THE VOYAGER'S CREW

 

Janeway, Kathryn

(Kate Mulgrew). Commander of the U.S.S. Voyager. In 2374 the Starship Voyager with Janeway and her crew were abducted and swept into the distant Delta Quadrant into the galaxy, some 7O.OOO light-years from home, where they were essentially stranded. ("Caretaker" VGR) After the destruction of a Maquis ship that had also been abducted to the Delta Quadrant, Janeway accepted the Maquis crew aboard her ship and invited its commander, Chakotay, to become her second in command. Janeway's courage and leadership were instrumental in the survival of her crew as they made a long and difficult journey back to the Alpha Quadrant. Earlier in her career, Janeway served as science aboard to the U.S.S. Al-Batani. Prior to the Voyager's disappearance, Janeway had been romantically involved with Mark, who took care of Molly, her pet Irish Setter. ("Caretaker" VGR)

During her off-duty hours, Janeway enjoyed participating in a gothic romance holonovel set in old England on Earth. ("Cathexis" VGR). She considered coffee to be an essential part of her life style ("The Cloud" VGR).

On Stardate 48546, Janeway sought Chakotay's help in experiencing a vision quest in search of her personal guide animal. ('The Cloud" VGR) Genevieve Bujoid was originally cast as Captain Nichole Janeway, but she left the show after two days of production and was replaced with Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway. The character was named for American feminist writer Elizabeth Janeway.

Chakotay

(Robert Beltran). First officer of the Starship Voyager and former member of the Maquis resistance group. Chakotay was of Native American descent and fiercely proud of his heritage, Chakotay graduated of the Starfleet Academy, but later left Starfleet to join the Maquis in defense of his homeworld against the Cardassians. He commanded a Maquis ship that was lost in the Badlands in 2371 while fleeing from a Cardassian ship. Chakotay and his crew were swept into the distant Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, where they were trapped when their ship was destroyed by the Kazon-Ogla. Chakotay and his fellow Maquis subsequently accepted an invitation to join the crew of the Starship Voyager under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Under this arrangement Chakotay became the ship's first officer, replacing Lieutenant Commander Cavit.

Chakotay was proud of ha ancestral heritage and practiced his people's vision quest rituals, seeking direction from his guide animal. He used his medicine bundle to help invoke these rituals. Chakotay would occasionally help those close to him experience the vision quest in search of their own guide animals. ("The Clouds" VGR). Chakotay honored his people's traditional medical practices, including the use of a medicine wheel to help guide his spirit back to his body when it was displaced by trianic energy beings on Stardate 48734. ("Cathexis" VGR).

While in the Maquis, Chakotay was romantically involved with Seska, unaware that she was a Cardassian agent who had been surgically altered to appear Bajoran. ("State Of Flux" VGR).

Paris, Thomas

(Robert Duncan Mc-Neill). Starfleet officer on board the U.S.S. Voyager; Thomas Eugene Paris; the son of a Starfleet admiral was a graduate of Starfleet Academy and was involved in a fatal accident that claimed the lives of three other Starfleet officers. Paris initially denied responsibility for the accident, but later admitted he had falsified reports to hide his culpability, and was forced to leave Starfleet. Paris became a mercenary for the Maquis, but was arrested by Federation authorities while on his first assignment for the resistance group He was imprisoned at the Federation Penal Settlement in New Zealand on Earth but was released in 2371 at the request of Voyager captain Kathryn Janeway. In exchange for his parole; Paris agreed to help the Voyager locate his former colleagues in the Maquis. White carrying out this mission, Paris and all Voyager personnel were swept into the Delta Quadrant where they were forced to join forces with the Maquis crew in order to survive Janeway subsequently reinstated Paris's Starfleet commission and assigned him to the ship's Conn. Paris experienced some discomfort at working under Commander Chakotay, a former Maquis officer. ("Caretaker" VGR). Paris chose the Starfleet base outside Marseilles, France far his physical training in his second semester or the academy. He spent most or his time that semester at Chez Sandrine, a bistro that he later recreated in the holodeck al the Starship Voyager ("The Could" VGR).

Neelix

(Ethan Phillips). Talaxian trader wh joined the crew of the Starship Voyager in 2371 ("Caretaker" VGR). As a child, Neelix lived with his parents and younger brothers on Rinax, a moon ot Talax unti Rinax was devastated by the metreon cascade attack by the Haakonian Order. Neelix's entire family was killed in the attack. Neelix survived because he was on Talax at the time, fleeing from military duty in a war he felt was unjust. ("Jetrel" VGR). Neelix, a native of the Delta Quadrant, had been a trader of junk and debris, but prided his Skills as a jack-of-all-trades. Neelix helped Captain Janeway deal with the Kazon-Ogla shortly after Voyager's arrival in the Delta Quadrant. and was subsequently invited to join the Voyager crew in part because of his familiarity with the region of space. Neelix was romantically involved with Kes, who also joined the Voyager crew ("Caretaket" VGR).

Shortly after joining the Voyager crew, Neelix appointed himself ship's cook and took it upon himself to convert part or the mess hall on Deck 2 into a kitchen. Neelix hoped not only to reduce the crews dependence on replicated food but also to prove his value as a member of the ship. In his kitchen Neelix prepared numerous delicacies prepared with food grown in Kes's hydroponics bay, or gathered at planets visited by Voyager Unfortunately, Neelix neglected to note that be had used the captain's private dining room, immediately adjacent to the mess hall, for storage. ("Phage" VGR). Neelix also took it upon himself to serve as the ship's morale officer. ("The Cloud" VGR). On Stardate 48532.4, Neelix was attacked, his lungs were surgically removed, and they were implanted into a Vidiian named Matura, who was suffering from the phage. When Janeway declined to order Motura's death to reclaim Neelix's lungs, Kes donated one of her lungs to be implanted into Neelix's body. thereby saving his life. ("Phage" VGR). Ethan Phillips had previously played Dc. Farek in " Ménage a Troi" (TNG).

Kes

(Jennifer Lien). Native of the planet Ocampa who left her homeworld in 2311 to join the crew of the Starship Voyager ("Caretaker" VGR). Kes, who was both inquisitive and intelligent escaped her people's underground city in a quest to learn about her world. On the surface, she was abused by the Kazon-Ogla until she escaped to the Starship Voyager; aided by NeeIix, with whom she was in love. ("Caretaker" VGR). Kes demonstrated her gratitude and her love for Neelix shortly after Stardate 48532, when she donated one of her lungs to save Neelix's life. Shortly thereafter, she began studying to became a medical assistant under the tutelage of Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram ("Phage" VGR). Kes believed there was truth to ancient legends that her people once had extraordinary mental powers. Shortly after joining the Voyager crew, she began to exhibit some such powers including vision of a planet destroyed in another timeline by polaric Ion energy ("Time and Again" VGR), and evidence of an eidetic memory ("Eye Or the Needle" VGR).

Torres, B'Elanna

(Roxann Biggs-Dawson). Former member of the Maquis's resistance group who became chief engineer al the U.S.S Voyager. Half-Klingon and half-human, Torres had great an aggressive personality and had much difficulty controlling her temper, which she attributed to her Klingon background. ("Caretaker" VGR). B'Elanna spent her early years with her parents at the Federation colony on planet Kessik IV. ("Faces" VGR). B'Elanna's human father left her and moved to Earth when she was five. She and her Klingon mother subsequently went to live on me Klingon homeworld but as a result B'Elanna wasn't close to either of her parents. ("Eye of the Needle" VGR). Torres attended Starfleet Academy but dropped out in her second year because of difficulty with Starfleet discipline. ("Caretaker" VGR). Torres felt that her sometimes turbulent stint at the Academy was evidence that she was not Starfleet material, but at least one of hen instructors, Professor Chapman, was so impressed with her original thinking that he recommended she be accepted if she ever sought readmission to the Academy ("Parallax" VGR). She later joined the Maquis and served under Chakotay aboard a Maquis ship, and became a member on the Voyager crew when her ship and the Voyager were stranded in the Delta Quadrant in 2371. ("Caretaker" VGR). After joining the crew of the Voyager she had a violent altercation with Lieutenant Carey, her superior officer in Engineering. Nevertheless, Captain Janeway chose Torres over Carey to be the chief engineer of the Voyager ("Parallax" VGR).On Stardate 48784, Torres was captured by a Vidiian" scientist who used a genotron to split her into two individuals one fully human, the other completely Klingon. Her Klingon self sacrificed her life so that her human half could live, and Voyager's holographic doctor was subsequently successful in restoring her original genetic structure to her surviving half. The experience helped Torres realize the importance of each half to her personality. ("Faces" VGR). Torres once sought Chakotay's help in locating her animal guide. She didn't get along with her guide and tried to kill it ("The Could" VGR).

Tuvok

(Tim Russ). Security officer on the U.S.S. Voyager ("Caretaker" VGR). Tuvok taught at the Starfleet Academy for 16 years. ("Learning Curve" VGR). He married in 2304 ("Ex Post Facto" VGR). In 2371 Tuvok went undercover and infiltrated the Maquis, ending up on Chakotay's ship. The Maquis ship and later the Voyager were abruptly transported to the Delta Quadrant and Tuvok returned to his regular Starfleet duties. ("Caretaker" VGR). In 2371 a member of the Komar race took control of Tuvok in an attempt to lead Voyager into a dark-matter nebula so that the Komar could extract the crew's neural energy. The attempt was not successful, and the alien left Tuvok body. ("Cathexis" VGR). Tim Russ previously portrayed Devor in "Starship Mine" (TNG), T'Kar in "Invasive Procedures" (DS9) and an unnamed lieutenant on the bridge of the Enterprise -B in Star Trek. Generations. Russ was also a candidate far the role of Geordi La Forge in Star Trek. The Next Generation.

Kim, Harry

(Garret Wang). Starfleet officer who graduated Starfleet Academy and joined the crew of the Starship Voyager just prior to its disappearance in 2371. Kim's position aboard the Voyager was that of Operations Officer. ("Caretaker" VGR). Family was very important to Kim, born in 2349 who made it a point to call his parents weekly. ("Eye of the Needle" VGR). Harry was his parents only Son, and he had played clarinet in the Julliard Youth Symphony ("Caretaker" VGR). Kim's off-duty recreation included playing the title role in a holonovel version or the epic poem Beowulf ("Heroes and Demons" VGR).

Emergency

Medical

Hologram

(Robert Picardo). Holographic program available on some Federation starships intended as a short-term supplement to medical personnel in emergency situations. The EMH aboard Starship Voyager manifested itself as a humanoid physician, and could treat virtually any injury or known disease but could only function in areas equipped with holographic projectors. ("Caretaker" VGR). The holographic projectors generated not only an image of a person, but created a magnetic containment field within which electromagnetic energy was trapped, thereby giving the doctor the ability to physically manipulate real objects such as patients and medical instruments. ("Phage" VGR). After the entire medical staff of the U.S.S. Voyager were killed in 2371 during the ship's rough passage to the Delta Quadrant, the holographic doctor became the only source of medical treatment for the crew. ("Caretaker" VGR).

The EMH was programmed with over five millions possible treatments with contingency options and adaptive programs ("Ex Post Facto" VGR). He was programmed with information from 2,000 medical references and the experience of 47 physicians. ("Parallax" VGR). His knowledge of medical treatments included those based on psycho-spiritual beliefs such as those employed by some of Earth's Native Americans. ("Cathexis" VGR). The EMH's programming was extremely sophisticated, permitting him to learn from new data and experiences, and even to be creative. Shortly after Stardate 48532, when crew member Neelix's lungs were removed, thee Doctor saved Neelix's life. by devising a means of creating a pair or holographic lungs using the holographic emitters in sickbay. ("Phage" VGR)..

The holographic doctor was a sentient life-form and therefore found it frustrating when some members of the Voyager crew treated him as an inanimate computer Program. Captain Janeway ordered the EMH be given control over his own deactivation sequence in order to avoid the indignity of being deactivated by others. ("Eye al the Needle" VGR). The doctor's role as sole medical professional on the ship caused him to undergo significant growth as a sentient life-form. One of his early steps in this growth process was his search for a name for himself. Among the names he considered were Benjamin Spock and Jonas Salk ("Ex Post Facto" VGR). He also thought about Albert Schweitzer. ("Heroes and Demons" VGR).

The EMH undertook his first away mission on Stardate 48693. He was dispatched to the ship's holodeck to investigate the disappearance of three Voyager crew members. He was successful in interacting with a photonic being that had taken up residence on the holodeck and in gaining the return of the missing crew. His actions during this first contact mission gained him a special commendation from Voyager captain Janeway. ("Heroes and Demons" VGR). During the early days of Star Trek: Voyager the show's producers had planned for the Doctor to choose the name Zimmerman for himself and scripts for the show's first season referred to the character as Dr. Zimmerman. At the end of the first season, this plan was changed and later scripts referred to the character as the Doctor his eventual name; if any, remains a mystery at this writing.

Seven of Nine

(Jeri Lynn Ryan). The Borg formerly known by the designation "Seven of Nine" has been disconnected from the Borg collective mind through the neutralization of the upper-spinal column neurotransceiver. In total, from her was extracted eighty-two percent of her Borg hardware implants. The remaining bio-implants have been stabilized and remain critical to her life support. To her was also stimulated her human metabolism and immune system, though the Borg Nanobots in her bloodstream will more than suffice until she has stabilized. Hair follicles have been repaired and stimulated. Left eyepiece has been replaced by an artificial organ replacement, simulating her own organic eye. After the implant removal process, now, she is an Human-Cybernetic life form.

Starfleet records indicate that Seven of Nine was formerly Annika Hansen, born in Tendara Colony, SD25479, single. Annika's parents were last reported to be leaving a remote outpost in the Omega sector, headed towards the Delta Quadrant in a small vessel The Raven. It is possible that the Hansen family were the first humans to be assimilated by the Borg.

Aboard of the U.S.S. Voyager she don't have a formal assignment.

For detailed records of the implant removal process, access U.S.S. Voyager Medical Database 01-022473-007.

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