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Kathryn Janeway

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Admiral Kathryn Janeway was a 24th and early 25th century Starfleet officer . One of the most decorated captains in Starfleet history , she was most noted for commanding the starship USS Voyager during its journey through the Delta Quadrant . Her captaincy of Voyager and its unprecedented journey through the Delta Quadrant became legendary. As the first Federation captain to successfully traverse the Delta Quadrant, she encountered dozens of new planets , and by one Admiral 's estimation, made first contact with more civilizations than any captain since James T. Kirk . ( VOY : " Caretaker ", " Friendship One ", " Endgame ")

After Voyager 's return, she served as a vice admiral at Starfleet Command , and later commanded the USS Dauntless on a rescue mission in the Delta Quadrant. While looking for the missing USS Protostar , she helped to stop the Vau N'Akat plot to destroy the Federation. By the time of the Attack on Mars , Janeway had been promoted to Admiral . ( Star Trek Nemesis , PRO : " A Moral Star, Part 2 ", PIC : " The Next Generation ")

• 1 Early life
• 2.1 Starfleet Academy
• 2.2.1 Service aboard the Al-Batani
• 2.2.2 Other assignments
• 2.2.3 Service aboard the Billings
• 2.3.1 Taking command
• 2.3.2 Beginnings in the Delta Quadrant
• 2.3.9.1 Returning home
• 2.4 Home again
• 2.5.1 Looking for the Protostar
• 2.5.2 The Vau N'akat plot
• 2.5.3 Back on Earth
• 2.6 Later career
• 3 Conflict with the Borg
• 4 Alternate realities and timelines
• 5.2 Nostalgia and the holodeck
• 5.3 Sciences
• 6 Personality
• 7.1.1 Tuvok
• 7.1.2 Chakotay
• 7.1.3 Seven of Nine
• 7.1.4 The Doctor
• 7.1.5 Tom Paris
• 7.1.6 Harry Kim
• 7.1.8 Patterson
• 7.2.1 Mark Johnson
• 7.2.2 Kashyk
• 7.2.3 Michael Sullivan
• 7.2.4 Jaffen
• 7.3 Biomimetic duplicate
• 7.4 Holograms
• 8.1 Janeway's coffee quotes
• 9 Chronology
• 10.1 Appearances
• 10.2 Background information
• 10.3 Apocrypha
• 10.4 External links

Early life [ ]

Kathryn Janeway was born on May 20 in Bloomington , Indiana , on Earth . ( VOY : " Year of Hell ", " Imperfection ")

Her father was Vice Admiral Janeway and she had a sister , Phoebe who she described as the artist of the family. Janeway once spilled Phoebe's paints and blamed it on their dog. ( VOY : " Sacred Ground ", " Coda ", " The Killing Game "; PRO : " Mindwalk ") Her mother was still alive as of 2378 . ( VOY : " Author, Author ")

One of Kathryn's favorite foods, Welsh rarebit , was something she always enjoyed while at her grandfather 's. ( VOY : " Death Wish ") Another was her grandmother 's vegetable biryani . ( VOY : " Timeless ") She grew up on the great plains surrounding her grandfather's farm in Indiana. ( VOY : " Macrocosm ", " Live Fast and Prosper ") With their family having grown up around farmers , her parents insisted that she learn some basic gardening skills . ( VOY : " Resolutions ")

When she was a girl, she liked to swim in a swimming pool or a pond – where she knew exactly what was beneath her – but she was scared to death of swimming in the ocean , where in the open water there was no way to know what was down below. ( VOY : " Good Shepherd ")

When she was six years old, she once watched a bolt of lightning split an oak tree in her grandfather's yard, one she had climbed just a few hours before. Many years later, she recalled that there was no anomaly more frightening than a thunderstorm on the plains, especially at such a young age. ( VOY : " Fair Haven ", " Shattered ") Also at the age of six, Kathryn enjoyed an interactive holodeck fairy tale series called The Adventures of Flotter and took ballet lessons, where she learned the dance of " The Dying Swan ". She described the dance as being the hit of her " Beginning Ballet " class and recreated the performance in 2373 , during Talent Night aboard Voyager . ( VOY : " Coda ", " Once Upon a Time ")

A representation of a young Kathryn Janeway

At the age of nine, she and her father hiked the northern rim of the Grand Canyon . She found that "the biggest ditch on Earth" – as her father used to call it – was too dusty for her liking, and Kathryn always preferred farm country. ( VOY : " Imperfection ")

When she was twelve years old, she walked home in a thunderstorm over seven kilometers because she lost a tennis match. ( VOY : " Deadlock ") In 2354 , during high school , she gave up playing tennis; she ultimately didn't pick it up again until 2373. ( VOY : " Future's End ")

Janeway was also experienced in pool , even though the first time she played it with the crew in Tom Paris ' holodeck simulation Chez Sandrine , she led everyone to believe that she was a novice. ( VOY : " The Cloud ") She also enjoyed skiing . ( VOY : " Macrocosm ")

Janeway had a special relationship with her father, who had raised her to be a doubter and a skeptic and to look at the world with the scientist's eye. When he died by drowning under a polar icecap on Tau Ceti Prime sometime before 2358 , she was devastated. She was so grief-stricken she fell into a terrible depression and spent months in bed, sleeping away her days. Her sister eventually forced her into the real world again. ( VOY : " Coda ")

Janeway credited the family tale of her ancestor , Shannon O'Donnel , for inspiring her to join Starfleet . The family tale claimed that O'Donnell had been involved as the driving force in ensuring the construction of the Millennium Gate , despite strong local opposition. O'Donnell was also believed to be an early female astronaut , the first of a line of Janeway explorers. Much to Janeway's disappointment, research in 2376 revealed that her involvement in the Millennium Gate project had been far less prominent than everyone thought and that she had been a mere consulting engineer on the project. However, Seven of Nine told her that her inspiration to Janeway should not be diminished by this, as she was still the driving force behind her desire to join Starfleet and become an explorer. ( VOY : " 11:59 ")

During her lifetime, Janeway studied chromolinguistics , American Sign Language , and the gestural idioms of the Leyron . However, she struggled with basic Klingon . ( VOY : " Macrocosm ", " Hope and Fear ")

Starfleet career [ ]

Starfleet academy [ ].

During Janeway's first year at Starfleet Academy , she overcame her fear of open water after she went through zero g training in the Coral Sea . ( VOY : " Good Shepherd ")

As a cadet , Janeway learned that a good officer kept an open mind. ( PRO : " Mindwalk ")

A grown Janeway meets a Boothby replica

During her time at the Academy, Janeway developed a close relationship with Boothby , the chief custodian of the Starfleet gardens , who brought fresh roses to her quarters each morning. Janeway also enjoyed spending her time at a little coffee shop on Market Street known as "the Night Owl ". ( VOY : " In the Flesh ") Her love of coffee and her late nights got her through many of her classes, as she often had to pull all-nighters . ( VOY : " Good Shepherd ") She studied under such memorable professors as Patterson , Hendricks , and H'ohk . Janeway was also considered an intelligent and adaptive cadet. ( VOY : " Relativity ", " Friendship One ", " Darkling ")

Early postings and assignments [ ]

Service aboard the al-batani [ ].

Janeway's first Starfleet posting was as a science officer aboard the USS Al-Batani , under the command of Captain Owen Paris . ( VOY : " Caretaker ", " Live Fast and Prosper ", " Shattered ") When she was a science officer, Janeway envied the captain's privilege of making first contact with alien species. ( VOY : " Innocence ")

While aboard the Al-Batani , she participated in the Arias Expedition . ( VOY : " Caretaker ")

During another mission, the Al-Batani tried to navigate a dense protonebula and became stuck. ( VOY : " Bride of Chaotica! ")

Janeway once revealed that, at one point during her posting aboard the Al-Batani , she knocked out power to six decks by misaligning the ship's positronic relays . ( VOY : " Shattered ")

Other assignments [ ]

While she held the rank of lieutenant , she was the member of an away team which defended a Federation outpost from Cardassians during a border conflict. They ended up cut off in a three-day long firefight with the Cardassians. One night during a break in the fighting, her commanding officer ordered her and an ensign to crawl out into the brush and save a wounded Cardassian soldier . At the time, she thought her commander crazy, but in retrospect saving that man's life was one of her proudest moments. In the end, her away team secured the outpost, and all members were decorated by Starfleet Command . ( VOY : " Prey ")

Janeway first met one of her future closest friends and confidants, Tuvok , in 2356 , at which time he dressed her down in front of three Starfleet admirals for failing to observe proper tactical procedures during her first command. Although the incident bruised her "Human ego" at the time, she ultimately realized Tuvok was correct. ( VOY : " Fury ", " Revulsion ")

From 2365 onward, Janeway and Tuvok became close friends, and Janeway found she could always " rely on his insightful and unfailingly logical advice. " During the mid- 2360s , when Tuvok was temporarily assigned to Jupiter Station , he often wrote to Janeway. ( VOY : " Tuvix ") By 2371, Tuvok had made detailed psychological observations about Janeway over the course of four years. ( VOY : " Revulsion ", " Phage ")

Service aboard the Billings [ ]

While in her first year as a commander aboard the USS Billings , Janeway sent an away team to survey a volcanic moon . Their shuttle was damaged by a magma eruption and three crewmembers were severely injured. The next day, she returned to the moon , alone, to complete the survey. She wanted the crew to know that their suffering had not been in vain, despite the possibility that she could have been killed. ( VOY : " Night ")

Commanding the USS Voyager [ ]

Taking command [ ].

Janeway takes the center seat in 2371

In 2371 , Janeway took command of the USS Voyager and received her first general order at Starfleet Headquarters . She was to locate a missing Maquis vessel, the Val Jean , which had disappeared in the Badlands with her security officer Tuvok , who was working as an undercover agent. Given the navigational challenge in this region of space, she proposed to Admiral Patterson to rehabilitate Tom Paris – an excellent pilot and disgraced son of her former captain, now Admiral Paris, as well as a former Maquis – for the mission. She visited Paris at the Federation Penal Colony in New Zealand , where he was serving time for his involvement with the Maquis. In exchange for his help in finding the Val Jean , Janeway offered to Paris that she would help him at his next review. Paris was less than enthused about returning to Starfleet after his disgraceful dismissal, but the moment he found out that he would be cut loose, he agreed to join.

While chasing the Val Jean in the Badlands, both ships were engulfed by a displacement wave that hurled them seventy thousand light years into the far side of the galaxy , deep into the Delta Quadrant . ( VOY : " In the Flesh ", " Relativity ", " Caretaker ")

Beginnings in the Delta Quadrant [ ]

After finding Voyager transferred 70,000 light years across the galaxy , Janeway soon discovered that they had been brought there by a sporocystian lifeform known as the Caretaker . The Caretaker was dying and therefore looking for a suitable mate so that his offspring could continue to care for a species known as the Ocampa . He held a debt to the Ocampa because, many years ago, he had been responsible for the destruction of their planet 's atmosphere , forcing the Ocampa to move below ground, in turn prompting the Caretaker to continue providing for them.

The Caretaker had pulled both the Val Jean and Voyager into the Delta Quadrant in order to see if anyone in their crews might be a compatible mate. To that end, he abducted the crew of both ships and conducted experiments. These efforts proved unsuccessful, however, as he found himself to be incompatible with any of Voyager 's or the Val Jean 's crew members. Unfortunately, two of the crew members – B'Elanna Torres from the Maquis and Harry Kim from Starfleet – became ill after the experiments and were sent to the Ocampa homeworld for care and treatment. Given their perilous situation and the missing crew members, Janeway and the captain of the Val Jean , a former Starfleet commander named Chakotay , decided to put aside their differences in order to locate their missing people and find a way home.

While searching for answers to their dilemma, they encountered a small Talaxian freighter manned by a Talaxian named " Neelix " who, in exchange for water , agreed to help the crews retrieve their missing shipmates.

The Caretaker's condition kept deteriorating and he died before being able to send back Janeway's and Chakotaty's ships to the Alpha Quadrant . Even though Lieutenant Tuvok believed he could activate the system that could send Voyager back, it would have meant leaving the technology in the hands of a hostile native species, the Kazon – who were going to use it to get to the Ocampa. Realizing that this was a sacrifice she was not willing to make, Janeway destroyed the Caretaker's array by using two tricobalt devices at a yield of twenty thousand teracochranes. Evacuating his crew to the Starfleet vessel, Chakotay crashed his ship into a Kazon carrier vessel in order to protect Voyager while it destroyed the array.

This decision left Voyager stranded 70,000 light years in the Delta Quadrant, with their only means to get home destroyed. Recognizing their long, daunting journey ahead, both Starfleet and Maquis crews merged and decided to work together when embarking on their seventy-year-long journey home . Chakotay became Janeway's first officer and second in command of the ship. The decision to merge the Maquis and Starfleet forces was controversial for both sides at first, but the crews soon learned to work together under the new joint command structure. ( VOY : " Caretaker ", " Parallax ", " The Voyager Conspiracy ")

One of the problems facing Janeway when Voyager first became trapped in the Delta Quadrant was to combine the Maquis and Starfleet crews into one cohesive unit for their journey back home. Their violent hurdle into the Delta Quadrant had left them with empty key positions that urgently needed to be filled, such as the position of first officer previously held by Lieutenant Commander Cavit , the helm , chief engineer , a transporter chief , and the entire medical staff, including the chief medical officer .

Early on in the voyage, there was an incident between B'Elanna Torres, who was a Maquis, and Joe Carey of Starfleet. Having a fiery temperament, Torres had punched Carey in the nose over a disagreement in engineering. Chakotay, despite being furious about Torres' lack of discipline, still recommended her for the position of chief engineer ; a proposal which Janeway initially dismissed, as she saw Torres as an undisciplined troublemaker unfit to hold a command position. Chakotay kept standing up for Torres, however, and after seeing first-hand what she was capable of, Janeway agreed to give her the position. ( VOY : " Parallax ")

Janeway fixes the timeline

While visiting a planet which had been devastated by a polaric ion explosion, Janeway and Tom Paris were transported back in time , due to a fracture in subspace . They got caught up between a group of protesters and government officials disagreeing over an energy source and its potential dangers. When the protesters took over a power plant , Janeway came to believe that it would become the source of the explosion, but as an away team from Voyager tried to rescue them by cutting into subspace, she realized that this was the actual cause of the catastrophic events. She sealed the rift, and a new timeline was created, where the explosion never happened. ( VOY : " Time and Again ")

Janeway dreams of the possibility of finally having found a way home

Janeway's fallen hopes of returning home

During the first year of the voyage, Janeway made first contact with a number of species, one of which were the Vidiians , who were plagued by an incurable phage and as a result harvested the organs of other species for survival. During an away mission , Neelix's lungs were stolen by the Vidiians and The Doctor had to create a pair of holographic lungs to keep him alive. After searching for and finding the Vidiians responsible, it turned out that they had already bio-transformed Neelix's lungs. However, they possessed the medical knowledge to do an organ transplant and, having been unexpectedly spared, resolved to do all they could. Kes donated one of her lungs to Neelix. Janeway was furious with the Vidiians and promised them that, should they harm any members of her crew again, she would not be so generous. ( VOY : " Phage ")

Janeway also led the ship into a nebula that was really an organic lifeform . Upon discovering that they had injured the space-dwelling being, she and her crew immediately worked on a procedure to repair any damage they might have caused to it. ( VOY : " The Cloud ")

Their hopes of returning home were renewed when Voyager came upon a micro-wormhole that ended in the Alpha Quadrant . Janeway made contact with a Romulan ship captained by Telek R'Mor . They successfully transported R'Mor through the wormhole onto Voyager and to the Delta Quadrant, only to find out that that version of R'Mor was from twenty years in the past . Heartbroken, Janeway asked R'Mor to at least transmit the crews' messages, twenty years later , to their loved ones. When R'Mor was beamed back to 2351 , Tuvok informed the captain that he had, in fact, died in 2367 and that it was unlikely that he could relay the messages. ( VOY : " Eye of the Needle ")

The same year, Janeway and her crew made first contact with the Sikarians , a friendly and hospitable species that possessed some rather groundbreaking technology; they were capable of folding space , thus allowing ships to travel great distances in short amounts of time. However, the Sikarians had their own set of prime rules, one of which prohibited them from sharing key technology with other species. Janeway tried to negotiate with their leader, but he simply refused to share the technology. Humiliated and helpless, Janeway decided to move on, but some crew members, including Seska and B'Elanna, but also Carey and even Tuvok, were not willing to take no for an answer and looked for alternate means to acquire the technology. However, when they tried to use it, they found that it was not compatible with Federation technology. When Janeway found out, she was more than upset to see this level of insubordination among her crew. She warned B'Elanna Torres to never cross the line again or else she would no longer be an officer on the ship. Her biggest disappointment was in Tuvok, however, who had led the operation; she felt let down, but he explained that, according to his logic, he had had no choice but to do what the captain had been morally unable to do. Even though she was touched by his loyalty and willingness to sacrifice for her, Janeway told him to never act on his logic again without consulting with her, telling him that she needed to be able to count on him as he was the one that she turned to when she needed her moral compass checked. ( VOY : " Prime Factors ")

Later that year, she and the rest of the crew found out that Seska, a member of the Maquis crew, was really a Cardassian spy altered to look Bajoran , and that she had been giving Federation technology to the Kazon-Nistrim . Seska berated the captain for having destroyed their last chance to get home and thought her to be a fool for continuing to hold on to what Seska believed to be useless Starfleet principles at the expense of her crew. Janeway tried to explain to her that sharing even minor technology might have dire consequences for the balance of power in that part of space, but Seska, blinded by vindication, could not be convinced. She left Voyager and joined Maje Culluh of the Kazon-Nistrim. Throughout the year, she and Culluh plotted ever newer ways to get to Voyager and capture it. ( VOY : " State of Flux ")

Despite constant attacks by alien races in an unknown and potentially hostile part of space, Janeway also discovered some favorite pastime for the times Voyager was not on constant guard. In order to relax, she participated in a Gothic holodeck program in which she was the governess of a mysterious mansion. ( VOY : " Cathexis ")

The integration of the Maquis crew into the Starfleet crew was not smooth and, at the beginning of their journey, both crews faced some challenges. When a few members of the Maquis who were not well versed with Starfleet protocols and procedure exhibited disruptive and even insubordinate behavior, Janeway proposed that, instead of punishment, they take on the responsibility of getting those crew members up to speed and instruct them in how to run a Starfleet vessel. For that purpose, Tuvok, who had Academy teaching experience, was put in charge of training crew members who could benefit the most from such training. ( VOY : " Learning Curve ")

Amelia Earhart and Janeway, with Voyager landed behind

In 2371 , Voyager discovered Amelia Earhart and other Humans in stasis . They had been captured by the Briori to become slaves, but their descendants had revolted and overthrown their alien captors. The Humans on the planet believed that the eight ancestors were dead and honored them in a shrine. Upon revival, the group (nicknamed "the 37's") decided to stay on the planet with their "descendants." Earhart invited Voyager 's crew to stay as well, but they decided to continue their journey home. ( VOY : " The 37's ")

During an attack by space-dwelling lifeforms , Kes began to prematurely enter puberty . This was the first time Janeway was faced with the possibility that, on their long voyage home, crew members would eventually start pairing off and maybe even having children. Although the aliens were driven off and Kes returned to her normal state, Ensign Samantha Wildman informed Janeway that she was, in fact, pregnant. ( VOY : " Elogium ")

Voyager came across an anomaly that distorted the structure of the ship, trapping the senior staff in the holodeck . Janeway was injured by the anomaly, but the crew soon realized that it was actually sentient, attempting to communicate. ( VOY : " Twisted ")

The same year, the ship was attacked by the Botha , who caused violent hallucinations in the crew; Janeway hallucinated about her fiance, Mark. However, The Doctor and Kes were able to drive the aliens away, and Voyager 's crew recovered. ( VOY : " Persistence of Vision ")

Janeway also met up with the Caretaker's partner, Suspiria , who had been taking care of an Ocampa colony. She attacked Janeway and Voyager , whom she blamed for the Caretaker's death. Kes was able to distract Suspiria with her telekinetic powers, allowing Janeway to fire a toxin at Suspiria that disabled her. ( VOY : " Cold Fire ")

Janeway and Caylem

Janeway later helped rescue Tuvok and Torres from a Mokra Order prison , after being nursed back to health by Caylem , who believed she was his daughter , Ralkana . His wife and daughter had been killed resisting the Mokra Order. As Caylem was dying, Janeway posed as his daughter to assure him that she and his wife were fine. ( VOY : " Resistance ")

When Tom Paris broke the warp ten barrier that same year, he began exhibiting strange behavior until his DNA completely mutated and transformed him into an amphibian species. In his delirious state, he abducted Janeway and embarked on a warp ten journey with her, which resulted in her DNA mutating as well. When they were discovered by Voyager a short while later, they had mated and produced offspring. After The Doctor was able to restore them back to their Human form, they decided to leave the offspring on a planet where they had left them. Janeway joked to Paris that, while she had thought about having children, she'd never believed it was going to be with him. ( VOY : " Threshold ")

" Captain Janeway... USS Voyager"

Janeway also had her first contact with Q . While exploring a comet, the Voyager crew accidentally released what turned out to be a Q from the core of the comet. After some time, the well-known Q arrived, telling Janeway that the other Q, eventually known as " Quinn ", had tried to kill himself many times, and that this was the reason for his captivity. Quinn asked for asylum and a chance to become Human. He argued that, although the existence of a Q is exhilarating and incredible at first, the initial wonder very soon turns to boredom, as there is nothing more to explore, nothing more to reveal about the universe or anything. Because of this unbearable lack of purpose in the Q Continuum , he wished to end his life. Janeway granted his request after a hearing on the matter, where numerous witnesses, including Maury Ginsberg and the USS Enterprise 's William T. Riker , took part. She urged Quinn to lead a full mortal life. Regardless, he killed himself, receiving a poison from Q, who revealed himself as a sympathizer with the late Q in the end. ( VOY : " Death Wish ")

Janeway meets her double

While attempting to avoid a number of Vidiian ships, Voyager entered a divergence field and was duplicated in nearly every aspect, including the crew. The two ships were connected by a rift in the lower decks that allowed passage between both ships, but they faced danger as they drew on the same antimatter supply. When the Vidiians attempted to board one of the Voyager s, both crews were in danger, and one of the Janeways destroyed her ship, killing the Vidiians and saving the other Voyager . ( VOY : " Deadlock ")

Janeway later faced a crisis of conscience when a transporter accident fused Neelix and Tuvok into one being, Tuvix . The only way to bring them back to their original form was to eliminate Tuvix, who protested the murder. Janeway had to execute a new, sentient, and innocent lifeform so that she could have Tuvok and Neelix brought back to life. ( VOY : " Tuvix ")

Janeway also confronted fear incarnate, in the form of The Clown . This occurred when she tried to save a group of aliens who, while in stasis, had been trapped by their malfunctioning neural link. When the consciousness of some of her crew became trapped in the program, The Doctor served as an "ambassador" to negotiate with The Clown (the "ruler" of that network, serving as the personification of the aliens' fear that something would go wrong). Voyager 's crew eventually tricked The Clown into letting his prisoners out by having Janeway connect to the network without actually entering it, a holographic Janeway, sent in to trick The Clown, informing him that fear existed to be conquered and that he would now vanish. ( VOY : " The Thaw ")

Along with Chakotay, Janeway was subsequently left behind on a planet, due to an incurable disease that the atmosphere of the planet inhibited. They began to show affection for each other, but a possible relationship was put on hold when the crew disobeyed direct orders and contacted Vidiians who knew of a cure. ( VOY : " Resolutions ")

Janeway and crew left behind

The rest of the year was spent in confrontation with the Kazon. Chakotay was captured by the Kazon and tortured when he refused to give up secrets of Voyager 's defenses. Paris left the ship under a ruse to uncover the traitor in Voyager 's crew. Janeway tried to form alliances with the Trabe , enemies of the Kazon, to force both sides to participate in a peace conference; the conference ended in disaster when the Trabe tried to kill the Kazon. ( VOY : " Maneuvers ", " Investigations ", " Alliances ") Sometime later, Voyager was captured, and the crew was stranded on a prehistoric planet. ( VOY : " Basics, Part I ", " Basics, Part II ") After Paris – along with Lon Suder and The Doctor – regained the ship, the crew was rescued. Seska was killed and Culluh's power base was smashed, allowing Voyager to depart Kazon space with no further contact with them. ( VOY : " Basics, Part II ")

Janeway blending in aboard the Excelsior

After Tuvok began suffering a mental breakdown in 2373 , Janeway engaged in a mind meld with him, which took them back to his tour of duty on the USS Excelsior , captained by Hikaru Sulu . The breakdown was caused by an alien virus that had lain dormant in Tuvok's mind. ( VOY : " Flashback ")

Voyager was later assaulted by alien ships that attacked in great number. ( VOY : " The Swarm ") The Starfleet vessel also came across a planet ruled by two Ferengi who had become trapped by an unstable wormhole . Janeway devised a plan to oust the Ferengi who were exploiting the people. ( VOY : " False Profits ")

During a visit to a Nechani shrine, Kes was struck down by an energy surge and lapsed into a coma. Janeway underwent a series of rituals to help cure Kes, but, in the end, it was Janeway's faith that helped revive Kes. She took Kes through the energy field even though The Doctor told her it was deadly. It did no harm, and Kes was revived intact. ( VOY : " Sacred Ground ")

After an encounter with a timeship from the future, Voyager was transported back to the 20th century . They stopped Henry Starling , who had used the timeship for monetary gain, from launching the ship and altering history. The Doctor received his mobile emitter , which allowed him complete freedom to go anywhere. ( VOY : " Future's End ")

During that year, Q appeared on the ship and wanted to have a baby with Janeway, in order to stop a civil war in the Continuum. He transported her to the Continuum to escape a seemingly female Q who had boarded Voyager . The Human perception of the Q Civil War was set in the American Civil War , and Janeway and Q were captured, but the female Q along with the crew of Voyager managed to enter the Continuum and rescue them. When the Qs engaged in a truce, Voyager was returned to normal space, but not before Q presented his newborn son, whom he instead had with the female Q, to Janeway. ( VOY : " The Q and the Grey ")

Chakotay desperately trying to revive Janeway after their shuttle crashes

After an accident that left Janeway in a coma, an alien energy being tried to convince Janeway that she was dying. It fed off the souls of the dying, trying every trick to get her to cooperate, even appearing to her as her father, but she saw through the ruse and refused. Once the being left, The Doctor was able to revive her. ( VOY : " Coda ")

Near of the end of the year, Voyager was captured by the Nyrians , who replaced the crew with one of their number using a transporter and imprisoned them on a biosphere ship . Janeway led an escape by securing the transporter and beaming the Nyrian leader to one of their own biospheres simulating a frozen wasteland, forcing them to return Voyager . ( VOY : " Displaced ")

Janeway as a nightclub owner

The following year brought Janeway and Voyager in contact with two dangerous races: the Krenim and the Hirogen.

Janeway faces a year of hell

The encounter with the Krenim began late in 2373 when a Krenim timeship tried to change history to restore the Krenim Imperium . This plunged Janeway and Voyager into a year-long battle. The presence of Voyager had upset the calculations used to restore the Imperium, and therefore Voyager had to be eliminated. Voyager came under a series of attacks by the technologically advanced Krenim, resulting in the loss of many of the crew and severe damage to the ship. It ended when Janeway suicide-crashed a mortally wounded Voyager alone into the timeship, destroying it and wiping it from existence. This restored the timeline and allowed Voyager to plot a course around Krenim space in the preferred timeline, avoiding Krenim territory entirely. ( VOY : " Year of Hell ", " Year of Hell, Part II ")

Also during that year, the crew was subjected to various experiments carried out by cloaked aliens called the Srivani . After being close to death, the Voyager crew figured out a way to break the Srivani cloak, only to discover that the aliens had no intention of leaving, finding their studies much too interesting to abandon. The conflict ended when Janeway threatened to destroy the ship and the aliens along with it, partially because of the raised dopamine levels in her blood, by flying through a binary pulsar. This threat worked, however, and the Srivani, at the cost of one of their two vessels being destroyed by the pulsar, left the ship. ( VOY : " Scientific Method ")

The holoprogram Leonardo da Vinci , along with other Voyager technology, was stolen by pirates led by Tau . Janeway found his hideout and recovered the technology, including the Leonardo hologram. ( VOY : " Concerning Flight ")

Voyager discovered a communications network that allowed the crew to contact Starfleet . The network was owned by the Hirogen , a hunter race. When Tuvok and Seven of Nine beamed over to examine the network, they were captured by the Hirogen, who planned on killing them and using their bones as trophies. Janeway discovered that the network was being powered by a black hole , and, by increasing the power relays, she managed to disable the Hirogen ship and rescue the two. ( VOY : " Hunters ") Later, another Hirogen was encountered during his hunt for Species 8472 , which continued on Voyager when the wounded Hirogen was beamed over for medical attention. ( VOY : " Prey ") The final contact with the Hirogen that year took place on Voyager . The Hirogen captured the starship and, using brainwashing techniques, used the crew as prey in various hunting programs in the holodeck. Janeway played the part of a Klingon warrior killed by the Hirogen as well as the leader of a French resistance unit during a World War II holosimulation. After becoming aware of what was happening, the crew managed to retake the ship when Janeway killed the Alpha Hirogen . As the Hirogen left the ship, she gave them holo-technology in hope that they would give up hunting live prey and use the holoprograms instead. ( VOY : " The Killing Game ", " The Killing Game, Part II ")

Janeway set out to destroy a molecule known as the Omega molecule , the most dangerous and unstable substance known. She succeeded in destroying the molecule, but not without opposition from Seven of Nine. Seven, being a former Borg drone, still possessed incredible appreciation and awe of the Omega molecule, which the Borg believed to be perfect. ( VOY : " The Omega Directive ")

Janeway and Arturis

Near the end of the year, Janeway met Arturis , who helped them decode a Starfleet message. Decoding the message, they found a Federation ship that they believed had been sent to take them back to the Alpha Quadrant using slipstream technology , which Arturis offered to help them install. However, it was a ruse, as the ship had been manufactured by Arturis so that he could take Voyager and its crew to be assimilated. When his plan didn't work, he settled on Janeway and Seven of Nine being assimilated by the Borg. His people had been fighting the Borg, and their only hope had been that Species 8472 might defeat the Borg. When Janeway had helped the Borg, his people had subsequently been assimilated, and he now wanted revenge. Janeway managed to shut down the force field on his ship, and she and Seven were beamed back to Voyager as Arturis' ship arrived in Borg space. ( VOY : " Hope and Fear ")

On stardate 50979, unknown aliens attacked Ensign Harry Kim , The Doctor , and Ensign Ahni Jetal on an away mission. The Doctor had to decide between saving the life of either Jetal or Kim. The ensuing decision began an ethical battle between his original programming and his evolved personality. In order to combat this, Janeway ordered his program rewritten. Eighteen months later – when he recovered these memories – she again ordered his program rewritten. As a result of Seven disagreeing with her, she allowed The Doctor to remain as he was, working out the problems on his own with the support of the crew. ( VOY : " Latent Image ")

In 2375 , Janeway and Voyager made contact with a race known as the Malon . While entering a vast void in space with no stars, Janeway rescued a night being who was dying from radiation poisoning. The Malon, who were the garbage men of the quadrant, were dumping radioactive material in the aliens' space. The dying night being asked Janeway to close a vortex that the Malon were using to dump the material. Janeway decided to close the vortex, which had to be done inside the void, which would cause her to sacrifice herself. The crew refused to follow her orders and instead persuaded her to close the vortex as Voyager entered it. It caused a shock wave , but Voyager survived and closed the vortex, protecting the space of the night aliens. ( VOY : " Night ") Later that year, they encountered a Malon ship that was in danger of exploding and contaminating space due to ruptured fuel tanks. An away team found that a Malon who was disfigured from years of work on the ship had deliberately caused the damage, for revenge. ( VOY : " Juggernaut ")

Janeway discovered that Species 8472 had simulated Starfleet Academy as a training exercise to prepare for an invasion of Earth . This was based on Janeway's previous actions in their war with the Borg. When Janeway explained that she did not know that the Borg had started the war and that she hoped they could get home faster, the two groups found common ground. The leader of the simulation, having taken the form of Boothby , invited the crew to stay for a bit and treat it as shore leave , but Janeway politely declined, preferring to get underway for the real thing. ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Janeway demoted Paris for interfering with a water society. ( VOY : " Thirty Days ") She later had a romantic interlude with a Devore commander who, while looking for telepaths to arrest , asked for asylum aboard Voyager . The romance ended when the commander revealed himself as only pretending to defect in order to discover the whereabouts of the telepaths. ( VOY : " Counterpoint ")

Janeway as Queen Arachnia

Janeway played the part of Queen Arachnia , Queen of the Spider People, in one of Paris' holoprograms, The Adventures of Captain Proton . Aliens had taken the program as a serious threat, and she had to "kill" Doctor Chaotica to satisfy the aliens that they were no longer in danger. ( VOY : " Bride of Chaotica! ")

Janeway saved Voyager and Seven from the Think Tank , a group of aliens who solved problems for a fee. They hired the Hazari to attack the ship, and, in return for solving Voyager 's problem with the Hazari, they wanted Seven of Nine. ( VOY : " Think Tank ")

Janeway discovered another Federation ship lost in the Delta Quadrant, the USS Equinox , captained by Rudolph Ransom . He explained that his ship was attacked by creatures that killed much of his crew. The crew was beamed to Voyager for medical attention, and the Voyager crew attempted to repair the Equinox . Janeway discovered that the reason the creatures were attacking the Equinox was that Ransom had been capturing them and using them for fuel for the ship. Janeway confronted Ransom and arrested him and his crew. The EMH for the Equinox , which was beamed aboard Voyager , helped the crew escape back to the Equinox . They disabled Voyager , kidnapped Seven, and sped away. In the meantime, the creatures attacked Voyager . ( VOY : " Equinox ")

Janeway pushed to the limit

Janeway became obsessed with finding Ransom and resorted to means that would not have been acceptable to Starfleet. She was willing to kill a captured member of the Equinox , if he did not tell them the location of the ship, and confined Chakotay to his quarters when he interfered. When Voyager found Equinox , a battle ensued. When the Equinox was damaged by Voyager and attacked by the creatures, Ransom had a change of heart, dropped his shields, and surrendered Seven in exchange for his crew beaming aboard Voyager . He himself stayed with his ship as it exploded. Her final words to Ransom was agreeing with a promise to get her crew home. ( VOY : " Equinox, Part II ")

The same year, Tuvok was attacked by cloaked aliens during an away mission, and the weapons fire caused brain damage. Since The Doctor needed to examine the weapon in order to cure Tuvok, Janeway sought the Ba'Neth , the race of aliens responsible for the attack. With the help of Kesat Deputy Investigator Naroq , Janeway succeeded in tracking the Ba'Neth down. She used a photolitic converter to uncloak them. Janeway threatened to expose their location to other races, to which the Ba'Neth responded by handing over the weapon, and Tuvok was thereafter cured. ( VOY : " Riddles ")

Janeway encountered the Vaadwaur , a race that had been in stasis for nearly nine hundred years in order to survive the bombardment of their world, which had been destroyed by the Turei . After Seven of Nine opened one of the stasis pods without permission and a Vaadwaur named " Gedrin " was consequently awakened, Janeway offered to help him wake up the rest of his race, in return for allowing Voyager to use its subspace corridors , which would considerably cut the time to return home. She was unaware, though, that the Vaadwaur were a warrior race which had subjugated many of the races in their sector, including the Turei. They tried to take over Voyager but were unsuccessful. Gedrin refused to betray Janeway and helped Voyager escape. ( VOY : " Dragon's Teeth ")

Janeway and Voyager enlisted the help of Tash , who was working on a catapult vessel that could propel a ship many light years away and could thereby cut the time of Voyager 's trip. However, Seven of Nine tried to sabotage the experiment. Attempting to bite off more than she could chew, she downloaded too much information into her cortical node , resulting in paranoid delusions. She believed that Voyager was part of a Federation invasion force into the Delta Quadrant and that the catapult would bring more ships into the quadrant. She told Chakotay this. At the same time, she told Janeway that the catapult would be used by Chakotay to launch a Maquis attack on the Federation. When Seven used the Delta Flyer to get away from Voyager , Janeway beamed over and was able to convince Seven that she was ill and needed medical attention. ( VOY : " The Voyager Conspiracy ")

Although Voyager was able to send messages to Starfleet through the Hirogen communications network, the network had been destroyed two years earlier and there had been no further contact. Lieutenant Reginald Barclay of Starfleet was able to make contact in that year by opening an artificial wormhole through which communication could occur. The next year, the link was further stabilized to allow daily visual communication for eleven minutes a day. ( VOY : " Pathfinder ", " Author, Author ")

Enjoying the company of Michael Sullivan

Janeway found time to relax in a new holoprogram of Paris', called " Fair Haven ". There, she became attracted to the main character, Michael Sullivan . Although Sullivan was happily married, Janeway solved that little issue by changing the program to make him single. Later in the year, she rescued Paris and Kim from the townsfolk, who believed they were evil spirits. ( VOY : " Fair Haven ", " Spirit Folk ")

Voyager was drawn by a gravimetric wave into the orbit of a planet with a high rate of revolution. Because of a tachyon core breach, a second on Voyager was a day on the planet. While trapped in orbit, they observed the evolution of the planet. However, Voyager was unable to break orbit without significant harm inflicted on the planet, and, when the civilization began space travel, Voyager was threatened and attacked. When one of the astronauts landed on Voyager , Janeway explained the situation, and the pilot returned to his planet. Ships from the planet used a tractor beam to pull Voyager out of its orbit. ( VOY : " Blink of an Eye ")

Janeway also suffered an illusion that she and members of her crew took part in a massacre on the planet Tarakis . The massacre had taken place three hundred years prior, but a synaptic transmitter sent images to anyone who entered the system. This was done as a way of commemorating the people who had died. ( VOY : " Memorial ")

Voyager also encountered a Borg ship that was piloted by children who were separated from the hive due to an accident in space. After Seven of Nine convinced them to release captured crewmembers, Janeway allowed them to be beamed aboard Voyager and join her crew. Later, when she returned Icheb – the oldest of the former Borg children – to his parents on the Brunali planet, she found out that his parents only had him so he could be used as bait to defeat the Borg. Without the knowledge of the rest of their people, they had secretly genetically engineered him to produce a pathogen, and, when he was assimilated, the pathogen was spread among the Borg, effectively leading to their termination and causing the situation in which Voyager found their cube. The crew saved Icheb, who remained on Voyager . ( VOY : " Collective ", " Child's Play ")

Later that year, after an efficiency report, Janeway became aware that three members of her crew were performing below standard. She decided to take the three on an away mission with her, in order to help them improve their efficiency. When the Delta Flyer was attacked by an unknown force, the trio rose to the occasion and saved the ship and Janeway. ( VOY : " Good Shepherd ")

Janeway also foiled a scam run by Dala , a con artist who was impersonating her. Dala was stealing goods and conning various races by pretending to be Janeway. ( VOY : " Live Fast and Prosper ")

Dealing with the "haunted" nebula

Janeway also had her last meeting with an elder Kes who, with her telekinetic powers, was attacking Voyager and, by traveling back in time, was trying to change the timeline by betraying Voyager to the Vidiians. She blamed Janeway for taking her away from her people, for developing her mental powers before she was ready to use them, and for destroying her youth. As the Vidiians boarded the ship in the past, Janeway was forced to kill the older Kes with a phaser, and Voyager broke free and escaped. Janeway explained to the young Kes in the past what had happened, and she made a recording, explaining how happy she was and that her stay on Voyager was voluntary. When the older Kes again appeared in the normal timeline, she was convinced by the recording and left Voyager peacefully. ( VOY : " Fury ")

At the end of the year, Janeway returned an electric being, which had invaded Voyager , back to its home in a nebula. ( VOY : " The Haunting of Deck Twelve ")

2377-78 [ ]

Janeway in 2377

In 2377 and 2378 , the last years of Voyager' s trip home, Janeway faced many dangers and old enemies.

The first threat came from an unlikely source: the Ferengi . Nunk , a Ferengi, tried to steal some of Seven's nanoprobes . He programmed a fake hologram of Barclay , which arrived on Voyager through the artificial wormhole Barclay had created to communicate with the ship. Nunk was able to steal the codes by using a dabo girl pretending to be a teacher – she was Barclay's girlfriend. The counterfeit Barclay would steer Voyager into a space accident, which would destroy the ship, and at the last-minute take Seven and turn her over to the Ferengi. The plot was foiled by Barclay and Starfleet. ( VOY : " Inside Man ")

Janeway dealt with a mutiny by the Maquis, caused by a repressed brainwashing technique implanted into Tuvok by a Bajoran named " Teero Anaydis ". ( VOY : " Repression ") The ship also became trapped in a void in space in which only those ships willing to plunder other ships for technology could survive. Voyager , by forming an alliance with other ships in the void, was able to escape. ( VOY : " The Void ") Chakotay recruited the aid of a past version of Janeway to restore the timeline on Voyager after the ship was hit with a distortion wave. ( VOY : " Shattered ")

Janeway dealt with Paris and Torres' marriage and pregnancy. She encountered Klingons who lived on a generation ship, were looking for the savior of their race and believed Torres was carrying that savior. ( VOY : " Lineage ", " Prophecy ")

Janeway kidnapped by the Quarren

Janeway again encountered the Hirogen. They had used the holoprogram she had given them, after their attempt to take over Voyager , and had enhanced it so that the holograms had become sentient, but they, under Iden , rebelled, killing the Hirogen and other species they came in contact with. Janeway joined with the Hirogen and defeated Iden as well as his murderous desires. However, she protected the other holograms who wished to live in peace. ( VOY : " Flesh and Blood ")

The crew was later captured and brainwashed into believing that they were part of a Quarren workforce. Janeway became romantically involved with another employee before being rescued. ( VOY : " Workforce ", " Workforce, Part II ")

Q enlisted her aid in helping his son, "Junior", who had become a troublesome teenager. Janeway helped straighten the boy out and reconciled him with his father. ( VOY : " Q2 ") She also convinced Neelix to stay with a colony of Talaxians they discovered on an asteroid and helped repel a group of miners who had been threatening them. ( VOY : " Homestead ")

Returning home [ ]

In 2378 , Janeway was able to return to Earth with the assistance of Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway from the early 25th century of an alternate timeline .

Admiral Janeway from an alternate timeline

Admiral Janeway had provided her present-day counterpart with sophisticated anti-Borg technology, including transphasic torpedoes and ablative generator armor technology, in order for her to enter a nebula that had readings suggesting dozens of wormholes and Borg cubes .

When Voyager reached the nebula guided by Admiral Janeway, she ordered the crew to enter the transwarp hub , but Captain Janeway was reluctant to forgo the opportunity to damage the Borg's infrastructure considerably. Admiral Janeway was initially reluctant, but after Captain Janeway got the support of the crew for her plan, the two Janeways teamed up together to try to do both.

While trying to outrun the cascading shock wave reaction caused by the destruction of one hub, a Borg sphere pursued Voyager and attempted to capture it. Upon exiting the transwarp conduit in the Alpha Quadrant less than a light year from Earth, Admiral Paris ordered all available ships to intercept, in response to sensor readings indicating a Borg energy signature.

On arrival in the Alpha Quadrant, the Starfleet armada opened fire on the sphere, which had encompassed Voyager , to no avail. However, Voyager destroyed the sphere from inside with a single transphasic torpedo . As this happened, Voyager flew out from the wreckage, much to the surprise and amazement of not only the fleet, but also Admiral Paris, Lieutenant Barclay, and the entire Voyager crew. Voyager was then escorted back home. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Home again [ ]

Vice Admiral Janeway at Starfleet Command

Upon the return of Voyager to the Alpha Quadrant, Janeway was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and given an assignment at Starfleet Command . In 2379 , she ordered Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise -E on a diplomatic mission to Romulus , in response to a message relayed at a request of the new Romulan praetor , Shinzon . Janeway told Picard that Shinzon was a Reman and that, if the Romulan Empire became unstable, it would mean war for the entire quadrant. Janeway then ended the discussion, sarcastically remarking how Picard got all the easy assignments, but hoped his luck would hold out. ( Star Trek Nemesis )

Janeway's renown would spread beyond the Federation. The Pakleds would sometimes conflate any Human female Starfleet captain that they had several dealings with, such as Carol Freeman , with Janeway. ( LD : " The Spy Humongous ")

Sometime after returning home, Seven of Nine wanted to join Starfleet but they declined her admittance because she was Borg. Janeway fought against this decision to the point where she even threatened to resign but Seven eventually gave up on the idea of joining Starfleet and she ended up joining the Fenris Rangers instead. ( PIC : " Hide and Seek ")

Shortly after being promoted to vice admiral, Janeway attended the launching ceremony of the USS Protostar , which was equipped with a training holographic program modeled after her. Janeway spoke with Captain Chakotay about his returning to the Delta Quadrant; Chakotay promised that she would be the first one to call if he ran into any trouble, but he never did. At the time, Janeway was one of the most decorated officers in Starfleet history. ( PRO : " Lost and Found ", " Starstruck ", " Asylum ")

In the alternate timeline when Voyager returned to Earth in 2394 , Janeway became an admiral who had done some work with Starfleet Intelligence , though it had concluded by the time she was guest lecturing at Starfleet Academy alongside then-Commander Reginald Barclay at the Communications Research Center . ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Commanding the USS Dauntless [ ]

Looking for the protostar [ ].

Vice Admiral Janeway in command of the USS Dauntless

By 2384 , Janeway commanded the USS Dauntless on a mission to locate Chakotay and the missing Protostar . ( PRO : " A Moral Star, Part 2 ")

The Dauntless tracked the Protostar' s warp signature to a planetoid in the Carina Nebula . Upon arrival to the remains of Tars Lamora , Janeway lead an away team where they discover one lifeform alive but in a form of stasis and believe that he had answers to what happened. ( PRO : " Asylum ")

Her chief medical officer Doctor Noum was initially unable to revive the patient, until her navigator Ensign Asencia suggested that they replicate the serum found within the patient’s biosuit. Not long after, the Dauntless tracked the Protostar' s last movement to Federation relay station CR-721 , which had been destroyed. Since she knew Chakotay couldn’t be responsible for the attack on the station, that meant that someone else must be in command of the ship. ( PRO : " Let Sleeping Borg Lie ") By this point, their mysterious patient had woken up but had no memory of who he was or what had happened to him. ( PRO : " All the World's a Stage ")

He did eventually remember that he had a mission and that the Protostar crew had taken his daughter. After locating CR-721’s sole occupant, Lt. Barniss Frex at the Denaxi Depot , Janeway ordered the Dauntless to set a course for the Depot, hoping that Frex could shine light on what had happened. At the depot, Frex reported that the station had been destroyed by six "ruthless savages" dressed as Starfleet. When Frex revealed that one of the marauders had purple skin, Janeway realized that it must have been the young man, a teenager she had just met moments earlier. She then admonished Frex for not telling her that the group in question wasn’t a group of criminals, but simply a bunch of kids.

Suddenly, Janeway was informed that the Protostar itself just lifted up from the planet. Once her landing party beamed back about the ship, Janeway ordered the Dauntless to pursue the Protostar into warp. When the Protostar accidentally fired a torpedo at the Dauntless , Janeway ordered to return fire, careful to disable to the ship and not destroy it. When the Protostar fled into the Romulan Neutral Zone , Janeway was ready to follow them in. However, her first officer, Commander Tysess refused to obey her order since he feared she was letting her desire to find Chakotay dictate her actions, actions which could’ve led to war. ( PRO : " Crossroads ")

Janeway contacted Admiral Edward Jellico , at Starfleet Command to get permission to enter the Neutral Zone, arguing that they couldn’t let the Romulans get their hands on an unknown weapon aboard the Protostar . However, her request was denied, and Jellico ordered her to destroy the Protostar if the Romulans seized it. Though Ensign Asencia volunteered to covertly enter the Neutral Zone to get the ship, Janeway stated that she wasn’t ready to defy orders. Monitoring the Protostar from the other side of the Neutral Zone, Janeway gave the order to destroy the ship when appeared that a Tal Shiar squad was about to board, but quickly belayed the order when the Romulans were suddenly taken out of commission by the Protostar crew. ( PRO : " Masquerade ").

As the Protostar continually ignored the Dauntless ' hails, Janeway got a lead when Tysess presented her with a PADD which contained bounty information, names, and images, on the Protostar 's captors. When Janeway lamented that the Protostar crew weren't criminals, but simply children who got in over their heads, Tysess suggested that she look into who asked for the bounty. When Janeway discovered that it was someone called "The Diviner", she expanded one of the images and recognized that the girl was the same species as their mysterious patient. Wondering if the images could jolt his memory, went looking for him and learned that he was in Ensign Asencia's quarters. After ordering security to look up information on The Diviner, she walked into the quarters and found an artificial lifeform and Ensign Ascencia who now appeared to be the same species as the patient. Before she could do anything, Janeway was knocked unconscious from behind. ( PRO : " Preludes ")

The Vau N'akat plot [ ]

Later, she woke up surrounded by strange people, whom she recognized as the children who'd stolen the Protostar. Not only was she aboard the Protostar , but she was also somehow in the body of one of the children – Dal R'El . Zero , a young Medusan , explained that in the process of Dal attempting to contact Janeway telepathicly , his neural pattern must have gotten switched with hers – which meant that Dal must be in her body aboard the Dauntless . At that point, the young crew explained their entire situation to Janeway: the discovery of the abandoned Protostar on Tars Lamora , their escape from The Diviner , and the weapon placed on the Protostar , the living construct , which was designed specifically to destroy Starfleet should any Starfleet system link up to it. Recognizing that she'd made some unfair assumptions about the children, a sympathetic Janeway promised to help them any way she could; however, she needed to find some way to get her back to her body back on the Dauntless .

While the crew tried to come up with a solution, Janeway located the hologram version of herself that was loaded onto the Protostar. Though Janeway wasn't able to deactivate the living construct, she was able to restore Holo-Janeway's original program and remove the construct's corruption, which caused Holo-Janeway to take over the ship and set it on a non-stop course towards Federation space . With her memories restored, Holo-Janeway then showed Janeway Chakotay's last log, which showed him sending out a distress call before being boarded by Drednoks .

Afterwards, Rok-Tahk , the young Brikar on board, revealed her theory that the Dauntless ' phaser beam , which struck the Protostar at the moment Zero was attempting to create a telepathic link between Dal (a Human Augment hybrid created from the genes of twenty-six different species) and Janeway must have acted as a conduit and caused the two neural patterns to switch. Zero explained that before the ancient Organians became non-corporeal, they were able to transfer their consciousness into other bodies through physical touch. Zero suggested that Janeway-in-Dal and Dal-in-Janeway go out into space in environmental suits so they could float out in space until they came within touching distance of each other. Since the Protostar was so close to the Dauntless that Dal-in-Janeway could see them through the windows, they were able to get the word out to him through charades . As Janeway prepared to exit the ship, she told Rok that she'd make an excellent science officer someday and promised to help them all in their quests to join Starfleet. However, she revealed to Gwyn that, since Dal was an Augment, he would never be allowed to join.

Later, both Janeway-in-Dal and Dal-in-Janeway both struggled to reach each other so they could switch back. When the Dauntless attempted to pull Dal-in-Janeway back in via a tractor beam , Janeway-in-Dal shot her counterpart with a low powered phaser blast, hoping it would work as a conduit for the mind swap . The plan worked and both Dal and Janeway were returned to their respective bodies and to their own ships. Unfortunately, Janeway, groggy from the phaser blast she'd inflicted on her own body, woke to find herself in the brig , under guard. ( PRO : " Mindwalk ")

Janeway tried to convince the officer standing guard outside the brig that Starfleet was in imminent danger. When Janeway assured the guard that she could be trusted, the officer turned around and said that she knows she could. The officer informed Janeway that, years earlier , when she was a child , she was one of the Brenari refugees that the captain, hid from the Devore and had sent through a wormhole in the Delta Quadrant . The officer released Janeway who rushed to the bridge. Unfortunately, she was too late as the living construct had been activated and Starfleet vessels, including her own, began firing on one another. ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 1 ")

Ultimately, the Protostar crew sacrificed their ship, and their mentor and mother-figure Holo Janeway in the process, in order to save Starfleet. ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 2 ")

Back on Earth [ ]

One month later, at a debrief at Starfleet Command , Janeway was informed that, thanks to Holo Janeway, the Protostar 's path across space-time created a wormhole that duplicated the one that sent Chakotay and his crew into the future. This created an interspatial flexure to approximately the same space-time coordinates – in an alternate future. From the wormhole, they were able to pick up a signal from Chakotay. Told that Starfleet was talking about sending a ship through the wormhole to find Chakotay, Janeway stated that she wanted to be on that ship. Just then, an officer entered and announced that the young crew of the Protostar had been found. She ran outside and joined a crowd to see the crew being rescued from their shuttle that crash-landed in San Francisco Bay .

At the tribunal Starfleet conducted regarding the criminal charges that faced the young crew, such as stealing a Federation starship and impersonating Starfleet officers, Janeway argued that the kids did everything in an effort to warn Starfleet. However, the judges were dismissive of Janeway's idea for the kids to be accepted straight into Starfleet Academy , especially the Augment. One judge argued that the Academy was not a space camp for children, but a serious, disciplined institution designed for only the brightest, while another judge argued that there were protocols to enroll in the Academy and stated that "good intentions do not make up for Federation crimes." Janeway argued passionately on the kids' behalf, stating that the interviews and psychological evaluations couldn't stand up to what the crew had been through and stated that the "Augment" (who she pointed out was not "enhanced" in any way) contained the DNA of twenty-six of the Federation's 150 members and asked if there was a better example of what their alliance represented.

Soon after, Janeway informed the kids that, while the tribunal did drop all the criminal charges, they could not allow them to be fast tracked to Starfleet Academy, stating that it wasn't fair to the more-qualified applicants. However, five of them would be permitted to serve under her as warrant officers -in-training, on her new assignment. When the group asked why only five, Gwyn stated her intent to forgo Starfleet and travel to present day Solum in the hope of unifying the Vau N'Akat in an effort to prevent the civil war.

Later, Janeway showed the remaining crew the newest Protostar -class ship but stated that it wouldn't be their ship, saying that she had a much bigger plan for them. ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 2 ")

Later career [ ]

Following the attack on Mars in 2385 , now-Admiral Janeway was stalked by Lieutenant Commander Raffaela Musiker , who was seeking support for her conviction that a conspiracy was behind the attack. ( PIC : " The Next Generation ")

In 2401 , Picard proposed to Commander Ro Laren that they approach Janeway with her evidence of a widespread Changeling infiltration of Starfleet. Ro replied that she had already tried, but was stymied at every turn. ( PIC : " Imposters ")

Conflict with the Borg [ ]

Negotiating with the Borg

Janeway earned herself a reputation for dealing with the Borg. Her first encounter with the Borg was in 2371 , while Voyager was in drydock at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards . A former Borg and future crew member from the future traveled back in time with the help of the Federation timeship USS Relativity . ( VOY : " Relativity ")

Another encounter came about after Janeway aided the Sakari in camouflaging energy readings and ruins from their planet. A single dead Borg drone was found among the rubble. ( VOY : " Blood Fever ")

While traveling through the Nekrit Expanse , Voyager encountered a Borg cube floating dead in space. There were no power signatures on board and scans revealed 1,100 dead drones. Janeway sent an away team over to the cube to collect and gather information about Borg technology . The away team discovered that all systems on the ship had ceased abruptly due to an electro-mechanical discharge, approximately five years earlier. The team brought back a Borg corpse to analyze.

While leaving the region, Chakotay was forcibly linked to the new Borg Cooperative and made to activate a Borg cube, which was destroyed seconds later by the Cooperative. ( VOY : " Unity ")

Dealing with Seven of Nine

In late 2373 , Janeway had a major dealing with the Borg. After nearly three years of travel, Voyager had reached the edge of Borg space . Janeway increased security and prepared herself and her crew for the eventual crossing of Borg space. Rather than turn around, Janeway and her crew managed to locate a small passage where there was no Borg activity, which they named the " Northwest Passage ".

It was later discovered, however, that the absence of Borg activity was due to the presence of a large number of quantum singularities . While en route to the Alpha Quadrant, Voyager 's engines stalled as Kim detected fifteen Borg ships closing fast from behind. Fourteen of the ships passed Voyager , but the last one scanned Voyager with a polaron beam. Later, Kim detected that the power signatures of the Borg ships had ceased. Janeway, curious about this, decided to head for their position. When they arrived, the Borg ships were destroyed.

The singularities, in turn, were how a race, supposedly more powerful than the Borg, were entering our domain from their realm of fluidic space . Later, she learned that the Borg's new enemy, designated Species 8472 , occupied the passage. Rather than tempt fate with the unusual aliens, Janeway opted to make a treaty with the Borg. Voyager 's EMH had discovered a way for Borg nanoprobes to assimilate the previously immune species. Janeway oversaw the development of a new nanoprobe -based bioweapon that was designed to attack Species 8472 at a cellular level. It was during this incident that Seven of Nine was stranded on Voyager .

Janeway caught by a Borg drone

Seven of Nine's newly found individuality caused concern within herself, giving her the need to return to the Borg to be with the others in the Collective. Kathryn Janeway attempted to stop this need by introducing Seven to her past and to what her normal life should have been. Despite much apprehension on Seven's part, Janeway eventually got through to her and she finally accepted her individuality. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ", " The Gift ")

Between stardates 50953.4 and 50984.3, Voyager was attacked by a Borg probe . After destroying the attacking vessel, several data nodes were salvaged. Using information obtained from the nodes, Janeway devised a plan to raid a Borg sphere and steal one of its transwarp coils ,

Janeway, assimilated by the Borg

which would speed Voyager 's journey home. The mission went well until Seven was captured by the Borg Queen . Janeway led an away team to free her using the Delta Flyer , which had been adapted to withstand the firepower of the Borg. The Borg diamond was destroyed, and Seven was freed. ( VOY : " Dark Frontier ")

In 2376 , Janeway found out that a group of Borg had a genetic mutation that allowed them to exist as they were when they were individuals during their regeneration. This state was named " Unimatrix Zero ". Janeway assisted them in fighting Borg without the mutation so that they could remain individuals. She, B'Elanna Torres, and Tuvok introduced a nanovirus into Tactical Cube 138 's central plexus , separating the members of Unimatrix Zero from the hive mind . This plunged the Collective into a civil war. ( VOY : " Unimatrix Zero ")

In 2378 , with the help of a future version of herself from an alternate timeline , Janeway discovered a Borg transwarp hub and decided to destroy it rather than use it to return home. With the support of her crew and ultimately her future self, Janeway enacted a risky plan to do both. The plan succeeded and Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant , less than a light-year from Earth, having destroyed the hub and a Borg sphere. Although the Admiral Janeway from the future of an alternate timeline allowed herself to be assimilated while infected with a neurolytic pathogen , she thereby annihilated both the Borg Queen and the Unicomplex, dealing a crippling if not fatal blow to the Borg and allowing Voyager to return home. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

In 2401 , the Borg Queen revealed that Janeway and her alternate timeline counterpart's plan had decimated the Borg to the point of near destruction. Following a failed vengeful plan to assimilate Starfleet with the help of the Changelings , the Borg were finally destroyed by the USS Enterprise -D , finishing what Janeway had started. ( PIC : " The Last Generation ")

In the alternate future timeline from which Admiral Janeway originated, she was once introduced by Commander Reginald Barclay, when she was about to give a lecture to his cadets at Starfleet Academy , as the person who "wrote the book on the Borg." ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Alternate realities and timelines [ ]

In an alternate timeline experienced by Kes , Captain Janeway was killed during the first encounter between the USS Voyager and the Krenim in 2374, requiring Chakotay to take command. ( VOY : " Before and After ")

In another alternate timeline , Janeway engaged the Krenim, during a year in which the USS Voyager was wrecked nearly beyond repair. This devastating year pushed Janeway to her psychological limits – to the point where she was only still in command because there was nowhere to contain her for treatment, as the ship fell apart around them. Afterward, Janeway rammed Voyager into the Krenim temporal ship, restoring the primary timeline. ( VOY : " Year of Hell ")

In a different alternate timeline , Voyager used a quantum slipstream drive in 2375 but crash-landed on an arctic planet. Janeway was killed when the vessel crash-landed, as was the rest of the crew except for Harry Kim and Chakotay , who had survived the trip in the Delta Flyer . Fifteen years later, they found Voyager and "fixed" history. ( VOY : " Timeless ")

In a timeline in 2377 in which Voyager was split into 37 different timeframes, the Chakotay of the original timeframe encountered a Janeway from shortly before Voyager ventured into the Delta Quadrant. He injected her with a chroniton infused serum so that she could travel freely aboard the vessel and enlisted her help in resolving the situation. She became troubled by what she learned of Voyager 's future and suggested preventing Voyager from ever being sent into the Delta Quadrant in the first place, but Chakotay told her that it was presumptuous to think that she had the right to change everyone's future. ( VOY : " Shattered ")

In the aborted timeline in which Voyager avoided the nebula that contained the transwarp hub controlled by the Borg , the ship returned to the Alpha Quadrant sixteen years later than they did in the prime timeline. Janeway became a vice admiral and traveled back in time to 2378 , bringing along technology approximately thirty years from the future to help Voyager return to Earth using the previously avoided hub. The Janeway from this timeline had become more obsessed with bringing her crew home after having suffered heavy casualties during the remaining sixteen years since they had encountered the Borg-infested nebula. She had also encountered the Borg several more times, which had enabled her to develop new tactics and weapons, including ablative generator armor and a type of transphasic torpedo . She had apparently also studied the Borg extensively; she knew the shields protecting the hub were controlled by the Borg Queen herself. She also gave up coffee, in favor of tea, but only took up coffee again after she went back in time to help her younger self get home. This Janeway had become very bitter and lost her idealism, but upon seeing the crew's loyalty, she regained her idealism and agreed to work with the crew to deliver a crippling blow to the Borg and get home. Pretending to be seeking the Borg Queen's help in getting Voyager home because of the stubbornness of her present-day counterpart, this Janeway allowed herself to be captured and assimilated by the Borg Queen, infecting her with a neurolytic pathogen , killing her and destroying the Borg Unicomplex. She died in the explosion, but her sacrifice allowed Voyager to finally return home while destroying the Borg transwarp hub . ( VOY : " Endgame ") In 2401 , the Borg Queen revealed to Jean-Luc Picard that Janeway's pathogen decimated the Collective, leading to a vengeful scheme to assimilate the Federation through subterfuge but bringing the Collective to the very edge of destruction and later giving the USS Enterprise -D the chance to finish the job. ( PIC : " The Last Generation ")

Personal interests [ ]

Janeway was well known for her love of coffee . She refused to go a day without it and hadn't changed her standing order " Coffee, black, " (without milk or sugar ) in the seven years of Voyager 's journey home. In stressful situations, she tended to drink more than four cups a day. ( VOY : " Shattered ", " Hunters ")

Neelix pours Janeway a cup of his "better than coffee substitute"

When energy reserves were low and the use of replicators was discouraged early in Voyager 's time in the Delta Quadrant, she tried to give up coffee by drinking Neelix's " even better than coffee substitute ", but to no avail; the beverage had a thick, molasses-like consistency that Janeway found offputting. She was relieved when the bridge called her just before Neelix was finished pouring it. ( VOY : " The Cloud ")

In an alternate timeline, Janeway gave up coffee in favor of tea later in life. When this future version of Janeway time travelled back to help Voyager return home and regained her idealism, Admiral Janeway returned to drinking coffee and told her younger self she had no idea why she had ever given it up. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

By 2384 , Admiral Janeway had reluctantly switched from black coffee to black tea to comply with her doctor's orders, though she quipped that she "need[ed] a second opinion". ( PRO : " Let Sleeping Borg Lie ")

Janeway's love of coffee was such an integral part of her personality that when Dal R'El accidentally swapped minds with her in an attempt to contact her telepathically, the Dauntless crew were perplexed by the "admiral's" odd behavior to the point that Dr. Noum rescinded his "no coffee" order and gave "Janeway" a cup to restore her to normal. When "Janeway" spat it out and reacted with disgust, it served as further proof to the Dauntless crew that something wasn't right with her. ( PRO : " Mindwalk ")

Nostalgia and the holodeck [ ]

Janeway appreciated certain elements of Earth history, often through a scientist's eyes. She once expressed a desire to serve in the 23rd century , alongside Captain Kirk and his crew . While she believed their conduct would have been unacceptable in contemporary Starfleet, she said she would have enjoyed being with them in an era when space seemed "a whole lot bigger." ( VOY : " Flashback ")

As an avid user of Voyager ''s holodeck, she enjoyed a Gothic holonovel in the first year of the voyage home and later recreated Leonardo da Vinci's workshop , casting herself as the inventor's apprentice. ( VOY : " Cathexis ", " Scorpion ") Her adventures with Leonardo da Vinci left the holodeck when a thief named Tau stole The Doctor's mobile emitter and inadvertently downloaded da Vinci's program into it. ( VOY : " Concerning Flight ")

When Paris created the Fair Haven holoprogram, set in a small 19th century Ireland village, Janeway marveled at the detail but could point out slight errors in authenticity. Janeway enjoyed playing rings in the program, and even developed romantic feelings for one of the holographic characters. ( VOY : " Fair Haven ", " Spirit Folk ")

Sciences [ ]

Janeway maintained her passion for science during her captaincy, and the Delta Quadrant provided ample wonders. She enjoyed exploring unfamiliar spatial phenomena and believed that some risk was acceptable for the sake of knowledge. She made a detailed exploration of an astral eddy and collected data on a binary pulsar, although the latter instance was hampered by Srivani experimentation. ( VOY : " Real Life ", " Scientific Method ") Janeway's background in science and engineering allowed her to quickly grasp the implications or potential of spatial phenomena and discuss it on a level with her crew. Although she sometimes had to suspend her scientific mindset , she did use it to reason out seemingly supernatural phenomena. ( VOY : " Parallax ", " Sacred Ground ", " Coda ")

Personality [ ]

Janeway characteristically fiddling with her combadge when about to drop a bombshell on her crew

As a captain, Janeway was very committed to Starfleet protocol, resisting the urge to bend or break the Prime Directive throughout Voyager 's trip back to Earth through the Delta Quadrant, despite the fact that she was decades from Starfleet Command and could have simply broken the rules and lied about it in her records. While she recognized the potential dangers of this attitude, she refused to compromise on matters of principle. However, she often took action to help any species they encountered where Voyager could offer assistance without breaking the rules, such as investigating mysterious asteroid "assaults" or helping damaged ships conduct repairs without providing any of their "allies" with advanced technology ( VOY : " Alliances ", " Rise ", " The Disease ") The only exception Janeway made towards breaking the Prime Directive was when it got in the way of their journey home, particularly when it came towards entering other species territory in the Delta Quadrant instead of going around it, which would extend their journey by months or even years.

Following the rules also extended to handling her responsibilities with her subordinates. When Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres disagreed on unnecessary genetic modifications for their unborn daughter, they went to her for a command ruling. Janeway came to the conclusion that the problem was not ethical, but marital. She also stressed that, while she was willing to give advice as a friend, she would not make any orders of any kind as to a decision, as it would be highly inappropriate for a captain to do so. ( VOY : " Lineage ")

While Janeway was a skilled commander, her habit of becoming fixated on her central goals could sometimes compromise her judgment. A key example of this included her vendetta against Captain Rudolph Ransom and the crew of the USS Equinox when she discovered the lengths that his crew had gone to while trying to get home, threatening Equinox crewmember Noah Lessing and ordering Chakotay confined to quarters when he questioned her decisions. ( VOY : " Equinox ") This personality trait was shown at its most extreme in the alternate timeline caused by the Krenim weapon ship , when Janeway kept the crew together until Voyager had lost nine decks, despite being presented with a reasonable argument that splitting up might be safer and kept pushing herself to the point of physical and psychological damage. ( VOY : " Year of Hell ") As another example, her Silver Blood duplicate attempted to continue their journey to Earth even after learning their true natures until it became clear that this was impossible, too late to prevent the crew from disintegrating while trying to return to a safe environment. ( VOY : " Course: Oblivion ")

Janeway could sometimes be brusque, moving crew out of the way with the wave of a hand or nod of her head. Her detractors – and even herself from an alternative future – characterized her as self-righteous and stubborn, perhaps impulsive. She was also very tender and caring, giving time to her crew, even when off duty, checking in on them when she knew they might need support. Many of the crew felt they could approach her directly with concerns or requests, even when she was off duty. She took a maternal role towards her crew, and especially so with certain individuals like Kes and Seven of Nine. ( VOY : " The Raven ", " Hope and Fear ", " Latent Image ", " Barge of the Dead ", " The Void ", " Q2 ", " Homestead ", " Endgame ")

Janeway could become depressive and carried guilt with her for some of her actions towards the people under her. This could cause her to want to atone for these actions, even at great risk to herself. ( VOY : " Night ") She was brave, a great tactician and had a scientific mind. ( VOY : " Night ", " Parallax ", " Real Life ", " Unimatrix Zero ", " Endgame ")

Personal relationships [ ]

Friends [ ].

Janeway and Tuvok in the mess hall

The first time Janeway met Tuvok, he dressed her down in front of three Starfleet admirals for failing to observe proper tactical procedure during her first command. Even though her ego took some bruising, Janeway knew that he was right. ( VOY : " Revulsion ")

Tuvok became one of Kathryn Janeway's closest as well as most trusted friends and advisers. She often sought out his advice and counted on him when she needed her moral compass checked. They had known each other for nearly twenty years ( citation needed • edit ) , served on three starships together, and she was present at his daughter's Kolinahr . Janeway was also one of the few people who knew Tuvok's birthdate, and in 2376 , she replicated a birthday cake for him. Tuvok regarded Janeway with the same esteem, and over the years, they forged a friendship based on trust and deep respect for the other. ( VOY : " Prime Factors ", " Fury ")

Unlike with Chakotay , Janeway and Tuvok had a less tumultuous relationship. Almost without exception, Tuvok always respected Janeway's decisions, including her decision to make Chakotay first officer over him. ( VOY : " Caretaker ", " Prime Factors ", " Twisted ") When, in 2371 , Tuvok – along with several other crew members – disobeyed her orders regarding acquiring classified technology from the Sikarians that could have gotten them home faster, Janeway felt betrayed, disappointed and saddened at Tuvok's behavior. Even though Tuvok reassured her that he acted out of logic , believing he had to acquire the technology on her behalf as she was not morally able to violate the Prime Directive like that, she reminded him of the strong relationship they had spent years forging and asked him to bring his logic to her the next time instead of just acting on it. She emphasized once again how much she needed to be able to rely on him. ( VOY : " Prime Factors ")

In 2372 , Tuvok and Neelix were merged into a single being, Tuvix , after a transporter accident. The new hybrid quickly became popular among the crew, including Janeway. When The Doctor was finally able to devise a method to separate the two again, Tuvix refused – calling their plan an execution. Janeway was faced with a moral dilemma, as saving Tuvix would have meant sacrificing Neelix and Tuvok. Realizing that both men had loved ones waiting for them and how much she in fact missed Tuvok's friendship and guidance, she took it upon herself to make sure that the separation took place – despite opposition by The Doctor – and confirmed that both his protest and her actions would be in the official records. ( VOY : " Tuvix ")

When she commended him (in 2374 ) for his outstanding service as chief tactical and security officer and promoted him to the rank of lieutenant commander , Janeway expressed her appreciation for Tuvok, remarking how she had come to rely on his insightful and unfailingly logical advice over the years. ( VOY : " Revulsion ")

Admiral Janeway's gift to Tuvok shortly before her departure

One of the reasons Admiral Janeway from an alternate timeline wanted to change the outcome she had witnessed in her own timeline was to help her friend Tuvok. In that timeline, Voyager had returned home from the Delta Quadrant after a twenty-three-year journey, instead of a seven-year one. Tuvok's declining mental state could not be treated, due to his return home aboard Voyager having been too late for him to receive proper treatment, which would have required a blood -relative. In this alternate timeline, he suffered severe mental damage and lived in a mental hospital . However, due to the intervention of Admiral Janeway from this same alternate timeline, Tuvok arrived back in the Alpha Quadrant with the rest of the Voyager crew in time to receive his treatment. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Chakotay [ ]

Janeway and Chakotay

Janeway's relationship with Chakotay was complicated. Chakotay started out as an enemy and a compulsory shipmate. As they got to know one another, he became a possible romantic interest, and finally her close friend and confidant. ( VOY : " Renaissance Man ")

Chakotay was the leader of a Maquis cell that Janeway was sent to apprehend. When both of their ships were transported to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, Chakotay and Janeway became reluctant allies in the attempt to find missing crew members and return to the Alpha Quadrant. After the array and Chakotay's ship were destroyed in a battle with the Kazon , the crews integrated, and Chakotay became Janeway's first officer .

Janeway liked the idea that Chakotay not only had the technical qualifications with command experience but that he also was a graduate of the Academy , something which could not be said of most of his crew of outlaws and malcontents. Chakotay did not want to be her token Maquis, however, and while he embraced Starfleet ways once again and promised the captain his allegiance, he also stood up for his former crew and made sure they were treated fairly. ( VOY : " Caretaker ")

After some rough patches in the beginning, such as the time Chakotay pushed for her to give B'Elanna Torres the post of chief engineer – despite Torres' unprofessional and rebellious attitude – Janeway soon began to trust Chakotay and admired him for his integrity and fair handling of the crews of Voyager and the Maquis. He eventually became one of her most trusted officers and friends, and she remarked once how she could not imagine a day without him. ( VOY : " Parallax ", " Learning Curve ", " Scorpion ") She often relied on Chakotay's innovative tactics in the battle with the Kazon, and she integrated many Maquis tactical and procedural techniques in various battles.

Janeway and Chakotay on New Earth

Janeway once told Chakotay that, as the captain, she did not have the luxury of getting involved with anyone on board the ship – no matter how long the journey. She went on to say that she intended to return home before her fiancé gave her up for dead. ( VOY : " Elogium ") A budding romance seemed to emerge between the two when they were forced to remain behind on a deserted planet because of an incurable virus that was only contained by the environment of that planet. They had no choice but to remain there and make their home " New Earth ", which is what they decided to call the planet. While Janeway was not ready to give up yet and immediately began to search for a cure, Chakotay came to terms with their situation and worked to make their new home a better place – even building her a bathtub and working on a boat. They also dropped the formalities, and Janeway suggested that he call her "Kathryn". Both felt a certain attraction to one another, and outside of a command structure, a romantic involvement suddenly seemed less inappropriate. Yet, both were hesitant to take their relationship a step further.

Chakotay gets personal with the captain

One night after a long day of work, Chakotay gave an exhausted and sore Janeway a neck massage, stating he had had a lot of practice in his younger years because of his mother's own neck problems. Janeway greatly enjoyed the opportunity to unwind until she realized that their actions might be inappropriate. They separated, but the issue gnawed on their minds, preventing sleep. Eventually, Janeway broached the subject and said they needed to "define parameters" for both their sakes. However, Chakotay responded that he wasn't certain if he could. So, instead, he told her about an ancient legend among his people – about an angry warrior who couldn't find peace even with the help of his spirit guide . For years, he struggled with his discontent until, one day, he and his war party were captured by a neighboring tribe led by a woman warrior. She called on him to join her because her tribe was too small and weak to defend itself from all its enemies. They fought many battles together and the angry warrior swore to himself that he would stay by her side, doing whatever he could to make her burden lighter. From that point on, her needs would come first. In that way, the warrior began to know the true meaning of peace. While listening to this story, Janeway realized that Chakotay was talking about himself – that it was their story – and both came, silently, to an understanding. When a cure for their condition was eventually found, they returned to Voyager and resumed their professional and cordial relationship, leaving everything they had said to each other behind on the planet. ( VOY : " Resolutions ") A romance between the two was never directly explored again. ( VOY : Shattered ) ( citation needed • edit )

Janeway concerned about Chakotay's health

Over time, Chakotay, next to Tuvok, became one of Janeway's most trusted advisers and closest friends, although they did not always see eye-to-eye. This was evident on several occasions where both passionately disagreed over command decisions.

During Voyager 's first major occasion involving the Borg , Chakotay strongly discouraged Janeway to strike an alliance with such an unscrupulous enemy. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion Part II ") Beyond suspicion of this dubious ally, he questioned that this decision would enable the Borg to continue assimilation, decimation, and genocide against more species, especially considering that Species 8472 had been the most powerful and destructive force against the Borg seen so far. Janeway's reasoning that Species 8472 posed a greater threat to Voyager , as well as to life in the galaxy (partially based on the intense, disturbing telepathic messages Kes received from the mysterious aliens) justified the Borg alliance was one of their biggest disagreements and points of contention. Chakotay - who, up to this point, had never questioned Janeway's final actions - maintained his deep uncertainty of the plan. This was an instance where Janeway refused to even discuss with Chakotay, however, and was steadfast in her insistence that this alliance was the only way through Borg space. After Janeway is injured in the fight and unconscious, and Chakotay is put in command, he defies orders to "make this alliance work" after discovering the Borg had initiated the conflict by invading the species natural habitat - fluidic space - in attempted assimilation. Janeway is furious at this, but after so much disagreement over what constituted the right course, both finally realized that fighting each other wasn't going to help them get through this. Though Chakotay stood by his assertion that Janeway had made a grave mistake in forging the alliance, they subsequently set their differences aside and worked together. His objections ended up inspiring a backup plan between the two, in case the Borg turned on them; this ended up saving the crew. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ")

One of their most serious conflicts occurred when Voyager encountered the USS Equinox , which was captained by Starfleet officer Rudy Ransom . They found out that Ransom and his crew had been using sentient beings as fuel for their ship. Janeway was furious to see a Starfleet officer having behaved like that and set out for a relentless hunt of the Equinox . Her drive to bring Ransom and his crew to justice quickly turned to an obsession, and on more than one occasion, she compromised the safety of the ship for the pursuit. She even went so far as to lock one of Ransom's crew members in the cargo bay and threatened to unleash one of the alien beings, unless he told her where Ransom was. Chakotay was able to stop just in the nick of time, telling her that she was crossing the line. Blinded by her desire to catch Ransom, Janeway relieved Chakotay from duty. After they caught Ransom and she came back to her senses, she realized that she had gone too far and that Chakotay had had reason to stage a mutiny against her if he had wanted to. However, she was glad that he had never crossed the line like she had done. ( VOY : " Equinox ", " Equinox, Part II ")

Over the course of their journey, Janeway and Chakotay grew as friends and colleagues, each coming to respect and admire the other. Janeway once stated that there was no crewmember that she trusted more than Chakotay. ( VOY : " The Voyager Conspiracy ") With the passage of time, both Starfleet and Maquis had bonded and grown as one Starfleet crew. Thus, Janeway was rather displeased when Starfleet referred to Chakotay and half of her crew as "Maquis", unaware of the unity and trust that now existed between the former adversaries. ( VOY : " Life Line ")

Following their return from the Delta Quadrant, Janeway, now a vice admiral and Chakotay, having officially rejoined Starfleet and now a captain, reunited at the christening of the USS Protostar where they greeted each other warmly with a hug . Janeway spoke with Chakotay about him returning to the Delta Quadrant after everything they went through, but Chakotay assured her that the Protostar would get him there and back in a fraction of the time. Plus, he won't be alone as he'll have Janeway's holographic duplicate to advise him, with Janeway joking that she told Starfleet that was the only way she would willingly go back out there. She then tells him to be careful as it's still a long way from home. Chakotay promised that she would be the first one to call if he ran into any trouble, but he never did. By 2384 , Janeway commanded the USS Dauntless on a mission to locate the missing Protostar and find Chakotay. ( PRO : " Asylum ", " A Moral Star, Part 2 ")

Seven of Nine [ ]

After rescuing Seven from the Borg, Janeway developed a very complex relationship with her. She was determined to help the ex-Borg to adjust to life on Voyager and regain her lost Human identity. Against the advice of her senior officers who wished to return her to the Borg Collective with her memory wiped, Janeway was unwilling to return Seven to the Borg and instead tried to rehabilitate her. Even when Seven demanded to return to the Collective as she wished for her connection to be restored, Janeway denied her request and instead tried to appeal to her humanity. Gradually, Seven rediscovered her Humanity with Janeway as her mentor and role model.

Janeway frequently worked with Seven to teach her the concepts of human interactions and to help her find a place with the crew. When Seven wished to be assigned duty position aboard Voyager, Janeway accepted her request to be assigned to engineering, though Seven's disagreeable and cold personality ended with her butting heads with B'Elanna Torres. She was eventually assigned to astrometric though still had trouble interacting with the crew despite Janeway's help and had a more difficult time of understanding the Prime Directive. Janeway initially overlooked this behavior at first as Seven was not familiar with Starfleet rules and protocols until Seven had disobeyed her orders by allowing a wounded member of Species 8472 to be captured by a Hirogen hunting party. Janeway then punished Seven by having her confined to her quarters and duty station and forbade her from accessing any of the ship's systems without her knowledge. They eventually moved past the incident and gradually became friends.

Janeway and Seven played a game of Velocity together. ( VOY : " Hope and Fear ", " Renaissance Man ")

The Doctor [ ]

The Doctor examines Janeway

Janeway initially shared her crew's frustration with the Doctor's rude demeanor and considered having him reprogrammed. It wasn't until Kes brought her concerns of the crew's treatment of the Doctor to Janeway that the latter considered him to be treated any better than the rest of the crew. She went down to ask if he had any concerns or needs to be addressed, one of which was his frustration that the other crew members had either left him on or turned him off, later giving his program control of that function in his programming. As the crew's journey unfolded, Janeway soon found herself becoming friends with The Doctor. The two of them became closer, particularly when they were the only crewmembers standing between Voyager and the macrovirus that was attacking the ship. ( VOY : " Macrocosm ")

Over time, their friendship and mutual respect grew, with The Doctor often coming to Janeway when he needed personal advice or information about how his program was developing, as well as consolation about any wrong decisions he had made in recent times. It was Janeway who stopped The Doctor from deleting the additional subroutines that made him unique when he felt responsible for the death of an innocent man, ( VOY : " Retrospect ") Janeway who assured The Doctor that none of the crew thought any less of him when he was embarrassed about the fantasies created by his dream program, ( VOY : " Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy ") and Janeway who told The Doctor that none of the crew blamed him for betraying them to help a crew of holograms. ( VOY : " Flesh and Blood ") In addition, when Janeway faced death after being captured by an alien species, The Doctor risked everything to save her. ( VOY : " Renaissance Man ")

Tom Paris [ ]

Chakotay once remarked that Tom Paris was Janeway's personal reclamation project. At a time where no one wanted anything to do with Tom, she approached him and offered him a second chance at redeeming himself by joining her on the mission to the Badlands to retrieve the Maquis ship with her security officer on board. Janeway was aware of Tom's exceptional piloting skills and gave him a chance to join her on the mission as a Starfleet observer.

Tom was reluctant but he accepted the offer. After the Caretaker's array was destroyed and the crew permanently stranded in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway, recognizing Tom's hard work and bravery, granted him the field commission of lieutenant for his exceptional accomplishments during their battle with the Kazon. For the first time in his life, Tom didn't know what to say, determined to not disappoint the captain after the faith she had demonstrated in him. ( VOY : " Caretaker ")

When Tom was caught by Chakotay during his gambling operation in Sandrine's, he reminded him that the captain had put a lot of faith in him and that she would be disappointed to find out about his recent conduct. Even though Paris' insubordination and lack of discipline were part of a larger plot to expose a traitor among the crew, everyone understood the importance of the faith she had placed in him. ( VOY : " Lifesigns ", " Meld ")

Janeway disciplines Tom

Only once, during their journey, did Janeway seriously punish Paris. This happened in 2375 , when he disobeyed her direct orders not to interfere with the affairs of the Moneans . He was demoted to the rank of ensign and sentenced to thirty days in solitary confinement in the brig. Janeway was gravely disappointed in Tom's conduct, which she believed was something he had finally grown past. She reminded him of the fresh start she had given him, four years earlier. Tom admitted that, even though he had never been very good at playing by the rules, it did not mean that serving under her command hadn't changed him for the better. Even though he regretted having let down Janeway, he felt proud because, this time, he had broken the rules for something he believed in. ( VOY : " Thirty Days ") A year later, Janeway reinstated him to the rank of lieutenant junior grade as an award for his exemplary performance and expected more of the same from him. ( VOY : " Unimatrix Zero ")

Janeway was a central figure in Tom Paris' personal and professional journey on board Voyager by helping him change for the better and grow into a responsible officer who performed with integrity.

Harry Kim [ ]

Janeway and Kim talking in the mess hall in 2371

Janeway felt differently about Harry Kim than about the other officers and crewmen under her command. He came to her fresh from the Academy, and she was very protective of him. ( VOY : " The Disease ") Kim exceeded all of Janeway's expectations and she considered him "one of the bright spots of this whole mission." ( VOY : " Twisted ") He continued to exceed her expectations to the point where she let him have command experience of Voyager , such as managing the night shift twice a week. Although normally his performance on Voyager would have meant he would rise up the ranks fairly quickly, Janeway could never promote Kim. As he pointed out to his parents, " it's a small ship. There are only so many command positions available. " ( VOY : " Author, Author ")

The only time when Janeway and Kim ever came into serious conflict was when Kim had an intimate relationship with a Varro scientist called " Derran Tal ". This was a violation of Starfleet regulations, which brought Janeway and Kim into serious conflict. Kim, under the influence of alien hormones, actively defied her orders more than once and then engaged in a heated argument with her over his feelings for Tal. Although their relationship was temporarily strained, Kim (with help) managed to break free of the influence of the hormones. ( VOY : " The Disease ") After this, Janeway and Kim's relationship very quickly returned to normal. Kim continued to serve well aboard Voyager to the point where Janeway once humorously warned Chakotay, " You'd better watch out for your job, commander. " ( VOY : " Dragon's Teeth ")

Janeway was a central influence on Kim's emotional well-being in the Delta Quadrant. Feeling insecure because he was "the baby of the crew," he looked up to Janeway as something of a mother figure, for comfort and guidance. ( VOY : " The Thaw ") Janeway, in turn, was there for him whenever he needed guidance and comfort after missions that had tested his abilities to the limit. ( VOY : " Emanations ", " Timeless ") In turn, he remained immensely loyal to her and obeyed her orders to the best of his ability.

Janeway displayed a particular fondness for Kes . They were able to talk freely and deeply together. When Kes locked herself in The Doctor 's office, frightened and confused by the early onset of the Ocampa elogium , she allowed only Janeway to enter. Kes explained to her what was happening, and Janeway comforted her. ( VOY : " Elogium ")

Towards the end of 2372 , Janeway supported Kes when she was struggling to cope with the loss of Neelix and his replacement by Tuvix , a fusion of Neelix and Tuvok caused by a transporter accident. Janeway was available to comfort and give advice to Kes late at night, receiving her although she (Janeway) was in her nightgown. At that time, she found herself sharing a confidence with Kes: about how much she missed Mark Johnson . She told Kes, " My door is always open for you, Kes. " Later, she received Kes in her ready room and comforted her as Kes wept. ( VOY : " Tuvix ")

Kes requested temporary leave to travel with Zahir , a Mikhal Traveler . Janeway advised Kes to think about it for another day, but she was supportive of Kes' desire to have variety and "complications" in her limited lifespan. ( VOY : " Darkling ") Ultimately, Kes decided to decline Zahir's invitation.

Kes told Janeway that she was evolving into a higher plane of existence and had to leave Voyager to prevent any further damage to the ship (her new-found mental powers were causing problems in the structural integrity field). In response, Janeway said, " Oh, I am going to miss you. " ( VOY : " The Gift ")

Patterson [ ]

Admiral Patterson

Admiral Patterson was Janeway's favorite teacher at Starfleet Academy. He became her mentor and a parental figure to her, especially since her father had died when she was young. Patterson treated her like his own daughter.

He helped get her the assignment on Voyager and gave her the first tour of the ship. ( VOY : " Relativity ")

Romance [ ]

Mark johnson [ ].

Janeway and Mark Johnson with their dog

At the time Janeway was commissioned as captain of Voyager , she was engaged to Mark Johnson . Shortly before her departure to the Badlands, she discussed the fate of her pregnant dog with Mark. In 2374 , when Voyager had begun communication with Starfleet in the Alpha Quadrant, Janeway received a letter from Mark telling her that, having held out hope longer than most, he had eventually believed her dead after Voyager was lost in the Delta Quadrant and that he had met another woman whom he had just married recently. This news was rather unexpected for Janeway, but it was also the jolt she needed to finally move on with her life and stop hiding behind their relationship. ( VOY : " Caretaker ", " Hunters ")

Janeway kisses Kashyk before he leaves Voyager

After the infamous "Dear John" letter she received from her fiancé Mark Johnson informing her of his marriage, Janeway shyly began pursuing romance again. During the incident with the Devore Imperium , Janeway became attracted to Kashyk , the Devore inspector who pretended to defect to Voyager . Even though she wasn't sure about him, she did give him the benefit of the doubt, and at one point, even offered him to join Voyager . It was rather atypical for her to begin a romance with a former alien enemy, but they passionately kissed before his departure. When Kashyk showed his true face, she was prepared, albeit disappointed. Before Kashyk left, she told him that her offer to take him with them was genuine and that it would still stand if he had kept his part of the bargain. He told her that, for what it was worth, she made a tempting offer, and even though his assistant wanted Voyager confiscated and its crew sent to a detention center, Kashyk ordered him to drop the matter and pretend that this incident never happened. ( VOY : " Counterpoint ")

Michael Sullivan [ ]

In the program Fair Haven that was created by Tom Paris, Janeway became attracted to one of the male characters, Michael Sullivan , and even went so far as to alter his appearance and personality subroutines so he conformed more to her standards. Sullivan originated as a simple, married man, but she modified his program parameters so that he was single, well versed in literature, in addition to enjoying long, intellectual debates. Although a romance ensued, Janeway ended it, because she wasn't sure how she felt about a relationship with a hologram. ( VOY : " Fair Haven ", " Spirit Folk ")

Janeway with Jaffen

In 2377 , the entire Voyager crew was captured, and their memories modified so they could join the workforce at a power distribution center on Quarra . There, Janeway met a Norvalen engineer called " Jaffen " and fell in love with him. After two weeks, she even moved in with him. When she regained her memory, Janeway said that, even though she could always use a skilled engineer on Voyager , him joining them wouldn't be appropriate as they were romantically involved. Once again unable to pursue a relationship with someone because of her responsibilities, Janeway left Jaffen behind, stating that she would never forget the time they had spent together. ( VOY : " Workforce ", " Workforce, Part II ")

Biomimetic duplicate [ ]

In 2374 , Voyager landed on a demon-class planet rich in deuterium sources. The planet was filled with silver fluid with mimetic properties. The " Silver Blood " sampled the crew's DNA and created duplicates with identical memories and personalities but with the ability to survive on the planet. The "Silver Blood" would not let Voyager leave unless it could duplicate the rest of the ship's crew, to populate the planet. Captain Janeway, understanding that this was their only way out, allowed the "Silver Blood" to duplicate the crew. ( VOY : " Demon ")

In 2375 , this duplicate crew – unaware that it was a facsimile of the original Voyager crew – had managed to recreate Voyager and begun their own trip to the Alpha Quadrant, but began suddenly dying one-by-one due to warp drive radiation caused by an enhanced warp drive they had developed. Even after finding out their true identities, the Janeway duplicate attempted to continue their mission to get back to Earth, too caught up in the original quest for "home" to think about stopping, but the death of Chakotay's duplicate forced her to recognize that she was being irrational. They set a course back to the demon-class planet, but everyone, including the duplicate Janeway, died before the ship could reach home. ( VOY : " Course: Oblivion ")

Holograms [ ]

Kathryn Janeway was holographically duplicated on a number of occasions.

• Recreations of crew members from Voyager and the Jupiter Station Holoprogramming Center were seen by The Doctor during a holographic malfunction in 2371 . This simulation or daydream included Janeway, apparently part of a program created by " Lewis Zimmerman ". ( VOY : " Projections ")
• A holographic Janeway was used to fool The Clown in Viorsa's species ' artificial hibernation program, created to interact with The Clown as Janeway would while preventing the real Janeway from having to actually enter the program herself. ( VOY : " The Thaw ")
• The entire crew of Voyager was recreated by Tuvok for his Insurrection Alpha program, Janeway initially away on a mission with Tom Paris before returning to try and retake the ship. ( VOY : " Worst Case Scenario ")
• The Kyrian Museum of Heritage in the 31st century used the program The Voyager Encounter to detail their encounter with the warship Voyager , as an aid to a history lesson. In this version, Janeway was a darker character, willing to use force and murder to make her point, although the Doctor later recreated the "true" Janeway to explain what had really happened. ( VOY : " Living Witness ")
• In 2374 , The Doctor recreated the crew of Voyager , including Janeway, to help Seven of Nine improve her social skills. ( VOY : " One ")
• The Doctor took a holographic image, down to the subatomic level, of Captain Janeway deleting his memory in 2375. ( VOY : " Latent Image ")
• Lieutenant Barclay recreated most of the crew of the USS Voyager at the Communications Research Center on Earth for the Pathfinder Project in 2376 . ( VOY : " Pathfinder ")
• Also during that year, Ensign Harry Kim and Seven of Nine projected The Doctor's daydreams into the holodeck aboard Voyager in order to better understand what was malfunctioning. In one such daydream, The Doctor acted as the Emergency Command Hologram after Captain Janeway was incapacitated. ( VOY : " Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy ")
• In 2378 , Seven recreated the crew of Voyager to perfect her social skills, including Janeway. ( VOY : " Human Error ")
• The Doctor's holonovel Photons Be Free was set aboard the USS Vortex and crewed by characters based on the crew of the USS Voyager , albeit the names were changed to protect the innocent. The character of Jenkins was based on Janeway but was far colder and more brutal, once killing one of her crew so that the novel's protagonist would focus on treating her less injured pilot over the more seriously injured man. ( VOY : " Author, Author ")
• The Doctor was forced to impersonate members of Voyager 's crew during a crisis in 2378 . One of them he impersonated was Janeway. ( VOY : " Renaissance Man ")
• Some point prior to 2383 , Janeway was used as the basis for the holographic training advisor aboard the USS Protostar , referring to itself as " Hologram Janeway ". ( PRO : " Lost and Found ")

Memorable quotes [ ]

" You know, I'm really easy to get along with most of the time, but I don't like bullies and I don't like threats, and I don't like you , Culluh. You can try and stop us from getting to the truth, but I promise you that if you do, I will respond with all the 'unique technologies' at my command. "

" In a part of space where there are few rules, it's more important than ever that we hold fast to our own. In a region where shifting allegiances are commonplace, we have to have something stable to rely on. And we do... The principles and ideals of the Federation. As far as I'm concerned, those are the best allies we could have. "

" We're Starfleet officers. Weird is part of the job. "

" Space must have seemed a whole lot bigger back then. It's not surprising they had to bend the rules a little. They were a little slower to invoke the Prime Directive and a little quicker to pull their phasers. Of course, the whole bunch of them would be booted out of Starfleet today, but I have to admit, I would have loved to ride shotgun at least once with a group of officers like that. "

" Dismissed. That's a Starfleet expression for 'get out'. "

" You and I know that fear only exists for one purpose: to be conquered "

" This ship has been our home. It's kept us together. It's been part of our family. As illogical as this might sound, I feel as close to Voyager as I do to any other member of my crew. It's carried us, Tuvok, even nurtured us. And right now, it needs one of us. "

" It's never easy, but if we turn our backs on our principles, we stop being Human. "

" Who are these kids? "

" The Protostar , named after the early stage in the formation of a star, powered by it; we designed a ship that could explore the far reaches of our understanding in hope of finding others who share our ideals, so that we may create a stronger alliance. Stack up those tests, the psych evaluations, interviews. The don't hold a candle to what this crew has been through. And concerning the Augment, whose name you've conveniently forgotten. His name is Dal R'El. Is he genetically engineered? Yes. Was he enhanced in every way? Look at him, or course not. But his heart is bigger than any in this room. I should know. The Federation is made-up of over 150 member species. Dal's DNA includes 26 of those. So, I ask you, is there a better living embodiment of what are alliance represents? "

Janeway's coffee quotes [ ]

A replicator replicates the mug after the coffee

" Coffee, black. "

" Just… coffee. "

" There's coffee in that nebula! "

" I'm just going to have to give up coffee, that's all there is to it. "

" Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised… I beat the Borg with it. "

" One more cup [of coffee] and I'll jump to warp. "

" You ought to try it one day. Keeps you sharp. "

" It's an acquired taste. "

" Coffee, black. " " Make it yourself. "

" I don't know why I ever gave this up. "

" Listen carefully, because I'm only going to say this once. Coffee, black. "

" Tea… black. " " Admiral, you're not drinking coffee? " " Doctor's orders. Between you and me, Ensign, I need a second opinion. But I know you didn't come here to talk about beverages. "

Chronology [ ]

Appendices [ ], appearances [ ].

• " Caretaker "
• " Parallax "
• " Time and Again "
• " The Cloud "
• " Eye of the Needle "
• " Ex Post Facto "
• " Emanations "
• " Prime Factors "
• " State of Flux "
• " Heroes and Demons "
• " Cathexis "
• " Learning Curve "
• " The 37's "
• " Initiations "
• " Projections "
• " Elogium "
• " Non Sequitur "
• " Twisted "
• " Parturition "
• " Persistence of Vision "
• " Cold Fire "
• " Maneuvers "
• " Resistance "
• " Prototype "
• " Alliances "
• " Threshold "
• " Dreadnought "
• " Death Wish "
• " Lifesigns "
• " Investigations "
• " Deadlock "
• " Innocence "
• " The Thaw "
• " Resolutions "
• " Basics, Part I "
• " Basics, Part II "
• " Flashback "
• " The Chute "
• " The Swarm "
• " False Profits "
• " Remember "
• " Sacred Ground "
• " Future's End "
• " Future's End, Part II "
• " Warlord "
• " The Q and the Grey "
• " Macrocosm "
• " Fair Trade "
• " Alter Ego "
• " Blood Fever "
• " Darkling "
• " Favorite Son "
• " Before and After "
• " Real Life "
• " Distant Origin "
• " Displaced "
• " Worst Case Scenario "
• " Scorpion "
• " Scorpion, Part II "
• " The Gift "
• " Day of Honor "
• " Nemesis "
• " Revulsion "
• " The Raven "
• " Scientific Method "
• " Year of Hell "
• " Year of Hell, Part II "
• " Random Thoughts "
• " Concerning Flight "
• " Mortal Coil "
• " Waking Moments "
• " Message in a Bottle "
• " Hunters "
• " Retrospect "
• " The Killing Game "
• " The Killing Game, Part II "
• " Vis à Vis "
• " The Omega Directive "
• " Unforgettable "
• " Living Witness " ( holographic recording)
• " Hope and Fear "
• " Extreme Risk "
• " In the Flesh "
• " Once Upon a Time "
• " Timeless "
• " Infinite Regress "
• " Nothing Human "
• " Thirty Days "
• " Counterpoint "
• " Latent Image "
• " Bride of Chaotica! "
• " Gravity "
• " Dark Frontier "
• " The Disease "
• " Course: Oblivion "
• " The Fight "
• " Think Tank "
• " Juggernaut "
• " Someone to Watch Over Me "
• " Relativity "
• " Warhead "
• " Equinox "
• " Equinox, Part II "
• " Survival Instinct "
• " Barge of the Dead "
• " Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy "
• " Riddles "
• " Dragon's Teeth "
• " One Small Step "
• " The Voyager Conspiracy "
• " Pathfinder "
• " Fair Haven "
• " Blink of an Eye "
• " Virtuoso "
• " Memorial "
• " Tsunkatse "
• " Collective "
• " Spirit Folk "
• " Ashes to Ashes "
• " Child's Play "
• " Good Shepherd "
• " Live Fast and Prosper "
• " Life Line "
• " The Haunting of Deck Twelve "
• " Unimatrix Zero "
• " Unimatrix Zero, Part II "
• " Imperfection "
• " Repression "
• " Critical Care "
• " Inside Man "
• " Body and Soul "
• " Flesh and Blood "
• " Nightingale "
• " Shattered "
• " Lineage "
• " Repentance "
• " Prophecy "
• " The Void "
• " Workforce "
• " Workforce, Part II "
• " Human Error "
• " Author, Author "
• " Friendship One "
• " Natural Law "
• " Homestead "
• " Renaissance Man "
• " Endgame "
• Star Trek Nemesis
• " A Moral Star, Part 2 "
• " Let Sleeping Borg Lie "
• " All the World's a Stage "
• " Crossroads "
• " Masquerade "
• " Preludes "
• " Mindwalk "
• " Supernova, Part 1 "
• " Supernova, Part 2 "

Background information [ ]

Kathryn Janeway was played by actress Kate Mulgrew . In many long and reverse shots, Sue Henley played Janeway, functioning as Mulgrew's stand-in and body double . The young Janeway in " Flashback " was played by an unknown actress , while photo double Erin Price stood in for Mulgrew in the last episode, " Endgame ". In the episode " Vis à Vis ", Janeway was briefly portrayed by Robert Duncan McNeill after exchanging DNA with Tom Paris, whose DNA had been previously taken by the impostor Steth . In " Mindwalk ", Janeway was voiced by Brett Gray while she was in Dal R'El 's body.

The decision to feature a female captain as the lead character of the (not-yet-named) series of Star Trek: Voyager helped set that then-forthcoming Star Trek show apart from its predecessors. ( Braving the Unknown: Season One , VOY Season 1 DVD special feature) Executive Producer Rick Berman explained, " The feeling was that... the best direction for us to go – in terms of trying new things, being socially responsible, which Star Trek has always been – was to go for a female captain. " ( The First Captain: Bujold , VOY Season 1 DVD special feature) Berman elaborated, " We didn't want to just create a captain and cast it with a female. We wanted to create a female captain who was a captain that was somewhat more nurturing and a little bit less swashbuckling than someone like Captain Kirk , a little bit less sullen than someone like Captain Sisko , and a little bit more approachable than Captain Picard . " ( Star Trek: Voyager Companion  (p. ? )) Wanting to develop the character of a female captain who would act as the lead role on Star Trek: Voyager was one motive Berman had for including Jeri Taylor as another executive producer involved in the conceptual genesis of the series, as it was believed Taylor could be a positive influence on the character's development. ( Star Trek: Voyager - A Vision of the Future , p. 156) Taylor and her then-associates, Berman and Executive Producer Michael Piller , all agreed that they wanted a female captain for the series. ( Star Trek: Voyager - A Vision of the Future , p. 158)

Although a female captain had been decided on, this concept was downplayed to Paramount Studios . Essentially, the three executive producers of the forthcoming series said to Paramount, " Let us interview both sexes, and if the best actor we find is a woman, can we hire her? " Eventually, Paramount accepted this proposal. The studio's hesitation was based on uncertainty over the viewing audience's possible response to having a female captain as the series lead. No one at the studio knew if the viewers – who were well known as predominantly male, aged twenty-five to forty-five – would accept the idea. However, the choice of a female captain had a significant advantage, as it would eliminate the problem of fans comparing the new captain to Captains Kirk and Picard. As a result, the executive producers proceeded unhindered, building the notion of a female captain into their premise for the series. ( Star Trek: Voyager - A Vision of the Future , pp. 158-159)

In a series of early development notes written by Jeri Taylor (dated 3 August 1993 ), the character of the captain was briefly outlined, in a section titled "The Crew". The outline stated, " Captain – a human female, Lindsay Wagner type." ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 176)

The character was originally named "Elizabeth Janeway". ( [2] (X) ; VOY Season 2 DVD trivia text version of " The 37's ") In the first draft script of " Caretaker " (dated 8 June 1994 ), the character had that name, though she had received the first name "Kathryn" by the time the final draft of the script was issued.

In the "Caretaker" script, Janeway was described as "a charismatic woman in her early forties." The script went on to say, " She has a warm thoughtful face and remarkably attentive eyes that suggest a deep awareness of all that is going on around her. "

Looking for the right actress to play Janeway was an arduous process, due to the untried nature of the female character. Jeri Taylor commented, " The search for the captain was a long and difficult one. This is the person that gets the white-hot glare of publicity as the first female ever to head one of the Star Trek series and she had to be just right. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )

Kate Mulgrew's original audition

Numerous actresses have claimed that they were or have been reported in the media as having been considered for the role of Janeway, most notably Susan Gibney ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion  (p. 299); A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 267; Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), and veteran science fiction television actress Erin Gray . Others considered include Karen Austin ( citation needed • edit ) , Joanna Cassidy ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), Lindsay Crouse ( citation needed • edit ) , Blythe Danner ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 267), Patty Duke ( citation needed • edit ) , Chelsea Field ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), Linda Hamilton ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 267; Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), Kate Jackson ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), Patsy Kensit ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 267; Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214), Carolyn McCormick ( citation needed • edit ) , Tracy Scoggins ( citation needed • edit ) , Helen Shaver ( citation needed • edit ) , and Lindsay Wagner ( Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before , paperback ed., p. 214). At an early time of pre-production when it was unclear that Janeway was to be a woman, actors Gary Graham and Rene Rivera also auditioned for the role. ( citation needed • edit ) Nigel Havers was another male actor who was considered for the part. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 267)

Geneviève Bujold as Nicole Janeway

Eventually, French-Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold was cast in the role of Elizabeth Janeway. Following this selection, the character was described in an early press release (dated 2 September 1994 ), which referred to Janeway as " a Human female [who] leads the combined teams of Starfleet and Maquis personnel. She is not the only female Captain in Starfleet, however, her intelligence, thoughtfulness, dedication and diplomacy have earned her respect and recognition as one of the best Starfleet Captains – male or female. " [3] Due to legal aspects (specifically, that a prominent person, an actual American feminist writer, named "Elizabeth Janeway" existed), the name had to be changed. At Bujold's request, the character was renamed "Nicole Janeway".

Kate Mulgrew with an unused haircut she originally wore as Janeway

Genevieve Bujold left the cast of Star Trek: Voyager during filming of the pilot, "Caretaker". The first season DVD release includes the first public release of footage featuring Bujold as Janeway. The extant footage shows a subdued Bujold; accustomed to the big screen, her quiet, nuanced acting style did not blend well with the rest of the cast. A distinctly unimpressed Brannon Braga commented, " If you watch her dailies, you can see she's not very good. " ( The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , p. 569) When Bujold left the set after two days of filming, Kate Mulgrew, who had been Braga's second choice, was asked to come back for another audition. Mulgrew ended up being cast in the part, replacing Bujold. At that time, the character's name was changed to its final form – "Kathryn Janeway".

Jeri Taylor was hopeful that, with Kate Mulgrew in the role, Captain Janeway could and would be highly sociable. Shortly after casting the part, Taylor remarked, " We are going to see that she interacts much more easily on a social level with the crew in a way that Picard never did. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages )

In an early press release issued shortly after the casting of Kate Mulgrew, much the same information about Janeway was presented as in the earlier press release, apart from a few changes. For example, the character (now renamed "Kathryn") was introduced as "a Human Starfleet Captain" rather than "a Human female". The updated press release additionally referred to Janeway by remarking, " She is a tough Captain, who is not afraid to take chances. " The same document relayed that Mulgrew had commented, " Captain Kathryn Janeway is the quintessential woman of the future... both commanding and discerning in her warmth; she's authoritative while remaining accessible. Beneath her extraordinary control runs a very deep vein of vulnerability and sensitivity that I look forward to exploring in seasons to come. " [4]

Due to the female gender of Voyager 's captain, depicting the character was a balancing act; the captain's feminine qualities, her nurturing and emotional aspects, had to be maintained while also making the character tough enough that she was believable as a Starfleet captain. Concerning the plausibility of the character's toughness, Rick Berman stated, " It's not really all that true with a somewhat diminutive woman like Kate Mulgrew. Those are problems that we find enjoyable to work with and to overcome. " ( Star Trek: Voyager - A Vision of the Future , p. 159) Berman was ultimately pleased with how Mulgrew sought this balance. He recalled, " Kate, I think, remarkably deliver[ed] a feminine nurturing side and at the same time, a sense of strength and confidence. And that's just what we were looking for and I think that we've gotten it in spades. " ( Star Trek: Voyager Companion  (p. ? ))

The Star Trek: Voyager costuming department regarded the maintenance of Kate Mulgrew's body weight as vital for the portrayal of Captain Janeway. " We have to beg Kate Mulgrew not to lose weight, " remarked Costume Designer Robert Blackman , during the making of the series, " because she is very energetic and burns up the calories like there's no tomorrow. So to keep her at a US size 3 or 4 is very difficult sometimes. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 9 , p. 55)

Brannon Braga found witnessing Kate Mulgrew portray the role of Captain Janeway was particularly informative for writing the character. Mulgrew's habit of frequently placing her hands on her hips, while personifying Janeway, inspired the creation of the Tak Tak body language in " Macrocosm ", an episode Braga wrote. ( Star Trek: Voyager - A Vision of the Future , pp. 171-172)

Nana Visitor considered auditioning for the role. She commented: " Can you believe I had the nerve? I accosted Rick Berman in the street right in front of Stage 4 at Paramount and said, “Why not? Why? Why can’t I?” Because you know, they had the mix-up, and they fired the person they hired, and all of that stuff. And I said, “I can do both!” … I don’t know what I was thinking. And he was like – he practically patted me on the head, and said, ‘No, we’re gonna get a whole other actress for that ". [5]

Apocrypha [ ]

The Caretaker novelization gives her name as "Kathryn M. Janeway". The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway reveals that the M stands for Margaret.

In the Voyager relaunch book series, Admiral Janeway taught at Starfleet Academy with Tuvok.

Janeway was mentioned in the Deep Space Nine book trilogy Millennium . In the book's alternate future, Janeway and Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant at an unspecified time. After the destruction of Earth, Janeway, along with The Doctor, Admiral Seven of Nine, and Hugh negotiated an unholy alliance with the Borg, as a desperate measure to stop Weyoun 5 and the Pah-wraiths from destroying the universe. The cornerstone of Janeway's plan was Project Guardian. The goal of Project Guardian was to use the Guardian of Forever to go back in time and destroy Bajor . Although such an act would violate the Temporal Prime Directive, at least it would save the universe. On December 22, 2399 , the combined Borg/Federation fleet arrived at the Guardian's planet to find it was interdicted by hostile Grigari forces. What followed was six days of fighting. Finally, on December 28, Janeway and an army of Federation troops made it to the surface, the Guardian in sight. At that moment, Janeway knew that she had won, that victory was in hand. However, the Grigari were ready for her. They activated a singularity bomb, which created a black hole, killing all who were present. Janeway, the Borg and Federation fleets, the Guardian, and the Grigari were all killed. The timeline was later reset thanks to Captain Sisko .

In "Places of Exile", a novella from the Star Trek: Myriad Universes anthology book Infinity's Prism , an alternate version of Janeway is presented, who becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant along with the rest of the Voyager crew. She eventually is instrumental in helping to form a Delta Quadrant version of the Federation, as well as beginning a romantic relationship with Chakotay, and bearing his child, Shannon Sekaya Janeway.

In the Star Trek Online multiplayer game, Admiral Janeway is alive and well in the year 2409, and is one of the principal backers of scientific investigation into the supernova of 2387 that destroyed Romulus . When the player speaks to the Trill astronomer Damar Kahn aboard Starbase 114 during the episode titled " Heading Out ", this information is revealed through Kahn's dialogue text. Janeway finally appeared in-game in January 2022 for the game's 12th anniversary, voiced by Kate Mulgrew, and appearing in old age much like her alternate timeline self in "Endgame". She replaces Commander Ethan Burgess as the point of contact for Starfleet characters in the Delta Rising expansion (which had been released in 2014) and is involved in the mission "Red Shift", set during a conflict with the Terran Empire . Janeway's mirror universe counterpart, known as "Marshal Janeway", also appears. The mirror Janeway appears to have Borg implants similar to those of Seven of Nine, as well as the ability to reanimate slain Starfleet officers as Borg drones. Leading a team to Jupiter Station to claim a "prize" for the Emperor, Janeway is betrayed by her team – the mirror counterparts of Sylvia Tilly , the Lukari captain Kuumaarke, and the player character – and forced to seek asylum, revealing to her prime universe counterpart the reason behind the raid.

In the Next Generation prequel The Buried Age , then-Lieutenant Janeway served as the second officer aboard the USS Mary Kingsly under the command of Captain Onna Karapleedeez. She participated in an archaeological expedition led by Captain Picard a few years after the destruction of the USS Stargazer , where a plan of Janeway's to access a location isolated from the rest of the universe by a quantum field results in the accidental death of three of the four aliens trapped there; Janeway later notes that, if placed in a situation where her own interests and the well-being of another race are in conflict, she will choose the second option. When assembling his crew for the USS Enterprise -D , Picard attempted to recruit Janeway for his first officer, but she was on another long-distance assignment and could not be reached.

In the Next Generation relaunch novel Before Dishonor , Janeway was assimilated by the Borg in the year 2380 and is made into their new Queen . An attempt by Seven of Nine to rescue her resulted in the defeat of that Collective , but Janeway herself was apparently killed. Her final fate was left uncertain, as it was implied that she had become a companion of Lady Q. Her death was confirmed in the Full Circle novel.

In the Star Trek: Voyager novel The Eternal Tide , Janeway's consciousness was intercepted by Lady Q as a favor for her son. Lady Q extended the instantaneous moment between life and death experienced by all beings to a point where Janeway exists in this manner for over a year. With assistance by Lady Q, Q Junior, and Kes , Janeway is able to return to her Human body, sans Borg implants, and travel to the Project Full Circle fleet in the Delta Quadrant in September 2381, in order to aid in Voyager saving the universe from an early death via the Omega Continuum . With the absorption of Fleet Captain Afsarah Eden into the Continuum from whence she came, Starfleet Command places Janeway as the new admiral in command of Voyager and the fleet. Meanwhile, Janeway also renews her romantic relationship with Captain Chakotay . The novel A Pocket Full of Lies sees the fleet discover the existence of an alternate version of Janeway created during the events of " Shattered ", also revealing that the temporal fracture Voyager experienced during those events was the result of an attack by the Krenim after they became aware of the events of the "erased" Year of Hell in " Year of Hell " and " Year of Hell, Part II ". This alternate Janeway had a daughter named Mollah with a Krenim agent.

In the novel To Lose the Earth , the prime timeline Janeway finally married Chakotay with Seven of Nine and B'Elanna serving as bridesmaids.

The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway reveals that Janeway had a daughter named Amelia who was created by Janeway's mother and sister from Janeway's frozen eggs during the time that Janeway was believed dead. Amelia eventually joined Starfleet.

In an alternate timeline featured in the Star Trek: Myriad Universes novella A Gutted World , Voyager was never stranded in the Delta Quadrant and Janeway and Mark were married by 2373. She remained in command of the ship until it was destroyed by the Cardassians in the Dorvan sector in 2373.

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Kathryn Janeway

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• 1.1 Early life
• 1.2 Starfleet Academy
• 1.3 Early career
• 1.4.1 Shakedown
• 1.4.2.1 2372
• 1.4.2.2 2373-2374
• 1.4.2.3 2375
• 1.4.2.4 2376
• 1.4.2.5 2377
• 1.5.1 Search for Chakotay
• 1.5.2 The Needs of the Many
• 2 Alternate timelines
• 3 Starfleet service record
• 5.1 Connections
• 5.2 Appearances
• 5.3 External link

Biography [ ]

Early life [ ].

Kathryn Janeway, daughter of Edward and Gretchen Janeway , was born on May 20 , 2336 in Bloomington , Indiana . Kathryn's younger sister, Phoebe Janeway , was born four years later.

As a young child, she was given the nickname " Goldenbird " by her parents. Kathryn was also particularly close to her father. He got his daughter interested in mathematics and science. She still found time for fun as a child and often enjoyed the Trevis and Flotter holodeck programs, including one time when she flooded an entire holodeck.

At the age of 9, Kathryn was treated to her first trip off Earth to the Mars Colonies . Her father took her from San Francisco via shuttlecraft to Utopia Planitia where they toured the colonies with Cadet Data . This was the first of many adventures that Kathryn took with her father. She also hiked the Grand Canyon 's North rim with her father as a child.

Kathryn later began attending The Meadows , and soon became the tennis captain of her team at the school. Despite being a tennis pro, Kathryn also enjoyed swimming. While swimming on Mars under Olympus Mons , she saved the life of Mark Hobbes Johnson after he became trapped in an undercurrent. Despite her brave actions, she was grounded by her father.

While a senior at the Academy Institute , Janeway was dating Cheb Parker . One night, the pair snuck into Magruder Mansion in Ohio , and discovered a deranged old woman living in the mansion. On their return to the Institute, they were severely reprimanded for the incident. ( VOY novel : Mosaic ; VOY episodes : " Coda ", " Year of Hell, Part II ", " Once Upon a Time ", " Imperfection ")

Starfleet Academy [ ]

Janeway was accepted into Starfleet Academy in 2353 at the age of 18. While at the Academy, her roommate was Lettie Garrett . She also roomed with Thrum and Pol for a time, who were collectively known as Thrum'Pol. While her time at the Academy was mainly a happy one, Janeway was often bullied by Wendy Kerrigan , a professor at the Academy. She was also a star student of Admiral Hendricks . ( VOY novel : Lifeline ; VOY episode : " Friendship One ")

Upon entering her third year at the Academy, Cadet Janeway was interviewed by Admiral Owen Paris , in regards to being her adviser in the writing of her junior honor thesis. Paris initially tried to turn her down since he, as a rule, normally only worked with seniors but Janeway persisted. Eventually Paris agreed, but warned her that he was a tough taskmaster and he expected only the best, something Janeway consistently provided. With his assistance, she wrote a brilliant thesis but had to turn down a date with Cadet William T. Riker in the process. The following year, Janeway completed her doctoral degree in quantum cosmology .

While at the Academy, Janeway began a relationship with Lieutenant Justin Tighe , and the two were soon engaged to be married. ( VOY novel : Mosaic ; VOY short story : " In the Queue "; VOY novel : Lifeline )

Early career [ ]

Cadet Janeway

Ensign Janeway graduated from the Academy and was assigned to Admiral Paris' staff in San Francisco in 2357 . At Paris' request, Janeway assisted civilian adviser Kyle Riker uncover the involvement of Vice-Admiral Horace Bonner in the Tholian attack on Starbase 311 in 2353 , as well as several attempts on Riker's life.

Tired of sitting behind a desk, Admiral Paris made the decision to get back into the game and arranged to be in command of the USS Al-Batani for the year-long Arias expedition . Admiral Paris asked Janeway to join his crew as junior science officer . ( TLE novel : Deny Thy Father ; VOY novel : Mosaic )

Cadet Janeway.

Six months into the Arias Expedition, Admiral Paris and Janeway were in a shuttlecraft orbiting Utrea II , when they were captured and tortured by the Cardassian , Gul Camet . The two officers were rescued by Lt. Tighe, whose life was in turn saved by Janeway. As a result, Paris recommended that Janeway switch from science division to command division.

In 2358 , Janeway lost both her fiancé and father while they were testing the prototype ship Terra Nova on Tau Ceti Prime . While making a final approach for landing, the ship crash landed on Tau Ceti into a polar icecap. While Kathryn survived the crash, the others were frozen to death. She was rescued and took a leave of absence to deal with her deep depression.

In 2359 , Janeway returned to active duty and announced her intention to switch to the command division at Starfleet Headquarters . At the arrangement of Admiral Paris, Janeway spent six months on an Earth-bound assignment before being assigned a deep-space mission. While on Earth , she started to become closer to Mark Johnson .

By late 2359, Janeway was second officer aboard the USS Mary Kingsley , under the command of Captain Onna Karapleedeez . During their mission surveying the Scorpius Reach in Beta Quadrant , they assisted a civilian research vessel, the Cleopatra's Needle . One of the researchers Janeway worked with was Jean-Luc Picard , who had taken a leave of absence following his loss of the USS Stargazer . ( TNG novel : The Buried Age )

In 2363 , Captain Janeway assumed command of the USS Billings . The Billings was her first proper command, and she often felt deeply responsible for her actions and the effects on her crew. Following one away team mission, she felt deeply responsible for the loss of Ensign Yvonne Harper 's legs, unborn child, and sanity. ( VOY episodes : " Revulsion ", " Night "; VOY novels : Pathways , Cloak and Dagger )

While choosing key personnel to serve under him on the USS Enterprise -D , Captain Jean-Luc Picard was disappointed that Janeway was no longer available as a candidate for first officer. ( TLE novel : The Buried Age )

In 2365 , the now Captain Janeway was in command of the USS Bonestell on a six-month exploratory mission of the Beta Quadrant . Following the mission, Janeway went before a review board consisting of Admiral Paris, Admiral McGeorge Finnegan , and Admiral Alynna Nechayev . Ensign Tuvok was assigned to review Janeway's performance and he was extremely critical of her reluctance to follow tactical regulations on the mission. Janeway defended herself against the Vulcan's criticism and it was recommended by Admiral Finnegan that Tuvok serve under Janeway on her next deep-space mission. Despite her initial weariness of him, Janeway grew to rely on Tuvok and the two became friends. When Janeway was offered the command of Voyager, she asked Tuvok to transfer with her. ( VOY novels : Mosaic , Pathways )

Captain of the USS Voyager [ ]

Shakedown [ ].

In late 2370 , Captain Janeway was offered the position of commanding officer of the USS Voyager still under construction at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards . As a result she buried herself in all the technical manuals concerning Voyager , and by the time she was given a guided tour by Admiral Theoderich Patterson in early 2371 , she was proficient at every inch of the starship. ( VOY episode : " Relativity ")

Janeway officially assumed command of Voyager on stardate 48038.5 , and took the starship out on its shakedown cruises. The cruise was to proceed to the border of the Demilitarized Zone near the Badlands to test out Voyager 's bio-neural circuitry . On the first test of the systems, the gel packs malfunctioned and Voyager was left drifting in space. Thankfully, the USS Hood , under Captain Robert DeSoto , came to Voyager's aid.

After repairs were completed, both starships were alerted to the detection of one of the Malkus Artifacts under General Order 16 , and discovered that it was found by the Maquis . Janeway sent her tactical officer , Lieutenant Tuvok , undercover to obtain the artifact from the Maquis. Tuvok's mission was successful and the artifact was rescued by the Hood . It was also decided that Tuvok would remain undercover with the Maquis. ( VOY - The Brave and the Bold, Book Two novella : The Third Artifact )

In the Delta Quadrant [ ]

Captain Kathryn Janeway in 2371.

When Tuvok failed to report in, Janeway decided to go after him. Janeway went to the New Zealand Penal Settlement to recruit a cashiered Starfleet officer, Tom Paris - a former Maquis member - to help find the Maquis ship and her chief of security in exchange for her help at Paris' next review.

Janeway then rendezvoused with Voyager at Deep Space 9 and then went into the Badlands . As Janeway and the Voyager crew searched the Badlands, they were then engulfed by a displacement wave that took them seventy thousand light-years into the farthest corner of the galaxy, the Delta Quadrant . There, Janeway discovered that a entity called the Caretaker had brought both Voyager and the Maquis ship Val Jean to help him search for a suitable mate in which to procreate offspring to take his place as caretaker of a species called the Ocampa . Following the rescue of Kim and Torres, Janeway was forced to destroy the Caretaker's array to protect the Ocampa from the Kazon. She then invited the Maquis to join her crew, installing Chakotay as her First officer . She also accepted trader Neelix and his companion Kes . ( VOY episode & novelization : Caretaker )

Janeway then responded to a distress signal from Talaxian Captain Acrux 's ship stuck in a ion storm. She was then able to use the transporters to beam Acrux' crew aboard, but they were pulled into a quantum fissure's dimensional plane. Janeway then gave Chakotay and Neelix bands that to help them return. However, Janeway became duplicitous when she thought about how the Talaxians got themselves into the situation. She and Tuvok then found out that they were Trabe agents trying to steal their technology. She then investigated energy spikes that took The Doctor and merged her holo-novel and the Beowulf holo-novel. Following that incident Janeway was then taken hostage by Acrux and his mercenaries as Trabe Captain Nagrom 's ship attacked. However she was able to subdue them and fight off the Trabe ship. ( VOY comics : " The Storm ", " Under Ion Skies ", " Repercussions ")

Following that incident, Janeway was forced to look for duranium when Voyager was running low on supplies. Janeway was forced to set the phasers to 1/100 power to disable a Kazon raider . Janeway then asked Neelix where the nearest supply of duranium, which was Praja . However, Janeway was told by the Doctor that a botanical plague had devastated. Despite that, she allowed Neelix and an away team to investigate the planet. She continued to hail the planet without little success. She the Doctor, Kim and Kes then examined the virus that poisoned the planet and found that it was not native to Praja. Janeway refused to mine the Duranium with the colonists consent despite Torres' objections. However, Janeway was able to come an arrangement with the Cambrog survivors to mine Duranium in exchange for emergency rations, supplies and to help eliminate the plague. Janeway and Voyager then came under attack by Kazon-Oglamar mining ships. Janeway then used Lt. Paris' idea to trick the Kazon into believing that they were crashing. Janeway was able to get the duranium for the phasers and force the Kazon to withdraw. Afterwards, Janeway had the planet sprayed with healthy bacteria that would heal the planet. ( VOY comics : " Homeostasis, Part One ", " The Conclusion ")

2373-2374 [ ]

Janeway then had Paris and Kim taken to the brig when they started a brawl in the mess hall. Janeway then led an away team to Denar . There she and the away team were attacked by a creature. Following that encounter, Janeway then met Bonai , who sent sent Tuvok and the rest of the away team back to Voyager . Janeway was then forced to help him to prevent the Vidiians , Kazon and Trabe from getting a powerful artifact. She was forced to work with the 3 representatives of each species to find the artifact. She helped the Vidiian Dr. Teraz and saved Kul'Lar from a ape-like creature. Janeway and Teraz were then able to defeat with a scalding weapon. Janeway and the three others then found the artifact. After Kul'Lar and Durin wer destroyed by the artifact, Janeway and Teraz found the artifact. However, she refused to accept Bonai's gift to take Voyager back to the Alpha Quadrant. ( VOY comics : " Relicquest, Part One ", " Part Two ", " Conclusion ")

A month later, Janeway responded to a distress signal from a Zerajhan professor K'Them K'Tra who was stuck in a Dead Zone . However, Janeway and Voyager then came under attack by Overseer Reega Mohl 's Raft Cabal when she refused to join him. Janeway and her crew then fought against the Cabal's boarders. Luckily, Janeway was to use Tuvok's plan to use a torpedo to free themselves from the Deadzone. She then took professor K'Tra and Mohl's renegades to Zerajh to stand trial. ( VOY comic : " Dead Zone ")

Janeway then encountered a chroniton wave that took Voyager to the Battle of Wolf 359 six years earlier. As they made they way back through anomaly, they beamed several escape pod survivors onboard. Unfortunately, she was forced to send them back into the anomaly. ( VOY comic : " Ghosts ")

Following Janeway's brief alliance with the Borg, she took on Seven of Nine as part of her crew. Janeway and Voyager then came under attack by a alien known as the Prospector and his drones from an ocean-wide planet. ( VOY episodes : " Scorpion, Part I ", " Part II ", " The Gift "; VOY comic : " Splashdown ")

In 2375 , Voyager discovered another Federation ship lost in the Delta Quadrant , the USS Equinox , captained by Rudolph Ransom . The away team to the Equinox was led by Captain Janeway. Ransom explained that his ship was attacked by creatures that killed much of his crew. The crew was beamed to Voyager for medical attention and the Voyager crew attempted to repair the Equinox . Janeway discovered that the reason the creatures were attacking the Equinox was that Ransom had been capturing them and using them for fuel for the ship. Janeway confronted Ransom and arrested him and his crew. The EMH for the Equinox , which was beamed aboard Voyager helped the crew escape back to the Equinox . They disabled Voyager , kidnapped Seven and sped away. In the meantime, the creatures attacked Voyager . ( VOY episode & novelization : Equinox )

When Voyager found the Equinox , a battle ensued. When the Equinox was damaged by Voyager and attacked by the creatures, Ransom had a change of heart, dropped his shields and surrendered Seven in exchange for his crew beaming aboard Voyager .

Ransom himself stayed with his ship as it exploded. Janeway's final words to Ransom was her promise to get his crew home. Satisfied with the Equinox' destruction, the aliens ceased their attacks on Voyager . The five surviving Equinox crew members, Marla Gilmore , Noah Lessing , James Morrow , Angelo Tassoni , and Brian Sofin , were stripped of rank and ordered to serve as crewmen on Voyager , with extensive supervision and limited privileges. ( VOY episode & novelization : Equinox )

Janeway then entrusted Seven of Nine with finding out if the attackers in a debris field were Borg or not. Janeway then assisted Hazard team in defeating the Tarlus and the Vohrsoth . She then promoted Alexander Munro to Lieutenant . ( VOY comic : " False Colors "; VOY comic & video game : Elite Force )

After seven years in the Delta Quadrant, Janeway was able to get Voyager and its crew home thanks to help from her future counterpart, Admiral Janeway. ( VOY episode & novelization : Endgame )

Admiral Janeway [ ]

Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway in 2381 .

Janeway was promoted shortly after her return to Earth in 2378. In 2379, she sent Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise -E to Romulus at the request of newly installed Praetor Shinzon of Remus . She later attended the christening of the USS Protostar with her former First officer , Captain Chakotay.( TNG movie & novelization : Nemesis ; PRD episode : " Asylum ")

Search for Chakotay [ ]

Janeway was then given command of the USS Dauntless and returned the edge of the Delta Quadrant . She and the Dauntless ' crew searched for the Protostar , it's crew and captain Chakotay.( PRD episode : " A Moral Star ")

The Needs of the Many [ ]

By the year 2409 , Janeway's death was not remembered as part of Jake Sisko 's study of history , as was noted in an interview with DTI agents Marion Dulmur and Gariff Lucsly . In the course of the discussion, the agents' concerns over the integrity of the timeline was brought about in discussions of the fact that they remembered a different version of history.

Admiral Janeway was remembered by Jake and others as surviving the Long War -era into the 25th century . Previously, she had been the commanding officer of Starfleet's response to the Hobus supernova in 2387 . ( STO novel : The Needs of the Many )

Alternate timelines [ ]

According to Q, following her return to the Alpha Quadrant, it has become a fixed point in time for all versions of Kathryn Janeway to die on stardate 57445, with Janeway being shown brief 'flashes' of her other selves to reinforce this revelation; the only two Janeways to live past this date did so only with the aid of the Q. ( VOY novels : The Eternal Tide , A Pocket Full of Lies )

In the alternate timeline created by the red wormhole and the War of the Prophets , Admiral Kathryn Janeway created Operation Guardian in 2400 in order to combat the threat of the Bajoran Ascendancy . Her plan resulted in Starfleet and Borg forces joining together to assault Gateway in order to use the Guardian of Forever to destroy the red wormhole before it united with the Bajoran wormhole . She landed her forces while combating the Grigari and was in sight of the Guardian when the Grigari activated a Singularity bomb which killed Janeway and everyone on and around the planet. ( DS9 - Millennium novel : The War of the Prophets )

Kathryn Janeway in an alternate timeline

In another alternate timeline in which the Cardassian Union did not withdraw from Bajor in 2369 , Captain Kathryn Janeway was in command of a version of Voyager which was not stranded in the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker in 2371 . Her senior staff included first officer Lt. Commander Aaron Cavit , tactical officer and security chief Lieutenant Tuvok , conn officer Lieutenant Veronica Stadi , chief medical officer Dr. Fitzgerald , chief engineer Lieutenant Joseph Carey and operations officer Ensign Harry Kim . By 2373 , she was married to Mark Johnson , who cared for her dog Molly .

The ship was part of a taskforce consisting of nine ships - which also included the USS Bellerophon and the USS Intrepid - sent to Dorvan V in 2373 order to investigate recent suspicious activities being carried out by the Cardassians on the Federation border. The ships were soon fired upon by a fleet of Galor -class warships armed with phased polaron beam weapons. Unbeknownst to the Federation at this time, these weapons had been provided by the Cardassians' newfound Gamma Quadrant allies, the Dominion . The Cardassians had made contact with the Dominion several years earlier via the wormhole which they discovered in the Bajoran sector , the existence of which they kept secret from the other major Alpha Quadrant powers.

In the midst of the battle, Voyager was able to gather detailed sensor readings. Moments before the ship was destroyed with all hands, Tuvok transmitted these sensor readings to Starfleet Command , enabling the Federation to develop countermeasures against the phased polaron beam weapons. The Intrepid was destroyed along with Voyager whereas the Bellerophon barely escaped intact. Of the six other vessels in the taskforce, only one survived. ( TNG - Myriad Universes novel : A Gutted World )

In an alternate timeline in which the USS Voyager was forced to turn back from its journey home to Earth, Kathryn and Chakotay became lovers and would eventually have a child, Shannon Sekaya Janeway . ( VOY - Myriad Universes - Infinity's Prism novella : Places of Exile )

In another alternate timeline, Janeway and B'Elanna Torres were both killed during a Krenim attack on Voyager in 2373 . Chakotay succeeded her as captain and was still in command of Voyager in 2379 . ( VOY episode : " Before and After ")

When the Krenim attempted to destroy Voyager with a chroniton torpedo , Chakotay of 2377 was forced to work with the Kathryn Janeway of 2370, revealing various key details about the ship's future to her as they sought to resolve the crisis. Once he was able to prevent the events that led to Voyager being fractured across time, Chakotay presumed that this Janeway had been 'erased' as she lost all memory of the events, but it was later revealed that she had been abducted from the ship by the Krenim as part of a plan to prevent her potentially interfering with the standing of the Krenim Imperium. She was manipulated into acting as denzit or military commander for the Rilnar during a protracted conflict with the Zahl on the planet Sormana . A Krenim agent named Dayne was surgically altered to look like a Rilnar and was assigned to oversee Kathryn's integration into Rilnar society. He maneuvered her into the position of denzit. This version of Kathryn was forced to send a message to Starfleet informing them of her resignation.

Dayne and Kathryn became lovers. Subsequently, Kathryn gave birth to her and Dayne's daughter named Mollah. After nearly dying during childbirth, she recovered and returned to her position. Kathryn assumed that Dayne and their daughter had been captured by enemy forces. This, in turn, was Kathryn's motivation to win the war. When the Full Circle Fleet was alerted to the existence of this alternate version of Kathryn Janeway, Voyager was assigned to investigate. Tuvok was temporarily assigned to Voyager to work with the Voyager crew in order to appeal to the denzit to stop the conflict and gather intelligence. Tuvok, for his part, was still grieving for his son who had died during the Borg crisis. Finding sympathy with the denzit's situation, Tuvok easily renewed a friendship with this version of Kathryn Janeway. Subsequent events saw Tuvok save the denzit's life during a military operation and being seriously injured as a result. Tuvok was treated by the denzit's personal physician. The denzit would meet Admiral Janeway in person.

Dayne was found to be alive as well. The truth of Dayne's true identity and the Krenim's manipulations were exposed. After Tuvok brutally beat him, Dayne admitted that his and Kathryn's daughter was alive. Dayne had spirited their daughter away safety into the past. He accomplished this using naturally occurring time portals. He placed his daughter in the care of guardians. These guardians were, in actuality, Q and his wife in disguise. Later, Kathryn testified at an inquiry about these events. Subsequently, she resigned her position as denzit. After this, the crew of Voyager took in this version of Kathryn Janeway with the intent of helping her recover from these events. Dayne, though, covertly infiltrated the Full Circle fleet. He then tried to kidnap Kathryn so she could be reunited with their daughter. He was stopped and then an away team was assembled to escort the former denzit and Dayne. She was taken into the past by Dayne with the Starfleet team providing protection. After this, Dayne was tortured by the Krenim for information about Kathryn's location. He refused to cooperate and was killed. Q ensured that this timeline would be 'cut off' from the rest of the multiverse for the duration of this Janeway's life so that she could live in peace. ( VOY novel : A Pocket Full of Lies )

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Star Trek: Prodigy returns for its mid-season this October 27, with ten brand-new episodes rolling out each week.

In the remaining second half of the season, the hopeful crew makes their way toward Starfleet , however, their dreams are threatened when they discover the U.S.S. Protostar harbors a weapon designed to tear the United Federation of Planets apart. To make matters worse, the U.S.S. Dauntless is on a manhunt for the Protostar as the real Vice Admiral Janeway is eager to uncover what happened to her missing former First Officer Chakotay . With these two ships on a collision course and destruction on the horizon, the fate of the Alpha Quadrant hangs in the balance.

Earlier this month, StarTrek.com had the opportunity to speak with Star Trek legend and Prodigy talent Kate Mulgrew ( Holo-Janeway / Vice Admiral Janeway ) ahead of the mid-season return.

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The young ragtag crew aboard the U.S.S. Protostar spent the first half the season learning about Starfleet, its ideals, as well as their strengths as individuals and a team, from Holo-Janeway . Just as they learn that the Protostar houses a weapon meant to destroy the Federation, they discover the real Vice Admiral Janeway is in hot pursuit of them.

What can the Starfleet hopefuls expect from the real Janeway? "Every conceivable twist and turn is going to be made apparent in these upcoming episodes," Mulgrew told StarTrek.com.

"There will be so much at stake for Vice Admiral Janeway that it will, at moments, be quite harrowing," continued Mulgrew. "And then there will be moments of extreme emotion and a sense of deep, deep satisfaction. This is an emotional journey for Vice Admiral Janeway. I can't go beyond that without giving you a spoiler. It was particularly wonderful to play."

The Evolution of Janeway's Career

Prodigy 's Vice Admiral Janeway reflects Captain Janeway's growth across the seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager to this third incarnation of the Starfleet legend (including Holo-Janeway).

As to what stage Janeway now finds herself in her career, "Vice Admiral Janeway is a wonderful iteration," shared Mulgrew. "She's matured, she's deepened, she's seasoned now. And in that, there is a confidence that you didn't see even in Captain Janeway, who had a great deal of self-esteem."

"Admiral Janeway has a confidence that comes from riding buckshot for an entire life," Mulgrew noted. "She is unafraid, she's afraid of nothing, and she's actually, at this point in her life, she's thrilled by every incoming challenge and she meets it with a certain kind of finesse, and I would say panache, that we've not seen before."

Speaking to StarTrek.com, executive producer Dan Hageman added, "Janeway has shown her grit, her determination, and her success as a captain, and also her failures as a captain."

"She's grown from it all where she's now a Vice Admiral in Starfleet," explained Hageman. "What's fantastic, as you'll see in these next episodes, she's in a different place than where she was in Voyager . But there's those relationships that she's had. Specifically with the now Captain Chakotay, those things last forever. That relationship will carry on through Prodigy 's first season one, as well as beyond."

"Hologram Janeway is terribly, terribly important because she's the one who's going to help these young ones avoid all of the perils that they are going to meet," reflected Mulgrew on the three different iterations of Janeway. "I hope that I've deepened her, texturized her. Then, you have Admiral Janeway, who has depth and knowledge and maturity on her side. And Captain Janeway, who has clung to her ardent passion for science and exploration, and is undaunted."

With the second half of the animated Trek series aimed at a younger audience, the first of its kind, resumes starting this week, Mulgrew has high hopes for the families and kids watching the series.

For the young and young-at-heart, Mulgrew wants them to "further the conversation among them," especially those whose parents grew up with the live-action Star Trek .

As to what she hopes they'll explore, Mulgrew stated, "To talk about danger and authority and fearlessness. What is the real meaning of courage? How do you shape courage so that you do not imperil others? What is teamwork? What is the Prime Directive? What are the protocols that allow us to survive?"

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How Star Trek: Nemesis Pulled off a Major Character Cameo

"Admiral Janeway, how good to see you again." Kate Mulgrew tells us what it was like filming her big surprise cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis.

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One of the highlights of the current era of Star Trek is the return of Kate Mulgrew to the role of Admiral Kathryn Janeway , who fans first met as the captain of the USS Voyager in the series of the same name. During Voyager ‘s original run from 1995 to 2001, Janeway led the stranded Intrepid-class starship through a hostile Delta Quadrant full of Borg, and when she finally got her crew back home safe, the captain was promoted to vice admiral by Starfleet.

Longtime Star Trek fans may remember that Admiral Janeway’s promotion was first revealed on the big screen, just a year after Voyager aired its final episode on UPN. In 2002, the fan-favorite character finally made the jump to theaters with a surprise cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis , the final movie starring the cast of The Next Generation . In fact, it’s Admiral Janeway sending Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise on that fateful diplomatic mission to the Romulan Empire that truly kicks off the events of the divisive film.

The cameo is less than a minute long, and Mulgrew doesn’t actually appear in the flesh in the scene but on a video call patched into Picard’s ready room. Yet, it still pushed Janeway’s story forward in a major way, giving her a new role in the Star Trek universe that’s finally being explored further on the Prodigy animated series.

While speaking to Den of Geek about Drew Finch, her enigmatic CIA agent in Showtime’s The Man Who Fell to Earth , Mulgrew also reveals what it was like filming her Nemesis scene.

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“That was a strange cameo,” Mulgrew says. “I was just alone in the studio on the sound stage. It was done very fast. I think it was immediately after  Voyager , if not in the final week of  Voyager .”

Voyager ‘s two-part series finale, “Endgame,” aired on May 23, 2001, with Nemesis kicking off principal photography in November of that year, meaning Mulgrew filmed her cameo months before the rest of the film’s cast shot their scenes.

Almost 20 years after the release of Nemesis , Mulgrew finally returned to the Star Trek universe in 2021 to voice her character Prodigy . Mulgrew talks about what it’s like being back after all this time.

“It’s fun. It just never ends,” Mulgrew says. “I think Star Trek is enjoying a grand resurgence. I have to tip my hat to [ Star Trek creative head Alex] Kurtzman because he’s assumed the mantle. He took it from [longtime Star Trek executive producer] Rick Berman and he’s done an amazing job. I think he’s a visionary.”

While Mulgrew says she’s really enjoying this new era of Janeway stories, she wasn’t always so sure she should come back for Prodigy .

“At first I was a little trepidatious,” Mulgrew reveals. “But only very briefly. When I checked with my trusted colleagues, everybody said, well you’re absolutely a fool! This is going to be great. It’s for children — the one demographic that Star Trek has somehow managed to avoid.”

The actor calls working on the animated series “deeply satisfying” because it’s specifically aimed at a new, younger generation of viewers. “To be able to do it and give it to children who are sitting next to their mothers who watched Star Trek: Voyager . It really speaks to the grandness and truth and magnitude of Star Trek .”

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But voicing a character is one thing. Does Mulgrew think she’ll ever play Janeway in live action again? She recently teased as much, and tells Den of Geek that she’s already talked about it with some of her Voyager colleagues.

“We’re always talking. I mean my great friends are Robert Picardo and John de Lancie. We’re always touching down and crossing paths. And when we do talk about  Star Trek , all of us are just so amazed that it constantly is reinventing itself. I think that fact only speaks to its sort of undying virtues. I know Jeri [Ryan] loves doing   Picard . And I know that all of us — all of us — would love to continue and when the opportunity presents itself, we’ll always do more  Star Trek .”

You can read more from our interview with Mulgrew here .

Ryan Britt contributed reporting for this piece.

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Whatever Happened To Kate Mulgrew, ‘Captain Kathryn Janeway’ From Star Trek: Voyager?

By Christopher Covello | January 18, 2023

Kate Mulgrew is an American actress and author best known for her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager and, more recently, her role as Red on the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black.

She has won numerous awards including a Critic’s Choice Television Award, a Saturn Award, and an Obie Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Mulgrew was born on April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa. Her father was a contractor and her mother was an artist and a painter who encouraged her to nurture her creativity from a young age.

At the age of 17, Mulgrew was accepted to the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting at NYU and left Iowa to pursue her passion.

Acting Career

Between 1975 and 1978, Mulgrew landed a few minor roles including The Wide World of Mystery, The American Woman: Portraits of Courage, Dallas, and a TV mini series called The Word.

Mrs. Columbo

In 1979, NBC created a spin-off series based on the wife of Lieutenant Columbo from the popular crime drama Columbo. Mrs. Columbo was made specifically for Kate Mulgrew and featured her as a news reporter who tries solving crimes while raising a daughter.

The show enjoyed a 13-episode run but never quite took off and, despite the name and premise, never featured Columbo himself at any time.

In 1986, Mulgrew would play the dastardly Councilwoman Janet Elridge for a 3-episode run, “Strange Bedfellows”. Elridge is suspected to be dating Sam only for appearances with the intent to dump him after the reelection. 

Over the course of 3 episodes, Mulgrew’s character drives a wedge between Sam and Diane, only to have it blow up in her face in the end when Sam proposes to Diane. Diane turns Sam down, but at least he didn’t fall for Councilwoman Elridge’s scheme!

Ryan’s Hope

Between 1975 and 1978, Mulgrew played Mary Ryan on the soap opera Ryan’s Hope, earning fan favorite status and becoming associated with the show long after her departure. She would return to the show for a few final episodes in 1983, 1986, and 1989.

In total, Mulgrew appeared in 421 episodes of the show between 1975 and 1989.

HeartBeat is an American medical drama that aired on ABC in 1988 for two seasons and 18 episodes total, all of which starred Mulgrew as the co-founder of a clinic called Women’s Medical Arts.

While the show’s run was short, it was considered groundbreaking for featuring a lesbian as a main character and depicting her in a long-term committed relationship. This would lead HeartBeat to win GLAAD’s first ever Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1990.

Voice Acting

In the early ‘90s, Mulgrew began lending her voice to a number of animated TV shows as well, including recurring roles on Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, Mighty Max, Gargoyles, and Aladdin.

Although she would take a hiatus from voice acting while working on Star Trek: Voyager, Mulgrew quite enjoyed it and would return to lend her voice to numerous animated TV shows and video games later in her career.

Star Trek: Voyager

In 1994, Mulgrew auditioned for the part of Captain Janeway on the upcoming Star Trek: Voyager, which was scheduled to air as a flagship program on the new network UPN in 1995. Unfortunately, the showrunners selected film actress Geneviève Bujold for the role instead.

However, Bujold quit two days into filming after realizing the substantial work and time commitment for filming the show. At this juncture, the showrunners offered Mulgrew the spot and, as they say, the rest is history.

Mulgrew portrayed the fearless Captain Janeway for 168 of the show’s 172 episodes, spanning across 7 seasons and 6 years airing from 1995 to 2001.

Of the 168 she appeared in, Mulgrew cites season 5’s “Counterpoint” as her favorite because of the dangerous cat-and-mouse game her and guest actor Mark Harelik were engaged in during the episode’s action.

Feud with Jeri Ryan

While everything appeared copacetic on the outside, drama was brewing by the start of season 4 when the showrunners decided to hire Jeri Ryan and add a new character, Seven of Nine, as fan service and resident sex appeal in an attempt to boost stagnant ratings.

Mulgrew did not approve of this new direction and became responsible for creating a hostile work environment for her new co-star. She was unwelcoming and unreasonable, informing the crew that Ryan should not be permitted to use the bathroom during filming since the costume took time to take off and put back on. The crew did not abide by this unreasonable request.

Mulgrew reflected upon her attitude during this era and took ownership of her wrongful approach. Because she had been associated as the strong female lead and the face of Star Trek: Voyager and seemingly overnight Ryan assumed the new face of the series, it was difficult for her to accept and process. 

Regarding her treatment of Ryan and the drama, Mulgrew said she regrets how she treated Jeri and wish she had conducted herself better.

As the years went on, it seems that Kate and Jeri have resolved their difference and put the past behind them. They have been seen being friendly to each other at conventions and other appearances.

Regardless, Star Trek: Voyager was lauded for featuring a female lead, the first ever in a Star Trek series, and critics were impressed by Mulgrew’s range and on-screen presence. Fans and critics alike praised her performance, and Janeway was a groundbreaking character increasing the inclusivity of the already diverse Trekverse.

Mulgrew does admit that the show was constantly challenging, often involving being on set for up to 18 hours at a time, but she wouldn’t trade it for anything and she is immensely proud of the show, her role, and the impact that it has had on her life.

What did Kate Mulgrew do after Star Trek?

While Star Trek: Voyager would become her most iconic appearance, Mulgrew’s career was far from over when the show wrapped in 2001. She has had a prodigious career and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows.

Star Trek: Nemesis

In 2002, Mulgrew reprised her role as Janeway for a cameo in the film Star Trek: Nemesis starring Patrick Stewart and his crewmates from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Her appearance is brief, but it is her instruction to Captain Picard which leads to the action of the film.

Unrelated to Janeway’s appearance, the film was a box office failure and would mark the last film to involve the crew of The Next Generation, leading to a Star Trek film reboot in 2009 instead.

NTSF:SD:SUV::

Between 2011 and 2013, Mulgrew was part of the main cast of the confusingly-named police procedural parody NTSF:SD:SUV::, which stands for National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle:: and aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Mulgrew appeared on 33 of the 39 episodes across 3 seasons alongside Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Brandon Johnson, Rebecca Romijn, Martin Starr, Karen Gillan, Rob Riggle, and Peter Serafinowicz.

Orange is the New Black

While it seemed unlikely for Mulgrew to land another iconic role following the massive success of Star Trek: Voyager and her stunning portrayal of Captain Janeway, lightning did strike twice for her when she landed the role as Galina “Red” Reznikov on hit series Orange is the New Black.

Her role as Red would earn her a Primetime Emmy nomination and a Critic’s Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Of 91 episodes during the show’s 7 season run, Mulgrew appeared in 85 between 2013 and 2019.

Mr. Mercedes

In 2019, Mulgrew joined the cast of American drama series Mr. Mercedes during their third season and was featured in 9 of the 10 episodes. Although the show was renewed for a fourth season, the network that was airing it, Audience, vanished in May of 2020.

Mr. Mercedes is currently streaming on Peacock, but it is unclear if it will receive a fourth season.

Infinity Train

Between 2019 and 2020, Mulgrew would work as a voice actor on the acclaimed animated series Infinity Train, which was created by former Regular Show writer and storyboard artist Owen Dennis.

The show received praise for its complex and sometimes dark themes and aired two seasons on Cartoon Network before moving to HBO Max to air two more.

As of August 2022, HBO Max announced that Infinity Train would be among 37 shows to be removed from the streaming service and two days later it was gone. At this time, Infinity Train has no home. In response, creator Owen Dennis advocates online piracy as a means to watching it, presumably in hopes to generate enough buzz to revive it.

While it was intended for eight seasons, it remains unclear if it will receive even a fifth.

Star Trek: Prodigy

When the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy was announced, it combined Mulgrew’s experience of portraying Janeway with her voice acting talent for an intuitive arrangement and slam dunk opportunity for Mulgrew.

Ultimately, Mulgrew chose to reprise the role so she could subject a younger audience to her character and the Trekverse as a whole. As of 2021, Mulgrew has been part of the main cast of a show that is currently producing its second season.

The Man Who Fell to Earth

As of 2022, Mulgrew has been part of the main cast of The Man Who Fell to Earth, a science fiction drama series airing on Showtime, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Annelle Olaleye, and Bill Nighy. Mulgrew appeared on 7 of the show’s 10 episodes in season 1.

While the final episode of season 1 aired in July 2022, there has been no announcement that the series has been canceled or renewed at this time.

Beyond her talents as an actress, Mulgrew is also an accomplished author. She has written two memoirs, 2015’s Born with Teeth and 2019’s How to Forget.

Both provide an extensive inside look at the trials and tribulations that have shaped Mulgrew into the evocative actress and public figure she would grow to become today.

Star Trek Conventions

Along with a number of her Voyager castmates, Mulgrew regularly attends Star Trek conventions to engage with the fans. In 2022 she attended the 56-Year Mission Las Vegas convention, the Phoenix Fan Fusion, the Star Trek: Mission Chicago and she is scheduled to appear at the Destination Star Trek convention in Germany.

Star Trek Cruise

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Kate Mulgrew, alongside fellow Star Trek actors Doug Jones, Sarah Mitich, Michelle Herd, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and many, many more, is scheduled to appear on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas for a cruise experience like no other.

Departing from Los Angeles, guests will spend 7 days among their favorite Star Trek characters for themed nights, Trek-inspired accommodations, and excursions in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.

It’s an “un-conventional” voyage, indeed, and next plans to sail in early 2023.

Relationships and Family Life

Danielle Gaudette

In 1977 at the age of 22, Mulgrew became pregnant while working on Ryan’s Hope. The father of her baby was an assistant director on the show. Single and scared and at the urging of her mother, Kate when to Catholic charities and elected to give the child up for adoption.

The producers of Ryan’s Hope decided to write her pregnancy into the story of the show and Kate had to act out a monologue with a stunt baby declaring her love for the baby and how she will never leave her. Kate admits it was one of the hardest moments of her life.

It wouldn’t be until 2001 that she reunited with her daughter, Danielle Gaudette. The two remain in one another’s lives today.

Alexander “Alec” Egan and Ian Egan

In 1982, Mulgrew married television director Robert Egan and they had two children together, Alexander “Alec” Egan and Ian Egan. Egan and Mulgrew separated in 1993 and finally divorced in 1995.

Her son Alec Egan is an accomplished artist. There is little information about her other son Ian.

In 1999, Mulgrew married politician Tim Hagan, but the two divorced in 2014 and had no children together.

Sexual Assault

In 1982, Mulgrew was held at knife point by an intruder. She had given him a diamond necklace, a diamond ring, and $300 in cash, but it was not enough for the intruder and he raped her before leaving. The unidentified assailant was never apprehended.

In a 2015 interview, Mulgrew spoke about the incident and the trauma, but stated that, despite the graphic and horrific nature of the crime, she was able to forgive her attacker.

“I never blamed him,” she stated. “To become embittered because of the fight is to lose the fight. And I have no intention of losing the fight.”

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Janeway's Coffee Addiction on Star Trek: Voyager Is Not the Fault of the Writers

Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager is known for her love of black coffee, but this trait surprisingly didn't come from the writers' room.

• Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Kathryn Janeway was always drinking coffee on the show like Picard with his Earl Grey tea.
• All the second-wave Star Trek captains from Jean-Luc Picard to Benjamin Sisko had their drink of choice, which was an odd trend in the Rick Berman era.
• Captain Janeway's unique character detail came from actor Kate Mulgrew who loved coffee as much as her character.

The debut of Star Trek: Voyager was a big deal for more than one reason. Primarily, the series brought back the "ship show" to the franchise after Star Trek: The Next Generation ended. It was also the flagship series of the new United Paramount Network. Yet, the biggest deal was Kate Mulgrew as the first female ship captain to lead a series. Interestingly, Kathryn Janeway's signature coffee addiction was not a creation of the writers but came from Mulgrew herself. This helps highlight for audiences how integral writers and actors are to creating the characters they love.

Producers Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor co-created Voyager , but it was the latter writer who was mostly responsible for creating the character of Kathryn Janeway . Once Mulgrew stepped into Janeway's boots, her performance helped to further mold the character into a "person." The writers put words in her mouth, but how Janeway said them, along with her presence and movement, all came from Mulgrew. As part of this creative marriage, writers will often take elements of the actor's personality and make them a part of the character. Kate Mulgrew's love of black coffee on set is why Janeway's signature drink was always, "Coffee, black."

Why the Writers Made Black Coffee Captain Janeway's Drink of Choice

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Making a television show is a difficult endeavor under any circumstances, but the second-wave Star Trek series were incredibly challenging. During the final year of Star Trek: The Next Generation , producers finished that season, produced 26 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and were developing Voyager . Filming 26 episodes each year was difficult, often involving long hours on the set, especially for actors in a lot of scenes like Mulgrew. In scenes where actors are eating food or drinking a beverage, they have to eat and drink over multiple takes for continuity. This is why Janeway often had a mug of coffee by her side.

In an episode of the rewatch podcast The Delta Flyers , hosted by Voyager alums Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill (the Tom Paris actor) revealed how Kate Mulgrew got through those long workdays. "My memory is Kate used to like coffee in those coffee mugs. A lot of actors say 'put some water in there, I don't want to drink too much coffee. But I remember her getting black coffee for the scene. That's why they started writing…to it. She really would drink it," McNeill said. "Black, as well, the same way Janeway orders it," Wang added.

It's a tiny detail, but important nonetheless in the evolution of Captain Janeway. Mulgrew's simple beverage preference became one of the character's defining characteristics. So much so that by the sixth episode of Season 1, the USS Voyager's waning power reserves meant Janeway couldn't use the replicator to create her beverage of choice. Thus, the ship enters a nebula in a risky mission to find fuel with Janeway uttering the meme-able line, "There's coffee in that nebula."

Second Wave Star Trek Captains Had a Signature Drink of Choice

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While Mulgrew's affection for drinking coffee on set might have been an outlier among her peers, Janeway's wasn't. For whatever reason, the Star Trek series produced during Rick Berman's era of the franchise, gave each captain a "signature" drink. The first was Captain Jean-Luc Picard on The Next Generation . Even before the internet made them popular, Picard's frequent requests for "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." became an early meme. Even after it was revealed Picard's family owned a generational winery, tea remained his favorite drink.

Arguably, the debut of Deep Space Nine made Star Trek a franchise in a real sense, changing the show's setting and the kind of stories it told. Even though Captain Benjamin Sisko didn't like Picard, he also had his drink of choice. It's actually more similar to Janeway's, but with an alien twist. Sisko would always order a "Raktajino," described as Klingon coffee which, not coincidentally, sounds like "cappuccino."

On Star Trek: Enterprise , the NX-01 didn't have replicators, since it was a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series . Nonetheless, Captain Jonathan Archer had his own signature drink. The show frequently showed the captain sharing dinner with his senior officers or guests visiting the ship. Without fail, there would be a large pitcher of sweet, iced tea on the table. The only cold drink in the bunch, Captain Archer didn't have to ask for it by name. Yet, he was rarely without it.

Captain Janeway's Love of Coffee Humanized Her in an Important Way

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Given the specificity of other captains' signature beverages, Captain Janeway's coffee addiction made her relatable to the audience. One doesn't need to be stranded 75,000 light years from Earth to appreciate a good cup of coffee. It put Captain Janeway in a club of TV coffee addicts that counts among its members all the Friends characters and everyone's favorite FBI agent, Dale Cooper of Twin Peaks . That this character detail stemmed from Kate Mulgrew is just one more reason why she will forever be closely tied to Kathryn Janeway.

Voyager , like most new Star Trek series, was received somewhat poorly by the fanbase at large. Some of that may have been exacerbated by sexism, unconscious and fully intentional. However, Mulgrew persevered along with the rest of the cast. Thanks to time and streaming, fans old and new have discovered Star Trek: Voyager and its remarkable, barrier-breaking captain. When it comes to how she leads, Janeway is Captain Kirk's spiritual successor . She was formidable, decisive and bold, but also empathetic, compassionate and everything else a Starfleet captain should be.

Star Trek is unique in the way it endures, and one reason is because of how the actors become lifelong custodians of their characters. Now that Star Trek: Prodigy is headed to Netflix , Vice-Admiral Janeway will introduce a whole new generation of fans to the kind of storytelling this franchise is known for. Fans can bet that right next to Kate Mulgrew in that recording booth is a mug of black coffee. Just how Janeway would like it.

Star Trek: Voyager is streaming in its entirety on Paramount+, and Star Trek: Prodigy will debut Seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix in 2024.

"Star Trek: Discovery" makes a case for Michael Burnham as the last great Starfleet captain

Our "discovery" protagonist was never going to have it easy. the start of her last run solidifies her greatness, by melanie mcfarland.

Michael Burnham's " Star Trek " journey was destined to be among the franchise's toughest and most complex. Some of us knew this from the moment Sonequa Martin-Green was cast to play her, especially Black women who are sci-fi geeks. We have never been few, but until recently, we were far less visible than we are now.

To some, this visibility symbolizes everything that has supposedly gone wrong with this franchise and others. The reach of " Star Trek: Discovery " goes even further by assembling a truly inclusive cast that blew apart the original series' longstanding heteronormativity.

All this further angered culture war trolls and self-appointed arbiters of what is so-called "real" "Star Trek." These people have a vested interest in downvoting any such divergences from what has gone before.

Mainly it was — as it continues to be — the purists who wrote off "Discovery" as "not Trek" during  its first season in 2017 . Looking back from its final season — and from the perspective of Burnham's 900-year journey — we can say that despite how its thematic shading looked to us then , "Discovery" never abandoned Gene Roddenberry's optimism . It has simply evolved its interpretation.

In the first season, not even Burnham would believe this to hold true. A human raised on Vulcan by Spock's  father, Sarek, and as his sister, Burnham earns her first officer role through superior conduct and logic, divorcing herself from sentiment.

Burnham's smug sense of rectitude gets her superior officer killed. She is charged with mutiny, stripped of her rank and sentenced to life in prison.

From there, she stops a rogue galactic A.I. from annihilating the Federation and leaps nine centuries into the future (thereby largely freeing herself and the show from restrictive canon) to find a universe where Starfleet as it used to be is a dream, and the Federation and its ideals are broken.

"Discovery's" swansong season finds Burnham in the year 3191, with enough of the Federation's trust to take on a highly classified mission alongside Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie), who has already earned the same commendations as Kirk and Picard. His reputation precedes him, in other words. Their quest relates to a Picard-era discovery that Starfleet fears can be used to eradicate all humanoid life in the universe.

"Discovery" never abandoned Gene Roddenberry's optimism. It has simply evolved its interpretation. 

Their success should place her on par with the greats, an honor that showrunner Michelle Paradise and the show's co-creator Alex Kurtzman have been driving toward all this time.

Some indicators of that goal aren't as obvious as others, like the sequence in which Rayner defies Burnham during an away mission, trusting in his overconfidence instead of her strategic acumen. His snap judgment endangers a planet's civilian population, leaving her to fix the crisis he has created.

Women watching this — especially Black women, I would wager — might have experienced a slight rage triggering in their soul that was mollified by Burnham pulling the very Obama-esque move of asking Rayner to replace her trusted friend Saru (Doug Jones) as her first officer. (The job was coming open, anyway; Saru is shifting into diplomacy mode and getting married.)

This is the move of a great leader. Then again, like Kate Mulgrew's long underappreciated Captain Janeway, it may not be appreciated by the fandom for many, many years.

Burnham's arc contradicts what we know about the great Starfleet captains profiled in this franchise, most of whom are white and male.

Burnham's arc contradicts what we know about the great Starfleet captains profiled in this franchise, most of whom are white and male, though if that were the extent of what differentiates her from the rest, it would barely be worth mentioning.

Records of their histories come to us as snippets of dialogue from secondary characters or contextualizing conversations from what the official logs have to say about past missions. We hear about who served under whom, granting legitimacy to the likes of, say, Christopher Pike to claim the captain's chair long before Anson Mount made us ecstatic to see that happen.

Burnham's path to the helm's command begins with what should be a life- and career-ending mistake. It's constantly defined by humility and doubt. No one is harder on Burnham than she is on herself — and nobody takes as many risks with their career or reputation to keep their crew alive. Her optimism is one guided by the hope that all obstacles can be overcome and all outcomes are possible, including for herself.

Despite all of this, it will take a lot of convincing for some people to consider Burnham among the top ranks of Starfleet captains in those occasional fan polls that tend to place Jean-Luc Picard or James T. Kirk in the top positions, though Captain Pike has offered stiff competition since "Strange New Worlds" first aired.

But our relatively newfound love of Pike and that show wouldn't be possible without "Discovery" venturing into the unmapped asteroid field that is the public's willingness to boldly go back to a dormant franchise in a wildly disunified era.

This doesn't merely refer to the role of "Discovery" introducing Mount's Pike, in addition to launching every other new "Trek" spinoff along with the streaming service currently known as Paramount+ . It did all this along with shouldering the more precarious mission of serving as the franchise's vanguard in a cynical age.

If you love "Lower Decks" and "Strange New Worlds," this is in part due to the producers' listening to the fandom's programming desires accordingly. Notice, for example, how unlike the first season of "Picard"  is from the third . Initially, "Picard" tried to do something different with the beloved character. It ended his adventures by reassembling the band for the spectacular last ride their films denied them. The new "Star Trek" series have a goal of delivering something for everyone, including kids. "Discovery" helped its custodians figure that out.

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And if you love "Discovery," its devotion to showcasing those who long felt unseen in this franchise may kindle that affection. "Discovery" gave us an Asian woman as a Starship captain in Michelle Yeoh's Philippa Georgiou and a happily married duo to root for in Wilson Cruz's Dr. Hugh Culber in Anthony Rapp's Paul Stamets.

It introduced Tig Notaro in its second season as Jett Reno, a decision for which everyone should be grateful. The third gave us the franchise's first transgender and non-binary characters in Ian Alexander's Trill Gray and Blu del Barrio's Adira Tal.

Through it all, we have also entirely fallen for Mary Wiseman's Sylvia Tilly, a woman who also knew a few things about self-doubt and, therefore, values being understood.

What some would cite as humanizing traits, others might write off as maudlin, along with the fact that Burnham was able to experience a fully realized love affair that began with a partnership of equals with a courier named Booker (David Ajala).

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It's only one of the many ways that "Discovery" is consciously disparate from "Star Trek" as we have long known it, daring to change everything from the look of the Klingons to its star character's role in igniting a war between them and the United Federation of Planets.

That was then. Hundreds of years after that moment, Captain Burnham has figured herself out, proving to the many who doubted her that she deserves to be there.

She has traveled the longest road through imposter syndrome of any Starfleet captain — most of a millennium, actually — and we have witnessed every major moment that forged her. Burnham may never win the major "Star Trek" popularity contests for favorite captains, but without a doubt, she's the last great one we may ride with in this universe.

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Voyager is why star trek is replacing discovery’s spore drive.

Starfleet is abandoning the spore drive in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, having found a better form of warp travel thanks to the USS Voyager.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Ways USS Voyager Changed In Star Trek’s Delta Quadrant

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

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

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

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

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

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

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

Why Star Trek Keeping Standard Warp Travel Is Best

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

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

Star Trek: Discovery streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 is streaming on Netflix.

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

Star Trek Voyager

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

Star Trek: Prodigy

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

Star Trek: Voyager's original ending had a surprise for the Borg

T he ending of Star Trek: Voyager didn't completely satisfy fans as we didn't get to see Voyager actually back on Earth nor did we see the crew reuniting with their friends and families. Instead, we see Voyager heading toward Earth, which wasn't exactly epic. But the original finale, according to Bryan Fuller [ via Giant Freakin Robot ], would have been a grand finale like no other with Captain Janeway taking on the Borg in an epic showdown.

According to Fuller, originally, because Kate Mulgrew wanted the captain to "go down with the ship but not at the full cost of her being," Captain Janeway was going to surrender Voyager to the Borg. But there was a nasty surprise waiting for the Collective—a reverse assimilation virus which would have destroyed the Borg from the inside out. The Voyager crew would have been able to use a transwarp conduit to make it back to Earth.

As Voyager escaped, an armada of Borg cubes would have followed, and the end result would have been quite the finale.

“This great final image of the Borg armada approaching Earth, and then out of the belly of the beast of the lead ship came Voyager, destroying all of the other Borg in its trail.”Bryan Fuller

Fuller thought this would have been the right way to end Janeway's journey with the Borg and would have given Seven of Nine complete freedom. Whether or not Janeway would have died in this version of the finale was still up in the air, but, like the hologram Janeway aboard the Protostar, it's a sacrifice she would have made either way.

Though this could have resulted in a finale that really resonated with fans, it could have essentially cost us Captain Janeway. With the powers-that-be unsure of whether or not she would have survived, this is a risk I'm glad they didn't take. The death of Janeway would have been traumatic, not only for her crew, but for those fans who would have gladly joined her crew. And since Voyager ended differently, Janeway has now returned as an admiral in the animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy. And most of us fans are holding out hope for a live-action return of the admiral. With so much Star Trek going on, there are plenty of places for her to pop up!

This article was originally published on redshirtsalwaysdie.com as Star Trek: Voyager's original ending had a surprise for the Borg .

A New Threat in Star Trek Fleet Command: The Gorn Hunter Hostiles

By rebekah 9 April 2024

“We are prey. When they hunt, they are unrelenting. The truth is plenty of people have seen the Gorn. They just don’t live long enough to talk about it.” -La’an Noonian Singh

Commanders, 

Brace yourselves–the unrelenting hunters have arrived! With the return of the Strange New Worlds story arc comes their most fearsome enemy. Now for the first time, Commanders ops 40 and above will be able to challenge the Gorn as they appear in Strange New Worlds. Be warned, Commanders; the Gorn are not to be taken lightly!

The warships of the Gorn are constructed of a strange material that is immune to conventional weapons fire. Fortunately, they are vulnerable to isolytic weaponry. To defeat them, you will need to bring a ship or a crew that can deal isolytic damage. Be certain not to neglect isolytic defense, however! The Gorn ships may be vulnerable to isolytic damage, but their own weapons also make use of it!

For defeating these dangerous enemies, you will receive loot that can be used to trade for a variety of exciting rewards! Resources, temporal artifact shards, and shards of officers from the Voyager and Enterprise-E synergy groups can be yours, if you are up for the challenge.

The Gorn can be found in the following new systems:

These hostiles will be your first opponents where the entire fight will be decided by isolytic damage. For easy reference, here are all the things currently in the game that can affect your isolytic damage vs hostiles:

• Enterprise-E Picard
• Enterprise-E Data
• Kathryn Janeway
• Prime Isolytic Damage
• De-lak DOH! (for Klingon ships)
• Baleful Tactics (for Federation ships)
• Tan Qalanq’s Edge (for Romulan ships)

Starships tree:

• Tachyon Hostile Eruption (requires Monaveen to research)

Fleet Commanders:

• Isolytic Intel
• Captain Proton’s Blaster
• Blade of Tkon
• Vidiian Honatta Organ Harvester
• Picard’s Ressikin Flute
• King M’Benga’s Crown
• Riker’s Trombone
• Kataan Telescope
• Borg Queen’s Remains

We wish you luck out there, commanders.

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Star Trek Coffees Launching In May With Several Blends

| April 7, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 27 comments so far

This week’s Star Trek merchandise update is focused on a brand new product designed to perk you up. We also have a couple of other updates on new and upcoming releases for the week.

Star Trek Coffee

Pop Culture Coffee has announced the launch of a collection of limited-edition Star Trek-branded coffees. They are promising a “flavorful array of carefully curated coffee blends” inspired by iconic Star Trek characters, cultures, and starships. Each bag of Star Trek coffee features unique artwork for the 100% organic Arabica beans, and small-batch craft roasted. The line will start with two blends of ground coffee inspired by Star Trek: The Original Series . Captain’s Choice is a smooth medium roast featuring James T. Kirk. And Vulcan Vanilla is a full-flavored Madagascar vanilla roast featuring Mr. Spock. Both are priced at $17.99 for a 12 oz (340g) bag and are due to arrive on May 12th. You can pre-order at popculturecoffee.com .

Upcoming releases that will be available for pre-order later in April and May include:

• Klingon Raktajino : brown sugar roast, featuring The Next Generation’s Worf
• Federation French Roast : featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Borg Blend : light roast highlighting the Borg Queen

Naturally, a coffee inspired by Captain Janeway ( Janeway’s Java Jolt ) is also being planned for soon after.

Picard Season 2 & 3 collector’s cards

This week Rittenhouse released their latest set of Star Trek collectible cards, featuring seasons 2 and 3 of  Star Trek: Picard . The base set includes 60 cards (3 cards for each episode in both seasons). These have photos and synopses for each episode. There are also several bonus cards including cards signed by the series stars. The base set is $29.99. For more details and a complete checklist or just to buy, visit scifihobby.com .

Coming April 16: Lower Decks Season 4 on DVD/Blu-ray

Season 4 of the animated comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on Tuesday, April 16. The set comes complete with exclusive special features including audio commentaries with the cast and Mike McMahan on half of the 10-episode season. You can pre-order  Lower Decks Season 4 now at Amazon on Blu-ray for $25.36  and $19.98 on DVD . Season 4 was released on digital in February on Amazon and other digital platforms.

Bargains of the Week: Half off 7-season DVD box sets

If you are still a fan of DVDs then you can pick up some bargains now at Amazon.com. The three Star Trek TNG-era series box sets are priced around half off. This includes Star Trek: The Next Generation for $69.60 , Voyager , for $62.99 , and Deep Space Nine for $59.99 .

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Jean-Luc Picard drinks Earl Grey tea! Coffee is for barbarians!

I dunno, Spock doesn’t strike me as a “flavored coffee” type of person.

I think of him as a tea man, myself.

“I think of [Spock] as a tea man, myself.”

He does have T-negative blood.

On the topic of merchandise Strange New Worlds Season 2 disc release finally has a date for Australia of May 15.

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A new Star Trek coffee line! Where is “Janeway Juice”?

Captain Janeway should have been called “Captain Coffee”, always holding a mug! Even Hologram Janeway drinks coffee. Kathryn will not be happy, being the number one coffee drinker in Starfleet, if she doesn’t get her own elixir of life!

Yes. Janeway Coffee has to be item #1.

Yes! I just said the same thing haha. I think everyone is thinking it.

BTW I haven’t seen Prodigy yet but does she still drinks coffee on that show?

Actually she drinks more tea now when she was on the Dauntless. I think her doctor advised it. But hologram Janeway did. 🙂

Oh I see thank you dear! I’m actually more of a tea drinker as well but that’s due to my upbringing.

I’m very excited to see Janeway again! 😊

Brings back memories of House of Kharn Dark Roast, and Andorian Ice blend

May I suggest Bones Romulan Ale Birthday Blend

Talk about unforced errors. Janeway should’ve been in the first coffee batch. And yes, Vulcans do not drink flavored coffee. And Rhaktajino (sp?) seems like another no-brainer to me.

That said, I wish them well, and hope they exist long enough to do the other proposed blends.

Only Colombian Coffee. Ortegas Colombian Blend. Will buy it if available! :D

Would not call myself “still a fan of DVDs,” but since that’s the best physical format available for DS9 and VOY I do own those sets. Thanks for reopening that old wound! lol

Wake me up when they get to the breakfast cereal with a big ol box of Cheeri-Ol-mox!

Oo-Mox dang IPhone killed my joke!

It’s OK, we got it!

Does anyone else remember the trek coffees and hot chocolates sold in the late 90s by starbase-1.com?? They were awesome, I’m hoping these will be as good.

I want to try Raktajino. I’ve always wondered what it tastes like.

Oh yes same!!!

Oh wow that coffee sounds fantastic. I would buy them all but it seems like a crime against the Federation not to have a Janeway brew.

Does Worf even drink those? It should be Jadzia or Sisko on that bag.

I drink coffee with my Janeway cup all the time, so this would be a nice addition. 😎👍

Once in awhile I’ll see the Carlo Giannini cups used on TNG-Enterprise (but mostly Voyager). They’re tempting.

Saenger Pottery still sells the wild creations that Picard would serve tea out in later seasons.

Looking Back at When Star Trek Made Its Own Galaxy's Edge

Looking back at when star trek made its own galaxy's edge, as disney's parks celebrate a new season of the force with its star wars offerings, we look back at star trek 's own take on immersive experiences..

This month, Disney is celebrating the Season of the Force at its theme parks—new additions to Star Tours , character tweaks at Galaxy’s Edge , and more merch and snacks than you can wave a lightsaber at. It’s the apex of what the company has done with Star Wars at the parks so far... but a long time ago, in a galaxy closer to home, the other Star franchise of our hearts did its own bang up job.

We wrote about Star Trek: The Experience before, right when Galaxy’s Edge was preparing to open for the first time. But now that Batuu is firmly wedged into the world of Disney parks, and Star Trek itself has risen to new highs in its streaming renaissance , we wanted to take another walk down the promenade , and reminisce about the ultimate Star Trek immersive experience.

Enterprise , Las Vegas

Plans for an extensive Star Trek attraction in Las Vegas were already underway in the early 1990s, when former Disney Imagineer Gary Goddard drew the interest of a consortium of downtown Las Vegas businesses with a wild pitch: build the USS Enterprise into a life-size, replica-meets-attraction-meets-restaurant that would’ve landed one of the most iconic sci-fi starships smack bang on Earth itself.

While the local businesses and government were energized by the idea, one person at Paramount was less so—arguably the most important of all, Paramount president Stanley Jaffe. Jaffe killed the pitch almost immediately, fearing that if the Enterprise venue failed, due to its sheer scope it would still remain standing after it closed its doors: a living, Constitution-class-shaped reminder of his failure.

The Experience Begins

But Goddard’s dream wasn’t quite dead. A few years later, he was approached by the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel—which had already gotten Paramount on board for a Star Trek project designed to bring people to the hotel’s off-strip location and into its own casinos. There was also already a basic idea in place: visitors would come, be beamed away on a Star Trek mission, and put back on Earth after the adventure.

Although much less grand in scope than a ginormous Enterprise , Goddard got to work on something still wildly ambitious. What would become Star Trek: The Experience when it opened in 1998 was more than just that kernel of an idea about beaming away on a mission: visitors would walk through a museum display charting the path from NASA to Starfleet, be beamed to the Enterprise -D for a time-twisting adventure and simulator ride, and then be plonked back in Vegas’ very own replica of Deep Space Nine, teeming with shops, food, and of course, Star Trek aliens and officers milling around in character.

Klingon Encounter

That adventure was “Klingon Encounter”—instead of being immediately put onto a simulator ride, guests would be “beamed” up through an incredible light and motion trick , with moving wall panels and gushes of air, and brought onto a full replica of the bridge of The Next Generation ’s Enterprise -D. Not unlike how, say, Galaxy’s Edge ’s second main ride, Rise of the Resistance , tricks people into thinking they’ve gotten onto a transport ship and physically moved to the confines of a Star Destroyer from their earthly travels, it would be in this setting that pre-recorded messages from Jonathan Frakes’ Will Riker would tell visitors that one of their number was in fact a direct descendant of Jean-Luc Picard—and that the Klingons were trying to manipulate time and erase the Enterprise captain from existence by eliminating his family line.

From there, visitors would move through the Enterprise ’s hallways, into a turbolift attacked by Klingon saboteurs, and only then actually onto the ride itself—a simulator “shuttlecraft” with Geordi LaForge, taking them back to their home time and actually back over and into Las Vegas itself, selling the feeling of actually having travelled through time and space. After a farewell message from Picard “Klingon Encounter” dumped you back on Earth... of a sorts.

Welcome to Deep Space Nine

What actually awaited people as a hop and skip over to the next Star Trek show: Deep Space Nine . A replica of a section of the space station’s promenade—both floors of the circular ring were made, although the second remained inaccessible for the best part of a decade, until it was opened up to visitor access to a captain’s lounge-style venue area—became home to a series of themed Star Trek gift shops, and even a restaurant.

A Trip Down the Promenade...

The promenade’s offerings weren’t a 1:1 recreation of the show, of course—there were no jumja stick vendors, or the Replimat to grab a raktajino at. Instead, there were six different stores, a tribute to the might of Ferengi commerce:

• Moogie’s Trading Post, named for Quark and Rom’s mother, which sold merchandise exclusive to The Experience as well as starship replicas and other Star Trek merchandise,
• The Admiral Collection, a high-end props and replica store selling licensed costumes and masks, as well as art,
• The Molecular Imaging Scanner, a photobooth that let visitors put themselves into Star Trek scenes and locales,
• Latinum Jewelers, selling, of course, jewelry,
• Zek’s Grand Emporium, named for the Ferengi Grand Nagus, which sold general Star Trek merchandise,
• Garak’s Clothiers, named for the plain, simple Cardassian tailor, which sold Star Trek -themed clothing...

... And Dinner at Quarks

After all that shopping and being nearly murdered by Klingons, people were probably hungry—so it’s a good job the Promenade included its most famous DS9 establishment, Quark’s. Although you couldn’t have a round or six of Tongo and Dabo in there, Quark’s sold Star Trek- themed food and drinks. Although mostly Trek -themed via pun names rather than attempts to replicate iconic snacks from the series— the Holy Onion Rings of Betazed, anyone? —there were a few actually inspired by the shows, like the Warp Core Breach cocktail, and of course, Saurian Brandy.

The Borg Invasion

In 2004, the experience expanded to finally incorporate the third of the ‘90s Trek shows with “Borg Invasion 4D.” Although not as immersively themed as “Klingon Encounter,” the ride still featured elements of live-action actors as well as recorded clips from Voyager stars Kate Mulgrew, Alice Krige, and Robert Picardo as Captain Janeway, the Borg Queen, and Voyager ’s holographic Doctor, respectively—as visitors were taken to Copernicus Station to undergo tests for a supposed immunity to Borg nanotechnology, only to find themselves assaulted by a Borg Cube and whisked away (via 3D simulator rides, of course) to safety.

End of the Road

But by the time “Borg Invasion 4D” arrived, The Experience was on its way out. Reduced budget cut down the amount of actors used in both the rides and milling about the Promenade, and with Star Trek interest waning on screen as Enterprise came to an end, it was announced that by the end of 2008, The Experience would close its doors for good—ironically, a year before Star Trek returned to the big screen in the J.J. Abrams “Kelvin Timeline” reboots.

Just as it lived, the venue died in Star Trek themed fashion: it wasn’t just closed, but given a Starfleet decommissioning ceremony, where it was announced that props and replicas used in The Experience would be relocated to a new home at the downtown strip mall Neonopolis. But plans fell through, and most of what was once shown at Star Trek: The Experience went into the hands of private collectors, auctioned off in the years since. And while the attraction itself is gone, it does leave a peculiar legacy: elements of the sign advertising the experience, including the Starfleet delta badge, are still standing on the side of the Hilton.

The Final Frontier?

But now, Star Trek finds itself in a very different place to where it was when The Experience shuttered in 2008. Although the year after Trek returned to the big screen, it’d take almost another decade for the franchise to take the voyage home to TV with Star Trek: Discovery , anchoring the launch of Paramount’s nascent streaming service (known then as CBS All Access). Now, there’s more Star Trek than there ever was in its ‘90s heyday, and yet more on the horizon.

After Galaxy’s Edge has proven this kind of immersive experience can still thrive (and, in the case of Galactic Starcruiser, how not to do it ), could Star Trek sustain the idea again? It’s hard to say what form such a thing could take. Would it embrace the nostalgia of the beloved ‘90s shows and essentially re-do what The Experience did? Would it theme itself around the modern offerings? There’s no solid plans for such a thing yet either way... but it’s nice to dream that Star Trek could match Star Wars with such a thing, a quarter century after it beat it to the punch in the first place.