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Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E20 "The Emissary" » Recap

Original air date: June 26, 1989

It's poker night again. Data, still getting a grasp of the game, claims that Worf is only winning because he's had a string of good hands. Indeed, Worf bets aggressively into Pulaski, who has a straight, but Worf's full house defeats her, and he takes the pot. In their next hand, Worf opens with another big bet, but Picard cuts in to summon them to the bridge immediately. As they leave, La Forge says he's sure Worf was bluffing this time, but Worf maintains, "Klingons never bluff!"

The ship has been ordered to receive an emissary from Starbase 153, who will arrive at the coordinates via a modified Class 8 probe, a tiny but fast vessel. Picard deduces that, whatever the issue is about, time must be of the essence. The emissary turns out to be a half-Klingon, half-human woman named K’Ehleyr (that’s "Kay-Lar"). Picard introduces her to the crew, but when she greets Worf it becomes clear that the two of them have a past, one which Worf does not remember fondly.

K’Ehleyr briefs the crew on their mission: the Klingon vessel T’Ong , sent out before the Klingons and the Federation made peace and with its crew in suspended animation, has sent a message indicating that the crew will soon be awakened, and it will be within striking distance of several Federation outposts when it happens. The Enterprise , being the closest ship to the T’Ong , has been ordered to intercept it. K’Ehleyr informs them that diplomacy is not likely to work, so they will probably have to destroy the T’Ong . Picard is unwilling to accept that and orders his staff to think of another way.

On her way to her quarters, K’Ehleyr discusses her parentage with Counselor Troi, as they’re both half-human, and she admits that she tries very hard to keep her Klingon instincts under control, as they cause her to act out in unpleasant ways. As she and Worf discuss the mission, as well as their past, it becomes clear that her distrust of Klingon ways extends to other Klingons as well. As Worf tries to determine what the T'Ong 's mission was, she insists that it’s immaterial, as they will surely attack any Federation target they see. The argument gets heated, and K’Ehleyr returns to her quarters and breaks a table out of frustration.

At that moment, Troi visits her again and suggests letting off some steam with some exercise. She chooses to try out Worf’s calisthenics routine (last seen in " Where Silence Has Lease "). Meanwhile, Worf has been worked into an agitated state as well and he has much the same idea. Seeing the program already running, he enters and joins her. And of course nothing sets the mood for Klingons like kicking ass together, so inevitably the two end up knocking whatever Klingons call boots over a commercial break. To Worf, this and their history together mean that they have to take the Oath and become wedded, but K’Ehleyr isn't ready for that kind of commitment. She spurns Worf's proposal, leaving him bitter.

When the Enterprise encounters the T’Ong , it quickly fires upon them and cloaks. Since it is an old ship, La Forge manages to find an emissions trail to follow them by. K’Ehleyr still insists that the ship must be destroyed, but Worf says he has another idea. They cut off the T’Ong and hail it, with Worf and K’Ehleyr sitting in the captain’s and first officer’s chairs and wearing Klingon uniforms. He convinces the T’Ong that the Klingons have won the war with the Federation and orders them to turn the ship over to him. They are skeptical, but yield when he gives the command for the Enterprise to fire. Picard returns to the bridge, commending Worf on his first turn as acting captain. Riker asks how it felt, and Worf replies that he liked the chair.

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• Accidental Marriage : Worf states that, by Klingon custom, he and K’Ehleyr must wed after shacking up, but K’Ehleyr refuses.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension : Between Worf and K’Ehleyr, in spades. Appropriate, considering that they're Klingons .
• Book Ends : When Worf bets big in the poker game, Geordi accuses him of bluffing, to which he replies, "Klingons never bluff." At the end, when no one else can find a nonviolent solution to the problem, it is Worf who comes up with the idea of bluffing the other Klingons into thinking he commands the Enterprise and that the Klingons won the war.
• Call-Back : Worf's "calisthenics" program last seen in " Where Silence Has Lease " is brought back. The skull-faced adversary is back. We're again shown how feral Klingsons can go after combat.
• Continuity Nod : If you freeze the frame in the holodeck's list of recent programs, you can see references to previous episodes: " Klingon Rite of Ascension Chamber " and two previous "Dixon Hill" adventures.
• Like most Klingon rituals in the first few seasons of TNG, the marriage ritual is implied to be simple and blunt, completed in a matter of sentences. By the time it got to Worf's marriage in Deep Space Nine , the Klingon wedding ceremony took a matter of days . Possibly justified if the oath Worf makes a big deal about in this episode is more of a betrothal than the actual ceremony (though he certainly acts like they're effectively already married).
• Klingons were also later shown to be much more casual about sex outside of marriage than Worf claims they are here, but then again it is Worf who may be holding to some standard his adoptive parents didn't know fell out of fashion two centuries ago (this is in line with a number of subsequent episodes, including those of DS9 , that show Worf as being fairly out-of-touch with how "native" Klingons actually behave).
• The 75-year-long Klingon sleeper mission seems weird considering their prior Trek appearances, but seems extremely weird compared to their later TNG Proud Warrior culture.
• Riker's oddly smug "How did you like command?" question to Worf after the deception, which makes it sound as if he's jealous and/or threatened. This is clearly in line with Riker's early careerist characterization which would go away in favor of his infamous stubborn refusal to take his own command.
• Exact Words : Worf wasn't lying to Captain K'Temoc that he is commanding the Enterprise (at the moment, he is Officer of the Deck and is ordering other officers on the Bridge—note that he formally hands command back to Captain Picard afterwards), that K'Temoc technically committed an act of treason by firing on the Enterprise (Klingon Empire and the Federation are allies, and any military officer attacking their ally unilaterally without their government's approval would be an act of treason), and that there is no current state of war between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets.
• Foreshadowing : They didn't think their little escapade wouldn't come with consequences, did they?
• Freeze-Frame Bonus : Freezing on the holodeck display will reveal some Continuity Nod examples.
• Half-Human Hybrid : Everyone is surprised to find that their ambassador is a Klingon/Human hybrid. Troi: I didn't know it was possible for a human and a Klingon to produce a child. K’Ehleyr: Actually, the DNA is compatible, with a fair amount of help. Rather like my parents.
• Instantly Proven Wrong : Upon finding the T'Ong , Data says, "Sensors show life-forms aboard, but I am unable to ascertain whether they are awake or dormant. However, their propulsion system is inactive, so I would hypothesize that the crew is asleep." The T'Ong then shoots the Enterprise , and Data continues, "However, I could be in error."
• The Magic Poker Equation : Apparently playing a simple game of five-card draw, Pulaski bets big with a high straight, yet gets beaten by a full house.
• Metaphorically True : "Did it not occur to you that the war would be over by now?" The T'Ong crew are left to assume that this means the Federation lost. Worf also says he is "commanding" the Enterprise without actually calling himself Captain, or mentioning that the command is temporary.
• Ms. Fanservice : K’Ehleyr's just rocking those skintight outfits.
• No Time to Explain : Invoked by "Captain" Worf, who gives the crew of the T'Ong a choice to submit their ship to Worf's command or "die in ignorance." Without the chance to think things over, the captain elects to surrender.
• Old Flame : Worf and K'Ehleyr.
• Punch a Wall : Out of sheer frustration and rage, K'Ehleyr destroys the glass table in her quarters, just before Troi arrives. Troi: You're upset. K'Ehleyr: Your finely-honed Betazoid sense tells you that? Troi: Well, that and the table.
• Slap-Slap-Kiss : As established in previous episodes, Klingon foreplay looks a lot like a fist fight.
• Sleeper Starship : We've seen human sleeper ships before, but the T'Ong is the first Klingon one.
• Statuesque Stunner : K'Ehleyr is quite tall and portrayed as very sexually appealing to Worf. (Suzie Plakson is 6'2", only slightly shorter than Michael Dorn's 6'3".)
• Stock Footage : The T'Ong is represented using stock footage of the Klingon K't'inga battlecruisers from the opening scene of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , with added cloaking device and and disruptor cannon effects.
• This Is Gonna Suck : Picard notes, "Whenever Starfleet gets enigmatic, I know we're about to face a challenge."
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee : Worf tells Picard that there may be an alternative option, but we aren't told what it is until we actually see him and K’Ehleyr sitting in the command chairs in full Klingon regalia.
• You Fool! : "You fool! Did it not occur to you that the war would be over by now?"
• Your Tradition Is Not Mine : K'Ehleyr has no intentions of taking the oath of marriage, even though Worf insists that honor demands it.
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Class-8 probe

A class-8 probe

A class-8 probe or more specifically class VIII mid-range multimission warp probe was a type of probe used by the Federation Starfleet in the 24th century .

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A modified class-8 probe

In 2360 , Captain Picard of the USS Portia ordered a class-8 probe dispatched to act as a log buoy , in case the ship's current, secret mission failed. ( TLE novel : The Buried Age )

In 2365 , Federation special emissary K'Ehleyr travelled from Starbase 153 to the USS Enterprise -D on an urgent mission in a heavily modified class-8 probe because no starship was available at the time. ( TNG episode : " The Emissary ")

Technical specifications [ ]

The probes were housed within modified photon torpedo casings and had a range of 1.2x10 2 light-years . They were powered by a matter / antimatter warp field sustainer engine which could propel them at warp 9 for 6.5 hours. In addition to standard sensors the probes could be fitted with mission specific modules. ( TNG reference : Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual )

The typical uses of this type of probe ranged from the examination of particles and energy fields to early-warning and reconnaissance missions. However, they could also be modified to carry a single humanoid by removing all sensor systems and replacing them with a life-support system. Additionaly, they could serve as log buoys, much like the class-9 probes . ( TNG reference : Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual , TNG episode : " The Emissary ", TLE novel : The Buried Age )

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Published Jun 1, 2023

Preserving Our ‘Inner Light’

Our digital footprint, like the Kataan probe, allow us the opportunity to be like Kamin and leave behind a record.

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“Trek Class” is a course at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies titled “Star Trek and the Information Age.” The course examines episodes of Star Trek series as a method of introducing concepts related to technology, society and leadership in our world. This series of posts seeks to share some of the concepts discussed in Trek Class with the StarTrek.com community.

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In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “ The Inner Light ,” the U.S.S. Enterprise -D encounters an unusual space probe which emits an energy beam at Captain Picard , causing him to lose consciousness on the bridge. As his crew struggles to revive him, Picard awakens on an unfamiliar planet where he appears to be living the life of a man named Kamin . Unable to determine the cause of his confusion, he begins to accept that his memories of the Enterprise were merely dreams.

In what appears to be many years’ time, Picard experiences a full life as Kamin, complete with a wife, children, and an active role in his community. While working to address a long drought, he discovers that the planet itself is dying as a result of its sun’s impending nova. Unable to manage the space flight necessary to evacuate, the government has instead planned to launch an unmanned probe that will carry information about life on the planet Kataan . Having outlived his wife and many friends, an elderly Kamin witnesses the launch of the very probe that Captain Picard has encountered one thousand years in the future.

After regaining consciousness on the bridge of the Enterprise , Picard discovers that only 20 minutes have passed; yet he retains full knowledge of a life on Kataan. He is able to recall the memories and emotions of a man who lived long ago, even the ability to play a flute that he and his family so much enjoyed hearing. It seems that through this experience, Picard has become a living archive of a lost culture.

As we examined this episode in Trek Class , we found ourselves investigating some rather challenging questions, such as, “What happens to all the information we have created once we die?” Furthermore, if we are to leave behind a record of ourselves, we wondered, “How do we determine which information is most important to preserve?”

Although the space probe may have been designed to preserve a culture, Picard’s experience as Kamin proved to be a deeply personal one as well. The essence of an individual was captured so that he might live on in the memory of others. In our own world, it has long been possible to gather a similar sense of a person by examining letters, photographs, and other artifacts. However, as we continue to move toward digital forms of communication and expression, it can be difficult to preserve or even locate the information trail we leave behind.

Even as technology allows us to generate far more information about ourselves than had been previously possible, we must consider that we could actually end up leaving less behind for family and friends to remember if we take our passwords with us. Even if our loved ones are not locked out of our digital afterlives, it is daunting to imagine making sense of the thousands of unsorted photographs, endless emails and text messages, and hours of video recordings we may each accumulate. More challenging still is the task of preventing those items from being lost to time as file formats become obsolete and older technologies fail.

By taking steps to protect our personal information, we can increase the chances that our individual “space probes” will remain functional well into the future. While some services exist to help archive and manage digital affairs, for many it may be enough to maintain simple backups of the most meaningful items, and to organize those files in ways that would be accessible to others who may receive them after us. This process is not only helpful in preserving our contributions for the future, but it offers the opportunity to select elements of our own personal stories we most wish to share.

Thinking more broadly about cultural preservation, students in Trek Class offered differing opinions as to which information would be most important to include should Earth ever need to launch a Kataan-like probe. Some suggested that records of scientific discoveries would be most valuable. Others believed that artistic and cultural achievements would be a greater contribution, since anyone finding such a record would likely possess scientific knowledge of their own. But some felt differently still, believing that finding a way to preserve everyday life, as had been done with the Kataan probe, would be the most appropriate approach.

If an account of everyday life is indeed the best record to leave behind, then perhaps our digital lifestyles present opportunities in addition to challenges. As millions of people share thoughts and conversation on social networks, for example, a public record is being created that could provide a unique picture of life in communities worldwide.

In 2010, the Library of Congress announced that it would archive all public messages on Twitter since the service launched in 2006. With over 100 million “tweets” currently sent per day, the size and scope of this archive is difficult to imagine. However, it may hold tremendous value as tools are developed to examine this global conversation. We may soon be able to determine exactly how people in regions all over the globe felt, thought, and acted on important days in history, or simply on an average day.

With mobile devices, digital cameras, and social media, we are each creating a living record of our thoughts, conversations, and moments ranging from significant to ordinary. Though we may sometimes struggle to manage this content, together we are preserving an important picture of life around us. We may each have the opportunity to be “Kamin” for someone who will follow us, each offering our own experiences to be learned from and remembered.

This article was originally published on August 8, 2011.

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The Inner Light

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Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain. Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain. Picard awakes to find himself living in a small village where he is a well-known member of the community who is suffering from a delusion of being a starship captain.

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• Trivia The young version of Batai, Kamin's son, is played by Daniel Stewart , the real-life son of Sir Patrick Stewart .
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Capt. Picard : Seize the time, Meribor. Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.

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In the aftermath of the visit of the mysterious probe to Earth in 2286 , Starfleet is wondering what this strange visitor really was about, and who sent it. At the same time, a major political upheaval on Romulus has deposed a ruling party that has ruled for decades, and the new leadership is interested in more diplomatic relations with the Federation . With the probe headed towards Romulan space, it is a chance for the two powers to work together to understand who sent the probe, and why.

Eventually, the crew of the USS Enterprise , working with Romulan counterparts, tracks down the probe, and learns more about its background and history. Spock successfully mind melds with the probe, learning that it did not seek to be destructive to other races, instead they were so different from its creators that they were ignored as "mites" in "metal bubbles", and teaches the probe to be more aware of what it is doing to humanoid life in the galaxy as it travels, leaving the probe to continue to explore the galaxy and the detente seeking Romulans with some of the first peaceful interaction they have ever had with the Federation.

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• As Voyages of Imagination notes, " an objective report of Probe 's bumpy road to publication is, unfortunately, impossible. All the parties involved have different recollections of those events, as well as different ways of interpreting them, and the various accounts are contradictory. " ( Voyages of Imagination , pp. 125-126) The credited author, Margaret Wander Bonanno, disclaims the book, noting on her website that " I know my name is on the cover, but no, I did not write it ," and provides the full-text of The Music of the Spheres , the novel she handed in. [1] Bonanno acknowledges Gene DeWeese as an uncredited rewriter of the published novel.
• The original manuscript was reportedly rejected after Gene Roddenberry 's office " took issue with certain characterizations in the book. " Pocket editor Dave Stern then brought in DeWeese to rewrite the novel. ( Voyages of Imagination , pp. 125-126)
• In a contemporary interview with The New York Times , Bonanno explained that " [they] are telling their readership that this is a book by a certain author they have come to know, and the book is not mine. It was written by someone with a great scientific background who lectures the reader for 300 pages. I do great characterizations, and there are no interesting characters in this book. I just don't want my name associated with it. " [2]
• Despite all of the controversy, Voyages of Imagination notes that " everyone involved wishes that the situation had not deteriorated to the extent that it did, and that the book could have been published to everyone's satisfaction. " ( Voyages of Imagination , pp. 125-126)
• Probe reached number six on the New York Times Best Seller List for 29 March 1992 , its second week on the list. [3] It remained on the list for six weeks.
• The Science Fiction Book Club released a special edition of the hardback in July 1992 .
• The audiobook version was abridged by George Truett .

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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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First Ships Revealed For New Star Trek Starship Collection Of Die-Cast Models Launching This Fall

| June 19, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 42 comments so far

Last year it was revealed that Fanhome would be picking up the baton of making new die-cast Star Trek ship models, after Eaglemoss went out of business in 2022. This morning Fanhome revealed their first releases and more details on the collection coming out later this year.

New Star Trek Die-Cast Collection

Fanhome is launching their new official Star Trek Starships model collection in November, with a new die-cast model starship being released every month. The collection will cover all the modern Star Trek series including Picard , Strange New Worlds , Discovery , Lower Decks and Prodigy . They have confirmed that the first three ships will be…

U.S.S. Titan NCC-80201-A

Captain Shaw’s Constitution III-class ship from Star Trek: Picard .

USS Titan (Fanhome)

U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-82893

Rios’s Sagan-class ship, which featured in season 2 of Star Trek: Picard .

USS Stargazer (Fanhome)

U.S.S. Farragut NCC-1647

The ship that a young James T. Kirk is serving on during the Strange New Worlds era.

USS Farragut (Fanhome)

All the ships will be crafted from a combination of die-cast metal and high-quality resin, and the typical model will be between 7” and 9” (180-225 mm) long. Fanhome are working with Paramount Global to ensure the models are as accurate as possible and they will all be based on the original visual effects models that were used to make the effects for the show.

Each model will come with a 16-page magazine that provides an in-universe profile of the ship and explores the design process with exclusive art and brand new interviews with the production team. The project is being supervised by Ben Robinson, who previously oversaw Star Trek ship models and products for Eaglemoss.

The first three ships from the new Star Trek Starship Collection (Fanhome)

The ships are exclusively available from Fanhome.com individually and via a subscription program. Individually the ships are priced at $64.99 each, discounted to $54.99 as part of a subscription, with an extra discount for the first issue. Subscribers will also get a unique variant ship and other exclusive gifts.

There will also be regular, higher-priced XL-sized models for major ships that will be approximately 11” (280 mm) long.

To register your interest visit fanhome.com to sign up for updates including the exact release date and when you’ll be able to pre-order.

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It’s a shame that they aren’t making these in Eaglemoss’ original standard size.

True, but to be fair, those weren’t all to scale to each other. Not that these will either. Still a smaller scale, closer to the original Eaglemoss size would have been nice too, especially for those on a tighter budget or less space to display their ship collection. The bigger the ships the more space you need. Hopefully, Fanhome will only make ships that are more desirable versus trying to make almost every single ship ever seen on screen that a lot of people don’t care too much for. From the original Eaglemoss line, I only ever bought Starfleet ships.

Scale is important. It doesn’t make sense to display the Enterprise-E next to the Defiant when the models are of comparable size whereas in “reality” the E is 4 times larger…

As any kid who collected plastic animals knows, scale consistency will price you out pretty fast — or leave you with a little tiny fox or whatever so you can afford a blue whale. It does “make sense” to display them together b/c you know they’re models. You just have to let them be models. If you’re going to be doing realistic photography than you will have to digitally alter them to be in scale.

If I did buy these ship models (and I don’t), I would not consider them as models per se, but rather my own miniature Starfleet… So the scale would be an issue for me. For practical reasons though, you make a valid point and maybe it’s my view that doesn’t “make sense”.

Same, I have almost every Starfleet ship and shuttle from Eaglemoss, especially thanks to the recent blowout sale

Well they did go bankrupt.

At least they are starting with the ships that we didn’t get as oppose to another TOS USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and TNG USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, which I am sure that they will make new versions of too, but I imagine that most collectors will want to get these new ships first.

Just a shame the new ships are ugly af compared to the classic designs of TOS/TNG/DS9 era Trek.

I agree, I really am not a big fan of most things Nu Trek, particularly the ships. That Farragut is so ugly, very strange nacelle struts. The Titan is an abomination frankly, which Junkball Media on YouTube called an “ugly duckling” of almost kitbashed parts, but it has grown on me the more I see of it. I do appreciate a general consistency among the fleet in terms of the nacelles themselves, though. Picard S3 gave us a lot of interesting variant classes that might be worth seeing together on a shelf…

Great point! While I’m not a huge fan of these newer designs, it’s good to see them getting proper treatment.

Hope Fanhome makes a USS Enterprise-A from the end of Star Trek: Beyond. I’m not a big fan of the new movies and new ship designs, but Beyond was actually a personal favorite of mine and I actually liked the new Enterprise-A design over the original Kelvin Enterprise designs.

The new A was an interesting design from the little we saw. I was bummed that Eaglemoss never did it.

The ‘A’ actually came off reasonably well in the few seconds of screen time allotted to it — but, man, before getting too excited check out Sean Hargreaves’ side profile artwork sometime. One word: ugh!

Yeah, it’s definitely bulky. Not my favorite, but it’s an interesting permutation on the classic Enterprise model.

I agree I think it’s very oddly proportioned, not a huge fan of the nacelle struts. I really liked the Kelvinprise personally, especially the first 2 movies and less so the refit from Beyond with smaller swept back nacelles.

Also, TREKMOVIE, did you see that BigBadToystore.com is selling pre-orders for new bendy FleXfigs Star Trek action figures of Captains Benjamin Sisko (seasons 6 & 7 of DS9 uniform), Jean-Luc Picard (TNG seasons 3-7 uniform), James T. Kirk (TOS), and Christopher Pike (SNW)? The figures are made by The Canadian Group and are for sale at $10.99 USD on the BigBadToystore website.

why start not even one ship that would get people interested in the line?

Are you kidding? The Titan is literally the one ship I have been waiting to get a model of.

Oh yeah sure, let’s start another model line with the same constitution and galaxy-class models that every single company makes.

I literally gasped aloud seeing the Titan. I don’t even collect these! I’m getting my first one, an Enterprise-D, from a giveaway — and even I’m like “I might need that Titan”. Like, dude, just b/c YOU feel a certain way doesn’t mean everyone else does. I wish fans would learn to just speak for themselves.

i mistyped the original comment and can’t fix. I meant to say, why start the line without at least one of the more well-known ships to get more casual, first timers interested. The Titan is cool but without a bigger name ship, I’d be concerned that it will fizzle.

Also – I would take it as an axiom that of course I’m just speaking for myself. Just like you are…. eyeroll

I see your point, but don’t rule out the popularity of the Titan-A and the Stargazer with fandom and ‘new’ fandom.

Well at least you can tell who the intended audience is for these. It makes sense to be that they’re sort of “taking the baton” so to speak from Eaglemoss who didn’t stick around long enough to make these newer ships. I’m just frustrated they have to come in the larger size and with the larger price tag. I got no room for these behemoths.

These are the wrong ships to be launching with. I’ll get the Titan if the quality is good enough.

I remember getting the Enterprise A XL from Eaglemoss and looking at it in disbelief. It was so badly made.

Yeah, I read an article describing all the mistakes on that ship. There was just no excuse for them at all, especially at that price.

The Diamond Select ship was far far better.

and now the A XL goes for 250 to 500 on ebay. Masterreplicas didnt find anymore before removing the ships but interestingly real merch had them in stock shortly for like 80 bucks, after everyone thought there arent any left.

also does the A XL look so bad from 12 ft away?

I don’t look to bad from 12 feet away, but you don’t want a close up. Trust me.

No, it’s fine. It’s just that there are some blatant details, especially on the saucer, that are all wrong and there’s no reason for them to be.

It’s the awful seams that I hate.

Hello Beautiful. Love that Titan.

They have a Dutch website as well, but nothing about the new Trek ships on there yet.

They only can be shipped to US, UK and Germany. To other countries shipment is not possible.

The Constitution III-class and the Farragut look pretty cool.

These are just not in the price range I am looking for. Why can’t we get a return of Star Trek MicroMachines or better yet something like the Jazzwares Star Wars Micro Galaxy Squadron ships?

The Fanhome website shows the Enterprise F as well. YES!!!

I’d buy the titan. I don’t collect post modern trek items, but I’d make an exception for Captain Shaw’s ship.

When wasn’t Trek postmodern, I wonder? The TNG era was a textbook exercise in postmodern art. In my head I call that the “reverent Trek” era – the time when the franchise took itself seriously and honored its roots. Everything post Kelvin to me is the “irreverent Trek” era – let’s just blow sh*t up and do our own thing without any respect for what came before.

Generally speaking I’m a huge starship geek, and thanks to the recent Master Replicas sale of Eaglemoss overstock I have a model of just about every Starfleet ship. I’m not the biggest fan of the ships we’ve seen on screen since Discovery premiered – there were a few from Disco’s 23rd century that grabbed me, but we didn’t get a good look at most of them anyway thanks to the terrible VFX shots. Picard’s 24th century ships were a lot better looking imo, and I might pick up a Titan even though I consider it a shameful nostalgia bait-y design that makes zero sense in universe.

My only concern is that, like with the Disco and Picard Eaglemoss ships which were so unpopular (cuz the series were so unpopular), they’re making these things too large. Who at this point has room for more 8 inch models on their shelves? I loved how Eaglemoss made XL versions of classic “hero” starships, but never made us fork over 60 bucks for, say, an 8 inch Freedom class. But that’s exactly what they did with the Nu Trek designs, and that’s why I didn’t buy them, and it’s why I’m very skeptical of this new line making such third rate designs like the Farragut in the same size class as the Titan. These ships just aren’t that good or important to justify it, and I doubt they’ll ever sell in quantity.

I would love a collection of enterprises all in the same scale. I’m sure many others would too, but I also understand how it might not work so well in the bigger marketplace.

Perhaps they could consider doing a Kickstarter like circumstance, where we pre-pay, and they base the manufacturing and volume based on that. Kind of like Tomy didwith their big Enterprise. I wonder if that would be viable?

Great news! Especially Ben Robinson’s involvement…

But dang it, they’re going to make us wait to get the Titan with 1701-G labels aren’t they…

i wonder if the stands will be the same as eaglemoss. if fanhome wanted to makes some fast money, sell replacement stands for the old eaglemoss line. my XL ENT-A stand broke while moving and the XL Prometheus stand never worked from the beginning. i got 3rd party stands on etsy but i prefer the eaglemoss stands.

i’ll order the Titan-A but dunno about any other ones. i completed my collection of ships i wanted with eaglemoss during the master replica sales. the only one i might want is if they do a large ENT-F