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Whatever Happened to Robert Beltran, Chakotay From ‘Star Trek: Voyager’?

By Christopher Covello | January 18, 2023

Robert Beltran is known for his role as Commander Chakotay on the cult-favorite 1990s show Star Trek: Voyager, but the actor had a string of credits to his name before appearing on the hit show.

The California-born actor shared the screen early on with legendary Chuck Norris, but where is he now? Keep reading to find out!

Early Life

Robert Adame Beltran was born in Bakersfield, CA, on November 19, 1953, to Aurelia and Luis Beltran Perez, and is of Mexican-Native American ancestry, with Beltran describing his heritage as Latindo.

The actor is one of ten children, having two sisters and seven brothers. Robert Beltran is the brother of Louie Cruz Beltran , a Latin Jazz musician who uses Afro-Cuban rhythms in his music.

Beltran attended East Bakersfield High School, followed by Bakersfield College, and then graduated from California State University, Fresno , with a degree in Theater Arts.

The actor told the Latin Post this about his childhood, ‘Although we didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up, we had a really good time. We had a lot of fun.”

Acting Career

Beltran moved to Los Angeles after college to pursue acting and first appeared in the film Zoot Suit (1981). A year later, he had his breakout role in the movie Eating Raoul, where he played the title character. He went on to land roles in films like Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), The Mystic Warrior (1984), and Night of the Comet (1984).

In addition, Beltran eventually landed several roles to help him grow his fan base and become a household name. Here’s a look at some of the roles he is most known for.

Models, Inc.

Models, Inc. was a prime-time soap opera that aired for one season, from 1994-1995. The FOX series was a spinoff of Melrose Place, and the storyline revolved around a Los Angeles modeling agency. Beltran had a recurring role as Louis Soto, a police lieutenant investigating the murder of one of the main characters.

Nixon

Beltran played Frank Sturgis, one of the White House plumbers to break into Watergate in the 1995 film Nixon. The historical film drama starred Anthony Hopkins as U.S. President Richard Nixon and was directed by Oliver Stone.

Star Trek: Voyager

Likely his most well-known role, Beltran appeared as Commander Chakotay for 172 episodes in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager . The series ran from 1995-2001, with Beltran appearing in all seven seasons.

Beltran has been nominated for his performances on Star Trek: Voyager, including one win in 1997 for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series.

Criticisms of the show

Unfortunately, fans didn’t feel the love for Beltran’s character, with some fans saying they didn’t appreciate the stereotypical Native American story lines and felt producers misrepresented his character.

Robert was also vocal about his feelings toward his character and expressed his disdain for how Commander Chakotay was represented. Robert, as well as many fans of the show felt his character was under-utilized and had no meaningful interactions beyond that of his scenes with Kate Mulgrew’ character.

He has said jokingly that Voyager was “punishment for everything in my life up till that point.”

Unfortunately, producers proceeded to give Beltran’s character less screen time, which led Beltran to attempt to get fired from the show by asking for more money.

Still, the show met his demands to keep his character until the show ended. Ultimately, Beltran stayed on until the series went off the air in 2001.

Star Trek Voyager: In retrospect

Although Robert has been vocal about the direction of his character on the show, he said that his experience on the show was largely positive and ‘wonderful’.

When asked about what his favorite epsiodes of Voyager was, Robert mentioned the pilot episode, “Tattoo”, “Unforgettable”, “In the Flesh”, “Maneuvers”, “Scorpion 1 & 2”, “Emanations” and “Nemesis”.

Robert has joking said that his most memorable moment on the show was when he was able to ‘take Jeri Ryan into my arms and give her the kiss of her life and the kiss of my life as well.’

What is Robert Beltran doing now?

Beltran continues to act, often appears in television shows and films, and has over 50 credits to his name. But what are some of his latest credits? Let’s take a closer look.

Big Love – Beltran appeared as Jerry Flute from 2009-2011 in the hit drama series Big Love. The show centered around a fundamentalist Mormon family who practiced polygamy and starred Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin.
Renegades – Renegades was a sci-fi series that aired in 2017, with Beltran playing the part of Cordero for two episodes. The show revolves around a group of outcasts and rebels who attempt to stop forces from jeopardizing the Confederation.
Butterflies – Beltran appeared in the 2020 short film Butterflies and played the main character, James, who is greeted by a mysterious young woman in his hotel room and forced to accept his former indiscretions.

Star Trek: Prodigy

In 2022, Beltran reprises his role of Chakotay for Star Trek: Prodigy, an animated series targeted toward a younger audience. The actor will have a recurring part on the show, the tenth in the Star Trek series. The show was created for the streaming service Paramount+ and the popular children’s network Nickelodeon.

Star Trek Conventions

Beltran on occasion will attend Star Trek conventions . The last convention he attended was in 2022 for the 56-Year Mission Las Vegas convention and in 2021 he attended the 55-Year Mission Tour.

Robert says he doesn’t attend many conventions because he hates traveling. He says he hates airports and flying and especially flying overseas, where he gets little sleep on those flights. It often takes him 2-3 days to recover from flying overseas.

Charity Work

Robert is an ardent supporter of the National Assosciation For Down Syndrome . His youngest brother has Down Syndrome and Robert mentions it is a near and dear cause for him.

Social Media

Fans of the actor can stay up to date on his happenings by following him on Twitter .

Family Life

Robert Beltran has worked to keep his personal life to himself, however he has mentioned that he is married. The actor has one daughter, Marlena Beltran, who was born in 2011.

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Robert Beltran, Paul Bartel, and Mary Woronov in Eating Raoul (1982)

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Frank Sturgis, Watergate Burglar

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David Carradine and Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

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Kate Mulgrew, Dee Bradley Baker, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Ella Purnell, Brett Gray, and Rylee Alazraqui in Star Trek: Prodigy (2021)

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Emmanuelle Chriqui and Justin Long in Taking Chances (2009)

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Early life [ ]

Robert Beltran is the son of Mexican-American immigrants and was born in Bakersfield, California. He attended East Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield College. He came from a large family of ten children (two sisters and seven brothers). One of his younger brothers is Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran .

During his early life, Beltran held a number of jobs which he later described as "hard", including a cotton picker, tomato plant grower, janitor, and working at a Wienerschnitzel .

Acting career [ ]

He had already gained a certain degree of fame long before coming aboard Voyager . In 1982, in only his second film appearance, he starred as the titular character in the dark comedy Eating Raoul . Written and directed by Paul Bartel and also featuring appearances by future Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest actor Hamilton Camp and future Voyager guest star Ed Begley, Jr. , the voyeuristic Raoul has become a cult favorite. The film also starred Ralph Brannen . Beltran went on to have several lead roles in other films throughout the rest of the 1980s, no doubt as a result of his role as Raoul.

Beltran made his film debut with a small role in the 1981 film Zoot Suit , also featuring Tony Plana and Kurtwood Smith . In 1983, he went on to co-star opposite action superstars Chuck Norris and David Carradine in Lone Wolf McQuade . By the following year, however, he was being offered lead roles. He starred in the Night of the Comet (1984), which has also reached cult status. In 1985, he starred in Latino , produced by George Lucas, which also featured his fellow Zoot Suit actor Tony Plana.

Beltran also starred in several made-for-TV movies. Among these were 1984's The Mystic River , co-starring Nick Ramus and Ron Soble , and 1986's The Family Martinez , co-starring Denise Crosby .

By 1987, however, Beltran was back to playing supporting roles. That year, he co-starred with fellow Star Trek alumni Rosalind Chao , Herta Ware , and John Fleck in the film Slam Dance . That same year, he had a supporting role in Gaby: A True Story , co-starring Lawrence Monoson .

In 1989, Beltran reteamed with his Eating Raoul director, Paul Bartel, for another dark comedy, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills . Ed Begley, Jr. and Wallace Shawn also had roles in this film. Beltran also co-starred with Cliff DeYoung in Forbidden Sun that same year and then 1990's To Die Standing .

Beltran played the title role of El Diablo (1991, co-starring Deep Space Nine guest star John Glover and Star Trek: Enterprise actor Jim Beaver ). That same year, Beltran again co-starred with Tony Plana in Veronica Clare Also in 1991, Beltran appeared in Bugsy , which also featured Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Bebe Neuwirth .

Afterward, Beltran appeared primarily in TV movies, including State of Emergency , with Paul Dooley and Richard Beymer , in 1994. Also in that year, Beltran guest starred in an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , starring Teri Hatcher ; Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Chris Demetral guest-starred in the same episode. Just before landing his starring role on Voyager , Beltran played the recurring role of Detective Louis Soto on the Melrose Place spin-off Models Inc. in episodes with Victor Bevine , Randy Oglesby , Cristine Rose , and Margot Rose . Later in 1994 , Beltran was cast as Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager .

Voyager and afterwards [ ]

Robert Beltran at the 2001 ALMA Awards Ceremony

Since Voyager first aired, Beltran has only appeared in one other major feature film. He played one of the Watergate burglars in Nixon (1995), chronicling the fall of US President Richard M. Nixon . Trek alumni such as Tony Plana, Saul Rubinek , and Paul Sorvino also had roles in this film.

While still filming Voyager in 2000, Beltran co-starred opposite future Star Trek: Enterprise star Scott Bakula in the independent film Luminarias , based on the play of the same name. He also voiced Commander Chakotay in the video game Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force .

After Voyager ended in 2001 , Beltran worked in the TV movie Manticore , in which he co-stars with DS9 actress Chase Masterson . He was next seen in TV's Fire Serpent for the Sci-Fi Channel , written by Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens . In March of 2007, Beltran made an appearance on the NBC series Medium . His upcoming credits include the Sci-Fi Channel TV movie Cry of the Winged Serpent and the comic film Taking Chances .

Beltran, like Enterprise actress Jolene Blalock , was infamous for his outspoken views on how his series was progressing. He once remarked in an interview that he thought Star Trek: Voyager was " punishment for everything in my life up till that point. Thanks, dear Lord for the… uh, Star Trek gig. " [1] His outbursts against the series became so great that executive producer Kenneth Biller said in late 2000 , " I think Robert Beltran should stop whining and do his job… print that if you want! " [2] Despite this, he won a Golden Eagle Award as Outstanding Actor in a Television Series for his role as Chakotay in 1997 and had also been nominated for two ALMA Awards.

After Voyager ended, Beltran had a recurring role as Native American casino promoter Jerry Flute on the HBO series Big Love . Charles Esten , Raphael Sbarge and Noa Tishby have also made appearance on Big Love .

In 2009, Beltran released a video on YouTube, saying " I busted my ass off for seven years playing Chakotay… on Voyager . Having to work with Tim Russ and Ethan Phillips , you have no idea how difficult that is. And Bob Picardo walking around going 'I'm signing autographs!' " The video was a joke video made by Robert Beltran and a Star Trek fan, capitalizing on his outspoken views to get Star Trek fans in particular to attend a new performance that was opening that month. [3]

In August 2021 , Beltran announced that he was working on Star Trek: Prodigy . [4]

Star Trek interviews [ ]

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager ( 1995 )
Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure (1995)
VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Cast Reflections: Season One , interviewed on 20 March 2001

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Catching Up With Robert Beltran, Part 2

The bottom line is that if Robert Beltran had it all to do over again, he wouldn't hesitate to play Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager . That's the takeaway from part two of our exclusive StarTrek.com interview with the actor. In addition to discussing his feelings about Voyager in more detail, Beltran also converses about his life today, a life that includes a baby girl as well as a number of upcoming film and stage projects. Read on to see what he has to say.

If we rewound to 1994-1995 and you knew for better or for worse how Voyager would play out, would you do it again?

If I was working in a car factory and putting on tires, the only difference would be the size of the tires I was working on from week to week. So I knew what I was getting into, and I was prepared to stick it out for seven years, but it’s the creativity in me, that thing that makes me a creative person, that rebelled at some of the things that were going on. That’s all it was. I didn’t like some of the things that were going towards the last three years, and I risked being fired because I wasn’t happy creatively. But I was happy working and especially with the people I was working with. That was the main thing for me. I still enjoyed the work. If it wasn’t real satisfying to me creatively – except with the occasional scene that I really like doing – then it was a day at the factory and I always did my work, and I always did my best.

One of the good things that came out of your time on Voyager is that you hosted four Galaxy Balls, events that raised money for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. How important were those events to you, and how much money did you actually raise?

Who from the show are you still in touch with?

Beltran: The boys get together for a dinner once or twice a year. I don’t see Roxann (Dawson) very much at all because she’s really busy as a director. Kate (Mulgrew) and I exchange messages to each other through other people. I was in New York while she was doing her play, but I wasn’t able to see it. So some friends of mine went to see it and expressed to her that I couldn’t see it and that I wished her the best of luck. I do see Jeri (Ryan) once in a while because she likes to hang out with the guys once in a while, but mostly it’s me and Ethan Phillips and Bob Picardo and Tim Russ, Garrett Wang and Robbie (McNeill).

Fans will have a chance to see you at Creation Entertainment ’s mega-convention next month. How much do you still enjoy the opportunity to see the Voyager gang and to interact with fans?

Beltran: I enjoy that. It’s signing a lot of autographs. It’s not all fun. There’s work involved. But I have always enjoyed the fans. I appreciate them and enjoy being with them.

What else are you up to at the moment, personally and professionally?

Beltran: Fatherhood is the big thing. I love it. My daughter’s name is Marlene. Professionally, I’m producing a film that we hope will go sometime in October. It’s a story of a small-town preacher who’s in New Mexico and has to come to Los Angeles and find his wayward daughter, a 15-year-old who ran away from home. I’m also going to play the preacher. It’s set to go. There are a few little hurdles we have to jump, but it looks good. Then, in February, I should be shooting another film. And, right now, I’m working on a play called Solitude . We’ll be going to Miami for an international theater festival with that.

Anything else on the stage front?

Beltran: I did a new play new play, by Jose Rivera, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He was nominated for an Oscar for The Motorcycle Diaries . This was a wonderful play called Boleros for the Disenchanted . We’ll probably do several more productions of that. That’s the plan for it. The show was hugely successful in San Francisco, so they’re talking about possibly New York or Chicago or both.

All in all, how satisfied have you been with life after Star Trek ?

Click HERE to read part one of our interview with Robert Beltran.

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Full Name Robert Adame Beltran
Occupation Actor
Nationality Mexican-American
Birthplace Bakersfield, California, USA
Birth Date Nov 19, 1953
Age 70 Years, 4 Months

Robert Beltran | Biography

On 10 October 2021, executive producers of 'Star Trek,' Kevin and Dan Hageman revealed Beltran would reprise his role as Chakotay in the sci-fi animated series 'Star Trek: Prodigy.' The information was announced at New York Comic-Con. Eventually, the animated series aired on 28 October 2021.

Original : November 17, 2021

Robert Adame Beltran is an actor best known for his role as Commander Chakotay in the 1990s television series Star Trek: Voyager.

Who is Robert Beltran?

Robert Beltran is a Mexican-American theater, television, and film actor. As of 2021, he is voicing his most famous on-screen character Chakotay in the new sci-fi animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy .

Bartel has also done many theaters plays. He has made appearances in production for El Teatro Campesino, the LA Theater Center, and the California Shakespeare Festival, to name a few. In addition, he has featured in plays like Hamlet , A Midsummer Night’s Dream , A Touch of the Poet , King Henry IV , and The Prince .

Additionally, Bartel is the founder and co-artistic director of the East LA Classic Theater Group. In the group, he has a staff filled with professional actors. In his production, he has served as director and co-producer.

Age & Ethnicity

Robert Beltran was born on 19 November 1953 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is of Mexican-Native American ancestry. However, he describes Latino as his heritage. Beltran is 67 years old as of 2021.

Beltran was born to Mexican-American parents, Aurelia Olgin and Louis Perez Beltran. He graduated with a degree in theater at California State University, Fresno.

Beltran is the seventh child of Aurelia Olgin and Louis Perez Beltran. The couple has ten children together. He, along with his nine siblings, grew up in Bakersfield, California.

One of his siblings, Louie Cruz Beltran, is a successful musician. He focuses on Latin jazz music.

Movies & TV Shows

Beltran made his career debut in 1981 from Luis Valdez’s movie, Zoot Suit . The following year, he portrayed the role of Raoul in Eating Raoul . Paul Bartel made the movie. Likewise, in 1987, he appeared in Gaby: A True Story and Slam Dance. In 1989, he was cast in another Paul Bartel movie, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills .

In 1995, Beltran got his career-defining part of Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager . He also received a ‘Nosotros Golden Eagle Award’ as the best actor in a television series for his role. He appeared in 165 episodes between 1995 and 2001.

Beltran has made appearances in notable television series such as Midnight Caller , She Wrote , Lois and Clark, Miami Vice , and Murder . He also made appearances in The New Adventures of Superman and is a regular in the HBO drama series Big Love .

On 10 October 2021, executive producers of Star Trek Kevin and Dan Hageman revealed Beltran would reprise his role as Chakotay in the sci-fi animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. The information was announced at New York Comic-Con. Eventually, the animated series aired on 28 October 2021.

Is Robert Beltran Married?

As of now, no sources have revealed whether or not Beltran is married or has a wife. However, he has a daughter, Marlena Beltran, born in 2011. Beltran has also made several appearances with his daughter.

Other than that, he hasn't revealed any information about his partner or his relationship status.

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Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Beltran Landed Chakotay Without Any Knowledge Of The Franchise

Chakotay, the First Officer of the USS Voyager and eventually captain of his own ship, the Protostar, is one of the most beloved characters in the "Star Trek" canon. But as it turns out, actor Robert Beltran, who portrayed the character on "Star Trek: Voyager" and beyond, didn't know the first thing about "Star Trek" when he was cast.

Speaking in 2012 to Star Trek , the official blog of the science-fiction franchise, Beltran recounted that his agent had suggested he audition for the role. "I didn't know 'Star Trek' from anything," Beltran said. "But I liked the 'Caretaker' script and the role of Chakotay. So I said, 'Yes, I will be happy to go in and audition.' I did, and I got the role."

Of course, Beltran stepped onto the bridge of the Voyager as Chakotay, and the rest is history. "Star Trek: Voyager" ran for seven seasons, making it one of the longest-running in "Star Trek" history, toe-to-toe with the seminal "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and four more seasons than the 1966 "Star Trek: The Original Series," which was canned after three seasons. By that point, Beltran was puzzled by some of the show's choices, particularly surprised by the "Star Trek: Voyager" finale . To be fair, "Voyager" had unresolved plotlines aplenty. But when he was first cast, it wasn't until he told his friends and family about landing the role that he began to understand the scope of what he'd signed up for.

Beltran's loved ones clued him into how big the role of Chakotay was

While Robert Beltran may not have been a "Star Trek" fan at the time of his casting as Chakotay on "Star Trek: Voyager," many of those closest to him were, and they conveyed to him how significant the role would be. For Beltran, it was a lot of in-crowd lingo being tossed his way at once—he didn't know a Ferengi from a hole in the wall—but by the time they were through explaining some of the franchise's universe to him, he understood that he had secured a part in something much larger than himself.

"When I was telling friends and family what my new gig was going to be, I was amazed by the response I got," Beltran told Star Trek. Paraphrasing some of the responses he got from his inner circle, the actor continued, "'You're going to be on 'Star Trek'! You're the commander! You're going to be on the bridge! You're going to run into this! There's the Borg! You're going to die and they're going to bring you back!' Everyone knew a lot more than I did."

Things weren't all smooth on the bridge of "Star Trek: Voyager" for the seven seasons it lasted. Behind the scenes, Beltran felt creatively unfulfilled with much of Chakotay's characterization, noting that he felt as though he were doing the same thing week after week. And he took particular issue with one of the franchise's guiding principles, the Prime Directive, which he saw as "a bunch of fascist crap."

Overall, however, Beltran looks back fondly on his time with "Star Trek." He told the blog, "I was pleasantly surprised at what it was all about. Some things, I didn't like, but there are things I don't like in every gig that I've ever done."

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Exclusive: Robert Beltran Turned Down ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Role Picking Up On Seven/Chakotay Romance

| March 9, 2023 | By: Anthony Pascale 91 comments so far

Star Trek: Picard has seen a number of actors reprise their legacy roles over three seasons, but it turns out there was one actor who chose not to come back, giving up the opportunity for a reunion with his Voyager costar Jeri Ryan.

Beltran said no to ‘Picard’

Season 3 of Picard has ramped up the level of legacy characters on the show in a big way, with more coming. In February, a fan expressed frustration on Twitter that the list of legacy stars in season 3 did not include Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Beltran, and the actor responded by revealing he’d had an offer, but turned it down:

I was offered an episode (first 2 then1) in Picard but I simply did not like what they had written for Chakotay so I turned them down. I won’t go into detail but I have no animosity toward the Picard producers at all. ST Prodigy offers a Chakotay that I AM enthusiastic about.

Beltran is already part of the ongoing story of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy and is expected to return in the upcoming second season as the disappearance of Captain Chakotay is investigated by Admiral Janeway and the Prodigy kids.

Janeway and Chakotay at the launch of the USS Protostar from Prodigy episode 11

No Fascist Chakotay

Out of curiosity, TrekMovie turned to Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas to see if there are any details behind the story that could be revealed. The executive producer confirmed that a part was offered to Beltran; however, it was not for season 3. The role the team had in mind for him was in the second episode of season 2 titled “Penance,” co-written by Matalas. In that episode, Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of La Sirena found themselves in an alternate universe where the pluralistic Federation was swapped out for the fascistic Confederation of Earth. Each Picard character found themselves taking over their alt-universe counterparts, which included Seven finding herself as the President of the Confederation.

Pictured: Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard of the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Picard . Photo Cr: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS. All Rights Reserved.

According to Matalas, Beltran was being considered early on in the process, and he told TrekMovie, “We didn’t go too far with it.” The first draft of the script had Chakotay as the Confederation’s “First Magistrate” and husband to President Hansen, which Matalas thought was a “cool idea” based on the character’s history from Star Trek: Voyager . Terry confirms that just as in the final version, this alternate Magistrate was the main villain of the episode, which apparently didn’t sit well with the actor (as noted in his tweet). After Beltran said no, the part was rewritten, with the Magistrate role going to Jon Jon Briones, father of Picard season 1 and 2 star Isa Briones. The Magistrate character also appeared in the third episode, “Assimilation,” where he was killed off.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and Jon Jon Briones as First Magistrate

Seven/Chakotay began on Voyager

Pairing up Seven of Nine and Chakotay picks up on the romance between the two characters, which was introduced in the final episodes of Voyager’s seventh and final season. The two were planning their fourth date in the series finale (“Endgame”) and future Admiral Janeway revealed they did get married in what became an alternate timeline. In that future, Seven was killed on a mission in 2381 and Chakotay died in 2394. The series finale left the couple’s future open-ended; however, this storyline hasn’t been mentioned in any follow-up iteration of Star Trek, including Picard and Prodigy .

Jeri Ryan as Seven and Robert Beltran as Chakotay in “Endgame”

The Confederation Universe had some similarities to Trek’s familiar Mirror Universe. During the seven seasons of Voyager , the show never did an episode set in the Mirror Universe, so Beltran never had a chance to play Mirror Chakotay. However, he did once play a sort of evil version of Chakotay in the episode “Living Witness,” which featured a false narrative simulation that told the story of a conquering aggressive “Warship Voyager.”

Robert Beltran in “Living Witness”

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Glad he turned it down as I don’t want them together in any timeline lol.

It’s less that I don’t want them together but I’m glad he turned it down because that version of Chakotay doesn’t sound fun or cool at all. Maybe I think like this because I’m Jewish but meh I wouldn’t want to play a fascist version of my character either if I was him.

Very true. I’m also Jewish and wouldn’t want to either.

Well, I’m Jewish, and if the idea behind the part as written was to make a salient point about fascism, I most certainly would do it.

That’s kinda difficult. Because would people understand it the way it was intended. Look at the Empire from Star Wars. There are people convinced that they were right and are actually the good guys.

I agree with Michael Hall in principle, but in the case of Star Wars that’s a good point. I remember seeing an article a few months back that said something like ‘Andor shows Star Wars taking fascism seriously,’ or words to that effect.

Really, I thought, I don’t know how serious they are beyond that particular series. I mean, if they pulled all stormtrooper toys from shelves and encouraged fans to stop dressing as them, that would be serious. Disney and Lucasfilm will never do that, of course, but still.

Yeah Disney and Lucasfilm would never do that. I think that it needs to stop being up to the interpretation of the audience. They need to stop giving them looks that are cool or that could sell toys. Just flat out say that it’s bad, no beating around the bush.

I never buy mirror universe merchandise, or watch those episodes. I will skip them and have no context of what’s happening in the next episode if I need to. I’m not interested, I’m not touching them. Ever.

Sorry for replying to myself but some media I recommend that does exactly this for the most part:

They’re musicals but you can find them for free on YouTube. That’s team Starkid’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (TGWDLM for short) and its sequel Black Friday.

The primary message of them is anti-capitalism but there is an underlying message in them that fascism is bad no matter what (both), that it can be easy to fall into if you don’t know what it is (TGWDLM but both in places), and that there is no grey area when it comes to it (Black Friday especially.)

Because shopping on Black Friday is right up there with the Holocaust. Gotcha.

This is a textbook example why the electorate trusts the professional left so implicitly.

(ObTrek: on Prime Day I bought an OLED TV for under $1K, evil capitalist that I am. It makes the darkness of PICARD so much better.)

That’s not what I or the musical said. Good job making assumptions instead of looking them up.

Starkid does some truly awesome social commentary wrapped up in the best musicals I have ever seen. They really are something else.

To be fair, that’s exactly how the prequels portrayed them. With the Jedi turning into this rigid cult like group that forbade all emotion and basically turned Jedi to the dark side rather than the dark Jedi leaving for evil reasons.

Bro. No the Jedi did not turn themselves to the dark side. That was the influence of the chancellor. The prequels did not portray them that way at all either. There was always this underlying message that Anakin was wrong to fall.

It was the whole downfall of Anakin. He wanted his mother in his life. He wanted Padame. The Jedi refused both if he was going to esentially live the life of a Monk. Sure of course Palpatine himself was evil and turned Anakin but anakin had his valid reasons. Sith like Dookou are much harder to define as good vs evil as Palpatine is.

If your goal is to prove my original point, you’re doing a darn good job of it. Way to go.

Also I’m not here to debate Star Wars with you. It was just the first example that came to mind of what I was talking about.

LOL, ok, whatever. You do you.

Anyone saying the Empire are the good guys in Star Wars are likely far-right Nazi types themselves, or merely morons.

That’s not my point. My point is that it’s so predominant within the fandom (I left it and stopped watching Star Wars stuff because of how everywhere it is) that it’s hard to tell which ones are actually fascist and which ones are just morons at risk of indoctrination because they never figured out that the Empire are fascists. And Disney/LF does nothing to discourage it.

There are always going to be people who don’t “get it,” intentionally or otherwise. I don’t know that, were I in a similar situation, I would want that to prevent me from taking a particular role.

Well good for you. I think about these things and what I can do to combat them. Fascism is going nowhere and is instead getting stronger again, and at my core, I am someone that they hate (as I’ve said in many different places on this site.) So for those reasons I could never play a role like that, regardless of context.

Some people are going to be morons, either way. In this increasingly hypothetical scenario, it seems like someone who’s willing to play a villain and then specifically condemn them would be useful, but ydy I guess.

Just like there are anti-diversity Star Trek fans.

I’ve seen some remarkable pro-Trump, pro-Brexit, anti-gay and some downright racist comments here over the years — and some have argued that their views are supported by Trek (I remember a Trexit-supporter arguing that there was no freedom of movement within the Federation).

Back to Star Wars. Some folks love villains – I get that. I doubt most of those folks are pro-fascism. (Also, the earlier SW movies keep it abstract). But, yeah, then you see the arguments on how the Empire keeps the trains running on time…

Right. I’m not talking about people who love villains. My biggest Trek crush is Weyoun, but I’m also super critical of the Dominion during the time of the war and before it.

I’m talking about people who bought into the bs, the people who say that the rebellion are the bad guys because they blew up the death star (the death star which was used to destroy planets.) The people who say that the Alderaanians deserved to be destroyed because they rebelled. Do I think those people are fascists? No but if they aren’t, then they’re sure walking down that path and will end up being ones if they’re not careful.

Or are they just trolling? Or is there a difference anymore?

I’m still bothered more by the MAGA Trek fans. I can’t see how you can watch a show like Trek and be against diversity and social justice. It seems to be baked into the show.

I agree though, I’m also very bothered by that.

Well, FWIW, I agree that true “anti-diversity” messages are incompatible with the society we see in Star Trek.

But the modern gloss that critical race theory, and similar academic fads, have put on diversity? Equally incompatible.

In the very first episode of TNG, we learned that the post-WWIII UN banned the practice of holding individuals accountable for the crimes of their ancestors. That principle would rule out policies like reparations for slavery.

It was also key to the (real life) post-WWII settlement in Europe. Today’s social justice warriors would not have liked the European Coal and Steel Community, surely arguing that “it was built on the back of slave labor” or what not. Indeed, even in the 1950s a joint European Defence Community proved a bridge too far for France and Germany.

Versailles-style reparations led to grievance in Germany and paved the way for a second war. There is every reason to think they would produce similar outcomes today, whether in places like Ukraine or Turkey or domestically in the US.

Or take “infinite diversity in infinite combinations.” That’s the antithesis of idiotic stances such as shaming white guys in Portland for opening a taqueria on “cultural appropriation” grounds.

And if you know Beltran’s twitter history this exactly might be the reason why he didn’t take it. The role might hit to hard to his public persona.

To be fair, it can be hard for victims of violence/hate to turn around and portray that violence and hate themselves. Brock Peters famously was uncomfortable with his racist dialogue in Star Trek VI, as someone who’d endured the Jim Crow era.

Did it make a salient point about fascism, though?

What was it saying?

It just seemed much like Discovery/DS9 Mirror Universe fascism, where everyone is just cartoonishly evil.

Andor’s doing a good job at showing how fascism can creep in and how bureaucratic it can be — even with folks within who may believe they’re doing the right thing.

I kind of wish he had taken it since it was an alternate reality. It would have been interesting to see how Seven would have responded to ending up with that version of Chakotay. Maybe Robert wasn’t clear that it was an alternate version of the character for some reason.

One of the worst characters in the star trek universe. Oooocoochiemoyaaaaaa.

It’s particulary galling because he’s a composite Hollywood Indian (seven years and we still don’t know what tribe he’s enrolled with, or even whether he’s from North America or Central America), with a Maori tattoo, portrayed by a non-Native actor. This severely degraded the credibility of VOY.

Unlike Sean Connery and Tom Hanks, this one doesn’t get filed under “missed Trek opportunities.”

I know that he was Human, but wasn’t he supposed to be from one of the Planets colonized by Indians that were given to the Cardassians?

If so that could explain the amalgam.

Well, Robert Beltran is a Mexican-American…

You know who else was a Mexican actor playing some that wasn’t a Mexican?

It’s a problem, and it’s just as much the fault of the franchise and who casted for it as much as the actors.

Surely you are not equating “Hispanic” with “Native American.” Read up on the Pueblo Revolt and Juan de Oñate at Acoma.

Kiwi here. Just FYI, Chakotay does not have a Māori tattoo. (The rest I agree with.)

Very happy he turned the role down.

Ran in to Robert Beltran at the DMV in Burbank once. He was in line behind me. I always liked that he was outspoken about how the character was handled during the Voyager run. I think he was right.

Eh? I think that would have been an interesting place to stick his character and kind of cool to see. (Though I think Jon Jon Briones did a better job than he would have done.)

Yeah, i’m not a huge fan of the character, but that’s a clever way of having him pop up. Wouldn’t add much, but wouldn’t take anything away, either.

I agree that that was a cool idea. Jon Briones was perfectly fine, but arbitrary. How interesting would it have been to see alternate timeline fascist Chakotay get vaporized. Very weird/in universe and leaves us wondering about the real character. I’m bummed that he’s not a bigger nerd and didn’t go for it. However, from what I’ve read, Star Trek was not the happiest of experiences for him and I’m happy for him that he wasn’t hungry enough for money to do something that didn’t sit well with him.

It would have been interesting to see Seven cut him down. Would be extremely emotional for her. Also, Briones, probably due to height primarily, didn’t seem a match to Seven.

Would’ve loved to see Chakotay but glad he turned this down. I want to see the original version. I’m happy he’s going to be in Prodigy next season again. The season sounds like it will be trying to get him back from the 25th century so can’t wait.

Love Voyager. Definitely was underused. Chakotay is cool

I hated this storyline. Good for Beltran.

He made the right call. Glad he turned it down.

He didn’t miss a thing, and neither did the audience…

All I have to say here is that Beltran was VERY wise to bail out of that train wreck of an episode.

Speaking of Living Witness. I always thought it would be cool if Discovery did an Episode where we saw the version of the Doctor from that EP that finally returned to the Federation.

I don’t blame him, although it would have been great to see. Perhaps if he had played a larger redemptive roll in season 2 it would have been an amazing opportunity to resurrect him. But Beltran is hard to like since he seems chronically miserable.

I disagree. He may be a curmudgeon but that is with reason. Think about it. Voyager became the Seven of Nine show, similar to introducing Urkel to Family Matters. His character was discarded seasons before the end of the show, and he became essentially a filler character with some tremendously lackluster episodes where he was the A Storyline. Pair this with one of TELEVISIONS worse endings of all time. I completely understand why he is pissy about Voyager and Chakotay. It was a complete cluster by the end of that show.

I kind of wish that had happened — but I respect the guy for turning it down because it didn’t work for him. I’d enjoy seeing him pop up someplace else in live action eventually.

Thank God, like who wants to see that?

So it’s perfectly ok to be nasty as long as its towards an actor who played a character you didn’t like. Sad.

Glad he turned down the season 2 idea but even happier that he wasn’t offered season 3. I’m sure we all know he will be ok at the end of Prodigy but it’s too soon to make that a certainty.

Fair play to him, whilst some characters took on a massive paycheck he turned it down on principle.

the 7/chakotay thing was a joke anyway, badly handled in the finale

His decision makes sense. After the backlash of Icheb in season 1, I assume this would have caused an even bigger controversy. Also, Chakotay/Seven was the worst romance on all of Star Trek (which is saying a lot, because Star Trek isn’t really good at romances), so we better try and forget about that unneccessary last minute addition to Voyager’s story.

Good for Beltran! The writing for S2 of Picard was shockingly bad and that resulted in a second season that one could compare to the Enterprise finale, These are the Yoyages or to the movies Star Trek V or X. In other words, disasterously terrible. Fortunately for us fans, he did jump onto the Prodigy train and maybe he will reappear in some future live action role, should a Picard spinoff get greenlit.

Yeah, glad he contributed substantially to Prodigy even if he didn’t take on this role.

I’m glad he said no. He’s just not a strong actor.

I’m not sure it’s necessary to pick on him as an actor…

No one here is picking on him.

Let me rephrase: I don’t think it’s necessary to criticize his acting.

….in your opinion.

I am glad Robert Beltran didn’t accept that role on STP, as President Hansen’s Spouse. It was a lack luster story arch anyways, and would not have promoted the character of Chakotay in a good light.

7 of 9 is with Raffy , that’s the way the show was headed with or without Chakotay. A unknown Spouse for President Hansen works much better than bringing on Chakotay, just to have Hansen Dear Jane letter him…

Chakotay deserves much better than that…

And 7 n Raffy are an item now so STP story moves on.

We’d have gotten closure on how that relationship ended from Seven’s own lips. That’s really the only benefit besides getting to see Beltran again. After so many years though, having an actor come back just to be a thinly-written evil twin propping up a supporting character… Good on him for turning it down on principle.

As much as I don’t care for either Chakotay or Beltran, I’m pleased Beltran made the right decision here. It would have made Season 2 slightly worse than it already is.

Seven and Raffi were an item for all of 10 minutes. They held hands for two seconds in season one, then spent all of season two bickering awkwardly like people who didn’t like each other, then were already broken up by the time season three began. Their romance was basically a non-starter, a momentary blip soon forgotten. And that’s a good thing since the actors and the characters had no onscreen couple chemistry whatsoever. They were even less interesting and less long-lived than Seven and Chakotay,

It just seemed like the romance happened because the writers didn’t know what else to do with the characters.

Well, something of their relationship will happen, since Seven and Raffie will cross paths when Worf and Picard do.

Ha! I knew it!!

As in, I already had my suspicions, that the Magistrate could just as well have been Alternate Chakotay!

(Of course, that’s easy to claim now , when the cat is out of the back, so I suppose you just have to take my word for it…)

I’m just picturing the scene in my head where they’re on La Sirena…

Seven: We’re on a classified mission. Chakotay: OH really? What’s my name? Seven: Chakotay. Chakotay: Well that checks out. Good luck on your mission.

Yeah, that was pretty much the only point in the plot where using Chakotay wouldn’t have worked. (So, it was probably written in after Robert Beltran already turned down the role.)

That was a smart move.

Honestly that would have been such fun for an alternate universe! Definitely not for the original tho. Seven is better with Raffi imo. Kinda sad Beltran didn’t see the bigger picture on that one…

Chakotay is one of my favorite characters, so I rather see him in a better role then in a evil mirror verse role. Thank god he turned it down.

I am from Bakersfield. I believe Robert is as well. I acted in high school and college. Saw the impact Hollywood had on a few friends that acted there. Mr. Beltran is a fabulous actor. I hope his pursuits are always a good fit.

I thought the first episode story line of a rebellious crew on a trapped federation ship had great potential. That’s what sold the series and the character of Chakotay. But once the show was greenlit, that all fell out the starships window. It’s not Beltrans fault the writing for the show was weak, and tossed this storyline and his character to the solar winds. Nor was it Beltrans fault he was chosen to play an American Indian. He is an actor. What they do is act, they assume the character of someone they are not. Should Daniel Day Lewis be condemned because he wasn’t a deformed freak, yet played one in The Elephant Man? Should we boycott The Wizard of OZ because Dorthy was not played by an actual Oakie? Grow up. I would like to watch a return to his character in live action Star Trek. Maybe if they did this correctly, he’d play it this time around. Good for him for turning down this terribly ephisode in a bad season of Picard.

Regular Chakotay is a must, not an alternate version. Great choice in turning down.

I wonder if Chakotay is exclusive to Prodigy like Janeway.

Is Janeway exclusive to Prodigy?

According to Kate Mulgrew, she is.

The best thing I saw in Picard season 3 is Seven as captain. A spinoff series with her as captain, and Janeway as some sort of mentor, would be great to see. I’m sure there is also much more to explore between Seven’s human self and her connection to the Borg. She is a standout character in the whole of Star Trek and surely deserves her own show.

Good to see that he turned it down. As I recall, Nimoy turned down Generations as well.

Given the nonsense he had to put up with for seven years, I don’t blame him one bit for turning down another chance to look stupid.

I think he made the right call on this one.

Considering this is the last outing for most of these legacy characters, I can understand why he wouldn’t want Chakotay to have come back and died as a fascist. Even the alternative future in the Voyager finale where Chakotay is a gravestone is better than that.

Sure he did

“Hey, you are one of the most poorly written characters in all of Star Trek! Want to appear in one of the most poorly written tv seasons in all of Star Trek?”

Why didn’t he say yes??

Star Trek's Robert Beltran: The Prime Directive is 'fascist crap'

The "Star Trek: Voyager" star had plenty of misgivings about the futuristic ideals his show portrayed. Still, he had a great time playing Chakotay.

As part of our coverage of Star Trek's 50th anniversary , I talked with a dozen cast members from across the franchise about everything from Star Trek's inclusive message to how they really felt about their characters.

Robert Beltran is known for two things in the Star Trek universe: playing Commander Chakotay in " Star Trek: Voyager " from 1995-2001, and complaining about it to the press.

Get Beltran going, and he'll grumble about just about anything related to Star Trek. He didn't like the monotony of shooting. ("I often say it's like working in a factory.") And he's not a fan of its predictable format. ("I kept telling the writers, 'If you can just take three minutes off a bridge scene and write another scene with human beings talking, the show is going to be much better.'")

He even rails against the show's "Prime Directive," a guiding principle that prohibits Starfleet characters from interfering with the development of alien civilizations.

Robert Beltran as Chakotay in "Star Trek: Voyager."

"The idea of leaving any species to die in its own filth when you have the ability to help them, just because you wanna let them get through their normal evolutionary processes is bunk -- it's a bunch of fascist crap," he said. "I much prefer the Cub Scout motto." ( The Cub Scout motto , by the way, is about doing your best and helping others.)

So, it's safe to say Beltran's not much of a Trekkie. He barely watches TV anyway. He prefers the arts, music and stage work. He writes poetry and composes music.

Though initially he hoped the Chakotay character could present opportunities to explore culture and identity, Beltran, a child of Mexican immigrants, ultimately realized that wouldn't happen much. But he's made peace with it, and come to appreciate aspects of his life as a pseudo nerd-celebrity. Like many Star Trek cast members, he appreciates the fan enthusiasm that's helped keep the franchise alive.

"I also knew I was going to work with a bunch of great actors and a great crew," he said, adding that the seven years he spent on the series were well worth it. "I wouldn't trade them for anything."

Beltran, 62, is currently turning toward more theater work and focusing on his music. Here are edited excerpts of his answers to my warp-speed round of questions.

If you could have played another character, who would it have been? Well, I liked playing a human so I would prefer that it was a human being instead of, you know... Honestly, I think I would have stuck with the Chakotay character because I think they found some good stuff in it and there were some challenging things about it. Almost every episode I could find something challenging to work on. But I think (ensign) Paris is a very good character.

You don't want to get caught in some kind of strict thing where the writers say, "No, he doesn't joke. No, he doesn't laugh that often." That would be deadly.

Like Tim Russ (Lt. Commander Tuvok) who had to be an emotionless alien the whole time. Tim was amazing...what he was allowed to bring out of that character. Emotionally, intellectually, how he was able to express what needed to be expressed within the bible of what a Vulcan is was really damn good.

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Do you have a favorite episode? I liked episodes where we weren't on the bridge a lot and pretending we might die: "Captain, the shields are down to 12 percent." And the audience is going, "What, where is the drama in that?" You know it's all manufactured. We're going to get through it, right? So why ask the audience to sit through it?

I like the one Virginia Madsen and I did that was a love story (" Unforgettable "). And I like the one with Kate Vernon and I called " In the Flesh " and she was Species 90210 or whatever the name was. (It was actually Species 8472 .) She was pretending to be a human, and that was nice. I thought she was really clever, and it was fun to do.

How did Star Trek influence not just your career, but you as a person? The most important thing is not the episode you're acting in. It becomes who you're acting with, who's your crew.

You've got human beings working there with you. And everybody is striving to make this the best they possibly can. That was always much more interesting to me. And that changes you as a human being. More so than any Chakotay episode.

How are you working with the crew? How are you dealing with them every day when you really don't feel like being there? When you really don't feel like talking to anybody? When you don't feel good and you're dealing with a cold or you're dealing with an allergy, or somebody's pissed off at you or you're pissed off at somebody, and how are you gonna get over it?

That's much more valuable than anything Chakotay is going through. So in that sense, it's like being in a large family. And I'm from a large family, so I can say that it's very, very much like it.

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‘Star Trek: Voyager’ star Robert Beltran accused of breaking actors’ strike rules and endorsing homophobic comments on X

Fans at the stlv 'star trek' convention reported that robert beltran broke strike rules onstage, sparking controversy in the fandom..

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Posted on Aug 10, 2023

For many Star Trek actors, fan conventions are an important source of income. So when the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike kicked in, it raised questions about how to navigate the summer convention circuit.

The long-running STLV convention ultimately went ahead last week, featuring a massive guest list of Trek actors. However, SAG-AFTRA members couldn’t discuss their TV and movie work in a promotional context.

As a result, the convention included events like a William Shatner panel where he avoided talking about Star Trek , and a Spock actor meetup where the two actors (Ethan Peck and Zachary Quinto) didn’t discuss Spock.

But one actor is facing backlash for seemingly breaking the rules onstage. During a panel on Sunday, several fans reported that Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Prodigy actor Robert Beltran (Chakotay) was intentionally flouting SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines:

Robert Beltran is on stage deliberately saying character and show names in direct violation of the strike guidelines. I wish I could say I was surprised, but this is sadly on brand. #STLV — Thad (@Tyranicus) August 6, 2023

This behavior attracted a lot of criticism from fans, especially since many other Trek actors publicly support the strikes. Star Trek: Picard ‘s Michelle Hurd is a member of the actors’ union negotiating committee, and helped “ carve out a dispensation ” for actors to attend conventions like STLV. Some other current Trek actors have been on the picket lines for weeks.

To put it bluntly, Robert Beltran isn’t famous enough for his behavior to cause a scandal like Stephen Amell or Zachary Levi ‘s anti-strike remarks. But within Star Trek fandom, this was very controversial. Beltran then added further fuel to the fire by agreeing with a tweet that decried queer and trans Trek fans:

People in the Lgbtq+ community aren't real trek fans 🫠 Someone didn't give my babygay self the memo when I was 12, I guess Dude, wtf is wrong with you? @CreationEnt why do you keep inviting this guy? #StarTrek #STLV pic.twitter.com/YViME1hTtM — Melissa (@aslightattitude) August 9, 2023

Beltran obviously has some supporters who disapprove of the Hollywood strikes. Like any fandom, Star Trek has its own political divides . But his behavior at STLV has clearly alienated a lot of fans, with some even calling for him to be banned from future conventions.

The Daily Dot has reached out to Robert Beltran’s representatives for comment.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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Star trek: voyager predicted ai-generated art 23 years ago.

Star Trek: Voyager season 7 seems to argue in favor of AI-generated artwork, but what does Star Trek really have to say about generative AI?

Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor raises questions about AI rights in art, highlighting the ethical issues of AI-generated artwork.
The Doctor's holonovel dilemma parallels today's AI art landscape, where AI-generated work lacks copyright protection.
The future of AI in Star Trek lies in the holodeck, acting as a more advanced form of generative AI compared to the Doctor.

Today's debates around AI-generated art were predicted by Star Trek: Voyager 23 years ago. In Voyager season 7, episode 20, "Author, Author", Voyager's holographic Doctor (Robert Picardo) writes a holonovel called "Photons Be Free", which draws heavy inspiration from the Doctor's own experiences interacting with the crew of the USS Voyager . The novel is a hit in the Alpha Quadrant, but there's a wrinkle when the unfavorable depiction of the Voyager crew prompts the Doctor to reconsider his artistic approach. The Doctor resolves to make revisions to the program's characters but discovers that he's legally unable to do so.

As an artificial life form, the Doctor can be compared to characters like Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner). Data's personhood was legally determined in TNG season 2, episode 19, "The Measure of a Man", which provided the blueprint for future Star Trek courtroom dramas debating the rights of life forms that don't fit the default human model. Starfleet determines that Data is a person, and entitled to all the rights thereof, so the precedent set in "The Measure of a Man" implies that Star Trek is in favor of civil rights for artificial intelligence. But what does Star Trek have to say about AI art?

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How star trek: voyager's doctor compares to modern generative ai, the emergency medical hologram creates art more like a human..

Star Trek: Voyager 's question about whether AI like the Doctor has rights as an artist feels unusually prescient in today's AI-saturated art landscape. With characters clearly based on Voyager's crew and events in the novel echoing familiar Star Trek: Voyager stories, the Doctor's holonovel is derivative in a way that resembles today's AI-generated artwork, particularly because modern AI must be trained on a body of work created by humans who haven't consented to the use of their creations -- or, like on Voyager , their likenesses. Just like the publisher arguing the Doctor has no legal claim to "Photons Be Free", artwork created by AI today can't be copyrighted.

There's a vast difference between the AI that generates artwork in the 2020s and Star Trek: Voyager 's Doctor. Today's AI models rely heavily on pattern recognition to algorithmically generate work based on the examples that they've been trained on. Generative AI uses those examples to predict what words or pixels are most likely to appear in proximity to one another, given the data it has access to. Sentient holograms on Star Trek , however, are narrative stand-ins for marginalized groups. The Doctor gains some civil rights because Star Trek: Voyager 's story is actually saying that human artists should have control of their work , not that AI models are people.

Data's rights as a creator were called into question in TNG season 3, episode 16, "The Offspring", after Data created his daughter, Lal (Hallie Todd), but the inconclusive nature of Lal's case means there's no precedent for the Doctor's petition for holographic rights.

The Real Future Of Generative AI On Star Trek Is The Holodeck

The holodeck is like an advanced form of today's ai learning models..

The future of generative AI on Star Trek isn't in its characters, but the holodeck. Like modern AI models, the holodeck generates work based on user prompts, with personal programs containing parameters for specific story elements like characters, environment, and narratives. Star Trek 's holodecks , like those on the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the USS Voyager, are essentially trained on information from ships' databases to predict what happens, and what that looks like in fully-realized, immersive 3D. Privately-owned holosuites like on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine may rely on smaller data sets, but can still only generate characters based on pre-existing parameters.

In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , season 3, episode 8, "Meridian", Quark (Armin Shimerman) must get a scan of Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) to satisfy a customer's desire to put Kira in a holosuite program.

The holodeck is a far better example of AI-generated art in action than the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager . In Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3, episode 8, "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus", Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) provides insufficient input, so, just like modern AI confidently "hallucinating" output, the holodeck generates nonsense like the character Knicknac (Ben Rodgers) and Ki-ty-ha's platitudes like "the purpose of life is… a life of purpose." The Doctor, however, learns like a person by doing research and correcting mistakes. By proving the Doctor is a sentient life form and not just a program, Star Trek: Voyager champions the rights of human artists today, not AI.

Star Trek: Voyager is streaming on Paramount+.

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See A Star Trek Icon Return To His Role To Officiate A Villain Wedding

Star Trek: Voyager's Robert Picardo gets back in character at a convention to officiate a faux wedding between cosplayers.

By Michileen Martin | Published 1 year ago

A few days before his old Star Trek: Voyager co-star Robert Beltran raised eyebrows by comparing President Biden to Adolf Hitler, Robert Picardo posted a much happier message from the land the late Hitler once ruled. As TrekMovie reported, Picardo posted a video from September’s Destination Star Trek Germany convention while officiating, in-character, a faux wedding. The union in question was for characters from the classic Voyager episode “Bride of Chaotica!” with the convention goers cosplaying as Queen Arachnia and Doctor Chaotica.

Most of the 1999 Season 5 Voyager episode is in black-and-white, hence the beautifully reproduced color palette of the cosplayers’ make-up and costumes. “Bride of Chaotica!” is one of Star Trek’s many holodeck-gone-wrong episodes, which necessitates Robert Picardo’s The Doctor enter the simulation as the President of Earth; the role he assumes for the convention’s not-a-wedding.

To demonstrate just how on-point the cosplayers’ presentations are, below is a screenshot of their video with Picardo, followed by a shot of the characters played by Kate Mulgrew and Martin Rayner in the episode.

You won’t find many corners of Star Trek fandom without warm, fuzzy feelings for Robert Picardo. The actor has left his mark all over the franchise. Among other things, Picardo has the distinction being one of the only Voyager cast members during the show’s run to make appearances in outside franchise screen projects.

Star Trek: First Contact audiences got a treat when Robert Picardo showed up during the Borg’s infiltration of the Enterprise-E, when Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) used the ship’s Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) to delay the cyborgs busting into Sick Bay. The next year he played Dr. Lewis Zimmerman–the man who designed the EMH–in the pivotal Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Doctor Bashir, I Presume?”

Out of the rest of Star Trek: Voyager‘s regular cast, the only actors other than Robert Picardo to get gigs in other Trek screen projects were Tim Russ in the DS9 episode “Through the Looking Glass” and Ethan Phillips, as a holographic Maitre d’, in First Contact. Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Robert Beltran have all since appeared in canonical non-Voyager Trek projects; but not until after Voyager concluded its run.

Star Trek could very well be seeing more of Robert Picardo in the future. Besides the possibility he could voice his old role–or perhaps something different–in one of the current animated series, there’s been a lot of talk of Kate Mulgrew returning to the role of Kathryn Janeway in a live-action project akin to Star Trek: Picard. If and when such a project is officially announced, the status of The Doctor is something fans will definitely be curious about.

The events of Star Trek: Picard, in particular, could have fans worried about Robert Picardo’s signature character. In Season 1 of the revival series we learn artificial lifeforms are banned in the Federation because of a disaster on Mars. The ban is lifted by the end of first season, but what might have happened to The Doctor in the meantime?

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8 Alpha Quadrant Things Star Trek: Voyager Found In Delta Quadrant

Star Trek: Voyager finds familiar things from the Alpha Quadrant in the Delta Quadrant, sparking important questions and connections.
Encounter with Ferengi negotiators leads Voyager crew to stop their interference in a pre-warp civilization for profits.
Janeway and crew discover humans abducted by aliens in the 1930s living in the Delta Quadrant, including Amelia Earhart.

For a show with the conceit of being so far from home, Star Trek: Voyager found a surprising number of things in the Delta Quadrant that originated in the Alpha Quadrant, including several from Earth itself. The USS Voyager, commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), and Commander Chakotay's (Robert Beltran) Maquis raider Val Jean were both brought to the Delta Quadrant in 2371 by the Caretaker (Basil Langton). After Janeway destroyed the Caretaker's array to save the Ocampa , Voyager and the Val Jean were left without a ticket back to the Alpha Quadrant, and banded together to make the long journey.

Finding something familiar in an otherwise totally alien corner of the galaxy brought a sense of familiarity to the USS Voyager crew and viewers at home alike, but the presence of something from the Alpha Quadrant in the Delta Quadrant inevitably raised important questions , like how familiar people and objects traveled 70,000 light years from home in the first place, and whether the find could lead Captain Kathryn Janeway towards a quicker path home to Earth.

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A pair of ferengi negotiators, arridor and kol, star trek: voyager season 3, episode 5 "false profits".

The USS Voyager encounters a pair of Ferengi negotiators, Arridor (Dan Shor) and Kol (Leslie Jordan), who claim to be the prophesied Great Sages of the Takarians, a society with Bronze Age level technology. The Ferengi have no Prime Directive to deter them from interfering with the Takarians' development , so they're performing "miracles" with a standard replicator to reap the monetary benefits of the Takarians' worship. Voyager's crew know the Ferengi reputation well enough to know they're no Sages, so they must figure out how to put a stop to Arridor and Kol's grift.

"False Profits" serves as a Star Trek sequel episode to Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 8 "The Price", as Voyager catches up with Arridor and Kol (formerly played by J. R. Quinonez) seven years after their Delta Quadrant arrival. The Ferengi took a test flight through the supposedly stable wormhole near Barzan II, which was supposed to emerge in the Gamma Quadrant, but instead stranded the Ferengi in the Delta Quadrant, where they made the best of their situation as only Ferengi can.

Star Trek: Voyager Season 3, Episode 23 "Distant Origin"

"Distant Origin" opens on Forra Gegen (Henry Woronicz), a scientist who discovers that his people, the Voth, share certain genetic similarities with the humans aboard the USS Voyager. While this confirms Gegen's theory that the Voth are the descendants of a species brought to their homeworld millions of years ago , religious leader Minister Odala (Concetta Tomei) refuses to accept the truth. Even with Commander Chakotay present as a living specimen of humanity, Odala pushes Gegen to recant, because Gegen's theory goes against the Voth Doctrine that keeps Odala in power.

After meeting Gegen's assistant, Tova Veer (Christopher Liam Moore), Janeway and the Doctor use the holodeck as a research guide to extrapolate how hadrosaurs might look in the 24th century if they'd been able to evolve into a humanoid form with comparable intelligence. The result resembles Veer, so Janeway and the Doctor conclude, like Gegen, that the Voth evolved from hadrosaurs into a highly advanced species on Earth , then fled to the Delta Quadrant in spacefaring vessels instead of being wiped out with the other dinosaurs.

The Friendship One Probe

Star trek: voyager season 7, episode 21 "friendship one".

By Star Trek: Voyager season 7 , the USS Voyager is in regular contact with Starfleet Command, and Starfleet gives Voyager a mission to retrieve a 21st-century Earth probe, Friendship One . The probe proves difficult to find, but once discovered on an alien planet suffering devastating climate collapse, the implications of Friendship One's launch become clear. Besides the irreversible damage to the planet's climate, the inhabitants are all suffering from radiation sickness, and bear understandable hostility towards Earth, because the aliens believe humans orchestrated their destruction with the Friendship One probe.

The United Earth Space Probe Agency was one of the early names for the organization the USS Enterprise belongs to in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Charlie X".

Friendship One was launched in 2067 by the United Earth Space Probe Agency with the intention of making friends with whomever found it, as the name implies. Although Friendship One, the 400-year-old Earth probe, traveled for centuries carrying messages of peace, musical recordings, and ways to translate languages, the people who discovered Friendship One in the Delta Quadrant took a greater interest in the antimatter it used to travel across space. Without the proper knowledge of its use, antimatter proved devastating to the planet and its people, resulting in death and disease for generations.

Dreadnought, a Cardassian Missile

Star trek: voyager season 2, episode 17 "dreadnought".

The USS Voyager discovers a dangerously powerful, self-guided Cardassian missile in the Delta Quadrant, which Lt. B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) recognizes as one nicknamed "Dreadnought" . When B'Elanna was with the Maquis, Torres had actually reprogrammed the missile herself, with the intention of turning the Cardassians' own weapon against them. Without a Cardassian target in sight, the artificially intelligent Cardassian Dreadnought targets a heavily-populated Class-M planet , Rakosa V. B'Elanna determines she must be the one to keep Dreadnought from hurting anyone else, and boards the missile to convince it to stand down.

While no concrete reason is given for exactly how the Dreadnought wound up in the Delta Quadrant, its last known location in the Alpha Quadrant was the Badlands, the same rough patch of space where Voyager and the Val Jean, Chakotay's Maquis raider, fatefully met. Because of this, Torres theorizes that Dreadnought arrived in the Delta Quadrant the same way that Voyager and the Val Jean did , courtesy of the Caretaker.

Star Trek: Voyagers BElanna Is More Klingon Than TNGs Worf Ever Was

A klingon d-7 class cruiser, complete with klingons, star trek: voyager, season 7, episode 14 "prophecy".

The USS Voyager certainly never expected to find a Klingon ship in the Delta Quadrant, but more surprising is the fact that the crew of the Klingon D-7 Class Cruiser believes their savior, the prophesied kuvah'magh, is aboard Voyager . Janeway assures the Klingon captain, Kohlar (Wren T. Brown), that the Federation and Klingon Empire have been allies for the past 80 years, and offers Voyager's own half-Klingon, Lt. B'Elanna Torres, as proof their societies are working together now. The kuvah'magh is Torres' unborn daughter, who does save the Klingons, but not the way they expected.

Centuries ago, Kohlar's great-grandfather set off on a quest to find the kuvah'magh, and the Klingon D-7 Cruiser became a generation ship that is now crewed by the descendants of its original crew . The quest begun by Kohlar's great-grandfather brought Kohlar and his crew to the Delta Quadrant after four generations of searching. Whether B'Elanna's child is actually the kuvah'magh or not, Kohlar desperately wants the baby to be their savior, so that his people may finally rest.

Amelia Earhart

Star trek: voyager season 2, episode 1 "the 37s".

The discovery of a 1936 Ford truck, seemingly disconnected from any parent vehicle, leads the USS Voyager to a nearby Class-L planet, where they find eight humans who have been in cryo-stasis since they were abducted by aliens in the 1930s. Among them are one of Janeway's personal heroes, legendary American aviator Amelia Earhart (Sharon Lawrence) , who disappeared without a trace while attempting to fly around the world, and Earhart's navigator, Fred Noonan (David Graf). Earhart and the other preserved humans are known by the planet's inhabitants as "The 37s", and revered as sacred.

Originally thought to be aliens, the natives of the unnamed planet are the descendants of humans. A species called the Briori abducted the natives' ancestors, along with Earhart and the other 37s, from Earth centuries earlier , and took them to the Delta Quadrant. Once held as slaves, the humans who weren't in stasis revolted to free themselves from the Briori, and developed a thriving, Earth-like civilization in the Delta Quadrant. Voyager's crew consider staying with the humans in their little slice of home, while Janeway also offers a ride back to Earth to anyone who wants it, including Amelia Earhart.

The USS Equinox

Star trek: voyager season 5, episode 26 & season 6, episode 1 "equinox".

The crew of the USS Voyager believe they're the only Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant until they find the USS Equinox, five years into their journey home. Captain Rudolph Ransom (John Savage) and the Equinox crew have had a harder time in the Delta Quadrant than Voyager, with more damage, fewer starting resources, and fewer opportunities to make friends along the way. Ransom's survival tactics include sacrificing innocent nucleogenic life forms for a more efficient form of fuel, which Janeway finds hard to stomach, and decides that Ransom needs to be held accountable for defying Federation ideals, regardless of how badly the Equinox is damaged.

Although Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) suggests that the Equinox might be in the Delta Quadrant on a rescue mission to find Voyager, the USS Equinox's specs don't fit the profile of a starship that would be assigned to a long-range mission. The explanation of how the Equinox arrived in the Delta Quadrant in the first place seems fairly simple, because Captain Ransom tells Janeway that the Equinox was also abducted by the Caretaker , just like Voyager, but the Equinox has only been in the Delta Quadrant for 2 years, and Janeway destroyed the Caretaker's array 5 years earlier.

Seven of Nine

Debuts in star trek: voyager season 4, episode 1 "scorpion, part 2".

When Captain Kathryn Janeway allies with the Borg in order to secure safe passage across Borg space, Janeway refuses the cursory assimilation that the Borg want to use to communicate with Janeway and Voyager's crew, and instead requests a speaker for the Borg, citing the existence of Locutus (Patrick Stewart) as precedent. Seven of Nine , Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01, is selected as the Borg drone to act as liaison between the Collective and Voyager, likely because Seven of Nine had once been a member of Species 5168, like most of Voyager's crew -- in other words, human.

Voyager season 5, episodes 15 & 16, "Dark Frontier" provides even more detail of the Hansens' fateful journey.

After Seven's link with the Collective is severed, more information about Seven's human origin comes to light. In Voyager season 4, episode 6 "The Raven", when Voyager nears the Hansens' ship, the USS Raven, memories of Seven's early life surface, revealing that Seven had been six-year-old human Annika Hansen , the daughter of Magnus Hansen (Kirk Baily) and Erin Hansen (Laura Stepp), Federation scientists who were studying the Borg when they were assimilated. Voyager season 5, episodes 15 & 16, "Dark Frontier" provides even more detail of the Hansens' fateful journey, showing the Raven arriving in the Delta Quadrant by following a Borg Cube through a transwarp conduit.

10 Ways USS Voyager Changed In Star Treks Delta Quadrant

Star Trek: Voyager links back to the greater Star Trek universe with people and starships from the Alpha Quadrant. Connections to the familiar were especially important early on, because Voyager 's place in the Star Trek franchise was established and aided by the legitimacy these finds offered. Later, when the USS Voyager used the Hirogen communications array to communicate with Starfleet Command, links back to the Alpha Quadrant were plentiful again, not only to prove that the USS Voyager was closer to home, but to help Star Trek: Voyager maintain connections to Star Trek and carry the franchise in its final years.

Star Trek: Voyager is available to stream on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Voyager

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

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Michael Piller, Rick Berman

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

Rating TV-PG

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Can Any Modern Star Trek Series Reach 100 Episodes? Alex Kurtzman Shares His Thoughts

The head of Star Trek spoke at length about it.

Star Trek: Discovery is taking its final bow after five seasons, ending the longest-running series of the modern era. Thankfully, we know we can expect more upcoming Trek shows as well as a few surprises in the future , but even so, Voyager will hold onto the accolade of being the last show in the franchise to exceed 100 episodes. So, now the question becomes: Will a Star Trek series ever hit that milestone again? CinemaBlend talked about it with top brass Alex Kurtzman to get some answers.

I had a chance to speak to Kurtzman ahead of the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on the 2024 TV schedule , and I asked if a day would ever come when a modern entry in the franchise could hit 100 episodes. It feels like a tall order, considering current seasons of current shows are only about ten episodes in length, but Kurtzman talked about another obstacle while giving his thoughts on the matter:

I don't know, it's very hard. I mean, the fact that [Discovery went to] go on five seasons is sort of a miracle. I think most people watch two seasons of a streaming show, and they check out, you know, and that's not specific to Trek. I just think that's the watch pattern for television in the streaming world. It's hard to know.

Streaming has permanently changed the television landscape. There are more options to watch shows both new and old than there ever were before. As such, it's hard to keep audiences glued to their Paramount+ subscription when competitors are churning out other exciting new shows. As he said, the fact that Star Trek: Discovery received five seasons before the cancellation was a big feat, especially when considering the fact that some of streaming's most popular shows, like Stranger Things , will end with Season 5 .

While Alex Kurtzman likely has the details of what is in store for Star Trek 's future, including the news on that rumored Jean-Luc Picard movie , he doesn't know what the future holds. He did offer his best guess at what the chances are of any current or upcoming Trek show hitting a hundred episodes and why he's happy with the way things currently are:

My guess would be that it would be unlikely. But in some ways, I think what's lovely about that is– it's funny you can talk to old writers of old Trek series, and they're like, ‘Man, there's a bunch of filler episodes in there. We are just trying to get to 22 a season,’ you know, and, and we all know which of those episodes were [filler], we know the ones that were truly stellar from the ones that felt like they were kind of spinning their wheels. And so I think what ten episodes a season forces you to do is really make sure that every story counts as much as it possibly can. And I like that, you know, I like that. I like what that affords us now.

I certainly can understand Alex Kurtzman's perspective, and I agree that some Star Trek filler episodes from the past were absolute stinkers. Then again, one has to wonder if The Next Generation had only ten episodes if we would have seen some of its more WTF moments unfold , or Tim Russ talking about Voyager 's "Tuvix" episode . There's a trade-off for the big-budget adventures, and a large part of it is the show needing to stay on task with the main story with the limited episodes it has.

Of course, Star Trek has still found ways to include side stories in this new era, with Strange New Worlds focusing on character-driven serialization amongst daily adventures the crew faces. It's working well enough that Discovery reportedly mimicked the style in its final season , and it may just be the new normal for the franchise going forward. Who knows, it may even get the series, which is currently in production for Season 3, to a hundred episodes, which would be fantastic. Then again, in an age where there's no sign of Trek slowing down, do we need that?

Fans may ponder this question as they tune in for new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery on Thursdays over on Paramount+. Those who aren't caught up need to do so, because this final season has been amazing thus far.

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Following up on last week’s two-episode premiere, Star Trek: Discovery returns for the third installment of its fifth and final season with “Jinaal.” The episode is written by Kyle Jarrow & Lauren Wilkinson and directed by Andi Armaganian .

Today, we have a clip along with seven new photos from the episode — featuring Keith Rennie as Rayner, Mary Wiseman as Tilly, Wilson Cruz as Culber, Tara Rosling as President T’Rina, Doug Jones as Saru, Blu del Barrio as Adira and Ian Alexander as Gray Til.

You can check out the new photos below. Please be aware of some minor spoilers.

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On Trill, Captain Burnham, Book, and Culber must pass a dangerous test to prove themselves worthy of the next clue. Adira reconnects with Gray and Saru’s first day as ambassador is complicated by his engagement to T’Rina.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 castmembers include Sonequa Martin-Green (Captain Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Blu del Barrio (Adira) and Callum Keith Rennie (Rayner). Season five also features recurring guest stars Elias Toufexis (L’ak) and Eve Harlow (Moll).

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Callum Keith Rennie is okay with being an outsider. The veteran sci-fi actor — probably best known for his role as the Cylon Leoben in Battlestar Galactica — has crashed the Star Trek: Discovery party in the show’s fifth and final season as Captain Rayner. And for Rennie, his character’s social status and his own feelings about joining the show were uniquely aligned.

“You’re the new kid in school,” Rennie tells Inverse . “You’re uncomfortable. You don’t know who to trust. Rayner is in a place where I am, so I used my own uncomfortability with the experience. He’s got a chip [on his shoulder] and maybe I have a chip at times.”

As Discovery Season 5 heats up, Inverse caught up with Rennie to talk about his Trek experience, his sci-fi career, and which classic Star Trek characters he thinks Captain Rayner is most like.

Mild spoilers ahead for Discovery Season 5, episodes 1-3.

Sonequa Martin-Green and Callum Keith Rennie in 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5.

Burnham decides to keep her enemies close, by turning Rayner into her first officer.

Starting with the episode “Red Directive,” the back-talking, seat-of-the-pants Captain Rayner is a Starfleet officer in the long Trek tradition of mean captains. From The Original Series to The Next Generation and Voyager and even the movies, you’ve got your heroic main character captain, and then the bad captain. There’s Decker, the guy who got his entire crew eaten by “The Doomsday Machine,” or Jellico , the bossy captain who took over the Enterprise and told Troi to change her uniform in “Chain of Command.” Usually, these kinds of characters beam out after an episode or two. But in Discovery Season 5, Rayner is around for the long haul.

“It’s really great stuff. I mean, he ran his own ship. He came in to help with a situation and then, the next thing you know, he’s demoted,” Rennie says. “So that’s s**t. That’s not good. At the same time, he’s looking at this past and maybe he’s overstepped boundaries.”

At the end of the second episode, “Under the Twin Moons,” Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) asks Rayner to become her new first officer, now that Saru has departed to become a Federation ambassador. So instead of ditching the rough-around-the-edges officer who caused her trouble, Burnham is embracing the idea of having somebody in the crew who isn’t just going to agree with her all the time. And in the third episode, “Jinaal,” Rayner is confronted with the totally uncomfortable task of getting to know the crew.

And, just like how he got off on the wrong foot with Burnham, Rayner also clashes with the bubbly, upbeat Lt. Tilly (Mary Wiseman). But, in a very optimistic Star Trek-y vibe, it seems that even Rayner and Tilly can find common ground in the end.

Mary Wiseman and Callum Keith Rennie in 'Discovery' Season 5.

Tilly is not having any of Rayner’s bullsh*t.

“I’ve had like had 52 second chances in my real life,” Rennie says. “And those came in many forms, and often by a woman in a position of power. So I get that this is a gift that is offered to this character. I connect with that. “He's already got fired once. What's the worst that can happen?”

Rennie is not the first Battlestar alum to crossover to Discovery. Back in Season 1, fellow Cylon Rekha Sharma played Ellen Landry, Disco’s first security chief. “We haven’t had a chance to talk about that,” Rennie says with a laugh. “But, we of course see each other at conventions all the time.”

From parts in Jessica Jones to The Umbrella Academy , and even the classic X-Files , Rennie clearly knows his way around the sci-fi genre. But, prior to joining Discovery , he admits his Trek fandom was mostly limited to The Original Series .

“I can’t say I’m a Trekkie by any means,” Rennie says “But, as a kid, The Original Series was one of those great shows that offered great hope and examples of how to function in the world as people. One day, you’d be like ‘I’m totally logical like Spock.’ But then, you’d feel like ‘No, I’m Kirk.’ Or ‘I’m flying off the handle like Scotty!’”

Rennie admits that part of his path to discovering how to play Rayner in Discovery was connecting the character’s behavior to Original Series archetypes. “Part of me wanted to say, who can I identify with this guy? So yeah, I guess he’s a bit like Kirk and Bones. He’s a space curmudgeon.”

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