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B'Elanna Torres

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• 1.1 Early life and career
• 1.2 The Maquis
• 1.3.1 The first year
• 1.3.4 The Borg
• 1.3.6 Alien race encounters
• 1.3.7 Personal issues
• 1.3.8 Klingon issues
• 1.3.10 2377
• 1.4 Life after Voyager
• 1.5 Alternate timelines
• 2 Starfleet service record
• 3 Chronology
• 4.1 Connections
• 4.2.1 Appearances
• 4.2.2 References
• 4.3 External link

Biography [ ]

Early life and career [ ].

B'Elanna Torres, daughter of John Torres and Miral Torres , was born on Kessik IV in 2349 . Due to the current tensions between the Federation and the Klingon Empire , B'Elanna and Miral were the only Klingons that resided on Kessik IV, which caused some friction between Miral and John. ( VOY episodes : " Faces ", " Barge of the Dead ", " Lineage ", " Author, Author ")

In 2354 , when she was five years old, B'Elanna saved the life of Erva Konal in a fire-chute cavern on Kessik. Shortly after, John Torres left the colony for Earth leaving B'Elanna and her mother behind. Young B'Elanna was traumatized when her father left and spent years blaming the abandonment on her Klingon anger and attempted to make herself more human. ( VOY novel : Pathways ; VOY episode : " Barge of the Dead ")

At age 18 (in 2367 ), B'Elanna entered Starfleet Academy . B'Elanna soon found it that she was not prepared for the rigid structure and rules of Academy life and left the Academy in her second year. While at the Academy, she briefly dated one of her few friends there, Maxwell Burke , who also contemplated leaving. ( VOY episode & novelization : Equinox )

The Maquis [ ]

Torres later joined the Maquis after leaving Starfleet, and they would become the closest thing to family she had. Torres would work under the leadership of Chakotay . ( VOY episode & novelization : Caretaker )

B'Elanna aboard the Val Jean in 2371

Chakotay once taught her to speak to her "animal guide". However, she decided to stop trying to speak with it when she tried to kill it. ( VOY episode : " The Cloud ")

In 2371 , when their ship, the Val Jean , was being chased into the Badlands by Gul Aman Evek 's flagship , the Vetar , it was mysteriously transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker -entity. After the crew was subjected to a painful examination, the crews of Voyager and the Maquis vessel were returned to their ships, with the exception of B'Elanna and Harry Kim , who were sent by the Caretaker to an Ocampa settlement beneath the surface of a planet, where they were told that they were dying and needed medical care. Torres refused to cooperate and attempted to escape. Both were rescued by the crews of Voyager and the Maquis. The Val Jean would be later destroyed and its crew, including Torres, joined the Federation starship , USS Voyager . ( VOY episode & novelization : Caretaker )

Aboard the USS Voyager [ ]

The first year [ ].

Since the two crews were stranded together in the Delta Quadrant, they were forced to work together as a single crew. Torres was initially assigned the provisional rank of lieutenant junior grade. Torres had difficulty getting along with the temporary chief engineer, Joe Carey . She was recommended as a replacement chief engineer by Chakotay. However, Kathryn Janeway opposed this decision. After Voyager became trapped in a quantum singularity , Torres proved her skills to Janeway and earned her respect. Janeway then gave Torres the provisional rank of full lieutenant (giving her rank parity with Carey) and made her chief engineer over Carey. ( VOY episode : " Parallax ")

While exploring a nebula, Torres discovered that it was actually a living creature and that by entering the cloud-like being, Voyager had wounded it. Torres and Janeway, using a shuttle, were able to heal the wounded creature. Each gained a new respect for the other. ( VOY episode : " The Cloud ")

Later that same year, Torres was captured by Vidiians , who experimented on her. A Vidiian named Sulan , who had learned that Klingon DNA was resistant to the Phage , separated Torres's Klingon DNA from her. This left Torres fully human, while creating another Torres that was pure Klingon. The Klingon Torres gave her life to save the Human Torres and, once aboard Voyager, the Doctor was able to use the remains to recombine the Klingon elements back into Torres's DNA. ( VOY episode : " Faces ")

While visiting the Sikarians , she learned that they possessed the ability to fold space and travel great distances. This would have greatly reduced the length of Voyager's journey, but the aliens refused to share their technology because of their own Prime Directive . She wanted to steal the technology or make an illegal trade for it, but Janeway ordered her not to do so. She ignored Janeway's order and arranged a meeting with one of the aliens. She was shocked when Tuvok assisted her, but the technology was not compatible with Voyager. ( VOY episode : " Prime Factors ")

The following year she was imprisoned by the Mokra Order while trying to secure tellerium , and was later rescued by Janeway. ( VOY episode : " Resistance ")

She was also kidnapped by automated personnel units created by an extinct race to fight their wars. The units wanted Torres to help create new units. They had been unable to stabilize their power units. Torres was able to create a prototype from which they could create more units. She found out that their former creators had called off the war, but the units refused to stop and killed their creators. As different units arrived from the other side of the war, a battle ensued. The new prototype that Torres had created would have allowed the Pralor robots to win their war against the Cravic robots. Torres destroyed the prototype, and was beamed aboard Voyager , while the units continued their war. ( VOY episode : " Prototype ")

Later, Voyager encountered an automated missile that had been reprogrammed by Torres while she was still in the Maquis. They found that it had been brought into the Delta Quadrant and was heading toward an inhabited planet. Torres was able to beam aboard it and, with some difficulty, deactivate it. ( VOY episode : " Dreadnought ")

At first she refused to let The Doctor harvest some of her brain tissue to find a cure for the Phage when Denara Pel , a Vidiian scientist for whom The Doctor had romantic feelings, was beamed aboard Voyager (Klingon DNA is resistant to the Phage). She later consented and it helped The Doctor retard the Phage in Pel. ( VOY episode : " Lifesigns ")

Torres and Kim had their consciousnesses captured in a Kohl hibernation status control by an evil entity known as The Clown . She was released to inform Janeway that if they tried to disable the program the Clown would kill the Kohl and Kim. ( VOY episode : " The Thaw ")

She was stranded on a hostile planet when the Kazon took over Voyager. She helped rescue Neelix and Kes from a primitive tribe on the planet. ( VOY episode : " Basics ")

B'Elanna in 2373.

While Voyager was transporting a group of Enarans , Torres began having dreams of genocide against members of their race known as "the regressives". In her dreams, Torres was reliving the experiences of an Enaran named Jora Mirell . The real Mirell was transmitting her memories to Torres. After Mirell died, Torres confronted the Enarans who denied any knowledge of the event; they left, but not before Torres was able to transfer the memories to another Enaran. ( VOY episode : " Remember ")

In another encounter, Torres and Tom Paris were attacked by unknown aliens. She was able to recover and get Paris back to Voyager for medical care. ( VOY episode : " The Swarm ")

Later that year, Torres was affected by the pon farr when Vorik , a Vulcan crewmate, tried to mate with her. This spurred her Klingon mating instincts which caused many problems. This also led to the first obvious hints of a relationship with Tom Paris. While under the influence of the pon farr, Torres and Paris shared a passionate kiss and intimate revelations about their feelings toward each other. But after fighting with Vorik in the ritual challenge which purged her of the fever, she only vaguely acknowledged what happened. ( VOY episode : " Blood Fever ")

Torres reprogrammed the Doctor's perfect holo-family into a more realistic example of family life, which caused him distress but ultimately gave him a better understanding of family life and its problems. She helped end the crew's imprisonment by the Nyrians when the crew was imprisoned on a bio-sphere ship. Torres reconfigured The Doctor's optical sensors so that he could detect passages that led to different biospheres. This enabled them to access a translocation system that allowed the crew to escape. ( VOY episode : " Real Life ")

She also took part in a holoprogram about a mutiny on Voyager that Tuvok had programed as a training exercise for his security detail. The program turned deadly after being tampered with by Seska when she had been on the ship two years earlier. ( VOY episode : " Worst Case Scenario ")

The Borg [ ]

During Voyager's first contact with the Borg , she helped to engineer nanoprobes that were used as weapons against Species 8472 , who had become a threat not only to Voyager , but to the Borg as well. When Seven of Nine , on board Voyage r, attempted to assimilate the vessel after the Species 8472 threat had been eliminated, Torres created a power surge through Seven that disabled her. This severed Seven's link to the Borg Collective . ( VOY episodes : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ")

She took part in the attempt to steal a Borg transwarp coil that would shorten Voyager's journey home. When Seven had been lured back to the collective in the heist, Torres manned the weapons systems allowing the Delta Flyer to rescue Seven. ( VOY episode : " Dark Frontier ")

During the last year of Voyager's trip home, Torres helped to bring a crippling blow to the Borg. She, along with Janeway, and Tuvok, allowed themselves to be assimilated by the Borg. But the assimilation was only of her body. She utilized an inoculation administered by the Doctor before the mission that kept her mind from being assimilated, and thus kept her from becoming a Borg drone. She implanted a pathogen into the collective which slowly brought various Borg drones out of the collective consciousness. This led to a Borg civil war. ( VOY episode : " Unimatrix Zero ")

B'Elanna in 2374

Torres had difficulty controlling her anger. She verbally attacked Seven finding it hard to believe she had no 'sense of guilt' for her past as a Borg. While trying to modify the warp core it became critical and had to be dumped. Paris and Torres left in a shuttle to retrieve it. Upon finding it they discovered a Caatati trying to salvage it and after a brief fight the shuttle was destroyed with the two left in space in their spacesuits. As their air dwindled, Torres was forced to confront her true feelings and told Paris she loved him, just as Voyager , which retrieved the core from the Caatati, arrived to rescue them. ( VOY episode & novelization : Day of Honor )

She accompanied The Doctor on an away mission to save a another sentient hologram stranded on a disabled ship. Torres discovered that the hologram had killed the organics on the ship, and had gone mad. She was able to deactivate him before he killed her. ( VOY episode : " Revulsion ")

Torres was used as a pawn in an illegal trade of violent thoughts on the planet Mari . She was imprisoned for transferring violent thought to the citizens, but Tuvok proved her innocence. ( VOY episode : " Random Thoughts ")

During the Hirogen takeover of Voyager , when they used the crew in various hunting scenarios, she was a pregnant resistance fighter carrying the baby of one of the German Officers who had taken advantage of her. ( VOY episodes : " The Killing Game ", " The Killing Game, Part II ")

An alien switched bodies with Paris and claimed his life aboard Voyager . For a time he even fooled Torres. ( VOY episode : " Vis à Vis ")

After examining a substance she had discovered on a toxic planet, Torres found that the substance was sentient and could duplicate life forms. She was one of the crew who allowed her DNA to be duplicated by the aliens so that they could experience consciousness. ( VOY episode : " Demon ")

In late 2374, after Voyager 's encounter with Arturis, B'Elanna and Seven of Nine crash-landed on the planet Monorha. In order to keep B'Elanna alive after sustaining injuries in the crash, Seven was forced to assimilate her -- and soon the two women formed a mini-Collective. ( VOY - String Theory novel : Cohesion )

Alien race encounters [ ]

In 2375 , Torres was attacked by a cytoplasmic lifeform that attached itself to her and used her organs to stay alive. The Doctor saved her using a hologram of a Cardassian doctor named Crell Moset . Torres refused to allow Moset to operate on her because he was Cardassian (albeit a holographic one). Moset was in fact a war criminal who had experimented on Bajoran prisoners. When Torres' condition became critical, Captain Janeway decided to let Moset operate on her, despite Torres' wishes. ( VOY episode : " Nothing Human ")

The previous year she had allowed her DNA to be duplicated by the bio-mimetic beings on the Demon planet . In 2375 her counterpart married the Paris duplicate, and later died from subspace radiation with the rest of the duplicated crew. ( VOY episode : " Course: Oblivion ")

Torres encountered the Malon again when she was part of an away team that entered a Malon vessel to shut it down before it exploded and contaminated space with theta radiation. She discovered that the rupture was made by a Malon named Dremk who wished to show the danger of transporting theta radiation . When he refused to let her seal the ruptured tanks, he attacked her and she killed him to save herself and Voyager . ( VOY episode : " Juggernaut ")

The next year she met up with an old flame from Starfleet Academy, Maxwell Burke, who was stranded in the Delta Quadrant on the USS Equinox . The two ships came in conflict when it was discovered that the Equinox was killing sentient creatures for an energy source. ( VOY novelization : Equinox )

Personal issues [ ]

In 2374, Voyager , using a Hirogen communication system, made contact with Starfleet. Torres became extremely depressed when she learned that most of her Maquis friends had been killed by the Dominion . Months later, she began taking unnecessary risks, such as using the holodeck with its safety protocols turned off. Along with Paris and Kim, she launched a new shuttle called the Delta Flyer in which they encountered the Malon species. During a battle with them, she devised a way to contain a gas leak and save the crew and the shuttle. This made Torres feel needed again, and her depression subsided. ( VOY episodes : " Hunters ", " Extreme Risk ")

Klingon issues [ ]

Torres was in an accident and when in a coma she found herself in Klingon Hell, Gre'thor . There she met her mother, Miral, who told her that Torres' rejection of Klingon ways had doomed them both. When Torres woke up, she asked to be put into a coma again so she could save her mother. The doctor did as she asked. Her mother was saved not by Torres dying for her or by performing Klingon rituals, but rather by Torres living a good life and being true to herself. ( VOY episode : " Barge of the Dead ")

She again confronted her Klingon side when she became pregnant. She was afraid to have a baby because she thought that the baby would suffer as she had during her childhood. She found out that the child had a deformed spine that the doctor could correct genetically in the womb. When she saw a projection of the child and discovered it had Klingon ridges, she questioned whether she wanted the child. She asked the doctor to make further genetic changes so that the child would not have Klingon features. She falsely altered a diagnostic test that convinced the doctor that the changes were necessary.

Paris found out about the false report and stopped the doctor from performing the procedure. He discovered that she blamed herself for her father having left her because she was Klingon. Paris convinced her that he would never do that and wanted a child just like her. She believed him and accepted the pregnancy as is. ( VOY episode : " Lineage ")

Voyager encountered a Klingon generational ship. They were on a quest to find the savior of the Klingon race, the kuvah'magh . The captain of the Klingon ship, Kohlar , believed her child to be the kuvah'magh. They initiated the self-destruct sequence which in turn caused a warp core breach and Janeway transported their entire crew on board to save them. Kohlar wanted B'Elanna to help him convince his crew that her child really was their savior. When she was insulted by a Klingon warrior, Tom accepted a challenge from him to defend her honor. The warrior collapsed in the battle and the Doctor discovered the Nehret , a fatal disease, caused the collapse. Because the Nehret is only contagious to Klingons, she and the baby became infected. Because of this Kohlar's group no longer believed the child could be their savior and they tried to take over Voyager , but failed. The Doctor discovered a cure to the Nehret using the baby's immune system. The Klingons finally came to believe that the baby was their savior and Janeway dropped them off on an uninhabited M-Class planet. Torres and Paris considered the name Kuvah'Magh for their baby. ( VOY episode : " Prophecy ")

Torres battled an alien space craft with a bio-neural interface in order to save Paris. " Alice " attempted to kill Torres by sealing a hatch in the shuttle and shutting off life support systems. Paris saved her. ( VOY episode : " Alice ")

She fought the Vaadwaur , who, after reviving from stasis, tried to capture Voyager. ( VOY episode : " Dragon's Teeth ") Torres crashed on a planet where, in exchange for parts to repair the shuttle, she told Kelis , a poet, stories he later used to amuse the head of his planet. ( VOY episode : " Muse ")

Icheb became infatuated with Torres after he thought she was giving him signals that she was interested in him. ( VOY episode : " Nightingale ")

She wed Paris after an interstellar starship race that Irina , one of the participants, tried to sabotage and thereby destroy the peace in the area. She had joined Paris in the race because she wished to share his interests. A bomb was planted on their ship, but they were able to eject it in time. They married after the race. ( VOY episode : " Drive ")

After holograms used by the Hirogen became self-aware, they rebelled and killed many Hirogen. The holograms were led by Iden , who believed that all organics should be destroyed. After their holoprograms became unstable during a battle with the Hirogen and Voyager, Torres, an expert on holo-emitters , was kidnapped. At first believing that they only wanted to be left alone, Torres helped enhance their technology. Once she realized that Iden was bent on destroying organics, she stopped him with the aid of the Doctor. Torres asked Janeway to let the other holograms go and Janeway agreed. ( VOY episode : " Flesh and Blood ")

Torres built a polaron modulator that helped Voyager escape a void in space that trapped ships. ( VOY episode : " The Void ")

During the final battle with the Borg which led to Voyager 's return home, Torres gave birth to her daughter, Miral Paris , named for B'Elanna's mother. ( VOY episode : " Endgame ")

Life after Voyager [ ]

Upon return to the Alpha Quadrant, Torres was promoted to Lieutenant Commander . She then went to the planet Boreth to find her mother, Miral. She eventually found her, and the two began rapprochement, when Miral was mortally wounded by a wild animal. This animal was the mother of a younger animal B'Elanna had hunted for food. The mother had stalked B'Elanna for some time until it eventually attacked the two women. After killing the animal, Miral then asked her daughter to perform the hegh'bat . Knowing that the only other outcome was her mother suffering a slow, painful death, a heartbroken B'Elanna carried out her wishes. After reuniting with her husband and daughter, the family moved to Boreth to pursue prophecies about the infant. At last report, B'Elanna had made what she considered a significant discovery in the scrolls and received a warning of a threat against Miral's life. ( VOY novels : Homecoming , The Farther Shore , Old Wounds , Enemy of My Enemy )

Miral was eventually kidnapped by a Klingon religious group that considered her to be the eventual savior of the Klingon people and believed that only they could protect her until it was time to fulfill her destiny. B'Elanna convinced this group that she could protect her daughter, but Miral was still at risk from another Klingon group that wanted her dead. To escape them, Torres and Paris developed a plan where the two would pretend to separate and B'Elanna and Miral would fake their deaths. ( VOY novel : Full Circle )

As a result, in 2381, Torres and Miral Paris' names were appended to a casualty list sent to Starfleet Command in Sector 22093 of those confirmed dead as a result of the Borg attacks in the Alpha Quadrant. ( ST novel : A Singular Destiny )

In reality B'Elanna and Miral journeyed into the Delta Quadrant where they rendezvoused with the Project Full Circle fleet. Shortly after new fleet commander, Afsarah Eden , offered B'Elanna a chance to return to active duty, creating for her the position of Fleet Chief Engineer , which she accepted. ( VOY novel : Unworthy )

Fleet chief engineer Torres in 2381 .

When helping various refugee children from the former Borg Cooperative , Miral spent some time playing with the other children, later giving them her old toys as she wanted them to have toys that had already known love, rather than simply replicating new ones. As one of his last acts, Q arranged for the deaths of the religious group who had driven them away, wanting to spare Miral the burden of being her people's messiah after experiencing it himself. It was subsequently revealed that B'Elanna was pregnant again, subsequent tests revealing that she was going to have a son. ( VOY novels : The Eternal Tide , Protectors )

In June 2382 , B'Elanna and Tom welcomed their second child, Michael Owen Paris . ( VOY novel : A Pocket Full of Lies )

In September 2382 , as Voyager prepared for a new expedition far beyond the Federation, B'Elanna and Tom reluctantly transferred off the ship for the sake of their family, promising each other that if they didn't like their new assignments, they'd request a transfer back to Voyager once the ship returned to Federation space. ( VOY novel : To Lose the Earth )

Alternate timelines [ ]

In an alternate timeline , Torres and Captain Kathryn Janeway were both killed during a Krenim attack on Voyager in 2373 . Tom Paris was devastated by her death but he managed to cope with it thanks to Kes , whom he later married. ( VOY episode : " Before and After ")

In another alternate timeline encountered by the crew of Deep Space 9 in 2374 , Torres, along with Voyager and her crew, returned to the Alpha Quadrant at an unspecified time. As in the proper timeline, she married Tom Paris . Sometime after returning to the Alpha Quadrant, Torres and Paris were both assigned to the USS Enterprise -F under Captain William T. Riker . However, Torres was killed along with the rest of the Enterprise 's crew when she was lost with all hands during the destruction of Earth . ( DS9 novel : The War of the Prophets )

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It's Time We Appreciate B'Elanna Torres

Voyager's chief engineer had a journey that resonated with fans.

CONTENT WARNING: This article mentions depression and suicidal ideations, as depicted in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Extreme Risk."

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There are an astounding number of amazing women to be appreciated in Star Trek , and none more so than those in Star Trek: Voyager .

The series gave us our first woman captain — Captain Janeway — something long overdue. Seven of Nine bridged the gap between human and machine with a surprising look at the Borg. Kes brought curiosity, warmth, and kindness in the face of mortality. B’Elanna Torres showed how your past trauma doesn’t have to define you, how racial stereotypes don’t define you, and how a woman can achieve whatever she puts her mind to, even when that mind wants to work against her.

There should be more appreciation for B’Elanna Torres.

Torres arguably has one of the best arcs of any character on Voyager . Not only does she develop as a character over all seven seasons, but she grows in a multi-faceted way with great depth. She starts as an angry outlaw who has been tortured and seen great trauma; someone who is fiercely at war with herself and her half-Klingon heritage, and someone who is loathe to trust anyone. Yet she finds herself on the U.S.S. Voyager posted as a lieutenant in engineering and has to adapt to an entirely new way of life.

Early on, in the episode “Faces,” B’Elanna finds herself split into two different people — one is fully Klingon, the other is fully human. It’s in this episode she has to truly wrestle with her identity, rather literally in some parts. It’s an in-depth look at not only her self-hatred, but also self-love. While it’s a continual theme throughout multiple seasons, B’Elanna’s struggle with her identity starts off with a bang in this scenario. She is given the choice of who she wants to be, which parts of herself she wants to accept. B’Elanna ultimately has the choice whether to look fully human or not; she ultimately decides to choose herself as she has always been.

This doesn’t wrap up those struggles however, which is actually to be appreciated. Her struggles don’t go away, nor do her thoughts of hating her Klingon heritage or struggling to come to terms with it. But it changes, moment by moment. She grows to accept herself over the course of the series, showing the audience that self-love and acceptance is a process. There’s no magical switch or procedure that can make you adore yourself. Not even in the 24th Century.

“Extreme Risk” is another episode that truly highlights the importance of B’Elanna’s character, as she grapples with depression and suicidal ideation. Upon finding out many of her Maquis friends were killed by the Cardassians and the Dominion, with whom they were recently allied, she intentionally puts herself in grave danger, almost hoping it will kill her. Her diagnosis of clinical depression is a critical moment not only for her character, but for Star Trek itself. It’s handled with care and compassion by the writers, as well as by B’Elanna’s friends and colleagues on Voyager .

They give her the space she needs while also making sure to help her in any way that they possibly can. It gives depth to B’Elanna’s character. She hasn’t forgotten her trauma with the Maquis and her fellow crew, or the suffering she watched others endure. It becomes a part of her character as much as it helps propel her forward. She is able to cope with the memories and depression, but isn’t magically cured. It won’t define her, but it is a part of her.

B’Elanna starts the series as a lieutenant, but a year into her position, she is promoted to chief of engineering. No small feat; definitely worth celebrating and appreciating. B’Elanna being the chief engineer is still, sadly, somewhat surprising in Voyager . This could very well be because of the fact women are not appreciated as engineers today.

Only 13% of engineers are women; despite there being a 58% increase in bachelor degrees awarded in engineering and computer science to women between 2012-2017, according to the Society of Women Engineers . The same report states that only 6.1% of those degrees were awarded to women of color, which is particularly important to note as both B’Elanna Torres and Roxann Dawson, the actress who portrays her, are Latinx.

One would like to think that, by the time Voyager takes place in the 24th Century, it would be relatively commonplace for women to be chief engineers. If nothing else, B’Elanna Torres displays a bravado and determination, as well as the skill, to be a prime example of what is possible.

Ultimately, B’Elanna finds love with Tom Paris; something she never thought she would given her heritage and appearance. Moreover, she has a child with him. In a sense, one could say B’Elanna eventually got it all. However, it wasn’t easy. She struggled, she failed, and she suffered. But, she also kept fighting.

So raise a glass to Chief of Engineering B’Elanna Torres, be it champagne or red bloodwine. She deserves it!

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'Star Trek: Voyager's 7 Best B'Elanna Torres Episodes

Your essential guide to Voyager’s chief engineer.

From the moment she debuted on Star Trek: Voyager , B’Elanna Torres ( Roxann Dawson ) became a unique addition to the franchise. The half-Klingon-half-human former Maquis rebel was serving as the chief engineer aboard the Maquis ship Val Jean when the ship was pulled into the Badlands and stranded in the Delta Quadrant. After the Val Jean was destroyed, B’Elanna, along with the rest of the Maquis, were absorbed into the crew of the USS Voyager.

With her quick temper and no-nonsense attitude, B'Elanna chafed against Starfleet's rules even while performing her duties as an exemplary Chief Engineer. Over the course of seven seasons, she struggled with the anger that stemmed from how she was treated because of her mixed heritage, her insecurities about her relationships, and her place in Starfleet. B’Elanna’s journey to self-acceptance has resonated with many fans and is one of the best parts of the show. It’s been 20 years since Star Trek: Voyager ended, and this is a great time to appreciate one of the more nuanced characters in the franchise.

To celebrate B’Elanna Torres, we present one episode from each season of Star Trek: Voyager that showcases the many facets of her character.

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Season 1, Episode 14: “Faces”

This is the B’Elanna Torres episode that introduces the layers and characterization we’ve come to love about the character. While on an away mission, B’Elanna and her team are captured by an alien species called the Vidiians. This species suffers from the devastating Phage and has developed superior medical skills that they use to split B’Elanna into two people – one fully human and one fully Klingon. B’Elanna’s life-long identity struggle becomes a literal battle when she’s facing herself.

"Faces" was the fourteenth episode in the first season, and it didn’t pull any punches. This was a poignant look at the struggles faced by many people from minority communities. Whether you’re of mixed race, part of the diaspora, or as in my case, struggling to belong in your own home country, B’Elanna’s sense of self, as well as her self-loathing brought on by years of bullying and racism, remains a relevant topic over two decades later.

Season 2, Episode 13: “Prototype”

Star Trek: Voyager is often criticized for its poor writing , and there are some valid arguments to back that claim. However, the show never shied away from being thought-provoking. In "Prototype," we see B’Elanna Torres work her engineering magic to bring a sentient robot to life. However, this exciting new discovery turns sour when the robot’s ulterior motives prove deadly.

B’Elanna is faced with a difficult decision in this episode, and it echoes society's ongoing conversation around the militarization of technology. She is captured by the robot who wants her to build his army. To protect Voyager, B’Elanna creates a prototype that she is proud of, but its existence not only goes against the Prime Directive, but could tip the scales in a devastating war. The episode leaves us wondering, "What would we do in B’Elanna’s shoes?"

Season 3, Episode 16: “Blood Fever”

A Vulcan ensign Vorik ( Alexander Enberg ) undergoes pon farr (the Vulcan mating cycle that happens every seven years) and decides B’Elanna must be his partner. When a mind-meld goes wrong, B’Elanna starts experiencing the same chemical imbalances as Vorik, except she’s got her eyes on someone else.

If you were ever a hormonal teenager, "Blood Fever" got you hot under the collar. This episode subverts some of the gendered romantic tropes we’re used to seeing in pop culture, as B’Elanna is the romantic aggressor in this episode, while her object of desire, Lieutenant Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ), has to fend off her advances. The episode manages to balance the subject of latent feelings and consent while creating the foundation for one of Star Trek ’s greatest, underappreciated romances. You also have to hand it to the Star Trek: Voyager writers, who resolved the tense situation by letting B’Elanna herself, instead of any of the male characters, participate in the ritual fight against Vorik herself.

Season 4, Episode 3: “Day of Honor”

Klingon fever is in the air as it’s the Day of Honor, a Klingon tradition involving self-reflection, and this year, B’Elanna has promised to observe it. Except, she has the worst day ever. Everything goes wrong: She oversleeps, has to work with her archnemesis Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ), ends up dumping the warp core, and then her and Tom’s shuttle is destroyed, leaving the two of them adrift in space with punctured space suits and fast-diminishing oxygen supplies. Some Day of Honor B’Elanna’s having!

This is a quintessential Star Trek episode, but also a character study. How many characters can face so many figurative beatdowns and still get back up? B’Elanna is resilient, and you feel for her with every defeat. Yet, there’s a win in the end. B’Elanna finally reveals to Tom how she feels about him, which sets her on the path to accepting that she’s worthy of love and friendship.

Season 5, Episode 20: “Juggernaut”

B’Elanna and Neelix ( Ethan Phillips ) join a Malon crew to repair their toxic ship before it explodes and takes Voyager with it. Tensions are high, as the Malon homeworld creates masses of radioactive waste which they dump in unsuspecting areas of the quadrant. On top of that, there are whispers of a boogeyman haunting the Malon ship. B’Elanna’s temper is short; she’s been dealing with personal losses, the ship is disgusting and they’re on a deadline before the radiation affects them. More than that, B’Elanna can’t abide this species’ ignorant policies.

This episode is a tough watch; while the horror aspect is entertaining, B’Elanna’s choice near the end of the episode is hard to digest. She’s left with a Catch-22 situation of either losing her life or her soul — which one should she choose? Even after numerous rewatches, you’ll still find yourself wanting to console B’Elanna and wishing she’d forgive herself for her actions. I definitely do.

Season 6, Episode 3: “Barge of the Dead”

And speaking of souls, in “Barge of the Dead,” B’Elanna must contend with how she’s "dishonored" her heritage during a near-death experience. B’Elanna is certain that because of her ignorance and hatred of her Klingon beliefs, she has damned her mother, Miral ( Karen Austin ), to Gre'thor , the Klingon Hell. She enters a comatose state to revisit the Barge of the Dead and complete several Klingon rituals in an effort to save her mother.

The core message of the episode is to stop fighting who you are, and it’s an essential step in B’Elanna’s journey to self-acceptance. Her attitude towards her heritage changes from this point forward, and she definitely embraces her Klingon side more, if not wholeheartedly. This episode also includes this epic line of dialogue that can’t be missed: "You! Kahless! The tooth fairy! Anybody who will tell me what I am supposed to do!"

Season 7, Episode 3: “Drive”

By Season 7, Tom and B’Elanna are a well-established couple, but their relationship isn’t without its pitfalls, many of which come to the fore in "Drive." Tom is head over heels in love with B’Elanna, but she is still unsure of being in a committed relationship, and finds it challenging to put herself and her happiness first. When Tom gets the opportunity to represent Voyager in a space race, he scuppers B’Elanna’s plans for a romantic holodeck getaway in favor of the race.

In this episode, we get the chance to view this science-fiction romance through a realistic lens. Are Tom and B’Elanna just too different to belong together? And do those differences mean they’re a mok'tah – a bad match? The key to their success is simple: they just need to communicate.

Selecting just seven episodes to represent the complex and compelling character that is B’Elanna Torres was not an easy task. But this is an essential highlight reel to understand why B’Elanna still endures as a favorite Star Trek character.

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Dreadnought (episode)

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• 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 Story and script
• 3.3 Wardrobe, sets, production, and effects
• 3.4 Continuity and trivia
• 3.5 Reception
• 3.6 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 References
• 4.7 External links

Summary [ ]

The Doctor and Kes are conducting a prenatal exam on Ensign Samantha Wildman and are discussing possible names for Samantha's baby, the difficulty of which The Doctor can sympathize; he has reviewed databases from over five hundred worlds but has yet to find anything suitable for his own name. Samantha has been considering naming the child after her husband, Greskrendtregk , because it is a tradition in his family but she would prefer something simpler. She suggests Cameron , Frederick and Sural , but The Doctor discounts each possibility. Cameron is from the ancient Celtic for "one whose nose is bent," Frederick bears a resemblance to an impolite term on the Bolian homeworld and Sural, which was a Vulcan name, was also the name of a brutal dictator on Sakura Prime . Kes suggests Benaren , her father's name, and both The Doctor and Wildman like the name. However, The Doctor is hurt that Kes never suggested the name for him.

Meanwhile on the bridge , the crew is investigating a debris field and are concerned because it would take a very powerful weapon to cause so much damage to the duritanium -hulled unmanned probe . Upon investigation, Commander Chakotay and Lieutenant jg B'Elanna Torres find that a powerful Cardassian weapon caused the destruction. Captain Kathryn Janeway asks if Seska could be involved but Torres reveals that she herself was responsible.

Act One [ ]

The bridge crew gathers in the briefing room , although Lt. jg Tom Paris arrives late and disheveled, to hear Torres' explanation. She reveals that the probe was destroyed by an experimental Cardassian missile from the Alpha Quadrant which the Maquis had acquired. They surmise that the Caretaker must have brought the missile to the Delta Quadrant in the same way as the USS Voyager because the last time they saw the probe it was headed into the same area of the Badlands where Voyager was taken. Chakotay explains that the weapon is a self-guided tactical missile armed with 1,000 kilograms each of matter and antimatter , its own defensive weaponry and one of the most sophisticated computer systems that Torres had ever seen. The Maquis nicknamed the missile Dreadnought after the famous British battleship of the early 20th century. Neelix asks how the Maquis stopped the missile, to which Chakotay replies that they didn't. The Dreadnought made it through all of their defenses but despite its tactical sophistication, the Cardassians had armed it with an old kinetic detonator which failed to go off when it reached its target. Torres got inside the missile and reprogrammed it, giving it a new identity and making it work for the Maquis. They then sent it off on a mission to destroy the Cardassian fuel depot on Aschelan V but it never made it out of the Badlands and they assumed it was destroyed in the plasma storms. Torres says she can modify Voyager 's sensors to find the Dreadnought and then she can get back inside and shut it down. The crew is dismissed but Chakotay confronts Paris about his tardiness and the untidiness of his uniform.

While Paris and Torres work on reconfiguring the sensors, she reveals that Chakotay had not told the whole truth during the briefing. She says that they didn't send the probe to attack the Cardassians; she had done it alone without Chakotay's permission. After Chakotay found out he confronted her and said that she had hurt him because he thought he had earned her trust and loyalty. Torres regretted her actions and was relieved when the probe disappeared. Now she feels that if anyone gets hurt by the Dreadnought , it will be her fault. Paris tries to console her and the conversation switches to his own problems fitting in. Torres says that people are starting to talk about his behavior and she asks if it's true that Paris got in a fight with Lt. Rollins . Paris said the lieutenant had hassled him about the punctuation on his conn reports not being up to Starfleet protocol . Paris admits that Rollins was right about the reports and that he himself was beginning to feel that he did not fit in on Voyager .

Voyager eventually finds the Dreadnought 's warp trail , which is erratic due to an evasive pattern that had been programmed in, indicating that the missile sensed them following it and took evasive action. Once they find the missile, Torres realizes that its targeting scanners have been activated, which is not supposed to happen until it has locked onto its final target. Scanning its trajectory, they find that the Dreadnought has locked on to a planet approximately ten light years away and will take about three weeks to reach its destination. Much to the crew's dismay, the planet is class M with several heavily populated areas.

Act Two [ ]

Michael Jonas makes another call to the Kazon-Nistrim and wants to tell Seska about the weapon but his Kazon contact, Lorrum , won't let him speak to her directly. Before Jonas can give a full report to the Kazon, he must get off the comm line because someone else is about to make a subspace transmission and might discover him.

On the bridge, Janeway has made contact with First Minister Kellan of Rakosa V , the planet toward which the probe is headed. The first minister has been tracking Voyager and the missile, but had not yet determined what it was. When Janeway tells the minister that the object is a powerful missile, he first believes that she is making a threat against the planet. The minister says that Voyager has a reputation for threatening many races since its arrival in the Delta Quadrant. Janeway says that the Kazon have been spreading those lies to prevent them from making allies and that the Voyager crew is going to try to stop the missile, but Kellan is still skeptical and says he will put his planet's defense forces on alert.

Meanwhile, Dreadnought has accepted Torres' access codes and she beams over to the missile, where her identity is confirmed by a DNA scan. The missile, which speaks with Torres' own voice, greets her. The probe states that Torres' last systems access was on stardate 47582. The current date is 49447, time 0840 hours . Torres begins to try to find what is wrong with the missile's programming to make it lock onto the wrong target. The missile's computer argues that the planet it is targeting is in fact Aschelan V , based on parameters such as size, radiothermic signature and atmospheric composition and it refuses to believe Torres when she says that the missile has the wrong planet targeted. Torres is unable to access the missile's navigation system because it is at Stage 3 alert status, a safety measure which Torres remembers was her idea. As she starts working on another way to get at the system, Torres asks the Dreadnought what happened to it on the day after her last systems access. The computer confirms that it encountered a coherent tetryon beam, which Torres realizes must have damaged the Dreadnought 's sensors. After some modifications, she has the missile reinitialize its navigational system which causes the missile to realize it is in the Delta Quadrant. Since Aschelan V is not in the Delta Quadrant, the probe stands down from Stage 3, deactivates the target lock and assumes Stage 4 alert status. Janeway immediately contacts Torres, reporting that the missile's engines have shut down. Believing her mission was accomplished, Torres packs up her gear, puts the missile in Stage 5 status power-saving mode and bids the Dreadnought goodnight as she beams back to Voyager .

Later, however, while Torres, Chakotay and Janeway discuss the possibility of salvaging parts from the Dreadnought for use on Voyager, Paris interrupts to report that the Dreadnought has suddenly powered up and jumped to warp nine, putting it on an intercept course with Rakosa V which it will reach in 51 hours.

Act Three [ ]

Voyager attacks Dreadnought

Voyager chases after the probe, which no longer responds to Torres' access codes, making it impossible for her to beam over. Janeway orders Tuvok to fire on the missile, in an attempt to disable its drive systems. Chakotay informs her that the missile was programmed to adapt to all known weapon types, including Starfleet 's, but Janeway is optimistic that Voyager 's type 6 photon torpedos , which weren't in service yet when Dreadnought was launched, might just get through.

Dreadnought retaliates

Voyager fires two photons for direct hits, but there is no damage to the missile. Chakotay surmises that the Dreadnought must have scanned their weapons and adapted.

After the attack, Dreadnought hails Voyager to warn the "unidentified Federation ship" not to interfere with its tactical mission against the Cardassians. Torres asks why the missile resumed course and the computer responds that it believes Torres entered false information into its navigational computers as part of a "Delta Quadrant Deception." Dreadnought believes that Torres is being coerced by either the Cardassians or the Federation, number 7 in a list of 39 possible tactical scenarios for which Torres had programmed the missile to prepare responses. The missile's computer is unable to accept that it is in the Delta Quadrant and believes it is a greater probability that it is being deceived in order to stop it from completing its mission. With that, the Dreadnought breaks off communication. Torres comes up with one possible vulnerability in the Dreadnought 's thoron shock emitter . If the missile could be provoked to fire at full power, it would destabilize the core for thirty seconds and the missile could be destroyed by a sustained tachyon beam. The crew puts the plan into action, but rather than being destroyed, the missile sends a plasma burst along the tachyon beam, disabling Voyager 's engines before the missile could be damaged.

Janeway contacts First Minister Kellan again to report on the situation, stating that Voyager 's engines will be back online in an hour and they will try again to stop the missile. Kellan says that his planet is projecting two million casualties if the missile attacks and has deployed a fleet which will intercept the missile in a few hours. Janeway says that the Rakosan fleet is no match for the Dreadnought 's weapons, but Kellan refuses to just sit and wait for destruction. Janeway implores the minister to wait, as Torres is still the best hope for stopping the missile, but Kellan says the decision has already been made.

Eventually, Torres does manage to beam back over to the missile, which greets her warmly but denies her access to any programmer interfaces, and even shocks her when she attempts to access the circuit pathways. Torres continues trying to access the computer and at first is surprised that she manages to get through without much of a fight, but before long the missile announces it is going to Stage 2 alert. Torres asks what is happening, and the computer responds that fifteen priority targets are approaching with weapons armed – the Rakosan fleet.

Act Four [ ]

Aboard Voyager , Janeway tries to convince the Rakosan fleet not to attack, but the pilot of the lead ship, Rakosa One , states that he intends to carry out his orders. However, Torres requests that Janeway not beam her away from Dreadnought , as the Rekosan fleet has provided a distraction which is allowing her to access the missile's computer systems. Janeway agrees not to pull her out yet, but will maintain a transporter lock and Voyager engages the missile alongside the Rekosan fleet in order to provide cover fire.

Torres starts to make progress on accessing Dreadnought 's weapons systems, until the computer informs her that it has rerouted all command functions through protected backups in order to prevent tampering. Torres again tries to reason with the computer, saying that the Rekosans are not Cardassians and therefore not the enemy, but the computer answers that it is programmed to respond with all necessary force and begins the attack. Voyager is able to draw the Dreadnought 's fire and allow the Rekosans to escape, but Torres has just over an hour left to prevent the attack. Janeway asks if she has any other ideas, but Torres doesn't want to discuss them in front of the Dreadnought computer. Dreadnought promptly cuts off Torres' comm link with Voyager , stating that there had been a tactical advantage to monitoring her communications, but now that advantage was gone.

Torres goes back to work and the missile realizes that she is trying to access the detonation control system in order to blow up the missile before it reaches its target. Torres responds that that wouldn't make much sense, since she would be killing herself in the process and why would she sacrifice herself if being coerced by the Cardassians? Dreadnought cannot come up with an answer for this and begins a new probability analysis and Torres sees a possible opening. She starts to play a hypothetical game with the computer, something she had done before during the Dreadnought 's initial programming. Torres asks the computer to hypothetically accept the assumption that the missile is in the Delta Quadrant, heading for the wrong target and explain how this might have happened. The computer responds that if key sensor programs were damaged, it could have compromised the databanks. Torres calls up the databanks to see if they were compromised and finds an unidentified Cardassian backup file in the databank that she had missed during her first reprogramming of the Dreadnought . Before she can learn more, the Dreadnought completes the new probability assessment and comes to a new conclusion… Torres is not being coerced, but has instead changed loyalties. With this, the computer terminates humanoid life support, goes to Stage 1 alert and begins its final detonation sequence.

Act Five [ ]

First Minister Kellan is beginning to give up hope but Janeway tells him that she is prepared to use Voyager to stop the missile by colliding with it rather than letting it hit the planet. Kellan is taken aback by her willingness to sacrifice her vessel to save people she hadn't met until only a few days ago. He says that Voyager 's reputation is undeserved and for what it's worth, they have made a friend today. Janeway reminds him that they still have forty-one minutes to stop Dreadnought and she hasn't given up yet.

Dreadnought explodes

Back on the missile, Dreadnought cannot understand why Torres has remained after life support has been cut off and key systems have been made inaccessible, but Torres is too busy working on accessing the old Cardassian file. Meanwhile, Janeway tells Chakotay and Tuvok that at this point their only option to destroy the missile is to set off a large explosion in its path, with the only thing that would create a big enough detonation being a warp core breach . She puts Chakotay in charge of evacuating non-senior officers from the ship, then initiates the self-destruct sequence, just as Torres accesses the Cardassian file and brings the original Cardassian ATR-4107 control system for the missile online, triggering an "identity crisis" in the computer. The conflicting computer systems attack each other as they battle for control of the missile, enabling Torres to access the missile's reactor core so she can detonate the warhead before it reaches the target.

" She is somewhat singed around the edges but should make a complete recovery. "

Seven minutes before Voyager self-destructs Janeway orders Lieutenant Paris and Ensign Kim to their escape pods, however, she allows Tuvok to remain behind when he points out she'll need someone to take over if she is injured. Dreadnought manages to fight off the Cardassian computer system and regain control, but Torres has nearly managed to destroy the containment field with a sustained phaser attack, despite the fact that the air on the missile is getting very thin and she is about to lose consciousness. Dreadnought tells B'Elanna that it is willing to reconsider the possibility that it is in the Delta Quadrant but Torres won't be tricked again. As she runs out of air, she notes how ironic it is that after all the time she spent reprogramming Dreadnought that two years later they'd end up trying to kill each other. Dreadnought admits that it never would be predicted this outcome, as Torres breaches the core. Tuvok manages to beam Torres off the Dreadnought just as it explodes and Janeway cancels the self-destruct. The Doctor, who had been forgotten in all the excitement, states that Torres will be fine and Janeway orders Tuvok to come about and start gathering up the escape pods .

Memorable quotes [ ]

" You would… sacrifice yourselves to save a people you didn't know two days ago? " " To save two million lives? That's not a hard decision. " " … your reputation in this quadrant isn't deserved, captain. For what it's worth… you have made a friend here. "

" Warning. Self-destruct sequence has been initiated. Warp core overload in twenty minutes. "

" When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried. "

" Please turn to your Emergency Medical Holographic Channel. " " Doctor, I forgot about you. " " How flattering. "

" … I even programmed it to warn Federation ships to stay out of its way. In my own voice! " " Your own voice? " " Listening to that Cardassian computer voice was driving me crazy! "

" Never thought I'd be glad to hear that voice. "

" Who'd have thought, two years ago, all those weeks we spent together, perfecting your program, that we'd end up out here, trying to kill each other! "

Background information [ ]

Story and script [ ].

• This episode had the working titles "Counterstrike" and "Original Sin". [1]
• The first draft script of this episode (which had the working title "Original Sin") was submitted on 23 October 1995 . In it, the character of Ensign Wildman had the first name "Karen". Star Trek: Voyager staff writer Lisa Klink supposed that this early name for Wildman was discarded simply on account of forgetfulness, rather than for a more intentional reason. [2]
• At the time of this episode's production, Gary Holland was amid an eight-year stint as Vice President and Executive Director of Paramount Domestic Television Advertising & Promotion . Although Holland is credited as having written this episode, the story proceeded from a script written by Lisa Klink and only was sold by Holland. ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 14 & Star Trek Monthly  issue 15 ) Executive Story Editor Kenneth Biller said of the episode, " Lisa Klink did a really good rewrite on that. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 97) Klink herself reflected, " I think that came in as a pitch, and then we turned it into a B'Elanna episode, just to kind of have her confront something of her past, which is always kind of interesting and kind of reveals character. " Klink herself also wrote the scene in this episode that features Michael Janos covertly talking with a Kazon operative. [3]
• The episode's final script draft was submitted on 16 November 1995 . [4]
• In this episode and its script, Kes claims that she "once knew a boy named Tarrik", a reference to Voyager stand-in actor Tarik Ergin , who is frequently seen in the background of episodes as Lieutenant Ayala .
• Paris' pronouncement at the start of the episode's third act (i.e., that the Dreadnought missile is still on course for Rakosa V , at warp nine) was not included in the final draft script. That version of the script did, however, include Torres commenting that she and the missile's AI being alone was "like the good old days," a remark which isn't in the final version of the episode. Likewise, Kellan told Janeway in the script, but not in the episode's finalized edit, " I just learned my wife's brother and his family are on holiday in the mountains two hundred kilometers from the target site… we haven't been able to reach them… all the communications lines are jammed… " In the script, Paris thanked Janeway "for the ride," whereas he thanks her "for everything" in the final version of the episode. The script ended with Tuvok working his panel on Voyager 's bridge, whereas the final view in the episode is of Voyager flying through space.
• This is one of two episodes (the other being " Prototype ") that Torres actress Roxann Dawson cited as installments which initially scared her, as she immediately realized they would be "difficult to pull off," but which she ultimately regarded as episodes where "we found some interesting themes I didn't know were there in the beginning." ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 103) Of this episode in particular, Dawson said, " 'Dreadnought' was an interesting challenge because it was very much dealing with who B'Elanna used to be, confronting her former self. She was forced to see how much she had changed, and who she was at the time. She was forced to battle that in a very, very tangible way. That I found to be the most interesting. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 104)
• Roxann Dawson worked long and hard on this episode, both in her usual role of B'Elanna Torres and as Computer Voice of the Dreadnought missile. She was surprised by how much the latter role required of her. " 'Dreadnought' surprised me because so much effort went into actually developing the computer voice, " Dawson stated. " That came about through hours and hours of looping. The whole show was B'Elanna and her relationship with this computer counterpart. So, it was fascinating for me to create that relationship half in performance and half in a sound studio. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 12 ) In fact, the process of recording the computer voice taught Dawson much about who B'Elanna Torres had once been. " I think I had most of my revelations when I went in to do the computer voice, " Dawson remarked. " As I was recording that side of the episode, later on, there was a real sense of growing to understand who I was before, who that person was who was actually programming all that stuff into the computer. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 104)

LeVar Burton watches over Roxann Dawson as she is given a last-minute touch-up

• Director LeVar Burton was impressed by Roxann Dawson's work here. " 'Dreadnought' made me a big fan of Roxann Dawson, " Burton said. " I find her level of preparation, her intensity and her focus to be quite extraordinary. " Burton felt that the episode's success or failure depended on Dawson delivering an interesting performance. " It was one actor in one room for three acts, " he noted. " You have to make it interesting […] And I want to say, to her credit, " Burton concluded, " Roxann absolutely held the screen every moment she was on. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 12 )
• A male voice was used instead of regular Cardassian computer voice actress Judi Durand on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine so as to be easily distinguishable from Roxann Dawson as the Maquis program voice.
• Michael Jonas actor Raphael Sbarge enjoyed collaborating with LeVar Burton on this installment, subsequently commenting, " It was nice to work with him. " ( TV Zone , Special #29, p. 25)

Wardrobe, sets, production, and effects [ ]

• Kellan's outfit was a reuse of the costume worn by Richard Kiley as Gideon Seyetik in DS9 : " Second Sight ".
• Although some areas of the Voyager bridge set incorporated fluorescent lights built into the set, this concept was taken to an extreme with the missile interior for this episode. The Dreadnought interior was designed by Production Designer Richard James and was planned to require no additional lighting instruments, allowing LeVar Burton's wish for a hand-held Steadicam unencumbered by lighting equipment in the way. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 108 , p. 49) Burton chose to heavily utilize this filming method as a way of trying to make the episode interesting. He noted, " Eighty-five percent of what we did in 'Dreadnought' was done with a Steadicam. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 12 ) As a result of the filming decisions taken by Burton, the production crew filmed extremely rapidly on the set. " It was totally lit and LeVar could do anything he wanted – we just flew through that set! " recalled Director of Photography Marvin V. Rush . ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 108 , p. 49) The missile interior also incorporated many stock fixtures and okudagrams from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . ( Delta Quadrant , p. 101)
• Ken Biller was pleased with LeVar Burton's work on this episode. Biller commented of the installment, " It was well directed. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 97)
• On the other hand, Ken Biller was disappointed by the episode's effects, noting, " This really horrible weapon looked like a little box floating around in space. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 97)
• The musical theme from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is quoted at the end of the episode, as the Executive Producers' credit appears. This episode also prominently features Cardassian set elements, graphics, and sound effects familiar to Deep Space Nine viewers.

Continuity and trivia [ ]

• This episode has some similarities with the earlier second season installment " Prototype ". Both episodes involve Torres communicating with a piece of technology that was originally created for offensive purposes but has essentially gone rogue (in that case, Automated Unit 3947 ) as well as attempting to destroy technology that she herself created (in the earlier case, Prototype Unit 0001 ).
• This is the fourth time the crew of Voyager discover a direct connection between the Alpha Quadrant and Delta Quadrant, having previously discovered a wormhole connecting the two quadrants (" Eye of the Needle "), descendants of Human abductees (" The 37's ") and descendants of aliens who have visited Earth (" Tattoo ").
• Lisa Klink cited this episode, due to its inclusion of the Dreadnought missile, as one of numerous installments of Voyager 's second season that each feature an element from the Alpha Quadrant; other such elements include a colony of Humans in " The 37's ", Reginald Barclay in " Projections ", flashbacks to a youthful Chakotay's hike through a Central American jungle in " Tattoo ", many reminders of the pasts of Voyager 's crew in " Persistence of Vision " and Q in " Death Wish ". Klink remarked, " Individually those episodes worked well, but I think in general they had the effect of making this a familiar neighborhood. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 77)
• This episode marks the first of three instances when Voyager 's self-destruct sequence is initiated.
• Unlike in other Star Trek incarnations, in this episode (as with the following activation in VOY : " Deadlock "), when Janeway initiates the self-destruct sequence for Voyager , the computer does not ask for concurrent authorization from any other member of the bridge crew.
• Ensign Wildman's pregnancy continues in this episode, after being introduced in " Elogium " and revisited in " Tattoo ".
• During discussion of names for both Ensign Wildman's unborn baby and The Doctor, it is shown that Ensign Wildman has a strong intuition that the baby is a boy. However, she later gives birth to a girl, Naomi , in VOY : " Deadlock ".
• This episode continues the story of The Doctor's quest to choose a name, which began with his request for a name at the end of " Eye of the Needle " and continued in " Ex Post Facto " with some possible choices he had been considering, all names of famous historical human doctors. In this episode, he corrects Kes and confirms that he is considering non-Human doctors as inspirations as well.
• In this episode, after Tom Paris arrives late and looking disheveled for the daily brief, Chakotay gives him an informal reprimand of his recent indiscipline. This started in the previous episode, " Meld ", with the radiogenic particle pot. This indiscipline continues in " Lifesigns " and later comes to a head in " Investigations ".
• Michael Jonas ' conspiracy with the Kazon is continued in this episode, having started in " Alliances ". It concludes in " Investigations ".
• It is stated in this episode that Dreadnought will take three weeks to reach its target ten light years away, implying a speed of thirty-two-million miles per second. This is 125 times slower than Voyager 's maximum speed, if using the figure given by Tom Paris in " The 37's ".
• Dreadnought states that Torres last boarded the missile on stardate 47582. This would have been around the same time that O'Brien was cloned in the second season Deep Space Nine episode " Whispers ".
• Voyager uses seven photon torpedoes in this episode, having previously used one in " Alliances ". This brings the total number of torpedoes used to eleven, of the irreplaceable complement of thirty-eight established in " The Cloud ".

Reception [ ]

• Ken Biller had some initial concerns about this episode. " I gotta tell you, I was worried about 'Dreadnought,' " he later admitted. " Roxanne in a room talking to herself for 45 minutes is going to be repetitive. " He was, however, ultimately pleased at how the episode turned out. " Except for the really disappointing effects […] I found that a compelling episode. I watched that with my girlfriend who only watches Star Trek because she's my girlfriend, and she found it gripping. It far exceeded my expectations, " Biller commented. He went on to explain that he had been concerned that the similarities between this installment and "Prototype" would be too obvious to viewers and had also been anxious because this second season Voyager episode is one of several, in that season, to use an element from the Alpha Quadrant . ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, pp. 97-98)
• This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of six million homes, and a 9% share. Along with the episodes " Non Sequitur " and " Cold Fire ", this was the joint fifth most watched installment of Voyager 's second season (on first airing), with the exact same viewing figures as the other two episodes. [5] (X) This episode, however, is the only one of the three to appear as one of the top five Season 2 episodes in both a contemporaneous fan poll, to which Executive Producer Jeri Taylor paid particular attention, and a currently ongoing, widespread Internet fan poll, with both polls ranking the installment as the fourth most popular episode of that season. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 108 , p. 18; [6] )
• Cinefantastique rated this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 92)
• Star Trek Magazine scored this episode 2 out of 5 stars, defined as "Impulse Power only". However, Stuart Clark, a reviewer for the magazine, additionally stated about the episode, " The sparks really begin to fly. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 17 , p. 59)
• The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 102) gives this installment a rating of 6.5 out of 10.
• At some point after learning of her role in this episode, Roxann Dawson appealed to Voyager 's team of writer-producers for a script that not only featured Torres prominently but also required Dawson to act opposite another Human, for once. The actress later explained, " It's funny, in '" Faces "', I dealt with myself a lot. In '" Prototype "', I dealt with a robot and in 'Dreadnought', I dealt with a computer that had my voice. So, I was acting with myself in three B'Elanna-heavy episodes. I begged the writers to make the next one something where I got to interact with a human. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 12 ) This request apparently became a recurring joke and Dawson felt that its success would result in an interesting insight into her character; shortly before beginning work on Voyager 's third season, Dawson stated, " I have a joke with the producers that every story they've given me, I'm either playing opposite myself ['Faces'], or a computer ['Prototype'], or a computer with my voice ['Dreadnought']! All those episodes were wonderful and I really enjoyed working on them, but I would love to do an episode in which B'Elanna deals with a real person rather than a machine or another aspect of herself. We know that B'Elanna actually feels better dealing with machines than she does with Human beings. So I would love to see her try to deal with Humans. I think it would be very interesting. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 20 , p. 35) Dawson also remarked, " I've had some interesting costars, one was a computer, and one was a mechanical man. I'm waiting for them to give me a real person to play off of. " She laughed, then continued, " I keep joking. I had an episode last season where I played opposite myself, then opposite a machine, then opposite a machine with my voice. So it's obviously a theme. Hopefully [this] year I get to talk to a real person. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 103)
• Roxann Dawson went on to provide another computer voice (for the automated repair station ) in ENT : " Dead Stop ".

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 2.7, 22 July 1996
• As part of the VOY Season 2 DVD collection

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• 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 [ ]

• Raphael Sbarge as Michael Jonas
• Nancy Hower as Samantha Wildman
• Michael Spound as Lorrum
• Dan Kern as Kellan

Co-Star [ ]

• Majel Barrett as Computer Voice

Uncredited Co-Stars [ ]

• Roxann Biggs-Dawson as Cardassian ATR-4107 (reprogrammed voice)
• Tarik Ergin as Ayala
• Cardassian ATR-4107 (original voice)
• Female transporter officer
• Rakosan pilot (voice)

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• "Dreadnought" at StarTrek.com
• " Dreadnought " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Dreadnought " at Wikipedia
• " Dreadnought " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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B'Elanna Torres

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Grew Up... the only child of a Klingon mother and human father, on Kessik IV in the Alpha Quadrant. B’Elanna often wished that she looked more than half-human, a desire brought about by her difficult childhood. B’Elanna often found it hard to control her emotions, and blamed the Klingon side of herself for her troubles.

Living... aboard U.S.S. Voyager, 70,000 light years away from home. After getting kicked out of Starfleet Academy, B’Elanna joined the Maquis resistance and met Commander Chakotay, who taught her some meditation techniques that his people used. These helped troubled B’Elanna somewhat, though she is still quick to anger, and it is best to stay on her good side.

Profession... chief engineer of Voyager. While breaking the nose of a superior officer would not usually get one promoted in Starfleet, B’Elanna lucked out. With Chakotay’s strong support of her, and Captain Janeway’s own close assessment, her talent proved exceptional… and it didn’t hurt that B’Elanna had just gotten the ship safely out of a black hole. All in a day’s work!

Interests... proving that she is right. B’Elanna is exceptionally gifted at her job, though she often faces the scrutiny that comes with the weight of the decisions being made. B’Elanna often brainstorms ways of improving existing equipment aboard Voyager to assist in their travels or missions. And she never shies away from inventing new techniques on her own.

Relationship Status... single. You could try dating her, but be prepared to pay a visit to the Emergency Medical Hologram if something goes wrong.

Challenge.... balancing the survivalist, hot-headed B’Elanna with the smart, caring and cautious one. While her genetic structure doesn’t make it easy on her, B’Elanna finds both acceptance and adventure in journeying with Voyager, keeping both sides of herself engaged. 

Personality... loyal, fierce, and intelligent. The support of Chakotay, Janeway and the rest of her crew allows B’Elanna to thrive in her position as chief engineer, and she is always competent on dangerous away missions, too. As she has stated, “It’s going to take more than an infection to kill me!” B’Elanna possesses the talent to be a great Starfleet officer, and Voyager’s journey through the Delta Quadrant will require her to be nothing less. 

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Chief Engineer B’Elanna Torres went on a turbulent journey of self-discovery during her time on the Voyager, the lost Federation ship that spent seven years adrift in Star Trek ’s Delta Quadrant. Not only did she have issues controlling her anger, but she also suffered from a crisis of identity, struggling to reconcile her Klingon heritage with her human socialization. She also had a romance with Lieutenant Tom Paris, a relationship which proved to be worthwhile after many emotional ups and downs.

Star Trek has had a few central Klingon characters, like Worf, and some inter-species hybrids, like Spock. B’Elanna was both, in addition to being formerly Maquis on a Starfleet ship. She began as a defensive, mistrustful character who eventually grew to appreciate the crew of the Voyager , especially after years of being each other’s only family. Over seven seasons, B’Elanna’s development can be charted over episodes in which she takes the center stage.

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S1 E14: Faces

Horror both psychological and physiological lurks in every moment of this episode, which sees Torres, Paris and a Lieutenant Durst kidnapped by the Vidiian Sodality. The government has been abducting people from other races in the hope of finding a cure to the phage, a plague that has been destroying their society for generations.

One of their scientists discovers that Torres’ Klingon ancestry gives her a form of immunity to the phage, and he hopes to harvest it by bringing out that side of her. Torres gets split into a human version of herself and a Klingon version, which results in conflict between them. Both versions eventually work together to escape, learning some tolerance in the process.

S2 E13: Prototype

Torres’ engineering acumen is put to the test when a lost robot is brought aboard the Voyager. However, it soon becomes a test of her morals. The Voyager crew finds a broken robot body, which Torres fixes, bonding with him as she does so. She learns that he wants her help in building more robots like him , an experiment to which Captain Janeway objects, on the grounds of adhering to the Prime Directive.

When Torres refuses to help the robot, he abducts her, taking her back to his original ship in order to force her to comply. The robot tells her that his people were created to be soldiers in a war between two other races, until the robots rebelled and killed their ‘owners.’ Torres manages to build a new version of the robot, but destroys it just as she’s rescued, leaving the original model to the same fate when an enemy ship arrives. Torres is upset by her last-ditch effort to stymie the robots’ war , especially as it goes against everything that makes her an engineer and a Starfleet officer.

S4 E03: Day of Honor

This episode revolves around Torres’ heritage, and a Klingon holiday that makes her re-evaluate her values. Torres spends most of this story unbalanced, as she fails to celebrate the Day of Honor in the traditional way of sparring and eating Klingon cuisine. She later has a hard time connecting with Paris, feeling uncertain about the blurred lines of their friendship. She finds herself reluctant to work with Seven of Nine , whose history is still a point of contention for her.

An ejected warp core, a recovery mission and a demolished shuttle results in Torres and Paris being stranded in space, which in turn leads to expressions of genuine feeling. Torres realizes where she truly finds her honor, and strengthens her relationship with Paris.

S7 E12: Lineage

Torres goes through severe emotional turmoil in this episode, in which she and Paris discover that she is pregnant. Torres has a fraught history with her identity, mostly due to how she grew up. She spent her childhood in a human-centric colony, with the only other Klingon there being her mother . Her family suffered ostracization, especially after her father abandoned them, and this has haunted Torres well into adulthood. She wants to erase her child’s Klingon genetics, making her fully human, but Paris objects on ethical grounds.

The couple disagree strongly on whether to alter their child to fit societal norms, and Paris insists things will be different on Voyager. He’s able to reassure Torres of his commitment, and Torres accepts that her mixed race won’t be an obstacle for her child’s happiness.

S6 E03: Barge of the Dead

There are elements of the spiritual and the supernatural in this episode, a story that details Torres’ religious beliefs and family trauma. After an ion storm leaves Torres in a coma, she starts seeing the crew of the Voyager acting like Klingons, celebrating the culture in a way she never has. She also sees her mother in these visions, being transported to Gre’thor (the Klingon hell) for being dishonorable. When Torres awakes, she demands to be placed back in a coma so she can find her mother, since she believed the visions to have a grain of truth. Torres surrenders herself to judgment in the place of her mother, proving that despite reservations, she does have some belief in Klingon spirituality. She shares a moment of reconciliation with her mother before coming out of the coma, and promises to find her again.

Much like other Star Trek characters who struggle with their identity, B’Elanna Torres has a tough time figuring out which side of herself to show to others. Spock tried to live as a pure Vulcan for a long time, and Data attempted to mimic human behavior in the hope of being more than an android; neither found easy answers to their dilemma. Torres has the advantage of coming to terms with her racial identity among friends, on a ship where the crew turns into a family. Many of the episodes that focus on her have this process as a central theme, showing Torres become more trusting and tolerant, and less self-deprecating. She is a strong, brave character who lives up to her full potential in Star Trek: Voyager , and it is done through hard personal work.

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Star Trek Voyager: 4 best B’Elanna Torres episodes

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Roxann Dawson starred as B’Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager.

It’s Roxann Dawson’s birthday! Many fans will remember her as the half-human, half-Klingon named B’Elanna Torres. Dawson played B’Elanna for all seven seasons during Star Trek: Voyager’s run and had a brilliant run on the show.

She started off as a Maquis member, serving alongside Chakotay on the same ship that would get stranded in the Delta Quadrant alongside Voyager. Over time she’d work her way up to be Chief of Engineering and would have some amazing storylines.

Being a daughter of both humanity and Klingon alike, her struggle to understand who she is and how she fits with not just the crew of Voyager but her own home life made her one of the more outstanding characters on the series.

Because of this, we’re looking at the four best episodes that featured her.

These are the four best episodes of Voyager featuring B’Elanna Torres

Barge of the dead (season 6, episode 3).

The episode opens with B’Elanna technically dying and finding herself on the Barge of the Dead, heading to the Klingon version of hell, because she dishonored her Klingon heritage. This means her mother must take her place in Gre’thor (hell). She’s ultimately saved but it’s put back into a medically induced coma to try and save her mother. It’s a non-stop tug at the heartstrings as B’Elanna tries to find a way to reconcile with her mother, even though what B’Elanna is experiencing may not entirely be real.

Faces (season 1, episode 14)

In the first few seasons, B’Elanna wasn’t really sure how she felt about being half-Klingon and in this episode, got to find out what it was like to not be anymore. The Vidiians show up and genetically separate B’Elanna, Superman III style, with one half being human, the other half being Klingon. At the end, she realizes she needs her Klingon half for a variety of reasons, but mostly because she didn’t feel like herself otherwise (and she’d, you know, die, and stuff). It’s a wonderful episode about accepting yourself, and it’s worth a watch.

Day of Honor (season 4, episode 3)

B’Elanna is having a terrible, rotten, no good, very bad day in Day of Honor. The title of the episode is taken from a sacred Klingon holiday that B’Elanna is indifferent about. After a run-in with an alien race, Voyager is forced to eject its warp core and Tom Paris and B’Elanna go after it in a shuttle. The aliens destroy the shuttle and Tom and B’Elanna are left floating in space with only their EV suits to protect them. While on the brink of death, something happens that’s a huge turning point for the two.

Drive (season 7, episode 3)

Yeah, the third episode usually went to B’Elanna based stories, who knew? This one is simple, B’Elanna feels that she and Paris will only ever be “fun-buddies” and she wants more from him. She thinks he won’t commit so she plans to break up with him. On the flip side, Paris enters an intergalactic drag race of sorts with the Delta Flyer and B’Elanna is enlisted to be his co-pilot. Eventually, they get to the root of the problem and the episode ends in a rather surprising fashion.

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Day of Honor

• Episode aired Sep 17, 1997

Needy alien refugees, who look upon Voyager's generosity as stingy, put Torres and Paris in a life-threatening situation during a crossroads in their relationship. Needy alien refugees, who look upon Voyager's generosity as stingy, put Torres and Paris in a life-threatening situation during a crossroads in their relationship. Needy alien refugees, who look upon Voyager's generosity as stingy, put Torres and Paris in a life-threatening situation during a crossroads in their relationship.

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• Trivia The EV suits worn by Paris and Torres were previously used in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) .
• Goofs Torres and Paris beam out into space. They float adrift with seemingly no tether between them until the script requires them to literally pull themselves together to interplex the com systems of both spacesuits. It's hard to catch, but Paris tethers his suit to Torres' just before teleporting.

B'Elanna Torres : I've been a coward about everything... everything that really matters.

Tom Paris : No, you're being a little hard on yourself.

B'Elanna Torres : No. I'm gonna die... without a shred of honor, and for the first time in my life that really bothers me.

• Connections Referenced in Inglorious Treksperts: We'll Always Have Paris (2021)
• Soundtracks Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title Written by Jerry Goldsmith Performed by Jay Chattaway

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Roxann Dawson loved B'Elanna Torres' character development in Voyager

Not all actors end up happy with their characters' arcs or endings, but Roxann Dawson was certainly happy with how things worked out for Chief Engineer Torres

If some Star Trek actors were asked, they might tell you they didn't like how things wrapped with their character. Certainly the ones who were killed off might have preferred to remain on the series as well as those whose characters just didn't go anywhere. Fortunately, Roxann Dawson, who played the half-Klingon/half-human Chief Engineer of the USS Voyager, appreciated her character development.

In an interview with Star Trek: Voyager: The Official Magazine back in 1997 [ via Whatculture ], Dawson said that she didn't want B'Elanna to be a goody two-shoes. She also didn't mind seeing the character's dark, uglier sides.

"I don't want B'Elanna to be a goody two-shoes. I don't mind seeing her darker, uglier sides. That's important. It's part of who she is. It's good to see her at her worst. It's good to see her learn from her mistakes. That's what makes a character interesting."

Roxann Dawson's B'Elanna Torres did have a powerful character arc during seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.

Dawson doubled down on these comments in a 2003 video interview with Startrek.com , saying she liked the way her character developed over seven years. On top of that, she thought Tom Paris and B'Elanna's relationship and its ups and downs had helped B'Elanna. She added that the pair would probably still be on Earth after Voyager returned home, "fighting and loving each other."

Torres went from a half-Klingon who hated her Klingon side to accepting it as part of who she was. It certainly did help that Paris saw her as a woman he fell in love with. Her rough edges didn't scare him away, and, in the end, they softened because B'Elanna found someone who accepted her as she'd grown to accept herself. This might have something to do with the reason why Dawson isn't interested in returning to Star Trek. Her character came full circle on the series, ending up a married woman with a child, and perhaps she feels there no other place for Torres to go.

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Edit locked, this episode provides examples of:.

• Back to Front : The story starts at the end of Kes' life and ends at the present time of Voyager 's journey.
• Bad Future : Janeway, B'Elanna and Joe Carey are all killed during a year-long conflict with a hostile species. And less obvious at this stage in the series, eight years after arriving in the Delta Quadrant Voyager still hasn't returned home, and Seven and the Borg children are screwed.
• Back to the Womb : Exaggerated. As a result of her uncontrollable time-travelling, Kes not only goes back to being a fetus in the womb, but a zygote before she finally stops time-travelling.
• Be Careful What You Wish For : When Tom asks Kes about the future, Chakotay jokingly warns him that he might find out that he's destined to join a monastery.
• Big "NO!" : Kes jumps back to the moment she joins Voyager 's crew, and shouts "No!" as she feels herself time-shift again because it's her last chance to get help.
• Bizarre Alien Biology : Ocampan females give birth standing up, with the baby coming feet-first from a sac on their back. It is also established that Ocampan body temperature is a chilly 16.3 degrees Celsius. note  That's 61 degrees Fahrenheit!
• Captain's Log : This time dictated by Captain Chakotay.
• Character Development : Obvious in pre-hair and post-hair Doctor — Doctor van Gogh is less hammy than his earlier self, with improved interpersonal skills and a (somewhat) restrained ego.
• After Kes blows out the candles on her birthday cake, Neelix says, "It's good to see that old lung is still working" referring to Season 1's "Phage" when Kes donated a lung to Neelix. The cake is a Jimbalian fudge cake like Neelix made for Kes' second birthday in "Twisted".
• In "Heroes and Demons" the Doctor said he'd narrowed his choice of a name down to three. He decides on Schweitzer in that episode, after the famous doctor, but decides not to continue using it. Presumably Mozart and Van Gogh were the other two.
• The Determinator : Kes never gives up trying to fix the problem. Doctor: Well you may have lost your memories, but you certainly haven't lost your determination.
• Dramatic Pause : "It's possible she might jump back to a time... before she even existed."
• Dying Declaration of Love (platonic): Just before an uncertain medical procedure that may or may not extend her life, the Doctor tells Kes she's the best friend he ever had and is embarrassed when Kes mentions this incident to his earlier self.
• "Eureka!" Moment : When Tom mentions the temporal flux of the chroniton torpedoes, he gets an idea of why Kes is travelling backwards through time.
• Explosive Instrumentation : An exploding console kills both Janeway and B'Elanna simultaneously. If that doesn't make Starfleet reinvent the fuse, nothing will.
• Foreshadowing : Meant to be an entire episode of this. In practice though, it foreshadowed many things that were planned at the time, but didn't end up happening, such as Kes living her entire life on Voyager , and the Year of Hell being an actual season, and not being retconned In-Universe .
• I'm Cold... So Cold... : Kes experiences this each time she's ready to make a time jump backward.
• Incest Subtext : Thanks to Bizarre Alien Biology — Tom is married to Kes, while his best friend Harry is married to their already grown-up daughter .
• It's a Long Story Kes: Doctor, you've lost your hair. Doctor: I beg your pardon? Kes: It's a long story.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy : Kes says nothing to Tom about them being married in the future when she sees him kissing B'Elanna, nor does she mention to either person that they'll be an Official Couple in future when she returns to the present.
• Married in the Future
• Maternity Crisis : Exaggerated when Kes jumps back into her earlier body just as she's giving birth on a shuttle that's about to dock with a severely-damaged Voyager that's under constant attack.
• The Main Characters Do Everything : It's far-fetched enough to believe that, out of a ship of a hundred-and-fifty, the only romantic options for Kes and Tom after Neelix and B'Elanna respectively were each other; but then, of all the men aboard, their daughter marries Harry Kim. And then there's Neelix, who is implied to have become chief of security after Tuvok's promotion in the wake of Janeway's death. Apparently in that timeline, the Year of Hell took out Ayala, Andrews, Baxter, and all other runners up for the job. (Admittedly, the former three are not seen in this episode...) It's also quite far-fetched that Kes - who is just about to give birth - will be allowed to go on a supply run, in which only Tom was supposed to go. Especially with Tom and Kes being the only two medics on Voyager with the Doctor offline, during the Year of Hell!
• Mayfly–December Romance : At 9 years old Kes is elderly and nearing the end of her life. She is married to Tom who has only aged 8 human years and thus looks pretty much the same as usual. Tom and Kes' daughter has already grown up and married Harry.
• Merlin Sickness : Only instead of aging backwards as Kes is going forward in time, she's just going back in time and de-aging while gaining knowledge with each jump.
• The Nameless : Averted; the Doctor now calls himself Van Gogh. After previously deciding on Mozart .
• Oh, Crap! : Kes has gathered enough information so the Doctor can treat her, only to start rapidly time-jumping back to her childhood, her birth, and eventually a fetus!
• P.O.V. Cam : Done at the beginning of the episode.
• Reset Button : Kes is stabilized at the current point in the series — although her Scifi Bob Haircut has been replaced by a longer hairstyle, implying some passage of time since the events of "Favorite Son".
• Technically the case with Linnis and Andrew, though no one ever comments on it.
• The crew discovers Kes's backwards jumps through time while Linnis and Andrew are still present, but no one considers the impact her time traveling might have on her daughter or grandson.
• Kes likewise doesn't hesitate to warn Janeway about the Krenim the moment she has the chance, expressing no conflict over the fact that this is effectively erasing Linnis and Andrew. Even when discussing the future she saw with the crew at the end, and Tuvok reminding her that her actions likely changed it, she expresses only relief. Maybe Harry marrying Linnis just squicked her out that much.
• Second Law of Metafictional Thermodynamics : Though this is used to set up the Alternate Timeline — Janeway's death means Chakotay is captain, and B'Elanna's death means Tom hooks up with Kes.
• Separated by the Wall : Tom reaches for Kes as she vanishes back in time, but she's stuck behind a medical forcefield.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat Neelix: I haven't made [a cake] since I became Security Officer. Tuvok: Perhaps you would care to relinquish your commission, and return to the scene of your 'former' triumphs. Neelix: You just keep working on that sense of humor, Commander Vulcan. You'll get it one of these days.
• Techno Babble : Modulating the targeting sensors to a parametric frequency. Whatever it means, it comes in handy when Kes remembers it after another time-jump.
• Time Travel
• We Are as Mayflies : The episode starts with Kes as a nine year-old grandmother, undergoing a medical procedure to extend her life another year.
• What Year Is This? : Kes is frequently confused by the year when she jumps back in time.
• Wham Line : When Chakotay first appears he's addressed as "Captain".
• You Have to Believe Me! : Everyone thinks Kes is ill until she jumps back in time to before the Doctor told her about his intended treatment. The further she goes back in time, the more data she collects so it's easier to convince people...until she ends up an Ocampan child again.
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Star Trek: Voyager has a mixed reception among Star Trek fans. Just about every aspect of the show doesn’t sit right with some fans or others. The character writing seemed very inconsistent to some fans. Captain Kathryn Janeway herself flitted between warmth and callousness depending on who was writing her and what they thought she should be like. Certain characters like Neelix didn’t get the fan reaction the writers hoped for, while others like Seven of Nine and the Doctor stole the show a little too much.

Voyager was notoriously uneven in developing its main characters. Harry Kim acted as an audience surrogate but he never achieved a rank higher than Ensign and took pitfalls almost as frequently as actual Redshirts. Plenty of interesting minor crew members appeared on the show only to eventually be written off or never seen again. These include Lon Suder or Naomi Wildman.

As it turns out, fans aren’t the only ones who have their complaints when it comes to how Voyager handled its characters. For the most part, the actors themselves seem satisfied with the show and their roles, based on interviews from plenty of media outlets. However, there are a fair number of actors who have expressed their dissatisfaction with how their character turned out or how working on Voyager was like. Voyager and its crew may have made it home after seven years in the Delta Quadrant, but for some, the journey may not have been worth it.

Here are the  5 Actors Who Regretted Being On Voyager (And 15 Who Adored It) !

20. REGRETTED: ROBERT BELTRAN

By design, first officers on Star Trek shows are not meant to overshadow the captains. However, Robert Beltran’s Commander Chakotay is among the least memorable or interesting first officers in the franchise. Beltran himself has expressed similar complaints about how his character was written.

Talking to StarTrek.com in 2012, Beltran expressed his regret that Chakotay’s relationships with the other series regulars weren’t evenly or fully explored. “…After Seska left, it was only that relationship with the captain that had depth to it. Chakotay and Tuvok didn’t have much. Chakotay and Paris didn’t have much,” he said. After Jeri Ryan joined the show as Seven of Nine, Beltran felt that the writers didn’t listen to his requests to develop Chakotay as much any more.

19. ADORED: KATE MULGREW

As the first female starship captain in a Star Trek main series, Kate Mulgrew’s Captain Janeway had a lot riding on her. Star Trek may take place in the futuristic egalitarian Federation, but the character needed to resonate with viewers of multiple demographics despite possibly undue expectations.

Mulgrew is conscious of the precedent and expectations that her character carried. In 2011, she interviewed with StarTrek.com about the job and the significance of playing Janeway. “ …It was time in the history of television and in the history of the world," she said. "And I must say, I am proud, enormously proud. It was hard work. Nobody sees how hard that work was. ” Mulgrew says that the late nights memorizing lines and learning her character, all while raising two kids as a single parent, was worth it.

18. ADORED: BRAD DOURIF

Brad Dourif played crewman Lon Suder in the earlier seasons of Star Trek: Voyager . The troubled sociopathic Betazoid only guest starred in three episodes, but he made a profound impact on Voyager’s crew. He formed a deep connection with Tuvok and sacrificed his life to help the crew get Voyager back from Kazon thieves.

Dourif discusses how much he enjoyed playing the part in an interview with StarTrek.com in 2018. When asked about working with the Voyager regulars he said, “Kate was wonderful. I had a great time with her. Tim… we went diving and did all kinds of stuff together… He's just a really good dude, yeah. My girlfriend was there when I did the mind meld scene with Tim, and it was great fun to have her there.”

17. ADORED: SARAH SILVERMAN

Sarah Silverman is one of the biggest names in comedy today. However, all big names have to start somewhere. In one of her earliest on screen roles, she guest starred on Star Trek: Voyager as a late 20 th century astronomer who encounters Voyager when they are sent back in time. Being on a sci-fi TV show, there were elements that her acting training hadn’t specifically prepared her for.

In a 2015 interview with the A.V. Club , Silverman discussed going to a fancy acting to coach to learn about pretending to run from lasers . “And I remember him looking at the material and just going, 'Look, sometimes when you’re running from lasers, you just gotta pretend you’re running from lasers.' And I thought, yeah, okay, right. Like, you gave me license to just pretend,” Silverman said.

16. REGRETTED: GARRET WANG

Garret Wang played Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager . His character always had enormous deference for the more senior crew members, especially Captain Janeway. Behind the scenes, during and after the show ran, Garret has been very outspoken about what he enjoyed and didn’t enjoy about working on Voyager .

Wang told StarTrek.com in a 2011 interview that he felt he got snubbed on multiple counts because he was so outspoken. Harry Kim was notoriously never promoted in the show’s run. “I was the first actor in Star Trek history to be denied the chance to direct," Wang said. "I was the only one who wanted to direct Trek and make it the best it could be, drawing upon my knowledge and experiences as a lifelong fan of science fiction.”

15. ADORED: MANU INTIRAYMI

Manu Intiraymi played Icheb on Star Trek: Voyager , an adolescent Borg drone liberated from the collective by Seven of Nine and the Yoager crew. Just as Icheb was mentored by the Voyager crew, the young actor Intiraymi learned a great deal from the cast and crew of the show.

“A lot of times when you come on to a show as a guest star or a recurring character, the cast will treat you like 'oh, you might take time away from me.' This has happened to me. You are only going to be there for a couple of weeks so they don’t even talk to you. It is this competitive actor weirdness and it sucks," Intiraymi said. "On Voyager, there wasn’t anyone on that cast who didn’t take care of me.”

14. ADORED: ROBERT DUNCAN MCNEILL

Robert Duncan McNeill’s Tom Paris grew considerably among all the Star Trek: Voyager regulars. He started out as reckless and irreverent, but he developed a deep relationship with B’Elanna Torres, fraught with troubles and disagreements. By the end of the show, the two had started a family.

McNeill interviewed with StarTrek.com in 2010 about the direction his career had gone since Voyager and how he’s still on such good terms with most of the cast. “One thing that was never crystal clear from our episodes is all the fun we had as a cast between the shots," he said. "We really got along as any cast I’ve ever seen…We make each other laugh.” McNeill also enjoyed getting the chance to direct several Voyager episodes.

13. ADORED: SCARLETT POMERS

Naomi Wildman was born on Voyager after it was stranded in the Delta Quadrant. The starship was her childhood home, offering her many opportunities to learn and grow. The young actress Scarlett Pomers played Naomi Wildman. She continued her career as a TV actress and as a musician.

In 2007 she appeared at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention. She spoke about how much she enjoyed working on Star Trek: Voyager , especially with Jeri Ryan and Ethan Phillips. According to her, she was always amused by how long Phillips had to sit in the makeup chair for his character. Pomers, by comparison just took five minutes to get her four little horns glued on and painted.

12. REGRETTED: SUSANNA THOMPSON

Susanna Thompson was the second actress to play the Born Queen in Star Trek . Alice Krige played the Borg Queen first in Star Trek: First Contact the movie, but Thompson played the part on three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager .

However, the process of physically playing the part was grueling . In the Voyager s eason 5 DVD special features, Thompson described her first time in costume. "The first night after my first day of filming, which was, I think, twenty hours, I cried myself to sleep," said Thompson. "And said I didn't care how much money they paid me, I wouldn't do it again! But I came back and I finished out that episode and then indeed I did come back again for Unimatrix One."

11. ADORED: MARINA SIRTIS

Marina Sirtis was already a veteran of one main Star Trek show. She starred as Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation and reprised the role to guest star on Star Trek: Voyager .

When the production crew of Voyager approached her about playing her Star Trek character again, Sirtis was initially hesitant. She told a panel of guests at Super Megafest 2014 that she turned the opportunity down at first. Then they called her back a few months later and told her that she would be working with Dwight Schultz, who played Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, also on Star Trek: The Next Generation . This  convinced Sirtis to appear as Deanna Troi on Voyager.

10. ADORED: ETHAN PHILLIPS

Neelix was a resident of the Delta Quadrant who made a home for himself aboard Voayger and a family of its crew. Even though his appearances were sporadic for a series regular, he received plenty of episodes to grow as a character and develop relationships with the other Voyager crewmates.

Actor Ethan Phillips shared his thoughts on the character in an interview with The Morton Report in 2011. The altruism, empathy, and compassion of Neelix is something Phillips strives for in his own life. “I would’ve liked to have, perhaps, developed more of an outlandish sense of humor with Neelix," he said. "but having said that, I feel that he’s a fine addition to the pantheon of Star Trek .”

9. ADORED: JENNIFER LIEN

Jennifer Lien played Kes on Star Trek: Voyager. Kes was the Ocampa young woman who joined the crew of Voyager for a chance to explore the galaxy. Eventually, her mental powers became so advanced that she grew beyond the simple constraints of her corporeal form.

Lien attended a Star Trek convention panel in Las Vegas in 2010 where she expressed her satisfaction with playing the part. “I had a good time. It went on after I left and continued, but my time was great. I have no complaints. I have no regrets," said Lien. "Everything worked out the way it should have. Everything happens for a reason… I’m perfectly at peace and content with my life. I don’t live in the past and I don’t wish anything were different.”

8. REGRETTED: ROBERT PICARDO

Robert Picardo’s early experience of Star Trek: Voyager was soured by production upheavals and disappointments. At first, he auditioned for the role of Neelix, but obviously the character went to Ethan Philips instead. When the producers called him back about playing the holographic doctor, Picardo felt a little let down .

“I remember, when I first got the role, I was telling everybody, 'I got the new Star Trek pilot. I’m sure it’ll run. I’m sure it’ll put my kids through college. But I’ve got to tell you, I’ve got the worst part on the show.' That was an irony that I’ve lived with ever since," said Picardo. "I thought I’d gotten the dull role in the show and that made the experience so much fun for me.” There’s no question that the Doctor’s character and popularity grew throughout Voyager ’s run.

7. ADORED: MARTHA HACKETT

Martha Hackett’s Seska was a very personal early antagonist for the crew of Voyager. There was the usual tension of her coming from the Maquis crew, but her real nefarious deeds were entirely self-centered. She betrayed the Voyager crew to ally herself with the Kazon-Nistrim.

According to Hackett, the ultimate direction of Seska’s character was up in the air until very late in the writing. However, she was ultimately satisfied with the part. " The writers used what I thought were some clever plot machinations to develop Seska," she said. "When a character is well-written and has a lot of layers or depth, it makes it far more interesting to play and fun as well. I got to take Seska in so many different directions. I even made her a little bit crazy.”

6. ADORED: MAJEL BARRETT

Majel Barret has become such a big part of the Star Trek franchise. She married Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and played Lwaxana Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation . Since Next Generation , Barrett has voiced the Federation computer in almost every show and licensed Star Trek property.

Barrett always seemed to enjoy participating in the Star Trek franchise. In an interview at the Star Trek: Voyager wrap party, Barret expressed her confidence that Roddenberry would have been pleased with how Voyager turned out. She said Roddenberry knew that Star Trek would have to keep evolving and that Voyager carried on that tradition well. For her part, Barrett joked that “ for 37 years, it’s a hell of a job! "

5. ADORED: TIM RUSS

Tim Russ actually auditioned for the role of Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation before he eventually got the role of Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager . Russ said that he was glad things worked out that way. In a 2018 interview with TrekMovie.com , he said that he much preferred the role of Tuvok because the role felt more organic and the dialogue felt more natural to him.

Russ also said he was pleased with the overall arc of Tuvok’s story on the show: “The character was a father, he had a wife and children. We explored all those kinds of things, as we should to flesh out the character. I was very happy with it.”

4. REGRETTED: JERI RYAN

Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine was undoubtedly one of the most sensational character additions to any Star Trek show. Her character represented a new kind of exploration of humanity and became incredibly popular.

Unfortunately, Seven of Nine’s introduction half way into the show’s lifespan caused a bit of tension among the cast. Jeri Ryan talked about her mixed experiences on Voyager in a 2006 podcast with Aisha Tyler. Ryan never specifically said in the podcast, but rumors have persisted for years that she and Kate Mulgrew didn’t get along . “There was nothing I could do — literally I would be nauseous when I knew these scenes were coming up. When there were a lot of scenes with this person the next day, I was sick to my stomach all night, just miserable. It was so unnecessary and just so petty,” she said.

3. ADORED: JONATHAN FRAKES

Jonathan Frakes is one Star Trek actor who managed to grow in multiple professions through his involvement in the franchise. He played Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation and in the four Star Trek  movies to feature that crew. Riker’s popularity even allowed him a guest appearance on Voyager in the episode “Death Wish”.

However, he also became an accomplished director through opportunities afforded by Star Trek . He directed eight episodes of Next Generation , three episodes of Voyager and First Contact and Insurrection . According to Frakes, his experience as an actor lent itself to his directing prowess. “Having been an actor, I think I can communicate well with actors. And I think I can manage time well,” Frakes told StarTrek.com in a 2010 interview.

2. ADORED: GEORGE TAKEI

George Takei has channeled his popularity from Star Trek as few other actors on from the franchise have done. He’s a compassionate, witty, outspoken activist on many contemporary issues, including the personal issues of LGBTQ equality. His role in the original Star Trek series certainly helped inspire his activism.

Many years later, the production crew of Star Trek: Voyager devised a way to have Takei reprise his role in the episode “Flashback”. Takei spoke of how impressed he was with the premise in the Voyager Season 3 DVD commentary. "I thought… they did an absolutely wonderful job of bridging the generations, of making Captain Sulu, Tuvok, and Janeway all organic parts of the same episode," he said.

1. ADORED: ROXANNE DAWSON

B’Elanna Torres is a bit of a controversial character among Star Trek fans. They either seem to like her a lot or can’t stand her at all. Ironically ,this is pretty much in line with her character on the show, as other Voyager crew members get along with her better than others.

Actress Roxanne Dawson seems satisfied with her role at any rate. In 2011, she told TrekMovie.com in an interview that she has fond memories of her character and of working on Voyager . “ If you look at her, from her first episode through all her transitions, internally, as a couple with Tom, as a member of the crew, it was great," Dawson said. "She grew, she changed. [B'Elanna] wasn’t perfect. She failed and recovered… I think she continued to change and grow through all seven seasons.”

Can you think of any other actors who regretted or adored their roles on  Star Trek: Voyager ? Sound off in the comments!

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