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The USS Equinox ( NCC-72381 ) was a Federation starship , a Nova -class heavy scout in service to Starfleet in the 24th century . Equinox was launched in the year 2370 under the command of Captain Rudolph Ransom .

• 1 Service history and disposition
• 2 USS Equinox personnel
• 3.1 Connections
• 3.2 Appearances
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Service history and disposition [ ]

A few weeks later while performing a scientific survey near the Badlands , the Equinox was pulled into the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker .

During the Equinox 's first week in the Delta Quadrant, it passed through a region of space occupied by the Krowtonan Guard . Half the crew was killed during that time.

Some time before 2376 , the Equinox entered orbit around the Ankari homeworld after having exhausted its supplies of food and dilithium . While the crew met with the Ankari, the Ankari summoned "spirits of good fortune", which the crew discovered were nucleogenic lifeforms . The crew summoned one of the life-forms, but unintentionally killed it. Thereafter, the crew used the creature's remains to enhance the ship's warp drive . The Equinox crew continued summoning and killing the aliens in order to continue powering their warp drive; but the aliens began attacking the Equinox , severely damaging the ship and killing many crew members.

Equinox evading Voyager in 2376 .

Later in 2376, the Equinox was destroyed when it battled the USS Voyager over the killing of the nucleogenic lifeforms to get home faster. The surviving crewmembers were absorbed into Voyager 's crew. ( VOY episode & novelization : Equinox ; VOY - Gateways novel : No Man's Land ; WizKids modules : Fleet Captains , Tactics )

USS Equinox personnel [ ]

• Captain Rudolph Ransom
• Lieutenant John Bowler
• Lieutenant Maxwell Burke
• Lieutenant William Yates
• Ensign Dorothy Chang
• Ensign Edward Regis
• Crewman David Amantes
• Ensign Marla Gilmore
• Crewman Noah Lessing
• Crewman James Morrow
• Crewman Brian Sofin
• Crewman Angelo Tassoni
• Crewman Thompson

Appendices [ ]

Connections [ ], appearances [ ].

• VOY episode : " Equinox "

External link [ ]

• USS Equinox article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
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Published Jan 4, 2019

Inside the U.S.S. Equinox NCC-72381

The journey aboard the U.S.S. Equinox put the limits of Federation ideology to the test

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When there is no place like home, your rules and principles cannot help, and it feels like the entire quadrant is against you, how far would you go to get back? The journey aboard the U.S.S. Equinox put the limits of Federation ideology to the test.

Equinox Examination

The U.S.S. Equinox NCC-72381 was a top-of-the-line Nova-class science vessel. The Nova-class replaced the aging Oberth-class starship used for the past century. At a length of around 222 meters long, 8 decks, and a crew of 78, the ship was relatively small compared to other ships of the time.

It had a top speed of warp 8, which was efficient for general scientific missions. Two shuttlecraft and an optional “wave rider” shuttle, located on the bottom of the “saucer” section, made for a decent auxiliary craft complement. Armaments included 11 Type X phaser arrays and 3 photon torpedo launchers, giving the ship the ability to defend itself decently during its voyages.

The Journey Begins

The Equinox was launched in the early 2370’s under the command of Captain Rudolph “Rudy” Ransom. Ransom was more of a scientist than a command officer. Promoted to captain after making contact with the previously thought-to-be-extinct Yridians, Ransom was an accomplished exobiologist. He preferred to elude any adversaries he came across, rather than face them in direct combat.

The Journey Takes a Wrong Turn

In early 2371, one of the most-unsettling things that could happen to a starship crew befell the Equinox . A non-humanoid entity called the “Caretaker” was abducting ships from throughout the galaxy to attempt to find a compatible mate. He was responsible for destroying the environment of a planet called Ocampa, deep in the Delta Quadrant, and nearly killing all life there. He managed to save some of the humanoid population and placed them in underground caverns. The Caretaker was nearing the end of his life when he pulled the Equinox 70,000 light years across the galaxy.

After finding none of the Equinox crew were compatible, the Caretaker let the ship go, but did not return them to the Alpha Quadrant. Instead, the ship had to find its own way back. In the first week of their exile, the ship encountered the Krowtonan Guard. This hostile species, claiming the Equinox had violated their territory, killed nearly half of the crew. Ransom decided continue on.

The Equinox crew trekked on with a once state-of-the-art vessel, never having the chance to repair it to its full effectiveness. They encountered many more belligerent species, losing even more crew and morale. The hope of seeking out new life and new civilizations probably seemed more like a good epitaph than a mission. On occasion, the ship encountered a few friendly species and even a wormhole, which took a leg off their journey. One such species, called the Ankari, would turn them on to a dubious hope they desperately needed.

Ransom’s Dilemma

Equinox made it to the Ankari home world after a bout of prolonged suffering for the crew. They had not eaten in 16 days and the ship was severely damaged. The Ankari assisted with food and medical supplies, and upon the conclusion of the visit, the Ankari offered a blessing from their “Spirits of Good Fortune.” Captain Ransom and his officers scanned the “spirits,” only to discover they were a type of nucleogenic lifeform. Through trade, they were able to acquire one of the spirit summoning devices and opened the portal to the aliens' realm.

Unfortunately, in the attempt to study one of the lifeforms, the crew accidentally killed one of the creatures. Further scanning revealed that the compounds the creature consisted of could enhance the ship’s warp drive significantly. They traveled 10,000 light years in two weeks. The Federation principles now stood on the fence. With half the crew dead, a broken ship, and barely enough food to survive, Captain Ransom, representing the morals and ideals so highly regarded, had to make a decision: Their lives or those of an unknown alien species. Ransom chose in favor of his crew.

The Equinox crew would continue to abduct and utilize the nucleogenic lifeforms for their enhanced warp drive. The aliens did not take too kindly to this. They began to attack the Equinox repeatedly. Their effects on human tissue were devastating. Fortuitously for the Equinox, during one of these attacks, their distress call was received by the U.S.S. Voyager , also stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Voyager rescued the ship by extending its fully operational shields around the Equinox , protecting them from further alien portal attacks.

The Equinox Sunset

The two crews were excited at first to reunite. However, Ransom was concerned that were Captain Janeway to discover the truth about their modified engines, she would interfere. He attempted to hide the evidence, but through the investigation of the Voyager crew and the relative invincibility of the Voyager ’s EMH doctor, all was revealed.

Janeway detained the Equinox crew but, they were able to escape with the help of the Equinox's EMH doctor, who had been corrupted by the removal of its ethical subroutines. Ransom and his crew escaped, stealing the vital new shielding device used to protect both ships from the portal aliens.

Voyager would eventually catch up to the Equinox and end its long journey with torpedoes. Ransom died onboard, attempting to save Voyager and the remaining crew from the Equinox ’s warp core breach. He regretted some of his methods, but he still cared about getting his crew home.

The Next Nova

In a possible future, the Nova-class would eventually receive a refit in the late 24th or early 25th century. The U.S.S. Rhode Island , under the command of the finally-promoted Captain Harry Kim, caught up with Admiral Janeway in 2404 to prevent her from going back in time 26 years to assist her earlier self and U.S.S. Voyager in returning to the Alpha Quadrant much earlier than the Admiral’s history had unfolded.

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• Action Prologue : Equinox under attack.
• Burke calls B'Elanna " BLT " (her initials) and she calls him " petaQ ". When Tom shows symptoms of jealousy over this, Harry calls him "Turkey Platter" (TP being his initials).
• Ape Shall Never Kill Ape : The nucleogenic lifeforms don't believe that humans would really attack other humans, although a quick perusal of any era of human history could clear up that misconception.
• Armor-Piercing Question : After Ransom okays operating on Seven and tries to cover with I Did What I Had to Do . Seven: You destroy lifeforms to attain your goals, then claim that they left you no choice. Does that logic comfort you?
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking : Seven forgives the Doctor for turning evil and doing unauthorised brain surgery, but gets a little of her own back by claiming that his rendition of My Darling Clementine was off key. The Doctor challenges her to a duet.
• Asshole Victim : The Equinox crew that mutinied against Captain Ransom following his Heel–Face Turn , including B'Elanna's old flame.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership : Turns out that there's a Starfleet regulation (specifically Regulation 191, Article 14) stating that in combat situations, the captain of the more heavily-armed ship has overall command. In real-world militaries, it's usually the senior captain who would make the final call, based on date of promotion. (Although the episode's novelization reveals that Janeway only quotes half the regulation, and it doesn't actually allow her to order Ransom and his crew to Abandon Ship .) As Reviewboy summarizes, "When you're flying Brute Force One , you call the shots."
• "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word : When asked, Janeway tells Ransom that she's never broken the Prime Directive , just... "bent" it on occasion.
• Bond One-Liner : After the Doctor deletes the Equinox ' EMH and shuts off the transmission to Burke. Doctor: I'm afraid your physician is no longer on call.
• Broken Pedestal : Ransom is famous in Starfleet for rediscovering a species thought to be extinct and making first contact with them; as a fellow scientist, Janeway always wanted to meet him. Be Careful What You Wish For ... And it turns out that he's been killing sentient lifeforms to use as fuel, violating his oath as a Starfleet officer. Janeway's ensuing Death Glare is almost as deadly as the nucleogenic lifeforms.
• The Chains of Commanding : Ransom cites these for his actions, maintaining that getting the paltry survivors of his crew home necessitated using sentient creatures as fuel. Janeway doesn't buy it for a minute.
• Change the Uncomfortable Subject : When Janeway asks Ransom about his Prime Directive violations, he says something ambiguous about "walking that line once or twice" before drawing attention to the fallen dedication plaque on The Bridge .
• Cliffhanger : An alien swoops down on Captain Janeway... To Be Continued .
• Recognizing that Equinox is otherwise no match for Voyager , Burke has his EMH transmit information about Voyager's Deflector Shields , allowing Equinox's torpedoes to penetrate those shields and damage Voyager directly.
• After earlier being outsmarted by the Equinox 's EMH, The Doctor wins round two by simply telling the computer to delete its program.
• According to Star Trek: Insurrection , thermolytic reactions are very bad for organic beings. This episode shows why — anyone who gets hit by one of the subspace aliens suffers a thermolytic reaction that leaves their body desiccated like a mummy.
• To Star Trek: Generations , wherein an enemy vessel knowing a Federation starship's deflector shield frequencies can shoot right through them and inflict damage directly, which is what led to the end of the Enterprise -D. Here, the Equinox EMH takes a less subtle approach of directly reporting Voyager 's shield frequencies straight to his vessel's bridge, at least until the Doctor returns to his sickbay and deletes his Evil Counterpart to put a stop to it.
• Much as in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , the protagonists' ship fatally disables their target (also Starfleet) vessel by destroying its port warp nacelle, from behind, using a torpedo.
• A random line near the end of Part 1, stated from Captain Ransom, asking is his alternative to being destroyed, "Thirty years in the brig," seems to be a major easter egg to a line Janeway says in a dream sequence in the episode, "Thirty Days", earlier in that season. Coincidence, I think not!
• The regulation that Janeway quotes which gives her overall command is apparently the same one that allowed Captain Picard to take command of the Starfleet armada in Star Trek: First Contact , as the new Enterprise -E was the most powerful Starfleet ship on the battlefield.
• Critical Staffing Shortage : Equinox is running on a skeleton crew, especially since they went through over half of their Red Shirts only a month after getting pulled into the Delta Quadrant. On the other hand, the survivors help alleviate Voyager 's problems in this area, once they've been knocked down a few pips.
• Cuteness Proximity : Everyone's general reaction to "Captain's Assistant" Naomi Wildman introducing herself to Ensign Gilmore.
• Cutting the Knot : Rather than fight the Equinox EMH for control of his sickbay, The Doctor simply tells the computer to delete him.
• Distinction Without a Difference : When Chakotay says that she's getting a little vendetta-y, Janeway says that she's simply going to hunt Ransom down "whatever it takes, no matter the cost" as though that's not the very definition of the word "vendetta".
• Don't Make Me Destroy You : Ransom would prefer Seven to voluntarily give up the codes she used to lock the Equinox crew out of their alien-powered propulsion system rather than watch the Doctor dissect her brain for them.
• Dressing as the Enemy : The Equinox EMH poses as his Voyager self to free his crewmates in Voyager's brig.
• Seven forgives the Doctor for his actions, and they make a date for some Duet Bonding on the holodeck. This one at least has the excuse of Seven knowing the fact the doctor was more or less brainwashed.
• Despite spending most of the second half baying for his blood, one conciliatory hail from the deposed Ransom is all it takes for Janeway to decide he's acting in good faith again.
• Janeway and Chakotay also resolve their falling-out after a short discussion about their actions and the symbolic way the ship's nameplate fell off the wall. This in particular is said to be one of the things that soured Ronald D. Moore on writing for the show, as he just found it completely ridiculous, even going so far as to write on the episode's script "This is a total betrayal of the audience. This is wrong. You can't end the show like this. If you are going to do all this other stuff, you can't end the show like this, because it's not fair, because it's not true, and it just wouldn't happen."
• Averted with the survivors of the Equinox . They all become stripped of rank and with limited privileges aboard Voyager . Janeway makes it clear that she regrets trusting them off the bat and that it'll probably take a long time and significant effort on their part for her to deem them trustworthy.
• End of an Age : "Equinox: Part I" was the last Voyager episode to air concurrently with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . "Equinox: Part II" was the first time since the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode "Chain Of Command" where only one Star Trek series was on the air at a given time.
• Energy Beings : The nucleogenic lifeforms; in fact it was because of this trope they were used as a sort of Living Battery by the Equinox crew.
• Even Evil Has Standards : As ruthless as he is, even Ransom is so disturbed by the EMH singing in harmony with a half-lobotomized Seven that he has to leave the room.
• Evil Counterpart : The Equinox has its own Mark One EMH without ethical subroutines , and who seems as loyal to his crew as Voyager ' s Doctor is to theirs. Of course, given how Ransom treated his EMH, it's doubtful that the Equinox Doctor developed genuine loyalty as Voyager 's did, and more likely that it was programmed into him, making the dark inversion even greater.
• Expository Hairstyle Change : Roxann Dawson gets a new wig which is more wavy than her previous straightened 'do.
• Fallen Hero : Captain Ransom of the Equinox went from a respected Starfleet captain to a man authorizing the systematic murder of sentient beings for the benefit of his crew.
• Finish Dialogue in Unison : Janeway: We've been stranded in the Delta Quadrant for five years. We were pulled here against our will by an alien called— Ransom/Janeway: ...the Caretaker.
• First-Name Basis : Janeway notices that Ransom allows the Equinox crew to address him by his first name. (She is also on first-name basis with her senior staff, but they haven't entered first-name basis with her except for Chakotay.) Ransom: When you've been in the trenches for as long as we have, rank and protocol are luxuries.
• Frictionless Reentry : Averted. When Voyager catches up to the Equinox in orbit of a planet, Ransom has the ship fly into the atmosphere so Voyager will have to pursue. With Voyager still being harassed by the aliens, they can't afford to stress their shields trying to keep up, allowing Ransom to make a getaway.
• Going Down with the Ship : Ransom dies piloting his ship a safe distance away from Voyager as the aliens breach the warp core.
• Good Cop/Bad Cop : Janeway and Chakotay interrogate Lessing. Janeway wants Lessing to give her the tactical status of the Equinox 's captain, Ransom. She threatens to lower the shields in the room, which would allow the aliens an opening to get through and attack him, while she and Chakotay leave the room. Lessing demonstrates his familiarity with this trope, looking at Chakotay and asking "I suppose the plan is that you're going to come to my rescue now, right?" Chakotay, however, admits that "There's no plan as far as I know. The Captain's on her own." When Lessing continues not to talk, Janeway and Chakotay leave the room and Janeway proceeds to do just what she said she was going to do, shocking Chakotay, who thought she was only bluffing. Chakotay ends up going in there to rescue Lessing. (He does crack, but not before being badly spooked.)
• Hallucinations : Ransom tries to escape his conscience in his Happy Place , a personal holoimager, but keeps running into a hallucination of Seven of Nine there that acts as his conscience. It eventually turns into one of the nucleogenic aliens for a Jump Scare .
• Ransom after seeing hallucinations of Seven and a nucleogenic alien.
• Janeway admits at the end that Chakotay had good reason to oppose her as she was slowly becoming Ransom (The end justified the means).
• Hell Is That Noise : The extra-dimensional aliens have to open portals into our universe to attack. When a portal forms, the first thing people hear is a high-pitched, whining hiss. It's pretty creepy for the characters, who are asking, "WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT?". If they aren't fast enough, it's the last sound they'll hear.
• He Who Fights Monsters : Janeway slides down the rungs as she relentlessly pursues Ransom.
• Hope Spot : In the penultimate act of part I, the crimes of Ransom and his crew are exposed and they've been locked up, Janeway and her officers are looking for a way to communicate with the creatures, and a peaceful resolution seems imminent. Then the Doctor is disabled by his Evil Twin who releases Ransom and the others from confinement, and then they escape on the Equinox with Seven as their prisoner, leaving Voyager under attack. To Be Continued ...
• Hourglass Plot : Ransom and Janeway swap roles in the second episode, with Janeway feeling the pressure and compromising her ideals, while Ransom rediscovers his humanity.
• Humans Are Bastards : The Equinox crew systematically capture, kill and process the nucleogenic aliens to speed the ship and crew's flight home. As a result, it's understandable why the aliens end up with a massive grudge towards them and their ship.
• Hyde Plays Jekyll : The EMH from the Equinox forcibly trades places with the Doctor on Voyager . In Part I, he helps free his shipmates under the guise of the Doctor, and in Part II, he periodically advises them about Voyager 's plans. After he's brought back to normal on Voyager , the Doctor lampshades this, saying "It's quite disconcerting to know that all someone has to do is flick a switch to turn me into Mr. Hyde.".
• Hyperspeed Ambush : Voyager catches up to Equinox during the climax and destroys one of her nacelles with a couple of torpedoes.
• I Can't Feel My Legs! : Noah Lessing when Harry and Seven find him. Fortunately, his legs are still there, and he's later seen moving under his own power.
• Ice Queen : Seven becomes one of these as she remains Defiant to the End towards Ransom, Burke and their crew. Burke: You might try letting your shields down, or it's going to be a lonely trip.
• I Did What I Had to Do : Janeway doesn't buy it when Ransom tries to justify his actions via the Starfleet rulebook. Ransom: Starfleet Regulation 3, Paragraph 12: "In the event of imminent destruction, a captain is authorized to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means." Janeway: I doubt that protocol covers mass murder. Ransom: In my judgement, it did. Janeway: UNacCEPTable !
• I Have You Now, My Pretty : Captain Ransom is clearly taken by his beautiful captive, and offers to replace Janeway as a role model, but Seven coldly refuses him and continues to appear as a hallucination to needle Ransom's conscience.
• Insignia Rip-Off Ritual : The Equinox survivors are stripped of rank and turned into ordinary crewmen. Janeway: The last time we welcomed you aboard, you took advantage of our trust. You betrayed this crew. I won't make that mistake again. Noah Lessing, Marla Gilmore, James Morrow, Brian Sofin, Angelo Tassoni, you are hereby stripped of rank. You'll be expected to serve as crewmen on this vessel. Your privileges will be limited, and you'll serve under close supervision for as long as I deem fit. This time, you'll have to earn our trust. Dismissed.
• I Owe You My Life : Averted. While Lessing expresses his gratitude to Seven of Nine, his "Angel of Mercy." he doesn't make a quip about her predicament even though it more than likely the fact she about to be dissected is common knowledge on the Equinox crew.
• It Can Think : The first sign that the aliens are intelligent is when they deliberately focus their attacks on a single area of Voyager's shields, collapsing it in seconds and nearly breaking through if not for some quick thinking by Harry.
• Ransom and the Equinox crew have been doing this for a while, starting from using the remains of a nucleogenic alien that died due to bad luck, and moving to systematically capturing and murdering the beings to supercharge their warp drive for a quick(er) flight home.
• Janeway then does this in response, with her Roaring Rampage of Revenge on the Equinox and her crew leading to progressively darker places.
• Just Following Orders : Ransom pleads for leniency for his crew, saying they were only obeying their captain. Janeway's response: "Their mistake." She does show some leniency towards the survivors — that is, stripping them of rank and putting them to work under close supervision for the foreseeable future rather than throwing them in the brig.
• Karmic Death : Certain crew members of the Equinox , prominently Lt. Burke, got seriously owned by the very aliens they were using.
• Knockout Ambush : Tom and Chakotay pull this on Lessing and an Equinox Red Shirt in order to capture them for interrogation.
• Know When to Fold 'Em : Since Equinox isn't built for combat, Ransom's trademark is a willingness to hide and wait out his opponents rather than risk a direct confrontation. This is entirely sensible, considering the only chance he has against Voyager is when they have a mole on board sending the shield frequencies so their attacks can get through.
• Last Words : Ransom: You've got a fine crew, Captain! Promise me you'll get 'em home! Janeway: I promise.
• Loophole Abuse : Ransom, when called out by Janeway on his killing the aliens, invokes a Starfleet regulation permitting a captain to take any justifiable action to stave off the imminent destruction of their ship. Janeway quickly points out that no sane person would consider mass-murder a "justifiable action".

• Men Are the Expendable Gender : Subverted in that out of the entire Equinox crew, only five of them survive, and out of those five, only one of them (Marla Gilmore) is a woman.
• The Mole : The Equinox EMH poses as our Doctor on board Voyager , sending information on Voyager ' s Deflector Shields to Burke during their final battle.
• Mood Dissonance : Ransom is disturbed by Seven Strapped to an Operating Table , mindlessly singing a duet with the Mad Doctor who's operating on her brain.
• Morality Chip : Both the Equinox and Voyager EMH's have their ethical subroutines deleted by the Equinox crew.
• Moral Myopia : Ransom calls out Janeway's moral preaching over his escalating to mass murder against a sentient species to convert their corpses into warp drive fuel, completely overlooking the consequence of his forsaking any sense of morality being that said sentient species members are now out for all his crew's blood, and have been terrifyingly effective at exacting their vengeance.
• Morally Ambiguous Doctorate : The EMH aboard the USS Equinox had his "ethical subroutines" removed so he would gladly experiment on the extradimensional aliens to turn them into a fuel source. The Doctor likewise becomes fully willing to dissect Seven's brain to get access to the codes stored there when Ransom does the same to him, despite their being friends (and his unrequited love for her).

• Names to Run Away from Really Fast : Captain Ransom? Sound like a character our heroes can trust !
• New Old Flame : For BLT. Too bad he turns out to be a treacherous jerk who'd rather let her become a victim of the aliens that were attacking them.
• Noodle Incident : Early in their voyage, the Equinox encountered a species called the Krowtonan Guard. Nothing is mentioned about them except that they are very territorial, and Ransom's decision to cross their space cost the lives of over half his crew.
• The Oner : One of Trek's greatest, clocking in at 2 minutes and 40 seconds; for the entire final scene, the camera follows Janeway from the conference room, where she scolds the Equinox survivors and strips them of their rank, into the bridge, where she reconciles with Chakotay before they notice that Voyager's commemoration plaque has fallen off its place on the wall.
• Perp Sweating : Captain Janeway threatens to let the aliens have their way with an Equinox crew member she captured to make him start talking. Chakotay thinks this is going too far and ends up getting the information out of the crew member without letting the aliens get at him.
• Powered by a Forsaken Child : Or in this case, dead aliens.
• Redemption Equals Death : Captain Ransom beams Seven and all but his bridge crew to Voyager before allowing the aliens to destroy his ship. Since Equinox has disabled Voyager , his last act is to pilot the ship far enough away so Voyager isn't caught in the blast.
• Red Shirt : In addition to all the casualties on the Equinox , several nameless crewmembers on Voyager bite the dust, one of whom flatlines in Sickbay before the EMH can be brought back online.
• Revealing Cover Up : The Equinox crew deliberately flooded the science lab where they conducted experiments on the nucleogenic aliens with harmful radiation to keep the Voyager crew from learning about their crimes. However, B'Elanna and Tuvok see through the ruse, and send the Doctor over to poke around and find out what they're so desperate to hide.
• Revenge Before Reason : Janeway fully admits that she's going to get Ransom no matter what it takes. She eschews Chakotay's suggestion that they prioritize communication with the aliens in favor of hunting down the Equinox , which is what they have to resort to in the end anyhow.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge : The aliens mercilessly attack the Equinox for killing several of their own. When Voyager flies in to help, her crew become targets as well.
• Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale : The Equinox met the Ankari more than 10,000 light-years from where they meet Voyager , but Janeway is later able to meet with them within 50 light-years. It is stated that the Equinox met them on their home world. They are a spacefaring race, and Voyager meets one of their ships. But the group Janeway meets seem to know all about what has been going on (though given that they can communicate with the nucleogenic aliens, that's not surprising)
• Shell-Shocked Veteran : Marla Gilmore panics in turbolifts because they have no escape route in case fissures open up.
• Soundtrack Dissonance : In-Universe — while lobotomizing Seven, the Doctor sings "Clementine" and an improvised variant of "Dem Bones." Ransom is clearly disturbed by it.
• Status Quo Is God : Ronald D. Moore was furious over how the Janeway/Chakotay conflict was just dropped at the end of the episode and never brought up again. Neither do we hear about the former Equinox crew who are on probation, even in "Good Shepherd" which deals with several problematic crewmembers.
• Subverted Catchphrase : The Equinox EMH posing as the Doctor, seeing Voyager 's sickbay littered with casualties. "Please state the nature of the... [looks around] don't bother."
• Tastes Like Friendship : At the end of the episode, Janeway and Chakotay reconcile by agreeing to bring salad and croutons to Neelix's potluck.
• Temporarily a Villain : The Doctor is reprogrammed to perform unethical-at-best medicine by Ransom.
• Too Dumb to Live : When the Doctor makes his way back to Voyager (with his return restoring his ethics), the Equinox -EMH threatens to destroy him by saying he's planted explosives throughout the holomatrix and all it will take is a signal — "Computer, delete the Equinox Emergency Medical Hologram." Whoops.
• Touch of Death : The aliens desiccate any living being they manage to touch, though Plot Armor saves Janeway and Chakotay from glancing blows at the start of the second half.
• Tranquil Fury : Janeway as she informs the Equinox survivors that they're being stripped of rank for their crimes.
• The Unfettered : Evil!Doc enjoys no longer having morality subroutines, as it makes him more efficient.
• Villain Has a Point : Ransom, when he calls Janeway out on judging him for his breaking of Federation principles. While it's ambiguous whether Ransom is telling the truth about his ship's supposed hardships before they began provoking the aliens (he makes the above statement right after Janeway has called him out on multiple Blatant Lies , and the episode gives us naught but Ransom's word on this particular matter), his point still stands, if only in a hypothetical context. "It's easy to cling to your principles when you're standing on a vessel with its bulkheads intact, manned by a crew that's not starving."
• Wham Line : The line that reveals just how far gone the Equinox crew is, before Equinox's EMH disables Voyager's and the Equinox crew retakes their ship: Equinox's EMH : They deleted my ethical subroutines.
• What Measure Is a Non-Human? : The first alien was killed solely by accident, but the Equinox crew began doing it on purpose to get home. When continuing their practices means operating on Seven, Ransom realizes how much he's devalued sentient beings.
• What Happened to the Mouse? : The five surviving members of the Equinox crew are absorbed into Voyager's crew...and we never hear from any of them again.
• What the Hell, Hero? : Chakotay confronts Janeway multiple times over the course of the two-parter, calling her on her vendetta-level pursuit of the Equinox crew. She just removes him from duty to put a stop to it. She threatens to do the same to Tuvok, who wisely shuts up.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? : Rather than argue with or fight the Equinox EMH, the Doctor simply has the computer delete his Evil Counterpart and moves on to stop the transmission of Voyager 's shield frequencies.
• With Due Respect : When Ransom announces his intention to cooperate with Janeway. Burke: Rudy, with all due respect, have you lost your mind? Ransom: Just the opposite.
• Writers Cannot Do Math : In the space of the same conversation between Janeway and Ransom, it's first implied that harvesting the aliens would hardly be of any benefit to the Equinox at all (increasing their warp efficiency by 0.03%), then that just one alien gave the Equinox the same kind of 10,000 light-year jump that Voyager got from the slipstream drive earlier in Season 5, and then that they'd have to harvest 63 more aliens (meaning that each alien would provide around 500 light-years' worth of fuel), which would shorten the journey home to about a year.
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Star Trek: Voyagers Vulcan Vorik & Alexander Enbergs TNG Connection Explained

• Aside from Tuvok, Star Trek: Voyager featured another Vulcan character in the form of Ensign Vorik.
• Vorik's introduction added depth to Voyager's crew and impacted major storylines like Tom and B'Elanna's relationship.
• Vorik's character was influenced by his predecessor Taurik from Star Trek: TNG's "Lower Decks," also played by Alexander Enberg.

Star Trek: Voyager 's Vulcan Ensign Vorik (Alexander Enberg) became a recurring character in season 3 and had a surprising connection to Star Trek: The Next Generation . Voyager 's cast of characters was one of the most diverse in the franchise at the time of its airing in 1995, and also included the first main character Vulcan since Star Trek: The Original Series in the form of Lieutenant Commander Tuvok (Tim Russ). However, Tuvok was not the only Vulcan introduced as a member of Voyager 's crew .

Throughout Voyager 's seven seasons, the show relied heavily on its supporting characters in addition to the main cast. Except for maybe Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , other Star Trek TV shows before Voyager focused on their main characters or a select few leads within that group . However, Voyager kept things interesting by introducing memorably recurring characters like Naomi Wildman (Scarlett Pomers) or Icheb (Manu Intiraymi) throughout the series. Within the cadre of guest stars Voyager brought onboard, Alexander Enberg's Vorik stood out in some surprising ways.

Every Voyager Character Who Has Returned In Star Trek (& How)

Star trek: voyagers vulcan ensign vorik explained, voyager's other vulcan became an important recurring character.

Vorik was a Vulcan Engineering Ensign first introduced in Voyager season 3, episode 13, "Fair Trade." Creating the character helped flesh out Voyager 's crew complement, and adding another Vulcan was a smart choice given how little Vulcans had been represented in Voyager 's sister shows, TNG and DS9 . Vorik was instrumental in some very important storylines, including arguably being the catalyst for Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and B'Elanna Torres' (Roxann Dawson) future relationship after he infected B'Elanna with Pon Farr in the season 3 episode "Blood Fever."

Alexander Enberg, who played Vorik, had a strong connection to Voyager before he even appeared on the show as the son of Executive Producer Jeri Taylor. Outside of Star Trek , Enberg has done many small parts in other movies and TV shows, and more recently has worked in the special effects departments for a handful of projects. In addition to Voyager , however, Enberg appeared on another Star Trek series, playing a very similar character to Vorik.

Vorik Has A Surprising Connection To Star Trek: TNGs Lower Decks

Alexander enberg first appeared on tng.

Before Voyager , Enberg's first appearance in the Star Trek franchise was on Star Trek: TNG , where he played the Vulcan Ensign Taurik in the season 7 episode "Lower Decks." The episode focused on a group of junior officers aboard the USS Enteprise-D and was a departure from TNG 's usual storytelling in that it featured a group of largely unknown characters rather than the series leads. "Lower Decks" would go on to inspire the hit animated show Star Trek: Lower Decks which will air its fifth and final season in late 2024.

Given the similarities between the two characters, it's hard not to think that Taurik was the blueprint for Vorik on Star Trek: Voyager . According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , Taurik was the breakout character from "Lower Decks" and there was even talk about making him a recurring character had TNG continued for an eighth season. Jeri Taylor also suggested that Vorik and Taurik could be twins , according to Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 . Although this was a joke, it would be a good way to tie the two series together and explain Enberg playing both roles.

Source: Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , Star Trek: The Next Generation 365

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

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

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

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

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

Rating TV-PG

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

Cast Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden

Release Date September 28, 1987

Genres Drama, Superhero, Sci-Fi, Action

Writers Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore

Directors David Carson

Showrunner Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman

• Starfleet captains
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Rudolph Ransom

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Captain Rudolph "Rudy" Ransom was a Starfleet officer in the 24th century . An exobiologist , he was promoted to captain after making first contact with the Yridians , a species that Starfleet had previously believed to be extinct . Ransom subsequently took command of the USS Equinox , a Nova -class science vessel , which was pulled into the Delta Quadrant in 2371 by the alien being known only as the Caretaker . ( VOY : " Equinox ")

• 1 Tactics and command style
• 2.1 Encounter with Voyager
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Appearances
• 4.2 Background information
• 5 External link

Tactics and command style [ ]

In combat situations, Ransom tended to favor misdirection over direct confrontations, as opposed to the inventive and multi-layered solutions Captain Janeway would create to deal with problems. Examples of his approach to combat include, in 2367 , on stardate 44322.82, after shadowing a Klingon Bird-of-Prey at Epsilon IV , he evaded the vessel in a nearby T-Tauri nebula for three days , until stardate 44325.18, when the Klingons gave up the chase and disengaged. Two years later , Ransom eluded a Romulan Warbird by taking his vessel into the atmosphere of a gas giant . ( VOY : " Equinox, Part II ")

The Delta Quadrant [ ]

After the Equinox was stranded in the Delta Quadrant in 2371 , the crew found themselves in an area of space controlled by the Krowtonan Guard , an aggressive and territorial species. Ransom, refusing to condemn his crew to spending the rest of their lives in the Delta Quadrant, gave the order to traverse the Guard's territory and maintain a course back to Earth . This decision would prove to be a turning point for Ransom, as attacks by the Guard resulted in the deaths of 39 people, over half the crew of the Equinox .

The Equinox , under attack by the nucleogenic lifeforms

Over the course of the next five years, the Equinox crew discovered that they were ill-equipped to deal with the dangers of the Delta Quadrant. As of 2376 , the ship was severely damaged, their dilithium was depleted, and the crew had not eaten in sixteen days. The Equinox had just enough power to enter orbit of an M-class world, where the inhabitants, the Ankari , introduced the crew to nucleogenic lifeforms , beings who originated from an extra-dimensional realm, whom the Ankari regarded as "spirits of good fortune." Scanning the lifeforms, they discovered that they were emitting high levels of antimatter , and subsequently began to engage in criminal experiments to murder the lifeforms and convert their remains into a source of fuel. Augmenting their warp drive , the Equinox crew were faced with the tantalizing possibility of returning to the Alpha Quadrant in mere months, but also began to come under near-constant attacks by the nucleogenic lifeforms, who were attempting to destroy the Equinox in retaliation for the crew's actions.

Encounter with Voyager [ ]

The Equinox was saved from destruction by the crew of the USS Voyager , another Starfleet vessel that had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker. Ransom and his crew initially attempted to conceal their actions from the Voyager crew, but when they were eventually discovered, Ransom was confronted by Captain Janeway . Ransom attempted to justify his actions by quoting Starfleet Regulation 3 , paragraph 12, which stated: "in the event of imminent destruction, a Starfleet captain is authorized to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means," but Janeway responded that the protocol did not account for mass murder. Ransom and his crew were subsequently confined to crew quarters , and Janeway ordered her crew to attempt to take the Equinox ' engine modifications offline. The Equinox crew was freed, however, by their EMH , allowing them to retake control of their ship. Ransom then had his crew steal Voyager 's field generator , which had been modified to protect the crew from attacks by the lifeforms, and set a course for the Alpha Quadrant, leaving Voyager behind. ( VOY : " Equinox ")

The Equinox crew soon found that they could not bring their warp drive enhancements back online, as the power relays had been encoded by Seven of Nine , a Voyager crewmember who was being held captive on the Equinox . Ransom attempted to convince Seven to reveal the codes, but decided to force Seven to undergo an extremely invasive procedure whereby her cortical array would be extracted in an effort to find the codes, in response to Seven's refusal to cooperate.

Ransom in the moment before his death

The severity of the actions he had been taking started to weigh heavily on Ransom's conscience, affecting him to the point where he decided to put an end to the experiments and surrender to Captain Janeway. When he gave the order, however, his first officer , Lieutenant Maxwell Burke , mutinied , taking command of the Equinox and attempting to destroy Voyager . With the help of Ensign Marla Gilmore , Ransom subsequently accessed the ship's transporter control, and beamed the majority of the surviving Equinox crewmembers to Voyager . Eventually left as the only surviving crewmember on board, Ransom accessed helm control in order to put a safe distance between Voyager and the Equinox , whose warp core was about to breach due to attacks by the aliens. As the core overloaded, Ransom utilized a synaptic stimulator to experience his last moments on the peaceful Tenkaran coast . ( VOY : " Equinox, Part II ")

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Drop… shields ! "

" I'm going to miss this ship. " " Once we get back to Earth, there'll be plenty of women. "

" May I ask you something, captain to captain? The Prime Directive: how often have you broken it for the sake of protecting your crew? " " Broken it? Never. Bent it, on occasion. And even then, it was a difficult choice. "

" Starfleet Regulation 3, Paragraph 12: In the event of imminent destruction, a captain is authorized to preserve the lives of his crew by any justifiable means. " " I doubt that protocol covers mass murder. " " In my judgment, it did. " " Unacceptable. "

"We traveled over 10,000 light-years in less than two weeks. We'd found our salvation. How could we ignore it?" "By adhering to the oath you took as Starfleet officers – to seek out life… not destroy it." " It's easy to cling to your principles when you're standing on a vessel with its bulkheads intact, manned by a crew that's not starving. " " It's never easy, but if we turn our backs on our principles, we stop being human. "

"I'm putting an end to your experiments. And you are hereby relieved of your command. You and your crew will be confined to quarters." "Please, show them leniency. They were only following my orders." "Their mistake."

" A shower and a hot meal… I guess that's all it takes for some of us to forget what's at stake here. We're going home, We can't let Voyager stop us now, not when we're this close. "

" You know, Janeway's not the only one who can help you explore your Humanity. " " You would be an inferior role model. "

" Do these programs have people in them? " " No, just landscapes. "

" This isn't the brig. " " I know. I'm with you, sir. Let's find a way to end this. "

" You've got a fine crew, Captain. Promise me you'll get 'em home. " "I promise."

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " Equinox "
• " Equinox, Part II "

Background information [ ]

Ransom was played by actor John Savage .

The Equinox script gives his full name as Rudolph Ransom III.

Brannon Braga once described Ransom as "an interesting kind of anti-Janeway character." ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 46)

External link [ ]

• Rudolph Ransom at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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Discovery’s mirror universe enterprise just set a star trek enterprise record.

Star Trek: Discovery brought back the ISS Enterprise, revealing that the Mirror Universe ship set a new Star Trek record for ships named Enterprise.

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5 - "Mirrors"

• The Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise outlasted any USS Enterprise, surviving over 900 years in a pocket of interdimensional space.
• Despite being a warship, the ISS Enterprise endured longer than any USS Enterprise built for exploration.
• Starships named Enterprise, like USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-F, have shorter life spans compared to the immortal ISS Enterprise.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 brought back the ISS Enterprise, revealing that the Mirror Universe ship set an impressive record for starships named Enterprise. Written by Johanna Lee and Carlos Cisco and directed by Jen McGowan, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, epsiode 5, "Mirrors" was an unexpected download of new information about the Mirror Universe. In their pursuit of Moll (Eve Harlow), L'ak (Elias Toufexis), and the Progenitors' ancient treasure, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) ended up piloting the Mirror Universe's Starship Enterprise into Star Trek 's Prime Universe.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 5 , "Mirrors," the Mirror Universe's ISS Enterprise was abandoned in a pocket of interdimensional space. The ISS Enterprise was damaged, including its warp core, but it had enough systems functioning to make the journey through a wormhole with the help of the USS Discovery. Because the Mirror Universe's version of the Enterprise originated in the 23rd century and crossed over into Star Trek: Discovery 's 32nd century, this makes the ISS Enterprise over 900 years old , meaning it survived far longer than any other version of the Starship Enterprise.

The Mirror Universe debuted in Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 4, "Mirror, Mirror," when Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and some of his crew members find themselves in the brutal parallel universe.

5 Ways Star Trek: Discovery’s Mirror Enterprise Is Different From USS Enterprise

Star trek’s mirror universe iss enterprise has lasted longer than any uss enterprise, the iss enterprise remained hidden in a pocket of interdimensional space..

As the flagship of the United Federation of Planets, the USS Enterprise often participates in dangerous missions, and the Star Trek films have a habit of finding ways to destroy the Enterprise. Starfleet ships go through a lot, and it's impressive enough for a ship to survive for decades, let alone centuries. As Captain Burnham and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) explore the ISS Enterprise, they find a plaque detailing the ship's journey from the Mirror Universe. Captain Kirk's visit in Star Trek: The Original Series had a profound influence on Mirror Universe Spock (Leonard Nimoy) , who later initiated a series of reforms to make the Terran Empire more peaceful.

It's ironic that the ISS Enterprise, a warship, endured for far longer than any of the USS Enterprise starships built for exploration.

Spock eventually became the Terran High Chancellor but was later killed by those who opposed him. Despite this, Spock's beliefs inspired the crew of the ISS Enterprise to mutiny, with the help of "a Kelpien slave turned rebel leader" — aka Mirror Universe Saru (Doug Jones) . These refugees fled the Mirror Universe on the ISS Enterprise, and the ship ended up in a pocket of interdimensional space where it sat for the next several centuries. Aside from this visit, the ISS Enterprise remained in the state it had been left in for centuries until Moll, L'ak, Captain Burnham, and Cleveland Booker boarded the ship in their pursuit of the Progenitors' treasure.

One of the original refugees named Dr. Cho paid a visit to the Mirror Universe Enterprise sometime in the 24th century to hide a clue leading to the location of the Progenitors' technology.

How Long Has Each USS Enterprise Lasted In Star Trek?

Starships named enterprise see their fair share of dangerous missions..

Many incarnations of the USS Enterprise were completely destroyed through Star Trek , but some were simply decommissioned. The original Enterprise NX-01 commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) survived its historic mission in Star Trek: Enterprise , eventually winding up on display at the Fleet Museum on Athan Prime. The USS Enterprise commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and Captain James Kirk saw 40 years of service before it was destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . The Kelvin Universe version of the Enterprise in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies was destroyed by Krall (Idris Elba) in the third film, Star Trek Beyond .

Star Trek: Picard season 3 left the fate of the USS Enterprise-E commanded by Captain Worf (Michael Dorn) as an open question, and what happened to the USS Enterprise-B is unknown.

After being commissioned at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , the USS Enterprise-A served for only 7 years before finding a home at the Fleet Museum. The USS Enterprise-C was fated to be destroyed in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's "Yesterday's Enterprise." The USS Enterprise-D of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) was the Federation flagship for 8 years before it crashed on Veridian III in Star Trek Generations. The D was restored in Star Trek: Picard season 3, which also revealed the USS Enterprise-F was retired to make way for the USS Enterprise-G. Ultimately, no version of the USS Enterprise has survived anywhere near as long as the ISS Enterprise found in Star Trek: Discovery .

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