with the Doctor. Kes was always sympathetic to him, but she was never blinded to his flaws. When he told a pregnant Samantha Wildman that her “discomfort” was due to her baby putting pressure on her sciatic nerve and she should “learn to live” with it — which sounded familiar to so many pregnant women — Kes got mad.

She snapped in frustration, “I just wish once in your life you could know what it's like, how it makes you feel vulnerable and a little afraid!” The Doctor was initially bewildered, but took her comment to holographic heart, and gave himself a 29-hour Levodian flu.

But this only made him more smug about how self-indulgent sick people can be, so Kes took things a step further and added a few hours to his illness without telling him. Ha! Thanks to Kes, he found out what it was really like to be sick, with all the fear and uncertainty that comes with it.

Kes didn’t just teach him a valuable lesson, she did the entire crew a huge favor that would affect the rest of their voyage.

Kes spent most of “Warlord” possessed by a 200-year-old tyrant named Tieran. That must have been a blast for actress Jennifer Lien, who got to threaten, murder, manipulate, and seduce all manner of people, giving her more screen time than ever before. She made the most of it.

But this was also a great episode for Kes the character;  it was because of her strength and resilience that Tieran failed. He thought he could control her body and her telepathic powers, but she fought him so relentlessly that the dude was afraid to go to sleep because he knew she’d take over. “I'll find every little crack in your defenses,” she told him. “You'll feel yourself crumbling from within, your sanity slipping away. I won't stop until you're broken and helpless. There's nowhere you can go to get away from me. I'll be relentless and merciless, just like you.” A little girl, she ain’t.

The events of this episode changed her. Voyager gets accused (unfairly, in my opinion) of having hit the reset button every time something big happened, but it’s clearly not true here. She’d committed terrible acts she had to come to terms with, but more than that, she started to understand her own power. “You are no longer the same person,” Tuvok told her, “and the course of your life will change as a result.”

“Before and After”

In addition to being a prequel of sorts to the great two-parter “Year of Hell,” this was hands down the best Kes episode ever. It begins with Kes as an old woman — at the ripe old age of nine — in the final stages of life. We quickly learn that she’s a grandmother… and then that she’s married to Tom Paris, and their daughter is married to Harry Kim! What? What!

Yes, there was a lot to digest in this one: Chakotay was captain because Janeway was killed by the Krenim, B’Elanna was killed alongside her, Neelix was fine with Kes’ marriage to Tom, and the Doctor had hair.

On the surface, this episode is about something happening to Kes, but when you look closer, it’s about Kes taking charge of her destiny even when it seems like it’s spinning beyond her control. Every time she involuntarily jumped back in time, she didn’t waste a second. At every step, she gathered information, focusing on the science and the tangible details that mattered, from the exact temporal variance of the Krenim torpedo to the information that her temperature dropped every time she shifted to a new time period. Once again, this wasn’t a character who got pushed around.

She also gets bonus points for living through every woman’s worst nightmare: suddenly finding yourself in the throes of giving birth with no idea how you ended up there. Eek!

In season six, long after her departure from Voyager, Kes returned, hell-bent on revenge for what she believed was Janeway and Voyager ’s cruel abandonment of her. She was mad, and she wasn’t going to take it anymore! She used power from the warp core, killing B’Elanna in the process, to leap back to an earlier time so she could rescue her young “innocent” self and hand Voyager over to the Vidiians. I TOLD you she was mad.

Like in “Before and After,” we got a peek into one possible timeline… and this was a dark one, with a bitter, angry Kes who was eventually saved and redeemed by her younger self. We often talk about what we’d tell ourselves if we went back in time, but in this case, it’s the wisdom from the past that was necessary to inform the future, and a fascinating glimpse at the Kes that could have been. (And was, but then wasn’t.)

As Captain Janeway would say, “The future is the past, the past is the future, it all gives me a headache.”

Laurie Ulster (she/her) is a freelance writer and a TV producer who somehow survived her very confusing adolescence as the lone female Star Trek fan in middle school. She's a writer/editor and was the Supervising Producer on After Trek.

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Year of Hell, Part II

• Episode aired Nov 12, 1997

A year after Voyager encounters the Krenim time ship, a badly damaged Voyager with a skeleton crew leads an armada of interplanetary ships against them. A year after Voyager encounters the Krenim time ship, a badly damaged Voyager with a skeleton crew leads an armada of interplanetary ships against them. A year after Voyager encounters the Krenim time ship, a badly damaged Voyager with a skeleton crew leads an armada of interplanetary ships against them.

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• Trivia Voyager is depicted as being severely damaged in this show. To achieve that effect without lasting damage to any of the permanent sets, acrylic sheets similar to those used when the sets are in storage was draped over most of the "clean" bulkheads, and were then sprayed with charcoal dust to simulate the effects of multiple explosions. Unfortunately this resulted in many surfaces having a "wrinkled" appearance.
• Goofs The Doctor tells Captain Janeway that there are seven people aboard Voyager other than her. However, there are only six: the Doctor himself, Tuvok, B'Elanna Torres, Seven of Nine, Neelix and Harry Kim.

B'Elanna Torres : [crew raises coffee mugs] To distant friends.

Captain Kathryn Janeway : Hear, hear.

Harry Kim : Cheers.

Seven of Nine : Yes.

[cut to Kim taking a sip]

Neelix : [anxious] Well?

Tuvok : [pauses] Interesting.

Harry Kim : Not bad. Not bad at all!

B'Elanna Torres : What is it, exactly?

Neelix : I call it "the Elixir of Endurance." It's loaded with amino acids, carbohydrates, all the nutrients necessary for the crew to withstand these stressful conditions.

B'Elanna Torres : Ration cubes...

Neelix : Well, yes, yes. But this time, pureed and mixed with water and enhanced with Talaxian spices.

Seven of Nine : It is offensive. Fortunately taste is irrelevant.

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Voyager Is Why Star Trek Is Replacing Discovery’s Spore Drive

WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive"

• Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 bids farewell to the spore drive, as USS Voyager's pathway drive takes over in the 32nd century.
• Commander Stamets reveals Starfleet's decision to halt spore drive development, making Discovery unique in the Star Trek franchise.
• The USS Voyager-J's pathway drive paves the way for safer and sustainable warp travel in Star Trek's future.

The 32nd century's version of the USS Voyager is the reason that Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is abandoning Starfleet's revolutionary spore drive technology. Since they arrived in the 32nd century in season 3, the USS Discovery crew's one-of-a-kind spore drive has represented a potential replacement for dilithium-reliant warp travel in Star Trek 's future . However, various obstacles, most notably rogue Risan scientist Dr. Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle) and his theft of the only working prototype have prevented the spore drive from being rolled out.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 1 , "Red Directive", Commander Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp) reveals that Starfleet has shuttered further development on the spore drive . Starfleet's decision means that the USS Discovery will remain one-of-a-kind, making season 5 the last outing for Starfleet's spore drive. Instead of taking Discovery's spore drive further, Starfleet are instead forging ahead with the new pathway drive, first trialed by the USS Voyager-J in Star Trek: Discovery season 4 .

Star Trek Is Ditching Discovery's Spore Drive - And That's Good!

Uss voyager is why star trek is quitting discovery’s spore drive, voyager has a history of scientific advancement in starfleet..

In Star Trek: Discovery 's season 4 premiere, "Kobayashi Maru", it was revealed that the USS Voyager-J had been newly fitted with a protoype pathway drive . Federation President Laira Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) was looking for the right captain to command the ship and test out this new technology. Now, Discovery 's season 5 premiere, "Red Directive" reveals that those tests were successful, leading to the pathway drive being the new standard for future Starfleet ships. The rollout is still in the early stages, however, as Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) states that his ship, the USS Antares, doesn't have a pathway drive fitted.

Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) was under consideration to command the USS Voyager-J, but President Rillak didn't believe that she was ready.

It feels appropriate that the USS Voyager is responsible for replacing Star Trek: Discovery 's spore drive, given its namesake's impact on warp travel centuries earlier . Star Trek: Prodigy revealed that, after returning to the Alpha Quadrant, much of the technology the USS Voyager encountered in the Delta Quadrant was adapted by Starfleet. For example, the USS Dauntless, commanded by Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) had a quantum slipstream drive fitted, first encountered in Star Trek: Voyager 's season 4 finale, "Hope and Fear".

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When will we see star trek: discovery's pathway drive in action.

As the USS Discovery is in the middle of a vitally important mission to find the Progenitors' technology to create life, it doesn't seem like there will be much time for a refit. Therefore, it's unlikely that Discovery will be using the pathway drive at any point in Star Trek: Discovery season 5. It's certainly possible that Captain Burnham could receive assistance from a starship like the USS Voyager-J at some later point in Discovery season 5, but it's also possible that the pathway drive was just a tease of things to come in the now- canceled Star Trek: Discovery season 6 .

As it will focus on a batch of new recruits, the Starfleet Academy show feels like an ideal way to reveal more about the pathway drive.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will pick up the baton in the 32nd century, however, making it the most likely candidate for a pathway drive demonstration . As it will focus on a batch of new recruits, the Starfleet Academy show feels like an ideal way to reveal more about the pathway drive. As the cadets learn how a pathway drive works, and how it differs from a more traditional warp drive, so too will Star Trek fans who tune into the YA-oriented show. Starfleet Academy leading the way with a new warp drive replacement would be a fitting way to continue the legacy of Star Trek: Discovery and its spore drive.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is looking to begin production in late summer 2024.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

After being closed for over a hundred years, Starfleet Academy is reopening its doors to those who wish to pursue a career as Starfleet Officers. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will follow a new group of cadets as they come of age, and build friendships, rivalries, and romantic relationships while being threatened by a new adversary that could destroy the Academy and the Federation itself.

Why Star Trek Keeping Standard Warp Travel Is Best

The specifics of how the pathway drive works are still a mystery in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, but it's presumably rooted in traditional warp travel. The spore drive was an incredibly complicated method of travel that required specific calculations and a willing host to navigate the mycelial network . In "Red Directive", Stamets states that, with more time, he could have worked out the issues with navigation, but never got the chance. The grisly fate of the USS Glenn in Discovery season 1 revealed that the slightest miscalculation in spore drive navigation could have devastating consequences for the crew.

Presumably, the pathway drive is a means to achieve warp travel while using less dilithium, to reduce the Federation's reliance on it following the scarcity caused by the Burn. This is therefore a less risky proposition, which will be why Starfleet are now rolling it out following the USS Voyager-J's successful trial. While it may be disappointing for Stamets in Star Trek: Discovery , the pathway drive's potential to make warp travel safer and more sustainable should be something to celebrate.

Star Trek: Discovery streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 is streaming on Netflix.

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

Star Trek Voyager

The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before.

Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy is the first TV series in the Star Trek franchise marketed toward children, and one of the few animated series in the franchise. The story follows a group of young aliens who find a stolen Starfleet ship and use it to escape from the Tars Lamora prison colony where they are all held captive. Working together with the help of a holographic Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the new crew of the USS Protostar must find their way back to the Alpha Quadrant to warn the Federation of the deadly threat that is pursuing them.

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In one possible timeline , a (Zahl) generation prior to 2374 , the Zahl defeated the Krenim Imperium , despite the temporal science they used to construct advanced weapons . They disbanded the Krenim fleet and retook the territories they had annexed . By the 2370s , they were the primary species in Grid 005, while treating the inferior Krenim ships still moving around making grandiose claims about the territory being disputed as a minor nuisance.

In 2374, two Zahl starships greeted the USS Voyager upon its arrival in their space. During the meeting, the entire Zahl species was erased from history by Annorax 's weapon ship . The erasure of the Zahl achieved an unprecedented 98 % Krenim restoration, although the Krenim colony on Kyana Prime was not restored. When the weapon ship was destroyed, this timeline was negated. ( VOY : " Year of Hell ")

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• Unnamed Zahl

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Apocrypha [ ].

Star Trek Online 's Delta Rising expansion reveals that in the restored timeline, the Zahl were allied with the Krenim Imperium until the Krenim were defeated by the resurgent Vaadwaur .

In the novel A Pocket Full of Lies , the crew of Voyager and the Full Circle Fleet ( β ) investigated disputed space of the Zahl and the Rilnar following the discovery of the survival of the alternate Kathryn Janeway encountered by Chakotay during the incident in " Shattered " in which the USS Voyager was shattered into 37 different timeframes. The novel reveals that the Zahl and the Rilnar are two tribes of the same species, which evolved on the planet Sormana.

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• Zahl at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 3 Ancient humanoid