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One Of Picard's Cut Cameos Would've Allowed A Beloved Star Trek Character To Finally Rank Up

This article contains spoilers for the series finale of "Star Trek: Picard."

The acclaimed final season of "Star Trek: Picard" has come to a stirring and satisfying end — and, with it, the conclusion to the decades-long journey of Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard and the rest of the beloved crew of explorers from "The Next Generation." But part of the difficult task laid on the shoulders of showrunner and director Terry Matalas involved uniting multiple different shows set around the same time period. That meant tying together loose threads from "Deep Space Nine" like the Changelings, long-missing members of "The Next Generation" such as Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes), and characters from "Star Trek: Voyager" including Tuvok (Tim Russ) and Jeri Ryan's Seven of Nine.

By the end of the finale, the dual threat of the Borg and the Changelings are vanquished once more and seemingly for good. Pulling off such a daring mission required every trick and every remaining ally that Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan could possibly muster up, but apparently, there were meant to be even more cameo appearances waiting in the wings to help our heroes save the day.

One would've involved another key member of the "Voyager" crew: a certain Ensign Harry Kim. Portrayed by Garrett Wang throughout all 7 seasons, Kim has long stood out as a fan-favorite highlight of what's commonly considered a lackluster series. He could've finally received his time in the spotlight had initial plans for the final season of "Picard" panned out, but that was unfortunately not the case. In a recent interview, Matalas explains why.

Justice for Harry Kim!

During a roundtable interview attended by /Film's Vanessa Armstrong, "Star Trek: Picard" mastermind Terry Matalas reveals that there were early plans to bring on board one of the most undervalued characters in all of "Trek." An oversight that soon turned into a years-long running gag, Harry Kim's inability to rise through the ranks of Starfleet after the starship Voyager found itself lost for years in the far-off Delta Quadrant caused no shortage of laughs and consternation among the fanbase. Having first boarded Voyager as a lowly Ensign, he proved his worth time and time again ... only to end his run on "Voyager" as, you guessed it, still an Ensign.

Yet unlike characters such as Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) or Robert Duncan McNeill's Lieutenant Tom Paris, Kim has never again appeared in "Trek" canon since the finale of "Voyager." That would've finally changed — along with a long-awaited promotion — had things worked out on "Picard," but alas! According to Matalas:

"He was captain actually. [...] I talked to Garrett [Wang] about this and he was very, very disappointed. He was [a] captain and yeah, that's all I can say about it. Again, it's time, it's money. We also didn't want to step on 'Star Trek: Prodigy's toes. It was, but again, you don't want to be greedy, right? It's just, it's ... We're talking about Frontier Day, right? Truly if you had another 20 minutes on Frontier Day, you'd be seeing everybody. You'd be seeing everybody who's in Starfleet in 25th century. You want to know what everybody's up to. But yeah, that was that."

The plot involving Frontier Day allowed some other deep-cut cameos to take shape , but apparently Kim's return was simply not meant to be ... for now, at least.

Hope for the future?

The interesting part of Matalas' comment above, of course, is his reference to "Star Trek: Prodigy." The animated series takes place only a handful of years after the events of "Voyager" and has even made way for characters such as Janeway and her right-hand man, First Officer Chakotay (Robert Beltran), to appear on the show. As much of a pleasant surprise as it would've been to see Wang once more in live-action as a much older and wiser (and promoted) Captain Harry Kim for a few moments at some point in "Picard," perhaps the franchise has bigger things in store for the character.

"Prodigy" has had even more reason to expand on the fates of the Voyager crew and Matalas may have tipped his hand that Kim could eventually show up. In the long run, fans would likely accept a more substantial role for Kim in "Prodigy" than a brief moment of naked fan service in "Picard" for a character who, out of the entire cast, only really matters to Seven of Nine. As it is, "Picard" had a lot going on throughout its third season, so it's easy to imagine why Kim's cameo would be among the first to go for the sake of scheduling and budgets.

But that's the thing about "Trek" — no element of the franchise remains a redheaded stepchild for long. (Okay, except maybe "Star Trek: Into Darkness" or that movie with Picard's clone ). "Voyager" may not have the sterling reputation as some of its more widely-celebrated peers, but the creatives in charge and Trekkies alike all seem eager to give the cast their due. Here's to one day getting to see Harry Kim once more on-screen ... this time, with those four pips on the uniform signifying the rank of Captain.

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Whatever Happened To Garrett Wang, ‘Harry Kim’ From Star Trek: Voyager

By Nick Lee | December 9, 2022

Garrett Wang is an Asian-American actor who is best known for his role as ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager.

He was born in Riverside, California, on December 15th, 1968. He is of Taiwanese heritage as his parents were immigrants. He also has a sister named Laura. His Chinese-given name is Wang Yi Zhan.

As children, he and his sister would move often; he attended kindergarten in Indiana before moving to Bermuda, Memphis, Tennessee, and then back to California. The reasons for these moves are not known.

Growing up was difficult for Garrett as one of the only Asian people he knew of in some of the places he lived. in 1990, he attended a state-sponsored Taiwanese cultural exchange program, and this experience motivated him to look into acting as a way to provide role models for Asian Americans.

The 5’ 11” (1.8 m) Garrett Wang would attend UCLA and switch majors several times, finally settling on Asian Studies and opting for his electives in the theater.

Early Career

Garrett Wang’s early career had a ticking clock. When he decided to pursue acting full-time, he made a deal with his parents to quit after two years if they helped him with his expenses. He obtained a few roles in commercials, which led to his first credited role in the 1994 episode “Submission: Impossible” of Margaret Cho’s All American Girl.

He would take on a few roles in student films at UCLA but landed his first feature film in 1998 in Hundred Percent.

About a year and a half into his agreement with his parents, he would land the role for which he is most famous: Ensign Harry Kim in Star Trek: Voyager.

Growing up, Garrett Wang was a science fiction fan, notably Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica. Still, he had not seen many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation before auditioning for Star Trek: Voyager.

Star Trek: Voyager

He joined the cast of Star Trek: Voyager in 1995 in the very first episode of the show, “Caretaker,” and would appear in close to 170 episodes of the show’s run, ending in 2001.

The character he would play, Ensign Harry Kim, would prove to be popular and serve as a positive role model for Asian Americans.

However, there were some tensions during the production of the show. Unlike other characters, Kim was not promoted in rank on the show, which rubbed the cast and fans the wrong way, given the show’s circumstances.

When Garrett asked writer and producer, Brannon Braga, why Harry was not promoted, he told Garrett “Well, somebody’s gotta be the ensign.”

Feud with Rick Berman

Garrett Wang had petitioned on several occasions to direct an episode of Voyager but was never given the opportunity, like some other actors in the franchise. The reasons remain unknown, but Garrett Wang has pointed out a contentious relationship with producer Rick Berman, which seems to be a common thread among actors and crew of the franchise.

Garrett has never been shy about his disdain for Rick Berman, publicly calling him an ‘idiot’ and saying he is deserving of the first spot in line for hell.

Garrett mentions that him revealing some of his concerns to a TV Guide writer early in Voyager’s run might be the reason why he was never promoted on the show and why he was never given the chance to direct an episode.

Star Trek: Voyager In Retrospect

Garrett mentions that his favorite episode of Voyager is the pilot episode, ‘ Caretaker ‘. He says he enjoyed that episode because of the many awesome shooting locations, but most importantly it was the first time he got to meet his castmates, who would all become his life long friends.

What is Garrett Wang doing now?

After Voyager, Garrett Wang took sporadic roles from 2001 to 2015 in movies like Survival Island, Acts of Violence and Alongside Night. His most recent film was in 2020, where he starred alongside Snoop Dogg in the movie Unbelievable!!!!!

His latest role, which is in post-production is for the television show, Phoenix, as the character ‘Marc Wan’.

The Delta Flyers

In May of 2020, he launched a podcast called The Delta Flyers with his co-host Robert Duncan McNeill, who played Tom Paris in Star Trek: Voyager. The duo discuss and review episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and share their opinions and behind the scene stories.

Star Trek Conventions

He also is a frequent convention guest and moderator . In 2010 he was named the director of the Trek Track for Dragon Con, helping to organize and provide the Star Trek programming for various conventions, and was the first actor to take on such a role. This also made him an excellent choice to help put together the Star Trek Cruise .

Like many former Star Trek actors, Garrett Wang also has an account on Cameo to allow fans a chance to get a customized message from him.

What is his relationship status?

There is not much information about Garrett Wang’s romantic relationships online. There are no news articles or blind items, and what we do know can be seen on the social media accounts of him and his partner, Megan Elise .

Garrett Wang appears to be in a committed relationship, but there are no details about when and how he met Megan Elise. It seems that the two works together for event and convention planning.

Megan Elise may also have her own business as an event photographer based on her social media posts.

Does he have children?

Garrett Wang does not have children, however it does look like Garrett has taken on a father role for Megan’s daughter Kealy.

Misc Garrett Wang Facts

1. When Jeri Ryan’s character was introduced into the show, the producers of Star Trek: Voyager wanted to trim the cast. They narrowed the choice between Jennifer Lien and Garrett Wang and because Garrett had recently appeared in People’s Magazine 50 Most Beautiful People list, the producer decided to nix Jennifer Lien instead. Garrett mentions that Kate Mulgrew held a farewell dinner party for Jennifer Lien, however Garrett said he completely spaced out and forgot about the dinner and went to Ikea instead. Garrett said Kate left him a message on his answering machine to chew him out for the lapse.

2. When Garrett met William Shatner for the first time backstage at the Tulsa Trek Expo, Garrett said William gave him a limp-wristed and half-hearted hand shake and immediately wiped his hands on his shirt afterwards. Garrett felt the compulsion to punch him in the stomach for the disrespect but he held back.

3. Garrett suggested to producers of Star Trek: Voyager that they should incorporate more action and comedy into the series, although the show-runner, Rick Berman brushed the idea off. Garrett said if he could create a Star Trek series, it would be something similar to the television show Scrubs but in Space and giving it more of a comedic angle.

4. Garrrett mentions that when he was auditioning for the part of Harry Kim on Star: Trek Voyager he almost ran over Harrison Ford in the Paramount parking lot.

5. Garrett revealed that the feud between Jeri Ryan and Kate Mulgrew on set was very difficult for him. He said it was like watching his mother, aunt or sister having issues between each other. He even cried about the situation when discussing the feud at a convention with Jeri Ryan.

6. Garrett joking said he would love to be introduced on Star Trek: Lower Decks as the oldest ensign in Star Fleet history.

7. Garrett and Robert Duncan McNeill revealed on The Delta Flyers podcast that they were body shamed by the writers on Voyager after they had gained some weight. In the fourth season episode, entitled ‘ Demon ‘, quips about the weight was writing into the script. Garrett mentioned he went straight to the gym afterward and knocked off the weight, while Robert took up cycling to lose the extra pounds.

8. Garrett suggested a story line to the writers of the show, where the crew had a ship-wide talent show and he could do impersonations of The Doctor or Captain Janeway, but his idea was met with ‘Eh… no’. Although they rejected his ideas, there have been episodes of Voyager where characters on the show had to do impersonations of other characters, specifically after the Doctor took over Seven Of Nine’s body.

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Harry Kim is a Milestone in East Asian Screen Representation

Give Garrett Wang his roses for holding it down for the rest of us.

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Captain Kirk romanced all the attractive female guest stars in Star Trek: The Original Series . Riker did likewise in Star Trek: The Next Generation . And on Star Trek: Voyager , it was Ensign Harry Kim .

While the fact that Kim inhabits such a role may feel like a running gag on the show (especially given his dubious success), it was an unsung milestone for East Asian representation on American screens. Asian representation has historically been abysmal, and Asian men are rarely portrayed as romantic leads or love interests. When they are seen on-screen, they tend to be depicted as either undesirable (e.g. awkward nerds) or threatening (e.g. underworld thugs). In any case, they never seem to get the girl.

In 2018, Hollywood gave American moviegoers something most had never seen before — an East Asian love interest in a romantic comedy from a major studio. Crazy Rich Asians was a revelation in more ways than one, but Henry Golding's portrayal of Nick Young was certainly one of the reason's for its success. ( Star Trek: Discovery' s Michelle Yeoh in the role of his mother, Eleanor Sung-Young, was a huge part of the film as well). It may not have been the first on-screen East Asian romantic lead in a major American film, but roles like that are certainly scarce.

The scarcity stems from stereotyping which began in the 1800s; Chinese immigrant men, wearing the traditional dress of the Qing dynasty, sported long braids (queues) and sometimes robes which were seen as reminiscent of Western dresses. Not only that, but they were barred from many industries and only allowed jobs considered “women’s work,” like laundry and cooking. On the flip side, East Asian men were often portrayed as predators of white women in early 20th Century pulp fiction media as part of the Yellow Peril sub-genre. The media of the time exploited cultural fears and anxieties around the perceived “other,” especially as Japan became more of a military and security threat in the run-up to and during World War II.

Star Trek: The Original Series shoved the American media world in the right direction by giving us George Takei as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu - an admirable member of the bridge crew and one of the series’ heroes. He was a rare character of Asian descent who got to be a major player on a sci-fi show. In fact, such sci-fi roles for Asian characters are so rare that decades later, when John Cho took over the role for the 2009 Star Trek cinematic reboot, Sulu’s very existence still felt groundbreaking for diversity in media.

But more than a decade before that, Star Trek: Voyager gave us Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim — who was not only a major character on a sci-fi show, but also the romantic lead in several episodes. While his adventures (well, mostly misadventures) in love were entertaining and often lighthearted fun, they were also something of a milestone for Asian American representation. In a media landscape in which Asian men were almost never depicted as desirable, Harry Kim got the girl and, in 1997, Garrett Wang was even named one of People Magazine ’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

Media stereotypes have real-world consequences. In 2014, a dating app study on race and attraction revealed that Asian men were considered the least desirable by women of all races. And there are oodles of anecdotes out there from Asian guys who’ve been told some variation of “I don’t date Asians.” While causation would be impossible to prove, it’s not a leap to say that over a century’s worth of film and television stereotyping and erasure has influenced the way Americans see Asian men. Which is why Harry Kim’s role as Voyager ’s go-to for romantic subplots and mishaps is so significant. Even when he didn’t get the girl, his romantic pursuits were treated as simply a fact of life — no different from those of any other young man. That may not sound like a big deal, but in a barren world, mere existence is an act of triumph.

Perhaps if there were more characters like Harry Kim on-screen, perceptions would begin to change. To its credit, much of the media world is currently pushing for more diversity and inclusion. The lack of significant Asian characters in cinema, despite the efforts of talented (and under-utilized) actors like Star Trek' s Cho, was so pronounced that in 2016, an impromptu Twitter campaign, #StarringJohnCho, popped up. Using the hashtag, people posted photoshopped images of what well-known movies would have looked like if John Cho, instead of a white male lead. This had the effect of both protesting the lack of Asian male leads in Hollywood and illustrating what audiences were missing. A sister campaign, #StarringConstanceWu, went around shortly after to highlight the lack of Asian female leads. Two years later, movies actually starring John Cho and Constance Wu were released — Searching, which received rave reviews and garnered a Best Male Lead award for Cho at the Independent Spirit Awards, and the aforementioned Crazy Rich Asians , a box office smash that earned Wu a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Voyager was the most re-watched Star Trek series on Netflix in 2017 (the last time this particular stat was released), meaning that decades after his show ended, Harry Kim is still exerting a positive influence on the way Asian men are seen on-screen. Things are changing, albeit more slowly than I would l like them to be. However, I know I can always count on the greater Star Trek franchise to continue pushing diverse romantic leads of all kinds to the forefront, helping to create lasting, meaningful change on the big and small screens.

This article was originally published on May 2, 2021.

Mary Fan is a sci-fi/fantasy writer hailing from Jersey City, NJ. She is the author of the Jane Colt sci-fi series, which comprises Artificial Absolutes (2013), Synthetic Illusions (2014), and Virtual Shadows (2015). She authored Starswept (2017), and Flynn Nightsider and the Edge of Evil (2018), a YA dark fantasy and the first novel of the Flynn Nightsider series. Due out in 2019 is Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon , a YA steampunk fantasy. Check out her official page at www.maryfan.com/ .

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Biography [ ]

Early life [ ].

Kim was born in the year 2349 in Monterey , South Carolina on Earth to John Kim and Mary Kim . ( VOY episode : " Eye of the Needle ", VOY episode : " One ", VOY episode : " Author, Author ", VOY novel : Pathways )

Kim's best friend as a child was Alex . Kim and Alex would stay in contact with each other through communicators and discuss musicians such as Georges Bizet and Niccolò Paganini . Alex later moved to Singapore , far out of range of their communicators. The pair solved the problem by using a communication satellite to boost the signal. ( VOY - Invasion! novel : The Final Fury )

As a child, Harry Kim was exposed to Rigellian fever while playing with Orion children from an Orion diplomat's entourage. He was placed in quarantine for three days, but never developed symptoms. ( VOY novelization : Caretaker )

At the age of fourteen, Harry was hiking with his father when the elder Kim tumbled over a ridge and was knocked unconscious. Harry initially panicked, however the two were soon helped by a group of Starfleet cadets on a wilderness survival exercise. While his father was treated for his injuries, Harry (who had only heard of the organisation in passing) learned all about Starfleet and became determined to attend Starfleet Academy .

For the next few years, Harry threw himself into studying the required fields in which he'd been lacking with anything resembling a personal life tossed to the side. As a result, he aced the written test and was called in for an interview. When he was asked why he wanted to join Starfleet, Harry read a carefully prepared answer about Starfleet's proud history, principals and legacy. As a result, Harry was certain he was to be admitted but had an chance encounter with Boothby who wasn't so sure based on Harry's attitude. Harry was later informed he failed, but was free to reapply the following year. Harry briefly considered going to another school, however his mother insisted that he'd worked too hard and ordered him to try again. Harry, whose mother had never demanded anything from him before, agreed but wanted to know what had let him down. To that end, he sought out Boothby who told Harry that he had come across as too cocky and his carefully prepared answer about Starfleet wasn't what the Admirals who had interviewed him wanted to hear; they wanted to know about him , not Starfleet. For the next year, Harry decided to catch up on some of the things he'd missed out while preparing for the academy; becoming more social, resuming his music and even started dating. When he reapplied, Harry was accepted with 'great distinction'. ( VOY novel : Pathways )

In 2370 , during his last year at Starfleet Academy , Kim wrote an article for the Academy newspaper on the Maquis . ( TNG novel : The Best and the Brightest )

Aboard Voyager [ ]

In late December 2373 , Voyager unfortunately entered Borg space . However, the crew's fears were slightly assuaged when they discovered an area of space, dubbed the " Northwest Passage ", which was devoid of Borg activity. After Voyager had been passed by a fleet of fifteen Borg cubes , which had ignored the Federation starship, Harry determined that the fleet had been destroyed. Deciding to investigate, Captain Kathryn Janeway ordered Harry, Commander Chakotay and Lieutenant Tuvok to transport over the wreckage of a cube and investigate. Shortly after beaming over, Harry was attacked by a member of Species 8472 and wounded, his body infected by alien cells which were destroying his own. Beamed back to Voyager for emergency treatment by the Doctor and Kes , he was eventually cured after the Doctor developed a method of modifying Borg nanoprobes to attack the alien cells. ( VOY episodes : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II "; VOY - Infinity's Prism novel : Places of Exile )

Return to the Federation [ ]

Harry finally returned to Earth at the end of 2377 when Voyager traveled inside a Borg sphere through a transwarp conduit into the Alpha Quadrant . ( VOY episode : " Endgame ")

Kim married Libby and they had four children. ( VOY novel : The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway )

25th century [ ]

Holding the rank of commander , Kim was made head of security at Starbase 11 alongside improving Neutral Zone -adjacent starbase defenses in 2400 . ( ST website  : The Path to 2409 )

Harry Kim in 2410

By the year 2410 , Harry Kim had been promoted to Captain and given command of the USS Rhode Island . He joined his fellow Voyager crewmates in efforts to explore the Delta Quadrant that had become accessible via a series of Iconian Gateways leading through the Solanae and Jenolan Dyson spheres . ( STO - Delta Quadrant mission : " The Kobali Front ")

He was primarily stationed in and around Kobali Prime . During his time there, he attempted to contact Jhet'leya , but she refused to answer. During his time there, he discovered that the Kobali had been secretly hiding stasis-held Vaadwaur and using the ones who died to replenish their numbers while the Vaadwaur sought to regain control of their races. Kim was determined to put a stop to this practice towards the Vaadwaur, but was stopped due to the Prime Directive . A compromise was later reached to allow the Vaadwaur to have the bodies returned to them.

Sometime after the Vaadwaur civil war, an AQA admiral and Harry was called back to Kobali Prime to protect the temple again. After securing the temple, the admiral and Harry investigated the temple and discovered something shocking - the Kobali had possession of the Harry Kim that was sucked out into space. Not only that, but he was alive and causing trouble in the temple. The two discovered Jhet'leya as well, who revealed that she and other Kobali found his body and set about turning him into Kobali. However, as his mind was stuck at the time of his jettisoning, he was seeking to return to Voyager , accidentally setting off signals to the Vaadwaur, making them think more of their brethren were awoken. The trio raced to stop the other Harry Kim from contacting Voyager , lest it causes the destruction of the ship and a reignition of a war, chasing him to a Hirogen satellite after he stole the Kobali's flagship. The three are able to get this Harry to finally stand down, with Captain Harry Kim vowing to make the Kobali change their ways, that the gift of revival should be a choice. ( STO mission : " Dust to Dust ")

Alternate realities [ ]

In an alternate timeline in which the Cardassian Union did not withdraw from Bajor in 2369 , Kim was the operations manager of a version of Voyager which was not stranded in the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker in 2371 .

He was killed in 2373 when Voyager was fired upon in the Dorvan sector by a fleet of Cardassian Galor -class warships armed with phased polaron beam weapons, which they had procured from their newfound Gamma Quadrant allies, the Dominion . Although Voyager had lost many of its crewmembers in recent months, Captain Janeway was very upset by his death as he had shone as the operations manager. Only the previous day, she had received news from Starfleet Command that his promotion to lieutenant junior grade had been approved. Voyager itself was destroyed by the Cardassians only minutes after Kim's death. ( TNG - Myriad Universes novel : A Gutted World )

In another alternate timeline, Kim miscalculated vital information for the quantum slipstream drive . As a result, Voyager crashed on an ice world and the crew was killed on impact. Kim and Chakotay made it back to the Alpha Quadrant on the Delta Flyer . He then spent many years attempting to correct his error. ( VOY episode : " Timeless ")

In an alternate timeline in which the USS Voyager was forced to turn back from its journey home to Earth , Kim was promoted to Lieutenant by 2374 and assigned to the Vostigye Union patrol craft Ryemaran . ( Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel : Places of Exile )

First Splinter timeline [ ]

When he returned to Earth in 2378 , he was met by his parents and Libby Webber . He was also promoted to lieutenant . Harry and Libby rekindled their old romantic relationship, but Harry was unaware that Libby was now working for Starfleet Intelligence as a deep cover agent.

Harry soon aided Admiral Kathryn Janeway in breaking Seven of Nine , Icheb , and the Doctor out of Starfleet holding cells. The Voyager crew then retook their ship and was able to stop the attempted Borg assimilation of Earth. Harry was repeatedly helped by receiving secret messages from "Peregrine" whom he never discovered was actually Libby. ( VOY novels : Homecoming , The Farther Shore )

Return to Voyager [ ]

Harry has assumed the role of security chief and tactical officer aboard Voyager . ( VOY novel : Homecoming )

Harry still served aboard the Voyager in 2381 when the Borg Collective launched their invasion of the Federation . He was the bridge watch officer when Tom Paris received a prerecorded message from his father Admiral Owen Paris ; Harry had to report that Starbase 234 had been destroyed by the Borg , killing Owen. ( ST - Destiny novel : Gods of Night )

Voyager was part of the allied task force that assembled at the Azure Nebula while the USS Aventine and USS Enterprise -E scouted subspace tunnels . Kim monitored the Bridge in the absence of Chakotay and Tom Paris , but called them back to the Bridge when one of the tunnels unexpectedly opened. He armed weapons and shields as over seven thousand Borg cubes poured from the tunnel, but they were quickly overrun. ( ST - Destiny novel : Mere Mortals ).

In 2379 , Kim revealed to Tom Paris that he and Libby had officially broken up due to her refusing his marriage proposal twice. By 2381 , she was engaged to her superior, Aidan Fletcher at Starfleet Intelligence. ( VOY novel : Full Circle )

Following the revelation that B'Elanna and Miral were still alive, Harry refused to speak to Tom and was deeply hurt by what Tom had done. It took a holodeck session with Hugh Cambridge in a Captain Proton program to help them heal their friendship. ( VOY novel : Unworthy )

In 2381, after the successful decryption of a distress call that Voyager had received while still stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Captain Chakotay awarded Kim a commendation for his work. He also entered into a romantic relationship with Nancy Conlon . After Tom Paris was ordered to return to Earth in 2382 to attend a hearing with his mother over the custody of his daughter, Harry was made temporary first officer. ( VOY novel : Protectors )

In 2382 Harry was present during negotiations with Confederacy of the World of the First Quadrant and was assigned to General Mattings' ship during an officer exchange. During the battle between Voyager and the Devore Imperium , he protested to Captain Chakotay regarding Admiral Janeway's decision to surrender herself to them. ( VOY novel : Acts of Contrition )

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Captain Harry Kim is a Human Starfleet officer. He is best known for his tenure as the U.S.S. Voyager 's Operations Officer while the ship was lost in the Delta Quadrant from 2371 to 2378.

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History [ | ]

In 2371 Ensign Harry Kim is given his first deep space assignment onboard the U.S.S. Voyager after graduating from Starfleet Academy . During his first mission, the ship is lost in the Delta Quadrant , over 70,000 light years from Federation space. After a seven years long journey, Ensign Kim returns to Earth in 2378 .

In 2400 , 22 years after returning from the Delta Quadrant, Harry Kim held the rank of Commander and was the chief security officer on Starbase 11 . Additionally, Commander Kim helped to organize improvements in starbase defenses for outposts along the Neutral Zone .

By 2410 , Kim had been promoted to Captain and given command of the U.S.S. Rhode Island .

Missions involved [ | ]

Gallery [ | ]

Harry Kim in his 2370's uniform, as seen in Tuvok's mindscape

A Kobali stasis pod containing what appears to be a younger version of Harry Kim

Notes [ | ]

Garrett Wang recording lines for Star Trek Online

• Throughout all his appearances, Captain Harry Kim is voiced by Garrett Wang , the actor who portrayed the character on Star Trek: Voyager .
• With 13 missions featuring the character, each including unique voiceovers by Garrett Wang, Harry Kim is the third most featured canon character (after Daniels , Martok and Tuvok ) voiced by the original actor in Star Trek Online .
• In an alternate timeline, Harry Kim was part of the design team that created the Yellowstone Class Runabout .

External links [ | ]

• Harry Kim at Memory Alpha , the Star Trek Wiki.
• Harry Kim at Memory Beta , the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.
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Star Trek: Voyager’s Ensign Harry Kim finally gets a promotion

By rachel carrington | sep 14, 2023.

Star Trek: Voyager’s Ensign Kim, more specifically, his lack of promotion, has been the subject of discussion for many years.

Why didn’t Ensign Kim (Garrett Wang) ever get a promotion? Though Wang was told someone had to be the ensign, that wasn’t a just reason to not promote him. After Wesley Crusher left Star Trek: The Next Generation, the series did not have an ensign on the bridge or as part of the main cast. The same came be said for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. So, no, someone didn’t have to be an ensign. Still, Kim didn’t get a promotion.

Fans have been wanting to see Wang return to a Star Trek series, showing a higher rank as he deserved. Alas, that hasn’t happened yet, but there’s always hope. Until then, there’s Star Trek Online: Incursion,  the free-to-play MMORPG, which brings back Kim to the franchise while adding pips to his collar.

Star Trek: Voyager missed an opportunity, but that doesn’t mean other series have to.

While it’s great to have Wang back in any format, it’s still not equitable for his character to never have an in-canon promotion. Star Trek: Picard showed Tuvok with a promotion to Admiral, and Terry Matalas wanted to bring in Wang , but there wasn’t time or resources to do that. But that does mean fans aren’t the only ones wanting to see Ensign Harry Kim get promoted to at least Captain Harry Kim.

While a live-action promotion would be preferable, at this point, Kim could return to Star Trek: Lower Decks as a captain to at least be part of canon. By now, Neelix could have gone through Starfleet Academy, been promoted to Captain, at least, and have his own starship. So, yes, it’s beyond time for Kim to receive the recognition he deserves even if Wang has embraced his forever ensign status.

dark. Next. Garrett Wang is okay with leaving Harry Kim an ensign under one condition

Why Ensign Harry Kim Should've Been Promoted On Voyager

Ensign Harry Kim ( Garrett Wang ): classy clarinet player, scrappy sidekick to Captain Proton, and practically the only officer on the U.S.S. Voyager not to get a raise. 

For seven seasons,  Star Trek: Voyager left a Starfleet crew stranded in the Delta Quadrant. In all that time Harry Kim performed his fair share of heroics, and yet by the time Voyager finds her way back to Earth, he's still an ensign. That's messed up. If everyone onboard Voyager had stayed the same rank throughout, that would be one thing — but that's not what happened!

For one thing, half the ship isn't officially Starfleet — they're Maquis. The Maquis, whether you choose to see them as freedom fighters or terrorists, don't exactly hold to the rules and regulations of Starfleet officers. And yet, in the pilot episode, Maquis leader Chakotay (Robert Beltran) is immediately promoted to the rank of First Officer. B'Elanna Torres (Roxanne Dawson) is a member of the Maquis, too, but by episode two, she's the head of Voyager 's engineering section. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) is a criminal that Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) gave a second chance to. He starts as a lieutenant, gets demoted to ensign, and then gets promoted back to lieutenant. Neelix (Ethan Phillips) gave himself the job of ship morale officer before essentially waltzing in to the ship ambassador role.

What about Harry Kim, Star Trek: Voyager ?

Bad boy Tom Paris kept Harry Kim from looking good

If Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is the primary obstacle to Data (Brent Spiner) getting promoted on the Enterprise on Star Trek: The Next Generation , then the same can be said about Tom Paris when it comes to Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager .

Despite being the son of an admiral, Paris not only betrays Starfleet by joining the Maquis, but he openly admits that he did it for money. Just a quick reminder regarding the 24th century — people in the Federation don't even need money! Essentially, Tom Paris did crimes to look cool.

Unsurprisingly, both Starfleet officers and the Maquis aren't big fans of Tom Paris. For some, sweet, puppy-dog reason, though, Harry Kim decided that Tom Paris would be his best buddy, through thick and thin. Even when Tom tells Harry that their association will hurt Harry's career, Harry still sticks by Tom Paris. Paris pretty consistently makes mistakes in the first few seasons of Voyager . His ongoing disagreements with Chakotay aren't great. There's an episode ("Ex Post Facto") where Paris flouts Starfleet regulations entirely, participates in extra-marital hanky panky, and nearly drags Voyager into an intergalactic war as a result.

For every time Paris loses rank or falls in love with the A.I. of an evil ship ("Alice") for some reason, Harry stands by him. The rest of the crew eyes Harry Kim a little suspiciously as a result. If Tom Paris had only been a better friend and a better officer, Harry Kim would've probably been a lieutenant by season 3.

Harry Kim has persevered through incredible trauma

Harry Kim has faced quite a bit of trauma, and excelled basically every time. In the pilot episode ("Caretaker"), Kim and B'Elanna get kidnapped, infected, and held captive by an alien who drags  Voyager unwillingly to the Delta Quadrant. While B'Elanna responds with rage and frustration, Mr. Kim keeps his cool, builds a rapport with the Ocampa, and works out an escape plan even though he's dying. This is, effectively, Harry Kim's first away mission and he absolutely nails it.

In "Emanations," the same thing happens again. Kim is accidentally whisked away to a parallel dimension where he has to handle first contact with a group of aliens for whom his very existence suggests their concept of an afterlife isn't real. Not only does Harry find his way back to Voyager , he also saves the life of a man he's never met who's about to be unfairly euthanized. Afterwards, Harry is so ready to get back to work that Janeway has to tell him it's okay to take a beat and process what's happened to him.

Speaking of Harry Kim being put through the absolute wringer, he dies trying to save the ship! Harry Kim dies in "Deadlock," but because the episode involves two Voyager s existing at the same time, another Harry Kim lives to tell the tale — saving the life of Samantha Wildman's (Nancy Hower) baby in the process. To be very clear: The Harry Kim we continue on with after "Deadlock" is a version whose ship and everyone on it were destroyed, but he just keeps on living and trying to get folks home!

Most people would never recover from any of these traumas, but Harry Kim keeps on keeping on. How is he not a lieutenant, at least?

Harry Kim has tried to get Voyager home so many times

Harry Kim also has a stellar track record when it comes to actually trying to get Voyager home. In point of fact, he's arguably come closer than anyone else except for Captain Janeway herself.

In "Eye of the Needle," it's Kim's keen eye that discovers what might be a stable wormhole back to the Alpha Quadrant. It turns out that Kim is absolutely right! Even though the wormhole is micro in size, Voyager discovers that there's a way to transport the crew through the wormhole to the other side safely. Unfortunately the wormhole doesn't just traverse space, it also travels backwards in time — approximately 50 years. While Kim seriously considers the possibility of traveling through the wormhole anyway, Janeway decides against it. Let it be known, though — Harry Kim found a way home by episode 7.

Not three episodes later, Harry Kim does it again! In "Prime Factors" while the rest of the crew is too busy hanging out on what is, essentially, a hedonistic planet full of swingers, Kim literally puts his own romantic life on pause when he realizes these aliens have the technology to get Voyager home.

There's a problem with this trip home, too (otherwise the show would've been very short). The current leaders of the Sikarians (the hedonistic aliens) don't want to trade, but another group on the planet is willing. Kim takes the information to Janeway, but she isn't able to seal the deal. While the technology would never have worked with Federation technology, given enough time it's hard not to believe that Harry and B'Elanna couldn't have found a way.

Harry Kim learned how to be a captain from Janeway herself

In the finale of Voyager , Admiral Janeway decides that the conditions which ultimately brought Voyager home were insufficient because of the consequences to some of the crew. As a result she travels back in time to convince her past self to use Borg technology and get the crew home years ahead of schedule. Short version: It works!

Part of what makes Janeway a great captain is that she's willing to shoulder the big consequences in order to keep her crew safe and get them home. Janeway's resilience and ability to navigate around Starfleet rules when it's necessary is a big part of what proves she's a truly great leader.

Let's talk about "Timeless" for a moment. In this episode, Voyager is prepared to use a slipstream drive to get home, but a miscalculation from the shuttlecraft guiding them leads them to an icy death instead. Just like alternate-future Admiral Janeway, an older Harry Kim who survived in the shuttlecraft dedicates the rest of his life to figuring out what went wrong so he can go back in time and correct it. Starfleet is against what Kim is doing, but together with Chakotay and the Doctor, Kim defies orders, and sacrifices it all to save Voyager from it's frozen demise.

Has Harry Kim shouldered impossible burdens? Yes, he has. Has Harry Kim done everything he can to get Voyager home, even at great sacrifice to himself? Yes, absolutely, he has done all those things. Is Harry Kim more deserving of a promotion than Tom Paris? Yes, so let's go back and time like Harry Kim would and fix this!

Non Sequitur (episode)

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Harry Kim is placed in an alternate timeline where he was never assigned to Voyager .

• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 1.6 Act Five
• 2 Memorable quotes
• 3.1 Title, story, and script
• 3.2 Cast and characters
• 3.3 Reused footage
• 3.4 Other production notes
• 3.5 Continuity and trivia
• 3.6 First airing and reception
• 3.7 Video and DVD releases
• 4.1 Starring
• 4.2 Also starring
• 4.3 Guest Stars
• 4.4 Co-Star
• 4.5 Uncredited Co-Stars
• 4.6 Stunt double
• 4.7 Photo doubles
• 4.8 Stand-ins
• 4.9.1 Other references
• 4.10 External links

Summary [ ]

As Harry Kim wakes up, he can hear the distant voice of Captain Janeway , who says something about an emergency transport . She calls out his name several times as her voice transitions into that of his girlfriend Libby , who wakes him gently. Kim stares out the window of his apartment, which shows a panoramic cityscape, including the Transamerica Pyramid building and a Type 8 shuttle flying by, as he discovers that he is back on Earth , in the city of San Francisco .

Act One [ ]

" My name is Ensign Harry Kim of the Federation starship Voyager . Where am I? Is this some sort of simulation? "

A disbelieving Kim cannot believe that he is back on Earth, with Libby. She reminds him he has an important meeting and rushes a still stunned Kim to shower and get dressed. Kim emerges from the bathroom dressed in his standard operations Starfleet uniform and is obviously still trying to process exactly what happened. He asks her the stardate: 49011. He realizes it's not the past, but the present, and that he isn't dreaming. He runs through the other possibilities: holodeck? hallucination? Libby, exasperated, tells him they both have long days ahead of them and they need to get to work. He responds to her like he would if he were facing an alien interrogation, and tells her he is from USS Voyager . She is not amused, telling him the memorial service was two months ago and he shouldn't joke about it, given that his friend Danny was aboard when it went missing in the Badlands .

Cosimo offers Kim his daily Vulcan mocha

Kim leaves his apartment and continues to look around the area with disbelief. From a coffee shop named Cosimo's he gets what he has apparently been drinking for eight months, a Vulcan mocha , from Cosimo . From him, Kim learns that he is giving the presentation of the new ship design he – Harry Kim – has created. Kim asks the man how long he has been coming to this shop, and Cosimo tells him that it's been nearly every day since he graduated from Starfleet Academy . Kim also learns that he and Libby are engaged, but before he can ask more questions, Lieutenant Lasca arrives and hurries him to the important meeting.

Lasca and Kim have been working on an experimental runabout , the Yellowstone , but since Kim has no idea what it is, he does not have the warp coil schematic he needed for their presentation to Admiral Strickler and company. Lasca starts to explain the new design of the Yellowstone -class runabout they have been working on. It has tetryon -based plasma warp nacelles . The admiral interrupts, asking how they will address the dilithium fracture problem, since tetryon plasma can disrupt subspace . Lasca confidently introduces Kim to answer that problem, while Kim sits in his chair with a panicked look on his face – he has no idea what Lasca is talking about.

Act Two [ ]

The admiral and his staff wait impatiently as Kim struggles to come up with an answer. He finally feigns illness and asks if the presentation can be continued at a later date. The admiral, however, is leaving on a three-week tour of the Cardassian border in a few days, so the presentation will have to wait until after then. Lasca leaves, disgusted with Kim for blowing the meeting.

Kim enters what is apparently his office in headquarters. He sees his diploma from Starfleet Academy and the design schematics for the Yellowstone . Kim looks up information on himself and Voyager . He finds that, in this timeline , his request for a posting aboard Voyager was denied. Instead, Kim transferred to the Starfleet Engineering Corps . He learns that he is a starship design specialist and has had a short but so far distinguished career with them. He asks the computer if any temporal anomalies have been reported in the last 48 hours, and finds that there were none. He also tries to find information on the loss of Voyager , but that information is classified security level 3 or above. Kim, however, has no problem accessing the information since he is, or rather was, a member of Voyager 's crew. He finds that his friend Danny Byrd took what would have been his place as operations officer of Voyager . Kim leaves his office more confused than ever. He returns to his neighborhood, but forgets where his apartment was. Cosimo points him in the right direction, and tells him everything will be fine. However, after Kim leaves, Cosimo watches him with a concerned yet knowing look – there appears to be more to the middle-aged man than meets the eye.

Returning "home", he finds Libby taking a shower . She exits the bathroom in a towel and asks if he is okay. She is concerned when he is still confused about what is going on. He asks her to tell him she loves him, like they haven't seen each other for months. He spins her a story much like what happened to Voyager . Their conversation becomes more intimate as the two kiss passionately.

Later, it has grown dark and Libby sleeps in Kim's arms. He is lying awake and finally gets out of bed and smiles upon finding his familiar clarinet . He goes to the computer and looks up Voyager 's crew manifest. He finds that Tom Paris is also not listed, unaware that Libby has awakened behind him and is coming over to investigate. He finds that Paris was paroled on stardate 48702 and is now living in Marseille , France . Libby wants to know what is going on. He tries to tell her nothing is going on, but she tells him he is a bad liar, and that he is acting strange, even to the point where Lasca called and wanted to know if something was going on. Kim tells her to trust him, and then tells her that he shouldn't be here (in this reality). She thinks that he is getting cold feet about getting married , and thinks he should talk to a counselor or a neurologist . Kim tells her he has something to do first and leaves for Marseilles to find Tom Paris, leaving a confused and hurt Libby behind.

In Marseilles, Kim finds Paris wearing civilian clothes and playing pool in the real-life Chez Sandríne 's. Kim greets Paris as a friend, but Paris doesn't even recognize Kim, asking the ensign who the hell he is.

Act Three [ ]

Kim tries to convince Paris that they served together on Voyager , but Paris tells a different story. After he got to Deep Space 9 , he was involved in a bar fight with Quark , and was arrested by Odo . Starfleet revoked his parole, and Paris never went on Voyager . He isn't sorry about that, considering what happened to it, but Kim remembers the story differently. He was the one who was nearly swindled by the Ferengi over the Lobi crystals , and Paris did lead Voyager into the Badlands. Paris, of course, remembers no such events. Kim wants Paris to return to Starfleet HQ with him and run a simulation of what happened during his shuttle accident. Paris laughs at the idea, and tells Kim to go back to Starfleet and tell his superiors that he is not interested in being a pawn in their game.

Kim tells Paris that Paris once told him he treated life as one big game – rules, players, winners and losers – and he never worried about the rules until he lost the game. He then tells Paris what Paris had told him what he thought would have happened if he hadn't gone on Voyager : that he would have become a loser and a drunk – and that is exactly what has happened. Enraged, Paris takes a swing at him, but in his half-drunken state Kim is easily able to subdue him. Kim storms out, leaving an embarrassed Paris face down on the pool table. As he leaves, Kim doesn't notice one of the bar patrons who watches as he leaves – it is Cosimo.

Kim returns to his apartment, but there are security personnel in his apartment, and Lasca informs him that Starfleet knows what he had been doing – breaking into classified files using forged security access codes (his own, from Voyager ). Kim tries to explain, but he is ordered by Lasca to go to Starfleet HQ under escort.

Admiral Strickler questions how Kim can have access to classified Voyager 's information, and is skeptical about Kim's claim that he was assigned to Voyager since he is on Earth. Kim tries to explain that reality has been altered somehow and he needs to attempt to restore it, but nobody is willing to believe him. The admiral wonders why he went to see Tom Paris, a convicted traitor and Maquis sympathizer. Kim finally realizes that they think he is a Maquis spy, and he refuses to answer any further questions without counsel present. Kim is placed under house arrest, and is then given an anklet and is informed he is prohibited from off-world travel. Kim is dismissed with a warning from the admiral.

Act Four [ ]

Returning to his neighborhood, he meets Cosimo, who reveals that Kim is not imagining that reality had been altered. He, Cosimo, was sent to Earth to watch Kim and make sure everything was all right, but now it is clear that it's not. He tells Kim that his people exist in what Kim would call a temporal inversion fold of the space-time matrix. He informs Kim that his shuttle collided with their timestream, causing some of reality to be altered. Kim asks for help in restoring the proper reality, but Cosimo admits that they don't know how. The events happened by accident and the conditions that existed before the accident may be impossible to re-create and that there is no guarantee what will happen if he does – he could end up anywhere in the space-time continuum. Cosimo asks him if he really wants to give up his life here – he has a successful Starfleet career and a beautiful woman who loves him. Kim asks him what about Danny Byrd and Tom Paris, whose lives were changed for the worse as a result of the altered timeline. Cosimo relents and gives him coordinates of the time stream in this region of space, and wishes him luck if he goes through with his plan.

In his apartment, Kim attempts to remove the anklet. Libby catches him, and asks him if he wants to go to prison. She tells him she hardly knows him any more, but he assures her that he is still the guy who was in her seat at the Ktarian music festival , and the guy who took three weeks to work up the courage to ask her out, and who still wakes up at night calling her name. She wonders, then why he is trying to get away from her. He tells her he wants to stay more than anything, but that he needs to restore the correct timeline, and that he wouldn't be the Kim she loves otherwise. Suddenly, the tampering alarm on the bracelet goes off, and Starfleet Security is alerted. Two security officers beam in, and Kim escapes out the window while Libby closes it behind him and blocks them. Kim runs down the fire escape, almost getting caught in the process. He is chased across the plaza by a security officer who tackles him to the ground, but this reality's Tom Paris punches the security guard and they both walk away quickly.

Act Five [ ]

After their escape, Paris and Kim take temporary shelter in a service alleyway. Kim tells Paris that he has a plan to restore the correct reality, but he will need a ship and a good pilot. They can break the Yellowstone out of spacedock, and Paris can fly it. Paris beams them to Kim's office using a hand-portable site-to-site transporter .

In Kim's office, Kim accesses the runabout's access codes, and they beam to the Yellowstone just prior to almost being captured by Starfleet security. Paris flies them through the rapidly closing spacedock doors, and they head for the time-stream coordinates. A Nebula -class starship is pursuing them, thinking the two are trying to steal the prototype runabout. The starship fires, knocking out their shields with just a few shots. The prototype was not yet complete, and many of the safety interlocks were not installed. The ship begins to lose anti-matter containment. Kim gets the idea to vent the tetryon plasma, which disrupts subspace, from the ship's warp nacelles, which would cause the pursuing ship to stall when it hit the resulting plasma cloud. They do, and the pursuing starship is slowed, but their joy is short-lived when the warp core begins to overload.

Kim desperately tries to recreate all the conditions that were in place before his accident as best he can remember, such as running a polaron scan . They impact the time stream, but nothing happens, and Kim remembers that he was in the midst of an emergency transport. The ship loses antimatter containment , and the core will breach in twenty-five seconds. Paris orders Kim to get onto the transporter pad, but Kim doesn't want to go until they can contain the breach. Paris tells him that if this works, everything will be back to the way it should be and he'll find Paris back on Voyager . He then shoves Kim onto the transporter pad and beams him into the time stream, just as the ship explodes.

Kim opens his eyes and finds he is back in his correct reality, and Captain Janeway is still hailing him, telling him to drop the shields of his shuttle and prepare for emergency beam-out. Voyager manages to beam Kim out of his shuttle, the Drake , just before it suffers a hull breach, and Kim, back on Voyager , is relieved to find Tom Paris alive and on the bridge, manning the helm . He tells Paris he owes him one, much to Paris' bewilderment.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Where are you going? " " Marseille, France. " " What for? " " I've got to see Paris. " " But you just said you were going to Marseille. "

" Hey, watch it, will ya?! I'm trying to set up a shot here. " " Tom! " " Who the hell are you? "

" Excuse me… Ow! There goes my bank shot! "

" Anyway, I got as far as Deep Space 9 , where I got into a bar fight with a Ferengi and I was thrown into the brig by a very unpleasant shapeshifter . "

" Harry… you better be dying. "

" Why does everyone say relax when they're about to do something terrible? "

Background information [ ]

Title, story, and script [ ].

• This is one of seventeen Star Trek episodes with titles derived from Latin .
• This installment originated with complaints from Kim actor Garrett Wang . He recalled, " The episode 'Non Sequitur' was the result of me going into the production office and saying, 'You know what? You guys have tortured Harry and done all of these things to him. I would like once to have a day where I'm shooting and they need a stunt double for me.' I mean, even Kes had a stunt double! I [hadn't] had anything dangerous to do […] I went in and said, 'When is Harry gonna get the girl? When is he gonna have the action?' [Episode writer] Brannon Braga told me, 'Don't worry about it.' And he wrote an episode. I asked him to do it throughout that year and he put it all in one episode. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 17 ) Wang also recounted, " What happened was I came into the office with Brannon Braga and I said, 'I have to ask you something. Are you guys ever gonna plan on having Kim doing any type of action, whatsoever, just any action?' Because up until that point, every other actor on Voyager had had a stunt double. Kim hadn't had one. So I said, you know, 'It'd be great if, you know, Kim could have a scene where he's kicking some butt, you know? And maybe during one of the episodes during this year, maybe you could have Kim having a little romance, too.' 'Cause up until then, it hadn't happened. And this was a meeting at the beginning of the year that I had with him. Well, lo and behold, he threw every suggestion I had into one episode. " (Voyager Time Capsule: Harry Kim , VOY Season 4 DVD special features)
• The admiral who interrogates Kim was originally to be Counselor Deanna Troi . Brannon Braga recollected, " I had actually written Counselor Troi into a big scene where Kim is being interrogated. It's the admiral now, but it was Troi working for Starfleet, where she really grills Kim. But we couldn't work it out with Marina [Sirtis] , so I rewrote it. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages ) Sirtis would later appear on the series as Troi in the episode " Pathfinder ", " Life Line ", and " Inside Man ".
• One motive for the development of this episode was to feature the setting of Earth. " This is not a show we would have done the first season, " executive producer Jeri Taylor said, " but we felt in the second season we could tantalize people a little bit with a glimpse of home. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, pp. 80 & 82)
• Another goal in the writing of this episode was to create a particular type of tension. Executive producer Michael Piller recalled, " I had always envisioned a Hitchcockian , Vertigo type of tension in this show. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• The episode's final script draft was submitted on 19 July 1995 . [1]

Cast and characters [ ]

• After the script of this episode was released to the cast, Garrett Wang made a telephone call to Brannon Braga about the episode. The actor recalled, " 'Non Sequitur' came about, and there was action, there was romance, you know, this and that. And I read the script and I called him up. I said, 'Thanks! I just thought you could maybe spread it out , you know, throughout the season, instead of giving me everything in the first episode for me!' " (Voyager Time Capsule: Harry Kim , VOY Season 4 DVD special features)
• Nevertheless, Garrett Wang was ultimately very appreciative of this installment. He noted that the episode "pretty much had all the elements I had been missing." Moments later, he remarked, " That's a really big episode for me. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 19 , p. 88) Wang also described this installment as "the big Kim episode for Season 2" and considered the facts that the episode includes Wang's first stunt of the series as well as the first time Kim "got to kiss the girl" to be major milestones of Voyager 's second season. (Voyager Time Capsule: Harry Kim , VOY Season 4 DVD special features) The actor also cited this episode as one of three examples, from each of the first three seasons, that he considered to be "a progressively higher jump for me acting-wise" (the other such episodes being " Emanations " and " The Chute "). ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 33 , p. 34) Directly regarding Kim, Wang stated, " In 'Non Sequitur' he gets some more color (background stuff touched upon) and more confidence, which is great. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages ) Of the episode in general, Wang opined, " 'Non Sequitur' was pretty good. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 17 ) He also proposed that it could have been combined with the less action-packed "Emanations" to result in "a two-fisted punch of an episode," ( Starlog #222)
• By the time this episode was cast, Libby actress Jennifer Gatti had become known to the team who cast her here. " They knew me and they knew my work, " the actress remarked. " When the part of Libby came up, they still made me work for it. I went in about four times. I read for the same people four times. They're very particular about what they want. They're very thorough. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• Having had to portray a scene of " Birthright, Part I " while virtually naked, Jennifer Gatti found that the role of Libby here also required her to be scantily clad. " I always seem to have my clothes off, " the actress laughed. " I guess now I'm a Star Trek babe, huh? […] I get Libby and I realized: I'm never dressed till the very end. I'm in a pajama top, and I'm in a towel, and then finally I'm in this phenomenal raspberry Solid Gold dancer outfit and I'm like, 'There's a pattern going on here.' I have to feel a little complimented, after all, because apparently somebody likes me without my clothes on. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , Star Trek Monthly  issue 21 )
• The storyline was generally confusing for Jennifer Gatti. She admitted, " Frankly, I still don't really know what happened […] I can't figure it out: Is Libby still waiting for [Kim], or, if there are two Libbys, is one of them now wondering where he went while the other believes he's on Voyager ? That episode fascinates me because I still think about it and I'm not sure what happened. " The actress speculated, " I don't think it was another reality. I think it was the present. He changed the past and he changed the future in terms of the present. When he went to San Francisco, he completely changed everything that happened in the present. I'm figuring this out as I talk to you. So I guess Libby went back to believing Harry was on Voyager . " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• Both Jennifer Gatti and Garrett Wang had some concerns about Kim's desire to find a way back to Voyager when he was clearly so homesick aboard the ship. Gatti remembered, " Garrett and I had a lot of discussions about that, actually. Here he is: he's home. I guess the reason he can't stay is because Paris' life had been affected by whatever it was that happened […] [Kim] wouldn't be able to live with the guilt. And I think that he has a certain confidence that they are going to get home. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , Star Trek Monthly  issue 21 ) Regarding the reasoning for Kim's eagerness to return to Voyager , Jeri Taylor commented, " Kim gets back [home] and realizes that it is not where he is supposed to be, as ideal as it is. The big thing is finding his friend Tom Paris is dissolute, because of this whole change. Kim may be living a lovely life with his girlfriend, but it is at the cost of his friend's happiness and it just isn't right. He is too much a young man of principle and integrity to indulge himself when it is at the expense of others. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 82)
• Brannon Braga was critical of the way Kim's relationship with Libby was depicted. He remarked, " I didn't think the chemistry between Kim and his girlfriend was very good. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• The character of Cosimo may have been named after Cosmo Genovese , the script supervisor on Star Trek: Voyager .
• Admiral Strickler's name is given in the episode's script but is never established in episode dialogue.
• Among other Star Trek appearances that Jack Shearer (Strickler) made were as Admiral Hayes in Star Trek: First Contact as well as the Star Trek: Voyager episodes " Hope and Fear " and " Life Line ". The fact that Strickler's name is never said aloud during this episode caused considerable confusion among some fans due to Jack Shearer's appearances as Admiral Hayes in later episodes of the series.
• Robert Picardo ( The Doctor ), Ethan Phillips ( Neelix ) and Jennifer Lien ( Kes ) do not appear in this episode. In fact, with the exceptions of Paris and Kim, none of the main cast appear in this episode until the final minute (although Janeway's voice is heard in the beginning). This is the first episode of the series in which Kes does not appear.

Reused footage [ ]

• The exterior footage of Starfleet Headquarters near the Golden Gate Bridge was recycled from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .
• A shot of San Francisco at night with the Golden Gate Bridge is taken from the beginning of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .
• When Kim returns from Marseille , France , the shot of the shuttle entering Starfleet Command is taken from the original version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , when Kirk arrives in San Francisco.
• The spacedock door was a reuse of the door of the Dyson sphere from TNG : " Relics ".
• The shot of the runabout exploding is taken from the DS9 episode " Armageddon Game ".

Other production notes [ ]

A moment from this episode's location shoot

• The scenes set on the streets of San Francisco were filmed on Paramount's New York Street backlot. The regular blacktop there was painted over to represent red brick streets which were washed away after filming ended. ( Star Trek: Voyager Companion  (p. 69))
• According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 72), the scene in which Paris explains why he is helping Kim was cheaply filmed "in the alley between two sound stages."
• Also according to Delta Quadrant (p. 70), the monitor incorporated into the headquarters briefing room set was actually the same monitor from the observation lounge of the USS Enterprise -D .
• Based on the view from his window, the backdrop photograph used in Harry Kim's apartment was taken from the Hotel Fairmont San Francisco, on the corner of Powell and Sacramento.

Continuity and trivia [ ]

• In the alternate timeline, Tom Paris (who refers to both Quark and Odo ) was apparently with Voyager as far as Deep Space 9 , where the ship left without him. This is consistent with our timeline, as seen in Voyager 's pilot episode, " Caretaker ", wherein Tom interrupts Quark's attempt to make a profit from Harry and subsequently becomes friends with the ensign; had this not occurred and Voyager left Tom behind, the two would likely have never known each other.

Tellarite dignitaries

• Due to the recycled footage of Starfleet Headquarters from Star Trek IV , this episode is the only time a Tellarite appears on Star Trek: Voyager .
• When Kim comes up out of the subway, there are three colored shapes on the railing: a circle, triangle, and square. These were the original logo shapes for UPN and Star Trek: Voyager was one of the first flagship shows of that network.
• When Kim picks up his clarinet while Libby is sleeping, there is a brief clarinet motif in Jay Chattaway 's soundtrack.
• Libby states the stardate in this episode, which makes Harry realize he is still in the present. They establish that it has been eight months since the events of "Caretaker." The stardate Libby tells Harry (specifically, Stardate 49011) is also used as the stardate in a log entry that Captain Sisko voices at the end of DS9 : " The Way of the Warrior ", indicating that the events of this episode are chronologically set after that episode.
• This episode marks the only appearance of a runabout on the series. The runabout in this episode appears both with and without its structural rollbar.
• The crew roster of the alternate timeline Voyager shown on Harry Kim's desktop monitor repeats the same crew members on the same page.
• Kim's office is in the Main Complex, Level 6, Subsection 47 .
• This episode marks the first and last appearance of Voyager 's shuttlecraft Drake .
• One of the possible theories of Harry's actions by Starfleet Command is that he is impersonated by an alien, which foreshadows the threat of Changelings infiltrating Earth in DS9 : " Homefront " and " Paradise Lost " later in the same year. Although not directly stated, it seems that Starfleet Command is already cautious about a possible Changeling threat.
• This episode has the shortest teaser of Voyager 's second season, being one of three second season Voyager installments whose teasers are less than a minute long (the other two such episodes are " Projections " and " Maneuvers ").
• There is a brief glimpse of a banner advertising the Old Town Festival in the Mission District of San Francisco as occurring on August 14th. This is one of the few instances of a month (rather than a stardate) being mentioned in a 24th-century episode.
• The still shot of Marseilles when Harry goes to find Tom Paris is actually a still shot of Villefranche-sur-mer, a town 200 kilometres from Marseilles. It's a view from the train station platform. [2]
• This is the only episode in which the real Chez Sandríne is seen. It has otherwise appeared only as a hologram on Voyager 's holodeck.
• This is the first episode to feature the Starfleet uniform from Star Trek: The Next Generation on Voyager . They would appear again in " Death Wish " and in a flashback in " Infinite Regress ".

First airing and reception [ ]

• Ultimately, Brannon Braga was admittedly disappointed with this episode. " If you're going to do alternate reality, make sure it's just a very good story, " he advised, before adding, " and this one just didn't turn out very well […] There's always some cool stuff, but it didn't work as an episode. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• Michael Piller was similarly unsatisfied with the episode. " I felt that this was a great premise that didn't live up to its potential, " Piller stated. " I felt production-wise it was quite good, and I felt that there were some good scenes in it. " About the sought-after Hitchcockian tension, Piller opined, " I don't think we ever achieved [it]. There were long, languid scenes that cut the tension. " Another problem that Piller perceived was that Kim managed to solve the episode's conundrum too easily. " I felt the resolution was too easy, " he remarked. " I didn't know personally how to recommend a solution, but having the alien sit down and say basically everything you needed to know about this show and more in one scene, and here's what you do to get out, didn't work. It just felt like we didn't earn our way out of it. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )
• This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 6 million homes, and a 9% share.35{bl|voyagerview.com/review2.html}} The installment also achieved an NTI (National Television Index) rating of 8.4. ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 11 , p. 14) Along with the episodes " Cold Fire " and " Dreadnought ", this was the joint fifth most watched episode of Voyager 's second season (on first airing), with all three episodes having the same viewing figures. [3] (X) This particular episode, however, has repeatedly failed to appear in the top five of fan polls testing the popularity of episodes in Star Trek: Voyager 's second season. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 108 , p. 18; [4] )
• In common with " Initiations ", the reason why this episode aired when it did was to capitalize on the location work involved in the installment, because – of the first six episodes in the season's final airing order – three (" Projections ", " Elogium " and " Twisted ") were bottle shows held over from the previous season. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 76)
• In the lead-up to this episode's VHS release, Star Trek Magazine reviewer Stuart Clark wrote a review of this episode, citing the characterizations of the alternate Tom Paris as well as Cosimo as highlights of the episode. " Robert Duncan McNeill turns in an engaging performance as Tom Paris, a drunken pool hustler in Marseilles, " Clark enthused. " The episode also includes a nice guest role from a certain jolly cafe owner. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 12 , p. 62)
• Cinefantastique gave this installment 3 out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 80)
• The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 73) scored the episode 6 out of 10.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 2.1, 26 February 1996
• As part of the VOY Season 2 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also starring [ ]

• Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
• Roxann Biggs-Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
• Jennifer Lien as Kes
• Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris
• Ethan Phillips as Neelix
• Robert Picardo as The Doctor
• Tim Russ as Lieutenant Tuvok
• Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Guest Stars [ ]

• Louis Giambalvo as Cosimo
• Jennifer Gatti as Libby
• Jack Shearer as Strickler
• Mark Kiely as Lasca

Co-Star [ ]

• Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

Uncredited Co-Stars [ ]

• Thomas J. Booth as Starfleet security officer
• Tracee Lee Cocco as alien visitor
• Alma Yvonne Dixon as Chez Sandrine bar patron
• Gary Donovan as Starfleet captain
• Kevin Finister as San Francisco inhabitant
• Sue Henley as Pelian visitor
• Kerry Hoyt as Fitzpatrick
• Julie Jiang as Voyager operations lieutenant jg
• Trey King as Chez Sandrine bar patron
• Steve Kopy as Chez Sandrine accordion player
• Irving Lewis as Starfleet security officer
• David Livingston as San Francisco inhabitant
• Robert Lombardo as Starfleet vice admiral
• Mary Meinel-Newport as Bolian visitor
• Tom Morga as Starfleet security officer
• Jenny Navarro as Starfleet captain
• Louis Ortiz as Yridian bar patron
• Jim Portnoy as San Francisco inhabitant
• Greg Reeves as Chez Sandrine bar patron
• David Reyes as Starfleet security officer
• Lavelle Roby as Starfleet vice admiral
• Irving Ross as San Francisco inhabitant
• Lydia Shiferaw as Voyager command officer
• Lou Simon as Voyager operations officer
• Jennifer Somers as Voyager sciences ensign
• John Sullivan as Chez Sandrine bartender
• John Tampoya as Kashimuro Nozawa
• Jeff Witzke as Voyager operations officer
• Catherine Wong as San Francisco inhabitant
• Elva Zevallos as Chez Sandrine bar patron
• Eight Starfleet officers (archive footage)
• Eighteen San Francisco inhabitants
• Four civilians (archive footage)
• Nebula-class captain (voice)
• Starfleet technician (archive footage)
• Two Arcadian councilors (archive footage)
• Two Tellarite dignitaries (archive footage)

Stunt double [ ]

• Al Goto as stunt double for Garrett Wang

Photo doubles [ ]

• Unknown actor as photo double for Garrett Wang
• Unknown actress as photo double for Jennifer Gatti

Stand-ins [ ]

• Jasmin Bischoff – stand-in for Jennifer Gatti
• Debbie David – stand-in for Robert Duncan McNeill and Mark Kiely
• Sue Henley – stand-in for Kate Mulgrew and utility stand-in
• Susan Lewis – stand-in for Roxann Biggs-Dawson
• Lemuel Perry – stand-in for Tim Russ
• Richard Sarstedt – stand-in for Robert Beltran, Mark Kiely, and Jack Shearer
• Simon Stotler – stand-in for Louis Giambalvo
• John Tampoya – stand-in for Garrett Wang

References [ ]

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Other references [ ]

• Crew manifest : Orlando, David ; Parsons, Michael ; Peterson, Sandra ; Platt, Jerry ; Porter, Amanda ; Quizzlink, Charlie ; Rahn, Pierre ; Rameau, Evelyn ; Rawski, Abraham ; Reen, Barbara ; Reynolds, Tony ; Rockefeller, Keith ; Rosa, George ; Sarion, Christopher ; Scheimer, Henri ; Schoolcraft, John ; Sendine, Michael ; Seuphon, Ikuyo ; Shibunawa, Hindaki ; Shigihara, India
• Set decoration : 1969 ; 2369 ; Academy Extension Course ; Academy Flight Ops ; Apollo 11 ; Braga, Brannon ; Brahms, Leah ; Chief of Staff ; dean of students ; Falcon Squadron ; Fleck, Jerry ; flight instructor ; Flight Proficiency Award ; Livingston, David ; Gene Roddenberry ; semester ; squadron leader ; Third Academy Training Wing ; wing commander ; Yacobian, Brad ; Zefram Cochrane Institute for Advanced Theoretical Physics

External links [ ]

• " Non Sequitur " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Non Sequitur " at Wikipedia
• "Non Sequitur" at StarTrek.com
• " "Non Sequitur" " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast

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• Episode aired Sep 25, 1995

Harry Kim wakes up in San Francisco having never been assigned to Voyager which Starfleet considers lost. Harry Kim wakes up in San Francisco having never been assigned to Voyager which Starfleet considers lost. Harry Kim wakes up in San Francisco having never been assigned to Voyager which Starfleet considers lost.

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• Kate Mulgrew
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• Capt. Kathryn Janeway

• Cmdr. Chakotay

• Lt. B'Elanna Torres
• (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)

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• Lt. Tom Paris

• Ensign Harry Kim

• Adm. Strickler

• Lieutenant Lasca

• Voyager Computer

• Chez Sandrine Patron
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• Starfleet Security Officer

• Alien Visitor
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• Michael Piller (showrunner)
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Did you know

• Trivia Jennifer Gatti (Libby) also appeared in Birthright, Part I (1993) / Birthright, Part II (1993) as Ba'el.
• Goofs The entire time Ensign Kim is running away from security, he has his communicator badge on and a security anklet. They should be able to lock on to either and beam him into a prison cell. In addition, there would be no need for security forces to respond at all. Simply add a program that call for beam out to a secure location as soon as the anklet is tampered with.

Libby : Where're you going?

Ensign Harry Kim : Marseille, France.

Libby : What for?

Ensign Harry Kim : I've got to see Paris.

Libby : But you just said you were going to Marseille.

• Connections Edited from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• Soundtracks Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title Written by Jerry Goldsmith Performed by Jay Chattaway

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"you're the first one they sacrifice": lower decks is a lie, as harry kim admits being a star trek ensign is actually hell.

Star Trek: Lower Decks may show the fun side of being the lowest rung on the ladder, but Harry Kim has some ideas of his own.

• Ensigns in the Star Trek universe are often expendable, as shown by the high casualty rate on away missions.
• Star Trek: Lower Decks takes a comedic approach to the lives of ensigns, finding humor in their lower-ranking tasks.
• Harry Kim's jaded outlook on lower deckers stems from his dangerous experiences on Voyager, while the crew of the Ceritios has a safer work environment.

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek #16!

Lower Decks shows the lighter side of being a Star Trek ensign, but Harry Kim has a far different outlook. Harry was Voyager’s Operations Officer, an integral part of the crew–but was never promoted beyond ensign in the show’s seven seasons. Harry spent many hours as a “lower decker” and, as seen in Star Trek #16, it has made him jaded, and he offers a sharp rebuke to Lower Decks .

Star Trek #16 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Marcus To. Harry and Ensign Sato are having some downtime during the Tzenkethi crisis. Harry tells Sato he was an ensign for seven years, and how, during that time, he was continually put in danger. He opaquely references some of his Voyager adventures, and tells Sato being on the lower decks is not a “breeze” and it's actually terrifying.

He concludes by saying ensigns like him were always sacrificed first and were the ones expected to be left behind.

Harry Has a Point: Ensigns Are Expendable

Harry Kim is not entirely wrong. In the Star Trek universe, ensigns and lieutenant junior grades are some of the most expendable characters. In the Original Series, nearly every landing party had one or two ensigns beam down with Kirk, but their safety was not guaranteed. Indeed, the sheer number of crewmembers who were killed on away missions became something of a franchise trope. Later Star Trek shows dialed this back, but lower deckers still tended to be the victims of mishaps and still had an expendable quality to them.

However, Star Trek: Lower Decks takes a whole different view of being the lowest rung on the ladder. The animated show depicts the lives of four lower deckers on board the USS Ceritios in the 24th century. Comedic in nature, Lower Decks shows the lowly tasks that ensigns perform aboard starships, some of which Harry Kim references while talking to Sato. Lower Decks finds humor and humanity in cleaning out warp injectors and maintaining the replicators. It gives a look at the chain of command on board Starfleet vessels, and how starship operations work.

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Harry's attitude towards the lower decks is unfortunate, but understandable.

The difference between life on Lower Decks and Harry Kim’s views may lie in their experiences . Harry was on board Voyager , lost in the Delta Quadrant for seven years. Nearly every mission was breaking new ground, and every race was a first contact. This created an unbelievably dangerous work atmosphere, and it appropriately tainted Harry’s way of thinking. The crew of the Ceritios, on the other hand, travels in Federation space, where the stakes are a little less high. Harry Kim’s cynical view of Star Trek’s ensigns may stand in stark contrast to Lower Decks , but he is not wrong.

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Star Trek's Section 31 Are Becoming a Literal God-Level Villain - Theory Explained

• In Star Trek #19, the sinister Section 31 enters the franchise-spanning god war.
• Section 31's agenda with Ensign Sato and the crew of the Theseus remains a mystery for now.
• Section 31 having access to the Pleroma could spell bad news for the galaxy.

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek #19!

The secretive Section 31 are set to become god-level villains in the Star Trek universe. Working from the shadows, Section 31 works to keep the Federation safe–no matter the cost. Controversial among Star Trek fans, Section 31 has nonetheless become a fascinating part of the lore. Now, in Star Trek #19, the agency approaches one of Sisko’s crew with an offer that may doom the universe.

Star Trek #19 is written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Megan Levens. Throughout Star Trek’s previous storyline, Ensign Sato became more and more disillusioned with Starfleet and the Federation. At the end of issue 19, she is approached in her quarters by a man identifying himself as “Martin” and using a person named Sloan’s override. Martin appeals to Sato’s growing dissatisfaction, telling her that “mistakes have been made” and certain Starfleet officials “lack leadership.”

Martin then offers Ensign Sato a job with Section 31.

Section 31 Is The Darkest Aspect of Star Trek Lore

Section 31 has a long history of violence and terror.

Star Trek depicts a utopian society that has moved beyond money and the need to acquire wealth. This idea is embodied in the United Federation of Planets. An organization such as Section 31, that works in the shadows and routinely uses torture and murder to further their ends, would seem at odds with Gene Roddenbery’s optimistic view of humanity. Indeed, Section 31 has proven to be a point of contention among fans. Some portions of Star Trek fandom oppose it because it violates the show’s core principals, while others have hailed it as giving the franchise nuance.

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Section 31 first appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s sixth season, in the episode “Inquisition.” Created by Deep Space Nine’s creative team to explore the darker sides of Federation life, Section 31 works to keep the Federation a paradise. However, their means are extreme. Section 31 has been responsible for assassinations and staging coups. They have allegedly infiltrated nearly every other agency in the Federation, giving them eyes and ears everywhere. The closest real-world analogy to Section 31 is the Central Intelligence Agency. Section 31 also finds echoes in the Romulan Tal’Shiar and the Cardassian Obsidian Order.

A handful of Star Trek episodes, including the Original Series episode "The Enterprise Incident" and The Next Generation's "The Pegasus" have been retconned to have involved Section 31.

No Star Trek show or movie has explored the history of Section 31, but it is (chronologically) one of the oldest agencies in the franchise. They derive their authority from Article 14, Section 31 of Starfleet’s charter, hence the name. This part of the Starfleet Charter allows the organization to take extreme measures in times of great crisis. Section 31 has been active at least as early as the 22nd century. Malcolm Reed, the Tactical Officer under Captain Jonathan Archer, was affiliated with Section 31 earlier in his career.

By the 23rd century, Section 31 had grown, and seemed to be working even further undercover. The agency had a presence on board the USS Discovery, which was using the then-new “spore drive,” that tapped into a universal mycelial network. Discovery’s affiliation with the agency only grew as crew member Ash Tyler was recruited, as was Empress Phillipa Georgiou, from the Mirror Universe. Finally, the AI Section 31 relied on, tried to seize control of the agents, and use them to unleash chaos on the galaxy. Discovery was instrumental in stopping Section 31, but was sent to the future.

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In the 24th century, Section 31 was instrumental during the Dominion War. As the war dragged on, and casualties began to pile up, Section 31 bioengineered a virus that could kill Changelings. During this time, the agency approaches Doctor Julian Bashir, seeking to recruit him. Much like Ensign Sato in Star Trek #19, Section 31, represented by Luther Sloan, approaches Doctor Bashir in his quarters. However, unlike Sato, Section 31 did not find a receptive audience in Doctor Bashir. Bashir also finds a cure for the virus Section 31 designed, which helped end the Dominion War.

Although Section 31’s plans to use their virus were thwarted, the agency still took an interest in Changelings. Season three of Star Trek: Picard revealed that Section 31 experimented on Changelings, even after the war’s conclusion. These rogue Changelings broke free of Section 31, and in an act of blowback, killed thousands of Federation citizens. They also allied themselves with the Borg Queen, who also sought revenge against the Federation. Section 31 is even still active in the 32nd century, as seen in subsequent seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.

Section 31 has also appeared in the Kelvin Universe films, including 2013's Star Trek: Into Darkness

Despite the moral ambiguity of Section 31, it has proven irresistible to generations of Star Trek writers and directors. The agency has been a part of nearly every Star Trek show since its introduction on Deep Space Nine , even Lower Decks . The gray areas Section 31 works in provide even more depth and substance to the Star Trek universe. Deep Space Nine regularly explored the darker sides of Starfleet and life in the Federation, and Section 31 was perhaps its most scathing interrogation of these ideals. Section 31 showed that even a utopia can have a dark side.

Section 31 Adds Darkness--And Depth, to the Star Trek Franchise

Section 31 can change the course of the god war.

And now Section 31 is seemingly joining the franchise’s god war–but in what capacity remains to be seen. Previous issues of Star Trek have seeded Section 31. Harry Kim had seemingly allied himself with them. Kim worked closely with Ensign Sato during the Tzenkethi crisis, which may have led to her recruitment. In a recent interview with ScreenRant , Star Trek writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly commented on Section 31’s involvement, cryptically teasing that the answer may lie in the distant past, as opposed to more recent events. They did not elaborate on this further.

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In the same interview, Lanzing and Kelly discussed Sloan’s presence, or lack thereof. Martin, the agent sent to bring Ensign Sato into the fold, invokes Sloan’s name in his override code. Lanzing and Kelly pointed out Martin is not Sloan in disguise. However, Martin’s use of Sloan’s code is another hint, they revealed. Elaborating on the point, Lanzing stated that some Section 31 agents may feel Sloan did not go far enough in his plans. This would echo Martin’s comment about Starfleet officials “lacking leadership.” The murderous and duplicitous Sloan has become a rallying point for Section 31.

Kahless’ recent crusade against the gods of the Star Trek universe no doubt caught Section 31’s attention. The god war Kahless instigated threatens far more than the Federation, but the entire fabric of reality as well. The god war is the exact type of situation Section 31 was designed to combat. Section 31 has access to technology the average Starfleet officer does not, which can give them an edge in a fight with Kahless or his god-killer. Furthermore, the god war also fundamentally altered Lore. Now on a quest for godhood, Lore must be stopped as well.

Are Section 31's Intentions Truly Honorable? Or Are They Merely Looking Out for Themselves?

With kahless' god-killer technology, section 31 could be unstoppable.

Section 31 may also have less than noble intentions by recruiting Ensign Sato. Sato, and the rest of the Theseus’ crew, are headed to the Pleroma, the newly revealed “realm of the gods.” The Theseus’ excursion to the Pleroma represents a new frontier in knowledge for the Federation, but it could also be a huge threat as well, one Section 31 will want to be well primed on. Kahless and his god-killer have proven that the franchise’s god like beings can be killed, a technology Section 31 might want their hands on too.

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Star Trek #19 advances a horrifying notion: Section 31 having control of the Pleroma. If Section 31 gets their hands on Kahless’ technology, they can use it to extort and threaten the beings in the Pleroma. Bringing these beings under their thumb, Section 31 could become a truly existential threat to the Star Trek universe. With god-like powers at their disposal, Section 31 could implement and maintain one of the most oppressive surveillance systems ever known. Dissension will become a thing of the past, as Section 31 imposes their will on the rest of the Star Trek universe.

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